Fantasy Howl's Flying Castle (Finished! ---Whoo! (*＾▽＾)／)

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- Seifer Rathmore -
" Renee's Soulroom "​

Sirius, listened intently as he sat on the chair, tail curled around himself. 'I don't like burned bacon, but I like crispy bacon! So if I use my magic too much I won't like it and nobody will like it too . . . you and papa won't like it too . . .' he looked like he was thinking, something only Renee and Seifer could tell the way he'd go still with only his fluffy tail twitching. 'Okay, mama! I understand, I'll run to your room room. Can I eat that bacon?'

Later, in Renee's soul room, Seifer sat beside her and absently ran his fingers down the ivory keys. "It's gratefulness." he said, playing a dull tune. "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have been born. That and all the lifestyle he provided for her years before, my mom is very loyal. When she makes a promise she doesn't break it. And that includes 'till death do us part.' It's more like she's doing it for herself to honor her own principles. She was raised to grow up to become a good spouse, like how I was raised to become a good heir as my duty to my family." he paused his playing and leaned on Renee, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and leaning his head on hers. "That's why she won't leave him . . . Sometimes I wish my mom was as lucky as I'm lucky with you, did you know I'm still amazed how we met for the second time? That duel in the academy . . ." he chuckled, "I neeeever would have guessed that in the future I'd be happy here with you and our Sirius, and living my dreams too." he smiled that dimply smile as he nuzzled her hair. "Oh, hello, our little soul baby!" he added when Sirius the Second popped its little head out.

So apparently they didn't have another little one after Sirius the second, and it still puzzled Seifer who he is. He and Renee have such a spicy love life that if he was their next little one to be, perhaps they should have had more little ones to be by now? Or were they only going to have two children? Speaking of which . . . now that it's been a couple of months since he graduated from theater, he wondered if Renee would like to get married . . . The way they were right now, it was like they've been husband and wife for ages. But sealing their togetherness with marriage, that would be sweeter, and suddenly he found himself yearning for it and feeling quite enamored. But first they have this problem to deal with.

Katsuya
OOC | Characters | Moments in Time
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[Katsuya]

"Hahah! Of course Sweetie." Renee passed the plate to her son. Her wings fluttering happily.

In her soul room, she closed her eyes and listened to Seifer playing a dull tune. Then she smiled when he wrapped his arm around her and leaned on her head with his. Renee nuzzled her cheek on his and giggled at the memory.

"Tell me about it. I was so terrified before the duel, believing that James was gonna murder me for agreeing to that bet of ours." Renee laughed quietly and looked over at the white figure in her bed.

"Hello bon bon." Sirius trilled happily, it's wings fluttering like his mother. Then he hopped out to snuggle to the couple, chirping cheerfully. She rubbed and caressed through his light fur, pondering about something.

"...perhaps I should talk with Mrs. Rathmore too when it comes to honoring principles..." Seifer can see that a light bulb lit up in her mind. "...You're father haven't been looking for a job...maybe that could help...I have an idea that might work."

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[Zer0]

- Seifer Rathmore -
" Renee's Soulroom "​

"Alright." said Seifer curiously, picking up Sirius the second and putting him in between his legs that were loosely crossed like a nest.

If Renee went back outside, she'd find Mr. Rathmore reading up late and scribbling something on rolls of parchment on a desk, while Mrs. Rathmore was sleeping soundly on the bed.

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[Katsuya]

"I'll be back Sweetie." Renee kissed his cheek. "He's still leaving but he can wirk hard with a certain somebody to do it."

Once she left to the outside, Renee has walked over to the east wing to find the older couplr's room. Then she knocked on the wooden door.frame.

"Mr.Rathmore, did you find a suitable job yet?"

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

There was a grumble and Mr. Rathmore's gruff voice from within said, "Lying low means not showing my face in pubic, so no. What do you want, it's bed time?"

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[Katsuya]

"Uh-huh...Sir, pack up your things." Renee said bluntly. "I'm going to refer you to someone I know so that you can really pay my little brothers back for helping."

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

"I said I'm lying low!" said Mr. Rathmore loudly. "I'm not putting my head out so that some hit man can make my day!"

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[Katsuya]

"And if I said it's in a peaceful friend of mine?" Renee yelled over. "Besides, you broke one of the rules, so you either listen to me about this oppertunity right now or give the hidden snipers a better chance to shooting your head."

