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Post by ree on Sept 30, 2012 21:09:22 GMT -6
Charon preened a little at that. Yes, she did often get on Kunzite's nerves, but really. The man was too much of a dick. She couldn't resist playing with him at times. Plus, it actually gave her a reason to stick around on the Moon Kingdom, to show everyone her "good face" before she fled to Saturn. At the question of what year it was, Charon nodded.
"Now that I believe I can help you with. It's the year 1012 in Earth terms."
Still, she was uncomfortable thinking about how Saturn remembered being sealed. Right down to the very last detail. I wonder if being in that coma was a blessing, considering the fact that if she were awake, she'd be more aware of the passing time. Hell, she'd be remembering her imprisonment day after day, month after month, and it would have probably driven her mad. Charon shuddered at the thought of what would have happened if Saturn had actually gone mad.
"I can't imagine remembering something like that. The betrayal you must have felt. Being so feared by people you trusted..."
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Post by Shuu on Sept 30, 2012 21:20:13 GMT -6
Saturn's gaze became distant and hollow once she learned what the date was.
Her eyes flitted down from holding Charon's gaze and towards the cracked stone floor of the hall. It was...a bit of a shock, to be honest, how long she had been entombed in this cold, desolate place. How she had survived so long without so much as a drink of water; how she remained unchanged and unaging for so long. But that must have been due to the Ginzuishou's power, keeping her young and unwithered.
Her fists clenched and she closed her eyes. "...So...it has been that long..." She murmured, more to herself then to Charon. It made her isolation seem all the more complete, how none had visited her save for her guardian, and for Charon herself. It was sorrowful and lonely, and for the first time she finally felt that way about her confinement.
Sighing, Saturn opened her eyes, though she kept them down-cast. "...One thousand years." She responded sadly, feeling as if a massive weight was upon her. "I have been here for one thousand years, Charon. Yet...the pain of the memory of my sealing is still fresh, still clear...to know that I have been here, alone and chained, for all of this time is most..." She paused, trying to find the right word...but nothing could describe her immense sorrow, nor the intense loneliness she felt right in this moment.
Slowly, she lifted her eyes up at met Charon's gaze again. For the first time in all of her life, Saturn felt a tear run down her face.
"...Most heartbreaking."
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Post by ree on Oct 1, 2012 21:10:53 GMT -6
A thousand years?
Saturn had been imprisoned for a thousand years? Charon wavered and fell onto the altar. How...how could they? How could they do this to one of their own? She's never been reborn, she's never changed, never had a chance at love or life...something warm trickled down her cheeks and Charon touched the damp skin. This is so strange. I've never cried. Not for anyone. But she knew it. Her heart was breaking for Saturn.
"The Silver Millennium...on the surface it seems to be a land of peace, prosperity, purity, and goodness," Charon's voice was so bitter that it almost hurt. "And yet they are nothing like that at all. To do this to one of their own. It smacks of the worst kind of cruelty ever. Cruelty through kindness."
Charon swiped at her cheeks. She knew what she spoke of was treasonous. She didn't care. It was true. To her, it was all true. The thin mask of kindness masked terrible cruelty.
"In all the years I've come here, I never thought I'd wish for you to be released from your imprisonment and end it all..."
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Post by Shuu on Oct 1, 2012 21:28:42 GMT -6
Saturn never thought she would be kept here for this long.
The Senshi she knew, the Selenity she knew; they were her friends, her allies. Yet even still, none protested when the Queen decided to seal her within this desolate place, alone and tormented. They all feared the power she wrought, and continued to fear here, 1000 years later.
Saturn blinked her pale eyes, feeling more bitter tears coming to her. Part of her resented this cruel fate; but she felt more immense grief over her situation, now that she knew how long she had be kept. To know that her friends had forsaken her, to know it was them who put them here left a bitter pit in her stomach.
