eswareinmal | 3rd Orb - 19th of Rebirth's Decline; Evening

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3rd Orb - 19th of Rebirth's Decline; Evening

[It's been a long day. Too many long days, but today was particularly taxing between being set free from a curse and injuring the two people she loves most in the process, briefly attending a farce posing as a wedding, and returning as many of her ill-gained goods as possible.

That Ginia happened to find a piano in one of the rooms of the castle was perhaps one of the best things to happen all day. So seated at the piano, having traded her armor and dark clothes for a dress and the only jewelry a beautiful emerald and silver necklace, Ginia sets the orb on the piano, offering the briefest of smiles, being she begins to play.

After she finishes the first song, she pauses before she begins playing her next song.

There's another pause before her third song. It's one that takes a bit of thought and she's not even sure if the person who she wants to hear it is listening, but even if he isn't, maybe someone else will get the message for themselves. So taking a deep breath, Ginia begins to sing and play.

Her fourth, and final song, may be a little strange to anyone familiar with it. However, as Ginia sings and plays Silver Bells, it's intended for one recipient only. Everyone else can simply enjoy it.

Once she's finished, she bows her head modestly and smile as the orb.]

I hope you all enjoyed that. If... you'd like to hear more, I'd be happy to oblige.

((ooc; Yes, that's right, Ginia is talking. As per this log, Helios enchanted a necklace (picked out by Giles) that allows her to talk. The necklace only works if she's wearing it, magic-canceling abilities will prevent the necklace from working.))

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[ Helios lets out a light, relieved, sigh and nods as he leans back against the counter. He winces a little as he uses his injured arm to pick up the heavy tea kettle to pour out two cups of tea. ] Good, good, that's wonderful news! I-I'm glad everything is...is better.

[ He smiles as he takes the cups and puts them down on the table. He stops and looks a bit worn in that brief second, very tired, almost like nightmares had kept him awake most of the night. But it's merely a shadow as he shakes his head and smiles. ] I'm perfectly fine. Doing very well, actually.

[ He doesn't blame her, could never really blame her. He couldn't even blame his own brother for doing the things he did. Ginia wasn't in the wrong that early morning. As far as Helios was concerned it wasn't her at all, but a byproduct of the necklace's powers. ]

We should probably start eating b-before everything gets cold.

We had a good talk. I... told him some things I should have told him sooner. I think we're at a better level of understanding with each other. [And a level of hope. Marriage, spending the rest of their lives together, it's almost silly for two people dead in their world to dream of such things, but the dreams are there and they'll hold onto it.

Though even as she says that, she knows there are things she needs to tell Helios. It seems almost a pity to ruin such a peaceful moment, and Helios himself looks a little unwell, but if not soon, then perhaps never.]

I'm glad. If there's anything you need, or anything I can do, please don't hesitate to ask. [Otherwise she'll be a hovering, worried thing.]

Yes, we probably should. Sometimes I miss the modern conveniences of microwaves and fridges and all.

Ah that's good. Sometimes it just...takes a little while to, um, talk about things. [ He sounds incredibly guilty when he says those words. Having some secrets of his own still, he has yet to tell Ginia. ]

Oh, no, you don't have to worry about thing. I'll, um, be perfectly alright. [ He gives another smile as he sits down at the table. ]

It would be nice to have a refrigerator. I wouldn't have to use ice magic all the time to keep things cool. But it's still amazing living in these times...very interesting to see how everything was done. [ And sometimes a bit inconvenient. ]

So it does. Time and comfortable and so many other little factors. [The two of them and their secrets. Ginia has a hunch Helios has more than his share, but she won't press. He'll share what he'll share in his own time.

She reaches for some eggs and bacon, scooping some onto her plate.] We are such spoiled people, coming from the future and with all the technology it holds. What do you think, find a way to create a fridge with what we have here, strike it rich?

[ He laughs at that and takes a few pieces of bacon himself, and some eggs. It's been a challenge getting acclimated to using such little technology. He might not use fancy computers or ipod things, but he did love having a working, renovated, kitchen. ]

That would certainly change quite a few things around here. I-I think it'd be wonderful...but it might take away a certain charm to the rustic nature of the place. [ But Helios did love his new age appliances. ]

Luceti was full of rustic charm and nature, and we still had electricity, fridges, and stovetops. [She sighs at the memory of the quiet village. The years have faded and muddled many of her memories, but she remembers key things. The feeling of peace in the forest, the moments shared with Giles and Helios, dear Grune and her garden, she remembered enough to think fondly of the place.]

...Do you miss your home? First Luceti, now here, it's been awhile since you've seen your world, hasn't it.

Sometimes. [ He does miss home, a lot. He misses his students, his castle, even Ra and his boisterous attitude. There were things that he could do without, and things that he wouldn't want to go back to without Ginia and Giles with him. He has a small sad look on his face. ]

I don't know if it would be the same without you and Giles there with me now, though.

It's hard imagining life without the two of you. I know we've only know each other for a few months, but it really feels like much longer. [Except Ginia can remember life without the two of them. She has years without them. Would things have turned out differently if she had them there?]

...I really hope we can go to your world.

It is hard to imagine, now. [ He pauses and looks down at the table and his hands. ] Everything we've been through...I-I don't know if I would want to leave you two behind.

[ He rather not go back at all if they didn't come with him. ] I'll f-find a way. There has to be a way just like...like the world of Luceti used. [ But maybe it was a power far out of his reach and control. ]

We were brought to Luceti. We were brought here. Talking to Bakura, there are other worlds where people from all over can be taken to. There has to be way to let us go from here - or anywhere - back to your world.

