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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:39 am
At first the very last thing that Arryn wanted was to go back to his dorm room, not wanting to face the one that he felt had betrayed him. The one human in the world that he opened up to, the one human that he felt that he could trust, and he turned out to be a damn senshi! It made too much sense though, why else would he find interest in him? Had he sensed something in him? Something that Maillo had been trying to hide from him? Did he really think that they would be able to be friends even though they were on different sides of the battlefield? The question then became was that how it had to be? Cebera was turning a senshi to his side, though he was using trickery and that flower army of his, but Maillo... could he turn Maillo? Not using tricks and spells and the like but something else, something stronger? He couldn't really say, all he knew for certain was that the longer he left him on his own, unattended, the more likely it was that he would be found and taken in by those damn senshi. The moment they got him into their grasp it would be that much harder to take him as his own. So then the question because what did he do next? Should he go to him? The two of them facing off, fighting even, until Ametrine came out on top? Not as though he wanted to use his new found powers against Maillo but if it meant getting Maillo on his side then it would be worth it, right? He couldn't allow him to become an enemy, it was something that he just... couldn't do. If he was a senshi, some goody-goody, love and justice, speech spouting hero type, then Mistress Discord would see him as an enemy just as all the others were. If Maillo was marked as an enemy then he and the other Acolytes would have to fight him, hurt him, maybe even kill him... it wasn't something that he wanted to see happen. A bit spent from the battle that he'd just gotten out of, something that he'd done as an attempt to burn off some excess energy caused by his raging emotions, he used the last bit of power he had to teleport himself back to his dorm room. He appeared in the dark bathroom, leaning against the counter as he tried to catch his breath, before he went stumbling out of there and toward his bed. He'd talk to Maillo soon, get everything cleared up, and he would either win him over or they would become enemies. Arryn could only hope that it was the former, not the latter, that prevailed because otherwise he wasn't quite sure what he'd do.
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:05 pm
It figured that his very first fight would have been against the very man who he had almost almost came to admire. The man who had been occupying his dreams for the longest time, who's very image was burned into his mind every night. And it sucked so bad. Maillo had no idea what was going on; his awakening as a Senshi was there, but it honestly meant nothing to him. War blah blah.. All that had happened, but right now none of that mattered. He didn't care about what they had to say at the moment, and the idea of the battles that took place What was stuck on his mind was his roommate. The dumb b*****d hadn't come home for a few days, and he panicked over it. They hadn't really fought in a long time. Yeah, there were irritations like when he left his wet clothes on the floor, or when Arryn would get greedy over something, but over all, there was peace. There was peace, and awkward hugs and kisses, and just the tender moments between the two young men who had found romance with one another. That's why Maillo raked his mind over and over again as to why he vanished. He was good to him, he hadn't done anything irritating enough to want to fight him, right? He remembered waking up that morning, the last morning he saw him, and giving his cheek a shy, awkward kiss and wishing him good luck in his classes.. Then all of a sudden, he was gone. The same day he had gotten into his first battle with that a*****e Ametrine.. In his mind, he didn't want to put the two and two together, even if it was entirely possible. After all, he had his own secret identity, it wasn't that difficult to find out that Arryn might have one too. But he didn't want to think about that.. He just wanted him to come home, to know that he was safe.. This evening he found himself coming back from studying late, exhausted.. He flipped the lightswitch on, giving the room a look over and finally resting his eyes on Arryn's bed.. Instead of going to his own, he flopped down on the other's bed, curling up and squeezing the pillow that rested there. Then.. The bathroom door opened, and immediately Maillo stood, prepared to fight, since the only person he knew that would come in uninvited was Ametrine. But it wasn't him.. No.. "Arryn..?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:55 pm
Arryn came to such a sudden halt that he nearly tripped over his own feet before he froze in place. Maillo... Maillo was here he thought to himself, eyes going wide, back to him. He wasn't sure what to say, what to do. Maillo was a senshi so should he start fighting him? Should he try to subdue and capture him now, while he was still in his human guise? If he did so then he would be revealing a lot, wouldn't he? He'd be telling Maillo exactly who he was and that was far too dangerous. At the same time wasn't that the same thing that Maillo had so foolishly done? He'd let him, well Ametrine, know that Sailor Firn and Maillo were one in the same, didn't he know that it was a stupid thing to do? Didn't he think about the danger involved in revealing such a thing.
