Cerdian (violettidemage) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-24 23:20:00

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What do I do with this life left to me...?
Cerdian escorts his mother home to Poseidonis in silence, wanting to make sure that his father doesn't suffer in ignorance.

Upon their arrival, however, they are met by several soldiers who draw their weapons and do not look overjoyed to see them.

"What is the meaning of this? " Cerdian asks.

"Say nothing else, Cerdian. We are calling for Lord Garth right now."

Lord Garth? When did /that/ happen?

"Please tell my father that my mother and I are here. He will want to see us." Cerdian says, as something beyond the soldier catches his eye.

Poseidonis was in ruins.

"What happened to the city?" Cerdian asks, staring on in shock.

"You and Princess Caitria happened." the lead soldier says.

Cerdian's only expression is shock.

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	dc_parent 2011-03-25 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Dolphin squeezed her son's hand reassuringly. "We mean no harm," she said. "Please, let us speak to my husband." She turned to Cerdian. "You didn't mean it," she said. "You had no control over what you were doing." (Reply to this)(Thread)

violettidemage
2011-03-25 04:18 am UTC (link)

"Mother, did you...did you see what I did? Did I hurt anyone?" Cerdian asks as his expression changes from confusion to worry.

The tower where the Circle resides, where Cerdian learned to harness his power, has fallen. There is so much destruction that he can barely comprehend it all.

He and Cait did this? Why would they?

Cerdian barely has time to wonder before he feels a very subtle tug in the energy lines around him and a dome of bluish energy surrounds him and Dolphin, separating them from each other.

Only one person's energy domes are this color.

"Father? Father, where are you?" Cerdian asks, looking around for Garth.

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dc_parent
2011-03-25 04:21 am UTC (link)

Lord Garth of Atlantis is drawn, haggard and only on his feet by sheer force of will. The word that his wife and son had returned dragged him back to consciousness with a heavy heart.

He hadn't been able to find them over the last few weeks and now they were here to finish what they started. He couldn't let them, even if it meant dying.

"You took my wife and son, monster. I will see you release them, or I will die making you do so." Garth says, beginning to chant beneath his breath.

"Move aside!" he tells the soldiers, who hasten to get out of the way.

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	dc_parent 2011-03-25 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Dolphin placed a hand on her son's cheek. "You listen to me," she said in a firm tone. "It was not your fault. You and Cait were under the control of something far more powerful than you have ever faced. What you did was not of your own will." "Garth, it's me, my love," she said. "Look at me. It's me, and your son. We are not what we once were." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	violettidemage 2011-03-25 04:44 am UTC (link)
	"Father, if you won't listen to me, listen to Mother! She found me and brought me back here to safety. She would never lie to you." Cerdian says, trying to reason with his father. Cerdian has never seen his father like this and wonders what he did that would drive his father to such actions. What did he see? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_parent 2011-03-25 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Garth /wants/ to believe that his wife and son have come back, but he watched Cerdian tell his mother how much he loved then tear her heart out of her chest while Garth watched. He knows that if he guesses wrong on this, it could cost everyone here their lives. "I...I cannot be sure that this is not a trick." Garth says, his voice faltering. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_parent 2011-03-25 04:51 am UTC (link)
	"Garth, you know I would never lie to you," Dolphin said, locking eyes with her husband. "Look me in eyes if you think I'm lying. It's me, my love. I've come back to you. Just as I promised you I would. And so has our son." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_parent
2011-03-25 05:02 am UTC (link)

A series of expressions war across Garth's face, fighting for dominance. Shock becomes hope which becomes disbelief before finally morphing into joy. His violet eyes glimmer with tears as he dismisses the prisons he's placed his wife and son in.

And then he gathers Dolphin in his ars and kisses her for all he's worth, his stubble tickling her face. Once their kiss breaks, Garth looks at his son. His beautiful little boy, who he feared he would never see again.

"Your mother never ceases to amaze me with the gifts she gives me, Cerdian. For the second time in my life, she gave me you." he smiles.

And then he catches his son up in a bone-crushing hug.

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violettidemage
2011-03-25 05:05 am UTC (link)

Cerdian smiles at his father and hugs him tightly, pulling his mother into the embrace as well. There is much to do and much to work on, but Cerdian needs this right now. He needs his mother and father to help him get used to being alive again.

Soon, he will have to face Lian and determine what his role in her life will be, if he ever has one. There's no guarantee of that anymore, no matter how many pinkie swears were made in their childhood.

Soon, but not today. Today, he just wants to be a son to his parents.

"I want to go home." Cerdian says, much as he used to when he was a boy.

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	dc_parent 2011-03-25 05:14 am UTC (link)
	Dolphin kissed Garth like she hadn't kissed him in the longest time. Which, she hadn't. "Later, I will show you how much I missed you, my love," she whispered in his ear. She embraces her son and husband, not wanting to ever let them go. "We will go home then, Cerdian," she said in a soothing voice, like she did when he was little. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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