RP log with Kyle
Geddoe: *coming up behind him on some errand or another, winces hearing that* Good lord, Kyle. I'd ask if you slept well, but I think the answer's obvious.
Kyle: You sleep on a bunch of rocks for a while, it does things to you. How's it, Geddoe?
Geddoe: Quiet. I thought I'd need a vacation from my vacation, but I bounced back rather quickly. How did it go, out there? Did you end up heading north along the lake?
Kyle: *nods* Yeah. Didn't meet anyone else anywhere. Which was good. Just had a lot on my mind. *he lowers his eyes* I'm sorry if I...well...I was really strung out. I didn't know how it'd go.
Geddoe: Don't be. I think I understand where you were coming from, you needed to pursue it your own way. *headtilt* Did you find the answers you were looking for?
Kyle: *looks around first before answering* Let's get some food or something first. It's...hard to explain.
Geddoe: All right, sounds good to me. I was going to pick up a box lunch for Sigurd anyway, might as well take my time.
Kyle: *snorts at that*
*later on...*
Kyle: *eating a rather stacked sandwich* Before I get into all that, how'd your thing go? You just visit some places or what?
Geddoe: *having a drink, with the boxed lunches wrapped up next to him* Well, part of my goal was to just show him around, since he's joining my unit and needs to know the territory. But...there's a lot of places in the Grasslands that are important to me. An important person in Chisha I wanted him to meet.
Kyle: *sticking to lemonade, it being just the afternoon and all; he drinks some and takes a bite out of his sandwich* A person? Like who?
Geddoe: *very faintly smiling as he stares into his mug* An old friend's wife. The only person besides Wyatt still living that I might consider family.
Kyle: *thinks about this as he chews* ...! You mean, from that first Firebringer thing, right?
Geddoe: That's the one. Most of the people I knew are long dead by now, but of those left, I wasn't really close to anyone...except her.
Kyle: Oh. *kinda forgets that Geddoe really does earn the title of old man* It was you, Wyatt and the other guy. The one who had the True Fire before Hugo, right?
Geddoe: Yeah. His wife, Sana, is the chieftain of Chisha village.
Kyle: That's one of those Grasslander tribes out there in the...uh....grass.
Geddoe: *amused look* Do I need to take you on a tour, next? Yes, Chisha is to the east, in the mountains. On the other side of the plains and Kuput forest.
Kyle: You know, it'd be a lot easier to figure out where everything was if you had a giant river flowing through everything.
Geddoe: Missing your Feitas already, eh?
Kyle: *seriously* I'll always miss it. Anyway, so you went to this place with Sigurd and she's like your family and...*he blinks* Hey wait a minute!
Geddoe: ....what? *looking totally innocent*
Kyle: *chews some more of his sandwich before continuing* I don't know how things are done here and how it works with just guys, but usually a guy takes a foxy lady to meet his folks if he's really serious and all. *looking pointedly at him* Geddoooooooe....
Geddoe: *starts blushing a little and looks down into his mug* Yes, Kyle...?
Kyle: The hell, man...are you BLUSHING?!
Kyle: *thinks furiously* You didn't!
Geddoe: *looks around quickly, decides no one will catch this, and subtly removes his left glove to show the silver ring on the fourth finger*
Kyle: *a little jaw dropping involved here*
Geddoe: *hides it again* I suppose you can consider that...whatever you will. It's not like we held a ceremony or anything.
Kyle: HOLY SHIT.
Geddoe: *sweatdrop* Mind keeping your voice down?
Kyle: Sorry! *swigs some lemonade instead and then can't help but grin* Then you're really happy, aren't you?
Geddoe: In a word? Yes. I never thought I'd find myself in this position, it's a little confusing, but...being happy makes up for it.
Kyle: Daaaaaamn. That's...that's so good for you, Geddoe.
Geddoe: Thanks, Kyle. *takes a sip* Enough about me, though. You don't want to hear my lovestruck ramblings.
Kyle: Should I give gifts? How does that work?
Geddoe: You don't have to. I don't need anything. *waves a hand idly*
Kyle: A drink at least?
