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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:31 pm
"Yes. I do." but agian, she didn't elaborate. She, bineg an Oracle herself, had a terrible habit of saying very little, even when it might be required that she say more.
And then she was left alone with the elf-child. Though her blind eyes couldn't see him, she was able to interact with him as if she could. The Sky Father allowed her knowledge that was bearly seconds acruate enough for her to work this way.
"Does not your adopted mother provide you with these?"
Usha shrugged. "That tends to happen when you don't live around mirrors." The palace was full of them, and she was sick of looking at herself"
She shook her head. "Yellow won't be good for her complextion. Other than that, purple is a royal colour. She's in a bit of a tramatic state, so we might want to try calming colours. Blues and whites."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:40 pm
"Meilikki-sama was your mom, and she was my mom. So we are sibblings. I am you Ni-chan, and you are One-chan." He smiled and rubbed his face into her shoulders. Moisture from his held back tears smeared on her clothes, but other than that there was no sign of his internal turmoil.
"Just let me know what you want me to do and when. Until the Captain comes and tells me otherwise, as head of this house, I am at your disposal. Let our relationship be as full of excitement as my old life on the seas." He bowed and left the child alone with Delta.
Kimmuriel put a finger on his chin, "Blue and white..." He nodded his head as an image came to mind of Mai wearing a blue and white Japanese Sailor school uniform. "What about her hair? I was thinking of putting a ribbon in it. A nice big one on the back of her head, or it could be worked into her braids or ringlets..." Someone seemed to have a lot more knowledge about hairstyles than he would like to let other be aware. Something to do with Nymphs. "How would you dress Mai up to look like a princess?"
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:01 pm
'Of course. much easier to use his paws than in your old shoes."
A grin at his wife.
"things I do in my time when there's no buisness to be conducted. you think the only thing I do in my study is work?"
Then back to his son.
"So you and Zykariel got a draithix out of Sevilin and Zahara. you're learning to be quite manipulative. going to have to keep a closer eye on you. and tomorrow if everyone is prepared, we'll start on your magic again. I think the powers around her have stabilized enough. Sevilin certainly hasn't given me a reason to think otherwise."
Onyx indeed left the rest to hunt Aella down. So to her room with him, and knocking on the door before opening it just enough to get his head in...in case he had to close it fast or got something hurled at him for some reason. last time it was because she'd been getting dressed.
"Aella? you still in here?"
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:06 pm
"I will let you know." Or not, whatever she decided.
"Siblings?" A brother who wasn't an insane lunatic trying to take over the underworld for shits and giggles...it had a nice ring to it.
"Alright then, Ni-chan." She pretended to take no notice of his tears.
"Her hair? I don't know, I'd have to try some different styles." She was getting right into this, as she rarely had something this nice to do in the palace. "Perhaps a circlet? It would help too keep an innocent look."
Aella was just stitching up a torn seem on the padded underside of her bracers. She had been using them quite a bit of late, running errands for the new Oracle and spreading word of Meilikki's death.
"Yes, come in."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:16 pm
"One-chan, how do I make the hurting stop?" Tarathiel asked rather plainly. He'd normally ask any friendly person these deep rooted questions if the chance or occurrence popped up.
"It's a soft, silky texture." Kimmuriel said, he really did not have much else to say on the subject. "Hey, I have an idea. Your a princess, and a girl. You could probably help make Mai look like a picture perfect princess. What do we need to do to do that, you said tailor earlier... Can you get one? Maybe we should find some fabrics and compare them to her skin, or maybe we should just get Orko here and have him fabricate her some clothes." The captain's mind spun. Orko sneezed.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:20 pm
Onyx slipped into the room, a shadow amongst shadows, and moved to her bed, settling down on it.
"How are you doing?"
he didn't really know what to talk about, but being around her made him feel better. at least the presence of someone did. Tarathiel was too young and the rest of Kimmuriel's crew, with the slight exceptions to cedric and sstrl...were as close to strangers as he thought possible while living in the same building.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:27 pm
Delta sighed, pulled back a little. "It will never stop, thought it will lessen." She didn't tell many lies either, just usually didn't speek. "Remeber the good things."
She stood, took her brother's hand. "Come, i will make you sometihng hot to drink."
Usha tilted her head. "Orko?"
"I am a tailor. It's pretty much all I spend my time doing." Seeing the drow talk so fondly of this was rather amusing and somewhat cute. She wondered what the drow child would think of the outfit that Kimmuriel decided apon.
She shrugged. "I'm fine, a little worn out oerhaps, but fine."
Aella broke the thread with her teeth, tied a knot, looked at her handy work.
