A Time Long Past (Marcus/Fran)

[Marcus]

OOC: Making this here because the thread we were in moved on and the conversation seemed support like. Takes place after the battle in the fort.

Marcus had bowed his head at the mention of his dead brother. "Eryk... Fran, listen, while we wandered the desert long ago, a dragon-hunting swordsman found us. We battled him for what seemed like days. Eventually, he... he gathered all his strength and he... he slaughtered Eryk... like an animal. He... he beheaded him. I was furious so I charged him. I killed him, but he struck at me and he hit my eye," he said indicating his blind eye and the scar under it.

[Fran]

Fran didn't know how to react. The death of Eryk stabbed her heart, she couldn't believe that she would hear that from Marcus' lips. "Y-You are lying..." Fran shook her head and looked at Marcus. Forcing a smile, she patted his shoulder, but his eyes said the truth, a glimmer of sadness on his eyes made Fran realize that he wasn't lying.

"I-I am sorry...I am just not prepared to face the reality." She turned her face to hide her red and teary eyes from Marcus. The ice dragon wiped her tears and turned back at Marcus. "At least you are alive and safe here."

Fran placed a hand on her chest. "Eryk...He will live in our memories."

[Marcus]

"Aye, I will never forget all he did for me," Marcus said, staring intently at the ground. After a moment, he regained his composure and looked back up. "Fran, what has happened since I fled the village? What news do you have of my father and the others of the village?"

[Fran]

Fran smiled widely as Marcus asked about the village. But, she couldn't tell him about his father, he wouldn't be ready to hear a bad news.

"Oh, you won't believe it. Theodore, yes, your neighbor, he married Alice. Now they have a son who looks like his father. And Zen, he was travelling around the continent like you and me, last month he sent letter to the village to tell us about his journey. Then about the elders, they were really annoying, they were...."

Fran told him everything had happened, she didn't stop talking, she liked to talk about their village. She sometimes jumped and giggled like a little girl because of her excitement.

"And about me..." She spread her wings and flew into the sky. "I want to travel around this world to see anything with my own eyes." She landed in front of Marcus and gave him a sweet smile. "And now I think I will go with you, my dear childhood friend."

[Marcus]

"Theo actually got married? Never thought he'd get the guts to talk to Alice let alone propose. And Zen traveling? I guess he finally got his fire under control then? He almost scorched my wings off first time he tried that." Marcus recalled, laughing a little at the memory. But then his face got serious. He needed to know where his father was. If he was still alive, he could be out there searching for him now and Fyruss Odintongue was not the dragon you wanted hunting you, especially in his current mental state. "Fran, what news of my father, though. I must know what happened to him after that day."

[Fran]

"Ah...that's..." Fran rolled her eyes, she couldn't look at him. What should she say? The truth? Or the lie? She glanced at him, but looked away when their eyes met. He was still his father, whatever he had done. What would he feel after she told him?

Fran looked at him once again, he was serious. Finally, she gave up, those eyes were staring at her demanding an answer. "You must be talking about after you and Eryk fled from Arcadia...After that...He tried to find you two, but after few days he found that you had run away which angered him." She paused and bit her lips, she didn't want to make him feel guilty for what his father did.

"He went berserk then, destroying anything he could find. The adults tried to stop him but a fight could not be avoided. Uncle John was almost killed, my dad lost his left arm, and..." She stopped speaking and touched the scar on her neck but didn't say anything about it. "After that he ran away when he saw Athos coming. We never saw him again after that day. But he might be still looking for you."