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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:56 pm
He hadn't minded giving her the comfort she needed, as he could easily tell she indeed needed it, he wasn't about to deny her it. It seemed they both had their wounds which needed time to air and it just so happen to be here and now. It had started out about him but it was no longer just him - it was both of them.
"It's ok...I don't mind. We both needed this I think." He answered softly, petting her head gently. It was true - they both had needed this. As she continued on about family he understood, he could agree with it. He could pick his family...pick who mattered more. If his mother could toss aside how much blood family should mean to her than why couldn't he? Why couldn't he toss her and her wife aside? They had already done so with him. He could make his own family, hadn't he already started to do so anyway? He thought of other people as more important than them, acknowledged that they didn't see him as family and didn't want him. Was the break already there...? It seemed in this case blood was not so thick, not like it should be and was for most people.
Remarque and Acubens were his family at this point, and anyone else he happen across who he wanted to think of as such. It would be his choice from now on.
"I don't want my mother...it'll taint the past - the good memories. She doesn't want me...it's clear as day." He didn't even think it could be repaired, the damage done already. There was no way to fix it, as far as he could figure it. What could she do to make it better? To fix it and make them a family again? He didn't think there was anything. Only ways to try and bribe him...but nothing solid and honest - nothing good.
"I think I can be happy here - as a dark mirror...I don't have to fight...I can still be useful though." There was, just a hint, of a question there. He could be useful, right? Even without fighting he could still do something good for the dark mirror. The open invitation had him smiling gently. "I - thank you...I'd say you could visit me whenever but I'm living in a hotel, Remarque is providing it for me." In exchange he worked for the other, which wasn't so bad. He had needed to get used to being awake more than he'd been before...and to doing work. But it wasn't that bad, it could be a lot worse.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:10 pm
"Oh goodness, yes you can," Rhona gushed at the question. "We have so much that needs to be done, Xi-wang. Mirrorspace needs to be understood, Remarque and Mintaka are heading that effort. I am gathering a sort of library of information, there's always work to be done in gathering intel. Even just talking to other people, being a peace bringer is so essential. Most Dark Mirror Senshi that I know fight only as a last resort. We'd rather talk. After all, how are we going to save people if we're always fighting? The only way to stop this war is to get everyone on the same side. Our side." Hotel? It made Rhona pause in her gushing, a look of disgust coming over her expression. "A hotel? That's no proper home... now I really must insist, please stay with me until you can get on your feet. You need a warm home with some permanence. Someplace that... I dunno, smells like you." Not that flowers and soil smelled like Xi-wang, but maybe it smelled better than a hotel room. Anything smelled better than that to Rhona. "Or maybe smell doesn't matter, but home is not some sterile hotel room." Excitement cresting in her voice, she edged closer to Xi-wang, clutching at his arm affectionately. "I'll tell you what, I really don't want to accept a rent, but if you insist, you can set your own rates. Even if it's just buying groceries. Or cleaning, even. I just can't stand to think of you living alone in some cold hotel room like this. Please. Please. Do it for me. Please."
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:11 pm
So they were looking to stop the war, he could get on board with that. But how would they stop it? Somehow he doubted that would happen, considering how long this city had been plagued with the supposed terrorists. Knowing what they were now he did wonder if it would ever end, it had been years....he'd been a child when it had started. He'd grown up in a city filled with war and yet he hadn't suffered like so many children in the middle east did. It was a different war...a hidden one. But was it any better?
Gather intel...and finding out about mirror space. That seemed like some sort of impossible thing. What was it anyway...mirror space? It seemed hard to fathom like it was beyond him and his grasp - his understanding of things.
"Remarque arranged for it...it was better than the dorms at Romano's....and I only took to living there because it was safer than being home. I convinced my mother to let me switch from Azura high to Romano's. I told her it was the better education but it was because it would be harder for her to demand me home for dinner...and other things." Remarque had been so kind to make the offer and helpful, he was grateful to the other. He had easily earned the teenagers loyalty, as Acubens seemed to have done as well though it had been shaken and tested.
"I-I have someone who has offered...well asked...me to move in with them. I-I just wonder if it's too soon..."
