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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:14 pm
He nuzzled her again, his advances getting slightly more amorous now that he had her where he wanted her. "Well, allow me to correct that oversight." He took her over to their current bed and set her down then went about showing her just how much he did indeed love her.
"Stop it both of you or I'll send you to separate corners. I put your son in time out before, I will do it to you too." She did frown for a moment, only at Twilight would there be a meeting scheduled without her consent. He probably wanted to go over Piper's injuries or talk about what had gone right or wrong while magic was down. "Alright then, come on Piper, let me check you over." A half hour later she was satisfied and going back to find Malik. "She's perfectly fine. Her rib healed just fine and the bruises are fading nicely. She's still a little flinchy but that's to be expected after what she went through." Her eyebrow quirked and she tilted her head. "You have a problem?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:02 pm
Malik looked over at her and nodded at her information on Piper.
"So no excess fluid in her lungs or anything of the like. I was concerned a bit on her flinchiness possibly being connected to something like that. But that is all good news to hear. and our meeting needs to get done. do follow me."
And he casually walked past her, and downstairs to his personal study, where, wouldn't you know, Malvolence had already been taken to, resting across his desk lightly. Of course Malik waited by teh blade, hands casually behind his back for the moment, waiting for her to come in and get situated a bit.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:05 pm
Hmm, so that wasn't the meeting? Alright. She shook her head. "Nope, fluid in her lungs is draining steadily and just about gone. She shouldn't even be gasping when she's in reverie, just a little quickened at times but nothing serious." She watched him go and then shrugged and followed him down. She'd been in his study before though she chose not to sit since he didn't either. "Are we done wandering? What's this about?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:36 pm
"this is about something I hold very, very important to me. Something that you very damn near could have thrown into complete and utter chaos, and could have potentially cost lives in the process."
walking over and then without a warning, without even a twitch to precursor his intentions, one hand shot forward around her tunic front and heaved her into the air and against the wall. Now his eyes showed anger, his face lost all serene coolness and looked like he was about to murder for the sake of doing the deed.
"How dare you. How dare you go and make deals with that thing. that chaindog toy. and not only that, but behind my back in the matter. What you did could have cost Sevilin his life, not only by the act itself to his fragile enough mind, but the very real possibility that he would have turned over the flesh as proof Sevilin was alive and well to his sisters."
then throwing her to the side and putting his boot down on her chest, leaning over and applying weight.
"And Zykariel. what do you think Sevilin's sister's might have done with him? We had no defenses! no magics, no runics! and my ability to aid sevilin was severely limited at the time, if I could even help at all had he been caught at his own home."
a little more pressure, that was going to leave a nice bruise and make it hard to breath as well.
"He could have killed you as to look at you for the sheer humor value.Which would have brought Piper into that mess, and could have very well cost both your lives as she would have undoubtably tried to avenging her foolish friend!"
And a slap for good measure.
"your pride and arrogance could have put us into a situation that could have led to Mahlari using Khavier as a weapon, and not an envoy. all it takes is one action, one comment, one look taken the wrong way to reach that woman's ears to have Khavier sent back as an assassin. and he knows where my home is. which at the time was your home."
letting her up and pushing her into the desk that held Malvolence, picking up the blade and brandishing it about a quarter inch from her face, the red glow reflecting in his eyes and on her skin.
"You ever go behind my back like that again, you ever risk this house or anyone in it to that degree another time, and I swear by Innoruuk and any other deity that might be listening to this conversation that I will personally put you through so much pain that your suffering will become a damned legend in the whole of this underdark. Khavier's dealings with Sevilin were under my watch. And Khavier knew that one finger on Sevilin and I'd have full rights to kill him where he stood, as any master of any house has on those that attack his own."
Before dropping the blade with a loud clatter by her head.
"Your rashness could have given him leave to hurt sevilin a lot worse than he could had you done nothing. and what you should have done, when you were offered this bargain was at the very least, come to me to let me know why Khavier was insistant on dealing with Sevilin and let me decide if your course of action was worth risking."
pointing his finger at her chest in a jabbing motion.
"Not to mention had Khavier done the deed himself it certainly would have put him in a bad light with his grandchild that right now appears to think of him the same way Malikhai does Kieran."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:32 am
He took her by surprise for sure, slamming her into the wall so that she was stunned for most of what he did next. That wasn't the only reason she did not raise a hand to stop him, though. In a corner of her mind she knew she deserved this and welcomed the pain that hopefully would begin to banish the guilt that was consuming her. She let him yell and push her around and never once showed anything in her expression. Flinching at the loud clatter, she looked back up at him then down at the finger pushing into the very spot his boot and his hands had been moments ago. When she spoke her voice was soft and she did not raise her head. "I will agree with you to a point but only a point. I will not apologize for what I did nor will I take it back and promise to never do it again. I can't. Everything I did, had to be done and I knew full well the consequences and reasoning behind his motives." A shake of her head. "The only crime I am guilty of is approaching him incorrectly and justice has already been served in that respect. As for Zykariel, that will be taken care of very shortly." She paused a moment, letting her words sink in and then calmly, keeping her subservient pose, asked, "May I be dismissed Lord D'vinn?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:38 pm
Something was different. That wasn't the spitfire Zahara, there was some other Zahara here.
