13th_crusader: (Maxwell - No Laments)
Enrico Maxwell ([personal profile] 13th_crusader) wrote2010-07-03 07:29 pm

✞29 Days since my Last Confession✞

[]Habakkuk 1:2-4

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear! Even cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save!
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold injustice? Why dost Thou tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice doth not prevail: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
[]

[☨]Upon his knees, nearly prostrate, the archbishop sits upon the remains of the foyer. As the Holy Spirit would have it, the flames were dowsed and those inside were whisked to safety by [livejournal.com profile] 3_hat_day [livejournal.com profile] emperor_cowboy [livejournal.com profile] teutons [livejournal.com profile] totally_feliks [livejournal.com profile] toris_lietuvos [livejournal.com profile] morphinbirdboy.

The threshold was charred, the back window was shattered, and the back pews, carpet, and tapestries were blackened, yet there was nothing that could not be saved and refurbished. Escaping by the skin of their necks was the only thing he was grateful for--Whilst the other 90% of himself was seething at the lack of judgment.

In Maxwell's quavering hand was fisted the 30 silver coins he had used to pay the Pope's ransom. He snarled as the livid hatred boiled up in him and tossed the shimmering coinage into the middle of the temple.
[☨]

There is no justice, Lord! None! I do not believe a single solitary soul can even fathom it in this misbegotten place!

[LOCKED to Lilith; 85%]

Madam Lilith... Might I request an audience with you?

Action!

[identity profile] visionofwords.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
It's what the northmen always do.

[There's a little white figure hovering around near the door frame]

No one in Ireland is able to stop them. Not even the wall did it. At least the church is still up.

Action!

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He lifted his languid gaze to the ethereal sprite. She was right after all.]

I suppose those heathens just cannot help themselves, hm? Yes, it's in their filthy blood to pillage and burn and ransack and desecrate and destroy whatever it is they touch!

[He caught himself before his voice echoed too loudly across the auditorium, and let his back fall against the stone wall near her.]

Yet... this is God's fortress. It is made to stand the tests of time. No barbarian can hope to thwart that.
Edited 2010-07-04 02:54 (UTC)

[identity profile] heinesangel.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
.....

[Nill came back to the church, to do what she could... and reluctantly survey the damage wrought from the fire. Saying that it was sight that could break your heart; that would not be an exaggeration for this little winged girl.

This was her only reminder of home. Her real home. Or at least it was.

Clutching the Nail of Helena between her two hands given to her by the Archbishop, being careful to avoid the sharp tip, she bit her lip and tried to keep herself together the best that she could. She wasn't going to let herself be seen crying.]

Action!

[identity profile] visionofwords.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[The faerie huffed, edging a little more inside. Well, she could agree with that!]

They've never been any different. I hoped they'd crashed at Iona, but they made it all the way to the mainland.

And now they're here too.

[A pause]

... Because you can't burn an idea.

[identity profile] betrayedblade.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:01 am (UTC)(link)

Action!

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[What a whimsical child... There were times she spoke like her nubile appearance.. and others that gave him the chills that her years proceeded his own by the hundreds.]

What do you mean by that, young fae?

Action!

[identity profile] visionofwords.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly what it sounds like, of course!

You can't make someone stop believing something, and you can't make an idea just go away. It doesn't matter if the northmen actually was good enough to take down the church, you're still here.

So the idea isn't going anywhere.

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The solemn archbishop had kept himself situated in the wake of the destruction, letting the anguish and abhorrence burn him up till he was likened to the cinders at his feet. The angelina had made not a sound, and yet somehow when the silence was placating and welcoming... That was when she would appear.

Worn from the inside out, he let his gaze pan to the source of that benign quietude. And there she was. He saw not the shine of the pristine relic in her hands, but the glass of her doll-like eyes, laced with a sympathy only something from above could bestow upon a despicable man like him.]


Angelina...

Edited 2010-07-04 03:36 (UTC)

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Non si preoccupi.




...Ma... avete la gratitudine mia.

[identity profile] betrayedblade.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He's sorry he wasn't around for it--he's sorry that the damage was done--but there isn't much he can do now. He seems to start to say something, reconsiders, and ends without anything further.]

Action!

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Heh..

[A twitch of his sunken cheek heralded a curt chuckle. What wisdom for a sprite so small. Such words or perseverance reminded him of Anderson's encouraging tongue.]

And here I shall remain. A figurehead, always, if the Lord wills it.

[Slyly he glanced her down to her pristinely pale feet to her snow-capped crown.]

