Curry grunted and stood up. "I'll go with you. Hell, I barely do my own work nowadays anyway...Mycroft gets me out of a lot of stuff that doesn't require heavy lifting--I'm fine with that, since it's easy for me."

Mycroft stayed in his thinking spot. His head was down, and his knees were pulled up to his chest.

"Th-thank you.." Vega said, getting up. "First I need to finish with the laundry, you can help empty my water tub, it's far too heavy for me to lift, I usually have to push it to the spot where we dump the dirty water and just tip it over, everyone laughs at me..And most of the servants in there aren't much stronger than me!" He sighed.

The Archmage eventually found Mycroft, and looked down at the prince with worry in his eyes. "Prince..I'm sorry, for having to put you through that.I know you hate Borealis..I..Hope that doesn't hinder you from coming to the ceremony tonight, knowing that he will appear..He wants to redeem himself to you, he said that he was naive to be so cruel to you for something you had no control over..I think part of what will set his soul to rest, is simply hearing you honestly say that you forgive him for what he's done..He was old..But his heart was still that of a young, foolish lover.Please..Don't be angry with me, if you are..I am just trying to set my predecessor's souls to rest, then I myself can be at peace, and my new life can finally begin..After I gain their power, I may be able to teach you even more easily."

(Archmage, stop rambling. Also: did you know that Sadal Melik, the star I named Archmage's father after, is part of your zodiac constellation? c: And I think Baten/Deneb Kaitos are part of the same constellation as Mira.)

((Sweet!))

"I'll help, I'll help...I'm an intimidating force among the servants, so if they want to laugh to you, they can speak with my fist." Curry, being a gargantuan and nearly super-strong, intimidated, and terrified, many of the servants.

"Do I have to go?" Mycroft's voice was dull. "I don't want to talk to him, or see him. He treated me like an idiot and a mistake while he was alive--ever since I was born. I don't think I'll be forgiving him for anything..."

(And Borealis is obviosuly short for Aurora Borealis. c: Only guy named after a constellation! Vega and Altair aren't pert of the same constellation but they're part of the 'summer triangle' I do believe, and the names match in meaning.)

Which unfortunately, for now, included Vega. "Th-thank you.I'm sure you knwo the way to the laundry room, but I'll lead the way.." Vega walked out fo the room, managing to multitask walking and re-braiding his hair.

"My father wants to see you, he wants to see who will lead the country next..And..Your mother will also be there. And I have said that Aurora is very sorry for how he's treated you. It's sad that only in death can he realize how foolish his actions were..But he believes that you will become a great king..Please give him a chance, Myca..He's..practically another brother to me, as my father practically raised him." The archmage's ears sadly drooped, and the shade of blue in his eyes changed just slightly,a s there was not much difference in eye color from his natural eyes and those of deep sadness.

Curry followed Vega out of the room. He moved awkwardly when he walked for long distances. Nonetheless, the servants they passed shuffled away from him when he and Vega walked by.

"I'll go...but I still don't think I'll be able to forgive him. He probably knows that," Mycroft replied shortly, lifting his head up from his knees.

It felt odd, being avoided instead of being pushed and shoved through the hallways by the more bully-like servants, but it was nice.Vega walked into the laundry room and to his station, and the two servants surrounding his tub whistled at the sight of Curry and Vega together, as a young man would whistle at an attractive woman. Vega blushed, taking out his washboard and setting it to the side, trying to ignore the two servants. "Ah, umm..T-the spot where we dump the water is over there..I need this emptied out for the next bunch of laundry I need to wash.." He said to Curry, looking up at the man as he pointed to the large window to the outside, which the servants used to pour out the dirty water.

"He seemed to understand that, but he wants to speak to you anyway.Not to make you feel guilty for not forgiving him..But..Technically, if he had charmed the Queen..You could ahve been his son..I think that's another thing he realized.I..I am sorry once again for upsetting you..I guess I have ruined my good reputation with you already." He said sadly, his long ears now dipping down, making his many earrings sort of jangle together when they hit each other.

