faithfulflame | Eleventh Prayer: Burning Brightest [Action/Video] May 26th to June 1st

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Eleventh Prayer: Burning Brightest [Action/Video] May 26th to June 1st

[Rei's head swam, her entire body swaying dangerously as she staggered through the forest. Something wasn't right. Nothing was. The last thing she remembered was talking to Helios, and then...nothing. The kidnapping had thankfully been quiet, and she'd been taken in her sleep but the return? This...this was something new. Her body felt off, too tall and heavy. Lean. muscular. Older. She had new memories, her head a jumble of them. Being young in Luceti...leaving it...and returning older. Almost as if it'd been no more than an afternoon or two.

Her body, still not adjusted to the changes suddenly brought by an extra fifteen years, found something else. The wings she remembered. But not the enormous ones. And from what she remembered they were grey, not orange. Making her way out of the forest, she felt a sense of loss. And a cooling sensation as well. And then there was the heat. The sheer raw heat that surged in her. She could feel Eferin even more keenly than she had before. Something was not right, she could feel that. But the power and heat? She wanted that. Walking out of the forest, heat shimmers distorting the air around her, Rei made her way home. To what had once been her home anyway, some...eighteen years ago.

Staggering inside, she all but collapsed onto the floor in her New Feather Dress.]

I'm...back.

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[After she's had some time to collect herself, Rei makes a short broadcast. The voice and accompanying video are a good deal older than when last she was here. Her elegance and beauty are only amplified by time. Maturity has been quite kind to her, it seems. To say nothing of the angelic wings sprouting from her back. Angelic things patterned in red and gold that wrap around her as she addresses the camera.

Her voice is somewhat brusque but excited as well, her eyes sparkling with interest.]

Good Afternoon, Luceti. This is Rei Hino, and I seem to have returned. It seems that I've only been away for a few days here, but it's been a number of years for me. But it seems there are quite a lot of strange things going on. I don't remember the wings being quite so large.

I'm pretty certain that unless I'm imagining things...there's something going on. I'd like for anyone with information, or experiencing strange symptoms with their Filial magic to please contact me or come by the shrine. Unless of course some fool's managed to burn it down or the caretakers didn't bother to keep it up while I was away.

[There's a rueful tone there, as if she didn't really expect anyone to do what she asked.]

If you want to catch up, I'll be there as well. It's been a while for me, and I'd love a chance for a tea ceremony or even Western tea with old friends, teachers, or even family. I will be providing fortune telling too, for...[Her smile grows nostalgic] old times sake.

[Rei'll be at the shrine during most afternoons, but she'll also be taking some time to explore the town again, curious to see what's changed while she's been away. Of course...it's only a kidnapping, but she believes she's been at home for 18 years. Feel free to catch her pretty much anywhere, though Sona and Twila possessed people beware. She's got a strong connection with Eferin and it's amplifying her already strong tendency towards being argumentative and zealous about dealing with what she perceives as darkness!]

((ooc note: Rei is returning from a mallynap for a while as well. She's currently 35 years old, under the full belief that she returned home and came back. That is to say she'll be played based on the end of the manga, mixed with a bit of her Parallel AU self.))

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Yes, Ami-chan. It was eighteen years, at least.

[She smiles warmly at her old reliable friend, brushing aside a lock of her long hair]

And yes, I do. I remember everything.

Where are you? [Because for the rest of this, she's totally coming right there right away.] I'll come right now.

I'm at home, Ami-chan. I'll see you soon, don't hurry on my account.

[Meaning yes, she knows.]

It's not any trouble. Besides, I want to see you. I want to hear about everything.

[And within a short while, she'll be at the house - she's even set aside paperwork to greet Rei's return.]

[Rei doesn't respond to that, she just nods at the video.

Ami will find her seated in the living room with a tea-set already out on the table. She's changed into some of her regular clothes by now but they don't fit perfectly, though this does little to mar her elegance.]

Good Afternoon, Ami-chan.

[Ami's dressed in normal clothes, too, which for her tend to the conservative side still. Over them, she wears a labcoat for the moment. She gladly finds a seat in the living room and lets herself be enticed by the aroma of the fragrant tea.]

Good afternoon. Is everyone well back home? [Funny, how she can think of Rei's world as 'home', even though it's separate from hers, much more than she can ever use that word about Luceti.]

Things are fine. Peaceful, even. But you knew that already, didn't you? The Peace of the Silver Millenium's return?

[Her speech is nearly reverent, but also tired, like a fond remembrance.]

And here?

[Ami shakes her head.] I've only heard about it from the others.

Luceti is the same as always. [This can be interpreted many ways. What Ami really means is it's that same mix of frustrating situation, and spots of happiness among the people trapped together here.]

Right, I remember. But you understand what I'm talking about.

[She leans closer, smiling at the...suddenly much younger woman]

And you?

I think I've been fortunate, too. [The oddest things come out of what the Malnosso do to them sometimes. Sometimes it takes those pushes to move forward towards what she wants.]

Oh? Care to elaborate? [She crosses her legs and raises an eyebrow. If there's news, she'd like to hear it.]

[Not news, exactly. Just something building for a long time.]

You remember how everyone was acting like we were all in a drama. Just... even after that ended, some things were resolved, sort of.

I do.

And...what was resolved, dear?

[She smiles slyly, clearly intrigued about what might have been troubling Ami.]

[This is the trouble with being painfully shy, but wanting to confide in Rei, especially this adult Rei who will understand from that more mature perspective, she assumes.]

Luke and I... we had a talk after everything...

About...?

[She twirls a finger, expectantly waiting...]

About what might be our future - in Luceti, or if we can escape some day.

And just what is that, hmmm? What can I expect?

I want to still be able to be with him. [That's really the only thing she knows for sure. She doesn't know what sacrifices it will mean from whom, or what can be left behind and what can't, yet.]

Well of course you do. Does this mean...what I think it means?

It doesn't mean anything right now. [It's a promise for the future. One she hopes they both find a way to fulfill.]

And what does it mean later?

[Digging!]

Later... [Suddenly Ami is very very interested in studying her hands. She keeps looking downward even as she pushes herself to say more.]

It depends on whether we can escape here. And where we can go after that.

[But it's still saying that she trusts Luke enough to think he'll be in her future if there's a future.]

So...he asked you to marry him, didn't he?

[Subtly reminding you that she's psychic, Ami...]

[Rei, that is the opposite of subtle. The very opposite.]

Well...

Yes.

[Subtle as a tornado in a trailer park.

The older woman's composure cracks now, and she claps her hands together and gives Ami a hug.]

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you, dear! It must feel lovely!

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