Warning
While nothing is explicitly described, dark subjects are prevalent in this post
Pale blue eyes with thin slits danced with joy as the faunus walked away from the caroling group, nodding in agreement as promises to sing with them again were made, blowing a kiss from dark red lips to them as she left, smile staying on her face as she walked into the crowd, though the quality changed now as she left them behind, pulling the stole around her as she continued along, the pale blue eyes now losing the warm mirth they had held before, seeming almost like a dolls as she continued through the crowd.
That had gone even better than she had hoped.
The caroling group as a whole had held little interest for the fox, despite knowing she had quite the singing voice. However one of the carolers had held her interest, a girl a year younger than her from the school. The
poor dear had been so painfully shy at beacon, somewhat hampering the faunus's attempts to befriend the thing. She was one of the few children of the Lillywalt family, old money who had deep contacts in a large scale hunter management company. Having talked to the girl in the more relaxed setting between carols, she'd learned the horrible news that the families prized dog had gone and run away , leading Rima to assure her that she would keep an eye out for the creature. Though that had been 2 weeks ago and the family had almost given up hope by now.
As Rima headed to her destination, she checked over the bill that had just been sent to her. 2 weeks of care and feeding certainly added up quickly, sighing as she saw the bill continue to grow, but if she could get an in it was certianly worth it. Perhaps a few more days, wouldn't it simply be divine if the poor thing arrived on the big holiday. She was brought out of her thoughts as she saw her package had arrived about half an hour ago. At the news, the fox faunus's eyes widened in excitement, people walking around her pulling their coats and scarves tighter as the already chilly air took a drastic drop, the chill following her as she walked among the crowd, tail moving back and forth in happiness as her eyes went from tight ovals to a straight line, almost disappearing in reaction to her excitement. Running through her contacts she paused at the M's, savoring the moment and anticipation as bolts of lightning seemed to race across her body. It had been months since she had felt an emotion this strongly, but then family always brought out the best in people...right?
Pressing send, she waited in bliss as the phone rang once.
Twice.
Thre-
Sounds of distress could be heard on the other side of the call, a woman perhaps crying so pitifully to be nearly incomprehensible, the occasional sorry and please making its ways through the blubbering.
Oh yesThis is what Rima had been waiting for since she had sent the package. It was the time for presents, so she had made something especially for the most important person in her life. She'd heard the best gifts were usually hand made, so she had spent days stitching this together.
"I see you got my present mommy, I'm so happy to hear it made it safely to you," she told her mother sweetly, only to hear more broken sobs from the receiver,
"I know, I know. It's is quite the work of art, I made it myself..." she paused, thinking to herself before shaking her head, even if her mother couldn't see her,
"Well I suppose that's not true, a few of the people from the village helped, I actually found Auntie Fross, remember we hadn't been sure if she'd made it out," she paused as she adjusted the scroll, holding it with her shoulder as she brought her tail to her hands, brushing stray snow and debris off the limb as she talked,
"Well anyway, I was to track her down, and she was so happy to help me with it, you should have seen her eyes light up when she saw me, the picturesque family reunion, and my was she suprised with my present for you. It took some talking and...negotiating."
"Anyways, you could say there's a little bit of Fross in there, along with a few of our old friends i managed to find, I had to use most of it to make my own stole, but now we have a matching pair, and fox fur is simply the best I think," she said, pausing as another wail passed, before continuing on,
"It always reminds me of family, it's almost like their all with me still you know."
The woman on the other side had finally somewhat calmed down, her crying now silent blubbering and the occasional sniffling, a single word coming from her
"Why?"Rima shook her head, they'd had this conversation before, but she answered nonetheless
, "Well its the time for gifts, and I couldn't help but give my mommy a gift, to remind you that I am the woman I am today all because of you mommy, see you for the break," she said, silence now on the other side as she ended the call.
Family was important.
Now with that taken care of, the arctic fox looked around, searching to see if there might be anything else that grabbed her attention.