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𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒅𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐. ([personal profile] valeas) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-03-25 07:40 pm

un: starburst, toward the end of this arc.

( Emilia di Carlo has seen better days, by the look of her. Her battle leathers are torn, soot and cuts still on her face — but she doesn't give in to the exhaustion just yet, nor the bile in her throat. First, she addresses the people of Alem, dignified and resolute. )

Prince Haiva sacrificed himself and leaves his sister, the young Cle-Florens, spared.

I was witness.

( A pause, then, as she allows that to sink in. )

Hell is sealed.

You fought with valor so others might live. I'm glad to have fought beside you, and will remember your fallen just the same.

If you've yet to evacuate, the time is now. Hassir awaits.
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[personal profile] growlies 2023-04-05 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
( That makes Red smiles softly. Persephone in her world was only looking for an escape, but she did take her out through the river. Red just doesn't know if it stuck or not. )

...thank you. Your circle sounds so much better and definitely more interesting, and I'm sure you treat your subjects better too.

( From what she's told her already, from even seeing their affection towards Yadid - far more hellhound than she is, but Hades never treated her like that. )

But hey, maybe I actually made it out. The beacons had some crazy timing.
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[personal profile] growlies 2023-04-08 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
...out.

I didn't even think I'd be able to make it.

( Red figured it would pull her right back in, and maybe it still will. She doesn't know. The important part was trying, the important part was not remaining the same for eternity, which is what would have happened if she didn't, if she hadn't found the... friends she did.

They barely even had time to be friends but she'd like to think that's what they were as they went through the river. )
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-04-10 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
( Some brief time later, relistening to the way she responds with this fierceness like Emilia might rip apart Hades himself. Shit, she would like to see that - he's squirm.

Red doesn't even expect an immediate response, figuring Emilia probably had to rest after all those Hell shenanigans. )


...y'know, I'm just gonna say it's in part due to the fierceness of your hope that partly made it so. I sure as fuck wouldn't want to challenge it.

( Challenge her. A pause, because there's really no good way to warn anyone about this though she would have liked to try. ) Hey. Beacon swallowed me up.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-04-12 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, of course.

( Her own smile is bittersweet. She reviewed the conversation they had here, remembers all their conversations and how very much Emilia reminds her of Persephone like no one else ever has. Beyond Persephone herself, of course, and it's been a very long time since she saw that particular goddess.

You have every right to be here - such a simple but powerful statement that she wishes she'd heard in the life she led, wishes she could remember those words. )


I'm at the bar, but I can meet you anywhere you'd like.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-04-21 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
The one and only.

( Red confirms even as she turns and takes in the sight of Emilia before her with a low breath. Jesus though, the dress is beautiful as is she. It can kind of be hard to remember through all the hazy, funny details. )

And, Emilia, also the one and only.

( She smiles with emotion even as she's hit with a whole helluva lot of things at once, memories of things she forgot, things that shaped her. ) Damn it's good to see you.