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Post by Brian on Oct 20, 2022 6:43:05 GMT
How long had it been for Dio? the last time she saw Brian the jump from his dreams had been a few months. This time the jump had been a few years.
Not quite a boy, but not quite a man. Dio notices Brian running around with a group of boys who are not quite men. Brian however is tall as the men who are watching. Its some kind of a game played with sticks and a wooden ball. An Older man embraces Brian and another young man. He pauses for a moment in the dream. He concentrates so he can step out of the memory replaying.
He embraces Dio. He is wearing the clothing that looks like those of some sort of young nobleman....but not a fancy nobleman.
"....I've missed you."
He says softly.
" Seeing you in a dream gives me hope one of these days I can find a path home again."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 20, 2022 7:25:55 GMT
Dio is a slightly bit taller now. Though she will never have the genes to grow very tall. She seems a bit more thin, a bit more frail, her skin a bit ashy instead of a pinkish color.
She smiles though seeing Brian watching him play the game.
When Bria hugs her she returns the hug.
"Well hello there dreamer.
I do not want to be the negative sorts. But i am no beacon of hope nor an omen. I'm just dreaming."
She smiles and releases herself from the hug.
"Things are changing. I do not know if i can dream often again. "
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Post by Brian on Oct 20, 2022 7:33:07 GMT
Brian looks her over. He frowns a bit and nods.
"Yeah....so the Slave revolt didn't go to plan. The guy who owned the mine.....kind of sort of adopted me. Its a different custom then adoption but." Brian waves his hand. "Its semantics. He's been raising me. Trained me to be one of his house guards. With the intention I am supposed to take over the operation when his son comes of age." I point to the other young man who was there with me.
The son of the nobleman was shorter then Brian. Taller then the fellows. But Brian in comparison to him looks like a fully grown and developed Warrior. And he has more growing to do.
" His name is the same as my family surname....well the English version of it anyway."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 20, 2022 7:44:30 GMT
Dio smiles.
"Such a coincidence, same name. Perhaps a version of the same from a different world. Perhaps long lost descendants. I am happy for you though that even if the revolt did not go as planned there was an end to your predicament."
She looks Brian over.
"Now you are out of the mine and above those who work there. Do you help them? Or do you enjoy the good fortune befallen upon you?"
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Post by Brian on Oct 20, 2022 7:56:22 GMT
He sighs a bit "It....its a lot. The world is so different. I've had to learn a lot. But its weird a lot of things are similar to the old stories my dad told me. But right now there isn't much I can do till I am of age."
Looking at how the old man looks at Brian and his son in the dream....you aren't sure that's going to play out.
" I.....I've even went out into a skirmish with Old Kane and some of the men....." He seems too drift off on that for a moment
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 20, 2022 17:27:10 GMT
Dio studies Brian and the soft smile appears on her face.
"Often those with a certain warrior instinct cannot sit still. And great plans often havr to change or wait till yhe right moment.
As long as you do not forget those who slaved in the mines with you "
Dio touches Brian's arm a moment
"Where are you going?"
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Post by Brian on Oct 20, 2022 18:31:49 GMT
" You do always seem to find me when I'm going somewhere. As I was fostered out of turn old Kane is taking me to his king. Normally one doesnt go this early. Also hes a king in both old and new form. Kane honors both."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 21, 2022 7:42:06 GMT
Dio laughs.
"Do i find you. Or perhaps do you call for me? I do not seek dreams they happen. So since it is always at important points in life for you.. perhaps.you call for another voice. Someone to talk with. "
Dio smiles warm at Brian.
"Don't worry more do that. Its a good thing to question yourself and need listening ear."
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Post by Brian on Oct 21, 2022 11:09:30 GMT
" I suppose so....I worry my mentors age and health isnt what it should be. Or rather it is what it should be.....Your still working to the bone in your covenant?"
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 21, 2022 11:15:00 GMT
Looking worried at the older man she nods calmly.
"Learn fast and learn alot. But remember that learning never stops and life itself is a great teacher and mentor. Just stop and listen regularly. "
She smiles.
"And stop often enough to enjoy the beauty and wonder in life."
A slight shrug to answer Brian's question. "I still live there and my life has not yet changed alot. Even after training i am kept in the convent and my workload doubled.
But i enjoy these times visiting dreams. I enjoy the beauty of the convent. Every time i am cleaning the halls i admire the stained glass windows which make the light colorful."
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Post by Brian on Oct 21, 2022 15:55:49 GMT
" Life is so much harder here then it was on earth. I'm lucky my dad taught me so much of the Old Irish customs. A lot of them were practiced here....this is one of the enclaves where the new church hasnt wiped it out."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 22, 2022 9:06:18 GMT
A smile, she nods
"I do not know of which church you speak or which customs but i do understand that a culture or ways can be changed or enveloped by religion or other ways that have a stronger force. "
She studies Brian.
"You seem to have been prepared early on for these changes. I doubt coincidence or luck is very much in play here."
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Post by Brian on Oct 22, 2022 9:25:49 GMT
"Its odd that I knew all these things by chance."
He takes a moment to explain to Dio Conan the Barbarian....a story from Earth. "So on this world, there was a Conan-like figure. He saw the world going into decline and he decided to stop it by achieving apotheosis. He became a god somehow and has killed other gods. Consumed them and took their power. An eternal God King of man. He restructured the nobility and centralized authority around his church. Here on the frontier, the old ways remain. "
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 22, 2022 18:31:15 GMT
Dio nods slowly listening to the story.
"Do you think at a point you have to defeat and devour gods? Or do you feel there is a threat of an outside force trying to change things? "
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Post by Brian on Oct 22, 2022 18:38:45 GMT
" I mean I'm just a man....exceptional by the standards of this world."
I laugh " Warring and overthrowing a God... that....no."
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