Melancholy

[Cecilia]

Cecilia had been walking around aimlessly on her own. Earlier in the day, she had a message telepathically sent to her by Namesiwa.

"Cecilia, I am so sorry my dear. I must cancel on our lesson next week. Please forgive me, understand that you must never give up hope. Never, you are the future of Avaleur. You must stay strong...."

The message had run through her mind over and over. Before she got a chance to send something back, she felt an immediate feeling of sorrow overwhelm her. She knew Namesiwa was dead and it pained her greatly to think about it.

She had lost a great friend and mentor and didn't know how to cope with it. She had wanted to seek help from Phillis, but he was currently in Paineston. It would just be her luck. The one time she needed him, he wasn't there. Everyone else she didn't want to bother because she thought they were too busy for her.

As she walked around aimlessly, tears dripped down her face one by one.

[dragoon01]

Dadramora had been walking through the meadow, gazing at its beauty, when he smelled something he had smelled too many times before. Tears. He smelled tears, and he felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow from something. "What in the hell..." He started, then he saw a girl walking alone in the meadow, crying silently to herself. Dadramora approached, wary. "What is the matter, young one?"

[Cecilia]

Cecilia looked up at Dadramora, she wiped her runny nose as she sobbed. "M-M-My friend *hic* died.." she cried, sadly.

[dragoon01]

Dadramora thought, then remembered the bits of Namesiwa's message that he had overheard. "Tell me, are you Cecilia? and would your friend be Namesiwa?"

[Cecilia]

Cecilia sodded as she nodded her head in agreeance. "Y-Yes! H-How did you know?"

[dragoon01]

Dadramora looked at her carefully. "I heard parts of his message to everybody, and I heard his last words. Me alone. I also gave him a burial fit for a king, even though I didn't know him he seemed like he deserved it, I just don't know why. It cost me a few years of my life though, being at the festival massacre." Dadramora said, remembering that terrible day. "Anyways, I'm glad to have met you Cecilia. People tell me that I'm Dadramora." He said with a chuckle, then frowned in rememberance of a time long ago, before Cecilia's time.

[Cecilia]

Cecilia sniffled. "Hello, Dadramora." She curtsied politely, but not with her usual energy. "I'm glad he got a good burial.. He deserved one."

[dragoon01]

"He still lies at the festival grounds. Should you want to bury him or enshrine him, you can. He is encased in crystals as light as snow, and as clear as glass. He will not rot, or age, and his body will not be eaten. He will remain immortal throughout time itself."

[Cecilia]

Cecilia sat down on a tree stump. She didn't quite understand. She sniffled. " O-Oh, that's good.."

[dragoon01]

Dadramora sighed, then touched her head, sending mental images to her mind showing her what he meant.

[Cecilia]

Cecilia smacked Dadramoras hand away. She didn't realize it, it was just an instinct. "Oh, sorry.. I didn't mean to do that."

[dragoon01]

Dadramora laughed at the girl. "It's perfectly fine. Better to have those instincts than none at all, especially in these times of chaos."

[Cecilia]

Cecilia nodded her head. " I guess that's true." she smiled weakly. "So, Mister Dadramora, what are you doing here?"

[dragoon01]

"Just enjoying this beauty before I have to kill to protect." Dadramora whispered.

[Cecilia]

Cecilia raised an eyebrow. "Kill to protect?" she asked. "That doesn't sound right."

[dragoon01]

"It's either that or everybody dies. And I wouldn't like for people as young and innocent as you to die. That, I've lived through enough." he said, clenching his jaw

[Cecilia]

Cecilia frowned. "But I don't want anybody to die.."

[dragoon01]

"Everybody dies Cecilia. Even you and me. But, I wish the life I've had to live on nobody and if only I must die, then only I will die."

[Cecilia]

"I don't want you to die either." Cecilia huffed. "I know that everybody dies but.. I just don't want to see anyone else die.." she said, remembering Namesiwa. "Especially people who don't deserve it.."

[dragoon01]

"Depending on who you ask, I'm either a saint or satan's evil twin brother. And what reasons would you have for wanting me to live?"