>> You'll keep playing the guy who leaves

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She's on her knees in a snow drift. She has snow everywhere, clinging to her gloves, her hair, her cloak, as though she's been digging through it frantically. In one hand she's holding a golden hoop. She slides it on her wrist, but rather than looking triumphant, she seems to break down, curling into a ball to sob. ]

I found it... I found it so please... come back...

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[immortalmistake.livejournal.com]

Angie...? [He's at her side in a moment, hands on her shoulders.] Angie, what is it? What happened?


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[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

...you alright?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ Hello, last person she wants to see right now. She mops at her eyes. ] Nothing! Nothing.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She sniffles and nods a bit, not looking up. ]

[polite-sinner.livejournal.com]

. . . Is everything alright?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

He-- A friend of mine. He left.

[immortalmistake.livejournal.com]

[And he crouches down so he can put his arm around her shoulders and turn her head toward him with his free hand.] Hey. Tell me.

[extutela.livejournal.com]

[He homes in on the broken-heartedness like only an angel with a sixth sense for love can. He has his wings out again--it feels strange to go with them hidden away for too long.] My dear--

[He's not going to bother asking if she's all right, but he wills some hot chocolate into existence and presses the cup into her hands, crouching in front of her.] Shall we get you out of the snow?

[polite-sinner.livejournal.com]

Goodness, I'm sorry to hear that. May I ask what happened?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

K...

Koren. He left.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I, when I got up this morning, no one had seen him. I wanted to talk to him after-- but... I can't find him, he's not in the castle, he must've...

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ The sudden hot cocoa in her hands is so surprising she doesn't even have time to wipe away the tears running down her face.

She'd had cocoa with him last night. Oh, Koren... ] I.

[lamb_of_gold]

Angela? What troubles you so?

[polite-sinner.livejournal.com]

Ah, oh dear. . . Perhaps he's just stepped out. I'm sure there must be some reasonable explanation for it.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

His clothing is gone, as are all the other things. He left the other one of these [ She lifts the arm to indicate the bracelet ] on the library table where we used to study together.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Koren. He left.

[polite-sinner.livejournal.com]

Oh my. . . [At a bit of a loss.]

. . . Ah, we should get you some place warmer.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Crouches beside her]Koren?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

His things are all gone. And he left his [ she lifts the arm with the bracelet on it ] in the library. He's gone.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

He's out there somewhere. In the snowfield. He can't use magic yet, he's going to be defenseless.

[polite-sinner.livejournal.com]

[He finally crouches down beside her, and even if it might be venturing into the far too personal, he asks,] Do you have any idea why he might have left?

[lamb_of_gold]

Where could he have gone? Do you have any ideas?

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Angela! [Down next to her as soon as he sees her] What happened?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

He feels... guilty. Over everything that's happened. He had a spell put on him by the Dragon Emperor, and it caused my kingdom to go to war with another. I've told him so many times it's not his fault but...

[ She looks down. ] He's still carrying that stigma around. I'm going to be crowned queen soon, and I don't think he wanted me to have to shoulder that kind of a burden.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She shakes her head. ] He's somewhere in the snowfield. He can't use magic again yet, he's defenseless. He's going to die out there if I don't find him.