#cyrin

''Agh, so much studying to do....'' 

As Celyn looks down at many of the assignments he needs to do, he is stressed out and unable to decide which one to focus on. As the student of Cidria's current ruler, Cyrin, and as the messenger of Cidria as well, Celyn has a heavy load of responsibilities on his shoulders. He desires to fulfill these responsibilities even if it means overworking himself. These studies mean a lot to Celyn. He isn't a big fan of slacking off on his studies as he views it as necessary for him.

The moment Celyn is getting agitated with the idea of not being able to complete most of his studies, Cyrin walks into the area where Celyn is focusing his studies and notices him feeling bothered. Cyrin placed his hand onto the young angel's shoulder, speaking to him with comfort. "Are you taking it easy on yourself, young Celyn? Don't fret about not being able to complete these studies all at once." Cyrin's voice startled Celyn out of his stressed zone instantly, turning his head to look at the god shocked. "A-ah!? Cyrin!? What are you doing here!?" Feeling completely confused about why Cyrin was here as he assumed he had some important manners to do or something urgent, and didn't expect him to come out of nowhere to check up on him.

Cyrin expressed a worried look on his face seeing how stressed out Celyn is. "....Celyn. I know how much these studies mean a lot for you to take on but you shouldn't overwork yourself just to fulfill heavy responsibilities as my student. I worry about your well-being, you know? At a young age, you shouldn't burden yourself with all of this stress." 

Celyn lays his head onto his arms already resting on the table, completely depressed. He wants to fulfill the responsibilities he's been given by Cyrin, not wanting to slack any of them whatsoever through the means of pushing himself to the limit with his studies. The shame of not being able to finish half of his studies eats Celyn alive. Celyn lets out a stressed-out sigh. "I don't want to disappoint you Cyrin... as your student and the messenger of Cidria, I have to keep up with these studies to prepare myself for the responsibilities I'll carry. If I don't complete it, it just feels like I'm not good enough for this role and not meant to be the messenger of Cidria after all...." 

Cyrin sat closer to Celyn, starting by giving him a slightly hard but soft flicker on his cheek. "Young Celyn, stop putting yourself down over this," Cyrin said in a serious tone of voice. Celyn felt the immediate bonk on his cheek that shook him out of his depressed state, raising his head out of his arms holding on to the spot of the cheek Cyrin flickered him at. "Ow...." 

"I understand what it's like being in such a position. I was in the same spot as you when I was handed down the title of Cidria's ruler. Carrying Cidria's legacy as its new ruler was a difficult task for me... I felt the eyes of my ancestors laid upon me with such a heavy-loaded role being given to me. I thought I would never make it this far as its ruler and would disappoint my ancestors for being a failure of a ruler..." Cyrin gives Celyn a small smile on his face. "But I never let that burden feeling get in the way and did my hardest as I can to make this world nourish more than ever. I did my best efforts with as much care and everything for this world with nothing pressuring me now. So please Celyn, don't pressure yourself too much about this. You're already a good fit for the role as my messenger with the dedication and respect you have shown to Cidria, and me. Take it slow and be patient with your responsibilities one step at a time, would you?"

Celyn felt motivated by Cyrin's words of encouragement and reassurance and smiled back at him. "Thank you so much Cyrin! I never knew I needed this motivation from you... I'm so sorry for being a downer about the whole thing, these thoughts are something I dealt with for a long while not wanting to disappoint you. Hearing your words about going through a similar experience to mine honestly made me feel better about this, along with trying not to stress myself over it and take some time! I'll do the best I can to take care of myself while making you proud with my accomplishments as both your student and messenger of Cidria." 

Cyrin pats Celyn's back a bit, feeling happy about his response and relieved to see him feel all better again. "That's the spirit of my dear student. Now, why don't you take a small break from your studies and go do something that takes your mind a bit? I need to do important manners so I can't exactly stay around." 

"Ah, of course! I'll do that! Thanks again Cyrin, I'll keep everything you've said to me in mind and will forever be thankful for you as not only my teacher but the ruler of Cidria being appreciative of everything you do for this world and its people!" Celyn got off from his spot, leaving the area to give himself a small rest from his studies. 

