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Elite Voids | Seb & Becca

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upryasebastian:

Seb watched her mistrustfully eye his extended hand and dropped it. He was just as glad she didn’t take it. He had no particularly interest in being friendly with either of the girls, but it still grated. He didn’t particularly want to have a conversation with her and, on top of that, he was going to have to work to have one if he wished to get any information from her. “Makes two of us,” he responded, tilting his head. “Didn’t think you’d remember me.”

They’d met once or twice, connecting usually through the Hartwrights, but the meetings had been little more than cursory, a somewhat oblique glance here an awkward nod of acknowledgement there. The Priors had never seemed to much care for Seb, which had never bothered him, as the feeling had been mutual. He’d never thought, then, that he might regret it.

Gesturing towards the food line, he forced a smile. “Hungry?”

Taking a sip from the piping cup he clasped in his hand, he turned back to her. “I, uh, I wanted to check in and see that you two were comfortable.” He nodded. “I know that’s what Lina would want.” That much, at least, was true and he did genuinely wish to respect her wishes - but not so far as it might cost him an opportunity to get her back. He glanced into his cup, not able to meet the girl’s eyes, suddenly. “How, uh…” His smile wasn’t quite a smile so much as a wince. “How was she when you saw her? Was she…was she all right?”

Rebecca crossed her arms, “On the contrary,” She replied coolly. “It’s proven quite impossible to forget you.”

And how could they? Sebastian Gray had absconded with Madeline Hartwright days before Xavier meant to propose to her. Rebecca hadn’t known Madeline well, but she could see that Xavier was just as devoted to her as though she had already been his wife. Rebecca had feared long ago that they may never see Madeline, again, but Xavier had never given up.

As just, she knew, he would never give up on them.

Rebecca’s eyes glanced towards the food before looking him in the eye. She’d been starved a moment ago (starved enough to consider eating with them!) but speaking with Sebastian had made her stomach turn. “I don’t have much of an appetite, just now.”

She raised an eyebrow, “Did you?” She wanted to laugh, “I doubt that Mr. Gray. I doubt very much that you care if I am comfortable or not.” She didn’t know what he wanted to gain from this conversation, but she was certain it was not to make sure that she was alright. “Just as I doubt that you care what Madeline would want.”

He certainly had no consideration for her feelings when he forced her to marry him!

“How can you ask that, after what you’ve done to her?” She asked, horrified. “Can you imagine that is is alright, after what she’s been through. She isn’t the same, you know. I know she’s happy to be back home, to be with her husband, but there’s a still a deep sadness about her. She won’t talk about what you did to her - and who can blame her for that? I think she’s trying very hard to forget. I hope in time, she will be able to. I hope she will finally be as happy as she deserves: that she will be as happy as she could have been, had you not stepped in and ruined it.”

Southern Ways || Louisa + Rebecca

Louisa gave her sister a sad smile. She knew Becca meant to jest, but there was an uncomfortable bit of truth to her statement. “You know as well as I do that Xavier will be along any day now,” she told her sister quietly, though it didn’t matter if anyone heard them talking about Xavier arriving. The southerns had to know the same thing.

“He does not seem worth knowing, it is true,” Louisa said as they exited onto the street. She linked arms with her sister as they strolled down the dirt path. “I asked him if I knew when we might see Howard again and he looked at me if I was speaking in a foreign language!”

Louisa desperately wished to see her brother again and knew Rebecca felt the same, but it seemed as though this was not something their current hosts seemed willing to offer. She hoped that he wasn’t being harmed, physically at least. She was not daft enough to think they were not using she and Rebecca against him.

