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Post by Avery on Dec 30, 2015 4:16:27 GMT
"Let your glamour go, Isa. It's draining you, and you need to recover. If anyone asks, I'll tell them this is the disguise I gave you to protect you from outsiders. As for my son, it was only a matter of time before he fell again. I just didn't expect the ghost of his sister to appear. If you truly want to find X'zayvean, then wait until you've recovered. No sooner. If not for yourself, then do it for me. Though I worry more about the boy. He's lost too much."
Swallowing thickly, Kiyori lets go of the glamour, exhaling shakily as she closes her eyes, pain slowly fading. Stiffening at the sound of footsteps just as her image reverts, she turns her head in the direction of the noise, gaze widening at the voice "You.."
"H-he's really my father? H-he didn't just adopt me?"
"Yes, child. He is your blood. However, he may not know it himself."
"A-and if you're his mother, that means..."
"Yes, I'm your grandmother, though I may not look my age."
"Which means I'm not alone. I still have a family."
"Yes, little one."
At the sob that reaches her ears, she turns her head away when she feels the bed dip, covering her face with a hand, lip trembling before she grits her teeth, tears slipping out from between her fingers "I'm sorry.." she whispers, voice cracking, chest rising and falling slowly, pain clouding her thoughts "I'm sorry I hurt you... The both of you..."
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 30, 2015 4:25:24 GMT
"I'm sorry.. I'm sorry I hurt you... The both of you..."
Hearing her voice he looks up and over Zaire's shoulder at her, his lip trembling as he realizes she's also Kiyori, and slowly he climbs out of Zaire's lap and onto the bed, light weighted. He studies her a moment before he shakes his head and leans down, carefully hugging her, cheek against her shoulder. "I forgive you," he says quietly, sniffling and mustering a tiny smile. "Besides, you tried to help momma, and that is worth forgiving you for the past."
Zaire watches them, and she shakes her head after a moment. "You've nothing to be sorry for, Isa."
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Post by Avery on Dec 30, 2015 4:34:33 GMT
"I forgive you. Besides, you tried to help momma, and that is worth forgiving you for the past."
"You've nothing to be sorry for, Isa."
Tensing at the hug, Kiyori falls silent until Zaire speaks, more tears escaping along with a soft sob as her free arm wraps around him, unable to bring herself to move anymore than that, pain too much "Lady Zaire..." she whispers, voice breaking, face wet "I don't think I'll ever get back to being Isadell Savoy, but do you think he'll ever remember?" she asks quietly, slipping in and out "And Avery.."
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 30, 2015 4:43:44 GMT
"Lady Zaire... I don't think I'll ever get back to being Isadell Savoy, but do you think he'll ever remember? And Avery.."
"You'll always be Isadele to me," she answers quietly, listening. "I don't know. I know the memories are buried somewhere in his mind, but where they are, I'm not sure." She looks away, remembering the past. "Every time he or his father falls, they lose pieces of themselves, and I've never found a way to put them back together again."
"Is that why papa doesn't know who he really is?" Aru asks quietly, remaining where he is.
"Yes. I'm sure when he found your mother again, he didn't recognize her." Her throat tightens and she looks down. "Just like he doesn't realize his relation to anyone else."
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Post by Avery on Dec 30, 2015 5:14:48 GMT
"You'll always be Isadele to me. I don't know. I know the memories are buried somewhere in his mind, but where they are, I'm not sure. Every time he or his father falls, they lose pieces of themselves, and I've never found a way to put them back together again."
"Is that why papa doesn't know who he really is?"
"Yes. I'm sure when he found your mother again, he didn't recognize her. Just like he doesn't realize his relation to anyone else."
"He'll remember you, Lady Zaire." Kiy whispers, voice slipping as she slowly drops her hand from her eyes, tears trapped in the corners "You, and your grandson, Avery. I swear it, I'll do whatever it takes to make sure he doesn't go through the pain of losing lost ones again." turning her head away, she closes her eyes, remembering how he was that night all those years ago before he decided to leave, leaving her scared and alone despite her pleas to take her with him
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 30, 2015 5:30:21 GMT
"He'll remember you, Lady Zaire. You, and your grandson, Avery. I swear it, I'll do whatever it takes to make sure he doesn't go through the pain of losing lost ones again."
She purses her lips, then sighs after a moment and stands. "Aru, stay here with her, keep her company."
"Where are you going?" he asks, turning his head to look at her, though he doesn't move away from Kiy, knowing she needs the support nearly as much as him.
