Svarik and the company I :)

[Mirach]

"I will listen, not look. It does not matter to me now, either," Svarik smiled at her encouragingly, despite feeling a bit tense before the song - longing for it and fearing it.

[VisAnastasis]

" Okay, relax, then, my dearest, and we can start... " girl smiled shyly at him - showing she's a little nervous and hesitant, just like him. Once Svarik lied down on the bed and got more comfortable, she sat down on a edge of it too. She was quiet for a moment, tracing the surface of flute with her fingers.... And then, she started to play. It was just a little warm up song, nothing touching too deeply, only gliding across the surface of king's mind and soul - it seemed Melody wanted to take time to get familiar with the new powerful instrument in her hands properly first, and was only slowly testing it to see what all it can do in her skilled hands, and also give Svarik more time to mentally prepare for this.

[Mirach]

Svarik closed his eyes, slowly relaxing with the music despite the anticipation of when it gets deeper, touching the raw places of his soul that were not hidden anymore, but plain to discern for a listener.

[VisAnastasis]

Gentle Spirit just played simple soothing and warm melodies for a while, brushing along surface of king's soul, as if trying to slowly gain its trust. Her song brought a scent of freshness to the soil that just recently got water it needed, but still needed some time to get used to it. Her song was like wind at first, breathing in life into plain gray fields. Only once her music helped lull king into sense of security, did her song slowly turn from a wind into a bright pure liquid of light. It was not a forceful rain, overwhelming him and cornering him - it was at first but a layer of morning dew, forming upon weak flowers and plants of surface of his soul, glistening in the sun. It brought something soothing, nice and tender into it, a streak of cold that wasn't scary, bur refreshing - with its easing presence and lingering calmness, it lulled tired meadow king to somewhat sleepy drowsy state.
And in that state, Melody's song whirled for a moment, waiting for just the right moment - before it started going deeper. It felt all the lose barriers before herself and girl sow them with crystal clarity - and like drops of golden water, the song seeped within soil of king's soul, slowly slipping down, taking the path of least resistance that Svarik has already opened up yesterday.

[Mirach]

Svarik tensed at first as the song penetrated the remnants of the barrieres, reminding him on the pain of their breaking, but ralxed again whe the apin was soothed with the song and its touch felt pleasant.

[VisAnastasis]

The stream of Melody's song continued, reassuring in its constant consistent flow. By following the path king broke through the barriers, she was able to lean upon them, and as song passed through them, leave them refreshed and soothed. It was vulnerable experience, but Melody's touch was skillful, and the unicorn flute complemented her powers naturally and amplified them tenfold - it required trusting her, but it was hard not to feel safer when in such capable precise hands.
She could feel with ease the path to take, and she threaded along it with patience and perseverance of a healer, waiting for each tone in the song to hit the right string in Svarik's soul, before leading it through shifts and curves, deeper into fabric of king's essence. The progress was slow, as Melody wanted no rushing, and she carefully observed Svarik's breathing to work with it and create best pace for him, and with time, she got deeper and deeper downwards, soothing torn barriers in her path.

[Mirach]

Svarik used the breathing exercises he learnt from Conrad and then Sage to relax and remain calm as the song was getting deeper. Sometimes he moaned what it touched a raw face, and it was both in pain and relief, as the touch was soothing like a balm to it.

[VisAnastasis]

Melody took her time to do this, her delicate nimble fingers racing restlessly upon the flute, to pick up and be able to control endless waves of tones that she poured into this. Each move was calculated well, washing into Svarik's soul. She was patient and respected his pace, but persisted, slowly shedding layer upon layers, upon layers of barriers - not destroying them or hurting meadow king, but getting rid of their unhealthy tightness through which nothing could go through. She had given away something of herself, to exchange what king has lost - and under her caress, unhealthy land seemed to slowly clear out and purify a little, growing more fertile again. She worked restlessly for many hours, before at last, slowly, she had touched and reached the last former barrier, only that one single one separating her from waters below.

[Mirach]

Svarik curled on the bed, but on the inside, he opened up to the song, trembling under its touch.

