Aurelias Accipitris
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Mar 25, 2017 15:55:59 GMT -8
Aurelias shifts and slowly wakes to find Hayan coiled around him he shifts and groans running fingers through her blonde hair. "You know, I don't know where to go next." He admits as he stares up the ceiling. "If we left this inn today and I had to pick a direction I'd be lost." He closes his eyes and lets out a sigh. "What about you, do you know where you are going?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 4:39:23 GMT -8
"I have had plenty of time to think, and... I hate that people are being condemned for being born with powers because they aren't aristocratic. I... feel strongly about this because I..." She worried over this, took a deep breath and said, "I have the power to heal others with but my thoughts. I am magi... And I think Lily is too... I have to find a safe place to take her and I feel that there might be a way to help those who are like me without drawing attention. If the empire finds out, they will surely take her and me. She is safe for the moment, Sister Anise and Sister Prudence would die before they let anything happen to her."
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Mar 26, 2017 6:05:20 GMT -8
Aurelias jerks and flails at this new damn near falling out of the bed before he recovers. For the first time since he'd known her Hayan had said something that truly surprised him and he sucks in a breath looking at her expression unreadable. "By the Gods, you might have mentioned this earlier." He finally says slowly relaxing though not enough to let the tension utterly leave his body. Aurelias's view on magi was kind of vague he didn't actually see why they all had to die, he'd seen the ones that abused their power and knew they could be a threat, but he'd also seen the harmless ones who just wanted to help. He understood that magic wielders were just people and didn't really buy into the dogma against them, however, it was still a rather large and disturbing revelation to know the woman you were sleeping with had a death sentence on her head.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 17:38:07 GMT -8
"And what would you have done?" Her question was soft, serious, and weary. "Every reckless and stupid thing I've done has been out of fear and self preservation up until the night we first lay with one another." She moved to sit on the side of the bed, her shoulders stooped. "I would probably be killed for my recklessness toward the Emperor, but they don't tend to kill aristocratic magi. I've heard of many being exploited by the empire, and I fear more for Lily than for me. I got so angry that day..." She took a deep breath and turned her head to gaze in his direction, "But you have to understand that I spent years stuck under my husband's rule, just to be tossed aside like rubbish for being barren... I certainly didn't love him, but he did not deserve to die for using one spell out of desperation... I spent another several years in the convent, never took my final vows because I never desired to be a woman of the cloth... And the emperor just... spouted nothing but these hateful things about people who do things like that, people who were born that way... I did not choose any of what happened."
Hayan looked at him more directly and her voice cracked, "That's why I urged you so hard to make a choice... And it is why I choose to tell you I'm magi when not another soul, not even my daughter, knows what I am."
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Mar 27, 2017 5:33:59 GMT -8
Aurelias frowns as she explains why she hadn't told him the truth sooner. He wants very much to be very angry at her, telling him that she'd wanted him to make the choice before he told her when that information would have affected his choice is a rather salient point to him. However, he was also forced to admit that had their positions been reversed he'd likely have done the same thing. How could he trust someone enough to tell them a secret that could cost him his life, unless he had reason to believe they wouldn't betray that trust. "Fine." He finally says with a resigned grunt realizing he wasn't about to turn her in or leave her alone even if he wasn't thrilled with her right this moment.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 22:47:21 GMT -8
She sighed and pulled her tunic over her head to settle over her nude frame, thoughts running rapidly through her mind. She knew he wasn't too pleased with her at the moment. Hayan pressed her lips together, pulled her breeches up, then stopped what she was doing to look at him over her shoulder. Her eyes were filled with a soulful tired as she spoke, "I would have told you if you did not choose me, so we are clear on that." Not that she was a mind reader, it just felt as though she worded her thoughts wrong. And then she lay on the bed again.
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 1, 2017 15:41:14 GMT -8
"I said it was fine." Aurelias says perhaps sharper than he intended to but he was not happy. He closes his eyes and sucks in a long deep breath to gain control of his frayed nerves again. "I wouldn't have shared it easily either, it's a dangerous secret and you are right to guard." He says in the resigned tone of someone who is angry even though they know they shouldn't be. "It complicates something that I thought might be simple though and I can't say that pleases me. Still, we can work through it."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 9:08:20 GMT -8
She winced when he barked at her, tried to keep herself from yelling back in frustration. He had the right to be upset... But it was what it was. She turned toward him, "I hope so," was said very quietly before she gave a grim expression and moved away to pull her shoes on. She left him, then, figuring he would need some time to take in the news, to mull over the situation. She ended up wandering about town to clear her own thoughts.
