"Hmm. Perhaps someone had enchanted it." Sam suggested idly, not sure if such a thing was really possible but wishing he had a way to find out. Without seeking out the (corpse?) Luxere, he had no chance of investigating further. Samuel
He took a step but then felt tired
He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child |
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01-30-2020, 09:43 AM
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01-30-2020, 03:41 PM
"It's possible," Jigano agreed, though he couldn't imagine what would be involved in such a thing. Perhaps Kai would know? He seemed good with animals. "It bonded to Oia'i'o, in the end, so you might see it around." That was... probably not reassuring for an Ascended, come to think of it. Perhaps Sam should not have opened with the near-death experience, but the rest of his words were more than welcome, and hearing that he and Amalia were finding common ground when Jigano had feared they were even more at odds over the Voice than he and the bookmaker had become was even better. He wasn't sure if Sam's avoidance of his eyes was out of shyness or nervousness, but he nodded supportively, wondering what they had discovered. "A Loreseeker expedition? Was it something Underground, or here in the Atheneum?" he asked eagerly, wondering what his closest friends had found. The more sober talk of risk and death had him trailing a worried finger over the rim of his teacup, but the mention of Remi, Ronin, and Torchline had him drawing in a breath of surprise. "I knew he lived but not that he was there," he admitted with a slow shake of his head. "I haven't been there yet, myself. I had no idea..." he trailed off, glad to hear that Ronin had survived Safrin's wrath, but that Remi had attacked Sam? It was almost impossible to believe. "Loren said that... when Aoife died... Remi tried to kill himself," he said slowly. "Tried to tear out his own throat with his claws. This is..." He shook his head, a worried crease marring his brow. "This is terrible news, Sam. I never imagined he would have tried to hurt you. But... what were you arguing about?" He looked up again to meet his friend's blue-green eyes, worried but also knowing Sam well enough to suspect that there was more to the story. He cared for the red-headed scholar, but he knew his friend had a habit of omitting or forgetting the parts of stories he didn't like. Or getting a certain someone to remove the memories for him.
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01-30-2020, 04:29 PM
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01-30-2020, 06:57 PM
Not for the Guild? Jigano paused, his assumptions screeching to a slightly embarrassed halt as he waited for Sam to explain. He nodded cautiously at the mention of the bookmaker's father - condolences and other such platitudes hadn't been offered, fraught as their relationship had been at the time, but given what the man had done to Sam, Jigano didn't think he'd be missed - the stark revelation of a familial connection between the two of them stunned him to silence and he blinked, shock numbing his expression as he stared at his friend without comprehension for long moments. "Your... sister?" he repeated at last, tasting the words and trying to make them fit into the view of the world he had previously thought he knew. Compared to processing that, it was almost easier to speak of Remi's uncharacteristic violence. Jigano had also had his character picked about by the alchemist before, so he simply nodded at that, finding that far easier to believe than a physical assault... And then Aoife's name was mentioned and Jigano winced immediately. He stayed silent, letting Sam finish and using the time to draw a breath and consider the tale - and the bits that Sam had already forgotten, though what the bookmaker remembered was bad enough. "Sam..." Jigano shook his head, bemused at the unexpected disdain for Ronin. Then again, the last time they'd seen the Fallen Star he'd been trying to drop a Temple on all of their heads. Sam could be forgiven some resentment there, especially given how Amalia had been injured as a result. "Given that Aoife was their daughter, I suspect Ronin is the only one who could understand what he's going through or get through to him... just as I suspect that neither of them are ready to move 'past' that yet. You can't rush someone's grieving," he added softly, remembering Amun's insensitive shoving at his own mourning for Caiside at LongNight. "It doesn't excuse his attacking you. But it sounds like he needs more time. A parent having to bury their child after failing to save her... I cannot imagine the pain they both must still be in." And that they would remain in for quite possibly the rest of their lives, even after they put on outward smiles again to fool the rest of the world into thinking that they'd moved on.
