RaWolfe
Retired Staff
- RP Date
- YE 42
- RP Location
- Sanctum
Alice sighed as she returned from her meeting with the joint delegation. Who knew how exhausting it would be to be in a room with delegates from every major faction? She was glad to have it settled and over, very deeply so, but was partly disgusted with herself at her own responses. Had she really so readily agreed to their plan, one that would likely see many lives lost?
It egged at the Admiral, terribly so as she leaned back in her leather chair, still dressed in full ceremonial uniform. The woman needed a break before work became all too much and she lost her way. Something she rarely asked for in her time working, but Sareash in her life had begun to change that around. Every day away drew her back to wanting to spend it all with her favorite angel. Intimate nights and casual days that she longed for with her.
Alice had no plans to let duty ruin her relationships this time around, and it's what he would have wanted. The best way she could honor the late lord was to give it her all at trying to stay loyal to her family more than work. After all, devotion to a cause weighed on one after a while, especially one who had been so constantly lonely. Her fingers were tapping at holographic keys before that thought had finished, putting in a notice of leave for a bit, as her thoughts turned to Ashe.
With the form submitted and sent, an idle hand at first wandered to her regulation stiff collar. It paused in hesitation, having never sought to loosen the dutiful bond this collar represented to her mentally, but love won out. Her hand grabbing and forcefully pulling the fastening undone.
As the service coat and other adornments were shed, Alice opened a comm call to her angel in question. "Hey, it's me Ashe. Yeah, I'm taking a vacation leave, and I...want you to come with me. I've already sent in the paperwork and gotten it approved. Been highly recommended by the psychologist for a while now, for us both actually."
The days were long, the paperwork was even higher. The people wanted to get their demands and a moment of the councilor's time. Sareash was doing her best to repay the NDC as much as she could, it bugged her that she was out of commission when the late lord had died. The hours she put into the investigation of what had gone wrong was not simply one report, the whole organization needed a review and Sareash ordered her new team of Chiefs to release people after they would have failed the regular back check. Though Sareash kept her mind to the price as Alice would always say, the end of the day where she would check out and go back home...hoping to see her again.
Hearing Alice voice, she signals the assistant to leave the room and listens carefully to Alice message that gave her a soft smile “A leave of absence...after all those months that is something I could use right now” She spoke and tapped into her system to get her side sorted and Alice was right, it was approved immediately “Top of her game, as always” She smirks a bit as she taps the communication to open the channel “Sorry for the delay in response, I had to get my papers in check as well. As you said, the leave of absence is approved instantly. I wonder if we have worked too hard these days”
Alice could be heard giving a small giggle over the line, "I for once am willing to agree with them, starting to feel it too. So what do you say to you, and me on a week-long beach getaway? Just you and me?"
She taps her lip for a second as Sareash smiled softly “I don’t know, I got that dilemma of what kind of bikini set I will use this time to tease you” Sareash had opened up more to Alice than anyone else. Where she is very formal in her duties, very serious when it comes to protecting her people, she could never really open up and show her soft and warm side to other people.
"I look forward to the surprise, though it is for a week. You know, you could bring a variety, see how many shades of red you can get out of me. I know I'm bringing a selection of things, for each part of the day honey.", Came the flirtatious reply, something that already had her face flush. Alice hadn't even left her office yet, and she was already answering like they were alone. It was a bit unexpected of herself, but perhaps this was a clear sign she needed this.
As they talked, she began to pack up for the day, looking at the messenger bag she used. Maybe it was time to switch to something less militant, and more….feminine, she questioned in her mind.
After the conversation, Sareash made her way back home and excused herself for the day at her workers with a friendly bow. The workers had gained a certain respect for the hardworking angel that had worked tirelessly to get things back on track. Getting back home, she took a deep breath and noticed that Alice's car was already parked outside. She walked upwards “I’m home” She spoke a bit loudly as Sareash took off her jacket and entered their bedroom leaning at the side of the door looking at Alice who was dealing with something in her mind “You seem miles away dear…”
A chuckle emanated from the amazonian, "Just the usual deep questions. Wondering maybe I should start trading service boots for heels a bit more often now. Maybe start carrying a purse instead of a messenger bag for my things. What do you think?" Alice sat up further from her laid-back position on the bed, having changed down to an oversized shirt for comfort, despite the colder weather.
