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[peacefullywreathed]

This is Solomon Wreath speaking. To whom do I have the pleasure?

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Sept 23

[denyamenti]

[ During the power fluctuations: ]

Will I be having to reign you in again while this is going on, waheh-maw?

text;

[peacefullywreathed]

[Not helping his migraine, Bakura. And you're not even in reach.]

No.

voice;

[denyamenti]

[ Bakura doesn't have patience for replying likewise in text today; his shadow magic is all over the place and it's agitating the ghosts. ]

Can't blame me for checking.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[Ugh staring at the screen is not helping. He switches to audio too. He sounds tired and pained.]

I suppose not. Your kin?

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

Angry.

[ Which, given their omnipresent rage, meant more that they were directing it at a particular target... and it didn't take many guesses to determine at whom. ]

[peacefullywreathed]

So nice to know I'm not the only one sitting around in unmitigated agony.

[ironwood]

Following the path of orange soil toward the sunlit clouds, come to the red embers lighting the sapphire tides. The violet ore feeds the roots of the viridian trees. Breathe deep to find the pause within your core, and meditate upon your needs in the appointed time and place so they may be real to you.

voice;

[denyamenti]

[ After this thread with China. ]

Exactly what did you do to her?

[ No greeting, no context, nothing. Haven't you missed him, Solomon? ]

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[Oh, he wondered how long this would take.]

I let her think she had me enthralled for a month and then walked out with a book belonging to the Temple once her guard was properly down.

[By implication: the book wasn't a gift.]

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

[ Solomon, if you have made money off that wondering... ]

I'd be impressed with your spirit of thievery if it didn't take you a month to get your prize.

Send her a postcard or something with monthly updates, I don't want her bothering me for information about you.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

It was a highly pleasurable month.

[Hey, having sex with a woman who wasn't a necromancer and could cater to his tastes in a way not even necromancers did? No point in passing that up. Especially since he wouldn't get another chance afterward.

[But at that, he laughs.]

What did she ask you to do?

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

She wanted to make a deal with me. Information on you in exchange for leaving me alone.

backdated to July 22;

[denyamenti]

[ The morning after Bakura reappears after being gone for six days. ]

Exactly how angry is Raine, on a scale of one-to-ten?

[peacefullywreathed]

You took your time.

[That amusement might be hiding relief.]

That depends on whether you mean at you both individually or collectively.

[denyamenti]

I'm out of practice.

[ Plus there was the whole separation of body and spirit; the latter wound up in the Ring, but his body had been in the Shadow Realm. ]

Unless Raine's developed murderous tendencies of revenge in the last week, I could care less what verbal lashing she gives the sefatjiw.

[ In other words, the reappearance portion of last night had not gone terribly well. ]

[peacefullywreathed]

She hasn't been able to give her one. It hasn't really helped.

You're on about six, but I wouldn't stay away for too long. Raine keeps muttering about courtesy and taking responsibility. I don't think you want to add yourself to that list.

[Raine has a habit of muttering about what's heaviest in her mind. Usually it's related to her work, but when it isn't ... is when Solomon can tell she's annoyed. Valdis avoiding her has, in its own way, been helping her focus.]

[denyamenti]

Six.

[ He'd expected worse. It was possible that Raine didn't know the whole story? Who knew. ]

All right.

AUDIO; mid-October

[denyamenti]

The project from Valishaera... where is the information from it?

[peacefullywreathed]

[This ... is not exactly expected. Raine would have told Solomon if she'd actually broached the subject, but he honestly can't tell which research Bakura means.]

Which? The one to create a Dreaming gateway or ... the other?

['The other' being the one where he had tried to summon parts of Bakura's ghosts.]

[denyamenti]

[ Bakura's tone doesn't waver from its casual pleasantry. ]

Both, waheh-maw. I wouldn't want to miss anything.

[peacefullywreathed]

God forbid you be unobservant.

[His one is dry, faintly teasing.]

I keep them in my laboratory at the Guild. Did Raine speak to you?

[denyamenti]

Specifically regarding...?

[lasergrenades]

[On November 4th, Solomon will have an envelope slipped under the apartment door. It contains this:]

[redlightgreenlight]

On the 25th, a knock at the apartment door will alert Solomon to the presence of a visitor. Without a word the visitor will hand him an envelope. Inside, written in raised letters is the Song of the Valkyries. A small note at the bottom, also in raised letters says: I wanted to thank you for sharing a story with me and I felt that it was only right to share one with you in return.- Valdis

on the occasion of their wedding; 16 June 2017

[ruinsprofessor]

[Raine loves him; of course she does. But she’s also aware that Solomon is fuzzier on where love lies.]

[She’s also fairly certain he loves her. She’s waiting for him to figure it out himself. He’ll get there eventually.]

[So her promises to him are rather more about expressing love without saying it, as follows:]

Love is not always the most practical thing, I’m aware. Here, then, are my promises to you:

That I will always meet you as an equal, as you have me, and give your words weight even when I disagree;

That I will put no less weight behind your dreams and goals than I would my own, and help you reach for them when you cannot do so alone;

That I will help when you are hurt, no matter how difficult it may be, and trust you in turn with my weaknesses;

and that, so long as I have the memory of you and enough life in me to reach out, you will not be alone, for I will find some way to you.

In short, I promise you companionship and partnership, trust and faith, and my life entwined with yours, so long as we have each other.