SIMON SAYS BE COOL — dual alliance

Not much time had passed since Rose had taken it upon himself to venture out of his own life of solitude in order to live amongst others, specifically choosing to reside within the Sanctuary. It was not because he had grown tired of the place, it was in fact quite the opposite. Developing a taste for sweet curiosity against his tongue that was almost as intoxicating as the onslaught of delight that his saccharine sweets brought to him meant that he wanted more. Selfish as it sounded, he wanted to have a larger span of explorable land as well as be given the opportunity to meet beings, who's existences he would have otherwise be oblivious to.

Devotion and home most certainly did still lie in the Sanctuary, though he was more than willing to explore his options and decided to seize the metaphorical bull by the horns once he had discovered that he was allowed to live in multiple places at once, as long as they were tied together through an alliance hence why he was currently coming to stand, idle, at the borders of the rather intriguing sounding Solaris Kingdom. Where others might find that stupid and rather restrictive, Rose understood it completely and could not help but agree greatly with that idea. Perhaps that was a consequence of young warrior's sense of loyalties revolved around the home itself which nowadays did not seem to be as common where most held their allegiance in the people around them and not the place itself. Having grown up thus far with such a mindset, it would have been difficult for him to alter that and since he saw no issue with it, what was the point in attempting to fix something that was not necessarily broken?

"Hello? I'm here to... uh, request a dual alliance?" Pausing after his spoken words, the sweet boy's brows briefly furrow into an expression of contemplation. "Did I word that right? Dual alliance? Eh, fuck it." Brushing the problem off of his shoulders as quickly as it had formed, he turns cornflower blue gaze back onto the lands before him which greatly differ to home sweet home back in the meadows of the sanctuary. First things first, it was much much warmer here in comparison to the snow laden grasslands that he hailed from. Though he felt somewhat of an urge to complain about that, he knew that no amount of bitching about the weather could actually cause it to change. Who had ever heard of the mortal that had bullied whatever was up above into changing things simply because they felt like being a nuisance? He most certainly had not.

"Oh, right!" He calls out seemingly to himself, perking up almost instantly as he recalls the mistake that he had made when first joining the Sanctuary. Failing to state his name and only giving his reasoning behind lingering on the border had not gotten him into any trouble, luckily, and had instead only gotten queries fired at him but he was not going to make the same error here too. To learn from faults was to progress and develop as an individual, even if that was simply in the form of an added statement. "I'm Rosepaw, just call me Rose though, it's easier to remember."

First to approach brings along witty remark alongside her as a fresh spring breeze, whirlwind of amusement gracing him drawing a bright smile to soft lips and light laugh out of his mouth. "You are very right. Well, Rose has a better ring to it than Rosepaw, at least." No offence is taken from the comment, though he did find himself making the mental note to perhaps just introduce himself by his preferred nickname instead of going out of his way to give more of a story about it all. Another mistake that could easily be rectified in his goal to make himself better for those around him, he supposed. "Thanks for the welcome though, glad to be here in the Sandy Solaris State." Alliteration rolls off of his tongue in a jesting manner, playful little smirk pinching the corners of his lips upwards. Boy, that had taken a few moments of panicked though and it's the best he can muster under such time pressure. Honestly, he was rather proud of his minor, rather insignificant remark and that was all that really mattered.

Eyes flitter briefly onto the second individual that approaches, cornflower gaze lingering on the stranger as he listens to her idle remark in relation to the other Solarian's words. "But yeah, I noticed that it's fucking hot here, too. A lot different to the snowy meadows I..." Trailing off as another individual approaches and proceeds to bring up his home, the boy can not help but raise a brow in curiosity. Perhaps it had been foolish of him to assume so, but he had most certainly not expected anyone to actually recognise the place from which he hailed from. At least, not just by catching a whiff of him. Then again, he could hardly think such a thing when considering the fact that the two places were involved in an alliance with each other thus implying that they interacted rather frequently. Rose was not exactly one for using his mind most of the time, however.

"Right, yeah. The snowy meadows of the Sanctuary. How could you tell? Is the scent really that obvious?" Queries are accompanied by the gentle sound of wind chime laughter, growing somewhat flustered as the leader introduces herself and then proceeds to bow slightly. Polite gesture or not, he's most certainly not used to such treatment, paw flying to rub at the back of his neck in a seemingly embarrassed motion. Part of him wants to wave it off though he doubts that such a kind of greeting is going to become a frequent affair so he decides to drop the matter, instead opting to focus on what she had actually said to him. "Ah, it's nice to meet you, Teacuptempest. Jeez, that's a mouthful." The latter part of his words are much more of an afterthought that he had not exactly meant to speak outloud but, typical of him, his mouth ran much much faster than his mind. In fear that he might have unintentionally triggered off some kind of upset with his thoughtless statement, regardless of how harmless he personally believed it to be, he's quick to try and fix any potential damage before he's made too much of a mess of anything. "Not to be rude or anything, miss leader, but d'you mind if I call you Tea or something like that for short because there's no way in hell that I'm going to be able to remember that."

Hopefully, they weren't too touchy in general in this new place because Rose would certainly not last long otherwise. The Sanctuary had been a pleasant surprise in regards to the attitudes of its members however so he figures that, as long as he doesn't do anything extremely out of line, things shouldn't be very difficult for him. Of course, that depended on how he was treated. To quote his own words, things should be fine 'unless some fuckass makes his life miserable'. In the midst of his thoughts, something else quickly dawns on him, the boy's attention swiftly shifting back onto the ragdoll that had strolled over to greet him initially with wide eyes. "Shit, right, speaking of names, I don't think I got yours."