"No. Sit down."
Malik leaned on the wall, watching her.
"You know only what he told you. You're no expert in Andalian customs anymore than I am. He could have been lying to you the whole time. It is my place, my duty to protect those in my care. and I was doing fine in that respect because I made it clear that if he touched Sevilin I would have his head. What reason did you have to think that I could not handle this, and that you needed to try and interpose yourself?"
Waving his hand around lightly.
"As often as we are at eachother's throats, we are part of the same House. If there is something that troubles you in my choices, let me know. if you know something that may be of value, let me know it. I may not agree with you, and we may argue the point, but at the very least things like this won't happen. Or they can be controled for minimal damage."
he pushed off the wall, and walked over lifting her chin to look at him.
"I know Khavier laid hands on you. I know what he did. but because you slapped him, you pushed him first, he was well within the 'provocation' claims. Had he done such without your actions, he'd be serving his time in a Breaker room right now.and my breakers now all carry Andalian misery chains. I coudl have made even him scream and beg."
Letting her chin go.
"I know you were protecting Sevilin from a far worse and disfiguring version that he would have gotten at Khavier's hands. But sometimes, to protect others, we have to leave things alone. To protect my son, I had to let piper go into danger alone. that was not an easy choice to make. To protect Sevilin, you should have left Khavier alone. the second he would have cut Sevilin's flesh, or the inevitable fight that would have occured in his attempt, would have placed him firmly under my rights to kill him."
Looking down at her, crossing his arms lightly.
"But your young yet, and headstrong. And love is not exactly an emotion that Drow are equipped to handle easily, and it can make you do foolish things. So next time, and we all know there is going to be a next time...at the very least come to me first before you start making bargains that seem like good ideas at the time?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:54 pm
She closed her eyes and sighed, all she wanted to do was get away from him but he apparently wasn't done yet. Sitting rather slowly in the chair, she curled her fingers together and held tightly. "Because while I may not be an expert in Andallian rules and regulations, I am still drow and I still know how the society works. There may be a different goddess and there may be a different social ladder but it's still there. Neither Lloth nor Mahlari was going to let Khaiver or anyone else get away with letting Sevilin escape. Since Khaiver is his father and was supposed to look out for him he probably bore a lot of punishment from letting Sevilin get away. The only way to get back into favor and stop the barrage is to prove the runaway is dead. Why do you think I hid out here for so long? I was terrified my sister was coming after me. Waywards do not live unless they can fake their deaths or disappear succinctly enough and even then they still have to be careful. I knew this, it matched up with what that son of a b***h told me and I couldn't stand for Sevilin to have to face him down anymore. Khaiver is one of the only people that Sevilin feels inferior to...I can see it in the way he looks at him and Khaiver knows it and he would have used it against him. Sevilin's mind is too fragile to have to deal with him, that part you had right. I banked on Khaiver's hatred of women to take me instead but that backfired on me and once I threw the bargain out, I could hardly take it back." Her eyes were full of misery, hurt, and guilt and they were once again beginning to swim with tears. "I didn't know what else to do. The only other alternative was to let Khaiver do as he wanted with Sevilin and by the time you found out about it, he would have been gone. All he wanted was that chunk of Sevilin's face...his evidence of death. The only way I could protect him was by taking the course of action I did." She took a deep breath and nodded, "If I stop to think about it, I will consider it."
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:04 pm
"I know the society, Zahara."
He shook his head lightly.
"Khavier doesn't hate women. like any well treated dog, he tolerates those that control him. Your gambit for Sevilin worked, I just want you to be more careful that's all. and please don't let guilt and misery ruin things. I already had to pull Piper out of her shell due to her ear around other elves, I don't want to have to stop you from jumping at shadows or unkind words or looks."
a gesture to the door.
"Now you can go."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:16 pm
She jumped up and hurried out as quickly as she could, just wanting to get away from Malik and everything else. She rubbed at her eyes trying to stop the tears that were brimming in her eyes but it didn't help. She hurried up the stairs and then leaned against the wall for a moment. Where her feet headed, she didn't pay attention, only knew that she could see the hall wavering through a sheen of tears. At some point they probably started to fall but she kept on going. Rounding a corner, she slammed into what felt like a brick wall. She recognized that chest though and from her spot on the ground, just lifted her hands the way Zykariel did when he wanted to be picked up.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:20 pm
Hall collision....how did they always manage that? Then again that's probably what he got for skulking the hallways and such. A blink though as he looked down at her, giving the pick me up gesture he had become so familiar with by now. She looked rather upset too. Frowning he crouched down and slipped one arm under the knees and the other around her back, lifting her into his arms bridal style against his chest. "Zahara? What's wrong?" Did he miss a memo?