Curry, in contrast, had flashed a big grin at the two servants, not embarrassed in the least. He rarely ever got embarrassed, even when he did something very stupid. "All right, then." Curry ambled over to the tub and, with ease, lifted it up. He headed over to the window and tipped it, spilling the water outside. He brought it back and set it down. "There you go." This was done in at least a minute.

Mycroft blinked. "Uh...no? You're not him, so it's not your fault. You're still my friend! I'll go, but, again...I'm not making any guarantees."

"Thank you.." Vega said, and for once, making use fo his powers. water flowed from the water pump on the other side of teh room and Vega pulled it in like a rope to his tub and carried over the laundry that he still had to do, and began washing, quite happily.

(VEGA'S A WATERBENDER. : O Not really, that's just one of his specialties.)

"Ah..I was afraid you'd be mad at me, for even digging up his memories, and your mother's..And for talking to him as if he was one to be respected, for that matter..One that you would see fit to even see the afterlife, forever bound happily in the cemetery, to watch over all further archmagi, as every archmage deserves..His body may be buried but his soul cannot sleep.Even a tyrant king doesn't deserve that kind of eternal hell."

(AN dnow I must sleep, as my typing skills are diminishind. obivosuly.8D; )

Curry watched him, half-interested. He lost interest in things easily, and it was difficult for him to concentrate. It was why he never had one stable lover.

Mycroft folded his arms across his chest. "I'm not mad at you. I'll always hold distaste for him. That's never going to change..."

(Can I just timeskip until night? 8D WRITER'S BLOCK FOR HIS SECTION FO THE RP, MUST JETPACK OVER IT)

((Sure!))

(Yaaaaay also: Prayer robes time! oh god they're so pretty I wish I could draw clothing correctly jsut to draw them.)

Night fell and the Archmage began to prepare for his ceremony. He wore a dark blue sleeveless robe similar to the one he was wearing before, but this one had a prayer written out in silver runes along the bottom, thich went from the very edge, which almost covered his feet, almost up to his knees.It was also backless, revealing all the gorgeous tattooing on his back, and he wore long seafoam green gloves that had holes cut out along the entirety of them, framing the runes on his arms and hands. on his wrists were thick shackles connected to a long silver chain, which wrapped up his arm and across his back to his other arm, the chain laying across his back resting in a specific spot which had no tattooing, and was surrounded in a ring of runes.

On his neck were two crystal pendants, one aqua blue and one a light purple, both of which were pulsating in their respective color. He was barefoot, and wore shackles similar to those around his wrists on his ankles, but without the chain connected to them. His long, white-gold hair was down, butlaid over his shoulders, as to not cover the cut out on his robe on the back, and his eyes made a bit of a change: One was purple, like one crystal, and the other was aqua, like the other. The archmage took a book from a shelf in the hidden room with the giant crystal, and walked to the Prince's bedroom and knocked on it before entering. "Prince Myca..I'm ready." He said, his voice echoing with two other voices, one deep, and powerful, the other feminine and gentle.It could be assumed that these voices belonged to the two crystalized souls hanging around his neck.

Those of course being formar Archmage Sadal Melik, the wizard's father..
And Queen Bellatrix.

Borealis followed close behind, wearing similar robes even in his ghostly form, but he kept himself hidden, as to avoid a situation with him and the king, or him and Myca.

Mycroft, who wasn't looking forward to this for many reasons, hadn't dressed up. He'd instead changed into a comfortable old, crisp white turtleneck and plain white dress pants. It was one of his favorite outfits. "...I probably should have warned you beforehand, but...you'd best be prepared for violence," he muttered, shuffling over to the door. "Really not in the mood to deal with my Father's bull today..."

Betelgeuse himself was ignoring the situation. He figured that if they needed him, they would come and get him. He was busy, engrossed in a good book.

