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Post by Sierra on Sept 6, 2013 9:18:58 GMT
((OOC: This quest is set at the end of the timeline, after Cynthia has lost her memories. She will know no one, though most characters won't know that.))
In one day everything had changed. She had no idea what she'd done, only that she had done something wrong. Cynthia paced the room they had put her in, she only wanted her mother, had no idea where she was. All she remembered was putting on the necklace before she blacked out, and now she was here, in this cold room wondering where she was.
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Post by Echo on Sept 10, 2013 11:57:45 GMT
Emilie watched Cynthia pace on the monitor, almost heart-broken. "I could help her, you know" she said to the official standing next to her, never once taking her eyes from the girl on the screen. He shook his head, sadly. Emilie knew what he would say, he'd said it to her every year, but she needed him to tell her again anyway. "She's been a child for too long, if you gave her back all her memories of you and this place it would destroy her." Emilie nodded unhappily. "I know..." She sighed for a moment "Rayne remembers." "Does he now" "The Demon remembers everything, kinda like me. It remembers the first day we met just as well as I do." "The first day you met Rayne or Cynthia?" "It was the same day..." The official looked at her then. "She trusted you to see the Demon?" "She didn't have much choice." "Oh?" He seemed genuinely interested. "You hadn't come to us yet. I was six years, four months and nine days old, she... Well, she was ten. It was the day Varrik the Unstable finally lost it." "Varrik the Unstable?" "He was an alchemist of sorts, fancied himself a great warrior in alchemy, forever pushing the boundaries, combining science and magic just to see what would happen. It was why he was hired, or so I'm told." "You don't remember?" "I wasn't there. The man was ancient, no-one could pinpoint when he'd arrived. Chiyo-chan might have been able to if her memory wasn't so fuzzy." "That's what happens when you live for centuries with a human mind." Emilie nodded. "So what happened?" "He lost it. Combined something with something else and the reaction made him go insane. It's a miracle it didn't happen sooner, to be honest." "He went insane?" "Thought we were all Demons or something, tried to kill us all and burn HQ to the ground, said we'd been possessed and infested so badly a hundred exorcists couldn't help us. In the end it took a real Demon to bring him down." "Rayne?" Emilie nodded. "Rayne. Ironic, no?" The official nodded. "I mean, they tried getting some of the immortals to go after him, but no-one would go near him on account of his flamethrower." "He had a flamethrower?!" "He'd made it himself, volatile thing, partially magical, the fire burned turquoise and no-one knew why... Even after he'd been taken down and the lab coats got hold of it they couldn't figure it out." "Couldn't you have helped? Ventured into his mind and made him see sense?" "I didn't have full control of my powers back then, and the higher-ups didn't want to risk me making it worse." "Don't we have other mind-readers?" "A lot of the Questers were out, it was a busy time for us. There were a couple like me in the building, but none of us had even half the power I do now." "So Rayne saved HQ..." Emilie nodded. "He could have hidden, or made a run for it, but he chose to help. Why?" "Because HQ helps Cyn, and in turn it helps Rayne. They need each other to stay alive, and Cynthia's too vulnerable to be without us." The official nodded. "Speaking of vulnerability, you'd best get going." Emilie nodded. As she was about to leave the room the official called to her. She turned to look at him, a question in her eyes. "You never looked at me." "So?" "How did you know what I was saying? I heard about what happened in Limbo." "A mind reader doesn't need to hear if she can listen to the thought." With that, Emilie left the surveillance room. In a moment she was opening the door and looking onto a face she knew so well, but had no recognition for her. It pained her to see Cynthia this way, scared and vulnerable, once a year every year. But Rayne remembered. 'Emilie' said the voice in her mind. 'Rayne' she thought with a smile. "Hello, Cynthia" She smiled at the girl "How're you doing today?"
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Post by Sierra on Sept 10, 2013 12:16:33 GMT
Cynthia looked up at the older girl who walked into the room and took a few steps back. "Who are you?"
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Post by Echo on Sept 10, 2013 12:25:19 GMT
"My name's Emilie, but you can call me Em if you like." Emilie said, still smiling, though a little sadly now. "How're you feeling?"
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Post by Sierra on Sept 12, 2013 22:16:03 GMT
Cynthia smiled warily, "Tired, bored and hungry I guess." She sat down on the small bed they had given her and hugged her knees. "When can I go home?" she asked sadly.
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Post by Echo on Sept 21, 2013 0:40:52 GMT
"Soon, I promise. How much do you remember?" Cynthia's story was always the same, word for word, but Emilie knew she had to ask.
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Post by Sierra on Sept 23, 2013 19:13:38 GMT
Cynthia thought carefully. "I was with my mother in the market, I found a really pretty necklace. It was so shiny. I decided to put it on while no one was looking." Cynthia stopped and frowned at Emilie, "Then I woke up here." With a worried look on her face Cynthia asked, "What happened to me?"
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Post by Echo on Sept 23, 2013 20:07:57 GMT
Emilie sat down beside the girl and looked her in the eyes. 'Such sad eyes, wanting to trust but not knowing if she can.' She thought. "You've been tethered to... To a Demon, Cynthia. It's name is Rayne, and I actually know this one so I can promise you it won't hurt you, but you two are tied to each other now..." Emilie listened closely with her mind for Cynthia's usual reaction. Everything had to play out exactly as it always did. There had been new ways tested every year, but this was the only one that worked every time.
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Post by Sierra on Sept 25, 2013 17:58:41 GMT
Cynthia's eyes grew wide. "A...a demon?" Cynthia stammered.
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Post by Echo on Sept 25, 2013 18:03:24 GMT
Emilie nodded. "I'm afraid so. Who knows, it may come in handy, you may even grow to like it a little."
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