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 Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:35 pm
 Matthias Keller
Status: Ominously In The Dark
Location: Conference Room
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"Riyel, these children would be better off without your blundering. Kalen has nothing going for him under that hood but nepotism. Do I need to remind you that it was oh... yourself, what, three sorceresses and just about the most elite Trabian SeeD to bail him out of his blunder?"
The director laughed. "I'll be there when your Wisdom backfires, dumbass. I can't wait for him to be passed through a half hearted SeeD exam, and damage Winhill Gardens reputation with clear favoritism. I'm so glad you're back, I can see why you ended up toasted. Now you're just passing on the bad choices."
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Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:57 pm
Remington Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Stock: Fire (x3), Cure (x3), Esuna (x3), Scan (x3)
Status: Recovering
Rem clinged to Kalen like he’d disappear if she let go. She made awful, ugly sounds as her body tried to weep without any more strength to do so. She tried to quiet herself. She really did. Kal had to make her look at him again, and it still took painfully long before she could get herself under control enough to speak.
”Muh…Mama hates Sorceresses, Kalen!” she insisted. The dam had burst and the words came tumbling out in a flood. She gripped Kalen’s shoulders like she was going to try shaking sense into him. ”Everyone knows it! She built an entire country to f-fight them! Edea is why we- we don’t have grandma and grandpa! Edea is the one who burned her!”
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Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 7:05 pm
┏┉┄┈┈┈┈┈⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡ ː̗̀ǁ ＫＡＬＥ Ｎ ♝ ＶＩＣＡＲＩＡ ǁː̖́┈̥-̶̯͡⌣̊┈┈┈┈┈┉┓
Status: Shockma'd Location: Mouth of Hell Company: Raeka, Rem, Thoughts: Get me out of this bed
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
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Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality FAMILY REUNION
Confusion was all that he could properly feel at the moment, perplexed at what Rem had said. Why the hell would mom... SORCERESSES?! "Wait, wait, wait." Kalen waved his hands in the air as he tried adjusting his unresponsive lower half. s**t, this was not something he planned on getting used to. "What the hell are you talking about? Mom doesn't HATE sorceresses...." That was perhaps not super true, but she tolerated his friendship with Nyale enough so that was a start. "She was just telling me she was surprised you and Nyale were getting along so well at the start of Festival! Why would she hate you for..." It all clicked together then, the light bulb going off in his brain. It all made sense. The weird vibes the last few days, hell, how going back to when they were kids and somehow Rem had defeated that Marlboro. It...it added up.
"You're a Sorceress?" The question was plain, forward, and his voice was laced with wonder and disbelief. "You're like Nyale?" The statement about their grandmother and grandfather was moot as he looked at her. "You just found out..or you never told me?" Guardian Force: G...Gilgamesh? Status: O'HO, I HAVE SOMETHING
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 5:34 am
 Salem Everett
Status: Escaping his sister.
Location: Riverbank
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Well, its more complicated than that. A familiar voice spoke to Nyale from not too far away. He seemed to have been doing not more than her, watching the water, but the man rarely ever had the time to do nothing. However a glance towards the ground would reveal his violin case. Maybe he too was trying to get away from it all.
Oh, my dear niece. I think you forgot some of my lessons. But instead of going into a lecture, he shrugged and smiled at her. I'm proud of you. Bringing back Koyuki was something only you could do, and despite it all you faced down a Hexadragon and Xaris and Koyuki with no hesitation. For a moment, it seemed his teal eyes were looking past her.
So, Ny, most importantly. How are you doing? He knew it was a lot to take in. In his day he had Ultimecia, as false Edea, to be his support net. Though Nyale had her immediate friends and family, he wanted to make sure she had what he never did. Someone who cared enough to come to them. Pass the impetus.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:08 pm
 Lost in skies of powdered gold
xxxxxxxCaught in clouds of silver ropes
xxxxxxxxxxxxShowered by the empty hopes
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAs I tumble down, falling fast to the ground
I know I'll wither, so peel away the bark
xxxxxxxxx'cause nothing grows when it is dark
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIn spite of all my fears, I can see it all so clear
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Ny had to do a double take when she heard Salem Everett's voice suddenly speak up from nearby, thinking for a moment she might be imagining it. Sure enough, the silver-haired, black-suited man stood a ways off on the riverbank, apparently watching her. Always so mysterious... She contemplated. Had he been there before she arrived? Or had he found her? She couldn't say. "Hello, uncle" Ny greeted him calmly.