"Since my father has been watching this entire time, ever since I placed the pendant on my neck, I coudld tell that he didn't want Betelgeuse to interfere..Especially with..This soul involved." He said, gently removing the purple pendant, turning the purple eye of his back to aqua. "..I know you don't like this, but I can't free her soul.I'm not close to her in blood like you are..You may think you never knew her, but you always have.."

"She gave her life to protect yours, a part of her own flesh and blood is within you, if not all of her flesh and blood..There is no way that you can be his child.Not with such a gentle soul for a mother..I can feel it simply from touching her pendant.." He said, as he placed the lavender pendant around Myca's neck. "Don't be scared if you hear thoughts other than your own.." He smiled softly. "She just wants to speak with you, before the ceremony.."

"Now..We should find Vega and Altair, unless they find us.Altair has always had sort of a telepathic nature like that. You just think that you need him there with you and there he is."

(FYI: Myca's eyes should now glow purple and he should be hearing his Momma's voice in his head, especially seeing as he has a bit of a magic ability. c: ALSO FUCK YOU BETELGEUSE)

((Poor Myca. Let's just hope he doesn't wig out and have a tantrum of some sort--as he's prone to doing sometimes. He can act spoiled when he's upset. X3))

Mycroft waited for a moment, and he was glad there was silence. He was terrified of ghosts, for one thing...he really just wanted to get this over with, and make everyone happy. "...Mm-hm..." He shuffled closer to the Archmage, eyes downcast. He looked totally out of place, out of his normal groove.

"If you're afraid of spirits, don't be.The one currently around your neck is the person who loves you most..She won't do you harm. If anything, she may grant you her power, as my father will grant his power to me.." The archmage smiled sweetly, gently nudging Myca's chin up. "I'll never forget what she did for me..She's the reason I am here today, in this position..If she hadn't misdirected the guards searching for my father, I would be miserable and powerless..Sadly, I would be in Vega's place, but I wouldn't have a older brother to protect me.."

The archmage walked out and smiled as he saw his two brothers, both in prayer robes that they had kept secret all this time, Vega's in a sweet lavender and Altair's in red. The archmage led them, along with Myca, to the hidden room that served as a shortcut to the Mage's graveyard, and he unhooked the chains around the large crystal in the center, grabbing all four ends and leading it behind them to a lonely spot between Borealis's grave and the archmage before Sadal Melik. The chains floated out of the archmage's hands and dug into the ground, suspending the crystal there, where Melik should have been buried.Three large, circular stones rose up in front of the archmage, and Altair took out some kind of cutting implement, and began to carve runes into each of the stones.

While this all happened, a voice spoke out in Myca's mind, and made his eyes glow purple like the crystal around his neck. "My..ca..Myca..Mycroft, my sweet child.." The voice called out, like a mother searching for her lost child.

The voice began to sound less far off, more like she was standing right beside Myca. "Myca..I love you so..I..I wish I could have seen you grow, while in my own body..I've always been here.Please don't be angry at Aurora..If..If I had lived, I would have ran away with him and you, as Sadal did with his son, who stands before you now..I..Do not even know who your father is, actually..You..could very well be Aurora's son..While I lived he was kind, caring, much like you..I..Id on't know what changed him to have him be the way he was when he died.." She began to sound as if she was crying, and her spirit appeared on one of the stones, in prayer robes the same color as Vega's, but without the shackles and chains. She was tall and beautiful, with long, semicurly brunette hair and Myca's eyes. Her pendant turned white and stopped glowing, and she began to cry. "I only wished for you and him to get along..You are so much like I was, Myca..I guess, like Betelgeuse's anger whenever someone mentions me..You reminded him so much of me that he couldn't help but despise you, as if you were copying my nature.."

Borealis stepped onto the left stone and became visible, just as young and alive as Bellatrix looked. "..Mycroft..Myca..I truly am sorry, for all the pain I caused..I am willing to face whatever punsihment the afterlife has for me, for looking down on such a kind soul..Bella is correct..I..I was angry at you for something that you couldn't even control, the nature that your sweet mother gave to you..If you wouldn't mind, young archmage..could I bestow part of my power to Myca? It is all I can do further, to atone for my foolish actions.."

