The Knights Next Door

[WrathofaShardKitten]

1 minute ago, Aragorn said:

Nym was busy talking to the Lightweaver, when movement caught her eye.  It was Evelyn, on the ground crying.  She raced outside without another word to the Lightweaver, she went up to Evelyn and asked "Are you OK?"  She never knew what to do with crying people.

Evelyn heard footsteps approaching and pushed herself into a sitting position, trying to wipe away her tears before anyone saw. She'd never liked crying infront of people, and here, among all the radiants, it felt so selfish. She didn't know what had happened to them, but she knew you had to break to become a Knight Radiant. They'd gone through so much more than Evelyn, and yet they were still brave. Still smiled. How could Evelyn cry when they'd been through so much more.

"Are you OK?" someone asked. It sounded like Nym, but Evelyn didn't want to look up. Didn't want to show she'd been crying.

"Fine. Fine, I just . . ." her voice was trembling. Her whole body was shaking, and she couldn't keep more tears from leaking from the corners of her eyes. "I hate fire," she whispered. "I hate it." She could still feel the heat on her skin, accompanied with a horrible stinging, prickling sensation. The flames rose once more in her minds eye, and Evelyn couldn't stop a fresh flood of tears.

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

19 minutes ago, Hope Spren said:

Evelyn heard footsteps approaching and pushed herself into a sitting position, trying to wipe away her tears before anyone saw. She'd never liked crying infront of people, and here, among all the radiants, it felt so selfish. She didn't know what had happened to them, but she knew you had to break to become a Knight Radiant. They'd gone through so much more than Evelyn, and yet they were still brave. Still smiled. How could Evelyn cry when they'd been through so much more.

"Are you OK?" someone asked. It sounded like Nym, but Evelyn didn't want to look up. Didn't want to show she'd been crying.

"Fine. Fine, I just . . ." her voice was trembling. Her whole body was shaking, and she couldn't keep more tears from leaking from the corners of her eyes. "I hate fire," she whispered. "I hate it." She could still feel the heat on her skin, accompanied with a horrible stinging, prickling sensation. The flames rose once more in her minds eye, and Evelyn couldn't stop a fresh flood of tears.

Nym sat down, unspeaking, this is what she thought would help, just being there.  "I used to have really bad Arachnophobia, still do.  I tried to face it, but then I realized, it isn't about facing your fears, it's about accepting them."  Nym said after a while.  "You don't have to stop hating fire, I get it.  Fear is what makes you a person, it doesn't make you less. @Hope Spren

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also, can I be added on the Plot PM? @AonEne

 

Edited November 2, 2019 by Aragorn

[WrathofaShardKitten]

12 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Nym sat down, unspeaking, this is what she thought would help, just being there.  "I used to have really bad Arachnophobia, still do.  I tried to face it, but then I realized, it isn't about facing your fears, it's about accepting them."  Nym said after a while.  "You don't have to stop hating fire, I get it.  Fear is what makes you a person."

Evelyn just shook her head, and began rubbing her arms to try to get rid of the prickling sensation. "It's not okay." She said at last, voice slightly muffled. "Everyone else here is so brave. You tried to face your fears. I just hide. And when I can't hide, then I end up like this."

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

12 minutes ago, Hope Spren said:

Evelyn just shook her head, and began rubbing her arms to try to get rid of the prickling sensation. "It's not okay." She said at last, voice slightly muffled. "Everyone else here is so brave. You tried to face your fears. I just hide. And when I can't hide, then I end up like this."

"It's human instinct to hide.  Heck, I hide often."  Nym said shaking her head.  "You don't hide, you try to face it head on."  Nym was worried now.  "Being human isn't a sin.  If it were, then we would all be in serious trouble."  Nym smiled.  "I remember the first fencing lesson I ever had.  The instructor gave me a real sword and told me to go for him.  I was so scared of hurting, that's just it.  If you fear, it acts as a barrier to keep humans from destroying each other.  Without it the world would delve into chaos." While talking her eyes took on a glazed look.  "So really, fear is a good thing."  With that she was silent, contemplating life, the universe, and everything.

