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 Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:12 pm
Of course. *she laughs, almost darkly* Why would I, otherwise, hmm?
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:15 pm
It's kind of lonely, isn't it? Putting on all those faces. How many people can you let know the real person if you have to keep on disguising yourself? Not to mention being tired. You don't get tired of keeping it up?
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:20 pm
Oh I am quite inexhaustable. *Melli assures him, grinning* Not everyone has the same craving to be truly known and loved as you do, dear boy.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:29 pm
:::He looks up at her, in all seriousness, wondering if she had denied this sort of thing to herself for so long that she forgot it, or if she was perhaps really that cold:::
That's news to me.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:33 pm
*Melliandra reaches out to pat his cheek* I don't doubt it, darling. After all, most people do. *she lifts her glass for a sip* But then, I'm hardly most people, am I? *she sets it down, chuckling, and the sound of her laughter lingers even as she vanishes*
**Exit Melliandra**
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:44 pm
:::She certainly does like to tease me Kal thought. And he was suddenly reminded of the way Kara speaks to him. The two of them were remarkably similar. And he still wondered, if he'd ever get the chance to see if it were true. If she really could be his mother.:::
:::But would Melliandra ever give him that much confidence? He doubted it. She'd probably stop shedding skin cells if she knew I wanted to collect them for a dna comparison. His eyes skimmed the surface of the bar top out of compulsion. It would be silly to expect actually seeing skin cells:::
:::But then, something caught his eye. His heart leaped out of his chest as he realized what it meant. A single strand of long blonde hair lay at the edge of the empty glass he pushed aside. He knew it wasn't his own, no strand on his head was that long:::
:::He picked it up in some kind of awe, wondering if he could really be that lucky. He had her hair, he had a sample of her DNA. Now was the time to act. He took a fresh napkin from the bar top, and folded the hair into it, then tucked it safely into a pocket inside his vestment. He'd head back out to the celebration he left, and as soon as he had an opportunity, he'd know for certain whether or not he had found his mother in the Brink:::
*Exit Kal*
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:44 pm
**Enter Luana**
Luana faded in on her knees behind the bar, looking through a pair of binoculars. When she saw that there was litterally nothing there anymore, reguardless of how she tried to adjust them, she set them down and stood up.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:49 pm
For a second Luana had thought there was someone else there in the Brink, but now that she looked she knew she was alone, and that something was out of place.
"How did you get over there?" she asked the experimental waterclock sitting on the counter. "Well, you look okay." She picked up the clock and carefully placed it back on the edge of the sink.
She didn't really want to work on it at that moment. In fact, for the first time in months, she didn't feel like doing work of any kind. Instead she turned and went to the Rec Room.
**Exit Luana to Rec Room**
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:32 pm
:::Kara fades in dressed in some rather splendid attire, she has in her hand a glass of apple wine. She's laughing and talking rather loudly, as though there was a lot of noise around her. The sudden change causes her to take a sudden breathe:::
...oh. :::she looks around, but sees no one there to keep her entertained:::
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:36 pm
*Tavin steps in from the library, a book in hand. He doesn't even as much as glance up as he makes his way behind the bar, giving only a perfunctory "Hello." as he passes Kara. He reaches under the bar and pulls out a couple glasses, the whole time keeping his glance at the book. After a moment he glances up at Kara and smiles*
Can I get you something?
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:40 pm
:::Kara set down her glass very slowly. Her eyes were fixed on the new occupant. She knew him... well, she knew OF him. She could swear the blood in her body began to flow backwards, and the sensation made her suddenly rise from her seat. Kara couldn't tell if she was blushing or going pale.
It really was him.
She stood there, very still, wanting to do anything but that. But she couldn't:::
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:43 pm
*Tavin waited a moment before speaking again*
Wine? I have white, red, and... apple. Amongst other kinds.
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:51 pm
:::This was it. She felt her heart pounding in her throat. She knew this moment would come. Kara knew that she was getting her chance. Right then and there. So why couldn't she move? She knew she had just a few second to make the right impression. But which one? What did she want to make him see this time? What sort of person did he want her to be? What did he need? She wasted the precious time she needed just standing there.
Do something...!!
Kara felt herself screaming inside. Soon it would be gone, the moment to act. But all she was going to do was stand there, and he would take her for a fool. He would hate her. After all the waiting, it was going terribly wrong. She began to tremble, her eyes still wide and unwavering from Tavin:::
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:55 pm
*Tavin stopped reading and looked up at Kara*
Hmmm?
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:00 pm
:::Kara felt it coming, but once again she was powerless to stop it. She felt tears welling up at the corners of her violet eyes. She'd waited all her life for this moment, and she had ruined it within a matter of moments:::
:::Her hands flew up to cover her face as she began to weep, giving the first sign of emotion since seeing Tavin. Thinking of what impression he was getting now only made her want to cry harder:::
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