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 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:36 am
"Well we have several hours before we are missed so there is that at least." And they would need those hours if they were going to explore all four floors, he was sure, at least if they were going to explore thoroughly. Some rooms could be pretty easy to skip more then a cursory glace most likely but he didn't plan on making any decisions on that until they actually find one of those rooms. When Venice offered to help he looked over and gave him a smile. "Thank you. It would probably take me quite a while to get it even semi habitable for a handful of days by my self." As it was it would probably end up being a lot of non perishables and camping gear that would be brought but it would still be nice just the same. After a bit of walking they came across a spiral staircase where Erebus lead the other Knight up passed the landing for the third floor and continued on til the fourth. The hallway was just as messy as last time with broken pottery, rusted swords and shields, and the like as they passed through. "Next time I'm going to have to bring a broom." He sighed, feeling a pang at the disaster zone his Wonder was. When they came to the double doors that guarded his past room he absentmindedly traced one of the carvings of the hounds 'guards' on the doors before pushing them open. When the doors opened they both could see the remains of petrified wooden dressers, a rusted and cloudy floor length mirror on a wall, an equally petrified wooden canopy bed that had remains of tattered cloth hanging from it, and tiny rusted metal figurines scattered on the floor. Beyond the first impressions there was a door on either side of the room, large windows on the back wall with no glass, and a few portraits that were so damaged you couldn't make anything out.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:43 pm
Yes, a broom would be a good idea he thought. A garbage also or someplace to put the rusted swords and shields as well, as he didn't know if the other would want to throw them out or not. A garbage would be needed either way though for all the dust and such to go. It looked like perhaps some sort of a battle had taken place here, maybe one had?
"Cannot handle this on your own...would take too long." And take a lot of resources. it would be best to have some help, that would be the better option, the faster one as well. Looking over the door, watching him trace over the carving, he took note of what it was of. The room beyond was nice though it needed a good cleaning. The windows being well...open to the world wouldn't be good for keeping warm if it got cold here, or if Erebus ever decided to sleep here a night. How to replace glass though? You needed to hire people for that, not do it yourself - right?
"It is nice, big, would have been lovely back then." He imagined. Stepping into the room slowly. Would he have living quarters like this? This broken and yet intact as well? What would be found there? What sort of person had lived there and had decorated the place...both here and at his own wonder.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:52 pm
"Very true and thank you just the same." Erebus said with a nod and a smile. There was so much to do at his Wonder to clean up that he almost wasn't sure where to start truly. Though he figured it would probably be best to start in his past room just to be sure to have a base area for when or if he stayed.
"Thank you." He walked into the room and pointed out one of the dressers nearest to the bed to Venice. "I found my ring laying on top of that one, just out in the open." He said then carefully moved to one of the doors, making sure not to step on any of the figures. Last time he hadn't opened either door, having been more focused on collecting his ring and returning home. "I'll have to bring boxes or bags next time as well to put things into for sorting later." He said as he opened the door only to blink in surprise.
It was a fairly large closet and some of the clothes, while worn and some of them tattered, were very obviously dresses. "..."
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:48 pm
"Could put them on dresser, for now." He suggested already set to picking things up, to put on the dresser, when he noted the other carefully making his way over to one of the doors and opening it. Curious, he really couldn't help it, he went to peer into the room from over the others shoulder. One arm draped over a shoulder and the other went about the others waist.
"Closet...dresses?" He questioned as the hand resting on the others chest, as his arm was draped over the others shoulder, pointed to them. "Were a girl?" He asked. Was it possible to have been the other gender in the past life? It did make some sense, he'd heard of such beliefs, so it didn't bother him. But to find out it might be true was a bit interesting and made him wonder what he'd find out about his past or his ancestors life. How interesting it would be if they'd been female...or he had been.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:57 pm
Erebus blinked at the dressed a few more times then turned his head to look at Venice. "I guess so, I didn't even know that was possible." He didn't have a problem with having been a girl in his past life, it was just, surprising. "You know, that makes a lot more sense." He said thinking back to the second blurred memory he had gotten from visiting his Wonder. He distinctly remember someone getting called 'm'lady' after all.
He then shook his head and looked back at the dresses. "I wonder if that has happened to many Knights, just finding out you were completely different in your past life." He pondered out loud. "But anyway, your idea to move them onto the dresser would probably help." He said in reference to the others earlier comment.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:30 pm
"Oh?" He asked, resting his chin on the others free shoulder and staring into the closet at the clothing. Some didn't look too badly destroyed, while most seemed to have given way to time - no surprise there. "Don't know either." Not that he was likely to, too new and not exposed to much at all. There were only a few people he even knew. He would learn more in time though. Nuzzling at the others ear he let his dark eyes look over the dresses. "Were pretty...formal." He said nodding his head a bit, not really wanting to move it from it's post on the others shoulder.
