295/well doom went totemic

Synopsis: | In which Amethyst, Student Eternally Rising, and White Doom reveal their Solar nature, and Student Eternally Rising has a limit break.
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**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom paces in his chambers, waiting for someone, one of his friends, to talk to him, as they had not since the battle outside Champoor. He knew it was only a matter of time. He had used all of his power, everything he had to cleave into his torturers, and that said, his anima had burned bright, as angelic wings of gold had graced his frame that day. Doom frowned, he was in a position he was not usually in. He was at the mercy of others, and they had information that could end his time on this earth.

     He didnt have it in him to hold back in that fight, he had poured his all into it, and he wouldnt have it any other way. Sura, the snow nymph, sits legs crossed on the bed, pouting lightly toward her master. She didnt like seeing him like this. He was usually kind, and sweet to her. Right now, he didnt even recognize her.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student Eternally Rising knocks politely on the door to White Doom's chambers. She is dressed in a knee length black dress with an open back, and matching black sandals. Her hair is piled atop her head and fastened in place with a chain of jet beads. Shes wearing her customary necklace as well.

    "Its Student Eternally Rising..." she says, and after a few more moments of pause, "I have a feeling you've been wanting to talk, but you've been in your chambers since we've returned."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Then there's just a flash that moves, before Amethyst comes to stop directly in front of Doom and Student. "Hello." She smiles happily, like she normally does, with her wings at ease, her tail level, and her ears up. "Wasn't expectin' both of ya to be here."

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Upon hearing the knock and Ames greeting to SER in his office, he opens the large trapdoor down into his chambers and steps back down inside, descending the winding stairs until he is sitting in one of the three chairs, looking into the fire. The flames dance in his grey eyes, as he ponders the outcome of this coming conversation. They must now realize what he was, an anathema, a demon.

     They too knew of his position in law enforcement, protecting the city from all manner of supernatural, which by all means would mean he himself. They would know the greatest lie of all, buried deep in palaquin law. He takes out a pipe, and some herbs from a pouch, and applies the euphoric powders. He puffs at the pipe, blowing sweet acrid smoke into the chambers. He sits here and waits for the others to enter, without greeting.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst follows Doom down into his chambers, but she doesn't lose her happy demenour that so often finds itself on Amethyst. Perhaps to her, it's a celebration of finding another Solar, or maybe she just doesn't have much reason to be solemn here.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student Eternally Rising looks to Amethyst, and raises an eyebrow. Shrugging, she merely turns the knob and pushes the door open. "Not here, must be below," she frowns, spotting the open trap door. Sighing, she descends into Doom's chambers with Ame and stops at the bottom, looking to Doom across the distance of his chambers, hands on hips, eyebrows raised.

    "Ah. I can see that you are... busy," she says, and rolling her eyes. Then she saunters in with her usual poise and grace (almost as if she had to right to go wherever she wanted, really), sitting down in one of the chairs. Crossing her left leg over her right, she just raises that delicate eyebrow again, waiting for Doom to say /something/.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom's hood is back some, his forehead just covered by the hoods fabric, the rest of his face was visible in the fire's light. He puffs at his pipe, and nods to the pair. His demeanor remains rather stoic, a little different of an air than he usually uses with SER and Ame to be sure, noticably so in fact.

     Doom looks them over, and through gritted teeth, says "So, that was quite a little brawl outside champoor. We gave em a run for their money i believe", referencing in part that Doom had by himself launched in an arc of essence wings blazing into the middle of a horde of ogres.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
"You're a Solar." Amethyst points out, smiling, and taking a seat on the too-big chair. "You're not the first Solar I've met. I've met many, actually. And yet I'm not dead yet, so that means you guys aren't nearly as dangerous as the myths make ya out to be."

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Turning to Amethyst she nods, "Yes. That much is clear, and with my limited exposure to them, I'm not going to immediately say you are an evil man, Doom." She shrugs her shoulders, "Doesn't mean you have to hide in your chambers for fear I'll be running to Palanquin Officials."

