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Mz.Hyde Mod  Pyrogue • a year ago

I love you.

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iiCountess_Magna • a year ago

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chatterghosts • a year ago

Knock, knock.

Knock, knock, knock.

Knockknockknockknockknock.

”Richard, what the absolute hell did you do?”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

There was the quiet sound of quickened footsteps, then the door swung open.

A moment more as Richard gathered his thoughts.

"You will have to be more specific, Elias. I do a great many things on any given day, after all."

Curiosity and concern, etched in a raised eyebrow and a slightly tilted head. Despite all that, a familiar warmth at the sight of the other man that was almost like coming home.

Almost. One didn't typically have their home shout at them, nor make such frenzied noise.

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chatterghosts  Tairais • a year ago

“You’ve scared the bleeding daylights out of Oliver!” he seethed. “I haven’t been able to leave my room for a week and he spent the entire damn time raving about something you did, but he won’t tell me what! If I have to stand this any longer, I swear, I’ll—”

Elias stopped just then, struck by something Richard seemingly couldn’t see. After another long, long moment of quiet, the red in his face settled, gaze withdrawn and just slightly regretful. “Yelling was...perhaps not the best way to go about this conversation. May I- I—“

He cleared his throat. “I am... terribly sorry.” Another pause, his hands nervously fumbling and overturning, and Elias finally deigned to match Richard’s gaze in full. “May I come in?”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

Richard's brow furrowed in confusion.

"You are certainly all right, though I am not quite sure as to what I might have done to Oliver. I have not seen him in.." He trailed off into thoughtful silence with a hum.

"A length of time I am afraid I cannot quite determine, but for that matter yes, do come in."

He left the door open behind him and retrieved another mug from the cupboards, the kettle still whistling on the stovetop. A handful of movements more, and there were a pair of cups in his hands, softly steaming.

He offered the other to Elias with a soft smile.

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chatterghosts  Tairais • a year ago

Elias couldn’t help the small smile that grew on his face at the gesture, nor the guilt that quickly followed when he recalled his rude behavior mere moments before. Shuffling his feet awkwardly, he took the mug with a grateful nod of his head. “Thank you.”

He made no movements to drink as he fingered the handle and rim nervously. “My concerns... well, he- Oliver was frightened of you. Shaken. He was worried for me, himself, others in the building... I’ll admit, he even had me a little—“ A short pause, and he cleared his throat. “I finally got him to relax so that I could leave, and I came straight here.”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

Footsteps pausing, fleeing as quickly and softly as they had arrived. The satisfying thunk of a cleaver through flesh and bone.

A rare curse stifled itself behind his teeth.

This complicated things somewhat. Instinct said to deny everything, though instinct was blind and could not understand that both it and Richard were on the other side of too late.

Logic dictated truth, knowing lying would only make Elias upset, which would be counterproductive to repairing their relationship. Then again, logic also dictated that there be no witnesses to his crimes, so that he might continue to commit them.

Emotion, curse it all, bubbled up in him like a pestilence, oozing and festering the longer he considered it in his own distant way.

A test of sorts, then. He was not nearly so foolish as to assume the only participant was to be Elias. His truth would test Elias, and he would be tested in turn.

"Perhaps he was the one that wandered near my spot of midnight butchery. I imagine the sight of a leg with no torso would be plenty to frighten most."

A careful sip of tea, carefully shifted weight, careful facial expressions.

Careful, careful, careful. He had pledged an attempt at honesty, but how much was too much?

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chatterghosts  Tairais • a year ago

There was a small choking noise as Elias failed to sip his tea correctly, and then dead silence for a time.

“... excuse me?”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

He almost wanted to be amused at Elias' reaction, but that was a rather poor way to mitigate the consequences of his actions.

"I must confess I had not anticipated it would be either of you to stumble upon that particular event, nor anyone at all- I had yet to have such an time take place in the past. Am I to be honest, I would much prefer that he had not, but Oliver did, and thus here we are. How charming."

The monotone nature of the last sentence proved that it was quite the opposite, not that the fact needed to be said.

He almost wanted a bottle of wine to go with the tea. Even Charricthran's abominable concoctions would do frankly, but it was better to be entirely aware and in control, lest things fall to pieces.

Again.

