Jor
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Post by Jor on Sept 26, 2015 12:01:27 GMT
*Jor smiles slightly but a flicker of sadness, concern, perhaps fear, plays in his eyes as he speaks*
What do you hope to find out there? Is it some kind of adventurer's spirit? Wanderlust? When I was a mercenary I went where the coin was but I feel that fame and fortune are not your concerns, though the fame has now come to you whether you like it or not!
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Post by Virani on Sept 26, 2015 22:48:03 GMT
*Virani stared off into the distance for a moment, she began to speak and then stopped. With a small sigh and a shake of her head she tried again*
Coin does not pull me as it did you nor do I seek fame, quite the opposite in fact. Perhaps it is wanderlust, truly I am not sure I know myself what I am seeking. Knowledge? A place to belong? Redemption? a little of all of these things I think.
*She touched his cheek feeling the bristly hairs under her fingertips, her touch was feather light as though she was afraid she might hurt him*
Being here with you is the closest I have ever felt to belonging, to being at peace but I cannot stay here, even for you, the things I have done here haunt me. Perhaps if I were a stronger person I would stay but I am not.
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Jor
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Post by Jor on Sept 26, 2015 23:05:24 GMT
He took her hand and kissed her fingers as if they were precious.
"We must all follow our hearts, but mine is torn between the people and you. Their needs outweigh my own but I would give them all up if you commanded it. I wish I could give you the strength to forgive yourself for whatever sins you hide in your soul, but I am not without sin and I am not wise enough to find the words to make you stay. But I am wise enough to know it would not be fair."
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Post by Virani on Sept 27, 2015 13:22:23 GMT
*She smiled at him*
You are stronger than I in many ways and your strength is what drew me to you. You make me feel strong and when I am with you I feel like I can do anything. Maybe even forgive myself in time.
*She curled her hand around his, noting how small it looked compared to his*
I would never ask you to abandon the people who need you. You are helping to keep this city together and that is an important duty. I could not forgive myself if I made you walk away from that.
*She looked at him, her heart in her eyes*
If you asked me to stay I would. There is little I would not do for you. But I think leaving is for the best, not just for me but for you too, I am a distraction that you do not need right now. And I would only make your task more difficult.
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Jor
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Post by Jor on Sept 27, 2015 14:21:07 GMT
He looked down into her wide eyes so full of conviction and regret, after a few seconds his hard features broke into a warm smile.
"A request that I could never ask, you are wiser than your years, I am both blessed and cursed by you; blessed by your beauty, love and honour but also cursed that we have met far too soon.
One day you and I shall be reunited and the city, the country, the whole cursed world can go to hells for we shall be together, duty be damned!"
He passed her a goblet of wine, took one for himself and drank deeply before setting it down then laughing, a tortured laugh, the kind designed to cloak the pain and anguish, the hopelessness of a situation with no real solution.
Once settled, he caressed her cheek and kissed her lovingly. He then sat down in the huge, high backed ornate duskwood chair he was never meant to sit and leaned across the parchment strewn desk.
"I want to know more about you, I want to be comforted when you go by the stories of your past, only that which you feel comfortable telling me. There is so much more I want to know"
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Post by Virani on Sept 28, 2015 15:45:37 GMT
*She kissed him back fervently wanting to make the most of their remaining time together. She then settled back in her seat as he sat behind his desk*
"Hmmm what to mention first."
*She was silent for a moment thinking, then she smiled as she remembered.*
"I was never very close to my mother even as a child. Though I know she loved me she was more reserved and critical. She wanted me to be the best I could be, even in a small village, and pushed me to be good at everything. It was difficult as I never seemed to meet her expectations.
But my father more than made up for this, he doted on me,spoilt me if I'm honest, and we were often inseparable. Whenever he wasn't working on our farm, we would go for long walks and spend hours watching the wildlife around the village. But my happiest memories were of lying on the roof of our farm house at night and staring up at the stars. He was well educated for a farmer, I think he travelled a lot in his younger days, and he would tell me the names of some of the stars."
*She laughed then*
"I would tell him that the names were boring and invent silly names for them instead."
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Jor
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Post by Jor on Sept 28, 2015 17:10:54 GMT
Jor laughed loudly, his cheeks turning red as he rocked back in his chair.
"So even the stars were not good enough to please my little V!"
As his laughter fades he looks to his callused hands as if studying the fingers, the creases and scars of a lifetime of toil and violence.
"I never knew my father, I was born to a tap-room wh... Maid...
She had many men come and go throughout her lifetime and I saw most of them as they were leaving the small space in the inn's stable's hayloft that we called home".
When she had visitors I would have to sleep down below with the goats and horses. I blame that on why I am useless at riding to this day".
There was one man who stuck around a while though. I even called him father for a short time".
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