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[gravings]

[ A few days after Gray's revival, after she's rested up enough to deal with her weakness and general malaise, she gives Mordred a gentle prodding via Communion. ]

Mordred? Would I be able to visit you soon?

[uproared]

Not in Highstorm.

[ The truce between the major cities still holds — for now — but it was a Zenith who killed Gray, and Mordred wants her as far away from potential danger as possible. ]

I refuse to stay in that witch's manor, anyway. [ Aka, she's homeless. ] If you wanna meet in private, you're better off choosing the place.

[gravings]

[ Not in Highstorm... She wonders what's been going on over there. She hasn't been able to visit since all of the Tree troubles started. ]

Maybe my house would be best then. Though I'm not sure if it's worth having you come all the way here...

[ She's trying to make less trouble for Mordred, not more!! ]

[uproared]

Wait, you have a house? This I gotta see.

[ Evidently, she won't be taking no for an answer. Even without any directions, there's a sense of movement; already on her way. ]

[gravings]

[ As rude as the emphasis in that question was, Gray gets where it's coming from. She really wasn't expecting to own property... maybe ever.

In any case, she sends over directions before immediately setting to making the house a bit more presentable. Mostly this just involves a bit of straightening and sweeping, and even then not much; there's only so much she can do for a house that has Tree roots busted through a couple of its walls.

It's a modest house with a sizeable backyard to accommodate both a small chicken coop and a stable for Slow Dancer. When Mordred gets there, Gray will be sitting on the steps out front, petting a docile chicken in her lap. ]

[lockedon]

haunts mordred until she dies

action, soon after rin's revival

[gravings]

[ Gray doesn't have much practical use for a garden plot in "enemy territory," but it would be terribly rude and wasteful of her to give it away or leave it unused — as with any gift. So after a careful journey to Greenwood Yards, she locates the plot Mordred mentioned and gets to work.

As always, digging into the earth reminds her of caskets and corpses, but all she has waiting to be buried this time are some innocent sprouts. She digs needlessly neat little holes with a trowel, sinking into the simple repetition of it until her mind becomes a mellow song of dirt chopped and piled without end. So absorbed is she in her task that she doesn't notice someone else approaching her plot... ]

[uproared]

[ For over a day now, Mordred's felt restless. Agitated. Rin isn't the only person she bickers with, not by a long shot, but she gives as good as she gets, and Mordred likes that about her — to her own detriment. Never did she think she'd find herself enjoying a mage's company, much less missing them. (With Gray's death, there had at least been an understanding of what had happened, a target for her rage, rather than this: swearing into the empty air, waiting for communion responses that never come.)

She decides that in the other girl's absence, she should at least do something useful (unlike Dark) and check on her plants, despite having little to no idea what to actually do about them. When she sees a small figure digging in the next plot over, she lifts her hand, ready to call out... only for her shoulders to sag in disappointment, her tone much more mild than usual when she does speak. ]

Oh... it's you, mouse. [ Despite her appearance being unchanged, she sounds exhausted and unfocused; clearly looking through Gray rather than at her. ] Did you find this place okay? Sorry if my directions sucked.

[ "Sorry"?????????????????????? ]

[gravings]

[ Gray stares openly at Mordred. This is definitely the most depressed she's seen her face twin... She stands slowly, abandoning the garden for the moment to peer closely at Mordred instead. ]

... Are you feeling okay? Are you low on energy again?

[ If it's that or an issue with Discord, then at least they're easily fixed. ]

[uproared]

Nah, I'm fine. [ Without giving Gray a chance to question her further: ] How'd your search go? Anything worth mentioning?

[ She's 99% sure Gray would have messaged her if so, but it's all she can think to ask. ]

[gravings]

... No. Nothing.

[ Given the shift in topic, she supposes this means Mordred has been looking for Rin. It seems like Mordred dedicates herself when she has a goal in mind. It was the same when she was looking after Gray's Shard... ]

Mr. Dark has been staying with me, and I don't think he's found anything out either.

beach........

[gravings]

[ It's Gray's first time on a Modern Surfboard™ and she's still feeling it out. She picked up the very basics a long time ago, when she didn't have the power of surfboard engineering on her side — and so in many ways it's easier now on this smaller, nimbler board with fins on the underside to help her grab the water.

