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ph_logs2024-04-03 06:04 pm
redlightgreenlight) wrote in ph_logs2024-04-03 06:04 pm
I Was Looking for a Breath of Life
Who: Valdis (redlightgreenlight) & Open
What: Valdis wanders around Marrow Isle
When: April
Where: Various Locations on the Island
Warning(s):As needed
Oak & Iron | Open | CW: None
Things are going, but that’s about it. Her attempts to integrate herself into the community seems so much harder than she expected, perhaps because she’s not trying to play a role. It’s a balance, trying to find who she is outside of her past persona, outside of the Eterna, outside of Tiamat. She needs to gather allies, make new friends, and settle a life for herself. Valdis thought it would be easier to be happy.
As a result, she drops 50 brass on the bartop and flashes a smile at the next person who approaches. “Drinks all around!”
Around Town | Open | CW: None
Despite the demons that occasionally appear, her day patrols have been quiet enough that she checks in on the different businesses around town, saying hello to friends and acquaintances alike. Sometimes she’ll linger longer to discuss the recent happenings.
The night patrols are a little busier depending on if demons or those with ill intentions are around. Sometimes she runs into the Tristitia tormenting someone and has to drive the poor creature off. On this particular night, it is bothering someone, though she can’t quite make out who it is, she moves quickly to intercept.
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redlightgreenlight) & OpenWhat: Valdis wanders around Marrow Isle
When: April
Where: Various Locations on the Island
Warning(s):As needed
Oak & Iron | Open | CW: None
Things are going, but that’s about it. Her attempts to integrate herself into the community seems so much harder than she expected, perhaps because she’s not trying to play a role. It’s a balance, trying to find who she is outside of her past persona, outside of the Eterna, outside of Tiamat. She needs to gather allies, make new friends, and settle a life for herself. Valdis thought it would be easier to be happy.
As a result, she drops 50 brass on the bartop and flashes a smile at the next person who approaches. “Drinks all around!”
Around Town | Open | CW: None
Despite the demons that occasionally appear, her day patrols have been quiet enough that she checks in on the different businesses around town, saying hello to friends and acquaintances alike. Sometimes she’ll linger longer to discuss the recent happenings.
The night patrols are a little busier depending on if demons or those with ill intentions are around. Sometimes she runs into the Tristitia tormenting someone and has to drive the poor creature off. On this particular night, it is bothering someone, though she can’t quite make out who it is, she moves quickly to intercept.
Wildcard | Open
DM on Discord or just go for it!
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Tristitia snarls and lashes out, aiming to rake nails down the Valdis's face. "How dare youuuu!"
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"He's mine," she replies, her tone filled with ice.
The next thing that lashes out is her magic, invisible claws tearing into her opponent's very existence, ripping at the anguished soul. But the blade comes around too, aiming for the Tristitia's neck.
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But Max cries out, "Don't kill her!"
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"This creature shouldn't be here," Valdis says quietly.
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She debates for a moment. As far as she knows, Max has only killed in self defense, any other deaths involving him are not on his shoulders. He's in no state to hear her right now though, not with the Tristitia's anguish still so fresh.
"Get out of here, next time I will not be so merciful."
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Max sags in place as soon as the wraith leaves. His voice is still shaky as he tells Valdis, "T-thank you."
He's so tired, shivering from a bone-deep chill. So, in a pitifully small voice, he begs, "Can you carry me home?"
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"Give me a moment, Max."
She reaches out with her telepathy to touch her horse's mind. Roheryn shies away at first, and he can't really understand her the way more intelligent creatures can, but hopefully he understands enough to come find them. Within ten minutes, the black stallion canters up the street, barely visible under the streetlamps.
"Come on, Max, you can ride Roheryn home."
She lifts him gently to his feet as her horse slows down to a stop in front of them.
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"I might need a boost up," he admits finding it hard to get on his feet even with Valdis's help. His legs could be made of rubber for how shaky they feel.
