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Entry tags:
- !mingle,
- adalwolfe hawke,
- allen walker,
- armitage hux,
- aurae "tempest" le paulmier,
- barriss offee,
- beverly crusher,
- cara,
- charles xavier,
- cisco ramon,
- dune/leto atreides ii,
- eithan paine,
- erik lehnsherr,
- fingon,
- finwë,
- gemini de mille,
- hermione granger,
- lailah,
- loki,
- matt murdock,
- mikleo,
- misty day,
- montague "monty" d'ysquith navarro,
- natasha romanoff,
- obi-wan kenobi,
- pinkie pie,
- sam winchester,
- sokka,
- sorey,
- stefan salvatore,
- steve rogers (ou),
- takeshi,
- trucy wright,
- tyrion lannister,
- vash the stampede,
- winn schott,
- zaveid
[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]
Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha
It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha
It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...
b IIIIIII'M GONNA SWIIIIING FROM THE CHANDALIER
You're looking a lot better, Mikleo.
[She approaches him with a smile on her face.]
Getting back into the flow of your artes?
[CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP]
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I... well, yeah. I thought it was about time.
[He hasn't tried to cast any since he'd fought Sorey on the last planet- and sure, he'd been dead or missing for two weeks and a dragon for one, but that's still more than a month. He hasn't gone that long since he'd first started to learn them in the first place.]
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Nothing wrong with that. I'm glad that you're strong enough to be able to practice again.
[She walks a bit closer and then stops to look out at the lake.]
Do you mind having an audience?
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[He knows that Lailah's not looking for any kind of grand entertainment, but he's still a little embarrassed. He'd gotten so much stronger back home than when he'd first started, and now it feels like he's right back to square one.]
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[Lailah grins a little, but the compliment is genuine. The effort he puts into gaining a deeper understanding of his power is impressive, and the fruits of those labors have shown over the course of their journey. She has no doubt that Mikleo will make a very powerful water seraph when he's older.]
Though, I have to admit, I'm a little jealous! Water is perhaps the most useful element there is for our human friends.
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[Mikleo's answer is noncommittal at first, focusing his thoughts on reaching out towards the lake. After a moment the surface of the water appears to pop upwards, and a bubble of water flows into his hands, holding its shape as he rolls it carefully from side to side as if it's a ball.]
I used to think that we could be measured by our elements. I was frustrated, because everyone was so much stronger than I was. And that part's still true. Earth, fire, wind- they're all literal forces of nature. Water always struck me as too gentle, too soft... it was hard to get past that. It's why so many of the seraphic artes I developed utilized ice. What I really wanted was to be as powerful as all of you seemed to be, because water alone wasn't enough to protect Sorey anymore.
[He flexes his fingers, allowing ice to crawl across the surface of the water ball, and then offers it out to her once it's fully frozen.]
It's just experience, though. It's not inherently weaker than the others, and it's not more useful to humans, either. They need to keep warm, and they need solid ground to walk on, and they need to breathe. Sorey would tell you the same thing.
[She shouldn't sell herself short, either.]
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She takes it gingerly in her hands, looking at it with a small, fond smile on her face.]
You know, when I was younger, I felt the opposite. I felt that fire was too destructive and that its less offensive uses were only good in specific situations. It took a lot of control to not accidentally burn the people you only wanted to bring warmth and light to.
[It doesn't take much concentration for Lailah to start dissolving the ice into mist. The water catches the light in a soft rainbow as it cascades onto the grass. She looks up from the ball and turns that smile onto Mikleo.]
In a way, I still feel that the other elements are the best sources of life. The difference between then and now is that I feel that fire's the best at making life a little more comfortable.
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I don't think that's true, but if it was, then it makes sense for you to be a fire seraph. Like a campfire we're all drawn to... you bring us together, and you keep us safe. It's... pretty obvious what a mess we are without you.
[It's still hard to talk about (it isn't something he's even begun to unpack yet, not with Sorey, not with anyone) and they've made her aware of how much they missed her. But it's more than just her position as Prime Lord that he's talking about. Her presence makes them better, as a whole. All of them benefit from her, from Lailah, whether she's linking them together with her pact strings or not.
She's a comfort, a friend. A crucial core to their makeshift little family. That's the furthest thing from destructive that you can get.]
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I've heard some humans say that the heart of a home is at the hearth fire. It's where friends and family will gather together to talk or tell stories or do various other activities. As I learned more about my element, I decided that was what I wanted my fire to be like: a hearth. I wanted it to be something that can let people believe they're home, even if their home's half a world away.
[That she's succeeded in making people feel safe and comfortable around her is the best thing she could've accomplished, as far as she's concerned. After agreeing to her job as Lady of the Lake, she feels that's been more important than ever.]
Even I have my limits, though. It...wouldn't have been the first time one has fallen while with me.
[Lailah's doing her best to tiptoe around the confines of her oath to give him this information, just as she had with Sorey. She flicks her hand out and sends a small butterfly made of flames to flutter around in the air between them. After a few seconds, it fades away to harmless embers.]
But I think that if you had Edna here instead of me, you would've been fine, too.
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He stretches his hands out to touch the water, thin branches of ice crackling out across the surface from his fingertips.]
You keep trying, though. You keep moving forward, despite everything that's happened... everything you can't talk about. You're kind of incredible, you know that?
[There are some people he can't compliment so easily- for the sake of pride (his, or theirs), or shyness, or his own awkward fumbling with this sort of thing. Not so with Lailah. She deserves so much more than she's given; he understands that now the way he never really had before.]
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Perhaps, but it took years for me to figure out how to move forward without losing myself.
[She smiles at Mikleo.]
I know it doesn't seem like it now, but you'll find your own way, too. Just give yourself time to find it.
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Her smile is as gentle as ever, and he knows she's never looked down on him, but sometimes he feels those years between them, like a tangible thing that he can't truly fathom.]
It's hard to be patient when I feel this lost already.
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That's only natural. [Lailah pauses for a moment.] We may not be able to take you out of the woods completely, but you do have people who can help guide your path. Much like how we use the stars and moon to help navigate us to where we need to go late at night.
[She looks out across the lake thoughtfully.]
It's hard to keep patient and it can be very frustrating at times. In those instances, let yourself feel that and then use that energy for something more positive or productive. If it's too much for you to handle on your own, you know that we're all willing to lend an ear for you to vent those frustrations.
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Even now, with his body whole and healthy again at last, he can't help feeling out of sorts. He'd ventured away from the ships because even though he'd urged them to go and explore, he'd begun to worry that the loss of their presence would undo him entirely. The lake had helped, but Lailah being here helps even more.
He should really meet up with Sorey once he's done here.]
Lailah... if you're allowed to answer... can I ask why you made your oath?
[He's not sure if that counts as discussing the terms- there's still a great deal he doesn't know about the whole process. They've only gotten vague ideas about the limitations involved.]