Geddoe: ...maybe. *grins a bit* But Sigurd should rightfully share in that. I wouldn't want him to miss out.
Kyle: All right! A round of drinks for the happy couple. *laugh*
Geddoe: *blushes faintly again, but smiles* I'll hold you to that. No, you know what I would want? As a favor, not a gift. *points across the table* Don't make Bernadette worry. Ever. All right?
Kyle: *a little taken aback* Uh...sure. I wouldn't do that anyway to her. She's my friend.
Geddoe: Friend...right. She was making that worried face at me when I asked if you'd gotten back before we did.
Kyle: Well, I was half asleep on my feet but I think I told her I'd meet her later. *smiles* I'll make it up to her no problem.
Geddoe: You'd better be good to her, Kyle. She seems to have bounced back quickly from what Sigurd put her through, I don't want to see a repeat performance.
Kyle: ...the hell, man! I'm not even doing my usual smooth moves on her. She's got actual class. I gotta do what she says.
Geddoe: I'm just making sure. I know what some of your comrades from Falena used to say about you...hell, I thought the same of you when I met you. But as I've gotten to know you, I see a different side of you. Not a bad one.
Kyle: I'll freely admit I can be a bit of a whore, but she's different. And she's Ferid's SISTER. You think I want him beating me senseless if I did anything wrong to her?
Geddoe: *tilts his head in a shrug* Point taken.
Kyle: She's all right. *grin* Whatever she wants is fine with me.
Kyle: 'Sides, my mother always told me real men never make ladies cry. So I wouldn't do that to her.
Geddoe: I suppose that's a good adage to live by. Even so. *more quietly* She did worry about you, and I'm willing to bet there was good reason. You had to search pretty far and wide to find what you were looking for.
Kyle: Yeah, well...*his eyes change, like the turbulent sea* ...I had to hash things out. With myself.
Geddoe: I take it, since you returned to the castle, that it's been taken care of?
Kyle: To a degree. I can't...*fingers tap the table as he tries to marshal his thoughts* Because of what's happened to me, it made me remember things I would have rather not remembed.
Geddoe: I see. *nods understandingly* Can you put them behind you? One way or another. Some try to forget, some to learn...some to just soldier on despite their presence... *seems to be speaking from experience, there*
Kyle: Well, actually, I just kind of brutally made myself LOOK. I don't know how smart it was, but I feel a lot better, even if it still...hurts. I guess I went the learning route, if anything. And took on the anger. *thoughtful* When I touched that sword, did you...see something in my eyes?
Geddoe: I saw something. For a second there, I thought you were going to go for my throat. But it was just a flash, and it passed.
Kyle: What I figured out is that I have this...current inside me. When I really use it, everyone's quick to back away, like they can see it in my face. I guess it's my eyes.
Geddoe: *moment of wry humor as he glances at his right hand* Oh, no, I would have no idea what you were talking about, Kyle.
Kyle: Smartass. *a little smile* Anyway, I tried to understand it as best I could. *by nearly drowning, but we'll leave that part out* For now, there's no way I can pick up ANY sword without it just being there. I got lucky the two times before when I really used it.
Geddoe: *sobering* That's a shame. You're a delight to watch in motion. I've never seen someone with a sword-stance like yours, but you make it work for you. *idle sip of his drink* Does that mean you're switching to the glaive, or...just don't have the fight in you anymore?
Kyle: Switching to glaive. I'll keep wearing a sword because having it along might be handy if I need to save myself. I don't know if this is the right path to take, but it makes the most amount of sense to me. I should be glad I'm not more messed up than I am. Maybe it has something to do with...
Geddoe: *eyebrow* ...with what? Kyle...you don't seem messed up at all, to me.
Kyle: *soft* Water can be glass calm on the surface and turbulent deep deep down. Can I ask you a personal question?
Geddoe: *nods patiently* Of course.
Kyle: *even softer* How old do you think you were when you killed your first guy?
Geddoe: That was a while ago... *has to think really hard* I want to say nineteen. It was after I left home...after Harmonia obliterated it...
Kyle: Did it mess you up a little bit inside, you think? Until you hashed it out?