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01-30-2020, 09:44 PM
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01-30-2020, 11:43 PM
"I... yes. I can't imagine that will be easy," he murmured, still very much shell-shocked. "I won't tell anyone else, of course. This is... quite the unexpected turn of events," he trailed off weakly, unsure of just how he felt in that moment, aside from worried for Amalia. She was already under so much pressure and wounded besides, and for this to happen... He had to trust that she'd be strong enough to bear the weight of it. "He punched you right after you said hello?" Jigano asked, recovering from the Wordsworth family secret only to focus on another surprise, this time from someone who had quite possibly broken beneath his grief. Something sounded off about it all... Then again, grief and guilt combined could drive a man mad. The bard pulled himself together enough to arch a brow at Sam's callousness, giving a slight shake of his head. "The Temple was empty when Ronin began his rampage - or at least, it was when I got there. The only people in there were those of us who came running to stop him, and it wasn't as though he didn't try to make us leave." He'd seen little of Ronin in recent seasons, but the Star had been a friend to him and Isuma, and he wasn't so quick to believe the worst of him. "Remi was the one who brought Aoife to the festival," he continued softly. "Remi was the one who couldn't protect their daughter. Don't say 'no one died' when her death was what caused all this, Sam." He knew that wasn't what Sam meant, but the bookmaker seemed to be glossing over her violent, messy end with a distressing ease. "Remi's been depressed since well before the festival, and it has everything to do with what everyone asks and expects of him here. Or at least, used to. Gods least fortunate... Sam, give them space. All they have left of her is each other. And the only other person who can understand the pain Remi feels right now is Ronin, and vice versa. Can you imagine...?" He sighed, because he couldn't imagine it, the pain of losing a child. "How would you feel if your Nate was killed while you were trying to protect him?" Not the same thing at all, but it was the closest analogy he could come up with on short notice.
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01-31-2020, 06:48 PM
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01-31-2020, 07:42 PM
It wasn't the sort of situation one rushed, this finding of lost siblings, but deep in his heart Jigano felt a small curl of jealousy, petty and bitter, that the family he'd sought so hard to build - that had fallen apart around him, a castle built of cards - had fallen so easily into the laps of two of the three people he had tried to build his foundations on. It was foolish, he knew, but it still felt like doors, opportunities, bonds, were opening for others... At the expense of closing on him, so that he found himself tied less and less to the people he had once tried so hard to protect. Tried, and failed, time and time again. And, as Amalia so disliked about him, he blamed himself for not being good enough to fix it... to fix any of it. Perhaps Rory and Loren had the right idea. But Sam had other drama to impart, and Jigano swallowed his jagged envy down deep, away from the light of introspection so he could focus on his friend. He nodded solemnly at hearing again how fast things had gone downhill, but he remembered, too, that Sam had tried to weaponize Aoife's memory. He didn't know what else to say, other than: "I'm glad you made it back safe." Simple, heartfelt, and grateful to Ronin for being the voice of reason when Remi had fallen into a rage that could have cost the alchemist whatever he had left of a soul after his daughter's demise. After how vociferously Sam had defended Nate to him before, he was surprised at the sudden reaction to the name. His first thought was that the doctor had died, too, and he drew in a ragged breath at the toll this year had already taken on their little community, but then Sam explained in full and... "Cheated?" It was the second time he'd repeated one of Sam's statements tonight, but the bookmaker kept throwing him curveballs. "But... why? With... with who?" Bewilderment furrowed his brow as he considered what he knew of Ascended and just what 'cheating' might entail for a people with, ah, limited blood (fluid?) flow to certain important areas.