Sareash didn't quite know how to respond to those troubling thoughts of her wife “Well, whatever you feel comfortable with, I am not going to love you less. Thought the papers have a field day when they spot you with such equipment” She teases a bit and pushes herself off the door and walks towards the bed falling down onto Alice side and into her arms to cuddle a bit as she closed her eyes a bit “I always look forward to this you know” Thought her mind was troubled as well as she rose her head and looked at Alice “Dear...do I do enough for the NDC? I sometimes feel guilty that I am behind a desk while my people are out there defending us”
An arm wrapped around the winged woman, still gentle of her wings as she did. "Here I am worrying about being womanly, and you're worried about doing enough for your country.", Alice said with a sadly furrowed brow. "Starting to sound like the old me. I think you've gone above and beyond time and time again. Things have been peaceful, with no war of our own for some time now. Even if temporary, you've more than helped to secure it."
She laid her head on her arm as Sareash shrugs “The war might be over, but it continues within the buildings. It took me months to clean up the internal conflicts between people. I do sincerely miss the blunt soldier work, just step into my mech and fly into space” She looked at her wing that rose up a bit showing the scars “But that took the ultimate price on me..and now I am chained to the ground”
"It did, and why I'm glad that you're in a safer position now. And you're good at it too, especially getting people sorted out, and the chaos minimized. Though….you did look good in one of those bodysuits I have to admit." A small grin was given as Alice did her best to cheer Ashe up, a stray hand moving to Elysian's back to stroke it reassuringly. Maybe medical science could advance to give her love their wings back, or arrange a trip to their ally Yamatai for a procedure.
In either case, it was sad to see her wife so physically affected. Alice held her close as she felt that warmth, something she wanted to be able to feel every day without interruption. But it also brought about thoughts again of what lay beyond for the two, and what a normal life would even be like for people like them. Family...was an odd thought, but one she was desperately growing to want for her, and Ashe.
“Good at it…” Sareash repeated Alice words and sighs “I’m good and feel alive in my suit and protect the NDC and you from all bad guys” She placed her hand on Alice's chest “In those rooms, I get to battle dusty old people that all know it better” She looked up at Alice “can I please have my suit back… can you not see how bored your wife is” She grins.
"Actually, I got us a matching pair of the new ones. Still can't go out and lead the charge, but at least you have something to reasonably feel sexy in that's work-related. You can pursue me in mine as well." Came her chuckled reply. "Even though I'm bored as well, I write more fleet plans than actually command directly."
The last words came with her own sigh, her position only marginally better on what it all entailed. Things had become so much less hung ho with command after Jack's passing, things settling into a more defined and set system. Another reason they both needed the escape from work, and perhaps even more so in the long run. It brought a question to her mind that she needed to ask, a few in fact. "Hey Ashe, would you consider us family? I know that's weird to ask, but do we seem like we're ready to be wives, and open up to more...well normal lives?"
She looked at the Elysian woman, directly in the eyes with a wandering gaze. "With this talk of peace coming, and the major war over soon. Maybe it's time we started thinking about ourselves more maybe? Actually have a go at the civilian life, which I think we deserve.", Alice said before waiting for her lover's response.
Looking at Alice, she noticed that this was on her mind for quite some time. A family, a peaceful life and maybe just settle down. But were they not already on that path, Sareash smiled softly at that idea and nods to herself “I have considered you my family before I said yes dear” She lets her hand slide over Alice's cheek “We are pretty much on the course to settle down from all that has happened” She gave a gentle slap on her cheek “And that's for the idea that we are not open to each other, understand clearly that I am more open, more comfortable with you than anyone else” She leans forward and gave Alice a gentle kiss on her lips as she looked back into her eyes.
“I mean I am way different, I hope from the first time we met at Osman until now” She smirks a bit “But do you truly think that peace will have mercy on us? I am partly already doing civilian work and I fear that we are now entering a whole new stage of warfare...the political warfare where things might get ugly very quickly” Sareash was concerned with the NDC now growing and the need for military tuned down that people have more courage to voice their opinions about the direction of where NDC goes. Opinions she gladly hears, but the effect of potential riots and demonstrations was something she rather avoided.
Alice actually tore a little bit, "I never doubted that, but more doubt myself. It would not be my first try, and I failed as a woman when I was far younger. I had the same opportunity at the start of my career, but failed and let the war consume me." The topic was hard on her, that much was clear, the buried memories of before she became the hardened woman she had been when they first met. "I have a son, he should be getting close to being in his mid-20s now. I had him shortly after enlistment, but I was never there, only sending money back to support him as I fought and fought."
