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Alistair Drosselmeyer

He had changed into his morning clothes. letting black overtake the usual browns he would wear. his glasses oval instead of square. he walked into the ivory temple feeling as if every step was a stab into his very being. He had made it a point to leave all his guards and soldiers in the castle. he was glad his sister did not help her father but was still rather sad at her refusal to help him. he would have to find another way to speak to them.
he hoped that Evelyn had calmed down some, but more then that hoped she would agree to at least one of his desires. the innocent smile of the former empress entered his mind, the terrified and mistrustful eyes of the tortured.

He could never rule. that was not a bitter pill to swallow but rather a truth that had been seared into his very body since birth. always the backup in his family life. his father never bothered to remember his name correctly even till the end. to feel a connection to the past to know what he had doubted so much only to have it vanish.

he had taken all of this feeling and shouldered them as he looked For Evelyn, he told her he had things to tell her before the official meeting. he truly hoped she was ready to listen.

He also knew that unlike on the battlefield here he would not get lucky. the temple of the gods meant little to others anymore. he let his hands touched one of the treaty's written on the walls, and not for the last time he let himself ask in a whisper.
" is war so much better than peace?"

Alistair Drosselmeyer

Alistair turned from the treaty he was reading to look at the true Empress. A small smile crept onto his face. some of the weight seemed to lift from his mind. " pessimism has been my thing for so long." he looked at his hands." i agree with you. This war was necessary his death was necessary. you are right. I do wish to speak to you. "
He brought out his blue crystal knife. It was still as blunt as a rock could be. " the reason I decided to kill my father. I was gone for a while trying to learn more about the land and for a while, I was able to talk to them. I am searching for a way to do so again. when I was able to, I got the sense that we were running out of time for something." he wondered if she would believe him. he wondered if he should tell her all that he saw. he still had troubles removing those image from the images his own eyes had seen.

Alistair Drosselmeyer

Alistair nodded and sat down as well. he noticed the tired look in her eyes and concluded she likely had a lot to deal with. he thought about how best to word his experience. " I say speak but it was more of a one-way conversation. honestly, it felt that if not for the way I was speaking to them I would go crazy as if I was somehow myself but at the same time part of a vast river. it was all too easy to follow its flow. very hard to try to keep myself as myself, and I would not dare try to move it." he frowned his right hand spinning his blue whisper blade absentmindedly almost as if it was a protective charm.
" it was the feeling I got from it. That it was getting tired of waiting. it wants you on the throne quickly. it..." he let out a groan before just bursting through with the best explanation he could give her. " it felt like it was getting ready to do something. something that would be bad for us, something that it did before... I don't know exactly what. but if I followed the flow, the more I lost myself the stronger that feeling became."

Alistair Drosselmeyer

Alistair could not help but leet out a chuckle. Perhaps the first one he had let out in years. he continued to chuckle as he imagined himself screaming at a rock. something he could see himself doing.

" ahh me yell at the land." some of the tiredeness and weight he seemed to cary left his shoulders. he stood straighter. the smile still on his lips." it was more of a telepathathic link. honestly i did not expect anything. the only thing i have ever wanted is for our people to prosper. thats it. even know i still think there is a lot of good that can bee done by the people of Epsilon. " he looked around. " the landis older then even i know. i was blessed with seeing something that i do nto think i should share until i find proper evidence of it. a past lineage and maybe even a hystory that we can avoid. what i want is for you to be aware of what i saw if only a little bit, and to know that i do plan on finding a way to talk to th land again. and that if the time comes where you may belive me. i will tell you all that i have found int he ruins."

Alistair Drosselmeyer

Alistair nodded and went back to looking at the contract." you already know what I want. the safety of those that were forced to act by fear and those that did not involve themselves int he war. in order to do that I would ask that the Drosselmeyer be returned to being a duchy but with the stipulation, no Drosselmeyer has any claim to the throne." he frowned a bit. " honestly I mostly want that to protect the former Empress. even if you say no to that, I would hand over the throne. I do not know what my sister will think of such a thing tho. I did ask her to join me the day before I attacked. I was hoping to get her help in talking to the land. she did not agree with me, but she did not stop me or tell my father what I was planning. "

His frown vanished once he finished reading the agreement he was reading. small light reaching his eyes. " you are right, and I am sorry if I appeared to be that foolish. but I am under no presumption that it was in my power to stop the war. just to call for the ceasefire."

Alistair Drosselmeyer

Alistair stopped and turned staring at the true Empress of the land. he was dumbfounded by what he heard. he could not help but break out into laughter. the smile on his face that of pure joy " I have seen one of the worst atrocities possible committed, as kind as I thought you to be I never imagined to hear such words from you. I thank you for even leaving me that much. but by even offering her such a title. tho with her in that position I won't need much power."

As he stopped laughing to finish talking he whipped a tear from his eyes." you are more than fair and I gladly agree with everything. not that I really have a choice. like I said at the meeting I shall be arriving with no guards. Elentiya is a kind soul, she sent word to us to tell us not to be involved in the fighting. I think the land has been working towards your ascension. all the children that would fight for father have been killed."

he closed his eyes." the next few months will be very hard to deal with." he wanted to escape once more. to turn into a bird and fly of unnoticed to the world. once more he felt the weight he had decided to put on himself. Evelyn was the Empress. some of that weight would be lifted. but those memories still rang clear in his head. someone had to talk with the land soon.