[Nexus] HALO 178: Mia clementia denor esto

[GrandDM]

[Office]

"I am the anthropomorphic personification of shadows. And before you ask, no, I'm not evil. Shadows are neither good nor evil in and of themselves. As to my powers, I can shadow-walk - that is, teleport between shadows - extend my perceptions through shadows and I have access to a dimension of my own. I'm pretty much immune to most conventional weapons. I'm also quite accomplished with runes.

I wish to fight evil because I've seen what it can do. I think I mentioned wanting to retrieve most of my essence? It's trapped in a dead universe. All life was wiped out by evil. I was the sole survivor, and I lost most of myself. What was left - what you see standing in front of you - was blasted into this world.

[Lady Serpentine]

Nirva holds her, purring.
I know, hon, I know... listen, I'm here for you. Anything you need, just ask, okay?

Tiri closes her eyes and smiles softly for a moment, before it fades again. "Maybe..." She trails off, huming quietly, then starting to sing, almost whispering the words, though they're just loud enough for Nirva to hear them.

"True names, stopped clocks, wildest dreams
Time's up, darling; let it be.

True names, stopped clocks, wildest dreams
Time's up, darling; let it be.

Who's the wicked queen and who's the princess here?
The truth is very plain, and just how you think it should appear
I tell you I'm a thorn that is sure to prick your hand.
Who is good and who is wicked can't depend on where you stand.

You may call my truest name and fling it to the floor,
I've only got a single question - is your arm still sore?
Let’s be done with fairytales and how they’re meant to end.
The truth is that I lost my way and wandered back again

You say that I am wanted but I know that you are lying.
And now I find I have to say - thank you for your trying,
But I am still the villain in this tale!
Yes, I am still the villain in this tale!

Call me what you like; I’ve been as cruel as I can be.
Set off the alarms and bring the sky down upon me.
You know this is the ending; we both have come so far.
It once broke my heart how very much alike we are.

You say that I am wanted but I know that you are lying.
And now I find I have to say - thank you for your trying,
But I am still the villain in this tale!
Yes, I am still the villain in this tale!

If you'd want the painful truth,
I'll lay it down before you:
everybody's got a story.
If you want the wicked truth
it's here before your eyes:
Every witch was someone's princess
in some other once upon a time.

Mustn't try to stay when it will only end in crying.
You will shortly have your due, even if it means my dying.
I fed you all my sweetness but it wasn’t to your taste.
I have lost this battle, now please let me be erased!

Yes, I am still the villain in this tale!
Yes, I am still the villain in this tale!

I wish you your wildest dreams
as I flee from mine.
We will never meet again
in a different storyline

I wish you your wildest dreams
as I escape from mine.
I won't meet you again within
Some other storyline."

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
Nirva purrs softly, hugging her friend tight and listening. She knows Tiri needs this, and is glad she can help.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]

Tiri subsides quietly, seeming almost confused that Nirva is still here for her, and tense, almost like she's ready to run at anything that sets her off, though aside from her breathing, she's eerily still.

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
Frowning, Nirva pulls her closer, rubbing her back-nubs.
Calm down, I'm right here, don't get so tense... relax, okay? I've got you.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]

"I just don't know why..." Tiri frowns as well, relaxing a tiny bit at Nirva's touch, though not like she did before. "I mean, you heard, right? So what are you still doing here? Or at least, how come I'm still with you, given this is your room?"

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
What, the... Andy thing?
She sighs. You dumbass, is that what you're so worried about? Your moms are too smart for you to have an excuse for thinking like that. She just hugs tighter, purring more intensely.
Just 'cause we're not a couple doesn't mean you're not my friend, you got that?

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]

"...Andy thing?" Tiri blinks, her player having no recollection of this, and thus passing her amnesia on. "Er. If one of us is with her, please tell me it's you... I don't think that finding out I have a girlfriend and forgot entirely about this is something I can deal with right now.

Anyway. Either way, that was nothing to do with her - our breakup was pretty messy, mostly my fault, as far as I recall, and then I've caused you all sorts of trouble, including seriously injuring you, since I came here."

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
((I remember Tiri and Andy curtaining at least once, I think. :u
I don't remember the injury, though, what was that?))
Nirva sighs.
Yeah, well, I'll admit you do have a knack for really, really buggering up my day.
But when you're in actual genuine distress, I'm not leaving you. You're still the girl I fell for even if the falling is well and truly over.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]

((When they were sparring and Tiri used that rebound spell that smashed up her suit and almost broke Nirva's arm.

Which was also why she didn't, unless I misremember, pull any curtains with Andy; in the aftermath of that whole thing, Tiri and Nirva agreed to work out their issues, work on being friends for a bit, then try being a couple again.

The reason she's blaming herself is that that didn't, actually, come to pass (clearly ), and thus she feels that she mucked things up somehow.

*was just reading through that particular set of scenes*))

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
((I think if Andy and Tiri did anything it was before the arm-breaking. I dunno.))

Nirva just cuddles her friend and ex, refusing to let go or let her feel abandoned.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]

((Hm, possibly. Not certain.))

Tiri still seems a bit confuserd, but curls up and drifts tiredly into sleep, relaxed enough that it's actually properly noticeable now, though still tense.

