I am your Mother!

[Nimue Stormson]

Nimue ignored [member="Taeli Raaf"] as both she and Morgana continued to look at each other. She was the first to advance, taking a few steps towards her. She could see Morgana tense at first, stopping only to calm her by showing she meant no harm or the like. Her hands came up and touched her daughter's face. As she did a quivering smile broke over her face. She brushed her brown hair aside off her shoulders to see her better. Her hands were so delicate as they touched and examined her. Morgana only stood there and allowed it, still trying to let everything sink in. ​

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"Oh...look at that beautiful face." She began. "I haven't seen it since you were born. Even then I knew you were to be a lovely child. And look how you've grown." Tears were starting to break in her eyes before she finally brought her close for a hug. "My girl. My little Morgana. You're home."​

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Morgana only reached up and lighty hugged back, still trying to figure things out in her mind. ​

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

Taeli would stay silent for now, just letting mother and daughter have their moment. Morgana did need to eventually get it all processed and actually hug her mother tighter than that though, because right now, it was sort of funny in a way. Not in a laughing hysterically way, but a more wow the awkwardness needs to go away soon or this is gonna get unconformable for everyone.

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

"Home?" Morgana asked, almost with a relization of the fact that, yes, this planet was her home. When they finished hugging the other bigger question came up, one that she needed to know first before anything else. "Why did you send me away? Didn't you want me?"​

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Nimue had given [member="Taeli Raaf"] a look that basically showed how odd this would be to answe before needing to fully explain. What followed was a quick yet very explanitory talk about the ways of the political powers of Effekt and how Morgana could be considered something of an "unworthy heir" for not being of royalty from a noble man. But now, as Nimue explained, she had a perfect excuse as to what to say in order to allow the people to accept her; something Morgana still found confusing above anything else.​

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"I don't understand. If my father's not the king or emperor, or whatever, then who is he?" ​

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Nimue looked to Taeli again, giving another look of distress. Unsure how to fully answer it.​

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

All Taeli gave Nimue was a return look that said it was her decision to pursue that route, she needed to explain it herself. It also conveyed the very clear message that Nimue was not to mention that some of Taeli's genes were in Morgana.

As a friend, she was sympathetic to Nimue's plight, but she was not going to say anything to help her here. This was her own story to explain.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Given the look from [member="Taeli Raaf"] it was clear Nimue would have to explain. She held one hand closley on Morgana's shoulder before sayig "You're father....is not one man. But many." Seeing the congfused look on her face she she tried to calm Morgana by saying "Please, let me explain. You see, my dear.... not too long ago I was something of an empress of debauchery. I'd been through a lot in the past, including the death of the former emeperor and my husband. So...for the longest time I tried to fill that void. And that included....taking many different people to bed." She gave a worried glance to her before adding "And I will not lie to you, Morgana. Not all of the were only men." It was then she gave a quick glance to Taeli, Morgana picking up on this and starting to put the peices together. ​

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Nimue stopped her before continuing with "But there cae a time when I realized I could not do this forever. I needed to have a child. Not just for the sake of Effekt, but for my own. I'd...lost one when I lost my husband." Morgana gave an even more odd look before Nimue said "I will tell you later, my dear. I promise. But let me at least explain this. When I decided on having another child....I didn't know who I wanted to be the father. I was so conflicted. I had such a horrible way of figuring things out. So I...decided on all of them. I spent a good amount of coin to have the DNA of all the men spliced into one. Into you. And then, from there.....you were born from me."​

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Morgana only stood instunned silence before looking to Taeli for confirmation and/or more answers. ​

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"It's true," Taeli said. "Your mom couldn't decide how many dads you should have, so she went with a bit of all of them. Not too weird in this day and age to be fair as people always want their child to be perfect, but don't worry Morgana. You aren't some monster grown in a test tube, your mom just had various bits of other DNA implanted into one of her eggs. She did carry you for nine months, and I was there when she gave birth to you."

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

Morgana seemed distressed when [member="Taeli Raaf"] confirmed what her mother said, only to add "So I'm not just a bastard of one man, but a bunch?" Nimue tried to consolde her by saying she wasn't a bastard but that she had to be sent away, due to the nature of Effekt's polotics. "Then why send me away at all? Why not...I don't know, let me stay here?" Nimue explained she wanted a better life and better influence for when 'it' would finally happen. When Morgana asked she made it clear "when you take the throne of Effekt". Morgana's heart sank all the way to her feet. "Me....rule a planet?"​

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

"Morgana, something you need to understand about the world your mother rules is that many of the people are staunch traditionalists when it comes to technology and science," Taeli explained. "The people here, while slowly adapting to the galaxy, don't understand the things we take for granted or hear about in the news. You'd have been in danger of being murdered as a baby if she hadn't sent you off with me, simply because Nimue didn't take an Effektian, or however you say it, lover to father a child. She took the only route available to her after she was poisoned and left barren to having you through normal means."

 

[Nimue Stormson]

With [member="Taeli Raaf"] helping to explain Nimue said "It's true. But that's also the beauty of it. Don't you see, Morgana? We can make this work. You can still be my child. Given your age I can convince the people that you are, in fact, the daughter of my late husband. That you were a second child that survived and that I feared for your own safety, and so you werer sent off-world until you were old enough. This has been my plan from the start. I've wanted you to have a far better life than I did, and Taeli had suggested the Jedi. They seemed ideal enough." She sighed before saying "Effekt needs a far better ruler than me. In truth...I have no real right to own it. Only a few lucky shots and a lot of charisma to keep the people happy. But you, Morgana, You can give the people a far better life. You can bring Effekt into the true light of the galaxy. It's what they need. It's what everyone needs. You understand, don't you?"​

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Seeing how conflicted Morgana was it was clear she wasn't. ​

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Nimue Stormson"]

"I think you might need to give her some time to come to terms with that," Taeli said from where she was standing. "Might I suggest she meet with those who contributed their DNA to her birth, and you also teach her more about the statecraft of running your planet."

She could sense the confusion and unease from the younger woman, and Taeli had a feeling she would need more time to fully grasp what had just been told to her.