Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24736819-20150308140423/@comment-5583506-20150325212746

"I will be back soon", purred Kashmira in Ra'Danji's ear as she left his bedroom. "Gotta clean myself up a little."

"Don't be gone for too long. I am not through with you yet", he said and smiled mischievously.

She left the cottage and headed for the pond where she and Ra'Danji had shared their first kiss. It made her feel all tingly reliving that particular memory. To think that in another life she had been the despised Kashmira, the daughter of a turncloak and a Knight. Now she was the beloved Kashmira, also known as Sunshine or Goldy, the saviour of the community.

As she went into the forest and knelt before the pond to dip her snout into the clear waters she felt a cold touch to her neck. It was a familiar touch. She recognised that blade.

Ran'Jinro's blade...

"You have found me", she lamented.

"I have", replied Kyrie and made no attempts to hide her contempt.

Kashmira froze up, she didn't want to die. Not now when she finally had found happiness... true happiness... A tear trickled down her cheek.

"Do it then", she said somberly, submitting herself.

It didn't matter anymore. She had experienced true love. Her sole purpose in life had been fulfilled and she was now ready to move on.

"I don't want to kill you", said the Nord. "Ran'Jinro told me with his dying breath that I was to convince you to turn yourself in."

"And let them kill me instead?" Kashmira shook her head. "No. I will not have it. I will not have them stand their and gloat as they deliver their judgement. Kill me here and now."

"I won't. You will turn yourself in", repeated Kyrie, more forcefully this time.

Kashmira turned around with an expression of sadness on her face. Kyrie didn't even want to believe that this former Jun turned evil was capable of sadness... only hate...

"I loved Ran'Jinro. I never meant to kill him. I never meant to kill anyone. I would never have done that. He just... he just got in my way... Threw himself in front of me... in order to save you."

Kyrie lowered her guard slightly when she saw the sincereness in the Khajiit's eyes. "In order to save both of us", she corrected. "Will you not fulfill his last wish?"

"I... I can't!" sobbed Kashmira.

"And why not? What else do you have to live for? You said so yourself one time. That you didn't want to live in this world, where all the hatred was directed at you. Come with me, face your trial and die with your honour intact."

"Because I have someone I love!" sniffed the Khajiit.

Kyrie cocked her head to make sure that she had heard it right. "Love?"

Kashmira nodded, still kneeling. "Ra'Danji. The love of my life. I never though that someone would be able to make me feel like... like... like I was someone! But he could. He makes me feel like I am appreciated! Like I am more than just a disgraced Jun! He makes me feel like I am a woman."

The Nord almost became hesitant. Kyrie could feel how the handle of Ran'Jinro's sword seemed to increase in weight, or perhaps it was just her hands getting weaker. "I am sorry, Kashmira. The law is clear. Come with me and face your trial."

"No!" she exclaimed.

"Don't make me dismember you and drag you there! Because I will!"

The Khajiit grabbed a nearby stick and held it up in a desperate defense. Kyrie would have laughed her heart out if it wasn't for the tears streaming from her eyes. It was clear that she was willing to fight to the death by any means necessary in order to preserve the fact that she was indeed loved by another.

Kyrie sighed and raised her sword. "Don't make me do this, Kashmira. You have no chance."

"I... I got plenty of chance! I was a Knight!"

"Well, so am I", said Kyrie threatingly.