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[cagedinflesh]

lockets, compasses or action! or whatever else really

fun roulette, which personality will it be, you just can't know
unless you do know who you want, then say so

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may 10th, locket, audio

[erythristic]

Henry. Edward. One of you, speak to me.

[cagedinflesh]

[It takes a little while for the call to be answered. When Jekyll is tired of trying to find his way through the forest and in too much pain to carry on without a rest, he leans back against a tree and sits, taking out his locket to respond.]

Grell- I am glad to hear from you.

[erythristic]

Talk to me. What happened to you at the audience?

[her tone is clipped, emotions kept in reserve. she wants the truth from his perspective, not rumours.]

[cagedinflesh]

I was beheaded for speaking out against Lainost's claims against Paloma.

[Plain and simple.]

I...did not know you had heard of it.

[erythristic]

The Court talks, Henry. Rumour filters through on what happens in the audiences, especially on something so public. It said that in your grief you tried to attack Lainost and you had to be put down.

[she exhales shortly. maybe, if she'd been there a while before...but then the loyalists' lives would likely be forfeit. no use to dwell.]

I find it very difficult to believe you were punished simply for speaking. Did you, in fact, attack?

[cagedinflesh]

I did not. Between it all and Hyde threatening to overtake me, I very nearly did, but no.

[Which means he...very publicly had a fight with himself full of cries of pain and erratic movement, but...]

I swore that I would have them even, and tried in vain to refute his misleading claims.

[erythristic]

In front of His Majesty? Oh, Henry...love her you may, and my many congratulations on taking my advice and finding a place for your heart to rest, but you were a complete fool to not let it happen outside the throne room. You should have dragged Lainost away by the collar, I know you have the strength.

[cagedinflesh]

That is-- [oh god he's so sorry for what happened last April.] how did you?

-Regardless, no, as myself I would not have the strength! Even as a Heroic Spirit, I truly have no strength whatsoever.

[erythristic]

Passion inspires strength even in the smallest of men. Or is it untrue that you declared in front of everyone that you loved her?

[cagedinflesh]

[Not the strength it would require to drag a vampire...!! Maybe. Oh god he should have at least tried that. But he got in there and there she was and...everything happens so much.]

--Well, yes that is true, but... Is that truly something people are speaking of?

too cute

[erythristic]

If people speak of anything, they speak of love. Such a moment could not go by unnoticed.

[everyone knows, Jekyll.]

[cagedinflesh]

It was really nothing at all! Moreover, not meant to be...some sort of announcement.

[erythristic]

Henry.

[that severe tone again, the one that says she stands for no nonsense.]

Saying you love someone is never nothing. It happened as it did - now they all know. Are you perhaps ashamed of the fact? If not, then you should stand by your words. You have found a love worth dying for. Celebrate it.

[cagedinflesh]

-No, I am not ashamed at all, and I do stand by it, of course. It is only that there is no need for it to be a matter of rumour... Rather, it is merely a fact which affects none but for us two, among which it has been common knowledge for quite some time!

[erythristic]

Think of it this way - such a public vow ensures that anyone with untoward intentions will think twice about moving in her direction.

[but that's not the point.]

What do you plan to do about her...state?

[cagedinflesh]

[Well that's fair enough, he hopes he can protect her from others like Lainost...]

I will do as the king has said, if she will not take the shard I bring, then I will offer it on her behalf.

[He says it without missing a beat, suddenly much too cold for Jekyll. And yet, the voice still isn't Hyde's.]

[erythristic]

Good.

[she exhales slowly.]

My advice on the matter is to disguise yourself and trick one of the more foolish ones into following after you so you do not incur the wrath of guards or fellows, if you cannot succeed in battle. Too many are so eager to assist those in need that they do not think to look for a trap.

[cagedinflesh]

That seems a wise plan indeed.

["If you cannot succeed in battle." Without even Hyde's power now, he really is powerless.]

I will do what ever is necessary and waste no time.

[erythristic]

If you need my assistance, I am here.

[he'll owe her, she thinks, but she can offer this out for the sake of someone doing it for love. it's too romantic to pass up.]

[cagedinflesh]

I would very much appreciate that, and would eternally be in your debt.

[He means it. He won't ask for help, but if it's offered, especially now that he has lost his powers as a Servant, he wouldn't turn it down. Not by a long shot, anything to help her. It can't be a matter of pride.]

I am afraid she is terribly upset with me for it, but I cannot bear to see her die.

[erythristic]

Better that she loathe you and live. [she sighs.] She'll come around, once she's back to herself. I don't know her as well as you do, but I'm quite convinced that'll be the case.

[cagedinflesh]

Precisely. Although I couldn't say whether she will get over it, however, if you believe so, then I can only trust your opinion, I'm sure you know her very well.

[erythristic]

Not to your extent. I'm simply being optimistic about the whole affair - and naturally, I'll step in to vouch for your good intentions.

[cagedinflesh]

...Do you mean to try to 'set us up', after the fact?

[erythristic]

Oh, certainly not. Setting someone up is for when they are not yet in a courtship. You already are, so there is no need.

[no promises on not finding ways to get them to spend time together, of course.]