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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 20, 2015 21:07:45 GMT
Akvan managed to move his eyes next, trying to forget that image of what he'd done. But the sight of everything around him, the building he'd worked hard for, and all the poor Mun Clan members had worked and died to gain. All gone because of him. Akvan's eyes watered, listening to what the two said to him. Would it really be alright? They couldn't just rebuild just like that. For a while people would be without shelter, stuck underground again like before. "Just... protect... from danger." Akvan stated, breathing heavily. "I... I am... the danger." He looked up slowly to Zuura, arms shaking as he looked to his friend. Zuura was alright, scratched, but he'd bled little to no blood, and seemed happy still. Akvan felt the shaking calm down a bit, sniffing hard to stop himself crying. Sucking in breaths, Akvan held his head again, feeling like his grasp was only getting tighter every time his mind made him picture things he didn't want to picture. Like hurting his friend, destroying their home, his previous intention to remove the 'threat' without any emotion. Akvan felt sick from himself, holding down the urge to actually be sick from all the nausea and pain. Akvan's head throbbed, but he managed to move to sit up as best he could. Made very dizzy, all Akvan wanted was hide away in Chester's care and hopefully get over this all. "Am... I am... bad?" Akvan asked for some sort of confirmation.
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Post by Chester on May 20, 2015 21:22:53 GMT
Chester felt as if she wanted to cry when Akvan mentioned he was the danger... That's not how she ever wanted him to think, it wasn't true, not in the slightest. Moving herself when Akvan sat up, Chester circled her arms around him and gave him a small kiss. "No Akvan, your not bad... Not even close. You just got your powers back a little too quickly, and it was too much to handle. And your not the danger okay... You've helped so many people, they'll understand this, it will all be okay. Trust me." Giving him a smile, Chester gave another kiss, tightening her arms around him. "Its okay now... We'll just introduce you to things a little slower next time, at your own pace. Now come on... I want a smile out of you. You know that I prefer your smiles." Resting her head on Akvan's shoulder, Chester glance to Zuura mouthing 'thank you' to him, realising she had yet to do so with keeping others at bay, before moving back a little to look at the other. "It must be a little uncomfortable sitting down here, how about we reattach your legs and move to a comfier place to chat? And when your better we could work together to make it up to Zuura and build him a new house, a task between just us yeah? Zuura can help with the others."
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 20, 2015 21:46:49 GMT
God forbid if anyone else had been around during all of that. Akvan didn't know how he'd of reacted. The worst thing that made him feel sick was that he could remember what he was thinking. That it was perfectly fine to destroy everything, and hurt Zuura and almost kill him since the clan leader was supposedly a 'threat'. All the time Akvan thought he was thinking logically and wasn't going mad, and yet that was exactly what was going on. Akvan had lost himself without knowing it was happening. And if he did that to someone like his brother, or the heavens forbid, Chester? Would Akvan be just as mad, try and kill them and justify it as 'protecting who he loved'? Taking a deep breath, Akvan swallowed down his worries. He couldn't keep hating on himself, at least stop for now to allow that portion of his mind to calm down. Akvan almost cried again after Chester's affection, leaning gently on her head. "D-didn't... want you... to see this." Akvan muttered. He wanted to make sure now that he had Chester back, that he wouldn't leave again. Whilst he was still physically around, the madness of Akvan's nature was something he didn't want Chester burdened with. It had already caused so many years of worry for Nanari, Zuura and his sisters. And Akvan didn't want to have Gensho and Chester have to see this weak, crazed and scary side of him. Akvan's head still pounded. Which he guess was alright now. It was pushed back enough for Akvan to move and talk, and would slowly fade off completely. But it went to show that even if he could create his Eteru form, he was no where near in the right mindset or power for it. Akvan held tightly onto Chester, trying to calm the shivering of his arms down. He listened to Chester's offer, before trying to smile a little. He nodded, rather than trying to talk again, turning to drag the legs over. They'd click on easily, Ningen had made them like that.
