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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:56 pm
:::It doesn't click until Luke says "there's no time here". Things begin to flood back to her. Cora hasn't been there since she left to save Tacitus, she had been to numerous places and times and it would be impossible to gauge how long she has really been gone, but for her, it must feel like a lifetime. She finally realizes that she's talking to Luke, and tears well up behind her eyes. Not enough to flow out, but she's at the edge. Her arms dart out around him:::
Luke!! :::She only lets a second of reunion comfort her before she is worried again about what's happening:::
Luke! I'm afraid for Tacitus! Something is very wrong, but I can't get back to him! I don't know if...if time kept going in his world, because it's not my time!!! Its his, and he's still there! I have to find a way to reach him!
:::She was short of breath, but still very determined, it didn't matter that she was having trouble standing:::
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:04 pm
*Luke is beside himself after her quick embrace and then, the way she reverts back....spouting about Tacitus and how he's in danger and time....*
Okay, okay.... Just let me.... This guy, Tacitus. He's not from your world? *uncertain he heard right* But you're trying to get to him?
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:10 pm
Yes! Tacitus, you don't remember him? He was...he was tainted! But I was able to save him! And then he brought me to his world, and we were, he was... he brought me to a place with food, and everything was wonderful, but then suddenly everything around me became black, and I was surrounded in a dome. I heard his voice say something about a madman... I need to get back! I have to help him!
:::everything came out in one big blob of words. She was already trying to get up again, using Luke to prop herself up, but not doing too well:::
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:15 pm
*Luke can only listen as Cora launches into a tirade about saving this guy and how everything went black and a madman... and did he hear "food"?....*
*Luke shakes his head. He blinks and helps Cora stand, supporting her* Hey, hey.... Cora.... you gotta calm down. *He registers some of it...* This guy, Tacitus comes here? *Apparently, he'd even been able to draw a conclusion. He points to the door* And you were trying to get back to his world?
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:19 pm
:::Cora had barely gotten to her feet with the help of Luke and she was already pulling her way to the door, still using Luke as her crutch. She nodded at him emphatically:::
Yes! I have to get to his world somehow. I can't let anything happen to him..!
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:22 pm
And how're you going to do that? *Luke's just telling it like it is* Keep cramming that key in the lock 'til you break down the door?
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:22 pm
:::She trudged on, not listening to Luke:::
I have to try! What if he is truly in danger!? :::Regaurdless of the rather hopeless nature, the thought of giving up simply was not there:::
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:31 pm
*Luke didn't know what to say. He was no therapist. So...he relies on common sense. Or at least what -he- thought was common sense.*
Well, look, just.... what happened? *as an addendum* And, try to *He stops from saying 'have it make sense'* say it a little slower this time...
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:47 pm
:::She didn't feel like explaining, all she wanted to focus on was figuring out a way to get to Tacitus, but she felt that she owed him the enlightenment:::
Do you remember that time, it was long ago, we were both under attack by a very malicious creature. I thought that he had killed you, that is why the next time I saw you I was not myself. I did not understand how you were alive. I thought that you were the first casualty on my watch....That creature is the man I swore to save.
:::She noticed that Luke was getting heavy, as though he didn't intend on helping her any closer to the door, but she was ever as determined. She kept explaining, perhaps by the time she finished, he would help her:::
With the help of another version of himself, I was able to defeat the taint that caused him to do all those evil things. Since then I have been staying in his time. I have not seen you in a very long time. Just now the Brink brought me here, and though I was sheilded and did not see anything, I believe that Tacitus is in great danger! I need to go back to help him!
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:59 pm
*Cora already had her wish granted. Luke -did- want to help her, possibly more than anything at that moment. He was just at a loss as to how he could do it.*
*It was so much to take in.... She'd been gone? For a long time? Luke didn't even know that could happen. And there she went bringing up that bullshit again. Why did she think he died? He remembered very clearly the snap of his shirt against his chest, after she'd finished crying her eyes out....*
*Luke wasn't sure what was happening, or if Cora even knew what was happening.*
*But one thing he did know was that she was upset, and that she really thought this guy Tacitus was going to get hurt.*
Cora..... *He shakes his head.* I don't know what's going on here. *He says it apologetically.* I really have no ******** clue. But... I'm your friend, so.... What do you want me to do? Huh? Do you want me to try to plow the door down? I'll do it. ********, I'll use a ******** baseball bat if you've got one hidden underneath your skirt.
I mean, -I- don't think that's going to work. *He said, looking at it* *A new thought strikes him, his voice darkens...* This place doesn't let you do what it doesn't want you to do....
So...*He pushes that anger away for a second, or tries.* So, what do you want me to do?
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:11 pm
:::She looked up at Luke, a sense of fear in her eyes:::
You're...you are right. The Brink does not let us do what it does not want us to do. It sent me here for a reason. :::But she shook her head, and her determination persued:::
Bring me closer to the door, i have to try this again :::She held out Tac's key:::
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:13 pm
*That's a little easier for Luke. He does as requested and brings her over to the door.*
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:17 pm
:::Cora fits the key back into the hole, and turns it, holding her breathe. As last time, the key refuses to turn. Instead of trying to turn it harder or jamming it further into the doorknob, she just lets go of one more pound, as though punishing the door for being in her way. She's fighting tears:::
:::To the Brink::: WHY!? Why can't I know that he is safe!?! I cannot lose him now! After everything!!
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:23 pm
*Luke cringes a little as she screams.* *Not just because it's hard to hear Cora's scream unnaturally as hell.... - But also, because she's basically screamed right into his ear..*
*Luke makes a small noise of discomfort before he focuses on the very disturbed woman he's supporting to stand.*
*He makes a go at comforting her. It's awkward, as most his attempts to comfort upset females are.... But it's sincere, nonetheless.*
C'mon, Slim... *He puts a hand on her shoulder, rubs her back.* C'mon. That thing can't hear you. Pull it together....
*Christ, he doesn't want her to cry.*
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:33 pm
:::She lowers her head and lets it rest on the door aside her fist. Her other hand clenches the key in the knob tightly:::
:::She speaks through her teeth, as though she's in a bit of pain, which she still may be, overcoming the numerous time warps she just felt:::
I just saved him. I was beginning to understand...how I feel, and now I have to worry that he is going to be hurt or killed! I don't understand why!!
:::Her voice eases from pain, to sadness::: I don't know what I would do if he were lost again.
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