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"And guilty I may be, but don't give up on me... We will still be thick as thieves."
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Post by *Nightwhisper on Oct 11, 2021 11:47:31 GMT -5
"I stumbled upon one of Genevieve's Riders, and he gave me and Apollo a ride. And before you ask, no, I don't know why he did it, and yes, he's not a problem," Parker replied. "All I cared about was that he agreed to get us here quicker than I could travel on my own."
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(See, that makes more sense. XD)
Anya smiled at that last part. "I take it they had a okay night. Corrik hasn't told me of any trouble breaking out," she said.
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*Nightwhisper
"And guilty I may be, but don't give up on me... We will still be thick as thieves."
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Post by *Nightwhisper on Oct 11, 2021 18:56:53 GMT -5
"Devon. I don't know his last name. He said if could iwe him a favor instead if giving him money as payment, but I told him I didn't know Seth's location or plans, and that if I joined the crew, the chances of me running into Seth were slimmer," Parker said with a shrug. "I also said I wasn't going to help him do anything to hurt my sister, and the two if them have become an offical couple now." He didn't sound enthusiastic about it.
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Normally Anya might have lightly chided Seth for his comments given, but this case was different. She wasn't going to tell Seth what he should or shouldn't do to his father since that was not her place to give input. She did, however, look up and watch as the two approached.
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✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Oct 11, 2021 20:56:58 GMT -5
Sol closed his eyes and pulled in a slow breath. "Parker," he started, but stopped. He rubbed his hands over his face. "Gods, I'm trying so hard not to be mad at you right now."
☆~☆~☆ Sebastian shot Seth a look that managed to be both hurt and amused. "I know, I know. You don't want to see me. But the Council is getting impatient, especially since you evaded Pete and John. How did you manage that, by the way?"
Seth smirked. "That's for me to know and you to find out."
Sebastian shook his head. "No, I know what you can do with your power. But the way I understood it, you could only travel through a space that you could see. Not... through a completely unfamiliar tunnel system."
Seth crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat. "And who did you get that information from?"
"Nick, of course."
Hearing that name made him flinch, but he hid it well. "Well, Nick hasn't been around for a while. Things have changed. I've changed."
Sebastian studied him for a long moment before nodding. "Yes, I suppose you have. But Seth... are you aware your magic has progressed a lot farther than is usual for a Rider your age?"
Seth blinked once, slowly. "No," he drawled, "I wasn't aware, because my teacher left me before my powers finished developing, and no one else I know cared to tell me."
Sebastian didn't have a response for that. He cleared his throat and looked away, catching sight of Anya. "So, have you two come to a decision?"
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✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Oct 11, 2021 21:29:53 GMT -5
"Oh, and you know a lot of assassins, do you? Of course he didn't seem like an assassin! He wouldn't be very good at his job if it was obvious. And if he works for Genevieve, then there is no doubt that he is very good at what he does." Sol ran a hand through his hair. "And just because you couldn't give him what he wanted doesn't mean you don't still owe him. He brought you here; I seriously doubt he's just going to leave it at that."
☆~☆~☆ Morgan, bless and curse him, broke the awkwardness — or made things more awkward — by suddenly asking, "So how come you two don't have a sexual relationship yet? I mean, I know you're new to the boyfriend/girlfriend thing, but you've known each other for months. What are you waiting for?"
Seth almost choked. "Morgan," he said, torn between laughing and choking him.
"What? I'm curious."
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Heterosexual
✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Oct 11, 2021 21:50:44 GMT -5
Sol snorted. "Then you clearly don't know enough about Order Riders. Has your hatred of Seth really not given you any warnings? You think he's the only one who does the things he does?"
☆~☆~☆ "First of all," Seth said firmly, "it's none of your business. Second, even if it was, what the hell makes you think we'd answer that here of all places? And third: there is a child present, so shut the hell up, Morgan."
"I don't mind," Aidan piped up.
Seth sighed. "Of course you don't," he muttered.
Cami, who had been laughing quietly since Morgan dropped his question, suddenly burst out in peels of laughter, almost falling out if her seat in the process.
Morgan hid a grin behind one hand. "Right. Sorry." He didn't sound at all sorry.
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Heterosexual
✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Oct 12, 2021 6:27:11 GMT -5
"Well, forgive me for having little reason to trust people in my line of work," he muttered. He didn't bother mentioning that Rita was the only person — apart from Parker himself — whom Sol had never stopped to question if he could trust them. Everyone else in his life had had to jump through hoops to earn it.
☆~☆~☆ "Great." Morgan made a move to stand. "You ready to go then?"
"Ready as I'll ever be," Seth muttered. He wasn't looking forward to this, at all. He went to push his chair back, but Aidan stopped him.
"Wait! I'm almost done," he said, quickly scooping up one of his few remaining bites.
Seth paused. "It's all right, bud. You don't have to come if you don't want to. You can stay with Cresseida and Cami and Callum."
"No," Callum said. Everyone ignored him.
Aidan hesitated. He bit his lip, looking from Seth to Cresseida and back. "I... I want to stay with you," he said quietly, afraid of rejection.
As if Seth would ever tell him no when he looked at him like that. "Okay. Finish up, then."
Relieved, Aidan did so, and a few minutes later they were up and off. Aidan grabbed hold of Seth's hand, and Seth reached for Anya with the other.
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✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧
"You never have to prove yourself to anyone who doesn't accept you for who you are."
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Post by ✧☽ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇʀ ☾✧ on Oct 12, 2021 19:19:33 GMT -5
Sol tipped his head back on a sigh. "I'm really not, Parker. Especially if the risk gets you killed, because there will be very little I could do about it."
☆~☆~☆ The trek from the ness hall to the Council room was a long and winding one through several stone hallways, a few cavernous spaces, and even two flights of stone stairs. Morgan used the opportunity to turn their walk into a tour. He pointed out bathrooms, rec rooms, exercise rooms, training rooms. There was even a media room — "Reception is really freaking shitty, though." — and a pool — "The water is bloody freezing."
Seth took note of it all, mentally mapping out the vast cave system the Rebels had built, as he'd been trained to do, but he stayed mostly quiet. Aidan asked lots of questions, and Morgan always answered more thoroughly than he really had to so most of Seth's possible queries got answered anyway.
When they finally arrived, it was at a pair of large double doors in the left side of another long stone hall. Morgan stopped beside the nearest door. "Well, here we are. You want us to stick around, watch your back?"
Seth considered the closed doors, his face revealing nothing. He wanted to say yes, but he also didn't want Morgan or Kyra getting in trouble for defending a monster. Anya and Aidan, on the other hand... He couldn't say no to having extra defense for them.
"Yes," he said. "I do want that."
Morgan nodded. "Then you've git it."
Seth looked down at Anya and gave her hand a squeeze. "You ready?"
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