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom mouth hangs open for a moment, as Ame blurts out the obvious. He then smiles, her nature a bit infectious as it were, then he pauses. Doom says "I guess that brings us to the next part. You must in some part realize the irony, and the depth of the lie I live in Palaquin. Do you not?" He looks Ame and SER over, questioning their acceptance of this. He was beginning to formulate a hypthesis about the group. Doom bites his tongue, and waits for the next point to be addressed before continuing.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
"I'm easily mistakable for a Raksha, you think I care about that lie?" Amethyst asks, jingling her tail and stretching her wings a little, giggling. "I'm still glad you didn't decide I was a Raksha and showed me how you fix problems with your scyth."

    Amethyst then speaks lower, with her tail down and ears down, "I've lived my entire life being just different enough from everyone for them to be suspecious of me, I'd be a hypocrit if I went around saying how you shouldn't hide your true nature or some bullshit."

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student shrugs her shoulders, "Lies are just an ugly part of existence in Creation. As for the irony, yes I do see it," she chuckles, "It must make you must mor comfortable being in such a populated city."

    She looks to Amethyst, "I think we can still trust him, Ame," and gives her a wink.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom looks the pair over, his mind spinning. There were few explanations he could think of where someone would so accept his existence as a solar exalted. "Now its obvious you two know something about me now..." Doom says with a smile. "I just see it as strange that you would so accept this..." Sura chirps out from the bed now, "I think.... its interesting that they have seen how powerful you are, and dont see you as a threat... the threat to humanity you so see yourself as...." Doom listens, and his eyes snap up to the pair, after a sidelong look at Sura.

     "I have had little dealings with the exalted, even in my position in Palaquin. I find it hard to fathom that you two have such casual interactions with the exalted, without being something special yourselves. So I ask this now, and request a simple answer. Why are you not scared of what I am, and what are you?"

    Doom lets his words hang for a moment before adding "I now know what Al is, after that battle. He knows about me. For the sake of the bureau, I ask that you be truthful with me, I want us to all succeed together, but this is a hurdle we have to pass in order to do so. I am inquisitor for the bureau, and have been studying you two for some time, and have judged you both special to say the least.... He looks at SER and Ame imploringly, "Please do not lie to me now, I hope that our relationship is as such that you wouldnt think that I would use this information to harm you, or bring strife into your lives at all. I have pledged to protect you both, at the cost of my own life, but this is part of that too." At this last part, he looks to Ame, genuinely curious, as he still had not determined her nature, other than that she was similar in ways to a raksha, but clearly was not one. He had guaged their power over time and repeated interactions, and they were clearly able to do things he could not, and he was a solar.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst frowns a little, and sits up. She gives herself a look over, looks at her mutated hand, and shrugs. "You tell me where I get my power." And then she relaxes back onto the back of the chair. Clearly, she isn't too happy with it herself. She looks nervous, too, as though she just doesn't want to reveal it.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student Eternally Rising's face drops most emotion, it is the cold, and pitiless face of a beautiful goddess carved in marble. Nothing can be read from it, as she pauses to consider White Doom's words.

    After several tense moments, she smiles. "Why, Doom, you know what I am, an Ally and friend of the Bureau. Almost every thing I do is to further our collective goals. I don't see why just because you've revealed your nature in the heat of the moment requires me to do the same," she arches an eyebrow, "as far as why I am so comfortable with what you are, I've known what Alphonse is for quite some time. He hasn't tried to murder me so I suppose anathema can't be all that bad."

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom leans back in his chair a little, puffing at his pipe, then sits forward, strengthening his posture, and his will about this issue. "I want to bureau to succeed too, and i wish to do my role, in assigning strategy to current conflicts, that is part of my duty here. In so doing, I think it fair that I at least attempt to ask about the nature of who I fight with, dont you think?"

     Dooms head was spinning, at not only what had occurred so far, but at the potential that this meant for the Bureau, If they were all solars, which was a possibility at this point, they could together shake Creation to its core. That aside, this same thing could mean that they destroy everything good that has been built.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom frowns about the roundabout answers that were given, especially Ames. She had revealed the least of all, and she was the one he knew the least about, and had the most reservations over. Doom puffs at his pipe, thinking. He looks to Sura, she was right in what she had said. He looks to them both again, puzzling over their answers. Ser was telling the truth about everything she had said, although she had side stepped him as well. Doom chuckles, "Those were not simple answers in the least" throwing his head back a little.