The archmage lightly nodded. "You may..It is your power, your choice..Fair, fair Queen Bellatrix, I thank you for all you did for me, even as a young child you showed me great compassion before I was even born into this world."

The Queen wiped away her tears and let out a soft laugh. "You are welcome, son of the great archmage Sadal Melik..Your father was almost like a second father to me, even though I only knew him for a short time.."

(Melik will appear in a minute, for now, I need to fuggin' sleep. :P )

"Myca..Are you too afraid to look at me?I can't hurt you and I would never consider trying..I'll always be watching over you, Myca.You will be a great king, kind and just..I'm sure of that, especially with such a powerful, wise young archmage at your side." She giggled, as the archmage lightly blushed.

"I-I am not as wise as Borealis, nor my father..But I'll do my best." The archmage said, seeming a bit shocked as the crystal pendant around his neck cracked open, and his father appeared on the middle stone.

"Son..You have done very well.In one day, you've given your brothers hope again, you've befriended the prince, and you've given your predecessor his final wish, one that he thought that would never be fufilled, as there was no way he could say it in front of the king..And you've saved Bellatrix.I thank you the most for that.She is like a daughter to me, I taught her magic in secret..I honestly didn't expect her to become queen, instead of run off with Aurora, but my visions aren't always completely correct..They still did have a fine son.He truly is the rightful king, son of Aurora Borealis and Queen Bellatrix.." The man said as he looked down at Myca, smiling and chuckling as he saw Boralis's expression, deep, deep sadness turned to a mix of shock and joy. "Borealis was never human.I can't teach humans the kind of magic that he learned from me..That power would drive a human mind insane..But the magic he tried to use again and again to bring back his love took a toll on his body, and he aged just as fast as a short-lived human man, as each time he casted those failed spells it took a bit of his own life..For his kind--if not foolish--actions which caused an untimely death, I bless Queen Bellatrix and her love Aurora life, a gift from the goddess of love.And to my sons, all three of them, I grant the power of fire to Altair, of lightning to the young Archmage, and of healing, to sweet Vega..And my final gift goes to our young King Mycroft, the power of water and ice, to add to your own developing powers." The ghostly Archmage said, as a light enveloped all of the other people around him.

Borealis and Bellatrix both became solid, looking at their own hands in shock.

The Archmage's eyes glew bright aqua and the pendant around his neck healed itself, and now had a rune floating in it that resembled a bolt of lightning.

Two crystals appeared embedded in the backs of Altair's hands and glew red, yellow and orange like fire, and two similar ones appeared on Vega's, but they simply glew with a soft white light.

Bellatrix stepped off of the stone and hugged Myca tightly, as Borealis simply stood there in shock, and looked to be around the age of twenty or so again, which truly was the age his body should ahve looked when he died, if it wasn't for that magic he had used.

(WOAH PLOT EXPLOSION
Also this is a good time for Betelgeuse to walk in for no apparent reason, and for him to have been in the background while Melik was making his giganic speech. 8D YOU KNOW, WITH THE WHOLE HE'S NOT MYCA'S DAD THING

Sorry if that broke your plot. :c SORRY FOR AUGMENTING MYCA'S ANCESTRY)

((Betelgeuse is very apathetic. He doesn't care what happens to anyone, now, since he thinks his wife is dead. If Melik wants to lecture him, he'll have to go find him.

...I just got an image of Betelgeuse being found and scolded while he's in the bathtub. XD))

Mycroft still did not move. He didn't say anything, He was quite tense, and he continued staring off into space. It seemed this was too much for him, at the moment, and too fast.

The small puddle of water behind him began to shake, as well as any other body of water within a mile's radius.

