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!]

Comments

[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.]

[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.

[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.

[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.

[witchwoman]

[Myri just shakes her head.]

You make it sound like I could do such a thing.

[slay]

I make it sound that way because you could. You've just gotta get the right moves, is all. Practice. [ she perks up a little at that, as if something occurs to her. ] I could show you.

[witchwoman]

[She just looks at Buffy, mouth slightly open. No one has ever offered to teach her a skill like that- not since Magretha took her in and taught her to be a witchwoman when she was a child. No one ever cared enough to do such a thing after that.]

I... [Her voice cracks and she swallows to start again.] I would like that very much.

[slay]

Great. One super special training session coming right up -- or, just as soon as we get back to the castle, anyway.

[witchwoman]

[Back to the castle. Myri knew that they'd be going back soon enough. It made her worry about the fate of the others, what they were going through with Wynn.]

If we're allowed to train at all when we get back.

[slay]

They'll let us train. [ buffy's tone is reassuring, even though she can't pretend to be positive. ] They're not gonna fire us, just trade us out for more experienced people while we get more experience.

[witchwoman]

[Myri is trying to be less worried about that whole thing. She manages a nod of agreement to Buffy's words.]

It's just the first home I've had in so long.

[slay]

[ buffy reaches over to take myri's hand in hers, squeezing it reassuringly. ]

Hey. It'll still be your home. And we'll still be your family, no matter what. Okay?

[witchwoman]

[Her mouth drops open slightly. Family? Myrilandel has never had a family.

Not one that she can remember, anyway. Her eyes get a little watery, but she's smiling after a moment.]

Okay.

[slay]

[ she returns the smile, and reaches up to smooth myri's hair for a moment in an affectionate way. then, after a beat, she releases her hand. ]

I'm gonna go see how long we've got til touchdown.

[witchwoman]

[She just nods at Buffy's comment and settles back in her seat. It's a lot of information and emotion to process right now. But it's good things.

Mostly good things.]