     Doom was somewhat certain of the fact that they would not use this information against him, but he still didnt have answers. "I think solars are the most dangerous thing to walk in creation, being one myself I think qualifies me to have that opinion." Doom regards the pair cooly, "That is why the Hunt is still in creation. That is why they exist. Because people so fear, what a celestial exalted will do. I have taken up a similar code as the hunt, because I think in the wrong hands, that power is dangerous... I would just rest alot easier if I had some idea of who I was allied with."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
"Doom, I was thrown out of my tribe for my power, exiled and forced to flee because everyone feared what I could do. They knew who I was, what I was, and knew just how deadly my blade could be. I hide what I am because I still carry that fear that if people truly knew, they would seek to unmake me."

    Amethyst takes off her shirt, revealing both her breasts, but also, the scar in her stomach. "I was impaled by a Raksha easily three times my size, and thrown to the ground. And then, I thought it was it, that it was all over. That nothing would be saved. That I had failed to protect my people. And then, it happened. A power surged through me and gave me the strength and speed that I know wield as my weapons of choice. And I killed the beast who hurt me so."

    Amethyst puts her shirt back on, and looks down. There's shame in her eyes.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
She nods, "The answers may be complex, but I am a complex woman," she shrugs, "and as far as fear, I understand fear, there are many things to fear, least of all the celestial exalted, most mortals don't spend the majority of their day in fear of anathem, well, unless they are immaculates." Shaking her head, she continues, "I dont understand why you continue to distrust me so, I would never dream of hurting you or the Bureau, White Doom."

    Then turning to Amethyst, she listens as she explains when her powers came to her, "You have nothing to be ashamed of Amethyst. You survived. You won."

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
vDoom regards SER, shaking his head at the layers of complexity to the woman. "It is not a question of trust in its truest sense, I must say that I ask in the name of trust, because I trust you, not that I dont. If I didnt trust you, you wouldnt be in my private chambers have a casual conversation about your knowledge of my nature, or any questions of yours. I ask because I trust you, and I just think it in our best interest to be open with each other about what we are. Ive been wanting to tell you for some time, I just didnt see a way of doing it at the time....I suppose the knowledge could have come sooner, but you have to realize, is that the realm has knowledge of me, that I am an exalt of some kind. Palaquin law has deemed that I am a ronin dragon blooded that has left the realm, and use me in that capacity to defend the city against supernatuals. But they know that I am something, and dont ask too many questions. I have covered my tracks meticulously, but nothing is infallble."

     To Ame, he looks her over, and says "I have suffered at the hands of raksha. I too can know their maliciousness, and that of people as well. Im sorry youve had to bear this burden, and alone at that for I dont know how long. Before i found you guys, I was alone too. My mentor, and my family was on that boat that was taken by the reavers..."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst nods to Doom. She has her victory, but it feels bittersweet in her mouth. She didn't want to have a victory born out of distrust, that's not what she's about, is it? She looks down, and thinks about herself, about Al and about how Doom, too, is a Solar. She's amongst fellow Solars.... Why is she hiding?

    No answers could she find.

    So, she then looks back up to Doom. On her head, is a golden circle. "The power of the wyld let me live, the power of the unconquered sun let me kill the Raksha and got me exiled. I know what Student is, too. But, I don't think it's my place to say." Amethyst looks over to Student. "You really think that he's scary enough to hide from him, when he didn't kill me, with his hate of Raksha? What do we gain by hiding ourselves?"

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student Eternally Rising looks to Amethyst and raises an eyebrow, and smirks, leaning back in her chair, she recrosses her legs. She leans her head back looking up "How dare you... even hint... that I am not just a normal human," she says with a delicate deadpan, and as she looks down the half disk caste mark of the twilight is upon her brow. "That is mine to give."

    Then she stands and saunters to Doom, a viscious glint in her eye as she moves seductively towards him, "So now you know, you can check that box on the file that you keep on me," her voice is cutting.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom nods to Ame, his mind spinning with the possibilities, then.... SER starts to talk. She is talking in a way he has never seen before, and is now stalking towards him. He had played along to this point, and even wanted to let her seduce him before, but something was different now. Doom felt worried for a moment.