She crossed her arms. "It's your call. We talk about this or it's bye bye safe house." The Pendragon is not having it and she wasn't budging.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

There was silence for a moment, then the scraping of a chair. Grudgingly, the door opened and out stepped a Mr. Rathmore who furiously looked like he didn't know what he did wrong. "What rules? Is this about your bare feet? Or the ordering? You are so sensitive!" he seemed to realize he was probably going to get the boot for this, so he changed tone. "What is this opportunity?"

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[Katsuya]

"This is about you treating my son like he was a pet. The one rule Seifer made with you, under our agreement of letting you stay, is that you shouldn't treat him as a pet..." Her wings puffed up, ruffling and flapping in her anger as she heard the chair move and the door opened. "And yet you treated him like he was a pet. I don't care if you order me around, but mistreat my son? You are leaving."

When he asked about the opportunity, her response is: "Tomarrow I'm going to meet up with a friend of mine and you'll be coming with me to ask for a job position in his farming business. I'm sure Bahamut will be happy to have help." Renee wanted to check up on Sirius' education and interactions with the other dragons. Now with Mr. Rathmore in tow, she can ask him if he can take the senior in.

"You wouldn't be able to live here anymore but Mrs. Rathmore is staying. You can visit her, if you can and you'll be a lot safer from the snipers who are after you until it blows over. Better still you'll be able to pay back my little brothers since knowing Bahamut, he'll pay you." Considering that Bahamut and his followers are dragons, Renee is pretty sure that none of the snipers will reach him in this side of the Storm wall.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

There was no arguing around Renee, though Mr. Rathmore complained saying that he was only asking out of curiosity if Sirius liked eating bones since he was a dragon. He had no choice but to agree since it wasn't like he could bully Renee to make her do as he wanted, so he grudgingly accepted, slamming the door and stomping back to bed.

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[Katsuya]

Renee grinned and walked back into her bedroom, knowing that he just gave up based on how hard he slammed the door "hehe, she asked by herself what sirt dream she should be getter.

When she retunred to hear her soul room, she told Seifer of what happened.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

Seifer was highly offended Mr. Rathmore slammed the door on his Renee's face, and wished he could pop out of Renee's soul and give him a piece of his mind. It felt liberating, finally being able to talk back to his father. He suddenly realized that his parents probably didn't know about their soul link together and changed his mind, he'd rather keep it a secret from them.

"Bahamut, huh?" he said as they rested in each other's arms, with Sirius the Second in between them. He found the idea if his father working among them funny. "No way my father could ever bully them. I think it would be a fit place for him to work." He was going to have to live like a wild man for a couple of days, sleeping in a cave and using a leaf to wipe.

The next day, as foretold, Mrs. Rathmore decided to go with him. Rules were rules, though there was a exasperated look to her face when she learned of what her husband did. Seifer had come back early and told her that she didn't have to go and asked her to stay here with him and Renee since she can just visit Mr. Rathmore when Sirius flies over there for his lessons.

But she insisted on going, something that for the first time, allowed Renee to feel just a little bit of softness from Mr. Rathmore when he said, "I'll carry your bag, dear."

Bahamut was surprised that a human would be working the farms. Their farms were ginormous, feeding giant beasts and worms that the black dragons slaughtered daily for food. Mr. Rathmore was given the task of picking out the parasites from bubotuber worms, which were as big as crocodiles and eaten by the thousands by the dragons when there wasn't enough meat. They had pits for them, and the job looked like an endless endeavor.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Renee snuggled into Seifer's arms, somewhat sandwiching Sirius the second in between him and her as they slept together.

In the next day, when it was time for Mr. Rathmore to go, Renee went quiet as she hears Seifer and his mother talking. The Pendragon felt conflicted: on one hand, Sirius will be safe from him. On the other however, Mrs. Rathmore and Seifer would be seperated. She wished she didn't have to seperate them...

When she heard Mr. Rathmore's soft tone, her fluttering wings stilled in her shock. Maybe...just maybe...Seifer and his father has something common after all...

"...I'll be checking on you two and let you know what's going on with the loan sharks." Renee told the Rathmore senior quietly. "Once they are dealt with...then it's up to you with what you want to do. I'll even help you with a recomendation in Kingsbury too if you don't want to continue in Bahamut's farm." She opened her eyes and smiled a bit bashfully.

"...I know how your wife feels like right now. It's the same feeling I had when everyone told me to give up on Seifer four years ago during the war...and I stayed beside him through and through...both good and bad times..." She sighed, happily smiling at the memories. " I treasure the moments we share and I get the feeling that you do too, with your wife, I mean...so I won't seperate the two of you. You need each other, just like how Seifer and I need each other too...I'll be cheering you on, Sir."

