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Genis Sage ([personal profile] strokeofgenis) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-02-09 10:13 pm

Sage Family Matters [Closed]

Characters: Genis, Raine (perhaps Solomon later?)
Date: 9 February
Location: Raine's room @ The Midnight Hotel
Situation: A "nice" homecoming of sibling "fluff," wherein Genis says hello to Raine, and Raine teaches Genis all about the horrors of Tu Vishan. It'll be great.
Warnings: None for now, though relationship discussions may happen at some point?

After the help of several individuals, Genis had finally managed to make his way from the Keeliai University in the centre of the shell to the Midnight Hotel and, ultimately, to Raine's room.  Already, from what little he'd learned from both the kedan and from the foreigners, Genis... wasn't going to like this place. Asking questions of the kedan had gotten him some dark looks, and while it had netted a few cryptic answers, the only real answer he had received was that he wasn't exactly welcome in this town.  Genis wasn't usually accustomed to biting his tongue, but he had done so slightly better than usual, which is to say that every idea that entered into his head wasn't directly said.  But despite this, Genis was doing his best to behave.

Genis trudges up the stairs to the third floor and then immediately finds Room Eleven on the right, which is where he had heard that Raine was staying.  With his escort to the Hotel gone, he's all alone for the second time since coming here, and it's an odd feeling being separated from everyone he remembers.  The last time that had happened was on Derris-Kharlan when they all had been separated just before the final fight with Mithos.  It is made all the more discomfiting due to the sudden new world that he had been thrust into.  That couldn't be helped though, and so... he stands in front of the door, just a little out of sorts, hesitating to knock.

But his hesitation doesn't last long.  He clutches his kendama forcefully, his knuckles white as he grips it.  Once he finally makes up his mind, he knocks loudly at the door, the sound of his knuckles on the wooden frame echoing through the halls.  He's not certain if Raine will be in--she could be at the clinic, of course--but he's really really hoping that she's there... if only so that he doesn't have to face the possibility of being lost in this strange new world alone.
 
ruinsprofessor: (bemused)

[personal profile] ruinsprofessor 2015-02-13 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Raine's a little concerned; it's rare for Genis to be completely speechless. She reaches over to clasp his shoulder, part reassuring, part wordless request for his attention. She isn't fully sure what he's thinking, but can guess it's not entirely positive. "Yes, for real," she confirms, a little dryly, as Solomon has now quite by accident driven that point home.

She could wish his timing had been better, but the issues will need to be sorted out, and sooner is better than later. "Genis," she says, quite calmly, "this is Solomon Wreath. We've been -- courting -- for some time now." Which is probably the best way to put it for now.

To Solomon, she directs a little smile. "Perhaps in a moment," she says. "Solomon, I'd like you to meet my brother, Genis Sage." She's aware Solomon has almost certainly deduced that much by now, but there's a form to these sorts of things, and the established formality of introductions is a stable point in an otherwise unstable meeting. "He arrived here earlier today."
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[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-02-13 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Given the boy's state of speechlessness, Solomon was acutely aware that his timing was, in this instance, most likely extremely inconvenient. He put the tray down on the nearest bureau which didn't require him to approach Genis, in case that would--well, if not frighten the boy, then make him react badly. The fact that it meant he didn't approach Raine either was probably of benefit.

What, Solomon wondered, exactly was the policy here? Though he was hiding it, he was himself somewhat discombobulated. He knew Raine had a brother, had even known she had practically raised him, but the thought of Genis arriving in Keeliai--let alone at such an emotional age--had never even occurred to Solomon as a possibility.

"It's my pleasure to meet you, Genis," Solomon said directly to the boy with a bow--a proper one, the sort usually only reserved for people Solomon genuinely respected. (It was a short list.) "Raine has spoken of you most fondly."
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[personal profile] ruinsprofessor 2015-02-14 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Genis," she says, sounding startled, maybe a little bit lost. "You're not--" She straightens, half-reaches after him, then lets her hand fall to her side.

Incineration threats she could handle. This just hurts, not least because Raine has no idea what to do about it. She's had her brother back for less than an hour, and now she might very well miss him more than she did previously.
peacefullywreathed: (says the man with some)

[personal profile] peacefullywreathed 2015-02-14 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. This was rather terrible, wasn't it? Solomon had never had any siblings, but he remembered acutely Raine's request that he not abandon her, and saw the look on her face, and for a moment of clarity saw their own situation as if from an objective observer.

Including the fact that he was far closer to the door than Genis was. He was practically still in the entrance.

"No," he said firmly, reaching for his coat on the rack by the door and grateful for the fact he'd been wearing his shoes on this particular run down into the kitchen. "Raine hasn't seen you in at least a year. Please, stay. I've some more errands I can run." Possibly one of them should include arranging to use another room for the night. He stepped out the door before Genis could, meeting Raine's gaze over his head. "I'll be by again tomorrow."

That ought to be plenty of time for the two of them to talk, yes? Yes. Hopefully. Maybe he should ask Skulduggery--no, no, that was a terrible idea. Hm.

Regardless of exactly what he meant to do with the rest of the day, Solomon left to give Raine and Genis some privacy.
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[personal profile] ruinsprofessor 2015-02-14 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Solomon's choice was probably the wiser one, and she makes a note to thank him for it later. Raine takes a deep, purposeful breath, and folds her arms across her chest, watching her brother. She knows that set to his shoulders; that's not something worth contesting. "All right," she says, back to something approximating cool and even. "You shouldn't be alone in Keeliai right now, however, especially if your magic hasn't returned. Either I'm coming with you, or you should keep to the Hotel. I can arrange a place for you to stay with Anton, if you like."

Does he know the Hotel rules? That's another thing to make sure of, but right now Raine isn't sure he'll listen to her on much, if anything. Instead she presses her lips together, waits there. She just wants him safe; he has to know that much.
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[personal profile] ruinsprofessor 2015-02-14 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," Raine says, and there's a hint of relief in the previously neutral tone. The fact that her brother will not be wandering the city disempowered until all hours of the night is a greatly reassuring one, even with the evident strain. "I won't stop you."

He knows where to find her, now, if and when he wants. Raine is reasonably sure Genis will settle down eventually, but... until then, she's going to worry about him. She still doesn't understand exactly why he'd react like this -- has she changed so much? -- but when he's cooled down, they'll sort it out. Raine settles back against the desk in her initial position, and makes no move to follow, though it's difficult.