[Or if not Helios' world, at least another world where they can stay together. It's almost unfair, living on in other worlds, stealing a few more precious minutes of life because in her world, the timer is at zero. But she wants to live. She wants to live with them.]

...I need to tell you something. ...You won't like it.

It's a possibility. A-And magic might have brought us here.

[ Helios looks up at Ginia, confused, a slightly wary. ] What?

[Ginia stabs at her eggs with her fork, but there's no putting it off any further, not when she's already brought it up. She could lie, find something else to say, not ruin Helios' day and hurt him even further, but one day it would come out.]

...I told you I went back home. ...I didn't tell you I died there.

[ It's with a very great effort that Helios doesn't drop his fork into his plate. But the force and sheer amount of pain of her words is almost unbearable. It was just like when Giles told him much the same thing, when he came back to Luceti all those months ago. His green eyes widen as he looks back at Ginia his hands slightly shaking from trying to keep his composure. ] Oh gods. Ginia. I-I'm so sorry.

[ He doesn't know what else to say, what else to do. He manages to get up out of his seat and walk over to her to give her a hug. It's awkward and slightly tentative but it's there nonetheless. ] I-I'll find away. I'll find away to bring you both back with me.

[ It wasn't fair that they were gone. It wasn't fair that such good people like them were gone. ]

[Yet another thing Giles and Ginia have in common. Ginia can only look down at her hands after she reveals the truth, hands balling into tight fists. Two people have her secret now and though she wishes she didn't have to burden the two she loves the most with such a terrible thing, it makes her feel better knowing they know.

Helios' hug surprises her since she's looking down, but her hands come up and rest lightly on his back.]

...I made my choice. I just... I just wish I knew if things were successful in the end. That's my only regret.

[ His hug only gets tighter as she continues. Gods he can't even think of what to say. Both of them, his two best friends, his family, they were both gone in their own worlds. It breaks his heart not being able to do anything for her. So when he pulls away he manages the most optimistic look he can manage. ]

I'm...sorry. [ He wishes he could say that things would be alright, but he knew her world. He'd been there before. It was a cold, hard, place to live. And it had taken her away just as it had taken so many others. ]

[Ginia tries her best to smile at him, but it's hard. What's there to smile about? Still, she'll try for his sake. From her conversation with Giles, there's a little more hope for whatever future they might have.]

I'm sorry for ruining such a nice day. After all you've done... [Tried to stop her when she was under the necklace's curse, made her a new necklace, forgave her for stabbing him...] ...but I knew if I didn't tell you, I never would and it'd probably come back and bite me in the end. I guess it explains a lot too. Going out at night, being reckless...

[Her smile comes a little easier as she thinks of something.] ...But I have you and Giles. My family. The ones I love.

[ He steps back and regards her with sympathy and concern. There was no need for her to apologize about something like this. This of all things required no apology. ]

You didn't. You didn't r-ruin my day Ginia. I-I'm glad you told me. [ Even if all he can do now is live up to the same promise he gave Giles, when Giles told him the same thing. Make her and Giles' life as happy and fulfilling as possible. ]

I. I have...somethings I should tell you as well. [ A tired sigh as he finds his seat again and sits back in it. He doesn't look at Ginia directly, but more at the floor instead. ]

[Ginia looks curiously at him, knowing whatever it is it can't be easy for him to share. For a moment, she's afraid he'll also admit he's dead as well and then all their hopes and dreams will be for naught. If not his world, then where would they go? Though there was also some merit in forever traveling worlds.

She nods at him, allowing him to take all the time he needs to find his words.]

[ It was something worse then death, he thinks. Because the pain when he goes back will always be there. He hunches as he remembers a particularly terrible memory hits him. It's always hard to talk about this, but he knows that if he can say it to anyone...it should be Ginia. He should have told her when he told Alice, really, but at the time he wasn't thinking. He bits his lip his left hand rubbing his right arm. He looks suddenly ashamed, tentative, even though he's told Alice reopening the old wounds always hurts. ] A-About the...the other day. When-when you were dressing my wound...

[ He glances at her briefly before looking away again. ] You didn't...s-see anything, did you?

[Ginia shakes her head.] There was a lot of blood and fabric was in the way. [Her eyes flick down to his arm, at the injury she inflicted on him.] You don't need to apologize for pulling away.

[ He hunches just a bit more. ] I. I should though. I-I know it hurt and I-I didn't mean to. It's just...me.

[ And his issues and utter inabilities to get over them, especially in situations like that. His voice is dour and slightly monotonous when he speaks again. ] I n-never told you I had a brother, did I?

No, not at all. [The surprise on Ginia's face is evident, but it tempers slightly. She vaguely remembers them talking about family, parents and professions and all, but he's never made any mention of siblings. That he didn't automatically makes Ginia think of the worst. A man as loving and kind as Helios to not mention someone? There had to be something there, especially with how Helios was acting now.]

He. [ Helios pauses biting his lip as a particular memory comes to mind of some awful time alone with Nero. But he presses onward. ] He d-doesn't like me very much.

[ An understatement that is fit for several centuries. He absently rubs his good arm with his bad hand, wincing all the while. ] And he used to... [ do horrible things to him, but Helios really can't outright say it. His throat feels far too tight to even open, let alone allow him to speak. It'd be easier to just show her but even that seems impossible. ]

[He doesn't need to say anymore. From how quiet his voice drops, from the hesistation and near fear coming from him, Ginia can figure what his brother might have done. It's her turn to hug him as she moves from her chair and gingerly hugs him.]

...Just because you two are related, just because he's your brother by blood, doesn't mean you have to like him.

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