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capitalh2014-04-12 02:15 pm
nitrodamus) wrote in capitalh2014-04-12 02:15 pm
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you're falling out of reach
Who: Sollux and NPC Feferi
Where: The Trailblazer Dorms
When: The evening of March 4th
What: Being the Heiress of the Empire comes with important duties, and Feferi is now old enough to start fulfilling hers.
Warnings: Romantic angst.
His kneejerk assumption is thinking that she's going to break up with him when she asks if they can talk. In reality, it ends up being worse.
They end up on the roof together, the sun slowly fading from view. You can't really see the stars from downtown Los Angeles, but the thought is there, probably. He thinks about the crisp night out at the shore where they had reunited, and how he had basically been hysterical the whole time.
He can tell she is having a rare moment of being gentle when she tells him that she has to leave.
Not him, specifically, though he's not sure if that makes it any better. One loses track of time, it seems, when one is pursuing bloodthirsty revenge, and while hunting in the ocean it seems that Feferi has finally come of age. For Sollux that would involve becoming a spaceship. For the Heiress it involves preparing for a fight to the death.
She's been given a message from the Sufferists, and they are offering to back her play. She has a lot of things to do if she's going to guide an empire towards revolution without destroying it. She doesn't ask him if he wants to come. Part of him wonders why. Realistically, it's because she knows that if she gives him the option, there's a good chance he'll follow her just about anywhere.
And maybe she doesn't want him to see the things she'll have to do.
They've only been together again for a few weeks.
He tries his level best not to cry, but some things are just too much to hope for. He talks to her about how scared he is, for both himself and for Karkat, but he knows full well that he'd be in even more danger coming with her, and Feferi isn't shy about reminding him as much.
"Karkat will be fine!" she assures him. "He's got so many new fronds here - and so do you! And even if I'm not here, I'll contact you every time I can!"
Night falls and they hold each other up on the rooftop. Feferi is filled with the determination he's always known her for, but for once, he can sense an inkling of regret. His eyes start leaking psionic energy instead of tears, and since his collar was deactivated, he can't prevent his entire body from taking on a pale violet glow. Feferi doesn't mention it.
As it nears midnight she says she has to leave. He kisses her one last time and lets her go. He doesn't go back down into the dorms until he's sure that she's already gone.
Where: The Trailblazer Dorms
When: The evening of March 4th
What: Being the Heiress of the Empire comes with important duties, and Feferi is now old enough to start fulfilling hers.
Warnings: Romantic angst.
His kneejerk assumption is thinking that she's going to break up with him when she asks if they can talk. In reality, it ends up being worse.
They end up on the roof together, the sun slowly fading from view. You can't really see the stars from downtown Los Angeles, but the thought is there, probably. He thinks about the crisp night out at the shore where they had reunited, and how he had basically been hysterical the whole time.
He can tell she is having a rare moment of being gentle when she tells him that she has to leave.
Not him, specifically, though he's not sure if that makes it any better. One loses track of time, it seems, when one is pursuing bloodthirsty revenge, and while hunting in the ocean it seems that Feferi has finally come of age. For Sollux that would involve becoming a spaceship. For the Heiress it involves preparing for a fight to the death.
She's been given a message from the Sufferists, and they are offering to back her play. She has a lot of things to do if she's going to guide an empire towards revolution without destroying it. She doesn't ask him if he wants to come. Part of him wonders why. Realistically, it's because she knows that if she gives him the option, there's a good chance he'll follow her just about anywhere.
And maybe she doesn't want him to see the things she'll have to do.
They've only been together again for a few weeks.
He tries his level best not to cry, but some things are just too much to hope for. He talks to her about how scared he is, for both himself and for Karkat, but he knows full well that he'd be in even more danger coming with her, and Feferi isn't shy about reminding him as much.
"Karkat will be fine!" she assures him. "He's got so many new fronds here - and so do you! And even if I'm not here, I'll contact you every time I can!"
Night falls and they hold each other up on the rooftop. Feferi is filled with the determination he's always known her for, but for once, he can sense an inkling of regret. His eyes start leaking psionic energy instead of tears, and since his collar was deactivated, he can't prevent his entire body from taking on a pale violet glow. Feferi doesn't mention it.
As it nears midnight she says she has to leave. He kisses her one last time and lets her go. He doesn't go back down into the dorms until he's sure that she's already gone.