REXANNA
they say the loveliest angels
make the cruelest demons
She nods in a quiet appreciation to Remi’s half promise, the Luxere settled, lighting the wedding with their familiar, comforting, golden glow. And she smiles to him in response to it, knowing it was exactly the type of extravagance her and Bastien would love. But his next statement takes her a bit off guard, and she snorts to him as she recalls what Frey had told him the day they met. Their disdain for the Abandoned. “Why’d you go and do that?”
She can’t help the other smile that crosses her face as she reaches up with a pale hand to poke him in the shoulder. “I think that might make me more hated by Frey than you. You’re welcome.” She jokes, a crooked smile crossing her face. But he sighs quietly as she tells him her tale and when he asks her how she feels, her shoulders roll lightly as she looks out over the fields. “Its… different, but the same? I released a lot of my old self when I Ascended. I don’t have much left of that to hold onto. I feel more brave, and painless.” She chuckles, as though her spectacular display of getting squashed under a pumpkin here was any proof of it.
But then Remi sucks in a breath and asks her if she knows what it all entails, and she audibly laughs, head turning to him. “I have been dating an Ascended since Flowerbirth.” She pauses consideringly, and if she could blush she likely would have. “I was first bit by Archebold. Then Lucas.” She pauses with another light chuckle. “I have a deep knowledge of how it feels.” She winks to him before considering him a bit more seriously. “I just don’t know what it feels like on my end, now.” She says thoughtfully. “Is it just the bite itself or do I have to do something now to activate it?” She considers with another awkward laugh.
And Remi? Hadn’t they been in this situation before? Less influenced by a god, of course, but he had become one of her best friends. She doesn’t think to Bastien about it, knowing he’s likely fine with it (given the fact they’ve done quite a lot on their own with others) but Ronin? She doesn’t know what he would think of it. She doesn’t want to offend. But if Remi is offering, perhaps it's her best chance to learn.
She can’t help the other smile that crosses her face as she reaches up with a pale hand to poke him in the shoulder. “I think that might make me more hated by Frey than you. You’re welcome.” She jokes, a crooked smile crossing her face. But he sighs quietly as she tells him her tale and when he asks her how she feels, her shoulders roll lightly as she looks out over the fields. “Its… different, but the same? I released a lot of my old self when I Ascended. I don’t have much left of that to hold onto. I feel more brave, and painless.” She chuckles, as though her spectacular display of getting squashed under a pumpkin here was any proof of it.
But then Remi sucks in a breath and asks her if she knows what it all entails, and she audibly laughs, head turning to him. “I have been dating an Ascended since Flowerbirth.” She pauses consideringly, and if she could blush she likely would have. “I was first bit by Archebold. Then Lucas.” She pauses with another light chuckle. “I have a deep knowledge of how it feels.” She winks to him before considering him a bit more seriously. “I just don’t know what it feels like on my end, now.” She says thoughtfully. “Is it just the bite itself or do I have to do something now to activate it?” She considers with another awkward laugh.
And Remi? Hadn’t they been in this situation before? Less influenced by a god, of course, but he had become one of her best friends. She doesn’t think to Bastien about it, knowing he’s likely fine with it (given the fact they’ve done quite a lot on their own with others) but Ronin? She doesn’t know what he would think of it. She doesn’t want to offend. But if Remi is offering, perhaps it's her best chance to learn.
your fall was not
an accident
you were chosen
for the damned
