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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 16:14:02 GMT -5
Andrea snuck into her room once the others had gone to bed. Once there she laid on her bed staring up at the ceiling. ~What happened to you Lune?~. She said softly. ~Did you survive and if so are you happy? I know you are alive. I just...you can't be gone.~
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 16:42:02 GMT -5
Lucien ended up going to Gargou's room, sucking under something that was hanging from the ceiling. The old man was going over his desk mixing liquids together
~i need to speak with you. Something strange has happened~Lucien sighed, hoping the old man would be lucid
~twice around the fence, the birds eating a possum...~ he mumbled to himself not looking up
~i may have figured out who I was before~ Lucien said bluntly
Gargou blinked and turned around looking at Lucien
~you know that boy, Lune, that Andrea sometimes talks about? I think-~
~Night Pheonix!~ Gargou yelled, interrupting him ~that explains the lack of control and strength! ~ he looked at Lucien ~come, come~ he grabbed Lucien by the hand and pulled him up heading outside where they spent the rest of the evening
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 16:44:36 GMT -5
Andrea fell into a fitful sleep that night. When she woke the next morning she moved outside instead of going to the kitchens to help with breakfast like she usually would. She was also woke up later then usual so ended up seeing Becci outside when she came out. "Good morning Becci." She said in greeting to the woman.
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 16:58:41 GMT -5
Becci turned and looked at Andrea, obviously annoyed "What did you do to him?" she demanded not waiting for an answer she just moved inside in a huff
Andrea would then bump into Gargou, who had just been the one to tell Becci she could not come out but had to go inside ~Morning morning Little Bird, You have learned new things I've heard~ he sang, speaking to her in rhyme, though he didn;t stop her from going around the corner
Lucien was there, working on some movements Gargou had just taught him, his shirt was off revealing a horrific amount of scarring on his body, clearly from more than just whips, deeper as if left by a blade. On his chest there was a Y shaped scar like someone had cut him open and sewn him back shut. They were old scars, clearly, dating back to around the time the Andrews had found him, and a little older
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 17:01:05 GMT -5
Andrea blinked, confused by what Becci meant. She then saw her grandfather. "Where did you hear that?" She asked but he was gone before she could get an answers. As she walked around the corner and saw Lucien, an audible gasp escaped her lips as she saw the scars covering his body.
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 17:07:38 GMT -5
Lucien stopped what he was going hearing the gasp and looked over. He sighed ~old geezer, I told him not to let anyone over here~ he said sounding resigned. He didn't like people seeing the scars because it was inevitably followed by them not looking at him the same, with a mixture of pity and disgust. He also knew though why Gargou had let her through since he had told Gargou of the realization that he might be her friend, Lune.
He grabbed his shirt and pulled it on "I found something" he said trying to distract from what she had just seen. He pulled up a small box and hand it to her, inside being a hand made braided metal bracelet that matched one she used to have, matching bracelets they had both worn as children "that was with the stuff my parents found me with. I figured maybe that stuff would provide more answers
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 17:16:48 GMT -5
Andrea walked over slowly when she saw the bracelet. She closed her eyes for a moment then opened them. "Can I hold it?" She asked, wanting to look at it closer her. Her hands were shaking a bit as she stood in front of him. She remembered that her and Lune had made the bracelets for each other but she had put an engraving on the back of his which was a half sun and moon with the Phoenix word for friend underneath. Her father had helped her with the engraving. After a moment she realized her hands were to shaky and simply asked if that engraving was on the back. She hadn't seen that item since her arrival so if it was there then it would answer the one question that was burned into her mind since reading the story.
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 17:25:57 GMT -5
Lucien looked at the bracelet and nodded "It's there" he said softly, looking back at her "I'm sorry" he said, looking at her. He could see clearly that this all meant so much to her, and though it meant something to him he felt guilty that he didn;t remember her really, like it was horrible of him to be there, her friend who she missed so much, but not remember her
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 17:30:50 GMT -5
Andrea bit her lip as she heard his answer and closed her eyes. "Lune's bracelet." She said softly as she reopened her eyes. "I had one just like it." She told him before she took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I lost it the day of the fire. They tore it off when I tired to get away and find...". She couldn't bring herself to same his name at that moment. "I haven't seen it since though." She brushed her hair back over her shoulder a bit. ~I am sorry. I...I don't know what to say. Everything is just...I don't want to make assumptions but for you to know what you did in that story and now to have the bracelet I made for him....~
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 17:45:50 GMT -5
Lucien took her hand gently and lead her to sit, sitting down in front of her ~ its getting to be less of an assumption. I just have one question and then I'll know for sure what I think we both already know from all this~ he said seriously looking in her eyes ~Lune. Was he a Night Phoenix?~
A night Phoenix, as Gargou had explained to him the night before, was rare, much like an albino for humans. It was a genetic fluke that happened to every one in 100000 phoenixes. Whereas normal phoenixes got their energy mainly from the Sun the power of a night Phoenix was stronger at night with the moon and was channeled differently, this being why Gargou had never managed to help Lucien learn to use the Phoenix powers. Now that he knew he had aberrant made progress with that area. They were rare prizes and any and all captured had been experimented on, most perishing in the process
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 17:49:08 GMT -5
Andrea took a deep breath and nodded once. ~That is why I called him Lune and he called me Sole.~. She said softly. ~We were the exact opposite but we were he best of friends.~. She looked at him before her mouth fell open. ~You mean...Lune?~. She was thankful to be sitting down at that moment as she wasn't even able to speak more then that.
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 17:56:03 GMT -5
Lucien sat back and nodded "I'm sorry" he said softly "I am lost wish it wasn't so, because i truly don't remember....that story doesn't feel like it's a part of me. I can't...I don't remember you. Not like you remember Lune. I don't know if i ever will.I don't remember a thing before arriving here." he looked towards the house then sighed "Gargou thinks the scars are why. In forgetting the trauma i forgot everything else before it as well. I'm not sure it'll ever be recoverable" he looked at her
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 18:02:19 GMT -5
Andrea sat there silently for a moment before she shook her head. ~I am just happy to know you made it out.~ She said softly. ~I would not wish those memories on anyone.~ She reached over and touched his cheek gently, her fingers shaking as everything finally hit her that she was staring at the face of her best friend. Andrea pulled her hand back then, holding it against her chest with her other hand gripping the wrist. She honestly was wondering if it was good for her to stay or not as she felt like now that she knew who he was it would cause issues if she stayed.
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Post by Kiknessa on Jul 3, 2017 18:10:51 GMT -5
Lucien smiled when she touched his face and was confused when she pulled back suddenly ~what's wrong?~ he asked, looking at her ~i know I may not be exactly like he was, like I used to be, but I think it's fate that I happened to free my old childhood friend from the humans. You've had these month, you've gotten to know me as Lucien. Is that not good enough for now? Perhaps with time, and more stories of the past,I could remember more~ he felt like after all this he had always retained one memory that felt real, something he had chosen not to write in his story and something he had felt the moment he saw her in the shave market
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Post by mistic395 on Jul 3, 2017 18:16:46 GMT -5
~I don't want to cause problems for you and Becci.~ She told him. ~I can see you two are close and it wouldn't be fair of me to step in as someone from your past, especially when you don't remember me. I don't want to cause you pain by me being around risking the pain of those memories coming back.~. Andrea didn't want to risk being the cause of his pain. ~the last thing I want to do is cause you pain. And I don't want anyone thinking that I would take advantage of you because of the past connection.~
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