inlikethebrume: (Shocked)

[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-21 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Coming in at the same time is the last resident, only she didn't come alone. Her mirror decided to spit out her gaelkitten, who was sleeping in her arms and she naturally had to go grab the poor thing before she decided to wander away. Mira's about to speak up as she enters the living room until she hears nothing but silence at first. And then Irhya speaks up, making Mira take a closer look.

And seeing Emet holding a crystal in his hand, it's as if a wave of the coldest water has hit harshly. Bonds are still a damn new thing and that same sensation would flow on her end as well. It's enough that her eyes widen at the object but no words came out of the hyur. However, her expression says it all:

'How did that get there?']
omnicrafter: (the pain endures)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-21 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Irhya makes a throttled noise in the back of her throat, then sighs wearily, resting her head on the couch's back.]

...It's you. Or what was left of you, anyway.

[The addendum is made immediately after as she realizes her initial statement is not very clear. The strong pulse of emotion may have passed, but there's an unrest about her that can be observed without the need for a link.]

The auracite we used to destroy you. That is... a cruel joke, if it is one.
inlikethebrume: (Concern)

[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-21 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She can feel her legs get weak and she has to sit down, setting the gaelkitten to the corner of the couch as her eyes do not leave the piece of stone. The mirrors have a twisted sense of humor and Mira can only nod to confirm, keeping her hands on her lap and trying not to sink her nails into the fabric of her trousers.]

I...I can confirm it. What she says is true.
omnicrafter: (faraway gaze)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-22 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[For once in her life, Irhya is bereft of a smart comment. And so she sits there in concerned silence for a while, racking her brain for something, anything, she can say to cut through it.

She opens her mouth to speak, closes it; tries again, this time with more surety.]


...Hades.

[She'd originally intended to keep the fact she knew his real name to herself, but it just feels like one of those moments where the revelation is more grounding than not.]

You are still the hero of your people. Little though it must mean coming from me, I really believe that.
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[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-22 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Better that than nothing. Mira can't help but look back at when they spoke out it during the mist, recalling her words: "I had done a great and terrible thing."]

While I know we could never agree on the hows, there are not many who would do so much for those they hold dear.

[To bleed for their people, to comfort them, to save them. But what else could she say? There is no comforting matters such as death and the one who brings it.]
omnicrafter: (peer aside)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-22 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That, I don't know. There's no evidence that we will or won't return home knowing what we know now.

[He had every variable accounted for, after all... except for one. So long as no one opens their mouth to him about it, she's inclined to think even prior knowledge of the outcome won't change much. It feels deceptive, but it's a part of their little game she can't afford to have turned around on some other poor Warrior of Light.]

Death is never an easy thing to deal with. Much less for an immortal, for whom it does not come naturally. But... that has ever been your greatest problem, hasn't it?
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[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-23 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, there's always something unknown out there. Being here for only a short amount of time, there's too much we do not know about.

[Just what exactly is this magic affecting this world other than 'dark magic' and its nature? What's deeper lurking beyond the surface? It can't be simply what the Coven says, right? Maybe it's because of all the deception (and not fully trusting Urianger) that Mira feels unsure about trusting most matters at face value.

Oddly enough, Irhya's thoughts echo Mira's own. How do you discuss death with someone already gone? And whom you put to the sword? If there was another way without causing more danger...but life is never fair. Mira's learned to live with it.]


Duty or not, I meant those words to you spoken during our first days on this star.

[Seeing such a small piece out before them...it honestly hurts. Usually when the supposed villain is gone, there is cause for celebration and yet Mira could not find it in her to do so. The gods could be heartless sometimes.]
omnicrafter: (absolution)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-23 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[And yet, Irhya can't help but smile bitterly to herself, because she knows that's exactly what's happening here.]

Does "stubborn" count as a trait?

[Still, she can't bring herself to be purposely obtuse for long. It's a hard truth he's going to have to find a way to accept for himself, and little solace will come from consulting any of them.]

I'm afraid so, though. If you survive, we consign a different Warrior of Light to their death. Not to mention the entirety of the First and a large chunk of the Source.

As the Warriors of Darkness told us what seems like a lifetime ago... one life for one world. Two, even, in this case.

