Life Anew [Aina/Arjoa]

Alas, that empty feeling would not last long in the slightest. No sooner had Aina stirred from her sleep, than did she find herself in a warm embrace. She had not been left alone the entirety of her slumber, and the woman that had been at her side this entire time instantly embraced her as she rose up. And when Aina spoke, her name, Verdada's smile only warmed all the further. The blonde, she who had been the isolated self, the part that was allowed to know of Algos's demise, at long last that shaken thing finally bloomed into her new self. And instantly, Aina even without those old pure demonic empathic abilities would feel the wave of happiness that would hit her as she was held.

I'm so happy you're awake!" Verdada practically squealed in delight. In an instant, Aina was promptly picked up clean off the floor, and enveloped in a firm hug from the tall blonde. Thankfully care was taken not to hurt her, but it was still no doubt an intense experience after having been comatose for so long. "I can't believe you're awake! I've been waiting... Aina..." She trembled but a little, gently setting the woman back down before gently resting a hand on the woman's cheek. tears budding in Verdada's eyes as she shook her head. "It's been so long.... so much..... so much has happened. I-I'm Verdada, a piece of Santa.Oh jeez, I wish Ajora where here uhhmmm. Ohhhh...... she'll explain it all later!" She squealed and promptly grabbed Aina back up into one of those bear hugs, grinning from ear to ear as she promptly abandoned any notion of trying to catch Aina up in that moment. All at once, that soft, sad, miserable piece of santa finally was able to feel greater joy.

The joy of one lucky enough to feel the hole left by grief being refilled.

Verdada smiled, still radiating that warm enthusiasm as she listened to Aina, and perhaps a bit belatedly relaxed her hold and took a step back, as if to remind herself that she was still so very new. "OH! Sorry about that." She gave a sheepish chuckle, taking a moment to pause and watch as Aina seemed to be still taking stock of things. Though she was briefly surprised when the girl seemed..... startled.

"You.... what do you mean?" She asked, confusion on her own face for a moment before she folded her hands. Patience suffusing through her as she thankfully avoided freaking out, but only barely. "You ... remember your powers..... .." She noted quietly, some small ammount of ..... worry in her voice as she made the observation. Some small part of her had hoped that Aina would forget all of that. That was the point, wasn't it? To leave the past behind. But ....how would Aina be able to move on if she was still burdened with her past? "This....this isn't how it was supposed to happen..." She noted quietly. Should she call for Ajora? IT was supposed to be a fresh start. Why did she still have her memories?

"How are you ...feeling?" She asked, that caution still in her voice.

There was a silent pause as she considered this. All the same, Verdada moved in and gently reached up, briefly letting her fingers rest on Aina's chin... thinking... before she smiled. A bit of relief coursing through her. She was...... hesitant. For one, those memories also held lessons. She remembered Alsos's.......fixation. How she had insisted that she could do no good. THAT was what scared her. She worried that even in this new incarnation... Aina would doom herself to fail. old memories. Old fears. If all she had lost was power, was she really a new person? Wasn't this just...Algos? Could this woman move on with the weight of her past? She wasn't sure. But well....if nothing else. She could hope.

"I......I'm not really sure." She in truth, had been a little unsure ever since she'd seen her emerge. She looked the same, which was one thing. But to also have her memories and old mannerisms? What she wanted to say was that she could go and do whatever she wanted. But.... could she? Where COULD they reasonably go? The memory of Niagra Falls still haunted her. Hmmmmm.

She held her hand out to the side, and from her palm, warm flesh bloomed. A bright pale white orchid grew from her palm. Bone that slithered up in bright white petals, which peeled apart to allow something else to glide from the opening, A pair of glasses, made from bone. Admittedly lenseless, she didn't really know how to make glass from her body just yet. But all the same, she plucked them from her palm as the petals shed from her skin and she then held the accessory up to Aina's face. "Here, put these on." Surely they could Clark Kent this, right?

Verdada put on a pleased look as she made note of the effect of the glasses. And ...well the demon stuff she really had no ideas about. She didn't know a lo about them, and not even her connection to Ajora really seemed to give much information on that. But, if nothing else: she understood that Aina seemed to be .... different.

"Well you can never be too careful. Besides, they look good on you!" she insisted, smiling from ear to ear as she reached up and lightly framed the woman's face with her hands, as if to show her off. " SO! Where do you wanna go first? The world of the living obviously would be the most interesting. Anywhere in particular you wanna go? Japan? Europe? America?" She asked with that revitalized energetic peppyness to her. At least for now, Verdada seemed to flat out just ignore the question about her being ...upset or nervous. In truth she didn't even know how to respond to the questions as they were. So well...elaborating on things she didn't understand just seemed like a waste of time. This was a time to be enjoying Aina's new life after all!