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 Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:00 pm
Malik was just content at the moment to let Piper work and keep his mouth shut..he knew when he was being baited after all. though a glance at his son.
"Patience. If he says no, then he does, it he doesn't, then fine. But considering Zykariel's arm, and his head injury, I think it's better than he have his parents full permission."
and a smirk.
"Not to mention, if something happens, they can't blame all of it on my for making him do something while injured."
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:17 pm
Okay she was right...it felt good to just sit there and let someone take care of him and not have to worry about anything else. She was good this taking care of people thing wasn't she? Very. Had to wonder where she picked that little trait up, seeing as she used to live in someplace where gentle care was nowhere close to stanard. "We're just the get up and go type."
Clearing his throat again then as she listened to this little deal of hers. All day and night? He didn't know if he could pull that off. Well...he supposed he could pull it off if he had something to do. And thus was his thought processes until she came back with Zykariel. His first observation? "You're all sticky." Wiping at the boy's face with the back of his own hand and noting the child's hands as well. But he frowned lightly at the boys question. "You want to start magic lessons...I don't know, what with you being hurt..."
Piper gave a noise and rolled her eyes. "Looking out for number one are you?" Though her tone had that teasing essence to it saying she wasn't really prodding him in distate about it, she just felt the need to pick on him because she could. "Regardless of a yes no answer, I still have your utmost reassurance that my little boy is going to be just fine in this little endeavor, right love?"
He gave one of those exasperated sighs that he had learned from one parent or the other. "Alright....patience..." Yes a little disappointed but what could he do? But his attention turned to Lharika at her question and he gave her a nod, slipping from his chair and toddling back over to the little game earlier started with rocks and cups.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:28 pm
"Cinnamon rolls, my fault." Zahara wasn't thrilled to hear about it either seeing as she had just set the boy's arm today and she still wans't a hundred percent thrilled about his head. In fact, she had planned to reverie in the nursery tonight just to make sure that Zykariel was indeed alright. But she let father and son talk it out alone for a minute or two while she went and gathered up dishes and whatnot and took them downstairs. The kids had certainly enjoyed their snack hadn't they? She gave a knowing chuckle to the full glass of milk that she knew belonged to Malik and decided that the cool liquid might be good on Sevilin's throat.
"But Daddy I feel fine and I can do magic with one hand right? Plus Zara did this thingy to my arm and she said it's okay we just have to be careful. So as long as I promise to be really really careful, then can I?" Double puppy eyes. "I don't want Malikhai to be mad at me and Mr. Malik said we have to start together..."
She dropped the dishes off in the kitchen for the servants to wash, ordering a fresh glass of milk to be sent up to Sevilin, and then headed back upstairs to the nursery. "Piper, I need to see you in the hallway for a moment if you don't mind."
Lharika helped Malikhai right the cups and then counted them out to make sure there was six on each side. "Okay, Zykariel told you that all you have to do is pick a cup and pick up the rocks in it then drop one in each cup as you go. You're supposed to skip my treasure box but you want them to land in yours, right?" She nodded and showed him by taking picking the fift the cup and dropping a rock in teh fourth, third, second, and finally her treasure box. "But what Daddy Kieran taught me is that if your last rock ends up in the treasure box then you get to go again. See?" And she showed him as she dropped the last rock into her box. "Now I can pick anyone of them and do it again." So she picked another cup and ended up putting two in his cups bypassing his treasure box altogether. " But since I didn't end in my treasure box, it's your turn. When all of the rocks are in our treasure boxes, we count them up and whoever has the most wins. See?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:57 pm
The boy was really really working on him wasn't he? And he was winning. Sevilin took a moment to rationalize things in his head. Well...he assumed Malik wouldn't have them flinging magic on thier first day at each other, and that Zahara would magically heal that arm by tomorrow anyway. He also trusted Malik would not put his son in any danger and would look after him during this little endeavor as if Zykariel were his own...or Sevilin would hurt the man. So then he cleared his throat lightly. "Alright, but you have to be extra careful, understand?"
Malikhai listened intently to what he was being told and nodded in his understanding. Thus when it was his turn he went about doing what he was told to do. And of course as any child eager to learn, he was picking up the game with some ease. Pretty soon and a few turns later, the rocks were all gone from the cups and in thier treasure boxes. "We count them now right?"
