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[color=f49ac2]"Huh?"[/color] Amy looked up as the sound of scraping metal invaded her ears, and she'd spot Tyaethe as the short vampire stopped just short of the row she was sitting in. [color=f49ac2]"Oh, it's you Tyaethe~"[/color] Taking a moment to wipe her cheeks off so it wouldn't be obvious that she'd been crying not that long ago, she'd lean back in the pew and offer a smile to the girl. [color=f49ac2]"Alas, I [i]am[/i] a cleric of Mayon, so praying is not something I'm unfamiliar with. But you're right, I hardly come to the chapel as often as I should. I just had some... questions to ask of the divine lady. And confessions to make."[/color] Amy scooted over to the edge of her eat and turned with her fully body towards Tyaethe now, leaning with her arms on the backrest of the pews as a mischievous smile crossed her face.

[color=f49ac2]"And what about you? I never took you for the religious type, more the 'doom and gloom, woe is me' sort of person, haha."[/color] Her voice as playful as ever, Amy tilted her head a little as she looked down at the swords carried by the vampire and beckoned at them with a single finger as she laid her head down on her arms. [color=f49ac2]"I'm just joking, of course. But what do you need those swords for? Awfully inconvenient for silent prayer if you keep dragging them against the stone. Maybe you should try some padding?"[/color] With a flick of the wrist and the twirl of a finger, Amy giggled as the two swords turned into large, colorful foam cutouts of themselves, the illusion perfectly covering the original. [color=f49ac2]"Much better. Now people will be even more confused~"[/color]

A moment of silence fell across the small chapel as Amy's smile slowly disappeared, and the same blanks tare from her bedroom reappeared. It seemed like the joy of casting the illusion had run it's course, and she was left with an ambivalent mix of emotions. Looking over Tyaethe and feeling her emotions, it was clear the small girl wasn't the greatest of empaths, but perhaps that was exactly what she needed right now. That, and the fact that she was the only other half-human on the team certainly helped.

With a small sigh she sat up properly and rested her hands in her lap, her fingers fidgeting anxiously as she tried to find the right words to say. [color=f49ac2]"Tyaethe... do you ever feel like... an outsider? I know you've been with the Roses for a lifetime and I'm still new here, but... I dunno. Everyone is welcoming, or at the very least doesn't seem toc are about, well... these-"[/color] She explains and gently runs her fingers along the small horns on her head. [color=f49ac2]"But I worry that after what happened at Cae Mayl, people will look wrong at me. I doubt anyone noticed in the heat of battle, but what if I lose control of my powers when it really matters? If not in a battle, then when tensions run high. I made a fool of myself back at the fort when we were talking with the mercenaries too. I'm just afraid that people will look at me wrong for being a half-demon and ignore everything else that I am. The church is the only family I've ever had, and I don't want to lose it."[/color] Amy stopped for a moment as she took a deep breath , and pulled out the small pendant from her dress, flicking the metal cover open as she looked down at the tiny painting of Mayon.

[color=f49ac2]"I was hoping that by now I'd have more friends with the knights, but outside of the last mission I haven't really talked with anyone. I'm afraid that people are avoiding me because they think I'm always trying to read their thoughts and emotions, or trying to manipulate them just because of my powers. I'm sure you must know what sort of demonic blood runs in my veins, and I don't want people getting the wrong idea."[/color] Running her thumb gently over the pendant, she'd eventually close it up and stash it away, looking back at Tyaethe with the faintest hint of desperation in her soft smile. [color=f49ac2]"What did you do when you first arrived? Surely people were afraid of living with a vampire... maybe you have some tips for me?"[/color]

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[@Raineh Daze]