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Vanessa Ives ([personal profile] matermali) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2024-02-29 02:12 pm

audio → text | headless ragdoll

[ Her voice is a low rasp with her murmured poem—melancholy. ]
"Though fate ordains we now must part
Companions true a little while
I grasp with firm and grateful heart
The gift of friendship's gentle smile

Shared roads together we have walked
O'er hill and dale, mist dark and light
Enriching bonds between us talked
Dispelling shadows with delight

With backward glances fondly cast,
Cherished mem'ries I'll keep secure.
Though winds of change now blow by fast,
Affection's ties shall yet endure."
[ Onward to text. ]

My dear allies and friends,

You are, all of you, stunning fighters — in violence, yes, but also in wit and heart. It has been a strange blessing for me to have known and fought among you all. I am glad for it, and I thank you for the company shared in these arduous trials. I have never known anything quite like it, and it has allowed me a modicum of peace — or something like it — in our final days together. Something I did not think possible for any world that had me.

This war has been won, but the city still recovers. I will remain to help where I can, and keep watch over the beacons.

Should anyone else have nowhere to return, then you are welcome company.

For all who return home, however we have known one another... I shall miss you, and will not forget you, and I may selfishly hope that you will remember our time together.

Sincerely,
Vanessa Ives
revengeisalie: (Plot like you mean it.)

video; un: toucan play that game

[personal profile] revengeisalie 2024-03-01 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
That was a beautiful poem.

I have to go home, but it was an honor to fight alongside you. Please be well.
Edited 2024-03-01 00:31 (UTC)
revengeisalie: (wait what)

audio only;

[personal profile] revengeisalie 2024-03-01 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
You do? Ah, that's too kind! What is it?
revengeisalie: Looking into the distance after someone, pensive (Already missing her wife.)

[personal profile] revengeisalie 2024-03-01 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Alright, I will see you soon.

I haven't been here long, and it has been a confusing and sometimes upsetting time. Still, I would like to keep my memories. I met some good people here.

I'll remember you fondly, Vanessa.
downswing: (memento)

[personal profile] downswing 2024-03-01 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
We may prove companions, a few seasons longer.
downswing: (j'adoube)

[personal profile] downswing 2024-03-07 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
We may linger. A few seasons.
downswing: (七)

[personal profile] downswing 2024-03-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
My soulmate will benefit of the respite here. A delay.
downswing: (五)

[personal profile] downswing 2024-03-07 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Lands too long wintered.

Let there be sun.
clavesregni: (107 04 02 04)

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[personal profile] clavesregni 2024-03-01 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not going to go home?
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[personal profile] clavesregni 2024-03-08 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
May I see you? To say a proper goodbye?
Edited 2024-03-08 02:43 (UTC)
somebadnews: (133)

un: ut malum pluvia

[personal profile] somebadnews 2024-03-02 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His feelings about Vanessa, like his entire journey here, are confusing and largely contradictory. He was here longer than the time he was in the Commission, up until the short month he spent with all of his siblings. Nothing went as planned, but she was undoubtably a part of a life he hasn't shared with many. ]

Your plan is to rebuild?
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[personal profile] somebadnews 2024-03-14 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Unexpected. [ Not that he's doubting her sincerity. If nothing else, it is a nice change from the resignation she had before. Time will tell if his mercy towards her was an oversight he'll regret, but maybe he can stand to be optimistic for once. If the apocalypse is destined to happen no matter what, what's he harm? ]

Where do you even start?
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[personal profile] somebadnews 2024-03-31 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Opportunity or time? [ What a strange assumption that he has things to atone for. Everything was justified, except for all the times it wasn't. ]

I guess I never prioritized that. If I did, I'd have to believe it was really over.
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[personal profile] bhaalyn 2024-03-25 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
You put my work to shame, dear lady.