provenworth: (Professional | Its all in the suit)
provenworth ([personal profile] provenworth) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2014-02-07 02:54 pm

I was left to my own devices; many days fell away with nothing to show

Characters: Elena and YOU
Setting: February 7th – Various Locations [See Prompts]
Format: Action but will match yours
Summary: Elena is running a few errands and meeting up with Dia to discuss a sensitive situation.
Warning: Possible language, who knows?

[Floor 19 | Research Library | Early morning]

[Despite the few bits and pieces of information that Elena has been able to understand and align to their current situation, she’s not been making much progress with the books she’s been working her way through. It was frustrating, the technical details of each of the books extensive and surpassing her own levels of education and training. But, despite the long hours reading and attempting to find something that could be utilized to better their situation, she wasn’t even close to giving up.

Down in the research library, Elena has started a new collection of various books, building a small pile at the end of an empty table. Standing between a pair of bookshelves, she’s holding one massively large book in her arms, head downturned to read through the finely printed text. The only sound that comes from where she’s standing is the shifting of paper as each page is slowly turned.]



[Floor 22 | Art Gallery | Closed to Diarmuid | Noon]

[It wasn’t easy finding Diarmuid’s room, taking her nearly half an hour scouring the numerous levels until she finally found it. The folded note she’d written him was tucked beneath the door for him to find later, the instructions easy enough to understand.


Dia, Need to talk to you. 22nd Floor @ noon - Elena


[And so, after completing her quick stop to the research library, Elena makes her way to the art gallery. It’d been some time since she’s been there, chased out by horrifying paintings of Gaia and Northern Cavern. So she’s not going too far into the gallery, instead staying close to the doorway in case she’d in need of a hasty retreat.]



[Floor 14 | Media Room | Dusk]

[Music can be heard coming from this floor, various melodies can be hear, the volume low to sooth the figure inside listening to it. Seated quietly in a chair to herself is Elena, her left hand resting in her lap and her right upright, elbow on the arm of her chair. Fingers curl into a loose fist and support her chin as she listens, looking almost as if she were asleep. Be careful in your approach, though, Elena is very much awake and beneath her recently acquired leather coat - carefully crafted by a particular red-head - is her firearm.]
oathshackledbird: As You Wish (As You Wish)

[personal profile] oathshackledbird 2014-03-11 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Duty? Accident? Is there really nothing left to you besides the Turk, Lady Elena? Because I hate to tell you, while it might be a large part of you, not everything can be solved through that lens. The Turks were a family that lived on your world. You need to start noticing your family here. It is very different from that one, even if it was founded with some of the same principles in mind.

[Diarmuid shakes his head, the last of his anger bleeding out painfully. He doesn't like this. Yelling at her, hurting her. He knows he only has one side of the story because only one side wants to share it! The others has already admitting to being more worried about hiding her views and only being strong...

A frustrated sigh slips from his mouth. He wants things to work out between she and Reno. They were the ones who gave him hope that love could be found in a place as terrible as this one, after all! To see their relationship failing so badly...]


I do not act out of duty nor do I act because of a situation I 'accidentally' found myself in. I act because I care. I act because I saw someone who was hurting the same way I was and my heart screamed with an honest need to help. You came to me asking for a new perspective. You have been given it. It isn't my fault you don't like what you are hearing. It almost sounds like you came looking less for a new perspective and more of a confirmation of your own. I am sorry. That I cannot and will not give you. I only hope you can find the woman inside of you again long enough to actually hear what I have told you, instead of just hiding behind the defensive walls of 'Turk' that you have built.

Everyone is wrong sometimes. Him. Me. You. There is nothing shameful about being wrong. The only shame is refusing to see when you are wrong until there is no time and nothing left to fix.

Please...start seeing. I am sure it will help him see again too.

[He bows his head to her, and then turns and walks off the floor.]