Heart 2

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[19:47] Lemuria Augustus says, "...I see."
[19:47] Lemuria Augustus says, "That is unfortunate."
[19:50] Lemuria Augustus says, "It is just..."
[19:50] Lemuria Augustus says, "I never really cared for someone a lot until Blake came along."
[19:55] Ororo Boros says, "Yes, I can see how that feels"
[20:23] Lemuria would walk through her home, and her ears would be met with a slow stream of notes emitting sorrow through how they are played a tall and cloaked figure with strands of orchid hair sat in her home playing the piano a song of pain and grief, twas the only thing he knew how to play.

Twas the only thing he knew.


The keys stopped being played and there was a long pause of silence before the figure spoke without turning around to look at her.

"Welcome home, I have missed you apprentice...- but you are more then just a apprentice now hm?.. there was a low chuckle to follow before the keys began to play their song of sorrow once again.
(Deimos)
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[20:24] Lemuria would walk through her home, and her ears would be met with a slow stream of notes emitting sorrow through how they are played a tall and cloaked figure with strands of orchid hair sat in her home playing the piano a song of pain and grief, twas the only thing he knew how to play.

Twas the only thing he knew.


The keys stopped being played and there was a long pause of silence before the figure spoke without turning around to look at her.

"Welcome home, I have missed you apprentice...- but you are more then just a apprentice now hm?.." there was a low chuckle to follow before the keys began to play their song of sorrow once again.
(Deimos)
(Deimos)
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[20:25] Lemuria sat down in the seat next to him, taking a moment to appreciate the song. She liked dark and sorrowful songs such as this, but when she herself played, the songs were a bit brighter and perhaps even cheerful.

"I suppose."

It was pretty obvious that she had something on her mind. Her voice had a faint tone of worry to it, and if one looked deep enough, anger.

"What have you been up to?"
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[20:30] "I have been watching- another apprentice...grow." His fingers continued to play without stopping however his eyes with now slit pupils would side glance the woman.

He was able to pick up something on her mind- but was he one to pry at it.. emotions like fear and anger were the two things that he relied on the most in a fight - which his why he continuously showed the knights that his resolve could never be crushed.

But- she was something to him after all- so acting out of normal would come naturally. After the song was done Deimos would rest his hands on his lap before turning his body towards her.


"Something on your mind.... you know, you are always open to talk to me about it Lemuria- that is one thing I do enjoy so please... share."
(Deimos)
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[20:33] "Blake, my adoptive brister and star apprentice, was attacked. Their little boytoy, Dillion, was killed. And they have a hit on their head."

Her fist clenched. An anger that was once only able to be heard in her voice was now visible on her face. Someone had the audacity to place a hit on one of the only people she could say she truly cared for? It was infuriating. It was insulting.

"I do not know who it is. I do not know why the hit was placed. I just know that I am furious."
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[20:40] "Ah..." he said - his curious smile now turning into a frown - it was not the first time he heard of this bounty the word did spread rather fast and the amount due? - well it wasn't a noble or knight that could place a bounty more like a extremely pissed off villager.

Turning back to the piano - Deimos placed his fingers on the keys again- but didn't play a single note - no this was almost like he was just thinking about the situation Lemuria's apprentice has gotten them self into once again.

"You sure do know how to pick them yes?- I am sure there is a reason to everything, maybe something they did- is this the same apprentice that let them self be known as a Occultist?" He would ask wondering.


"I imagine just by that alone would sentence them to death, in all honesty... however Lemuria we have our ways of traveling around - I am sure we can find a way to find out who it is offering this- bounty if we just ask for information." His left hand went towards the sitting mask on the dash of the piano - he was hinting towards a disguise for Blake - and using the resources of the syndicate to find out who it was.

"But of course everything comes with a price...- my Dear Lemuria.."
(Deimos)
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[20:45] "I will do it myself. I have done everything myself. This is no different."

She wasn't sure what implications there were behind Deimos' statement of there being a price, if any. Slowly yet surely, her anger faded, being replaced with an introspective sadness; the kind that got her asking questions about herself and the world at large.

"And yes, it is the one who was revealed as an occultist. They were purged of it, but I later retaught them."

It is said that this introspective sadness is what allows someone to hear the voice of God. Whether that was true or not, Lemuria was well-aware how much knowledge could come from this. But right now...?

"It is just... strange. I am not used to caring about people. I am not used to feeling this anger... this sadness, over another person."

There was only confusion.
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[20:54] "It's not strange Lemuria- it is natural, it is your body telling you to strike, it is a defense- the most powerful defense a human can have, it is the very thing that can push you to your absolute limits the very thing that can show everyone who you truly are.... it is with these emotions that we find our strongest points, however if we let it consume us - we are only showing that our emotions will over come us-."


I will do it myself. I have done everything myself, this is no different

"Lemuria - you have a heart, and even though you don't know the emotions of it yet - I am sure you are realizing the emotions you are feeling the older you get, in that regard I can respect you.... but I can't teach you how not to care- I can't teach you how not to fall in love..."

He said....

"Occultism focuses on the negative emotions, sadness... anger... vengeance, this is when our power is at it's peak - which iswhy conflict like the one you have gotten your self into is what is needed to find new peaks of power for us."

