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 Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:16 pm
Niki paced the floor of her living room, torn between calling her old friend and actually having to beg for help from Tara. Was she actually that desperate. Unfortunatly, the answer was a resounding yes. With a groan, Niki picked up the phone and quickly punched in the phone number for one Tara S. ****** was excited and dancing about the edges of the room, hoping that Tara would bring Aysel over. She hadn't seen the moth girl in ages! The koala girl wondered if Aysel had gotten her own dragon yet. Then Bob could meet the dragon! That would be cool.
Reign was lurking in her room, still unsure of this whole getting a sibling thing. It was actually going to happen, though she was dreading it a bit.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:31 pm
RIIIIIIIIIIING
Tara jumped, nearly slicing her finger off with a jerk. Muttering a swear word under her breath, the mage moved to her new, barely used, telephone. Warily Tara picked up the reciever. "Hello?"
Hearing the phone ring from upstairs, Aysel dropped her book and skittered down to the stairs. With a thud thud thud thud, the luna moth clamered down the stairs to hover around the kitchen door.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:36 pm
Niki squirmed for a moment when Tara answered. "Hey, Tara. It's Niki." The woman paused for a moment., the the next few sentences just gushed right out. "Listen, I really need some help. Is there a way you can possibly come over?? Please?"
Ala grinned, whispering to her mother. "And make sure she brings Aysel!"
Niki waved a hand at her daughter, frowning. Ala darted back down the hallway and out of her mother's sight.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:35 pm
Tara blinked at the sudden gush of words. "It's possible," the woman replied slowly. "What exactly do you need?" Tara had been well trained. Never promise to help without knowing what you were in for. The last time she had forgotten the two of them had set out to get a sample of dragon DNA. What fun. It had gotten them sooty, injured and nearly thrown in jail for public indecency. Man had yet to develop flame resistant clothing.
While she waited for a reply, the mage waved Aysel over to the carrots she had been preparing for lunch. Without a word the luna moth followed her mom's directions. Slowly cutting the already peeled carrots in half, Aysel listened intently, curious as to whom had called.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:41 pm
Nikiana fidgeted for a moment. "Some... uh... magical assistance..." A small pause and then the rest was another gush of words. "You see, I got stuck with these twins and well... I don't have any more rooms to put them in or anything and my house is going to need another bathroom with five people in it and... and... yeah." She grimaced, wondering what Tara's reaction to that was going to be. The woman half expected her friend to burst out laughing and half expected her to just hang up the phone.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:53 pm
In truth Tara was torn between the two. Laughing because Niki just couldn't learn to say 'No' (look at Reign as an example) and torn between groaning and hanging up. The energy to rearrange it without disturbing Niki's lab was going to be horrible. And the resources. Argh.
There was one thought that stopped the woman. Niki had done her a favor when she brought Aysel home that first day. So other than a quickly strangled little giggle the woman nodded. When the silence streached on, Tara jumped. "Oh, yes. Of course... I'll be over in.. Half an hour?" Already she was starting a list in her head, of materials. Three of her crystals, there was no way she could do it with just her personal energy. She'd need a set spell for it, so her book would be a good thing to bring along. Maybe an amplifier? Tara shook her head, realizing she had zoned out of Niki's conversation.
Over? The luna moth was still curious as to who had called. Scooping up the carrot slices she bagged them. Hovering near the phone, the girl tried to hear the other preson's voice.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:10 pm
Niki was anxiously awaiting Tara's response on the other end of the line, worried if Tara was ever going to respond back. Finally, her friend agreed and Niki let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you, thank you! Half an hour's fine! I'll see you then! Bye!" And she hung up before Tara could change her mind.
Ala poked her head back in. "Is Aysel coming too?"
Niki shrugged. "Probably, sweetie. I doubt Tara'll leave her home alone. I'm not sure how long it'll take Tara to finish the house." Nikiana was just glad that she wasn't going to have to move her office downstairs. First off, she had a lot of junk in there. And secondly, she'd prefer it to be upstairs, especially if she was going to have twins about. Speaking of the whole baby thing, she was going to have to go shopping at some point for baby items... The woman groaned.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:59 pm
For a moment she stared at the phone before hanging it up with a wince. Turning to Aysel, Tara smiled. "Thank you for getting the carrots done. You might want to get ready, we'll be going over Alaqua's house in a little bit."
'La! Aysel squealed and nearly tackled her mommy. "'Kay!" She dashed off to go change and put on her paint. It had been forever, or since Halloween, since the luna moth had seen her 'cousin' and Aysel wanted to look extra nice.
Soon her mom had everything packed and ready to go. As the luna moth reluctantly put down her paint, primped her hair and rushed down stairs, her mommy yelled for her. Skidding to a stop in front of her mommy, Aysel smoothed her dress and hair. A chalked circle on the ground caught her attention. "What's that?"
