Legacies of light

Φ As I am still in shock over Captivant’s presence in my house, I hear Iancu say, “Mommy what’s a fuck boy?”

“Well little Iancu, it is-,”

“Don’t explain it to him.”

“Relax, I was just pulling your leg hubby.”

“You shouldn’t be so aggressive Avaram.”

“I don’t want to hear that, especially coming from you. Now get your ass out of my house and walk in properly.”

“Why would I do such a thin-.” Before he can finish, I pick Captivant up and throw him outside, then I quickly close the door.

Hearing a knock on the door my wife goes to open it, then Captivant says, “You really don’t have a sense of humour.”

“Not when it comes to you.”

“Well screw you too then.”

“WHY ARE YOU HERE?”

Stretching out his arm, Captivant says, “I have missed you Babyboy.”

Running into his arms, Iancu says, “I missed you too uncle.”

“Gloria, you seem to be doing well.”

“I am as good as usual,” my wife says as blood spurts from her mouth.

“Ahh yes, it is just like usual. Avaram you should really tell her to stop.”

“I have, but she doesn’t seem to care.”

“I only jumped into a black hole no need to complain. Isn’t that right Capti.”

“Yeah everyone needs to do that once in their lives, you should support that.”

“AM I SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS.”

Holding up his hand Iancu says, “I agree with daddy.”

“Thank you, son.”

Looking at him with contempt my wife says, “Traitor.”

As Iancu looks sad, I say, “Don’t say that to your son.”

“You guys really are full of life, but you should reserve some of that strength for the award ceremony tomorrow.”

“What award ceremony?” My wife says.

“Did your husband not tell yo-.”

I whisper “Be quiet,” while making a very threatening gesture.

Walking up to me, my wife asks, “What is he talking about and why didn’t I know about it?”

“It is nothing.”

“Captivant tell me.”

“Well, you see-.”

“No, wait, don’t Capti.”

“Iancu restrains your father,” my wife says as she throws him at me.

As Iancu lands on me, he uses his legacy to increase the gravity around us making me heavy.

“Avaram here is getting an award for his scientific achievements. They have said that his recent discoveries have brought Elpída two hundred years closer to understanding all the technology made by Basileia and the rest of the scientists of Celestial vision all those years ago. So, he is getting a reward from the government tomorrow.”

Turning around my wife says, “Hubby why didn’t I know about this.”

Tickling Iancu to get him to turn off his ability I say, “That’s because you won’t be coming.”

“Yes, I will.”

Looking her dead in the eye I say, “You will definitely are not. You’re going to sit in your bed and recover, I have full control over who I can bring, and I have already notified them that if you come they have the right to restrain you.”

“Why do you have to be such a bully.”

“All my compassion faded when I heard what you did, now go get some rest while I talk to Captivant.”

“I refuse.”

“I can call for divorce papers right now.”

“Ok, ok.”

“Now Iancu, take your mom to bed.”

Getting out of my hands, Iancu grabs his mom by the leg and tries to lift her. “Baby what are you doing.”

“You’re sick, so I will princess carry you.” Iancu then uses his legacy to remove gravity which allows him to lift her. As he carries his mom he says, “Come with me, princess.”

“What a brave knight you are.” This causes Iancu to have an Ecstatic smile on his face.

“Let's go to the living room Captivant.”

As we arrive and sit down Captivant says, “Ai was the one who told me about this whole ceremony, which must mean it has been widely publicised, how did you hide that from Gloria?”

“When she gets to work, she can only think about one thing.”

“My wife was the same when it came to her experiments.”

I whisper, “Please don’t compare your wife's insanity, to mine's sense of justice.”

“What was that.”

“Nothing.”

“Hey Look at what I bought here,” he says as he shows me a camera. “It can capture images in a second.”

“Yes, I know, they’re commonplace around here.”

“This country really is lots of fun, there are so many things that look like complete fantasy to all of us below.”

“You have been here before so I don’t see why this is the first time you bought a camera.”

“Two reasons, first: these things are ridiculously expensive I know some nobles who don’t have enough money to buy one. And the second is that my Draga liked to draw all the places we go to, so if we had this it would have pissed her off.” Captivant has a sombre smile as he says this.

“So, I guess the real reason you came here was to check if your gear is finished.”

“Was I that obvious?”

“Captivant, to be honest, I would prefer if you just didn’t do this. Climbing Fimbulwinter is a fool's earn, and unlike me and Draga you're only human. So what I am saying is, don’t go just enjoy the rest of your time in Blestemate.”

After smacking me on the head Captivant says, “Doesn’t matter if I am not a vampire or even if it is impossible, I will do it. For all my wife has given me, this is what I will give her. And this old man has full confidence in whatever you create.”

When he said this to me his eyes are full of conviction, the amount of energy in his words in unbefitting for a man his age. “Well, I guess all I can do is my best, you bibliophile.”

Captivant tries to hold back his laughter while saying, “Despite all your harsh words you actually care a lot about me, pfft and now you're trying to return to your fake persona.”

I get up and walk away saying, “You know what let me poke a few holes in the gear for you.”

“I am sorry don’t be mean,” he says while holding me.

Looking over in the direction where the door is, I see it is open, “I swear I closed it.”

“Gloria opened it when she and Iancu snuck out of the house.”

“They did what? Wait you saw this why didn’t you tell me.”

“I thought it would be funnier if you found out like this,” Captivant says with a smile.

“FUCK YOU!”

-Break-

Φ “Mommy over here,” Iancu tells me.

“I am coming wait up,” I say as I hand out food to the people in front of me.

“Thank you so much, god bless you.”