"I want to go to bed. I need to sleep." His voice was quiet, unfeeling. If he didn't calm down, he was going to have some sort of awful breakdown.

(No, not Melik.. 8D Hell has no wrath like a queen who has been wiped from her country's history.)

Bellatrix smiled and gently kissed Myca's forehead. "Alright, Myca..Have sweet dreams, sweetheart. I hope you feel better in the morning, I want to talk to you about so much.." She let Myca go, smiling softly. "I'm going to go find Betelgeuse." She said, walking off towards the castle with Borealis close behind, who was walking a bit awkwardly, as he wasn't used to feeling so..Young.

Vega smiled widely and took Myca's hand. "Prince..Come on, I'll help you back to your room, okay?" He said, gently leading Myca back to his room, with Altair close to him.

Sadal Melik sighed and smiled at his son. "..Alnilam..Don't be sad..Although I have lost my power..I won't be going to the afterlife..My duty is to stay here, with you, your brothers and Prince Mycroft.. My body will now reside in the crystal grave that was promised to me..But my soul can leave it, and follow you to the mortal world..I will still teach you." The former archmage smiled.

The Archmage Alnilam began to cry, knelt in front of his father's ghostly image. "..I have missed you for so long, Father..I understand what I need to do now..I understand why you wanted me to be here..You may rest..But, if I ever need your guidance, will you be here to answer?"

Melik knelt down with his son and smiled. "You need not even come here..Just put the pendant on and I'll speak to you as I have been throughout today..If you need to see me face to face, you can come here.For now, go. rest..You can hold the pendant's chain now, by the way, with me gone out of it and your strength heightened it should only be a light tingle, like if your hands are 'waking up'."

Alnilam stood and nodded, then bowed to his father, saying something in a whisper to him in their race's native language and walking back to his room.

(Isn't his name pwetty. c: It means 'arrangement of pearls' and is the center of Orion's belt, fi I'm not mistaken.)

((X3 I'm not sure if it's the exact center, but it's quite near there!))

Mycroft allowed himself to be led, without another word. He wanted to be, for the most part, alone, for quite some time. He didn't even want to move.

Betelgeuse was in his quarters at this point, relaxing in one of his armchairs with a good book. He was completely distracted...

Once they got to Betelgeuse's room, the pair of unlikely lovers stopped, and tried to decide who would go in first."You go in, you can pass yourself off as a messenger from another kingdom or something like that, I can't."
"Yes, but I've only been dead for a few days, he'll react better to you!"
The queen sighed. "Rock paper scissors, then.Loser goes in first."
The two of them tied at least four times, before Bellatrix won.

(AND NOW WE COME AWAAAAY FROM THE ATTEMPTED HUMOR)

Borealis sighed and knocked on the door, before entering. "King Betelgeuse?I'm here to say that our new Archmage's ceremony is over..It seems as if you were not needed after all, I am sorry if you were waiting for someone to come tell you." He said, making sure his voice was recognisable to the king.

Vega's hand felt warm and comforting now that he had this holy magic running through his veins, and he seemed happier than he had ever been as he led Myca back to his room. "Good night, Prince. I hope you can rest well, don't be ashamed of sleeping in..Such a stressful night and such power being put into you can be tiring.I'll see you in the morning, Prince Myca.." He left Myca there in the prince's room and happily walked back to his quarters, which just ahppened to be the same quarters that Curry slept in. He softly sang, as not to wake any of the sleeping servants in the room, in his race's language, it sounded like a lullaby for a child, combined with a bedtime story.

(Trainer VEGA's ADORABLE has evolved into DIABETES INDUCING CUTENESS!)

"Ghost, scoundrel, fiend." Betelgeuse didn't turn to look at him, but his voice was dripping with venom. "Stop haunting me."

Mycroft curled up in his bed, pulling the blankets up over his head. This was how he would remain for quite a few hours.

Curry was still awake, and he looked bored. He dipped his head over the edge of his bunk--which was one of the top ones--and stared pointedly at Vega.