Acension city

[Rayleonarde]

Ray looked at Acon for a moment, and thought this was some strange coincidence. "No...no I'm not. I had to kill two people very close to me today.  I was...i-it doesn't matter. She's gone now...And the other...he was just a kid. Barely old enough to understand life, let alone death.  I made a horrible mistake...and now I have to live with it..." He sobbed openly. "Seeing little Herman's face...so peaceful in death. Killed in the earliest ages of life."

[Aconitum]

Acon's ears lowered and she averted her eye uncomfortably. "I'm sorry. I- I shouldn't have asked." Acon didn't know what she should say, so she raked her brain for some words of comfort. "Why did you kill them?" She decided to see how far she could press for information.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray chuckled sadly. "She was crazy...and little Henry...h-he saw too much.  H-Herman said he had to die, and I made it so.  I...I should've let the poor boy go."

[Aconitum]

Acon raised a brow. "Herman, Herman Lovien? You work for my father?" She could have swore Herman had never mentioned anything about some freakishly tall raccoon working for him. She had a feeling that was something he would have shared with her.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray nodded slowly. "I do..but I'm seriously regretting that choice...I've done so much...seen so much...endured so much...But, can't take that back now..." He sighed, and reached into his pocket, playing with a small, velvet box, contained in which was a small, silver ring with beautiful amethysts in it. "I was gonna give this to her...thanking her for keeping me sane. Even through my darkest moments, she was there.  Lending a smile, a paw, an embrace." He threw the box across the room, and it clattered to the floor. A little silk sheet fell out, with Acon's name stitched into it with gold thread.

[Aconitum]

Acon sighed. "Man. That's heavy." She stood and retrieved the box and silk sheet, not seeing her name on it. "Hey, it's gonna be ok." She set both items down on the bedside table before turning ti Ray with a warm smile. "Let's go down to the board walk. It might not be able to completely lift the load, but I think a bucket of cheese fries could atleast lighten it a little."

[The Magic Otter]

Lucy stares at magnolia, smiling.

[Aconitum]

Magnolia sat at her kitchen table, a wool sweater draped around her shoulders. She blew over the surface of herbal tea. "Would you like a cup of tea, sister?"

[The Magic Otter]

Lucy giggles. "So you do remember me. yes I would."

[Aconitum]

Magnolia let a thin smile play across her lips. "Of course? How could I have forgotten my own sister?" Magnolia poured a cup of warm lemony goodness into one of the porcelain cups she had out and set it infront of Lucy.

[The Magic Otter]

"How's my father and Satan?" Lucy picks up the cup and drinks its contents.

[Aconitum]

Magnolia shrugged. "The last time I saw those two; they were helping with King Jr.'s assassination." She chuckled. "They have inspired many internet crazes. New things called... what's the word? Creepy pastas...? I think that's it." Magnolia passed a look to the tattered and dirty plush body of her late Rayleonarde. "Ray didn't make it. He kept going for years, but by the time the religious freedom was established, he began losing himself." Rubbed the threat of tears from her eyes.

[The Magic Otter]

Lucy looks at Magnolia, sadly. "I'm sorry." She takes another drink. "I ended up having that child, well... Two of them actually."

[Aconitum]

Magnolia almost choked on her tea. "Two?! That is absolutely wonderful. Names? Ages?" Magnolia felt like giddy aunt who just couldn't contain herself when nieces and nephews were brought up.

[Aconitum]

Acon slipped on her jacket, preparing to head out.