     A switch had flipped in SER, and so too in Doom. He began to think that he had caused this change, by pushing it this far. Was that the case? He already bore such a heavy burden, knowing whenever one of his friends, or anyone else for that matter, lied to him. Now this.... He regards SER cooly, his grey eyes glinting. His caste mark starts to glow, and his eyes begin to shine. He steadies himself in his chair, but something is urging him to start to get ready to defend himself. He glances at the weapon rack, and back at SER shaking his head slowly. Fuck, what do I do now.

     Now Sura stands up, and stands behind Doom, resting a hand on his scarred and broad shoulders. She looks to SER, and shakes her finger at her slowly, watching her stalk over. Sura had a bad feeling about this. She tightens her grip on Doom's shoulder, and looks to Ame for help for a moment, pleading her with her big blue eyes to do something. She then turns back to SER, and begins to expend essence.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst blinks at Student. This makes Amethyst stand as well. Oh god, what has she done? She can only think, uh, solutions, things to get Student not to get super angry. Um. Fuck. Idea. "Damnit Sapphire, why are you always here?!" Amethyst shouts. To Doom's ears, it's a lie. Sapphire's nowhere nearby. But Student doesn't know that. But Sapphire is a better target than Doom. And she doubts Student is listening very carefully.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
"Ah, I see, so you demand this of me, force me to this, and now you dont trust me? After all that I've trusted in you?" she says at White Doom and then glancing back to Amethyst, "and you too, Amethyst? Afraid of me?," she shakes her head, almost frantically and then as Amethyst calls out that Sapphire, of all fools to be here is present, she looks around a moment, and then laughs.

    "No, he is not. Lies now too, Amethyst? I always thought it was all lies, I shouldn't be suprised."

    She points an accusing finger at the nymph, "Oh, yes, try it young one, see how well you fare. If you care for this one White Doom, stop her."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst draws her dagger. "I'm not afraid of you." Amethyst says, her words are cold. Amethyst's body grows dark, all of the parts of her that glow dimmed. "I don't want to fight you Student. But I can feel it, you aren't yourself. Doom, get her out of here." Amethyst gestures towards the nymph.

    "Is that what you want, Student?" Amethyst asks, looking back to her 'friend'. "We're supposed to be allies, damnit."

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom stands, and his wings unfurl, and his mouth opens wide, as golden light bursts forth. His mouth is agape in a silent scream, as golden essence congeals around his bone wings, forming new wings of angelic nature. His frame radiates white and gold fire, as it builds and builds. Doom telepathcially booms instruction to Sura, who slips away into the air before SER and disappears. Suddenly, the trap door slams shut, and furniture is heard being dragged on top of it. Doom stands, to his full 7ft tall, which appears much taller with the golden banner about him.

    Sizzling white energy, screams over his frame, as a halo from his past fight lights his frame now, with a white nimbus above his head. He booms out, "This STOPS NOW. I DO NOT WISH TO HARM MY FRIENDS, BUT THIS IS COMING TO A BREAKING POINT." Doom reaches back and rests his hand just under his dragon sigh cannon, evenly between the two, ready to grab one should it come down to it. He begins to create an exit strategy in his head, if this cant be salvaged, and the evil nature of solars is yet again blaringly apparent.

     He will soon be alone again....

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
"Allies?" She looks down, shakes her head and shoots a glance at Amethyst, betrayed and anguished, before turning defiantly to White Doom, "You have little to no right to judge me, and yet now you both judge and draw on me? Intolerable, of Allies, wouldn't you say? What's next, execution?" Her anima flaring she stand proud and immovable among her 'friends' who simultaneously plead with her, acted as if she would strike them (and by all rights, they deserved such), and bore weapons against her.

    "No, this is not what I want."

