05-08-2015, 06:39 AM
(Ascendancy holding the power used with permission)
A helicoptor was new experience even if she was in the middle of a very dangerous situation. Aria kept her hands in plain sight the whole time. She didn't want to be interpreted as a threat. And it was probably a good thing no one sat next to her, not the coercing was something she would have done with the Destroyer sitting with in arms reach.
There was no conversation. There was nothing but the loneliness of the ride. At least that was what they thought. Aria could feel everyone but Nikolai Brandon. The man on guard was studious in his job, his feelings hardly straying. The pilot was wary of her, but then who wouldn't be. He had no idea what she was or why she was here and under armed guard. She was hardly dangerous if no one was close enough to touch. She longed to push their fears back at them, to make them quake in their boots because they feared things. Everyone feared something. Aria wondered what the Ascendancy feared.
Aria took a deep breathe and centered herself with the fire and emptiness like she'd been taught so many years ago. It only helped to push away the sharp desire to escape. But this high above the ground, there was only one way out, and that was sure death. Aria would wait to see how it played out.
They landed at an air base and her guard increased, Aria smiled. She was just a little girl, and the Ascendancy feared what she could do. It was flattering to be feared like that, but really what did he expect her to do, lash out with the unseen power of the gods? No amount of armed guards could have stopped that if she had that power. Nox could have easily taken out the circle around her. She had no weapons and unless someone touched her she was harmless. She could take maybe one or two of them with her if she wanted to go out like that, but Aria didn't want to go out anyway. Survival. Home. That was a new thought. She wanted to go home - her home.
Once they arrived to Aria's final destination they checked her over for weapons. They would find none, Aria kept the fact that touching her could be used as a weapon, but they can't take that away. But they removed anything mundane as well that could have been used as a weapon.
Aria waited in the room in a chair, much like an interrogation room. And she was pretty sure that was exactly what was going to happen. Aria wondered what sort of treason she'd be applied with. There was no proof on her person that she was sent to kill Ascendancy just her own words. Her orders were verbal, there were of course confidential records at HQ but those weren't on her wallet. And her research of the man himself lay in the basement of the Baccarat Mansion in a cozy little office space that no one used.
Ascendancy himself came to question her. He was void of all emotion and that sent a shiver down Aria's spin. The man was already scary enough, holding the power and the memories of Nox's awe at his power made it even worse. The Ascendancy sat down in front of her and calmly asked why she was "trapped" in the Atharim.
Aria smiled. "I'm not trapped. That's his version of it, the only way he can rationalize why I stay with the Atharim. I AM Atharim. But I am also a monster by that very same dogma. Almost as immediately killed as a your kind."
A helicoptor was new experience even if she was in the middle of a very dangerous situation. Aria kept her hands in plain sight the whole time. She didn't want to be interpreted as a threat. And it was probably a good thing no one sat next to her, not the coercing was something she would have done with the Destroyer sitting with in arms reach.
There was no conversation. There was nothing but the loneliness of the ride. At least that was what they thought. Aria could feel everyone but Nikolai Brandon. The man on guard was studious in his job, his feelings hardly straying. The pilot was wary of her, but then who wouldn't be. He had no idea what she was or why she was here and under armed guard. She was hardly dangerous if no one was close enough to touch. She longed to push their fears back at them, to make them quake in their boots because they feared things. Everyone feared something. Aria wondered what the Ascendancy feared.
Aria took a deep breathe and centered herself with the fire and emptiness like she'd been taught so many years ago. It only helped to push away the sharp desire to escape. But this high above the ground, there was only one way out, and that was sure death. Aria would wait to see how it played out.
They landed at an air base and her guard increased, Aria smiled. She was just a little girl, and the Ascendancy feared what she could do. It was flattering to be feared like that, but really what did he expect her to do, lash out with the unseen power of the gods? No amount of armed guards could have stopped that if she had that power. Nox could have easily taken out the circle around her. She had no weapons and unless someone touched her she was harmless. She could take maybe one or two of them with her if she wanted to go out like that, but Aria didn't want to go out anyway. Survival. Home. That was a new thought. She wanted to go home - her home.
Once they arrived to Aria's final destination they checked her over for weapons. They would find none, Aria kept the fact that touching her could be used as a weapon, but they can't take that away. But they removed anything mundane as well that could have been used as a weapon.
Aria waited in the room in a chair, much like an interrogation room. And she was pretty sure that was exactly what was going to happen. Aria wondered what sort of treason she'd be applied with. There was no proof on her person that she was sent to kill Ascendancy just her own words. Her orders were verbal, there were of course confidential records at HQ but those weren't on her wallet. And her research of the man himself lay in the basement of the Baccarat Mansion in a cozy little office space that no one used.
Ascendancy himself came to question her. He was void of all emotion and that sent a shiver down Aria's spin. The man was already scary enough, holding the power and the memories of Nox's awe at his power made it even worse. The Ascendancy sat down in front of her and calmly asked why she was "trapped" in the Atharim.
Aria smiled. "I'm not trapped. That's his version of it, the only way he can rationalize why I stay with the Atharim. I AM Atharim. But I am also a monster by that very same dogma. Almost as immediately killed as a your kind."