lucetilogs | House of M - The Beginning

Who: Billy Kaplan + Anyone who wants to be involved in the House of M Plot + Related CR + Anyone Really
What: Um. The House of M Plot.
When: October 1st-7th
Where: Literally anywhere in Luceti, yo
Summary: Billy returns from a kidnapping feeling a bit, er, different. A white light envelops the village for just a moment, and when it fades... well. All kinds of things are different, actually.
Rating: Varies, anything above R take it elsewhere!

Still accepting last minute sign-ups, if anyone is interested.

It starts off so innocently, early on the morning of October 1st. A burst of light, a warm rush of energy that consumes everything it touches, and it's gentle enough to feel like stepping out into sunlight from the shade. It's so brief that some people might not even notice it happened. But there are certainly... differences. Some subtle, some not. And those changed won't even understand the problem.

After all, why would perfection be a problem?

The truth is, there are no problems. There can't be. It's perfect, Billy thinks. Believes it. His belief is his reality, and now, it's their reality. It all has to be perfect; they deserve it, all of them, for one reason or another. And he'll do whatever he has to protect that perfection from being tainted, ruined, taken away from them.

Teddy died so this could happen, after all.

So what is your new reality?

((first two threads reserved for the intro thread and billy's status; after that consider this log a free-for-all.))

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Well she- [It's terribly unfair of her throat to close like that when all she wants to do is wish Mytho well.] She'll be a very lucky girl to have someone like you beside her.

[And he turns to face her. His expressive eyes never seem more filled with life than when they're turned on her.]

Rue...

Is that what you think? If that's so, I'd like to ask you something.

[Rue must know her. She knows this girl, and Mytho knows that and wants to ask her how best to go about the whole thing. That's what friends do for each other. They help and give advice. Rue's hands lock together before her and she tries to meet those beautiful, lively eyes.]

What is it?

Rue...

[He says again, so full of emotion, keeping his eyes trained on hers. He reaches forward for her hands, to softly hold them in his.

And the prince gets down on one knee while still looking upwards towards those eyes. That person who always captivated him.

He thought of all the princesses he had met so far in his day. None of them came even close to capturing Rue's spirit, her grace, her determination. Her heart.

Emotion spilled out from Mytho's lips, within a tender whisper.]

Would you be my princess?

[So caught in his gaze is she that she doesn't hear the words at first, only that he makes some kind of sound. Then, at once, the motions and the words and the warmth of his hands over her cold ones snap together and have meaning.]

What?

[Tiny, soft, all she can manage at first. It feels like her heart is going to fly away without her.

She does not look upset anymore.]

I asked... if you would be my princess.

[He says softly.

She doesn't look upset. So he's pleased with that at least.]

You are my first choice, Rue. And... the only one I would be happy with.

[As is often the case when Rue finds herself so overwhelmed she can't handle feeling anymore...she loses her stability, joining him in kneeling, and starts to cry. Not the loud sobbing sort. Just tears.]

You really mean that?

[He soothingly slides his hands up to brace her shoulders as she kneels. He leans in close enough that he's almost holding her, his face close to hers.]

I honestly due. Rue, the feeling that I feel when I think about you...

I'm absolutely certain that it's love.

[It's so easy for him to just speak his feelings like that. To share them without thought of consequences or running into the other person's disagreement. Hands freed, Rue brings one up to wipe her eyes while she half-nods.]

Yes.

[It is everything she could have wanted and now it's here.]

You will...?

[He asks for confirmation, but his eyes and his smile are already brightening up.]

Well I- I want to. But my parents, I don't know what they'll say or think-

[Still. Her smile brightens right along with his. She's elated. Nothing else in the world could be this wonderful.]

Your parents are good people. They'll want whatever's best for you.

If this is what's best for you - if this is what you truly want...

[He speaks quickly, almost breathlessly, caught up in the passion of it all.]

I could never want anything more than this.

Rue, that you think that... It stirs up many feelings within my heart.

[His face inches ever closer to hers, while looking ever brighter.]

Then you shall be my princess. My... love.

[Love.

Love is no longer the same thing as pain and loneliness and longing.

Rue thinks he means to kiss her, but she is so overcome with relief - at last, with no basis other than foggy wisps of some terrible buried memory - that she leans forward and throws her arms around him instead. With her head against his chest like this, she can hear his heartbeat.]

[A kiss had surely been waiting on the prince's list. But this motions just helps him feel all the warmer. He takes her in, wrapping his arms around her to tuck her snugly against that hat. He tilts his head so that it is just above hers and he kisses at her hair, quietly.

They could remain like that all day, in simple tranquility.]

[They absolutely could. Rue doesn't even notice whether there are people around, forgets entirely where in the village they are. The scent of early-autumn flowers and the breeze and the warmth of Mytho's arms, that is all she knows.]

I can't believe it.

[The rest of the world usually stops existing for the prince whenever he's around her. It's one thing to love all the people in his kingdom, but holding this woman so softly in his arms just felt so much more tender. There were a few fallen leaves deposited on his hair without notice; it didn't matter.]

What do you mean? Did I... do something wrong?

No! No, not at all, it's just...

[She can't spare the distance to move back and look up at him.]

This is the sort of thing you only ever read about in fairytales. It doesn't...happen to real people like me.

I don't understand. Rue... Life is a fairy tale. It's one that we're all part of. And your role in it... is the most precious.

No, life is...life is real. And you're real, even though this feels like it is far too wonderful to be real.

I feel like you're the one who is too wonderful to be real.

If we are both so wonderful, then we must be real.

Yes. [That's all he whispers in response as he soothingly runs a hand through her hair and down her neck.]

[As much as she wants to stay here all day, or maybe forever, she has things to do and reluctantly pulls away from Mytho's embrace.]

Do you want to come with me and finish tending the gardens?

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