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Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

Other | for MachineryField | 100 words | 2023-02-13 | the lamb | AO3

Juniper (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)/Valdi (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Juniper (Xenoblade Chronicles 3), Valdi (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

Everyone at Colony 30 was so happy and busy, bustling around with this Levnis project or that.

It was, of course, the starkest of possible contrasts to the morbid quiet of Tau.

Juniper couldn't say whether or not they preferred it. They definitely enjoyed Valdi's company, and his overgenerous enthusiasm toward every one of their smallest requests, but it wasn't hard to feel out of place.

They supposed a place like 30 could use some...natural décor. So long as they remained curteous, they wouldn't be overstaying their welcome.

Valdi almost made them confident that such a thing was impossible.