4th oath of the moment (Special Valentine's day edition)

[lunawolves10th]

Action: Open to Garviel's Family at 2237 Stephen's road

[It begins as a normal day for Garviel.  Calisthenics.  Then... a package, wrapped as the regain ones was dropped off.  More curious than anything else, he opens it.  Only to find....  memories]

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[nothing_is_grey]

[Though she had already received her package, she had yet to open it quite yet. She was trying to figure out what it could be first, or why she received a package to begin with. After all, she had been told to be cautious.

She answers the door and sees Garviel on the other side, he seemed in a hurried state.]

Is there something wrong?

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[lunawolves10th]

"Yes. No. Perhaps." [he pauses, looking down at her. Giving her a look she probably hasn't seen from him before. Almost... tender.]

"Did you receive a package from the post office today?"

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[nothing_is_grey]

A package? Yes! Earlier today, I was thinking if I should open it or not. Though I have been told things will be given back to us from time to time, I thought it would be best to err on the side of caution.

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[lunawolves10th]

"I leave it to your discretion. I warn you, however... what you receive will change your view of things, I think."

[he shrugs.]

"I must confess that given what mine contained, it is my hope you would open yours. It may contain a shared memory. I don't know..."

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

A shared memory?

[She looks a bit skeptical, why take something away and return it within a weeks time? Because any shared memory would have to be within that time frame, she had never met him before. But... curious she does turn to get the box and open it. What could this shared memory possibly be?

She takes a pair of scissors and cuts along the tape, when the lid is free she opens up the flaps. The box appears empty yet.... It was like a rush, suddenly she was aware of things she hadn't been moments before, events that seemed rather important and personal yet... she dropped the scissors in shock. This was a lot to digest.]

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[lunawolves10th]

[he picks up the scissors and hands them back almost shyly, saying, very quietly.]

"So, what do you remember, then?"

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

Something that.... That almost seems impossible.

[She takes the scissors and places them down on a nearby table.]

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[lunawolves10th]

"If what happened did happen, I not only betrayed every oath to the Emperor, and to my brothers, but I also betrayed you, in the end. I am sorry."

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

Being where you should be is not a betrayal, but, to make such a choice....

[She should have consulted the Ten Kings with such a matter, a choice like that was self indulgent and not befitting a Judge. At least, not how she carried herself. The reasoning behind it was not appropriate at all.]

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[lunawolves10th]

"And yet, despite my choice, I couldn't prevent the tragedy that engulfed Horus and the very brothers that came to save me. I failed them. If I had chosen to stay with you... perhaps we could have been happy, at least."

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

What must happen happens, though every effort is put to prevent what would be unhappy, the wheel must turn and events must continue despite the greatest efforts of many. In the turning other events can occur, events that may be needed further down. It is wasteful to dwell on what could have been done, it is done and gone, reflection can be used in how one deals with something in the future.

[Though she seemed dismissive, there was quite a lot going through her mind. This was a huge shock, and she was not quite sure how to manage it. Her first inclination was to search back, to use the Cleansed Crystal Mirror, but she did not have it here! She could not verify these memories and feelings. These rather new and alien feelings inside her. But, her nature was not to simply accept things as they appeared, her nature was to fully understand something and judge accordingly. She would neither accept these memories or deny them just yet.]

Perhaps for a time.

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[lunawolves10th]

"I bow to your wisdom as always, Dear Eiki."

[for his part he has accepted this, at least on the surface. What rankles is a far subtler thing. Was this a betrayal of his nature as an Astartes, or an embrace of his true heritage as a son of man, as Rogal Dorn said, that he is peculiarly human for a Space Marine. Is this another aspect of it? Was that what made him useful as a member of the mournival in the first place? This house provides no answer. And Shiki is another mystery.]

"Do you regret your actions? I... was happy to be saved by you, to accept your affections. I wish I still had the oath of the moment we wrote together, in your language, upon my seal-paper. It was a thing of beauty."

[he shakes his head, as if resisting these heretical thoughts. And yet... they remain.]

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

There is nothing I regret, though I must confess I feel... confused. This is....

[This was something that could not be defined in black and white, or at least, she could not define it now. There was something about that which bothered her on a fundamental level.]

A delicate situation.

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[lunawolves10th]

"So what do you want to do about it?"

Action

[nothing_is_grey]

I'm not entirely sure at the moment....

Re: Action

[lunawolves10th]

"That makes two of us then." [he will sit down at her doorstep and look peculiarly vulnerable for him. Utterly thrown for a loss by his situation. A problem he can't talk, blast, cut, or think away. At least not for the moment. A problem of emotions.]