orientation ♔ others have excuses | i have my reasons why

[silvermaid]

♬ Reasons Why - Nickel Creek

WHO || Anastacia O'Keefe, Lissa Dragomir, open if people want to bang into them, just threadjack wherever.
WHAT || Anastacia meets with her squire
WHERE || Knight's HQ, Lissa's room
WHEN || July 15th, morning
HOW || Actionspam

[ A few weeks after settling in, Lissa gets a pleasant rapping on her door at a decent hour of the morning. It's that time. ]

Comments

[lastdragomir]

No.

[No really, say what?]

[silvermaid]

'Fraid so.

[lastdragomir]

But you look so young. [She crosses to the fridge to grab a bottle of blood, reaching up to crack open a cabinet as she closes the fridge.]

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia stares at the bottle for the briefest space of a second, before continuing, looking away politely. ] For a human, maybe. But I'm not all human.

[lastdragomir]

Oh. [That's, well, not entirely new, but Lissa can't think of how to broach what Anastacia is so she just grabs an opaque glass and pours the bottle in. She takes a sip, licks her lips and turns back to her mentor.] Where would I find toast?

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia goes to pull out some bread from the pantry, as she cheerfully volunteers the info lissa is too polite to ask for anyway ]

Are you familiar with aasimars? Some people don't seem to recognize the term from their worlds.

[lastdragomir]

I've heard of them. Andie, she said she is an aasimar, that she's decended from a god in the Shadow World? [The statement lilts up at the end, turning it to a question.]

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia nods, a smile lighting her features again at the link ] That's just what it means.

Two gods, in my case. Goddesses, to be more precise.

[lastdragomir]

[Things Lissa feels like she will never fully understand? Gods and goddesses... existing. She believed in.. well, God. It's a huge thing for her to reconcile with her personal beliefs. She blinks, a little startled, at the idea of divine parentage from both sides, but her expression is mainly curiosity mingled with confusion.]

I... wow.

[silvermaid]

They're the impressive ones, not me. I'm really just like anyone here, and I don't remember my life before this world, even if I've learned a little bit about it now.

[lastdragomir]

[Still.

Even if Anastacia makes good points -- Lissa doesn't know why she is such a big deal besides the fact that she's last of her line -- still. Kind of a big deal.]

To be fair, a lot of the people are pretty impressive.

[silvermaid]

I suppose there is that. But few of them would lord that over anyone either. [ lmao yeah right, s-so optimistic, anastacia-chan ]

[lastdragomir]

[Whateves, Liss is horribly optimitic too and she doesn't have the memories that gave her a pessimistic streak aka Victor Dashkov.]

There's always a few. Isn't that a saying? Every family's balck sheep, so to speak.

[silvermaid]

Well, there are those who'd like to think of themselves that way - but there's someone who cares about everyone here.

[lastdragomir]

Black wool is just as soft as white. [That metaphor got away from her a bit.]

[silvermaid]

A nice way to put it. [ she scoops up her food and nods to the dining hall ] Plus, this group thrives on variety.

[lastdragomir]

Makes sense, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. It would be dangerous if they were all the same. [She patters after Anastacia.]

[silvermaid]

I don't think there's much chance of that happening. [ she finds a seat in the midst of many unusual faces, that only serve to emphasize the point. ] Have you made any friends yet among the Knights?

[lastdragomir]

A few. [Possibly. It's too soon to tell.] There are a couple people here that I know from home. Though neither of them remember me.

[silvermaid]

That can't be easy. When I reunited with my twin sister, she remembered me from when we were children -- but I'd lost all those memories, and never got them back.

[lastdragomir]

It's easier with Dimitri at least, we weren't very close. [But with Rose its just like a piece of herself is missing. And it's horrible. She smiles weakly, trying to make light of how much it pains her.] At least she can't hold grudges at me over things that happened when we were seven.

[silvermaid]

The memories that you can make together in this world shouldn't be discounted. You're both fighting the same battle on the same side. She can't avoid you forever.

[lastdragomir]

So you haven't meet Rose, yet, have you? [She is pretty sure they can professionally avoid each other forever.]

[silvermaid]

I can't say I have. Do you know who she's squired to?

[lastdragomir]

[ Her head shakes, sipping her drink. ] I'm not sure. [ Because she never asked because she is a horrible friend, yay! ]