    The shadows seem to darken in the room, all light bleeding towards Student Eternally Rising as her anima flared, the colors of twilight burning at the edges of her frame, flaking it away into characters and figures in several dead languages which broke into ashes and dimishes to nothingness.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
"Fine." Amethyst states simply, and just... drops her weapon. "Then I won't fight." Amethyst frowns, but doesn't resume glowing, she just stays with the parts of her that glow remaining a dark color. Her exterior is cold, her ears are down, her tail is up, and her wings are folded tightly against her back. But she shifts her stance, and relaxes it, as though she doesn't actually intend on fighting.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom looks to the weapon rack, and back at SER, then to the dagger in Ame's hand, as it drops to the ground. Part of the situation de-escalated, but the dagger was still within reach, and it only takes a moment.... Doom shakes his head, clearing the spinning thoughts from his mind, and becomes resolute, he will not hurt his friends today. They mean too much. Not by choice at least. The weapons would not come into it, even if he died because of it.

     He had pledged protection to these two, and would uphold it, to his last. All a man really had was his honor. Doom looks to SER, pleading in his peircing grey eyes, mixed with a fire, of passion stirring, and of resolve. Ser even now, with her switch flipped, was something to behold. She was an amazing woman. Doom follows Ames lead and leaves the weapons. He steps toward SER and is within her reach in 2 strides. He puts one hand gently at her waist, and another to her cheek, brushing some hair to the side out of her eyes. He says "Im sorry things went this way... I am truly sorry. Golden light beams from his mouth and eyes as he looks at her. He kisses her deeply, in a desparate attept to end the madness. He walks her back and back and back until they are pressed against a wall on the far side of the chamber. Should she move to strike him, Doom would take the blows, and stare on stoically as she beat him to death if need be. He would not hurt them. His anima banner flares on, lighting him with white golden fire, the halo topping his head, and angelic wings spread wall to wall.

**Student Eternally Rising (56) has posed:**
Student Eternally Rising accepts the kiss from White Doom, her body momentarily molding to his as she caressed back with her arm, which continued to flake away, and then, biting down on his lip hard enough to draw blood, she pushed him back with one hand, "I've had better," she said coldly, raising her other arm and unleashing a torrent of obsidian butterflies, then finally with a rush of twilight fire and falling incomprehensible secrets, Student Eternally Rising was gone.

    The butterflies, in their uncountable number, each wing razor edged, flew out slicing, spinning and twirling at extreme speed. A sound much like hail was heard as they impacted with the various objects in the room, driving deeply into wooden shelves, stone walls, shredding cloth, yet miraculously none even grazed the two in the room.

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst is completely startled by Student's display. "What the hell?!" Amethyst cries. She's startled enough so that she rolls and grabs her blade, and then just... vanishes, as though she had camoflauge. But then, Student is gone. And then, Amethyst simply moves, and Doom can see the blurry outline of Amethyst, just slightly. But then she moves more, and her form fades back into view. Amethyst looks towards Doom, "...What the hell just happened?" She asks, putting her knife away.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom takes a knee, and shakes his head slowly. "This isn't what i wanted, this is not what thought was going to happen... such is life..." Doom looks to Ame, sorrow in his eyes. He was sorry for alot of things. And pushing them to tell him these things... he was sorry for that too. "Im sorry...for everything."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Amethyst fades fully back into view. "We... are, all mad, aren't we?" Amethyst asks, looking towards up towards the kneeling Doom. Her ears are straight out to the sides, her wings float freely behind her, and her tail drags along the ground as she walks towards him. She looks horrified, scared, and timid. All things, again, Amethyst typically isn't.

    Amethyst walks up to Doom's knee, and hugs it. Little tears drip from her gem encrusted eye sockets. "...We're all crazy..." She mutters.

**White Doom (61) has posed:**
Doom wraps his arms around Ame, and sits back on his rear, and hugs her to him. "Yes we are little one, and thats okay, we are gonna make sure all of us dont do anything too crazy, well keep each other in check... were gonna be around for a long time."

**Amethyst (52) has posed:**
Ame doesn't talk, she doesn't speak, she just hugs Doom. And just keeps hugging doom. At least, until a while has passed. "It's times like this I still wonder what I'm really fighting for. Is it to protect the innocent, to help the Bureau and its members, or is it because I can fight? Do I just want to show what I can do for its own sake, or do I want to make a difference in this world? I dunno what just happened, but that wasn't Student. She, she almost actually hurt us. Why? Because we wanted her to reveal that she was a Solar?"