The Magic Guild, Meribia, and the Seas: Farewells

[gorgonfondness]

Mia takes a moment to check over her bag one more time, making sure she's got all the necessary papers for the Magic Guild as well as clothes and toiletries for the week. This includes some outfits for Scorpius and Kaworu so that they fit in a bit more seamlessly.

She finds something in her bag that she most definitely didn't pack: a green teddy bear.

"Cepheus?" she calls. "Cepheus, did you put your bear in Mama's bag?"

He toddles into his parents' room, sippy cup of pumpkin juice in hand and nude except for his diaper, and goes, "Beaw, Mama?"

"Yes, I've got your bear," she says, handing it back to him. "And did you take your clothes off again? Scorpius and Kaworu will be here soon."

"Scowpus an' Kawoo?" he repeats, bobbing a bit.

"Yes honey, Scorpius and Kaworu."

Cepheus toddles out of the room in excitement, calling, "Daddy! Daddy! Scowpus an' Kawoo!"

Mia smiles as she watches her son leave the room, checking through her bag to see if he stuck anything else in her bag.

Comments

[creationofwill]

" 'Accidents', then," Kaworu says, accompanied by the usual quote marks. Perhaps political? Had any ever tried to take the easy way out? Ones that are not at all relevant or specific, of course.

Right.

And he knows that he really ought to try to memorize the sites, but he's more drawn to that sky. It's the most familiar that he's seen in a long, long time.

[alsoagreengrass]

"Oh."

'Accidents.'

That's depressing.

Why did he start this line of conversation...?

Scorpius clears his throat.

"Right, er. How big is this ship then?"

[gorgonfondness]

"Big enough for ocean travel, certainly. You remember meeting Master Mel the last time you were here, right, Scorpius? He was a pirate before he became the governor of Meribia."

Mia smiles, thinking of happier memories to switch gears.

"At some point, he met Dyne, who was still on his quest to become a Dragonmaster in those days. They fought for a week straight. Or that's how I've always heard the story; I imagine there's some hyperbole and they likely rested at some point. Still, it's a testament to Dyne's strength, as Mel can swing two axes at once as though they were no heavier than salad forks."

[creationofwill]

"Two at once?"

The gravity of that situation seems a little impossible to him.