Edited November 2, 2019 by Aragorn

[WrathofaShardKitten]

18 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

"It's human instinct to hide.  Heck, I hide often."  Nym said shaking her head.  "You don't hide, you try to face it head on."  Nym was worried now.  "Being human isn't a sin.  If it were, then we would all be in serious trouble."  Nym smiled.  "I remember the first fencing lesson I ever had.  The instructor gave me a real sword and told me to go for him.  I was so scared of hurting, that's just it.  If you fear, it acts as a barrier to keep humans from destroying each other.  Without it the world would delve into chaos." While talking her eyes took on a glazed look.  "So really, fear is a good thing."  With that she was silent, contemplating life, the universe, and everything.

"I used it on them. The voidbringers. There were so many of them coming towards me, and I didn't know what to do, and I burned them. And I heard their screams," she added softly.

[Lunamor she/her]

Ben watched Shana go, worried. Something must’ve been very wrong for her to leave so suddenly like that. She had been pointing at her clothes, which made him think that she needed to change. But why so quickly all of a sudden? He would have to go check on her as soon as he was done helping James.

”James, can you move your fingers? Are there any feelings of numbness or extra stiffness?”

@Wyndlerunner

Edited November 2, 2019 by Lunamor

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

Just now, Lunamor said:

Ben watched Shana go, worried. Something must’ve been very wrong for her to leave so suddenly like that. She had been pointing at her clothes, which made him think that she needed to change. But why so quickly all of a sudden? He would have to go check on her as soon as he was done helping James.

”James, can you move your fingers? Are there any feelings of numbness or extra stiffness?”

@Wyndlerunner

"I can use my hand just fine." James said, "The only thing different appears to be a lack of color."

[Lunamor she/her]

11 minutes ago, Wyndlerunner said:

"I can use my hand just fine." James said, "The only thing different appears to be a lack of color."

Ben’s eyebrows furrowed. 

“So it seems like everything but the lack of color is fine right now, and I’m fairly certain it’s impossible for me to heal that problem at the moment. It seems like an amputation and immediate regrowing of your hand might be the only sure way of fixing it, but since it looks like there is no problems I don’t want to put you through that. I think I’m gonna do some research on this and try fixing it once I have some more information. Is that ok?”

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

Just now, Lunamor said:

Ben’s eyebrows furrowed. 

“So it seems like everything but the lack of color is fine right now, and I’m fairly certain it’s impossible for me to heal that problem at the moment. It seems like an amputation and immediate regrowing of your hand might be the only sure way of fixing it, but since it looks like there is no problems I don’t want to put you through that. I think I’m gonna do some research on this and try fixing it once I have some more information. Is that ok?”

"That's fine" James said. "To be honest it doesn't really bother me." he admitted.

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

21 minutes ago, Hope Spren said:

"I used it on them. The voidbringers. There were so many of them coming towards me, and I didn't know what to do, and I burned them. And I heard their screams," she added softly.

"We all have our nightmares." Nym said.  "The difference is how you bear it."  She was just as soft a Evelyn, she sat in silence.  Then, abruptly said, "Food is good, not sure how that helps, but it is." @Hope Spren

[WrathofaShardKitten]

Just now, Aragorn said:

"We all have our nightmares." Nym said.  "The difference is how you bear it."  She was just as soft a Evelyn, she sat in silence.  Then, abruptly said, "Food is good, not sure how that helps, but it is."

Evelyn gave a laugh at that, but it was a half sob too. "Yeah, food's good. And it's cold out here, too." It wasn't, but it should have been, and no doubt it was to Nym. "Maybe we should head inside. Do you think they started the party again? I'd hate for it to get ruined for Ax and Jace just because some voidbringers showed up." That should change the subject. It hurt to much to hear Nym's voice, telling her that it was okay, that she was normal. Evelyn wasn't normal. She'd used fire to hurt the voidbringers. She'd taken what she hated, and turned it on someone else. That would never be okay.

Evelyn stood, using the wall of the house to push herself up. She still shook slightly, but not as badly as before. The tears had stopped, too. There didn't seem to be any left to cry.

