[ Jori's slow. He knows this. He's been told it countless times by many people. They've all used different words: dumb, stupid, idiotic, clueless, naive - but it all means the same thing. So maybe that's why this has taken him a long, long time. He could almost laugh, if the realization hadn't been a gut punch.
It had taken him eons to realize that he loved Tia. And for once this wasn't an exaggeration.
Impossible. Earth and water cannot mix, cannot coexist. And it was, he thought, an unspoken rule; the guardians could not marry. Maybe it had to do with making sure they stayed rivals, so the heir would always come first. Maybe it had to do with the fact that they were supposed to hate each other.
But here he was: simple, slow Jori, too much of a numbskull to get even that much right. And from the moment he knew that he couldn't say or do anything, that he couldn't act, he'd felt a slow burn inside of him, anger and frustration rising to a fever pitch until-
Until tonight, when it abruptly cooled into certainty, smooth and glassy as obsidian, and just as likely to shatter. It'll hurt tomorrow, he knows, but he'll put that off until the morning. For now, he waits for her, tall frame half-hidden in the shadows. ]
6 scream (i did mention that i'm wordy)
It had taken him eons to realize that he loved Tia. And for once this wasn't an exaggeration.
Impossible. Earth and water cannot mix, cannot coexist. And it was, he thought, an unspoken rule; the guardians could not marry. Maybe it had to do with making sure they stayed rivals, so the heir would always come first. Maybe it had to do with the fact that they were supposed to hate each other.
But here he was: simple, slow Jori, too much of a numbskull to get even that much right. And from the moment he knew that he couldn't say or do anything, that he couldn't act, he'd felt a slow burn inside of him, anger and frustration rising to a fever pitch until-
Until tonight, when it abruptly cooled into certainty, smooth and glassy as obsidian, and just as likely to shatter. It'll hurt tomorrow, he knows, but he'll put that off until the morning. For now, he waits for her, tall frame half-hidden in the shadows. ]