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 Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:04 pm
Rivka shook her head, then glanced at her watch, "No, no questions...and I best be heading back. I have some quick studying to get done before a quiz in my Trig class. And I bet you have your own stuff to do...so...I'll show myself out?" Rivka stood up and extended her free hand to Aubri.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:08 pm
"Sounds good to me." She shook Rivka's hand. "I'll probably call within a few days."
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:09 pm
"I look forward to hearing from you..." She smiled and then let herself out, heading back to the university.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:02 am
Bad News? I hate bad news. Rivka closed her cellphone and tucked it into her bag, along with the pouch that she stored her necklace in. "But...bad news could mean anything...maybe it's not really bad, maybe I'm just assuming that bad means horrible." She closed and locked her door, then rushed out of LaHaye Hall making her way off Gaiana University property and towards Aubrianna's House.
She walked at a brisk pace, her mind jumbled with all sorts of thoughts as to what that bad news could be and how it would effect her or the necklace. She took a second to calm her breathing before she knocked on the door of Aubri's house, crossing her fingers behind her back.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:13 am
A young girl in a red dress opened the door. She smiled demurely and curtsied. "You must be here to see Mother," she surmized, stepping back so that Rivka could enter. "She should be out in a-"
"Rivka. Good, you got my message. Take a seat?" Aubrianna was towelling off her hands, hair pulled back in a large... mess by an alligator clip, dressed in loose, ratty clothing. Spring cleaning?
"Rosalie, you can go back to reading, if you want. Or you can go out - I don't care which."
The girl nodded, curtsied, and hurried out of the room obediently.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:19 am
Rivka politely returned the curtsie to the little girl and then entered the house, finding a place to sit down. "I just got your voicemail and rushed on over...Should I be overly concerned or just mildly worried? I'm really never sure how to feel when people tell me there's bad news."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:32 am
Aubri stopped drying her hands. She pursed her lips.
"... Unless you somehow find the funds to visit your Dumyrciedel... you might not ever get to see her. She is no longer your direct responsibility."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:36 am
Rivka frowned a bit and nodded, then shrugged her shoulders and tilted her head. "So...what exactly does that mean?...Why is that? Am I unfit?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:33 am
"It's... complicated. Internal politics. One of the leaders of the more traditional... conservative side refused to allow your Dumyr out of the city. The head of the ruling Council negotiated, and in return for letting this woman, Briseatn, keep your Uluen... the conservative side will no longer be permitted, legally, to interfere with the exchange program.
"I had no role in any of this. Akhetnnami sends her deepest apologies.... and so do I."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:39 am
"Oh...that's a shame...So I'll never even be able to meet the dumyr, unless I some how get to travel there to meet it?" She chewed on her lip and sighed, reaching into her bag and pulling out the pouch. Opening it, she took out the necklace. "Makes watching the necklace seem all in vain, doesn't it? Oh well, It's fine...It was a good experience, none the less."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:59 am
"It's a girl. Her name's Morcades... I can't guarantee anything, but I'm willing to try and get messages back and forth between the two of you, so she knows who you are. And the next time I go back there... you are welcome to come with me. It can be arranged as a sort of... teaching tool, of some kind, believe."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:10 pm
"That's a lovely name...and I guess it would be best for her to be with her own kind. I would love to go with you sometime, as long as it doesn't interfere with my own studies of course." Rivka began to cheer up, a slight smile coming to her face.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:00 pm
"I'll talk to your professors about the possibility the next chance I get," she assured Rivka, nodding.
"Oh. And I can't remember - did I give you a journal with the addresses and names of the other caretakers? If it's not too painful a reminder, you can always interact with their Dumyr - babysit, maybe, if it's needed? I don't know. I'm no good with figuring out things like this."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:08 pm
"Oh no, you haven't...but that would be just fine. I think I'd be just fine with seeing and interacting with any dumyr at all, whether or not it was Morcades." She looked down at the necklace, then back at Aubri, "Oh...so, what do I do with this necklace now? since Morcades won't be coming."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:12 pm
"Keep it, if you want to. I have no use for it. Now, a minute..." She disappeared down the hall for a moment. Rummaging could be heard, then a crash - probably of books - and a great deal of swearing, before Aubri returned to the living room and tossed a journal to Rivka. "It's a start - more caretakers will obviously come along, but since I'm not psychic..." She shrugged.
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