TEMPTATION OF ANGELS, which is named KHRYSAOR: A Heart Game (I)

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Re: CHANCEL LELI

[beautifulend]

[ they eye his hand just a second before looking back up to make eye contact. ]

Of course I know her well. She's a member of my pack. Or - I suppose she'd say I'm part of her familia.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[ninuanni]

The man's expression doesn't change, but hand no longer looks quite so ready to grasp that axe—though someone like that is never really unarmed. You know the type.

"She'd be right about it. You're more her Familia than us, now."

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[beautifulend]

Really, now? How surprising.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[ninuanni]

"They tore us apart, when Leli broke the Laws."

Adalet's expression darkens, her voice taking on the kind of carefully controlled quality of someone who is only speaking neutrally through conscious effort.

"Gave all our Shards to different Imperators. Without hers, Kiri was... just shattered pieces of metal. And apparently Lord Entropy wasn't interested in repairing an abhorrent weapon."

She meets your eyes. "We fucked up. Familia Leli doesn't exist anymore."

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[beautifulend]

...I see. My condolences.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[ninuanni]

"......I should try again, probably. But maybe all this time, I've only ever been making things worse. For us. For Leli."

You know what a person sounds like when they're in love.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[beautifulend]

[ They know what a person sounds like when they're in love. ]

Maybe. Or maybe things just get worse, and you've only ever made them better. It's best to not decide things until they're decided.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[ninuanni]

"Haven't they been decided for us, though? Sprouts create new beginnings—but that's just me.

"For this version of us, everything has changed."

And star of bethlehem snowdrops blanket the grass around you.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[beautifulend]

This version of you is still hers.

[ they kneel to touch the flowers. ]

1/2

[ninuanni]

Your hands brush the blossoms, and for a moment you feel yourself breaking—
—no, Falling—

There was a moment when all of it changed. For her; for you. A break as sharp as the cutting edge of a sword; as lasting as a scar. And all the World could only be, then, a before and an after. Or perhaps you should instead say: you see the World in a way you could not have seen it, before.

You are not what you were.

Re: CHANCEL LELI

[ninuanni]

"The us that still exists in her scars. That much, at least, cannot be taken."

Adalet pauses as you touch the flowers, waiting patiently.

"So. What do you think?"