[Beans]

[Nirva's Room]
Nirva sighs softly, laying awake with Tiri cuddled close, still purring as she rubs her back.
Things are confusing sometimes, but they sometimes get so much simpler.

[McBish]

[Training Room]

"Goodbye. Thanks for your help." No, he doesn't want to find out the girl's name before she leaves now. She's kind of a jerk.

"Of course. No problem. So it looks to me like you just need to take a good well balanced walking stick with you?"

"Yeah, which is nice. I think they might find it a little odd if I was carrying around a big sword with me." Not to mention she likes the feel of the staff much more. Swords seem so much more violent, while a staff seems more ultilatarian. She glances over at the staff she was practicing with. "Do you think they would mind if I borrowed one from here? They have so many weapons."

[Mee]

Celiac gives her a thumbs-up.

With a happy smile of thanks and a nod, Civvy heads back into the office to take up her still-warm spot against the wall and resume knitting.

[Office]

"I am the anthropomorphic personification of shadows. And before you ask, no, I'm not evil. Shadows are neither good nor evil in and of themselves. As to my powers, I can shadow-walk - that is, teleport between shadows - extend my perceptions through shadows and I have access to a dimension of my own. I'm pretty much immune to most conventional weapons. I'm also quite accomplished with runes.

I wish to fight evil because I've seen what it can do. I think I mentioned wanting to retrieve most of my essence? It's trapped in a dead universe. All life was wiped out by evil. I was the sole survivor, and I lost most of myself. What was left - what you see standing in front of you - was blasted into this world.

She only caught about the last half of this, but makes no comment.

[Reinholdt]

[Training Room]

"Yeah, which is nice. I think they might find it a little odd if I was carrying around a big sword with me." Not to mention she likes the feel of the staff much more. Swords seem so much more violent, while a staff seems more utilitarian. She glances over at the staff she was practicing with. "Do you think they would mind if I borrowed one from here? They have so many weapons."

"Nah, go ahead and take one or two. I'll pick up an extra or so to replace them next time I'm at Erin's." Reinholdt suggests.

Swords are more violent! In a bloody messy death sort of way.

[Arkhosia]

Outside Tobias' office

Celica looks at her watch.
crap. Gotta go!
She waves to Civvy and leaves.

[The Bushranger]

[Pool]

Tsuna squeals, splashing right back as she swims around Erin!

Erin giggles happily...then dives under the water, and tries to dunk Tsuna!

[Reinholdt]

A new person arrives! Sorta. Rein's been here before, but Reina hasn't.

And certainly not with that new look. I think she gave up on trying to pretend to not be Rein. Too distinctive with the flaming hawtness and the mannerisms and the emo. Anyways her eyes are back to pink, though with pupils so more like the avatar. She also has the cat ears and tail, probably picked up from the anime store. Finally, most eye catching is her new pink hair. Why pink? Because today she's come to visit Civvy and wants to make a good impression.

Her clothes are not pink, however, but no one's perfect.

[Arkhosia]

A new person arrives! Sorta. Rein's been here before, but Reina hasn't.

And certainly not with that new look. I think she gave up on trying to pretend to not be Rein. Too distinctive with the flaming hawtness and the mannerisms and the emo. Anyways her eyes are back to pink, though with pupils so more like the avatar. She also has the cat ears and tail, probably picked up from the anime store. Finally, most eye catching is her new pink hair. Why pink? Because today she's come to visit Civvy and wants to make a good impression.

Her clothes are not pink, however, but no one's perfect.

Celica also returns, in her navy blue dress and carrying an umbrella.
She probably came in on the same shuttle.

[Reinholdt]

"... You get around a lot, don't you?" Hopefully the umbrella is at least closed while in the shuttle.

[Arkhosia]

"... You get around a lot, don't you?" Hopefully the umbrella is at least closed while in the shuttle.

It is.
Yep.

[Reinholdt]

"Ok then."

[Arkhosia]

Shuttle(?)

Well, I was currently unemployed.... But I plan to change that today.

[Reinholdt]

Shuttle

"Not with grammar like that. You are unemployed or 'I am currently unemployed'. So... what job are you picking up?"

[Beans]

[Pool]
Erin giggles happily...then dives under the water, and tries to dunk Tsuna!

Tsuna is dunked, and tries to grab at Erin's shoulders, giggling and shaking her her head free of water when she comes up.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Nirva's Room]
Nirva sighs softly, laying awake with Tiri cuddled close, still purring as she rubs her back.
Things are confusing sometimes, but they sometimes get so much simpler.

Tiri remains out for a bit but it's mostly 'blargh emotional drain I need to get away from it all' sleepytimes rather than the 'I am exhausted and must rest I'm going to be unconscious for a day now' kind, so she wakes perhaps an hour or two later, less tense but also still confused and unhappy.

Though she is pleased that Nirva is still there and such; even if things are weird between them, she appreciates the cuddles and closeness.

[Arkhosia]

Shuttle

"Not with grammar like that. You are unemployed or 'I am currently unemployed'. So... what job are you picking up?"

Sorry, a bit tired.
Preferably Intelligence.

[Reinholdt]

"Intelligence tends to be a trait or a statistic. Intelligence Field Operative, I presume? You a member of HALO then?"

[Morty]

[Kitchen]

Anyone walking in there one morning might spot Thariza, of all people, curled up under a table. She appears to be clutching a bottle in her claws.