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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 14, 2018 1:27:31 GMT -5
Seamus' portal opened up in the main hall before he stepped out of it. He shook his head and sighed, so much had happened in the past few hours he almost forgot he told Lucia he wanted to talk to her. Despite how tired he felt he was going to talk to her, from what Alice said he would have to anyway. Though he decided against telling her about Alice, he had enough of a headache as is.
Celeste and Alice were close behind him once they got through the portal. "Remember you're staying in Lucia's room now," Celeste told him. "I'm not even going to bother checking to see if it's safe to go in and ask Riley for my own room yet."
"Knowing grandpa it'll never be safe for you to ask at night," Alice said with a giggle.
"You're best bet is to try to catch him before he goes off with Lucia for her exam tomorrow." Seamus looked at the three. "I'm going to go turn in early, I promised Lucia I wanted to talk anyway. We can deal with if we're going to tell Riley and Jennifer about this in the morning." Seamus went off to the guest rooms.
"There you are Alice," Lana said appearing. "For someone who can travel through time you sure are late a lot."
"Great grandma Lana!" Alice ran over to her and hugged her. "Sorry for taking so long, I got a little sidetracked wondering around for a bit."
"It's alright Alice, we still have a week or two to prepare anyway." Lana looked at Celeste and Jason. "Guess the cats out of the bag about who she is, and Riley and Jennifer having a son. Alice visits me and Derio from time to time, that's why I had to send Riley and Jennifer away before I couldn't hold the secret that I knew the outcome anymore." She looked at Alice while she thought about something. "I'm assuming you didn't tell them about the other outcome?"
Alice shook her head. "No, but it's going to be hard to keep it under wraps when I'm around.. those few. I know the risks of trying to change outcomes so I didn't try to go and change it."
Lana had a look of concern on her face before she looked at Celeste and Jason again. "We absolutely cannot tell you about that outcome." She sighed. "Believe me if I thought telling everyone would fix it I would. It's already bad enough without anyone trying to rewrite the ending chapters."
Celeste titled her head. "Outcomes?" She thought back to what Alice said back in Wonderland and how she got to this time. Her eyes widened a bit as she realized they had to be talking about something that happens once they all have to try to prevent Null. She didn't say anything, she was just trying to process what that outcomes could possibly be.
Seamus made it to Lucia's room before he knocked on her door. "Lucia it's me~" He said in a soft voice. A lot of thoughts went through his head, but he quickly decided he wasn't going to tell her about Alice. Given what was already going on they didn't need two fires going at the same time.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 14, 2018 1:45:25 GMT -5
Jason's eyes narrowed as Alice and Lana mentioned future outcomes they wish they could change, filing away the questions he had about Riley and Jen's apparent son for another day. He had a sinking feeling that he knew what that outcome was, even if he didn't know who, and chose his words carefully. "What happens if you try to change them?"
Lucia was just coming out of her Heart Dive when she heard Seamus through the door of the now slightly more cluttered room. She had already moved all of her things from her's after their conversation before returning to her platform study it in detail, confused by two of the portraits. Shaking the last of the trance from her mind she rose and answered the door with a smile. "Hey you, long time no see." She giggled at her own joke before moving to let him in, shutting the door behind her.
"So," she sat on the bed with a slight tilt to her head, "What did you want to talk about?" His aura practically screamed nervousness, but she resisted letting it infect her for now. There would always be time for that later.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 15, 2018 20:00:32 GMT -5
Lana thought for a bit about how to best explain outcomes, Derio was always better at it than she was. Speaking of Derio she sensed him coming into the main hall. "Wait right here," She ran to Derio just as he came in, opening his mouth to say something. He stopped when his wife came up to him and pulled him over to talk. After a few minutes they both came back.
Derio's usual easy going look was replaced with a more serious one. "Changing a bad outcome to a more happier ending is something that sounds nice until you learn what happens afterwards," he said. "Sometimes it's better to let things happen the way they were meant to be, no matter how you feel about the outcome." He paused for a moment before he looked into Jason's eyes. Derio's eyes glowed a bit with traces of time magic. "When I was younger I discovered the ability to see the future. Naturally whenever I saw a bad outcome for me or my team I did my best to change it into something better. Most of the time it worked out."
He sighed a bit as he remember every detail of his younger days. "I know we don't talk a lot and barely registered each other when we first met in Castle Oblivion, but believe me when I say that I know what it's like to be tricked into doing something wrong while believing I was doing the right thing. I wanted to be the greatest hero when I was younger, but I ended up working for a warlord being on one of the low class teams. It was me, Iris' father, and a few other people including my first ever girlfriend Lora. We did a lot of things, mostly taking over and clearing out worlds and powerful people thought to be a threat. Got caught up in more wars than anyone could count in a single day" He shook his head as he smiled a bit remembering one battle he'll never forget.
He looked back at Jason. "As you can imagine my ability came in handy and saved our asses a lot. The ones who are still alive still owe me favors to this day. Changing those outcome didn't come without a price, one I tried to avoid paying for so long it only made things worse. Most outcomes people try to change is where someone they love dies, I was no different. I saw Lora die in one of the missions my team and I were set to go on in a few days. Naturally I did everything I could to.." He stopped for a moment as he got a better idea to show Jason what he meant.
He took a few steps back before his hands started to glow, and two orbs formed him and Jason. One orb started showing the events he was talking about, featuring a younger version of him in his demon form along with a younger version of Iris' father. There was a young demon girl with them with black hair an purple streaks, with the way she was acting around Derio making it clear she was Lora. "That day she was supposed to be killed by the Queen we were sent to kill, but I pushed myself further than I did before that point in time to make sure she lived. This is what would have happened if I didn't change that outcome." The second orb showed Lora dying, but then showed future events that would have happened in that timeline. Derio and the others would have moved on after some time, and Derio would have even found new love. They would have all gone through the ranks and become an elite team for their Warlord.
