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 Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:52 pm
Onyx was staying with the Oracle, more or less adding himself to the list of service. Partically to keep himself in a good light, partially to be around Aella and help Celeste smite Cedric's interest..and thirdly to talk shop, as often was the case, when Elric woudl show up. About tracking creatures and sounds and how to move and the benifits of flight and claw versus even sight and a bow. And occasionally visiting his twin, more than once dragging him out to a pub or something.
Malik was once again sitting at a table, picking out fabrics from what his wife deemed where the colors of choice. though his opinions didn't necessarily matter. you know, he'd figured two months, tops, she'd be done. here we are six months later, still going through fabrics and tapestries and tables and chairs and matching sets and lord knows what else. Though he was a little curious about the whereabouts of Piper's parents. Neiran coudl plane cross, and he was pretty sure she'd snet her letter sometime ago. But, he coudl feel someone was not pleased at all at the moment. and it was breakfast time.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:05 pm
As much as she denied it, she was swamped by curiosity or maybe she was just tired of laying in bed. Her mind had recovered from it's ordeal and she felt just fine. She wouldn't be going out and fighting a major battle anytime soon but she could at least get out of bed. "Is that his name?" First time she'd ever referred to the baby as something other than an 'it.' She leaned in the doorway, her head against the jamb and arms crossed over her chest watching Sevilin cuddle the baby. Zykariel. It was a good name. Zykariel Inthara. She hadn't quite been able to come to terms with the swamping emotions that roiled through her watching Sevilin. He was quite the ready made father wasn't he? Did he even want her standing there? Would he care? Only one way to find out, she had to wait and see his reaction.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:10 pm
"Are you getting up earlier, or am I just getting up later?" It was probably the latter of the two...she was quite fond of reverie these days. Yes she had more or less made herself go downstairs and then plop in a chair at the dinning room table for the horror that no doubt breakfast would be. Always one to keep her promises...she had been sticking to the 'you can make me eat however much you want when I'm pregnant' one she had made. Sometimes she regretted saying that, but knew it was for the best anyway. Not to mention how could she concentrate getting, and keeping, food down when there were fun things in the house like new borns. It was kinda funny...and horribly odd to see Sevilin...well, fluffy. Though on the same note, she knew Zahara was a little out of sorts on all of it...which didn't make things so fluffy.
His attention turned from Nym and his son at the sound of Zahara's voice on his ears...which for the last two months they had been accutely attunded to the sound of her voice for just such things as her going into labor. They were still in high gear mode. Shifting the infant's position a little so he was supporting him with both arms against his chest he turned his attention to Zahara as Zykariel went about commonplace infant observation. "Zykariel. Yes, I do believe it is. What do you think?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:14 pm
Malik grinned lightly.
"you're waking later. But it's to be expected, your reverieing for two now. And since you had trouble with dinner last night, I had them fix you some eggs and what humans called grits. smooth, should be easy on the stomach food. they aren't bad, flavor them with cinnamon if you want."
A small smile.
"and you still got me picking things out. You weren't kidding when you said upside down and inside out."
A severant came by, whsipering to Malik.
"tell them to proceed. and someone get Arthur, and put him to work outside. We're going to use that lake we have for some irrigation. after that, it's back to the arena for training for him, then we'll hand him over to sevilin. unless the other thing goes to plan, then I'll have another use for him."
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:15 pm
She raised an eyebrow to him as if to say 'you're asking me?' though she came a little further into the room, to stand closer to the wall and shrugged. "Sounds fine to me. I'm rather fond of 'Z' names since mine is one." She was keeping herself seperate from the pair in the room, avoiding even looking at the baby in Sevilin's arms. "Zykariel Inthara. I like it." Now what? She turned her attention to her nails, studying them closely and then ran a hand through her hair. Without warning she blurted out a question that had been plaguing her. "Is...he what you wanted?" Though why she cared, she'd never know. Wasn't like she was going to give him a new one if he wasn't pleased.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:22 pm
Arthur paused at a door as he heard familiar voices speaking, pegging them Sevilin and Zahara without a doubt so slowly he knocked on the door and opened it and stepped in, giving them a small nod as he shut the door behind himself and made his way over towards them. "I just came to see how everything is going with the baby and all." When he got closer he paused for a minute to look down at the child and smiled a little. "He's got his mother's eyes..." He muttered lightly and sighed before looking back towards the two drow's. "I think you picked a good name for him Sevilin." He said with a small smile, Arthur was able to hear Zahara say the child's name when he opened the door so at least he didn't have to worry about asking for his name. But before he could say anything else a slave entered and told him that Malik wanted for him to go outside to work, with a small sigh he gave his congratulations to Sevilin and Zahara and left, it seems things will be turning back to normal again.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:38 pm
"Aren't you just sweet." Or more pointedly he didn't want to hear her whine about breakfast. But it was all ment with the utmost love she was sure. And duely cinnamon within reach was dumped into and on said food. Cinnamon was wonderful for an upset stomach and boy was she working it to it's full extent these days. "Boy don't I know it...feel laggier and laggier." Though she never spoke bad about any of it because she really was enjoying it...but all good things had thier complaints. Though a smile at him. "Well...if I go too fast then I won't have anything to do and then I will be bored and what not. I have another six months or so to get through. A little raised eyebrow at the servant and Malik's little order session as she took to forcing down food, but that was all about it. Arthur's pain was still something she spitefully took joy in...they still weren't on good terms after all. "Don't drain all my lake now...I'm still going to use that."
