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 Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:48 pm
"I want to protect the Earth. I want to serve well." He did not resist the small, silken hand. It felt clean against the stubble of a day already unshaven. None of this was how he would prefer to appear to any lord or lady- aching from one position, thirsty, unshaven and not groomed out. There wasn't even the benefit of powering down and up again to at least have freshened clothes- there could be any sort of surveillance. It would put his family, friends, Colin, in as much danger from the Senshi and Knights as purification did from the Negaverse. How has it come to this? I have no place, but stand between awkwardly. In danger of both. Not servant to any noble, but slave to fear. "I am sad," the final word felt thick in his throat. Like it caught around his adam's apple and came out sticky. "Thrymr." "She needs it. If we die here, will you do so?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:06 pm
The more that he spoke with Titan, the more Thrymr could feel the reality of the world beginning to set in. Things were not so easily divided between black and white; the Negaverse, as much as he'd wanted to fight against it, was not entirely comprised of vicious, bloodthirsty people intent on killing all.
And the White Moon was not entirely comprised of decent, hardworking people intent on being kind to all.
Thrymr started to nod, and then shook his head all at the same time, his thumb smoothing absently over Titan's cheek.
"I will do my best to protect what I can," he said quietly. "But...in spite of what I had believed to be differences, I don't wish for anyone to die. I can't say that the others feel the same, because there are many who are...too blinded, I think, in their quest for answers."
He'd seen the anger, the sense of determination in some faces. Thrymr felt a pang in his chest, a twist in his stomach.
"You do not deserve to die here."
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:46 pm
There was a proof there. Right there. As much a proof as Castor's declaring war on the Earth was a proof. It was not all lies. Here was a senshi, one of the noble kind that held the power of a world out there somewhere inside of them. Here, was one of them admitting full well that they didn't really desire to protect the Earth at all. Not her people, not her lands or her heart, not the whole of all that made her. He was born here, certainly, of human, Earth-human, parents, but Thrymr's should and heart was elsewhere. It was here on Earth to pass judgements of what it wanted. What it found valuable only. It was befitting to a noble of another place- to watch for and find what he needed for his aims. To find what he 'can' - could. To protect that much. Þrymr. We even speak his name differently. He is very far from a king of jotnar. When the few of us are gone that care, what then? Will the senshi, the knights of other planets, and the loyal parasites rip the rest apart? I think so.
I think so. Titan looked away again. He closed his eyes. "I'm sorry. It is never right to ask others to take any burden of our own. To ask is already to burden, and it is so great of one. It is meant for the true Throne and vassals alone. To ask forces so much- it is hard for people to answer yes or no. They shouldn't have been asked. " Then he drew a long breath, feeling some of his back crack from the expansion. It was nice, but it made his thighs and hips burn more. His knees throbbed where they touched the stone. He wasn't sure his feet still existed. "Deserving or not is not usually a part of death. But I do deserve it."
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:02 pm
He felt as though there was too much weight already upon the shoulders of the man before him, Thrymr watching the way that he turned his head, closed his eyes to him. His hand remained where it was for a lingering moment against the officer's cheek before it trailed away, back into his lap.
He was dedicated to Thrymr, that was for certain - but Thrymr was a planet long left in quiet disarray and loneliness, and briefly Thrymr thought of the unknown man, the attendants from his memories that were far, far away now. There was no one left on the homeworld that had once thrived, after all, whereas here, on Earth, there were too many - and it was here, on Earth, that Thrymr had felt, for the first time in his life, as though he had belonged.
"No," he said quietly. "No, you - you were right, the first time. The Earth needs the protection. There is nothing for you to be sorry for, it is myself that should be apologizing. This world - this Earth is all that I have, all that many have, and I do want to protect it. It - she - deserves that. "
He winced at the movement, and for a moment, Thrymr wondered if he would be allowed to take off the restraints, his head slowly shaking from side to side.
"Mistakes and bad choices don't make a bad person," he said, swallowing hard, wondering if he was overstepping. He didn't know this man, after all, couldn't presume that he knew what he had and hadn't done, and to do so would only be arrogance.
"You deserve life, as the rest of you currently trapped here, do," said Thrymr softly. "Not to die here, like this."
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:09 pm
Maybe we will just be broken. Maybe we will be asked questions? If you do not know the reason we are here, I very don't. Only it is wait and see. It is left to the ones in control of this. Whoever they are. Maybe even they don't know who they are. It is all very empty. It is not long yet. There was no point in arguing with someone else what he did or didn't deserve. It wasn't a contest, or at least he really, truly hoped it wasn't, who or how awful anyone was. Or what exactly was a 'bad' person or a 'good' one. But there was a confirmation there at the end of his words- 'as the rest of you.' There is more. Was there a way to learn anymore about what was even intended here? And more about this one, strange in such a place? "Will you come back to visit here? Will you visit the others? "
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:36 pm
He toyed with the paper cup still in his hands, tiny and slightly bent now. He'd probably have to get another one, but Thrymr just sat there, an unhappy, sad expression on his pale, faintly freckled face as he watched Titan, his eyes sweeping over his form.
"Yes," he said quietly. "If - I mean - if you don't mind me, I would like to come and - and make sure that you're all right, bring you more water."
Thrymr gestured somewhat sheepishly to the tiny water cup, but the expression on his face was gentle.
"But yes, I will visit the others as well," he said softly. "I want to make sure everyone at least has water, even if that's all I can do for now. I know - I know it isn't much, but..."
He trailed off, flushing a little in shame.
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:54 pm
"It is no prisoner's right to say who visits them. But I would be happy if you came again. " Water will be a great gift. Water and waste will be the biggest challenges to surviving, if all that come are like him. If any others come. "Everyone will need water. It is very kind of you to think of it. " "And if you hear news. Of what is wanted. Or expected. It would be kind."
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:49 pm
His expression softened.
"I will come visit again," said Thrymr, and it was not simply an idle comment, but a promise, his words full of conviction. He got to his feet slowly, brushing dust from his uniform, but didn't quite leave yet, standing there in front of Titan with a distressed expression still on his face.
"I think," he said softly, "that you are a very good man, Captain Titanlåvenite. I will make sure that you are both given water, and kept informed of what is happening."
Thrymr started towards the door, stopped, and then turned around again.
"Thank you," he said quietly. "You have been...very kind to me. And you have opened my eyes to things I feel...important for me to know. So...thank you."
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