She turned around, not staying to hear his reaction towards that little piece of information about his son and her. Renee lightly placed her hand on Seifer's arm, tugging softly. "Sweetie...let her go with Mr. Rathmore. They need each other..." That last part was a tender whisper in his ear.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -
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"Humph." snorted Mr. Rathmore and lugged their baggages towards the door.

Seifer was surprised at the very understanding and tender tone Renee used and let his mom go.

"Thank you, Renee." said Mrs. Rathmore. "Now, son, don't worry about me. I am a Rathmore, a little farm work won't dissuade me. You two continue looking out for each other." she hugged them both. "I will still visit when I can."

And with that they were gone, borne on the backs of black dragons with Bahamut leading them. The old dragon greeted Renee and Seifer with much respect and said that the two had nothing to fear. They'll keep a watch on the land.

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[Katsuya]

"It's okay, Mrs. Rathmore. I understand where you come from now." Renee hugged her back. "We will...You continue to look out for him too. I already know he'll do the same for you. Stay safe and warm, okay?" She didn't mean to, but she mothered her possible mother-in-law. Only calming down when Bahamut assured them about the lands.

"Thank you, Bahamut. I'll be visiting while Sirius is taking his lessons from you. I want to make sure if they are doing alright too." Renee greeted the old dragon back with much respect as well, asking about her son's education and social life with the other dragons. Then she waved as the black dragons took off with Bahamut leading the way.

"...Don't worry, Sweetheart. Your father may be terrible to you and me...but he won't mistreat your mother..." Renee tilted her head towards him, smiling warmly. Wings fluttering.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

"I know . . . " he sighed and leaned on the doorway, watching the retreating dragons until they dwindled into nothingness in the distant sky. "Well, I'm going back to work. I only came by to see mom off." he hugged Renee and kissed her forehead.

"I'll be back two days from now, baby." he said warmly. "Anything you want from Solere?"

Solere was their photo shoot place, capturing the essence of winter with it's ice sculpted land. It was the home of the frost dwarves who love the ice as much as the common dwarf loves stone. They were known for their everlasting ice sculptures and ice cream.

Sirius of course wanted ice cream. A wagon full.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Renee's smile grew warm when she felt Seifer's soft lips on her forehead, hugging him back.

"Yes, just two things." She cupped his cheeks, rubbing her thumbs against his skin. "Mica, can you bring the present? You know which one." The ferret, sulking at the couch for not being able to bite the senior Rathmore before he left, grumbled as he jumped off from the couch and skulked to one of the other rooms in the large house. Renee gave Seifer a bunch of kisses on his face.

"Can you tell me where exactly in Solere you'll be taking your photo shoot?"

He would hear Mica dragging something on the ground for a while, probably having an issue to carrying it on his back, and chuckled to grab her attention. Breaking their hug, Renee leaned down to reach for the flat green paper covered box and handed it to Seifer. " and here. Please use this to stay warm...Thank you, Mica."

Once he opens the box, he will see a dark green scarf with golden yellow shower trees as a horizontal pattern. It felt warm and soft to touch and smelled like a faint roasted apples.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

"The Widowmaker Peak." said Seifer, hands rubbing down and smiling, as Renee kissed him. He was happy with the present and sniffed the scarf. "It smells like you." he wore it and smiled at Renee. " It makes you feel close. Baby, you want to come to Solere? I'm staying in the Marchris Inn." his arms wrapped around her again and he nibbled her nose.

"We can explore the ice city, eat loads of ice cream with Sirius, and then have a hot bath together?"

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[Katsuya]

Her wings perked up as she giggled from the nibble on her nose.

"Oh-hooo~ Seifer Rathmore, are you asking me out on a date?" Renee asked with a teasingly playful smile, fluttering her eyelashes. Her wings covered her blushing red cheeks. "Because I would love and gladly go with you." Something must have popped in her head because she tilted her head, her lips parted a bit and her brows furrowed in worry.

"But...wait, would that be okay with you on the job? I wouldn't want to bother you." She was planning to make a lunch box for Seifer and give it to him during his lunch. It would be easier for her if she was close by but she didn't disrupt him either.

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[Zer0]

- Renee and Seifer's Home -​

"Yes, I am, Renee Pendragon." he said suavely. "Thank you for the scarf, baby." He hugged her and gave her a smooch. "I get off at six today, and tomorrow's shoot is only until three in the afternoon. You wouldn't be bothering me."