Biting down on his lip, staring at her pleading eyes, he gave a slow nod. "I'll talk to Remarque...I don't know how long I'll stay here either...since I have an offer...but that sounds good." Though his cheeks were flush a light pink speaking about whoever this person was that had asked him to move in. It was sort of an obvious thing...well sorta obvious.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:39 am
Sleet Tempest Snape We can wrap here. Xi-wang can either go home or ask to stay the night / forever, your choice! Rhona noticed the blush but said nothing. She could not, however, stop the knowing smile from spreading over her face. It wasn't someone who was asking a friend to share the rent, that much she knew. But she'd done enough prying for the day, and leaned in to kiss Xi-wang's cheek. She only wanted him to be happy, after all. And if that meant creating a temporary home with her before he moved on to greener pastures, then so be it. If he wanted, she would keep him safe, happy, fed, and warm for as long as he needed, however long that was. She just hoped that he didn't have an issue with pollen... she may need to move some of them to the seedling room in the back. "Whatever you choose, I'm here," she reassured him. "Remarque will understand your choice too. And don't worry about making yourself useful. You will find your niche, as I found mine, and everyone else found theirs. You may even find work doing something no one ever even thought of, who knows." She shrugged to prove her point. "I had no idea I'd be gathering information on my own court when I joined. It just kind of... happened. Keep your eyes open and your hands busy. Your calling will find you."
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 12:19 pm
The offer was...nice. He didn't own a lot but he still wasn't sure he could fit everything in here, though he had sort of slowly been moving his things into Caleb's without really meaning to. It had started out as some clothing, since he spent enough time there to warrant it, then it had become blankets and pillows..a plushie or two since he slept over a lot. He could be found sleeping in the middle of the day, or early in the evening, at the others home at random. He just...hadn't taken that dive yet and moved in fully, though it seemed inevitable.
Maybe some time between there and the hotel, spent elsewhere, would be nice. It would mean Remarque didn't have to pay for him in the hotel any more either, which he thought was a nice idea. He'd talk to the other and explain things, as Rhona said: Jet was likely to understand.
"I'll talk to Remarque...tomorrow." Since he was tired, if the yawn he let out didn't prove this he didn't know what would. "I'll find my place then...in time." He wouldn't rush it, he didn't need to. He had a place meant for him he just needed the time to find it, and he would.
"Y-you don't mind if I spend the night...? I'm a bit tired and don't want to really walk home." He wasn't even sure if he'd go to the hotel or to Caleb's to be honest, he never really knew...his feet just sort of took him to one place or the other at random.
Sweenys_Revenge I think you can finish with your tag. ^__^
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:50 am
Sleet Tempest Snape That's going to be my wrap! Rhona smiled at Xi-wang's request. He could stay all the nights that he wanted. All the nights that he needed. Even after this, if Xi-wang and whomever he might move in with quarreled and he needed some place to stay the night, he had this place. If that person was gone somewhere for a time on business or with family, she would be here too. Rhona's apartment was small, but what she had, she had to share. Tomorrow Kiuchi would talk to Remarque, or Xi-wang would talk to Jett, either way. If he needed, Rhona would come too, though only as moral support. Jett would be happy for accommodate Xi-wang, she knew, and be thrilled that he was feeling more at home. "Of course you can stay the night, love," she grinned, pulling him up to stand next to her. "I'll just make up the pull out bed, and you can stay as long as you like." She shoved the coffee table out of the way and pulled out the mattress, already made up with sheets for just such an eventuality. From the closet, she pulled a comforter, because it was still early spring and the nights had a tendency to be cold. Later Rhona would order pizza and some sodas and in the morning she would make breakfast. Little things that were already part of Rhona's routine she would use to create a home away from home for Xi-wang. The smell of flowers that hung in the air would be the smell of safety. The sight of her full fridge would be his bounty as well. The prints and hangings that decorated her wall would create shelter for Xi-wang the same way it had for her, making sanctuary for them both, broken souls bound together in the mirror to forge a family, however mismatched it might have been.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:37 pm
Sweenys_Revenge Looks good to me, we can call it finished. ^__^
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