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
Registered: Nov 24, 2016 18:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 2, 2017 10:02:58 GMT -8
There is no objection to her leaving, she was right he needed time to think and collect himself. Eventually, he gets up and dresses and then curses wishing he'd thought to take a walk first, it might have cleared his head but in a village, this small he'd likely run into her and then they'd be back to square one. He can't even stick his head out the window because it was shuttered against this last bit of unseasonable chill. Cursing he just lays in the bed and stews in his displeasure until eventually he just shoves it aside and decides to take a nap, hopefully, he'd feel better when he woke up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 10:44:44 GMT -8
It was not until much later, close to sunset, that she hesitantly entered the room again. She closed the door quietly behind her and leaned against it, looking to see if he was awake or asleep. If she found him asleep, she would pull her bedroll out and set it up on the floor, curling up and falling into a fitful sleep. If he was awake, she didn't have anything to say unless he said something to her.
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
Registered: Nov 24, 2016 18:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 2, 2017 11:16:56 GMT -8
It was a long lonely afternoon but by the time the sun sets he has put his anger to rest. When the door opens he doesn't say anything though he is awake. All he does is lift the blankets inviting her to come lay with him under their warmth. Whatever anger he'd had was faded and for the moment she was forgiven.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 11:40:07 GMT -8
She moved to the bed, disrobed of her breeches and shoes, crawling in and curling in against her lover. She relished in the warmth he offered, rolling over to press her forehead against his. Her mouth met his in hunger... If he thought it was intense in the first days, he would probably find that this time was even more so as she led him to the blanket of censorship.
She had given her all. Her soul, her heart, her mind, her body, her trust... When it was all over, when they were both exhausted and sated, she slept.
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
Registered: Nov 24, 2016 18:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 2, 2017 12:09:17 GMT -8
The fire of her passion took him off guard, he'd have never believed forgiveness was an aphrodisiac but she certainly acted like it was. When the moment was over and she lay curled in his arms sound asleep he remained awake staring into the dark of the room. It didn't really solve their immediate problems him forgiving her, he still didn't know what they were doing or where they were going. He figured at some point she would want to recover her daughter but beyond that... They were adrift.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 13:41:00 GMT -8
Several days blended one into the next until she took initiative to bring up some sort of plan... "You said you were going to Swavia before we got close. Perhaps we should still go. Once we are there, perhaps we can figure something out. As much as I have enjoyed languishing in this bed, we cannot ignore reality."
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
Registered: Nov 24, 2016 18:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 3, 2017 6:02:37 GMT -8
Aurelias had been absently tracing a finger over her bare skin when she broached the topic of finally leaving the inn and returning to the world, pursing his lips he considers it. The sum of money he was carrying would have been large even in the city,a stipend paid when he'd been asked to resign his post and his personal savings came to a respectable amount and here in this little village it was a kings ransom. More money than any person in the small town had ever seen, hell more than they could imagine, so for the moment they were in no rush for fear of funds running out. Still, she was right they couldn't stay here forever no matter how tempting it was. "It's something to do." He finally agrees.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 9:52:04 GMT -8
It was always hard to concentrate whenever he touched her lije he was. She touched him back, gently forging a path along his arm. "Aye," she said in reply, eyes half closed as she continued to languish despite her words. Hayan 5ook a contented breath in and lost her thoughts, focusing on his face through half closed eyes.
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Aurelias Accipitris
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Roleplay posts: 115
Age: 26
Registered: Nov 24, 2016 18:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Aurelias Accipitris on Apr 4, 2017 15:06:48 GMT -8
It appears as though leaving the inn would be a task for tomorrow, both were lost in the touch and feel of the other and soon Aurelias has Hayan pinned beneath him, dragging her down to the black. The following morning he rolls out of bed and gets dressed before they get distracted and he make preparations to see them on towards Swavia.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 17:13:28 GMT -8
She reluctantly left the bed in order to get going. Another bath was ordered, turns would be taken, breakfast eaten etc etc. She was not ready to leave but she did not protest their leaving. Indeed, as much as they both wished to languish, she had worries that someone would eventually recognize her. Hopefully not.
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