Calista, at last

[18:15] She didn't try to hide her steps, the way her armor shifted, the rustling of her wings as she stares at the back of the woman's head in silence for a few moments.

If one were to see her face it would bear many conflicting emotions, too many to properly identify a single one. Love, anger, sorrow.... The list goes on.

Though the void left by Famfrit, that gaping hole filled with the raw desire for destruction. It was the hardest thing to not give in to that desire.

You either have to destroy what you hate the most, or what you love. Only then can you truly be free.

A firm hand placed upon herself, the lifestream seeming to ripple like a pond around her as she comes to stand by Rindou… before stepping over the bench to take a seat.

The Kitsune's form tense with that internal struggle, she doesn't say anything.

Yet.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[18:19] Rindou knew that this day would come. It had to. Calista had been granted the full power to play the cards in her hands. She played with the full deck, too, knowing what would come of any situation and... knowing where both Rindou and her stood in this.

As the woman felt the lifestream scream behind her back she looked up, allowing the other to sit by her side before she spoke.

"You still can't decide, can you?" She asked, only to go on a bit further. "I can feel it. You think that you'll get stronger - better if you put me down. That your heart won't hold you back anymore. It's not a lie."

A pause. One that lead to Rindou's amber eyes falling upon Calista's own.

".. But there's another solution. One where neither of us lose anything. One where we both get what we want; strength, and... eachother."
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[18:24] It was tearing her apart, a crater in the forests north of Huangzhou marking what happened the last time she had seen Rindou. The nervous breakdown almost leading her to gravely injure a child who dared come too close.

Rindou speaks, the foxes ears laying flat at her voice. Because she knew what she had thought, and admitted it was true.

Ruby eyes meeting the other woman's as she speaks once more. Another solution..? There couldn't be could there? This was all that was left, all that could be left... right?

Did she dare put trust into this? To let herself believe for a moment such a thing could even be possible..?

Her fists clench for a moment, her heart torn between the hope and the prior heartbreak. Elyon's words,

Why do you keep running back to her only to let yourself be tossed away like trash again and again?

Couldn't you at least try to be strong?

…

She had to know... That screaming not ceasing.

"How..? How is that even possible now..?"
(Calista Shimasu)
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[18:42] She went straight to the point. After Sors and Malentine teaching her a bit she sure knew what all of this could be about.

"Chaotic forces... are about focusing your anger. Your hatred. Love is a good fuel for anger; killing someone dear to you will both free you and make you hate yourself for it. But... There's an unexplored area. One that brings out the best out of you while keeping what you hold dear so, so close to you, Calista."

Rindou leaned in closer slowly, making the winged-one's heartbeat faster on purpose, making her lose her mind just a bit as she drew in so close that she might think they would be united again. Then... she stopped. Whispering.

"Take lives to protect the one you love, to help them, to... make them happy. Use all of that love for me, and hatred for the world who wants me dead... to fuel it."

She leaned in even closer, less than an inch away from Calista's lips, a hand shifting to brush up against hers, to tempt her, to entice her. A green flicker ran through her amber eyes.

"Kill for me, Calista."

She moved in again, bumping against her lips, yet not claiming them.

"Kill those who threaten my life. Bring down the ones who'll help me become stronger, and become stronger with me. Together... Us.

Us.

Kill for me destroy the ones who make your life a living hell for daring to have real emotions for someone they do not approve of.

Kill with me."
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[20:29] She spoke of Chaos as if she could feel the Arcane, but all of that time on the mountain must have taught her something. Even if it wasn't exactly true, it was close enough.

The woman coming closer, that storm of emotions growing more intense. Closer.. closer... until words were whispered into her ear, a faint shudder rolling down her spine.

Use all that love for me, and hatred for the world who wants me dead... to fuel it.

Rindou coming closer, so close to her lips... An intense want rising over the rest of what she felt, to crash her lips into those. That green flicker noticed but hardly given attention..

Kill for me, Calista.

Those lips just brush her own before they were pulled away, a mere taste. She wanted it all...

She couldn't help but remember what had happened after her last time seeing her, when she had tore trees from the ground.. When she had questioed it all.

Why should she defend a world that has done nothing but persecute her and keep her from the one she loves.. Why should she endure their pain.

She was no hero, she never was, never would be.

She could.. she could kill all of them. Unleash that raw feeling upon them all, a cleansing flame to wipe this island free of everything else... Then they could be safe together... Be together.

The lifestream was rending more and more, the rocks and things around them rising into the air. Was Rindou reaching her..? Igniting those feeling she wanted..?

Or could it be something else entirely?

