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young_swimmer ([info]young_swimmer) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-18 15:33:00


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Entry tags:cait curry, npc - cerdian, tyler darnell

Out For a Swim
Cait needed some quiet and lately the Titan's Tower was anything but quiet. Pippi and Iris could make a person feel like they had four cups of coffee just by being nearing them. Not to mention her mother was now staying there. Cait needed some time alone and that meant she went for a swim.

She headed south down the coast with Hope at her side.


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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-19 02:08 am UTC (link)
Cait stiffened when he mentioned Arthur. Her father was the last one she wanted to talk about.

"Oh! You haven't met Hope! Hope, this is Cerdian. I grew up with him. This is Hope."

Hope nudged Cerdian. It is nice to meet you.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-19 02:37 am UTC (link)
The tension between them was worse than he'd feared. This would take some work on his part, but he needed only to plant the seeds; they would have to do the heavy-lifting on their own.

Cerdian smiles at Hope. It is good to meet you as well. Is she much trouble for you?

Turning back to Cait, Cerdian watches her intently. "I see that time has not lessened the distance between you and Arthur. You two are so very hard upon each other." he says.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-19 03:06 am UTC (link)
Young Swimmer takes care of me and my pod.

"Arthur has issues," Cait said. Cerdian was right. Time had not lessened the distance between Arthur and Cait. It only increased the distance between them. "One, Ty. Two, me living on the surface. Three, Ty. Four, me not living up to my birthright. Five, Ty."

Cait sighed.

"There was a coup in Atlantis. Someone named Ataam sits on the throne. He claims to be the son of Orm and my cousin. Arthur is missing and Mother had been imprisoned. We freed her and brought her back to Titans' Tower."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-19 02:54 pm UTC (link)
"You and Arthur are so much alike sometimes that I wonder how you don't get along better. You each ask each other to accept the other without offering any compromise in return." Cerdian says sadly.

Cerdian did not seem as shocked as he should be by that news. He'd seen something showing that Arthur and Mera were in danger, but nothing concrete. This wasn't good, which forced Cerdian to ask the questions he knew Cait wouldn't want to hear.

"How do you plan to reclaim your birthright, Caitria?" Cerdian asks plainly. "If you need aid, I'm sure the rest of the Titans will move Heaven and Sea to help you, as will I . We'll need to find Arthur as well, but your people need you now.

If you won't fight for Atlantis, who will?" he asks.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-19 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Cait looked away.

By Dis why did he have to bring that up and ask that question? She could feel Atlantis wrapping strings and her and pulling them tight. Pulling her back into what she thought she had escaped, what she so desperately had tried to escape.

She didn't want her birthright, she never had. She didn't want to be a part of the insanity that was Atlantis. It was poison and it was working its way inside of her. She could feel it slowly starting to kill her spirit and her soul.

Still, she could not deny who she was and what she was born to.

She looked back to Cerdian.

"Arthur will be found and he will reclaim his throne." She didn't know exactly when she stopped calling him Dad, Daddy or Father, but it had happened. He was Arthur now. Perhaps it was another attempt to deny who she was.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-19 10:57 pm UTC (link)
"Are you saying that you no longer care if your father lives or dies?" Cerdian asked, unsure if he wants to know the answer to this question.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 12:22 am UTC (link)
"No," she shot back. Despite their issues Cait still loved Arthur. He was her father and she missed the days when she was little and he would sit her on his knee and he would smile. "I am saying the Titans and I will find and rescue Arthur. He will sit on his throne in Poseidonis again."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 02:37 am UTC (link)
"What comes after that, Cait? /You/ are the princess. There's no one else who can do the job. Someday, Arthur won't be king anymore, and it will fall to you to rule Atlantis.

You can't hide from that anymore than I could hide from who I am." Cerdian says sadly.

"This strife between you and your father needs to be healed, Caitria, and that healing needs to come from you. Arthur is old, he's cranky, he's imperious...and he's earned that. I'm not saying give up the surface, or give up Ty and that Titans. I'm asking you to embrace who you were born to be for the sake of our people." Cerdian says.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 03:00 am UTC (link)
"I don't want it," Cait said. "Atlantis is poison. It destroys people who sit on that throne. Look at Arthur. Look at every ruler before him. It slowly eats at them. It poisons their soul and twists it into something horrible. I have the Chronicles. I've read them. I want no part of it."