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01-31-2020, 08:58 PM
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01-31-2020, 09:54 PM
He could continue to berate his friend, or he could simply nod in sympathy. It sounded as though Sam already realized his mistakes and regretted them, and piling on the guilt deeper would do him no good - and their friendship some harm. "You've said 'never' with Remi before," he said gently instead. "Remember what happened the last time? Be patient, Sam, and give him time. He needs his family around him now, it sounds like. He'll come back when he's ready." And if he was never ready? Well... that was his choice, too. Not that Jigano thought for a moment that it would be allowed to stand. They were a meddlesome bunch, these Grounders, himself not least among them. Indeed, his long nose was usually among the worst offenders for not leaving well enough alone. At first Jigano didn't understand what Sam meant by 'a patient' but the explanation made a sort of seriously uncomfortable sense. It was exactly the sort of thing he was trying to avoid with the protection he'd been trying to gather, and he grimaced a bit and gave his friend a sympathetic nod. He did blink at the impact of flesh against flesh, but he ad grown more used to Sam's flashes of temper over recent seasons and merely sipped at his tea. "So... you don't know who it was with, you don't know if it went further than a bite gone wrong, and you do know that he felt bad about it having happened?" he asked cautiously, trying to make sure he understood what had caused the breakup.
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02-02-2020, 10:28 PM
Jigano hoped he was right, too. He'd known that Remi was in a bad place from Loren's description of the alchemist's attempted suicide, but Sam's tale made it sound even worse than he could have imagined. Still, grief could make people do terrible things, even drive them mad for a little while, and maybe the story wasn't quite over yet. The hurt in Sam's eyes and voice was well-earned, and Jigano winced, holding up a hand and bowing his head in silent apology as the bookmaker explained his reasons. "I'm sorry, Sam. I shouldn't have phrased it that way. I remember when Remi had his memories taken away... and how much it hurt you. How you eventually gave up on him, then," he said quietly, remembering how horrified he had been to find out that Sam had willingly given away his own memories in turn. "If you think you love... or might have loved... Nate, I'd hate to see you repeat that mistake. I want you to be happy, but... well, people aren't always perfect. They screw up, they disagree, they fight, but if they mean enough to each other... they work to fix what goes wrong and build from it." He smiled, a little crooked and a little lopsided as he looked at his friend. "Just look at us. With all our ups and downs and arguments we're still here, sitting together drinking tea and still friends. At least... I hope you still think of me as your friend?"
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02-03-2020, 12:03 PM
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02-03-2020, 05:38 PM
Did Nathaniel have a choice? It sounded like Sam hadn't given him a chance to explain himself, but Jigano heard the firmness in his friend's voice, and bowed his head in acceptance of the romantic ideals the bookmaker aspired to. "Then I will not ask more of it. I'm just sorry it didn't work out," he said softly, giving up on his attempt to try and get Sam and his most recent beau back together. He still didn't really know Nate, and the redheaded Loreseeker across the table from him was one of his closest friends, alongside Amalia and Rory. When it came down to it, he'd chose Sam over a stranger and not look back. Sam's smile reassured him that the other man felt the same, even before the words that renewed their sometimes rocky, often dramatic relationship. "Not stupid, Sam. You come at things from a different way of thinking and I don't always understand it, either. I'm sorry for when I come across as overbearing when that happens. And, if that's any consolation," he said wryly, giving his friend a lopsided smile, "I'm just as hard on myself. I make mistakes and I make stupid decisions... and I don't always listen when people try to set me straight on them." The mention of their new positions in the government had him nodding his head wryly, playing with his teacup with idle fingers. "They're very vague," he admitted with a faint grimace. "Rexanna had said she would let the council vote again to decide if she should remain as Queen once it was formed but..." he shrugged. "To be honest, I haven't seen her around much since then. I don't know that any of us has really done much in the way of governing. I suppose we should collect opinions and see what things people would like to see changed or done differently? We might put two boxes in the Atheneum, one for Naturals and one for Outlanders, and ask people to leave suggestions in them? That way they can anonymous if they want to be, and the Notice Board might get less, mmm, editorial opinions pinned to it?" He arched a brow at his friend, more amused than annoyed at the 'anonymous' notes in that very fine handwriting he had just been praising. | ||||||
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