Geddoe: It shook me. But...I was running with a pack of bandits, so I had to shrug it off or risk being killed by them for being weak. As long as I could justify the reason to myself, I didn't let it affect me.
Kyle: *a very deep breath and exhale* Yeah. I guess if you're old enough, it's not so bad. You can reason things out.
Geddoe: Am I to take it you were a lot younger than nineteen?
Kyle: *his mouth goes dry and can't speak for a minute or more, he honestly tries to speak* ...six.
Geddoe: *good eye goes REALLY wide* ...how?
Kyle: He was...trying to kill me...it just went that fast...it was an accident...but then I got so so angry...*and here his voice seems to change a little*...I got him. Then I took his sword, skinny little me and just kept hitting him in the face with it. Over and over and over. So...good...*and lets it go* Got that little rat bastard.
Geddoe: *quiet for a long moment* So. It was...a case of self-defense that got out of hand. I see. *raises his eye to Kyle's face* If it happened at that age, there's no way you could have sorted it out. It would have just...taken root.
Kyle: Yeah. For the longest time, I didn't really remember. And because I couldn't hack it, I hid it away and it stayed there. Lurking. Waiting. Then it happened again, although at least it happened in a more useful setting, during a war and all. *breathes in and out simply for a while* Now it kinda hangs out. I'm guessing because I can hack it now, so that's what I'm doing.
Kyle: *then actually smiles, although self-depreciatingly* That's pretty screwed up, hunh?
Geddoe: *shakes his head* Not really. You're not the worst off, Kyle. To be as honest, gentle, friendly, and honorable a man as you are despite that means you've already healed some of it. I've faced far worse.
Kyle: Well, I was lucky. I had people who helped me out right away. But yeah, I figured that it's just something that's a part of me now, like a face of the Feitas, a mood of any body of water. Balancing it all out seems to be the way to go. It's a little scary to get that angry, but it's also natural, to me anyway.
Geddoe: There is a reason we all seem to find ourselves with an affinity to an element. The Five Powers that move the world are in all of us, which means the positive and negative aspects of each element. *glances at his hand again* Water can go out of control just as much as fire or lightning.
Kyle: Oh yes it can. I'm a firm believer in that. Just gotta keep it all in check. *sighs* So that's what I've been up to.
Geddoe: It sounds...remarkably productive. I think the conclusion you've come to is the right one, or at least, a decent one. As long as you remain the master, and don't let it overwhelm you. *sudden deep look* ...rather like a True Rune.
Kyle: You think so? Hey, that's good to know if a True Rune decides, oh hey, I like you, Kyle, let's hang out.
Geddoe: If... *gazes at the back of his right hand for a moment* If I'm killed before it can find a new host...but no. Most of the people around me are attuned to Water. It would find another Lightning. *shakes himself out of it* I think you're safe, even with a number of them here. True Runes are very rare, and very picky.
Kyle: You know, I think having True Water would be GREAT. Maybe I could jump in an ocean or breathe water or something crazy like that.
Geddoe: *slow shake of his head* I saw what happened when True Water nearly went out of control. I don't think you'd want that sort of power. Though, it is a good ally to have.
Kyle: Yeah, you're right. Still... *he smiles then, happier now* I'm feeling a lot better. Gonna go get some glaive practice in. Once I'm pretty good with it...we're still on, right?
Geddoe: Of course we are. I want to see what you have in you, how good you really are with that thing. *vague smile* I'm glad you're still up for a fight any day.
Kyle: *thinking about the mess he's about to get into with Cecile* Oh yeah, you could say that. *beams then, full of sunshine* Well, enjoy your time back, Mr. Sigurd's Significant Other. *teasing*
Geddoe: That's a new one. I don't know if I like that any better than 'old man lightning.' *snorts* I'm going to take it easy, I think. I ought to start recruiting but part of me just wants to enjoy...what I have.
Kyle: Yeah, I'd do that. *stands up, putting some potch on the table and his smile changes to something sad and wise at the same time* Because you never know when it'll be gone. *he then leaves, waving behind him*
Geddoe: *didn't need to hear that - now he has to finish his drink in sullen silence, alone*
Kyle: You sleep on a bunch of rocks for a while, it does things to you. How's it, Geddoe?