Tara sighed. "A teleportation circle. The florin would take too much energy. More energy over less time is less than less energy over more time." Reaching over Tara helped Aysel into the circle.
Aysel just blinked as her mom helped her step over the chalk lines. "Whatever," she replied trying out the new word. After a strange look from her mommy, to which she just shrugged, Aysel watched the spell. A few trigger words and the chalk suddenly blew upwards, obscuring their vision. Only a few seconds passed before a gust of wind disperssed the chalk leaving Niki's home in plain view.
Aysel gawked at her mom. For all that she knew the woman did magic, rarely was it this... simple and easy looking. One second there, the next here. "Cool...." she whispered, not noticing the beads of sweat on her mom's forehead. Alas, children have short attention spans and the next moment saw Aysel running towards the front door, her mom following a few heartbeats later.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:12 pm
Alaqua had been watching for Tara and Aysel to appear since her mom had said that Tara would be coming over. Of course, the girl figured that her friend's mother would be driving, so when they appeared out of nowhere in front of the house, the girl gave a start. That was so cool! Maybe Aysel's mom could help her with her magic homework some time. "Mom! They're here!" She yelled, opening the door to wave at Aysel.
Niki appeared from on down the hallway. Good. Tara was here. The woman paused. What did she need to do. She gave a shrug, turning to yell at Reign to come on out of her room. Then the woman walked over to the front door to greet Tara.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:24 pm
Tara waved at her old friend. Strange to think she had watched the other woman grow up, and would proably still be watching long after Niki died. What a rather morbid train of though. "Niki! Do you mind if we stay the night? I don't know if I'll have the energy to get Aysel and myself home after this."
"'LA!" Aysel screeched, running toward the other girl. Once she got over to her friend, the luna moth finally slowed down. Quickly she gave her cousin a hug. "'ann go play?" she aksed.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:30 pm
Niki waved at Tara. "Sure. You can stay in the room you make." She grinned. "It'll be no problem." Besides, Ala would probably love to have a friend stay over, even if that friend's mom was staying as well.
Ala grinned at Aysel. "Aye!" She modified the childish nickname she'd given the moth girl. Ala hugged the other girl back, then nodded. "Yeah! Outside?" She gestured over her shoulder to the kitchen door. Bob sniffed at Aysel, then wandered over towards the kitchen door to wait for the two girls to open it and go outside.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:41 pm
"'kay!" Aysel chirped. The luna moth let Alaqua go first, taking a moment to study her friend. She had grown so much faster and honestly, Aysel was envious. It must be so much fun being older. As they got near the door however, she ran to Bob. "Hi Bob!" she grinned giving him a hug. "Guess what, my dragon'll be hatching soon so you'll have someone to play with other than 'La."
Tara nodded. "Okay then. Show me where you want the new rooms and I'll get stared then."
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:47 pm
Ala grinned and started for the back door. Bob gave a happy sound of greeting as Aysel hugged him, thumping his tail happily against the ground. Ala had guessed that Aysel's dragon hadn't hatched yet, since it wasn't with her. "Soon, eh? That's good." She opened the door and headed outside.
Reign followed along after the other two girls to sit outside and watch them. Besides, being with kids somewhat close to her own age was better than being stuck indoors with boring adults, right?
Niki watched the girls leave, then turned back to Tara. "Well, I guess at the end of the hallway, after the girls' rooms." She started down the hallway.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:59 pm
Aysel just kinda waved at Reign with one of her upper hands. It was kinda weird. They had met briefly at the Halloween event but the now older girl was even older than La.
Aysel looked around the backyard. "What do you want to do?"
Tara followed Niki down the hall. As the other woman gestured where she'd like the rooms to go, Tara dug out her chalk. Specially made for magical workings it was one of her prized possesions. Quickly Tara marked out the outline of two doors. Crammed in between the outlines were various markings. On the floor... more symbols and markings. Tara muttered a brief explanation to Niki, anticipating the curiousity. "It's to set up the spells path. Most spells are just...different paths energy takes. Like different atoms have different shapes."
She stood back with a nod. "Where would you like that bathroom?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:05 pm
Ala thought for a moment, then shrugged. "I dunno... What do you wanna do?" Oh boy, this sounded like it was going nowhere fast.
Reign waved back at the younger girl. Hadn't she been closer to Ala's age when they were younger? Oh well, this was one girl who would be hard to surprise about aging rapidly or slowly. Come on, she'd outgrown her 'older' sister.
Niki thought for a moment. "Well, I suppose somewhere down here as well. There's the one at the other end of the hallway, so one at this end would make sense as well." She eyed the chalk sketches, watching with something close to awe. She couldn't do magic for anything. Science was her field, but she had to admit that magic was handy from time to time. Like right now when she needed more space and fast.
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