"It would have been nice, being an elite. We would have all made it, and I wouldn't have ended up going on that rampage later." He looked back at Jason. "But because I kept changing Lora's fate because I refused to let her die it ended up changing everyone's fate for the worse." The first orb started showing events from the real timeline. Lora ended up dying in a way too bad for words, and Derio locked himself away in his room for months. Later Derio would find out Lora was killed because of her connection to him as revenge for taking out some important people of a world that no longer exists. The reason the world was no longer around came soon enough. Derio ended up going to that world with the remaining members of his team. Derio's eyes were the crest eyes Riley had back in Castle Oblivion, and because of it he showed no regret leading a genocide of every race of that world, before destroying the world itself. He would later cause a multi-world war because of his actions, costing countless millions of lives.
The two orbs faded away as Derio walked back up to Jason, putting a hand on his shoulder. He looked back into his eyes, using his normal eyes, which meant his left eye was blue and his right were was green. "This is going to be the god of destruction we are going to fight, on top of people on the level of that woman you fought in the graveyard. People on our side are going to die Jason, but I can tell you that you, Jennifer, and Lucia make it. I'd rather not tell who's going to die, but just know they are connected to Riley. No matter the outcome we cannot let emotions and the belief of fighting against fate to take over. Them dying is going to be bad enough we don't need to be creating a even worse outcome. I am not going to tell Riley about people dying until it happens the first time. He already knows my past so if he hears it from me he will understand. I just hope I will be there to calm him down and talk some sense into him, because the last thing we need is someone as unstable as Riley going on another rampage. I'm trusting you to be able to make the call about when to tell Lucia and Jennifer."
Seamus smiled at Lucia as she opened the door. He went inside and sighed a bit as he thought of what to talk about first. Even before Alice showing up in Wonderland he already had a lot he wanted to talk about with Lucia. He looked at her before he sat down next to her, taking one of her hands. "There's been a lot on my mind lately," he told her. "So much has happened in the past week I don't even know where to start."
He put his other hand over hers. "I guess I should start with what I've been keeping from you..." He looked into her eyes. " The reason I left when you were busy making Jennifer and Jason's new weapons was because I went to do some secret training with Riley. It was supposed to be a secret because we've been trying to get strong enough impress you and Jennifer." He smiled a bit. "But while I was in Wonderland Jason already had a talk with me about it and I'm not worried about impressing you anymore."
He kissed her cheek. "I've also been thinking about something else; about if you really did get pregnant from last night." He decided no matter what he wouldn't mention Alice, he wasn't about to get involved in the mess that could happen from everyone finding out about who she is if he could help it. "I never asked you if you wanted kids, or if you wanted to wait to see if this works out between us before we talk about stuff like that." He looked into her eyes and gave her a serious look. "I'm not ready to be a father Lucia... I'm only twenty. But I won't run off if you really are pregnant, I promise you. I will stay with you no matter what happens. I'll just.. learn how to be one if it comes to that. I just need some time to come to terms with it if it did happen is all."
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Post by Ziya on Sept 15, 2018 22:01:39 GMT -5
Jason listened to Derio's story calmly, processing it as he went. The information was hard to comprehend, let alone accept, but by the end he knew what he needed to do. Lightly he placed his hand over Derio's on his shoulder and nodded, speaking honestly and openly. "I understand. Sometimes there's no good option, and the only thing you can do is pick the less bad and hope you picked right." He gave him a small, sad smile before continuing. "Looks like we've got more in common than I thought. Thank you for explaining."
With that, he gently removed Derio's hand and walked away, headed for his room to think.
Lucia's giggles at Seamus' first confession nearly turned to full laughter before she contained it and responded. "I was wondering when you'd decided to tell me about that. You've apparently forgotten that I can sense hearts, and that yours has enough Darkness to sense for quite a ways. I didn't know that you were training with Riley though, and I'm glad I don't need to have that discussion with you either."
His next topic caught her off guard and immediately made her blush, but she made herself sit and listen to him before speaking again, putting a finger on his lips first. "First, I'm the one that started that, so most of the blame for not talking first is mine. Second, I'm seven years older than you and I'm not ready to be a parent. Something my mom told me a long time ago is that you're never ready for that, you just figure it out as you go and pray you live through it."
She dropped her finger then, only to replace it with her lips in a brief kiss before continuing in a softer tone. "Third, I'm pretty sure you worry too much. Why don't you relax and tell me abo-" She cut off suddenly before looking straight at Jennifer's room, then turning back to Seamus with a concerned expression. "Sis just used Aspect. I'll be right back." Without wasting a second she used Heart Dive to drop into a trance and onto her platform.
Ignoring the portraits of the green and blue haired teens, and the fact that her left arm was armored when nothing else was in the image of her on the ground, she focused on her sister's portrait, opening a connection to ask her what was going on...
Under a minute from when she dropped into the trance she came right back out blushing nearly enough to match Jason's eyes. "I did NOT need to know that!" She suddenly remembered that Seamus was sitting next to her, and her blush somehow deepened as she mumbled out an explanation. "Riley's in there with her. That's why she's using Aspect..."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 16, 2018 0:27:20 GMT -5
Derio sighed in relief as Jason understood and went off. He looked at Lana. "They're going to find out she comes back anyway you know."
"Yeah, but telling any of them that would just give them hope to save the others." Lana looked at Alice. "Come on let's go to the library, there's a lot we need to prepare for." The three of them went off to discuss the plan of attack once the Seven made their move.
Seamus blushed a little bit as Lucia reminded him she could see auras. "Yeah.. I forget about that." He rubbed the back of his head. He would have to remind himself about it in case something like this happened again. "Remind me to get other people to hide your anniversary gifts in the future."
He looked into Lucia's eyes as she put a finger to his lips, listening to what she had to say regarding if they were already having a kid. Seamus closed his eyes for their short kiss, only to frown a little when it ended so soon. He titled his head as Lucia mentioned Jennifer transformed. Seamus took a semi battle stance while sitting down, thinking of who could have sneaked into the castle without anyone sensing them. He was ready to summon his shurikens before Lucia come out of whatever she was up to with a blush on her face. Seamus just looked at her as she explained Riley was with Jennifer. Seamus put two and to together and shook his head. "That's Riley for you. Knowing that he enjoyed what those evil queens did to him its a very good thing the rooms are soundproof or we won't be able to get any sleep tonight." He took Lucia's hand. "I've had a long day, so why don't we just forget about it and watch something together before we go to sleep?"
