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ten_fwd2016-03-23 08:01 pm
kaylinneya) wrote in ten_fwd2016-03-23 08:01 pm
A door still open - OTA - Father's day - backdated to start of event
She had slept in late, then had been heading out to start her patrol. She had no idea yet that anything was amiss aboard, and even had she, she'd not have expected a call. She hardly remembered Tara - her mother, not the Avatar - and had no recollection whatsoever of her father. So she was taken by surprise, as she was leaving, when a familiar voice roared "NEYA! I KNOW YOU Can hear me."
Kaylin stumbled. Other than in her dreams - and admittedly a few nightmares - she had not heard that voice in what felt like years and was only months. The small translucent cat like thing dropped from her shoulders to curl on the floor as she bolted for her mirror. The mirror from home, that had been destroyed before she had ever arrived, but was somehow here and whole. It was glowing, like she had a message, but when she touched it, no face materialized, and even if his eyes were red, they would have been welcomed.
She heard Leontine swearing, or a Leontine swearing - both were accurate - still, and realized the sound was coming from the desk, not the mirror. She sat down, shoving clothing off of it. And there was a cleat thing that was acting as a mirror. No wonder the mirror that came with the room was inactive, they all had desk mirrors.
The familiar was curled in the doorway, keeping it stuck in the open position, but Kaylin hardly noticed. She was too busy regretting being willing to see red in Leontine eyes. She tipped her chin up reflexively.
"Private," he snarled. "Where the ****s are you?"
"Not in the West March," she said, which was technically true.
His snarl told her he was not in a mood to find it at all humorous. But at least his fur, which had been on end, was starting to settle. "Private, may I remind you there is a rank lower than Private?" he snarled.
She knew there was, to Leontines. Corpse.
(OOC: Feel free to come in and interrupt at this point to thread with Kaylin and Marcus. If no one does, I will either write up the end for myself, or handwave it.)
Kaylin stumbled. Other than in her dreams - and admittedly a few nightmares - she had not heard that voice in what felt like years and was only months. The small translucent cat like thing dropped from her shoulders to curl on the floor as she bolted for her mirror. The mirror from home, that had been destroyed before she had ever arrived, but was somehow here and whole. It was glowing, like she had a message, but when she touched it, no face materialized, and even if his eyes were red, they would have been welcomed.
She heard Leontine swearing, or a Leontine swearing - both were accurate - still, and realized the sound was coming from the desk, not the mirror. She sat down, shoving clothing off of it. And there was a cleat thing that was acting as a mirror. No wonder the mirror that came with the room was inactive, they all had desk mirrors.
The familiar was curled in the doorway, keeping it stuck in the open position, but Kaylin hardly noticed. She was too busy regretting being willing to see red in Leontine eyes. She tipped her chin up reflexively.
"Private," he snarled. "Where the ****s are you?"
"Not in the West March," she said, which was technically true.
His snarl told her he was not in a mood to find it at all humorous. But at least his fur, which had been on end, was starting to settle. "Private, may I remind you there is a rank lower than Private?" he snarled.
She knew there was, to Leontines. Corpse.
(OOC: Feel free to come in and interrupt at this point to thread with Kaylin and Marcus. If no one does, I will either write up the end for myself, or handwave it.)
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If Raiden's heart could stop, it would as he sees a spirit of water summoned. Being a god of Thunder himself, he's quite close to the Elder goddess of water in his own realm, and the when they had been alive also the Earthrealm god of water, but this is neither of them. This is another spirit of the element from a completely different realm and his eyes go wide, jaw slightly slack as the young girl appears. He blinks out of his brief stupor when she winks at him, and he resumes his stoic expression, giving her a deeply respectful bow of his head, brim of his hat obscuring his eyes for a moment before he straightens with a pleased flickering of lightning in his eyes. Otherwise, he does not interrupt Kaylin's efforts.
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"Yes and no," Water answered. "You wish to speak with my children."
"Or the Keeper," Kaylin said softly. She knew this wasn't a child, knew it. But she couldn't see her any other way. Water, knowing this, nearly always took this form for Kaylin.
Water shook her head. "I am an echo. I am the part of Water that came when you came. If you called any other Element it would be the same," she said softly, sounding almost apologetic. "I am as cut off from my children, as you are from yours." Kaylin opened her mouth to protest, but water touched her lips gently and shook her head. "You have joined with me, and I know whom Mayalee visited, and I know about the cub."
Kaylin hesitated, then nodded. "Are... are you alright?" she asked. As though she could some how shield the Element itself.
"I am better now than I was when we first met, Kaylin Neya. No one who should not holds my Name, nor any of my essence. There are some here, I can tell, that might have the power to, but I am not yet called by them. It is... odd... being bereft of the minds of my people after so long, but I have been this way before. And I suspect that when you return, I shall rejoin myself. The Tha'alaan will carry my memories here, and yours."
"That used to scare me," Kaylin whispered.
"What you thought it was, used to scare you. You learned. And you grew up. It is hard, for me to be like this, for so long, in such a sterile space. You are in a space between worlds, but not on the Grey Road. It is a place I have not been for some time. If you come to a world again, feel free to call upon me. Until then..." she touched Kaylin's unmarked cheek and then vanished.
Kaylin slumped a bit, watching where she had been, then she turned back to the screen. "I don't know if any of that actually transmitted, Marcus. MARCUS?" she stared at the blank flat screen, her eyes wide. She touched the screen. "Marcus." she said. Nothing happened. She swore at it and tried again. Nothing. She looked ready to throw things. She looked up to her mirror - which had stopped glowing when she had summoned Water... and that was when she saw Raiden. And started cursing more than she ever had before.
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"Suijin." He whispers the name, his voice low enough it's almost a hushed sound before he blinks, Kaylin's curses finally drawing him out of his somewhat shocked state. The light in his eyes focuses from it's thousand-yard, diffuse glow as he looks back to her. No, this form of Water was not Suijin's lost immortal soul, but it felt strangely warming to sense one of the elements Earthrealm had lost so long ago. His posture straightens, hands falling to his side as he offers her an apologetic bow of his head, lowering his eyes briefly.
"I did not mean to interrupt. I have learned we will be visiting another realm shortly, and I wished to invite you to join me when we are allowed to disembark. Fujin will likely be in attendance, and we would be honored to host your Water spirit, if you wish to help us in our task."
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"You are worse than a Barrani waystation!" she snapped at the creature who settled on her head, looking smug.
She looked to Raiden. "she is not my Water Spirit," she said finally. She bent and dug around, trying to find her bracer.
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The idea of being summoned, however, is strange. To think of a natural element at the call of a mortal. To have the element's energies tapped made sense, but to be controlled or commanded?
"I know you mentioned a garden, but are they not free to see to the realm's upkeep?" He's not intentionally ignoring her question....not entirely, anyway.
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"The offer still stands. We have not had the presence of a water elemental in some time, and would be glad for both of you to join us."
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"We will be flying once we are planet-side, if that helps."
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The familiar made a trilling noise that sounded like laughter.
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AND,.... SCENE