He gave somewhat of a little chuckle at that. "I suppose you would be." Didn't even think of that, but hey names worked how they worked. But he watched her a moment a she moved in some, but stayed away at the same time. Though it was his turn to raise an eyebrow at her and her question. "What I wanted?" He shook his head lightly with one of those scoffing chuckles that said 'that's a silly question'.
"I never expeccted, so how could I want a certain something? Regardless of that, I'm happy with how he turned out. Even his eyes." Mentioning those because he knew how she felt about her own color of eyes and well they shared the color. "I guess a thank you would be in order, so you get that...but I know you didn't enjoy a moment of this at all...so I got you something." Nodding over to a little chest over on the desk.
And in said thing? A dagger set like her original which were long gone to her, with amber accenting instead of ruby seeing as he noticed she had taken a certain fancy to amber, as well as a new whip to boot. Hey she was fond of her impliments of doom.
And his attention shifted to the door and thus Arthur as he came knocking. What did that little surface elf want now? Yes truth be told he was a little paranoid about his new son, a little sheltering of him. Not that that was a bad thing, what with Zykariel rather defenseless unto himself. A smirk. "Eavesdropping are you?" Though not maliciously said, and hten shaking his head when he left just as easily and he returned his attention back to Zahara about his little...compensation to her.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:30 pm
So Arthur left Sevilin and Zahara to talk amongst themselves, know full well that by looking at how Sevilin was being around the child that little Zykariel would be in good hands for sure. But now Malik wanted him to go outside and work, but the slave didn't give him much detail to what the drow wanted him to do so quietly Arthur headed to the dinning hall where Piper and Malik were and entered. The young elf paused for a moment as his eye scanned the room and spotted the pregnant surface elf and her husband sitting at a table, with a small sigh he headed over towards them and stopped just at the foot of the table. "Hello Malik and Piper it's great to see you..." His voice trailed off and he nodded lightly towards them in respect. Slowly Arthur turned his head towards Malik and paused for a minute before speaking. "Malik a slave came to me telling that you wanted me to go outside and do some work for you but they didn't bother to give me any details of to what I am suppose to do so can you tell me just what kind of job are you asking me of?" Of course Arthur said this in a kind manner, he wasn't trying to be rude at all to Malik since the drow could easily toss him on his a** without even knowing it.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:16 pm
Zahara blinked, not quite understanding all that had happened in that quick succession of events. Sevilin had nodded towards a chest and she walked over that way, reaching out to flip the tiny clasp that held its contents hidden when Arthur slipped in through the door. She spun immediately and gaped at both of them. Zykariel had her eyes? She hadn't known that, hadn't even known for sure what the child looked like and wouldn't know that he was a boy if Piper hadn't imparted that slice of information. But with Arthur's quick flurry of speech she once again turned her back on the others and ran her hand over the chest before opening it. Tears pricked her eyes as she lifted out one of the daggers and held it lovingly in her hand. Amber. So he'd noticed her small changes. One finger traced over the whip that lay coiled, an instrument that could indeed be deadly depending on who wielded it, and when she did, deadly was the least it could be. She tested the daggers for weight and found them to be almost exactly like her originals. He had done a fine job of having them commissioned and she was grateful. Six long months now she'd bemoaned their loss, albeit silently. The crude war daggers she'd found in one of Malik's storerooms had kept her from being defenseless but they were not made especially for her. These hilts fit her hand perfectly the way her personal had and the length was just enough to fit comfortably at her thighs without being cumbersome. She waited until the door closed behind Arthur and she felt like she had herself under control to turn, still holding the weapons. Meeting Sevilin's eyes for a moment she blinked away the last vestige of tears and swallowed. "Thank you..." How was she to thank him for such a marvelous gift? There were no words to convey her deep gratitude. Instead she walked over and peered down at the small bundle. "He does have my eyes!"
