[ She sighs and pushes herself up so that she can stand at her full height and walk over to her brother so that they can properly be face to face. ]
He has committed unspeakable atrocities, it is true. But even he deserves compassion, Ravus. He, too, is naught more than a pawn of fate. He may try to defy it unlike the rest of us, but in the end, that is all he is. If he can find even a shred of happiness here, then I would be very glad for him.
I do not share the same sentiment which you foolishly have for him.
[ And it is then that a crackle of static electricity in the colour purple suddenly snaps beside the former prince, his... aggravation growing to the point of allowing for emotional influence to happen within their surroundings. ]
He deserves naught but an end which Noctis will see to it that he has.
[ She shakes her head and sighs. He's causing a scene... at least they are in the garden and not out in public. ]
He does deserve that, though if you ask me the cost is far too high. Because he deserves peace, and that is exactly what he wants. I would ask, brother, that you stay out of his way. Hopefully, he will be smart enough to do the same.
He has already been made aware of my thoughts of his being here.
[ Though that is not to say that their paths shall never cross again. But he will not seek the devil out nor shall he allow for his sister or Noctis to be sought after, if even for so-called entertainment as the Chancellor might like to think of it as. ]
I care naught for what it is he wants so long as it does not concern you or Noctis.
Then let that be the last of it between the two of you. I plan on having a conversation with Noctis as well... perhaps with the entire household.
[ Because she knows that a WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE are more than likely extremely displeased with Ardyn's appearance within this world, and she's fully committed to damage control. ]
You worry far too much, Ravus... relax, and have faith.
[ There is a moment in which he can feel his jaw clench at his sister's words. There is a fire within him, one which is filled with not only anger but pain as well and to have Ardyn here, the very man who has caused a great deal of this within him, it only makes it ache all the more.
It is with a careful control of calm that he gives a step forward and stares to his sister with those eyes which tell of anger and pain. ]
Perhaps you have made peace with your death, but I have not. Do not persuade me to feel differently, sister.
[ She hums, though she looks a little sympathetic when Ravus brings her death up. They haven't spoken of it since his arrival... she's not spoken of it to anyone. But now seems as good a time as any, she supposes. ]
My death was a necessity... whether or not Ardyn was the cause, it would have happened regardless. You and I both know that. All he did was bring it a little sooner than we'd have liked.
[ There was no escape from death, not that she'd get any sort of rest even afterwards. But it was something she'd accepted years ago, and she still does. ]
Fate has not been kind to any of us, brother. And that includes Ardyn.
[ It takes a great deal within the former prince to quell the emotions which threaten to pour out of him in copious amounts which could very well hinder all the work his sister has put into her garden. For her to speak so easily of her death, he turns some, looking away from his sister. ]
No, I do not accept that for him.
[ He can't, not with the things Ardyn has done and has yet to do. ]
I will not offer him peace nor forgiveness for what he has done and has yet to do.
[ And, a beat. ]
Stay away from him. Do not think I shall not see to it that you do myself.
[ In Luna's eyes, death is not the end. Especially for her, unable to rest with their mother and other fallen loved ones until she has fulfilled her part in destiny which calls for the light to be restored. Even after that, she doesn't think that's going to be the end. There's more to it than that. ]
You don't have to. But I do. And I will.
[ She shakes her head again. This conversation is getting old, fast. ]
If you cannot do that, you will find no peace yourself. It will drive you mad, Ravus. Do not go down that path. And you need not worry because, again, I've zero intention of going to him unless I absolutely need to.
You fail to understand. Peace does not wait for me, sister.
[ Something which he snaps at her without even truly meaning to... though allows for himself to reel in his sudden emotions which threaten to burst at the seams. He cannot and he will not get into this with her. Happiness is all he's wanted for her and to now have two things which could very well hinder that for her... ah, how annoyed dear big brother is. ]
[ If only that were the case... if only he would see this dawn which Noctis would bring back to their star. There is an ache deep within his heart as he refrains still from looking to his sister, turning just a touch more away from her. ]
I will not speak of this again concerning Ardyn. Do not make it be that I must do so in the future, sister.
[ Is all he shall say before he makes the attempt to step away from both his sister and her garden while he is still able to maintain control. ]
[ Her voice is a firm, I'm-not-buying-your-bullshit sort of tone as she suddenly steps after him. He's not telling her something and she knows it. He's never been a good secret keeper, not from her, at least. ]
What did you mean before, that you would not know peace?