"Could ask...mass question to others?" He suggested after a moment, remembering what the other mentioned about the ring. Could he send out some mass question to everyone about it? If it was normal, how many, and get some other information. At least it didn't bother the other though. He knew he'd be surprised but he didn't think it would bother him all that much either. It was what it was - the past.
"Maybe leave them here, on dresser. Clean dresser next time you come." It could get a nice dusting and the figures a polishing perhaps as well?
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:39 pm
"Yeah, when I was exploring the guard house in town I got a memory and someone said m'lady and started saying a name." Now he was curious as to what the name was. "Probably the informal clothes was kept in the dressers." At least he hoped so because none of these looked very comfortable to wear for very long or outside. The nuzzling though was staining his cheeks a bit pink and he had to keep his attention on the topic to keep from being distracted.
"That might work, or search in the information database for any information and if there isn't one start one and invite people to edit it as needed." Though he wasn't sure just how willing people would be to let others know they were the opposite gender in their past life.
He glanced over the other shoulder that Venice was resting his head on to look at the figurines and gave a nod. "That would work. I think there are solutions that can be used to restore rusted metals."
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:00 pm
"Could wear them for some time..not too uncomfortable. Not fitting though." You didn't wear such things just out and about, not really. It could be done but why? Some people in Japan, according to his cousin who had spent some time there, it was super rare but some elder people still went about in kimono with geta on. That wasn't exactly comfortable but some did it. Neither was all the layers a geisha would wear but they wore them, at least when working. Some clothing people would do whatever it took to wear it, no matter how uncomfortable, in order to be seen or look how they should. Look at corsets and the people who used to wear those things, torture devices in his opinion. Why a female, or anyone, would wear one was beyond him.
"Yes...could do that also. Get more information from others, exchange stories." He said after a moment and the nuzzling continued and even turned into a quick n** to the side of the throat.
"Need to know what metal...could be bad if wrong one." He said thoughtfully, tilting his head and his dark eyes, made darker almost by the makeup around his eyes, he let a curious look cross his features. How to find out what metal and what if it wasn't something common on earth or there at all? That was possible, the second one, right? "need to know metal....bring one to find out?" He offered as a solution. "Find someone, knight or senshi, can tell?" So it would be safe to let them see, just incase it wasn't normal or something very uncommon, or something else.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:16 pm
Erebus made an agreeing noise at Venice's comments. "Guess I'll have to go through the dressers to see if all 'I' used to wear was dresses." He said and gave a half shrug, careful not to dislodge Venice. He had to wonder if the Knight uniform was different as well in the past. Maybe they changed for each person? It would make sense anyway.
"Yep. I can make it so it can incorporate both reincarnations and decedents so no one is left out too." At another n**, this time to his throat his brow furrowed a bit then he turned in the others embrace and gave him a puzzled look. "Are you just being very friendly or is it something more?" He asked after a moments hesitation, a blush on his cheeks.
He could address Venice's talk about the figurines after he found out the answer to his question.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:58 pm
"Hope not, not good to walk around in all the time." Though people did do it, even now. Didn't mean it was a smart thing to do. And if they were a knight, and perhaps expected to fight or train at least, than a dress certainly wasn't the best thing to wear. So perhaps he'd find other more suitable things for training or what not? Unless they powered up for it...though if they were a knight back then weren't they always powered up? Or how did that all work. He really shouldn't be thinking so many things, it was like a rabbit hole - just keep tumbling down.
"Yes, good idea." It would help everyone that way. While he might have said more, or the other may have, it seemed the other wanted an answer about his behavior and he sort of expected it, or should have. The question now was to be honest or not...and just what was the honest answer as well.
He knew he was attracted to the other, that he could admit to - at leas to himself. He didn't know what the other would think, or do, or even say for that matter. He didn't want to ruin the friendship but that was another odd thing. He wasn't fast to make friends, never had been, and had only a few. This had become a friendship fast, and he'd only intended for allies really. There was more to it, like with Akihiko...was this the same thing? He and the other had been childhood friends but he had used the ability to be close to him, where it was acceptable, in order to be affectionate with someone he had feelings for. It had been honest friendly affection at first but attraction had set in and he'd used it as a personal excuse so he didn't have to tell the other, didn't need to face it and be rejected and possibly worse.
This was the same...it was just newer and the other was confronting him. This was the same though...s**t. Now what though? Did he do what he hadn't done back then? What he couldn't do then? Did he admit to his feelings to the other? Did he risk it? But he hadn't been pushed away before. Biting down on his bottom lip, unaware of whatever emotions, and thoughts, he might be giving away to the other. He wasn't masking anything as he was rather caught in his own thoughts and realizations and perhaps even a small part of him was putting something deep to rest - finally.
