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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:06 pm
Gavin watched the boy go and shook his head, fiddling with his empty mug. His lips twitched a moment later and he cleared hsi throat. "Ye can come on out now."
She emerged from a spot over by the forge and sat down at the table. "How did you know I was-" A shake of her head. "You always know, don't you?" She ran a hand through her hair and sighed. "Well, was your talk eventful?"
He raised an eyebrow at her and gave her a paternal grin. "Ye tell me."
He merely got an exasperated look. "Alright, I was eavesdropping. Is he as blind as I think he is?"
"Why don't ye jus' tell the lad, lass? Yer mother knocked some sense into me, ye could do the same?"
"Because! It won't be the same. I don't want him to be with me out of some sense of obligation or loyalty or whatever. Did you tell him?"
"That's not for me to be tellin'. Yer blood is yers to divulge."
"Gee thanks Daddy."
"Anytime."
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She stepped back as Sevilin regained his feet and stood before her and brushed off some of the moss that had decided to cling to his tunic and pants. "I could have done without that.."
Zykariel nodded. "I didn't mean to. I just wanted to ride fast still..."
Zahara shook her head. "We'll go riding again just you and me and then we'll gallop the whole time. But right now we need to get back, alright?"
He looked like he was goign to sulk and then changed his mind. "Alright."
Zahara held the horse steady while Sevilin climbed back in the saddle and then she got right back up on Faete and turned for home. It didn't take too long to get there and she nodded towards the stables then dismounted and stabled Faete before coming back out. "Well...that was fun." Oh goodie, now this was going to be awkward wasn't it?
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:08 pm
Malik leaned back some when thier son came rushing in with a freshly hatched draithix thing. Well..that didn't take too long now did it. So without further questioning, he gently too the creature out of his son's hands, and headed to teh washroom with it, putting it in the sink and getting a damp rag and adding some water to it started to wash it off.
"Lets clean it off, and see how it looks. don't want all that icky stuff all over the place, it may attract unpleasent things."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:21 pm
Sevilin was just oh so happy that his feet were on the ground again and that that expeience was over. Good lord, the anxiety that came with that all wasn't at all pleasan. Pulling Zykariel down and holding him, he let a serf handle his own horse...after all that was thier job. "Yeah, loads." His tone said he didn't enjoy it too much but he did it for the child.
Thus at pet at Zykariel's hair. "Well, I want to get an early start tomorrow...so I'll be droping him off early. Don't worry about being up, I'm sure that Zykariel won't either. I'll just grab him, drop him off in the nursery and head on my way. Alright?"
"Daddy!" Toddling off after his father. "Don't scrub him too hard his scales are all soft and might come off!" Not that he knew that that wouldn't happen at all. Though soon enough he had himself to worry about due to mommy.
Piper grabbed him by the wrists as he had his hands up in the air, and would no doubt be touching something soon enough. "Ah, don't you touch anything. You've got the same icky stuff all over your hands. Much following of Malik's route, getting a rag and wetting it and wiping at thier son's hands. Though with the creature out of his hold, it was easy to see his hands weren't the only slimy things. "Malikhai, you have egg slime all over your front." Thus pulling off his tunic and wiping any that soaked through it. That stuff was probably all over her floor in a trail too...
He was too busy trying to watch what daddy was doing to worry or fuss over what mommy was doing. "Isn't he neat looking?" Then that epiphany look. "Does that mean the others hatched too?!" His little squirmy with excitment self, and bouncing some, trying to keep his view of the creature.
