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Post by seren1 on Jan 25, 2017 17:58:11 GMT
She knew that her son was hurting and she knew that it was hard for him when he'd spent his whole life isolated and unable to make any friends. At least she had Osias to talk to when she felt lonely but Zoran had nobody to talk to, she knew that there were some things that kids didn't talk to their parents about. She couldn't be his mother and his friend, she tried but he needed friends and they'd just sent his only friend away "I know" she muttered in reply to his words "nobody does, it's just how things turned out this time" he was young and she didn’t expect him to understand everything that she was trying to tell him. She’d never had to explain something like this to him and had never thought that she would have to.
When Zoran told her that he just wanted his friend back, she didn’t quite know how to respond. She knew that he wanted his friend back but that wasn’t going to happen and there was nothing she could do to comfort her child but hold him and try to calm him with her embrace. She knew that Zoran would get over the hurt and betrayal that he was feeling at that time, she didn’t know how long it would take him to move past him but eventually he would understand that they sent his friend away to protect him. Sienne never purposefully wanted to cause her son pain and hadn’t expected him to react in this way when he’d barely known the sky person. She knew that sometimes children formed strange attachments to objects or people and she knew that she should’ve expected Zoran to react to the situation in this way, especially when he’d had so little contact with people outside of herself and his father.
She hugged the child when he stepped back towards her and she felt his hands slip around her waist and she felt that familiar wave of relief wash over her that he’d accepted the gesture. It was hard to know that her son was angry with her, even if she did hold a firm belief that he’d move past it eventually. “Theo can look after himself” Sienne tried to reassure the boy “just like one day you will be able to” part of her worried about how much her son cared, worried that it might be a weakness that he could not afford to have in the dead zone. If they failed to find the city of light, Zoran would have to learn to defend himself against people who might want to harm him, especially when he wouldn’t always have his parents there to protect him.
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Post by seren1 on Nov 26, 2016 19:51:04 GMT
Sienne was unsure about how to make her son understand that what happened had to happen, not without him going back to the same point that they’d sent his friend away with someone that could hurt him. He was young and she was sure that with time he’d come to understand properly why they did it and why neither she nor his father cared much for the sky person’s safety when handing him over could give them all a better life and make sure that Zoran could grow up in safety without having to worry about covering up his face for the rest of his life. Sienne didn’t want him to grow up fearing strangers and always worrying that somebody would see if he uncovered his face. She wanted him to have friends and be able to play like the other children his age, when they were outcasts in the deadzone, he couldn’t have any of that.
“They could still hurt him” Sienne agreed, repeating the boy’s words with a nod of her head “but there is nothing we can do about that now” they didn’t know where he’d been taken and although the man who’d taken him couldn’t have gotten very far yet Osias was unlikely to agree to go after him. Sienne wasn’t even going to give that idea a serious thought, it would please Zoran if they somehow managed to rescue his friend, but it would put them all in danger and if either of them were injured or worse, Zoran would be vulnerable. “You don’t know what’s going to happen to him, you’ll probably never know what happened to him after the man took him but that’s just the way things worked out and you have to live with that” they all had to live with the things that they did and the things that they didn’t do. There was no way to change what had happened and Sienne knew that whatever happened she would always do what was best for her family, even if that meant that somebody else got hurt.
When she noticed the tears begin to leak from his eyes and his hurried attempts to wipe them away before they could be seen, she wanted nothing more than to pull him to her and reassure him, to wipe away his tears and to calm him so that his crying would stop. However, that’s not what she did, she didn’t want to upset him further and knew that he might not want her to touch him when they’d sent his friend away, despite his hand still clinging to hers. ‘I’m sorry’ when she heard his apology, she was confused about what he was apologising for, he had nothing to be sorry about “don’t be sorry, you’re upset… It’s okay to be upset” she told Zoran gently. She’d raised her voice at him, but she wasn’t mad at him, she was frustrated that he couldn’t see the reasons for them turning the sky person in, but she could never be mad at him for that. The only friend he had, had just been taken away, she couldn’t be mad at him for being upset about that.
“Sometimes things aren’t fair” she sighed in reply to him saying that it wasn’t fair, she knew that Theo hadn’t done anything wrong. He hadn’t tried to harm them or spoke about plans to harm anyone else, he just didn’t belong, not in the eyes of the warriors who were hunting sky people. “Sometimes you are punished even if you are innocent, people are scared because you’re different and different scares them” Theo was different and Zoran was different, that was something they both had in common. There were people out there who were prepared to kill them for their differences, the only difference was that Sienne had protected Zoran from those that wished to harm him, there had been no one to do that for Theo. “Come here” she gestured for her son to come to her as she noticed more tears falling down his cheeks, it was an invitation for him to seek comfort with her, he was free to decline the invitation if he wanted to, but it was there if he needed her.