Meanwhile Shade and Nazo were in their room, as they both picked up a a familiar aura suddenly getting stronger. Shade looked in the direction of Jennifer's room, also sensing Riley's aura becoming giving off a feeling it had during on of their times together. It took her no time at all to put two and two together. "My my spicing up playtime already?" She put a finger to her lips a she smirked.
Nazo just looked back at the book she was reading. "Figures that's what was going on." She sighed. "No wonder he was so happy when I mentioned Jennifer back in Sugar Rush."
Shade got an idea and looked at Nazo, lowering her book. "Want to go find out who's on top~?"
Nazo gave Shade a blank stare before sighing. "Fine, but only because I know you'll say something in the morning."
The couple went from their room and quietly went through the hallways before reaching Jennifer's room. Shade summoned two stethoscopes and handed Nazo one before they both put them on. Both of them putting it against the door to hear what was going on. Shade held in a giggle as long as she could, while Nazo only shook her head at who's name was being screamed over and over. "Damn it Riley have some pride..."
"Sounds like the rear exit will be shut down for repairs for a while."
Celeste made it to the hallway and flew up to them. "What's going on?"
"Oh nothing really," Shade said with a grin. "Just the Fair Maiden of Light and The Knight of the Wind.. well you know." She put her hands together with the fingers locked, before she rapidly clapped them together.
Celeste giggled a bit before looking at the door. "Guess if Riley survives telling the other wives he'll be pretty busy between the five of them."
"I hope his insurance covers getting rear-ended"
Celeste looked at her. "I know you, but I'm too afraid to ask if that's a pun about what those two are trying out."
"Lets just say it's not the Keyblade Master who is sealing the keyhole."
Celeste's face lit up a bright red before she tried to say something. She decided against it as she flew off back to her room.
"We're going to mess with them about it as soon as they wake up?"
"You know it honey~ Speaking of that.." She looked at Nazo with a hungry look. "Why don't we have our own play session tonight~"
"Fine, but I'm not using the clones this time."
The two of them went back in their room as Shade pouted a bit. "So the team is out for the season?"
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Post by Ziya on Sept 16, 2018 1:04:29 GMT -5
The next morning Lucia slipped out of bed quietly, trying not to wake Seamus as she dressed and snuck out of the room in search of something with caffeine. Between the conversation with Seamus, the incident with Jen, and the mysteries on her platform she had gotten very little sleep. As she neared the main hall she happened to sense Jason nearby and decided to head for him instead.
She found him just outside the hall itself, arms crossed and deep in thought. His aura showed a significant amount of worry and... grief? "Hey, what's on your mind Jason?" His head snapped up, revealing circles under his eyes before he sighed and pushed off the wall. "Hey yourself. Rough night too?"
Lucia nodded as she unconsciously rubbed her left elbow. "Yeah, between the talk with Seamus and some oddities on my heart platform I've had a lot to think about. Didn't help when I tried to check on Jen after she used Aspect only to hear Riley screaming her name repeatedly, along with some... other noises I'd prefer to unhear." She shuddered as mentioning them brought back the memory.
Jason just grinned and shook his head before recognizing the middle of that statement. "Wait, oddities on your platform? Aren't those supposed to be your heart made manifest?"
"Yeah, but there's two teens on it that I've never met before, and my left arm's covered in- You know what? I'll just show you real quick." The pair sat against the wall before Lucia grabbed Jason's hand and pulled him in.
A few seconds later they woke again, taking a moment to reorient themselves before standing up. "Lucia, that's not armor. That's your arm." She looked at him in confusion. "How can that be my arm if we can regenerate limbs?"
"Hell if I know, but that's what it is!" Jason took a deep breath, then looked at his friend seriously. "Changing topics, but hypothetically say that you knew the future, and that someone you know was going to die. You could try to save them, but not only might you not succeed, but even trying could kill millions of others. What would you do?"
Lucia looked at him strangely before answering. "That's a hell of a question, but I'd save the person and the others. I've never put much faith in fate anyhow." Satisfied with her answer she entered the main hall, leaving Jason to look after her sadly and mutter to himself before following. "And that's why I'll keep this secret."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 16, 2018 18:59:51 GMT -5
In the main hall Shade was filing her nails while whistling innocently while Nazo was sitting next to her drinking some tea. Shade had been looking in the direction of Lucia and Jason, but chose not to see what they were up to. She could tell by their auras that they were worried about something, there was so much going on it really could have been anyone's guess as to why.
Once they finally came to the main hall Shade didn't expect them to be so tired, but that only worked for what she was going to say as a warm up to prepare for whenever Riley and Jennifer got out of bed. "Well looks like you two didn't get any sleep last night," She said with a smirk. "Can't really blame you for looking so worried, I was a little worried to after I heard about the accident." Shade looked to Nazo for her line, but Nazo was too busy trying to not play along. Shade nudged Nazo. "Your line!"
"Fine," Nazo put down her tea and sighed. Nazo put both hands to her face. "What accident are you talking about?"
"Why the one where our dear friend Riley was in last night." She looked at Lucia and Jason before putting a finger to her lips. "He got rear ended pretty badly, his trunk won't be the same for a while. And to make matters worse as soon as he got out of that I heard he got hit hard from the front by the same driver no less! Women drivers and I right?"
Riley woke up still in his female form as the spell wore off around the halfway point of his and Jennifer's playtime, which only made Jennifer have a priceless grin on her face given what they were doing by that point. He smiled a bit after realizing Jennifer was still cuddling him, he was really happy about that he gave out a small giggle. It was always the little things in a relationship that made him really happy. He put his hand on top of one of hers. "Morning Jenny~"
Riley lightly turned to face her and playfully poked her nose. "There's something I want to talk about before we meet the others..."
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Post by Ziya on Sept 16, 2018 20:46:53 GMT -5
Lucia immediately broke out in a furious blush as she realized what they were talking about, though to her credit she kept an otherwise straight face. "I take it you two figured that out last night too? I'd rather not have known the details, to be honest. Not with my sister involved."
