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[tylendel]

What does it mean to be a Gryffindor? (The colors remind him of the Bard school.) I understand that bravery and chivalry play a part, but if that's all, I am not in the right House in the least.

Speaking of which, does anyone really abide by the curfew? I feel like I'm in the Collegium again, but this time...

(There's no one warming his bed. Sleeping alone is almost physically painful after everything. Every moment of silence is filled with Tylendel's thoughts about Savil and all of the people - good people - he betrayed and left behind.)

It seems lonely. Magic can't make up for everything.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ Ah, that was an... interesting question, wasn't it? How did he feel? ]}

Young.

_{[ It felt the only real word he had for it. But his eyes glittered, reaching out to take Tylendel's hand, lacing their fingers. ]}

Like we're back at the Collegium when we first met.

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[tylendel]

(He grins at their hands and tugs Vanyel into a tight hug, kissing his forehead.)

You look young! (Just like old times.) I haven't a clue how I stopped from kissing you for so long.

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[peacockherald]

Well, eventually you do need to breathe - and talk.

_{[ He still had all his memories, even if his body was young. But his eyes held the oldness in them, the scars of the years even if his body no longer bore those same scars. Still, he smiled warmly and kissed his life bonded, not caring who saw like he might have at the Collegium. ]}

So, I suppose you are in another house from me then.

_{[ He touched the other's red and gold scarf as compared to his own yellow and black. ]}

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[tylendel]

There was the possibility that you wouldn't have liked it.

(He notices Vanyel's eyes; the maturity that is held within those depths is undeniable. Yet he is glad that his lover gets to feel a young body again. The pain of his many battles can be forgotten - fully - for the length of this world change.)

Gryffindor, yes. (A shrug follows and he shakes his head.) I don't think I'm suited. Chivalry, bravery...

We all know I can be a right ass when I want to be.

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[peacockherald]

When you wanted to be, but I think everyone is capable of that.

_{[ He squeezed his hand all the same, reassuring him. ]}

But you are brave, Tylendel, and chivalrous. Sometimes not in equal measures, but you are. At the least, red suits you better than this yellow and black suits me.

_{[ He sighed, looking down at the scarf and the insignia emblazoned on his robes. ]}

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[tylendel]

But not everyone has a knack for it. [He grins and rests his lips against Vanyel's forehead.] You are far too kind to me, Ashke. I love you for that.

[His eyebrows raise and he drops kisses over Vanyel's face.]

The black brings out your eyes and the yellow is sunny. I like imagining you in the sunshine.

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[peacockherald]

Sunshine is golden, not the color of a lady's gown.

_{[ He sighed, looking down the paths and across the grounds of this 'Hogwarts', this place the Castle had become. Really, it was quite idyllic and in the distance he could see the gates. He had heard talk that the path led down to a place called Hogsmede, a little village of sorts the students could shop in and get something to drink or treats. ]}

Care to explore with me?

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[tylendel]

Yellow is as close as you can get to sunshine in fabric, love.

(It was endearing to see that some of Vanyel's peacock tendencies hadn't changed. As far as he was concerned, his lover always looked gorgeous. One look from Vanyel's pale eyes was enough to make his legs feel like jelly.)

I don't want to be anywhere else. Lead the way.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ He felt warm, taking Tylendel's hand, hearing him say those things. It felt like the old days, before everything had become so... hard.}

He nodded and they headed down the path towards the gates that he could see not to far off, looking back over his shoulder at the great beast of a castle behind them. ]

Certainly an interesting world we're in this time.