[ His own tone which he takes with her is just as firm as hers and he continues to step away from her - to refrain still from looking to her. This world is her second chance, one where she can have that which he could not give to her... freedom,happiness... all things which he had wanted for her more than anything and done whatever it was that he could to try and make it a possibility for her. He simply cannot allow his own pain to hinder her own happiness here. Not when she deserves it more than anyone else, as far as he is concerned. ]
If you do not tell me, I will ask someone else. Assuming they know what you are speaking of.
[ She huffs and follows, her pace fast so that she can circle around him and stop in front of him. The longer this draws on, the more she feels like she's preparing for a punch to the gut. Already she's got an inkling, but he's dancing around the subject, and she would rather hear it from the source. ]
[ For his sister to circle around in front of him... ah, he expected as much and, truth be told, had she not, he might have been a little disappointed, in a way, for Lunafreya is ever as firm and determined as their mother - may she rest in peace - had been.
It's the thinly veiled threat that she may inquire his lack of insight from one of the others - he suspects Noctis to be quite honest - that seems to tug at the various emotions which he attempts to quell within him and it is, with so little restraint on that which he means to keep hidden from her, that he stares to her in such a way where he also seems to tower over her. Such a tall man, Ravus Nox Fleuret. ]
I am not to have peace because I am killed by Ardyn's hand.
[ So the story currently goes. ]
I am able to retrieve his father's glaive and despite my death which Ardyn is responsible for, Noctis is able to come into possession of it, so he has told me.
[ His voice, while steady in every way that he is able to have it be, wavers in gentle cracks within his words, a sign that accepting this is not easy for him nor does he want to believe that, much like his sister, upon leaving this world and returning to Eos, he too, shall be greeted with death. ]
Our bloodline dies with me, sister. So forgive me if I am not as calm at seeing him here all of a sudden.
[ It's not a threat, it's a promise. He can't just say something like that and leave her in the dark, let alone expect her to just comply like a good little naive girl and let that comment slip. That's never how she's been, after all. But when he speaks, she's suddenly slightly regretting her inquiry.
Curiosity killed the cat, or so the saying goes.
At first, she blinks, and then she actually takes a step backwards as his words and the shock of it all settles in. ]
...That can't be true. You were not meant to die... you were not supposed to die. How do you know this?
Does it matter? It has been confirmed by Noctis and the others.
[ While he will say that his death has, in fact, been confirmed, he shall not disclose the fact that it had been Ignis who had told him of his fate... though he's certain Lunafreya shall do her own investigating if she feels the need to.
There is a breath that is given, his gaze to slip away from his sister and the silent attempts at maintaining control on his emotions made so that he not allow for his temper to snap and he take this out on his sister and her curiosity which he had tried to ignore. ]
Our family is destroyed and there is naught I can do to prevent it.
[ For it had been hard enough for him to accept that his mother and sister had been taken from him by death, but to learn that he himself shall meet his demise and at the hands of such darkness... and so the world shall no longer give birth to Oracles and he not allowed to see the light. ]
[ Noctis knew and didn't tell her. Then again, she doesn't know who told Ravus to begin with. She's so taken aback that all the sounds of nature around them are just gone. It's a deafening silence that's muted everything except for their voices, and it doesn't help that the color drains from the garden rapidly. ]
What... no. No, that cannot be. I don't believe that. No one told me, how do you know this is true?
[ Noctis would have no reason to lie, and neither would the others. But she still just can't wrap her mind around it, how someone as big and strong as Ravus could just... die. ]
We are not all from the same point in time, sister.
[ He shall leave it at that in terms of an explanation for how he knows.
But it's within that deafening silence that he, too, falls silent, staring to the ground before him and how the colour slowly drains away from them. This is exactly the reason why he hadn't wanted her to find out. To see her happiness drained from her in such a real and physical way... it has him turn away from his sister and, for a moment, it looks as though he means to leave without offering her further explanation to her follow-up question.
However, he stands there with his back to her, eyes allowing to fall shut in his own silent sadness before he turns to look to her more firmly, pushing back his own grief at his fate which awaits him on Eos. ]
Before I arrived within this world, I had been apprehended by the Empire for treason, in a sense. Because I did not carry out the orders back within Altissia. Because I chose to stand by Noctis instead.
[ And had even shown such a thing with preventing Ardyn from doing the young king harm. ]
My duty was to retrieve his father's glaive and return it to him as blood of the Oracle as I said I would should he prove himself to me.
