Special

I realized I was forgetting parts of these conversations. Once in awhile I may type up what I remember. It'll be sketchy at best, but I'll tell you what I can.  Much of it was repeated each time.


Lady Eliac says:
So. Ryan, is it?
Hunter says:
C'mon. Just leave him alone, no one invited you here.
Lord Tolien says: Give her a chance, Hunter. She has given the service of her healing heart to many in the past.
Hunter says:
I'm outta here.
>HUNTER has left the conversation<
Ryan says:
....
Lord Tolien says:
We wouldn't say it in front of your friend
Lady Eliac says:
but you are special, Ryan.
Ryan:
Special? ...Me?
Lady Eliac says:
More special than most men. I tell you this because you belong with me, and Lord Tolien, here *waves hand at Tolien*.... with the Roses. With magic and gentle living and love and intrigue. With respect and tolerance of things that are different. With evil and good clearly defined. With Power and acceptance and tradition; the ability to use your tongue as well as your sword. The Roses are built on these values, Ryan. Accept your destiny and take up this call.
Ryan says:
 And send my credit card number and social security card, right? Fuck both of you. You don't know shit about me.
>RYAN has left the conversation<
Lord Tolien says:
My Lady....if I may be so bold....
Lady Eliac says:
You want me to read his heart, Tolien. If you consider a plea boldness, you have lost my interest.
Lord Tolien says:
I love you, Eliac.
Lady Eliac says:
I know. Trust me.
>RYAN has been invited to the conversation<
Ryan says:
Look, I already told you people that I'm not listening, okay! Just leave me alone!
Lady Eliac says:
We don't need to leave you for you to be alone, Ryan. I know that. I'm just asking that rather than follow through with your plan, you try LIVING. All in all, not so difficult a request, is it?
Ryan says:
....What?
Lady Eliac says:
I know how alone you feel, Ryan. I know what it feels like to hide and wish that death weren't an eventuality but now, waiting for you. And one day, maybe after being pushed around one too many times, tripped down one too many hallways, the idea comes: what if I pushed it on?  It happens all the time in movies. But your life is not a movie, Ryan. You don't get to come back in a sequel. It won't solve your problems. You know what will?
Ryan says:
A well-balanced diet and exercise?  Deep breathing?
Lady Eliac says:
Magic.
Ryan says:
....Look. I.... I don't know how you.... Oh, Hunter! That shit! I'm going to gut him!
Lord Tolien says:
You could do more than gut him if you joined the Roses, Ryan.
Lord Tolien says:
You could humiliate him. Destroy him. You could turn his mind inside out with just words. There's a power in you. And if you come with us... I can show you. I can teach you. I can.
Lady Eliac says:
Tolien! You know better than this. Maintain your distance.
Lord Tolien says:
As you wish, my Lady. *Bows*
Ryan says:
.....Riiiiight.
Ryan says:
....But you could do that? Like, seriously? You could teach me to take them out?
Lady Eliac says:
*Warningly* Tolien.
Lord Tolien says:
Okay, okay. Fine. *To Ryan* See you soon, Kid. I hope.
*LORD TOLIEN has left the conversation*
Lady Eliac says:
Death is not an answer to pain, Ryan. Not any one's pain. Can I tell you a secret?
Ryan says:
*sigh* sure
Lady Eliac says:
I love you. The others, they are wrong to treat you as they do, use you as they do. You can be better than that. That is what I teach. I do not teach anger or vengeance; they teach themselves well enough in due course. What I teach is Love.... Forgiveness... understanding... Defense; not just from others, but from ourselves, too. I teach the Roses to understand the darkest parts of their souls and live for them. There is no more doubt to what I do, I have laid it plainly.
Lady Eliac says:
The question is, Ryan: are you brave enough to accept the truth? Are you brave enough to give up being alone? Are you brave enough to find.... yourself?


A long silence. Forty-five minutes at least. Then:

Ryan:
You know what, El? I think I am.










He'd use this against me, Later.




>LORD AZRAEL has been invited to the conversation<
Lord Azrael says:
Let me guess. She told you that you are special, that you are different from the others. You aren't. She just wants to take you and use you in her magical world. Eliac wants to prove to you that you are worth it, that you can overcome your trials. She is lying to you. Her every word will be a lie.
Lord Orannis says:
The boy speaks the truth. Join us at the Black Rose, see true power.
Michael_Wolfsbane says:
w-what?
Lord Orannis says:
You know where
Lord Azrael says: To find us.
>LORD ORANNIS has left the conversation<
Lady Eliac says:
...Azrael.... Azrael, please....
Lord Azrael says:
I loved you once, Eliac. I loved you once with all my heart.... and then you killed me. You murdered me in cold blood for the magic in your realm and danced with it like you were at a feast of heart-eaters. You are... no longer... my lotus-temptation.... my lady.  You hold the hearts of many men in your hands.
Lady Eliac says:
There is only one I want, Ryan. Please.
Michael_Wolfsbane says:
Whatever. This is too weird for me.
>MICHAEL_WOLFSBANE has left the conversation<
Lord Azrael:
The vine you wrapped around my heart/
had faded, lover, long ago
It whispered and then dwindled, lady
with the harsh, white winter snow.

Lady Eliac:
You.... you will always be... my heart. I'm... I'm so sorry.... I didn't mean for any of this to happen; I...

Lord Azrael:
And you will always have killed mine.

>LORD AZRAEL has left the conversation<