Newly wedded and couldn't be happier!
A few days ago, I was invited to a glorious wedding – but, unfortunately, I was unable to attend. I very much wish I had been able to go, but we all know how life is. Luckily though, I was able to get an exclusive interview with the pair – so, I here by present the newly wedded pair
Michiru and Crimson!
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D :-: So, as with nearly all my interviews I will start by asking for your consent, I will post everything you say unedited - if you wish to have something be omitted then you must tell me during the interview
M :-: I consent.
C :-: I consent also.
D :-: Excellent. Now, let's start at the beginning. How did you meet?
C :-: Boy, you're starting off strong aren't you? That's a bit of a loaded question, really.
C:-: About ten years ago, I had heard of this warrior named Michiru. I was intrigued by how she had come to have so much prestige among our kind. I was just barely out of my fledgling days then. Still wide eyed about the city and all it's musings. I got to see her once, in a war conference, and I was awe struck. Time goes on, as it does, and it brought to the city one of it's greatest tragedies. Michiru and Wyndcryer had ended what had seemed to be the perfect fairytale binding. I had never met either of them, but I knew their story, and my heart broke for them, with them, as they split ways."
It took me several days to work up the courage, but one night, I made my way over to the manor that once stood in her name within the city. Though it has been rebuilt now, that manor no longer stands. I knocked on her door, with nothing more than the intent to express my heartfelt condolences and to offer comfort or company should she wish it.
Little did I know, I would be interrupting a date in progress.
M :-: I was seeing Tifereth D'Dary at the time. When Mali, who at that time in our lives was introduced as her English name of Crimson, Knocked on my door. She stated how horribly upset she was about the loss of Wynd and I's binding. In truth, I was still very much in pain. And Tifereth and I did not work out, obviously. Though it was due to Family differences. I was Lokason at the time. She D'Dary. There was not much more of a Romeo and Juliet pairing as she and I back then. We remained close friends. However, When Crimson made it to my door, there was something different about her carefree way. She smiled a lot, which I wasn't really used to. We had ice cream on the roof of the manor some days later. And that was how we began
D :-: Sounds almost like a romance novel. Why did you not bind before now? Or is my history so lacking that I completely missed the fact you had been bound previously?
C :-: Actually, we were previously bound. We had been bound for somewhere in the neighbourhood of nine months, I believe. However, when Michi... when she buried herself, she released me from our bond, having no expectation that she would ever return, and not wanting to force me to be bound to a partner who wasn’t there. She had no idea I would fall to deep slumber shortly after, only to wake the very night I felt her return from the dead.
M:-: I never had an intention of raising from the dead. Eight years I believe is the longest anyone has slept and woken as of yet. Not that I am proud of that. But, she did wake. Shortly after me, and we have had to spend a good deal of time learning one another again. Were we were still compatible? Did we have aligned interests as well as morals?
We were both lucky, in that even after death, we could still love one another.
D :-: Eight years is impressive by today's standards, may I ask what woke you up after so long buried?
M :-: I was stirred in my slumber by a loved one. Dark arts are an impressive thing. During that experience, It made me realize that I needed to sleep no more. So, Vyktor was called upon and he proceeded the ritual of waking me.”
D :-: What was it like seeing each other after so long apart?
C:-: I believe my first words to her were a week after she woke, and they were via telepathic message because she hadn’t been to see me yet. I sent her a message that said, “I want to write ‘I love you’ on a rock and throw it at your face, just so you know how much it hurts to miss you.”
M :-: I remember for weeks after telling her she could throw rocks or holy water or anything she
wanted at me. Because I deserved it. I had severed our connection without speaking to her. I was in such pain over permanently losing someone very dear to me, that I said I was done. I could deal with this place no more....So...I deserved all the rocks. Even looking at her gave me pain because she was the only person I felt I could truly talk to, and yet seeing her reminded me of my mistakes.
I am extremely blessed that she is a patient woman. For she gave me more chance than I deserved to earn her again.
C :-: Weeks indeed. It took weeks just to get her to speak to me. Months before she would spend any length of time with me. In that time, I had accepted that she had moved on, and I did the same. It took her so long to come around in fact, that she almost missed her chance with me, again.
M :-: Lucky for me, ‘almost’ only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
D :-: Well I am very glad you didn't miss your chance, you are a beautiful couple. What did your families have to say about the reunion, after all they must have been hurting from the perceived abandonment.
C:-: My family... my childer were certainly advising me to be cautious. They definitely were a contributing factor to why we spent as much time as we did truly getting to know one another again, and asking ourselves if we were not only able to do this again, but if we wanted to. Michi’s childer were very much in favour of it from the start. They, of course, had a little different perspective on the situation. When we finally did come together though, I think it safe to say everyone was happy for us, and were happy to celebrate with us.
D:-: I'm glad your families were understanding of the situation. So, I noticed you had a very traditional wedding, why did you decide to do it this way instead of the big over the tip weddings I see a lot?
M :-: Well to start with, we didn’t have a wedding. I feel that is the over all defining line of it all. Some people have weddings. Where they enter The Hall and sign a document that states they are “married”.
