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Nov. 3rd, 2009 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
venusadept_2Felix was tired. The weather kept getting worse, and the swirling snow kept him from being sure they were even going in the right direction. Finally, he slumped to the ground.
"Felix? What's wrong?" asked Sheba, from a little behind him.
"Are we ever going to get there? Will we ever be able to light Mars?"
"Of course we will. Look." She held his arm and did something - Felix thought it might be based on Reveal, but he wasn't sure - and pointed off to the right.
He looked and saw a blue glow. "You got the stars, and you lit Mercury, didn't you?" she reminded him. "Even though it's the element that opposed most of your group at the time?"
"Well, yes, but Alex was there, and it's not a direct opposition for me," he objected.
"Even so," said Sheba, and Felix could hear a smile in her voice. "Look," she said again, pointing farther right, where Felix could see yellow shining dimly. "Even when the only thing holding you together was the threat of Isaac following you, you made it to Venus. And even when Isaac defeated Saturos, he didn't stop the beacon from being lit."
Felix could only nod; she'd been there for much of that.
She indicated a spot farther still to the right, where purple gleamed through the blizzard. "Then, even though Saturos' ship sank, and Karst was hounding you, you got to Jupiter. And when she and Agatio attacked you, despite the lighthouse opposing you directly this time, you held up fine for a while before Jenna or I got there."
Again, Felix nodded mutely.
Sheba pulled on his arm and turned, so that they were facing each other directly. "So why, when you've overcome all of that, do you think you wouldn't be able to light one more lighthouse? Isaac's helping this time, and it's an allied element for you - your sister's element, for that matter!" She smiled at him, brushed his cheek with her lips, and tugged him up. "Let's go save the world."
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This is the start!
"Felix? What's wrong?" asked Sheba, from a little behind him.
"Are we ever going to get there? Will we ever be able to light Mars?"
"Of course we will. Look." She held his arm and did something - Felix thought it might be based on Reveal, but he wasn't sure - and pointed off to the right.
He looked and saw a blue glow. "You got the stars, and you lit Mercury, didn't you?" she reminded him. "Even though it's the element that opposed most of your group at the time?"
"Well, yes, but Alex was there, and it's not a direct opposition for me," he objected.
"Even so," said Sheba, and Felix could hear a smile in her voice. "Look," she said again, pointing farther right, where Felix could see yellow shining dimly. "Even when the only thing holding you together was the threat of Isaac following you, you made it to Venus. And even when Isaac defeated Saturos, he didn't stop the beacon from being lit."
Felix could only nod; she'd been there for much of that.
She indicated a spot farther still to the right, where purple gleamed through the blizzard. "Then, even though Saturos' ship sank, and Karst was hounding you, you got to Jupiter. And when she and Agatio attacked you, despite the lighthouse opposing you directly this time, you held up fine for a while before Jenna or I got there."
Again, Felix nodded mutely.
Sheba pulled on his arm and turned, so that they were facing each other directly. "So why, when you've overcome all of that, do you think you wouldn't be able to light one more lighthouse? Isaac's helping this time, and it's an allied element for you - your sister's element, for that matter!" She smiled at him, brushed his cheek with her lips, and tugged him up. "Let's go save the world."
--
This is the start!