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Warrior of Light: pic#11629985[personal profile] forthelight on October 10th, 2017 05:43 pm (UTC)
action; little after being patched up cause QUESTIONS
[ Since being patched up by Firion after his battle with Cloud, the Warrior has kept to the confines of the cottage for the most part. Specifically? The bed. Not because he needs to rest from his injuries but because he's felt... strange- confused even ever since his quiet admission to Firion regarding his lack of, well, everything and how frustrating it is for him to try and understand it or, at the very least, pretend that he does when others suggest it to him.

The cats have been glued to his side, the two sleeping with him in his bed and keeping around him within the cottage. It's only when he wanders out to check on his horse friend or chop some wood and gather some food that they don't follow. Inside? Well, that's an entirely different story.

It's with fingers gently brushing through the fur of a purring cat laying against his chest in bed that eyes of a pale crystal blue slowly blink as the aroma of whatever it is that Firion has been preparing down in the kitchen wafts up into his room above. Scooping up the cat against his chest, he carefully makes his way down the ladder and comes up behind Firion in the kitchen. His hair is tied back into a ponytail, dressed in what one would consider to be 'sleep wear' or at the very least, what one would wear when simply lounging around the house.

Curiously, he tilts his head as he watches Firion go about the kitchen, idly stroking the fur of the purring cat bumping its head against his cheek, while the other three seem to be napping about.

Yes... the cats have gone from two to... four now. ]


What are you making?
Firion: Happy - For brighter days[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 05:43 pm (UTC)
[ The kitchen is something of a mess, as is Firion himself, covered in flour and smears of dough and the ends of chopped vegetables. There's a large bowl in the middle of the counter, covered with a damp cloth, and a large pot on the stove. He checks something in the oven, then looks up. ]

Bread. Some to have with the stew tonight, and dough to put in the oven in the morning for breakfast.

[ He looks around a little sheepishly. ] I'll have this clean again by the time I'm done. It's messy work, but it ought to be worth it.
Warrior of Light: pic#11621689[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 06:54 pm (UTC)
[ The... mess that Firion has all over the kitchen and even himself has the Warrior tilting his head in slight confusion for a moment while he still strokes the back of the cat's head that he holds against him. ]

I see. [ Pause ] You did not need to go to all this trouble.

[ Even as he says this, he lets the cat down to do their thing, the Warrior coming over to look at everything that is laid out on the counter as well as the pot that rests on the stove. ]

Is there... something I can do to help?
Firion[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 08:17 pm (UTC)
Ah, please don't worry. It's not trouble, I'm simply used to having three pairs of hands.

[ He takes the lid from the pot, revealing a meat and vegetable stew, and takes a spoon to taste it. After a moment, he takes some more and holds the spoon out to the Warrior. ]

Hmm. Try some for me? It still needs to thicken a little, but it'll be ready soon. Too much spice for you? Not enough?
Warrior of Light: pic#11621685[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 08:24 pm (UTC)
[ Three pairs of hands. That has the Warrior pause some, perhaps even meaning to ask something before Firion then holds a spoon out in front of him and, slowly, blue eyes blink when he's asked to try some of what he's prepared.

Taking a moment, he leans forward and does as asked, allowing Firion to keep and hold the spoon. Cheeks puffing for a moment, he looks rather thoughtful before he gives a slow nod. ]


It tastes fine.

[ Looking about, he reaches out then to wipe some flour off Firion's cheek with the pad of his thumb, quiet as he does so. ]

You have a talent for this.
Firion: 5[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 08:30 pm (UTC)
I've- um.

[ He trails off as the Warrior touches his face. He doesn't seem to know what to do about the contact. About being complimented. About any of this, really. He turns and sets about putting the vegetable scraps to one side to use for stock later.]

I've simply been doing this since I was young. You get a knack for something when you do it enough.
Warrior of Light: pic#11629981[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 08:35 pm (UTC)
[ To the Warrior, it's simply nothing more than helping Firion clean himself up a little... right? The contact, that is. What else could it possibly mean after all?

However, when the other turns to go back to preparing things for the food which he's cooking, the Warrior stands there and stares to Firion's back for a moment, a glance only given to the cat which he set down who now seems to be hopping up on the chair by the fireplace, curling up for an afternoon nap. ]


Who is Leon?

[ Perhaps the question seems to be out of the blue but, the memories in which Firion has shared with him thus far have typically been around cooking or gardening and any time the mention or even thought of this mysterious man has come up, Firion has seemingly pushed it out as quickly as its come in, claiming him to not be important.

