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ᴘᴏᴇᴛʀʏ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴜʀɴ. ᴜɴᴇᴀꜱʏ ʟɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʀᴀᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡɴ. ʟɪꜰᴇ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ. #SWRP | #DestinyRP | #MVRP
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Despite living for over a century, very few people have ever gotten to see this side of Ven, and most of the ones who did are long gone. Nowadays, Sophie might be the only one left. Someone else might be despondent with grief at the thought, but Ven internalized that long... +
Sophie finds a degree of comfort in Venlana that she can hardly recognize in other people. Under such a frosty demeanor, she manifests just enough warmth for a joke. It placates Sophie at a point when she might otherwise descend into her grief. She tries to match that ... 1/2
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... ago; now, she just tries to enjoy what she has. She follows Sophies eyes, sizing up the boulder like a boxer in the ring. "Better hope it's as heavy as it looks; you know I'm stubborn. Liable to crawl right back out of the grave if you make it too easy for me."
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The worst part of losing so many people was that it was hard to think of things that *didn't* remind you of someone you lost. Sometimes, it was as simple as a word, or a feeling in the air, and then you'd be taken by that grief all over again. No matter how hard you steeled... +
Every time Sophie thinks she's grieved enough for a lifetime, that feeling sneaks up on her again. No matter how far she goes, she finds it or it finds her. Always in the whistle of the wind or a dab of perfume; where every good thing is built atop the recess of a loved one. 1/2
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... yourself, it would reach you eventually. Ven raises an eyebrow. "You gotta aim higher than that. I, for one, won't be letting the worms take me. The vultures, sure, that's tolerable, but the worms'll have to find another meal." As far as Ven goes, that's basically as... +
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... close to a joke as she gets. The mood clearly leaves her as soon as it arrived, as she turns away from Sophie and back to the stones around them. "I'll find a good spot for you, if you'll think one up for me."
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No doubt they were telling everyone who would listen; those softies were probably still singing the praises of the Iron Lords just as much as the old bards did in the Dark Ages. Not that there weren't *any* praises to sing, of course; it's just that, when you're in a... +
"Definitely. I don't know if Saladin tells them or if they just find it themselves. Hell, maybe it's Kit." Sophie takes a step back to look over her handiwork creeping in just beyond the glow of the fire. It's been one long day of scrubbing. "We've got just about everyone. 1/2
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... world, Sophie deserves to see that the least. At least, it's clear their thoughts have drifted down a similar path. Ven regards the stones all around them, laid out in neat but imperfect rows. "Someday, whoever's left will probably put us in here too. +
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Picked yourself a good spot yet?"
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“Yeah.” Ven could understand the sentiment, because after everything that had happened, she tried her best not to think about the Iron Lords. Besides Sophie, she’d avoided the others all these years; she wasn’t interested in any apologies, giving *or* receiving, so it was… +
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"Maybe," Sophie says, suddenly more interested in the bits of burning wood than making eye contact. "I haven't really... I know a lot of people come by during Iron Banner. I just don't make a habit of being here when they are."
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… best to leave that hornet’s nest un-kicked. Better to focus on what’s right in front of her. “This place must be getting busier, now that those new bloods are trying to light the fires again.”
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They got me third-wheeling for babies now. Never woulda had to put up with this back in the day.
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There's a narrowing of her eyes at Alax's chipper demeanor, even in the face of Ven's usual vitriol. In Ven's experience, Alax rarely ever let her facade crack, but there was something different about these smiles, something that she couldn't quite place. It bothers her. +
Alax soaks up all that bitterness but doesn't dwell. This is just how Venlana is. "I didn't feel like it." At least the issues between them are obvious, easy to get your head around. Whatever goes on between Ven and Ryale is beyond Alax. She doesn't ask. Instead, she smiles ...
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Still, nothing makes Ven frown quite like that. She scoffs and steps to the side. "Don't say it like that. *I'm* doing *you* a favor." Even despite Ven's usual protestations, it's hardly a negotiation: she's already decided that she's going to tag along. All else is merely... +
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... justification.
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Ven raises an eyebrow at her. "I'm surprised you can't just send *Ryale* to deal with it." There's an unfocused jab in there, struggling to find out whether it's aimed at Alax or Ryale, but Ven lets it wither without further clarification. Instead, she moves along, taking a... +
The scent of t'bac makes Alax's nose twitch, a reaction she can usually suppress. Before she comments on it properly her mind's swept up in the question. That's the issue with Avabush, always distracted. "There's some hiccup on deck," she says, "they've asked me to come up."
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... step closer to Alax as if considering pushing past her into the lift. "Is that an order?" Every encounter between them doesn't *have* to be a power struggle, but Ven often chooses to make them one anyways.
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Running into Alax Sang isn't that unusual for Venlana. What *is* unusual is for it to happen at an hour like this. Normally by now, most people aboard the Ch'at Cssun'i have made their way to private quarters or personal ships or a barracks, and very few still roam the halls... +
[ @MaskOfThePoet ] The fact that Alax wakes up when her comm pings is a miracle—once she's put Avabush in her system, it's at least three hours of deadened sleep. Waking up *is* a good sign. If anyone ever tries to kill her, she'll open her eyes in time to feel it.
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... simply, without her usual sword at her side. For a moment, she stands in slight surprise after they come face to face, but eventually she respond, simply stating "Fresh air." For inexplicable reasons, she's lying about this: she was actually on her way back from a smoke... +
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... break, undertaken in an underutilized room away from prying eyes. The faint scent of t'bac still hangs on her, which makes the lie all the more ridiculous, and yet she brushes past it. "What about you? Shouldn't you be getting your *beauty sleep*?"
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