[She doesn't look too happy as she explains it, though. It's not fun news to have to break to someone.]
inlikethebrume: (Concern)

[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-23 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh yes, that's a mortal's defining trait. Yeah sure, Hades, keep believing that.]

I can list a few more if it helps.

[Stubborn, moronic, loving, helpful, is there truly a need to list them all because she's pretty sure it's a damn long one.]

Alas, there is no way around it. In an ideal setting, there would be no lives lost...but we do not have that luxury afforded to us.

[It's a hard pill to swallow for sure. Mira's folding her arms as she speaks but she too does not feel any happiness as she speaks.]
omnicrafter: (not in my backyard)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-23 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
You--

[Irhya's default reaction to conflict is not to back away, unfortunately. It is and ever has been to answer it head-on. She is just as quick to jump to her feet, though the knee-jerk emotion that pulses through her isn't the same type of fiery fury; it's all racing heart and cold adrenaline, as if he were actually threatening her with violence.]

Does it make you feel better to think we fancy ourselves guilt-free in all this? No matter how many times we have to hand down judgments like this, it never gets any easier! One life for one world is still too many, and yet--!

[She has to restrain the urge to throw one of those yarn balls at him. Despair creeps up inside her like bile, and she digs her nails into the couch's arm just to keep her hands from doing anything regretful. All the same, she straightens herself up as high as she can to meet his gaze, undaunted.]

I like you well enough. You're clever and sharp and steadfastly loyal, and I respect all that. But don't even start trying to tell me what does and doesn't matter to me, or the reasons I accepted you here and now!

Look. You're grieving. Understandably so. But don't take it out on us when there's no guarantee our compliance would even change anything upon your return!
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[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-23 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Her first instinct is to proclaim how wrong the thought is but it's when she feels the hurt through their bond that Mira pauses and thinks. She can't think like that or lash out otherwise, it'll just be worse between the three of them. No, the woman has to listen and choose her words carefully. Slowly, she stands and looks at Emet-Selch straight in his eyes, without a single doubt of fear.]

I have always seen myself as a sinner, will not proclaim better than anyone else. Nor will I ever speak of having no guilt for the actions I have done; 'tis something that is best owned rather than forgotten or so in my opinion.

[Her voice is calm, putting a hand over her heart, trying to keep herself steady just in case another wave of emotion comes crashing down but trying to hold her own at bay. All the pain and despair, the worry and sorrow that is not needed right now. Not when the tension is high and rightfully so.]

If you consider yourself toothless, then why are you showing us the opposite? Instead of running away, why do you stand your ground? If anything, you simply are not the kind of man who lies down like a dog at the heels of his master. Nay, you're bloody brilliant when you wish to be and damned determined to accomplish a goal no matter what it costs to you.

[It's kind of funny how they're similar in that aspect.]

But listen to me when I say this: you have every right to be angry. Every right to grieve, I will not take that away from you. But we do not know what would happen if we were to comply. This world's laws seem to be different from our own and we cannot assume that it will work as such.

[If there is a emotion that Mira has unknowingly linked through both Bonds, it's determination. That feeling of not yielding...and yet not smothering. That's how she feels.]
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omnicrafter: (restful sleep)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2019-11-23 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pointless. He's too distraught to even think of listening to them right now, and it's only beginning to look like one of her arguments with her mother, something for which she does not have the physical or emotional energy. Irhya grimaces and looks away, dropping back down onto the couch and leaning heavily into her yarn.]

...Fine. Just let it go, Mira. It's too fresh to do anything about right now.

[In hindsight, she wonders if maybe he would have been happier not knowing at all. Was it worth telling him the truth? Would he not have been hurt and distrustful either way? To what extent?]

You can yell and scream until your throat is raw if it pleases you, then. I don't care anymore.
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[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2019-11-23 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is going nowhere. She can talk until she's blue in the face and no one would budge. By this time, the gaelkitten has heard the commotion and scampers away into another room and Mira simply sighs in frustration.]

Very well.

[Perhaps they were wrong in speaking up this time, should have played the fool when seeing that small piece of crystal. But would it have been worse if she hid it? A lose-lose situation. Instead, she sits back down, gripping her pants leg.]

I still meant every word spoken.

[Quietly spoken and that's all she'll say. It's no consolation but it beats screaming and things being thrown around.]