With his mind spinning the half asleep on his feet Arryn turned slightly, looking over his shoulder toward Maillo, then away again, "Yeah, it's me." He said, taking the last few steps to his bed so that he could sit down heavily upon it. Once there he felt the overwhelming desire to sleep... but he couldn't, not yet. Instead he lifted his head so that he could look over toward Maillo once more. He wondered what he was thinking at the moment. What did he think about him? About Ametrine? That whole situation hadn't ended well, had it? He hadn't known that they were the same person so of course he wouldn't welcome Maillo, well Firn, with open arms. Was he mad at him for that now? Well, mad at Ametrine at least... bah, when he was tired everything only ended up all that much more mixed up didn't it?
After what felt like an eternity of silence, him just starring over toward Maillo, he asked, "Did you need something?" Oh man he hoped not, he somehow doubted with as drained as he was at the moment that he would even be able to stand up let alone run errands for Maillo and yet he couldn't help but to ask, idiot that he was.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:50 pm
There was fire that was beginning to run before Maillo's eyes when Arryn hardly said a word to him. And then.. Then just 'did he need something?'. With clenched fists he marched over to the man, the one who hardly gave him a moment, the one who gazed at him coldly when they finally reunited. Maillo grabbed his shoulder, turning Arryn to face him fully, pushing him up against the door of the bathroom behind him. Not roughly, no. Enough to pull away, enough so that maybe he felt trapped but not hurt. He didn't want to hurt him. He didn't want to make him any more angry than he already was, if he was. "You stupid.." His hands moved from his shoulders, down his chest.. Then around his middle, his head coming down to rest against his chest. "I don't want.. I don't need anything from you.. But I'd like to know why you disappeared.. Why did you leave..? What did I do to make you angry enough that you didn't want to come back?" He hated feeling this weak, his voice being so soft. He wanted to get ANGRY. He wanted to punch the man in the stomach and kick his a** from left to right, but.. He couldn't bring himself to. The only thing he wanted to know was 'Why..?'. He had thought they had a connection, something that went far beyond just physical attraction. At the same time, he had thought the same about Ametrine. Guess he was wrong about that too.
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:30 pm
Much to his suprise Arryn found himself dragged up off his bed, away from it, and shoved against the door that led to their bathroom... and there was little that he could do about it but grasp at the door behind himself, fingers curled against the surface. The quick movement left his head spinning a bit and if Maillo had been of the mind to take a swing at him there wouldn't have been much that he could have done. Instead, to his shock and surprise, Maillo instead leaned against him after calling him stupid. He starred down at him, sighing, then nod, "Perhaps a little." He agreed, feeling a little stupid when it came to matters that pertained to Maillo. He was his weakness, he knew that, and yet despite knowing full well that he should leave him behind just just... couldn't. Lifting a hand up to he let it stroke against Maillo's hair in a gentle manner, "I wasn't sure what to do." He murmured, hating to admit that he was rather lost at the moment but he was. Maillo was dangerous, he was an enemy, but he was also the only one that he really, truly cared about. He was the one person that he would do anything for... and he knew that was a terrible thing. Unless he was able to get Maillo to fight with him, instead of against him, he knew that there would always be friction. Not to mention there was no telling what Mistress Discord would demand that he do when it came to the one that he loved. Damn it, he did love him, didn't he? Leaning forward to rest his head against Maillo's soft hair he murmured, "I am struggling... with what I should do and what I want to do... and I can't make the right decision." Wrapping his arms around Maillo he dragged him closer, nuzzled against his hair, and then let his eyes close, "I just don't want to do it, what I feel I should do I mean..."
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:28 pm
Then gentleness that Arryn spoke to him with shocked Maillo greatly. He was used to having such a sharp tongue coming and attacking him whenever he made a mistake or did something aggressive, but now he just a hand stroking him, and whispering soft words of confusion. He wasn't sure what exactly Arryn was speaking of, but he could not help but feel like.. Maybe , just maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was possibly Ametrine. It would explain so much; how the other was able to get into his room, why he knew where he lived.. And just how angry Ametrine was when he told him he was Firn. And it would explain why Arryn hadn't come home. Selene told the young green-eyed man that the other organization was his enemy, but.. It didn't matter. Even if Arryn was Ametrine, he loved him. But he could not confirm or deny at this point whether it was true or not. "Arryn.. Sometimes what seems like the right decision.. Isn't really the right decision.. It is you're stubborn, I know that, so why don't you do what's right by you?" His hands came up from holding Arryn to cupping his cheeks, trying to have those beautiful eyes of his to look into his own. "I... I will understand your decision.. I just want to know what it's about... And if.. If I will still be able to call you mine afterwards.."