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

5 minutes ago, Hope Spren said:

Evelyn gave a laugh at that, but it was a half sob too. "Yeah, food's good. And it's cold out here, too." It wasn't, but it should have been, and no doubt it was to Nym. "Maybe we should head inside. Do you think they started the party again? I'd hate for it to get ruined for Ax and Jace just because some voidbringers showed up." That should change the subject. It hurt to much to hear Nym's voice, telling her that it was okay, that she was normal. Evelyn wasn't normal. She'd used fire to hurt the voidbringers. She'd taken what she hated, and turned it on someone else. That would never be okay.

Evelyn stood, using the wall of the house to push herself up. She still shook slightly, but not as badly as before. The tears had stopped, too. There didn't seem to be any left to cry.

Nym stood up too. "Well, seeing as we just fought off an semi-army I feel like we deserve a break, not to jinx it or anything.  I'll probably spend it raiding your book stache anyway."  With that Nym walked inside, Evelyn in tow. @Hope Spren

[Eluvianii he/him]

It was empty again. There weren't even any bodies, Rob had made sure of that, and the house was once again an island in the middle of nothingness.

Edwin started walking towards the house slowly. He was tired, thanks to the Stormlight he didn't have injuries but he was really tired, especially now that he wasn't using it. He wasn't even sure if it was justified, he hadn't done as much as the others. He had killed too. For the first time in his life, he took another's, something that would be enough to give nightmares to anyone, but in his face was a slight smile.

He felt bad, of course. it was certain that as soon as there was space for it in his mind he wouldn't be able to get it out of his head but for now, he was satisfied. After all, he had been useful for once. He had finally started walking where the others were running and for now, that would be enough to get through the night.

In the house, Edwin walked to the living room and slumped on the couch. He wondered if they would continue with the party. It seemed wrong, somehow, but it was just as wrong that every time they tried to have fun this happened.

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Cassie and Leona are still in the CR, right? So I take it everyone has now timeskipped to when this battle is over?

 

[+Sorana she/her]

2 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

Cassie and Leona are still in the CR, right? So I take it everyone has now timeskipped to when this battle is over?

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They are, and we didn't really timeskip, we simply continued after the battle, nobody knows where they are which is kind of on Shana's list, but she got distracted by James.

And feel free to decline, if Edwin isn't in the right mood.

Shana stepped out of the shower her skin red and feeling slightly raw, but she felt better. At least the blood was gone. Slowly she dressed, realized that she had picked up some training cloths and simply put them on. She grabbed the whole bunch of blooy torn cloths and left the bathroom, walked downstairs and dumped them all into a bin and then just stood there for a moment, unsure what to do next. She didn't really feel like sitting down, needed to move, needed to do something and so she headed outside to retrieve her weapon, saw Rob and Ashlyn talk again. Quickly she turned away from them, unable to keep a snarl of her face and headed inside, her fury making her steps hard and loud. She was heading towards the stairs when she saw someone sitting alone in the living room and paused. Alone was no good sign. Not after the attack.

"Interested to train?" She asked Edwin, although she knew that it meant that she had to hold back. She didn't really mind, she could senselessly hack a few training dummies to pieces afterwards and some company would be nice. The only person around that had a chance to make a stand against her was Rob. And Rob was busy. Again.

[AonEne he/him]

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Do you want to finish the Sheln thing? 

 

[Lunar Blessing she/her]

21 hours ago, Blessing of Potency said:

“Well. Shana told me that this bracelet.” She holds up her arm to show him, “isn’t actually a bracelet. She also told me that I need to say some sort of oath to get it to work, I guess, that’s what I need your help with.”

@I think I am here.

[Eluvianii he/him]

10 hours ago, Sorana said:

"Interested to train?" She asked Edwin, although she knew that it meant that she had to hold back. She didn't really mind, she could senselessly hack a few training dummies to pieces afterwards and some company would be nice. The only person around that had a chance to make a stand against her was Rob. And Rob was busy. Again.

Edwin looked up to Shana. She wanted to train? They had been fighting just minutes before, it had been enough exercise for a week. He didn't know a lot about Shana though, maybe that was how she relaxed, which was kind of a need right now, he couldn't turn her down if that was the case. Besides, he needed to train too if he wanted to keep up in future battles.

