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She felt very tired from what he had her in, bringing her down to a lower form like that wasn't normal. She looked at Seph seeing two of him before she fell over onto the ground. She slowly pushed herself up and caught up again to her sensei not saying anything, her eyes half shut.
"seph......sensei..how muh trouble am I in?" She asked him nervously. She felt strange though, she was actually a little afraid...she never felt any emotion like it, and she didn't really know what it was. She ignored it eventually going back to herself following him waiting for an answer.

((sorry about the abrupt stop last night. wound up losing internet access suddenly. ))

As sage allowed the ectoplasm encasing mai to dissipate, he looked over at seph and shook his head, " It's not a barrier...its...just...alot of ectoplasm."

When Seph and Mai were out of earshot, Sage looked up to yuki and said, " yes. It's not every day I get to taunt demons like that. I rather enjoy doing so. Anywho, how've ya been?"

Sage made his way back to the dojo with yuki atop his head. By the time he got there he found reeve up. Sage then walked up to reeve and said, " I'm not done lecturing ya. You need to learn that the past is the past. You can't change it. If you do, you obliterate the present and will fail to obtain that which you desire. Live life, learn from your mistakes, and keep going. "

Sage slapped his forehead. And by his I mean Reeve. Sage then said, " Sarya is dead. Right? well most marriage vows that I know of are 'until death do you part.' The reason is so that if one person dies, the survivor can move on with their life in the mean time. You can meet up with sarya in the afterlife. And think about it. If you were dead and sarya was alive, would you want her to be depressed and lonely for the rest of her life, or to move on and learn to love again?"

Sage quirked a brow, " why do you think she's watching you? there ARE other things to do in the afterlife. That, and who says love can only be for one person? Love comes in more than one form, and you could love everyone you know in a different way. Each instance of love is unique, never the same as others. Or at least, never exactly the same. Sarya is dead. Being dead, she's not supposed to have any influence left on the world. That's what dead means. However, you're allowing her to have influence on the rest of your life. You're allowing your memories to cloud your actions. Instead of living now your living in the past. You need to get your head out of the past so that you can respond to the now. Instead of judging your current relationships by comparing them to past ones, judge them on their own merit. Do you love Fenris? do you love Iri? Answer these questions, and let the answer guide your actions instead of 'will this please my dead wife'. She's dead. If she has complaints you can worry about them when your dead. You aren't going to get another chance to live through your life, so make the best of it while you can."

Sage wiggled his quirked brow, " you could always try finding out what to do on your own. And no, running away isn't the answer. Figure it out. You promised Fenris that you would marry her. Decide: do you really want to call off the wedding, or would you rather get married to her?

As for Iri....well, that's up to you to figure out. If you haven't gone too far in the relationship you can always just go back to being friends. If you've gone too far...well, then it gets complicated. I seriously doubt Fenris would want you to have a mistress if you got married to her. And I don't think Iri would want to be a mistress. But that's guessing. As far as I know you two cuddled and didn't go further..."

sage nodded, " then find a way to bring her back into it. As a friend, As a lover, As a wife. Something. She's back now. Your the only one who can figure out how to treat her. But running away and ignoring people isn't going to help the situation. It's just going to make people ticked with you."

Sage shrugged and replied simply, " then don't choose either of them. Don't lead either one on though. Convert your current relationships to friendships if you can't handle having a significant other. If your wondering how...well, you can always just tell them that you're not ready for a relationship like that. It would be better than leading them on, then disappearing when you feel stressed out. If your not ready for a relationship then don't start one. Since you already have, then stop your relationships with a calm discussion. Make sure that they'll be okay with being 'just friends'. Then be 'just friends' with them. When you're actually ready to have a relationship with someone, give them first dibs if they're not already involved. If you do, don't pull this kind of crap again. It will only hurt their feelings and piss alot of people off. In other words: if you want to form a significant other relationship, be absofrigginlutely sure your ready to first. "