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:39 pm
Arryn found his cheeks captured in Maillo's hands, forced to look into his eyes, before he gave a little sigh, "I... yeah..." Do what was right by him? That wasn't so much what he was worried about, he was more worried about Maillo and the fact that he was a senshi. He wanted nothing more then to continue what he'd been doing, he enjoyed being himself as Ametrine... but it had gotten so complicated. Leaning in closer to him he pressed a kiss to Maillo's forehead, "It's gotten so complicated of late. I had... a plan for what I wanted to do... but now I just don't know what to do next."
Maillo would understand his decision? He wasn't sure if he really would... not if he did what he really wanted to do, that being stealing off with Maillo, fighting alongside him instead of against him, but could Maillo do that? Would he fight against his own people after all? Drawing back he looked him over closely, then gave a soft laugh, "It is tempting though, to do what itis that I want... but I will do what I can to behave myself for the time being." So long as Firn didn't try to get in battles with him then surely there was no reason for him to try to kidnap him, right? He at least hoped that would might remain the case.
Leaning against the door he starred at Maillo quietly before he finally said, "I... yes, I still want to be around you, Maillo... I want us to be able to continue as you are." Even though he knew one day soon he might very well shed his Arryn persona since it wasn't someone he wanted to be forever. The longer he was able to be around Maillo the better though, he was the only human that he wanted to deal with in any manner other then energy theft after all.
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:50 pm
"... I don't like this." Everything was just off about the whole situation. And goodness knows it bothered the hell out of him. Instead of remaining in Arryn's arms, he wiggled free, heading to his own bed for the first time in days and sitting down.
"You're not telling me everything. You're dancing around the subject.. And it makes me feel like you're hiding something.. Well, of COURSE you're hiding something, the way you're speaking, but you're hiding a specific something.." Could he come out and say it? If he was wrong, well, that didn't really matter, since it would mean nothing really to Arryn... But if he was right then it just meant that Arryn was lying to him about this. Not that he could really blame him in this case. It was weird and terrifying, but it had to be said.
"You.. What are you hiding from me..? Are you who you I think you are? Is that why you were gone so long...?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:30 pm
Arryn sighed a little, giving a nod. He was just dancing around the subject, wasn't he? It was difficult to just come up and say it though, to tell Maillo who he was, why he'd been away, what he'd done while he was away, and the like. All he really wanted to do was just put it off for as long as possible... but he wasn't going to be so lucky, was he? He looked down at his feet for a moment, "Yeah, something specific." He muttered, his mind whirling as he tried to figure out what it was that he should say or do at this point. Of course it would appear as though Maillo seemed to be onto him, didn't he?
"Eh...? Ahh... maybe? Probably..." Maillo knew, didn't he? It was half why he was afraid to come back here, that Maillo would figure things out and come to hate him for what it was that Arryn really was, who he really was... but then again Maillo seemed to have a thing for Ametrine just as he did Arryn. He had run into him a couple times as Ametrine in the past after all and Maillo hadn't exactly been against him, had he? It was only Ametrine that had been against Maillo... or at least against Firn. Maillo himself he had nothing against, it was Firn appearing out of no where that had started to him.
Sighing again he took a step back from Maillo, starring at him as though he were trying to figure out what it was that he wanted to do... before he finally nod his head, "Alright, fine." He murmured, reaching into his pocket, fishing out Maillo's necklace. The jewel fell from his hand, swinging back and forth on it's long chain, and as it did so he let himself shift into his other form.
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:09 pm
There was no certainty in what Maillo wanted to feel. Relief because now he could explain the attraction to the weird dual-eyed boy who had come into his life, hurt him, and then apologized with the gift. Or angry because Arryn knew who Ametrine was, he WAS him, and he was playing with his heart from both sides. It wasn't as if he hid himself from Arryn or Ametrine, he straight up told him who he was, but did he listen, no!
From his bed he watched the man, watching the gem he treasured and then looked up. His eyes.. They were just like that gem. It made sense.. That's what the stone was, after all. It was so bizarre..
