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<ToujoursPur> This is the current address of Regulus Arcturus Black, formerly of London.
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<ToujoursPur> Yours, R.A.B.

Date: 2020-10-28 06:06 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
Are you saying that you were barred from certain lessons just by what order you were sorted into?

[The very idea of it was preposterous to Eridanus. He could understand segregation to a certain extent, the nobleman from the beggar, the cultured from the boor, and so on. Yet, when it came to the school of magic?]

Was this based on background — race, rather? Though it seems like in your world there are simply magic users and non, unlike mine.

[After all, elven magisters differed from human, or orcish ones.]

Date: 2020-10-31 09:00 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[As he listens to Regulus' explanation, Eridanus' visage twists up into all manner of confusion, to the point where even his curling claws have paused in lavishing his lap-cat with affection. Her soft chirp from below is enough to break him from his thought, and he fixes the young man across from him with an incredulous gaze below knotted, greying eyebrows.]

Surely this is an elaborate joke, yes? [He asks, the disbelief palpable in his guttural tone.] This is the sort of system someone who has no idea how a college is run would come up with.

Date: 2020-11-01 11:48 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Eridanus' brow lofts as he brings his cup of coffee to his lips. Regulus' defensiveness is plain as day, but he sees no point in poking fun at him for it.]

Perhaps into age groups? The college I taught at separated classes by skill level, so some had varying age groups within one, and so on. It worked well for us, since with skill groups you would teach the same spells to a child you would an adult.

[Equal opportunity? Yes please.]

Date: 2020-11-04 10:16 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
Well of course, exams are mandatory of any educational establishment. Magisters could not graduate to the next level without first proving themselves.

[Eridanus' claws return to the cat's under-chin, curling against it softly.]

Though at some point it's customary for an apprentice mage to follow under a master, and learn from them. I trained under several, the faction-neutral magic council known as the Tower of Xemorn, as well as the last 'Guardian' of my realm. I would have taken his position, too, but I had family duties.

[His expression hardens for a moment as those last words leave his lips, and then he looks back towards the chess board.]

It is your move by the way, dear Regulus.

Date: 2020-11-06 11:22 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
Well, considering that I am already a millennium old, such a time frame is only slightly younger than I am.

[Eridanus moves his pawn forwards again before meeting Regulus' gaaze.]

Even though it's useless now, considering neither of us have our magic as it used to be, I would have happily taken you as an apprentice. From what I've seen, you have a good nature for it.

Date: 2020-11-10 01:06 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (smile)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[A sly grin splits the sharp plains of Eridanus' face as he watches Regulus claim his piece, and it's enough to bubble an airy laugh through his broad chest.]

So you say, though you have demonstrated yourself to have grown past such things.

[Eridanus sets his knight forward, claiming that pawn that had just stolen his own.]

Well, at the very least I can still tutor you in the ways of getting your arse thoroughly handed to you in stratagem.

Date: 2020-11-12 09:35 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (smile)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Eridanus returns with an airy laugh, his head nodding to one side with Regulus' cheeky remark.]

You certainly are not incorrect. [His smile wanes into something more comfortable, as his own gaze drops back to the board.

He sees what Regulus is doing, his plan is good, but it's too obvious. Eridanus does not move his knight though, and rather, moves his own bishop from the opposite side of the board—to where it could easily contest any piece that moved for his king.]


Even if they are not exactly chess, I have found games similar enough through many cultures on Vathea. So, I'm not so surprised of its existence beyond realms. [His gaze meets Regulus',] it's certainly nice though, isn't it? No matter the world, the language you speak, or your past — everyone is equal with a chessboard between them.

Date: 2020-11-16 11:42 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (smile)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Eridanus chuckles, his gaze unfaltering from the board. He watches Regulus contemplate his move, abandoning his bishop in favor of a more cautious pawn.]

Hm well, from one pawn to another... [There's certainly an irony there.]

Don't you find it to be comforting knowing that, if you play your moves right, even a pawn can take down a king?

[It would be a foolish ploy in the game of chess, but metaphorically, his point stands. Eridanus hovers his claws over his knight, and moves it center-board before lifting his gaze to meet the young man's.]

Every piece on the board holds power, and winning and losing is not determined from where you start, but the decisions you make to get to your end.

Date: 2020-11-26 08:07 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (smile)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Despite the tension in Regulus' shoulders and his voice, Eridanus' response is nothing short of a relaxed huff of laughter.]

I would say that you should tell that to my father — but he wouldn't be able to give you any response.

[Because the pawn slit the king's throat from ear to ear.]

Why do you believe the pawn to have less power than it does?

Date: 2020-11-29 12:01 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
Regulus.

[Eridanus' voice is firm, paternal even, but there is no anger in it. The look he fixes the man across the board with is by all means gentle. There's concern in his furrowed brow and for the moment, he doesn't take his turn.

Instead he leans forward, and his voice drops to a conspiratorial whisper.]


You are not a sacrificial lamb, we are not sacrificial lambs.

[He sighs, the sound thick with irritation. He wants to say that if he could go back — if he could do for Regulus what he did for himself — he would. But he can't, it's too soon, he won't allow himself that level of attachment.]

I don't know how you died, but it is not your only merit.

Date: 2020-11-30 11:25 pm (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Eridanus inhales slow, steadying the anger that had flared so easily within him. It's ridiculous how protective he feels of the man across the table from him, simply for the fact that they share common experiences.]

My father, [he starts as he moves his bishop forward,] never truly saw me as a person. I could do whatever I wanted, within the parameters he set for me. Even when I was across the world from him, he was always watching me. He took away my chance at happiness, and I... I apologize that you no doubt understand that feeling.

[He raises his gaze, leveling melancholy eyes at the aqueous shadow across from him.]

Our scars will certainly follow us, but they do not define us. I was the pawn who killed the king, and if only— if only I could give you the same retribution I gave myself, dear Regulus.

Date: 2020-12-03 07:17 am (UTC)
icy_veins: (angy)
From: [personal profile] icy_veins
[Eridanus levels his gaze at Regulus, and his eyes are cold, distant.]

And I would do it again, [he murmurs quietly,] he had far more blood on his hands than I ever would have. He was cruel, and he deserved everything he got.

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