When the Madness Stops, the Clarity Sets In [ Dictated + Action ]

[wishmadeinfire]

To all who cared for him, after much searching, I think I can safely say that Thorin Oakenshield has been sent home. Perhaps, in remembrance, you might drink a beat of dwarfish mead in his stead. Hopefully one day we get to see him again - or is that cruel wishing someone back here? I can never quite figure it out. 

[ But there, the announcement was made. Someone had to make it. Maybe someone already had, but he had not been paying attention lately. He was becoming a recluse, he thought, but if so, so be it. Maybe after this many years here he deserved to be a recluse, the lonely king inside the false suite he'd made for himself. 

But after the spirals, being so frightened of them, and now finding someone he had found great comfort in gone... it was to much. He left his suite, wandering the halls, still so new and shiny after their transformation, bare feet padding on stone and sometimes carpet. He wasn't sure where he was heading, just following the path his feet took in a weary way, like someone to far from home and tired of the journey. Wandering. Thinking. Thinking to much inside his head.

Eventually, though, he found himself before a door he knew well, but that he rarely approached. He reached up, knocking on the door, hoping the red headed mage was in. ]

[ ooc: Feel free to stop Ashura as he wanders or respond to his initial announcement! ]

Comments

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

[They may have only spoken once, but Thorin had seen him, and that made him a believer. And now he's gone.

Pitch is annoyed.]

Just like that?

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[wishmadeinfire]

Yes, just like that. The Castle's whim is fickle and unpredictable, after all.

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

Hm.

Re: [dictated]

[wishmadeinfire]

Was he a friend of yours too?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

No.

We met once, a month or so ago.

Re: [dictated]

[wishmadeinfire]

Ah.

_{[ Well then. Not much to say to that. ]}

Is this your first time hearing of someone being sent home then?

[dictated]

[fearbringer]

I'm aware that it happens, if that's what you mean. And I know that it's likely the castle itself that does it.

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

Friend of yours, then, I take it.

Re: Dictated forever

[wishmadeinfire]

Yes. A very good friend. It has been... A time since someone so close has been sent away. The sensation is less pleasant than I remember.

[onlyanapple]

Hmmm, just when you think you're immune to it, huh?

Well, if you want to get blotto, you know where to find me.

[wishmadeinfire]

Blotto? Oh, yes, drunk.

And where should I come and find you then, Crowley? Things have changed a bit, remember.

_{[ Being drunk... maybe. He didn't necessarily like the sensation, but company might be nice. Being by himself wasn't a good way for him to handle these things, he thought. ]}

[onlyanapple]

Well, I can meet you in either of the castle's bars, if you like.

[wishmadeinfire]

Hmm, pick one and I shall join you. I am not very picky, really, but I think I would like to avoid the town.

action forever

[lord_wizard]

[Felix of course doesn't see the announcement because he had sequestered himself in his room following the mania of the week prior, most of the day spent scrubbing the troublesome spirals off of his skin after he'd drawn them all over his body. Thankfully, he had not not been quite insane enough to tattoo them there. But that didn't mean he was quite ready to face the rest of the castle after parading his naked body through the halls.

Bleeding saints...

He's brooding on just this subject, curled on his bed in a bathrobe, when the knocks comes. Felix answers in a terse tone...]

Who is it?

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[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ For a minute he wondered if he should leave. This was a bad idea. A bad one. He should stay away from Felix, seek his comfort elsewhere, but... Felix would understand. He would.}

The tone made him waver again, for a moment, but then he shook his head and rested his hand on the door. ]

It's me, Felix. It's Ashura. May I come in?

_{[ Please went unsaid, worked between the lines, in his tone. ]}

[lord_wizard]

.....

[He considered ignoring the voice or telling Ashura to go away. It would probably be safer for them both, but he heard that particular tone in his former lover's voice and let out a heavy sigh instead. He pushed himself up to sit on the edge of a the bed.]

It's locked. Wait a moment, I'll let you in...

[Felix padded to the door and mumbled a few words to lift the locking spell he'd placed there before opening the door.]

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ The minute the door opened, Ashura wasted no time in coming inside, lest Felix change his mind. The exotic king raised his arms and wrapped them around Felix, pressing his face against his neck in a moment of weakness he rarely showed outside of such intimate moments. But he needed this right now, to dull the ache. Felix would understand, wouldn't he? He didn't even bother to check if the other was alone, and said nothing. He simply sought immediate solace against his former lover. ]}

[lord_wizard]

[Felix stiffed a little against the gesture, unprepared as he always was to deal with simple affection. An amorous Ashura would have been an easier thing to navigate. Being lovers had done little to change that about him, although he eventually manages to move enough to shut the door with one hand, and, hesitantly, to wrap the other around the other man's back.]

Ashura, what...?

[wishmadeinfire]

Thorin is gone.

_{[ He remained pressed against Felix, though of course he felt him stiffen. But even so he needed this. Felix would adjust, he always did.}

He only hope that his voice did not sound to thick when the words came out. ]

action

[rapscalliongirl]

[ She also has bare feet, and for once, she's out of armor. On the other hand, she wears even less now, being only wearing a pair of thin, supershort shorts, and a shirt that was more or less a piece (barely) covering her chest hanging loosely on her small, scarred body. Simply cut white fabric basically.

She spotted him by some door (because she can't read, so she wouldn't know who lived in there, would she now) and thought he smelled a bit distressed. ]

Hey. You alright, mister?

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[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He blinked, looking away from the door and down at the girl. He was not perturbed by her clothing. He himself wore nearly as little on occasion. His war garb was not nearly so fantastic as his current robes of green and silver. ]}

Oh... yes, I am, I am just... sad. A friend of mine has left.

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[rapscalliongirl]

[ That explains things. She'd be sad too, if that happened. Thankfully, she didn't knwo anyone well enough yet, so even if anyone did leave, it wouldn't concern her. On the oter hand, she doesn't like seeing people sad. ]

Man, that sucks. [ How to cheer someone up.. ] Would you like some meat?

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[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He blinked, not quite sure how to respond to that proposition. ]}

Ah... I suppose I could eat something. I do not think I ate breakfast this morning.

_{[ And Ashura did need to eat. His body demanded food, though skipping a meal would not really kill him, just make his magic drain faster when used. ]}

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[rapscalliongirl]

[ Food always help as a distraction, believe her. ]

Seriously? But breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As is lunch, and dinner, and any meal.

[ It might be a bit obvious that she likes food. ]

In that case, we really need to get you something to eat.

Re: action

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He smiled a bit, amused. It was indeed obvious that she loved food, but her insistence on a meal was the most amusing of all. She seemed to care, if in a bit of an odd way. ]}

Yes, perhaps you a right. A full stomach makes it harder to be upset.