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 Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:24 pm
"Yes it can."
a slight grin.
"All love is like that...though I'll say that sexual lust only comes with non family usually. It's a feeling you long for all your life, and when you have it, you never want to lose it. you'll do anything to keep it strong."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:43 pm
She still didn't see how. But that had little to nothing to do with her since she was neither a mother nor a babysitter for young elves. And now Malik was wandering onto topics that she'd rather not discuss...at least with Malikhai's father. Perhaps she'd talk to Malikhai about it instead. "Sounds like it makes you vulnerable. And perhaps not in the good way." She knew all about being vulnerable and the pain it could so easily cause. "Is that all you wanted to know, Lord D'vinn?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:59 pm
There was a topic he didn't want his father discussing, sexual lust. That was a whole different issue that didn't need to be bothered with at all. But it seemed this had gone well in some way? He hoped so at least. "Vulnerable isn't always bad. Now...are we done? Personally, I'm hungry." That was his usual escape response.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:56 pm
Time Push: Month and a half Drumming her fingers on the table, Zahara consulted her book once more and glanced up as Malik came into the dining room to resume their meeting. They'd already talked about how little Zahara was seeing of Piper lately and both had expressed concern about her hiding something. "Malik, she seems...sluggish. Like she's lacking the drive or energy to do anything. I asked her to come to Deepwater with me the other day to look at one of the newborn foals and she turned me down." Shaking her head. "But I really started to worry when I made her a cinnamon cake and she was too tired to come over and eat it." Kaelin stirred and rolled over, snuggling closer into Malikhai's side. She'd been sleeping in his bed since shortly after his father had pulled her in to discuss things with her. A lot of things had become clear during that meeting but she was still mulling certain other things over. She was still kind of curious about this whole love thing and uncertain about whether or not she was feeling it. "Hey...Malikhai, do you think someone who isn't loved can feel love?" He might still be in reverie...in which case she'd probably never ask the question again. She was half afraid of his answer...
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:21 pm
Malik nodded lightly.
"She's been like this for awhile now. and everytime I try to pull anything out of her she clams up, she's even slam shut bonds on me a few times. what do you think could be wrong this time?"
setting down a pair of wine glasses for the both of them.
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:25 pm
Okay she was ready to admit that she was going to stay pregnant. How and why she wasn’t sure but if her body was going to tell her this wasn’t happening, it would have done so by now. And compared to her other pregnancies, this one was hitting her sooner and harder with tolls on her body. It was getting increasingly hard to hide. The eating more issue was easy enough to cover, it was mostly the missing pep in her step, to turn a phrase, that was showing the most. Yes, she was used to that happening…but usually not until six or so months in. Which at first made her think she would miscarry all the easier…but apparently not. D’vinn children were fighters and this was another testament to that ideology. She also knew that people were watching her...which meant something bad may happen like her passing out. Or she told them right here and now.
Granted, trying to reverie or rather be in control of his reverie was hard enough as it was but with Kaelin added to his bed it was even worse. His mind wandered sometimes and then things got really really awkward. He blinked a bit, as he was already up this time, and she moved closer to him and quite ready with questions. He was still the friend since his father had talked to her. Looking to her, he gave a light nod. "I think so. There's nothing that says you have to be special or a certain way to do such a thing."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:43 pm
"So this isn't a new thing? That's even more worrisome." She thanked him for the glass of wine with a nod and took a sip then leaned back in her chair. "Honestly? I'm not sure what it is. I've been trying to figure out what she's been exposed to, but it's not going very quickly. Anything can cause fatigue like that and I haven't really been able to decipher if there's any other symptoms. That's kind of what I was hoping you could tell me."
Oh good, he was up. That meant her courage hadn't been for nothing. He seemed to give her a positive response and she glanced up at him and then let her gaze skitter back down. Her fingers curled into his tunic slightly and she chewed on her lower lip. "But what if you aren't sure you're feeling it? I mean someone who's never felt it really doesn't have anything to compare it too...I guess?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:13 pm
"well...she's been eatting more, not spending as much time in the solarium. she's sleeping more. if I didn't know it was impossible, she's almost showing signs of pregancy...and she won't let me touch her midsection either."
taking a drink from his wine glass.
"Could it be possible?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:22 pm
She knew that she was the object of their discussion. They simply didn't have those kinds of sit downs with each other for a drink and friendly conversation on a regular basis. Usually when they got together they were scheming or speaking on her health. Was she really being that obvious? But she thought she was being so careful around him...what if she told them the truth but then her body did suddenly decide to take the oppposite direction?
He watched her, trying to figure out where she was going with this...then again she'd been asking and doing a lot of strange things a lot lately. "Remember what my dad said? It's not something you can really define...you just know that you are. So it's not meant to really be compared to anything."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:37 pm
Zahara laughed, "You can bring souls back from the dead or keep them in bottles and you're asking me if it's possible? Come now, Malik. Anything is possible, but it is highly unlikely. So unlikely that I'd say it's as close to impossible as you can get." She tapped her fingers once or twice and then opened her hands as if she was giving something to Malik. "The reasons are fairly simple. For one thing, I'm drugging her so that even with her advanced fertility, conception is not likely. Secondly, the body knows what it can handle and what it cannot and will work to keep such things from happening or take care of them fairly quickly."
