𝖘𝖆𝖑𝖙𝖇𝖚𝖗𝖓𝖙 𝖎𝖓𝖇𝖔𝖝.

[abyssale]

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[abyssale]

when you're warm in my arms is... close. it's enough.

[godspark]

for now. maybe

i do love the moon, though. i've fallen asleep out there once or twice. in the maze.

have you read about artemis?

[abyssale]

i've come across the name but haven't reached her yet.

why?

[godspark]

she's the moon goddess
the elder people of this world used to worship her.
she's a hunter, and she's chaste, and she protects women

it thought you might like her.

[abyssale]

i do.

but it sounds like she might hate me.

[godspark]

only if you flirt with her

[abyssale]

she needn't worry. I'm no Luminor.

[godspark]

apollo actually

he's her brother in this world
twins
no tragedy involved.

[abyssale]

... we never did question if Luminor and Nocturna had a sibling kind of love for each other.

[godspark]

i have to admit i'm not really sure how much that would change anything

i don't know very much about love, but if it ends with someone dying then you're doing it wrong

[abyssale]

sibling rivalry is a complicated thing, i hear.

not that i had that, of course. i was a perfect only child (:

[godspark]

[ ... ]

were you close to the ones who changed you?
your parents

[abyssale]

( .... )

one of them.
my mother. sometimes i called her sister. she said mother made her feel old.

she was fucking old. 750 at least.

[godspark]

you said you didn't remember being human

is she the one who taught you how to be a vampire? what was her name?

[abyssale]

yes. to both questions. and also, she made me.

her name was Larisa.

[godspark]

is it

do you dislike talking about her?
about any of them
i don't want to upset you.

[abyssale]

no.

no... i haven't talked about any of them in thirty years.

i suppose i'm a bit rusty at it.

[godspark]

if you wouldn't mind, i would like to hear about them

and about you
what you were like back then, before everything.

[abyssale]

meet me at the lake.

[godspark]

i will.

[ he in fact waits there, watching the sun set from the banks so that his skin will still be warm from it when lexi arrives. it seems that he likes that, so. ]

[abyssale]

( Lexi eventually makes his appearance as the sun disappears over the horizon. he's dressed in loose flowing, pants, a long kimono, and bare feet. wrapped around himself is a large, soft blanket of a material he doesn't recognize.

he crouches down and sits next to Dani, looking out across the setting rays. ) This hour comes the closest to reminding me of home.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not...

[godspark]

[ dani sees what he means. the sky is still stained with sunset, the clouds flamed with red and orange. it does come closest. but it feels nicer, and the moon and stars will follow.

dani's dressed in jeans, a soft cotton t-shirt, and a larger, looser, open shirt with the sleeves rolled up a little. all his clothes are black. there's shoes beside him, but his feet are also bare, because he had them in the water until it chilled.

he looks up with a warm smile, and scoots up against lexi, reaching to take his hand. ]

This sky has more to look at. Hey, I like this.

[ he tugs lexi's kimono. ]

[abyssale]

( as Dani moves closer, Lexi holds open his large blanket to invite him into it with him.

as usual these days, Dani is a warmth Lexi can never know.

he looks down at the kimono Dani tugs at and nods. ) I like it, too. I like the clothes of this world quite a bit, actually.

[godspark]

[ he settles in with him, tucking against him. Tilting his head up, he kisses his jaw. ]

Me too. Possibly because I suddenly have the nice ones, it's maybe not terrible pretending to be rich.

[abyssale]

( Lexi nudges against his jaw at that. ) Do try to remember that the next time I invite you to the palace, yes?