She felt Rebecca’s grip tighten on her arm as she spoke and her question honestly took Louisa by surprise. “Where do I go?” she repeated the question back to her, frowning slightly. “I just…. I just walk about,” she replied with a small shrug. “I’ve gone to the kitchens and there is a lady there who is quite nice… she’s shown me a bit about cooking. And there’s a fellow in the infirmary who’s been allowing me to read the few medical texts he has stored away…”

She looked at her sister and noticed the concern crossing her face. “I’m not making friends,” she assured her quickly. “I’m trying to pass the time. And they aren’t like the rest of them… I don’t think either of them would ever think of kidnapping us, or Howard even. They just want to live their lives… I mean, I don’t know, Becca, perhaps they don’t even want to be here,” she reasoned quickly. “Perhaps they’d like to be in the north instead!”

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"He will,” She agreed, “Soon this will all be over.”

Rebecca didn’t doubt Xavier: not for a moment ... but she knew that it was a complicated situation that they were in. She knew he would come for them as soon as he was able: but if that meant days or weeks (or months?!) she could not say. All she did know, was that Xavier would not abandon them to the south for a moment longer than he needed to.

Rebecca rolled her eyes, “He’s insufferable. He didn’t even have the decency to answer you?” She asked, raising an eyebrow, “How could he be so shocked by your question as though it wasn’t the most natural thing in the world for you to have asked of him!” Rebecca believed that the Southerners didn’t care for anyone but themselves and this only served to cement her belief. He was shocked, she surmised, because he could not imagine how Lou felt.

“Lou, I don’t think it’s a good idea,” She warned, “I won’t stop you from going out ... I think we will both go a little mad if we don’t ... but you can’t trust them. Promise me that you won’t. Don’t say anything to anyone that you would not reveal to Virginia herself.” She didn’t think she or her sister knew anything especially valuable to them, but she knew, too, that even something as seemingly innocent of the layout of Vardon’s home or his general schedule could be used against them. “Perhaps they aren’t all bad, as you say, but don’t ever let your guard down.”

Don’t ever forget what they’ve done to us, Rebecca wanted to say. She left the words unsaid. Neither of them needed a reminder of what the South had done to their family, just now.

Despite everything Louisa had said, Rebecca still couldn’t bring herself to believe that Virginia had any followers who were also good people: how could anyone compare Virginia and Vardon and not see who was in the right? Vardon was warm and kind; Virginia stern and cold. Vardon had saved the world and Virginia seeked to destroy it.

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Elite Voids | Seb & Becca

Seb was exhausted - from his recent journey to and from Uprya, but more so from the heavy news that had greeted him there. Until the baby was born, there would be utter uncertainty between them. After all, if the child was Seb’s, and clearly resembled him, what then? He hated himself for having put Lina in a position like that. After all, Xavier Vardon did not strike him as the forgiving kind. Seb imagined he would see that as an utter betrayal and wish to exact revenge upon her.

Since learning about the pregnancy, Seb had spent most of his time brooding over the entire topic: Lina’s return, her marriage to Vardon, the child, everything. He hated every part of it with every fiber of his being. He had thought they were out and done when they’d escaped to Arcadia. How had they been pulled back in?

Movement nearby. Seb glanced up to spot one of the Priors (he didn’t remember which one) flitting about nearby. Scowling, Seb looked away. It was difficult for him to imagine how anyone, anyone could live around Vardon and still condone his actions. Seb rolled his neck and shot her another glance. He didn’t particularly want to speak with her, especially given the ideas that had been swimming around in his head about them, lately, but it occurred to him that the Prior girls would have had access to Vardon’s wives. Surely they would know details of how they were held and kept beyond what little Seb had gathered from his two trips there.

Swearing under his breath, Seb shook his head. Turning, he approached the girl. He extended his hand. “I’m Sebastian Gray,” he said. “Thought I’d come over and introduce myself.”

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Rebecca had awoken with a start.

She’d drifted into sleep; thoughts of her brother consuming her as she did. She dreamt they’d exhausted his usefulness. She’d dreamt they’d killed him. She told herself that it had only been a dream. Repeating the words over and over again in her head; a silent mantra that only provided her with temporary relief from her fears. Her brother was still alive ... but how long would that last?