Sitting up as Sareash looked a bit with shock at Alice at the mention that she had a son. A son?! Sareash looked confused and puzzled for a bit, how could she have missed this. Was it before they were deployed together? Did she never care to take notice of it at the beginning? Sareash lets it sink in and finally lets the words slide over her tongue “A son...would that not mean that he is now….my son?” Sareash looked even more confused and looked through their sleeping room “Well that is quite the news...and unexpected. But…” She mutters “We were in a difficult position back then, the war was raging and there was little we could do than stay home and be the faithful mother, I guess”
Alice shook her head, "I haven't seen him since shortly after he was born. I lost contact with the father some years after. I completely disconnected when I came to Osman, having left the empire after all they had done. I should have at the least…..I don't know." The taller woman lowered the tilt of her body to lean her frame into Sareashe's chest. Gripping her tightly in an embrace where she could be felt shaking. "Yes, he is your son too, but how could I even be called his mother after abandoning my own child like a coward!"
Still surprised about what had occurred a few seconds ago by the enlightened information about Alice having a son and so it seems that Sareash now also had a son “No...your not a coward. Keep in mind Alice, you are by nature a warrior and not someone that can sit still at home. I totally understand your position in this and frankly, at that time I would have done the same thing” Sareash pointed out bluntly as she looked down at Alice who held her “But now you do have a chance to reconnect if you want I can pull some strings to maybe find out what happened to him? Osman database is easy to access for my department”
The Amazon woman only nods, her face had not left her wife's chest. "I doubt I can make things right, but I just want to know, and hope that he was still happy even without me.", Alice said with a sniff, the rush of emotions had started to wear off some now. Her head raises finally to draw Ashe into a deep kiss of thanks for the offer, and for hearing her out so understandingly.
Taking up on the offer, Sareash kissed her back to receive her thanks as she smiled at her “I will do my best to use my ability as Director to get information on...our son” Sareash said though she was still puzzling a bit about it “Now, we still need to get going from here to get our well earned holiday dear” Sareash pointed out with a wink at her as she slowly got out of her comfortable position “I still need to pack more stuff if any” She pointed out getting off the bed and spreads her wings to stretch them.
There wouldn't be much to pack for the admiral, as it was not like she owned many casual clothes, to begin with. So she laid back on the bed, her eyes merely shutting for a second before a soft snore came from her. It was clear the stress had worn her out, and the sudden release of it, having drained her energy thoroughly. Alice was already fast asleep, her mind sailing down the rabbit hole of her dreams as usual. The meeting tomorrow would require great amounts of rest indeed.
It egged at the Admiral, terribly so as she leaned back in her leather chair, still dressed in full ceremonial uniform. The woman needed a break before work became all too much and she lost her way. Something she rarely asked for in her time working, but Sareash in her life had begun to change that around. Every day away drew her back to wanting to spend it all with her favorite angel. Intimate nights and casual days that she longed for with her.
Alice had no plans to let duty ruin her relationships this time around, and it's what he would have wanted. The best way she could honor the late lord was to give it her all at trying to stay loyal to her family more than work. After all, devotion to a cause weighed on one after a while, especially one who had been so constantly lonely. Her fingers were tapping at holographic keys before that thought had finished, putting in a notice of leave for a bit, as her thoughts turned to Ashe.
With the form submitted and sent, an idle hand at first wandered to her regulation stiff collar. It paused in hesitation, having never sought to loosen the dutiful bond this collar represented to her mentally, but love won out. Her hand grabbing and forcefully pulling the fastening undone.
As the service coat and other adornments were shed, Alice opened a comm call to her angel in question. "Hey, it's me Ashe. Yeah, I'm taking a vacation leave, and I...want you to come with me. I've already sent in the paperwork and gotten it approved. Been highly recommended by the psychologist for a while now, for us both actually."
The days were long, the paperwork was even higher. The people wanted to get their demands and a moment of the councilor's time. Sareash was doing her best to repay the NDC as much as she could, it bugged her that she was out of commission when the late lord had died. The hours she put into the investigation of what had gone wrong was not simply one report, the whole organization needed a review and Sareash ordered her new team of Chiefs to release people after they would have failed the regular back check. Though Sareash kept her mind to the price as Alice would always say, the end of the day where she would check out and go back home...hoping to see her again.
Hearing Alice voice, she signals the assistant to leave the room and listens carefully to Alice message that gave her a soft smile “A leave of absence...after all those months that is something I could use right now” She spoke and tapped into her system to get her side sorted and Alice was right, it was approved immediately “Top of her game, as always” She smirks a bit as she taps the communication to open the channel “Sorry for the delay in response, I had to get my papers in check as well. As you said, the leave of absence is approved instantly. I wonder if we have worked too hard these days”
Alice could be heard giving a small giggle over the line, "I for once am willing to agree with them, starting to feel it too. So what do you say to you, and me on a week-long beach getaway? Just you and me?"