Geddoe: Quiet. I thought I'd need a vacation from my vacation, but I bounced back rather quickly. How did it go, out there? Did you end up heading north along the lake?
Kyle: *nods* Yeah. Didn't meet anyone else anywhere. Which was good. Just had a lot on my mind. *he lowers his eyes* I'm sorry if I...well...I was really strung out. I didn't know how it'd go.
Geddoe: Don't be. I think I understand where you were coming from, you needed to pursue it your own way. *headtilt* Did you find the answers you were looking for?
Kyle: *looks around first before answering* Let's get some food or something first. It's...hard to explain.
Geddoe: All right, sounds good to me. I was going to pick up a box lunch for Sigurd anyway, might as well take my time.
Kyle: *snorts at that*
*later on...*
Kyle: *eating a rather stacked sandwich* Before I get into all that, how'd your thing go? You just visit some places or what?
Geddoe: *having a drink, with the boxed lunches wrapped up next to him* Well, part of my goal was to just show him around, since he's joining my unit and needs to know the territory. But...there's a lot of places in the Grasslands that are important to me. An important person in Chisha I wanted him to meet.
Kyle: *sticking to lemonade, it being just the afternoon and all; he drinks some and takes a bite out of his sandwich* A person? Like who?
Geddoe: *very faintly smiling as he stares into his mug* An old friend's wife. The only person besides Wyatt still living that I might consider family.
Kyle: *thinks about this as he chews* ...! You mean, from that first Firebringer thing, right?
Geddoe: That's the one. Most of the people I knew are long dead by now, but of those left, I wasn't really close to anyone...except her.
Kyle: Oh. *kinda forgets that Geddoe really does earn the title of old man* It was you, Wyatt and the other guy. The one who had the True Fire before Hugo, right?
Geddoe: Yeah. His wife, Sana, is the chieftain of Chisha village.
Kyle: That's one of those Grasslander tribes out there in the...uh....grass.
Geddoe: *amused look* Do I need to take you on a tour, next? Yes, Chisha is to the east, in the mountains. On the other side of the plains and Kuput forest.
Kyle: You know, it'd be a lot easier to figure out where everything was if you had a giant river flowing through everything.
Geddoe: Missing your Feitas already, eh?
Kyle: *seriously* I'll always miss it. Anyway, so you went to this place with Sigurd and she's like your family and...*he blinks* Hey wait a minute!
Geddoe: ....what? *looking totally innocent*
Kyle: *chews some more of his sandwich before continuing* I don't know how things are done here and how it works with just guys, but usually a guy takes a foxy lady to meet his folks if he's really serious and all. *looking pointedly at him* Geddoooooooe....
Geddoe: *starts blushing a little and looks down into his mug* Yes, Kyle...?
Kyle: The hell, man...are you BLUSHING?!
Kyle: *thinks furiously* You didn't!
Geddoe: *looks around quickly, decides no one will catch this, and subtly removes his left glove to show the silver ring on the fourth finger*
Kyle: *a little jaw dropping involved here*
Geddoe: *hides it again* I suppose you can consider that...whatever you will. It's not like we held a ceremony or anything.
Kyle: HOLY SHIT.
Geddoe: *sweatdrop* Mind keeping your voice down?
Kyle: Sorry! *swigs some lemonade instead and then can't help but grin* Then you're really happy, aren't you?
Geddoe: In a word? Yes. I never thought I'd find myself in this position, it's a little confusing, but...being happy makes up for it.
Kyle: Daaaaaamn. That's...that's so good for you, Geddoe.
Geddoe: Thanks, Kyle. *takes a sip* Enough about me, though. You don't want to hear my lovestruck ramblings.
Kyle: Should I give gifts? How does that work?
Geddoe: You don't have to. I don't need anything. *waves a hand idly*
Kyle: A drink at least?
Geddoe: ...maybe. *grins a bit* But Sigurd should rightfully share in that. I wouldn't want him to miss out.