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chatterghosts  Tairais • a year ago

More strained, uncomfortable silence, and then an uneasy, “You...killed someone?”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

Another careful sip of tea and a thoughtful silence.

"I suppose I did, yes, and several other 'someone's beside. You and Oliver both have seen me do so before, have you not?"

Thoughts lingered underneath those words like koi in a pond, lazily shifting, silently waiting their turn to be addressed. There was more- there always was.

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chatterghosts  Tairais • a year ago

Yet again, Elias was silent, save for the anxious scrabbling of his nails against his mug.

He wanted to be angry—rather, he was, in the hypocritical sort of way that he knew all too well. It wasn’t surprising, nor was it any kind of news to him (Richard was right, he had seen so, but he’d denied as much until now), but that didn’t stop the guilt and bitter feelings that clashed for control of his thoughts.

“... W...why?”

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Tairais  chatterghosts • a year ago

"His ugliness was rude. I sought to make it beautiful, as I was taught. It is something I rather enjoy, if I am to be truthful."

Another sip of tea, and then he went and set the cup down on the counter.

"Would you have me stop?"

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Jekyll1886 • a year ago

((Helen Jekyll Re-posting of and reply to our "Sometime around Midnight" thread.))

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"Hela?" asked Lewis as he crossed the threshold into the room where she lay.

He went immediately to her side.

"What the Hell happened?" he asked, worried.

Helen Jekyll

“I don’t... where...?” Hela slurred in confusion, trying to lift her head to look at him, only to stop with a grimace and close her eyes.

“I feel like death...”

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You look like it, too, thought Lewis.

"You're in the cellar of the Society. What do you remember?" he asked, offering to help her sit up.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

Hela made a miserable sort of sound in the back of her throat, not wishing to move.

“Was late... and I couldn’t sleep, so I... I played with Lepus and... and... I don’t... know after that...”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

He checked her vital signs.

"In your room?" he ventured, trying to piece together what had happened, when, and where. He doubted she'd played with Lepus in the wine cellar, after all.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

“Mmhm,” She responded, cracking open an eyelid to watch him blearily, “Made an... a... pile of... stuff... clothes n’ things, so... he’d just, hop all over...”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

Her pulse was irregular, as if she were having heart palpitations.

"I see," he said with a nod. "Please, if you can, describe your symptoms to me. Also, may I fetch you anything?"

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago • edited

At the request, her eye slid shut, her voice rising and falling in volume as she spoke.

“An... Asprin... Head’s ‘bout to split in two from an axe... Can hear my... bloody blood in my ears... Something to drink too, ‘cause... dry... dry throat an’ tongue...”

She tried in vain to swallow before continuing.

“My stomach, doesn’t like the wine taste... it’s... tryin’ to crawl up and out of me... it’s makin’ my chest fuzzy on the inside, an’ I wanna sleep for, ever... n’ I’m dizzy, sore, nearly dying...”

Another glazed look to Weir, nearly drained of energy.

“Don’t you dare let me, though... I hafta feed the li’ls...”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

"You won't on my watch," he assured her.

"'Be right back."

He sprinted to his office, the supply room, the kitchen, and back to the cellar. He bore his doctor's bag, a pillow, and a glass of water.

He set the last down on the floor, pulled a small vial from the bag, and dumped it into the water.

"Essence of mint," he explained. "It should combat the nausea."

Keeping the bag handy as he held the glass, he carefully elevated her head and set the pillow behind it so she could take a sip.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

Hela didn't struggle, just managing to grab the glass with one hand as she tried to help support herself with the other.

Painstakingly slow, she began to drink, wary of her rebellious stomach.

"Thanks," She murmured when she'd finished without anything inside her seeming to break, sinking back against the pillow. "...can I have an Asprin now...?"

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Jekyll1886 • a year ago

((Tairais Setae Helen Jekyll A continuation of New Year's/Hogmanay. Turn order is Tai, Astrid, Helen, 86.))

Jekyll1886 • 16 days ago

Lewis laughed with Charricthran.

"You'll see."

Astrid spoke.

"I can if you can bear with me whippin' fire about," Weir said with a grin.

He led them to the main hall. Lining the floor against the walls were other small braziers attached to cables, like his, though these weren't yet alight.

