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 Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 3:18 pm
It was a clear night, and Hyakutake found herself waiting for Kells at the fountain where her introduction to the war really began. Where she'd met a strange woman who wasn't what the media wanted her to believe. It seemed, to her, a fitting place to make her first journey to her soul's homeworld, to the comet called Hyakutake.
She had to admit to herself that she was...well, very nervous. What would she find there? What ruins, what bones, what memories, perhaps? Hopefully...she didn't find anything too bad...
The tanned woman took a deep breath, hands clutching the fabric of her 'skirt' in her lap. She could do this.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 5:23 pm
"Hyakutake?" Kells called out as he drew near. Her aura gave away that she was here, but the page felt it was only polite to call out all the same - besides, she might be too wrapped up in her thoughts to sense him drawing close, and from what he could read of her body language and posture, that may very well have been the case. "You called me, milady?" He asked softly, dipping into a bow once he drew close enough for polite conversation. "What is is you need?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:55 pm
Hyakutake felt him before she heard him; that faint, bright aura that said he was a friend. She looked up to him and smiled, just the sight of him helping her to relax. "I did, dear knight." She stood, returning his bow with one of her own. "I...there is something I must do, and...I wanted you there with me. I know how to go to my homeworld, Kells. To the place my soul comes from."
It just made sense to her infatuated mind to take Kells. Especially since she couldn't bring Albert along as well...
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:18 am
"I would be glad to assist you with anything, milady," Kells said, reaching out to catch Hyakutake's hand and brush his lips across her knuckles. At her next words, however, he paused and raised an eyebrow, blinking. "To.... ah, the object that bears your name, then?" The thought of going to another world was one that Kells was simultaneously fascinated by... and slightly terrified of. "And you're quite sure it will be a safe trip to take, Hyakutake? I wouldn't want you to risk yourself unnecessarily..."
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:48 pm
His lips on her knuckles brought her to blushing, but she gave him a smile and a nod. "Yes. And I'm certain it will be safe. If anything...it may just be...barren, from what I read. But..." Her smile melted into a frown. "I have to go look, Kells. I have to see where my soul came from, and see if maybe...maybe I can do something for it. I had to be reborn for a reason. Not just to be the last person left to be, technically, of Hyakutake."
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:08 am
Redbud-Tree "I understand better than you may think," Kells said softly, adjusting his hold on her hand to hold it instead - a protective action, he told himself, not a flirtatious one. Young as senshi were, there was no way their little game could be more than what it was now. "And no, you should not have to go alone. There must be something... chilling... about visiting a world like that on your own. I'm more than happy to be company for such an undertaking." Redbud-Tree "All the more reason to go with company," Kells said softly. "Perhaps... I may even learn a thing or two from your world, empty though it may be." He smiled down at her, shifting to shelter her protectively under his arm. It felt... right, somehow. Perhaps because she was Order, as well? "After all, it is a rare thing indeed to be given the opportunity for magical space travel." Redbud-Tree "Ah, I see. Magi tech , then. Fascinating." And why didn't his own group get something like that? It seemed much more useful than being sent out to... hit things. With books. "I don't suppose I could take a look at that device at some point, could I? Or perhaps a spare, if you should ever come across one?" He wanted to tinker with it - even now his fingers itched with the urge to take it apart and study its makeup, but he didn't dare do such a thing to an item that was currently in use! Redbud-Tree "Hm... I suppose that would do." He'd rather learn through his own experience, but alas, secondhand was sometimes necessary. "Thank you, Hyakutake." At the quick hug - for there was no denying that was exactly what it was, his face flared red and he pulled an arm up to shield the blush from being seen. "A-ah.... shall we go, then?"
They were there.
For a brief few seconds, her mind registered ruins and barely-alive greenery, and then something else replaced it entirely.
Lush greenery and buildings that were designed to both compliment and stand out against the nature around them. Tall people with slender figures and pointed ears and wide eyes dressed in what seemed to be silks and sheer fabrics and intricate pieces of jewelry, many of them with long hair. And the only true differences between the genders at times were the breasts on the women. Voices speaking in a language that was alien-yet-foreign to her ears. And a laugh escaping what felt like herself, followed by rapid-fire chatter to someone next to her. When she turned her head, it wasn't Kells there, it was a young man with features like those of the people around them, vibrant green eyes and skin the color of dark burnished wood and long hair colored like chestnut wood.
And then it was Kells again, and the ruins were back. And she could just stand there wide-eyed.Redbud-Tree Unlike Hyakutake, Kells' vision of the ruined and empty world wasn't replaced with an illusion of long ago. Instead, he simply saw what was - and that alone was enough to break his heart. Taking the senshi's hand when he saw how dazed she appeared, he patted it and tried to get her attention. "Hyakutake? Come now, you can't stay lost in your mind forever. Hyakutake, my dear, I don't love the sound of my own voice so much that I enjoy it being the only sound in this desolate place. Come back, please?" Redbud-Tree "I see... perhaps you should write down, or try to draw what you've seen," Kells murmured thoughtfully. "A way to preserve what was lost, and to serve as a guide while you rebuild this world anew." Perhaps it was a bit optimistic to give her hope that she could bring life back to a world as dead and empty as this, but... well. If Hyakutake could do it, then perhaps his daughter's other home would have some hope, as well. (Just so long as Elpis remembered that she was his baby first, sole survivor of a lost world second!) Redbud-Tree "A notebook would be wise... do you suppose a camera would work here?" Kells followed Hyakutake to the ruined bridge and knelt down to sift carefully through the rubble. "If it would, I should think photographs would help you to remember the visions... as well as give you a guide for rebuilding, if you consider it." Redbud-Tree "Just make certain to have extra copies, if you do," Kells murmured, scooping up a few pebbles and inspecting them individually. "Do you suppose this is analogous to rocks we have on earth? And you say there were willow trees... if they are the same, perhaps earthborn saplings would take root, given time and effort?" Redbud-Tree "Then before you consider a sapling," the knight said, gently replacing all but one piece of the rubble, "Might I suggest bringing some glass vials and stoppers? I'm no ecologist, but I imagine taking samples is a good idea in this situation." The remaining piece he kept, clutched in his hand - a macabre little gravestone for a multitude of lives lost on a world that wasn't, and never had been, his own. Redbud-Tree "With any luck, it will be. Have there been others who have succeeded in bringing life back to their homeworld?" He held out the piece of rubble for her to take, if she wished. It was Hyakutake's by right, after all. No matter how curious he was, no matter how chilling it was to step foot on a dead world like this, anything belonged here was hers by right. "If so, you might ask for whatever information you can obtain. It may be somewhat individualized per world, but it would still give you a general guideline." Redbud-Tree "In that case," Kells said, and took her hand in his, closing her palm around the stone and cradling her hand gently in his own. "You won't be doing it alone. I shall stand with you, and press on until something can be salvaged and remade. The world from your memories may be gone, but it will not be forgotten." Redbud-Tree "A small chance is still a chance," the page said, warmth coloring his tone. "And.. ah, I'm glad I met you, as well." Was he blushing again? He was, wasn't he? Damn his inability to keep from getting flustered! "But for now, perhaps we should look around a bit more? It wouldn't hurt to take in a bit more of the scenery, such as it is. And you might find yourself with another vision, as well."
[Word Count: 2,406 words, according to Google Docs]
[RP was finished in Skype.]
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