Pausing for a moment to let that sink in. "Her body has already been through childbirth twice which is highly unlikely for a surface elf like her. Her fertility is practically nonexistent. Look how long it took us to drug her into getting pregnant both times. And she is one of the worst ones for dealing with sickness when she's pregnant. I'd say she's caught an illness of some sort or is eating something that doesn't agree with her. Abdominal pains could be making her sensitive and that might be why she doesn't want you to touch her." Zahara studied Malik for a moment and then frowned. "Have you sensed something inside of her?"
"I do and that's probably why I'm so confused. He said you should feel warm inside and want to be around that person. And that you should feel safe and happy. But you can't be feeling that all the time, right? There are times when I get angry with you, but I still feel safe."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:50 pm
"Another reason why I'm wondering. I even think about using necromancy around her and she tells me to leave the room. But like you said, her body shouldn't be wanting to keep a child if she was. the strain on it would be bad enough..."
Though a slight grin.
"However, D'vinn children are tenacious and strong. maybe, if she's pregnant, the child is fighting her body to stay,"
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:04 am
Piper wanted to agree with Zahara. Really really badly. But yet nature was saying that Zahara wasn't right this time and Malik shared that D'vinn kid thing. With the way their thoughts were going...they were going to be strapping her to a table and poking at her. Did not want that. So then, deciding to quit her eavesdropping, she came into the room to stand before them both as they were seated at the table.
"Nothing Zahara gave me stopped the flushed and giggly phase." She certinally didn't look happy...she wasn't even sure if she was indeed happy about this. Perhaps more worried than anything else. "I really am pregnant. I thought it would just resolve itself and no one would have to know except for me..." Tugging at her collar in fidgety fashion. "So...you can stop wondering now what's wrong with me." And leaving it at that she promptly turned on her boot heel and left them alone in the room again, starting off down the hall. There it was out in the open. So could karma come around and do something now?
"Well...no. No one feels the same all the time. If we did, then we'd all be walking around with creepy smiles on our faces freaking each other out." Trying to lay some humor into the moment because for some reason it didn't feel light enough.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:18 am
Zahara was stunned. Flabbergasted. Shocked. Dismayed. Piper was pregnant? No, it couldn't be! Her remedies hadn't worked? What?! But she'd researched and studied and matched it all up... How could Piper be pregnant? When she finally recovered from her moment of shock, she met Malik's eyes and shook her head. "She'll never survive another birth...."
He was being funny... She wasn't sure now she wanted him to be funny but rather to take this seriously. She gave him a halfhearted laugh though, then shifted in the bed and glanced back up at him again. "But you still love someone even when you're mad at them, right? Because you still feel safe and you still are warm inside."
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:37 am
"sure she can...Piper's strong. and don't humans have methods for delivering a child when a parent can't physically give birth?"
Yes, drumming his fingers, a tad concerned. he always was that way when the words 'piper' and 'survive' were not used pleasently in a sentence...but he did send bond waves to both boys to indicate piper's condition and a lot of loving and adoring waves to his wife.
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:53 am
They were still planning and she was freaking out in her own way. What happened now if something else happened? She had gotten everyone all worked up and then she'd have to deal with fall out. Maybe she told them too soon...or maybe she should have thrown herself down the stairs weeks earlier to ensure things. But this was Piper, who could never do such a thing even if the thought came to her head.
Piper was quick to slam her own bonds shut as Malik seemed to want to soothe her on the situation. She didn't want to soothed, or told it was all okay, because it wasn't okay and she didn't know what she was going to do. Did she want this?...yes she did. Could she have this? That was the real question and she was aware of that. Though she had to stop in the hallway and lean against the wall for a moment as a wave of nausea and fatigue washed over her, most likely from being now highly upset. She couldn't even be upset!
Dhairiss was sitting outside in a tree with a twig, whittling something or other with a knife he probably shouldn't have. Whoa holy crap really? But didn't they all discuss at one point that that wouldn't happen? About the time he had said it would be cool to have a little sibling that he didn't have to borrow from the Intharas. But this was different. Were they just tugging his leg? Between dad doing one thing and mom plopping her bonds shut...he was worried now.
His parents were messing with bond things...both of them at the same time. It was highly distracting but it didn't feel like anyone was dying or anything so he tried to ignore as best as he could at the moment. There was something imporant happening in front of him, he could get filled in later. "Right. Just because you're mad at someone sometimes doesn't mean you can't love them at the same time to. Like when my dad is mad at my mom for climbing a tree that's too high. He's angry because she could have gotten hurt and knows he doesn't like it...but he still loves her all the same. Anger always fades anyway."
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