[VisAnastasis]

Melody circled with her music around that intimate part of his soul, going over it, moving it, helping it flow easier and better, without fear of letting itself exist and be. For a while, she focused on it, getting it in tune better, and through that act, slowly working on earning its trust, moving and gliding around it like Sage did that one time - but this touch belonged not to kind minded stranger, but to his beloved Melody, his gentle ancestress, girl of great skill and love for him; and it was ordeal, but a bitter sweet pleasure, to allow someone to treat him so. Melody worked restlessly on relaxing that vulnerable part of king's essence, and slowly exposing to light and exploring inch by inch of it, as if wanting to get familiar with every bit of it and get to know and understand it better, slowly unraveling him, leaving no place twisted before her or unexposed from her gaze...

[Mirach]

Like a wounded animal that allows a human it knows to touch its wounds without lashing out, the hurt part allowed her to expose it fully, and despite the great pain of it, it felt good when it was unraveled and exposed to light again.

[VisAnastasis]

Melody was skilled, and with a powerful instrument completing her, there was little her skill could not accomplish. She did not force process on Svarik - she responded to the needs of his soul. There was tenseness and fear in it that was pressing down upon the wounded part, making it ever tight and clenched. Melody knew his soul needed to relax and allow itself to breathe again to feel better and start healing, as tighter it was, more the wounds hurt and more uncomfortable they felt, easy to injure further or fester. She put a bright, lingering note of ease within her song, and she weaved it into the restless waters, relaxing it more and more with each passing moment.

It was exposed and vulnerable, but before doing anything to invade its privacy, not wanting to do it right away, Melody took another approach - she reassured it, and just let it flow freely, exposed and unraveled like it before her. Before, torture through which Svarik had been through had made him feel belittled, and associated exposing his hurts and his true self to others as something humiliating. Melody exposed those injuries before herself, however, and she let them breathe free, only occasionally caressing them with few chosen gentle tones, as one would caress blades of tender grass. Last time someone forced his touch upon him, it was violating, but with Melody being this close, and her touch bringing no pain, but pleasure and sense of safety, it was slowly dawning somewhere in his subconsciousness, that there was no shame in being exposed, and that letting someone be close to him doesn't have to result in suffer, as bad experience had engraved that impression somewhere deep within him. This was not violation off the cruel man, nor was this touch of the lover, like Solstice's - it was just neutral, kind and loving, motherly touch, a caress to a soul long deprived of it...

[Mirach]

Svarik felt that it was just what his soul needed, and he leaned into the rouch of the song, letting it soothe him and assure him that it is alright and he can trust it and expose himself before it with no danger or humiliation.

[VisAnastasis]

Melody just let it lean on her and linger trustfully in her hold, through light caress and her tender song letting it build up more confidence in doing this and see that trusting another to hold it gently doesn't have to hurt, and that it can feel good, and help it. There were no sharp or sudden brakes or changes in music - it kept repeating the soothing, familiar, gentle pattern of its reassuring caress that king could easily learn and predict, feeling less overwhelm with it and more in control with being able to recognize it.

Melody explored deepest parts of his soul laid bare before her, and while caressing it, very slowly and gradually, she started to explore what patterns of music it needed to hear, and what touches felt most pleasant to it - slowly building into reassuring gentle caress of the song that new element of lingering pleasure... King's soul was imprinted with suffering of being tortured and forced upon, and burned with touch that would be mockingly gentle, before turning violating... And what Melody was striving to do right now, was as unexpectedly different from that experience, as it was reassuring and welcomed - it was slowly exchanging those images and sensation of mocking gentleness engraved within his flesh, mind and soul, with feelings of gentleness that is real, pure, and sincere, one with which there is no need for fear, defenseness or tenseness...

[Mirach]

Svarik's eyes filled with tears, and he wept quietly while listening to every tone that were like drops of water after a terrible thirst 

[VisAnastasis]

Melody worked restlessly, showering him with gentleness and care his soul needed so much to learn to trust another person again. She has gained its trust, reassured it, and has been through each burning inch of it, without bringing it any hurt, only pleasure, without forcing anything upon it, only responding to it and giving it what it needed, until there was nothing but feeling of safety left in being able to entrust itself to her like this.