Kyle: All right! A round of drinks for the happy couple. *laugh*
Geddoe: *blushes faintly again, but smiles* I'll hold you to that. No, you know what I would want? As a favor, not a gift. *points across the table* Don't make Bernadette worry. Ever. All right?
Kyle: *a little taken aback* Uh...sure. I wouldn't do that anyway to her. She's my friend.
Geddoe: Friend...right. She was making that worried face at me when I asked if you'd gotten back before we did.
Kyle: Well, I was half asleep on my feet but I think I told her I'd meet her later. *smiles* I'll make it up to her no problem.
Geddoe: You'd better be good to her, Kyle. She seems to have bounced back quickly from what Sigurd put her through, I don't want to see a repeat performance.
Kyle: ...the hell, man! I'm not even doing my usual smooth moves on her. She's got actual class. I gotta do what she says.
Geddoe: I'm just making sure. I know what some of your comrades from Falena used to say about you...hell, I thought the same of you when I met you. But as I've gotten to know you, I see a different side of you. Not a bad one.
Kyle: I'll freely admit I can be a bit of a whore, but she's different. And she's Ferid's SISTER. You think I want him beating me senseless if I did anything wrong to her?
Geddoe: *tilts his head in a shrug* Point taken.
Kyle: She's all right. *grin* Whatever she wants is fine with me.
Kyle: 'Sides, my mother always told me real men never make ladies cry. So I wouldn't do that to her.
Geddoe: I suppose that's a good adage to live by. Even so. *more quietly* She did worry about you, and I'm willing to bet there was good reason. You had to search pretty far and wide to find what you were looking for.
Kyle: Yeah, well...*his eyes change, like the turbulent sea* ...I had to hash things out. With myself.
Geddoe: I take it, since you returned to the castle, that it's been taken care of?
Kyle: To a degree. I can't...*fingers tap the table as he tries to marshal his thoughts* Because of what's happened to me, it made me remember things I would have rather not remembed.
Geddoe: I see. *nods understandingly* Can you put them behind you? One way or another. Some try to forget, some to learn...some to just soldier on despite their presence... *seems to be speaking from experience, there*
Kyle: Well, actually, I just kind of brutally made myself LOOK. I don't know how smart it was, but I feel a lot better, even if it still...hurts. I guess I went the learning route, if anything. And took on the anger. *thoughtful* When I touched that sword, did you...see something in my eyes?
Geddoe: I saw something. For a second there, I thought you were going to go for my throat. But it was just a flash, and it passed.
Kyle: What I figured out is that I have this...current inside me. When I really use it, everyone's quick to back away, like they can see it in my face. I guess it's my eyes.
Geddoe: *moment of wry humor as he glances at his right hand* Oh, no, I would have no idea what you were talking about, Kyle.
Kyle: Smartass. *a little smile* Anyway, I tried to understand it as best I could. *by nearly drowning, but we'll leave that part out* For now, there's no way I can pick up ANY sword without it just being there. I got lucky the two times before when I really used it.
Geddoe: *sobering* That's a shame. You're a delight to watch in motion. I've never seen someone with a sword-stance like yours, but you make it work for you. *idle sip of his drink* Does that mean you're switching to the glaive, or...just don't have the fight in you anymore?
Kyle: Switching to glaive. I'll keep wearing a sword because having it along might be handy if I need to save myself. I don't know if this is the right path to take, but it makes the most amount of sense to me. I should be glad I'm not more messed up than I am. Maybe it has something to do with...
Geddoe: *eyebrow* ...with what? Kyle...you don't seem messed up at all, to me.
Kyle: *soft* Water can be glass calm on the surface and turbulent deep deep down. Can I ask you a personal question?
Geddoe: *nods patiently* Of course.
Kyle: *even softer* How old do you think you were when you killed your first guy?
Geddoe: That was a while ago... *has to think really hard* I want to say nineteen. It was after I left home...after Harmonia obliterated it...
Kyle: Did it mess you up a little bit inside, you think? Until you hashed it out?
