Tour de Syliras. (Airil)

[Markus Andres]

Markus' hatred and anger flared for a moment and he felt every single intention to kick the dumb Konti halfway across the sacred Stone Garden. But he constrained himself. Through his gritted teeth he exhaled slowly. It was an old trick to calm yourself down. Give it some time. Let it settle. But alas, it was not to be. Markus got up in a single fluid motion and if he hadn't been such a gentleman he would have smacked Airil across the face. Instead his hand swung out, hitting the wall closest to him with the back of his hand. The shock wave of pain that traveled through his body momentarily paralyzed his arm and he involuntarily clenched his fist in fear. He was fed up with her bullshit. Couldn't she just have said this back in the tavern, told him to get lost back then. He tried to reach out to her again and again and now, every single time he had been met with that same wall. A wall too strong for Markus to even attempt to crawl it, he realized that now and he realized that he was wasting his time. This Konti didn't want his help. Markus had thought after she wanted to see him again, that she would open up some, but no! She might look like she wanted help. She might even believe it. But deep down, Markus felt that she wanted to wallow in her own pity and fear. "Damn it..." Markus finally said through his teeth. "Fine! If you want to let your pitiful fear dictate your life, then let it! I just hope you fucking realize ... Forget it." Markus said with the anger clearly present in his voice. He stood very close to the Konti when he said it, looking down at her, not trying to avoid her gazing. Seeking her gaze to make his words and intent that much clearer. He turned around and began to walk away from her. Markus was breathing heavily. Still suppressing the desire to smack the Konti.

[Airil]

Airil flinched at the display of violence as if he'd hit her instead of the wall, indeed she looked as if she half expected him to turn on her next. She watched him sadly, knowing that this had been inevitable, necessary even. She didn't try to move away when he moved towards her to say his peace, didn't try to defend herself through words or actions. She just stood there and took in his anger and pain. She deserved worse for forcing this hurt on him. Fear, was it really fear that dictated her life? She hadn't even had a life that her own emotions could control until very recently. She was lost in an unfamiliar world, with eight years of training in a life that now didn't exist, that in fact contradicted the life she now had to lead. There was no one whose orders she had to follow, whose will she had to please, whose anger she had to fear. She'd been taught to confide in one person and one person alone; the rest of the world was to be distrusted. She'd had a hard time with those lessons, but in the end, something had stuck with her. The sad part was knowing that, had Markus not been a knight, she would have trusted him. His words only served to prove her worst fears, that the knights did not tolerate weakness. Her master had certainly been right about them, she knew he would reject her in the end, and really, was she worthy of him after the life she'd led? If she had told him the truth, she would have lost a friend as well as needed to flee Syliras. So when Markus turned and walked away, she didn't try to stop him, didn't even turn to watch him go. When she thought he was probably gone, she sank back onto the stone bench with her face in her hands, and began to silently cry.

[Baku]

Thou has written, and thou has completed, so I award thee the following.... Markus: +1 Archery, +5 Observation, +1 Seduction, +5 Rhetoric, +2 Interrogation, Lore: Archery Frustrations, Realizing When to Give Training a Rest: “Even my Hair is Sore.”, Spewing Apple at a Konti(A.K.A: Talking with your mouth full), Being Flattering to a Konti, A Coat? She’s Covering Up the Goods? Damnit!, Starting a Tour, Airil’s Deity of Choice, Airil’s Mark of Avalis, Avalis: Goddess of Divination and Mother of Konti, Regaining Composure After Being Loud in the Temple, Divination, Quest: Find the Wishing Well, Airil’s Mother and the Wishing Well, Airil’s True Purpose of a Wish, Dismissing the Idea of Bathing With Airil: “It’s too soon, gotta butter her up more.”, Anticipating Travel for Quest, Not Indulging in Extravagant Food When Airil is Picking up the Tab, “Stick Around Airil Baby, I’m Not Leaving Anytime Soon.”, Finding Airil Frozen in Fear: Maybe The Shortcut Isn’t the Best Route to Take, Urging Airil Forward, Curiosity Over Airil’s Hesitation in the Alley, Offering Support, Finding a Private Place for Discussion, Comforting Airil, Losing Temper: Funny How One Sentence Can Do That Airil: +1 Sewing, +5 Observation, +5 Rhetoric, +3 Subterfuge Lore: Accidental Finger Self-Mutilation Via Sewing Needle, Sleep Deprived Greetings, “Ew, Did He Just Spew Apple at Me?”, Taking Flattery Well, Why Is Markus All Touchy?, Finding Contentment in Not Wandering When Alone, Trying to Come Up With Something Positive on the Spot, Temple of the All Gods, Finding Sweetness Despite Invasion of Personal Space, Fear of Feelings Due to Divinations, Trying to be Incognito in Life, Welcome Home Orphanage, Taking the Initiative in Conversation, Desiring Friendship, Missing One’s Mother, Markus’ Quest, The Need to Feed, Indecision of Settling Within Syliras, Contemplation Over Expressing Feelings, Fear of the Nightmare Coming True, Testing the Reality to the Nightmare, Finding Relief Upon Exiting an Alley, Regret of Fear in the Alley, Deflecting Questions, Desperation to Learn More of Markus, Markus’ Life: The Cliff Notes Version, The Sylirian Knights in a Nutshell, Fear of Running Your Own Life, Syliras’ Strict Policies, Contemplating the End of Friendship, It’s Over: Breaking the News, Giving in and Letting Go Additional Notes: An interesting thread and development in the story of Markus and Airil. Hopefully Airil’s path will lead her to finding some Self Confidence and Markus can be around. I’m guessing this will not likely be the last of your two Characters seeing each other. Markus, due to the angered strike against the wall, expect your had to be bruised deeply for about a week, starting from the Timestamp of this post. Any and all actions using that hand will be hindered for 7 Days.