Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): @searchforbooty More like found the plurality that was already happening, but yes, we did. Hold your applause.

Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): @Amaranthine Yes, we totally need a tank. Wanna DM us?

Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): @Sacculina Good shit, will do. Thanks.

New window, guild search for the Gay Blades?

She smirks over at Hibi and laughs. "What'd we tell ya?"

Hey.

where in parcosia specifically are you?

The Gay Blades are a social LGBT guild operating out of a merchant manor in Cordova. They don't have much advertising, just a basic card with their address and a guild officer contact - one Kitara Sky.

To Amaranthine:

Two days hike west of Cordova, Duchy of Parcosia. You?

To Kitara Sky:

Hi there. My girlfriend and I are a couple queer girls looking to find an LGBT-friendly guild. We're a few days out from Cordova. Any chance we could meet up sometime soonish?

of course.

South part of the border with Jingan.

Can I ask who sent you?

We're pretty small and kind of selective who we take.

To Amaranthine:

Figures you'd be at the opposite end of the duchy. Could try to meet up somewhere in between. Santarriral maybe?

To Kitara Sky:

Sacculina, from Ishaza's stream chat. Being selective seems smart in your shoes, honestly.

We can talk in person once you arrive, yeah. Message me once you're in Cordova. 

Santarirral works for us. Probably a week's journey for us but worth it to meet another sys in person.

Hailey pops the two DM conversations into externally visible windows and slides them over where Hibiscus can see them. "Thoughts? Not committed to a hard timeframe with either."

"Let me ask Hyacinth, I don't want to trample on her here."

Hyacinth comes forward. 

"Probably we go to Cordova to interview with Gay Blades... that sounds stressful though... I kind of really want to talk with Amaranthine and learn more about being plural from a second system... But that's something I can do safely from here."

Hyacinth frowns. "Do you mind if I message Amaranthine?"

"Lemme ask her."

Hey, mind if we pass your handle to the girlfriend system so Hya can message you?

Not at all, but I can't message a ton right now. I've got to sleep.

I'll head vaguely your direction in the morning and we'll sort out a place to meet in a week or two, if that works for you.

Makes sense. 

"They said yeah, but they're going to bed soon."

She shows Hyacinth the chat and passes Amaranthine's contact address over.

"Thanks..."

Hyacinth looks at Hailey and visibly supresses the urge to flop against her. 

"You're good. That was... a good one thing. I think that's all for now."

"Valid."

Hailey notices the suppressed urge, looks thoughtfully at Hyacinth for a moment, and then takes a few slow, deliberate breaths.

Then she pulls Hyacinth in to lean against her.

Her expression turns shocked, her breath catches in her throat.

Her breathing is shallower now, tighter, but she keeps forcing it deliberately slowly, and holds Hyacinth close.

Hyacinth very carefully leans in, and doesn't reach to hold Hailey, but a soft small smile spreads across her face.

Gradually she untenses her shoulders and wraps a wing around behind Hyacinth.

She slows and evens her breathing still further.

"Care 'bout you, dork."

"... Thank you, Hailey."

Hyacinth looks away and blushes a little.

"You're really good."

Hailey blushes a bit and huffs and looks away and keeps squeezing Hyacinth.

"... you don't have to keep squeezing me. It's okay."

"Maybe I don't." She exhales softly. Inhales slowly. "Maybe I like pushing myself." More slow breath. "Maybe I just want to speedrun my touch trauma with you. For reasons."