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WHO: Weiss & Zuko
WHAT: A date!
WHEN: Friday, August 15th (backdated)
WHERE: A little Sichuan restaurant in Attleton Gate
WARNINGS: None?

[ Ever since the party, Weiss has been in a surprisingly pleasant mood despite certain circumstances. The party had, frankly, been exhausting. But fun! However, it wasn't what had put her in such a good mood for the week following it. What had was the fact that she was excited for Friday and her date with the guy who she kind of thought was kind of cute and totally had managed to escape any prying eyes (she hoped) to go meet him where they'd agreed.

Except, you know, she may have come a bit early. And possibly stood out waiting a little early in a dress in white instead of cream and a pair of fashionable boots (just in case she had to move-- the heels are nothing to her). Beneath the dress was a red petticoat-- just enough to give the dress a little oomph and protect her in case she needed to do any flips for whatever reason. Though her Genessia pendant was in a little purse (for whenever she needed it), she had a small necklace around her neck, matching the accent from her petticoat. Her usual hair crown accessory was where it always was, her hair tied back in her regular style.

Weiss opened her bag as she took her scroll out to check what time it was to see how much longer she would be waiting. She absolutely wasn't going to let Zuko be the one waiting on her. That much she had decided beforehand, but.. Well, she was getting impatient now, even if it was completely her fault. ]

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Okay. [ he doesn't have an aversion to holding a woman's things for her like some do. on the contrary, doing so is the honorable thing to do. he takes it without question or protest, looping it around an arm and wrapping both of his around the one of hers. ]

All right. I'm ready.

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[ Weiss smiles, then kneels slowly so that he'll kneel with her. She'll wait for him, because they need to both be able to jump at the same time or he's going to feel a lot more like he's falling than she is. ]

On the count of three, jump.

[ Weiss swipes her free hand in a practiced motion until one of the glyphs appears beneath them. Usually she uses her sword to guide them, but she doesn't have that with her now. ]

1, 2, 3! [ And she's jumping, hopefully he is too. ]

[banishment]

[ zuko does as he's told, jumping on the count of three. he holds tight to both her and her purse, catching on quickly to the proper position his body needs to be in in order to make this easier for her. were he not afraid talking would break her concentration, he would've told her how impressive this was, even if he wasn't the biggest fan of flying. (but that was likely just his firebender's aversion to such vast expanses of nothing but air.) ]

[whiteas]

[ Glyphs are tiring, yes, but her concentration wasn't something that Zuko needed to worry about. Weiss had plenty of practice using glyphs, dust, a sword, and doing it with a team-- in heels. She'd probably fall asleep pretty easily tonight, though, but she was definitely working on building her stamina more than it used to be too. This was just good practice, beyond making it so they could get there quicker. The hardest part was balance right now, though, since she'd usually use mid-air flips to keep her center where she wanted it. That was something she couldn't do with Zuko attached to her, plus Zuko's weight made her have to use the glyph a second time to get up to the height that she wanted properly. Once they were there, she moved her hand again and a series of glyphs appeared in sequence. It looked as though there were two overlapped too-- both white and black. ]

Run, and don't let go!

[ With that, Weiss broke into a run, making sure to hold onto Zuko. The glyphs would fall behind them so that Weiss could create more ahead of them, so it was necessary that they kept moving. It was a combination of Air Step glyphs and the glyphs that she used to combat gravity (like when a certain partner of hers had to run vertically up a cliff). Even running across it probably felt a little more like jumping combined with being pulled down at the same time. Even if it was tiring to use it like this and probably a little more dangerous than she should be subjecting anyone to, it would mean they could skip all of the street corners, turns, and traffic by just going above the buildings. ]

[banishment]

[ little known fact about zuko: while he was capable of piloting war balloons and sitting calmly atop appa while he soared through the sky, he didn't actually like being up high. or flying. which is why he avoided looking down as he kept up with her pace, running swiftly and steadily on the glyph footholds she provided them with. ]

[whiteas]

[ Weiss honestly didn't think too much of it. So often they had to fight things that were much larger than they were that height just seemed like a natural advantage. It wasn't that she found it fun or that she liked it, it was just useful and effective. Useful and effective were things she needed. There wasn't any real change from Weiss's normal expressions when she was up here versus when she was down there, except the occasional glance to Zuko to make sure he was either doing okay or being impressed. (Useful in a different way than normal if she was succeeding at that.)