"Sounds good." he said, getting up. A little extra effort for the day wouldn't hurt. "Just let me..." he walked to the front door and looked just outside. The weapon was there, casually left against the wall, he probably would have to clean that up later, but it was better than leaving blood all around the living room. He walked back there where Shana was standing. "I'm ready. I'm a beginner though, is that alright?"

[+Sorana she/her]

28 minutes ago, Eluvianii said:

"Sounds good." he said, getting up. A little extra effort for the day wouldn't hurt. "Just let me..." he walked to the front door and looked just outside. The weapon was there, casually left against the wall, he probably would have to clean that up later, but it was better than leaving blood all around the living room. He walked back there where Shana was standing. "I'm ready. I'm a beginner though, is that alright?"

"Sure." Shana headed towards the stairs, happy that he'd agreed. Beginner or not, it would help her. And hopefully him a little as well. "You can use your surges if you want to." She offered and smiled at him, when she opened the door in the basement leaned her weapon at the wall.

The smell of the room calmed her and she took a deep breath, looked forward to the exercise. "What weapon will you use?" She asked him while walking over to the rack with the training weapons and picked a staff. "I can use a staff best, but I also train without a weapon. You can choose what you want to, I simply might not be able to offer much advice."

Edited November 3, 2019 by Sorana

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

22 hours ago, Aragorn said:

Nym stood up too. "Well, seeing as we just fought off an semi-army I feel like we deserve a break, not to jinx it or anything.  I'll probably spend it raiding your book stache anyway."  With that Nym walked inside, Evelyn in tow. @Hope Spren

@Hope Spren

[Eluvianii he/him]

1 hour ago, Sorana said:

The smell of the room calmed her and she took a deep breath, looked forward to the exercise. "What weapon will you use?" She asked him while walking over to the rack with the training weapons and picked a staff. "I can use a staff best, but I also train without a weapon. You can choose what you want to, I simply might not be able to offer much advice."

"Well, I'm learning to use this one." he showed her the naginata, it was basically a mix between a staff and a sword, with the blade in one end. Though he changed it for another one that wasn't covered in blood. "As for surges, I can barely use Cohesion, but I'll try. So, umm, how do we go about this?" Thinking about it, it was his first time actually doing combat training with someone else. He usually spent most of his time trying to melt rocks, liquefy the floor or practicing with a weapon alone, not confident enough to train with the others.

[Lunamor she/her]

23 hours ago, Wyndlerunner said:

"That's fine" James said. "To be honest it doesn't really bother me." he admitted.

“Why not?”

Ben asked, his curiosity getting the better of his common sense.

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

Just now, Lunamor said:

“Why not?”

Ben asked, his curiosity getting the better of his common sense.

"Well," James said with a smile, "I can still use my hand- and to me that's more important than it having color."

[WrathofaShardKitten]

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Nym stood up too. "Well, seeing as we just fought off an semi-army I feel like we deserve a break, not to jinx it or anything.  I'll probably spend it raiding your book stache anyway."  With that Nym walked inside, Evelyn in tow.

Evelyn followed Nym into the house, a weak smile of her face. "Yeah, books sound good. And breaks."

[King Aragorn of Gondor]

8 minutes ago, Hope Spren said:

Evelyn followed Nym into the house, a weak smile of her face. "Yeah, books sound good. And breaks."

"Yeah."  Nym said distractedly, trying to find a place to go without much people.  There were SO many people she barely knew.  Finally she opted for the couch.  There weren't many people there. @Hope Spren

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So, are we basically just wrapping up today?

 

Edited November 3, 2019 by Aragorn

[WrathofaShardKitten]

9 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

"Yeah."  Nym said distractedly, trying to find a place to go without much people.  There were SO many people she barely knew.  Finally she opted for the couch.  There weren't many people there.

Evelyn sat down on the couch and waited there awkwardly for a moment. Eventually she said, "I can go get books if you want. And some more food."

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I think right now we're mostly just waiting for Cassie and Leona to finish their battle. I'm not really sure of what happens after that . . . Speaking of which, could I get added to the plot PM?

@AonEne