She looked over to her sister’s bed ... only to find it empty. “Lou?” Her heart raced in her chest and she stood from her own with a quickness she didn’t know she had. It took her a moment to calm herself: it was likely that her sister had gone out. It was hard not to fear the worst here.

She wondered what time it was. Not that it mattered. Her days here lacked structure; lacked meaning. She didn’t always keep regular hours. Taking a glance out the window, she saw the sun was setting beyond the mountains, and assumed that Lou had likely gone to get something to eat. Rebecca wasn’t hungry, herself, but she wouldn’t be able to sit still until she was sure that Lou was alright.

She made her way down to the dining hall, first. She drifted through the rows of tables, keeping a keen eye out, when someone approached her.

It was Sebastian Gray.

Rebecca stood deathly still. They’d never met, officially, but she remembered him. She remembered how he used to try to come between Xavier and Madeline before he finally went mad and kidnapped her. She had never seen Xavier so devastated; so angry when he had discovered what Sebastian had done.

He extended his hand towards her and she made no moment to take it. “I know who you are,” She said, cooly. She had no wish to know him further.

Southern Ways || Louisa + Rebecca

#comment #southern ways #rebecca prior #louisa prior

upryalouisa:

“What on earth do they do for entertainment if they don’t read?” Louisa inquired, not expecting Rebecca to give her an answer. As a child, she’d had an ongoing fascination with the Southerners and all those illusions had dissolved within a day of being among their ranks. “I suppose you are right about the reading material, though they don’t seem to be the sort to disseminate propaganda via literature, if I’m being totally honest.”

Much like her sister, Louisa felt worn down by the lack of activity. She desperately wished to see Howard again, their family reunion being brief right upon their arrival to the Southern capitol. She supposed they were keeping them away from Howard in an attempt to force him into divulging Xavier’s secrets and just hoped he wasn’t under the impression they were being harmed. She would hate for Howard to worry for them while the pair sat in relative safe comfort.

“At least a small walk would be nice,” Louisa offered, smiling a bit at Rebecca. It had turned quite cold over the past few days but the fresh air did raise her spirits slightly. In the middle of the day, she also reasoned, most people might be busy with whatever work occupied their days. Louisa knew her sister well enough to notice Rebecca’s subtle reaction to seeing Irene Young again and thought perhaps she might not want to cross paths with her old friend again.

“Though I suppose that Mitchell fellow will insist on following us about once again,” she added, frowning slightly. She was attempting to be polite to everyone they had interacted with, but the grouchy man who had been tasked with escorting them about tried her patience. “Is his name Mitchell? I can’t seem to understand him since he seems to only speak in grunts. I don’t see what they’re so worried about, needing him to follow us around. We’re not mad enough to run out into the southern wilderness alone and unarmed!”

“Kidnapping, it seems,” Rebecca replied. She meant it to be a joke, but it tasted bitter on her lips. She was suddenly afraid that it may be far closer to the truth than she had realized. There had been so many of them that had been snatched up by the South, at some point in time. Beatrice Crandon, Madeline Vardon, their brother, the two of them ... how long did the list go?

“He’ll be along in a moment, I expect.” Rebecca agreed, looking over her shoulder at the mention of him, half expecting him to emerge silently at any moment from round a corner. “I don’t suppose there’s much hope of evading him for long.” She shrugged, “I don’t know. I don’t remember his name.” And she didn’t have any intention of learning it. To her, he represented what she thought most Southerners were like: unintelligible, stubborn, coarse, sarcastic, and uncivilized.

As they walked together, she noticed her sister seemed to move through (what Rebecca would have termed) a labyrinth with confidence. She realized, suddenly, that Lou knew her way around far better than she did.

She took her sister’s arm in her’s. “Lou,” She began, her tone rest just above a whisper, “Lou, when you go out on your own, where do you go?” She hadn’t thought much of it before now. Her sister had seemed more restless than she had been, but she wondered if it had been smart to allow her to go alone. When Lou said she was going out for some air, Rebecca had always thought it was only to the kitchen garden that wasn’t far from their rooms. “We can’t make friends here, you know,” She said, softly.