[ A pause to come, he forces himself to continue. ]
It would appear that I am to meet my demise sometime after, at the hands of Ardyn. I do not know how he kills me, only that I am. But Noctis has reassured me that he comes into possession of his father's glaive. That my death... is not in vain in that sense.
[ And yet still, he finds that hard to swallow regardless. ]
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Date: 2019-05-09 06:45 am (UTC)[ She sighs and pushes herself up so that she can stand at her full height and walk over to her brother so that they can properly be face to face. ]
He has committed unspeakable atrocities, it is true. But even he deserves compassion, Ravus. He, too, is naught more than a pawn of fate. He may try to defy it unlike the rest of us, but in the end, that is all he is. If he can find even a shred of happiness here, then I would be very glad for him.
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Date: 2019-05-09 06:51 am (UTC)[ And it is then that a crackle of static electricity in the colour purple suddenly snaps beside the former prince, his... aggravation growing to the point of allowing for emotional influence to happen within their surroundings. ]
He deserves naught but an end which Noctis will see to it that he has.
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Date: 2019-05-09 06:54 am (UTC)[ She shakes her head and sighs. He's causing a scene... at least they are in the garden and not out in public. ]
He does deserve that, though if you ask me the cost is far too high. Because he deserves peace, and that is exactly what he wants. I would ask, brother, that you stay out of his way. Hopefully, he will be smart enough to do the same.
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Date: 2019-05-09 06:58 am (UTC)[ Though that is not to say that their paths shall never cross again. But he will not seek the devil out nor shall he allow for his sister or Noctis to be sought after, if even for so-called entertainment as the Chancellor might like to think of it as. ]
I care naught for what it is he wants so long as it does not concern you or Noctis.
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Date: 2019-05-09 07:02 am (UTC)[ Because she knows that a WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE are more than likely extremely displeased with Ardyn's appearance within this world, and she's fully committed to damage control. ]
You worry far too much, Ravus... relax, and have faith.
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Date: 2019-05-09 07:07 am (UTC)It is with a careful control of calm that he gives a step forward and stares to his sister with those eyes which tell of anger and pain. ]
Perhaps you have made peace with your death, but I have not. Do not persuade me to feel differently, sister.
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Date: 2019-05-09 07:31 am (UTC)My death was a necessity... whether or not Ardyn was the cause, it would have happened regardless. You and I both know that. All he did was bring it a little sooner than we'd have liked.
[ There was no escape from death, not that she'd get any sort of rest even afterwards. But it was something she'd accepted years ago, and she still does. ]
Fate has not been kind to any of us, brother. And that includes Ardyn.
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Date: 2019-05-09 07:42 am (UTC)No, I do not accept that for him.
[ He can't, not with the things Ardyn has done and has yet to do. ]
I will not offer him peace nor forgiveness for what he has done and has yet to do.
[ And, a beat. ]
Stay away from him. Do not think I shall not see to it that you do myself.
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Date: 2019-05-09 08:24 pm (UTC)You don't have to. But I do. And I will.
[ She shakes her head again. This conversation is getting old, fast. ]
If you cannot do that, you will find no peace yourself. It will drive you mad, Ravus. Do not go down that path. And you need not worry because, again, I've zero intention of going to him unless I absolutely need to.
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Date: 2019-05-09 09:28 pm (UTC)[ Something which he snaps at her without even truly meaning to... though allows for himself to reel in his sudden emotions which threaten to burst at the seams. He cannot and he will not get into this with her. Happiness is all he's wanted for her and to now have two things which could very well hinder that for her... ah, how annoyed dear big brother is. ]
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Date: 2019-05-09 10:42 pm (UTC)[ Now she just looks skeptical, really, brows drawing in and a frown marring her usually happy expression. ]
When the dawn comes, peace will return. It is in the prophecy. Tenebrae will return to you. You will have peace after the war.
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Date: 2019-05-09 10:46 pm (UTC)I will not speak of this again concerning Ardyn. Do not make it be that I must do so in the future, sister.
[ Is all he shall say before he makes the attempt to step away from both his sister and her garden while he is still able to maintain control. ]
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:00 pm (UTC)[ Her voice is a firm, I'm-not-buying-your-bullshit sort of tone as she suddenly steps after him. He's not telling her something and she knows it. He's never been a good secret keeper, not from her, at least. ]
What did you mean before, that you would not know peace?
