Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:19 pm**

Miranda knocked softly on the door to the apartment, apparently hesitant to just enter on her own initiative.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:42 pm**

Samantha comes to the door, smiling softly after opening it.

"Hello, Miranda. You've been a bit scarce, aye?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:59 pm**

"Umm... yeah. I mean, yes, Mum," she said, fidgeting a little. "Are you busy? Because if you are, I can come back."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:01 pm**

"It's perfectly alright. Do you want to come in?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:04 pm**

She looked at the door frame as she considered her response, before taking a deep breath. "Yes, I think I would."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:05 pm**

Samantha nods, stepping aside to let her in.

"Seems we should talk, aye?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:10 pm**

"That would probably be wise, yes," she said. "Things have gotten... dark."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:11 pm**

"You're always welcome to come to us. You know that, aye?" She says, making her way over to the couch.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:14 pm**

"Yes... and no," she said, settling onto the other end of the couch, pulling her knees up to her chest. The way her mind was churning, it looked like she was trying to figure out how to start.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:16 pm**

"...take your time. I can get you something to drink if you want."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:22 pm**

She shook her head, "It will just be something else to hide behind. I had a vision... It's... well..." She reached out a hand towards Sam's head. "May I?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:25 pm**

"Of course," she nods. Miranda can feel Samantha's defenses parting.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:31 pm**

Miranda touched Sam's forehead gently, imparting the vision that the Seer had desperately been trying to hide. Of course, given that the only memory of the vision she had was from the vault, her fluxxing avatar and the Champion were there as well. She gently drew her hand away, giving Sam a moment to digest it.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:34 pm**

"...I could see why that would rattle you," she nods slowly.

"Come here," she says, holding her arms out for Miranda.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:39 pm**

Miranda looked at her for a long moment before moving into the hug slowly. "I don't think 'rattle' is quite the word."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:46 pm**

"Understatement, I know," she says softly, holding Miranda.

"Knowing where you're going, or thinking you do, can trap you. Whether it's good or bad, it can paralyze you wondering if every choice is leading you to it."

"And I've been there. I've been shown and told... things. Throughout my life there have been a great many people who think they know where I'm going. How I'll turn out."

"There's a temptation to it, to the certainty."

"You birth thousands of futures every time you lift a finger. You kill hundreds, nurture hundreds more.

"No vision will ever take that away from you."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:59 pm**

"It's there though. It's still there and still possible. So much of what I can do and what I came from points me in that direction."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:04 pm**

"You want to know where you came from? You came from me. You came from your mother. You came far more from us than Black Air could have ever imagined."

"You're not where you are because you're what Black Air made. You're here because you aren't."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:10 pm**

"No offense, Mum, but I would expect you to say something like that, regardless of the statement's validity. But thank you anyways."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:12 pm**

"Well aye, there's some bias involved here."

"Doesn't mean I can't be right. There's a great many things I can do, but that doesn't translate to me doing them."

"And it wasn't that long ago that we dealt with someone who was frustrated that we weren't doing what we're supposed to, aye?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:22 pm**

"Yeah," Miranda said, lapsing into a thoughtful silence. Finally she said, "I was created to be a weapon. The daughter of a war goddess. The game feels kinda rigged against me."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:26 pm**

"The war goddess is a bit that I can admit I haven't fully come to grips with either."

"I told you before I'd let you keep me honest on that. Maybe we both need to figure out how we can live with that."

"There's a chance we'll have to live with it for an awfully long time, I'm afraid."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:31 pm**

"That depends on your definition of a long time I would guess," she said, actually starting to relax.

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:33 pm**

"Potentially thousands of years."

"That was one of my glimpses into the future. Your Aunt Kat got roped into that one."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:36 pm**

"Why do glimpses into the future routinely suck?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:38 pm**

"Because time travelers are generally smug bastards, for one."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:40 pm**

Thoughts of Aria ran across Miranda's mind, churning up a wild range of emotions, "Yeah, I guess they are."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:41 pm**

"And it may not be like having visions, but I suspect there's a great many of the same emotions."

"Those being 'What do I do with this? What should I do with this, if anything?'"

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:45 pm**

"At least they're singular glimpses. Some of my visions keep coming back, like that one."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:49 pm**

"I know you've been training with me more than your mother. Would you be open to talking this over a bit with her?"

"I've always felt there's a bit of the subconscious in her visions. Like it's reaching out with her powers towards things she's worried about."

Posted: **Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:55 pm**

She chewed her lip, "I know I should... but Mom and I don't see eye-to-eye on a lot of things."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:00 am**

"I know you don't, but these are tools, Miranda. If you don't learn to hone your visions, this will keep happening."

"It might be the key to going where you want to go, aye?"

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:09 am**

"I..." She sighed. "I suppose so."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:11 am**

"Even I disagree with your mother sometimes. It's alright to do."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:08 am**

"It's not that simple," she said, sighing. "But I guess I can try."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:32 pm**

"I don't suppose we can go two for two and talk that out as well, aye?"

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:33 pm**

"I really don't know what there is to say."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:35 pm**

"That's fair. I don't mean to pressure you."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:37 pm**

"In the grand scheme of things, it's about Will's relationship with you and if he's comfortable taking directives from Mom, then it's not my place to judge."

Posted: **Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:43 pm**

"I think we've been feeling that one out over the past semester. Certainly there's been... a change in his attitude towards certain things."

"I've been trying to make obvious to him that he doesn't particularly have to do anything to please me. He's already excellent at his job for the school."

"And I don't think it's exactly been your mother's idea to have him cleaning drains, either."

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