"Oh, so if it wasn't her you'd have been fine? Aren't you the budding voyeur suddenly~" Lucia spun around to see Jason's smirk and glared daggers at him. "I wouldn't have even been IN that situation if she hadn't used Aspect! And I left right after I figured out what was going on anyhow!"
Jason put his hands up defensively as he circled around her to hide behind Shade. "I get it! You're not a voyeur then, my bad." Once he actually got behind Shade he grinned at her instead. "Nice description, by the way. And you're right, that's why I prefer men driving most of the time."
Jennifer opened her eyes with a giggle at Riley's touch, enjoying the sight of him just as much as she had the night before. "Mmmn... Good morning, Ri." She yawned with a little squeak as she shifted a little and smiled at him. "Oh, what's that sæta?" Using the old term for "sweetie" came naturally for her somehow, despite it being one of the only words she actually remembered from her school days.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 16, 2018 23:55:11 GMT -5
"Oh we did a bit more than figure it out," Shade said as she summoned a pack of cigarettes. "We both sensed that aura while Nazy here was just trying to finish reading a story, and with Riley's aura being so similar to when I was still having my way with him it took no time at all to put two and two together." She took a cigarette out and lit it with fire magic. "Though his aura showed a lot more love in it, so looks like those two are staying together." She smirked a little. "They were in her room, so I wonder if Riley's ball and chains know what's been going on." She started smoking before looking back at Jason. "Oh so you're a back seat driver? Should have guessed given your aura. Though I'm the only driver I trust, not counting my wife Nazy." She held up her hand to show a wedding ring. "Having to be loyal to one person was a big change for me, but with her clones and other abilities it more than makes up for me not wanting other people anymore. To be fair we've been together since we were still men, so I guess Nazy finally got tired of watching me get with girls so she finally put a ring on me to keep me claim my heart as hers and hers alone."
Nazo just gave Shade a look before she took some more of her tea."I doubt his wives know," she said dryly. "Riley wouldn't pass up having her in that bed of his unless she really wanted to do it in her room."
Shade puffed out some smoke and looked at Nazo with a big grin. "Things are about to get interesting then."
"How so-" Nazo then looked in the direction Shade was looking at, sensing auras was still new to her, but she was slowly getting the hang of it.
Shade put one finger up to prevent the other two from saying anything. She then pointed at one of the others halls just seconds before Merlina came through it. "Yo Merlina what's up girl?"
Merlina just walked passed them before she stopped to look back at them. She gave Jason a look of disappointment because sighing. "I know about Romeo and Juliet," She said calmly. "At least I know that's what Riley is insisting on calling their relationship, he did the same with me. "
Nazo looked at her and Shade opened her mouth to say something, but Merlina held her hand up to stop them. "I'm not mad, I'm just.. upset that he didn't talk to us about it and is going behind our backs like this. He taught me how to sense auras while he was teaching me chaos a few months ago, so I know what happened last night." She put her hand down before she put her hands together. "The more I think about it the more I realize I can't really be upset at him, we started out the same way after all and he hasn't lied to me, unlike a certain someone.." She looked at Jason before looking back at everyone else. "I wished he at least talked to us about it first, all I want in honesty from him, really." She sighed a bit before turning around. "I didn't tell the others, Lana and I sent them off world to collect items for me. I'm synthesizing something for Riley later. I'm going to have a discussion with him soon so we can all work this out. I don't want any of you to say anything about me knowing the truth okay? I am at least going to have him squirm a bit for not telling me outright before I tell him he has nothing to worry about with me." She looked back at them and gave them a smile. "Good luck on your exam today Lucia, and no more lying to me alright Jason?" She then went off towards the room she shared with Riley and the other wives.
Riley blinked at Jennifer's new name nickname for him. He had never been called that before. He gave her a smile. "I like it, I guess my name is kind of short to come up with a nickname with it, but I like Ri." He smiled at her as she called him sweetie. "It's actually about.. how I haven't been fair to you."
He put a hand on her cheek and gave her a sad smile. "It's not fair for you to have to sneak around and keep our love a secret just because I'm too much of a coward to be honest with my wives. It's not your fault things happened so soon and so quickly between us, it's mine for not thinking about what else and who else this would affect. The love I have for you isn't any less than the love I have for the others, and I should be proving that but acting like it." He gave her a happier smile. "I promise you that I will come clean to them, today. I will only need a few more hours to be able to explain everything. I will take all the blame for this, I did tell them after I became a Master that there would be no more affairs, though given how I do plan to make an honest woman out of you this is no affair."
He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss. "I'm sorry about not telling them about us sooner, I guess there is still a bit of Yellow Riley left in me. I'll make it up to you somehow, but after today I'll move all your stuff into my room and we can all be together at last and like i said yesterday anything you want to add to my, our room is fine with me."
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Post by Ziya on Sept 17, 2018 0:40:37 GMT -5
Jason shrunk behind Shade even more as Merlina gave him a look and revealed his lie, making him feel far worse than he already did as she explained her reasoning and feelings before leaving. By the time she walked out the door Lucia finally recovered, but one look at his aura silenced any rebuke she had thought of, instead calmly walking over to him and giving him a hug. "I'm sorry you got put in that position, Jason. I don't know if you did the right thing, but I know you did it for the right reasons."
Her words resonated far more than she could have expected, touching on the greater secret he still kept and making him unexpectedly tear up before gently pulling free and walking away. "I need to take a walk and clear my head." Lucia stared at him in confusion as he walked away then looked back at Shade and Nazo, hurt in her eyes. "Do you know what's wrong with him? There's something or he wouldn't be this way. Even if my arm really does get lost it wouldn't upset him this much."
Jennifer listened to Riley calmly, trying very hard not to yawn or interrupt him since he seemed to really want to say it all first. Once he was done she kissed him again, just to make sure he was actually done, then responded. "Riley, I really, really appreciate that you're willing to face your fears and own up to this, but it's not just you. I've been an equal part of this, and I'll take my share of the blame. Besides," she paused to giggle just a bit, "we didn't really have much of a chance to tell anyone until yesterday, and we ended up getting saved by your mom of all people."