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Post by Chester on May 26, 2015 20:37:30 GMT
Chester made sure to hold Akvan tight as he calmed down, making sure he knew she was there. "Its fine, I don't think any different of you, I want to help, okay?" Kissing the top of his head, Chester hugged him close before looking to him as he reached to get on his legs. "Here, let me help." Reaching over, Chester helped to attach the two legs, making sure to remain close to Akvan, and letting him do the majority of the work himself, to help him distract his mind a little. Once the legs were attached, Chester looked to Akvan, before standing up. "Come on, lets sit somewhere more comfortable, I see a place where we can sit over there, not ten feet away." Gesturing to the stacked stone a little away, high enough to use as a comfortable seat, Chester leant down to help Akvan over to them, making sure to go slow enough for him to keep up, and get the feeling of walking again, even while his legs shook. Sitting beside him, making sure to keep a firm grip on one of his hands, Chester leant her head on his shoulder. "You feeling any better? Because things can be fixed, and everything is going to be fine."
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 26, 2015 21:04:28 GMT
Akvan made sure each breath was taken slowly, and his pulse was given the chance to calm down as well. It made his eyes swell, and Akvan squeezed them shut to stop himself from crying, to hear Chester like this. No wonder he was over the madness so easily, when before it had taken hours to calm down. There was something so perfect in Akvan's life to pick him back up again. The only thing keeping his body shivering apart from feeling ill from using his magic so soon was the lingering idea of if Akvan's lack of control might one day be a danger to that perfect person. Akvan tried to forget the thoughts, focusing on clicking the prosthetics in place whilst rubbing his eyes. Walking wasn't easy, but ironically having fake legs helped when the rest of Akvan was so weak and shaky. So he got to a seat just fine, tilting the hand held in his to look down at the ring. It made Akvan smile a little more, less forced than before. Sniffing, Akvan nodded slightly. "I... I d-don't know." He muttered, before holding Chester's hand quickly with his free one as well. "T-thank you... help is... making it better... but I am... scared." Truth told Akvan was afraid of himself above anything else. Just what he could do, and if manipulated, how it could cause a lot of devastation. Akvan sighed, trying to stop himself shaking. "I-It will be... fine? Yes... it will. And... I-I love you Chester... been e-easier to... stop this," Akvan gestured to his head, "with y-you here."
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Post by Chester on May 26, 2015 21:21:42 GMT
Chester followed Akvan's gaze to the ring and she felt a smile fill her face when looking at it once more. Before she also held his hands with her other free one and gripped them tightly. "I love you too, and feeling better will take a little time, but its all going to be just fine." Kissing his head slightly, Chester began thinking of a way to help distract Akvan a little from what just happened, even if it was only long enough to calm him down, and thinking on it, she knew the perfect solution. "You know, while were here, there is something we need to discuss... Well several things actually. And don't be alarmed, its nothing horrible..." Twisting around to look at Akvan properly, while keeping his hands in her own, she could only hope the distraction worked, and got him smile more. "Nanari has been hounding me over what we want to do for our wedding... And when I'm moving out of her spare room... So we could use this time to discuss these matters... Because I'm thinking that once we build Zuura's house... We could make our own? As for wedding... You saw how well Nanari did for Ru and Kaku's right, I'm thinking we let her plan ours, with Tenshi's help, and our input... Cause truthfully I want as much time with you as possible, and having Nanari steal me away for preparation isn't what I have in mind... But its all up to you..." It needed to be discussed anyways, so why not to try and help Akvan calm down and think on something other then what just happened while he does so.
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 26, 2015 22:01:05 GMT
Akvan was sure he'd feel better soon. There was always a positive to gain, so long as he wasn't mentally manipulated, Akvan could use his magic. Perhaps not in an aggressive manner, but to rebuild the clan from his own expenses, rather than trying to make this poor clan work for it all over again, Akvan could do something. He tried calming down some more, until the humming and pulsing in his head was the only thing left from his episode, until the point where he was given a distraction from Chester. He chuckled a bit when the slight suspense over what she wanted to talk about was ended, and it got Akvan thinking a bit better. In fact, Akvan almost smirked a little. It have been a good long time since Akvan actually needed to stay somewhere. Being a Sun Child, he didn't really need to eat or sleep, though perhaps now that the Sun Goddess wasn't granting him her energy anymore, Akvan might need to look into finding a place to live in that wasn't the underground hall or on top of a temple somewhere. And it was... exciting, just to think about living somewhere with Chester, even building the house themselves. "It sounds l-like... a good idea, yes. We can make i-it perfect." Thinking on the wedding, there was one thing that Akvan needed to get across to Chester, something important that may or may not be for a good reason. Akvan sighed, "I may h-have... promised Gensho... long time ago, t-that if I got married... He could, be part of the p-planning." It may have been a long time ago, and Akvan had only agreed to the promise to keep Gensho off his back for pestering Akvan over his new 'lady friend'. But a promise was a promise. Akvan stroked a hand over Chester's, "I d-d-don't want... to think what he... p-plans. But if N-nanari and T-tenshi are... helping as well, i-it should be fine." Akvan was sure whatever they did would be fine. He was happy with anything, so long as he was with Chester from now on.
