dreams in digital

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ROOMS BY CHARACTER

A - C Akeldama Alisha Diphda Allura Baku Ben Douglass Belthazar Carl Grimes Connor

D - F Escha Malier Eithan Paine Felix Gaeta

G - I Glenn Rhee Grievous Haggar

J - M James T. Kirk (OU) James T. Kirk (AU) Kaname Bucanneer Keith Kitty Pryde Kogarasumaru Kolivan Krolia Lance Leia Organa Leilani Lavellan Libra Loki Lordon Gesh Lup Maggie Rhee Magnus Burnsides Manji Messer Ihlefeld Mikleo Mirage Farina Jenius

(last updated: 1/21/19)

Comments

[deviances]

Heh, sure. I'd love to.

[ Eithan does try to squint at the title before he takes it, but that's clearly not gonna work. Alas. But he does take it! ]

[spellsteal]

[Belthazar's tiny hands help open the book. The book has words, but they keep sliding off the pages and mixing with other words until the letters are just a jumble. And it doesn't matter, anyway, because Eithan is inside a memory.




The rain goes on endlessly outside, gray and more gray. The interior is clean and orderly, an apartment, modern but nowhere on par with the Fleet. This room is much brighter with white lamps in the corners of the room. It's cheery despite how minimal it is.

A blonde boy dressed in what could only be a prince's outfit receives Belthazar with a friendly smile. There is still some wariness in his expression. But then Belth holds out his arms full of books. The human boy goes unnamed but is nonetheless called Prince by the elfling.

The details of the conversation are rather mundane. They make a list of all the books they have between them, some fiction, some fantasy, and some on magic and warfare. They set up a recurring date to check in and swap books if necessary. And finally, begrudgingly, after being rather cold the whole time...

Belthazar murmurs a thank-you.

The prince's expression shows a small amount of surprise, and then he smiles like the sun.



The tinier Belthazar gently closes the book and takes it from Eithan so he can hold it to his chest. The title is clearer now, A Treatise on Water Magic.]

He was a prince, but he never treated me like I was below him. I... would have liked to be more of a friend, or maybe even tell him as much, but I didn't get the chance... and he wouldn't recognize me on Azeroth, even if I did manage to survive sneaking into Stormwind.

But, [he continues, his expression wistful,] I learned that not all humans want to kill us for existing. I remembered that elves and humans used to be friends.