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[rose_rapture]

Who: Endrance and Yue
When: The night after this thread.
Where: The Clock Tower  (Don't you love how EVERYONE is meeting there but no one seems to run into anyone else?)
Rating: PG, I imagine. Unless faggotry and purple prose warrant something higher.
Warnings: See above.
Summary: Endrance and Yue meet at the clock tower to discuss the formation of the

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[evanescent_moon]

The sky was false here, but it carried him just the same. His wings cut through the air just as they always had, and he felt feather-light as he soared over Purgatorium en route to his destination. A clock tower not unalike the kinds he had both seen and read about during his life back with Sakura, but this remnant was aged, ruined, and falling apart.

...Withering, one might say, like this very city itself, no matter the efforts these people put towards salvaging the remains.

He wished not to think of it, but thinking of things in light these days was difficult. Even with his magic returned to him, it was but a solid reminder that this moon, that which brilliantly shone above him, which was but a pale reflection of what he knew, was not his to govern.

With a sigh, the clock tower came into view. Cobalt eyes settled upon its great height, and scanning the alcoves that lead upwards towards the peak... Yue's eyes caught sight of a well-kept man seemingly leaning towards the light of that false moon.

Endrance... he thought. It

[rose_rapture]

An unexpected breeze swept his fringe back, and Endrance opened his eyes, reaching up to make certain he did not lose his hat. His hand froze mid-motion, stopping at his eyes as if to protect them. Instinctively, he cringed just a bit. There was something...out there. It was flying toward him.

Impossible to see what it was as the moonlight showed only a dark, winged silhouette. A Lady Guard? Did they fly so high as this? He had never seen one do so before. But Endrance was uncertain, and felt it was best to be prepared.

Drawing his sword, he reached back to steady himself against the crumbling mortar of the building. This would certainly be an...interesting battle.

[evanescent_moon]

That glint of steel did not go unmissed. Yue's reaction to it was as instinctive as Endrance's had been to his silhouette.

He was, after all, a creature that was born to defend, and in all respects he knew as well how to defend himself, not just others.

Light spread between his hands, bold and blue, illuminating his face for a moment, the perfect hue to stand out against the night, to repel shadow. The light formed, guided by delicate white fingers, and took on the shape of a lengthy bow and an arrow. The bow was readied, the arrow nocked. And he drifted nearer the tower, circling the male below with his form in clear view.

Would he attack? If so... Yue would defend. Was this Endrance? If not... he worried for the safety of the other. And also wondered if this were some trap that he had been lured into.

[rose_rapture]

A burst of magical light illuminated a face with features so lovely--and somehow familiar--Endrance's lips parted in wonder. If the Tempting Rose had not been part of his own body, he might have dropped it as his arm fell to his side. He lifted his face, neck craning for a better view.

Wings. That doll had...wings.

"Who...?" He took a step forward along the narrow ledge, not looking where he placed his feet, his eyes riveted on the circling figure above. "...what are you?"

Before he could get an answer, the ledge crumbled under his boot, throwing him off-balance suddenly. If he had been paying attention, Endrance might have caught himself. He could muster hardly more than a gasp as he toppled off the edge into thin air.

His wide eyes were glued to the image of the angelic figure above as he plummeted toward the ground.

[evanescent_moon]

It happened all too quickly for Yue.

In one moment this stranger stood combat ready atop a building several feet above the face of the earth, and in the next moment he had fallen, and like a lead weight was helplessly dropping. Yue, in the span of mere seconds, had noticed the vacant expression upon the stranger's face. There wasn't fear there, but a look of calm surprise. It was eerie... but then, there was an angel racing to catch the stranger, was there not?

Perhaps this man had faith in someone that, moments ago, would have readily attacked him if the arms drawn had been used against them...?

He sighed. Like his eyes, his breath was cool, stirring locks of blue-violet hair. Hair not his own. The stranger, crushed close to his bosom, was still and quiet. For that... and maybe only that... he was grateful.

It was not long after that his bare feet came to rest upon the earth, but he did not release the male he had saved. Rather, his eyes searched over him as if probing for answers... although his voice was silent.

[rose_rapture]

Not quite unconscious, Endrance tried to order his legs to work, but his knees only buckled. He blinked somewhat dumbly, wondering why he hadn't fallen to the ground. Then he realised, slowly turning his head to gaze into the most unique pair of eyes.

Kaoru was aware of every millimeter of contact between them, unsolicited and unexpected as it was. It was overwhelming, making him feel light-headed. His cheeks warmed to a dark rosy hue.

"I..." His mouth worked, but no words would come. "I..."

[evanescent_moon]

Yue did not wish to be unjust. He tested the name of the stranger he was supposed to be meeting, hoping that this was he. "...Endrance?"

He appeared to be the same person, but never having met him before, it was not easy to tell.

At least one thing was for certain. Here, in his arms, this being seemed without the intent to harm now, so Yue settled for not letting go. He didn't wish to fight unnecessarily. The shedding of blood for whatever reason wasn't something he longed for.

How peculiar this meeting was starting out... "Endrance?" Yue inquired again. If it was not him, he would move on.

[rose_rapture]

Though their faces were mere inches apart, the angels voice seemed to call Endrance back from a distance. He was staring quite shamelessly. And though he knew he should pull away, he didn't quite have the strength to. The stranger's touch made Kaoru feel ill and warm at the same time. His heart beat hard in his chest.

"...yes," he answered at last, his voice barely more than a gasp. "You are he...aren't you." What a great warrior he must be to have won wings. Endrance was almost envious.