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Post by seren1 on Nov 12, 2016 21:53:10 GMT
Sienne didn’t mean to upset the boy, but she didn’t know how else to explain it to him. She didn’t expect him to understand, not completely because he was just a child. She knew that he was scared, scared for the man that he had befriended. The sky person was not safe whilst in the hands of the commander’s men, but they couldn’t go after him, to go after him meant endangering her family and she would not do that. She didn’t owe Thelonious anything, he had been a friend to her son, but that didn’t mean that she was willing to put Zoran’s life in danger. “Theo wanted you to be safe Zoran, he went with the man, we did not force him to do that” she told her son “he will be fine, if they wanted him dead then that man would have killed him just now, instead he took him alive, they need him and as long as they need him they won’t kill him” she didn’t know that, she had no way of knowing that but if there was a chance that Zoran would find some truth in her words and calm down then she didn’t mind lying to him. Not if it meant protecting him.
“It’s all that matters!” she corrected him, raising her voice for the first time since the argument had began. She didn’t make a habit of yelling at him, she rarely needed to, Zoran rarely fought with her or Osias. “You are all that matter to us, your safety! Not Theo and not anyone else!” she thought that Zoran knew this, he’d seen how far they would go to protect him, they’d killed to protect him and she knew that it was more than likely that they’d have to again in future. “Nice doesn’t keep you safe out here, you have to be strong and know when to make hard decisions” even if the decision you made could endanger somebody’s life, even if it seemed morally wrong. Sienne knew that to keep her son safe she had to make hard decisions and she had to make sacrifices, the sooner Zoran realised this, the better. He couldn’t save everyone. On some level she was proud of him, proud that he was able to see the good in people and proud that he wanted to help people, despite having been rejected by people so many times and growing up isolated because people couldn’t accept that he was different.
‘Maybe you should want what’s best for other people too’ Sienne heard Zoran’s words and knew that they were probably true. She had been selfish, only thinking about her own family when she’d had so many opportunities to help people in need in the past, but that was who she had to be to keep her child safe. She knew that she could help people, but if helping people put Zoran in harms way… If he ever came to any harm because she chose to help somebody, she didn’t know if she’d be able to live knowing it was her fault, not when the past twelve years of her life had been dedicated to keeping him safe. “Maybe, but I can’t afford to do that right now” when they’d reached the city of light and Zoran was safe, then she could start thinking about others, not before then. “I know he was your friend and I know you’re worried about him, but right now we have a way of getting to the city of light and we have to take the opportunity that has been offered to us"
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Post by seren1 on Nov 6, 2016 12:15:40 GMT
Sienne watched as the man came and took Thelonious, on some level she felt guilty to be taking her son's new friend away from him. She knew that Zoran had taken a liking to the man and there was rarely a chance for him to make friends, not when they tried to keep their distance from travellers. It upset her to know that they were taking his only friend away, but it was necessary, they had to get to the city of light and to do that they needed a horse. The horse they gained in return for turning the sky person over would help them to reach their destination, then Zoran would be safe, they wouldn't have to worry about harm coming to him ever again. She didn't expect her son to understand, he was a child and it was likely that all he saw in that moment was that his friend was being taken by someone that meant to cause him harm and his parents were letting it happen.
When Osias walked back inside their tent, Sienne was about to follow when she heard her sons voice in her ear, immediately she turned her attention to the child, hearing the emotion in his voice. "He had to go Zoran, while he was here and we were sheltering him, we weren't safe" she explained, trying to make him understand "you weren't safe" she couldn't keep a sky person under their roof, it was dangerous. "What do you think would have happened if your father had told him that we had a sky person with us and then he came and found that we'd been lying to him?" she asked her son, knowing that the outcome would not have been good for them. Protecting him had always been her priority, he didn't need to understand, he just needed to be safe.
"Your father and I only want what's best for you, Zoran" she gave his hand a gentle tug, not wanting to force him into going inside if he didn't want to, but knowing that they had to leave as soon as possible now that, that warrior had seen them. They had to be gone by the time that he came back, if he did come back, there was the possibility that he would and they couldn't be there if he did. "Don't be mad at your father... He just wants to keep you safe and now that we've got a horse, we can do that" she looked towards the animal and offered a son a small smile "you'll see when we get to the city of light, you'll never know what fear is again" that was her ultimate goal, so that he could go through life without having to keep his face covered and could live without fear.