Geddoe: It shook me. But...I was running with a pack of bandits, so I had to shrug it off or risk being killed by them for being weak. As long as I could justify the reason to myself, I didn't let it affect me.
Kyle: *a very deep breath and exhale* Yeah. I guess if you're old enough, it's not so bad. You can reason things out.
Geddoe: Am I to take it you were a lot younger than nineteen?
Kyle: *his mouth goes dry and can't speak for a minute or more, he honestly tries to speak* ...six.
Geddoe: *good eye goes REALLY wide* ...how?
Kyle: He was...trying to kill me...it just went that fast...it was an accident...but then I got so so angry...*and here his voice seems to change a little*...I got him. Then I took his sword, skinny little me and just kept hitting him in the face with it. Over and over and over. So...good...*and lets it go* Got that little rat bastard.
Geddoe: *quiet for a long moment* So. It was...a case of self-defense that got out of hand. I see. *raises his eye to Kyle's face* If it happened at that age, there's no way you could have sorted it out. It would have just...taken root.
Kyle: Yeah. For the longest time, I didn't really remember. And because I couldn't hack it, I hid it away and it stayed there. Lurking. Waiting. Then it happened again, although at least it happened in a more useful setting, during a war and all. *breathes in and out simply for a while* Now it kinda hangs out. I'm guessing because I can hack it now, so that's what I'm doing.
Kyle: *then actually smiles, although self-depreciatingly* That's pretty screwed up, hunh?
Geddoe: *shakes his head* Not really. You're not the worst off, Kyle. To be as honest, gentle, friendly, and honorable a man as you are despite that means you've already healed some of it. I've faced far worse.
Kyle: Well, I was lucky. I had people who helped me out right away. But yeah, I figured that it's just something that's a part of me now, like a face of the Feitas, a mood of any body of water. Balancing it all out seems to be the way to go. It's a little scary to get that angry, but it's also natural, to me anyway.
Geddoe: There is a reason we all seem to find ourselves with an affinity to an element. The Five Powers that move the world are in all of us, which means the positive and negative aspects of each element. *glances at his hand again* Water can go out of control just as much as fire or lightning.
Kyle: Oh yes it can. I'm a firm believer in that. Just gotta keep it all in check. *sighs* So that's what I've been up to.
Geddoe: It sounds...remarkably productive. I think the conclusion you've come to is the right one, or at least, a decent one. As long as you remain the master, and don't let it overwhelm you. *sudden deep look* ...rather like a True Rune.
Kyle: You think so? Hey, that's good to know if a True Rune decides, oh hey, I like you, Kyle, let's hang out.
Geddoe: If... *gazes at the back of his right hand for a moment* If I'm killed before it can find a new host...but no. Most of the people around me are attuned to Water. It would find another Lightning. *shakes himself out of it* I think you're safe, even with a number of them here. True Runes are very rare, and very picky.
Kyle: You know, I think having True Water would be GREAT. Maybe I could jump in an ocean or breathe water or something crazy like that.
Geddoe: *slow shake of his head* I saw what happened when True Water nearly went out of control. I don't think you'd want that sort of power. Though, it is a good ally to have.
Kyle: Yeah, you're right. Still... *he smiles then, happier now* I'm feeling a lot better. Gonna go get some glaive practice in. Once I'm pretty good with it...we're still on, right?
Geddoe: Of course we are. I want to see what you have in you, how good you really are with that thing. *vague smile* I'm glad you're still up for a fight any day.
Kyle: *thinking about the mess he's about to get into with Cecile* Oh yeah, you could say that. *beams then, full of sunshine* Well, enjoy your time back, Mr. Sigurd's Significant Other. *teasing*
Geddoe: That's a new one. I don't know if I like that any better than 'old man lightning.' *snorts* I'm going to take it easy, I think. I ought to start recruiting but part of me just wants to enjoy...what I have.
Kyle: Yeah, I'd do that. *stands up, putting some potch on the table and his smile changes to something sad and wise at the same time* Because you never know when it'll be gone. *he then leaves, waving behind him*
Geddoe: *didn't need to hear that - now he has to finish his drink in sullen silence, alone*