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[Katsuya]

"No problem, Snugglebunny." Renee smooched back, breaking it with a 'Mwaa~!'.

She swayed with him in place, grinning widely. "Oh! Lovely! Then let me pack up for Sirius and me and we'll come with you." After kissing a bit more, Renee called out to Sirius about them going to Solere and to bring everything he wanted to take so she can pack them in too. Once she has winter wear packed and Sirius' toys in the luggage, she was ready to go.

Even Mica was ready, wearing a red sweater with a snowflake pattern across his chest.

"We'll be back Caritas! I'll be listening to your singing and I promise to bring something nice for you too from Solere." Renee said, patting the large tree. Caritas grew up to be a quiet individual but his words always had a meaningful impact. Perhaps it's because he's really quiet that she loves to hear him more often but she does appreciate his movements. Like him rustling his leaves and wiggling whenever he hears something nice.

'Thank you...Take care, Renee, Seifer, and Sirius' Caritas quietly said in their minds and she patted his trunk tenderly, smiling. She always had a feeling that he's flustered right now, it could be just her imagination but she could have sworn she can faintly hear it in his tone. "We will..."

"...Okay, ready Sweetheart. Are you ready to go, Sirius?" Renee asked, wrapping a scarf around her son's neck and placing a hat on his head, making sure his ears are through the holes she cut out for. She had an dark orange hooded pea coat that reaches down to her thighs and white furred ear muffs on her ears. Her brown boots has faux fur inside, keeping her feet warm and comfy for the snowy cold weather.

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[Zer0]

- Solere -
" Marchris Inn "​

"I'll help you pack." said Seifer, emerging from their make-out with a big dazed smile; Sirius became ecstatic that they were going on a vacation and scrambled up the stairs for his toys, which included a big shard of manna stone he likes to chew on before eating it.

He was jumping up and down as Renee wrapped a scarf around him, and sat on his haunches, wagging his fluffy tail impatiently for them to go; Seifer chuckled and cast the spell that turned their baggage into key chains, then --- realizing he had forgotten Sirius' big bristly tooth-brush --- dashed up the stairs to get it, before they were off.

"See you later, Caritas!" said Seifer, who, after all these years had warmed up to the tree. He was so suspicious and paranoid when Renee first brought him.

A turn of a dial, and a creak of a door, then the three found themselves in the city of Seifer's arts and theater school. It was a bustling place, where a pampered rich boy blended in perfectly; it was snowing, and Sirius stuck his tongue out to catch the snowflakes as he sat, curled in his father's arms. Seifer held Renee's hand and described to her the sights and the new changes since she last visited, as they took a horse carriage to the air docks and waited for a zeppelin that was going to take them to Solere. It was a five-hour trip, and they were going to arrive exactly at lunch time.

Seifer of course chose the most expensive and best room for them to stay in the zeppelin, where, after they had settled in, he flirted with Renee, asking if she wanted to continue their make out in the bedroom.

It was snowing heavily by the time they arrived in Solere. And they looked like icicles by the time they stepped into Marchris Inn, where a dwarf with a beard as white as snow greeted them. It seemed that the dwarves and other manner of folks that lived here were used to the cold: there were polar-bear folk that were only wearing shorts, and a couple of gnomes wearing big snow shoes that only had scarves and a thin jacket around them as they passed by talking about calculations and gadgets.

Seifer's room in the Inn was next to the other fashion models'; there was a room nearby where splashes could be heard and it seemed as though there was a swimming pool or something like it through there. They met some of his co-workers just coming back up from lunch or heading down to have some, and Mica could see that they were all very gorgeous men and women, with the confidence and grace usually found in people who know just how beautiful they are.

"Welcome to our room." said Seifer, as though this was partly Renee's room to begin with. It smelled of Seifer's hair cream and his scent, and a tinkle up above could tell Renee that there was a crystal or ice chandelier above them; Sirius immediately dashed off to explore, commenting that this place was smaller than their house and leapt up into Renee's arms asking if they could go outside and eat ice cream before lunch time.

'Or eat lunch and ice cream?' he added hopefully, nuzzling into Renee's cheek. He knows his mama is big on proper nutrition.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Caritas waved his branches as the family left then he sang along with the other manna trees, harmonizing with a low smoothing tone.

With each description and noises Renee hears, she smiled wide. Her wings fluttered excitedly as they walked to the docks. She guessed that she stuck out like a sore thumb with her simple commoner's coat and ear muffs, but she didn't care. Some of the students recognized her from her visits and drop-off lunches for her beau.