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:04 pm (UTC)[ His own tone which he takes with her is just as firm as hers and he continues to step away from her - to refrain still from looking to her. This world is her second chance, one where she can have that which he could not give to her... freedom, happiness... all things which he had wanted for her more than anything and done whatever it was that he could to try and make it a possibility for her. He simply cannot allow his own pain to hinder her own happiness here. Not when she deserves it more than anyone else, as far as he is concerned. ]
Tend to your garden.
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:13 pm (UTC)[ She huffs and follows, her pace fast so that she can circle around him and stop in front of him. The longer this draws on, the more she feels like she's preparing for a punch to the gut. Already she's got an inkling, but he's dancing around the subject, and she would rather hear it from the source. ]
What are you hiding from me, brother?
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:35 pm (UTC)It's the thinly veiled threat that she may inquire his lack of insight from one of the others - he suspects Noctis to be quite honest - that seems to tug at the various emotions which he attempts to quell within him and it is, with so little restraint on that which he means to keep hidden from her, that he stares to her in such a way where he also seems to tower over her. Such a tall man, Ravus Nox Fleuret. ]
I am not to have peace because I am killed by Ardyn's hand.
[ So the story currently goes. ]
I am able to retrieve his father's glaive and despite my death which Ardyn is responsible for, Noctis is able to come into possession of it, so he has told me.
[ His voice, while steady in every way that he is able to have it be, wavers in gentle cracks within his words, a sign that accepting this is not easy for him nor does he want to believe that, much like his sister, upon leaving this world and returning to Eos, he too, shall be greeted with death. ]
Our bloodline dies with me, sister. So forgive me if I am not as calm at seeing him here all of a sudden.
[ Ardyn, he means. ]
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Date: 2019-05-10 12:31 am (UTC)Curiosity killed the cat, or so the saying goes.
At first, she blinks, and then she actually takes a step backwards as his words and the shock of it all settles in. ]
...That can't be true. You were not meant to die... you were not supposed to die. How do you know this?
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Date: 2019-05-10 12:40 am (UTC)[ While he will say that his death has, in fact, been confirmed, he shall not disclose the fact that it had been Ignis who had told him of his fate... though he's certain Lunafreya shall do her own investigating if she feels the need to.
There is a breath that is given, his gaze to slip away from his sister and the silent attempts at maintaining control on his emotions made so that he not allow for his temper to snap and he take this out on his sister and her curiosity which he had tried to ignore. ]
Our family is destroyed and there is naught I can do to prevent it.
[ For it had been hard enough for him to accept that his mother and sister had been taken from him by death, but to learn that he himself shall meet his demise and at the hands of such darkness... and so the world shall no longer give birth to Oracles and he not allowed to see the light. ]
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Date: 2019-05-19 02:52 am (UTC)[ Noctis knew and didn't tell her. Then again, she doesn't know who told Ravus to begin with. She's so taken aback that all the sounds of nature around them are just gone. It's a deafening silence that's muted everything except for their voices, and it doesn't help that the color drains from the garden rapidly. ]
What... no. No, that cannot be. I don't believe that. No one told me, how do you know this is true?
[ Noctis would have no reason to lie, and neither would the others. But she still just can't wrap her mind around it, how someone as big and strong as Ravus could just... die. ]
How?
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Date: 2019-05-22 07:26 am (UTC)[ He shall leave it at that in terms of an explanation for how he knows.
But it's within that deafening silence that he, too, falls silent, staring to the ground before him and how the colour slowly drains away from them. This is exactly the reason why he hadn't wanted her to find out. To see her happiness drained from her in such a real and physical way... it has him turn away from his sister and, for a moment, it looks as though he means to leave without offering her further explanation to her follow-up question.
However, he stands there with his back to her, eyes allowing to fall shut in his own silent sadness before he turns to look to her more firmly, pushing back his own grief at his fate which awaits him on Eos. ]
Before I arrived within this world, I had been apprehended by the Empire for treason, in a sense. Because I did not carry out the orders back within Altissia. Because I chose to stand by Noctis instead.
[ And had even shown such a thing with preventing Ardyn from doing the young king harm. ]
My duty was to retrieve his father's glaive and return it to him as blood of the Oracle as I said I would should he prove himself to me.
[ A pause to come, he forces himself to continue. ]
It would appear that I am to meet my demise sometime after, at the hands of Ardyn. I do not know how he kills me, only that I am. But Noctis has reassured me that he comes into possession of his father's glaive. That my death... is not in vain in that sense.
[ And yet still, he finds that hard to swallow regardless. ]