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 Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:25 pm
Ghlyssa should not have been as nervous as she was. After all, this was Riven. Riven was not anything to be worried about. On the other hand, she had ran off rather suddenly last time she'd seen him, and there was that note that she was definitely regretting sending, and that weird thing that had happened with her brain that she didn't understand at all.
Bud and Blossom hummed around her. Ghlyssa hunched her wings uncomfortably. The sprockets would not leave her alone; there was no leaving them behind. She was certain it was a well-meant gift, but it was rather... unsettling.
"Could you stop that? Please?" she murmured to them. The sprockets zoomed around until Glee managed to wave them down into her coat pocket. Silly things.
She rapped upon the door with her knuckles, and waited.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:26 pm
The door opened to reveal...
A hat. A very short hat. Fortunately, Ghlyssa was also short, so the tip of the hat came up to her chest.
"C-can I help you?" Five said, peering up at her shyly from under his hat brim, yellow eyes glowing faintly.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:29 pm
Well.
Ghlyssa blinked at the little figure in some confusion. She had even been prepared for Biome, if it came to that. Again.
Not talking hats.
"Um. Hi. Is Riven here?" She tilted her head curiously. "If not, I can go, and come back later, but if he's here I'd really like to see him." Ghlyssa gnaws on the corner of her mouth.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:32 pm
Five nodded, the tip of his hat flopping back and forth slightly as he did so. "Uh-huh, he's here. I'll go get him, okay? Um. Come in?" He left the door open and shuffled down the hall and up the stairs.
A few seconds later, a crashing sound came from upstairs. And the next instant Riven phased right through the ceiling, wings flapping to slow his descent (even if they weren't very effective). He phased back in just in time to scoop Ghlyssa up and touch noses with her, eyes bright with sudden joy.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:37 pm
Ghlyssa began to giggle, out of relief and joy and a little bit of stress. She rubbed noses with Riven, and buried her face into his neck.
"I'm home. I missed you so much. I'm sorry."
The sprockets in her pocket rattled at the excitement.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:50 pm
"I missed you too..." Riven turned his head to look. "Shh. Let's slip out. Are you dressed warmly enough?" He reached into the closet and pulled out the brightly colored sheet, his cheeks blushing darker purple. "Don't ask. Just... don't ask." He drew it around himself like a cloak and held open the front door.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:55 pm
"Um. Okay. I won't." Glee did try valiantly not to laugh, but she did smile a little. "But, I'm warm enough. More than."
She steps outside, hugging herself againt the weather.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:57 pm
Riven took Ghlyssa's hand as they went outside, closing the door behind him with the other hand. "I'm so glad you're back," he murmured, turning to face her, looking at her carefully. "What happened? Did you see the Earthkeeper?"
He kept them moving as he talked, leading them towards the edge of the forest on the outskirts of the backyard.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:59 pm
Ghlyssa bit her lip. She squeezed Riven's hand gently. "I saw her," she said slowly. "It was all sort of complicated. We talked, and then I did some things, and... I'm really sorry about the letter I sent. I got scared. I thought it was a good idea, but now I'm not so sure."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:00 pm
Riven shook his head. "It's okay... the flower was very nice. It's blooming now, and it's pretty." The note had bothered him, but now that Ghlyssa was back his concerns seemed dim and far away.
Or, at least those concerns. "Ghlyssa, did you... did you feel anything odd while you were gone? Like..." He struggled to find words. "Something strange, inside? Maybe about me?" he finished, lamely, as they moved through the woods.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:10 pm
"Ohhh." Ghlyssa put a hand to her mouth. "I did. It was horrible. I... for a little while, I forgot who you were. And I had the awful feeling I was forgetting something that was very important but I couldn't remember." She avoided looking at Riven while she said that. "The Earthkeeper felt something was happening, and made me go back to her realm. After a while I could remember, but I was... it was..." She took a long, deep breath. "I don't know. It was awful."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:14 pm
Riven sighed. "I was afraid of that. I'm... I'm so sorry, Ghlyssa."
And then he clenched his fists in frustration and sank to the ground at her feet, tail dragging in the mush of snow and old autumn leaves. "Everything's out of balance..."
Slowly, he explained what had happened, about Chaos and the Barrier and what he had done. "It was... terrible... he used you, my memory of you, like that..."
The spirit Fa'e abruptly whirled upward and swiped at a tree, his knuckles grazing the bark. "Everything's out of balance, and it's my fault."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:17 pm
"Oh... oh no."
Vaguely disturbed both for Riven's sake and the unlucky tree, Ghlyssa reached to put her hand on his shoulder. "I... I don't think it's your fault. I mean... I guess... if bad stuff happens... you couldn't help it." She was unable to properly voice her thoughts in her confusion, but she plowed on anyway. "Riven... you did your best. Can't everything be fixed?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:21 pm
"I don't know, and that's why I'm so... angry, I guess." Riven shook his hands out and winced at the scrapes from the bark. "All I know is that some beings carrying Chaos' power managed to escape the Barrier, and that they came here. I think they'll attack me.... us... great powers are attracted to other powers. I don't know how many there are, what they look like... or anything." He sighed, drooping. "It feels like all I can do is wait for them to attack, and then react. I HATE that. It's the worst feeling ever. I can't enjoy anything... I have to always be on guard..."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:28 pm
Ghlyssa couldn't say anything for a moment or two, but was merely silent with two fingers resting on her lips. "I... I wish there was something I could do. There should be something I could do but I don't know what. It's not fair for you to do this all by yourself."
Then, quietly, "I'm here. I'll help. I don't know how."
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