He helped himself to the champagne and raised his glass.

"To the New Year!" he exclaimed, and took a sip. "Let's give it a proper welcome! Anyone who likes, take up a brazier and follow me!"

Astrid Schou Jekyll1886 • 16 days ago

He grinned back at Lewis' reply. "Not an issue"

He followed him into the hall and after New Years' exclamation, readily picked up a brazier.

Tairais • 16 days ago

For a moment, Charricthran toyed with the idea of doing some party tricks rather than taking up a brazier.

Perhaps later, once they were in a more open space- or, at the very least, an enclosed space that wouldn't mind being set on fire too terribly much.

He picked up his own brazier and had to restrain himself from twirling it as he'd been taught growing up again for the second time. As it was, the brazier danced merrily in a relatively subdued way.

The flame licked at his vision and tugged his face into a smile that wasn't quite his, wasn't quite the original owner's.

Onkmet'lilbhiahin. Z'arrikc.

The joy of winter, and the new year. A time of old and new, beginning and end, remembrance, and laying to rest.

The smile was fitting, if sharp around the corners.

She had (and has) sharper teeth than he, after all.

Astrid Schou • 12 days ago

Astrid looked at Charricthran smiling at the fire in his brazier. He felt a small pang of envy. Charrichthran seemed to have more going on behind his eyes than he could comprehend. There was close to nothing in him, all emotions flattened and unrelated to any sensations he felt.

Helen Jekyll • 12 days ago

Usually not one to enjoy festivities, Hela had planned on spending the night asleep, or if the noise proved too great, simply spending time with her pets... that is, until she heard the rumors of there being fire involved.

Hoping to slip in unnoticed, Hela came downstairs wearing her enchanted bracelet that rendered her unrecognizable to most, provided she didn’t make eye contact, and picked up a brazier with a grin.

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Lewis finished his drink and went outside with the group. Once safely in the street, he lighted the others' braziers and showed them how to swing fire about without getting burned. He led them in a merry procession toward the river.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

The flame tugged at him just as much as memory did, laughing, gently scratching, begging for him to lose himself for a few moments, for a few days, a few years.

He kept his steps light and quick, dampening the instinct to do as it said. This was not his world, and drawing on it that much...

Well, they didn't need another bird bath in the middle of the park, that's for sure.

(( Tagging machine broke ^^" Astrid's turn though. ))

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Setae  Tairais • a year ago

Astrid mostly focused on not burning himself as they walked, glancing from time to time at the stranger that had joined them, trying to determine if he'd seen them before.

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Setae  Setae • a year ago

Helen Jekyll

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Helen Jekyll  Setae • a year ago

Hela kept her gaze either on the night sky or the blazing flame her brazier held, beaming like a madwoman as she twirled the fire about.

Turns out, celebrating New Year’s wasn’t half bad, if she skipped the small talk.

((Jekyll1886))

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

Lewis sang Auld Lang Syne. The slow tempo of the song proved a contrast to the increasing speed of the caged flames as he swung his brazier about. He had great fun, a wily smile on his face as he made rings and arcs and figure-eights with the fire.

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

((The Fox

Turn order: Fox, Tairais, Setae , Helen Jekyll , 86.))

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The Fox  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

Tairais

A shiver passed through his body as a yawn fogged up in the cold air. In a lone corner, with only a ratty scarf and gloves to fend off the cold, stood Callum, ignoring the weather and absorbing the calm around him.

There wasn't anything to do most new year's. Despite the situation in Through, Orin had given him the day off. He mentioned something about some task he needed to do and dismissed Callum.

The host flexed his fingers, keeping them from getting stiff.

Honestly, he didn't mind being out and about. It wasn't like his hideaway was any better. If anything, it was worse since no warmth could really stay long enough to even counter act the stone and cement.

With another yawn, Callum got up and started walking to keep his feet from going numb. It didn't matter where he was going. He just was wasting time.

( Tairais )

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Tairais  The Fox • a year ago

Charricthran cracked a grin at Lewis's antics.

Surely one trick wouldn't be too much?

He drew a slow circle around himself with the brazier that gradually grew faster, the flame leaping and sputtering within. As the speed grew, so did the height at which the brazier spun, until it was high overhead.