She taps her lip for a second as Sareash smiled softly “I don’t know, I got that dilemma of what kind of bikini set I will use this time to tease you” Sareash had opened up more to Alice than anyone else. Where she is very formal in her duties, very serious when it comes to protecting her people, she could never really open up and show her soft and warm side to other people.
"I look forward to the surprise, though it is for a week. You know, you could bring a variety, see how many shades of red you can get out of me. I know I'm bringing a selection of things, for each part of the day honey.", Came the flirtatious reply, something that already had her face flush. Alice hadn't even left her office yet, and she was already answering like they were alone. It was a bit unexpected of herself, but perhaps this was a clear sign she needed this.
As they talked, she began to pack up for the day, looking at the messenger bag she used. Maybe it was time to switch to something less militant, and more….feminine, she questioned in her mind.
After the conversation, Sareash made her way back home and excused herself for the day at her workers with a friendly bow. The workers had gained a certain respect for the hardworking angel that had worked tirelessly to get things back on track. Getting back home, she took a deep breath and noticed that Alice's car was already parked outside. She walked upwards “I’m home” She spoke a bit loudly as Sareash took off her jacket and entered their bedroom leaning at the side of the door looking at Alice who was dealing with something in her mind “You seem miles away dear…”
A chuckle emanated from the amazonian, "Just the usual deep questions. Wondering maybe I should start trading service boots for heels a bit more often now. Maybe start carrying a purse instead of a messenger bag for my things. What do you think?" Alice sat up further from her laid-back position on the bed, having changed down to an oversized shirt for comfort, despite the colder weather.
Sareash didn't quite know how to respond to those troubling thoughts of her wife “Well, whatever you feel comfortable with, I am not going to love you less. Thought the papers have a field day when they spot you with such equipment” She teases a bit and pushes herself off the door and walks towards the bed falling down onto Alice side and into her arms to cuddle a bit as she closed her eyes a bit “I always look forward to this you know” Thought her mind was troubled as well as she rose her head and looked at Alice “Dear...do I do enough for the NDC? I sometimes feel guilty that I am behind a desk while my people are out there defending us”
An arm wrapped around the winged woman, still gentle of her wings as she did. "Here I am worrying about being womanly, and you're worried about doing enough for your country.", Alice said with a sadly furrowed brow. "Starting to sound like the old me. I think you've gone above and beyond time and time again. Things have been peaceful, with no war of our own for some time now. Even if temporary, you've more than helped to secure it."
She laid her head on her arm as Sareash shrugs “The war might be over, but it continues within the buildings. It took me months to clean up the internal conflicts between people. I do sincerely miss the blunt soldier work, just step into my mech and fly into space” She looked at her wing that rose up a bit showing the scars “But that took the ultimate price on me..and now I am chained to the ground”
"It did, and why I'm glad that you're in a safer position now. And you're good at it too, especially getting people sorted out, and the chaos minimized. Though….you did look good in one of those bodysuits I have to admit." A small grin was given as Alice did her best to cheer Ashe up, a stray hand moving to Elysian's back to stroke it reassuringly. Maybe medical science could advance to give her love their wings back, or arrange a trip to their ally Yamatai for a procedure.
In either case, it was sad to see her wife so physically affected. Alice held her close as she felt that warmth, something she wanted to be able to feel every day without interruption. But it also brought about thoughts again of what lay beyond for the two, and what a normal life would even be like for people like them. Family...was an odd thought, but one she was desperately growing to want for her, and Ashe.
“Good at it…” Sareash repeated Alice words and sighs “I’m good and feel alive in my suit and protect the NDC and you from all bad guys” She placed her hand on Alice's chest “In those rooms, I get to battle dusty old people that all know it better” She looked up at Alice “can I please have my suit back… can you not see how bored your wife is” She grins.
"Actually, I got us a matching pair of the new ones. Still can't go out and lead the charge, but at least you have something to reasonably feel sexy in that's work-related. You can pursue me in mine as well." Came her chuckled reply. "Even though I'm bored as well, I write more fleet plans than actually command directly."
