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 Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:56 pm
"Violet. Please!" Vidar squeezed her hands, "Mitica might need your help."
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:59 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:10 pm
Vidar shook slightly as he sighed, "Because dear heart... When a Mage, looses his bonded Familiar... It's like..." He looked away from her trying to think of how to explain it. "It's like having..." He moved one of his hands to his chest to grip his shirt in a claw like vise, "It's like having a part of your soul ripped from your body... Because our familiars... they are a part of us, they exist because we are here... We have legends of what happens when a Familiar is killed in battle but his mage continues one... Typically... they don't end well... Violet... Mitica's in a lot of pain, and he won't open up to me... He needs his friends... I think he needs you."
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:12 pm
"what can I do?" Violet asked, feeling completely helpless.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:15 pm
"Be there for him." Vidar said. He took his weight off the edge of the bed, "Come, can you walk?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:16 pm
Violet stood up off the bed and looked at him.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:29 pm
"Come, I'll take you to them..." Vidar said, offering his hand.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:34 pm
Violet numbly took his hand.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:44 pm
Vidar gently led her out of the room, then from the building to a nearby one. The outside in the valley was beautiful, with the sun peeking between the grand trunks of the tress. It turned the world around them every shade of gold and red. The building Vidar took Violet to was set into the roots of a tree, as though it had been there so long the tree hand grown out of it. Inside however it was cold, almost like a manson that hadn't been used in several years. "After his death, we moved him in here... to prepare for the funeral." Vidar led her to the end of the hall, a set of very large, metal doors between them and Ambersky and Mit. He placed his hand on one of the ornate handles "Are you ready?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:49 pm
Violet just looked at Vidar. No, she wasn't ready, but she couldn't have prepared herself anymore. "Let's go," she said.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:00 pm
Vidar nodded. He pulled gently on the door and it swung open easily.
The room inside was dim, lit only by the sky light which fell on Ambersky's form. He was curled up as though her were asleep, set on a white marble platform, with black and green veins. His claws had been reattached. His fur and feathers had been carefully cleaned and each feather dusted with a golden powder. Over his body was a cloth the same color as Mit's magic, it was tucked under his wings. On the steps around him were flowers, like a small meadow of them. The open space all around him had simple wooden benches, as though for an audience that was not there. It had obviously been carefully set, like the scene for a play.
In the far corner, as far away from the door as it seemed he could get, Mit was curled up. His knees tucked under his nose. His clothes were still stained with mud and some black thing which could only have been blood. He didn't move when the door opened.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:07 pm
"He's... He's just asleep," Violet said, very quietly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:14 pm
"No..." Vidar said softly, his voice still echoing, "I'm sorry Violet... His blood has stopped flowing in his veins. He's..."
A bolt of magic flew at Vidar, who lifted a quick shield, Mitica was on his feet glowing with his magic, "DON'T SAY! DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT!!" He shouted the air crackling with his magic, "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!! IF YOU HADN'T MADE ME THE GREEN MAGE. SKY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THAT DANGER!! I COULD HAVE SAVED HIM!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE SAVED HIM FOR ME!! GET OUT!! GET OUT!! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!"
Vidar backed up a step, "I'm sorry Violet... you're going to have to take this..."
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:19 pm
violet wasn't listening. She was staring at Ambersky's still form. "He can't be...." she murmured as tears filled her eyes. She walked towards Mit. "He can't be..." she repeated.
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:23 pm
Vidar backed out, letting the door close.
"He won't be... Not for long..." Mit said staring at Ambersky's form, "I'll bring him back. I just have to remember the spell... I don't care what it does to me, I'M BRING HIM BACK!!! YOU HEAR ME!!" He shouted at the sky light, "I'M NOT LETTING YOU HAVE HIM! HE'S MINE!!"
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