She looked into his eyes with an easy smile, not worried in the least. "And I'm looking forward to getting to know the others too. I may even come to love them just as much, given time. This isn't an ending, it's a beginning. For all of us." She kissed him once more before rolling away and off the bed finally, looking for a set of clean clothes. "Now, we're not gonna get anything done laying in bed all day, as nice as it is, so let's get ready and make that happy beginning happen!"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 17, 2018 12:26:43 GMT -5
Shade for once didn't have a joke to say. She wasn't expecting that from Merlina, nor did she expect Jason to tear up. She didn't say anything at first when Lucia questioned them, she just took another puff of her cigarette. With Lucia's wording that made Jason leave she had an idea about what she was hiding from her. "No idea," She told her. "Nazy and I have been too busy taking care of things on other worlds so we really having been around the others much."
Nazo didn't say anything at first, she just started drinking more tea. That was until she got a look from Shade, which she knew the looks meant she was needed for backup. "It's better to not worry about whatever he's thinking for now," She said looking at Lucia. "He'll talk about it if he feels like it. You have an exam to prepare for so you should stay focused on that." She looked back at her tea before she decided a way to avoid further questioning. She summoned her book from the night before and started reading from where she left off.
"You could always not press him until he wants to talk about it on his own. There are some things that should be dropped until the person is ready on their own terms."
Riley smiled a bit after Jennifer kissed him, but still listened to every word she said before he said anything. On one hand he did want to confess to the other wives by himself, he did feel like it was on him to do that. But on the other Jennifer was right, they both had an equal share in what happened, so they would have to come clean together. "You're right Jennifer, we're a team now," He said with a smile. "We'll confess together, I already have a song to sing in mind in case things go wrong."
He giggled a bit once Jennifer rolled off the bed. "Are you sure about that Jenny, there's still a lot of things we could get done right here~" He stuck his tongue out at her playfully. Riley sat up and watched Jennifer look for clothes to wear. "You know that gives me an idea about your first magic lesson." He appeared in front of her and with a small flash of black and red chaos the clothes he wore while he was in female mode appeared on him. "This should be safe, I don't see how you can burn down the room doing this." He pointed his right hand at her before it started to glow black and red. A small aura of matching colors covered Jennifer before it enveloped her. After a few seconds the aura went away, revealing clothes had appeared on Jennifer. He gave her a ruby red T-shirt that matched his corset, along with her usual white denim jacket, belt, jeans, gloves and shoes.
"I figured we could match a little today," He said with a smile. He turned around and held up some of his hair. "My hair is really long in this form, I'm never going to cut it but I do at least tie it. Could you help me with it?"
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Post by Ziya on Sept 17, 2018 13:10:04 GMT -5
Lucia looked past them to where Jason had gone, the sense of his heart slowly fading as he got farther away. "It's not like him to hide something this big, not since the last time he was with you and Riley anyhow. But," she hesitated, then sighed, "you're right. Pushing is only going to make things worse at this point. When he's ready he'll tell us." She hoped he would, at least.
Jennifer laughed in delight as Riley summoned clothes on to her, though a moment later she realized something was missing. Reaching into the drawer closest to her she pulled out one of her only dark bras, quickly pulling off the jacket and shirt to clasp it. "That's nifty, but you forgot this."
Soon enough she was fully dressed again and walking back to him, taking his hair and expertly splitting it into three parts. "I'll do something better. This'll be perfect for a braid, and it'll be easier to walk around with." With quick, even motions she worked, moving the left part to the center, then the right, then the new left, and so on until she had a nice looking simple braid that was considerably shorter than the loose hair had been, tying off the end with a red ribbon and leaving the ends dangling a few inches. "There! Now it's around the middle of your back instead of hanging past your butt, so I can look at it more~"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 17, 2018 17:47:48 GMT -5
Lana entered the main hall before Shade was forced to say anything. She smiled at Lucia. "Glad to see you're up early," She said with a smile. She noticed her aura and titled her head. "What's wrong? Are you nervous about your exam? You still have three hours to prepare for it. That should give you enough time to do anything you need to do beforehand."
She put a hand on her hip. "Though I wouldn't blame you if you're nervous, the keyblade masters you'll be taking out are strong. From what I've seen from you you shouldn't worry too much, just stay focused and you should do fine. You'll make a good master, Lucia."
"And just think about it, after this you'll be able to train any keybladers you come across that you feel are ready to take the test or train under you." Shade said. "Or you can chose to just go on like you always do and wait a while before you decide to train anyone."
"That reminds me, you may even learn how to wield more keys like I do." Lana gave Lucia a smile. "It takes a while for most people but once you do you'll never regret it. My keys were created from rage, and Riley can't unlock more keys until he kills his nobody and heartless and becomes whole again so I'll have to wait before I can teach him how to. Maybe when all this Null stuff is over I can start teaching you how to if you want."
Riley shrugged a bit. "I don't wear bras anymore," He told her. "I haven't needed to since I started wearing these corsets, even if mine is a lot more open than most." He put a hand on his hip as Jennifer started tying his hair. "I never did ask you if you liked my outfit~" He noticed as she was braiding his hair it was no longer reaching his ankles like it usually did with his normal hairstyle; Having most of his hair behind him in a big braid near the end and some tied and curved to the front over his left shoulder and chest. "Oh you don't like the way I wear it normally~" he teased. He would usually complain about the changing in hairstyle, but if it was from Jennifer he wasn't going to mind, as long as she didn't cut it. When he really thought about it his hair had somehow gotten longer in this body than it was in his old cursed form. "I love the bow you picked it though~"
He then heard the real reason she tied his hair the way she did. He turned his head to look at her before giving her a big gin. "I knew you've been staring at it. I could feel your eyes all over it ever since Sugar Rush." he stuck his tongue out at her. "If you wanted a better view all you had to do was ask~" His cloak faded away in chaos. He leaned forward a little and swayed his hips from side to side for a minute. "I guess that explains that grin you had when I finally changed back to this form."