For a moment it almost sounded like he was going to begin the conversation by reprimanding her, which made his niece inwardly cringe in anticipation. But then instead he said the last thing she was expecting to hear.
"...proud of you..."
Ny was immediately flustered, pressing a hand to her mouth, watching him with a startled expression. Especially after he followed it up with some unexpected praise about her recent exploits.
Sorry, uncle, did I hear you right?
"Ah...th-thank you..." She replied, her features lighting up with an embarrassed but grateful smile that returned his own. She fidgeted slightly, not accustomed to hearing such praise. "Well...as I see it, as you and mother taught me, when you can do the things that our kind can do you have a responsibility to act. What good is having these powers if you don't use them to help people" She shrugged, looking out across the water. "And people tend to expect the worst of us, uncle, so I'd like to prove them wrong" She thought she was managing to do that so far, with people like Nona who had a distrust of Sorceresses.
At his next question she went quiet for a moment, turning her gaze back to him and observing him cautiously as if it was some kind of trick question.
"Uncle Salem I..." She hesitated. How truthful to be? She didn't want to worry him, but she also didn't want to lie. She weighed it up for a few minutes.
"I feel...so angry...all the time. If I'm honest. In here" She pressed a hand her chest. "It's like a fire that won't go out, and sometimes it feels like I'm unraveling" A risky thing for a Sorceress to admit, she knew, but he was perhaps the only person she would confess that to. She still avoided looking at him though.
"I just...I know I can do more, and I can be better than I am. Mother keeps me cooped up safe at Winhill, never experiencing anything real. I don't think I can reach my full potential that way...so it's frustrating" She bit her lip, finally catching Salem's eye apprehensively, unsure of how he would react to that.
"These last few days have pushed me more than I ever have been before. It feels good, uncle Salem" There was a prideful glint in her eyes, for a brief moment. Then she shook her head.
"Sorry. Rae got attacked, the city is in ruins, and I'm sure you have bigger concerns to deal with. I hope you're doing okay too"
Unable to sit still any longer Ny got to her feet again and walked over to where her uncle stood. "May I?" She nodded down at the violin case.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:29 pm
Remington Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Stock: Fire (x3), Cure (x3), Esuna (x3), Scan (x3)
Status: Broken
Kalen had seen the storm of black winds which flowed into Rem. He’d heard Nyale announce what it meant as part of the Succession of Witches. But there was more to it than that.
The malboro.
”You just found out…or you never told me?”
Rem pulled back. Her face was writ with guilt. Her hands slid off him. She didn’t deserve his support. Shaking, hitching, she hugged herself. At last, she shut her eyes.
Scintillating light emerged from Rem’s back. It shone brighter and brighter, with a heat Kalen could feel on his skin. The light grew so bright and dense that it condensed into shapes.
On the floor of the cramped little hospital room, Remington Nipal grew a pair of robin red wings.
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Eko Domini Tsurugi Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:19 pm
┏┉┄┈┈┈┈┈⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡ ː̗̀ǁ ＫＡＬＥ Ｎ ♝ ＶＩＣＡＲＩＡ ǁː̖́┈̥-̶̯͡⌣̊┈┈┈┈┈┉┓
Status: Shockma'd Location: Mouth of Hell Company: Raeka, Rem, Thoughts: Get me out of this bed
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality FAMILY REUNION
Silence lingered in the hospital room, the machines operating the in the background becoming nothing as he held his breath. The world slowed, everything became unfocused. Rem pulled away and looked almost hateful towards herself. It only made Kalen dwell on the last few days and really contemplate all that had occurred. The near assassination. The flow of energy from Raeka to Rem. Nyale’s breathless explanation about witches and whatever their succession was finally given a firm visual and definition. At that moment, it not longer…Rem had become a Sorceress.
