17th Star

[sparkling_eyes]

[Action; 747 Partridge; Saturday morning]

[Well, it's been a few days since the end of the event, when Lyon stormed up to her room and locked herself in out of sheer embarrassment.  She was droned for seemingly no reason about ten minutes after that, and Mayfield's been treated to the cheerful drone named Mismar bouncing around town in her place ever since - doing her hair up in curls, going on dates with the Prince's drone, and just generally having a nice relaxing time in the wonderful town of Mayfield.

...All of that comes to an abrupt end on Saturday morning, however, as a red beam of light tears through the roof of 747 Partridge Drive, bright enough and wide enough to be seen from anywhere in town.]

[Phone; filtered from drones]

...Hello, everyone.  It's Lyon.  I'm back.  How long has it been here?  And can anyone help repair a hole in a roof?

Comments

[heavenfang]

Mm. Don't worry too much about it.

[sparkling_eyes]

All right.

[heavenfang]

In the meantime, I suggest staying in another room, or another house.

[sparkling_eyes]

That's probably the best idea until we can get this figured out. But isn't in another house going a little far? It's just a hole.

[heavenfang]

Depends. Is the hole over your bed?

[sparkling_eyes]

Well, yes... but I can still just sleep in a different room here.

[heavenfang]

Lucky you.

[sparkling_eyes]

Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't even thinking... I guess not everyone has housemates that would let them do that sort of thing in my situation.

[heavenfang]

Eh, nothing to apologize for, really.

[sparkling_eyes]

All right, if you say so.

[heavenfang]

That being said... If you ever need tips on coping with the Rune's power, I can probably help.

[sparkling_eyes]

Do you have a Rune too, Tir?

[heavenfang]

I do, yes. A True Rune.

[sparkling_eyes]

Oh...

[Lyon's voice turns very sympathetic here.]

I'm very sorry.

[After all, she saw firsthand what the Sun Rune did to Arshtat.]

[heavenfang]

Hey hey, no need for that. -He gives a light chuckle.- It's something I've come to terms with... mostly.

[sparkling_eyes]

That's good to hear. I've seen what a True Rune's power can do to a person.

[heavenfang]

You have?

... You're Falenan, right? I can only assume it was the Sun Rune, then.

[sparkling_eyes]

That's right. Are you from after our civil war, then?

[heavenfang]

I am. Quite a ways after, actually.

[sparkling_eyes]

There seem to be a lot of people here who came from after the war.

[heavenfang]

IS 460, to be exact.

[sparkling_eyes]

So, eleven years after.

[heavenfang]

Roughly. A lot has changed in that time, though.

[sparkling_eyes]

Like what? If you don't mind my asking.

[heavenfang]

The Scarlet Moon Empire is no more, for one. Replace by the Toran Republic.

Also, the Jowsten City States, along with the Highland Kingdom, have all united into one democratic nation, known as Dunan.