Day 82, Late Morning / Afternoon
Ken looked up at the gates of the castle, then over to the woman beside him. There was a question on his face, though she couldn’t see it. He’d seen the castle from a distance, many times, but never dreamed of walking right into it. But Julia was smiling. No, smirking. Her face, her posture, even the magic the radiated off her - there wasn’t a trace of doubt.
He turned his eyes back to the gates and drew a breath. The last time he’d been here…
But that wasn’t here. That was another world, she said. Far, far away. This was somewhere new. They were going to start over. She was going to make something new. Just for them.
“Whenever you’re ready,” he said. He swore he would follow wherever she went. He was her servant, loyal to the end.
“I was waiting for you,” she replied, her hand passing just over his shoulder without making contact. She started forward, through the gates, so sure of where she was going, as if she had been here just yesterday.
Ken followed, brushing a hand briefly over the scar splitting the right side of his face, and wondering if he shouldn’t have picked up some kind of mask or scarf before coming here. Julia said it didn’t matter, but she couldn’t see it, how twisted that side of him looked, the milkiness of his right eye, how it was obviously blind (and she wouldn't care, because she was completely blind). And it had been so long since he’d been around so many people…
Not that these people actually mattered. They weren’t here to make friends. Julia told him about the people who lived here, the liars and monsters, the manipulators and cowards. The doubles. Enemies.
They crossed the courtyard, and climbed the steps into the castle proper. Where their path crossed servants, maids, soldiers, there were whispers, gasps, and some even scurried away. Their reception, so far, was not what he expected. But Julia just smiled and walked deeper into the castle.
(OOC: Open post, time can be adjusted. Julia and Ken are a set, but they won't have doubled-up posts like this too often.)
He turned his eyes back to the gates and drew a breath. The last time he’d been here…
But that wasn’t here. That was another world, she said. Far, far away. This was somewhere new. They were going to start over. She was going to make something new. Just for them.
“Whenever you’re ready,” he said. He swore he would follow wherever she went. He was her servant, loyal to the end.
“I was waiting for you,” she replied, her hand passing just over his shoulder without making contact. She started forward, through the gates, so sure of where she was going, as if she had been here just yesterday.
Ken followed, brushing a hand briefly over the scar splitting the right side of his face, and wondering if he shouldn’t have picked up some kind of mask or scarf before coming here. Julia said it didn’t matter, but she couldn’t see it, how twisted that side of him looked, the milkiness of his right eye, how it was obviously blind (and she wouldn't care, because she was completely blind). And it had been so long since he’d been around so many people…
Not that these people actually mattered. They weren’t here to make friends. Julia told him about the people who lived here, the liars and monsters, the manipulators and cowards. The doubles. Enemies.
They crossed the courtyard, and climbed the steps into the castle proper. Where their path crossed servants, maids, soldiers, there were whispers, gasps, and some even scurried away. Their reception, so far, was not what he expected. But Julia just smiled and walked deeper into the castle.
(OOC: Open post, time can be adjusted. Julia and Ken are a set, but they won't have doubled-up posts like this too often.)