With the waves so loud and the ocean so large, it's easy for her to think she's isolated on the water. It makes her forget about her bared head (a hood would be handy under all this naked sun) and form-fitting wetsuit as she focuses fully on the swell of the ocean. As she feels a good rise coming on, she hops up on her board — and there she goes dropping in on a nice wave, her stance slightly awkward as she works out the best way to keep her balance as she travels across the wave's length.

What a grand old time she's having. Completely alone, just her and the waves, at peace... ]

[uproared]

Yahooooooooooo!

[ Comes the increasing-in-volume shout from further out, as Mordred rides in on an impressive wave of her own; looking shockingly at home for someone who's never so much as seen a surfboard before today. The wave eventually deposits her not too far from Gray, and after a brief glance, followed by recognition and excited waving, she paddles her board over to the other girl. ]

You're the last person I expected to see hitting the waves, mouse! And by the look of things, you've got the basics down pat! Keep it up, and you might manage to be a tenth... no, a ninth as cool as me!

[gravings]

[ Gray is, completely honestly, a little starstruck as she clings to her board and watches Mordred ride in. As much as Gray has taken an interest in surfing, she hasn't had anyone else to set an example for her; surfing was rudimentary in Horos, and even here in Kenos there aren't many Shard-Bearers interested in it. But here comes Mordred like a shooting star, looking like she's been surfing all her life. ]

Mordred!

[ Gray doesn't know about Saber-class Riding, so in her mind Mordred has picked up how to surf in an extraordinarily short time by pure natural skill alone. They definitely didn't have surfboards in medieval Britain, after all. Unfortunately, Gray's complete lack of ego robs her of any desire to dispute Mordred's happily haughty comments. ]

You're amazing... I didn't know you knew how to surf.

[uproared]

Well, yeah! When you surf, you're rebelling against the waves, right? If you think about it like that, I'd obviously know how!

[ Wow. This logic sucks.

The fact Gray's praising her also sucks, but not for Mordred, who literally sparkles at being called amazing. Not that she's easy to predict or anything. ]

The real surprise here is you! Could it be... that you're secretly a rebel too? [ You can tell she's in a good mood, because she says it earnestly instead of mockingly; as if there's actually a chance the answer might be yes. ]

[gravings]

[ Rebelling against the waves. And here Gray had been thinking of surfing as being in harmony with the ocean. But she supposes Mordred is the expert between them...??

There's so much excitement in Mordred's stare that Gray can't bring herself to outright oppose Mordred's assumption. ]

I'd done something similar in the snow before, so I thought I could do it in the water too. It's more different than I expected, but I like it.

[ It's much more fun to surf at leisure than snowboard after a train for her life, that's for sure. She pauses as she feels another swell of water rising under them, a wave in the making. ]

communion, who knows when

[gravings]

Do you like pie? I mean, the sweet kind.

[ Hi. ]

[uproared]

Is this a bribe?

[gravings]

A bribe... for what?

[uproared]

You got into trouble, didn't you? You think I'll come bail you out just 'cause you offered me a freakin' pie?

[ Because she will. ]

communion, why is this inbox entirely boba

[lockedon]

Were you really famous during your time?

[ hi ]

ummm your previous comment is right there?

[uproared]

[ HELLO? ]

Yeah, I was! I had fans and everything! Everyone wanted a piece of me!

you're right, i should leave more comments peeing in your inbox

[lockedon]

[ he is having such a hard time believing this. ]

What did you even do?

boba hasn't peed even ONCE

[uproared]

What do you think, mutt? What would a knight, in service to a king, gain fame from doing?

[ It's said ("said") nastily, though not necessarily in a way aimed at him. Her actions themselves, and her complete lack of remorse for them, deserve such a tone. ]

On the battlefield, they called me a mad warrior. But when it came time for my rebellion, it was me they sided with, and willingly followed to their own deaths.

a memory—

[kenosnpcs]

[ Very suddenly, there’s a sense of Communion touching your character’s mind. However, it’s as if they connect with the mind of a shared Aspect, as they’re not able to block out the brief, but sharp memory that comes to them. ]

Springstar’s mirth of celebration does nothing to warm a Shard-Bearer’s heart. They sit in a crowd but feel totally alone and far away. They’ll never forget taking their first life while fighting for that Oracle.

[ ooc note — Just to avoid OOC confusion/misinterpretation, the details included in this memory are random and are not necessarily interconnected or plot meaningful beyond a surface level. However, your character is free to interpret this random memory however they’d like! This event will also be touched on somewhat during today’s NPC Communion Post. ]