Sometimes things went exactly the way you want it and sometimes not at all. Even if it was written in the stars or in the cards, it had also been in the raven haired mage her mind. She knew that the game she was playing came with sacrifices and it sounded a lot more scary and dark than it originally was, the sacrifice would be that she would leave her family be and at some points during her stay with her father in Orchidia, she didn't care about that sacrifice. Where she had gone for at least six months, she hoped for a happy reunion when she arrived home. She had hoped for too much. Her father had been tired and overworked when she returned and had been happy, not overjoyed but asked her immediately to help.

She had immediately a fight with her younger sibling Mary who had not helped her father one bit. They had not been happy with her leaving but she had believed that Mary would at least work in the store, but of course not. She had run off every other day with another new boyfriend on Phoebe her lime green heels or any other pair of shoes that she could get her hands on in one of Phoebe her sets of clothing, weither it was a dress or a new t-shirt that would even look the same as Mary, it would be her own clothing. So that happy reunion had been falling apart when Phoebe took jewels for her ruined clothing. It was surprisingly she could still find good clothing but being away for months had given her some new items and some old items that she had kept with her on her travels.

She wore a light scarf around her hair, it was a bit of a salmon with orange colour that kept the long black hair out of her face and a white dress with orange and beige coloured flowers around her middle, but instead of wearing high heels, she wore white flats. She had been working this morning in the shop of her father but he had given her time off, he didn't like to see her at this point. Being the newsbreaker of her mother's death and that she had a love child with another man, made Phoebe not the most loved child in the family at the moment. She actually prefered that love child over anyone else at this point, they were pathetic even Persephone seemed to agree. But now they sat there, all alone for everyone that looked at them as the Goddess was but a being in her mind that shared Phoebe her body and mind with her. She had a pair of sunglasses on her nose to check the party around her, the festival even two weeks old seemed to be going on quite strong. She took a sip of her ice tea through a straw and waited, who knows what would happen today.

It was boring, when she had not much friends, they already walked away from her or others that she tried to befriend knew about the Goddess and probably avoided her. And many more things, but it should be fine, part two of the game of life couldn't use any friends, they could use allies. People that she knew and could perhaps depend on if the question asked about it and if she could miss a few jewels to pay for it but at this point, it was perhaps smartest to just wait for it. To let herself get used to that part, but it felt strange to always be alone, no matter what Persephone said to her and even if she wasn't really alone as there was Persephone but, no one else saw her and all the discussions they had were either simply alone in her head or in front of a mirror where she could see Persephone soft reflection.

So she didn't expect someone to go all out in a "Why hello there" to her so it took a while before she reacted, alright not that long as it was a matter of seconds but long enough to wonder about it. She moved the sunglasses up on top of her head and stared at the stranger to which she was sure had never met before, "Oh this? It's home made ice tea." she pointed at the stand, they simply made a cold brew, added some hibiscus and peach and served it, "It's really tasty, you should try it. That is, if you like ice tea of course." Because else it might be a bit difficult to like something. She was never a fan of the peach flavour that was made, but this had natural peach and the hibiscus took the extreme flavour away and made it softer, and thus better.

Phoebe was surprised that the stranger never had ice tea before, she had been a fan for the drink for already a couple of years but Fiore was a versatile country which meant a lot of people that came from other spots and perhaps they didn't have ice tea every where, she wouldn't know as she had not been around the whole country yet. She wasn't sure if that would even happen yet. "Oh yes, I just took it, would you sit with me? I can get you a glass?" she said as she set up straight and took the sunglasses out of her hair and placed it on the table. She didn't mind to get something for the curious person, especially not after she complimented her dress.

"Thank you." she said enthusiastically and Persephone muttered something in the back of her mind about being too easy but they both knew the game and how they would have to play it to be able to reach chapter two or part two of this game and she better kept herself on her toes to play it right. So she was doing that and if the woman agreed, she seemed to be a bit older than Phoebe or perhaps the same age, she would stand up and walk back to the little stand that was visible from where she had been sitting to get the same sort of ice tea for Taylor, but before she would leave, she would introduce herself too. "I'm Phoebe, nice to meet you too."

After that and after making sure Taylor would be okay with it she would get the drink.

The stand was a light blue colour representing the sky and something else with the fish or something, hawai style they had said but Phoebe had no idea what that had meant so she had let it be. But she walked there again, it was a couple of tables away. Persephone muttered still about being too nice, that girl had easily get her own drink but Phoebe simply shrugged and said it was no trouble and that they could try and meet other people and meet future allies. She wondered if Xandra was here too, she still wanted to meet her new friend who seemed to have the lightning god in the back of her mind, how would that be? Compared to the stubborn Nature Goddess. Phoebe ordered the ice tea that she had just gotten and gave a compliment that it was really tasty and she took the glass carefully back towards the table where she had left Taylor.

She made sure to be careful and not to spill a drop, which wasn't that difficult but you would never know who would suddenly get off their chair without looking around. But she managed to not spill something on her own white dress and placed the cup on the table, "Here you go," the raven haired mage said as she went to sit down on her previous chair and took her glass back up to take a drink, "Did you come to Orchidia for the festival?" As almost everyone seemed to do and ask when she first met them. Notte did that, Sage and probably a few more that she couldn't recall right now.

Something so easy and yet so strange, ice tea. To cool of your tea, give it a different flavour with the hibiscus flower and the lemon and still it was satisfying. Phoebe didn't know how people ever figured it out but that's the remarkable things about accidents, they brought new answers. But she was glad that Taylor seemed to like it, than at least it brought something nice to her day today. It would else become rather boring. After all, there might be a Goddess in her mind but in bodies she was still alone. Who knew what a simple conversation could lead to. She turned her eyes to the grey blue lake and wasn't sure what to think about it or what to do with it. She simply looked around. She turned to look back at Tayler as she answered Phoebe her question if she came here for the festival, "Oh yes, Orchidia is beautiful during this season. It was a good stop on your travels." it was an assumption but everyone travelled someone where, how else would you reach a place.

She wasn't sure how long she would be able to stay here because it was getting slightly depressing. All the things that were happening and going on with her game. But that didn't matter at this point she was having a not so meaninful conversation with a girl about ice tea and her town. As she turned her eyes from the lake to the people sitting here, she noticed a man. There were a lot of people but they were all sitting, talking, laughing, enjoying the festival and there was this one man. He was standing, looking at faces and when he got closer to someone he shook his head as if that person was not the right one.

Actually she was rather curious to what this man wanted and why he needed a capable person for it. She looked at Taylor, she might have arrived not long ago, she wondered if the man would ask either of them.

She didn't feel to wait for that, what if it had something to do with Lucifer, Persephone didnt'trust it for a second, so she got up, she had just finished her ice tea, "It was nice meeting you Taylor, who knows, perhaps we meet each other again, I hope you enjoy Orchidia, I'm sorry, I have to go, my father owns a store and I need to help." It wasn't a really need to, it was a try to, to get the better bond that they had and Phoebe destroyed because.. well being the bad news deliverer.