driftfleet | April System Mingle

[ In this Eizen is about as helpful as a piece of driftwood in a barren sea, standing to the side with a barely contained grin on his face. He feels a little bad for her, but at the same time it is kinda musing seeing so many people get so excited.

Who would have thought the terrifying Lord of Calamity would have so many adoring fans?

It's only when she's given a moments break that Eizen finally approaches, casually glancing over at the slowly scattering locals, their attentions still on her seemingly fashionable attire. ]

Having fun?

[She snorts and side eyes him a little bit.]

You know I'm not.

[But when she turns toward him, giving him her full attention, she's not glaring. It's nice to see him in person. There just aren't that many people around that she's very comfortable with, and she's only talked to him on the communication devices so far. Those are still a little weird to her.]

Must be nice to be invisible.

[Or at least she assumes there aren't many locals with strong resonance.]

[ It's good to see her also, though Eizen might be pressed to admit it, there is a small comfort to be taken from being in the company of a familiar face. And after what became of her... Well, he's happy to have the company of a friend.

Lips curved all Eizen can do is shrug, not at all amused by the locals distinct lack of interest of something they can't see. ]

It has it's advantages.

Yeah, I bet.

[Maybe it could be to her advantage, too. If people see her talking to someone who's not there, maybe they'll think she's crazy and leave her alone for awhile.

She sighs, shifting a little.]

How are you settling in?

[She's referring to the fleet overall rather than the asteroid belt specifically. She hasn't really had the chance to talk to him since they first arrived, so she's curious.]

[ The question feels loaded considering everything that he has learned since arriving, the information that still courses through his head like a violent ocean storm. Eizen looks off briefly, frowning, before returning his gaze to her. ]

I won't lie and say it has been smooth. [ He cocks his head to the side. ] I found out I am die a thousand years in the future and my sister is bound to a Shepherd.

[ Yeah, things could be going better. ]

Not to mention I miss the ocean breeze, the sound of sails being hoisted up, the cry of orders being tossed around the Van Eltia. These metal ships just don't come close to her magnificence.

[She didn't necessarily realize just how loaded the question was when she asked it, but she's not surprised by the answer, either. She'd learned about Eizen's fate herself, and she knew about Sorey.]

You mean, Sorey? You met?

[She doesn't jump to voice it, but she also sort of agrees with him about how the space ships compare to the Van Eltia. She's found herself missing it a few times, herself.]

You know, then.

[ He didn't avoid telling her per say, he simply didn't mention it. Hadn't felt like broaching that subject after his own poor reaction to the information. ]

I haven't met him yet, last I check he was asleep.

( ooc; casually sets this thread before sorey wakes up regardless of my late tag time because i can )

Edited 2017-04-25 01:52 (UTC)

[She doesn't assume he was holding back any information. She figures they found out about the same time, since it's not like Sorey would have withheld that information himself.]

Yeah. He told me. Even after he knew I was a daemon who hated Shepherds. He felt I had a right to know, I guess. Stupid kid. Probably too honest for his own good.

[She's not angry, though. Not any more, at least.]

What do you mean he's asleep?

Are you serious?

[ But it makes sense, considering all that he had been told about Sorey. A kid like that... It is a good thing he has so many powerful seraphim by his side. ]

Just as I said, he's in some sort of deep sleep. It happened to Zaveid for a time as well.

Yeah. That just seems to be the sort of person he is. [She shrugs.] I guess he would make a pretty good vessel if he's that pure.

[She raises an eyebrow.]

It's not unusual for malakhim to take naps, though.

[She hasn't heard exorcists doing it, but then again this place is weird.]

I guess you managed to track him down?

[Zaveid, she means. She got the impression he hadn't spoken to Eizen when they first arrived.]

[ The more he hears about it the harder it is for him to believe such a person can actually exist. In the world he remembers they didn't. ]

Aye, I did. He acted like he seen a ghost, though I guess he had in a way.

[Velvet gets it. She's actually met Sorey and she's still not sure how he's real.

She sighs and crosses her arms, considering his words.]

I guess. He had to face you sooner or later, though.

[She knows what Sorey told her about what happened to Eizen, and she figures it probably would be hard on Zaveid. But she also doesn't see what good avoiding the issue would do.]

I have a feeling Sorey had something to do with it, he seemed to want to avoid me as long as he could.