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Southern Ways || Louisa + Rebecca

Louisa knew the answer before the question even left her lips.

“Do you think they have a library?” she questioned, looking across the very small room in the very, very small living quarters she and Rebecca shared. By they, of course, she meant the southerns. She immediately thought of a response she might hear at a party back home.

“Do you even think they can read?” someone would ask and the group would laugh loudly at the thought.

The South wasn’t as primitive as she imagined. She had always made up stories about the south in her head– where they lived, how they lived, how they survived. What little she had seen so far made her realize that while life wasn’t the same for the southerns as it was for her back home, they weren’t living in caves and sharpening sticks as weapons.

“I can’t imagine it would be anything like our library back home but maybe something… somewhere we might get something to read in order to pass the time?”

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Rebecca had imagined the Southerners to less civilized than then were: even she would admit to that. Still, this was a far cry from living in the city. How could any of them look at what they had and still be able to think that Virginia Beauford could offer them a better life than Xavier Vardon? When you compared the accomplishments of the two, to think that there was even a conversation about which of the two should rule was baffling. And that was to say nothing of their character.

“I doubt it,” Rebecca said, rolling her eyes, “I don’t think they care much for academic pursuits. If there is one, I’m sure it is filled with things we’d rather not read anyway.” She didn’t like to think that they had anything in common with these people.

She exhaled, feeling exhausted by the lack of activity. They were fed and clothed and housed, but there was nothing to do: nothing to occupy their minds except their own company ... or that of the enemy. They had a good deal of freedom for being prisoners, but it was still enough to drive one insane. Rebecca did not trust any of it. She was certain that they thought that in blurring the lines between guest and hostage, they might let their guard down and befriend some of them. She’d seen how they’d managed to persuade once loyal Northerners to their cause ... Beatrice Crandon, Vera Knight ... even Irene Young! Rebecca was determined that she and Louisa would not so easily stray.

They would not forgive; they would not forget.

She looked over at her sister, “Would you like to go and see if we can find one, anyway?” She asked. She didn’t particularly care to find it herself and she certainly didn’t mean to encourage Louisa to read anything they might find there, but she was interested in becoming more familiar with the lay of the land. She knew men would be arriving any day now at Vardon’s command to rescue them, and she meant to be as helpful in navigating this place as possible when they did. She did not mention any of this to her sister, however. She suspected that here, even the walls had ears.

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Waiting | Rebecca & Xavier

It had been a long time since Rebecca Prior had anything to truly worry about.

She’d often worry (perhaps too much) about the little things, such as whether or not she’d used too much baby’s breath in her flower arrangement or if she looked silly, instead of elegant, in her new dress. Her world was small and she had always lived like a princess within in. She never wanted for anything.

And then, just like that, she had so much weighing on her mind all at once it drove her to distraction. What was happening to her brother? When would he be home and safe again? And what would happen to her dear friend Charlotte if it was not soon?

Xavier, as always, was the one who held the answers to all of these questions. In truth, she rarely considered what a burden he must have upon his shoulders to rule Uprya. He had always made it look so simple, so easy. He gave orders and signed papers and things happened. But Howard’s case, she knew, was more complicated than that.

It was late. On any other night, Rebecca would have retired to her chambers by now, but tonight she found she dreaded falling asleep. Her dreams were never pleasant, just now.

She was alone in one of the private sitting rooms that Xavier had given to the Priors. She stood in front of the window, which, during the day, had a beautiful view of the gardens. Now, she saw only darkness.

There was a soft knock at the door before it was opened and someone passed through. She could tell that it was Xavier without turning. “Do you think they’ve hurt him?” She asked quietly, arms crossed tightly across her chest. “Do you think he’s alright?”

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ooc | Housing Situation

@upryalouisa & @upryaxavier - so I know there was some confusion about where the priors live -- and I was thinking about it and I feel like they probably do just live with Xavier???? Thoughts???

