"Aaaaaawwwww, that's so sweet of them! I really appreciate the gesture. I guess I'll have to find something to do in return."

Girlfriends plural? Well, she'll set that aside for the moment...

Lilian distractedly fishes her own scroll out of her pocket. It's an older model, but loaded with a slate of custom apps December's pulled off CCTS. 

"You said it'll lock to our scroll?"

She nods. "Just tap your scroll to it once I clear the existing settings. Oh! You'll need an Aura reader app."

She pulls out her scroll. "Here, I'll send you a link to the one I use. Team JSMN has been using it since before we came to Vale, and it's a bit more flexible than the basic one. It can keep track of the significant shifts in my Aura pool when I drain or refill people, and I think it should be able to adapt to tracking your Auras individually."

Tap tap flick tap flick, and then the scroll in Lillian's hand pings with a new message.

December confirms the download and smiles. 

"All your help and you're technical too? Some people might say you're too good to be true."

She shrugs. "Despite everything that's happened, I find it easy to care about people. I wouldn't go that far, though."

She smiles slyly. "Although it certainly is even easier when the people in question are beautiful and fascinating."

Oh, are they being flirted with? 

Well, if she thinks it's okay then Violet can give as good as she gets. 

"Says the girl who saved all three of us before she even knew us. Maybe you should give some of that credit to yourself."

She giggles. "Oh, you'll fit right in with the others. Maya especially is on my case to accept more credit for things."

She lets them into the dorm building and up they go.

Violet follows along, looking around at the sleek modern facilities. It's certainly different from what she's used to. 

"If they have good taste enough to like you, I bet they're cool people as well."

"Well, I certainly think they're amazing. We've been a team, practically a family, for years. Dating for most of those. Somehow they put up with how easily I fall for people, too." She grins, laughs, and opens the door.

"Tada!", she exclaims, gesturing at the guest suite.

It features a desk, a chair, a closet, a bathroom, a few cabinets, and a bed. And that's all before getting into the gifts. There's a plate of cookies from Ruby, a small vase with flowers in their Aura colors from Weiss, a few books on basic Aura use from Blake, a set of hair care products from Yang. Jaune gave them a drive with some music on it, while Pyrrha contributed a roll of athletic tape for training. Nora gave a box of chocolates with a note that she'd have gotten Ren to make pancakes but didn't know when they'd be released from medical. Ren gave incense and a book on meditation to connect with one's Aura more deeply. Jade gave a book with an overview of different fighting styles and very basic advice on developing one's own. From Maya, they find a cozy blanket in a dark grey. Neopolitan gave a book of photos of different Huntresses and their unique outfits, along with a certificate for time sketching and brainstorming outfit ideas.

And finally there's two joint gifts. The first is from Pyrrha, Maya, and Jade, and offers time experimenting with different base weapons to see where their fighting styles are naturally drawn. the second is from Sable and Ruby, and promises to design a custom Huntress weapon based on the results of the practice session.

Between the psychosis and the bizarre events with the stars and all the rest of it, this is still pretty much the most surprising thing that's ever happened to her. 

She goes over to the bed, sits down heavily, and takes a moment to take in the whole tableful of gifts. 

"Wow," she says softly. "This is... probably more gifts than I've ever gotten in my entire life up till now." 

Sable blinks for a moment. "Then your fosters were terrible and the teams are your family now. I mean, we didn't have a lot of gifts when it was just the four of us on our own in Mantle, but we still managed to do little things for each other."

"I can't say that anything of the kind's ever happened to me. It's a little overwhelming." 

She walks over to the table, picks up the blanket, and carefully wraps it around herself. 

"... A custom weapon? Style training? Chocolates and cookies? There's so much..." 

"Well, we like our sweets, across these three teams, so that explains that. As for the training, having an outfit that suits you improves Aura resonance and performance, and there's no way to know what kind of weapons you'll favor until you get to try different ones. As for the custom weapon, every Huntress needs a weapon that suits her personal fighting style, with both melee and ranged options available. I made team JSMN's myself, with Maya's help. Ruby made her weapon. We're probably the best weapon engineers across our three teams, so you're in good hands with us. We're not going to leave you without a weapon if we're planning to train you."

"I'm touched. I've never received anything handmade before, much less anything customized to what I want. That's..." She pauses. "It's personal in a way I've never been seen."

"We've never been seen," Lillian absently corrects.

Yeah, didn't mean to leave you out. I'm still getting used to this whole "three souls" thing. 

It's alright. We're all still learning.

She picks up one of the cookies and takes a bite out of it, half-expecting it to be spiked with something. 

It tastes great, though. It's not warm from the oven but it's clearly handmade, and by someone with a passion for the craft. 

She chews and swallows. 

"I think we're going to really like it here," she announces.

"Oh good," she replies with a grin. "Everyone deserves to feel seen, and to have someplace they can feel at home. Especially you three."

She takes a look at the incense, gives a sniff, then her eyebrows shoot up a bit. "Oh, Ren gave you a pack of the good stuff. This never fails to improve a meditation."

She looks back over at them. "Any early guesses where you think your fighting style or weapon will wind up? It'll be a challenge to make something that complements all three of you, but that's what mechashift's for."

Lily comes forward. 

"I think we would do best with a ranged weapon primarily, though Violet is saying she'd prefer a close-range one. We don't have specific preferences about what form - we never expected to get this far in the first place, to be quite frank. Something easy to learn, perhaps." 

Sable hums thoughtfully, nodding. "Depending on what they are, we may be able to get three forms in. That should leave room for both a ranged and a close melee option, and one more besides."

"I think we'll all have to think about it seriously. It's not a decision to be made lightly, by any stretch."

December takes another bite of the cookie, walks over to the bed and gently lays the blanket down on it. "For now I think settling in is most important. Getting the basics that any style would need down, exploring our Semblances... Theoretically we'd get three, right? That must be a unique advantage somehow." 

She walks back to the table and picks up the music player with her free hand. "I wonder what's on this," she asks. "Would you like to listen together?"

She nods. "I agree, it's something to take your time on. As for the Semblance question, yes, the three souls and three Auras with individual colors would tend to imply three Semblances. Discovering them will take time, but it'll be worth it."