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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:01 pm
"This is the world, welcome to it little Shinn." She stroked his hand. "This is what many places look like. She admired the amazing changes that Shera had done. The trees were full, beautiful. The forest was back.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:39 am
"The forest has always been here.... but the trees were always sick... even back when my mommy was with me." Shinn said softly. Suddenly he was struck by an idea and his face brightened. "C'mon! I wanna show you somethin'!" He said leading Miluiel along at a brisk pace in excitement into the forest. Not far into the forest they reached a tree that seemed to stand out even against the rest of the forest. It was taller and seemed to glow, especially now that the forest had been revived. "This is my mommy's tree!" He said. "When the snow is gone, I like to sleep in between the roots!" Shinn went up to the tree and gently rubbed a hand gently against the tree's bark, as if touching it too hard would cause the tree to crumble.
Azrael walked into the forest. When he moved a little ways in he caught a strange scent. One that he couldn't clearly define. I wonder what that scent is? He thought. I think I should check it out.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:02 pm
Miluiel touched her fingers to her lips. "Shinn...." She wanted to tell him how sorry she was to hear about his mother, but she didn't. "It is a beautiful tree, your mother must have been a beautiful wolf, just like you are." She felt tears burning her eyes, the puppy was once again so cute, it melted her heart.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:38 pm
Shinn giggled. "When I sleep between the roots I feel like she's holding me!" He said to Miluiel.
Azrael followed the scent until he found the source. It was a man. A man with white hair, wearing a dark gray cloak, and what was clearly a black robe under neath that. "Who are you stranger?" Azrael asked, with a growl. "You have the appearance of a demon on you. I'll have you know that you had better have some good answers to why you are here." He said.
Veral raised his eyebrows in suprise. The hulking figure of a fully grown werewolf had somehow managed to escape his attention. "Can I not get lost in the woods?" He asked. "Look you have all right to be suspicious, but I mean you know harm! I swear it!" He said. "Listen. I just need a place to stay for the next day or so, and then I will be out of your... fur." He said thinking of a word for it.
Azrael growled very loudly, clearly not trusting of the man. "Fine. I cannot deny any hospitality during these times. But if you so much as lay a claw on anything that you do not have permission to touch!" He said. "If you do, then I will see to it that you are roasted on a spit and eaten! Even if you are blind!" He said, noticing the blindfold that covered the man's eyes.
Veral clasped his hands together near his heart. "I thank you for your hospitality sir. I will touch nothing without your explicit permission." He said politely.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:51 pm
Miluiel pressed her fingers to her lips. "You miss her, don't you little Shinn." She said stroking his ear. She smiled at him sadly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:01 pm
Shinn looked up and nodded slowly. "Yeah... she used to sing me the beautifulest songs. The trees seemed to sing with her. Opau called them elf songs." Shinn said. "Did mommy send you to watch us?" He asked sweetly. "'Cuz the last thing she said to me was that she would watch over us, give us the blessing of the Spirits." He said.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:39 pm
"Elf songs? What was your mother little Shinn?" Miluiel asked Shinn. She paused, "S-sent?" she asked as she kneeled beside the pup. She wrapped her arms around him and held him to her. "Darling little Shinn, I don't know if I was sent, but there is a reason for me coming. The greater power has make this possible." she told him. The pup had melted her heart.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:40 pm
Celeron concentrated around him. Kokoro was marked by his magic and the moment her turned his treacherous head this way Celeron was ready to cut it off at the neck. Celeron hoped Shera could rest fast. The sonner she did the sooner he could continue hunting Kororo.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:52 pm
Kokoro would appear again taking Shera in his arms poisoning her as he waved some sort of root before her nose. “Sleep you troublesome woman and should you wake before I am done with you, I’ll kill you. As to you troublesome bother, let us take this fight where we can kill her in the process. The longer she sleeps the less chance of saving her from it.” Kokoro was devilish with his magic as he would look at Celeron. He would throw Shera right at him making sure he understood just the perils that Shera was in.
Shera would breathe heavily before screaming out in pure terror as her mind was filled with terrible dreams. The rest that was given to her was the kind that would destroy the mind. A slow poison that even though it was given to her she managed to counter it only to drift into a deepened sleep that she could not wake from without help. She didn’t even know the method of waking from the sleep as she went limp.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:52 pm
Kokoro did not know Celeron was ready for him as Celeron's sword plunged into this back. Celeron caught Shera in his arm as Kokoro screamed out in pain as the sword twisted in his back. It was bound to Celeron and it hated demons as much as Celeron did.
Celeron dropped Shera gently before grabbing Kokoro's neck. He moved swiftly like the lightning he commanded.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:00 pm
Kokoro would not die like this as he started teleporting away again. The injuries sustained however were too great as he felt the electricity go through his whole body. “Fair warning boy, worry about her not me. She’s the one that will die the longer she’s like that. She countered my spell but now cannot awaken. With my death…” He didn’t finish what he was about to say as he fell limp in Celeron’s grasp.
Shera meanwhile seemed to remain as lifeless as she looked. Her entire body was alive however, just the sleep was unnatural and the way to break the spell was about. Just how to do it was unknown to her as she seemed to run in her own mind to try and find a cure for the spell she was under, she had to break free or forever be trapped in her own body.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:10 pm
Celeron's sword slowly carved into Kokoro still as Celeron tried to clear his mind. The b@$t@rd did something that would kill her. It didn't make sense. He was the type to torture his prey not kill them swiftly. Celeron ripped his sword from the body of Kokoro much to the distaste of the blade. Celeron Cut Kokoro's wretched limbs from his body and threw the vile things into the fire as he carried Shera in one arm and dragged Kokoro's body through the snow by his hair.
"I need a medic. Is there a medic here?!" Celeron called out loud enough that everyone in the village could here.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:17 pm
That had to be…it. The way out but how to convey it? And who would try it? It was a story she learned as a child, but maybe it would work in her case. If she could only voice her plans, which seemed rather easy to do luckily. “A…kiss…to break…the spell.” She had to pray that her voice would be heard as weak as it was. She didn’t know if the plan would work as again the torment began. She’d start scream because of something chasing her in her mind before it was shielded away by her light. She was using her own light to protect herself.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:43 pm
Celeron barely heard her but if it could help then her was willing to try anything to save this innocent woman. He dropped Kokoro and stepped roughly on his back as he held the young Shera up to him and he kissed her deeply in hopes she was telling him some healing lore and not just hallucinating.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:48 pm
Shera’s own magic began to activate by the moment Celeron pressed his lips upon hers. It had pierced into the darkness where she now laid. The fading light gathering in strength as it would pull her towards what her mind viewed as sunlight. Her face would move a little as she seemed to be waking up, before too long he’d feel her return the kiss given. She had awoken fully, but was kissing him now as thanks for awakening her from the encroaching darkness that was trapping her. Her red eyes looked at him gently, though clearly tired.
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