Re: Atlantis
Siphon blinked several times at 'Aya'. He had never met this woman before, yet clearly she knew him, and from the look of sadness in her eyes as she spoke, he was willing to bet she knew him in more ways than one. It bothered him, though he couldn't say why. He'd encountered beings capable of reading minds, ones that could fake you into thinking they had known you for a long time, but were really predator types. In this case though, that couldn't be the case. Only Adria had been capable of that, and that was because the Ori had cheated and made her effectively a walking energy being who was mortal.
So that begged the question. Why couldn't he remember her, and who was she? From the sadness in her eyes, he wondered just how well she really knew him, and then decided at the moment, that probably wasn't a good path to go down. Finally he looked at her glistening emerald green eyes and shook his head.
{"I .. I'm afraid I don't. I'm sorry, but I don't think I've ever met you before, yet clearly you know me? How is this possible?"}
For a long moment she turned, and there was a soft sound of her crying. By now Sho was close enough to hear this, which probably confused the living hell out of her. Sho actually was close enough to see the blonde bombshell woman, dressed in Lantean attire similar to what she'd first met Siphon wearing. Clearly though, her outfit was much older than Siphons, probably older than he was too, which was saying a lot. For a moment, she might wonder what had caused the woman to cry like so, it wasn't something you saw every day now.
Sho could see Siphon now, standing awkwardly in front of the woman, seemingly unsure of what was going on. Naturally, he wanted to say or do something for her, but Sho could tell even from here, he hadn't a clue what to do. Which meant she'd clearly missed something, some exchange of words, most likely in Ancient. The question was, what had she missed?
After a long moment Aya turned back to Siphon. She was stunned, sad that he had no idea who she was. He had to have ascended and then come back she thought, it was the only way he wouldn't remember her. Which meant for some reason, those memories had been blocked from him, but she knew from what Moros had told her, that it was impossible to destroy them. Somewhere, deep inside of him, those memories existed, and it would likely take some kind of event to trigger them. Finally, choking back tears and the urge to cry more, she stood to face him again. She had become aware of another presence near by, but she didn't feel threatened by it. For the moment, she chose to ignore it, focusing instead on the man who she'd once lived across three different galaxies, and two different cities, hoping she could at least restore his memories to him.
{"I'm ... sad to hear that. I guess I'll have to start from scratch again. I'm Aya Morioka, and you are Siphon Velnaros, or at least you were. This city ... was our home until about ten thousand years or so ago, it's hard to keep track of time while frozen. You ... you vanished a few years before we abandoned Atlantis, and I remained here. The others thought you dead but I never ... I never gave up, it's why I stayed here. I wasn't ready to ascend, to let go of who we were, what we had. Oh god please remember me."}
Before she could think twice about what she was doing, she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
Siphon stood there shocked by her words. She wasn't lying, he could tell this much, but to think he'd been HERE at the time ... It was something he couldn't fathom. He knew his memories had been tampered with after defeating Adria that time, but this would mean it hadn't been the first time,
and it would certainly mean he was MUCH older than he thought.
This ... CAN'T be possible. That would mean ... shit what if it really is true and I've forgotten a huge chunk of my past yet again? Son of a ... WHAT THE HELL?
He blinked when Aya suddenly pressed her lips to his and kissed him, arms instinctively wrapping around her and bracing against the wall to keep them both from half going through it. She was strong even for an ancient, and he wondered for a brief moment what her abilities were. That quickly left his mind though as she didn't immediately break away, and suddenly he caught the fire behind her kiss. Any shred of thought she could be lying was gone right then and there, no one could put that much behind a kiss if they didn't mean it. He might not remember her, but she clearly remembered him, and if the kiss were any way to judge, she clearly was in love with him. It was a long moment before she broke away, her cheeks having flushed just a little bit, and she backed up a half step, her head drooping.
{"I ... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have ...."}
She stopped when Siphon shook his head.
{"No it's OK. You just surprised me is all, I wasn't expecting it. I'm sorry, i don't remember you but that doesn't mean you should be ashamed of how you ..."}
He trailed off as a sudden flash slammed into him, and it took him a moment to realize it was in his mind. He staggered back against the wall, hand bracing himself as several rapid fire images raced through his mind at once.
