tushanshu_logs | February Catch All

Characters: Valdis and you!
Date: The Month of February
Location: Noted in the starters
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: None yet

A) Before the 5th, Keeliai's Markets: After acquiring the angelic sword, Revelations, Valdis has found herself in need of some supplies in order to make a sheath worthy of the blade. She has enough coin to obtain what she needs and it helps that the Kedan are currently trying to put on a good face for the Ambassadors. She is quickly evaluating the attitude of the store owners and either purchasing or moving on, aware that this window of niceties might be quite narrow.

B) Midnight Hotel: When she isn't out in the city or exploring the surrounding areas, Valdis can be found in the common area, reading up on the history of Keeliai or going over her extensive, hand-written notes on the current issues the foreigners are facing in the city. If one is lucky, they may catch her in the lobby of the hotel, or if someone is ambitious and unafraid, they may find her in her room, though if she is sleeping, wake her at your own risk

C) Before the 5th, Turtle's Head: The cold didn't bother her much and she sat near the turtles head, looking out over the water at Khatronma, marveling at the dome from a distance. Revelations is at her hip, glowing softly in the early morning light. The last time she had been here it had been to possess the turtle in an attempt to help Wan oust Malicant from the ancient entity. It had also been where she had used the Void to kill four of the cultists attacking her and her friends. So many memories and none of the peace that had once been attached to this place.

D) Start your Own: Please give a location and a setup.

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Though Raine didn't flinch as she spoke, Valdis did, the words cutting deeper than perhaps the light mage knew.

"Raine," She said quietly, "Perhaps I give the Void more credit that it deserves, but I truly believed that I was going to lose it. No matter what I thought in those few moments, do you think I really wanted to die?"

She let the question hang in the air for a few breaths, "Thank you though," she continued, "Sometimes I forget that in this world, I actually have people who want me to live. Everyone in my own world would happily see me die for simply existing in the first place."

"Did you?" Raine crossed the room, heading for the door, but she didn't leave, rather turned, and leaned against the wall beside it. "I'm familiar with what it looks like when someone desperate tries to force another's hand. You know what I can do with light, and you know I bear you no great love. I'm not saying you still think the same way, but in those moments, I would have trouble believing you wanted to live."

Improbably, the last sentence sparked a faint, wry smile from Raine, and she looked aside for a moment. "No life should be born for the sole purpose of dying," she said quietly, and it sounded rather like she was quoting something or someone. "Every person, once born into this world, has the right to live in it, simply by virtue of being alive." With one hand she touched the space over her heart, a gesture that wasn't wholly conscious. "A friend of mine told me that, once. Sometimes it's hard to believe it myself, but I believe in him."

She shook off nostalgia after a few seconds, looked back to Valdis. "You might try believing in your friends," she added, gently. And then, moving on: "Is there anything else I should know?"

"In those few moments," she admitted, "I didn't...but it seems that my friends had other ideas," After all, Anton had put himself between her and Raine. "Your friend sounds like an idealist, if only the world could be so beautiful that such a thing would be common practice. But you yourself saw how dangerous I could be, do you truly blame the factions of my world for wanting me destroyed?" No matter that the three factions had very different reasons and some had different motives.

She shook her head and stooped to pick up Revelations once more, "There is one more thing," she said, sheathing the sword, "Revelations is tied to my soul through a complex magic that not even its creators understand. It may reject your touch, but I believe that Anton and Wan would be able to use its power."

The description of Lloyd was spot-on, and Raine laughed, very briefly. "He is," she said. Added, quite bluntly, "And I cannot blame them, as you say, but neither will I agree that they are right." Much the outlook she had on the kedan's attitude toward them, of late.

She tracked Valdis' movement as she retrieved the sword, and nodded, filing the information away. Interesting. That might merit study, if she thought Valdis would let her; she'd never heard of such an effect. Discounting the Devil's Arms, which were of an entirely different ilk. "Understood. ...I believe you should tell them that yourself, however."

Valdis nodded, the woman's answer wasn't unexpected, but she was still somewhat surprised by how well the whole conversation had gone.

"I suppose I can't hide from them forever," she said, heading toward the exit, she slowed when she neared the light mage, "I suppose that I must also thank you for giving me a chance to explain, I didn't and don't deserve it, but I do appreciate it and even if we aren't parting as friends, at least it isn't as enemies."

She nodded once again and then slipped past Raine and out the door, heading back toward the Midnight Hotel.

"Whether you do or don't is immaterial." What Raine markedly did not say was that, on reflection, she had known too many other people with similarly destructive capabilities to not at least try to give Valdis a chance. "This community, such as it is, is too small to allow the perpetuation of enmity among us if it can be avoided. I'm glad we could reach an understanding. Good day, Valdis." She returned the nod, and went to do something about the mess that remained.

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