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General of Cavalreapers, Lysunder the Summoner ([personal profile] rebull) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-07-12 04:27 pm

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Who: The Summoner and who ever happens upon him.
Where: Starting at the plaza and he'll end up on the island.
When: Late afternoon of the 12th
Style: Action
Status: Open.


Like when he first appeared, he'd think it a dream this time as well. Lysunder thought the first time surely was some nights even while he was there. Sweeps had past, so his memories of Vatheon faded and aged as he had. Upon arriving back in his own world and time, the winged troll picked back up as if he had never left, it was... strange to think of now, how he just fell back into place without a second thought. Made this aquatic domain seem even less real now. Returning just meant waking up and going back to his life, his goals, and Summoner did. He would've tried not to let his memories of this place and the people here distract him, and soon he didn't think of them at all, even falling into pity again only to shatter it with his own hands. But it didn't matter, he just returned, lived out more of his life, and now here he was,this place, again

So here he sat, in the plaza, an aged hand, calloused and rough- covering his lips stubble covered chin and his weary eyes looking over this place he only remembers now, after so long. A range of old memories slowly filling his mind, piecing together blurry pictures he's not sure what to do with.

Summoner was much older now, to flesh a bit darker now, tougher, scars more apparent on where his skin shows, even his face here and there. His wings look a darker shade of orange and even while folded, appear so much larger than they had been the first time he was here. Horns with slits and notches taken out, extending upwards just a little more than they had been before and looked to be stained darker in splotches at the tips. His clothing looks more fitted, the back a completely open circle for his wings to extend out of instead of slits like it had been, something better tailored for him. He doesn't seem to wear wrappings on his chest and neck anymore, the skin on his neck bare, showing what marks he has, and on his back where long vein like scars extend out from the base of his wings.

Still red though- his hair- still vibrant red, matching the tattered stripes going down the front of his pants.

"Heh, again with this, and after what I have done-" He stares off into nothing, facing the ground after letting what had happened soak in. The Summoner moves a hand through his hair, closing his eyes before pushing up on his knees. A hand ghosts over his neck, the side where he's sure the mark reappeared, where he remembers it, and his feet already start to take him away from the plaza, Lysunder's mind slowly wraps together a map of this place but finding it a little hard. He pushed so much of it back... everything here. How can he even return, how... how long has it been? It doesn't look like anything's changed but-

His shoulders relax, closing his eyes, and he slowly removes something from his sylladex he hadn't for a while. The pair of earrings are stared at for a while before he puts them on again and enters the elevator, heading up with a deep breath. After that, it doesn't take long for him to hit the sky and head towards that lighthouse to just... stare at the water from the shore. That's all he wants to do by this point. The Summoner knows this isn't a dream, but whatever it is he shouldn't be here, even more so now.

[OOC: Feel free to have your character happen upon him at any point from the plaza to the lighthouse. He'll end up in that final destination at some point. :U]
aim_exorable: (shame ♐ Again and again)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ever since the day before, Darkleer has been finding himself quietly spending more time abovewater. For him, before, the island was normally just a place he went to if he wished to test new robots without much interruption and if the weather was nice. These days, he prefers to simply stay in his room and build and build. Still, he told the girl he would fix that dilapidated old hive of hers into something worth living in.

He's been going over it the last few hours, and he thinks he has a solid idea of what to do with it. Putting away all his tools and notes, he looks back towards the direction of the elevator. Does he honestly want to go back down there again, feeling smothered and lost? Maybe he'll stay away just a little longer. With no true destination in mind, he begins to wander aimlessly. At some point, he finds himself removing his glasses and rubbing at the dark circles beneath his eyes. He really needs to sleep, but both prelude and epilogue to it threaten to drive him mad.

The lighthouse is not something he consciously chooses to go towards, but it now holds two important memories. It was where Summoner hid when he was molting, where he regrew his wings, and it was also here where Darkleer confronted...

Maybe this is a bad idea after all. It's doing nothing but making his heart ache and-

And Darkleer finds himself no longer breathing.

It's that same silhouette he knows so well, that same figure he keeps waking up thinking he's still there against him. Those same wings, still attached to his back and almost glowing like fire in the rays of the sunset.

All Darkleer can do is stare. Then, a quiet and desperate and quivering kind of laugh that doesn't have a drop of mirth in it comes from him.

"Oh. Oh no. I really have lost my mind. I never took myself for one to hallucinate, but I suppose it was inevitable by this point."
aim_exorable: (trying ♐ Tight braids thighs ache)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that really his voice? It hasn't even been a perigee since he's lost him; has he forgotten how it sounds already? Not that it really matters. After all...

"Even if you're just a hallucination," he murmurs, rubbing away the beginnings of tears with the heel of his hand, "I have to admit I've missed you so wretchedly badly. So... Stay a while longer before you vanish into thin air, or whatever it is that hallucinations do." Talking to himself, to someone who isn't there... He really must be insane. But there are worse things his mind could have pretended to be here, and he'll welcome this image.

Almost uncertainly, he begins to take a few steps close before stopping.
aim_exorable: (uh ♐ Feels like I'm wearing down)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I cannot say exactly how long, yet... I would say perhaps two weeks or so." Finally, he dares himself to take those last few steps. Even though stranger has happened in this bizarre world, this mysterious experiment, he almost cannot let himself believe that Summoner really is back. Two weeks isn't long at all, but they had been painful and far longer than the dead were supposed to stay dead in such a place.

