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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:04 pm
Ali Ababva, Lord Xerseis
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
The dragon was unimpressed by this suddenly grand explosion of emotions. Exposition and explanation for something that was largely uninvited. It didn't erase the reality that the boy was disconnected from others his own age, stability was something he didn't know, and now somehow he was surrounded by luxury and by all the riches of the Lionis empire. For all her crying and screaming, he already told her it was this past that he could forgive and that didn't matter. But everything that followed? That which had followed since?
The wings of the beast shifted anxiously in the midst of this. No amount of tears removed facts and validated stories.
"Then you admit that you wouldn't entertain the thought of love for me, despite how eagerly you would pleasure yourself in the arms of others." The dragon's maw snarled and he straightened his neck, inadvertently towering over the woman. "Can you deny that you have taken lovers?"
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:41 pm
════ Female // 22 // Clothing, with red
Crowned by the Moon and Mist
Meaning she was crowned in the name of Cyn, Thea, and Aelina
Evelyn glared at him "Before the war happened yes, I took a single lover, so no I can't deny it." she said, her shoulders shaking slightly "before you proposed. And as far as I'm aware he was one of the first casualties" she said, her voice was slowly coming down and her shoulders slumped. She would let out a deep breath And I've thought about what it would be like to love you, but you have given me nothing to go on to find out what type of person you are. I've spoken to you at length twice. You say you'd love me yet you're so eager to just up and leave because of misconceptions and rumors." her voice had come down to a hushed tone "What kind of marriage would it be anyway. The way you say your words...how eagerly I must be to pleasure myself in the arms of others, as far as I'm aware you've chosen already to just see me as forever unfaithful and untrustworthy" the words that she had chosen to substitute for the word whore rung in her ears. That's what his words had made it seem as to what he thought she was, but she was not and if he believed she was one he could just say it instead "Would it be safe for me to assume that you're choosing to end everything because of one of many feathers just so happened to be picked up from amongst many that must have been lying in the throne room?" she asked as she stood their. waiting for him to prove her right on something she was starting to come to believe.
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Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:54 pm
Ali Ababva, Lord Xerseis
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
The dragon huffed. His eyes shifted out over their surroundings, and generally finding the roads to be clear, as most kept their distance around a dragon who was still wearing his wings and where two seemed to be just randomly yelling. It might have been just his ears... but why did it sound like she was trying to fight for him to stay? He didn't understand the sharp change in her behavior. And if he didn't understand it, he couldn't help or change anything about the situation. It was a trap to think he could. And if he didn't understand, how could he be sure that she would be loyal merely because she claimed such?
"It might be suggested that we also have very little in common. Seeing that you were destined for something, I had hoped to be at your side for it. Instead, my feelings were brushed aside, as I recall that you insisted on not being wed to me, but instead allowing me to be lover instead of anything more. Perhaps after a year, could I publicly court you, and then perhaps a year after the coronation could I have any possibility of actually being wed to you."
The wings shifted and shrugged. "You owe me nothing, and as far as I can tell, you haven't accepted anything that I have offered. Feathers say one thing... but I cannot trust you any more than you can trust me. So I relieve you of the fear of any of this, and now formally withdraw my offer of marriage."
The crystalline head angled forward, simulating a bow. Then he turned his back to her and began to spread his wings and prepare for takeoff. "Farewell, your majesty."
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:11 pm
════ Female // 22 // Clothing, with red
Crowned by the Moon and Mist
Meaning she was crowned in the name of Cyn, Thea, and Aelina
The Empress was once again swallowed by shadows and she would vanish, only to appear once again on his back, he wasn't flying yet to she wasn't having any troubles "What if I wanted you to marry me" she blurted out once she was once again upon his back "and I said that I went about the wrong way of trying to garner more of your interest and attention by making you wait" Evelyn grit her teeth slightly, she really hated admitting things like that. Such tactics were taught to her by her mother before she had been taken into the palace, the longer you made someone wait, teased them to keep them interested, it was just something you were supposed to do. Evelyn took a deep breath "What If I said I want to marry you not because of any support you could give me politically but because I actually think we could end up working rather well together as a..." what was the word again "as a match" that word seemed to work, she knew the word started with an M but it didnt quite find a way to her tongue "please don't start flying yet."
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Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:17 pm
Ali Ababva, Lord Xerseis
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
Feeling weight on his back, he was forced to stop. She was atop him, and now was asking him not to fly. Remembering how loud her shrill screams had cut into his hearing earlier, he stopped and folded his wings to his back. He turned his head and glanced to his rider, again puzzled by her presence here.
.... She wanted him to marry her.
The gold eyes blinked.
... She suggested that she thought they would work well together as a match? Despite the free-talking of her servants and maids? He exhaled slowly.... very slowly... and he could feel the heat of his frustration almost burn his nostrils.
This was exacerbating.
"Why now?" He sighed heavily. "Why me? Suitors will be flocking to your door now that you have your title and position, and an abundance of gifts will fall at your feet. So why now do you express any desire for me to stay close? To wed me?"
