The priest of Elysion prays far below the surface, in the hidden temple where the Golden Kingdom once stood. He keeps his eyes closed and hands folded as he seeks out one dream in particular, but strays through the dreams of many.
Share yours with him?
(ooc: Responses can be, well, whatever: a dream the character is having that Helios can
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"Maiden. Your dream has become this sad." It makes him sad as well. He doesn't know the reason for it, but he knows her tears.
(ooc: aha, absolutely no worries ♥ this'll be fun. and i get veeeery tl'dr at times, too)
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"Helios? Is it really..." She trails off as his words hit home. Her dream has become sad, through no one's fault but her own. She'd let them become sad, so wrapped up in herself she hadn't even thought about the effect it would have on him.
"Helios, I'm sorry." She hesitates for a small moment before reaching out her hand to him, placing their palms together in a simple but timeless gesture. It really was him. He was here, and tonight at least she wouldn't be alone.
(ooc: much adoration is heaped on your head. This should be fun though, I'm looking forward to it. I'm sure I'll run out of tl;dr eventually.)
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"I have been waiting for the day I would see you," he tells her. "Here in your dream. You have truly become the maiden and lady I desperately sought." He presses his hand to hers, and smiles a gentle smile he means to be comforting.
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"You've waited for me here? How can that be? I've waited for you every day for years and you were never here. I was always alone before, all I had were the memories of before." The sadness of those days doesn't matter now, not at this moment. She doesn't want to taint her time with him be dwelling on such emotions. "The lady you sought?" Usagi smiled slightly at that, eyes warming under the soft influence of his smile. "Have I truly?"
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He loses track in the mists of dreams and prayer, closed away in Elysion. He breaks the contact of her hand and kneels to kiss her hand, as the most proper greeting for the lady she has become; no more the forehead kisses to the little girl, but neither yet passion.
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Elysian is rather removed from the world and for this she truly can't blame him. Her cheeks however, go from rose to crimson as he takes her hand, kissing it softly. You would think that someone who was eighteen wouldn't be so affected by the simple gesture as she was. It wasn't a gesture she was used to, as she'd clung to his promise despite the many who had vied for her attention. The very fact that it was him put so much more meaning into it ( ... )
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"Do not cry," he tells her. "I will lend you my strength. What has happened here?"
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There were still tears in her eyes, the daughter of Usagi did have similarities with her mother after all, but she smiled at him anyway. "Sometimes crying is the best thing to do and the only way to cleanse your emotions." She reminded Helios, not that he likely needed the reminder. "Time happened here Helios, time and emotion." They were talking about the landscape of her dreams after all, or at least Usagi was.
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Perhaps his view is naive, with the multitude of humans who discard their dreams as they grow up and adulthood pushes them to maturity and harsh practicality. But he stands by his words.
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The price of growing up was always sharp and full of prices that have to be paid. She's never quite had the same unbridled optimism of her mother, no matter how much she'd tried to emulate the older woman she adored.
In the end it all came down to the fact that it had been her fault, not his. Had she failed him? It certainly felt so, or was that just the new-found adult inside talking?
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He does not answer what it might be, what he believes it to be. To him, even if she dreams of that, she shares the dream of the senshi to protect their world, just as he protects the world of dreams.
"This place must shine brightly again. I am certain that it will."
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Protect the world? Her world has been at peace for a very long time, the senshi now are little more than glorified police keeping the law on Earth from the few that would challenge it.
Yes, of course it will shine again. He's reminded her about her dreams and how previous they are. She won't take them lightly, she'll cling to her dreams and make sure to protect them as she should have all along.
"It will shine again, you have my word. Brighter than it ever has before."
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He reaches for her hand again, as though to break the heavy mood. "Come, let us walk. It is rare to be able to see each other." He knows this beautiful place, quickening to life even as they stay here, but he will let her lead him through it, let her set their pace as they walk.
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It's effective: breaking the somber mood as Usagi smiles at him, taking his hand. "It's true, the chances have been far too slim." The place is slow, leisurely as they walk together along familiar paths. She's in no hurry, quite content to take her time enjoying these moments.
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"But it is natural for loneliness to lead to sadness. Do not blame yourself any longer."
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