Interview with a legend
part 1
by Yami-chan
Disclaimer: I own Sarah Banner, and that's aboot it.
Author's Note: Yay! Visiting my brother Kakashi for summer! Hooray!
Archive Rights: I'll hold my breath and wait for the email, I will. ::gasps::
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
My first job in two months for the magazine I work for shocked me at first.
After ten years of life settled down, I was to find and interview the Slayers, and the first person on my list was Lina Inverse. You can imagine I was fairly shaking in my boots. I had heard, like everyone else in the known world I suppose, the rumors about the fiery redhead who had destroyed so much so long ago.
But, I steeled myself, she couldn't be THAT bad. I hoped. So, I left to find her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It turned out that my first lead was right. I found Lina Inverse in Atlas City with a cozy little house and a magic shop to her name.
Upon hearing my request, Ms. Inverse (once a Mrs., in case you're wondering) let me in immediately.
She was a wonderful host, with two of the cutest kids I've ever seen. Celia, age eight, resembled her father greatly, Lina told me. Of course, it wasn't hard to see in the first place. While Lina's eyes and hair are both crimson, Celia's were both a deep purple. Keller, age six, however, got everything from his mother but his eyes, which were also purple.
Another rumor I had heard as a child was that Lina was ageless. This was far from true. Lina, my senior by three years, looks every bit of twenty-seven. And as our conversation wore on, I realized how... mature she seemed. Talking to her was like talking to my grandmother. She had so many stories to tell of her adventuring days, and when she spoke, I couldn't help but wonder why she had ever quit. Finally, I asked just that.
"By the time we stopped, our group had too much space in-between," she replied, a wistful look in her eyes, "it's not that we weren't friends, I just think we finally realized we couldn't spend our lives like that."
I nodded, remembering some of my old friends and the promises we made each other.
Lina even told me about her ex-husband, who had left her for another member of the old group. There was no bitterness in her and I started to wonder whether those stories about her as a teen had been fabricated.
"Xellos and I were never meant for each other," she said with a sigh, "but we certainly seemed to think so when I was 18 and we were married. A year later, I had Celia, adn things were still fine. It wasn't until a couple of years after Keller came along that we started to have doubts about our love, and three years ago we separated. I can't say I was devastated, by that time I knew he didn't really love me and it was for the best. But L-sama, it still hurt to know that my kids weren't going to grow up with a father around."
A few hours later, I left, thanking her for the time she'd taken and wishing I could've known her when she was a Slayer. Oh well. Onward and forward, as they say. I'm off to find more Slayers.
Your journalist, Sarah Banner
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelgadis stopped in the street when he saw Lina's face on the cover of "Adventurer Magazine". he paid for an issue and walked through Femille with it in his hands, skimming for the article on his old friend.
By the time he found it, he was back at the hotel, trying to read it before his dinner with Filia and Xellos. The article, titled "Interview with a Legend part 1", had several pictures of Lina, the author, and Lina's children.
When Zelgadis finished the article, tears ran down his soft cheeks. He'd been human for five years now, always swearing to see Lina again. When it came down to facts though, Zel just couldn't do it. He didn't know why.
He had visited all of the other members of the group many times over the last ten years, especially Gourry and Sylphiel, who had been made King and Queen of Neo-Sairaag.
They were so happy, although Zel always thought Gourry loved Lina. Things changed, though. Zel was a living testament to that.
So why hadn't he gone to see Lina?
He decided to skip the dinner with Xel and Filia. He had someone to visit.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oh Priestess! Did I just write something THAT sappy??!! Gomen! Please forgive me!! Alright, r/r to tell me what you thing, 'cause I'm working on "Interview part 2" right now. Seriously. As we speak...er... as you read this, I guess.
part 1
by Yami-chan
Disclaimer: I own Sarah Banner, and that's aboot it.
Author's Note: Yay! Visiting my brother Kakashi for summer! Hooray!
Archive Rights: I'll hold my breath and wait for the email, I will. ::gasps::
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
My first job in two months for the magazine I work for shocked me at first.
After ten years of life settled down, I was to find and interview the Slayers, and the first person on my list was Lina Inverse. You can imagine I was fairly shaking in my boots. I had heard, like everyone else in the known world I suppose, the rumors about the fiery redhead who had destroyed so much so long ago.
But, I steeled myself, she couldn't be THAT bad. I hoped. So, I left to find her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It turned out that my first lead was right. I found Lina Inverse in Atlas City with a cozy little house and a magic shop to her name.
Upon hearing my request, Ms. Inverse (once a Mrs., in case you're wondering) let me in immediately.
She was a wonderful host, with two of the cutest kids I've ever seen. Celia, age eight, resembled her father greatly, Lina told me. Of course, it wasn't hard to see in the first place. While Lina's eyes and hair are both crimson, Celia's were both a deep purple. Keller, age six, however, got everything from his mother but his eyes, which were also purple.
Another rumor I had heard as a child was that Lina was ageless. This was far from true. Lina, my senior by three years, looks every bit of twenty-seven. And as our conversation wore on, I realized how... mature she seemed. Talking to her was like talking to my grandmother. She had so many stories to tell of her adventuring days, and when she spoke, I couldn't help but wonder why she had ever quit. Finally, I asked just that.
"By the time we stopped, our group had too much space in-between," she replied, a wistful look in her eyes, "it's not that we weren't friends, I just think we finally realized we couldn't spend our lives like that."
I nodded, remembering some of my old friends and the promises we made each other.
Lina even told me about her ex-husband, who had left her for another member of the old group. There was no bitterness in her and I started to wonder whether those stories about her as a teen had been fabricated.
"Xellos and I were never meant for each other," she said with a sigh, "but we certainly seemed to think so when I was 18 and we were married. A year later, I had Celia, adn things were still fine. It wasn't until a couple of years after Keller came along that we started to have doubts about our love, and three years ago we separated. I can't say I was devastated, by that time I knew he didn't really love me and it was for the best. But L-sama, it still hurt to know that my kids weren't going to grow up with a father around."
A few hours later, I left, thanking her for the time she'd taken and wishing I could've known her when she was a Slayer. Oh well. Onward and forward, as they say. I'm off to find more Slayers.
Your journalist, Sarah Banner
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelgadis stopped in the street when he saw Lina's face on the cover of "Adventurer Magazine". he paid for an issue and walked through Femille with it in his hands, skimming for the article on his old friend.
By the time he found it, he was back at the hotel, trying to read it before his dinner with Filia and Xellos. The article, titled "Interview with a Legend part 1", had several pictures of Lina, the author, and Lina's children.
When Zelgadis finished the article, tears ran down his soft cheeks. He'd been human for five years now, always swearing to see Lina again. When it came down to facts though, Zel just couldn't do it. He didn't know why.
He had visited all of the other members of the group many times over the last ten years, especially Gourry and Sylphiel, who had been made King and Queen of Neo-Sairaag.
They were so happy, although Zel always thought Gourry loved Lina. Things changed, though. Zel was a living testament to that.
So why hadn't he gone to see Lina?
He decided to skip the dinner with Xel and Filia. He had someone to visit.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oh Priestess! Did I just write something THAT sappy??!! Gomen! Please forgive me!! Alright, r/r to tell me what you thing, 'cause I'm working on "Interview part 2" right now. Seriously. As we speak...er... as you read this, I guess.