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:30 pm
Arthur sighed lightly as he stood outside near his horse Brahnel, he now knew that Gavin said that Arthur had a choice in wanting to be with his daughter...and Arthur wouldn't mind that if he wasn't an elf in the first place! Why did he think like that? Well first he would have to go through the whole motion of watching Melody grow older and older until she passed away, and he'll still be as young as he looked now more or less. Also if they have children how would they react to their mother slipping away from them so early? He may be able to save her from being alone for the rest of her life but in the end everyone would be hurt and not much good would come out of it. "This sucks Brahnel...she’s a beautiful woman but I don't want to hurt her...she deserves someone who will be there and love her for the rest of her life...I still got the journey and the indulging itch in me and I can't ignore it you know?" All Brahnel did was move his head and nuzzle Arthur a little while neighing softly. "Thanks bud..." He said with a light smile as he pet the horses head a little before pulling out an apple and handing it to him, of course the stallion took it and a few munches later it was gone which got a laugh from Arthur as he wrapped his arms around his horse lightly. So after getting that off his chest he he stroke Branhel's side a little long before heading back inside with a light smile. "Hey Gavin I'm back...hey Melody..."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:43 pm
Lharika was outside checking out the other draithix who were indeed beginning to hatch. She had her arms propped up on the pen, after climbing part of it of course and was leaned over half inside to see the little eggs start shaking and tiny snouts poking through. This was exciting! She had missed her own hatching. In a minute she'd go tell Malikhai. For now she was just going to watch.
"That's fine. When he gets up I should already be up. Dark and early you know. And don't worry about working late. We have food and a bed here for him if it comes down to that."
Zykariel reached up and grabbed his father's hand glancing between his parents. What had happened to the happy. "Come on Daddy. I'm hungry." And he had questions to ask.
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:54 pm
"there's a good chance that they are hatching or will be shortly."
there, all cleaned up, and taking it out of the basin and handing it back over to thier son.
"there, all cleaned up, and ready to go. Would you like to take a look at the others and see if any of them are hatching, or do you want to take reverie and see in the morning?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:13 pm
"Well I'll be up before dark and early, so I'm just warning." But a nod of his head, still not too sure how he felt about her watching the child, but it was easy this way. A pet for Zykariel and a nod at the child. "You're always hungry, what do you want?" Another look to Zahara. "Thanks for coming."
He gently took the creature who was as any newborn quite content to just lay around in his hold, thus merely cuddling the now wet from water as opposed to egg slime thing to his chest before escaping his mother's hold and running off. "We gotta look tonight!" Yeah those rules about not going outside without someone kind of were shut out in his excitment weren't they?
Piper was left holding his little slimy shirt. "And he's off. Just thing, the fussing. General studies, magic studies, sword studies...and now the responsibility of those little guys to take on now. I can hear the whinning and the attempts to pass it to someone else now." A slight chuckle and a shake of her head. "Well then, shall we go catch him?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:35 pm
She nodded and disappeared back inside the stables with the stallion, taking to brushing the horse down and getting him back settled in his stall. No need to leave the horse saddled any longer than she had to.
Zykariel waved goodbye to her and pulled his father off down towards home. "Daddy, food is not important right now." He had been burning to ask this question all day but Zara was always around and Daddy wasn't by himself long enough. "What was she like?"
Gavin raised an eyebrow. "I hadn't thought ye'd left for good but welcome back anyhow."
Melody blushed to the roots of her hair at having the subject of their discussion suddenly show back up. How much had he heard? What if he knew...? "Hi...Arthur. Umm, Daddy, I'm going to take that...stuff....to the...guy. Catch you later..." She made a quick exit heading out to the forge and gathering up a bundle before heading out once again. Arthur wouldn't mind if she borrowed Brahnel for a bit would he? Of course not. And if he did, well she'd soon find out woudn't she?
He threw his head back and laughed heartily. "Spooked as a breeding mare she is. Ah me lass, right after her mother's own heart." His guffaws became chortles and gradually chuckles before he pounded his chest and quieted down.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:51 pm
Arthur paused for a second and shook his head lightly. "Hey I told you that I needed some air you know? So of course I was going to come back, I would never leave without saying goodbye Gavin." A small chuckle to that before Melody piped up saying she had to go and deliver some stuff to someone; but he found it odd that she had a huge blush on her face. "Okay see you...later?" And in a flash she was gone, how odd really. Though Arthur's gazed had followed Melody until he heard Gavin laughing, he quickly turned back to the man with a puzzled look on his face, this was really weird what was going on? So he sat down in the same chair he was in until his friend stopped laughing and sighed lightly before speaking. "Yeah I guess she is...though it was funny to see her blush like that, did I come in at a bad time or something?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:54 pm
And the child got odd on him...he swore sometimes he didn't know how to handle this child, having a lack of personal experience to deal with. "Who? Zahara?" He could only assume he was talking about her. "Well...she was like, how she was today...maybe a little more fun and without the bottle of wine constantly in hand. Hm, did he just open floodgates of some kind?
