I saw you in a dream

[fatedforvictory]

The dreams had been plaguing her for months. Every time Pyrrha closed her eyes, she was back there on that tower - and it's no surprise, really. It was expected, in their line of work, the trauma that comes along with staring evil in the face - but it doesn't make it hurt any less. She's already berated herself, over and over, for going to the top of that tower. For Jaune, charging in after her, and for...

Well. They already knew how that ended.

It's far past midnight, edging towards two or three AM, she's not sure. Pyrrha sighs quietly, setting down Akoúo from where she was sharpening it. She should sleep - they had a fair amount of ground to cover in the morning. As much as she dreaded what she knew would be waiting for her the moment she managed to sink in to sleep, her body needed the rest. She wouldn't be able to serve anybody if she was tired. She hadn't been able to help the one person that mattered, she'd be damned if she was ever so useless, ever again.

Pyrrha lays down, her sleeping bag snug tight between Ren and Nora. It calmed her, being close to their breathing, the warmth on either side of her. Proof that they were alive, that they were still there - that they hadn't slipped just out of reach the way...

She falls asleep slowly, restlessly - but tonight feels different, somehow...

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[pyrrhic_paladin]

(ooc: sorry for falling off the face of the Earth there.)

There wasn't much Jaune could say to that. It helped him realize how lonely growing up must have been for Pyrrha. The team, just like for him, were the people who finally understood her and they could look after each other.

Not wanting to simply sit there in silence though he had nothing to say he instead hugged Pyrrha tighter and after a few moments just ended up pulling his partner into his lap.

"When this is all over you should take everyone camping. It's a lot of fun."

[fatedforvictory]

[ooc: no problem, I'm honestly just as bad xD <3 ]

Their world was a harsh place - Pyrrha knew this, else she wouldn't have set out to become a Huntress. To protect those who could not protect themselves. The team...her friends...she had finally found people who understood her, and who cared about her. And Jaune...he had been the glue that held them together.

Jaune hugs her tighter, and Pyrrha can't help but laugh, albeit wetly, before allowing him to pull her into his lap. She wipes discretely at the tears - she is so tired of crying - and shakes her head. It's so optimistic of him to see an end, but, that's Jaune. She can't say that, though - it feels too raw and hopeless. "Maybe I will."

She wishes he could come with them. What is the point of this, except to dangle what she cannot have, just out of reach? "I'm worried. About Atlas, about this plan...I just don't know."

[pyrrhic_paladin]

"I'm not sure either," he admitted. Then he smiled warmly "but now that I know you're by my side. How am I going to lose?"

He hugs her middle. "Hey do me a quick favor. Shut your eyes for a moment."

Once she does he'd begin saying something that had been burned into his memory "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee."

[fatedforvictory]

His smile is warm, and Pyrrha aches. He's just as she remembers, maybe even better (grown, he has grown). She eyes him for a second before dipping her head slightly in a nod and acquiescing. Her eyes shut, and she tenses minutely when Jaune begins the mantra incantation - of course she remembers it, she remembers it well. It's an old verse - she thinks it's part of a poem her mother read to her, but she can't quite remember. It's always stuck with her, and when she was old enough, she used it as a mantra to focus her semblance, to shape it, to assume control.

She didn't do much to protect Jaune though, did she? She made a promise, and she broke it. Pyrrha exhales slowly to calm her racing heart, resting a hand gently on the side of Jaune's neck. "...you remembered."