As if on cue, the young girl drew back and red formed out of the depths of her back, branching outward into the outline and realizing of wings. Red wings. A heat came off of them, minuscule but notable enough to him as he sat there flabbergasted, amazed…and betrayed. Rem admitting that she and the family, as well as family friends, sheltered him because he thought he was frail was one thing. The incident with the Marlboro gave nothing but predication that maybe Kalen wasn’t predisposed to combat. Yet now, it made even more sense. The scorch marks in the aftermath when he had come to. Rem had never been told not to pursue anything in combat like he had, and he could still recall the various conversations about his pursuit of being a SeeD. Maybe it wasn’t right for him.
It all felt like a lie.
His face didn’t give way to Rem, in fact it was still in awe at the beauty of the wings. That feeling of betrayal, he kept in his chest. The jealousy that had been instilled upon him for years after that moment. The betrayal, because they both had always told each other that they wouldn’t lie to each other. Kalen had been honest about everything he ever did. Always. He never lied. He always apologized when he was wrong. Now…it felt different and he couldn’t explain it.
”All those years ago…you never told me. We said we’d never hide anything from one another. We’d always be there for each other.”. He moved, sitting back and letting his frozen legs rest in front of him. His face was perplexing to say the least. ”Did you think I’d love you less? Tell mom? This isn’t a recent thing you found out…it’s all adding up to me now. I would have never betrayed you, Rem….”. His voice sounded weary, looking for an answer to a question that had none. Guardian Force: G...Gilgamesh? Status: O'HO, I HAVE SOMETHING
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:45 pm
 Remington Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Stock: Fire (x3), Cure (x3), Esuna (x3), Scan (x3)
Status: Broken
Rem buried her face in her hands. Every word from Kalen’s mouth crushed her down further. She sank down toward the floor until she was kowtowing to her brother. Her brilliant red wings folded inward, barely able to maneuver in the cramped room. And she shook with miserable, empty sobs.
”I’m s-sorry, Kal…!” she poured out, her voice muffled by the hands still hiding her face, even buried into the cold tile floor. ”I’m sorry…I was…I was so scared, I c-couldn’t…” Excuses. She’d lied. Lied to her dearest brother.
”I didn’t want this!” Rem insisted. She beat her head on the ground with a frighteningly loud thump. ”I wuh-wanted to pretend, p-pretend it never h-happened! I c-couldn’t stand to see my face in the mirror! I-I wanted to cut it out of me! I nuh- never wanted any of it! Take it all back! G-give it to Raeka, or Nyale, or…or anything!
”I…I just want to be me…”
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:00 pm
Salem Everett
Status: With his favorite Niece
Location: By the water.
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"With great power comes great responsibility. You took the important things to heart." Unlike Raeka, that little s**t. As much as he loved the boy, his constant rebellion and attitude had frustrated Salem to know end. Anyways, he stopped his mental tangent when she told him how angry she was. She felt the fire. She was too young to feel that. At least before he gave it a moment. He wasn't any older than her when he had gotten into worse.
"Ill let you in on a little secret Nyale. We all come to feel that fire in our time. Rae tempers it with Mai, and being an a**. But it seems you’ve been in a bird cage too long, and its time to set you free." Her uncle laughed. "Well, you're in luck. I'm pulling you, Rem and Etamara to make a sorceress team. Perhaps among equals, and with real duties, you can quench that feeling."
He only smiled at her next line. He took a step to the side so she can access his violin case. "Feel free, Nyale. It's been so long I could just lean back and hear you play." He took a seat in the grass, eyes on his niece and excited to see her play. Just because. So much different than for a show, or a paycheck. For thr love of the art.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:34 pm
┏┉┄┈┈┈┈┈⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡ ː̗̀ǁ ＫＡＬＥ Ｎ ♝ ＶＩＣＡＲＩＡ ǁː̖́┈̥-̶̯͡⌣̊┈┈┈┈┈┉┓
Status: Shockma'd Location: Mouth of Hell Company: Raeka, Rem, Thoughts: Get me out of this bed
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality FAMILY REUNION
Kalen didn’t respond immediately, his face passive at best and mixed in a storm of emotion at worst. Rem’s sobs only sent responding waves of confusion as he had never expected any of this, especially from his sister. His mouth opened and closed numerous times, trying to find something to say to her barrage of self pity. His pride filled sister was brought down to a weeping mess on the ground as he lay there temporarily paralyzed. His hands folded on his lap, eyes closing as he slowed his breathing and tried to quell the feelings of disappointment and betrayal that he felt, not letting it guide his actions. This was his sister. This was Remmy. Slowly, his hands unclasped and one placed itself on her shoulder, acknowledging that he did not hate her. Kalen just felt a bit more alienated.
