In My Sight [Active]
Character(s): Xaldin and Belle
Content: Xaldin interrogates has a lovely, pleasant chat with Belle.
Setting: A hotel room in central Actua Are
Time: Early evening
Warnings: None
Note: This post was written through AIM, and will be continued the normal way.
Xaldin pulled Belle through the darkness. It lasted only a moment and then it was over. It faded abruptly into a normal-looking hotel room. There were two full beds, a table with two chairs, a large curtained window, and all the normal things one expected in a hotel room. The room had a blue color scheme and was about the farthest thing from threatening. It was just what Xaldin promised: a room in the central Actua Are. Xaldin immediately put some distance between him and Belle, and walked towards the room’s window. “See? There's nothing to be afraid of,” he said placidly. 'Well, maybe there's the little fact that she won't be able to leave the room that is frightening. It wouldn't scare me, but she's just some tiny woman. She might have an unusual heart, but she's hardly remarkable otherwise.' “Make yourself comfortable. You're waiting out the attacks here.” His tone let her know there was no compromising this fact.
Belle looked around the room. 'Nothing out of the ordinary here,' she thought. She relaxed a bit and went to sit at the table. “Thank you for helping me.” She smiled at Xaldin. “I hope these attacks end soon.” 'He doesn't seem very friendly, but I'll give him a chance.'
‘“You're welcome” doesn't seem like a fitting reply.’ He nodded at her once. “Yes. As do I. I'm certain those... creatures will get bored soon and be off to visit other sections of the city soon enough.”
“I hope there are people in those sections that can deal with them,” Belle said. 'He's very stiff,’ she noted mentally.
Xaldin glanced at her sideways. “Maybe, maybe not. It's not our concern either way.”
“Oh…well, yes, I suppose it's not.” She looked at him, unsure. She then changed the subject. “I didn't catch your name when you came up to us. What is it?”
'Ah, so friendly already.' He looked amused and turned towards Belle. “I am Xaldin. It's a pleasure to meet you.”
'Well, that's a much better expression!' She smiled. “I'm Belle, and it's a pleasure to meet you as well.” 'He seemed to know who I was before...but maybe I was wrong.'
“Of course. So what were you doing with that man, hmm?” He raised an eyebrow. 'I'd love to hear her answer to this.'
“We just had lunch,” Belle replied. “He was very hungry, and nice enough to escort me through this place.”
“So you met up with him when you entered through a gate?” 'So they tend to stay close with those fellow outsiders they meet at the gates. Good to know.' “It makes sense. Do you remember what gate you came through?”
“Yes,” Belle said. “It was called the Niflheim gate.”
'Ah, what a shame.' He nodded thoughtfully and walked towards her. He pulled out the other chair at the table and sat where he could look at her intently. 'It proves that the name is something they choose to remember.' “Ah, yes. That gate. What did you think of it?”
“It was very interesting. Like something out of a book.” Belle smiled a bit.
“I take it you read a lot, then,” Xaldin said with a thin smile.
“Oh yes, of course. At home there is a marvelous library. I hope to be able to read every book in it.”
Belle’s enthusiasm was obvious. 'How ambitious!' Xaldin thought. “Is it a very big library?”
“It's huge.” Belle smiled fondly. “The shelves are packed with books!”
“I'm not sure that it's comparable, but this city has a well-stocked library,” Xaldin offered. “You might want to see it when the attacks stop. There are all sorts of books there.” He folded his hands on the table.
“I was planning on stopping there, actually,” Belle said. “We were going to go meet some of Subaru's friends first, and then I was going to go to the library.” 'Well, that was mostly the plan, anyhow.'
“How nice of you to go out of your way for this man,” Xaldin said blandly, “this Subaru that you just met at the gates. Why didn't you go your own way, where you could do as you please?”
“I wasn't in any rush, so I didn't mind. And it's always better to travel with a friend.”
“How could you consider him a friend? You hardly know him if you just met him at the gate.” He raised an eyebrow.
“All friendships start with a meeting somewhere,” Belle pointed out. “Besides that, this is a strange place. And judging by these attacks, it doesn't seem wise to wander around alone.”
“He might not have been able to protect you. He might have just been another person like you, wandering lost and alone and very much powerless.” Xaldin eyed her with a hint of disdain. “What would you have done then? Two helpless people are simply a bigger target.”
“I didn't know that he could protect me when I first met him. So, I would have done the same thing, clearly. We would have run like all the other citizens.”
“That would have been something to see.” Xaldin grinned. “Running people are always amusing.” He moved swiftly to the next topic. “So what about Subaru made you want to be friends with him?”
“I could tell he was new too,” Belle responded. “He was quite friendly to me as well. I still don't know him too well, but from what I do know, I like him.”
“How nice,” Xaldin said flatly. That was a topic he was hardly interested in, as it was far too sentimental. He changed the subject yet again. “Do you have any idea how you got here, or why you're in this city?”
“No.” Belle shook her head. “I just appeared here. I was walking in the forest and I slipped down a hill. And when I looked up, I was here and home was far from sight.”
“Have you heard anyone talk about why they're here? Any rumors at all?”
“No. But I'm guessing there is a reason we're all here. How did you get here?”
