REMI
"Or something." The alchemist agreed with an affectionate laugh.
The sudden breeze made Remi's expression grow a touch more serious. The darkness and increase of starshine was at first the only indication that it was Safrin who would appear, rather than any of the other gods. Drawing in a surprised breath as Vanya's words trickled by him, Remi shivered slightly and raised a hand to his ear as if he might cup the words and hold onto them forever. Immediately his gaze turned to Ronin, searching his lover's expression and seeing therein that he too had heard something. Surely not the same words, but likely a message from the sea-bird as well. Swallowing down a lump in his throat, Remi exhaled a shaky breath wrought with emotion as his arms trembled for a moment. Glancing up to the sky, his shattered-gaze searching for the one star he knew above all others, Remi closed his eyes. Thank you He whispered into the heavens, knowing just what it was that Vanya had sacrificed, by sending Ronin down instead of herself. He'd not live the life she might have had with the hunter in vain.
With still-trembling hands, Remi reached into the box that held Ronin's ring. It looked nearly black in the dim light, but beneath the glow of Ronin's emotional aura flecks of colours would appear as if the stars were viewed through a prism. "Ronin.." Remi began, his voice thick at first as he dragged his eyes up from the ring he held to the man before him. At once his expression wilted, love and eternity making the alchemist's sense of gravity entirely dissolve such that it felt like the world had started to spin. "The first day I met you, you quite literally took my breath away." He tried again, smiling almost nervously and blushing slightly, knowing the context of that particular memory. "And you have every day since. You were the friend I never knew I needed, a travelling companion across worlds. You have been with me through everything. Curses, betrayals...wars, blindness, stabbings.." This latter memory was met with a wink, Remi still feeling a boyish tremble at the thought of how nervous he'd been to hold Ronin, even when it was in an effort to keep the ex-captain alive.
"I did not tell you before you died how much I love you. To have a second chance.." Tears fogged over the alchemist's shattered stare as he turned to Safrin. There was no amount of fealty or gratitude he could ever offer the goddess for what she had helped do. Looking back to Ronin, he held out his hand for Ronin to fill with his own. "..I will never take it for granted. Or you."
So saying he slid the ring over Ronin's finger, and as he did so, the guildmaster would feel the steady thrum of Remi's heart echoing softly against his skin. "It is you for me, Ronin. Only you."
Always you. Forever you.
The sudden breeze made Remi's expression grow a touch more serious. The darkness and increase of starshine was at first the only indication that it was Safrin who would appear, rather than any of the other gods. Drawing in a surprised breath as Vanya's words trickled by him, Remi shivered slightly and raised a hand to his ear as if he might cup the words and hold onto them forever. Immediately his gaze turned to Ronin, searching his lover's expression and seeing therein that he too had heard something. Surely not the same words, but likely a message from the sea-bird as well. Swallowing down a lump in his throat, Remi exhaled a shaky breath wrought with emotion as his arms trembled for a moment. Glancing up to the sky, his shattered-gaze searching for the one star he knew above all others, Remi closed his eyes. Thank you He whispered into the heavens, knowing just what it was that Vanya had sacrificed, by sending Ronin down instead of herself. He'd not live the life she might have had with the hunter in vain.
With still-trembling hands, Remi reached into the box that held Ronin's ring. It looked nearly black in the dim light, but beneath the glow of Ronin's emotional aura flecks of colours would appear as if the stars were viewed through a prism. "Ronin.." Remi began, his voice thick at first as he dragged his eyes up from the ring he held to the man before him. At once his expression wilted, love and eternity making the alchemist's sense of gravity entirely dissolve such that it felt like the world had started to spin. "The first day I met you, you quite literally took my breath away." He tried again, smiling almost nervously and blushing slightly, knowing the context of that particular memory. "And you have every day since. You were the friend I never knew I needed, a travelling companion across worlds. You have been with me through everything. Curses, betrayals...wars, blindness, stabbings.." This latter memory was met with a wink, Remi still feeling a boyish tremble at the thought of how nervous he'd been to hold Ronin, even when it was in an effort to keep the ex-captain alive.
"I did not tell you before you died how much I love you. To have a second chance.." Tears fogged over the alchemist's shattered stare as he turned to Safrin. There was no amount of fealty or gratitude he could ever offer the goddess for what she had helped do. Looking back to Ronin, he held out his hand for Ronin to fill with his own. "..I will never take it for granted. Or you."
So saying he slid the ring over Ronin's finger, and as he did so, the guildmaster would feel the steady thrum of Remi's heart echoing softly against his skin. "It is you for me, Ronin. Only you."
Always you. Forever you.
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