”When I was a kid, visiting Winhill…” he began, looking up to the ceiling as he calculated each phrase, ”Nyale showed me her wings when she discovered she could call them on command.”. He leaned back, leaning on both hands as it came off of her shoulder. ”And you know…I’d heard mom talk to pa about sorceresses…and magic. I’d heard them talking because Lis was my Godmother and…we know Mom doesn’t trust easily.”. Blue eyes looked down at Rem, calculating and piercing. ”I never told you this, because it was something I felt deep inside. Disregarding the fact that Lis is my godmother. Disregarding everything. When Nyale showed me her wings, I only thought about how beautiful they were. How beautiful she was in that moment. I thought she was an Angel…and I thought about how amazing they were and how blessed she was to have such an ability. For years, after the Marlboro incident, Mom and Pa never really let me go deep into monster training. Practical sword stuff sure. Wrestling? Go for it. I was pushed towards a civilian life even though we live in a world with monsters. I wished I was talented like Nyale was. Gifted. Like her. Like you.”
Closing his eyes, Kalen rubbed a thigh trying to push the pins and needles feeling out of his limbs. ”I felt…I wasn’t. I felt inadequate. Even when I went to Winhill to become a SeeD, I felt that shadow loom over me. In our letters. Our calls. I could feel the disapproval and concern. I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t commit. If I couldn’t find myself in the systems of our world, I decided I would leave it and find my purpose in this world, and after the last few days…the answers I thought I found, I don’t know.”. His face was wistful, but concrete in their expression, a focus on Rem’s form. ”I don’t hate you. What I hate is that you’ve been given a beautiful gift, beautiful wings, and perhaps can help the world and maybe even mom, overcome her prejudice and you’re willing to give it up. I bet Raeka, who’s had his abilities for as long as I’ve known him, would do anything to get that back. So many people would kill for that. I wanted to be strong like that… What I hate is my sister, who is one of the strongest people I know, lying on this floor with an ability that can change the world…because she thinks our mother will hate her even though you’re the light of her life.”
”Maybe you ARE stronger than me, Rem. Probably everyone here is and I don’t know if I’ll ever be useful. But I’m not afraid to stand up when it’s scary. I’m not afraid to do what I have to do, what’s right for me. You’re a politician. If you can’t be who you are in front of mom, proudly, you can’t do it in front of other people. That’s not the leader or the sorceress I know my sister is and can be.
Unlike someone like me, You and Nyale can change the world. ”
Kalen pulled himself up, struggling and came to sit on the edge of the bed. Guardian Force: G...Gilgamesh? Status: O'HO, I HAVE SOMETHING
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Eko Domini Tsurugi Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 5:22 pm
Remington Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Stock: Fire (x3), Cure (x3), Esuna (x3), Scan (x3)
Status: Broken
Kalen spoke to the crown of Rem’s head. She couldn’t bear to look at him. Couldn’t bear for him to see her. After all those years terrified that something precious would be shattered, she shattered it herself. All until he said that one little word.
Beautiful.
In tiny, shaking movements, she looked up. Still on the floor. Still broken. But when Kalen opened his eyes again, there were hers, peeking up at him, puffy and red as her hair. As her wings.
Years ago, there was a moment a lot like this. Rem, young and frightened and struggling to understand herself, had confessed to Kalen the truth. He was the first person to ever hear that she was a girl. The person to pick her up and speak gently to her. The person to stand beside her when she told their mother that Nona Nipal had not two, but three daughters.
If you can’t be who you are in front of mom, you can’t do it in front of other people.
She watched her brother drag himself up to his bed with legs like sandbags. And she started to pick herself up. She shook, still. She hitched, still. But she pushed herself up to her knees. Her wings had drawn in close, and she turned to look at one of them. It was quiet for a time. At last, a shaking Rem clambered up off the floor. One of her wings bumped the nightstand, toppling a couple of bundles of flowers to the floor. She flinched, looked at them, but instead crept closer until she could sit on the bed beside her brother.