The last words came with her own sigh, her position only marginally better on what it all entailed. Things had become so much less hung ho with command after Jack's passing, things settling into a more defined and set system. Another reason they both needed the escape from work, and perhaps even more so in the long run. It brought a question to her mind that she needed to ask, a few in fact. "Hey Ashe, would you consider us family? I know that's weird to ask, but do we seem like we're ready to be wives, and open up to more...well normal lives?"
She looked at the Elysian woman, directly in the eyes with a wandering gaze. "With this talk of peace coming, and the major war over soon. Maybe it's time we started thinking about ourselves more maybe? Actually have a go at the civilian life, which I think we deserve.", Alice said before waiting for her lover's response.
Looking at Alice, she noticed that this was on her mind for quite some time. A family, a peaceful life and maybe just settle down. But were they not already on that path, Sareash smiled softly at that idea and nods to herself “I have considered you my family before I said yes dear” She lets her hand slide over Alice's cheek “We are pretty much on the course to settle down from all that has happened” She gave a gentle slap on her cheek “And that's for the idea that we are not open to each other, understand clearly that I am more open, more comfortable with you than anyone else” She leans forward and gave Alice a gentle kiss on her lips as she looked back into her eyes.
“I mean I am way different, I hope from the first time we met at Osman until now” She smirks a bit “But do you truly think that peace will have mercy on us? I am partly already doing civilian work and I fear that we are now entering a whole new stage of warfare...the political warfare where things might get ugly very quickly” Sareash was concerned with the NDC now growing and the need for military tuned down that people have more courage to voice their opinions about the direction of where NDC goes. Opinions she gladly hears, but the effect of potential riots and demonstrations was something she rather avoided.
Alice actually tore a little bit, "I never doubted that, but more doubt myself. It would not be my first try, and I failed as a woman when I was far younger. I had the same opportunity at the start of my career, but failed and let the war consume me." The topic was hard on her, that much was clear, the buried memories of before she became the hardened woman she had been when they first met. "I have a son, he should be getting close to being in his mid-20s now. I had him shortly after enlistment, but I was never there, only sending money back to support him as I fought and fought."
Sitting up as Sareash looked a bit with shock at Alice at the mention that she had a son. A son?! Sareash looked confused and puzzled for a bit, how could she have missed this. Was it before they were deployed together? Did she never care to take notice of it at the beginning? Sareash lets it sink in and finally lets the words slide over her tongue “A son...would that not mean that he is now….my son?” Sareash looked even more confused and looked through their sleeping room “Well that is quite the news...and unexpected. But…” She mutters “We were in a difficult position back then, the war was raging and there was little we could do than stay home and be the faithful mother, I guess”
Alice shook her head, "I haven't seen him since shortly after he was born. I lost contact with the father some years after. I completely disconnected when I came to Osman, having left the empire after all they had done. I should have at the least…..I don't know." The taller woman lowered the tilt of her body to lean her frame into Sareashe's chest. Gripping her tightly in an embrace where she could be felt shaking. "Yes, he is your son too, but how could I even be called his mother after abandoning my own child like a coward!"
Still surprised about what had occurred a few seconds ago by the enlightened information about Alice having a son and so it seems that Sareash now also had a son “No...your not a coward. Keep in mind Alice, you are by nature a warrior and not someone that can sit still at home. I totally understand your position in this and frankly, at that time I would have done the same thing” Sareash pointed out bluntly as she looked down at Alice who held her “But now you do have a chance to reconnect if you want I can pull some strings to maybe find out what happened to him? Osman database is easy to access for my department”
The Amazon woman only nods, her face had not left her wife's chest. "I doubt I can make things right, but I just want to know, and hope that he was still happy even without me.", Alice said with a sniff, the rush of emotions had started to wear off some now. Her head raises finally to draw Ashe into a deep kiss of thanks for the offer, and for hearing her out so understandingly.
Taking up on the offer, Sareash kissed her back to receive her thanks as she smiled at her “I will do my best to use my ability as Director to get information on...our son” Sareash said though she was still puzzling a bit about it “Now, we still need to get going from here to get our well earned holiday dear” Sareash pointed out with a wink at her as she slowly got out of her comfortable position “I still need to pack more stuff if any” She pointed out getting off the bed and spreads her wings to stretch them.
There wouldn't be much to pack for the admiral, as it was not like she owned many casual clothes, to begin with. So she laid back on the bed, her eyes merely shutting for a second before a soft snore came from her. It was clear the stress had worn her out, and the sudden release of it, having drained her energy thoroughly. Alice was already fast asleep, her mind sailing down the rabbit hole of her dreams as usual. The meeting tomorrow would require great amounts of rest indeed.
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