The Gala at Morgrave Epilogue (Naomi)
From Toosigma
| Title | The Gala at Morgrave - Epilogue |
|---|---|
| Author | Philip Mann - Naomi |
| Campaign | Convergent Threads |
| Session | Intersession |
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The statue returned, I made my way home not exactly knowing what to expect from Kayli after meeting Thea. I sensed for her through our link and found her warm and excited. When I asked if I had missed something she simply affirmed that she was just glad that I was home and safe. When I got home, however, felt as though I had returned from many weeks of absence. My love leaped into my arms almost before I got through the door.
“Have I been gone so long?” I asked.
“Not really,” she said, “I just missed you, is all.” Her beaming smile told me that there was something more.
“It feels good to be missed,” I said with a smile. Cald assured me that I was missed even if gone for just a day.
Then, as Kayli's lips met mine in the doorway, I began to understand. I kissed her back as I would, surprised that she had initiated such intimacy in front of everyone. Clearly, as her lips parted and her passion drew me into her, she was holding nothing from her family any more.
“I guess you are read for everyone to know!” I gleefully acknowledged when our kiss broke. “Or,” I questioned, “did everyone figure it out on their own?”
Kayli nodded and said that she told everyone this morning. She said that my big brother and mama had already figured it out, but that papa nearly feinted. I tried to imagine his reaction as I saw mama smiling warmly and papa blush as he tried to turn his attention back to the mug in his hand.
She led me downstairs and we talked for a while, but our minds and hearts were both on our shared passion...
Afterward, I asked her for her thoughts on Thea. She pretended to be shocked at first, but she told me the news I had so hoped to hear: that she and Thea hit it off well and might even become friends. She discovered many of the concerns about Thea's family and how she could use exposure to our family. My Love even told me that she invited Thea to attend her show in the near future. I look forward to seeing her outside of the library, and I have to admit that I'm curious to see her outside of her scholarly garb.
As I held her sleeping in my arms, I considered whether to engage Thea in the manner she had tried to press so many times. I wondered if the two women, my two women, talked about their intimacy with me. Did Kayli tell her new friend of our meeting, and of our life and love together? Did Thea's explanation of how we first met sound the same as mine? All of my concerns for the moment they would meet, and now they have. I hoped that this moment might put the strange uneasiness that I've had to rest, but it is stronger now than it has been for the last few days.
For the last couple of months I had felt a strange feeling deep within me. Not bad, not anything that concerned me or seemed unexplained until now, just different. It started sometime before the horrible visions that I had, the waking nightmares of slaughtering those closest to me came to an end. I am not sure if this new feeling is a replacement for the horror, but I began to understand that all was not as I suspected, the result of my anxiety over my two loves meeting. For the time being, I chose not to be concerned unless something shows itself to warrant concern. I did not know at the time that changes were happening within me which would grow as the feelings intensified.
Some days passed before I saw the first signs of what may be to come...