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Post by seren1 on Nov 5, 2016 19:37:20 GMT
| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |
.:Name:. Sienne
.:Nick Name:. -
.:Affiliation:. Nomadic Grounder
.:Age:. 38
| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |
.:Physical Appearance:. Sienne has long blonde hair that is highlighted with shades of brown, she keeps her hair braided and pulled back out of her face so that it doesn’t obstruct her vision. She has a ring through her septum and a tattoo on the left side of her face, she wears light coloured clothing that covers the majority of her body, to protect herself from the elements in the deadzone and when she is outside, she keeps her face covered like her husband and son. She has some scarring to the side of her face and on her chin.
.:Height:. 5'6
.:Portrayed by:. Luvia Petersen
| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |
.:Personality:. Sienne is fiercely protective of people she cares about, especially Zoran, her bravery is shown in how she is willing to put her own life in danger for the sake of her son every time she has to fight to keep him safe from people who mean to harm him. She is cautious of outsiders as the majority of people they come across in the deadzone would pose a threat to Zoran and she can’t afford to lower her guard because if she does then it could cost Zoran his life. Despite being cautious of those outside of her family, she is willing to help people if she is sure that they are not a threat to her family, although people whom she can trust don’t come around too often.
.:Special Skills:. She is good at tracking animals and finding water, she had had to develop this skill in order to survive without a clan to fall back on. She is also good at handling knives and manoeuvring her way through the desert. She isn't particularly good at using larger weapons such as swords and axes as she finds it easier to travel light through the deadzone and is out of practise with using large weapons, she prefers to use easily concealable weapons.
| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |
.:Birthplace:. Sankru
.:Family:. Osias (Husband), Zoran (Son)
.:Occupation:. Nomadic Grounder, previously a Sankru warrior
.:History:. Sienne was born into Sankru and grew up in a village located within the desert. She had intense loyalty and love for her clan and everyone within it and never imagined leaving, there had been no reason for her to leave. Her family were there and her husband hadn’t voiced any desires to leave their clan behind. When she discovered she was pregnant, she was happy despite knowing the risks of bringing a child into the world, Osias was just as happy to find out that he was going to be a father and with the protection of their clan Sienne pushed her worries to the back of her mind. However, when the baby came she knew that something was wrong, the look on the healer’s face as he looked at the newborn was something that Sienne never thought she would forget. He looked at her baby at first as if it wasn’t human and then when he handed him to her, the expression on his face was one of deep sadness and regret. When she looked at her child, she knew why, the deformity on his face was something that was hard to miss. Sienne knew what would be expected of her if the child lived through the night, she would be expected to leave him out there, away from their village, without any protection and he would die out there alone.
She didn’t want that for her child, she gave him a name despite people in the village telling her not to get attached to something that wouldn’t be in her life for long anyway. Then when daylight came the next morning and Zoran was still alive, she decided that she would leave Sankru, to keep the baby safe as she would not be allowed to keep him if she chose to stay. Telling Osias of her plan to leave, he agreed to leave with her so that they could keep their son safe. They left that morning, packing very little for their journey as they didn’t want anyone to suspect anything, they wanted them to think that they were leaving to ‘take care’ of the child, they didn’t need to know where they were really going, nor did they suspect as not many parents deserted the clan for the sake of a child that didn’t even deserve to live.
At first it was hard for them to adjust to life on their own without the support of their village, especially when they had to care for a baby as well but they survived. The real struggle came when Zoran got older, when he was a baby it had been easy to conceal his face from people that they passed that might pose a threat to him, but as he got older it became harder to keep him hidden from travellers. Their first big scare came when Zoran was still quite small, they’d taken their eyes off of him for just a second and when they’d turned back to face him, he was gone. That was their first mistake as they found that their son had managed to locate a traveller who must’ve seen him as a threat, despite being just a child that wasn’t capable of hurting anybody. Luckily, they arrived before any harm could come to him but from that moment on, they insisted that he keep his face covered whenever there was a chance that he might be seen by somebody. Sienne and Osias weren’t just wandering around in the deadzone without a plan, they had a plan, they’d heard rumours about a place where Zoran would be safe and wouldn’t have to worry about his deformity. The city of light was the destination that they had in mind, they didn’t know if they would find it, but for the sake of their son, they had to try.
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.:Name or Online Alias:. Seren
.:How Did You Find Us:. Google
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