A King and An Empress

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

He smiled as she tried and pulled back before trying again and rinse and repeat. She was no stranger to the force, this much he could tell and his eyes stared as she started to sweat from the strain and soon he spoke with an impressed tone. "You did it, i could tell it wasn't easy but you did it... it comes easier with time but slow growth always allows for a healthier body while forcing it would have only hurt it." He smiled at her as he made sure nothing was left too grown compared to the other parts and it wasn't, making him smile wider.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Once connection was finally broken Nimue needed a moment to regain herself. She was breathing heavily as the sensation of being fully human came back into her mind and body. She could hear [member="Solan Charr"] applaud her for her act, which she looked up and smiled at him despite still needing to catch her breath. She then looked back to the flower she'd manged to grow and smirked again at her success.​

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"That truly was amazing." she said. "You've a great gift to share with others, Solan. I'm glad you've trusted me with it."​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"I can normally judge a person quite well, helps that i can connect directly to your emotions though and that is why i knew what you were thinking was genuine and i was more than happy to show you something that i find more... amazing than anything else the force can do. Would you like to help clear out the weeds i started while we have a drink and let you you get back your lost energy. Or would you rather get a drink at a table instead of continue to sit here in the grass. Either one works with me my dear but its up to you which."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

When asked she adjusted herself, sitting fully on the ground now, and said "I don't mind being a little dirty." Her tone was both genuine and yet oh so flirtatious as well. Either way she let him know she'd sit here and drink while helping to pull out the weeds in his garden. Now knowing what she did about the way to tend a garden through this new power made her better appreciate the need to keep things alive and growing. ​

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[member="Solan Charr"]​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"Well, we could always test how dirty you are willing to get miss." He smiled as the words drifted from his mouth, he wouldn't lie to say she wasn't more than attractive but contrary to his reputation the most he ever did was flirt with someone except on a single extreme case in which made him still laugh internally when he thought about it. "Ill have them bring the wine, and some water incase you need to wash off your hands at all but we should be fine from what i expect." His hands began digging into the dirt around a weed and making sure to pull it up by the roots in all. There is no point in pulling up a weed if it can regrow.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Hearing his joke she chuckled a bit before already starting to pull up weeds. She proved rather good at it was she managed one weed with one hand while the other was careful to balance her cup of wine. Often she would look to [member="Solan Charr"] to see how he was progressing but other times to see if he was giving her "the look". She wouldn't mind at all. He was handsome. Charming. Had a sentimental side. Though she did wonder about his royal ties and if they'd effect in anyway. Still even if just for this once she was glad to know she was catching his eye. ​

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Admits the weed pulling and careful sipping she asked "So how did you find out about this power with the plants? Taught to you or something you learned on your own?"​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"Half and half, payment for a job i did but i developed my understanding for the power itself on my own. I like to let my own mind think and understand what it is that i am seeing in the world around me, its.. better that way. IT makes everything clearer if you think about it for yourself... and it pays off as the galaxy delivers to you the most beautiful of sights and things if you let it." He looked over at her and saw her looking for half a second before smiling a bit wider at her as he turned his head. "There are always... paragons of this point though. Things that go beyond that of the other sights of this galaxy."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

She smirked and responded "I can imagine." before continuing her weed pulling. She stopped and sipped wine, still showing how careful she was doing both, before asking "And how do things go on your planet? I trust as king you've a fir, yet comforting grip on yours? Gods only know what I've dealt with in the past when I wasn't careful enough."​

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[member="Solan Charr"]​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"I owe alot to my adviser, without him i probably would have caused more harm than good in the past few months since... acquiring my place as the king of this world. I actually do leave a majority of autonomy though, a free market and laws that are both strict and relaxed dependent on the crime... its helped me understand why people do what they do." He stopped for a moment and smiled. "Its like a garden, i am nothing more than a guiding hand. Something to take care of those under me and protect them while they grow and become greater on their own.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Hearing his analogy she said "ah. A perfect reflection." After that she chuckled a bit before saying "My world is more like an animal needing to be tamed. The people or my planet are hardened and hardy, but that can change to bitter and cold as winter if things become too....harsh. I had to endure such a violent change and I never intend to go back." She looked back and said "Rest assured, Solan. I'm not going to try and advise you on how you run your planet. Only be warned that when the time comes, you'll have to make the hard and heavy choices most rulers would regret." ​

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[member="Solan Charr"]​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