"I was hoping Arthur would name Koryak as his heir and I would be free to be myself, not what he wants me to be. I can't do it Cerdian. It has already taken Koryak from my life. I won't give up anymore. I can't be the daughter Arthur wants. I can't be the princess Atlantis needs."

The waters around them started to churn as Cait's emotions started to slip from her control.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-09-20 03:11 am UTC (link)
The waters settle again as another presence asserts itself, and both telepaths can sense another presence, though Cait much more acutely, since its in her mind.

/Are you alright, love?/

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 03:19 am UTC (link)
Cerdian's hopes fall with each passing minute. He loves Cait dearly, but to see her so unwilling to claim her birthright and give her people a chance is disheartening. Allowing a pretender to remain on the throne is less pleasant, but at this rate, Arthur and Mera would need to bear another child for the succession to continue.

"Heavy is the head that wears the crown, Cait, but that crown was entrusted to your family. I will not trouble you further on this, for now, but we will discuss this again." Cerdian tells her.

When the waters begin to churn around them, Cerdian takes hold of the sea shell necklace Cait gave him so long ago and begins to murmur softly, exerting some of his own influence upon the waters to smooth them. He does not try to override or oppose Cait's power with his own; it is more that he tries to match it to hers in order to calm the waters are around them.

"Your focus needs focus, Princess Little Fish." he teases.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 04:02 am UTC (link)
//Cerdian is here and we're talking about Atlantean stuff.//

"That crown has made my family insane," Cait said. "It has poisoned everyone of us. I won't let it poison me any further."

She looked away. She could see the disappointment on his face. That was worse than Arthur being mad at her.

Her stomach twisted up into a knot. She hated this. She hated Atlantis and everything about it, yet a part of her wanted to swim back and fix everything for the people.

Did she forfeit a life with happiness in it for one of duty, insanity and misery? Did she give up all that was ever good in her life like Ty and the Titans to accept her position and do her duty?

When she was little she used to dream of being Queen of Atlantis. She remembered playing in her quarters with a school of fish as her subjects. She would give them royal commands and giggle as she did. It had been fun, but now that the reality was here ruling wasn't a pleasant thought. Not after reading the Chronicles.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 04:08 am UTC (link)
"How are things with the Titans?" Cerdian asks, wanting to shift the conversation to something that might let Cait relax somewhat.

"I hear there are some new members recently. You're not having trouble with recruiting?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-09-20 04:15 am UTC (link)
Ty gets the response, and lets things be, but resolves to keep better track of Cait for a bit.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 04:19 am UTC (link)
Cait shrugged. "The same. Giant sea-creatures trying to destroy San Francisco. Iris and Pippi trying to keep the Nemean Lion as a pet. Somehow I ended up as team leader."

She focused on the link to Ty. His presence did as much to calm her down what her presence did for him.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 04:30 am UTC (link)
"There's no somehow to it, Cait. The ability to lead runs in your blood. I know it's the last thing you want, but it's always going to show itself. You're always going to be the person others look to for strength, for orders, for command." Cerdian tells her.

"And despite your wishes, you're always going to rise to the occasion becaus that's just who you are." he smiles.

"Although...I will admit that I'm not surprised it's Iris that wants to keep a lion as a pet. She'd keep a pod of dolphins if anyone allowed it." he chuckles.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 04:55 am UTC (link)
"I don't want to be, Cerdian. I don't even really want to do the whole heroing thing. I just want to be as normal as possible and lead a normal life."

She sighed.

"Yeah. I bought her and Pippi kittens. It's better than a man-eating lion." Cait smiled a little. "We have a pod in the bay. Hope's pod hangs around a lot. I've taken Iris swimming with them."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 05:04 am UTC (link)
"Then why haven't you stopped yet, Cait?" Cerdian asks.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 05:07 am UTC (link)
"I've tried. I still have the job at the aquarium and I try to be normal. I keep getting pulled into things."