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:07 pm
"Really?" The child was quiet for a moment and then grinned. "No wonder you liked the old Zara better. I do too." But the brief moment of silence didn't last long. Zykariel had tons of questions and he was going to ask as many of them as he could.
"Did she laugh a lot? I like her laugh, it's pretty." He glanced up at his father for a moment and swung their joined hands. "Did she like hugging you Daddy? She looked like she wanted to hug you when you fell today. Did she like to go on picnics with you? Was she a real good cook back then? Did she still like horses? Come on Daddy, tell me everything. I wanna know. What was your favorite thing about her?"
Ah the lad really didn't get it, did he? No, apparently not. "Anytime ye come in is a bad time in her eyes Arthur me boy. Just the way she be right now. Ye ought not to worry about it because it ain't goin' to get ye nowheres. Now then, do ye want to pursue me daughter or don't ye?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:19 pm
Arthur paused for a second, wait what did Gavin mean by that? Something's gotta be up here and he is just having a hard time placing his finger on it now; besides now the man wanted to know if he was going to pursue Melody or not, and that was a difficult question to answer. So Arthur just sat there letting the minutes tick on by, his hands placed together on the table while his head hanged low so he couldn't meet the gaze of his friend. "Right now my old friend it's on the fence...I don't know the exact answer to it...I just gotta think it over a little longer." After all as he thought before there were problems with a human and a elf getting together, he just had to weigh it all in his head first before actually giving a solid answer to him.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:26 pm
Yup, floodgates. "At first she didn't laugh a lot, but when she loosened up she laughed whenever the mood struck her." And it wasn't alcohol induced laughing either, she actually found something amusing. Though hugging...she liked to do a lot more than hug sometimes. And sometimes that was enough. "To make me feel better yes...I used to have very very bad days. Just like when you're upset and you need a hug."
This boy just kept going didn't he? "She didn't like picnics too much I don't think...though she did like to spend time by the river, just sitting there in quiet. And she's always been a good cook and has always loved horses." Though he dare say he took on a nostalgic feeling and look. "My favorite thing? Her eyes..." He frowned lightly. "But she would slap me for that...she hates her eyes for thier color. It's not the color that I like about them though."
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:40 pm
He digested the information given and filed a bit of it away for later in depth questioning. For now he was just trying to get the basics. "She made you feel better? The way you do and Mr. Malik and Miss Piper do for each other and Khai?" Well then why couldn't she do it for him all the time too? It wouldn't be hard at all, he was just like Daddy after all, looked like him too.
"I thought so. I guess she's always been real good at potions too then, huh?" Made sense to him. Zara had once told him it was like cooking with stuff that wasn't food. That had sort of made sense but not a whole lot though the wheels in his head were turning. "She doesn't like her eyes?" Hmm, maybe that's why he was constantly pushed aside. He shared her eyes. Though it made him happy to hear Daddy liked them. "How come then? And how come she doesn't like 'em? I have them too..."
The older man shook his head. "It doona work that way Arthur me boy. Ye either want her now or ye doona want her at all. Now, which is it?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 pm
He nodded in affirmation of the child's asking. One of his better reveries he would say...moments when she could indeed reach out when needed. She didn't do that anymore, didn't even entertain the thought. But a look down to the child, giving him a smile. "Always." Though he tried to think on how to answer the next question...he decided there was no reason to dumb down the answer.
"They aren't guarded...you can look at her eyes and you can tell what she's thinking, and there's little to no hiding when they do broadcast things." Petting his son's hair. "Remember how you mentioned Llothian and how Zahara was one? Well...Llothians like red eyes...not other colors. Having purples eyes back then meant you were left out, and others were mean to you. But that's not something you have to worry about."
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