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 Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:54 pm
"No, I don't think I have," she said, biting her lip as she poured more batter into the machine. "But.. I think I have one of those relic thingies you're talking about. His name is Bob," she said, her impish grin returning.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:02 pm
Well, at least that was somewhere to start... "Alright," Quinn said around a mouthful of waffle, "these are good, by the way. That Relic, the wood stumpy thing with feathers..." she looked at Angie, hoping to get some sign of recognition. "You are trying to lure a spirit into that thing. If the spirit decides to live in it and goes in, it cant come out again. Eventually, the spirit will be reborn into a little child with downy feathers... thats an Ieldi." She hesitated, "Make sense?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:07 pm
Angie grinned even wider at the compliment, nodding to what she said. "A spirit, huh.."
Without warning, she nearly dropped the waffle iron, though thankfully it wasn't too high off the counter. "A what now?" she cried, staring at her wide-eyed. "Spirits? A kid? But..but.."
Angie tried to imagine a child popping out of her beloved Bob. ...somehow, she couldn't see that.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:12 pm
"Yeah... supposedly, after the spirit goes inside, it will eventually go to sleep and ready itself for its rebirth. And then, after awhile, the Relic like explodes and a child is in its place... I've never actually seen this happen, but its what I've heard."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:17 pm
"BUT I DON'T WANT BOB TO EXPLODE!" She wailed, now completely ignoring the waffle iron, which was starting to smoke ominously. "BOB IS MY FRIEEEND..hey, what's that smell?"
Turning around, she shrieked and turned off the waffle iron quickly, dumping a blackened, shriveled-up waffle onto her plate. She plugged her nose as it continued to smoke. After a moment, she seemed to have recovered, though, and tossed the burnt waffle into the garbage bin, making a face.
"Hmm.. do you think.. that the feathers on the relic would affect the actual birdy thingy?" She pondered, thinking about the feather tied in her hair. Of course, she didn't want Bob to explode.. but she couldn't help but be curious..
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:21 pm
At the sight of the burnt waffle, Quinn looked at her empty plate, "I would offer you some of mine, but..." she gave Angie a chagrinned look. "This is mere speculation, mind, but I think the feathers effect what spirit your Relic attracts. From looking at pictures of the other Ieldi, the all have colorings and markings like the feathers on their Relics."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:25 pm
"Really," she said quietly, fingering the feather. "I wonder what bird this came from.."
"It's okay," she said, grinning and pointing to the bowl. There was, thankfully, enough left to make a few more. "Do you want any more, while I'm at it? I have to make some for Bob, too.."
Ahh, poor Bob. He'd explode someday. At least that would be good revenge for giving her cracked-out dreams, though..
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:36 pm
"Yeah, I'd take another one. Thanks! All I've figured out about my Relic is that it must have been a Hunter. The feathers are all short and muted chocolate brown. The bird must have needed camoflage. So, it was probably a Hunter. Mine is the only Relic I've seen with such muted feathers. Every other one has had bright, long feathers. What does... um, Bob, look like?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:42 pm
Angie nodded, pouring more batter into the machine. "Hunter, huh? Sounds interesting."
She paused. "Bob? Well, uh.. he's made out of wood," she began, furrowing her brow. "The wood's sort of a light grey-brown colour, but there are these wing-like thingies caved into it that have a blue and purple sheen to them.. lots of funny squiggly shapes on it.. and, of course, a few of these feathers," she blinked, showing her her feather. "I think it came from Bob. I don't know what sort of bird it came from, though.."
((might have to go soon for dinner -- just warning you. ^^))
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:53 pm
((no prob Bob! If you have to go, we can just continue later. Just to warn you tho, there is a time difference, and its 7:47 here.))
Quinn looked at the feather, it was quite fetching. "I wonder what birds are blue and purple," she mused aloud. "Its pretty, though, whatever bird it came from."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:04 pm
"I'll probably have to go visit a library sometime and see what I can find," Angie said, shrugging and plopping another waffle on Quinn's plate. "The first thing that comes to my mind is 'bluejay', but only because it has 'blue' in its name," she said, laughing and pouring more batter into the iron.
She paused, then grinned. "Hey.. if you ever want to visit me sometime, I live in one of the houses at the very bottom of the settlement. It's the one with the lopsided cone roof," she said, nodding sagely.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:10 pm
"Thanks!" Quinn said, indicating the waffle and the invitation. "I live in the house in the portal clearing. The one with the flat, moss covered roof and the curly-Q's." Quinn smiled at Angie. Pehaps making friends was easier that she thought.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:15 pm
"Ah, I've seen that one," Angie said, nodding sagely as she prepared two more waffles -- one for her, and one for Bob. "It's pretty. Maybe I can borrow some books from the library, and we can have a study session of sorts.."
Angie looked up at the clock. "Ah, I should probably go soon," she said, blinking. "Almost Bob's bedtime! Little tyke would stay up 'til dawn if I didn't put him to bed," she said, cracking a grin.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:20 pm
"I would like that. Stop by any time!" Quinn looked at the girl a little strangely at the mention of putting the Relic to bed... but, she talked to hers, so how could she judge. "Have a good night! Thanks for the Waffles."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:24 pm
"Okay, you too! And it was nothing," she said, grinning and picking up the plate of waffles. She'd take the plate back in the morning. "G'night!"
And, with that, Angie exited the inn and promptly wailed, wondering how she was going to take care of some kid when she could barely take care of herself..
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