But, surely, he must be if Firion is so determined to squash his very memory. ]
Firion[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 09:02 pm (UTC)
[ The vegetable scraps rot away in his hands and he makes a noise of surprise and disgust, tossing them away and washing his hands.

Which gives him time to calm himself before he replies. ]


Leon- Leon is a man who left our lives when the Emperor attacked our homeland. We loved him dearly, but he is gone.
Warrior of Light: pic#11590179[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 09:08 pm (UTC)
[ It's not difficult to see that this topic of Leon seems to bother Firion in certain ways and it's why he begins to feel that, perhaps, letting such a name disappear as memories of him seem to do is the better course of action to take.

However, Firion responds despite his disgust and that only has the Warrior stare to the other's back in silence. ]


He was... family?

[ Words that the Warrior is careful to say but also curious considering their conversations as of late. ]
Firion: 6[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 09:16 pm (UTC)
Yes.

[ He's still washing his hands. The suddenly-rotten vegetables weren't that nasty, but it's something to do with them, keeps him from clenching them into fists. ]

Our eldest brother, before the war. I am the eldest now, and a poor replacement.
Warrior of Light: pic#11590175[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 09:24 pm (UTC)
[ So he was family then- a brother, not father as Warrior had originally guessed the last time they spoke of him.

Brows furrow some as he tries to understand what it is that Firion is trying to suggest but... it seems as though he may just have to come out and ask without beating around the bush about it; something he's thankfully quite good at. ]


He left... do you mean that he died?
Firion: Other - Curious[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 09:36 pm (UTC)
He-

[ He sighs, shaking the water from his hands. ]

-no. He did not die. He chose the Emperor over Fynn- over us.
Warrior of Light: pic#11621668[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 09:51 pm (UTC)
[ That reply... that reply has the Warrior stare in slight confusion for a moment before he slowly glances down to the floor. Chose the Emperor... he knows the Emperor, or... he knows the one that he's fought against who was aligned with Chaos and his team. Leon chose to fight with the Emperor?

Carefully, his gaze lifts, staring to Firion's back. He can see now why this must be difficult for him... hurt him, even. ]


I am sorry, Firion.

[ Falling silent for a moment, he reaches out to gently touch at Firion's should but... hesitates, for a moment, wondering if such a thing is frowned upon? Physical contact is not something that he's quite use to. So, fingers curl away and he stands there then. ]

This is not your fault.
Firion[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 10:08 pm (UTC)
...he has done terrible things. Unforgivable things. He has killed and he has tortured and he has enslaved, to say nothing of what he has allowed the Emperor to do.

[ His hands curl into fists. ]

We were so close, all of us. We thought we knew him so well. We should have foreseen it, could have saved so many people.
Warrior of Light: pic#11594901[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 10:15 pm (UTC)
[ To think that someone Firion cares for- cared for, considered to be family and even loved... to think that they could stray so far from a shared path with Firion and his other siblings only to fall to a darkness all of his own... the Warrior stares to the floor as he considers that, not understanding why one would fall like that. ]

It is not your fault.

[ He repeats those words, looking up to him then, moving to come beside him rather than stand behind him. ]

That path alongside the Emperor is one that he chose for himself. You cannot blame yourself for that.
Firion: Other - Dem hips[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 10:54 pm (UTC)
My brother and sister would forgive him, would be a family again.

[ He shakes his head, setting about continuing to clean the kitchen. It's difficult to talk about, but as long as he has something to occupy him while he does, it's easier. ]

I- cannot do that. It is not my place to forgive all he has done.
Warrior of Light: pic#11594904[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 11:02 pm (UTC)
[ The Warrior remains silent while Firion begins to clean up again, watching the way in which he keeps his hands busy, perhaps in an attempt to not allow too much emotion to overflow and spill into their very cottage they share together.

However, the Warrior can't help but wonder if perhaps this... needs to be addressed, to not be bottled up and forgotten and, in a way, poison Firion with how he keeps it buried so deeply within him. ]


Do you still love him?
Firion: Sorrow - Baw[personal profile] rebelling on October 12th, 2017 11:30 pm (UTC)
I-

[ He closes his eyes, wiping down the counters. ]

I do. I wish I could not, but I do.
Warrior of Light: pic#11586187[personal profile] forthelight on October 12th, 2017 11:35 pm (UTC)
[ Love is... such a confusing thing for the Warrior. He understands what it is, the very idea of it and what it stands for and yet... he's never had such a thing in his life, never felt love for another or had another love him. It's... strange to think of and yet the way in which it seems to pain Firion almost... is it truly worth it to feel then?

