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Nessa ([personal profile] warpweft) wrote2023-01-19 08:43 pm

[ENTER THE PALACE]

[You find yourself with a sensation like floating in water.]

[Above, the sky is dark. You can occasionally see things shifting, like gusts of wind, or perhaps waves of water. Is it…even a sky above you? Or is it some kind of giant ocean? Whatever it is, you can’t make it out very well. All around you, you appear to be floating in what appears to be water. It looks like a great, wide ocean of…space in every direction around you, with stars and lights twinkling in the distance. It looks like water and feels like water, but it doesn’t make you wet. You can reach your hand into it and pull some out, the purple and violet water and the tiny points of light inside it will even rest in your hands if you cup them to carry it, but once you’re not trying to hold it anymore, it’ll flow off of you, not a single drop remaining behind. You feel something similar if you go underneath the surface. The “water” doesn’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose when give the chance, it merely drifts around you, allowing you to breathe and see unabated. And you can see for a great distance, the twinkling stars illuminating the ocean of space all around you. Though perhaps less dark and empty, it feels every bit as vast as the sky above. You feel like you could swim forever and never reach the edge.]

[It’s quiet, here, with little noise around you but the starry ocean’s waves crashing back into its surface. It’s peaceful. In another situation, it might even be comfortable.]
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[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright.

You both saw what state she was in in that memory...when she first came to live here, she was very, very weak. Her body was very badly damaged by what Esmau did to her and it took a long time for it to adapt to having something like the Voidheart in it. And the Order made me promise to keep the Voidheart a secret from the non-Witches, so I couldn't even take her to a hospital. So I nursed her back to health the best I could.

Her involvement with the Voidheart has been hurting her since she was a child. Before she had any choice in the matter. But...she's always tried her hardest to be strong.

[Agnis turns and walks up to the door. She glances back at Minato and Akira.]

If you want to know what caused all of this, go to the forest. Speak to our mother, and our grandmother. They're the ones who set all of this in motion.

[Akira & Minato: The Sister: Step 1 complete!]

[Step 2: Speak to Lyra and Lilith.
Lyra, Nessa and Agnis’ mother and Lilith, their grandmother, can be found in the Dark Forest in the East Wing. Speak to them to learn what happened to Nessa as a child.
Shadow Nessa: Mother is fine. She should talk to you without too much problem and may even try to help you. ….we’ll cross the road of whether or not you should accept it when we get there. Lilith, on the other hand, is… …well, you’re going to meet her yourself. Bright side, she hates to do her own dirty work, so you should only have to run away if she calls for Esmau.]
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[personal profile] survivaltricks 2023-02-05 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[aaaah. . . so that's where the strange paths leading into the forest lead]

Thank you, Agnis.

[and then, to Minato]

. . . where to first?

[to Shadow Nessa, to the South wing to figure out MAGIC, or to the forest?]
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[personal profile] messianic 2023-02-05 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ god, there are so many choices... he frowns a little to himself, putting a hand to his chin in thought. ]

... We're already close to the forest, right? Maybe we should keep following this and see where it takes us.
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[personal profile] survivaltricks 2023-02-06 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[it's not a bad suggestion, considering Minato's logic, but. . . Akira frowns]

I'm not opposed, per se, but-- what if. . .

[he trails off. what if you get hurt again? he doesn't know how to use this healing magic without help, after all :(]
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[personal profile] messianic 2023-02-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Minato just nudges Akira's side, straightening and dragging in a deep breath. ]

No time for hesitation, right? This is for Nessa-san, after all.

[ chop chop, they gotta get to it! It'll probably be fine! ]
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[personal profile] survivaltricks 2023-02-06 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Says the guy who just got stabbed. Again.

[but his tone is lightly wry; he's trying to be humorous]
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[personal profile] messianic 2023-02-06 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
And I'm still here. I'm fine.

[ he presses his hand against Akira's more tightly again, expression soft. ]

I'll be even safer with you here with me, right?
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[personal profile] survivaltricks 2023-02-07 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ah. . . is that Minato not-so-subtly telling Akira he has full rights to be protective? whether it is or not, a small smile appears on Akira's features]

Okay.

Then let's make our way to the forest.
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[personal profile] messianic 2023-02-07 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Minato isn't here to be unnecessarily reckless! He feels better just having Akira there with him too. ]

Mm, okay. I'm ready when you are.

[ And up he'll go, since he's a lot more functional thanks to Akira's healing spell. ]
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[personal profile] survivaltricks 2023-02-07 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Akira is quick to follow, though he doesn't release Minato's hand. they are going to wander gayly into a spooky forest where two spooky ladies who can kick their asses live]

[IT'S FINE]

[if Agnis is there, Akira will give her a small nod. but if she's not, he'll just exit the house to make his way towards the FOREST PATH]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-07 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[You travel down the path, into the forest. Before too long, you can't see the village behind you anymore and the forest begins to grow misty....]