2018-04-12: Face the Past
- Log: Face the Past
- Cast: Riesenlied, Noeline
- Where: Vane
- Date: 12th April 2018
- Summary: Noeline retires with Riesenlied to bed, and the two discuss their plans...
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied is asleep in bed for once, dozing off a recent stint of illness as she often succumbs to. The bowl of soup their children have given her sits beside her on a nightstand, half-eaten; the blonde Hyadean looks relatively restful, at least, with her comfortable and loose nightgown and nightcap (yes, really) giving her a rather comfy appearance.
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline does not go for particularly racy sleepgarments - at least, not since Wayside and the everpresent chance that Mikaia will try to crawl into bed with them following a bad dream. She does have a rather flattering nightgown on, at least, and has let her hair down as she gets ready for bed.
Not as guarded as normal, she just huffs softly as she leans over the bed to touch at Riesenlied's cheek; without her frills and her force of personality buoying her up, she looks a little smaller, her expression fond - if mildly concerned, as she checks how much Riese has actually eaten.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied rolls her head very gently as she feels the light ruffling of the bed as Noeline enters. "Mm..." she quietly whispers, as she blinks and starts to sound like the first moments of consciousness are returning to her. "Mikaia...?" A pause, "Noeline..."
Riesenlied's gotten through perhaps half of the soup. There's a conscious effort to try to keep it down, but the appetite seems to come and go, as it has been over the last couple of months...
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
It's moments like this that Noeline worries most, when she can't distract herself with other things; she huffs softly as she runs her hand gently across Riesenlied's forehead, brushing back the other demon's hair before leaning down to place a kiss there instead. "... did I wake you?" she huffs softly, letting a grin play on the edge of her lips. "I am sorry."
Still, she can't help but study Riesenlied's face in a quiet concern. "How are you feeling? Things have been quiet today, thankfully." Her voice is naturally at a whisper, wanting to preserve the private moment.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied delicately sighs against Noeline's hand brushing against her forehead. The scales there have made their way outwards, and the discolouration and distortion of the skin is continuing, ever so slowly. "... no, it's all right. I really wanted... needed you right now," she admits as she rolls and curls up against her in a rather needy manner.
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline's gaze lingers on the continuing changes, her brow furrowing as she draws in a breath that's just a little shaky. She's not enough of a scientist to truly understand what's happening to Riese, much less how to prevent it--
--but she shakes that thought away, knowing that it isn't helpful, knowing that Riese herself would rather not dwell on it so much as do what she can manage. "... of course," she laughs instead, managing to slide into the sheets just in time to get the other demon nudging against her. One arm tucks tight around the other woman's waist, the other over her shoulder to play amidst blonde hair. "I am right here," she adds, as she leans in to meet her partner's lips.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"... I'm sorry. I'm worrying you," Riesenlied admits truthfully, perhaps able to latch onto enough of those worries as she senses it within her partner. Even if she were not an empath, their long relationship meant that they could very well read each other. "I'm feeling better... honest."
She brings her own lips in with a quiet sigh, and a little smile. "... mm. I missed you..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Despite herself, Noeline softly chuckles, her eyes closed. She seems to be recharging as much as Riesenlied is - burrowing into the other woman slightly despite her scaling, letting their legs tangle a little together. "... mm... it's alright. I simply had a conversation with Ragnell that cut a little close," she admits plainly with a lopsided smile.
She settles in for a second kiss, and by the time they part she's tightened her embrace, settling against the other demon's shoulder. "... besides, I am significantly more fulfilled, here with you."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied blinks a few times, looking just a little curious... but deciding to not encroach on it further. "... you two are somewhat alike." A pause. "I'm sorry for being so troublesome to look after," she says, though there's a bit of lightness to her earnest apology as she tightens a little more, careful to not let her deformed leg snag on the bedsheet or on Noeline's garment.
Their kiss is long and heartfelt, the better for Riese to shiver and gasp a little. "... I feel fulfilled too."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline pauses for a moment - and then her mental defences drop enough for Riesenlied to pick out a rather complicated feeling, as if Noeline herself doesn't really know what to make of the Seraph, irritation mixed with respect. There is no expectation of an answer, nor does she dwell on it; it's more a show of trust than anything else, one she's been trying to offer to Riese more often of late.
Another pause, and this time the spy chuckles happily, pausing to nip gently at Riesenlied's lips between kisses. "I /always/ knew you were troublesome. That was always the one thing that /was/ certain about your future," she teases openly with a brilliant grin, and suddenly nudges her partner down to the sheets, half-clambered on top of her.
he leverage lets her trap the other Hyadean into that longer kiss, her hands on Riese's cheeks by the time she's done; she hums richly when she pulls back, eyes glittering with affection and a little mischief. "... I'm glad. More than anything, I always wanted you to have no regrets."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"... I suppose you would be bored if I was not troublesome," Riesenlied has the levity to at least lightly tease. "A bodyguard for someone who can take care of themselves?" ... okay, so maybe there's a bit of self-denigrating there as well. She does raise her eyebrows and lightly kiss at Noeline's cheek and says, "Let's..."
