(dunno if it's worthwhile to post again, but might as well try)
♫Human, behave yourself, you have burst at the seams
Let it all fall out, open your mouth
Often I lie wide awake, think of things I can make
But I don't seem to have the parts to build them♫.
Marion had just fully processed what her friend had told her when a lone mage from their familia rushed towards them and cast an entrapment spell on Marielle. Marion immediately switched to completely instinctual mode and rushed the mage, breaking her concentration and freeing Marielle shortly after "Why are you after one of our own?!" "word has come that she has dared to dabble in taboo and is to be brought to the familia head to answer for her actions" Marion let out a low growl. How in the hell did they find out this fast?! She motioned for Marielle to run for it while she continued to try and keep the mage in check.
Marielle watched Marion combat a fellow mage from their familia before running towards town. If she could convince the head of her familia, maybe they could avoid anything severe occurring. However, upon reaching town, not only did she hear angry chants but at the center of town hung a rather frightening sight. Members of her own familia surrounded an erected cross where Taylor had been hung. She began trembling before casting a spell, disseminating the cross but leaving Taylor unharmed. She then approached the leader, anger taking over her normal demeanor "What gives you the right to treat Taylor that way?!" The leader, a male knight, didn't flinch but rather socked Marielle in the gut before calling for two of his buddies to take her to the head of their Familia. She barely could fight them off and ended up dragged into the Familia HQ before she could get her answers from the male or check on Taylor. Once inside, she was led to the guardian's chambers and forced in and into a bowing pose before the human form of the master of her Familia "Marielle Sage...I am gravely disappointed you would consort with a member of another familia without coming to me first.." The guardian motioned for the duo who'd escorted her to leave before continuing "What do you have to say for thyself?" "I apologize for not coming to you and consulting you, Guardian, but I will not abandon my feelings..Is there a hope of reconciliation for this act without the risk of bloodshed?" The Guardian stood silent for a few moments before approaching and placing a hand on her head "The only way to absolve this is to either execute or exile you and your consort before it becomes a greater problem...Otherwise, law will fall and what has come to be will go with it" Marielle looked up, eyes filled with tears and body trembling "I understand. Which do you wish for me?" "I do not wish to see such a bright mage slain, so I advise you to escape with your life in exile, but the head of Night familia must also weigh in on your fate" With those words spoken the doors to the room shuddered before blowing open and revealing the guardian of Night Familia"Well, well, this is the other little violator, ne? " She murmured as she approached Marielle and cupped the girl's face in one hand, squishing her cheeks together. The other Guardian nodded, wary of having a Guardian of an opposing familia walk brazenly into his domain, but it couldn't be helped with the current situation "Well, as much as I'd like to agree with your stiff of a Guardian, I'd much rather keep ya...want to change allegiance instead? The guardian of Wave familia growled "You know that is forbidden!" "Only if she joined as is..but if she died and per-say, came back then your mark on her would go POOF and she could come be my plaything with no harm to her boy-toy" "How would you explain to not only her family but to NOVAs her sudden death? And what blasted and unholy method would resurrect her?""You know well my methods of resurrection and her death could easily be the public execution that NOVAs would want in a case like this"Marielle glanced between the two, taking in their exchange. Would she choose the risk of death and resurrection or take her chances with exile? Neither appealed since it meant she'd lose her parents, her friends and her old life. Why did such a cruel law have to exist in the first place?!
♫Human, I wonder why you're a better make
Than I could ever build or create, you know not love or hate
I am so scared of what will kill me in the end
For I am not prepared, I hope I will get the chance
To be someone, to be human ♫