Piper looked over to Zahara at the sound of her name and gave a nod before pulling Malik's hand to her lips and pressing a kiss to his palm, then getting herself up and wandering out into the hall with Zahara. "What can I do for you?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:32 pm
"Yes, my utmost reassurance that Malikhai won't get hurt. you have my word, 'Chev. And I don't want Zykariel hurt eithre but I'd rather be absolutley sure I don't get blamed becaues he has an injured arm and I let him do it anyway."
Grinning lightly at her and poking her belly just becuase.
"and lord help us when your sugar rush hits."
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:32 pm
She studied her friend's eyes for a moment and then grinned. "I let you get away with not really checking on you all day long. Now it's your turn to be my patient. Follow me please." She led Piper into the room she shared with Malik and then gestured to the bed. "Have a seat and do everything that I tell you to do in the order I say so, okay?" She leaned back against one of the many pieces of furniture in the room so she could watch and nodded. "Let's begin. I need you to stand on each foot, one at a time of course for five seconds, balancing. Then I need you to wiggle each of your fingers and then all ten together. Repeat the process with your toes, jump up and down twice and then turn two complete circles before sitting down on your bed cross legged and clapping a total of three times." She paused for a moment and then grinned, "As silly as it sounds, can you do all that for me?"
Zykariel launched himself at his father, careful to hold his injured arm out of the way so that he couldn't be told that he wasn't being careful and get the privelege of learning magic taken away. Also, he didn't realize this but had he slammed the splint against Sevilin's chest, the older drow most likely would have been knocked out of breath since it was a solid wood piece and hte child threw himself wiht massive force.
"Thank you Daddy! I'll be real careful and I'll stop the minute I think something is wrong and come tell Zara, okay?" Wrapping his arms around his fathe'r sneck and hugging him tightly. "Malikhai will be so happy! He danced happily on the bed, shaking it slightly with his movements. "I get to learn magic! I get to learn magic!"
She nodded and was quite pleased with how quickly he had indeed picked up the game. She always knew her nephews were smart, Daddy Kieran would be pleased as well. She was his guide to how his grandson was doing and what he was learning and the like. He always asked her a whole slew of questions when she came home. "I've got twenty-two which means you must have twenty-six. You beat me Malikhai!"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:53 pm
She stuck her tongue out at Malik as she was leaving. "At least I don't bounce off the walls when I get those, I merely ravage you. You think you'd be waiting on pins and needles about that." Giving him one of those looks before turning her attention back to Zahara...and whining the entire way to her room just because. Though standing there, listening to Zahara's little instructions, she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "Silly doesn't begin to describe that...though I do appreciate you removing me from the eyes of others before hand. I don't deal with embarassment well." Okay, so she could stand on each foot...and kind of balance, finger and toe wiggling was no problem. Jump twice, sure...but she didn't get any farther than that...becase a quick turn made her dizzy and with dizzy came nauceous...and Piper wasn't about to loose that cinnamon roll. So then she plopped on the edge of the bed, one hand on her stomach the other on her head and she blinked a few times. "Oh not good..."
Sevilin started coughing as he son had launched himself out him and thus had to take a moment to regain his breath and find a way to comfortably breath again, even as he wrapped an arm around his son in a hug. "Right...just be careful." Watching as the boy more or less bounced and danced around the bed in delight and Sevilin grabbed an ankle, pulling him so that he'd fall on his bottom. "No bouncing on unstable things with a broken arm."
He blinked and looked up from her, seeing as he was still counting. At her declaration he looked skeptical and looked back to his stones, counting them out. Indeed, twenty six. "I win!" And thus a look at his father because that parent happened to be there and he needed validation from at least one of them. "Daddy! Daddy I won! Look!" Not that there was much more to look at other than a pile of rocks. Of course an impressive pile of rocks in the child's opinion.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:17 pm
Zahara watched Piper, ticking off each thing in her mind as the other elf performed. She was doing so well and Zahara was about to give her a clean bill of health, until she flopped back on the bed. That's what she had been afraid of. "Okay, not good at all." She walked over and easily helped the other elf sit up back against the pillows. "Deep, even breaths so you don't lose your lunch Piper. I'll get you another headache potion but I'm sorry, you've got a concussion and I can't let you wander. You're going to have to keep taking it easy. But on that note, I have a proposition for you." She paused for a moment and made sure the other elf was breathing correctly and not moving to allow her stomach to settle. "Sevilin is no more thrilled about having to remain calm and on bedrest than you are but truthfully, lovemaking helps head injuries so, if you want to put that remedy to the test I was thinking you and Malik could let Sevilin and I take your place in the nursery. That way Sevilin and Zykariel could stay together and I could keep an eye on all the kids and those two while you are getting your..." she paused, then giggled. "treatment. What do you say?"