"Why didn't you tell me before? To protect me.. From others like you?" He paused, maybe that was a bit too accusatory. "I'm not sure what the hell I'm supposed to think. I know you as someone.. Someone who's violent and attacks innocent people in the daylight. I both found myself, angry at you for doing things like that, but wanting and waiting to see you again each time. And my own other side, Firn. I didn't even know he existed until that night when you attacked me. I didn't know secret identities or anything like that. I don't understand this war, I don't understand anything except that.. That in the end, I can't name anyone else in this city except you. When it comes down to it, I want to protect you."
He grew silent, looking down at his hands for a moment. They were hard, calloused from his home life of chopping wood and stoking fires.. But they WERE his own. Were they Firn's too?
"What did you mean, continue as I am?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:29 pm
Ametrine seemed to think about it for a while before giving a shrug, "We aren't supposed to share who we are, Arryn, that is a disguise that let's me roam around without fear of getting jumped by the senshi. We aren't exactly on the best of terms." He said, giving a grumbling sound at the mere thought of those he'd fought in the past. They were always underfoot, always trying to ruin his plans and keep him from gathering vital energy that he needed to impress his boss with. He glanced toward Maillo then and said, "At the same time, I can't exactly say that we are prown to going around chatting about our love lives, a particurly back stabby sort of Acolyte might take advantage of such information." He couldn't let that happen, as it was he still had to talk to Cebera, to get him to leave Maillo alone just as Ametrine left Cephie alone. Surely the plant obsessed elf owed him that much he thought to himself. He swung the necklace back and forth a moment more before tossing it to Maillo, "I suppose this is sort of a crossroads then, Maillo. I am what I am, learning that I was Ametrine, there was nothing that made me happier, to know I wasn't just some dull eyed human meant to mill through life. I am something more and the humans, they are nothing more then vessels to gather energy from." He told Maillo, looking away from him, "I understand if you want to walk away from me now, fight me, try to keep me from doing what I do because I won't stop." "Eh? Oh, even with what you are, we could continue as we are... though only if you shed your goody-goody persona. Mistress Discord won't really be too pleased knowing that I am dating a senshi, one that would try to halt the plans of her people at every step. You don't have to do that, you could help me instead, Maillo." He wondered if he would or if he'd have to force his hand... the latter of which being something that he really didn't want to do. He loved Maillo, even if he turned out to be something as terrible as a senshi. He didn't want to force him or use tricks or the various other methods that Cebera used. To just have Maillo join him... but would he? It was rather debateable at this point.
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:20 pm
Maillo remained quiet for a while, catching the necklace in his hand when it was thrown at him. "... Wait, wait, stop." Maillo felt hot with anger now as his loving, understanding gaze shifted to one that was almost filled with disgust. Not at what Ametrine was, but how he though, how useless he made everyone sound. "You expect me to go and change how I feel, to view the world the same way as you do? To think as everyone as 'useless sacks of energy' as you do?" He angrily stood, dropping the necklace on the ground and closing the gap between them. "Why am I expected to lay down my beliefs? Why are you asking ME to change to please you? What honestly, HONESTLY makes you feel that you have the right to tell me that I need to change myself just to be with you? Do you even know what love is supposed to be? It's ACCEPTING. It's KINDNESS. But to love.. To love is to give your heart away, and by the way you speak, I will always be second, wouldn't I?" He trailed off, but immediately came back as angry before. "I don't know if I can handle being with someone who just disregards human life like you do. Because underneath it all, beneath Firn and all this magical crap that surrounds us, what are you? Me? I'm Maillo, I'm a kid who grew up serving soup and chopping wood. I know who I am, and I'm sorry you dissociated yourself, but ultimately, you ARE human just like the rest of us. Now I am not For anyone's side. Do I fight for the good or the bad, that's my decision to make. ." With a roughness he had pent up for so long, he shifted into Firn, and shoved Ametrine towards his own bed, glaring at him hard, his hand gripping onto the cloth of Ametrine's shirt. "I won't be on Selene's side, or that of your Mistress! I will not be some soft spoken pet that you can keep only if I follow your orders! What I will do is find our OWN side. Whether that means we have to play both sides, I don't care. I just need to know that you can even try to put me first."