"Oh, maybe just throw me over his back like a sack, heh," he adds with a shallow laugh.
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"I have a better idea."
Valdis taps the black stallion's shoulder and he slowly lays down next to them, making it easy for her to help Max get on.
"Hold onto his mane and I'll help you balance."
Another light tap and Roheryn lurches to his feet, Valdis holding Max steady so he doesn't fall off.
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He does as she says and leans onto Roheryn's neck to take two fistfuls of his mane. Max instinctively grips the horse's sides with his legs as they stand, but is unstable enough that he's glad for Valdis's help keeping him on.
"You used to ride horses a lot, right, in your older lives?"
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Some animals back home tended to avoid her. But never cats, cats were sometimes her only friends.
"But yes, I know how to ride, every warrior should, and I lived in places where your options were horses or walking."
Roheryn nudges her gently, he seems far less skittish than when they were first assigned.
"Come on, we need to get you home and into bed."
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"Maybe I should learn how for real..." Max muses, twisting more of that mane nervously between his fingers. But that's a thought for later, once he's recovered.
"Will you cuddle with me?"
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Roheryn follows her as she walks down the street, headed in the direction of home. The Tristitia wouldn't dare try again so soon, so she tries to relax for both Roheryn and Max's sake. Though she's sure Roheryn would carry Max far away if necessary.
"Just cuddling?"
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"Of course we can cuddle, I'll get you inside and Roheryn settled when we get home, then I'll come back and we can cuddle all night."
She's sure the kitten would appreciate that too. The horse follows her all the way through town and to their little house on the edge of Pumpkin Hollow. Valdis helps Max off and to the door. It's dark and the fire isn't going yet, but she can build one quickly enough. She helps him to the couch.
"I'll be right back."
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"I'll stay right here. I promise. Love you, Valdis." He snuggles in deeper on the couch, just in time for Valdis's cotton ball of a kitten to pounce on his lap and claim him as her playground. See, now he's trapped. He can't go anywhere when there's a cat on his lap. Everyone knows that.
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She rushes back outside and over to the neighbor's down the road to ask if Roheryn can stay in their barn for the night. After getting him settled she grabs wood from outside her house and heads inside to see Max cuddling with Anani, or at least trying to. The kitten was crawling all over him, purring and rubbing his face against Max's chin. She puts the wood in the fireplace and strikes a flame into existence.
"Come here," she says to the kitten, plucking him off of Max and placing him aside. "Do you need help upstairs or do you want to stay down here tonight."
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Kitten headbutts are good for the soul. Max doesn't seem to mind, if the giggling coming from him is anything to judge by. He never had a cat growing up so he's still learning what their gestures all mean, but he loves little Anani like his own already.
"I can make it upstairs. I feel better already after resting here with 'Ani,'" his pet name for Anani. "Did you get Roheryn settled somewhere safe?"
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She's fast, so it didn't take her long to get home. Valdis leans down to kiss him, letting Anani scrambled up to rest on her shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you to bed so you can rest."
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"I love you so much," he tells her, letting himself be helped up to bed.
When they reach the bedroom, he will strip all the way down to the nude so he can soak in as much contact with her as he can, warm skin to skin.
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She knows he won't forget, but she would never ignore him or any of his requests.
"I love you too, Max. Forever and always."
As he crawls into bed, she also removes her work clothes. A shower would be so nice, but she wants to keep an eye on Max until she knows he's feeling better. He still feels so tired and drained.
"Max, will you be alright for a few minutes so I can wash the day off?"
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"Yes. Go ahead." All of that is murmured into the side of a pillow where he already has his head cradled. He's fighting for all he's worth just to keep his eyes open enough to look at her. "I'm okay right here."
He'll likely be snoozing by the time she gets back.
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By the time she returns, he is quietly resting so she crawls into bed, doing her best to not disturb him. She slowly settles against him so he can feel her warmth and settles down to sleep, encouraged by his steady breathing and heartbeat.
End~