and your father smelt of elderberries! // alicia

[Leon Swyft]

Woah man. Leon couldn't handle this. The new Lieutenant wanted to talk to him? It was too much going on all at once. Lorina was in love with him, and he was trying to get over Nai for Lorina because she deserved to be happy, dammit, and now Miss Alicia wanted to talk to him for reasons unknown.

He was going to get kicked out, he knew it. He had really screwed up somehow, and now he was going to get kicked out of the Knights and he wouldn't be able to make anyone happy, let alone Lorina.

The thought was enough to make him want to cry. Again.

Still, she had asked him (indirectly) to talk with her, so he would talk with her. Directly. Even though he kind of envied her because he'd been a Knight a whole year longer than her, and she was already Lieutenant. Though, she was a few years older than him, so she had more experience. Not to mention that Leon didn't have the patience, skill, or attention span required to be a Lieutenant.

But anyway.

He was going to meet Miss Alicia in the courtyard. To talk. And probably get fired.

No big deal.

[alicia]

x x

Alicia stood in the courtyard, trying very hard, and fairly successfully, to mask the nervousness that was prompting her heart to thump around inside her chest as though it was attempting an escape. After so many years of trying to track down her father's identity, and trying to find out if there was anyone else ... like her, she had discovered--or at least thought she'd discovered--that there had been exactly one such person who had been right under her nose all along. Of course, there probably couldn't be two more dissimilar people, but that didn't matter to her. She might have finally found another person like her, and unless she was very much mistaken, one who didn't share her ... skin condition.

She watched the young man, named Leon, approach her, sort of stunned that she hadn't made the connection sooner. She had to admit, the resemblance between them was ... uncanny. They even seemed to have fairly similar fashion sense, though Alicia's clothing was a fair sight more ... revealing. The purpose was twofold: firstly, she'd learned long ago that too much clothing would mean too much shredded clothing if her armour decided to pop out; secondly, she liked looking good. She was allowed at least one vanity, she figured.

"Hello, Leon," Alicia said, her voice a soft breeze. She wanted to be sure of things before she said anything like 'yo, I'm your sister.' She continued. "Not to ask too personal a question, but ... could you perhaps tell me the name of your father?"

She had to be sure. Had to be.

[Leon Swyft]

Ah, Miss Alicia. Fabulously dressed as always. It was a bit scary, how similar their tastes in clothing was. They both had a bit of a 'dark horse' look going on, what with all the black and leather and the ridiculous number of straps. And the openness. Miss Alicia's outfit was a bit more revealing than his own, but that was to be expected. She was a woman, after all~ She had curves, and he did not. So he would only show off his manly arms -- well, arm, since one was covered -- and his super manly chest. Because he was so manly. And not gay. As proven by Nai and Lori and Titania.

Leon waved cheerfully as he approached, ignoring the pit that was growing in the bottom of his stomach. "Miss Alicia," he said, keeping his tone as upbeat as he possibly could. Yep, he was definitely getting fired. Why else would she be so seri--

Oh. That was it? How anticlimactic. Not that he wanted to get fired or anything. He was just expecting something a bit more... dramatic.

Leon blinked, then grinned. "Not personal at all, Lieutenant~ My father was Brogud, a Goron blacksmith. No last name, I don't think. I got Swyft from my mother. He was a bit of a whore, didn't stick around long. But you didn't need to know that." He laughed, a bit nervously, and tugged on one of his spikes. "So you're not gonna kick me out or anything, right? I'm pretty sure I haven't screwed up too badly recently..."

[alicia]

x x

Alicia listened patiently to Leon, smiling a little as he rambled. She didn't know him particularly well, but she certainly knew how much he could talk when he decided to. That was fine. Alicia was always happy to listen, particularly to someone as cheerful and carefree as Leon. It was encouraging to be around that sort of person.

"No, Leon, you're in no danger of being fired," Alicia said softly, trying to keep her smile encouraging."No, what I really wanted to talk to you about, Leon ... is, well ... my father was a Goron, too. His name was also Brogud, and ... I have pretty strong reason to believe that he's your father, as well. My father, I mean. We have the same one," Alicia said, the calmness of her voice being betrayed by her own strange, out-of-character rambling. In reality, she was pretty nervous. Well, a lot nervous.

She'd never had a sibling. Hell, she'd never really had many friends. This was exciting, and a little frightening. But she hoped it would end well.