2nd Day

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So there's fighting here too.

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I really shouldn't be surprised by now. I really have bad luck...

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[Kaito is hanging around the duck pond tonight, doing some stargazing. ever since the war started the portal to the Demon World blocked out the stars and there really wasn't time once everything was set in motion.

but here he could actually relax somewhat for the night. so Kaito decided to stay a little while longer. who knows? maybe if the mood struck him, he'd sleep outside tonight. it had been fun to do that in the Dead Zone.]

[ooc: open~ and as a note, if your character can sense demonic energy, ect, they'll be able to notice quite a bit coming from Kaito.]

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[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[It's not uncommon for Galadriel to take walks around the grounds, especially when she has something she needs to think on. And recent events have certainly given her plenty of that.

As she's walking, her attention is suddenly drawn toward Kaito, even before she can see him clearly. What she senses makes her tense up- it's certainly not a welcoming feeling. But she has to know. So she approaches, swiftly and silently, until she sees a familiar figure.]

Kaito.

[She's surprised, to say the least, but for the moment she does nothing other than announce her presence.]

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[he turns around and smiles normally, but the energy is rapidly being suppressed. Kaito recognized that voice from the journals. so this was the woman who knew about the Bels.]

Hello there.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[She offers a nod in greeting. It's perfectly friendly, but, well, if there's something about her eyes that make him vaguely uncomfortable, it's not without reason.]

We meet in person at last. You are much changed.

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[it does make him a little uncomfortable, on a certain level, but he's still able to meet her eyes.]

...you could say that, I guess.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

[A good sign, that. She smiles a little and steps forward, closing the distance between them.]

Forgive my manners. You know who I am?

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I do...you're Galadriel, right? I reconize your voice from the journals.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

I am. Do you mind if I join you?

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Not at all.

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[She'll just seat herself next to him, then, still a little on guard, just out of habit.]

The stars are magnificent, are they not?

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They are. It's been awhile since I've done something like this so I thought I should pop outside for a few minutes.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

With so much that is fell about this place, it is all too easy to forget such simple blessings. There is light still, even here.

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It feels like it tries to balance itself out, sometimes. But a lot of places are like this; good comes with the bad no matter where you are.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

True enough. Neither light nor dark may exist in isolation.

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But it wouldn't be a true place without both. To have these stars you need the black sky.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

You will find no argument from me. [Pause] It is not often I hear such wisdom from the mouth of one so young.

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[he laughs.]

I just think about these things often, that's all. [now that he has the time, anyways.]

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

More than can be said for most. But then, it is hardly the only manner in which you are singular.

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What do you mean by that?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Need you ask? I have told you that we were previously acquainted. [She turns her head, fixing him once again with that intense gaze.] And I see much that others cannot.

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[he stares right back. there's a sort of fire behind his eyes, though he hasn't stopped supressing anything.]

What do you see when you look at me, then? The same person from before?

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

Would you have me speak plainly? Great changes there have been, that much I can tell, but as you have said nothing of them, I thought it not my place to say.

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I don't mind, just as long as it stays between you and me.

[inafadingcrown.livejournal.com]

When first I approached, I sensed a great darkness about you. You do your best to conceal it now, but it is apparent in your unguarded moments.

You have little reason to trust me, I know. But I see no reason to speak to others of what I sense. I have also given my word to aid you where I may- a small thing, it may seem to you, especially since you have no memory of it- but the word of the Lady of Lórien is not lightly broken.

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You're right about the darkness...I can't really be considered human anymore. But are you sure you should give your word to the King of Bel, the one who turned his back on God and human kind?

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You misunderstand me. My word is already given. Not to the King of Bel, but to Kaito- a human child drawn into a war and plagued by demons.

You have won the war, it seems. But if aught of that human child remains, as I think it might, I am honor bound to stand by what I have said until such a time as your actions or intentions force my hand.

[A moment of hesitation] I will not deny that I also hold some affection for you. Have you read the journal?