Atlantis at night, fully lit was a spectacular sight. It's piers stretched out as far as the eye could see against the night sky, lit by three different moons. They were lucky to be here still, it had only been just a few days ago they had learned of the massive flare about to hit them, and even then it had almost been too late. The Atoshka had been doing a survey of unusual sunspot activity on their star when an arch flare had sharply cut outward. The pilot had seen it coming in barely enough time to engage their hyper-drive, arriving mere minutes before the brunt of the heat and radiation would. He had lived just long enough to warn them of what was coming, given them JUST enough time to get the shield up and extend it across much of the planet before it hit. And hit it had. A large chunk of the planet surface had been scorched, killed instantly by the supercharged radiation. Anything outside the shield had died instantly, wildlife and Ancient alike. They had lost over a hundred people who'd been too far out past the extended shield to make it in time, despite the warning. But Alkvernon had given them the precious minutes they had needed to prevent it from being a complete planet wide die off. He'd been the only survivor on board the Atoshka, burned so badly even despite the jump that he had only lived for an hour after arriving back at Atlantis. They had done everything they could, but even their most advanced healers and technology hadn't been able to do anything for him except ease his suffering some. Siphon wince as he recalled how Alkvernon had died slowly, painfully, understanding exactly what was happening to him but powerless to stop it.
He shook his head lightly. Alkvernon had sacrificed himself to save their city, and over eighty percent of their race. They had lit everything tonight to honor him, and there had been a remembrance of his life earlier this evening. He and Aya had personally seen to everything for it, especially given the fact that Aya had arrived back to Atlantis mere hours after the event had ended. Without Alkvernon's warning, Aya would have had nothing to return to, the gate simply wouldn't have locked, leaving her scrambling to find the next Aurora class back to Atlantis, only to find the smoldering ruins of a once thriving planet.
Once more he shook his head, pushing the thoughts from his mind. It hadn't played out that way fortunately, and tonight was the first chance he and Aya would have to really spend time together after that incident. They had planned to make the most of it, the incident having been a grim reminder to them once more that even though they were in a new galaxy once more, they weren't always safe from everything. He pushed all other thoughts out of his mind suddenly as the doors behind him opened, and Aya stepped out onto the balcony that extended off their room.
He turned to face her, once again marvelling at how beautiful she was. They'd been a couple for dozens of millions of years now, their lives having seen not one, but three different galaxies, and two different types of cities. They had been coupled just a few centuries before the great migration as some called it. They had left their original home, Alterus behind, the differences between views in their society having created a situation where his own faction leaders had ultimately decided leaving and branching out to a new galaxy was the best idea. Fortunately, he and Aya had both been believers of the same principles, and he hadn't been forced to leave her behind.
And so they had left in a city ship, one much smaller than Atlantis. After months of travel, they had arrived in a new galaxy, their new home. They had set to work fixing a new life for their people, and it was then they began to advance in great leaps and bounds. By the time most everyone they had known was long gone, Siphon and Aya had seen the dawning of a new galaxy being born. Their lives had already covered several million years, far longer than anyone had ever lived, and yet they showed no sign of slowing down. Many credited that to the incredible advancement of their healing abilities, although many felt it strange that only the two of them had this gift. It wouldn't be until after meeting the Nox and Asgard that they understood why.
Now though, they were in yet another galaxy, living at the crown jewel, the center of their civilization. Tonight though, none of that mattered, he thought as he lovingly looked at his wife. She was a beautiful woman, and though they had been together for so long, they had no children. It was something they had discussed in the past couple of days since the incident, a dawning realization that despite their seeming immortality to aging, they weren't invincible. They had to think about the future, and now. For so long they had been afraid to have a child, for their lives always had some kind of excitement in them, but they realized now that would never change. They couldn't be afraid to try and raise a child any longer.
As she stepped onto the balcony, he once more took in her form. She was only slightly taller than he was, but that hadn't mattered. One would have a hard time after looking into her lovely green eyes not to fall in love with her, and despite her incredible gifts, she was still a sweet woman. While some grew arrogant with their power growing, she never had, and she had never lost that 'vulnerable' air to her.
She smiled at him, reaching for him, and he embraced her, kissing her as they stood there, simply enjoying the night and the time together ...
And suddenly Siphon was back to reality. His head shot up to Aya, realizing that the woman in his vision had been HER. His eyes widened, even as her own Emerald Green eyes widened in alarm.
{"Are you OK? What happened?"}
He shook his head, replying first in English, than cursing at himself for the stupidity, again in English.
{"I'm not sure ... Right after our kiss I ... I think it might have been a flashback?"}
((Have Sho feel free to do something, not much more I can post to this lol, the ol brain has run dry!))
