Vanyel lay in the boughs of a beautiful pink tree, his tail hanging down and swinging as he sang softly, the words lilting and gentle, rising up and down and spinning a lovely story.

”Farewell,
To all the earthly remains,
No burdens,
No further debts to be paid.

Atlas,
Can rest his weary bones,
The weight of the world,
All falls away,
In time.”

A song meant to be a duet, but he sang it by himself anyway, since his intended partner wasn't quite ready yet.

”Goodbye,
To all the plans that we made,
No contracts,
I'm free to do as I may.

No hunger,
No sleep except to dream,
Mild and warm,
Safe from all harm,
Calm.”

Vanyel almost looked as if sleeping if it weren't for his moving mouth and rising chest, his voice carrying across the pretty pink lawn where the palace was. If anyone was within then they would surely hear, but so would anyone nearby.

He wished that someone would come by to keep him company, for he found himself awfully lonely. Not enough friends, maybe, but his true purpose in life, to share his music, had sort of plateaued. No one really... cared.

@Adenium

Adenium had just returned to Cepheus, after about a week or so back at Eridanus. They were.. tired to say the least, after about a couple hours of walking across nearly half of The Caves.

They started heading towards the river, eager for a drink and maybe a little relaxing swim. They walked across the almost unnervingly perfect lawn, before being stopped in their tracks by the sound of… singing?

They quickly identified the voice as Vanyel's (which should've been apparent by the fact it was singing, anyways.)

"Hey Vanyel! Nice song!" they'd call, waving up at where the dragon-elf lounged in the tree. "..Why are you in a tree?" Not that they could really judge- Adenium spent their fair share of time sitting or even sleeping in trees. But Vanyel hadnt seemed like the type to enjoy it. He had always seemed more… civilized, like dad. She'd never seen dad sleep in a tree.

@Vanyel

Vanyel paused in his singing at the sound of a familiar voice, his head tilting back so he could look over at Adenium. A grin split his face and he rolled over, resting his cheek on his hands instead.

”No particular reason,” he hummed, ”The blossoms are quite lovely, though, and their fragrance is lovely.”

He plucked a bloom from the tree and swung down to the ground, landing gently and drawing in his wings as he made his way over to the other. He set the bloom behind Adenium's ear and hummed softly, pulling his hand away.

”Lovely,” he said, ”And the flower too.”

With a wink he pulled away, humming the tune he'd been singing before as he started walking, shoving his hands into his pockets. He didn't mean the flirt at all, of course, his wistful sighs and dopey smiles when he thought no one was looking showing that his heart was already taken.

”Are you coming? We could walk together if you'd like,” he said, his demeanor calm and gentle.

@Adenium