"I.. could.. I could kill them all. For us. Make them bow at our feet. I could make us both Queens.."

Ruby eyes drift down, to the levitating stones, all of them seemingly vibrating in place. Though they drift back up to those amber hues, her own filled with want, and so much more. She would slowly lean in, an attempt to place a kiss on what she desired. Her hands shook, her breath was slightly hitched, she simply wanted this.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[20:37] Desire. Need. Want.

The sin of envy wasn't only feeling them, she had a tendency to bring it out of others as well. In this case Rindou had played right into Calista's deepest desires, showing her that a world that benefits her could benefit them both. The thoughts, the conclusion, the burning need. It all culminated in the angel-blooded saying things that were even more wonderful than what the Sakamoto could have expected.

Make them both Queens.

When she met Malentine he had cast her as a pawn, as one to be used and abused - sacrificed for the greater good of another. That was exactly how Calista looked at her, too, back in Levengard.

Back then, Rindou had claimed she was born to be a princess, that if the die were cast differently she would have been. That was exactly how Calista looked at her right now. It could only fuel her endless needs, making her glow a deep green in satisfaction as she met Calista, leaning in, too.

A kiss. No, more than just that. Rindou welcomed her with all of her heart, she welcomed that decision, that need, that want. She showed her that she was right for wanting this, that she was strong for letting love and desire fuel her strength.

More than a kiss. She was building herself a paradise.

Her tongue slipped right into the kitsune's mouth, bringing hers along for a heated bolero of desire, sweeping her up with a slow dance of affection, finishing it all up with a needy, greedy bite of her lower lip.

She was practially leaning all the way onto Calista at this point.

Her right hand found its place where it belonged: Where she had left her mark right above her heart. And she squeezed, wanting this.
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[21:04] Her words spoken, she was continuing to lean forwards seeking that contact she had been starving for. Their lips met in a clash, a familiar tongue sliding into her mouth, the Kitsune savoring the taste.

It was nice, the other woman's body leaning into hers, that bit lip only igniting that flame within to burn brighter, to want more. Rindou's hand fitting perfectly into the scar there on her chest, where she herself had branded her those years ago now..

She felt complete, the one who was broken now filled as the two were nearly as close as they could be. She hadn't even fully decided, but she was giving in. Slowly falling prey to what Rindou would want from her, to gain that love she so desperately wanted.

Then the words of another cross her mind, the voice of one she had rejected not once but twice now.

You... know that it's a shackle, that it's breaking you. Are you that weak? Are you really not even going to try and be strong?

Another prison-- is this your freedom, after all?

Slowly, painstakingly she pulls away. Breaking that kiss with a gentleness that belied her usual nature.

That storm of the Arcane only grows stronger and somewhere inside she could feel the 'chain' grow taut, that storm beginning to tear limbs from the trees.

Some part of her was sobbing, breaking down further. Knowing what she was about to do would decide it all, that she was about to give it all up. Those red eyes leaking tears from the side, though that was the only sign of her sorrow.

She wanted this, every aspect of it. Yet it wasn't what it seemed. It could never happen, as some part of herself must have known by now. This was fate, why she was here, it wasn't to find love.

She wraps her arms softly around Rindou, it was so gentle, one hand caressing dark locks.

What she was being offered, what she had been so close toaccepting. It wasn't freedom.

It was a collar.

Her voice emerges laced with desire, laced with love, ...and laced with anger.

"I said.. I could."

Pain emanated from the Kitsune carried on waves of Chaos, not to harm Rindou. It was a reflection of how broken she was on the inside, a true revealing of how she felt.

Broken without Rindou.

Collared with her.

Her love.

Her sorrow.

"I just wish... I could hold you as I sleep."

A grimly stated want, a dream that was ever getting further away.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[21:15] Rindou could feel the mix of emotions brewing deep within Calista's heart. There was still conflict, still... a lot of pain. It was obvious that something wasn't quite clicking within the other's mind, that she still wasn't completely convinced. Though more prodding, pushing, and loving would bring them together for sure.

Her arm wrapped around her, pulling her closer and keeping her right there as she spoke, leaning in, letting the angel-blooded realize how much she enjoyed... this. Her presence. Her love. Her need. Her wants. If anything Calista wanted to be desired, more than anything else.

And Rindou was the most fitting to provide such.

"You will." She answered, deciding on that day that they were going to have their time together, that dreams wouldn't stop where others often had thrown them away.

"You don't have to come up on the mountain. Please don't. I hate it there. Let's... make this place where we'll meet. Let's meet more often than not. I have the keys to the shrine. No one will bother us. We can be together.

We will be together, Calista."

