[ CATCH-ALL ] the wishes I've made are too vicious to tell

[wiedzminka]

Who: Ciri & various
When: late Oct through end of November
Where: Free Cities, Nocwich, who knows
What: some post-event follow-ups and whatever happens in Nov
Warnings: nsfw, warned for in thread



(( ooc: if you want to do any plotting with Ciri, hmu on plurk @ belleteyn or @ lenafish#3861

happy to write a starter for you if you want one, just lmk! ))

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[vixening]

[ there is something about that exchange - not so much the apology, but ciri’s frank acceptance of it. her nod. the way she pushes the conversation forward. it reminds yennefer, unconsciously and unintentionally, so much of geralt, that she has to take a moment to simply let the familiarity of it pass.

it lasts all of a second, possibly not even that long, before yennefer’s attention shifts instead to the topic at hand. let’s figure out the rest. it feels…well, to put it lightly, good. and yes, there is that smallest hurt in her chest at how behind she continues to be, over and over again, there is no blame attached to it. definitely not at ciri.

so yennefer sits up, listens when ciri starts talking, and— she blinks, once. lara dorren. the elder blood. oh. pieces of what istredd has told her fold into the things she’s learned here, more and more of the picture slotting together.

it is interesting, how ciri says if the singularity is a gate, meanwhile istredd’s conviction of it. it complicates this all further, which is as yennefer assumed, but- ]

Power to that degree on a Continent that depends on the monolith for its magic…yes, I see the problem. [ yennefer thinks back to those early months, how they had lessons about controlling chaos, how yennefer had been going off the basis that ciri had been strong, yes, but this… this was something else entirely. ]

It’s no wonder the Singularity has altered your chaos the way it has. I’m sure some part of it was acting in defense.

[ which…isn’t the point. yennefer shakes her head. ]

No, the factions can’t learn about it. Certainly not with tensions the way they are. Istredd is a liability, and him having this information at all complicates matters. He’s not one to use it to any end, but. [ a beat, and then- ] Who else knows?

[wiedzminka]

[ The truth is Ciri just... doesn't know what to do with the apology. She'd wanted to hear it, but now that she has, it's difficult to tell if she accepts it or not. That may take time. It's not because she doesn't believe Yennefer; she does. It's that distance again, the reminder that their worlds remain apart, that Yennefer really had no reason to think Istredd important for Ciri to know about because he's someone from Yennefer's past, who should be entirely unrelated to her. She doesn't think Yennefer was intentionally hiding anything from her; they don't really have the kind of relationship where they share everything with each other, and that's fine. It was just frustrating being blindsided like that.

Ciri takes a breath and pushes it aside, if not entirely away. ]

No one can learn about it. [ She clarifies softly; it probably doesn't need to be said, but there is an important distinction to her. ] None of the other Summoned either. Not even those you think you trust.

[ She's already explained to Yennefer that she can travel between worlds. Between her powers and the Singularity's ability to connect to the home spheres of all the Summoned, she doesn't need to spell it out. It wouldn't take much for someone to decide she's their key home. That she could save their life, change their future, fix some problem or other in their world. Istredd seems to think that already. ]

People have a way of finding their morals loosening for the so-called 'greater good.'

[ Ciri sighs, taking another drink, then answers Yennefer's question. ]

Only Geralt and Jaskier.

[vixening]

[ it does leave them in a strange middle ground, doesn't it? because yennefer has apologized, and she has meant it, because she knows what it feels to have information about your life, your own self, passed around without your knowledge. yennefer should have told ciri the very day she found istredd in the halls of castle thorne, the moment he mentioned ciri's name, but she hadn't. and for all the excuses she could bring to mind, it doesn't really matter.

the clarification, while yennefer understood it, does remind her where ciri wishes to draw this line. yennefer isn't worried about it, knows that it isn't something she would even come close to crossing, but she does nod. confirming for ciri that she understands. ]

No one. [ she repeats, just for good measure, before she gives a small huff at the mention of the greater good. yeah, she does understand that. in more ways than one. ]

Then it will remain between us.