venice/chicago ♔ i need a summer like a winter in my heart

[romanticidal]

♬ Winter In My Heart - VAST

WHO || Rafael Giovanni, Buffy, Myri, Dumage, Kat, Gar [closed]
WHAT || The Knights regroup and then go their separate ways
WHERE || Knight's hotel room in Venice > Flight to Chicago
WHEN || July 7th
HOW || Actionspam

And back to the hotel go the ladies, ready to say their goodbyes, with Myri & Buffy heading to Chicago to reunite Rafael with Jade, and Kat & Gar meeting the rest of the team back at the castle to try to convince Wynn to let them remain on their mission...

[ooc; see subthreads!]

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[slay]

I hope she gets to them before he can do much damage. [ she stops, glancing over at rafael, softening as she realizes that being so ... business-y about it might be harsh. ] I'm sorry.

♥

[romanticidal]

[ he flinches just a little, but seems to accept her sympathy as genuine. ] It is a hazard, in such business. But the people you put your trust in literally hold your life in their hands... so we do not lay that trust lightly.

[slay]

Which makes it hurt worse when you find out you put it in the wrong place. [ she nods, understanding. ] If there's anything we can do to help ... I mean, assuming we don't get reassigned, obviously.

[slay]

[ after she's stuck her foot in her mouth enough times with rafael, buffy moves to sit with myri, smiling when she notices how she still just stares out the window the whole time. ]

See anything good?

[witchwoman]

[She thinks to the lives she was unable to save because of her own fear, the people she abandoned in villages that chased her out. She had never been strong enough to fight back, and so many more ill people would not live the night.]

I do not th- [Her voice cracks and she has to start again.] I do not think any wrong is righted by dwelling. We must learn from our travels and forge ahead.

...You can never see where you are going if you are constantly looking back.

[witchwoman]

[Myri looks over her shoulder at Buffy and smiles.]

I know it is the same path we took to get here, but it always seems so... extraordinary. I think I could stay up here forever and never tire of it.

[She stretches her limbs, as if they're restless at the thought.]

I hope the others do not get in too much trouble while we are away.

[slay]

Ahh, they'll be all right. Big tough knights and all. Besides, I'm pretty sure Kat's gonna yell louder at Wynn than he does at the rest of them. [ she gets comfortable in the seat, turning her attention away from myri to glance past her out the window. ] Maybe someday you can retire, get a nice penthouse with a cloudy view. That'd be sort of like living up here.

[romanticidal]

I would feel better not dragging either one of you into it. There are already those I care about in danger.

[romanticidal]

I do not disagree, but I speak of more practical concerns. Your past does not disappear because you choose to leave it. There are consequences for every action.

[witchwoman]

[Myri doesn't really know what a penthouse is, but she gets the idea.]

Most nights when I dream? I dream of flying.

It feels so real- like a memory you can't quite pinpoint. And it makes me think-

[She stops and shakes her head] I must sound so silly.

[witchwoman]

It would seem we are two sides of the same coin on this matter. Perhaps a bit of both is best.

[slay]

[ she hesitates, expression quiet with uncertainty. ]

Care about? [ he cares about them? she chokes the numb surprise down and just nods. ] I. Right. Makes sense. But, as you may have noticed? Kinda durable here. Plus, y'know, volunteering for dragging. W-Which makes it less drag, more, uh. Guide. Guiding us into it.

[slay]

Makes you think maybe you did it before? [ buffy ventures. maybe it's not the same thing. but her dreams definitely feel like things she's done before, that aren't exactly her memories. but she has done them before, if she can trust mr. gray. demon fighter and all. ]

[romanticidal]

You are very kind. But I do not know how much either of you can do... It will depend on what Hiro and Isabella find while we are gone.

[romanticidal]

Perhaps, si.

... Do you miss it then? Your world?

[witchwoman]

[Myri looks up quickly, then nods, smiling bashfully again]

But they are just dreams. This is the closest to flying I'll ever truly see. Perhaps I am merely feeling what Amaranth feels.

[Except she doesn't believe it, even though it's a perfectly logical option.]

[witchwoman]

No. [She says, almost too quickly.]

...My abilities were not well received. In a way, by coming here, I have found acceptance. The Knights do not ask me to hide who I am, unless it might risk a mission. They welcome my Gift.

[slay]

You never know. Sometimes, things that seem crazy ... well, they're more real than you think. [ she looks all distant and over-identify-y. she snaps out of it though and gives myri a smile. ] Magic, for instance.

[slay]

[ she nods. ]

Just keep us in the loop. [ she gets to her feet. ] And, let me know if you need anything.

[romanticidal]

[ he looks up to watch her go ]

You are already doing more than I could ask.

[romanticidal]

You are lucky then, to have fallen in with them so soon upon arriving here.

[witchwoman]

Or a woman stronger than men twice her size? [Myri forgets that there is much about this world that she doesn't understand.] Perhaps it is time to believe that anything is possible.

[witchwoman]

[Myri just nods]

Sometimes I wonder how I deserve such luck.

[slay]

What, they don't have the saying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" where you come from? Doesn't take scary Buffy strength for a girl to take down a guy twice her size.

[romanticidal]

Why would you not? Everyone deserves a chance to live freely.