He turned back around and poked her nose. "That makes me feel better about myself, to be honest with you I've been.. admiring you since we first met." He rubbed the back of his head and smiled a bit. He then took her hand. "Come on let's go, we have a big day ahead of us." He turned to unlock her door with his keyblade before he would take her into the main hall.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 17, 2018 22:50:17 GMT -5
Lucia looked up as Master Lana noticed her mood, her concern actually making her feel a little better for once. "I'm not sure I'll ever be ready to train anyone, to be honest. I'm lucky I managed to train myself!" Getting her to think about the future took her mind off of Jason, and she actually giggled a little as she thought about it. When her Master mentioned more keyblades Lucia shook her head in disbelief. "I can barely dual-wield normal weapons, let alone keyblades! Besides, wouldn't I need another weapon to use as the core?" So far as she knew, the only two ways to get a keyblade were to me chosen by a preexisting one or create one using a weapon or object that has been connected to the wielder's soul. It would be interesting to see if she could though.
Jennifer rolled her eyes in exaggerated annoyance before she got an idea. Focusing her Light, she tried to imitate what Riley had done with chaos and alter her shirt and bra. For a moment nothing happened, but then a sudden flash blinded her before she found herself in a corset under her jacket instead of the shirt and bra. "Hey, it worked!" Somehow she didn't notice the pair of lacy panties somehow on her head until after saying that, quickly tossing them onto the bed before giving Riley a sheepish smile. "Kinda, at least..."She perked up again once Riley admitted to "admiring" her as well, the smile shifting to a sultry one as she repeated the little dance he had done just a moment ago. "Oh, I knew the whole time. Looking's free, but you got to earn anything else." Laughing, she straightened and followed him out the door.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 18, 2018 2:04:01 GMT -5
"You'll only know when the time is right," Lana said with a smile. "I didn't think I would be training anyone until after Riley got his keyblade." She grinned a bit remembering the look on the queen they were fighting's face when Riley first got his key. She would always remember that day just for that alone. "You could always choose not to train anyone until much later in life, it's up to you."
Lana then thought for a bit. "Those are two ways of going about it," She said. "But I forged both of my keys from pure rage alone, and Iris made both of hers at the same time with her resolve to protect Riley. It may be different depending on your world of origin." She gave Lucia a smile. "Well there's one difference between you and my son at last. His main weapons before he got his key were Dawn and Dusk, so he's a more natural dual wielder than most. If you're not good with dual wielding then you shouldn't worry about that, but keep in mind some people have more than one key but can't dual wield. Different keys are better at different things. Keep that in mind before you write off not making another key, okay?"
"She's right you know," Derio said finally appearing. "Just think of it like a swordsman that carries more than one sword. That doesn't always mean he'll be using both at the same time. One might be around for it's reach and power while the other is there for it's ability."
Riley held in a giggle as Jennifer tried her first clothing spell. "Don't worry, that will happen the first few times." He blushed a little as Jennifer told him she always knew he was staring at her body and copied his dance. "Oh.. you knew.." He was very glad they were together or else he would have no idea what to do or say. He decided to play it off. "Well at least I don't have to pretend not to anymore~"
He was leading her to the main hall when he took her hand and kissed it. Before he could say anything Merlina suddenly appeared behind them. "Hey Riley~" she said.
Riley nearly jumped out of his skin when he felt Merlina suddenly appear. He kept forgetting he taught the other wives how to flash step. He turned around and looked at her. "Merlina!" he said nervously. "W-w-whatever brings you here?"
"Oh I was going to get something to eat before I went off to pick some flowers or something." She put her hands behind her back before she swayed from side to side. "Jason told me why you've been so distant from us lately."
"Oh He has has he?! I mean oh he has?"
"Yeah, he told me all about how you lost your chaos form. He said that you've been too scared about failing and disappointing us again. I know how upset you get whenever you go through a failure like that so I've just been so worried about you. But he told me Jennifer has been helping you with meditation and mantras." She looked at Jennifer and smiled. "I'm really thankful you've been helping him. I just hope you haven't been too hard on him and that you've been able to raise his spirit up."
"Merlina I-"
"I see you two are wearing matching outfits. Is it a new form of teaching?"
"I..I...I" Riley started shaking like it was freezing cold. He was prepared to face his wives about this, but he didn't think he'd have to as soon as they got out the door!
"Why if I didn't know any better, I'd say you too have been getting along very well."
"Merlina-"
Merlina titled her head. "What is it Riley? Why are you shaking so much?" She tapped the side of her cheek. "You know you two together like this reminds me of a story I read once.... named Romeo and Juliet. Come to think of it, wasn't that our nicknames when we first started out Riley? When your two wives at the time had no idea about us?"
Riley gulped.
She started mimicking Riley. "It was so romantic, having forbidden love between us. What did you keep telling me back then? ' I'll come clean and tell them everything soon' over and over?"
"I'm so-"
Merlina held her hand up to stop him like she did with Shade. "I've just been wondering something; why don't you at least come to our room and tell us your going to be doing training with Jennifer? I've been starting to get a little worried about you, I haven't seen you in so long I was starting to think Jennifer here had run off with our husband. But I should know better than to assume things like that, right?"
Before Riley could say anything else Merlina paced around the two secret lovers. She was inspecting something before she came back around to the front of them. "What's with the guilty faces? There's nothing to hide when you two are just training, right?" She then put a finger to her cheek again. "Come to think of it, why haven't you just told us you were going to train him Jennifer? We would have understood if he didn't want to face us until he felt better about hat happened. It's not like it's something to hide from us." She then looked at Jennifer. "It's only natural you two would get along so well. You both have a similar sense of humor, you balance each other out, went on adventures together that Riley even made that play about with you fawning over him..." She then widened her eyes a bit before leaning in close and giving them a big grin. "You two like each other, don't you?"
"I confess! I CONFESS!" Riley said. "I've been going behind you and the others back with Jennifer!" Riley fell to his knees and looked at the ground. "I've had feelings for her since that time I told you about in Castle Oblivion, but only realized them after seeing her again after so long. I went to her two days ago and we both confessed our love for each other, and then.." He looked up at Merlina. "We did it... we had sex and now she might be pregnant! I've been staying in her room and I took her around the kingdom and castle yesterday and showed her everything before we did it again!"