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:29 am
Ametrine gave a soft sigh as he looked at Maillo, feeling disappointed but at the same time he wasn't really all that surprised with the anger that he felt rolling off of him. He hadn't thought that he would really go for it. It would have been nice but it was in no way a shock that he wouldn't change so drastically for him. No, he was too sweet, too kindhearted to join him in such a venture he though tot himself sadly. He watched as the necklace he'd given to Maillo twice over now was dropped and forgotten so that Maillo could close the gap between them. He gave a bit of a snort, "Stop acting like the victim here, Maillo. I never said that you had to do anything. I wanted you to come with me, yes, to join me, yes, but it's not as though I thought that you would do so. I told you that you could walk away if you weren't interesting, that you could even fight with me if you wanted to do so." As if he would force him to become evil, he wasn't Cebera, he didn't have those sorts of powers. He had just hoped if he held his hand out to Maillo that he would take it, that they could fight together... or at least just avoid each other while they were out doing their thing. Gritting his teeth he hissed out, "Second? You really are cruel, Maillo. Perhaps Selene was wrong in awakening you, maybe you really are meant to be an Acolyte like me." He really was rather adept at cutting him deep with his words Ametrine thought to himself. Crossing his arms over his chest he looked away, "I am not like you, Maillo, I am not just a normal human, I never was. I was someone who was always outside looking in, someone who never felt quite right, never felt as though I was meant to be with around that was everyone around me. You may have good memories in your life but I didn't... so don't act as though you could possibly understand!" A gasping sound escaped from Ametrine's lips as he found himself shoved forward and pinned down to Maillo's bed by the senshi's hands. He struggled a moment, then sigh. He knew he couldn't move, couldn't get away, he was still far too drained from his last battle to even try to do so. Starring up at the senshi with his mismatched eyes Ametrine gave a sighing sound, lifting a hand up to rest it against Maillo's cheek, "Maillo, I invited you to join me not just because I want you to fight alongside me but because I want to keep you safe. Your mistress might let you run around as you please but mine, even if I were to want to leave her employ, which I don't, she'd likely kill me. I won't turn on her, I won't give her reason to tear my powers away from me." He lifted up to press a kiss to his forehead then said, "You may not think I care about you but I do, it's why I want you at my side, you will be safest there."
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:03 pm
"You keep spewing out these words... But maybe you don't seem to see the bigger picture that I do. You don't hear them the same way I do. To me it's like you're saying 'I love you, but not enough to change who I am for you.'. And... I don't know, maybe it's a good thing.. Maybe if.. I can't help but think that you still want me to change for YOU, and not the other way around. And I don't want to change. I don't care about the war or this fighting or your mistress or whatever Selene is. I just know that I care about you. About us. And certainly, maybe me becoming one of you would have lead to me being safe but that doesn't mean.. I don't know. It all just seems so very messed up." Maillo drew in a deep breath, silenced for a while by Ametrine's warm touch and soft kiss. A slow moment passed before Maillo rolled off of him to lay at his side, looking up at the ceiling above him and slipping back into Maillo. This was him, this was the true him. Maillo had always existed, even when having such powers seemed like a dream. Whatever Firn was.. It did not matter. "What to do then? If I won't switch sides.. And you on't switch sides... And you refuse to create something else, our own side, what is there even left for us to do?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:24 am
"And you're acting as though I am not good enough for you ask I am. Will I only be someone you won't look down upon if I throw everything away that I and and everything I have been working for? It's not as though I go around murdering people willy-nilly for the fun of it, I rarely even hurt them all that much. I do a job, one that I seem to excel at, I even have a... a friend of sort amongst the ranks of the acolytes, something I never had when I was merely 'Arryn'. Please, try to understand at least that if you won't understand anything else." He said with a bit of a sigh, wishing that he could just get through to him so that he might see things from Ametrine's side. "Hm? What to do, huh?" Lifting a hand up he rested it against Sailor Firn's cheek, stroking his thumb against the senshi's lip, before his lips curled up into a bit of a smirk, "How about I just go about it the easy way then? I will just kidnap you, keep you as my hostage, and protect you that way?" It would be the easiest way, at least Maillo would be safe from Mistress Discord and the other Acolytes then if he were taken prisoner and was unable to escape from Ametrine's care. Removing his hand from Firn's cheek he let his hands lace together before resting them on his chest, his form flickering and returning to that of Arryn, "It will have to wait though, my dramatic plan to kidnap you. I am too tired... battled a pair of senshi, mostly on my own. It takes a lot out of a guy." He said, letting his purple eyes sink closed, feeling quite exhausted to begin with and even more so after the tussling with Maillo. He gave a bit of a smile, thought a sleepy one, "If you don't want to stay in this room with me anymore I understand, I am sure you could get a change of rooms if you request it." He didn't want to see him go but given that the two of them had been outed to one another it only made sense that Maillo might want to pack up and leave.
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