The closer they get, the lower the glyphs start appearing and it's clear that it's only one at that point as they make their gradual descent. ]

How is it?

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Surprisingly steady. [ not that he doubted anything she cast wouldn't be steady, but he hadn't imaged how steady it would be. it was like walking on land that moved upwards, then down with your feet. about the only thing he could compare it to was a waterbender's ability to shape the ice, as well as the earthbenders and their tendency to raise the ground to a designed height — but even they couldn't do what weiss just did. ]

I think I've officially just seen, as well as experienced, something that not even a fully realized Avatar could do.

[ why yes, he was indeed impressed. ]

[whiteas]

They have to be in the middle of a battle.

[ Otherwise she would've died a hundred times over already just from sheer falling or getting thrown into pillars or mountainsides or walls. Still, at the second comment, she seems to puff her chest out a little. ]

Lucky you then~ --We're jumping now.

[ She says it since they're about 8 feet above the ground and right in front of the archway, and Weiss just drops the last glyph so they can land. She's assuming that should be low enough for Zuko to drop without injury. Her knees only barely bend for the impact upon hitting the ground, since she's used to dropping from much higher places, then she turns her head to look at Zuko fully to make sure he's landed okay. ]

[banishment]

[ no weiss, don't puff. that only succeeds in drawing zuko's attention to her— but then they're jumping and his attention is forcibly removed from her chest as he focuses on landing on his feet instead of his ass. he does so with her purse still in hand, rising to dust himself off and hand her purse back to her. ]

Is this it?

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[ Well she would've crossed her arms while she was puffing, but her hands were a little busy at the time. Weiss takes her purse from him, then turns to face him directly. ]

Come on. And don't wander off. If we get separated and you accidentally end up anywhere that doesn't have buildings, firebend as high into the sky as you can so I can find you. People who leave the city have a tendency to disappear. Even many fully trained hunters and huntresses don't have typically lengthy lifespans.

[ Weiss knows he can take care of himself and then some, but there's a reason there are only four civilizations in the whole world. The Grimm tend to make even the most powerful of people fall. ]

I know you can handle yourself, but I wouldn't willingly set foot outside of the city without every member of my team, and even then I'd be against it unless we were accompanied by other teams and at least one professor. Even then? Last time we went out, Jaune and Cardin were both nearly killed by a single Ursa. That said, everywhere inside the city should be safe since the archway didn't bring anyone with it but you'd better not ditch me anyway.

[ She knew she probably didn't have to give him any warnings because he wasn't going to leave her, but telling him served two purposes: in case of an emergency and it gave her a moment to recover from consecutively using glyphs like that. The use of glyphs was draining, even if she'd gotten better at it, and she didn't want him to see that. So stopping to announce why he should be careful served her well.

Weiss holds out her hand for him to take again. ]

[banishment]

[ a few months ago, he would've been insulted. but he knew better now, and understood the risks that came with being in a foreign land and heeding the warnings of those who understood it better than you did. this was weiss's world and she was the expert here. he would be a fool not to follow her lead. ]

Don't leave the city, bend into the sky — got it. [ he took her hand, giving it a firm, gentle squeeze. ] Lead the way.

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[ She leads him the rest of the way through the archway then, revealing the huge city. The buildings are all far above their head, signs that appear to be made of light holograms on the streets, and though there are many instances of greenery, they all seem to be growing uniformly in the places that humans made for them. There are more buildings in the distance, higher above where they are now. In the sky above, about half of the moon appears to be cracked and scattering, even while the sun is out. ]

Welcome to Vale, Zuko.

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[ zuko's mouth falls open when he lays eyes on the city. he's never seen anything like it before in his life. not even stories of the fantastical places that were supposed to exist in the realms beyond the spirit world had anything of this sort in it. it's massive, as if carved directly from the metal toph liked to bend instead of shaped into the forms it stood in. ]

Wow...

[whiteas]

We're on the coast now, which is just the city of Vale, capitol of the kingdom of Vale. We can't reach the whole kingdom with the archway but honestly, it's not as impressive as Atlas-- that's where Schnee Dust Company headquarters is located as well as being the most advanced of the four kingdoms-- but it's still a site to see.

[ Weiss decides to let Zuko process that before she says anything else. He probably has questions, plus he seems to be in shock about the whole thing. ]