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 Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:14 pm
"I haven't the faintest idea." She closed Candide, looking up with a curious expression.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:19 pm
Zach gripped her right arm with her left and fought it until Ivan settled down.
"I think... he said something about a body. He wants his own body."
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:25 pm
"Notpossible." The words were rushed, blending together as they left her lips.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:30 pm
"Y-you're lyyyyying," Zach's voice doubled with Ivan's temporarily as they fought for control. "Stop it! Ivan! We can talk about- no, she's got a way. She caaaaaan give me a body, even ifff it's teeemporary."
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:32 pm
"I can not."
The air grew strangely still and cold, matching Emma's tone.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:36 pm
"Yyyyyou're lyyingah," Ivan was slowly gaining control over Zach. "I knooow you cannn... a fake bod-d-dy will do ffffor now."
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:42 pm
"No."
The enchantress suddenly looked every bit the part; ancient and powerful as she stood with arms folded and eyes flashing.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:49 pm
"And why not," Ivan had finally gained complete control and stood up, looking Emma in the eyes.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:50 pm
"That is dangerous magic, only to be used in the most dire of circumstances."
She had only done so once, and it had been coupled with a powerful curse-breaking.
The elf-woman had nearly died in the process.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:53 pm
"Okay, so you're telling me you haven't got a spare body lying around?" Ivan sighed. All that work for nothing.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:00 pm
"I do not." she hissed.
There was a sense of coils, of a tensing to leap.
For a moment Emma resembled nothing more than a cobra in a corner.
Ready to strike.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:08 pm
"And here I was hoping to get to do something useful."
Ivan glared at Emma and debated his odds of overpowering her spells.
"Know this," Ivan threatened Emma. "If you do anything I don't like to Zach I will hurt you. If you take advantage of his generosity it will come back to bite you. I've grown rather fond of this body and I want to see it stay in one piece for as long as possible."
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:12 pm
"I have no intention of harming him, nor taking advantage of anything of the sort."
With the library at her disposal his odds were slim to none.
If Ivan were to attack her he would find his consciousness ripped from Zach's body and left to float, bodiless, upon the wind.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:21 pm
"I'll hold you to that," Ivan said and allowed Zach control again. Zach grabbed at her head.
"I wish he'd stop doing that," she moaned.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:23 pm
"As do I, I can assure you."
The temperature was somewhat colder than it had been a few minutes ago, and Candide was covered in a fine, spidery lacework of frost.
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