"What about you?"
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:33 pm
"lonely. lost. angry. sad...not always in that order."
A small snort of his, watching her hands work, and her arms, and her hair and face. predatory eyes noticed every ripple of muscle, every twitch under the skin. resting his head on his hand.
"this is the first death of someone close I've been through...I mean it's part of nature to die. we were taught that, and we all knew that Elias was going to die relatively soon with all his medical problems and lifestyle finally catching up to him. but this is the first time death has actually come calling to someone and taken them from me."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:39 pm
"Ok." He agreed and followed Delta. He was not feeling very talkative, and she was not talkative. Somehow, Tara felt that he could be very close with One-chan.
"Orko is my pet human. He's a wizard." He put his head on his palm. "Oh, that makes things easier. Now... What textiles does this backwater kingdom have anyway?"
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:50 pm
Duely he scooped his pet back up, who gave a few different noises before he took to crawling all over the little blue elf. "A lot easier...he's climbing better already." Using him, but Malikhai didn't seem to mind at all. "Hey! Now you can climb trees with me!" Wouldn't that be fun? Much so. Another look to Malik. "Thank you daddy!" Duely hugging daddy's legs at that. Though a look up and one of those grins and laugh's of his at the mention of him being manipulative as well as magic. "Gotta be good at something. When do I get to learn to do magic with my sword too?" Oh he'd seen it, from multiple people channeling magic in thier weapons...and he wanted to learn too.
"Yes in fact I do believe that is all you do in there...aside from brood and scream in a place that no one can hear you vent." She knew him well enough. Though Piper shook her head at the child's second request. "And already we're trying to go into more dangerous training. First a sword, then magic, then armor...how old are you again little man? Two hundred and thirteen?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:51 pm
"Pet human" New opinions forming of the drow....
She ointed to what she was wearing. "These are typicle. We can find something more exotic." She shrugged. "You'd ahve to look through the market yourself and bring things back. I'm not permited outside the palace."
She reached over, patted Onyx's shoulder. "We all take death differently, some of us are used to it, and some of us are not. Try and see it as Meilikki's time. She was an Oracle, the most she could hope to live was 30 or 35. She knew it was going to come."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:03 pm
"I do not know anything about the value of textiles, especially under market conditions." Kimmuriel almost didn't notice the question-comment about Orko. "Orko needs a master or he doesn't know what to do with his cosmic powers. He'd accidentally destroy this nation if left unattended." He stood up, and walked over to a bag and pulled out two objects. One was a mask, and the other was a gem. He tossed them both to Usha.
"Put on the mask, and ask it to make you look like someone else or another race. It will put an illusion over your body so you change shape or appearance. You could give yourself wings, but you could not fly. Gills would let you breath water though. Limited power, but useful item. I would like it back. The gem will float around you head. Only you will be able to remove it. We can use it to talk." Total value, Castle Deep Water. "Its still pretty early in day, so the market should be open."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:11 pm
"someone's time is by natural means. the heart stops, the lungs stop, the body shuts itself down. there is little pain if any. what happened to her was not the cause of her time."
he leaned over and plopped down on the bed, resting his head on her lap lightly. enough that if it bothered her he coudl move it quick to the bed proper.
"I want the one that left her in that pool of blood, but the only one anyone knows of that would be able to walk past Diedrich is Kimmuriel...and I know that one is beyond my skill to hunt down and kill."
looking up at her.
"I apologize for not taking you out to do things as often as I might want. I hope you don't think I was avoiding you."
Malik gave a slight grin at his son, patting him on the back.
"magic with a weapon requires first to master magic. and the type of magic you have chosen to study doesn't lend itself very well to such uses. though once you become proficient enough, we'll see about it. but it's not going to be anytime soon...it takes a long time to master magic to the degree you need to have. it's dangerous otherwise."
then over at his wife.
"I do that too. but I also on occasion come up with pet projects."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:16 pm
A look at his mother with a giggle. "I'm three mommy. You're waaaaay off." Wasn't he cute? Much. Though that pouty look to his father, before sticking his tongue out in the 'I don't like it but I probably have to deal anyway' gesture. Promptly followed by the pick me up gesture of raised arms. "Okay then, after I master magic and my word then we can put 'em together, okay?" Sure...he didn't get that it would take years, but that was okay.
"Lo and behold, you do. Like draithix gloves. Not your usual scheming and plotting, but it is oh so cute of you." Yes teasing him because she could and that's all there was to it now wasn't there? Loved to tease him. And of course a smile at her son. "Oh right, three. My mistake." Just wait till he was a teenager...
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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