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OOC | Seb & Becca

#rebecca prior #seb gray #ooc

upryasebastian:

Seb: rudE!

No, but he would def resent any and all of that if she said that!! That being said, he would deF and absolutely call bull on her logic and debate her on it bc woW!! But tbh he doesn’t ~want to be drawn into a debate esp w them bc like????? getting to know them???? when he might have to kill them???? no thanks!! So he ~does avoid talking to her, but since she has pr much free reign, I can see where they might end up being thrown into conversation esp if she comes at him like that bc that’s not!!! something!!! Seb!!! can!!! ignore!!!! rn hahaha so he’d def want to call her on that and yeah hahahah

That being said, the feeling is pr mutual if she’s constantly singing Xavier’s praises he’ll be like ‘wow are you srsly condoning his actions you must be just like him’ not realizing that she’s ~actually~ just super sheltered hahahah So yes, actually, it would in fact make him feel a lot easier about ransoming her, no matter the outcome!!!

Yeah, honestly becca doesn’t really wanna talk to them at all, either, b/c she’s afraid that she’s going to end up brainwashed or something (like irene!!!!) also, since we wrote these comments, we’ve also decided that the common story in uprya is that seb stole lina away haha so that’ll make her dislike him even more!!!!

rebecca: like how could you steal away another man’s wife???

seb: idk why don’t you ask xavier!?!?!?!?

But yeah -- so neither of them really wanna talk to the other but I can see where if one of them makes a comment either being pro/anti xavier in the other’s company that they wouldn’t let it go and it would be a mess #facepalm

ooc || Louisa + Rebecca

hi hello louisa is 100% obsessed with her sister. XD

my thoughts are that maybe these two were typical squabbling sisters when they were younger? my thoughts are that louisa was a bit of a scamp as a kid and maybe was constantly pulling little pranks and if she knew how to push rebecca’s buttons to get a reaction, she would definitely do it!

i do think in more recent years (and obviously since their parents were killed) that has sort of stopped and they get along quite well? like louisa grew up/slash was told/realized she needed to start acting like a proper lady and calmed down a bit. do you have any idea of how long their parents have been dead? i think, depending on how old louisa was at that point, that may have been the event that radically changed who she was and shaped her into the person she is now. I do think, like rebecca, she is just blind to all the terrible things Xavier has done. Since she was so young when she arrived in the city (Rebecca was ten so Louisa was probably…5?) she has literally no recollection of any other life, this is just how her world is and she blindly accepts it.

How long do you think they’ve been in the South? If it hasn’t been that long,I doubt the seeds of doubt have really been planted in Louisa’s mind yet. She is a bit blind to reality, so she was sort of just assuming that they would hardly be in the South that long and Xavier himself would sweep in, save them all, and they’d be back home before anyone could miss them. obviously that doesn’t happen, haha… How do you think Rebecca is dealing with their captivity? My thought is Louisa is almost being overly polite to everyone and probably even attempting to make friends (with her reasoning being you won’t want to hurt people you’ve grown attached to!) but that could see that bugging Rebecca, possibly? Obviously it does once Louisa starts coming back with all these thoughts in her head…

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!!!!!!! omg the feeling is mutual!!! lulu is 10000% one of her all time favorite people <333

Ahhh!!!! Yes! I can absolutely see that! I feel like rebecca had always tried to play ~mini mother~ even before their parents died and so she was constantly trying to keep lulu in check and I’m certain that her buttons were so!!! easy!!!! to press!!!! I feel like they probably fought a lot back then!!! tbh becca had NO chill when it came to how they should behave and dress and act (especially in public!) and was probably something of a wet blanket

