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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:29 pm
Yup, this was rather interesting. "Of course I won't tell them Broog. I'll act all happy and surprised when it comes out too, okay?" She ran a hand through her hair and calmly turned and left the workshop making her way back into the arena and sitting back down. She turned and looked at Sevilin then at Malik then back at Sevilin. "Did no one think that I might possibly need to know that I was engaged? And furthermore last I recall when Piper was gushing about...I'm supposed to be asked and then I'm supposed to say 'yay' or 'nay.' Unless I got really drunk at some point and have no memory, which is just odd and wouldn't happen, I was never asked to marry anybody..." Thus a glare at Malik. "You've got to stop this Malik! You cannot force marriage on someone. There should be laws against people like you!"
Zykariel nodded and took his friend's hand then skipped back downstairs and into Broog's workshop. "Are you done yet Broog? It's been a half hour..."
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:48 pm
"Irrate is not the word. But I think you're right...we'll just have to see." Didn't take long to find out either as Zahara was back alreadn. And she wasn't going to take it well...at least she had zeroed in on Malik as her screaming target. Who got to sit back and watch now? Him, that's right. It was amusing to a point. Okay, very amusing.
He came skidding in after his friend. All excited and everything as well. "Can we see?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:14 pm
Malik casually looked over at Zahara.
"Perhaps. but since I make the laws here, that won't ever happen. and it's not me doing anything. he requested that I help him in a certain endeavor, paid for the services, and I offer the best advice I can give in the completion of said endeavor."
A slight grin.
"And I never said a word about marriage. all I siad was that broog might be able to offer assistance. the rest he came up with on his own...unless his father had some input."
and back to casually waiting.
Broog looked at the children, gave them a big grin and a nod. and handed over both rings for inspection and to e given to whomever was going to hide them until whenever.
"Broog did a good job, yes?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:40 pm
"Someone really should usurp you then," she mumbled under her breath. "Two small children came up with the idea that I was engaged on their own? And they had no prompting from any source to draw that conclusion?" That sounded fishy even to her own ears. Thus she turned to Sevilin. "You haven't said a word. You do realize that if I'm engaged so are you and I most likely am engaged to you." She folded her hands on her lap and raised an eyebrow. "Tell me Sevilin, how does that make you feel?"
Zykariel studied the rings closely and then glanced up beaming. "You did a great job Broog! They look beautiful and Mommy loves horses. Even Daddy's looks good." Thus holding the paper in one hand, he carefully put the rings into his pocket and then grabbed his friend's hand nad pulled him back into the arena. "Daddy! I need to talk to you for a minute. In private."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:51 pm
Damn...well no wonder Malik was so calm, he flipped it right back to Sevilin and now was going to watch him squirm. No seriously, he was going to run if she went nuclear on them. Hm, tread carefully Sevilin...last thing you wanted to do was set off the bear trap. He shrugged lightly. "It's a child's thinking, what harm can come of a child's thinking. Doesn't make it true or anything, but it may make him feel better to believe such a thing, what with the way he gets upset everytime we seem to start fighting." But his attention turned to the child who called him over...oh look the match for the powder keg. Getting himself up, he walked over to the child.
He gave a wave to Broog as he was once again dragged off. Then again as the younger child that was what happened to you often, you got dragged off. So then they toddled back upstiars together and he more pointedly over to his own father, all with a grin.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:54 am
"The nature of his question and the summary discussion involving what exactly he wanted for his money makes it very easy to come to such a conclusion. as sevilin has pointed out, Zykariel shows a great deal of trepidation and some fear when you and sevilin argue and fight. Why do you think that is?"
Being casual as ever, picking up Malikhai and holding him in his lap.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:38 pm
"Yet you refuse to tell me just what you and he talked about. Obviously it had something to do with Sevilin and I..." Zahara shook her head for a moment and glanced at Malikhai to see if he might tell her something either through body language or some other means but the child was a blank slate. "He doesn't like it when I yell. I think he's afraid I'll leave again if I get really upset."
Zykariel handed his father the piece of paper and then dug in his pocket and pulled out both rings, handing them over as well. "Malikhai and I made up a game that we want you and Mommy to play. You gotta follow the instructions on the paper and do exactly what it says Daddy but you can't tell Mommy about the game. That's the only way to win. Won't that be fun? Any questions?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:07 pm
Malikhai merely gave a grin as he was picked up and set in his father's lap, after all that meant attention for him and look this time he didn't even have to ask for. Daddy was starting to do those little things mommy did without thinking about it, wasn't that nice? After all this was going to be fun wasn't it?
