Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 19:27:26 GMT -6
"It's not your fault." She said, still trying to maintain her sadness, though by the look in her eyes it was failing she was already getting teary eyed. She let out a shaky sigh, before closing her eyes and taking in the tiny moment they had. It kind of reminded her of the old days where she was tiny, and the way she often greeted her best friend was with a massive tackle hug. Many times it would nearly knock him over, only rarely had it ever knocked him over. Soon Seres attempted to change the subject, trying to cheer up Aeris. Why not mention the hugs. "You know, I would've run up to you like old times and tackled you. But I had a feeling you're too strong for someone like me. Even now compared to you, I still feel tiny." She laughed weakly.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 19:36:02 GMT -6
He laughed. "Hmm, I remember that," he said. "You never actually knocked me over though," he said. He could feel her shaking slightly. He knew this was a rather tough moment for them both. What did you say to someone you loved and lived and laughed with for fourteen years? Half his lifetime involved this girl. He couldn't just brush that aside, no matter how much had changed. He would not lower himself to a standard that even could. "And you are still tiny," he added in a teasing manner, though he wasn't exactly a macho, big guy anymore. Just taller.
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 19:40:22 GMT -6
She looked up at him, still a bit teary eyed, but she managed a smile. "I almost knocked you over." Seres said with certain nod. "But I guess you're just too big for a person like me." She didn't want to pull away from his embrace any time sooner. Seres felt happy for once.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 19:52:04 GMT -6
"Almost being the key word, dearie," he said with a grin. "The day you do knock me over... hmm, I guess I'll have to owe you something for such a feat." Of course now, she probably could. She was small, especially compared to a High Elf, but she was all muscle and strength. He was thin and kind of frail. Very lean. Whatever muscle he had was lean and compact, not enough to stop him from being bowled over if anyone so much as ran into him.
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 19:57:52 GMT -6
"I could try to knock you over now." She grinned back up at him, her blue eyes twinkling in delight. "Unless you don't want to be knocked over..." Seres then lifted one of her hands up and brushed a bit of a strand of hair back. "Your hair got so long." She said with a grin.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 20:02:36 GMT -6
He ducked his head, said longer hair falling softly in his face. "Hmm, do you mind so much?" he asked, his eyes bright. It felt silly to talk of trivial things like that, but it was somehow... nicer. Much nicer and much more welcome than another war meeting or dissertation on the doings of enemies and loss of resources and peoples to the ever ongoing battle.
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 20:05:32 GMT -6
"No. I like it actually," She grinned, running her fingers through his hair and being somewhat childish. "You have longer hair, and I have longer hair as well." She did in fact have much longer hair. Her hair used to be short, now it had grown out a bit.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 20:08:21 GMT -6
He shrugged his shoulders. "It's considered more refined and noble to have longer hair," he said. "Except maybe in certain circles." He looked at hers then. "Yours makes you look... more grown up." He paused. "Not in a bad way or anything. You look beautiful."
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 20:12:25 GMT -6
"R-Really?" Seres blinked in alarm, her cheeks turning pink. "Why thank you." She said, feeling a slight bit embarrassed. She hadn't really been complimented by anyone. "I think you're quite handsome." She spoke after a moment of quiet. "You look like a noble gentleman."
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 20:42:55 GMT -6
He knew she meant well by her words, even if he cared little for looking like a noble gentleman. He was quiet then, still holding her in his arms, looking down in her eyes, though his own gaze was distant with unspoken thoughts. Then he quietly said, "can this actually work, Seres? Can we make up for lost time and forget ourselves? Be friends once again?"
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 20:47:13 GMT -6
She thought for a moment, trying to figure out some sort of way to answer that. She really wanted to be friends again with him So she let out a small sigh and said, "In order to see things through, we need to try it first. We can make this work." She tried to assure him with a weak smile.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 21:06:28 GMT -6
"Indeed," he said, "it never hurts to try." He finally let go of her, taking a step back. He looked at the ruins, then back to her. He was thinking, just then, of how close the Stormcloak camp was to here. He had never bothered to inquire before if there was one or not, or if she had come from Morthal. Though at first he was thinking of her convenience in getting here, he stopped himself from asking now, knowing he would use that later in military advantage. He would not burden her with such a betrayal. Instead he thought of something else to ask. "Tell me what changed? We lost touch so long ago, I feel we may as well start somewhere."
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 21:12:31 GMT -6
"I mean... much has changed ever since the war began." She didn't know where to start. "After you left, Mother sent me to go with my father to the war. I haven't spoken to her since then..." She sighed sadly, she really did miss her mother. "I'm still pretty lonely in the troop, everyone makes fun of my eyes. And my father had recently passed. Fell in battle against Imperials." Seres seemed a bit saddened.
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Post by Niitari on Nov 4, 2014 21:44:59 GMT -6
He vaguely remembered the man. Her father never approved of Aeris or his family. He tolerated Aeris only because he and Seres got along so well. His own parents, on the other hand, did not afford Seres the same kindness. "I'm sorry," he said to her, and he was. He knew how much her parents meant to her. "Am I right to assume your mother is alright?"
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Cel
Giant's Toe
Yes o.o
Posts: 107
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Post by Cel on Nov 4, 2014 21:48:07 GMT -6
"Mother is fine yes." She said. "Still weak on her leg but none the less the same grumpy woman she's been for the majority of her life." She laughed a slight bit. It was somewhat of the truth with Seres's mother, she was constantly irritated that she was stuck with a staff.
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