SalemFlame

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"I don't know. From my point of view, the relationship was working. I think both of us agreed on that. it was doomed thanks to the interference of others outside of the two of us." Aloysius would look back over at Lola. "Maybe I am just a little upset still. Between losing Dad and then losing Salem, it seems I struggle to hold onto anything in my life. If I am being perfectly honest. I don't even know what i want out of life right now"

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

Aloysius almost recoiled at the way that Lola reacted. It certainly wasn't the kind of response he was expecting from her. She apologised sure, but it still took him off guard. with a soft sigh he picked at the crust of his pizza.

"No No, it is fine honestly. I shouldn't have bought Salem up. I know that i mention her alot sometimes" Aloysius commented as he tried to disarm the conversation and try to at least put Lola at some ease. it was true that he was lovesick over Salem. He had hoped that she was feeling the same way. The duo had a bond when they were together, and while it was a bit confrontational at times, they did care for eahc other and try their best to make it work. Then politics had to get involved and ruin everything.

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"We are doing good. Still making weapons and selling them. Mother has started backing off now and letting me actually run the place. But it is really boring you know." Hearing her talk about High School reminded him of his own days there. The Guild had a secret stake in one of the New York High schools, so generally, high ranking Magi were sent there to be educated. "I remember High school. The gym, me and Salem used to go their after school when it was empty and fight in there. It was our way of honing our powers outside of training classes."

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"We can totally do that. I know it is a hard, almost impossible endeavour, but I want to try my best to do so." Aloysius took a slice of his pizza and took another bite. He was starting to think how he was going to explain to Salem and the rest of the Guild about the crystal if anyone caught him with it.

In an attempt to distract himself he would try and innocently change the subject. "So how is school going? Classes and everything going okay?"

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"She doesn't know. And from my point of view, she doesn't need to know. I am not bringing him back for her. I am doing it for us. If I ever succeed, I don't want her anywhere near him" Aloysius picked up the first slice of his pizza and took a bite, It was good pizza, even if a bit of grease dripped off the side.

"If this works, then we are moving away from mother. Set up a new life in Japan with dad. Away from the Guild or any of this power game stuff"

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"Well I have already started some of it" With a small smile Aloysius moved his hand to under his shirt, before pulling out and revealing a small white elongated crystal attached to some string. "It's a soul catcher crystal. Let's you capture the soul of those near departed. If I can summon Dad back to the material realm I can catch him with this." He would then slide the crystal back back under his shirt. "Officially the Guild doesn't know about this. And they don't need to know that I am looking at illegal magics" Aloysius said with both a stern and sweet tone. He clearly didn't want to be his mother around Lola, but at the same time he was trying to impress the importance of what he just said. Before long, the waitress returned with their food. Aloysius thanked the waitress, she was a pleasant young woman with purple hair and a deep southern twang to her voice. With a disarming smile, the woman left and let Lola and Al tackle their pizzas.

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"Yeah. I feel bad because mother was so obsessed with you that no one else could get a word in edgeways." Aloysius would order the pair their pizzas with ease and dismissed the waitress while still thinking about their father. "He really just wanted the best for you. He was driven like mother. He wanted to see his little princess blossom at the top."

"You know. I had considered trying to learn soul capturing once he died. Try and use necromancy to bring him back. I know it was a forbidden art, but I missed him so much. Life kinda just felt empty with him gone. I have tried my best ever since to try and find a way to contact him in the afterlife. But since he was mundane, it's harder than trying to pick out a Magi spirit." Aloysius let out a sigh, fingers running along his scalp and parting his hair as he did. There was alot of stuff Aloysius never got to work through after the death of his father. His family had made it clear about how he had to grow up.

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"Honestly, it isn't dumb at all. I still miss him too. A lot. Things made alot more sense. Then suddenly it didn't" Aloysius let out a sigh and lowered his eyes and raised the menu a little more to help disguise his own sad eyes. Though it was by far a perfect job. He would glance through the menu, finally deciding his order. "I think I have decided on what I am going to have. I am going to go for a simple pepperoni pizza" He smiled weakly.

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

"Encouraging huh?" Aloysius thought for a moment before the traffic began to clear up. Finally they were on the move again. As they closed in on their location Aloysius gave it another stab. "Power doesn't come from a number or a whatever a person things of you. Power comes from being able to stand up for what you think is right" Aloysius would turn off onto a small back road, stopping infront of a small pizza parlour, the kind of place that tourists didn't go to. "That any better?" He said as he turned the car off and undid his seatbelt.

Getting out of the car he walked over to the passenger side and opened the passenger door for Lola to be able to get out. He would then lock the car and move over to the door and once more open it to allow Lola inside. The place wasn't elegant by any stretch of the imagination. If anything it was cramped, long and narrow. Still, it had a certain charm about it. Aloysius got them a booth at the back of the place and sat down, going through the menu deciding what he would like.

Family Matters (A Hedgehawk & SouffleGirl123 1x1)

Aloysius would carefully close the passenger side door before waking across and getting settled in the driver side himself. putting on his seatbelt he heard her question, and elected not to answer until he had started the car and drove off into the New York traffic.

"Honestly. He would say something along the lines of only do things that make you happy." Aloysius would turn onto a main road before continuing. "Hey would also say that pissing mother off is a bad idea" Aloysius said with a soft laugh. Sadly they got stuck in traffic almost right away, hitting the brake Aloysius tapped the wheel. "Knew we should have taken the subway." He said with a laugh.