With his arm outstretched, and the fire a small blue above him, he made a sharp motion downward, all but halting the motion as he brought the chain to dance softly by his side.

A great phoenix made of nothing more than the fire within leaped into the sky with a silent cry, wings outstretched.

A new year, a new chance at rebirth. The creature flew rings in the sky before it faded into the stars, and Charricthran's movements faded into something softer as well.

(( On mobile again, but Astrid it's your go! ))

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • a year ago

((Setae ))

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Setae  Tairais • a year ago

He staggered backwards when the flaming apparition emerged from Charrichthran's brazier, nearly managing to catch fire himself. "Holy shit!" He still flashed a grin as he watched the bird fly up and disappear into the sky.

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Jekyll1886  Setae • a year ago

((Helen Jekyll ))

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Helen Jekyll  Setae • a year ago

Hela faltered in her wild twirling of the flame, watching the phoenix vanish into the night sky with awe as the brazier's chain hung loosely in her hand.

"Bloody Hell."

How do I make my fire do that?

((Jekyll1886))

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Setae  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

((*taps you on shoulder* it's your turn down below))

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Helen Jekyll  Setae • a year ago

((Oh, thanks!))

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Jekyll1886 • a year ago

((Helen Jekyll A continuation of Presents/Let's All Be Santa.))

Helen Jekyll Jekyll1886 • 12 days ago

“Oh, the paper is beautiful,” She smiled, taking it from him, “I almost don’t want to ruin it.”

Jekyll1886 Helen Jekyll • 12 days ago

"Not to worry--there's more where that came from," said Lewis with a smile, glad she liked the wrapping.

Helen Jekyll Jekyll1886 • 12 days ago

“In that case, I think I’ll be able to live with myself,” Helen chuckled softly as she untied the ribbon, gently tearing the paper and opening her gift.

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The paper gave way to reveal a small box. Inside lay a metal bracelet the color of brass, its clasp styled to look like a heart-shaped lock and secured to the whole by a safety chain. It was just the right size to fit Helen perfectly.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

“Would you look at that...” Helen took the bracelet and fastened it around her wrist, “I love it, Lewis, thank you.”

“You have good taste,” She complimented as she examined the jewelry.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

"I'm happy you like it," he beamed.

"There's a story of the Buddha, of what he named his eldest child: Rahura. It means 'fetter' or--as I like to translate it--'tether' or 'bond'."

He regarded Helen.

"This bracelet is a symbol of the bond I feel with you--and you with me," he confided. "When you wear it--whenever you look upon it--know that you are loved."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

“Oh...” Helen looked over the bracelet with this new meaning in mind, color tinging her cheeks. “I don’t know what to say... That’s so...”

“Ah, well, it’s far better than I could ever manage, you’ve done a marvelous job,” She continued with a little laugh, then bowed her head. “Thank you, again. I couldn’t hope for anything more than this, this is perfect.”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

"Well, I don't know if I can manage something quite so meaningful every year," he half-joked with a chortle. "I just...saw it and thought of you, then remembered that story and, well..." he gestured to her and the bracelet, "here we are."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

“Thank goodness for that, I’d never catch up otherwise,” She retorted warmly, touching the clasp.

After a moment, she held her arms out at her sides in offering, giving him a faint smile. “Mind if I...?”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

He smiled at that.

"By all means," he returned, enveloping her in a fond embrace.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

“You’re too good,” She said softly, content to hold him and be held close.

Softer still, Helen added, “Merry Christmas, grandfather.”

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • a year ago

"Merry Christmas, darling. 'Love you."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

((I find it amusing how they both chose heart shaped gifts. XD))

"I love you too..."

Helen drew back after a moment, gaze wandering the room in search of something.

Left, front.

Ah, t... thank you.

She reached into her pocket and cleared her throat.

"I'm... sorry I didn't wrap this, I've just been... torn between disappointing you by giving no gift at all or disappointing you with a lousy one." Her voice wavered a moment, but she steadied herself again. "It's, not very practical, but you could use it as a paper weight, or I found a leather cord you could tie around it, to make it into a necklace, so... Here you are."

She pulled out a piece of Labradorite stone, roughly in the shape of a heart and small enough to fit in her palm, her expression seeming to say, "I'm sorry I couldn't do more".

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • a year ago

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