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"Besides that..... Maybe you have fallen for your apprentice, or maybe you see them more as family then a friend.... In which case you should protect them with everything you got, you will find solace in doing so." he explained.
(Deimos)
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[21:02] New heights of power...

"I suppose I am just not used to having a heart."

Lemuria held her hand up, allowing an occult flame to erupt from her hand. She quickly caused it to disperse, however, and smiled. Not a smirk, but a smile.

"I do not want these feelings to go away, make no mistake. It is just... something I am not used to. I know I have them, but I have immense difficulty with understanding and recognizing them. I do not know why, it is just how I have always been."

A flashback to the fiasco with Agni, where she didn't even realize she was sad until she broke down crying.

"What brought you to my house, anyways? I do not come here that often, so it is strange to see someone else here without me."
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[21:07] What brought you here....

"I sleep here when you are not...here." He said rather bluntly. There was a few things he could do - everywhere he was wanted but for the most part he stayed as an unwavering anchor for moon fall undefeated by even asiphra and cristovan.

He simply wouldn't let them have their way.


"Maybe I missed you.." He thought out loud to himself. thinking of what can possibly bringing him back here time and time again. "In truth I am not sure to be honest..."


He took his hands off his keys to stare at the woman beside him. "However if you want me not to I am sure I can buy a shack somewhere here - close if not far away."
(Deimos)
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[21:12] Lemuria couldn't help but giggle. Given her usual form of laughing was cackling of some kind, this could be interpreted as very, very strange. Perhaps this was just a natural result of the woman getting more in touch with her emotions? Even though she couldn't recognize them, she was getting a lot more used to feeling them.

"That is cute."

She was even acting... playful, strangely enough.

"Were I not so busy scouting for and training apprentices, I would hang out here more often. Alas... Osrona is not going to corrupt itself."

Slowly yet surely, she was building a small army of apprentices. Three, so far. Hopefully more would come, but she wasn't feeling optimistic.

"If you want me to come back to hang out, I am sure you can find a means of contacting me. I would love to see you more often!"
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[21:20] A hand would seek to rest it's self on Lemuria's cheek, his hand was surprisingly soft but the heat it was unnatural. "Would you truly - do that for some figure within your past when your future seems so bright already."

The hand dropped after saying that. "I suppose it would be better then just laying in your bed and having you scent stuck in my nose without the actual person being there."

He chuckled...


"Is that a date then Leumuria?" He asked turning back tot he piano playing a slow tune of just high key notes - it was a rush of emotion to hear such a thing from someone.

For a while...


He thought himself the only one to be doing what they can to ruin the lives on the knights he promised to destroy - it seemed the other witches and the council had their eyes set on something else - more power but - keeping up the pressure on the knights...


That was a job he thought him self to be doing...


(Deimos)
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[21:26] "No. I would not be willing to do that for someone from my past."

Lemuria grabbed Demios' hand, interrupting him playing the piano. The expression on her face betrayed the idea of such a firm denial, however. It was a gentle, calm smile, unbecoming of a witch who was supposed to be the bastion of corruption, evil, and what have you. She was supposed to always be scheming, plotting, and using people!
...

Well no, not really. None of that was necessarily true.

But the point was that Lemuria betrayed stereotypes and expectations in more ways than one.

"But you are not a figure from my past, Deimos."

She grabbed him, aiming to, suddenly, draw him into a warm, comforting embrace.

"You are a figure from my present. You are here now. You are not someone I turned my back on."

"You are someone who is important to me."
(Lemuria Augustus)
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[21:36] The interruption was a surprise - his hand being gripped and slowly pulled into embrace would make him say something but he was cut off once he felt her embrace.

"I-"

There was a long silent pause given, he was trying to feel for the nature of her actions yet - he didn't find any thing of the foul nature, he thought it - to be impossible he wonder what she gained from doing this... and why did it feel... so good.


After the long pause Lemuria would feel her hips being grabbed , and soon her body being lifted from her seat only to be placed within his lap, then his arms wrapping around her.

"And you, too me..." He replied. He was strong - his arms tight around her but it was only show the deep emotions the festered when he thought of her and for the moment?

That was all there was for it - just raw emotions that seeped and emitted their way out of his figure emotions usually that was left to settle in the back of his head.

However.. within her position on his lap she felt his arms leave her and instead he placed his hands on her cheeks and swiftly placed his lips upon hers for a long and passionate kiss- and it would continue until she stopped him.
(Deimos)
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[21:42] Rather than offering any kind of resistance, Lemuria responded in turn, wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her lips even tighter against his own. Normally, she hated being touched so suddenly, so surprisingly. But this... this was okay. This was warm. This was comfortable. She had so rarely felt the touch of another person, especially in such an intimate and powerful way, that even if this was a situation in which she'd normally freeze up, this time...

She'd melt.

Her cold outer shell, her reluctance to allow herself to feel another person, all but melted away, as their hearts, warmth- and, on some level, spirit- joined together for a moment that felt like an eternity for both of them.

And when it was over...

"See, Deimos? I can feel you in my heart. And I do not want to turn my back on that."
(Lemuria Augustus)