[CHAPTER 02 - SCENE] LOST

[fatal-old-man.livejournal.com]

Who: Raven Ecks, Estellise Sidos Heurassein
Where: St. Binah
When: After Choral Castle
Warnings: Raven and Estelle are alone together.


Well, the Choral Castle thing was a weird thing. Raven had already sent a letter to Van about what had transpired, and his job there was done for now... now all that was left at this point was to deal with Estelle. Not that it was trouble, since he knew there was something special about her, but he regretted taking her through that haunted castle since she didn't seem to enjoy it very much.

They checked into the inn, and he flopped onto his bed. Two queen beds, as usual. At least he wouldn't be tempted to do something weird as if there was only one bed. Well, that and while Estelle was cute, she didn't have the mature beauty Raven typically preferred.

... Damn, Raven, stop letting your mind wander to such places!

Ever since then, he had to act as his own voice of reason. And that rarely ever went well.

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She was tired, to say the least. It had been quite eventful since she had left the manor back in Batical, and not all of it had been in a good way.

With a tired sigh she sat on the bed and carefully removed her gloves, one and then the other, before she went about the task of taking off the slightly cumbersome white over dress. Her boots already sat near the foot of her bed, so she was free to wiggle and stretch her toes and she laid back on the bed.

She wondered how long it had been...probably not as long as it had seemed. She didn't even really feel that uncomfortable with Mr. Raven in the same room, but that was probably in part thanks to her tendency to blindly trust.

Regardless of the reasons, she felt completely safe in her companion's company. She smiled and the ceiling before speaking.

"That was a most riveting adventure...albeit a little scary..."

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"Yeah, sorry I had t' put you through that." Raven simply put on his grin for all occasions, and he was pretty sure that Estelle of all people would remain fooled by it for a long time, at the very least. Still, what they saw... the Liger carcasses, among other things, weren't things he should have exposed the young lass too. A pang of guilt? Just a little. Putting his hands behind his head as he stared at the ceiling, he sighed. "Still, it has to be more exciting than the castle, huh?"

[too-much-pink.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yes!" she had to admit, she was still a little shaken by the events at choral, but it did not do to dwell on such events.

"Do you do things like that all the time?"

By the way, Estelle grew up in Belkend XD Unless you want to retcon

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"Haha, maybe, maybe not!" Raven simply grinned, sitting up. "But it sure is exciting when it does happen, though it's easy to overdo it... like it's easy to be too sheltered, eh?" He was glad she was at least enjoying herself. If anything else, he should do her this one favor. There would come a time when she would have to return home... or something would happen. These idyllic adventures couldn't last forever, after all. But that didn't seem to cross her mind yet, so Raven thought it best to leave it at that for now.

*sigh* I suppose I should. I don't know how I missed that

[too-much-pink.livejournal.com]

She pouted a little, that was not an answer. But she soon lit up again with a chuckle, "I should keep a record of all our doings. Then I can write a book of my own!" The last thing on Estelle's mind was home. She was living in the moment, the future could wait for her to get there.

She looked at the ceiling in silent for a little while, "By the way, Mr. Raven, where are we headed to from here?"

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"Hmm, is there anywhere in particular you'd want to go?" Raven asked. There seriously wasn't much on his agenda other than observing Estelle for a bit, considering what she may or may not be. In this case, it would be better to find out where she wanted to go and the sights that she wanted to see.

[too-much-pink.livejournal.com]

"hmmm...well, I've never been to Malkuth before...but I have read extensively about the capital's wonderful scenery and architecture! I wouldn't mind going to see it in person."

zelos' group is heading to mushroom road. want to meet up with them?

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"Well, we're in St. Binah, which is in Malkuth territory; we can start heading to Grand Chokmah, which is what you're probably thinking about. It really is a beautiful place." Memories of the time he first met her several years ago rang through Raven's head, but his face didn't show it.

sure! That sounds good to me

[too-much-pink.livejournal.com]

"OH yes! After reading so much about it, it would be quite a shame to come all the way to Malkuth and never have been inside the city." she smiled and giggle to herself.

"I am so glad I accompanied you, Mr. Raven. I would have never gotten the chance to...well, to do anything were it not for you."

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"Well, we can keep on doing this until you're bored!" Raven simply grinned. "In any case, in the morning we'll head off to Grand Chokmah; it'll require a bit of energy, so make sure you get some rest, darlin'."

With that, he threw a pillow onto his face.