Chapter 1: Raigh/Nino C-A
Chapter Text
C Support
Raigh: Interesting…
Nino: (Oh, it’s Raigh! I want to talk to him, but he looks busy… Oh well, it seems like he’s always busy. Talk to him, Nino!)
Nino: Hi, Raigh!
Raigh: Gah! Uh, hey…
Nino: Whatcha reading?
Raigh: A tome.
Nino: Can I see it?
Raigh: No.
Nino: Aw, come on! Please??
Raigh: No.
Nino: Why not?
Raigh: It’s… um… a special tome only for boys.
Nino: That doesn’t mean girls can’t look at it!
Raigh: It’s a powerful dark tome. If you aren’t ready for it, you could hurt yourself.
Nino: Fine, meanie!
*Nino exits*
Raigh: I can’t let her see this…
B Support
Raigh: *muttering incantations*
Nino: (There he is again! Maybe I should apologize for calling him a meanie… He must have some reason for me not wanting to see the tome!)
Nino: Raigh? Is that you?
Raigh: Dammit, Nino, don’t sneak up on people like that!
Nino: Sorry! I just wanted to see what you were doing.
Raigh: Well, I was practicing spells from that tome, but you messed me up.
Nino: Sorry – wait, I recognize that tome!
Raigh: Um, what-
Nino: Let me see it!
Raigh: Hey, don’t grab things from people!!
Nino: Just as I thought… it’s the tome that Uncle Canas gave to me!
Raigh: Um… what?
Nino: How did you get this? I want answers!
Raigh: I can’t tell you that.
Nino: So you stole it, huh? Well, I’m taking it back, meanie!
Raigh: Wait, Nino-
*Nino exits*
Raigh: Sigh… I guess I have to tell her.
A Support
Nino: Uncle Canas… I’m sorry that your gift to me ended up in the hands of such a mean person… I’ll never let it out of my sight again, I swear! But I don’t recall having it in my hands when I was summoned to this world… I was just holding a regular Elwind spell! Oh, this is too much! I need to know-
Raigh: Nino.
Nino: Ah! Don’t scare me like that! –Wait, what are you doing here?
Raigh: It’s about that tome you took from me.
Nino: No, you took it from me! But I don’t know how you got it.
Raigh: You gave it to me.
Nino: What? Why?
Raigh: …Because I was never going to see you again, and you wanted me to have something to remember you by.
Nino: What do you mean?
Raigh: …I’m an orphan. I lived in Araphen with my twin brother, some of my friends, and Lucius before-
Nino: You’re from Araphen? You know Lucius? He runs an orphanage?
Raigh: Yes. I lived in that orphanage before I left to pursue my mastery of dark magic when I was eleven.
Nino: Oh…
Raigh: And I always had this book with me. You gave it to me when I was four, and… you gave my brother your purple cape.
Nino: Why?
Raigh: …You left us there.
Nino: So, I found you guys and took you to Lucius’ orphanage?
Raigh: No, Nino… You’re my mother.
Nino: What?!
Raigh: Lucius told me that bounty hunters came for your husband, and you left to find him. So my brother and I… You left us with Lucius and told us you would always love us, and…
Nino: Raigh… I’m so sorry…
Raigh: You didn’t know. I was not planning to tell you, either, because I knew it would make you upset.
Nino: Here, you can have this tome back… Oh, and I’m sorry for calling you a meanie. Will you forgive me?
Raigh: …Yeah, I can forgive you. I was mad at you for a while, but I understand now. You wanted my brother and I to be safe.
Nino: Thank you, Raigh! And, um, I don’t know much about being a mother right now, but… We can be friends, right?
Raigh: …Sure.
Nino: Yay! Now, tell me about yourself! And you said you had a twin brother?
Raigh: Right, his name’s Lugh, and…
Chapter 2: Abel/Stahl C-A
Summary:
In which Abel doesn't think he's worthy of being Stahl's idol.
Chapter Text
C Support
Stahl: Hyaaa! Ha! Hya-
Abel: Oh, hey. Sir Stahl, is it?
Stahl: Ah! Oh, hi- Whoa… Umm…
Abel: Yes?
Stahl: You… Are you Sir Abel? Abel… the Panther?
