Warpost: An Ending

[maou_cupid]

[Day 19, 03:00]

The last of the paperwork is done and the soldiers are sleeping off the copious gifts of alcohol from the grateful people of Khrennikov. We leave tom- no, today but hangovers will likely be the most serious of our worries. The two bickering nobles have been in their tent for the whole night and I can only hope that they will have

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[sage_edwyn]

A soft sigh fills the tent along with the taste of sadness. Displeasure is the next feeling to wash over the tent and the occupant inside. The sound of a book closing, and not very gently, can be heard faintly.

:: Alone in the middle of a crowded camp, beloved and resorting to the dregs of the enlisted. A hangover will not solve your problems. It will only add to them. ::

[maou_cupid]

He manages not to drop the bottle but he does blink at it.

::You know, I did not believe this was strong enough to induce hallucinations. I must compliment the private on his distilation skills in the morning.:: He doesn't look around.

[sage_edwyn]

Again, a feeling of displeasure washes over the room and the earthenware jar shatters. But somehow, the splinters of delph all managed to miss Aki and not a drop of liquid spilled on Aki's clothing.

[maou_cupid]

He blinks down at the shards of the bottle and the puddle of alcohol.

::That was ill-mannered of you. Particularly for a hallucination of mine.:: He frowns at the bottle and it reforms itself. He sighs. ::Besides, it is not that much of a distraction.::

[sage_edwyn]

Edwyn smiled against his husband's cheek.

:: Indeed we have, beloved. This is just a passing moment in the forever we share. You are mine and I am yours and no distance or time can change that. ::

Edwyn kissed his husband again gently.

:: I just wish that in this time and place that we could... :: He cut off the thought and pulled back a little. His expression changed into what had been deemed his "Sage face" as a thought crossed his mind.

:: Perhaps if I... :: Edwyn started before he closed his eyes, concentrating again.

He pulled on the strands of power that buzzed between them, using Aki's power to bolster his own as he enforced the connection. The vaguely etherial quality that had been with him seemed to disappear in that instant and Edwyn finally stood in front of his husband, whole and hearty.

:: Why didn't I think of that before...? :: Edwyn berated himself as he opened his eyes. :: It will not last long, just until the world recognizes the discord but it gives us a little time. ::

[maou_cupid]

Aki can feel the shift of power, a prickle running along his skin in a trail of goosebumps. He opens the link between them, letting Edwyn take all he needs. The shudder of discord as their meshed powers overcome the inertia of this world's power.

He looks up and feels his jaw drop. All his senses now insist that his husband is really present and this fleeting, stolen moment takes his breath away.

::So beautiful.::

[sage_edwyn]

Edwyn simply smiles as he reaches forward to brush his fingers across the cheek of his husband, really touching it this time. No tingling, just that wonderful softness that he had dreamed about for centuries and longer...

:: So you are, beloved... ::

[maou_cupid]

He leans into the caress, fingers threading through his husband's shorter hair. He can feel it and feel the undeniable sense of Edwyn's presence and he breathes slow and deep, tasting his husband's scent.

::Millennia and you intoxicate me just as easily as you did that first time.::