Tentatively, he reaches out to lay his hand across one shoulder and lets out a breath he had been hardly aware he'd been holding. Oh god. "You're here."
aim_exorable: (vulnerable ♐ I don't know where I end)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
He feels like he's been hit in the chest by a train going at full speed. This is real, he's real, this isn't a hallucination and he's alright, he's alive and well and oh god Tavros and Aradia will have to know. God knows he could kiss him right now, he wants to just to feel him properly again and remember how warm he feels against his chest instead of just focused on his palm. He has to take a deep breath to calm down and clench his hand into a shaking fist before he can smooth it over Summoner's shoulder again.

"How long for you?" Because something is different here. Something is quieter now. With the prospect of his own loss of sanity out of the way, he finally looks over all that's changes. All the new scars besides the old ones, the notches in his horns, the way his face has changed in more ways than one... He's grown.
aim_exorable: (head down ♐ You will see your beauty)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the tone that gets him, that makes him flinch back and almost pull his hand away. He would have to be deaf to miss the implication and bitterness. He knows he still has a long way to go until his life fades from his body. It is the fate of a highblood, should they somehow be granted a miracle and not die earlier in their life. He never imagined the two of them to meet again, but if he had, he wouldn't have expected it to go like this.

What can he say? He doesn't want to ruin this like he has ruined his relationships with most of the others. If there is one thing that he wants to go right, it's this. How is he to do so?

"Do you not want me any longer...?" Maybe being honest is all he can do. If... If he doesn't want him any longer, than forcing himself onto him would just cause pain. "Much can happen in ten sweeps."
aim_exorable: (sad pony ♐ If you want to be free)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Carefully, he tries to find some space to sit besides him. A hornslength away, although it is not as if he has much of a choice really. He wants to reach over and hold the other close like they used to before, but would that be welcome?

Licking his lips nervously, he tries to organize his words well. "Start small, then. Tell me... if my presence hurts or helps. I have always wanted to see you well, never harmed." Slowly, he extends his hand palm-up.

"If there is any way I could help you, then you know there is little I would not give to do so. If I'm hurting you... You know I would leave if that made you happy."
aim_exorable: (trying ♐ Tight braids thighs ache)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

Oh. This talk seems so very familiar. The realization is sparking in his eyes the more he listens. Summoner is so much older now, but his words are still those of a young foolish boy who didn't know romance. Now, he does know romance- or at least Darkleer would like to think so even if it is just the flushed variety- but there's still that habit of his...

A sigh escapes him when he hears of Mindfang's fate. She told him already when she first arrived, so it is not a surprise. Still, to know that Summoner has gone through it...

"Do you want to be with her still?" he asks gently, not judging. They'll go through this, piece by piece.
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[personal profile] f8tal 2012-07-12 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She had only planned on coming down for a food run, having gotten tired quickly of fish and whatever snacks she managed to squirrel away before she left Feferi's place. Despite how little she ate she still got hungry just like anyone else- even if her diet was comprised of very poor choices.

Her wings out and spreading fairy dust everywhere she held a bag of red apples in her arms, already chomping down on one when a familiar sight caught her eye and made her stop. She nearly dropped her bag of apples as she ran over to the Summoner from behind and proceeded to throw the already bitten apple at his head.

"Asshole!"
aim_exorable: (peace ♐ Bring wings to the weak)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-12 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Sighing again, he slips off of the seat and moves around so that he can kneel down in front of Summoner and take one of his hands in his. "And that isn't what I asked." Bowing his head, he lets his forehead rest against his own knuckles. When he stays quiet, he can hear Summoner breath again. Can hear his wings rustle. It's reassuring, in some strange way.

"Do you remember when we first accepted our feelings for one another? Do you remember what you told me?"

Because he does. There is no way he could forget, although he has had less time to do so. How it had felt to be so full of tension and worry because they had told each other that it couldn't work, that they didn't deserve it then...
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[personal profile] f8tal 2012-07-12 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
If she noticed his expression she didn't show it. Instead she just waltzed up to him, trying to see his face. "Where were you?! I knew you would come back, but you didn't have to take your sweet time doing it!" She was happy, really, to see him again, but something was off about him.

"What's with you, anyways? What happened?"
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[personal profile] f8tal 2012-07-13 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"What-" She drops her bag, apples falling everywhere around their feet as he pulls her into an embrace. She's more stunned than anything, blinking at his words. Her hands are pressed against his chest and she's standing on her toes to make the embrace a little more comfortable. As she tries to make sense of what could have happened something clicks in her memory as she recalls a passage from Mindfang's journal.

Vriska breathed, initial aggravation dissipating. "Is she dead, then?"
aim_exorable: (troubled ♐ Play the ghost of autumn's)

[personal profile] aim_exorable 2012-07-13 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Now Darkleer knows he is probably insane because hearing that stuttering just soothes him more, smooths out the wrinkles and frustrations he's been pulling into himself since the other's death.

He didn't ever particularly want to say something like this to him, but perhaps there's no other choice. Darkleer can't say his fears aren't unfounded, but.. He keeps making decisions for other people. That won't do.

"She knew you would kill her. She knew for a very long time, even before she met you properly."

Staying on his knees, Darkleer keeps his hands to himself now as he just looks up at Summoner with tired and sad eyes. The quiet undercurrent of love is still so very visible. "She had her way of seeing into the future. Did she ever tell you that?"
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[personal profile] f8tal 2012-07-13 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
She doesn't know what to do so she does nothing but stand there and let him hold her. This entire situation is surreal to her. How many times had she read those passages in Mindfang's journal and imagined how they went down? What did the Summoner feel like after he killed her? What did Mindfang feel like before it happened? The longer she stayed her the more she realized she'd rather keep her old fantasies as just that- fantasies.

"... Yeah. She is. I haven't seen her in a while, though that doesn't count for shit." Her relationship with her ancestor hadn't improved at all since Lysunder's disappearance. Figures.

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