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_{▞ @i-ced liked for a starter ▞}

      _{to always expect the unexpected was a belief in which she had managed to hold close, merely due to past occurrences which  A L L O W  such assumptions to wind itself ‘neath the routine of what was considered a norm. SUCH NORMS came alongside simplistic loopholes, one which sung of clustered anonymity with such unvarnished veils that it was quite frankly, useless. HOWEVER, THE ICHOR within the siren’s veins had long run dry && she was no god to preach what was right or wrong —— this however, was quite the ( opposite ) of what she would have been READY for when the gilded doors of mermaid heel was opened, surprise flickering within pools of molten gold as a brow arched.} 

  “is there any reason for your sudden
  appearance, gray fullbuster? what are
  you doing here?”

█▐ ❆ ࿐ᐤ  VIRILE FEATURES GAVE off a nonchalance semblance to the confrontation. The air is still even after the female’s few words, a query not meant to be answered— simple rhetorical. Yet Gray hadn’t a clue what to think of her acute &&. seething BEWILDERMENT. So he merely began, then trailed off, oculars coming to an aversion as they ended scrutinizing around the festive hall…

          ❛  Sheesh, cut me some slack. Erza jus’ want me t’deliver somethin’.   ❜

          Gray was CAUTIOUS. Perhaps overly so, as a simple instinct to what ire served as blood in presence of a woman that mayhaps isn’t too fond of him (courtesy of their chaotic prior encounter). Lone digits FEATHERED the cloth that enfolded around the shadowed parcel, he proffered it goodnaturedly. 

         ❛  She’s, uh, embarking on a mission right now. 
                  So here’s yer Christmas gift on her behalf, ‘n stuff. ❜