"Sorry Daddy...are you okay?" Zykariel instantly was contrite when his father started coughing and he glanced around for Zara unsure of what he had done. Of course when his ankle was grabbed he did indeed fall right on his bottom on the bed and he frowned for a moment then nodded. "because I could fall again and hurt my arm worse." Made sense to him.
She nodded, excited over his own joy in the victory and not at all upset that she hadn't won herself. She usually beat Daddy Kieran when she played him so she was content to let Malikhai win. "want to play again or no?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:35 pm
She made a noise of distaste. That figured. "How long do I have to keep taking it easy...have a mare about to foal you know...could get my little fire wings nightmare..." See, she had all these things to do and did not have the time to lay around like this. Though with the way things were going she was dreading reverie...she simply couldn't live through ear losses, and Kaden and any other distasteful situation of high degrees in her life, anymore. Though a look to her friend once more at the proposition that was set forth. "Lovemaking, I thought it was just sex?" Of course she was going to put it against Zahara on her word usage...after all, Zahara had never equated sex to that term, or love for that matter, so Piper had to prod. But a dismissive way meaning she didn't care for Zahara's comback. After all, doctor's orders sounded quite nice. "I suppose Sevilin can have the nursery...for a moment there I though you were going to make me and him stay in a room together and play nice nice." Giving a false distasteful look to her in jest. But a chuckle, "Sevilin's got to let that boy get hurt and be okay with it."
He nodded. "I'm fine. And yes, because you don't want to make that worse." In fact he took the boy's arm from his sling and felt around it some himself in gentle manners and almost unfelt touch. Being a seasoned rune mage was great, seeing as he could easily regulate pressure and such with ease and no thought to it. And then resting the boys arm back in the sling he took to examining the boy's head with the same gentleness. "Feeling okay?"
Malikhai turned his attention from his father at Lharika's voice. He nodded to his aunt. "You gotta win too." No that didn't mean he would let her win, but he expected her to try hard to win the next game.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:54 pm
Zahara shook her head, "I checked on her this morning. She's got a few more days by the looks of her and hopefully by the time she's ready, you'll be up and back to your normal self. But concussions are not to be taken lightly since if you don't take care of yourself you can end up putting yourself out of commission permanantly." She rubbed her hands together for a moment and then shrugged. "Sex for me, lovemaking for you." damn ehr tongue adn its slip. She was afraid to admit that she no longer thought of sex as just sex but it wasn't exactly lovemaking either. There was no word for it but there was a connection that went deeper than the physical. Though after a moment she looked at her friend like she had lost her mind. "Not that I don't think you can't do it but I wouldn't want to see you two try. That would be like shoving Malik and I in a room and asking us to do the same." she shuddered at the mere thought of it. "No, I wouldn't do that to you." But she felt honor bound to defend Sevilin. "He's taking it pretty well considering his own condition and the fact that he's been confined to his bed and only able to see him when I bring him in there. It just scares the hell out of Sevilin to think that he could lose him...after all...he's probably not getting another one."
Zykariel waited for the pain but was pleased that his father was touching and none came. He did wince slightly when it was put back in the sling but only because he had moved it a little and it felt stiff. "Yes but my head hurts just a little bit. I was gonna tell Zara as soon as she came back, I promise."
He did not want to get into trouble for not telling her when his headache had come back. "She's got an icky potion to make it feel better, I know it," he said glumly, settling against his father's side and letting him poke and prod as he wanted too.
She nodded and returned the rocks to their rightful cups then made her first, second, and third, since she had chosen perfectly each time and ended up dropping the last stone into her own box. "I'm going to try really hard to win this one."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:09 pm
"Right." No that was a slip up and she knew it...if it hadn't of been, Zahara would of started one word, stopped, thought about it and then corrected herself. Piper wasn't bypassed that easily on these sorts of things. But a sigh. "Oh I'm not going to be a happy perosn doing this..." But she was endure and this gave a possibly dramatic suffering sigh. "Hm yes I suppose...and I wouldn't do that to you either. But still, Sevilin needs to relax, just wait till he's older and leaping off of things and such. I've decided, and Malik's reminded me that I need to worry later, not so much now." A wave off of her friend. "Go on, you two can take our spot...nice to see you two actually acknowledging each other's existance."
