Sorta a callback to the first piece I did for morimenswrite but in a different perspective
For @morimenswrite 5th Prompt: Bound, featuring a Bishop bound by the Promise of the All-Father
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Salvador always believed in the Scriptures.
The All-Father have promised a Pale Messenger marked by the Pale Fire. It is the core of the teachings of the Chantry of Life. To keep doing good for the Pale Fire will be there to guide everyone to Paradise.
Despite the suffering he endured, he believed in it thoroughly. Bound by it, even. That desire to actually meet the Pale Flame is what kept him going. He knew that they will meet one day. The All-Father promised that to him. Despite that, he died before he managed to meet them.
Then, he was awoken anew, approximately 300 years after he died. In the home of the All-Father, he knew that this new life was his new calling. To serve Him once more. That longing to meet the Pale Flame still lingered in his being but he was not truly sure if he ever missed his chance or not. The fact that he lost his true sight made his chances lower to decipher the Pale Flame, or perhaps, maybe raised his chances? The new kind of sight he was blessed with was to see the light of souls. An interesting gift in replacement of normal sight.
He continued his service to the Chantry of Life in Londinium and was even granted to step up to the ranks of Bishop, replacing the old bishop that awakened him, 10 years after he was awakened. During one of his rounds around the church as a newly-appointed bishop of Londinium, he saw something peculiar.
An actual pale fire in the sea of specks of light. It was so different that he knew he just had to go nearer. Is this the Pale Fire that was promised?
As he finally reached the loaction of the pale fire, he found out that the person that had it was fast asleep while sitting on the farthest pew of the church, their flame calm. Then, the flame dimmed a bit. Hm.
He reached for the person and tried to wake them up.
"Child, it seems that you have drifted to sleep. I don't see you around here often, are you perhaps new here?"
He heard ruffling of clothes and how the person must've been deeply asleep before he woke them up.
The flames of the person are in disarray, dimming and flickering in small movements. Something is not right.
"Are you alright, dear?"
The person with the pale flame wanted to speak, as he heard a soft gasp in front of him but it also seemed to be in slight confusion. Are they in pain, perhaps? But nonetheless, he decided to grant a small blessing to them by placing his hand on their head. If they really were the Pale Flame that he was looking for, then it would not be of vain to use it. He felt that the person in front of him calmed down. He smiled, filled with much relief that the person in front of him is now safe.
"Th-thank you, sir...", said the person with the pale fire.
A lady, it seems.
"In this place, everyone is welcome. Perhaps the All-Father guided you here. Welcome, dear lamb."
Her flame is now flickering healthily. He is glad to finally meet this person. The lady's voice is soft and calm, truly has the aspects of what he expected from someone that would be the Pale Messenger but it seems that this lady is still quite unaware of their status.
"Nice to meet you, and thank you for the welcome as well... but I need to go now. Sorry for falling asleep in a public place..."
Her voice sounded really embarrassed for this mishap.
"Do not worry, little lamb. Your comfort is always the All-Father's priority. You are always welcome to rest in His house. May you have a safe trip back to where you came from."
"Thank you, sir..." She stood up and "bowed" at Salvador and walked towards the exit.
He saw her flame go further away, as she left the Church premises. He smiled, as his heart was filled with hope.
"What an interesting individual..."
Perhaps the promise that the All-Father gave has finally been fulfilled, in one way or another. He knows that they would meet again in the future, he just feels it.
Perhaps the next time they meet, they would be better acquainted to each other. He'd like that to be the case. She is the Pale Messenger, after all.
Something simple with @morimenswrite 's 8th prompt, Freedom. Also to celebrate my freedom from acads
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It's the semestral break in Mythag University. All academic responsibilities have been concluded for the current semester... In regular schools, it would've meant summer break and actual freedom from school, but in Mythag, it meant that only the school works were done, investigations given by the school are still done at this break.
It's not much for Mythag students, especially for the Investigators and Keepers, but it is still a long break, nonetheless.
Kirie already had her plans in this short freedom... and that's to visit Salvador more frequently at the Church and help out with stuff there. Ramona already expected this, so she had let her be and told Kirie that she'll contact her when Mythag needs her back immediately. Ramona decided to continue working with the professors of Mythag inside the campus and to watch over her father who's been planning things according to the other staff members during the semestral break.
"Finally, freedom from Professor Doll's stern comments and the worries of late papers..." Kirie mumbled to herself.
She fixed her skirt and sleeves and went towards to the Church of Redemption. She had already messaged Salvador to inform him of her visit beforehand. Just thinking of seeing Salvador greeting her at the Church doors fills her with such glee. Every step forward, filled with eagerness to spend her summer days along with Salvador. She has yet to ask his availability on the next few days but she will do her best to help him as much as she can.
It will be a fun and lovely summer break, she just knows it.