And then, she felt an opening - she felt now was just the right time, and his soul was ready to let her do this and accept it. Gradually, but without hesitance, she slowly put more power into her song - and Svarik finally, at last, felt how each open gash in raw dept of his soul, started to be filled with special, strong scent of song of healing, and it felt like within all the tender vulnerable parts of his essence, finally a glowing balm full of sparkling light was brought to it, and started to be slowly poured into his deep wounds... Now that he was properly prepared for it, and could accept that gift without fear, it brought a sudden and deep sense of relief and comfort within him, filling in the gaps that were bared empty, with the protective tender layers upon layers of healing song, a special balm weaved by the hands of his ancestress and friend.

[Mirach]

The sensation overwhelmed all his senses, he could not see or feel anything, only hear the song that made him so weak with relief that he almost passed out.

[VisAnastasis]

Song was patient, and Melody seemed to have poured all her skills, passion, and little bit of herself into it - and at last, with one decisive piercing tone, when the moment was just right, the balm finally reached the deepest dept of deepest part of his soul, its most vulnerable and sensitive part, his core and source, and filled the cracks of hurt leading to it with its pure essence... And there was no violation or pain with it, and relief of that realization that imprinted into his mind with its safety had made Svarik's head spin. It was terribly hard to keep up the pace at this point, but Melody did it and her hands were restless, and with it, filled Svarik's whole essence, through and through, with its balm, sending through his soul a deep, blinding wave of pleasure that came with a strong shiver that run throughout his body, already weak from relief.

[Mirach]

Svarik cried out with the intensity of the feeling, and for a moment he trembled in it blind to everything else. And then he passed out, overwhelmed by it.

[VisAnastasis]

Melody did not notice it at first, so immersed in a song - but it was, as irony would put it, rather good place for king to pass out, as girl's strength was running out too. She poured so much of herself into the song so intimately, and she was a little tired from playing for Tide to begin with - after just a minute or so, the precious flute fell from her grasp, and down on the floor, as her hands got too trembling to play with. Only then, her concentration broke, and she noticed Svarik's unconsciousness. She was weak, having given so much of herself, to help him - and weakly and with effort, she crawled over bed to him. She focused on his breathing, on his heart, trying to hear through dizziness and headache in her head if he's alright... And the same moment she picked up that he is just unconscious, but alive, with bettered health, her mind has tricked her, and she could not stay awake either - she feel over him into dreamless exhausted state right there, leaning with her weak head across Svarik's chest, caught in that last pose she made as she was checking Svarik's heartbeat. Was it unconsciousness or slumber it was not clear, but little girl appeared pale and little feverish, in as much of need of rest as Svarik, unable to wake up right now, as, after strain of traveling so far in such short time and having long day before this already, as it all was too much for her.

[Mirach]

After some time Svarik opened his eyes shortly, only to right away fall into deep sleep. When Erdel returned from his errand and Xia got back with Llyr as well, they found them like that. 

[VisAnastasis]

Erdel was back first. He was worried at first, but seeing Melody and flute on the floor, he understood what has happened. He carefully and gently lifted Melody, and put her to bed beside Svarik, covering them up with the protective blanket gently and comfortably, and then staying there to watch over him.
Llyr and Xia came some time later. After Erdel and Lllyr quietly what happened, they agreed it might be too much for Svarik when he wakes up, to see both Xia, him and vampire there, and that Xia might get alarmed with time as to why her master's not waking up properly and what happened - so convinced Xia to follow him to Tide's room, where older demon could explain everything to her and look after her better. Xia remained with Tide and Llyr during the night, while Erdel alone remained with Svarik, watching over him and Melody attentively as they slept.

[Mirach]

Svarik awoke in the morning, feeling still disoriented, and the not quite familar surroundings were not helpful. He looked around in confusion.

[VisAnastasis]

He found Melody sleeping beside him in her child form, leaning against him in deep sleep.
Right then, he noticed the kind vampire, that was quietly sitting on a chair aside, glancing at him, as he must had throughout the night, but giving him enough space to breathe and figure out where he is.

[Mirach]

Slowly Svarik remembered that Melody has been playing for him. He could not remember the final part of the song, as it has been working on such a deep and subconscious level that his memories could not reach it, but he felt that it has been completed, and that his soul has been tended to very skillfully. He sat up slowly, and leaned over Melody to see if she is alright.