The day Cyrin called in Neakon to have a meeting with him. Neakon utterly despises being in the same room with him, as he takes every opportunity to avoid him entirely. However... this case seems different as Cyrin decides to want to have a little chat with Neakon, particularly about something.

Neakon arrived at the meeting floor, seeing Cyrin standing there waiting patiently for him to come. Neakon stared at the god with utter annoyance in his expression, tone too. "....What do you want? What's your goal here for calling me in to have a meeting with you?" Cyrin felt displeased at the grudges Neakon still holds against him over what happened in the past between them, Cyrin stared back at Neakon with an insulting tone of his, making a mockery of Neakon's sour behavior towards him. "You still hold a grudge against me? Even to this day? You truly are a pathetic ruler if you keep this behavior up with me over something you can't let go of."

Neakon barked back at Cyrin's mockery, trying to take control of his emotions inside him. "Why you-!" He takes a moment to calm down a bit, glaring at him. "Ignoring what you've said to me... what's the purpose of this meeting? What do you even need me for? I thought you already didn't need the use of me anymore after achieving your goal." Cyrin looked at him with an emotionless look on his face. He then states his purpose. "Neakon... You know something about what I've done, don't you? Knowing about that, I urge you to not tell everyone about this. Don’t say a single word about what I've done, my true personality, or everything that happened in the past between us. I want to leave that behind, and with you knowing it, I want you to simply let go of the past. Got it in that thick skull of yours to understand?"

Neakon's emotions went up in flames after hearing what Cyrin said to him. Neakon denies Cyrin’s offer on wanting to keep everything about what he has done a secret as the offer itself angers Neakon, seeing Cyrin refusing to acknowledge what he has done. "So. Do you just want to play pretend with this bullshit act of yours? Pretending everything you've done is alllll in the past, making your people think you're some good ruler with good morals and upstanding? Don't make me laugh." Neakon gets up close to Cyrin frustratedly. "Why are you so damn insistent on wanting to hide who you are? What purpose does this serve you with this fake personality you've been using, intentionally hiding everything from your people? You're the one who is a pathetic ruler, not me!"

Cyrin begins to get threatening with his words, pushing Neakon back roughly, showcasing his true personality. "Don't even dare call me that. What I did was right, and right only. You don't get the gist of everything at all. You have no idea how much I've sacrificed to get where I am now, YOU don't have any idea what it's like to be in my position." Cyrin decided to say something far worse to Neakon. "Intentionally hiding everything from my people? What about you? Aren't you hiding everything about yourself from your people? You're such a hypocrite for calling me pathetic when you, yourself, are pathetic for doing such things."

Neakon took big offense at Cyrin bringing up how he's hiding everything about himself away from his citizens, angered at what he said, biting back against his words. "YOUR POSITION? Do you know about the consequences of your actions? What have you done to me? Are you saying that you're proud of what you've done to get this far to where you are now? You're a self-righteous prick of a god, and you'll always be. Thinking everything you do is right when it's not at all, not even the slightest!"

The room gets more intense as the two argue with each other. At this point, Cyrin turned his back away from Neakon, slowly starting to walk away out of the room. "We're done with this discussion. I see no point in talking with someone like you who doesn't have any idea what he's talking about nor getting anything at all."

The moment of seeing Cyrin walk away made Neakon feel hurt. He decided to hold back from saying any more to Cyrin, his emotions eventually calming down. However, Neakon chooses to say one last thing to Cyrin as he continues to walk away. "....I don't get you, I don't get you at all on you thinking what you're doing is "right." Soon, you will face the karma of what you've done and I will not be there to get you out of it." Neakon bid his farewell to Cyrin as he started to walk out of the room.

Cyrin is a very complicated man... It makes things more difficult for Neakon as he can't tell if he feels proud of what he's done in the past or not as all he says in response to Neakon's claims he made about him is being vague with his words, avoiding talking about his actions entirely.