“The Goddess Solaralai,” Kire repeated, correcting herself after Risa did. She waited politely, standing with her hands behind her back as Risa rose to her feet. “I don’t mean them any harm, Your Grace,” Kire answered. “There may be signs of a similar religion budding on my side of the world. I wish to simply know more about it, if my own people begin worshipping the same goddess. How I might accommodate them and their new beliefs. There are people who may not understand, and I don’t want them to come to harm.” Which was all very true, at least.
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Kire was relieved Ysaryn dismissed the topic, though the elf’s question did linger in her mind. Was it a bad thing? I won’t be empress after a few years…. Kire shook her head, similarly pushing the idea aside. When they entered the castle, Kire was reminded of how the Palace had felt after the Black Storm, and after they had reclaimed it from the Gemini. A tad too lifeless to be comfortable yet. She followed Ysaryn in silence, observing the place. In a way, she couldn’t really blame Risa for stubbornly clinging to the trappings of authority. She had known no other life, and after losing everything, Kire could understand the need to desperately grasp anything that could be within her power to control. Still, when Ysaryn rolled her eyes after Risa bade them enter, Kire suppressed a snicker.
The room they entered wasn’t too terrible, considering the repairs the castle needed. Better than the camp in the mountains, at least. Kire kept her face blank when she stood before the princess, and when the woman addressed them, she put on a polite smile, one she had often displayed when in meetings with people she had to be cordial with. “Your Majesty,” she said, inclining her head. “I am glad to see you well, and radiant as ever.” Her tone was friendly as she said this. “I was hoping you would deign to answer a few questions I have about Solaralai and her religion. If there are still worshippers here that could shed more light on her worship.”
The room they entered wasn’t too terrible, considering the repairs the castle needed. Better than the camp in the mountains, at least. Kire kept her face blank when she stood before the princess, and when the woman addressed them, she put on a polite smile, one she had often displayed when in meetings with people she had to be cordial with. “Your Majesty,” she said, inclining her head. “I am glad to see you well, and radiant as ever.” Her tone was friendly as she said this. “I was hoping you would deign to answer a few questions I have about Solaralai and her religion. If there are still worshippers here that could shed more light on her worship.”
Kire grinned. “Well, I’m glad my cousin redeemed himself. Honestly I’d be pissed too if I knew it was that easy to beat him. Reflects badly on my skills,” she said with a chuckle. To her other question, though, Kire looked ahead, remembering her gaffe earlier. “Uh. I mean. I would love—like to,” she said, wincing at the word. “Things seem to be going well. I think. Except perhaps for just a tiny fraction of a blunder I made at breakfast today.” She cringed. “I, uh, accidentally called him, uh, ‘love’,” she said, saying the last word in a whisper as if it was a curse. “Don’t tell him I told you, and don’t make a big thing out of it. I’ve got a sun goddess to worry about already.”
Kire averted her eyes when she heard what Ysaryn asked Ed to do, then walked beside the elf after she joined her. "For her lovely company, of course," Kire replied. With a snort, she shook her head. "Still learning more about this goddess. Risa just might know who else around here is a worshipper of hers." She ran a hand through her hair. "Both Gavin and I had strange dreams tonight that might be tied to the whole affair. He wasn't at the forest with us, which concerns me, but he thinks his ties to the world gate made him susceptible to them."
She glanced at Ysaryn, then grinned. "For someone who lost a sparring match, you are taking it pretty well."
She glanced at Ysaryn, then grinned. "For someone who lost a sparring match, you are taking it pretty well."
Gavin, too, was now curious. He had dismissed the dream as something his mind had scrambled together from the strange events in Amria, but now that there was a possibility that it was intertwined with Kire’s dreams and tied to some external force, he now starting thinking more about what he had seen. “Well, maybe I got the dreams because I’m tied to the gate, too,” Gavin put in, mouth half-full. “It was my blood and Kire’s that stabilized it, and your blood that got it started. Haven’t heard anybody else here in Úvano waking up from weird nightmares or having visions, save for us.”