Not surprised that Seifer would pick the most expensive room in the zeppelin, the petite medic asked Mica to watch over Sirius while he roamed around. Then she cupped Seifer's cheeks, leaned up, and kissed him as an answer to his flirts. Her hands explored, tracing as much as she can reach while kissing him.

When they arrived, cold from walking there, Renee shook off the snow from her shoulders and hooded head. Thank goodness she covered her wings with the hood. She jumped a bit when she heard someone greet them and she smiled at the gnome, greeting back with grace and humility. While they were walking to Seifer's room, Mica spotted Seifer's co-workers and huffed haughtily; fluffing and ruffling his fur while lifting his head high. Like he was saying 'Ha! I look better then you humans do! Fur and all~'

Hearing the huff, Renee giggled and rubbed his head, breaking his royal-like demeanor. "You're so silly, Mica."

Wondering what those splashes are coming from and hearing talk, laughter, and multiple footsteps on the nice floor, the Pendragon looked up. She payed attention to the light chimes above her head. "...That sounded nice...is there a chandelier up there? What is it made out of?" Her hood dropped, wings flapped for their freedom, catching a few models' attention to her oddities.

Mica snorted, grinning a bit as he watched one of the girls look on with either an awed look or questioning ones, probably wondering who she was. He doesn't know if it's because she's walking with Seifer or maybe they have never seen a girl with wings on her head before; but he does know one thing. Renee is starting to show her father's features: Her white wavy hair is long, reaching down her lower back with a single braid on her left side, fringes tucked behind and curling around her ears. The light bounces off and tinting it in light warm colors now that they were indoors. She lost some of her freckles on her high cheek boned face. Cherry blossom tinted lips are full and had a rustic charm whenever she smiled, plumping those rosy pink and purple cheeks. Her pale skin hinted a blushing peach color. Whenever she opened her milky orange eyes, they are expressive as ever, giving off this silent shyness at times as she talks with others. Her wings are bigger too, almost an arm's length now; white and fluffy, silky and smooth to touch. Her figure lost all the teen chubbiness, with thin shoulders, attractive curves in her waist, and wide birth-giving hips (Mica compared her to a pear once, since she was wearing green at the time.)

The summons remembered hearing a co-worker in the Oriental Palace called her an angel once and she didn't believe him; calling him a flatterer before she practically ran away. Confused and not used to the compliments she was getting...still getting in her work place...and it made Mica laugh his tail off.

The ferret ran off with Sirius, following him around as Renee got acquainted with the room by tracing the walls first, finding the doors, bed, tables, and stands.

"Heheh! Lunch first then ice cream, my little Twinkle." Renee giggled, squeezing and nuzzling her cheek on Sirius. Mica chuckled and hopped around like a happy drunk, looking very funny with his red sweater on. He hid inside of Renee's coat while they traveled outside, happy to stay warm. "Where do we go to eat, Seifer?"

She started to take Sirius' hat and scarf off, same with her own winter apparel; revealing her cream knitted long sleeve shirt, an orange button up underneath it, tucked in her long charcoal grey skirt. She took off her boots out of habit, wiggling her high thigh sock covered toes. Then she asked Mica to lead her where the closet was so she can hang their coats and scarves.

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[Zer0]

- Solere -
" Marchris Inn "​

"Yes, the chandelier is made of everlasting ice and aglow with fairies." said Seifer, watching Renee as she felt the room.

"Hmm . . . The inn serves gnomish and dwarven food downstairs, Renee, it's less than twenty steps to the left if you come down from the main stairs. You'll know it because the floor is wooden instead of stone like our room. There's also this restaurant all made out of ice because it's a giant igloo and they serve smoked seal east from here. But if you want some good hot meaty soup, there's this little local bakery that serves it inside bowls made of bread to the south." said Seifer with gusto. Just thinking about something warm in his belly in this cold weather was good.

"Ice cream, Sirius, is across the street, keep going two blocks straight and you'll start to smell it. Florescue's Sundae's, they have pistachio flavor and smores." he patted his head and took some of the clothes from Renee and placed them on the closet.

'MAMA, SMORES! Can I eat smores instead of lunch?' said Sirius, wiggling in her arms. 'But I will eat twice as many meat for dinner to make up!'

Seifer had to hurry, though, since lunch time was running out and he'd have to go with the models to Widowmaker's Peak.

Katsuya