"Good boy." Though giving him an annoyed look of play. "I have to tell her when I hurt too, welcome to the club son." But yes voice still low and in whisper like quality. "She's got an icky potion for anything," reaching out and pinching the boy's nose somewhat. "If you pinch your nose like this, it doesn't taste as bad." There ya go Sevilin, passing along that valuable knowledge.
"You better because we're going to keep playing until you win." Waiting patiently for his own turn. Sure she probably didn't even have to try hard to beat him, but he didn't know that now did he?
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:39 pm
She gave a pat to her friend's hand. "If you make sure and get it at least started before the pain comes again, it will leave alone. That's the best medicine I know of for your particular ailment. Of course I do have potions as well but they aren't nearly as nice so be a good girl and take your medicine." She headed for the door and nodded, "I will be sure to pass the message along. I'll send Malik into you, Piper, that way you don't have to move off that bed." And then back into Sevilin's room. "How are we doing?"
"Daddy still can't speak and my head hurts a little bit."
She glanced in surprise at the little boy and then walked over to the dresser and pulled off her bag. She had brought it in here earlier in teh morning since she had no idea what new ailment might occur. Pulling out a lime green potion she handed it over. "Drink it all and drink it quick."
He glanced at his father and then uncapped it and pinched his nose the way his father had taught him just a second ago before tossing the potion down his throat. He made a face but glanced back. "You're right but it's still icky."
"Healing hurts adn doesn't taste good. Learn that now and you'll be in good shape." She walked over and prodded lightly at his head, checking to see if the wound had suddenly decided to bleed or the swelling had gotten worse. "Well I have good news for you two," she said as she lightly ran her nails across the child's scalp. "If you want, we can all move to the nursery tonight so you can sleep with Malikhai and Lharika and your dad will be right there with you. Does that work for both of you?" she asked glancing between them. It would keep Sevilin busy and worry free, allow all her patients in one space and keep the children together with adult supervision. Everyone wins.
"Duly noted." she said as the game continued and she moved her stones then watied for him to do the same. In no time, much like last time, tehy were counting stones. It didn't take her very long to realize that they had the same amount and it was a tie. "I've got twenty-four. How many do you have?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:59 pm
"I see that. You're a real D'vinn, winning is what we do."
A slight chuckle and waiting for Piper and Zahara to get back, with Zahara's report on how Piper was doing. he was a bit anxious to hear if she was doing better or not.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:18 am
She would of banged her head back against the headboard, but why make the injury worse...so she couldn't turn real fast or she made herself sick, big deal. But she knew better than to argue with Zahara about this kind of thing. "It's not the best, you're just looking for a way to keep me in bed and tired out so I won't want to get up anyway, I know what you're thinking." Giving a sigh as Zahara left. Piper was going to learn to hate this bed for the next few...well however long she was stuck in it. Oh no, she'd devise a plan to get up and do things somehow. Just watch her...
"Told you." But his look turned to Zahara as she proclaimed good news. So...spending his time with...all...the children. Not that he didn't like kids, they were just really really loud and such when they all got together. But at least he wouldn't be cramped up in this room all day and there would be actual mental stimulation in the room. "Long as I'm no crammed into some little bed..." It would be like sleeping on the proclaimed evil couch at home.
Counting his rocks he frowned lightly at them, not really sure what to think. "I have twenty four." Thus a look over to his father, seeing as he proclaimed winning was what they did. "Daddy, do ties mean you both win too?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:28 am
He wouldn't be crammed into a little bed since there was a bigger one in the nursery for those times when an adult did have to sleep there but she would be sleeping in it with him. It was about the size of a full situated slightly off to the side of the smaller beds but she decided not to mention that part of it. "Nope, you get a big enough bed. Does that work for you Zykariel?"
"Yes. I like sleeping with Malikhai and Daddy." He slipped off the bed and headed for the doorway glancing back at his parents. "Aren't you two coming?"
"Zykariel, let Malik know Piper needs him in their room. We're on our way." She stood up and walked over to the dresser pulling her bag off the top and then raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and let you walk without help but I'm going to be very close to you just in case you fall." She stood there waiting for him to precede her out of the room.
Zykariel bounced into the nursery and grinned. "I'm back. Mr. Malik, Zara said that Miss Piper needs you right now in her room and Daddy is sleeping in here with us tonight. I think Zara is too but I'm not sure..."
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