I finally leave the healing area. Ignoring all, frankly foolish, taunts. I walk around the camp, or is it camps? Each one has its own feeling about it. The snow castle is mysterious, dark and a little foreboding most of the legacies stay around there, I can tell quite a few are just trying to gather information. The ash mansion is almost comfortable, if any sense of that can be found in this situation, the veterans of the domain war seem to like it, it was in a way a symbol for heat seeker like the camp was. The military camp is.... its loud, alcohol of all kinds is being passed around, its the only that seems mostly untouched by the chaos, a lot of Antarctica veterans stay there. Finally storms last hope, its ominous to say the least, only the new saints are allowed on, but i hear laughter that I can only say is completely insane. Like a mix of someone being murdered and someone who's heard the funniest thing imaginable. I take a room, its too big, all of this castle is too big for normal humans. I sit on the bed, i push down on it a few times. The bedding was replaced when heat seeker took it over. A odd detail, but one that makes sense with how they acted. They probably replaced a lot of stuff around the place, maybe with stuff they made or stuff they bought. I desummon my armor and I summon a different memory, a more flashy, but weak one. I flood essence into the hourglass of the past. I look into the mirror, it takes a lot of essence but I get back physically to the age I'm supposed to be. With what is no doubt to come I'll need that. I get up cleaning myself up, styling my hair, just overall making myself look fully presentable.
I leave my room, my footsteps ring out in the massive halls. Lining the walls are statues, paintings, other such things. The torches are a pale blue. It flickers making the shadows move in odd ways. It takes a bit before I get to the ballroom. There's music, how I'm sure its something to do with runes or memories. I open the doors, the party is just starting so only about half of everyone who will appear is here. I walk around making polite greetings. The whole thing is incredibly restrained by Asterion being here. I end up by the food table by summer knight.
"Hello again saint lightning slayer, its been some time hasn't it? I must say, god grave has kept me busy"
I swirl the wine in my glass
"I have no doubt it would, my citadel is far less challenging and I've been quite busy"
I nod
"so are you going to ravenheart right after this or?"
"Oh yes I will be helping out get the refugees to ravenheart with the rest of the valor exiles. The song sisters will take the other half"
"that makes a lot of sense. I'll be going with saint nightngale"
we talk for a little longer about nothing much until the whole room shifts as the sovereign of snow finally appears, their in a beautifully made formal outfit, on their head is a crown made of ice.
"Hello awakened, ascended, saints and sovereign. I hope that tonight can give peace for the coming domain war. We must say strong, no matter what happens humanity will prevail"
everyone claps, its not too loud. They finally start mingling with everyone present. Summer knight sighs softly
"you know, back when we all got stuck back then, I never thought they would become a sovereign. Their definitely a odd individual, i felt a bit bad for them. Always getting into stuff with morgan"
I glance at him
"yeah, when they don't like someone, the person will know. It's almost funny looking back, I was so sure back on the forgotten shores that they where a legacy"
he looks over at me more then a little surprised
"you did? How?"
"The first thing I got to know of them was that they hunted a different awakened creature each week. Then they went and killed a fallen demon, on their own too. How could I not? Found out later I was quite wrong. Still almost funny to look back on"
I look down at the wine glass in my hand.
"I suppose looking at it like that I can't blame you"
We keep talking. He's reasonable, Knightley if anything. It finally comes time for the dances. I doubt heat seeker would... they walk right up to seishan, I'm too far to hear what they say but she takes their hand and they go onto the dance floor together. Me and summer knight share a glance. Seishan has never really hid her feelings about them, but still to dance with the sovereign of snow is something else. Seishan is the one taking the lead in the dance. I had talked with her quite a bit in my time as a vessel of song, so that part isn't shocking, but ■■■■ has never really shown any willingness to do anything like this. Their talking i think, what their saying i have no clue. I look down at my wine for a few seconds, I gulp it all down at once.
"I am sorry saint summer knight but I will be going outside for a bit"
he nods
"i get it, quite the shocker isn't it?"
I put the glass down. We nod to eachother and I leave the party for a while.
I get outside, in the distance is very loud music coming from the military camp. I lean on the wall, the wind is cold, the moons are out it seems. Everything is going by too fast. Odd for me out of all people to think that. I hear a hum as someone leans next to me. I look over and I stand up straight.
"Seer of the infinite"
it tilts its head, that bone white mask covers its face, its amused.
"Elli"
I take a step back. It left the poster.
"Your not inside. Is the party not something you like?"
"I would rather not converse with someone like you"
it chuckles the sound is unpleasant at best. Like nails on a chalkboard
"you said that with quite a bit of hate. Never got over those old feelings did you?"
It doesn't get up just leaning on the wall.
"What do you want."
It raises a hand making a ring around its eye
"simply to please the crowd"