A Child of Two Worlds

[Since I’m not certain I ever said where I was, the mun just spent the last 2 weeks in Japan. It was an incredible experience and I got to see and do so many amazing things. I also found my small piece of heaven the Tales of- store and there were so many things I wish I could have packed the entire thing in my suitcase. I wish I could have brought souvenirs for everyone of you but since I could not I thought I would do this instead! This is coupled with the fact I am nearing almost 500 followers! I have no idea where you all came from that is so mind boggling I don’t think I ever expected such a thing when I first started this blog. Thank you all so much. So I brought back a small collection of items that I will be giving away!] 

Rules: 

1. This is for my followers only. Thus anyone who follows me after this was (originally) posted regretfully will not be included. If you follow my blog then you are eligible to enter! 2. You may like or reblog this post to indicate your interest. You will not receive an additional entry for doing both.  3. However if we roleplay together you can receive an additional entry for each of your blogs we have a thread together on! (this applies to all my muses, so if you don’t have a thread with Richard but have one with one of my other muses you can still get the bonus entries). I will also give you a bonus entry if we have more than 1 thread. To help me keep track of this, please like this post with each applicable blog to get your bonus entires.  So in summary: you get 1 entry just or being one of my followers + 1 entry for each blog we have a thread together on + 1 entry if we have more than one thread on any of your blogs. 4. Deadline to enter is August 28th, 2014. 5. I’m still not entirely certain how I will assign prizes whether I will draw a name for each prize or whether I will draw names in order and the first person gets first pick and so on until the pool of items is gone. 6. I will provide more details once the contest closes. If I go with the 2nd option I will have to keep the timeframe in which you get to choose your prize short in order to get through everyone. 7. Depending on the response people may be able to win multiple times but for the time being I will say each person may win only once irregardless of their total number of entries.

Prizes:

File Folders -Yuri + Sophie -Milla + Pascal -Farah + Ludger -Yuri + Flynn (chibi) -Tales of (Assorted characters)

Tales of Festival tumblr

Cell strap (Milla Maxwell ToX2)

Tales of Graces official scenario book

Miniature figure (Milla Maxwell ToX2)

Tales of Friends Tin Badges -Luke -Rita -Zelos -Leon -Emil -Ludger -Yuri

Tales of Graces Bracelet

Scrunchie + Lens wipe -Asbel -Lloyd -Yuri -Gaius -Alvin

Note the scrunchies, tin badges and folders are being raffled individually.

"You need not worry," Richard said with a wink. "Your secret is safe with me." 

"Did I ever claim to be?" Lambda returned. Not that he would fault the child for his surprise. For all appearances he was human, carried the form of one. Few would have the ability or capacity to distinguish him from another. It was the only thing that allowed him to live in some semblance of peace.

The boy’s reaction, however, was an interesting one, not at all fazed by the prospect, enough so that Lambda wondered if he the first non-human this child had encountered. “What difference do my abilities make to you? This vessel is a human one, so it is human in its physical capacity.” 

"I was just curious is all." He said innocently, folding his arms behind his back. "Besides, not all humans have the same abilities." Hollis rocked back and forth on his feet. "Mother can control dragons, and you already know what Father can do."

Lambda knew human’s time was ultimately limited, that they would pass a goal from one to the next. It was inevitable. However to simply die and leave it to those left behind when they had yet to live the full extent of their lives, that was sheer idiocy.

"Take responsibility for what you believe, do not leave it upon other’s shoulders and to chance alone. The one you speak of is rare. Very few will serve their cause after death and certainly none in this world."

Lambda paused, eyeing the boy for his choice of words. Not many could tell he not as he appeared.

"Wait, you're not human?" Hollis inquired, raising an eyebrow at the other. Sure, something felt different about Lambda, but he would have never guessed that it was because he was a completely different race. What could he be if not human? He certainly didn't match the descriptions his mother gave him about Winglies or Gigantos, but nothing else came to mind.

"And what good are you to your cause if you are dead?" Lambda asked, sparing none of the weight to his words, the sharpness in his voice because this was a child. It made no difference in his eyes. It was not wrong to have ideals, but becoming a martyr to them served nothing. "You will solve nothing by throwing your life away so easily. If you truly believe in what cause you fight for, then you will live to see it through. If you die facing a foe you know beyond you then you are no more than a fool; and your dream will die with you."

It was perhaps the only advice he could impart, the only he had received in turn millenia ago. 

Live on.

"Not necessarily." Hollis proclaimed, feeling increasingly small and insignificant as Lambda spoke. Just because he was young didn't mean he didn't know what he was talking about. "A friend of my mother died facing a foe that he knew was far more skilled than himself. He ended up saving a king's life, and later he led the group to their final battle. Even in death he helped his friends move on when they would not have been able to otherwise." Lavitz's sacrifice was something his mother mourned every year with her friends that knew him. He was a brave man for standing up to Lloyd like that, and his death left everyone with a heavy heart. However, it was true that they would not have been able to progress in Mayfil, the Death City, if he had not given up his life.

A sigh escaped her as she looked around and pressed her trench coat to her being. “Because I’m not exactly human but at the same time, I’m nothing of a monster.” With a moment to think, the girl breathed out a puff of green flame, letting it flicker in the air before it died out. “I doubt you’ve heard of the term Han Junketsu, so the basics are, I’m a dragon-human mix…” 

Taking out her katana and letting the blade sing against the sheath, she gave another breath only to expose fangs. “That’s why I’m not able to lead you to some big town here either… Telemora’s King has a ‘Han Junketsu must be killed’ type thing, and the matter is something I doubt you’d understand.” 

"Not human?" He repeated, instantly going down the list of creatures his mother had taught him about. She didn't match the description of any of them, and the green flame that emitted from her lips only furthered that. "You're part dragon?" He said in awe. His mother would be all over this. She loved dragons with a passion and did everything in her power to protect them. His father told him that it was because of an old friend of hers, but he was unsure how true that was. "That's awful! Mother says that no one should be killed just because of their race, and I agree!"

"Ah— they’re not that scary ya’ know as long as you have a weapon or magic…" Kaida shook her head before scratching the back of it with her left hand, feeling bad for how much fear was going through the kid at the moment. Nose twitching and pointed ears following the movement, she gave a gentle smile and moved forward. “I’ll help you. I couldn’t leave someone like you out here anyway— at least not alone.” 

"I have my dagger with me..." He voiced, patting the blades sheath. It wasn't the sword his parents would be gifting him soon, but he could still use it. Hollis seriously doubted that it would be worthy against a monster though.

Oh goddesses…She felt worried about this child suddenly, unsure of what to do before she took another deep breath. The smell of fear was obvious and luckily if any of the beasts did show up, she was there and ready though… “They’re shadows but not. They are complete and physical beings that attack like any predator animal would. You never can tell when they are coming though because they just pop up in whatever other shadow they can find on the surface.”