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:40 pm
Locking her arms around his neck, she buried her head in his neck and let it all out. Tears fell and words got garbled but she managed to get somewhat of the story out. "Malik...Khaiver...you...upset...threw me...slapped...bruised....I'm so sorry..." She said a few more things but they weren't intelligible at all and then just buried her face into his chest and let her body tremble with the rest of her sobs. "So sorry..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:51 pm
Malik left his study, and went up to the kitchen. He was calm, quiet and went about getting himself something, and for his wife as well...then up to thier room, where she and his son were he was certain. cinnamon rolls, bananas, and lobster claws.
"How's everything going?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:43 pm
Onyx sat in his den in the Manor. Delta had not told him her relation to Omega, flat out ignored him. Though his thoughts were internal, and he still seemed lethargic...they turned always to Aella. And not to mention the desire to rip Cedric apart. Anger fed what little life he showed, and more than once help had scurried away when something had been taken wrong and sparked the feline's ire. But right now his mood was rather frustratedly placid, but he started to sing to himself at first..though his voice got louder...it was a song from the plane he'd come from, semi-popular among the human population.
And I would do anything for love, I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love, I'll never lie to you and that's a fact
But I'll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, I won't do that
Anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, oh I won't do that
Some days it don't come easy, and some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all, and these are the days that never end
Some nights you're breathing fire, and some nights you're carved in ice
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again
Maybe I'm crazy, but it's crazy and it's true
I know you can save me, no one else can save me now but you
As long as the planets are turning, as long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it
That I would do anything for love, and I'll be there til the final act
I would do anything for love, and I'll take a vow and seal a pact
But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight
And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that
I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that
Some days I pray for silence, and somedays I pray for soul
Some days I just pray to the God of Sex and Drugs and Rock 'N Roll
Some nights I lose the feeling, and some nights I lose control
Some nights I just lose it all when I watch you dance and the thunder rolls
Maybe I'm lonely and that's all I'm qualified to be
There's just one and only, the one and only promise I can keep
As long as the wheels are turning, as long as the fires are burning
As long as your prayers are coming true, you better believe it
That I would do anything for love, and you know it's true and that's a fact
I would do anything for love, and there'll never be no turning back
But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long
And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no no no I won't do that
I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that
But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way
And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that
The red sparks flowed from his hand, and the formed in front of him a small version of Aella, mimicing her voice to sing with him, doing her verse first, then his response
Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this Godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
I can do that! I can do that!
Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life, I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?
I can do that! Oh oh, now I can do that!
Will you make me some magic, with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?
I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!
After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on
I won't do that! No I won't do that!
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around
I won't do that! No I won't do that!
Anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that
His voice faded, and so did her image, and he returned to silence, his wings loosing a few feathers in the process but that wasn't an overly big deal. apparently taking several showers a day tended to loosen them a bit more than nature would intend, but they always were quickly replaced.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:53 am
Okay...Zahara was not a happy woman at all. Nope not at all...though she did manage to get keywords out and the series of them did not make him a happy man. After all, Malik did have a tendency to throw Zahara around but now things were different. He certinally didn't throw Piper around and he hated her on a certain level, so why should Malik be allowed to throw Zahara around. Something that should be taken care of...
But right now was not the time, seeing as Zahara was having herself a break down. Thus to the sitting room with him, plopping down in a chair and her in his lap, just being there and petting through her hair in some semblense of comfort...he was used to comforting a little boy, Zahara was a tad bit different and he was working through the method. "Don't be sorry." Assuming he was correct in knowing what sorry meant.
Piper was in her room but it looked like the children had been there and then gone again. They needed a play idea, she had provided one for them and they had promptly taken off again. Currently she was changing the sheets on the bed, because she still did stuff like that. Made the help fidgety but they could go make another bed. Slightly she turned a look to him as she was smoothing down sheets. "Fine, you seem to be the one who needs to be asked that question these days." Oh she knew he was upset earlier, and with Zahara...and deduction usually told her what that meant. But she had stopped scolding him on it...he was Malik, and that was something he wasn't going to change. Part of his being rough around the edges. But a twitch her her nose and another look was given to him. "You've come bearing cinnamon, what are you up to?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:58 pm
She was trembling violently and as closely as she snuggled into his welcoming warmth it was almost like she wanted to crawl inside his body and just stay there, safe and sound. She cried herself all out, soaking the front of his tunic, but she just didn't care. "I have to be sorry, Sevilin, I don't know what else to be. And Malik's right. I was stupid and rash and maybe I just should have let him handle it instead of putting myself in a position to cause you so much pain and get myself almost raped in the process and I'm just really really really sorry." and now she was babbling which was never a good sign. "I just want it to all go away..."
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