So ... I realized that i never actually wrote in anywhere how old any of them were when that happened (or at least, if I did, I couldn’t find it haha) so honestly that can be up to us?? I feel seventeen would be a good age for becca (making lulu 12????). but yeah that’s just a jumping off point/nothing is set in stone -- thoughts????? i’m cool to go older or younger tbh

okay so becca would have toTALLY appreciated that shift in her sister. I feel like she just all of a sudden felt so responsible for all of them -- and she def took the ~mothering~ bit to heart! (But at the same time ... i think that she probably also sort of missed younger, more carefree louisa :/ .... but she’d never say that)

Yeah, becca is soooo blind to what xavier has done! I feel like their parents had them lead a very sheltered life and they never really got educated on the politics (expect the basics from a v biased source haha). so all becca really knows is that a) xavier saved them all from a horrible life b) that he’s only ever been kind to them and c) anyone who can’t see this and wants to stop him is probably evil

as far as how long they’ve been in the south -- I’m thinking maybe we can say it hasn’t been that long, so we can develop their relationships with people there/lulu can slowly start to question things. rebecca is super confident that xavier will have them all rescued ASAP and she knows that he is doing his best and that he won’t do anything to risk their safety, so she’s just holding out for that moment. she is determined nOT to listen to anything that they say and consider it all to be lies/twisted truths. she feels like the southerners are the WORST people (they killed her parents!!!! they want to overthrow xavier???!?!?!!). also she was childhood bffs with irene back in the day and she’s seen her turn sides and she’s pretty sure that the southerners legit brainwashed her b/c the last time becca saw her, she wanted to fight for xavier and the next she’s literally protecting virginia?????? yeah so she’s afraid that that’s going to happen to her or lulu and so she’s not okay when lulu starts to make nice to them!!!!!

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OOC | Seb & Becca

awwwwwwwkwardd ;DDD cue Seb screaming internally tbh bc he keeps contemplating their possible demise as a way of getting back his wife and #yikes #itsnotpersonal #exceptitis #justnotpersonalagainstthepriors #whoops

#rebecca prior #seb gray #ooc

omg so rebecca does NOT like seb (and she doesn’t even know that he’s considering her demise but she also would nOT be surprised!). rebecca loves xavier a lot (.... pretty much everyone @ becca: have you met him?) and thinks he deserves the bEST and she can’t believe that he ever had a rival in seb?????? like he was just a common soldier and xavier was their savior how was there even a contest between them?????? and also @ seb: how dare he get in the way of something xavier wants and deserves????

also idk if seb ever talks to her but I feel like that wouldn’t go well at all b/c she def doesn’t like him at all ++ xavier is a big part of both of their lives and becca thinks he’s the greatest and seb thinks he’s the worst #facepalm (tbh if they ever talked it would probably just make it easier for seb to use rebecca lol)

upryaxavier

OOC | Xavier & Becca

Ok, so first off: Becca scores on the v, v short list of ppl Xavier genuinely loves!!! Which means that messing w her amounts to declaring war!!!! Bc Xavier is ride or die!!!!!!

Anyway, so in Becca’s bio it says that she’s blind to many of his faults and let me tell you that is one of Xavier’s fav qualities in a person aslkdjfklsjdf Also, I def think she’s one of his treasured little sisters in his mind!!!!! Like, Becca and Louisa in particular def get front row seats to the softer side of Xavier which is the rarest view in all of Uprya hahaha Also, you mention she’s a lil spoiled honestly Xavier is deF guilty of spoiling her!!!!! He loves spoiling ppl lkasdjfds smdh If you love him, he will shower you w gifts and affection and any material thing your heart could desire. He’s generally pr brutal but ngl he ~wants to be generous on some level and he will totally indulge that impulse w ppl who show him affection!!!!!! He would also be super proud to know she still believes in him, etc, but honestly I doubt he knows much re: what’s happening w them rn.

Anyway! They met when she was 10, I’m guessing, bc in her bio that’s when they came to the city? He would’ve been 18 at the time. It says in her bio she had a crush on him, btw. Do you think it was obvious? Either way, he was 18 and def saw her as a little kid, but he would’ve been v kind about it, if he knew!!