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”Would you…help me tell mom?” she asked, her voice small, thin, but with a glimmer of hope.
Maybe wounds could heal.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 8:01 pm
┏┉┄┈┈┈┈┈⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡ ː̗̀ǁ ＫＡＬＥ Ｎ ♝ ＶＩＣＡＲＩＡ ǁː̖́┈̥-̶̯͡⌣̊┈┈┈┈┈┉┓
Status: Shockma'd Location: Hospital Company: Rem, Thoughts: Get me out of this bed
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality There was a pause. The two of them were both feeling a type a way about various different issues, and like always, they were trying to help each other fix it. Of course, the issue came now that part of one's issue was affecting the other. While Kalen always tried to be the good brother, part of him wondered if Rem had hid anything else from him. Not something to ask now, but if it was that big of an issue, Rem would seemingly keep it close to the chest and not tell anyone. Part of him hoped, begged, whatever higher power there was that this conversation would stop that in the future but...how would he know? The only way to know now would be if she just told him things as soon as it was possible, not when it was just convenient or accidental by nature. The ties between everyone would be part of their strength in whatever was to come, and Kalen could not let this come between his sister and he now. Honestly, the main thing for him now was just wondering why she felt like she needed to hide it from him, when she had told him other things just as vital? The ambiguity of that question left him flummoxed. Perhaps an answer would come one day...perhaps it would not.
Her question was timid, as expected. She was vulnerable and knew that she had infringed on the trust that they had built over the course of their lives. If it were any other thing lighter, Kalen would have jokingly told her to take a hike but this was different. It was a touchy subject in the family, and Kalen knew how touchy it could be. Mom had never gotten over the hurdle of his friendship with Nyale completely, but it had definitely improved over time. This situation with Rem...it made him feel more weary, knowing it was just another bombshell upon another probable bombshell that would come to fruition. His eyes looked at the flowers that had fallen on the floor, gifts from people who knew his name, probably idolized him, but all it did now that everything had happened was bring him down to earth further. Money hadn't mattered to him, even when the family was at its poorest. Fame was whatever, it came with being a politician's son and a headmaster's first born offspring, nevermind the war hero nonsense. Kalen just wanted to feel important in the world. Everyone nowadays just made him feel small in comparison.
He wouldn't wallow in this self pity though, a sniff and a run of his hand through his hair made him look down at Remmy and shoot his usual cocky grin. "Like you even had to ask." He grabbed his phone and texted Nona immediately, asking if she could come see him soon. One click later and the message was sent, but not before he looked down at Rem, a strange look in his eyes. One that was perfectly clear with what he followed with. "No more secrets. We're going to have to trust each other with our lives, and its only going to get harder in the future. No more secrets. No more lies. Got me, Remmy?"
His point was clear.
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:10 am
Lost in skies of powdered gold
xxxxxxxCaught in clouds of silver ropes
xxxxxxxxxxxxShowered by the empty hopes
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAs I tumble down, falling fast to the ground
I know I'll wither, so peel away the bark
xxxxxxxxx'cause nothing grows when it is dark
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xxxxN y a l exxxxL a y t o s▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬⊰ ✮ ⊱▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Ny never could predict her uncle's behaviour.
She felt some of the weight lift off her chest at his response, exhaling in relief as he confirmed that how she was feeling was normal. She hadn't realised how much her anxieties had been weighing her down. The corners of her lips also curved up in an involuntary smirk at his comment about Raeka being an a**. Harsh, but true. "He's still so young...give him time" She urged. "Your hair can't go any greyer anyway"
Hearing Salem laugh prompted a wry smile from Ny, who briefly wondered when the last time she heard it was. Too long ago. His next words made her draw in a sharp breath, amber eyes growing large with surprise.
"Oh! A team with the girls? Really?? That's...wow...I'd love that" The girl remarked softly, turning the idea over in her mind. More training and missions, with other sorceresses no less, would surely help expand her horizons. "Sign me up!" She flashed her uncle a bright, eager smile. "Though, you may have a job convincing Nona Nipal..." She added thoughtfully. She also wondered how that would be received in the political world, given recent tensions...
