03-12-2015, 05:49 AM
Flying never was a good thing for Aria. She'd only been once before, but never after that, her handlers opting for more escape-able forms of transportation when a teen age girl started having panic attacks and they were afraid of her being touched or someone accidentally touching her. They said it was fear for Aria's safety, but Aria now knew better.
Nox on the other hand was really rough around the edges, he was paler than usual and he clung to her hand like it was life support. She was surprised the Lucas was as tolerant of it as he was. And the looks and feeling people projected at her were so very wrong. The looks of jealousy and the ones of pure horror at her Aria had to push away. She focused on Lucas and only him. She calmed Nox through that calmness and that was what she focused on while they flew to an airport that would take them most of the way to their destination.
The region they were going was mountainous, and flat land was hard to come by, but they found a place to build a small airport that could cater to the surrounding ski resorts, while that was where they were staying, by the lake at he some well to do ski resort, it was not Aria's final destination. Up in the mountains, the monastery sat, or what remained of it. The buildings had been scared and scorched, if they still stood at all, the monastery it self was being rebuilt not far from the original. It was being built with traditional methods, not modern ones, the process was slow and even these number of years later, it was not fully erected yet.
Aria wasn't exactly sure what she was going to find on the mountain top, but she hoped some insight into the Ascendancy could be gathered, or at the very minimum she could bullshit her way into making this a productive trip to Borovsky. Otherwise he'd have he tracked and followed and that would be no good for anyone, particularly her and Nox. But they wouldn't have an easy time of it either.
Nox eventually calmed down as they flow over the land, it wasn't until the decent again that his panic hit another crescendo and it was all she could do not to fall into his panic, even with Lucas holding her other hand. Going down was so much worse for Nox, the inherent plunge of the plane combined with his memories of falling to the ground didn't couple well together and he was barely holding it together even with her influence.
Aria had a pretty good feeling he was pushing her away, not allowing her to manipulate him, or it would have worked better. But once they were firmly on the ground, Nox's mood returned, albeit it was tempered with releif. He was not quite himself, but the grin he offered was not plagued with fear and he was more than happy to make sarcastic comments to people who glared at him for being loud. He was getting back to normal.
The ski resort she'd chosen sat on the lake, nestled in the valley. Nox went off to the bar the moment they got there, she didn't plane him a bit. He had his luggage delivered to his room and Aria and Lucas went to theirs. A little down time before the next day when she and Nox would trek off into the wilderness with their guide to visit an old scared place that had been blown up by a god.
Nox on the other hand was really rough around the edges, he was paler than usual and he clung to her hand like it was life support. She was surprised the Lucas was as tolerant of it as he was. And the looks and feeling people projected at her were so very wrong. The looks of jealousy and the ones of pure horror at her Aria had to push away. She focused on Lucas and only him. She calmed Nox through that calmness and that was what she focused on while they flew to an airport that would take them most of the way to their destination.
The region they were going was mountainous, and flat land was hard to come by, but they found a place to build a small airport that could cater to the surrounding ski resorts, while that was where they were staying, by the lake at he some well to do ski resort, it was not Aria's final destination. Up in the mountains, the monastery sat, or what remained of it. The buildings had been scared and scorched, if they still stood at all, the monastery it self was being rebuilt not far from the original. It was being built with traditional methods, not modern ones, the process was slow and even these number of years later, it was not fully erected yet.
Aria wasn't exactly sure what she was going to find on the mountain top, but she hoped some insight into the Ascendancy could be gathered, or at the very minimum she could bullshit her way into making this a productive trip to Borovsky. Otherwise he'd have he tracked and followed and that would be no good for anyone, particularly her and Nox. But they wouldn't have an easy time of it either.
Nox eventually calmed down as they flow over the land, it wasn't until the decent again that his panic hit another crescendo and it was all she could do not to fall into his panic, even with Lucas holding her other hand. Going down was so much worse for Nox, the inherent plunge of the plane combined with his memories of falling to the ground didn't couple well together and he was barely holding it together even with her influence.
Aria had a pretty good feeling he was pushing her away, not allowing her to manipulate him, or it would have worked better. But once they were firmly on the ground, Nox's mood returned, albeit it was tempered with releif. He was not quite himself, but the grin he offered was not plagued with fear and he was more than happy to make sarcastic comments to people who glared at him for being loud. He was getting back to normal.
The ski resort she'd chosen sat on the lake, nestled in the valley. Nox went off to the bar the moment they got there, she didn't plane him a bit. He had his luggage delivered to his room and Aria and Lucas went to theirs. A little down time before the next day when she and Nox would trek off into the wilderness with their guide to visit an old scared place that had been blown up by a god.