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:47 pm
════ Female // 22 // Clothing, with red
Crowned by the Moon and Mist
Meaning she was crowned in the name of Cyn, Thea, and Aelina
Surprise widened her eyes and she suddenly felt very stupid and embarrassed. She sucked her lip in and bit it hard as she looked away from him, her hands resting on his scales. She would move her hands slowly, feeling the dragons scales slide across her palms "I've found you rather attractive since I met you in Bellris" she said, still avoiding looking directly at him as she continued to feel his scales across her palms and I guess to answer your questions in order... Why now because you are about to leave and you've just said you retract your proposal to wed. My mother taught me that if I want someone to like me more then I should keep them at a distance and guessing. That didn't seem to work with you and it seemed to do the exact opposite. Reason I wanted to wait on the courting is because I've never been courted before and didn't know what it was like" her cheeks turned a little red "I wanted to do some research on what it might look like before you did"Evelyn moved her hands again, the feeling of the scales below her palms seemed to be calming to her as she continued, everything just starting to roll off her tongue "I've never actually been that in to suitors even prior when I just went by Princess, just the thought of having so many suitors raises the hair on the back of my neck since its always been my sister thats been good with figuring out motives and reason behind which suitors would come. I've never had that ability and from what she told me gifts are never something you want to receive when you're in power because it normally means that they want something in return, she use to point to a lot of them and tell me that most of them had just come to the castle because they believed that because our father was so lustful that we might be as well-"She stopped herself, she had started to go off track but she then returned back to the questions at hand "why you...because you seem to know what you're doing. I can see myself falling in love with you but I can also see you becoming a pillar that helps the empire and myself grow." she said to him "beyond that I can tell that you would be good for me. I act rashly, even when I think I have ideas fully planned out. Like the idea of making it mandatory for all children to attend school, you brought up that farther out of the capital it would be more difficult to impose and for those that need the help farming I would be cutting into their survival. I wouldn't have considered that since I tend to look more at the long term effects and less at how it will effect everything currently." Evelyn moved one of her hands off his scales and instead let it rest on her lap while she kept the other one still "I want you to stay close because I want to know you better and understand much more than I think I do because I know that at the very least to me you could be good and in the long run you could be much more then just that."
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Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:46 pm
Ali Ababva, Lord Xerseis
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
Somehow he felt that an adolescent was squeaking up at him... especially with how this 'brave soldier' was refusing to look him in the eye. He wasn't sure what to think of this, or whether or not her words were to be believed, as they seemed too dramatically different from how she had been behaving within the privacy of her chambers. Here, she was much more declarative and somehow seemed to portray a level of uncertainty that.... did not fit the background she gave him.
He felt that, strangely enough, she was trying to manipulate his feelings. One way, and then another, as though she wanted to coax a feeling from him, or a reaction, or even just what she wanted. Was it merely because he said he wasn't interested anymore that suddenly encouraged her to pursue him?
Did she want to ruin Ethe's spy network, and secure the plans of their invention so badly that she would give her hand in marriage to secure it? And if that was the case, where were her priorities?
None of this, of course, erased what knowledge he had gained of her movements, of her visitors, and of the rumors that seemed to fit just too cleanly in with the evidence that was found, and alongside his personal experience.
"Simply put, the purpose of courting is to sift through the suitors, and to find which one among them is best suited to be wed to." Whether or not 'she was just that into' suitors didn't matter in higher positions. Sometimes, you were wed for reasons other than love. In fact, most of the stable marriages were arranged, and were designed to be working partnerships first. Love would grow from that arrangement, not unlike how men marching into battle together gained camaraderie and trust for each other.
"We both deserve to wed those that would build us up and craft us into better people." He turned his eyes away. "Now if you would kindly dismount, I wish to be off."
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:15 pm
════ Female // 22 // Clothing, with red
Crowned by the Moon and Mist
Meaning she was crowned in the name of Cyn, Thea, and Aelina
Evelyn looked at him, in one day she had lost Ethe and now what was once a potential future husband. She stared at his dragon form, she could easily crush him if she desired to transform the thought was so tempting that she started to take to it for a moment, her nails darkening and starting to become sharp but she quickly put them away and slammed the door down on those negative emotions that she was no longer aloud to have. Evelyn stared for a moment longer before she turned, she saw the diamond mark on him and then looked away "Fine" she said softly "Why should I bother trying to keep someone with me who clearly doesn't want me" she said looking rather dejected and disillusioned "I can only assume that this will be our last meeting for a very long time so I will just say two things before Its likely that I will never see you again" she paused and pressed her lips together "I suggest that you go to the Oracles in the Maude, but I doubt that you would even bother at this point. she said as she turned so she was facing away from him, she would tie her hair back "thanks for proving me right about exactly who you are." she would then take her dragon form faster then necessary, her tail nearly hitting him and her armoured plates catching the sun for a moment and making her look like she was made of obsidian. It took only a few flaps of her large wings before she was speeding away. [exit]
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Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:32 pm
Ali Ababva, Lord Xerseis
Gone's the wisdom
Of a thousand years
A world in fire and chains and fear
Go to the oracles, she said... Proving her right about him, she said.
The crystal dragon refused to move and waited for her words to be completed, and even patiently listened to her wings as she took to them again and took to the air. She seemed quickly convinced that he didn't like her, which was an interesting and.... again... confusing turn. He would have expected her to fight harder.
He released another heated sigh and glanced up the the weather, taking note of it. He still had time, and from what he could tell, the weather would permit him to fly cleanly through the night even if he did take a detour...
But what purpose would visiting the oracles serve? He was the pureblood crystal dragon forged from generations underground and meticulously bred to be what he was. He was prismic. He was physical perfection. He was also the only one, it seemed, among nobility that understood the value of ancestry, of having family, of power.
.... What the hell? He was always curious about the oracles. He didn't know what even they would say about him, but even once would be something to document for future generations, however it went.
He spread his wings and angled his flight to the oracles. What would he ask them? He didn't have the faintest clue.
Leads me to a place so far
Deep down it lies my secret vision
I better keep it safe-Exit-
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