Abel: I suppose I was, yes.
Stahl: …
Abel: These days, I am but a shopkeeper. Though back when I was in the army… Huh? Sir Stahl?
Stahl: …
Abel: Oh dear, he fainted…
B Support
Stahl: Ha! Hyaaa!-
Abel: Good afternoon, Sir Stahl.
Stahl: Ah! S-Sir Abel, you… scared me!
Abel: I came to see if you were alright. Last time we met, you fainted, and now, you look like you’ve seen a ghost.
Stahl: I-I’m fine, it’s just that… how do I put this?
Abel: Hm?
Stahl: You see, when I was little, all I wanted was to be a knight. My father is an apothecary, and my brother now works in his shop. I dreamed only of joining Ylisse’s Shepherds, the successors to the legendary Altean Knights. I read so many stories and accounts of the legendary War of Shadows and the War of Heroes, especially about… well, you. I aspired to your skills with the lance and sword as well as your swiftness and dexterity in battle. My close friend, Sully, and I chose to don red and green armor to honor you and Sir Cain. You’ve been my role model since I was a little boy, so when you first came up and talked to me, I was a bit… overwhelmed, is all. Obviously, I never thought I’d have the chance to meet you, let alone talk to you!
Abel: …O-oh. Okay.
Stahl: …I’m sorry. You must think me strange or weird, since I’m blathering on and on-
Abel: No, it’s not that at all. I just… I’m not worthy of such praise. Prince Marth and Cain make much better idols than I.
Stahl: What?
Abel: It’s… *sigh* Excuse me, I must be going.
Stahl: Sir Abel, wait…! Ah, he’s gone. I hope I didn’t upset him…
A Support
Stahl: S-sir Abel?
Abel: Hm?
Stahl: I, er, wanted to apologize for the other day. I know I must have-
Abel: There is no need to apologize. I was the one in the wrong.
Stahl: N-no, Sir Abel, I-
Abel: Stahl, you said you had heard many legends about me.
Stahl: Yes, sir, I have! Your legendary exploits during the War of Shadows, when you and Sir Cain, the legendary Bull, helped Prince Marth slay Medeus, the Shadow Dragon, and during the War of Heroes, when you again aided him in restoring order to Archanea!
Abel: Yes, but…
Stahl: What is it?
Abel: During the War of Shadows, I fell in love with a Macedonian Whitewing named Est. We retired from the military and were wed after the war’s conclusion.
Stahl: I’ve read about her, too! She sounds lovely.
Abel: She is, truly. We had no intention of fighting during the War of Heroes. We wanted to open a shop together and raise a family… but then, she was captured by Emperor Hardin’s army to blackmail me into fighting for them.
Stahl: That’s horrible.
Abel: He was going to kill her if I didn’t fight with him, and… I couldn’t lose her. A scoundrel named Grieth had captured her before, intending to sell her into slavery, and… she never recovered. It left her with horrible scars, on both her body and her mind. I couldn’t bear for her to endure that again. I couldn’t lose her, but… I had to raise my sword against my former liege to save her.
Stahl: Sir Abel…
Abel: I will never atone for that crime, Sir Stahl. I am not worthy of being idolized.
Stahl: Sir Abel, please don’t say that. Had I been in your position, I… I don’t know what I would have done. Choosing between two things you hold incredibly close to your heart… It isn’t easy. There is no right answer or wrong answer in a situation like that, merely two different options. Keep your wife safe or keep your honor as a former knight. You chose to keep your wife safe, which is honorable in its own right.
Abel: S-Stahl…
Stahl: Prince Marth forgave you, right? It was the conclusion of that tale that you just told me. He saved you, saved your love, and formally pardoned you from treason.
Abel: He did, but…
Stahl: Then you should forgive yourself. You’re a great man, Sir Abel. The greatest man I’ve ever known.
Abel: I don’t know what to say.
Stahl: Say you’ll forgive yourself, like Prince Marth and Altea itself forgave you.
Abel: I’ll… I’ll try. Thank you, Sir Stahl.
Stahl: Please, Sir Abel, call me Stahl. We’re friends now. …Right? Are we friends?
Abel: *laughs* Of course. And you, in turn, can simply call me Abel.
Stahl: Alright… um, Abel!
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