Fates Supports/Leo Nyx

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Nyx: ...

Leo: Nyx? What on earth...

Nyx: Greetings, Prince Leo.

Leo: If you walk any further into that lake, you'll be up to your stomach. You're not planning to take a swim, are you?

Nyx: Hmhm. If I were, would you come into the water with me?

Leo: N-no, I'll pass.

Nyx: I was joking anyway. But no, I came to view my reflection in the lake's waters.

Leo: That's all? We have mirrors at camp for that.

Nyx: Mirrors are too accurate. I prefer a slight amount of distortion. The water's surface is perfect.

Leo: ...All right, then. Try not to stay out too long. It can get cold here by the shore.

Nyx: Hmhmhm. I'd best put the rest of my clothes back on before that happens, hm?

Leo: Y-yes, I'll...leave you to that.

B Support

Leo: I thought I might find you here, Nyx.

Nyx: Hello again, Prince Leo.

Leo: I'm relieved to find you fully clothed this time.

Nyx: Hmhm. Yes, you arrived just in time. Or are you early...?

Leo: Ehem, the point is, exposing youself in that way would have been dangerous. Were you looking at your reflection again?

Nyx: Yes, I was. I'm still not used to it. Even after decades in this body...

Leo: ...

Nyx: My image of myself, and the way I actually am... The gulf between them never seems to shrink. Indeed, as the years pass, it only widens.

Leo: Is there no way to lift the curse?

Nyx: So you know, then...that it is a curse.

Leo: Yes, I've heard some things.

Nyx: The curse on me is an extremely potent one. I don't think it has a remedy. But even if it did... I might have to remain in this form regardless.

Leo: Why?

Nyx: Because this condition is a punishment. I was too young...too foolish...

Leo: It's an ineffective sentence that lasts indefinitely, wouldn't you say? Even the harshest judge usually allows for the possibility of atonement. But that's up to whoever placed the curse on you, I suppose...

Nyx: ...

Leo: Who did this to you, Nyx?

Nyx: ...Good day to you, Prince Leo.

Leo: !!

A Support

Nyx: Prince Leo...

Leo: Yes, Nyx?

Nyx: You asked me not long ago who laid the curse on me.

Leo: Yes, I recall.

Nyx: It may be myself.

Leo: ...Care to explain?

Nyx: Long ago, when I was young, I discovered I had a gift for the dark arts. Such power in the hands of a child, as you can imagine, lead to the deaths of many. Until one day... One of the spells I wove took its toll, preventing me from maturing further.

Leo: Ah, so that's how it came to be.

Nyx: I was crazed at first, desperate to find a way to break the curse's hold over me. But as time went on...I started to wonder if I deserved this form.

Leo: ...

Nyx: Honestly, even this doesn't seem like sufficient punishment for my actions.

Leo: ... Close your eyes, Nyx.

Nyx: Why?

Leo: I wish to use my own magic on you. I'd like to try speaking to your inner self. The one inside your heart.

Nyx: Prince Leo...

Leo: I disagree with you. I think your punishment has been more than sufficient. And I'd say it's time you changed your perspective a bit.

Nyx: I have...misgivings about this...

Leo: I doubt it will be easy. You're quite set in your ways by now, after all. But setting your punishment aside for a moment... Let us both consider the matured, adult Nyx of your own self-image. Would she not forgive you? Would she not allow at least for the possibility? If you'll allow me, I'd like to speak to her one day and find out.

Nyx: Prince Leo... You've given me much to think about. I'm not sure about that idea of yours, but thank you for your concern. You are...a good friend. If I may call you that.

Leo: You may. Please remember that I'm always here for you, Nyx.

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Leo: Nyx? Are your eyes closed?

Nyx: Yes...

Leo: What can you see now?

Nyx: My adult self... She is speaking with you... On the shores of the lake... She seems contented...

Leo: Does she now...

Nyx: And you? What do you see?

Leo: It's something slightly different.

Nyx: Do tell...

Leo: I, too, see us standing at the lake's shore carrying on a conversation. But the Nyx I see has the body of a child...

Nyx: ...

Leo: Next to that Nyx, I see myself, beaming with joy. The young Nyx has a contented look on her face as well. In between us is a third figure, that of a very small child.

Nyx: A child?

Leo: Yes. Our child...

Nyx: ... I don't care for your sense of humor, Prince Leo. Whatever I might look like, my heart is that of a fully grown woman. It is not to be trifled with.

Leo: That was not my intention. Now, Nyx, open your eyes.

Leo:

Nyx: Prince Leo! Is this...a ring...?

Leo: Nyx, I want you to marry me.

Nyx: ...

Leo: I mean that. I want to start a happy, loving family with you.

Nyx: It's impossible. I'm stuck like this... forever... What I did was unforgivable. And even if it wasn't, my curse cannot be lifted...

Leo: None of that bothers me. I accept you just as you are—as you always will be.

Nyx: Prince Leo...

Leo: So will you marry me?

Nyx: ...Very well. Thank you, my prince.