Kire nodded, considering it as she continued with her meal, silent as she mentally prepared herself for her conversation. When Ruli said he would talk to Envy while she went to Risa, she nodded again, then realized something. “I suppose I better catch Ysaryn and ask to be taken to Risa before she whisks Ed away, or asks for a rematch. Or both.” She wrinkled her nose at that. Gavin chuckled at that. Kire ate a bit faster, then finished what was left of her coffee. “Alright, I’m off. I’ll see you both later for the wards, say, for lunch? My turn to feed you, or have someone make something to feed you.”
She rose to her feet, then leaned to kiss Ruli on the cheek. “Thank you for breakfast, love—” She clamped her mouth shut, eyes wide as she blushed, realizing what she had just called him. She cleared her throat. “Um. Right. See you later,” she muttered, before quickly turning to leave.
Gavin was grinning wide, looking from her to Ruli, wondering with glee what his mentor had thought of the term of endearment.
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Ed grinned back as he tugged Ysaryn to her feet. “I should hope so. I’d hate to have to prove it again,” he said with a cheeky smirk. “[i]I’m just here to make sure she’s awake and ready to start her day. She mentioned needing to talk to the princess here last night, so I assume she won’t be returning home until that task is complete. Why do you ask?[/i[“ He grinned again, though only for a moment. “What about your father, though? I don’t want to be the source of a rift between you two.”
Not long after, though, he heard Kire clear her throat behind them. “Begging your pardon,” she said, smiling at them. “I hate to interrupt, but I was just wondering if you’d take me to Risa, or at least point me in her direction. I’ll try to be as quick as I can so you two could—spar again,” she finished, smirking.
Kire nodded, considering it as she continued with her meal, silent as she mentally prepared herself for her conversation. When Ruli said he would talk to Envy while she went to Risa, she nodded again, then realized something. “I suppose I better catch Ysaryn and ask to be taken to Risa before she whisks Ed away, or asks for a rematch. Or both.” She wrinkled her nose at that. Gavin chuckled at that. Kire ate a bit faster, then finished what was left of her coffee. “Alright, I’m off. I’ll see you both later for the wards, say, for lunch? My turn to feed you, or have someone make something to feed you.”
She rose to her feet, then leaned to kiss Ruli on the cheek. “Thank you for breakfast, love—” She clamped her mouth shut, eyes wide as she blushed, realizing what she had just called him. She cleared her throat. “Um. Right. See you later,” she muttered, before quickly turning to leave.
Gavin was grinning wide, looking from her to Ruli, wondering with glee what his mentor had thought of the term of endearment.
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Ed grinned back as he tugged Ysaryn to her feet. “I should hope so. I’d hate to have to prove it again,” he said with a cheeky smirk. “[i]I’m just here to make sure she’s awake and ready to start her day. She mentioned needing to talk to the princess here last night, so I assume she won’t be returning home until that task is complete. Why do you ask?[/i[“ He grinned again, though only for a moment. “What about your father, though? I don’t want to be the source of a rift between you two.”
Not long after, though, he heard Kire clear her throat behind them. “Begging your pardon,” she said, smiling at them. “I hate to interrupt, but I was just wondering if you’d take me to Risa, or at least point me in her direction. I’ll try to be as quick as I can so you two could—spar again,” she finished, smirking.
Gavin raised his brows when Ruli asked for details on his dreams. Kire, too, turned her attention to him, glancing out the window now and then as she waited for his explanation. “Er—okay.”
“Go ahead, this’ll take a while, they’re too evenly matched anyway,” Kire said, finally tearing her eyes from the window.
“Uh, sure.” Gavin turned to the two of them. “It’s mostly nonsense. I had the dagger with me, the one you gave me, Kire, and I was standing in front of the Red Tower. Then when I looked down, the dagger wasn’t in my hand but in my chest. I wasn’t bleeding or feeling any pain or anything like that, but I remember just staring at the dragon carved in the handle, like I was just confused about how the knife got stabbed into my heart.” Gavin unconsciously touched his chest, as if still checking if the knife wasn’t still embedded there.
“A moment later, I was inside the chamber with the gate, only all the windows had gates in them. I picked a random gate, and
stepped out onto these—ruins? I dunno where it was, but it looked like some sort of temple broken into pieces. The skies were red, and I saw people on fire. Not like—not like they were set on fire, but they seemed calm?” His face scrunched up, knowing he wasn’t making sense. “Then I felt something pulling me back into the gate, and whatever it was pulled me back to the Tower with its claws, all the way through the floors and down into the ground. I woke up then, feeling like I was buried under earth, then realized I buried myself under my pillows. It’s almost funny.”
