[IC] The Dragon Rebellion

[Miraboreasu]

"Look at why Aaliyah wants to leave," pointed out Rex. "She thinks this is some romantic crusade so we can fall and love and live happily ever after. Do you see now where I was coming from before?"

[BlitheCrescent]

Nacine sighs, looking away. All of this is obviously hurting her. "Yeah....I guess...."

[BlitheCrescent]

Suddenly, she looks up at him. "Rex, I need you to tell me something, and I need you to be completely honest. If you aren't...." She laughs, turning back to her normal self for a minute. "Well, I still a knife left."

[Miraboreasu]

"What is it?" asked Rex.

[BlitheCrescent]

"Do you REALLY care about me, at all? Or do you only care about the Rebellion? I need to know."

[Krein]

"Very well," Merus told Klostrun. The Earth mage wasn't really one to really step into other people's business, so Merus questioned himself why he had even bothered to ask him if he'd seen anything strange. Speak8ng of strange.... while Merus was tending the remaining winter flowers, he detected even more changes within the temperature, all of them coming from the same area where he had felt the heat disrupt the freshness of the halls.
Cold and heat, Merus recognized the changes from his training against other fire mages. If there were people having a go at each other within the halls... well, their punishment wouldn't be good.

"Excuse me for a while, I've something to see to. I'll return quickly, so wait here," Merus commanded. He immediately strode off, following the path he felt would lead him in the direction of the atmospheric changes. As he drew closer to the area, he recognized it as having been the same place he had been in earlier before Klostrun came to him.

Merus stopped himself. He could still her voices, and so kept quiet as possible as he formed a small pillar of ice to boost himself up to a ledge that'd keep him out of sight. The pillar dissipated, leaving no trace behind.

[Miraboreasu]

BlitheCrescent said
"Do you REALLY care about me, at all? Or do you only care about the Rebellion? I need to know."

Rex tried to find the right words. He spoke slowly. "I care about you. You were the only one who really accepted me when we were growing up. But what's more important for the future: what we want for relationships, or getting everyone here to safety?" He was silent for a moment. "But if there's an after to this... maybe then. I know how you feel about me, and I don't want to hurt you, but we have to consider what's best for the whole group."

[BlitheCrescent]

She sighs. "You're still just as dense as ever, aren't you? Did you ever consider that it's possible to do both? That maybe the only reason I REALLY fight is for you? Do I care about the rebellion? Yes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have started it. But you're my motivation to keep it going. Why is it that you can't see that? This doesn't have to be one or the other."

[Krein]

It was the voices of Nacine and Rex making their way to Merus's ears. It seemed that they were having a discussion about their relationship, which started making Merus laugh internally. It wasn't a joyful type of laughter though, it was close to the same type of laughter that came from him as he tortured his and the dragons prisoners. He would love to see them broken apart just for the sake of watching them descend into sorrow. Oh, the things he could think of to facilitate such a schism!
Merus considered such closeness to others foolish, even stupid. The only ones he "loved" were the dragons.
One final word caught his ear. Rebellion. That was it, he'd heard enough. What he suspected might have been going on was true. But rather than burst into the room and confront them, Merus decided to do something else. It was a simple thing really, simply go in secret and report what he heard....
Merus silently left the area to return to Klostrun.
(If this is too much, I can change it)

[Miraboreasu]

Rex snorted. "I'm merely saying that more people might be turned off if they think it's some romantic crusade against the dragons, led by a lovey-dovey couple who want to be free to love each other." He sighed. "Let's take ten minutes by ourselves just to cool down. Sound fine, Nacine?"

[BlitheCrescent]

"Does it really matter the reason?" She sighs. "Never mind. Just..." She doesn't even finish the statement.

[Miraboreasu]

Rex started for the door, but stopped with his hand on the knob. In an attempt to make Nacine better, he asked, "Would another kiss make you feel better?"

[BlitheCrescent]

She laughs a bit. "Only if you really want to."

[Miraboreasu]

"If it will make my leader happy," Rex said. He let go of the door and stepped closer to Nacine.

[BlitheCrescent]

She smiles a bit. "Not just to make me happy. If that truly is your only reason, then don't."

[Miraboreasu]

Rex wrapped his arms around Nacine's waist.

[BlitheCrescent]

She blinks a bit, then smiles.

[Miraboreasu]

Rex kissed Nacine's lips softly, gently.

[BlitheCrescent]

Normal, she would kiss him back, but at this moment, her mind goes completely blank.

[Miraboreasu]

Rex broke the kiss for a moment. "You okay?" he asked.