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Nessarose Thropp (_nessarose) wrote,
@ 2008-09-09 16:44:00

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prompt: the_muse_awaits

the_muse_awaits: 1.7
1.7 Promise

When I was fifteen years old, Elphaba promised she'd look after me forever - we were on a grassy hill, close to our home in Munchkinland, looking up at the stars. My wheelchair wasn't exactly close at hand, but... I didn't care about it. I knew she'd protect me, just from the tone of her voice, from how she held my hand tightly in hers. We were two outcasts in a world that didn't quite understand us. She, the green and 'beautifully tragic' one, and I, the crippled and 'tragically beautiful' one... we tried to fit in, so hard, but it never quite worked out.

Unfortunately, my sister managed to break her promise.
When she ran off during that trip to the Emerald City, when Father died, she was nowhere near me, she never attempted to protect me, even as I started to fall apart. Boq was the only thing that kept me sane, the only person who seemed to care about me - we had quiet moments together, where he'd call me 'Nessa' and seem every bit the handsome boy I'd met at Shiz, and a few more intimate moments... moments where he, whilst we lay together, promised that he'd look after me and love me until Oz itself was torn apart.

And he broke that promise too. Glinda tore us apart, just as she'd brought us together... and Boq lost his heart, both figuratively and literally. He's still in Oz, made of tin... I hope he thinks of me, every now and then - I want us to be reconciled, so desperately. I want to restore him to the man he once was...

I want my promise to him to be one that I can keep.

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Re: Promise

kirbyplaza2006
2008-09-10 06:16 pm UTC (link)

Miss Nessarose,

I was much younger than you were when my brother made me much the same promise--a promise to look after me and that I would never lose him. Even at that young age, I made him the same promise. And in the Petrelli family, the rule about promises is very simple: a Petrelli makes a promise, a Petrelli keeps a promise.

Times changed, as did my brother and I, and we were not able to keep those promises we made to each other as much as we would have liked to. It is only in recent months that we have...reaffirmed those promises we made decades ago. And so far, we're both doing a very good job of keeping it.

Your desire to make a promise to him that you can keep is admirable. And I wish you only the best in reconciling with him.

~Peter.

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Re: Promise

_nessarose
2008-09-11 12:44 pm UTC (link)

Mr Petrelli,

When one encounters so many broken promises - from family, from friends, from subjects - you... begin to just wonder if there's such a thing as a promise that can be kept. My family once had a stance much like yours, but after Father's death, everything we'd ever stood for just flew out the window, so to speak.

To be able to make a promise to Boq that I could keep would redeem me, so to speak - All of Oz views me as wicked, and if I could just show them that I have at least a shred of compassion within this heart, things might be just a little brighter for me.

~Nessarose

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Re: Promise

kirbyplaza2006
2008-09-12 12:10 am UTC (link)

Miss Nessarose,

It seems that you and I have more in common than previously thought. My father was the force (and I use the term both literally and figuratively), that kept our family on the straight and narrow. Though I never got along with him, his death...devastated me, drove a wedge between me and my brother. So yes, much like you, the Petrellis really haven't been the same since then.

One promise kept can redeem you, but it must be the right promise. And forget about what the rest of Oz thinks. You love this...Boq, right? He's all that matters, then. His opinion of you and your opinion of yourself are the only two opinions that you should concern yourself with. Don't let others define you. Everyone else is just gonna lie to you, and if you're who I think you are, they're just gonna try to use your love against you and get you to use your powers for their own ends. Trust me. I speak from experience on this.

And please, call me Peter.

~Peter.

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Re: Promise

_nessarose
2008-09-12 10:54 am UTC (link)

Peter,

It's almost always fathers who keep families together... I never knew my mother, though, so that could be why he was so essential to my family. The Thropp family easily falls apart without a woman at the helm, or at least a strong-willed man.

And what promise would count as the 'right' promise? If I do things wrong, it's incredibly likely that the Gale Force will find me and then... oh, I don't want to think about that. I'll try and be positive, I'll... I'll only think of Boq, and what he thinks of me - I'd give up my heart if it meant things could be right between us.
I probably am who you think I am. Very few other people have green sisters... and thank you, for the advice - it means a lot.

I'll only call you Peter if you just call me Nessarose, or Nessa. Your choice.

~Nessarose

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	Re: Promise kirbyplaza2006 2008-09-15 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Nessarose, Any promise that inspires you is the right promise. Please take care of yourself when you do try to reconcile with Boq. And you're welcome. ~Peter. (Reply to this) (Parent)