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"How is this our job, Oscar? We've never done anything like this!"

"We are two of the most promising new candidates for some time; it's not shocking we'd be assigned something like this."

"Yes, Oscar, but... a ball? That's not really my place. Besides, it's not like I've got anything to wear to it."

"I... think I might have something for that."

Holly raised an eybrow playfully.

"Hidden depths, Oscar? What've you got?"

Oscar reached into his satchel and pulled out a worn notebook, before flipping past a handful of pages to reach the design of a properly unique dress. Before Holly had time to react, he stumbled into his explanation.

"I replicated some components of the noblewoman's dress from the time we were out south to capture those bandits; you said you thought it was beautiful, but not practical to move in, so I left parts of it out. To fill in the rest, I used references from your normal adventuring gear to keep it functional. It took some ingenuity to match hand wraps into a formal gown and the spellcasting focus was difficult to work in, but I think..."

Oscar paused a moment in his rambling to look to his companion; he'd been avoiding doing so from sheer, rattling nerves.

The last thing he expected was tears. Just as he started to stutter out an apology, Holly pulled him into a tight hug, voice cracking a bit as she said, "I... I didn't know you were paying attention. It's wonderful."

Oscar tried to regain his composure as Holly let go, both blushing bright red. As he tore the drawing from the book and handed it to Holly, he managed to say, "So... I suppose you'll want to try it on?"