Riley walked, well kneed up to Merlina and bowed down at her feet. "I take my share of the blame! I'm the one who went to her without thinking how it would effect others around us! I wasn't thinking about anything at the time except for her and how I was going to confess my love for her! I'm sorry for not telling you, I really am! I wanted to tell you all but I was just so scared of how you would react and it only made things worse!" He kissed her shoes and started kissing up her leg, saying I'm sorry over and over. He looked up into her eyes. "Merlina I never meant for it to go like this, I just really love her as much as i love you four." he took her hand and kissed it, and started kissing his way up her arm slowly raising. He said different things with each kiss. "My love. My sweet. My purple mage. My sweetie. My world. My heart. My soul." He looked into her eyes again. "Can you ever forgive me? No, I don't deserve forgiveness. I accept it all, I only ask that you not make Jennifer pay for my sins."
Merlina held in her laugh the entire time, only letting it all out once Riley was finished with his performance. It took her a few minutes to stop laughing. "Oh Riley, I'll never get tired of that side of you. It's so much fun to watch." She patted him on top of his head. "You are forgetful, you know that. I could sense Jennifer and you last night after she transformed. You taught me how to sense auras, remember?"
Riley slapped himself on the forehead. "I did forget that.." He pushed his two index fingers together, looking up at Merlina.
"I'm not mad at you two, I could tell from your aura after she hugged you that you had feelings for her. I'm only upset that Jason lied to me and that you two went behind our backs for so long. We could have just talked about it if you were just upfront with us. That's all I want, honesty. I forgive you, both of you, but it'll take me a while to stop being upset about being lied to. I didn't tell the others about this, but we can tell them together, today you two." Merlina knelt down and kissed Riley. "I remember how you were when you were worried about telling Maple and Winda about me, I'm sure you've been through enough with that alone." She helped him up before she went over and kissed Jennifer right on the lips. "Here's hoping this works out and you become a co-wife" She then walked ahead of both of them before turning around to face them. "No more going behind my back and no lying to me, alright?"
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Post by Ziya on Sept 18, 2018 2:39:27 GMT -5
The incident with Jason faded completely to the back of her mind as Lucia listened to her Master and Derio, contemplating the possibilities of how and why to forge another keyblade. "You both raise some good points, Master, Derio, but we Celderatians are only able to use our full power with weapons that are linked to our souls. I'll have to think on this once everything calms down." The chance that she might have some hidden part of herself yet to discover worried her, but maybe it had to do with the mysteries of her platform...
Jennifer cut off mid giggle as Merlina suddenly appeared just as they left the room, suddenly frozen in fear. Her mind had already gone straight to them being found out, and the way that she casually mentioned Jason's apparent story only cemented that thought. She remained frozen nearly the entire time, breathing shallowly as she watched the trap creep closer and closer to being sprung, helpless to anything but her own thoughts and fears.
By the time Merlina asked her why she didn't tell them about the "training" her eyes were becoming moist, and only two decades of training kept her from hyperventilating. This was it, her and Riley's lives were over, she'd either be killed or kicked out, never seeing any of them again...
Just when she was about to burst into tears fully Riley's outburst happened, pulling her back from the brink as she tried to focus on his words. She soon regretted that as he proceeded to tell Merlina about both of their nights and the possibility of her being pregnant, a combination that made her face nearly as red as her corset despite the ongoing panic attack, but his continued support of her helped her center herself slowly.
By the time Merlina finally revealed that she wasn't angry Jen was more confused than scared, and even that just flat out disappeared when she suddenly kissed Jen and mentioned her hope for their success. By the time Merlina walked away she could only nod mutely to her question, hoping that Riley would lead her where they had been going.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 20, 2018 4:34:39 GMT -5
"If it helps I didn't get my second key by choice," Derio told her. "I didn't even want my first one after I got it. But something happened where I had no choice but to take it." Derio shook his head, remembering how he ended up a wielder in the first place. It was major details he chose not to tell Jason when he was explaining things. It would take a lot to get that story out of him. "Let's just say sometimes things will happen against your will, no matter how hard you try to fight it. Just keep that in mind."
Lana blinked at her husband, surprised he revealed he possessed keys to Lucia. Though given what he had to reveal to Jason she figured there would be nothing to lose from this. She knew better than to reveal he was a master as well, she knew only Derio would be able to decided when to tell that tale. She looked back at Lucia and smiled. "You still have many years ahead of you, so there will be plenty of time for you to figure things out."
Seamus finally made it into the main hall, not wanting to wake up too early in case Lucia ran into Alice. Celeste was right next to his head floating by him like she always did. "I guess everyone else is still sleeping," He asked. "Guess I should have slept in more or watch some more shows." He smiled at Lucia. "Though it wouldn't have been the same without you there watching with me."
Riley just nodded to Merlina nervously. "I promise," He told her not sure what else to say.
"That's what I want to hear," Merlina smiled before turning around and heading back into Riley's room.
Riley sighed in relief and felt his heart. "My heart has enough problems with all these near heart attacks." He said. He looked over at Jennifer. "Good thing it was Merlina or else-" He noticed she hadn't said anything about it. That wasn't like her. He remembered what she told him about how she gets anxious and her thoughts. The past few minutes had to be very stressful for her.
He went over to her and took her hand, squeezing it lightly. He looked up into her eyes. "Hey are you okay?" He gave her a worried look. He didn't know what was going on in her head, but he knew it had to be something bad. He slowly brought his free had up to her cheek. "It's going to be alright, we'll get through this, together." He gave her a small smile. " I hope you weren't overwhelmed, I'm pretty sure that was the easy confession."
He looked down a bit after realizing everything he confessed. "I'm sorry if you didn't want to reveal everything, I just panicked and had to come clean about it all. I could never lie to Merlina anyway even before that promise to her." He poked her nose and gave her a bigger smile. "Let's just not worry about it for now, okay? We can figured everything out later today, and work on a confession that doesn't make you like this."
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Post by Ziya on Sept 20, 2018 20:40:11 GMT -5
Lucia listened to Derio, surprised that he had keyblades as well. At least, she was until she remembered that this was Riley's family. Anything could, and probably did, happen around them. His last words seemed ominous, but without context she assumed they were nothing but a general warning.