Content: Xaldin interrogates has a lovely, pleasant chat with Belle.
Setting: A hotel room in central Actua Are
Time: Early evening
Warnings: None
Note: This post was written through AIM, and will be continued the normal way.
Xaldin pulled Belle through the darkness. It lasted only a moment and then it was over. It faded abruptly into a normal-looking hotel room. There were two full beds, a table with two chairs, a large curtained window, and all the normal things one expected in a hotel room. The room had a blue color scheme and was about the farthest thing from threatening. It was just what Xaldin promised: a room in the central Actua Are. Xaldin immediately put some distance between him and Belle, and walked towards the room’s window. “See? There's nothing to be afraid of,” he said placidly. 'Well, maybe there's the little fact that she won't be able to leave the room that is frightening. It wouldn't scare me, but she's just some tiny woman. She might have an unusual heart, but she's hardly remarkable otherwise.' “Make yourself comfortable. You're waiting out the attacks here.” His tone let her know there was no compromising this fact.
Belle looked around the room. 'Nothing out of the ordinary here,' she thought. She relaxed a bit and went to sit at the table. “Thank you for helping me.” She smiled at Xaldin. “I hope these attacks end soon.” 'He doesn't seem very friendly, but I'll give him a chance.'
‘“You're welcome” doesn't seem like a fitting reply.’ He nodded at her once. “Yes. As do I. I'm certain those... creatures will get bored soon and be off to visit other sections of the city soon enough.”
“I hope there are people in those sections that can deal with them,” Belle said. 'He's very stiff,’ she noted mentally.
Xaldin glanced at her sideways. “Maybe, maybe not. It's not our concern either way.”
“Oh…well, yes, I suppose it's not.” She looked at him, unsure. She then changed the subject. “I didn't catch your name when you came up to us. What is it?”
'Ah, so friendly already.' He looked amused and turned towards Belle. “I am Xaldin. It's a pleasure to meet you.”
'Well, that's a much better expression!' She smiled. “I'm Belle, and it's a pleasure to meet you as well.” 'He seemed to know who I was before...but maybe I was wrong.'
“Of course. So what were you doing with that man, hmm?” He raised an eyebrow. 'I'd love to hear her answer to this.'
“We just had lunch,” Belle replied. “He was very hungry, and nice enough to escort me through this place.”
“So you met up with him when you entered through a gate?” 'So they tend to stay close with those fellow outsiders they meet at the gates. Good to know.' “It makes sense. Do you remember what gate you came through?”
“Yes,” Belle said. “It was called the Niflheim gate.”
'Ah, what a shame.' He nodded thoughtfully and walked towards her. He pulled out the other chair at the table and sat where he could look at her intently. 'It proves that the name is something they choose to remember.' “Ah, yes. That gate. What did you think of it?”
“It was very interesting. Like something out of a book.” Belle smiled a bit.
“I take it you read a lot, then,” Xaldin said with a thin smile.
“Oh yes, of course. At home there is a marvelous library. I hope to be able to read every book in it.”
Belle’s enthusiasm was obvious. 'How ambitious!' Xaldin thought. “Is it a very big library?”
“It's huge.” Belle smiled fondly. “The shelves are packed with books!”
“I'm not sure that it's comparable, but this city has a well-stocked library,” Xaldin offered. “You might want to see it when the attacks stop. There are all sorts of books there.” He folded his hands on the table.
“I was planning on stopping there, actually,” Belle said. “We were going to go meet some of Subaru's friends first, and then I was going to go to the library.” 'Well, that was mostly the plan, anyhow.'
“How nice of you to go out of your way for this man,” Xaldin said blandly, “this Subaru that you just met at the gates. Why didn't you go your own way, where you could do as you please?”
“I wasn't in any rush, so I didn't mind. And it's always better to travel with a friend.”
“How could you consider him a friend? You hardly know him if you just met him at the gate.” He raised an eyebrow.
“All friendships start with a meeting somewhere,” Belle pointed out. “Besides that, this is a strange place. And judging by these attacks, it doesn't seem wise to wander around alone.”
“He might not have been able to protect you. He might have just been another person like you, wandering lost and alone and very much powerless.” Xaldin eyed her with a hint of disdain. “What would you have done then? Two helpless people are simply a bigger target.”
“I didn't know that he could protect me when I first met him. So, I would have done the same thing, clearly. We would have run like all the other citizens.”
“That would have been something to see.” Xaldin grinned. “Running people are always amusing.” He moved swiftly to the next topic. “So what about Subaru made you want to be friends with him?”
“I could tell he was new too,” Belle responded. “He was quite friendly to me as well. I still don't know him too well, but from what I do know, I like him.”
“How nice,” Xaldin said flatly. That was a topic he was hardly interested in, as it was far too sentimental. He changed the subject yet again. “Do you have any idea how you got here, or why you're in this city?”
“No.” Belle shook her head. “I just appeared here. I was walking in the forest and I slipped down a hill. And when I looked up, I was here and home was far from sight.”
“Have you heard anyone talk about why they're here? Any rumors at all?”
“No. But I'm guessing there is a reason we're all here. How did you get here?”