I think that’s fine, but much like humans, and from what I can see, it is done frivolously and without much seriousness. It should be serious. That is what makes it a happy occasion, but that isn’t to say all weddings aren’t either. I believe people tie themselves together for multiple reasons, financially, for love, and for the upper hand during dark times. I find “marriages” to be done because you -love- someone” she paused and looked at Mali, squeezing her hand.
I love this woman. But our bond is far more than that. With our bond, we join our hearts, our flesh, and our houses. That is why we are not “married”. That is why we are -bound-. And bound in blood. The vows speak to our love and our oathes, the rings they speak traditions of wearing something your partner gave you for all to see, but the dagger and the blood: the ritual, that was for the tradition of taking two and becoming one. That is what separates a wedding from a binding. I sacrificed my blood for her, she sacrificed hers for me. And together we drank that of what we have become together. One blood. One couple. One family.
Would you say that covers it dear?
C :-: Very much so. Though, I would add to that just one more thing. Because we have noticed so much loss of respect for bindings, and what they mean, how much they -should- mean, we hope that with our ceremony, and our binding together, we can help the city remember that bindings aren’t supposed to be disposable. They are meant to be lasting commitments.
M :-: Yes. Most importantly, that
D :-: A wonderful sentiment. With that in mind - do you have advice to the younger vampires in the city who are planning their own bindings?
C :-: A binding is sacred. It is the deepest connection you can make with someone. Treat it like it is indispensable, as it should be. Question everything, including yourself, and your bond. Don’t allow yourself to become complacent. Always remember that you are never done growing, no matter how many centuries you carry on. When you wake every evening, recognize how lucky you are to have your partner, and spend the rest of each evening working your ass off to earn that privilege. Never, ever, stop doing everything in your power to deserve your partner’s love, trust, and fidelity. Most of all, take time to be happy together. And, whether you’ve been together for a month, or a decade, take your partner out on dates once in a while, just the two of you.
M :-: Man, I’m a lucky woman.
D :-: And what are your plans now you are back together? Do you plan combing your families and entering the poltical world of the city? Or are you more war like?
M :-: We are both very family oriented and with our binding our combined family is our focus. We wish to focus on bringing each other together inside the family. We also have private endeavors we began prior to binding as individuals we still wish to work on and complete.
D:-: Last question, are you both happy?
M :-: We’ve been through the ringer, this woman and I. And almost lost each other forever. I thought I didn’t need her, that she wasn’t it for me. Not only was I wrong, but now I feel whole. I could never be happier.
C :-: It’s true that we’ve been through a lot together. A lot that would test any relationship. If you can’t go through everything we’ve been through with someone and still find the happiness to be had, then you shouldn’t be doing it. There should always be happiness in a relationship, as there is in ours.
M :-: I consent.
C :-: I consent also.
D :-: Excellent. Now, let's start at the beginning. How did you meet?
C :-: Boy, you're starting off strong aren't you? That's a bit of a loaded question, really.
C:-: About ten years ago, I had heard of this warrior named Michiru. I was intrigued by how she had come to have so much prestige among our kind. I was just barely out of my fledgling days then. Still wide eyed about the city and all it's musings. I got to see her once, in a war conference, and I was awe struck. Time goes on, as it does, and it brought to the city one of it's greatest tragedies. Michiru and Wyndcryer had ended what had seemed to be the perfect fairytale binding. I had never met either of them, but I knew their story, and my heart broke for them, with them, as they split ways."
It took me several days to work up the courage, but one night, I made my way over to the manor that once stood in her name within the city. Though it has been rebuilt now, that manor no longer stands. I knocked on her door, with nothing more than the intent to express my heartfelt condolences and to offer comfort or company should she wish it.
Little did I know, I would be interrupting a date in progress.
M :-: I was seeing Tifereth D'Dary at the time. When Mali, who at that time in our lives was introduced as her English name of Crimson, Knocked on my door. She stated how horribly upset she was about the loss of Wynd and I's binding. In truth, I was still very much in pain. And Tifereth and I did not work out, obviously. Though it was due to Family differences. I was Lokason at the time. She D'Dary. There was not much more of a Romeo and Juliet pairing as she and I back then. We remained close friends. However, When Crimson made it to my door, there was something different about her carefree way. She smiled a lot, which I wasn't really used to. We had ice cream on the roof of the manor some days later. And that was how we began
D :-: Sounds almost like a romance novel. Why did you not bind before now? Or is my history so lacking that I completely missed the fact you had been bound previously?
C :-: Actually, we were previously bound. We had been bound for somewhere in the neighbourhood of nine months, I believe. However, when Michi... when she buried herself, she released me from our bond, having no expectation that she would ever return, and not wanting to force me to be bound to a partner who wasn’t there. She had no idea I would fall to deep slumber shortly after, only to wake the very night I felt her return from the dead.
M:-: I never had an intention of raising from the dead. Eight years I believe is the longest anyone has slept and woken as of yet. Not that I am proud of that. But, she did wake. Shortly after me, and we have had to spend a good deal of time learning one another again. Were we were still compatible? Did we have aligned interests as well as morals?