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Post by Chester on May 27, 2015 20:31:09 GMT
Chester had no idea what she wanted to have for a house, having either lived in a cave, or a spare bedroom all her life, both in which had other people who were main occupants. So thinking on having such a life with Akvan really did make her scared, but it also brought a huge smile on her face. "That it most certainly will be." Now, Chester didn't mind having Gensho plan, she was all for it, especially as it was a promise, but Akvan was most certainly wrong in one respect... "All for Gensho planning... But I can assure you, Him, Nanari and Tenshi working together.... Its giving me nightmares already..." Now, it wasn't that they would ruin things, and make it bad, quite the opposite... She knew what was planned for Kaku and Ru's, and she knows with how her and Akvan have been... Its going to be more extravagant, to say the least, not that she would mind a such, getting to be with Akvan was all she wanted after all. But she know there will be a thin line between her being okay with things, and it going too over the top. "As long as I can organise the dress with another friend of mine... Then I think I can handle whatever they throw at us..." Turning Akvan's face towards her own, Chester left a lingering kiss to his lips before smiling. "Besides, I'm sure they will make things to our liking... I hope."
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 27, 2015 21:02:46 GMT
Akvan had dreaded what went on in Gensho's head. But he couldn't deny it, his brother knew how to organise, and Akvan knew it would mean so much for the God of Night to be able to help set up such a happy event, considering how the last thing Gensho organised went. Gensho probably lived for this, and seeing Akvan propose, no doubt the combined minds of his and Nanari's were already rushing to planning things. Akvan chuckled awkwardly. "I can o-only imagine. There are a f-few things that worry me... but I think... even those three, it m-might be alright." There would be elements of things that perhaps stepped over a line, but Akvan was well aware that was bound to happen. Of course, Akvan was fine with whatever happened. Chester could have her way with asking for anything she wanted for this wedding. If it made her happy, then Akvan would help get it done. For someone so perfect, they deserved a perfect wedding. Akvan held his breath, funny to always react to each kiss as if it was the first. He was far from being scared of contact now, but it still surprised him, in the best way. "You're s-so beautiful, a-and I... c-can't wait to see you a-at the w-wedding. It w-will be perfect, no matter w-what." Akvan leaned in to kiss Chester softly, pulling away to take a breath. "N-now... I-I'm thinking a-about this house. Anything you want, I-I'll try and build it. Just tell m-me what you want your p-perfect p-place to l-look like."
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Post by Chester on May 27, 2015 21:29:03 GMT
Chester knew things would be fine, and with those three planning nothing would go wrong... Its just what they actually had planned, or will plan for it, that made Chester a little nervous. But she knew it would be fine, knowing why its happened would be enough to calm her down, and Akvan would also be taking in the embarrassment. "I trust them to make things perfect... Just the stuff they wont tell us about is what's worrying me... Nanari and Tenshi did that to my brothers. They will definitely do so with us... Especially if Labari and Hada help too..." Now that was a combination to be scared off... At least Chester had Ari to help with her dress, and had a level head when it came to such things. Chester blushed at the compliment, but gave a light chuckle over Akvan holding his breath, it was so like him. "Your going to have to learn to breath when we kiss at some point you know... We will have to do so in front of many people... But I guess that's going to take practice right?" Chester gave Akvan a cheeky smile before leaning her head on his shoulder once more. "And it will be, I cant wait to see you waiting at the alter..." Now what Chester wanted for a house she didn't really know, something quite comfy she guessed, and perfect for the both of them. "Well, its not just my perfect place... Its your too. But whenever I thought on it, I guess an image of a small but homely cottage enters my mind... With one of those open fire places and a small study. I never imagined anything too huge... But, its your place as well, as long as I get my open fire."
