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Unhappy Anniversary

Apr 05, 2010 23:31

Tula's been very busy since Dolphin's lawyers turned up. She's been talking to the Atlantean refugees and to the local ADA when he's not trying to get his hands on a good lawyer for her. She's thrown herself into fighting this, into protecting Cerdian, with all the fervor she possesses. But today is different. Today, she has trouble getting out of ( Read more... )

troia, starfire, halcyon, slizzath, nightwing

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princess_andr April 11 2010, 02:13:03 UTC

There is a visitor waiting for her in the kitchen. Her pupilless green eyes fix on Tula.

"You do not have to speak. I have buried three husbands. I cannot know the exact things you are feeling, but I can offer whatever comfort I am capable of."

aqua_chic April 12 2010, 08:45:37 UTC

Tula sighs, pressing her hand against the door frame.

"Thank you, Kory," she says softly. She has no idea how Kory's managed to go through this three times and still function, much less live with the vivacity that she does. It gives her hope, when she allows it to, that someday the pain won't be so great.

"Tomorrow, though," she continues. "Tonight, I just...need to be not here." The Tower feels both suffocating and utterly hollow. She can't stay tonight. "Can you keep an eye on Cerdian for me tonight? I know that the security here is more than enough to keep that scum-sucking surfperch well away, but it'll settle my mind if someone's looking in on him."

princess_andr April 12 2010, 22:18:29 UTC

Karras was a merely political marriage. He loved his shield-mate Taryia, and she was in love with Nightwing. They could have become good friends in time, but likely not more than that. Ph'yzzon was a whirlwind affair after she had fled to Tamaran in the wake of Raven's plunge into darkness. She had believed at the time that she could never go back to Earth; and Ph'yzzon knew well of the trials she had endured, as he was also a "subject" of Psion experimentation. He loved her, but her heart was still wounded over the loss of Dick to truly return the feelings. Again, given time, it could have been more.

But time was not there. Both Ph'yzzon and Karras were defenders of the Tamaranian people and perished in battle. Finding out later that she had miscarried Ph'yzzon's child, the last of him and his line, was devastating. After those losses, she and Dick agreed they could never go back to the love they had in their youth. Too much had changed.

She had resigned herself to the idea of never wedding again when she found the the place ( ... )

aqua_chic April 14 2010, 07:27:08 UTC

"I'm not going to do anything stupid," Tula says. "I just want to get out of here for a night." It's her home here, yes; but it was his first. And tonight the reminders are just too painful. "I'm just going to go swimming and get my head in order. Scream a bit maybe, I hear that sometimes helps. I'll be strong again tomorrow, but tonight's got to be for me."

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At the Beach aqua_chic May 5 2010, 07:56:56 UTC

The particular beach that Tula's chosen for the evening is barely more than a strip of rocks dividing solid ground from the ocean. More rocks poke up from the water between waves for a few feet before the earth under the water simply plunges away.

They'd made a brief detour on the way to pick up a bottle of wine. Tula pours three glasses of it -- one she sets carefully on a reasonably flat rock where the waves shouldn't be able to get to it, a second she keeps for herself, and a third that she wordlessly offers to Kory.

Re: At the Beach princess_andr May 5 2010, 08:02:41 UTC

"What's the significance of the third glass?" she asks, taking the offered wine.

She has a suspicion, but she's misread Earth customs so many times before that it is just better to ask outright.

Re: At the Beach aqua_chic May 6 2010, 07:08:51 UTC

"It's for Garth," Tula says. "This evening's as much about him as it is about me." She takes her boots off and braces her bare feet on another rock, allowing the waves to tug the hem of her skirt back and forth. A little water won't hurt it, an Atlantean in something that can't handle getting wet is just asking for trouble.

She doesn't drink her wine yet, but cradles it in her hands and stares out to sea, trying to lose herself in the sounds of the waves.

Re: At the Beach princess_andr May 22 2010, 03:07:00 UTC

"To Garth, then." She raises her glass. "A good man in all regards; true shield and sword of his people. A devoted father, and a faithful lover."

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Under the Water aqua_chic July 19 2010, 21:26:16 UTC

She saw him. She knows she saw him.

He's not supposed to be here. He's not supposed to be in this dimension, much less anywhere near Titans' Tower. He must have broken out somehow -- or maybe when Garth died, the spell had unraveled.

Honestly though, the specifics don't matter. He's here, he's dangerous, he violated her grave and her identity, and he did it to hurt Garth.

He. Would. Pay.

"SLIZZATH!" she roars into the watery depths surrounding her. "GET OUT HERE, YOU ROTTING STREAK OF CORPSE-SCUM!"

Re: Under the Water nation_atlantis July 20 2010, 17:05:59 UTC

A dark figure slithers out of the shadows. "Of course, my niece. You are a member of the family now, aren't you?"

Re: Under the Water aqua_chic July 22 2010, 06:09:42 UTC

"'Family' doesn't dig up graves to hurt each other," Tula snarls, her fingers curling into fists. "You're anything but family. Why are you here?"

Re: Under the Water nation_atlantis July 22 2010, 06:15:27 UTC

"No, family takes care of each other," Slizzath declares, smirking evilly. "And speaking of which, tell me... is my nephew's son as skilled with magic as I suspect he is?"

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Back at Titans' Tower aqua_chic December 18 2010, 10:13:53 UTC

Tula's first impulse had been to tell Dick about Slizzath. A leader should always be kept abreast of any strange enemy behavior, and that had definitely been strange. But after dragging the necromancer further out into the depths and burying him under several large rocks, she'd reconsidered. Dick has been distracted lately, and while it's definitely something he and all of the other Titans should be made aware of, it might be for the best if he's told of the problem and that it's already being investigated.

Besides, she's going to have to tell him that she killed someone, and she knows his thoughts on killing enemies. If there's one person in the Tower who can tell her how to say it so that he'll understand, it's Donna. Fortunately it's not too late in the evening and Donna's easy to find.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything," she says, tapping her knuckles against the frame of the open door, "but I need to talk to you about something."

Re: Back at Titans' Tower middle_amazon December 19 2010, 07:23:32 UTC

"No, I just put Aiden down to sleep." She observes her friend. "That look means trouble."

Re: Back at Titans' Tower aqua_chic December 19 2010, 07:45:31 UTC

"It does," Tula says. She paces unhappily around the room, then turns on her heel to face Donna. "Did Garth ever tell you about his uncle Slizzath?"

She didn't know if he'd have said anything -- she certainly wouldn't blame him if he hadn't -- but if Garth had ever told anyone the details of his transformation into Tempest, it would have been Donna. If he had, she didn't want to repeat anything.

Re: Back at Titans' Tower middle_amazon December 19 2010, 08:01:14 UTC

"A little after Terry died as a kind of warning and commiseration. I have a name, a linage and the impression of bad things." She then adds. "He mentioned he saw you, but I couldn't pry anything more out of him. Whatever happened hurt - bad."

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