[ And in a way he can't blame Zaveid, not really. After what he had to do... Well, most people rather not see those they have killed come back to life.

Eizen exhales, shaking his head slightly. What's done is done, right? ]

Yeah, I guess that could be.

[She didn't know Zaveid nearly as well as Eizen did, but she was learning he could be pretty avoidant and cagey when he wanted to be.]

It's good he came around, though.

Aye, I suppose it is.

[ He doesn't know what will become of it, whether or not things will get better as days go on, but he isn't going to focus on it. No point. What happens will happen. ]

So I take it you know about him. Sorey, that is.

[She shrugs a little.]

I know some things. He's a Shepherd from the future who doesn't like to lie. And I guess he's Zaveid's vessel. That's about it.

[She's only met him once, after all. She didn't have time to learn a lot of intimate details.]

You're taking the news better than I thought you would.

[ Considering her past experiences with the title of Shepherd. ]

[She huffs.]

You should have been there when he first used the word Shepherd.

[That alone made her want to lash out. But Sorey managed to knock her off guard and distract her. Just by being himself.]

He's nothing like Artorius, though. He's too earnest. [She shakes her head a little] He'd never even heard of him.

[She has a lot of anger in her, but it's really hard to project that at someone who bears so little resemblance to the person she hates. And honestly the fact that Sorey had never heard of Artorius or his ideals felt pretty damn good.]

[ He doesn't need to be there to picture what her reaction was like; anger spreading through her like wild fire, all of her hurts, her arm, screaming out to strike. The fact that Sorey managed to survive her speaks volumes. ]

I've been told the same. [ He could hear it in Sorey's voice when they first spoke, in the concern he had for Eizen. ] This new Shepherd isn't corrupted by the ugliness of the world. He cares for malakhim, doesn't treat us like tools to be thrown away when we're no longer of use.

[ Eizen exhales, gaze turning somewhat distant. ]

Even my sister trusts him.

[ If anything were to prove the validity of what Dezel had told him, what Zaveid had told him, it was that. ]

I can't say I am surprised. When people learned the truth of what he had tried to do, he would have looked less like a savoir they had painted him as. What remained of the Abbey wouldn't have wanted themselves associated with him, in order to survive I wouldn't be surprised if they tore it all from the history books. Made it so the future wouldn't be able to discover what they had tried to do.

[Yeah, that lines up with everything she'd observed about Sorey so far. Even the thing about Eizen's sister trusting him.

She sighs and shakes her head slightly at his explanation about the abbey.]

I was surprised.

[Of course she'd also been on her way into a rage at the time, and wasn't thinking logically. Plus, she'd never been a student of history, and she certainly never experienced as much of it as Eizen probably had. But especially when she found out the term Shepherd was still being used, she thought it meant he'd gone down in history as some sort of martyr. She knew the church could spin things if they wanted to.]

He thanked me, you know. [She's referring to Sorey.] For defying Artorius.

[He's a stupid, sappy kid, Eizen. She couldn't eat anyone that sappy.]

[ Of course she was, she was likely angry, wounds both fresh and festering aching furiously. He would have been surprised if she hadn't been surprised, if she looked upon the Abbey's actions with disinterest instead of outrage. ]

I'm guessing, of course, who can really say how the Abbey will go about cleaning up their mess.

[ They will either erase Artorius' actions from history or spin a tale more befitting them, turn him into some sort of martyr, a holy figure to be revered by the grieving masses who still think him to be such. Regardless he knows they will find some way to clean it up, to twist it to their advantage, just as they always do.

Her next words give him a pause, eyebrows raising slightly. ]

He did? [ Huh. ] You told him what Artorius was trying to do, I take it.

[ Tilting his head slightly Eizen finds himself smiling, just a little. ]

That must have been a first.

Yeah.

[It was very much a first. She still feels a little awkward about it, because she knows she did what she did for selfish reasons, not because she was altruistic. But she'd told Sorey as much as well, and he still thanked her.

She crosses her arms, leaning against a nearby wall and sighing.]

He said he wanted to know the truth of the Shepherd's origins, so I told him. [A shrug.] I guess whatever they teach in the future has nothing to do with Artorius' beliefs or Innominat.

[ He can only imagine what her face must have looked like when Sorey thanked her; eyes widen, mouth partly agape. The thought brings a grin to his face that only lasts a moment. ]

Either people forgot, or they thought it better to never give mention to either of them.

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