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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 2, 2013 17:57:20 GMT -5
Adella walked up to her father's garage, with the intention of finding him. Last night, she had heard about his three day venture on land to go looking for her before the curse and she wanted to talk to him about that. She wanted to apologize for making him go through all of that because of her actions. She peered inside, her eyes searching for him.
"Daddy? Are you in here?" She called out.
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Post by King Triton on Jul 2, 2013 19:16:31 GMT -5
Triton was once again under a car, quietly fixing it. He was at war within himself; one side of him was disgusted that he would stoop to work as a servant to humans, fixing their belongings.... but the other side of him enjoyed the mundane task, finding it peaceful. He heard the musical voice of his daughter and rolled himself out from under the car.
"Adella?" He grunted as he sat up. He stood to his full height, wiping his greasy hands on his overalls. He gave her a slight smile, ashamed of the state he was in... but always glad to see one of his girls. "What brings you here?"
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 2, 2013 19:47:03 GMT -5
Adella went over to him, not at all bothered by his current state, but it was strange to see him like this, remembering the pristine Ocean King from Atlantica.
"I wanted to talk to you about something. Do you have a minute?" If he was busy, then this could wait, but she did really want to talk to him.
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Post by King Triton on Jul 2, 2013 20:02:22 GMT -5
Triton looked around. It was a slow day anyways. Even handling the shop on his own. He gave her a nod.
"Of course." He motioned for her to sit down on a nearby bench. He went about getting the grease off of his hands with a soiled rag. "What's on your mind?"
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 2, 2013 20:46:00 GMT -5
Adella sat down on the bench, hands in her lap as she watched her father move about the garage. "Well, I saw Alana and Ariel last night. We were reminiscing a little about Mom and... Alana told me something.. about what you tried to do for me.. for three days on land?"
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Post by King Triton on Jul 3, 2013 9:40:47 GMT -5
Triton paused in his cleaning. He finally put the rag down and turned towards her, crossing his arms over his chest. He was looking over at his calender; anywhere but AT her.
"No one was supposed to know of that." He finally said, shifting his gaze down to his accursed feet, shuffling them about like the dumb things that they were.
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 4, 2013 17:53:24 GMT -5
Adella tilted her head at him, not sure she understood his reasoning. "Why didn't you tell me before that you came looking for me? That time in the hospital... you never said anything."
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Post by King Triton on Jul 6, 2013 15:08:27 GMT -5
"And what good would that have done?" Triton retorted with a huff. He didn't want to talk about it. He turned away from her, busying himself with cleaning some tools now that his hands weren't slick with oil. "It's in the past. It is done, it was fruitless... and I would rather forget it." Not that he ever could.
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 8, 2013 12:18:00 GMT -5
Adella shook her head. She could understand why he wouldn't want to talk about it considering he hated humans. For a time, he had to endure being one. It had to have been quite a humbling experience for the usually proud Ocean King...and difficult to deal with.
"You could have told me." She held her hands in her lap, "You know I wouldn't judge you. I just... You did that for me. I would never question it if it had been for Ariel. Any one of us would've done the same thing to find her if it ever came to that, but you did that for me...and you never told me."
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Post by King Triton on Jul 8, 2013 18:17:55 GMT -5
"Ariel didn't leave a note as to what she was doing." Triton retorted. "Her disappearances, while they drove me to insanity as a father... they had become a regular occurrence, and she would always come back." He let the tool in his hand drop down to the tray before him with a thud. "You didn't." His aqua eyes were vacant, suppressing the memories of that hellish venture.
"I think it best... if it is kept unknown, even to you, what happened." He looked down. "My greatest shame during the ordeal was that I was too weak to continue... and that my crown weighed heavier on my conscience then my role as a father. I truly believed..." He took in a shuddering breath. "...that I was sacrificing you by returning to Atlantica. As I thought... I would have to sacrifice Thea for a bride that I didn't know. It... tortured me inside..." His hands trembled, so he clasped them together.
"...I regretted that decision..." He breathed... his voice not at all like a king's. He wasn't able to meet her eyes.
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 8, 2013 19:27:21 GMT -5
Adella looked down, feeling the shame she had felt before during their last heart-to-heart come back. Why was it that every time she spoke to him like this, she learned more about how much she hurt the ones she loved most? It was obvious that she wouldn't be able to live the decision to leave her family down. No matter what she did with her life, that would always be the permanent stain on her heart that her father would see. She would have to find some way to live with that from here on out, she had no choice, but it didn't make this any less difficult...
"I'm sorry of what I put you through..." She started wringing her hands the way she always did during these situations, "I know that what I did is unforgivable and I'll always have to live with that mistake, but if you can find it in your heart to forgive me... Maybe I can start to feel that I deserve to be among all of you again... I know I'll have to earn your trust back and I'm willing to spend the rest of my life doing so, if that's what it takes."
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Post by King Triton on Jul 15, 2013 21:30:44 GMT -5
Triton couldn't meet her eyes. She felt... she had failed him? Wasn't she listening? He couldn't succeed in bringing her back. She WANTED to leave in the first place... it had to be something in his fathering that made all of his daughters want to abandon their home... him.
If Athena had been alive...
He opened his jaw but shut it, unsure of what to say. He picked up another tool and made a show of cleaning it although it was already spotless. "I forgive you... if you forgive me."
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 15, 2013 21:51:08 GMT -5
Adella looked a bit confused. Forgive him? For failing to find her? It was hardly his fault. She chose to leave to a place just as vast and obscure as the oceans.
Finding her would've been one amazing feat for him, for both of them. There was also something else. He had mentioned feeling that he had sacrificed her for the crown. Did he feel he failed as a father too? That made her feel worse...
"You wouldn't feel this way if it weren't for my actions... You did everything you could for us considering. You have nothing to be sorry for."
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Post by King Triton on Jul 15, 2013 22:39:20 GMT -5
"If... you had WANTED to stay..." But Triton stopped. He could hear an echo of Athena's voice, from a distant memory, telling him to not worry so much. That he was only a merman... not NEPTUNE. What was done, was done.
He looked down with a shuddering sigh. "I forgive you..."
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jul 16, 2013 17:14:15 GMT -5
Adella couldn't help the smile that formed on her face nor the breath of relief that followed. "Thank you!"
She got up from her seat and threw her arms around him in a grateful hug, not caring about the grease on his clothes. "I won't ever abandon you or my sisters like that again, I promise. You will all come first to me."
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