knightsoflegend | krozna ♔ our wrongs remain unrectified

WHO || Failboat, Mikhail Kalachnik, ?? ?? [closed]
WHAT || The Ex-Knights of Failboat arrive at Krozna
WHERE || Krozna, Russia
WHEN || 2 days after LA
HOW || Actionspam or prose

Sidelined from the mission that has been many of their lives for years, the group who had once stood against Keijen Blade has made a dangerous gambit - they've decided to leave the Knighthood, knowing they may never be allowed to return. With them, have gone Sam and Dean Winchester, and Faith Lehane. Their destination? A distant monastery overlooking the village of Krozna, in the Ural Mountains. This hidden location was home to many Shadowkind who did not wish to deal with the prejudice that their appearance might force upon them out in the world, particularly in Russia. Wynn had apparently established a location here for Knights that broke the rules of the Knighthood so extremely to reflect upon their crimes, or for those whose powers made it impossible for them to live out in civilized society.

This monastery of misfits is run by a man named Mikhail Kalachnik, a willing exile who volunteered for the position, a man vouched for as trustworthy by both Jack Chessing and Finnick Odair. It is here that the former Knights will set up a base of operations from which they intend to rescue Rafael Giovanni, research a way to stop Keijen Blade, and take him down once and for all, along with the evil Mind Master.

But first, they must get to know the exiled Knights with whom they will be sharing this hideout...

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One can't become one with something greater without losing something of themselves.

Certainly not. But the question is usually a matter of if that loss is worth what is gained.

And if it wasn't?

[Concern fills her gaze. Myri is so worried about the fragile state this woman seems to linger in, so skittish.]

Then we can only hope to recover from the loss and continue forward.

[Stares into the camera as Myri continues to not fully understand what happened to her own brain]

But there is no shame in regretting the choice. We can't possibly know every outcome. The threads of life that sprawl across the Void are too complicated to fully comprehend. We can only make the choices we feel are best and hope to learn from our mistakes.

[ sveta seems to consider that for a time, letting it soak in, before she nods gravely ] You are very wise.

I've had the good fortune to be surrounded by wonderful people ever since I traveled through the Veil. They've taught me many things. But what I've always tried to teach them is that there is always hope to overcome the task in front of us.

I don't know what caused you to arrive in this place- if it was something you did or simply the fear of what you could do. But I don't think you need to hide away, Sveta.

What I did... was very bad. [ she turns away now, sheepish and unable to make eye contact ] I do not wish for something like that to happen again.

[Myri is quiet for a moment, before softly asking.]

Would you feel comfortable telling me what happened? I'm not certain if I could help, but... I'd like to try. [diplomacy 30]

[ she still can barely look up as she says: ] If I do, you will not wish me to stay around.

I don't think that's true. I don't scare so easily. And I really do want to help in any way I can.

But your daughter.

You won't trust me near her.

If you wanted to hurt my daughter, you would have had plenty of opportunity to try long before now. [But just in case, she's just gonna try to use that empathy to confirm (sense motive 40).]

[ she doesn't feel as if sveta has any desire to hurt the girl - the opposite in fact. but she's clearly afraid of doing it anyway ] I... I didn't want to hurt anyone before either.

Perhaps it's even more important to share- so that I might know what to look for or how to help should something happen that is out of your control. We may be here for quite some time. And the girls are only growing more curious by the day.

[ she looks down at her hands, flexing and unflexing the claws there ] I... I attacked someone.

A child.

[Even before she was a mother, Myri was always hyper compassionate. So hearing that it was a child that was attacked does twist at her heart. But she does her best to hold back a visible reaction. (will 37)]

What happened?

I was... hungry. [ the shame in her voice is more than evident, her fingers twisting against one another with her own apparent distress at the memory ] I couldn't think of anything else. I couldn't think straight at all.

[Myri's breath catches in her throat as the words wash over her. There's something so visceral about that word - hungry. Coupled with Sveta's description of this beast inside of her, her mind's eye takes care of the rest.

But what she also hears is remorse. And Myri more than most people knows precisely what it's like to have a power inside of you that compels you beyond limits you would choose otherwise. Only a few heartbeats had stood between her own life and death when she attempted to heal Jade in that hospital room. It has taken her years to learn to ignore that call, to stop herself from running into danger just because she can feel the life force of a loved one fading.

The pull comes from a different place. But the way it overwhelms, consumes all thought? Oh, that she can relate to quite easily.]

Do you still feel that hunger now?

Sometimes. [ she doesn't hesitate, as if once she made the choice to be honest, she can speak out more bluntly ] But here I can control it. Here, there's less noise.

[She nods, glancing down.]

Have you tried to undo the magic that bound you to this beast? My sister's magic is deeply connected to nature, and she's a healer as well. Perhaps there's something she and I could do..?

It's too late. It's who I am. I can't not be who I am.

I understand. I'm sorry if I was out of line.

Thank you for telling me about your past. I know it can't be easy to remember something like that. And I can feel how your heart aches.

You don't want me to leave, do you?

No, of course not. It's good that you've found a place where you can feel more in control. I'm only sorry if our presence has disrupted your routine at all- made it more difficult for you.

It is fine, I promise. There are only so many of you... Vlasi has a harder time with the change than the rest of us.

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