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[b][Time][/b] Sunday, 07:00 AM
[b][Mentions][/b] [@rabidbacon] & [@Silly]
 
 
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Cassiel mused silently as the amethyst’s carrier explained herself, inviting him to study her offering with a closer admiration. [i]Indeed[/i], light and dark [i]were[/i] forces that were defined by the very existence of their antithesis. This was true in a very literal sense, inasmuch as a candle’s light might swell to banish its surrounding darkness, as the woman had posited. It was also true in a more figurative sense. After all, Ultima had chosen he; a turbulent, motherless no-body, to fill with her light. Indeed, he was beautiful, and he was gifted, and he was charming; but he had been no choir-boy in his youth, nor was he a pious devotee in adulthood. He cared very little for religion, save for what it offered him. He cared little for [i]Ultima[/i], save for what She offered him. He indulged in uncouth vices, he sinned without remorse; but he reasoned that any sacrilegious behaviours that he beheld would be forgiven by Ultima, or at least overlooked — for he was [i]chosen[/i] for a reason. One did not need to be innately good and pure to be blessèd; as with a dark room, a troubled soul would be exonerated of their discrepancies when bathed in Her radiance. While the Resplendency would never admit to such beliefs, they too felt the same way. After all, Beth still lurked within the regal halls of Malkuth — ne'er in all of Libra would a more sunken, lightless soul be found; a woman whose countenance was of darkness uncompromised, and yet she was among Cetra’s most prized assets. Cassiel had long since accepted that [i]true[/i] good and evil were imbecilic concepts used to keep children from misbehaving. The reality was, as he had learned through firsthand experience, is that the Gods either favoured you, or they didn’t.

[colour=purple]"“Does this offering meet Her Radiance’s approval?”"[/colour]

Cassiel’s brow furrowed. Regardless of the thought exercise, he mistrusted the stranger. He knew a provocateur when he heard one. This woman hadn’t yielded the gem in good faith alone, that much was clear — she had sought to draw out a reaction, and whether or not the incitement was cynical or well-meaning, he was unsure. He sighed, mulling over a response, but was interrupted by a furore that rippled across the crowd. The sky cried, this time far more violently than he had seen in some time.

[colour=purple]"Has Uilethoir blessed us?,"[/colour] she continued.

Cassiel glanced back at her, brow furrowed. He would learn who she was later; he'd set one of his assistants to task on a dossier. It seemed to him that, whoever she was, she had came her to appraise him. For what reason? He did not know.

Before the conversation could continue, security flocked around him; not only sensing the disturbance of the meteor shower, but likely having also received executive orders to escort him to a designated point. He obliged as they requested his acquiescence, for the moment had been snatched away. He locked eyes again with Aethalos momentarily as his detail ushered him forth, hoping that she would oblige him with a private conversation later.

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