Such sound words lead me to wonder just how much relation you have to our dear Father Anderson.

Edited 2010-07-04 03:58 (UTC)

Action!

[identity profile] visionofwords.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well from what Brendan tells me, he's a pretty nice kind of guy. Don't believe anything that other little boy says here. This Lord person seems friendly to me. [Well, she is a pagan.]

So I don't think he'll be making you go away.

[ANDERSON]

We're friends!

Action! | Oh, look. Butting in.

[identity profile] sanctus-cineris.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He was examining the damage to the front of the church with a somewhat panged expression, tracing fingers over what was left of the great doors. This would certainly take some effort...But at least it was salvageable. He would just need man power...More than what he could readily give.]

This icon has multiple uses!

[identity profile] heinesangel.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Her lips parted, as if she were about to speak... only to close as she bent her head down, giving a polite greeting to Enrico in return. Then slowly, Nill began to make her way toward him, walking forward and watching her steps. With the fire gone, she looked cleaner and tranquil. Even if her eyes said differently.

Stopping less than a foot away from the Archbishop, the winged girl carefully presented the Nail of Helena to him with both hands. Safe and sound.]

Oh God what is she reaching for!?

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Watching the dusted sunlight filter prismatic rays behind her weightless steps, he found himself lost in the picturesque sight. Like gazing upon a stained window of Saint Micheal (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/SeraphimSephiroth/Maxwell%20Journal/angel_stained_glass_michael.jpg), he froze in awe, till her movement shattered the illusion like so much of the glass still scattered across the stone floor.]

Is that... Oh!

[How well his little angel had done. Protecting that most sacred relic. The spirit had been within him, whispering that it would remain unprofaned in her unstained hands. Raising from his seat he reached to touch her outstretched hand, glee in his strained heart as he wrapped around the precious treasure and knelt just enough to push her bangs from her crown.]

Splendido.. Wonderful, you wonderful miracoloso girl..!

[And there his lips blessed her brow once, marking his favor upon her.]

Action!

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
He is... Our Rock and our Refuge, yes.. compassionate indeed.

[Such words felt numb on his tongue.. as if he was beginning to question that very proverb after all that had been dealt to him from Midian and beyond. Pausing, he heard the door creak behind him and peered through the crack to see Anderson observing what could be salvageable.]

Well?

Is all lost, Father?

[He spoke rather facetiously. Letting that cold cynic cover up the injustice in his soul.]

Heine. :D

[identity profile] heinesangel.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[The task was only half as meaningful to her, unfortunately.

Nill knew that the Archbishop had risked his neck to retrieve the Nail of Helena, and left the strange relic in her care so that it would be kept safe. It only felt right to return it to him, now that everything was said and done. Just like the cassock that was returned to him before. He always did plenty for her.

That is why, she blinked up at him as he drew near, leaning back instinctively on her heals. He seemed pleased, but it was... a little overwhelming. The poor thing didn't even have enough time to react to the kiss placed upon her brow until it was already well over.]


...

[Nill tilted her down meekly, as her cheeks flushed to a deep rosy red. What...? What just happened?]

SO CUTE <3

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[The thrill of that moment to have everything he wants kept safe to fall into place, had moved him with such unexpectancy that Maxwell actually shocked himself into submission. Anderson would have a field day to have seen him do such a compassionate thing. Alabaster cheeks staining rosette from his own embarrassment, he shifted a hand over his mouth and inched himself back upon his own heels.]

A-ahi.. You did..

[A regale clear of his throat to regain an ounce of his dignity back, he righted himself and placed the nail carefully in both hands.]

You did a fine job.. God would bless your efforts surely.. for you see.

[Allowing himself to slowly drop level with her again, he held the treasure up, letting the light of day catch the glint of steel and a strange red iridescence that stained the very tip.]

This relic.. is going to save us. It is the key to salvation, Angelina.

Edited 2010-07-04 07:34 (UTC)

[identity profile] emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
A-aha!

You're... that buttero from the other night.

[identity profile] emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Buttero"?

Right.




I'm guessing the two of you are alright?

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Sìssignore, that would be "cowboy", sì, no, sì?


You have my thanks and blessing, Angelina was without harm thanks to your... cushion.

[identity profile] emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Next time, I'll jump from a burning building and you can be the one to "catch" me.


All aside, I'm glad to hear she's safe.

[identity profile] 13th-crusader.livejournal.com 2010-07-04 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
Now, now, let us merely try to keep this city away from the flames of Hell as long as possible!

It was a wonder to see so many Sumatrans come to the church's aid, a rarity in these tribulations we live in, no?

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