We were both lucky, in that even after death, we could still love one another.
D :-: Eight years is impressive by today's standards, may I ask what woke you up after so long buried?
M :-: I was stirred in my slumber by a loved one. Dark arts are an impressive thing. During that experience, It made me realize that I needed to sleep no more. So, Vyktor was called upon and he proceeded the ritual of waking me.”
D :-: What was it like seeing each other after so long apart?
C:-: I believe my first words to her were a week after she woke, and they were via telepathic message because she hadn’t been to see me yet. I sent her a message that said, “I want to write ‘I love you’ on a rock and throw it at your face, just so you know how much it hurts to miss you.”
M :-: I remember for weeks after telling her she could throw rocks or holy water or anything she
wanted at me. Because I deserved it. I had severed our connection without speaking to her. I was in such pain over permanently losing someone very dear to me, that I said I was done. I could deal with this place no more....So...I deserved all the rocks. Even looking at her gave me pain because she was the only person I felt I could truly talk to, and yet seeing her reminded me of my mistakes.
I am extremely blessed that she is a patient woman. For she gave me more chance than I deserved to earn her again.
C :-: Weeks indeed. It took weeks just to get her to speak to me. Months before she would spend any length of time with me. In that time, I had accepted that she had moved on, and I did the same. It took her so long to come around in fact, that she almost missed her chance with me, again.
M :-: Lucky for me, ‘almost’ only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
D :-: Well I am very glad you didn't miss your chance, you are a beautiful couple. What did your families have to say about the reunion, after all they must have been hurting from the perceived abandonment.
C:-: My family... my childer were certainly advising me to be cautious. They definitely were a contributing factor to why we spent as much time as we did truly getting to know one another again, and asking ourselves if we were not only able to do this again, but if we wanted to. Michi’s childer were very much in favour of it from the start. They, of course, had a little different perspective on the situation. When we finally did come together though, I think it safe to say everyone was happy for us, and were happy to celebrate with us.
D:-: I'm glad your families were understanding of the situation. So, I noticed you had a very traditional wedding, why did you decide to do it this way instead of the big over the tip weddings I see a lot?
M :-: Well to start with, we didn’t have a wedding. I feel that is the over all defining line of it all. Some people have weddings. Where they enter The Hall and sign a document that states they are “married”.
I think that’s fine, but much like humans, and from what I can see, it is done frivolously and without much seriousness. It should be serious. That is what makes it a happy occasion, but that isn’t to say all weddings aren’t either. I believe people tie themselves together for multiple reasons, financially, for love, and for the upper hand during dark times. I find “marriages” to be done because you -love- someone” she paused and looked at Mali, squeezing her hand.
I love this woman. But our bond is far more than that. With our bond, we join our hearts, our flesh, and our houses. That is why we are not “married”. That is why we are -bound-. And bound in blood. The vows speak to our love and our oathes, the rings they speak traditions of wearing something your partner gave you for all to see, but the dagger and the blood: the ritual, that was for the tradition of taking two and becoming one. That is what separates a wedding from a binding. I sacrificed my blood for her, she sacrificed hers for me. And together we drank that of what we have become together. One blood. One couple. One family.
Would you say that covers it dear?
C :-: Very much so. Though, I would add to that just one more thing. Because we have noticed so much loss of respect for bindings, and what they mean, how much they -should- mean, we hope that with our ceremony, and our binding together, we can help the city remember that bindings aren’t supposed to be disposable. They are meant to be lasting commitments.
M :-: Yes. Most importantly, that
D :-: A wonderful sentiment. With that in mind - do you have advice to the younger vampires in the city who are planning their own bindings?
C :-: A binding is sacred. It is the deepest connection you can make with someone. Treat it like it is indispensable, as it should be. Question everything, including yourself, and your bond. Don’t allow yourself to become complacent. Always remember that you are never done growing, no matter how many centuries you carry on. When you wake every evening, recognize how lucky you are to have your partner, and spend the rest of each evening working your ass off to earn that privilege. Never, ever, stop doing everything in your power to deserve your partner’s love, trust, and fidelity. Most of all, take time to be happy together. And, whether you’ve been together for a month, or a decade, take your partner out on dates once in a while, just the two of you.
M :-: Man, I’m a lucky woman.
D :-: And what are your plans now you are back together? Do you plan combing your families and entering the poltical world of the city? Or are you more war like?
M :-: We are both very family oriented and with our binding our combined family is our focus. We wish to focus on bringing each other together inside the family. We also have private endeavors we began prior to binding as individuals we still wish to work on and complete.
D:-: Last question, are you both happy?
M :-: We’ve been through the ringer, this woman and I. And almost lost each other forever. I thought I didn’t need her, that she wasn’t it for me. Not only was I wrong, but now I feel whole. I could never be happier.
C :-: It’s true that we’ve been through a lot together. A lot that would test any relationship. If you can’t go through everything we’ve been through with someone and still find the happiness to be had, then you shouldn’t be doing it. There should always be happiness in a relationship, as there is in ours.
