Leaving Dark Souls?

The duo leave the chamber and after Solaire thoroughly scolds Reima, decide to explore the rest of the lake to see if there is anything left there, they look around for an hour, following the long winding beach and eventually see something shiny in the distance. As they get closer they start to see the shape of the shiny object... Onion? Oh shit it's Siegmeyer! Reima and Solaire increase their pace as they see an armoured warrior of Catarina standing before a identically armoured person lying on the floor, arms splayed out like a carcass...

They finally reach the kneeling Onion knight and hear feminine sobs. They notice the duo and quickly glance at Reima before confusedly looking at Solaire.

??? "Sir Reima, Sir Solaire?"

Solaire "Lady Sieglinde?"

She nods at his question.

Reima "Is that Siegmeyer?" he asks hesitantly.

Sieglinde "He went hollow after we'd conquered Izalith... We reached this beautiful lake but were trapped by the Hydra, I'd thought that I might as well show him Mothers letter... He didn't take it well."

Solaire lowers his head, "I'm sorry for your loss, he was a loyal and brave man."

Reima nods sincerely, "I didn't think he'd go hollow so quickly, he must have been devastated by your mothers letter."

Sieglinde "Indeed he was, otherwise I wouldn't have had to cut him down..." she takes off her helmet and rests it on the ground to wipe her tear stained eyes. Her previously almost lumiescient red hair seems duller than before, she seems physically and mentally exhausted from her travels...

Reima "What should we do? He's not dead, just hollow..."

Sieglinde shakes her head, "A hollow undead retains nothing of their original personality. In my eyes my father is dead, thinking any differently is a horrifying prospect" she says as she stands up.

Solaire sends a purposeful look at Reima before returning his attention to the still grieving woman, "You should return with us, there is always room for one more friend."

Reima hesitantly nods, this'll be the first time he'd be back inside the Chaos Covenant since absorbing the Lord Souls.

Sieglinde wipes the rest of her face clean. "I'd like that."

The trio appear inside the Chaos Covenant with a turquoise flash immediately drawing everyone's attention. Reima is almost bowled over as he's tackled by many people.

Quelina/Rhea/Priscilla/Dusk "Reima!""Lord!""Reima""Sir Reima" they all shout as they jump at him, leaving them all in a big heap on the ground.

Quelaag, Quelana, Anastacia and the rest of the Chaos Covenant just watch on as these skit-like events progress.

Reima "I'm glad to see you all but can you get off me?" he says with not a small amount of mirth.

A round of whispered apologies echo as a few climb out of the heap, leaving only Quelina and Priscilla still hugging him.

Reima "I appreciate that you guys missed me but if you squeeze any hard my organs will come out..." This finally gets them to relinquish their tights holds on him, it doesn't however stop the subsequent interrogation on why he didn't return sooner.

A few hours quickly pass as he happily chats with all his old friends that he'd been wanting to see for around a year, they'd all been told what had led to that situation but most thought it was stupid and reckless. After everything had calmed down he finally spoke of the elephant in the room.

Reima "So... I'm going to leave soon."

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Silence

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Quelaag breaks the silence with a quiet question. "Why?"

Reima shrugs, "I have to leave sometime, why not leave on a good note? Plus, I'm unsure how long I've actually been in this world."

Quelina "Can't you go in a week, or a month? Maybe a year?" She asks hopefully.

Reima shakes his head, "I don't I'd be able to leave if you act that like" he says semi-sarcastically.

He continues to answer the unhappy questions from his friends and starts preparing for his departure. He even summoned Logan and Griggs via the Elder Blood infused White Soap Stone. He didn't bother summoning Andre, Coaugh, Vamos, Rickert or Ciaran and Sif. He'd return for them in future and had given Solaire messages to deliver to them.

In the end he felt he couldn't leave without gifting everyone something, he handed Quelina a pile of books about human physiology that he'd acquired from Logan and Grigg's pile of books, he gifted the mentor student duo a couple of Seath's spells that he'd already learned. He gifted Solaire the Ring of the Suns First born that he first found in Gwyn's tomb. He gifted two ornate talismans to Rhea and Anastacia who gratefully accepted. Priscilla received a handwritten book about meditation and magical control Reima had compiled while Quelaag was given a book compiling potential martial techniques she could perform, it was also handwritten by Reima.

Dusk received a banishment Catalyst, Sieglinde received a large Chaos enchanted Zwei-hander in an homage to Siegmeyer's main weapon. Last but not least Eingyi and the rest of the Chaos Covenant received books on basic weapon techniques, drills and exercises that'd hopefully improve their coordination.

Finally he left some Essence ore from the world of Absolver in Solaire's possession to gift to the blacksmith's as well as the Artorias Covenant ring to give to Ciaran. Stepping backwards he bows deeply to everyone, "Thank you all for accompanying me throughout my journey through these lands, I'll return to save you from the world ends but I'd like you all to continue training, there will be much conflict in the future and I'll be hard pressed to deal with it alone." a wave of encouragement echoes from the rather large group. "Then, I'll be off... Thank you all again." he says as he vanishes in a flash of Turquoise.

A wayward Chaos Covenant member breaks the silence, "So... What now?"

Quelaag crosses her arms, "We prepare for his return and show his faith was not ill placed with us." she says with determination drawing a cheer from the crowd.