"I'm going to check on your mother," she answers, starting towards the exit. "And I have a feeling I've some explaining to do soon." She pulls her hood back up as she leaves, and it's only then that Aru sits up, wiping the rest of the tears from his cheeks now that he wasn't crying anymore, determined to pulls himself back together and be strong like everyone else.
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Post by Avery on Dec 30, 2015 12:15:00 GMT
"Aru, stay here with her, keep her company."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to check on your mother. And I have a feeling I've some explaining to do soon."
"Lady Zaire.." Kiy whispers, voice wavering as she leaves before she turns her head towards Aru, hesitating "If I for some reason can't go after your father, or find him, would you be going in my place?" she asks quietly, calm
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 30, 2015 18:37:38 GMT
"Lady Zaire.. If I for some reason can't go after your father, or find him, would you be going in my place?"
He hesitates at the question, but he nods a moment later, determined. "I will." He looks at her with resolve that is odd for a young boy. "I know he'll come back, and if not, then I want to help him. He's done so much for me, and now that I know he's real, I don't want to lose him too."
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Post by Avery on Dec 31, 2015 19:35:32 GMT
"I will. I know he'll come back, and if not, then I want to help him. He's done so much for me, and now that I know he's real, I don't want to lose him too."
Studying him from where she lays Kiyori stills when she sees not him but Zay in his stance, closes her eyes to hide the tears that are starting to form, exhaling shakily as she forces a small smile "You're just like him, you know. That determination."
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 31, 2015 19:51:50 GMT
"You're just like him, you know. That determination."
Aru stares at her a moment before he gives a small smile, feathers ruffling at the comment. He remains quiet as he gathers his thoughts, then he asks, quietly, "What was he like? Back then."
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Post by Avery on Dec 31, 2015 21:18:03 GMT
"What was he like? Back then."
"What? When we were kids?" Kiyori murmurs, opening her eyes slowly, exhales "He was about the same as he is now. Reckless, but strong, Frozen like ice, but able to move mountains if that's what it took for him to be happy. The only difference between now and then is that he used to be more carefree. Everything changed when Skyrien died." she murmurs, quiet "But now he has you, Avery, and Lady Zaire to pull him back from the brink. And you will. I could go after him, but I'm not even sure he remembers me, so I'm not sure it would end up being anymore than a fight to try and stop the other. Which is why I have to regain my strength." realizing she's being melancholy, she shakes her head "But you'll have him back, I just know it."
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 31, 2015 21:27:10 GMT
"What? When we were kids? He was about the same as he is now. Reckless, but strong, Frozen like ice, but able to move mountains if that's what it took for him to be happy. The only difference between now and then is that he used to be more carefree. Everything changed when Skyrien died. But now he has you, Avery, and Lady Zaire to pull him back from the brink. And you will. I could go after him, but I'm not even sure he remembers me, so I'm not sure it would end up being anymore than a fight to try and stop the other. Which is why I have to regain my strength. But you'll have him back, I just know it."
Aru listens intently, looking down a moment. "He doesn't remember anyone," he says after a moment. "Shortly after he took me in, I asked him about family. He always had this distant look when he saw more than one person together, like there was something he wanted to remember but couldn't. And when asked about the past, he always said it was like memories burnt in flame-- there were only ashes, and nothing for him to see." The boy looks at Kiyori again. "Do you think the same thing will happen again? Will he forget us?"
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Post by Avery on Dec 31, 2015 21:35:39 GMT
"He doesn't remember anyone. Shortly after he took me in, I asked him about family. He always had this distant look when he saw more than one person together, like there was something he wanted to remember but couldn't. And when asked about the past, he always said it was like memories burnt in flame-- there were only ashes, and nothing for him to see. Do you think the same thing will happen again? Will he forget us?"
Silent for a moment, Kiyori thinks over her words before she sighs softly, quiet as she speaks "If he does forget you, I don't think it'll be for long, he loves you and your mother too much, I saw that when I first met you." eyes closing she pauses, continuing after a moment "What would you say to you and I making a deal?"
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 31, 2015 22:12:32 GMT
"If he does forget you, I don't think it'll be for long, he loves you and your mother too much, I saw that when I first met you. What would you say to you and I making a deal?"
"A deal?" His feathers ruffle as he tilts his head. "What kind of deal?"
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Post by Avery on Dec 31, 2015 22:16:58 GMT
"A deal? What kind of deal?"
"Simple." Kiyori murmurs, barely audible "You promise not to forget me, and I'll make sure that even if X'Zayvean forgets those he loves, he will remember."
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