Behind them, the couple watching the sparring match gasped. Kire peered out the window again and grinned. “Looks like Ed gets his revenge,” she said, before turning her attention back to Gavin. “Did you see who, or what, pulled you back into the gate?”
Gavin shook his head. “I’m not even sure if it really was claws that grabbed me. Whatever it was, it was much bigger than me.”
“Hm.” Why did he dream of the Tower, though? Is it just the gate? Kire went to sit, taking her plate but waiting for Ruli to finish before she started on it. “So no dragons in your dream?”
“Dragons?” Gavin frowned again. “Nope. No dragons, besides the one on the knife.”
Kire huffed. “There is not enough coffee in both worlds to make any of this comprehensible at the moment.”
“Is it supposed to mean anything?” Gavin asked. “Did you have weird dreams, too?”
“Yeah. But the hell if I know what they mean.”
“Go ahead, this’ll take a while, they’re too evenly matched anyway,” Kire said, finally tearing her eyes from the window.
“Uh, sure.” Gavin turned to the two of them. “It’s mostly nonsense. I had the dagger with me, the one you gave me, Kire, and I was standing in front of the Red Tower. Then when I looked down, the dagger wasn’t in my hand but in my chest. I wasn’t bleeding or feeling any pain or anything like that, but I remember just staring at the dragon carved in the handle, like I was just confused about how the knife got stabbed into my heart.” Gavin unconsciously touched his chest, as if still checking if the knife wasn’t still embedded there.
“A moment later, I was inside the chamber with the gate, only all the windows had gates in them. I picked a random gate, and
stepped out onto these—ruins? I dunno where it was, but it looked like some sort of temple broken into pieces. The skies were red, and I saw people on fire. Not like—not like they were set on fire, but they seemed calm?” His face scrunched up, knowing he wasn’t making sense. “Then I felt something pulling me back into the gate, and whatever it was pulled me back to the Tower with its claws, all the way through the floors and down into the ground. I woke up then, feeling like I was buried under earth, then realized I buried myself under my pillows. It’s almost funny.”
Behind them, the couple watching the sparring match gasped. Kire peered out the window again and grinned. “Looks like Ed gets his revenge,” she said, before turning her attention back to Gavin. “Did you see who, or what, pulled you back into the gate?”
Gavin shook his head. “I’m not even sure if it really was claws that grabbed me. Whatever it was, it was much bigger than me.”
“Hm.” Why did he dream of the Tower, though? Is it just the gate? Kire went to sit, taking her plate but waiting for Ruli to finish before she started on it. “So no dragons in your dream?”
“Dragons?” Gavin frowned again. “Nope. No dragons, besides the one on the knife.”
Kire huffed. “There is not enough coffee in both worlds to make any of this comprehensible at the moment.”
“Is it supposed to mean anything?” Gavin asked. “Did you have weird dreams, too?”
“Yeah. But the hell if I know what they mean.”
“Anything that’ll help wake me up,” Kire replied, picking a table, likewise happy to get out of the chill from outside. The incoming storm had reminded her of her dream, and her thoughts wandered off for a while until they had entered the hall. “Probably better to meet later, too, at the Tower. After interrogating Risa, I’ll go hunt down Narda for Envy. She’s not at the Capital at the moment, but I’m sure she’ll want to be back in a pinch if he’s coming along.”
Once the coffee was ready, Kire got a cup for herself and Ruli, sitting back down at the table nearby to nurse her cup. Not long after, though, she noticed the few other patrons gathering around the windows, peering curiously outside. Finding herself curious, too, she brought her cup along and sidled up to them to look. Kire squinted, then almost coughed out the coffee in her mouth. “Holy shit!” After the initial surprise, Kire grinned wickedly. “Didn’t think Ed would actually ask for a rematch today.”