He stepped aside to allow her his violin and Ny crouched down, reverently unsnapping the clasps and taking the musical instrument out with special care, as she knew how precious it was to Salem.
"There's a song I've been practising. Perhaps you'll like it"
Nyale stood up, back straight and head high, and raised the violin to her neck. She slid the bow across the strings, practising a few quick scales to get into the groove. Then her features settled into a focused expression and she began to play in earnest, facing towards Salem as she had done many times when she was younger during their music lessons.
The Tigers Water and the Moon
Ny's right hand moved the bow over the strings with smooth and confident strokes, swirling the musical notes into existence. Meanwhile her left hand held the neck of the instrument, nimble fingers dancing on the strings as she played. The song was heartfelt, a classic tale of love unrequieted, with the rich and elegant sound of the violin amplifying it. Ny let the music take her away, as hopefully it would do for Salem too, each vibrato rippling through her soul. The world around and all its drama was briefly, wonderfully forgotten in those few minutes.
Music had always been an excellent escape.
As she ended the song with the last few gliding strokes she was drawn back into the real world again, blinking as if waking from a deep sleep.
"I didn't forget all your lessons, uncle"
She gave a final flourishing bow for effect, and then held the violin out to her uncle to take back. "Your turn?" She requested with an arched eyebrow. Ny loved hearing him play.
At the same time her phone buzzed in her pocket; a reply from Lis.
[ Yes I have a few minutes. Come to the hotel when you're free - love M xx ]
"Ah. I'll need to go soon. Mr Vicaria asked me to see if Kalen could finish his SeeD training back home. Said I'd check with mother" Ny explained. But there was always time for music first.
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:04 am
Salem Everett
Status: At Peace.
Location: Riverside.
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"It may not get greyer, but I'd hate for it to start falling out." He had so far been blessed to avoid most of male pattern baldness and receding hairlines. He only smirked at the mention of Nona Nipals permission. As a matter of fact he did not, and even then he could press the issue very well. Nona would agree, whether she liked it or not.
Salem gave his niece a standing ovation, complete with applause. She was still a wonderful musician, and he was more than over joyed his love for the arts had been passed on to so many of the next generation. Music and the messages and emotions passed through it would live forever.
The man took his violin lovingly in hand. He wandered what he was to play before arching a brow at Nyale's next statement. "Mr. Vicaria should not be alive, and his request will only send Kalen to the grave, Ny. You should not honor the request, the Vicaria boy has far better talents and resources that would be squandered. He should write to change hearts and minds, helping the people through dire times. Inspiring them, encouraging them, helping them know not all is lost. The boy is lost on the front lines, and you saw when hurt enough he loses control... that said. I did not pass the S3 team idea past your mother first, so put in a good word for it if you would."
With that, he let slip the first note. It seemed erratic at first, but after a few more notes it was clear he was just playing with random notes. This was not a song of any means, no he was just playing by ear, dancing his fingers along the strings as he played a furious tune. He was more showing off his ability at the violin, but he was beaming like a idiot towards his niece as he did.
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:32 pm
 President Nona Nipal nee Winchester
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Status: Mending
Rem leans herself on her brother’s shoulder. She shut exhausted eyes.
”No more secrets.”
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””He sounded…kind,” she murmured. ”He cared about you. And…her.”
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[I’ll be there ASAP]
She was. Sadly still took her some two hours to pull away. In that time, Rem and Kal had scrounged up a modest meal from the hospital supply. With time, food, and hugs, Rem Nipal began to mend. Her wings had faded soon enough, and she spent some little while telling Kalen every detail she could remember about Riyel Vicaria. It had been a short time, and a stressful time, but she tried.
It had been quiet for a while when the door at last opened. Instead of another nurse come to check on her brother, in came Nona Nipal. Exhausted, she still kept her back straight- until she reached Kalen and bent down to wrap him in a tight hug.
”Kal…” she breathed a sigh of relief as she held her babe. After some time, she let go, to offer the same hug to Rem.
”How are you doing?” she asked Kal first, releasing Rem to sit on the edge of the bed.
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"A world without monsters."
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