Arcana One Shots

Fᴏʀɢᴇᴛ-ᴍᴇ-ɴᴏᴛ [Muriel X M.R]

Art: tumbgir: superlemonsweet

Asra's sitting in Muriel's hut, enjoying his dinner with him. They are talking about their day as Asra remembers something. "Ah, Muri. I just remembered something." He sais with a slight smile and Muriel looks up from his plate. "Hmm?" He replies, chewing on his food. "I have someone I'd like you to meet.

That's how it all started. Asra wanted me to come along to gather some herbs in the forest and I, being as clueless as I was, agreed. So now we were walking along the dirt path that lead us to where we wanted to go and Asra was smiling all the while. I got suspicious so I speak up. "Asra..is there something you're not telling me?" I ask him and he just shakes his head. "What, am I not allowed to smile? It's such a nice weather and I like this place. It's so calm." He sais and I huff. I know I won't get an easy answer out of him. We walk for several minutes until we reach a nice clearing with violet and blue flowers standing in full bloom. It brings a smile to my face. It's beautiful. I look around and a single flower catches my eyes. My gaze lingers for a long time before I decide to walk over. It's a forget-me-not. It must have grown here all by itself. I smile and I look at its beautiful blue color, but my peaceful mind is interrupted by Asra calling out to me. "Y/N, here! Found some!" I nod and rush over to him. Together we start plucking a few berries from a bush and then I proceed to dry them with magic. I extract their flavor and pour it into a glass bottle, putting the dried out berries into a jar. I give Asra the complete set and he tucks it away into his stash. "Great, this went quicker than I thought." He sais with a smile and as I'm about to turn to the road leading back into the city, I'm greeted with something, or rather someone else. Standing at the end of field is a tall, well built man. He's wearing dark, torn clothes and his dark hair hangs in front of his face. I furrow my brows and look back at Asra. "Y/N I'd like you to get to know someone." He sais as the other person approaches us cautiously and so do I, following Asra to the middle of the fiel. We stop a few feet away from the stranger and I tilt my head in confusion. He seemed oddly familiar, though my mind tried telling me the opposite. Who is this? The man barely keeps eye contact with me. He occasionally looks my way, but mainly focuses on either the grass, or Asra. Faust slithers out of Asra's pocket and cranes her head towards the guy. FRIEND She sais and seems excited. "This is Muriel." He sais while gesturing towards him. He nods awkwardly and I look at Asra a bit quizzically. "Muriel, this is Y/N. My apprentice." He sais, now gesturing to me. I give Muriel a little vawe, not really sure of what I'm supposed to do. And he seems to feel the same. "Muri, could you give me some Myrth?" Asra asks him and he looks at him, confusion written all over his face. "But why would you need it? You know me?" He chuckles and walks over so he can pet the big guy's shoulder. "Of course, it's for Y/N." Muriel's gaze shifts to me, but his confusion never fades. "Asra, if he already knew me there'd be a reason to give him one, but we've never met before. I don't think.." Asra shakes his head and holds his hand out in front of him. Muriel huffs and pulls a small satchel from his pocket, giving it to Asra. He smiles and walks over to me and places it in my hand. I feel the nice and calming scent of Myrth wash over my body and it smells so familiar. It seems like my mind can't cope with it and tries to shut it out. But why? It feels as if there's something locked away deep in my head. I feel a small headache forming and Asra whispers something in my ear. "Y/N, was there anything particular on the field that caught your attention?" He asks and my eyes immediately dart back to the small and lonely forget-me-not. I slowly nod and he smiles at me encouragingly. "Go get it." He sais and my feet seem to move on their own. I walk past Muriel with quick steps and crouch down to pluck the blue flower from the ground. I walk back over to the two men and Asra stands between us. At this point both me and Muriel are super confused and have a ton of questions. But Asra answers them, partially. "I bought you two here today, because you both have a curse. You both know about your own curse."He looks at Muriel, who stares at the ground for a long while before speaking up. "People forget me... They usually don't notice me." He sais and I tilt my head. Asra looks at me now and I sigh. "If.. I encounter a strong curse, my curse copies it. But only once and on the person it copied it from. It's a mess.. And annoying." I say, now kind of grasping the situation. If Muriel's curse was of a strong sort, I'd get it if we both forgot each other. It's rare, but it could have happened. Asra nods, eyeing Muriel. His brows are furrowed and he's deep in thought. "So, as you might have guessed. This is about you two remembering each other. Y/N." He calls me and I look up at him. He points at the flower and I look down at it. "Give it to him." He sais and I slowly step closer to Muriel. He seems wary but accepts the news, together with the outstretched flower. A small smile spreads across his face as it's his favorite flower. We both hold the item of the other and stare into each other's eyes. Memories flood into my mind and my expression changes a lot. I feel happy, sad, angry, helpless, selfless, heartache, so many feelings at once. And all of them connected to the rson in front of me. I can't help but tear up, watching Muriel's face change just the same. After what seems like hours, the memories stop and I'm standing in my new now. It feels like I've lived through a whole new life in just hours. Muriel gasps and I run at him. His expression holds so much hurt. "Oh Muriel! I missed you soo much and I didn't even know it!" I cry into his chest as he holds me, and he sniffs. "Is this how it feels? To forget someone? It's horrible.. Horrifying.. I don't want people close to me to ever feel this way." He sais and I bury my face in his chest even more. After calming ourselves we both turn to face Asra, who's standing there with a beaming smile on his face." Asra, you're amazing!"I cry out and he chuckles. Muriel nods and I pull him into a hug." But.. How did you do it? " Muriel asks him and he shrugs. "The first time you two met he gave you myrth so you wouldn't forget." He sais, looking at me. "And you decided to give him a forget-me-not in return. Ever since then, as you two got closer Muriel grew to love the flower, and you felt calm and at home to the scent of myrth. But then your curse kicked in out of nowhere." He sais, looking at me sadly. I squeeze Muriel's hand reassuringly as Asra continues." I tried my best, but it wouldn't help. The myrth itself wasn't strong enough for both of you. And then I thought, why not try the flower too? Even though you both forgot about each other you still loved what the other gave you.." He sais with a smile and I look at Muriel, happy. "Thank you Asra. You're the best friend I could ever have." I say and Muriel nods. "He truly is." We smile and I speak up, grinning as I hug Muriel tightly. "Who would have thought we knew each other?" I ask and all three of us laugh. Noz really. If it wasn't for Asra, no one would know anything. Not knowing Muriel, not knowing I knew him, if not for Asra, I would have never met Muriel for the 'second' time.