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diatu2019-09-01 01:23 pm
unswervingcompanion) wrote in diatu2019-09-01 01:23 pm
I'm begging you please
Characters: Yotsuyu alongnight & Hendrik unswervingcompanion
When: After the Luminary has gone missing
Where: The Temple of Raida's grounds
Rating/Warnings: None, will change if necessary
Summary: An unexpected meeting since a knight lost his charge
Hendrik had found out from Isabel that the Luminary had disappeared. He tried to take the news well and that just didn't happen at all. So he raced out the door and went about going to many places that the boy would go and eventually found himself on the temple grounds. This was because the knight knew the boy had been involved with the place. But as he repeatedly asked around he couldn't help but wonder why was he stuck here. His oath and duty was to be at Eleven's side, not trapped in a place where he couldn't fulfill those things.
Finally he came to a small grove and he slammed his gloved fist against a tree in frustration. He felt like he failed in his duties and was frustrated at not being able to just leave this place. His blue eyes were shut, his jaw was clenched and he was fighting not to cry. Knights didn't cry, and so Hendrik didn't cry. The knight had already lost his family and his friends from Zwaardsrust when he was just a young boy. Jasper had been there at the time to help but then he was eventually consumed by the darkness years later. Now he'd lost the Luminary, the one he'd sworn to protect. How much more did he need to lose or sacrifice?
The boy had wanted to be friends and Hendrik had been shy about that because the one he'd cherished the most turned away from his oaths and so he'd been slow in trying to build that bond of friendship with Eleven. The pendant that had been made for him by Yotsuyu and Eleven was in his other palm, holding onto it as if it was his only anchor to reality.
Memories of their battles and even their times here raced through the knight's head. Maybe he'd been all wrong and had been too hard on the boy. What if the Luminary's memories of him were only of discpline and anger, hunting him down back home, and throwing him in jail? This was because he'd mistakenly believed that he was the Darkspawn as the possessed king had said at the time. And he hadn't even thought to question any of it.
Eeverything was turned on its head and it was all wrong.
alongnight & Hendrik unswervingcompanion When: After the Luminary has gone missing
Where: The Temple of Raida's grounds
Rating/Warnings: None, will change if necessary
Summary: An unexpected meeting since a knight lost his charge
Hendrik had found out from Isabel that the Luminary had disappeared. He tried to take the news well and that just didn't happen at all. So he raced out the door and went about going to many places that the boy would go and eventually found himself on the temple grounds. This was because the knight knew the boy had been involved with the place. But as he repeatedly asked around he couldn't help but wonder why was he stuck here. His oath and duty was to be at Eleven's side, not trapped in a place where he couldn't fulfill those things.
Finally he came to a small grove and he slammed his gloved fist against a tree in frustration. He felt like he failed in his duties and was frustrated at not being able to just leave this place. His blue eyes were shut, his jaw was clenched and he was fighting not to cry. Knights didn't cry, and so Hendrik didn't cry. The knight had already lost his family and his friends from Zwaardsrust when he was just a young boy. Jasper had been there at the time to help but then he was eventually consumed by the darkness years later. Now he'd lost the Luminary, the one he'd sworn to protect. How much more did he need to lose or sacrifice?
The boy had wanted to be friends and Hendrik had been shy about that because the one he'd cherished the most turned away from his oaths and so he'd been slow in trying to build that bond of friendship with Eleven. The pendant that had been made for him by Yotsuyu and Eleven was in his other palm, holding onto it as if it was his only anchor to reality.
Memories of their battles and even their times here raced through the knight's head. Maybe he'd been all wrong and had been too hard on the boy. What if the Luminary's memories of him were only of discpline and anger, hunting him down back home, and throwing him in jail? This was because he'd mistakenly believed that he was the Darkspawn as the possessed king had said at the time. And he hadn't even thought to question any of it.
Eeverything was turned on its head and it was all wrong.
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Of course, that also assumed that Hendrik would not deal with Jasper first. And if that was Hendrik's desire? She'd simply use every wile she had to facilitate it.