But that has to wait, since Noeline's rolled ontop of her, giving her a chance to see her shadowed by the moonlight outside. They kiss...
"No regrets..." she whispers. "There will be no regret." A pause. "When we are back... when we've found everyone, when we're back in Filgaia. Let's go to Elru."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
With a soft cackle, Noeline leans down for another kiss, albeit a quicker one this time. "... I'm not sure that 'bored' is quite the right word to use," she huffs happily, but her knuckles brush affectionately at Riesenlied's cheek once more as her expression softens. "Part of me is still that young, dazzled soldier from the Photosphere, after all. Knowing that I can be of use to you..."
She trails off with a tiny, speechless shake of her head and a very nostalgic smile, silent as her partner speaks.
Noeline would be the first to admit that, once upon a time, she would have run as far as she could from such a suggestion - but now there's a strength in her eyes as she opens them again. "... I agree. ... there's more than just the Photosphere that we need to face there. Both of us, I think," she adds quietly.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"... even after knowing what a withered castaway I am, I should be appreciative," as Riesenlied returns that kiss with one just as heartfelt and quick as Noeline's. "... yes... I don't mean the Photosphere, myself. Though that must follow."
A pause. "The village within the steppes... and the great, unexplainable gap in my memory that I've left behind. There's much to solve there..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
For an instant, Noeline blinks with an absolutely, pricelessly lost face. "I-- that is hardly what I meant and you know it! Who exactly is a withered castaway?!" she huffs with a blush, and (lightly) pinches Riesenlied's cheeks as she pouts - before leaning in for another heartfelt kiss, quick but earnest. "... you are inspiring, and beautiful, and I'll hear nothing else."
She's quick to sober, at least, when Riesenlied lays out her own business in Elru - and Noeline nods solemnly in return, her gaze steady. "I will be there to help you through it however I can. Just as I would like you by my side as I give Arctica a proper farewell, and a proper apology."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied smiles ever so quietly, expressing, "... we both will have to do that." She smiles ever warmer as she leans in and presses their foreheads together, then towards that kiss that they've been long waiting for. "And from those ashes, from the stains of our sins... we will carry our hopes forward."
A pause, as she-- quietly goes 'oww' at the pinching. "Too serious for bed...?"
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
... Noeline does at least relent immediately, letting go of Riesenlied's cheeks only to cup them once more with her hands; she draws forward and into another liplock, fully atop the other demon at this point but taking care to not leave the entirety of her weight on top of her partner. Again she lingers, at once a confirmation of Riesenlied's hopes for the future and a promise to stay at her side.
When she draws back again, this time, her eyes are dark with a quiet sort of desire. "... do not say you are withered, or a castaway. Anyone who has met you knows full well that you are filled with vibrance and purpose. ... if that were not true, we would not have come half this far together," she adds in a fervent whisper.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied lays still for a moment longer... with her face looking resolute, nodding gently as she places a soft kiss in turn to Noeline. "I will not. I understand--"
The frosted winds of Arctica blow through. For a moment, the girl's corpse is possessed of such intensity that it bleeds through...
... and Noeline can see it too. "Liar!" she expresses--
--and then that burst of emotion is gone. Riesenlied doesn't seem to have seen anything, as she smiles cozily and hugs her tighter. "Say nice things to me again... just a bit more..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline jolts at the sudden interjection, so rapid and unexpected that she almost misses it; it's not enough to send her up from her comfortable position, but it is enough to leave her wide-eyed and staring at Riesenlied's face. "You--" she starts, immediately uncertain. Whether to tell Riese, whether not to tell Riese... "--I-- saw something... across your link. A memory of Arctica, ever so brief," she admits quietly.
Smoothing her hand across Riesenlied's forehead, she falls silent as she mulls things over - recalling a frenetic race through memories of the snowlands, what that meant for Riesenlied, and the fears and lessons bound up in it. For all her study of human nature, Noeline is not a terribly good psychologist, but... perhaps, she thinks, it might be enough to just be there.
So rather than press the point further her expression instead slowly softens to a fond smile, and her hand moves again through Riesenlied's hair. "I will speak of your kindness and warmth as many times as you need to hear it, and then even more," she promises, with a kiss at Riesenlied's forehead, and a twinkle in her eye. "... so long as I get some compliments, as well."