“No need for that, I am just doing my job as an officer.” Ichnaea is still as horrible as ever. The buildings deteriorate more and more every single day, this truly is no place to live especially for kids.

“Mommy, hurry up.”

“I am coming darling.” As me and my baby continue to give out food to everyone, I see a few kids sitting by themselves and not eating, so I walk over to them.

“Hey, are you ok? Is the food not to your liking?”

But the kid turns away from me while giving me a nasty look, and then suddenly, someone puts their hand on my shoulder and says, “Please leave her alone, he doesn’t want to talk to anyone.”

“Why is that?”

“It is because the people that girl used to live with were all kidnapped by the aliens.”

“There was another kidnapping?”

“Yes, they have increased in frequency lately, which has caused a lot of animosities to build up between us and the Gpd, so I am sorry but these kids won’t be very trusting of you.”

Despite how rude his words may sound I know that the Gpd doesn’t police Ichnaea like the other platforms, so kidnappings are much more common here. I guess seeing an officer like me is causing some tension here. “I understand.”

But as I finish talking to the man, I hear my son say, “Apple.”

“Leave me alone.”

“But apple, look the apple is tasty.”

“I don’t want your food.”

“But then do you want a banana?”

“NO!”

“I see do you want tomatoes? They are really juicy and make my fangs feel all nice.”

After looking at Iancu's fangs she says, “Get away from me freak.”

Letting out tears, my son says, “I was just trying to be nice. I didn’t know I was a freak.”

The little girl starts to freak out and says, “I am sorry I didn’t mean that.”

“ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS BE FRIENDS,” Iancu says while tears run down his face endlessly.

“Then let’s be friends, I am Fionna.”

With the tears stopping completely he says, “Ok now where friends. I’m Iancu.”

“Wait, you tricked me.”

“I just copied what mom does to make dad forgive her.”

“Hey, I only do that when he tells me to go rest.”

“Mommy this isn’t about you. Fionna let’s go play.” Iancu says while taking the girl by the hand.

“Ok,” the girl says while being dragged away towards all the other kids.

Looking at the kids playing I run over and say, “Let me join in as well.”

“NO! Go away mommy.”

-Break-

Φ “Hey Avaram, how do you know there in Ichnaea?”

“Because she always comes here to help around whenever she has free time,” I say while running through Ichnaea at full speed.

“How adorable.”

“It isn’t adorable, it is stressful. I swear she becomes more and more reckless each and every day, it is like she is trying to set a world record for giving her husband the most amount of heart attacks.”

“Don’t pretend that a vampire could die from a heart attack.”

“That isn’t the point, and how the hell are you keeping up with me!”

“I have always kept my body in shape no matter how old or how busy I am. I made a commitment to always be sexy enough to seduce my wife.”

“You see this is why we named you fuckboy.”

“Hey, I consider that name a compliment it means that woman want me, but to their dismay my wife already has me.”

“I GET IT, NOW SHUT UP.” After running for a while, I eventually see my wife and son in the distance. I am about to scream, but looking at them in the distance I see an almost heavanly light emanating from them which causes me to stop.

“Irrationality.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“That glow you see stems from irrationality. When someone does something just based on principles alone that logic can’t comprehend, they have a sort of heavenly glow that strikes people in the soul. My wife shone like that which is what attracted me to her, and I am sure it was the same for you.”

“Maybe your right, but I still wish she would take better care of herself.”

“I know what you mean, but if the people we love change too much of themselves they won’t be the same anymore, so maybe you should stop complaining.”

“Shut up old man,” I say kicking him away. Walking over to Gloria, I see her panic but before she can say anything I hug her, and I say, “You’re an idiot.”

“I would say the person who married an idiot is nine times stupider than said idiot.” After my wife says this suddenly, I hear a snap.

Turning around I see Captivant has taken a picture of us. “What the hell are you doing?”

“I just wanted to capture the moment.”

“Uncle take a picture of all of us. Everyone gets in,” Iancu says as he starts dragging all of the people around us.

“Are you sure you want us in your family photo?”

With a smile, Iancu says, “Definitely!”

As we all gather together, Captivant snaps a photo of us all and it is rather amazing one for an amateur like him.

-Break-

Φ As me, my husband and my son, prepare to say send Captivant off he comes up to me and says, “Just so you know your husband is super-duper in love with you.”

With a smile, I respond, “I know.”

“Also, Avaram don’t threaten divorce, it will cause problems if you keep doing that.”

“OK, ok get off my back.”

Giving my son a big hug Captivant says, “I am going to miss you Iancu.”

“I am going to miss you as well, come back to visit.”

“I don’t know if I will be able to do that, but if you ever miss me go visit your home country of Blestemate. My son will be there to play with you, and there are lots of people like you there as well, so I am sure you won’t be lonely.”

“But I want to play with you.”

“Don’t worry, I am sure one day we will see each other again, but that will only happen if you’re good.”

“Ok then, I will be a good boy.”

“That’s the spirit.” After talking to Iancu Captivant begins to walk away but he is stopped by my husband.

While trying to figure out what to say my husband eventually goes quiet and hugs Captivant saying, “I hope it all goes well.”

“Thank you, I hope it does as well.”

As they part I see my husband have a face he rarely ever shows, one of pure sadness. Waving us goodbye Captivant says, “Have a lovely life.”

“SEE YOU SOON UNCLE,” Iancu shouts.

“I HOPE I DON’T SEE ANY OF YOU SOON.”

As he disappears from our sight Iancu says, “Way did uncle say something so mean?”

Picking him up I say, “Don’t worry I am sure you will realize one day.”