"I wish they would understand me, as you understand me." She muttered in the same distant, hollow voice she had before. "If they only knew that I would never bring down my blade...not once in these long centuries have I ever felt the need, nor heard the Song..." She chuckled hollowly, half-wishing she could wipe away the tears that continued to run down her face, but she could not. "...But it is pointless to dwell on such things. I am here now, and I doubt that the descendent of Selenity would release me any time soon."
Her gaze softened somewhat down at Charon. "...You are the only true friend I have ever had, the only one who does not detest or fear me. If times had been different--" Saturn's voice choked during this, sighing and turning her gaze away.
"...It doesn't matter now."
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Post by ree on Oct 1, 2012 22:15:28 GMT -6
"But it does matter," Charon insisted. "Because...well, you said you had nothing but darkness and nightmares. I want to be able to give you dreams when you go back to sleep. Dreams of a future where you are free and we could...be friends..."
Charon knew that Saturn would fall asleep soon. And Selenity help her, she wanted to reach out and touch Saturn, to wipe away her tears, to cry with her, and tell her she wasn't alone. She wanted so much but it could never be. The cruelty was cutting her to the bone as well. She knew her dreams were impossible but that's why they were dreams.
"I don't detest you or fear you or anything like that. How could I? It would be the ultimate in hypocrisy. Truth be told, during the years that I visited here, I often fancied-" she stopped. She couldn't confess that. Not now. Not when both of their emotions were running on high. "That we were friends. That someday you would awaken. So, if that dream could come true, then perhaps there's a hope for other dreams, right?"
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Post by Shuu on Oct 1, 2012 22:30:32 GMT -6
"Dreams...I've never had dreams before."
Saturn found herself smiling at this, feeling her tears stopping. To think, all of these long, hard years of solitude, all of the years of being forgotten and hated and betrayed...she was no longer alone. Not anymore. She found herself thankful that she finally woke up to see this secret savior, this one person who could shed light into her dark and solitary world. To give her something to look forward to...and maybe break free from her bonds.
"...It would be nice to dream, for once." She said softly, meeting Charon's gaze again. "To have...hope...I have never had anything to hope for...until you, my...my friend." Strange, to have a real and true friend now...Saturn could only wonder what it would be like, should she ever be freed.
But, she could feel herself slipping.
Saturn's extremities were getting numb again, and she was finding it more and more difficult to move. She knew she would be back into her coma soon, and she had to quickly say what she had wanted, yearned to say to Charon for all of this time.
"Charon, you are the only true friend I have ever had in this life." She said softly, her smile growing. "I thank you for all you have done for me. If I were to ever be...free...from these bonds...I would find some way to...t-to thank you for...every...e-every...thing...I--"
Saturn's voice caught in her throat, and her head and body went slack. Once again, silence filled the empty chamber she was in, though it took a few minutes for that smile of hers to fade from her face.
< Perhaps, this time...I will sleep peacefully, and dream of my friendship with Charon...and of the day I will finally be free. >
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Post by ree on Oct 1, 2012 22:35:47 GMT -6
The chamber was silent. Charon knew it wouldn't last. It had been too good to be true. But she smiled as Saturn slipped back into sleep. She wanted that to be the image of her: smiling, warm, happy, a friend. Not weeping for all that might have been. And when Saturn was lost to her once again, Charon used her sheer willpower to keep herself together.
"I will dream of you, my friend. I will hear your voice. I will see your eyes, your smile. And I will wait. I will wait for the day we will meet again. And we will meet again. Damn Selenity and damn the Silver Millennium with her, we will meet, and once we do..."
Once we do, perhaps I will have the strength then to tell you how I really feel. Her chest and eyes burned but Charon simply put up her hood, picked up her oar, and departed. She would wait a while before returning. It would be too painful to see Saturn in this state again, with their encounter so fresh and vivid in her mind. She would savor this memory, tuck it secretly away, and never forget it. However, once she was out of the castle and the doors had closed behind her, Charon fell to her knees and cried.
Please...let us meet again....please...
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