Gently, the Warrior reaches out and, this time, he doesn't hesitate with touching at Firion's shoulder, fingers carefully coming to touch there. ]


You have a good heart that is capable of love. What it is that you feel... perhaps there is still hope within you for him and that is why it hurts.

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Firion[personal profile] rebelling on October 13th, 2017 08:21 am (UTC)
It is not my place to have hope for him.

[ He stops when the Warrior reaches out and touches his hand, suddenly frozen in place. It takes a long time before he curls his fingers slowly around the Warrior's and speaks again. ]

You said there were ten of us left, didn't you? After the manikins.
Warrior of Light: pic#11590193[personal profile] forthelight on October 13th, 2017 03:12 pm (UTC)
[ Silent at Firion's words, the Warrior looks to their hands for a long moment before the question is asked regarding his... world, if he were to even call it that; he doesn't even know if it's truly his. ]

Yes. [ A pause, fingers still holding to Firion's hand. ] Why do you ask?
Firion[personal profile] rebelling on October 13th, 2017 04:06 pm (UTC)
I- you know the emperor as an evil man, but- you have seen what he has done to gods and champions. Not to civilians. Not to the old and young and sick. I would have you understand the depth of what he has done. What Leon has allowed him to do. Why there cannot be hope for either of them.

[ He clenches his free hand into a tight fist, looking away and practically spitting out the words. ]

For every ten who lived in my world, nine have died at his hand. Entire peoples have been driven into slavery and then slaughtered when they ceased to be useful. Countries have been stripped away from the world. Our gods are dead. What hope can there be for someone who could allow that?
Warrior of Light: pic#11621694[personal profile] forthelight on October 13th, 2017 04:38 pm (UTC)
[ To see the pain- the bitter poison that drips from each and every word that Firion gives him regarding the Emperor... it has the Warrior stand there in silence as he thinks back to the Emperor that he had come across back within the other world. He has seen his manipulative cruelty then, though has not seen as much as Firion has, and so to think that his brother would follow such a man- no, such a creature of darkness...

There's something within the Warrior that quietly blooms, something that tells him to help Firion in any way that he can but... with the Emperor not here to fight and being unable to bring back those he has slaughtered... what is there to do in terms of offering support? Strength?

It's then that he reaches up with his other hand and, gently, even warmly, cradles Firion's face at the cheek. ]


The pain and suffering that you and those from your world have been through because of such darkness... it is something I can never understand or heal for you and for that, I am sorry.

[ While soft, his words still hold a quiet strength to them. ]

Perhaps you will always carry this pain with you, that... I cannot determine for you. But you are not alone in this. There are those who stand by you, who have hope, a light within themselves that will always burn regardless of the darkness. I choose to believe this for you and your family and your world.

[ Allowing his gaze to drop for a moment, he thinks then before he looks back up. To say such words so freely like this... he wonders where they might be coming from. ]

You are not alone here. And you will not be there either. I will stay with you. However that may be.
Firion: Sorrow - Baw[personal profile] rebelling on October 13th, 2017 05:19 pm (UTC)
I- hope you are correct.

[ His shoulders sink and he lets his head roll into the Warrior's hand, allowing the other man to support its weight. Perhaps he has spoken too much, for he suddenly feels as if there is very little left in him. ]

I am tired.

[ By which he means so much. He means this conversation is over. But he also means he is tired of fighting. Tired of surviving on anger and hope alone. Tired in a way he never was before he came here, when he couldn't afford to rest. Tired just from the thought of the unending tasks that lie before him at home if they are to survive even another generation. Tired of there being no winning, only losing slightly less. Tired of losing people he loves. ]
Warrior of Light: pic#11594396[personal profile] forthelight on October 13th, 2017 10:59 pm (UTC)
[ The heaviness that rests within Firion's tone does not go unnoticed by the Warrior and he stares to him, wondering how he might be able to relieve this burden he silently carries with him.

It's with a glance around the kitchen, noting the mess and such, that the Warrior looks to Firion again and, gently so, he squeezes his hand, meaning to show reassurance. ]


Come lay with me then. This... all of this can wait for now. You have done so much for me, place this heaviness you feel against me and rest. If even for a little while.
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