Okay so maybe she wasn't trying that hard.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 05:14 am UTC (link)
"No one pulls Princess Little Fish in any direction she doesn't want to go. Take it from someone who's tried." Cerdian laughs.

"What if you just took some time off from the Titans? You and Ty could try the normal thing for a while, maybe you could consider giving Atlantis a chance, and you could see the rest of the world and determine where your path lies, Cait.

You don't have to feel as though you're trapped in your own life." he says.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 05:20 am UTC (link)
"I hate that name," she grumbled. She shook her head. "To say Arthur doesn't like Ty is an understatement. He attacked Ty the first time he met him. My birthday was a disaster. Putting Arthur anywhere near Ty is just asking for trouble."

She looked away.

She was trapped in her own life. Her birth had been her sentence and she would spend the rest of her life unable to escape.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 05:27 am UTC (link)
"It's difficult for any parent to see their child grow up. You've met my mother. She's just as exacting as Arthur in terms of who I should be with. 'A nice Atlantean girl who will bear you beautiful children' she says.

I think if I hear those words from her one more time, I may scream." he says.

"What is his issue with Ty, Cait? Has he ever told you?" Cerdian asks.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-20 05:52 am UTC (link)
"Ty's a male. That's Arthur's problem with him. Apparently I am not allowed to have a boyfriend or be in love. Your mother won't attack a girl you're with just because she's a girl." Aunt Dolphin was much more reasonable than Arthur.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-20 11:47 pm UTC (link)
"No, she'll just make her life unpleasant until outweighs the idea of being with me. Mother's done that to every girl that's shown interest in me to date." Cerdian says.

"Again, I think you two are too hard on each other because you're so much alike. You both want your own way without having to compromise." Cerdian chuckles.

"I hope someday that you two will find a way back to each other. He needs you as much as you need him."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 02:19 am UTC (link)
"Aunt Dolphin will come around," Cait said. "I think her and Arthur are still holding out some hope that you and I will get together. Which is totally weird because you're like a brother to me, but it doesn't stop them."

"Arthur's idea of compromise is me doing what he wants me to do and that's go back to Atlantis, find a nice Atlantean boy and have babies. I said no."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-21 02:48 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, Cait, they'll be waiting for a long, long time if that's what they're hoping for. We're both in love with other people." Cerdian says.

"If he could accept Ty and the fact that you love the surface, would you be willing to accept your role as Princess and spend time learning your duties?" he asks.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 03:12 am UTC (link)
"I asked for time on the surface before going back to Atlantis. He refused. He demanded I go back. All I want is more time to see what the surface has to offer and find myself. He won't listen."

Cait looked away. "He'll never accept Ty, Cerdian. Now matter how much I love Ty or how happy he makes me, Arthur will not accept me being with a boy. I will always pick Ty over Atlantis."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-21 04:06 am UTC (link)
In a strange way, it hurt to hear Cait say such things. Ty was a good guy, but it felt as if Cait had no pride in her own people, something that Cerdian has recently developed a great deal of.

"I guess I understand your position, Cait. I won't trouble you about it further. When you have a plan in place to save Arthur and retake Poseidonis, contact me. I'll be there to help." Cerdian says.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 04:15 am UTC (link)
Cait nodded. "I will. You should come back with me and visit the Titans. They all miss you."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-21 04:41 am UTC (link)
"I might do that. I'd like to say hello to everyone for a bit, at least, before I move on. I have a few other people I need to visit before too long." he says.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 04:42 am UTC (link)
Cait smiled. "Come on then. I'll race you back."

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-21 04:59 am UTC (link)
"All right, Princess Little Fish. However, the shark behind you has a question to ask." Cerdian says, pointing.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 05:02 am UTC (link)
"That's not going to work," Cait said and took off swimming with Hope right next to her.

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[info]violettidemage
2010-09-21 05:11 am UTC (link)
"It worked when you were seven!" Cerdian says, swimming off after her.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-09-21 05:13 am UTC (link)
"I'm not seven anymore and you missed my birthday this year!" she called back. "You owe me!"

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