On one hand, he was very proud that his son had just devised a plausible lie that if he wasn't in on it he may actually fall for it with no questions asked. On the other hand, that was a worrisome thing because that meant the child was capable of devising such scams and he would be none the wiser. Kids learned these types of things much too fast.
Crouching down to his son, he took both rings and paper in hand, pretening to look a bit perplexed. "A game for just me and Zahara huh? That was awful sweet of you." Ruffling the boy's hair with his other free hand and giving him a lopsided grin. Okay let's play a little bit stupid for the child's sake. "So if I tell the then I loose? How does she know that she's playing the game too then?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:47 pm
He looked uncertain for a moment and then he grinned, "That's part of the game, Daddy. You're supposed to convince her to do what the paper says without her finding out about the game. We're testing your powers of persuasion." A nod to him. "Plus it's for another game that Malikhai and I are going to play later on so you gotta make sure you do everything the paper tells you and then you can't take it off and neither can Mommy. Kay?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:44 pm
"Oh so it's part of some other game too. Alright then, I'll abide by the rules and not tell Zahara, just get her to do what's on the paper." Ruffling the child's hair again and then shoving both rings and paper into his pocket for later as he stood up with a chuckle. Oh the boy was good at this little lie he had constructed, giving quickfire answers. "I'll start it later...now isn't play time, is it?" A little push on the boy to get him walking back towards the others.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:54 pm
"nice observation. now you have to use that power there, and look around, and wonder exactly why a young toddler would jump to marriage to solve his problem."
but sevilin was pushing the boy back over, a slight grin then.
"So, was broog able to help you out?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:11 pm
Zahara didn't like it when Malik got all hoity toity with such things. But she kept her mouth shut and merely nodded to concede the point. If she and Sevilin got married, there would be no more leaving for either of them. At least in the child's mind there wouldn't be since the opportunity to leave would never arise. But the thought of marriage nearly paralyzed her. To be bound to someone...to give them all the power and allow them to have that sort of control...she balked at that like a frisky young colt avoiding tack.
And there he went again trying to push her out by refusing to acknowledge her true title. "Daddy, she's my Mommy. You keep calling her Zahara like you don't want her to be my Mommy..." He glanced up at his father a moment, his lower lip trembling. "You do want her to stay with us don't you?" But Mr. Malik deserved an answer and he just nodded. "I don't have anymore steel to pay him though so I told him you would Mr. Malik."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:22 pm
Sevilin snickered lightly beore his attention was drawn back down to the child. Uh oh, he had made a transgression to the child and the kid was making sure he damn well knew it...doing the kicked puppy look and everything. This kid was getting too good at manipulation...no doubt he was learning it from Malikhai. That boy had a horribly effective manipulation streak.
Okay, let's amend ourselves. "Of course I do...old habits die hard is all. Just have to get used to it don't I? I'm sorry for not calling her the right things, I'll remember to from now on." Or at least he hoped so...because his bad habits did indeed die hard.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:27 pm
Malik only gave the boy a grin.
"Indeed. I thought he might help. But I think for now our lessons are done for the day. we'll go work on getting some lunch, and why don't we bring it down to you three. I think you three might have something to do, seeing as how Zykariel was being all hush hush with Sevilin over there."
Hefting up his son and starting on thier way out.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:19 pm
Zahara merely blinked as the boys did odd things and confused her all over again. Malik was getting lunch, alluding to something else going on. "Right...okay..." And she and Sevilin had a conversation to have but it wasn't going to work with Zykariel sitting there. Lessons were finished and yet the surprises were going to keep on coming now weren't they? Though she was feeling rather mellow right now. In fact...she tilted her head and studied Sevilin's profile, feeling the familiar tingling in the pit of her stomach. Hmm...maybe she could convince him to join her for a few hours for some recreational activity of their own....
Zykariel nodded to his father, pleased that he caught on so quickly. "That's good Daddy." Of course the minute Malik left, Zykariel gave a grin to his father. "Time to play the game Daddy..." He grinned and nodded to his mother. "I can leave if you want me too."
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