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smash_logs2013-11-11 08:18 pm
heartofarapier) wrote in smash_logs2013-11-11 08:18 pm
Academy Dreams
Who: Eirika, Open
When: Nov. 11 - Late Night
Where: Academy Grounds
What: What happens when you wake up to a horse eating your hair? You wake up to a horse eating your hair.
Warnings: Not Applicable
Note: Action or prose! Your choice!
[It was Ephraim's voice that she heard. Asking her if she knew who he was. And after that, there was nothing. It seemed without an interruption that she was content to be left in sweet slumber beneath a fruit tree shedding its leaves for the autumn season. At least up until the white horse that stood patiently at attention suddenly lost its said patience and with its head stirred her to something more awake.]
...Ephraim?
[Except it wasn't Ephraim at all. Unless Ephraim had suddenly become a horse. And while she was sure nothing she saw could be real, she also believed that in any moment the dream that she'd been reunited with the academy would hastily end, leaving a reality she couldn't picture being warm or welcoming.]
When: Nov. 11 - Late Night
Where: Academy Grounds
What: What happens when you wake up to a horse eating your hair? You wake up to a horse eating your hair.
Warnings: Not Applicable
Note: Action or prose! Your choice!
[It was Ephraim's voice that she heard. Asking her if she knew who he was. And after that, there was nothing. It seemed without an interruption that she was content to be left in sweet slumber beneath a fruit tree shedding its leaves for the autumn season. At least up until the white horse that stood patiently at attention suddenly lost its said patience and with its head stirred her to something more awake.]
...Ephraim?
[Except it wasn't Ephraim at all. Unless Ephraim had suddenly become a horse. And while she was sure nothing she saw could be real, she also believed that in any moment the dream that she'd been reunited with the academy would hastily end, leaving a reality she couldn't picture being warm or welcoming.]
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So now he had to honestly ask; say.]
Desire...drives many.
[He held that hand to his chest still.]
When I came to you, wanting to court, I knew it was something new. Something I had to try to see. My desire whether in my obligations or in what I had wanted to strive...never had I wanted something for myself to look upon and feel like I could share a life. It would be worth every moment.
[He smiled, so smally.]
I want to see that smile. That genuine kindness. A kindness I had thought I did not deserve. But then I felt like it was something...unforgettable. Nothing I wanted to throw away.
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She thought it many times as she heard him and it sat at the very forefront of her mind.
I love you more than the sky and the sun. I love you more than the sea and the flowers. I love you more than I love myself, and if I had to die for you, I would do so willingly without a moment's hesitance.
It was all dangerous thinking as her eyes stayed locked onto his, drowning everything else out. When she began to really realise it and admit it, it was like falling into a form of darker oblivion she had never visited.
You are a man who could make me lose a war.]
When you speak to me like that, I wish only to kiss you often and frequently as if each one would say everything I think. It is passionate and not the sort of decent thing a man should say to a woman. Unless they were courting. When you say it, it's as if you earnestly believe we can have a future together.
[Propping most of her weight onto her free hand's elbow, she fiddled with his braid, her attention wholly upon him, though her gaze had moved elsewhere.]
A future with you- it is what I want. That is my desire. To be with you as I am with no other. That if my smiles for any other are diplomatic, that they are sincere for you. That my kindnesses for you are not simple kindnesses, but rather the only ways I can put my entire heart into how I care for you, and for what it is we have and share.
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...Then stay.
[His mind, and his heart...as what SOMETIMES happened, were in agreement. Though more in agreement lately. It wasn't said in any sort of begging. Not at all. Never. Connor would never beg.
Though he did heavily suggest.]
We seem to share the same feelings. We have the academy to thank for showing us our lives can offer something different.
This was never a blessing I wanted to waste from the moment I was in that hospital with you. I am more sure of it day after day. I know that...I am happy here, like this. Learning how to cope, how to express myself.
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"Then stay."
With him? For how long? Did he mean until the end of their days? Until the end of this pathway they were on? But where would that end? And when? She hadn't forgotten Gordon telling her that if she worried so over when she'd lose Connor that she'd drive herself mad. She believed it, too.]
I remember that day, too. And the ones before it.
[Leaving her hand against his heart- and likely in his -she curled in against him. The way lovers did, in her opinion.]
You... said before that we share the same feelings. Does that mean... [She tapped somewhat anxiously against him.] ...that... [And then she opted for something more direct.] What is it that you desire, Ratonhnhaké:ton?
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Especially since it followed an important question. It put him on the spot, sure. But with reason. He did owe her a direct answer. After all of this. After it all. It was time for Connor to be direct. If he learned anything, he needed to own up to himself when prompted. But real desires is what he was recently just learning and discovering. What a word. Desire. Did he really desire anything in his life?]
What I desire...
[He trailed a moment while taking an arm and wrapping it around her once more. More secure.]
For so long, whenever we saw each other, I was happy. The happiest I remember me being. When we read together, study your subjects, practice the bow, when we do anything. Those moments are what I cherish the most.
I desire...those moments. I desire for those moments to last for as long as I can fight for so.
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He couldn't have said anything more pointed than that, honestly. It was more powerful than an 'I love you,' or something akin to it. Because virtually it was what he was saying, in his own special sort of way. And it stirred her heart to such a great extent that she didn't even blush. She didn't even know how to respond. At least not at first.
But when he protectively drew his arm about her, she settled in against him comfortably, perfectly flush, and lacking an otherwise necessary imagination for such affection. And then she smiled, and she tried not to give into it too much, shyly hiding her face against his shoulder momentarily. At least until she showed him just her eyes and hid the rest.]
I... did not tell you before, but I used to worry frequently about my ability to make you happy. I did not think it was possible for me to, that perhaps you were only humouring me. I am... relieved and grateful. You gave to me honesty and I wish to give you mine as well.
You always make it very difficult for me to tell you 'no' for anything. I think I have never felt so much at someone's compassion before, as if you are the prince and I am just the commoner. [She shook her head, amused at the concept.] Once more I am at your compassion, and yet the way we are, is how I wish to be, self-indulgence and all.
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You liked honesty, Eirika. He was willing to give more. Soon, all of Connor will be revealed. Soon enough. For now, his feelings.]
I could not be a happier man.
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And it was because of that, that she could speak to him so directly. For if he could say such passionate things to her, then surely she could repay him with the same. He deserved it, if nothing more. But how could she really give him more when she had already given all of herself?]
I could not be a happier woman.
[The best part of it was that it was true.]