She moved in closer, whispering up against her ear, kissing the furry thing soon after.

"And when you're ready... when there's no doubt in your mind that we'll stay together, happy, then you can do it.

Then you can kill for me."
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[21:27] She was almost intoxicated by that presence, the other woman not pulling away, or trying to as she had expected. That declaration of a dalliance in the shrine offered... A semblance of a relationship.

You will.

Was it something worth risking..? To let her guard down in such a way, to allow her feelings to guide her. Those whispers making her shiver slightly, an extended offer.

She wanted honestly to believe it, to think it could happen. Her anger was growing, but was swallowed by greater emotions... A chain pulling down hard that storm stopping suddenly, the stones and sticks falling onto the ground.

The world became all too quiet by comparison as she was kissed once more, the Kitsune taking the kiss as if it were something precious. Something to be enjoyed so slowly...

Three words wanting to leave her mouth, instead she says something different, a voice so gentle it could hardly be taken for Calista's.

"Can we... sleep here together tonight...?"

It could be their last chance, her last chance.

Then you can kill for me.

Tears still rolling down those pale features, she would curl herself under Rindou's arm. Bringing herself closer, with that recently ever present depraved abuse of the lifestream gone.

She almost seemed, vulnerable.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[21:33] "Tonight, and every night that will come after."

The promises kept on piling up towards the vulnerable, love-filled kitsune. Rindou was not only giving her what she wanted, but presenting it in a bundle of trust, belief, and appreciation. She wanted her - though not only on a physical level, no.

"I want you to be with me. To be there for me. To be..."

.. The nail in the coffin.

"The one I'll marry."

Stealing away lines, thoughts, feelings, and important, decisive moments of one's life was all within Rindou's arsenal. She didn't hesitate to use Calista's own dreams to bring her closer. She didn't hesitate to pull her right off the bench, and into her arms. To lift her up... and move towards the promised place, where none would bother them. The craddled divine-blooded would be hers. She wanted it so.
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[21:44] The one I'll marry.

Could it happen..? Or was it another promise, like so many false ones she had been told over the years. She wanted to believe it was true.

She lets herself be lifted, another true sign of her current state. As she was carried towards that shrine, towards the first night of true rest she will have had in months.

Tucking her head into Rindou's chest she mumbles into it..

"I hope it can happen..."
(Calista Shimasu)
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[21:49] Rindou brought the other all the way upstairs where few people had even been. The shrine of Yang was... never really used, after all. She shifted the furniture around, taking a seat on the single chair present and keeping Calista up against her chest as she did so, fingers burrowing into her hair. A full body squeeze came before she asked a single question, one that would hopefully prompt Calista's feelings to show.

"Do you.. love me, Calista?"

She knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it. Hearing it made it all better.
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[21:52] Sitting in a chair, against Rindou. The Kitsune taking in her scent as much as she can, breathing it in. That question asked..

"Yes.. I love you."

One hand reaches to caress that soft face, to enjoy the feel of her skin.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[21:55] The smell of her robes was a bit less fresh than it had been in the past; living in the mountains had made it difficult to get a proper, prime cleaning. Still, her scent, the flower in her hair, her shampoo... they all hadn't changed. This was the woman Calista fell in love with, the woman she wanted to give the world to, the woman who could understand her beyond mere words.

"How much?" She asked, her left hand moving down to caress Calista's side.
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[21:56] How much..?

It was an odd question. She had never loved anyone before Rindou, how could she measure..? Though it was an obvious answer.

"With every part of myself I can.."

That caressing hand sending shivers up her spine.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[21:59] The hand kept moving up and down, feeling, flowing with the reactions Calista had to her touch. Rindou leaned in closer to the kitsune, smiling as she whispered.

".. do so."

She had her falling heels over head for her, didn't she? It wouldn't be long before all that hesitation was gone - before making that paradise was within reach.
(Rindou Sakamoto)
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[22:04] She rises slowly to kiss her, it was slow and filled with so much emotion. So much more than the Kitsune had ever thought herself capable of.

One red-clawed hand removes her cloak, one pale hand casting it aside. Though it was almost as if the tossing of that piece of clothing caused a curtain to fall.

To obscure whatever may come next, even if it was good.
(Calista Shimasu)
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[22:08] Rindou's lips were met with the love she desired, endlessly so. Her hand moved from cloak, to clothes, and soon to skin. Unseen happenings befell the pair as darkness overtook the room, leaving none to see the extent of their emotional storm.

Kisses sealed away the anger and desire to kill those Calista loved, leaving the kitsune with the other option: The ones she hated.
(Rindou Sakamoto)