Amaranth: A Dream

[idolpro]

Once, there was a maiden...

...whose battles called her far from home.
She slew the thing she feared most, and conquered the land that feared her.
As she fought, far away, she knew her children needed guidance.
She knew they faced tyrants.
She knew they faced fear.
In her homeland, things were broken.
So, she held up her hand before the sun, and cast a shadow on the world, and drowned the troubles of her home in darkness.

"Survival's a long reach," she said.

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Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[worthathousand]

[ hi son. (also Requiem is here too.)
—a faint smile, and then she shakes her head. ]

I can't cross over. Even here...

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

[ req IS here, still half- transformed with huge clawed paws.

She frowns at Luci, but stays quiet. ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

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Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

[ the cat is staring at you bub

Can you ignore that. ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

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Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

Why the heck are you just ignoring me I'm RIGHT HERE

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

[ jumps to the sound of her voice, snapping up to look ]






—Req—uiem-san?

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

[ gestures widely with her paws to her (saber-fanged, but still very requiem) face ]

Who else would I be???

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

[ he really only noticed the cat features. ]

Ah.




Ah, my apologies—uhm—since you're very fluffy right now, I didn't really. . .

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

You should look at people's faces before you get all weird about 'em.

1/2

[maidenheaven]

[



mom's ideal world is not the place to pick a fight ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

My apologies! Though I don't recall getting in your way or doing anything that required your permission or attention, nor are we par. ti. cu. lar. ly. amicable, it seems I have deeply offended you by not immediately acknowledging your presence, to the point that an apology simply wasn't enough!

Let me apologize again, then, and properly correct myself.

Hello, Requiem-san. How nice to see you here.

Is there anything else you want from me, or may I take my leave, now?

[ and i oop ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[worthathousand]

[ why are you two LIKE THIS ]

...Is everything alright?
Please do not be frightened of Requiem, Lucifel—she's no anathema.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

...

What's your problem, dude.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

Oh? Is there a problem?

I think you had the problem, didn't you? Have I corrected it, then?

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

You're being like way more aggro than usual and it's weird as heck.

It was just weird that you were ignoring me entirely. Geez.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

Oh? Just when did you care for my attention?

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[stakesthesame]

I don't.

[ maybe more defensive than she meant, but-- follows up ]

You just usually say hi or something. Or is it just cuz Doodles isn't around and you dont gotta pretend to be nice or something.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

[ . . . taking her hands in his own, then, a soft smile forming ]

Then, I'll bring him back for you.

After that—we can go home.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[worthathousand]

[ Amaranth closes her eyes a moment at the feeling of your hands in hers, then gives them a soft squeeze. ]

I told myself that other life was just a bad dream... from which I'd finally awoken.

[ a deep inhale; the exhale comes out a bit ragged ]

Thank you, Lucifel.

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

. . . Of course.

[ with a little squeeze—there's a pause, his eyes closing like he's making a silent prayer,

and if i am understanding exalted powers correctly his hands will glow a soft, golden light, and so will amaranth, as he sets a spell of physical protection on her

because there is a cat

right here

and h elp

if i'm not understanding exalted powers correctly and he can't set up protection wards in advance then that's okay it's just a normal handsqueeze and Attempt ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[fallingflowers]

[ Exigent Exalt powers do what they like—which is to say, yes it definitely works: you can feel the essence within you rise to that purpose its god could once not fulfill, except through you. Perhaps, for a moment, their iconography shimmers around you.

She will certainly be safe. (From cats, and in general.) ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

[ oh it turns out the cat is a person

a person that i know!!!!!!

oh.

well anyway mom is safe. in general, and also from cats. ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[fallingflowers]

[ Phew!

...Is it time to cross over? ]

Re: UPDATED UPDATE: The Bridge

[maidenheaven]

[ after being extremely passagg and catty

yes. ]