Down at the beach, Ed waited for Ysaryn to reappear with the sparring blades, setting his own down beside him as he fixed his hair, tying it back, and rolled up his sleeves. The air was chilly, but it helped keep him alert. The sparring would warm him up pretty soon, anyway. He didn’t have long to wait; as soon as the elf returned and he was given the practice blade, Ed shifted into fighting stance. Ysaryn was like a cat, watchful of her prey and quick on her feet. He had the disadvantage of not having gotten proper sleep, but he had survived on worse on the battlefield. And this time, he was determined not to yield to her.
“Fuck, he’s serious now,” Kire said, grinning as she watched from the hall. Even from this vantage point, she could see clear enough from Ed’s movements that he intended to win. He didn’t give Ysaryn an opening, even as he searched for weaknesses in her defense. Kire wasn’t sure who she was rooting for; had she been in Ysaryn’s shoes right now, she doubted she would win this match.
“Ooh, is this the day I get to see Ysaryn hit the ground?” Gavin’s voice piped up from behind her. The lad had just made his way down, and from the look of it he, too, had a restless night.
“You alright, lad?” Kire asked.
Gavin shrugged. “Finished Envy’s charm. Then couldn’t really sleep, weird dreams.” He left the window to go greet Ruli and ask for coffee.
Once the coffee was ready, Kire got a cup for herself and Ruli, sitting back down at the table nearby to nurse her cup. Not long after, though, she noticed the few other patrons gathering around the windows, peering curiously outside. Finding herself curious, too, she brought her cup along and sidled up to them to look. Kire squinted, then almost coughed out the coffee in her mouth. “Holy shit!” After the initial surprise, Kire grinned wickedly. “Didn’t think Ed would actually ask for a rematch today.”
Down at the beach, Ed waited for Ysaryn to reappear with the sparring blades, setting his own down beside him as he fixed his hair, tying it back, and rolled up his sleeves. The air was chilly, but it helped keep him alert. The sparring would warm him up pretty soon, anyway. He didn’t have long to wait; as soon as the elf returned and he was given the practice blade, Ed shifted into fighting stance. Ysaryn was like a cat, watchful of her prey and quick on her feet. He had the disadvantage of not having gotten proper sleep, but he had survived on worse on the battlefield. And this time, he was determined not to yield to her.
“Fuck, he’s serious now,” Kire said, grinning as she watched from the hall. Even from this vantage point, she could see clear enough from Ed’s movements that he intended to win. He didn’t give Ysaryn an opening, even as he searched for weaknesses in her defense. Kire wasn’t sure who she was rooting for; had she been in Ysaryn’s shoes right now, she doubted she would win this match.
“Ooh, is this the day I get to see Ysaryn hit the ground?” Gavin’s voice piped up from behind her. The lad had just made his way down, and from the look of it he, too, had a restless night.
“You alright, lad?” Kire asked.
Gavin shrugged. “Finished Envy’s charm. Then couldn’t really sleep, weird dreams.” He left the window to go greet Ruli and ask for coffee.
Kire slouched as she sat, nodding at his question. “Not as frequently of late, but yes. I’ve had it a lot.” She sighed. “It’s one of those dreams where I wake up and, for a horrible few moments, I feel I’m that young girl again who had to be pulled from the ruins of my home, newly-orphaned. So. I don’t know if it would’ve been better to have that dream or the one I just had.” She gave a wry smile at that, shrugging her shoulders with a huff. “I suppose, wherever those dragons may be, long-dead or not, they wouldn’t be too happy with some other deity wreaking havoc around here in their place.”
She stretched her arms as she yawned, then lazily fixed her hair. “Mm. Okay. Coffee. Coffee and breakfast sound really good right now.” She glanced at Ruli’s hair and ran her fingers through it to fix it, then smirked and ruffled it, messing it back up. “Can I have it at the dining hall? Put it on my tab for the wards,” she said, grinning.
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Ed looked down at Ysaryn as she drew close and challenged him, a brow raised at her as he met her declaration with a smirk. He watched her, unable to hide the hungry look in his eyes as she circled him and asked what he was here for. “I’m here to make sure she doesn’t wake too late—but I think she can wait,” he answered with a grin. “Are we sparring in the same place as last time?”
She stretched her arms as she yawned, then lazily fixed her hair. “Mm. Okay. Coffee. Coffee and breakfast sound really good right now.” She glanced at Ruli’s hair and ran her fingers through it to fix it, then smirked and ruffled it, messing it back up. “Can I have it at the dining hall? Put it on my tab for the wards,” she said, grinning.
