chikaidestroyer | ∞ 78: One bed, two brothers [accidental voice / action]

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∞ 78: One bed, two brothers [accidental voice / action]

[Albert's room is a neat and quiet place, and has been that way since he departed with the other draftees last week. One would expect it to stay that way.

Unfortunately, one Caesar Silverberg decided to take his decision of waiting for Albert in his home one step further, invading said bedroom. He's lazily curled up on his brother's bed. It's a much more comfortable bed after all, complete with nicer beddings than the spare sheets he would have used in the spare room. Plus it's out of the way and perfect for napping, and he'd only get woken up for meals...

He could get used to this.

The relative silence of the bedroom is broken by a clatter and thump as something falls to the floor. Caesar doesn't stir. If he did, he would have realized that it's a journal that isn't his own. It's fallen open and is recording the ensuing silence.

A moment passes.

Then there's a solid thump as something heavy falls on top of the bed. And Caesar.]

AHHHHH- What the hell—!? GET OFF OF ME!

Wh— Caesar?!

OFF. You've got bony elbo— OW!

Get your hand out of th—

[The voices are cut off by the sound of feet kicking against the wall, and then another loud thump as something lands on the floor—and the journal. The recording shuts off.]

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[She nods.] A light spell should help ease some of the weariness, at least. But first, I'll get your pillow.

[Albert nods slowly, not in a hurry to continue conversation.]

[He'll get a break for a few moments anyway, as Raine temporarily leaves the room to get him a fresh pillow, as well as a glass of water. She still needs to re-equip the exsphere, but she can do that later.]

[A few moments is all it takes for Albert to flop backwards on the bed, pillow or no pillow. Tired...]

Edited 2010-03-31 00:51 (UTC)

[Raine's not surprised to see this. But it would not be the first time she's needed to gently wake him to take a pillow. She sets the water down on the desk, and moves to the bedside, pillow in hand... But first things first. That light, refreshing spell, for one.] ... First aid.

[He opens his eyes a little, waving off the spell.] It's really not necessary, Raine.

[She sighs a little, and lowers her hand.] ... I have your pillow ready, in any case.

[There is a slight nod, and Albert pushes himself back up into a sitting position to take the pillow.] I do hope Caesar behaved himself.

He wasn't any trouble. Of course, he was napping most of the time.

He can cause trouble simply by napping. But if you say nothing has happened, then I'll believe it. [Until he sees something that says different.]

... I am sorry, that he came in here without my realizing.

Hah. [He waves off the apology.] I shouldn't be surprised he would find such a silly reason to come in here.

I suppose it's over now, anyway.

... If you don't need anything else, I'll let you get some proper rest. [Even though she wants to hover. It's probably obvious.]

[Albert watches Raine. He realizes she wants to stick around.] Perhaps you can tell me more about that ... exsphere?

... All right. [A subject she's not certain that she'd like to go into detail about.] Did you have any specific questions about it?

You seemed quite adamant that I bring it along, despite not telling me anything about it. I can see its usefulness, but not the reason for the lack of explanation.

The basic explanation is that when properly equipped, they enhance a person's survival potential, as well as their natural abilities, far beyond what their expected capabilities would be. I thought that you would benefit from it, considering the circumstances. [She sits down in the chair nearest to the bed.] The rest... is more complicated.

[Albert props up against the bed a little better, the pillow behind him as he speaks.]

Things that enhance natural abilities in such a way typically have quite a story behind them.

Edited 2010-03-31 08:49 (UTC)

It's cheating, I suppose. I only ended up with one by chance, myself.

[What an odd way to put it.] "Cheating?"

Enhancing the body's capabilities to far beyond what it should be? Though our group wouldn't have been nearly as successful without having them.

It's called seeing an advantage and making use of it. Weapons and tools enhance the body's capabilities -- would you consider using a sword or staff cheating?

I'm aware that's what it is. [Since she's the one who's had to point that out numerous times herself. Honestly, Albert, you probably would have been more tolerant of her during the journey itself, before Lloyd's influence really began getting to her. She shakes her head at his next line, though.] And no, it's not quite the same thing.

Then make the distinction, because you are currently doing nothing to prove your reluctance necessary.

The gem is parasitical in nature. In order for it to become potent, it needs to first feed off a host. Over the centuries, facilities had been built and maintained to 'house' those hosts for production. They were then collected and stored in mines. They do more than boost fighting potential - some found a way to harness the power for energy purposes. There is large bridge that is powered by three thousand of them.

I did stress importance on not fiddling with it - especially the keycrest. The keycrest allows you to harness the power of the exsphere, without risk of invoking it's nature. Otherwise the toll on your body would be devastating once you attempted to remove it.

[At least she has the healing ability to do something about it, but still. Raine's being intentionally vague on the identity of 'hosts' for the moment, since she's wondering what form of conclusion he'd draw from that.]

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