As Master Lana mentioned the years ahead of her she decided to bring up something that had been bothering her for a few days. "About that... Master, the way Celderatians age is that our souls gradually lose the ability to contain our Elements, weakening our powers and reserves until they finally are depleted and we die. But, what happened to me on Sugar Rush should have made that process much faster, and instead there's no change at all. In fact, there hasn't been a change since I first found myself on Radiant Garden nine years ago. Is there something different about how Light and Darkness work on Sealed Worlds compared to the Realm at large that could be causing this?"
She smiled at Seamus as he entered, glad to have seen him before her Mark of Mastery, but at the moment she was far more interested in a possible explanation from one of the oldest and most powerful allies she knew.
Riley's touch brought Jennifer's mind back to reality, a little tired but otherwise mostly normal as she returned his smile with a shaky one of her own. "I'm okay now, at least. I wasn't expecting that, and the fear and stress gave me a panic attack. Then she kissed me..." A blush crept up her face again before she shook her head and giggled. "Anyhow, I'll be fine, even when we confess to the others."
She gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek before smiling a bit brighter and tugging on his arm. "Now let's get going! If you make my sister late to her exam you're gonna find it even harder to sit down~" A wink finished the tease, even as she began to plan her own confessions to the others. That way she could get the worst over with before he even got back, she hoped.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 22, 2018 22:45:40 GMT -5
Lana's purple eyes glowed a bit as her student asked her about how light and darkness worked in the realm. " So that's how you age," She said. "Then I have good news for you, Light and Darkness are eternal in this realm. Looks like you won't be aging anymore, so you and your sister won't have to worry about getting all old and wrinkly while your loves never age. Just be sure not to die in battle and you'll be fine for ages to come."
"Most races from our world don't age anyway," Derio told her. "Most live until they are killed in battle, others have a few hundred years before they die."
"That's amazing news!" Seamus said as he floated over to Lucia. "Now I don't have to worry about you getting gray hair and all, I like you the way you are so it's great that you'll be like this forever~"
"Gee Seamus from the sound of it I'd say the thought of being with an older woman scares you," Celeste said."Even though you are with one it sounds like you wouldn't want to be with her if she looked her age later one."
"W-What?!" Seamus turned red. "Why I would never..." He then thought about what would happen if Lucia did age. He had no idea how he would react to it, but he really wanted to say he would stay with her no matter what. "I would stay with her.. it would just be weird because this is as old as any of us are gonna look."
Riley gave Jennifer a worried look when she mentioned she had a panic attack. If he knew she would have reacted like that he would have toned himself down or would have snuck off while she was sleeping and told the others by himself. He gave her a small smile when she said she'll be alright. "If you say so, then I'll trust you. But if it becomes too overwhelming when we confess just squeeze me hand, okay?"
He then smirked at her as she kissed and teased him. "Is that so?" If last night taught you anything it's that I would just enjoy that~" He stuck his tongue out at her before he took her hand and finally took her into the main hall. Only after he started walking with her faster did he realize he was still kind of sore from last night, to the point he was limping. He was really glad Shade wasn't here or else he would never hear the end of it.
Shade felt Riley and Jennifer were getting closer and smiled a little. She looked right where they were coming from until they finally came into the main hall. "Well if it isn't the Fair Maiden of Light and-" She noticed the way Riley was walking, and that they were both matching. She got a big grin as she floated over to the two. "Riley are you feeling any better? I'm glad to see you are alright after the car crash."
"Car Crash?"
"Yeah, the one where you were rear-ended before the same person rammed into you from the front. " She then looked at Jennifer. "But what do you expect from woman drivers." She then made it worse by putting her hands together with the fingers locked, before she rapidly clapped them together.
Riley looked at her, remembering that she and Nazo could sense auras. "You....sensed..... it...."
Shade smirked at him. "That's right~ Poor Nazy was just trying to finish her story when it happened." She then floated back over to Nazo. "Isn't that right?"
Nazo gave Shade a blank stare. She wasn't really the teasing type unless Shade pushed her to do it. "Yeah..."
"How did his lines go again?" Shade put a hand over her face, her voice now mimicking Riley whenever he was being dramatic. "Oh Jennifer oh Jennifer oh Jennifer Jennifer Jennifer Jennifer Jennifer!"
Lana looked at Riley and Jennifer. She had sensed them last night too but was waiting for the perfect moment to say something. "From what I sensed you two sure were having fun. I hope my son didn't ask you to do anything weird too soon Jennifer. I could always hear whatever girl he brought home yelling ' you want me to WHAT?!' and the usual 'PEOPLE ARE INTO THAT?!' " she put a hand on her hip and smirked. "But I guess I can't really blame him, experimenting runs on both sides of the family."
"LANA!"
"MOM!"
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Post by Ziya on Sept 23, 2018 10:40:48 GMT -5
Lucia was so shocked by the news that she didn't even notice Riley and Jennifer finally join them, her sister trying to heal Riley as he limped ahead of her. She did notice when Shade once again brought up her car crash joke, paying attention just in time to watch Jen's face turn as red as... wait, why was she wearing a corset?
Lucia decided she didn't want to know.
Somehow Jennifer turned even more red when Lana spoke up, feeling like if she blushed any more steam would start pouring from her ears. Desperate to get away from the situation she glanced at her sister, only for her gaze to be met with her blushing too! "I knew that was you last night! Why were you snooping around my heart?"
Lucia retorted quickly. "It's not my fault you used Aspect for that! I left as soon as I heard what was going on! How did you to even keep- You know what? I don't want to know" Jen smirked through her blush. "Gotta get in as much fun as I can before I get old! Now it's just with him and ma~ybe my hopefully fellow wives though."
The blush left Lucia's face as she looked at her sister oddly, making her cock her head and raise an eyebrow. "What? You can't tell me you've got a problem with that!" Lucia shook her head before explaining. "It's not that. I'm happy for you! It's just, apparently we aren't going to age because our Elements are eternal here. You won't get old, and neither will Jason or I."
For once, Jen was stunned speechless.
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