His hands paused as he thought about her words and he closed them to think about such a day. Would he be able to handle such a day and protect his people. "Well... ill face it head on then. A hurdle that with determination i can overcome like always Nimue. Confidence and surety are the strongest things to a human being... or what ever i classify as. If i were to double think all my decisions, and not simply look towards making a better future. Then i would have been dead and under a sith boot months ago."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

She nodded after hearing his story, then adding "My people and I feel that if there was anyway to die the most honorable of ways would be through combat. It's better to die fighting than under someone's boot. I admire that conviction, especially in those like you. In this galaxy I've met a number of rulers. Some strong, others weak. And some who let others rule through them. There has to be more like us. The strong in conviction and the determination to stand up against those who would have us play to their tune." She sipped down the last of her wine, realizing she was empty, before saying "I think there's more to people like us than others realize."​

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[member="Solan Charr"]​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"Shame is, there are those who are too... strong handed... cruel even." He looked at her and stared for a few seconds before smiling. "But, i have a good feeling that hose people will never come near this place or be in this sector. So my question for you Nimue comes on that topic though. We all have loyalties and what not, might i ask what yours are past your people. I understand im wrong in asking without telling you but im sure my answer will be a bit... funny when i tell you."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

She actuality perked with interest at the question instead of seeming offended. She smirked a bit at him before needing a moment to consider the answer. There was a lot to what he wanted to know, that was for sure. But when it came down to it what DID she value more than her rule and her people?​

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"I belive in order....and love." she answered. "The former is obvious, and I am fir with my belief in it. But love...." she trailed off before looking away towards the garden. "I loved a man once. More than any I'd ever known. And when he was taken he left everything to me. And...throughout all this time since I lost him I've never found anyone who could fill that missing piece of me that he was. I think when I finally do, that will be the one I would follow through the gates of hell itself and back again." She looked back at [member="Solan Charr"] and finished with "That is where my heart lies."​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

In truth he had meant something like his connection to the rebels but when she spoke his eyes cast down and he thought about what she said before nodding and speaking himself in regards to what she had just told him. "Nimue, i cant say to know what its like to lose someone you love... i dont know what its really like to love someone, or i dont think that i do. But i do know what loss is like, to lose your friends and family. Its a... gut wrenching thing, something i know all too clearly and i am sorry for bringing up something so... saddening. I lost all members of my family, i lost a home, and ive lost friends. I know what it feels like to lose people and i am sorry i cant give you really any... comfort on that fact."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

When [member="Solan Charr"] gave his confession Nimue thought about her lost family as well. Only hers she did not lose to someone else, but herself. Due to a grand complicated history involving an attempted overthrow of Effekt's Empire and so on Nimue's family had become her own downfall as they were responsible for the death of her husband. Her brother was killed for his actions by her own hand before she'd ordered for her family to be burned at the stakes. She could still remember her own mother screaming as the fire consumed her and how she'd felt nothing but contempt for the woman. It brought a tear to her eye, showing more connection with Solan, which made her reach out and hold him close for a hug.​

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"They say heavy is the head that wears a crown.....but they never say anything about the heart...." ​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

He felt her sadden slowly and turned his head before his eyes went wide and he stared at the far wall as she held onto him. After a moment he swallowed and moved his hands to pat her on the bag as she hugged him as for once he didn't know how to react with the exception of doing one specific thing. His mind reached out with his empathy and touched the feelings dropping from her and with slow action her sadness would begin to leave her as Solan himself took it into his own mind which made it worse by two fold and his smile became all the sadder as he felt what she did and slowly syphoned those feelings to provide her with relief from her past. "Its a heavy thing, worse than the head. Like lead in its weight and poison in its nature."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

It was good to feel comfort from him. More so than any she'd ever told about this. Though some she'd taken for granted in the past. After he spoke she looked at him, her eyes a little red as she'd tried to wipe out the tears dripping to them. Her sad smile turned into a more confident one before, suddenly she leaned in. Her green caked lips pressed against his without hesitation. A little hum escaped her lips before her hands found their way up to his back, pressing him against her. ​

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[member="Solan Charr"]​

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

IF he wasn't shocked enough the kiss definitely caught him off guard as he blinked and stared at her face for a moment as she head him still. He was at a loss for anything to say or anything to do. He had really no absolute sure so he simply accepted it and kissed her back as he embraced her. He slowly pulled away though as he looked at her and swallowed before speaking with a stupid smile on his face that said how unsure of what to say he was. "Uh well.. that was... "

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Hearing his reaction made her huff a sile before asking "What? Don't tell me you've never actually...." She gave him an odd look before asking again "You haven't, have you?" An almost childish tone came into her voice as she realized that may have actually been the case with [member="Solan Charr"] and how odd it was to realize it. ​