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 27, 2015 22:02:52 GMT
Akvan had tried to forget about his sisters. Of course, that would be impossible. They were almost as bad as Gensho and Onrah had been a long time ago when it came to pestering and teasing Akvan, and that was saying something. And they had information on Akvan over the last seventeen years that no one else had, yet. Akvan's face went a little red. He'd not thought about that kind of thing, kissing in front of anyone else, excluding the time during the proposal. Akvan knew, or rather believed he wasn't very good, naturally so from his fear of everything. But it wasn't what made Akvan's face light up so much, some of it was from Chester's cheeky smile and comment. He took a deep breath to try and clear the blush, "Yes, a-a lot of practise." Akvan replied quietly, resting his head on top of Chester's. Akvan couldn't picture a house himself, not as odd as it sounded. But he'd never considered somewhere to live, that was there for shelter and sleeping and the like. Probably because even in Akvan's Demon day's he'd never really had a home. There was Onrah's place that he and Gensho would crash in sometimes, but most of the day and night Akvan was away, never considering any place home. So he didn't even know what to picture, other than what Chester wanted. "M-my perfect place is wherever y-you are." Akvan added, before chuckling, "To be h-honest I don't really know what e-else, other than r-room for others." Akvan looked forward a bit. Zuura had cleared off completely, leaving everywhere deadly quiet. Akvan swallowed. "I w-wonder if Z-zuura told the others... I-I know, that you s-said no one will be mad but... t-they worked so hard on e-everything. It's not l-like I can just... b-bring all that work back."
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Post by Chester on May 28, 2015 19:46:51 GMT
Chester gave a light chuckle at Akvan's blush, even if she knew it would happen, but she still smiled softly. One day Akvan wouldn't hold his breath, and it will be something that comes naturally to him. Now Akvan's thoughts on his perfect 'house' did make Chester blush herself, even if it was really cheesy, and so Akvan like for him to say... It was too sweet of him sometimes. "Room for others sounds nice as well... Will make for a change from using someone else's spare space." Looking up into the mess, Chester knew Zuura would have told someone by now, and they would be fine with it, she was sure of it. "True, you cant. But they wont mind, you did so much to help them... There's going to be a few mishaps when helping you back on your feet, but I know they want to help you back... Besides, they can build even bigger houses now, right?" Chester really wanted Akvan to see that things would be fine, sure the clan worked hard, but he did help with that, so this was a small price to pay for that... Its not like things would be like this for long knowing them, and Akvan was going to help rebuild as well. So its not as if he did this on purpose for them to handle alone. "Trust me, if Zuura doesn't mind, no one else will... And if they happen to, then they have me to deal with."
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Post by Flood/Akvan on May 28, 2015 21:51:01 GMT
Perhaps the majority of the clan would be alright with what happened. They'd given Akvan his second chance in the clan once he'd saved Baransu tower, and trusted him like they'd always trusted Flood. But it was the thought of them seeing this mess, knowing that something so uncontrollable was wandering around their clan. Most would still show trust, but the few that remained ever so cautious, Akvan was almost afraid of them. He wasn't about to be chased out, but it wouldn't take much to knock him down, and sheer conflict was poison to Akvan. Akvan sighed, "I s-suppose, and we have e-even more people now. M-more to help." Akvan mumbled, cuddling up to Chester and closing his eyes. He chuckled a little, finding it amusing but true that Chester was almost protecting Akvan now, from himself and anyone else. "I-I trust you... and thank you." Akvan replied, kissing Chester's cheek, realising too late how he'd held his breath again. Now Chester'd mentioned it, Akvan couldn't stop noticing his own humorous problem. He sighed again, lifting Chester's hand even close to look at. "M-maybe, this is all a c-chance. T-to start anew, e-everything."
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Post by Chester on May 30, 2015 20:41:43 GMT
The knock down in the houses did mean they could start fresh, and create bigger places then before, like Zuura and his shack, and Chester knew the Mun clan would take it in stride, laughing it off like normal... If something worse happened then sure they might not, but the destruction of houses, wasn't one of them. "That we do, call it a team building exercise." Chuckling slightly, Chester snuggled into Akvan, also closing her eyes and basking in the moment. Smiling softly, Chester looked to Akvan. "Anytime." Giving a breathless laugh as Akvan once again held his breath, Chester knew it would take a while for him to stop, but she would enjoy coaching him into that. Looking to her ring, Chester tightened her hand around Akvan's, making sure the ring was still visible, and looking to her fiancé. "Yeah, start anew, I like the sound of that. Maybe not everything, but enough for things to be better then the last." Giving Akvan a quick kiss, Chester jumped up from her space, holding out a hand to Akvan. "Come on, you'll have to face them sooner or later. Lets go give them the plan for the rebuild."
[Finished]
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