"Hendrik..." She sighed again, then. "I am not concerned about my grades--I have no need to be. My class can be canceled for a day or two, if necessary--the students will rejoice." Here, she smirked a bit. "As for whatever else might occupy my time, it is far from being nearly so important as to prevent me from being certain that you are all right."
Truthfully, there was nothing she could think of that might drag her attention or her presence away from the grove, at this moment.
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It would be proper to do something nice for her to show her how much this all meant to him. And he would do so soon, even if the Luminary didn't return. The knight was silent as he considered his next actions and words, still trying to be respectful of her and her time.
He lifted his hands with hers still in them and placed a kiss to them. And as he lowered her hands and gently let them out of his, blue eyes met Yotsuyu's. "Here in this place, you have been my light and I thank you."
Everything in him didn't want to let her go as always happened, but Hendrik had to let her go and did.
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She stood slowly, but she did not release Hendrik's hands, though he tried to do so to her. Pragmatism was a strong point with her, and she regarded him with concern. "So. Have you eaten lately? I am certain you have not rested at all since you heard that Eleven was missing. I do not expect you to sit down to a king's feast, but you should eat something."
Certainly if she was so despondent, Hendrik would do his best to take care of her until she felt ready to face the world again. Yotsuyu could hardly do less for him.
She leaned down a little to rest his head against her shoulder, giving him another hug. "We need not leave until you feel ready to go, of course, but if nothing else, I am going to see you eat." Patting his cheek gently, she trailed fingers through his hair briefly. Yotsuyu was not certain how else to give support, but...this seemed right.
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The knight was surprised that Yotsuyu was still holding onto him and he couldn't find any words to say. But at her kindness, he lowered his head, holding onto her hands a little more now.
"No, I have done nothing save search for the Luminary." His tone was guilty still as if he'd personally lost the boy himself though he hadn't. Somewhere deep down he knew that this wasn't his fault, yet a part of him still blamed himself for the disappearance.
With her then leaning against him, Hendrik smiled as her arms came around him. Hesitantly a hand came up to rest on the back of Yotsuyu's dark head at the words about making sure he ate. And to his surprise, his voice came out softer than he'd ever heard it.
"You are too kind to me."
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Why should it not be her?
Though Yotsuyu did scoff when he said that she was too kind to him, and she patted him on the head. "You know better than that." Oh, perhaps she'd not deny that she could be gentle when the situation called--as this one did--but kind? She did try, but she simply wasn't certain that she succeeded all that often. Though Hendrik was one of her oldest friends here. So perhaps with him, she did, a bit.
A mischievous look crossed her face, briefly. "You do owe me lunch, do you not? Not that I have any intent of forcing you to endure the public at the moment, but we could at least raid the cafeteria." Then he wouldn't have to worry about actually paying, either. Though if something teased the knight's appetite on the way to the academy, Yotsuyu would be perfectly content with springing for it. She wasn't certain he had coin on him.
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There was no argument either that might have occurred at the indignant head patting but there was no fight, only worry. He didn't know what he'd do if the boy didn't return. His charge was missing and now that Yotsuyu had mentioned food, he realized that he was hungry.
"I would be most grateful for the company." Hendrik was hungry and he was tired. He'd spent so much energy literally running that he just wanted to eat and rest. Nodding his assent at hoe he owed her lunch, the knight would agree to just about anything right now.
"Then let us be off." And away from this place that he would probably just continue to sit on the marble bench and cry at.
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She tucked her arm into his as if they were simply out for an evening stroll--she wasn't about to let the knight get away. Yotsuyu figured he would not claim he was fine--and after what she had seen, she would not believe him anyway! And she simply wasn't above a bit of bullying (Hendrik, or anyone else) if it was for their own good, in the end. Still, she patted his arm with her other hand, trying to be reassuring.
"Well then, company you shall have. To the cafeteria, first, and we shall bear the trays to my quarters. You'll rest where I might watch you, and if you need a sleeping draught, you'll have one I brewed with my own hands." Not that she was certain he'd take one, but the Twelve knew she'd had difficulty sleeping of late. Not that she'd breathe a word of it to him for the moment. His problems were tantamount.
"I shan't sing you to sleep, though!" she said teasingly. "A murder of crows sounds sweeter than I. I may let you use my lap as a pillow, however, should it help you sleep."