Finally the words tumbled out past his lips, his voice breaking a bit here and there, as he didn't think and just spoke. "Started out as friends, it's normal." It was very normal where he was from to show affection to friends of the same gender, affection which people here would question...and did question. "Not that any more...is more." And he waited...waited for whatever would come. Unsure and feeling out of sorts, he had never faced his feelings for someone. He couldn't back then and hadn't. He'd taken what he could and sought nothing more, he'd been content. This was new to him and it was scary...this could end very badly for him and he wasn't sure, though he did have that glowing ember of hope and it warmed him. But that darkness still was there, right at the edges of that warm glow.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:21 pm
Erebus watched as the different emotions flashed across the others face, centering the most in his brown eyes. Fear was easy to make out, indecisiveness was equally as easy to make out as the fear, sadness was showing up sporadically, and then what he was pretty sure was longing was mixed in. Each of these emotions made his heart beat faster, though for different reasons. He wanted to sooth the fear and the sadness, wanted to help with the indecisiveness. And most of all, he wanted to hope that the longing was actually aimed toward him.
When Venice started to speak he ended up holding his breath as he listened and only let it go when the other Knight stopped. Oh. So he wasn't alone in his attraction. He stood there for a moment longer, silent as he processed what his friend had said, then licked his lips in nervous gesture. Could he get himself to open his mouth and admit what he felt right back? The few times he had dated before flashed across his minds eye and the disasters they had been. How he had quickly ended up driving them off with his need for physical space. That hadn't happened with Seung at all he was quick to realize. The fact that they still were holding on to each other was proof for this. One more look at the slightly damp eyes of the other helped him to push back his hesitance.
"I...." He started off then cleared his throat and started again. "I find my self in the same situation. I'm not sure how, I'm not sure when exactly, but you have very quickly made yourself a way past all of my normal barriers." He admitted then he paused and licked his lips again before leaning down to press a kiss on Venice's cheek, close to the corner of his mouth, while a blush stained his own.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:05 pm
He had been worried, how could he not be, even as he held onto that hope and tried to keep it there nice and warm, glowing. When the other had started and stopped he'd been expecting a nice, friendly, let down but a let down none the less. The other was just a friend, a very kind one, but there would never be more and even if he denied it things would get odd between them. He had been almost expecting it but no. Other words, most he understood. And he felt himself relaxing and pressing closer, leaning into the other.
The tears fell, and he really was surprised by them. He hadn't noticed his wet eyes, something he'd normally notice right away. So when it started he reached up, one hand leaving the other, in order to wipe at them gently. His cheeks colored, just a bit, as the other leaned down and he felt lips so close but not right there and that was ok. This was ok...this was good, this was new and perhaps later he'd be scared but right now he wasn't. Right now he was clinging to the other and letting the tears fall as he held onto him.
"Is this more now? Not friends?" He asked, wanting that clarification, perhaps even needing it. This wasn't something he'd done before - ever. Dating had never been something he'd done.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:19 pm
Erebus made an aborted movement to wipe away the tears falling from Venice's eyes, only stopping because the other did it himself. He hugged the other male and gave a shy smile at the questions, heart skipping a beat at them and their meaning. "If you are willing then yes. More then friends sounds good to me." He was still afraid that this could blow up in their faces but he was willing to give it a chance, to let the hopeful spark in his chest win.
Looking into Venice's eyes again he pushed back the fears, determined to not let them bother him. What would happen would happen after all. After a moment of hesitation he reached up and cupped the others face with one hand. "Okay?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:34 pm
Was he willing? He had to just admitted to his feelings so yeah...he was willing. There wasn't really any going back after what they'd both said. He knew that would make the other a bigger part of his life, personal and otherwise. Could he accept it? Maybe not completely just yet but he'd accept it, and get used to it, in time. There would be times they might argue but didn't all couples? But he had to hope that it wouldn't destroy things, that even if they broke up they'd be friends still. He had to hope that because they'd gotten along so fast and well that it was proof to a strength between them. One that would hold no matter what, even if the relationship ended in the romantic sense. Nodding his head after a moment he let himself sigh in relief and nodded his head again as his eyes met the others.
"Ok." Blinking his watery eyes, a few tears still making their way down his cheeks and to his chin, he wondered how much a mess he might look. The idea of what he was thinking about hit him and had him laughing even as he went to wipe at his tears and see if anything came away with the tears. Finding no red, or black, on his hand he blinked. So it was like permanent make up on his face when he powered up - interesting but also perhaps a good thing right now.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:50 pm
Erebus nodded and helped Venice wipe away his tears this time and gave another smile. "I'm glad." He said then leaned his forehead against the others. There would be ups and downs to this later on he was sure but with how well they had meshed, how quickly they had fallen in step with each other, he was hoping they would get through it one way or another. He also knew that they would have to talk about this change soon but for now he was completely content to hold the other close and to bask in the happiness.
Well, almost completely. He hesitated, not sure if it was too soon or not, tossing the idea around his head for a moment, but in the end he pressed a quick and shy kiss to the others lips.
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