This took too long because I went to the doctor's appointment early this week and they prescribed meds that knocked me out immediately. Also because it had a scene that took me a while to write haha
For @morimenswrite featuring a reckless Keeper.
TW: self-inflicted wounds, for spells
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"Okay, I have distanced myself quite alot from the others. Just a little more and I will manage to catch the beast that has been lurking and wreaking havoc in this town."
Kirie looked at her surroundings and then the contents of her bag. It contained her Silver Key , her notebook, some other school stuff and her butterfly knife. She knows she could just summon an Awakener to trap and kill the beast but Mythag has issued a note to capture the beast alive due to it's odd genetic makeup for analysis. Kirie thought of all the possibilities to trap the beast but most of her current Awakeners have no ability to trap it. Aigis is still not too used to being in investigations yet, especially as time-sensitive as this one. Kirie has made a mental note to try and convince her to join her in training some time.
Mythag taught their students multiple ways to trap moving things, but it always requires multiple devices to do so. Sadly, for Kirie, she couldn't carry that much items in her bag and she wasn't even sure how big the beast was. But that was the specialty of Mythag University training, all their Investigators and Keepers are trained to expect the unexpected, to follow through and finish the investigation, even if they need to cut some corners for some plans and steps.
Kirie had some peculiar trapping spells from her classes and previous investigations and one of them involved some sort of drawn markings. It didn't need much except have ample space, big enough rocks... and her own blood. There are probably better trapping spells written in her notebook but it wasn't the time for finding the optimal one. She is also aware that the beast tends to be attracted to fresh blood, so why not try this one for a two birds with one stone, but this time it's two purposes for one technique. Time is of the essence. Sometimes she just wished Salvador was nearer to her for backup but she knows she shouldn't keep on depending on him in these kinds of chases.
She flicks open her butterfly knife to let it show it's blade and adjusts her grip to its handle. She removes her right glove and grabs the sharp edge of the blade.
It stings. But she needed to draw enough blood to draw a sigil on four palm-sized rocks. 'How does Salvador even bear this pain? I only made a small deep wound on mine and it already stings alot...'
And she managed to draw the sigils exactly like in her notes. She drew a box on the ground and placed the bloodied rocks at it's corners. She then said a small chant to activate the sigils.
Hurried steps get nearer to her as blood dripped from her right palm. It was still flowing despite her attempts to close the wound. She focused on the direction where the steps were coming from...
...Then finally, the beast pounced towards her direction. It was a quadrupedaled beast that looks like a... big cat(?) with silver fur. It had sharp, bloodied claws, with fangs all bloodied as well. The shine on it's fur looked beautiful despite having some blood splatters on their limbs. No wonder it was hard to catch this beast. The beast was quite hard to see in daylight and blends in the darkness too, as if it was transparent. Perhaps that is the reason why Mythag wanted the beast to be taken in alive, to know the properties of it's fur.
It landed right in the middle of the drawn box by Kirie. As it's feet touched the ground, multiple black bars have encircled the beast and closed itself in mere second. The beast capture was a success.
Kirie approached the captured beast and tried to calm it down. The beast sensed that the blood was coming from her and looked at her with interest and for some reason, it was immediately amicable to her. It was kind of cute in a way.
She was feeling quite faint already due to the blood that she lost. She took out the Silver Key and... tried... to...
Her eyes and her body couldn't hold on anymore.
"Ah..."
When she fell, she felt strong arms holding her safe.
"My Pale Flame, there you are. All of us are looking for you... That smell... I am glad to have finally reached you."
"Sorry for being reckless there... Adrenaline rush, I guess."
He took her bleeding palm and gave a small Blessing.
"My Pale Flame, please lessen recklessness that involves bodily harm when I am far away. You are still human, Kirie. It can kill you."
"Says the person who constantly does that to himself."
"That is true, but I have my reasons."
"I know, I know, just kind of amusing to hear those words coming out of your mouth, haha!"
"...Are you better now, my Pale Flame? Does it still bleed?"
"It's as if it never happened. Thank you... and sorry about that. I promise to be more careful next time."
"I'm glad to hear that."
Salvador's arms and cloak covered Kirie in the sudden strong embrace. She was fairly shocked and a red flush covered her face. Good thing Salvador couldn't exactly see her right now.
"I was quite scared of what would happen to you while I was far from you, Pale Flame. I am glad you are quite alright."
"I am glad you found me as I was needing your help... Perhaps we truly know each other quite well..."
The black cage binding the silver beast has shifted into a more transport-friendly cage, and the beast has finally fully calmed down... it even looks like it fell asleep while the two were talking.
"The beast's soul looks... unique."
"Indeed, even it's physical properties are very interesting. Just super glad this makeshift binding technique really worked. Even worked better than I thought! I'm feeling much better now, Salvador. Thank you once again for your help."
"It's a pleasure to help, as always."
She fixes herself and puts her glove back on and carried the cage. They then went back to the main town to finally go back to Mythag to report that the investigation has been completed.