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Ed looked down at Ysaryn as she drew close and challenged him, a brow raised at her as he met her declaration with a smirk. He watched her, unable to hide the hungry look in his eyes as she circled him and asked what he was here for. “I’m here to make sure she doesn’t wake too late—but I think she can wait,” he answered with a grin. “Are we sparring in the same place as last time?”
She sat up, cross-legged on the bed when he rolled onto his back. "I thought I was having an old dream about the Black Storm. Did you notice part of the Palace looks older than the rest? That's a portion of the original structure; the rest was damaged. I was buried in the rubble when it happened, and I'd have a dream about it now and then. This nightmare started out like that."
Kire frowned down at her hands. "This time, when I got out of the debris, I saw more dragons. I'm not at the Palace but somewhere--ancient? It feels ancient. And I saw the largest world gate I've ever seen. I woke up just as a dragon was about to rain fire on it." She looked up and at the window; hearing the sea helped calm her. "I feel like I'm being warned somehow. This, and yesterday's vision. But damn it, I can't do anything if that's all I have to go on."
She rubbed her face, sighing. "Guess I should talk to Risa soon and get it over with. Then we'll discuss the wards for the Palace after and how much gold I should be paying you," she added with a smirk.
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Ed knew that question was coming. "I did. Foolish thing to do, I realize now. I had thought you needed to let off steam and take your anger out on me, and my winning the match would anger you further." He sighed, frowning. "I realize now that that isn't your way." He looked into her bright eyes. "I'd like to rectify the situation."
Kire frowned down at her hands. "This time, when I got out of the debris, I saw more dragons. I'm not at the Palace but somewhere--ancient? It feels ancient. And I saw the largest world gate I've ever seen. I woke up just as a dragon was about to rain fire on it." She looked up and at the window; hearing the sea helped calm her. "I feel like I'm being warned somehow. This, and yesterday's vision. But damn it, I can't do anything if that's all I have to go on."
She rubbed her face, sighing. "Guess I should talk to Risa soon and get it over with. Then we'll discuss the wards for the Palace after and how much gold I should be paying you," she added with a smirk.
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Ed knew that question was coming. "I did. Foolish thing to do, I realize now. I had thought you needed to let off steam and take your anger out on me, and my winning the match would anger you further." He sighed, frowning. "I realize now that that isn't your way." He looked into her bright eyes. "I'd like to rectify the situation."
Kire smiled tiredly at his comment, but only for a moment. As he settled against her, bidding her to sleep, she nodded, closing her eyes and trying to ignore what she had just seen. But even with the comfort of Ruli’s warmth next to her, she couldn’t go back to sleep immediately. She stared up at the ceiling, piecing the nightmare together, even as the details started slipping from her grasp. The feeling of foreboding she felt from it was not all that different from the one that accompanied the vision in the forest. It was a warning.
She did eventually manage to sleep just before sunrise, and by the time she stirred again the sun was already up. Kire cursed softly when she woke, curling against Ruli with a groan, unwilling to get up. “Is it too much to ask the powers-that-be to not give me strange dreams after giving us weird, inexplicable visions?” she muttered against his shoulder.
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Ed smiled warmly at Ysaryn the moment he saw her, grinning at her observation about the way he must look. “Good morning to you, too, milady.” At her comment about the forest, he shook his head, walking out of the gate chamber with her “The forest may not be that bad, but I am worried about what else might come after.” He sighed, looking sidelong at her. “And I worried about what you might think of me, after yesterday.”
She did eventually manage to sleep just before sunrise, and by the time she stirred again the sun was already up. Kire cursed softly when she woke, curling against Ruli with a groan, unwilling to get up. “Is it too much to ask the powers-that-be to not give me strange dreams after giving us weird, inexplicable visions?” she muttered against his shoulder.
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Ed smiled warmly at Ysaryn the moment he saw her, grinning at her observation about the way he must look. “Good morning to you, too, milady.” At her comment about the forest, he shook his head, walking out of the gate chamber with her “The forest may not be that bad, but I am worried about what else might come after.” He sighed, looking sidelong at her. “And I worried about what you might think of me, after yesterday.”
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