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:20 pm
"I won't."
then a look over to arthur.
"You need a shovel, and a pickaxe. you're going to work on getting some irrigation running. with extra planar travel crippled for the most part, we need to start supplimenting our supplies. So your to do that, until we get at least an acre set up. then come in here for further instruction."
then back to Piper.
"Well if you want we can come up with other names for the lands here. Or can start working on baby things."
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:37 pm
Arthur lightly nodded to Malik, so he was going out there to clear some forest so they can start growing their own supplies since extra planar travel has been taken out about six months ago. "Alright then I'll get right onto it." With a small goodbye he left the room. After putting his katana back in his room Arthur made his way to the storage room in the fortress to grab a shovel and a pick axe, after all why would he need to use his katana on a tree? The blade could dull after so long. Gathering his supplies the young surface elf headed outside and began his walk towards the area where they were going to set up the acre of land so they can get some irrigation going on around here.
After making his way into the woods Arthur paused to look around to see just how far he was from the fortress, after noting that he could just see it and the tree line he started to get to work on hacking down some trees. First he decided to pick out the smaller ones before he tackled the bigger ones, so placing the shovel on the ground and rolling up his sleeves Arthur took his pick axe and started to hack away at the trees in the area, the faster he could get this done the faster he could go back inside.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:39 pm
His attention had focused on her as she had gone about looking at the contents of the chest, he couldn't see her face but had the feeling that, by the time she was taking to inspect the weapons, that she was pleased with the little bit of compensation, even if he thought it didn't match up rightly to what she had given him, it was at least something. And it was saying something on his part if he was willing to put weapons and sharp things in the hands of a female drow.
Though he was quite surprised by the glassy look of wet eyes when she turned to him and thanked him genuinely. Well well, looked like he had done something quite good indeed. A lopsided grin to her and then a little nod. "You're welcome...it was the least I could do and well, I remember how fond you were of those..." Despite as aforementioned, they were keen weapons back in her hands.
But again quite surprised when she actually came over to be in acutal seeing and touching distance, and Sevilin didn't draw away either. He wouldn't deny her a part in Zykariel's life if she wanted it, after all she did have partial right...and Zahara wasn't as evil as he had first pinned her to be, though she still had that pedestal problem every now and then. A nod. "Ineed he does, which I am quite glad for." After all, she knew he had a problem with his own looks so following that thinking, he wouldn't want his own son to look too much like himself.
Her attention stayed on her food as Arthur came in, didn't even look up at Arthur as he said her name. Nope, still hadn't resolved things yet and as much as Piper seemed to not hold grudges, this was one she just for some reason wouldn't shake. Perhaps because it had been years between that kind of incident and she just didn't want to deal with it, or bring up old issues...which in acknowledging Arthur, she would have to do. She was emotional enough as it was these days. But her attention turned to Malik once more as he focused on her as well. "Name lands...I don't know where to begin with that kind of thing. Someone just give me a dagger and I can go carve a house crest on perimeters." But oh look at that, baby things...she did indeed have the idea of gutting a room and turning it into a nursery...and that needed lots of stuff. And PIper got that smile that she usually got when she had a project idea these days. "I could work that." Another smile and then a lightbulb look. "Oh yes, heard from my parents again...they're going to try and drop by soon as they can...both are neck deep in trade turmoil and political things right now. After all, been a year there...they have seasonal things to attend to right now. And there was something about father figuring out his little throne problem."
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:48 pm
Privately Zahara didn't quite agree. She thought it would be better if Zykariel had looked just like Sevilin. Any boy, at least a normal boy, would be thrilled to have even a tiny bit of the sex appeal and male beauty Sevilin had. But she wouldn't voice that opinion since she knew the way he felt about those same attributes. Peering at the small child she blinked. She'd seen a little elf before but not this close...it was interesting. He was a little bigger than she thought, his little fists curled as his eyes roved around the room. It was disconcerting to see her eyes blinking back at her. "Well, they look better on him anyway." Thus she turned her attention to her new daggers and secured them easily, tossing aside the others she'd worn for the last few months. They slid in easily, feeling comfortable and perfect against her skin. "Does he always....look around like that?" not that Sevilin would know, the kid hadn't been around long enough to know.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:00 pm
"He could always hand over the throne to me."
A slight chuckle.
"I mean think of all the fun with Talithia..and your mother. not to mention getting to poke around and torment that wench of a drow woman."
A small grin.
"and anything you need for the baby...or babies...if you want to include Sevilin and Zahara's, you'll have."
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