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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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 Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:02 am
Elora looked at the symbols she pointed out and smiled. Djinn had similar ways of showing who they were and what they did.
"They're nice, your family must be important people." She said, she had similar intricate markings on her arms, the difference was she did not really care where her family were. They had never done anything for her. She was the youngest daughter of a king, and her mother had been one of his lesser wives, mainly because she had given him only one child, a girl.
"You are close to them?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:08 am
Mai smiled a little and opened her eyes.
"I was. My mother, sisters, and two of my brothers succumbed to the illness that is there. My youngest brother, my father, and I are all that are left. My father forbid me from going for help. He will not be pleased when I return home," she said softly with a wistful smile. "I do miss my family though. I worked hard with my brothers in the mines and helped my mother teach my sisters. We were all very close, even my father before my mother died."
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:15 am
Elora smiled as she finished buttoning the dress, she did not often hear tales of kind families in her line of work.
"I don't think they will be mad at you for long if you save the community by disobeying. My mother died when I was young too. I miss her, she was a beautiful djinn, very accomplished. She taught me everything I know about entertaining and presenting myself."
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:22 am
Mai gave a little laugh and shook her head.
"You don't know my father," she smirked and ran her hands over the silk. The dress was a bit big on her, but it was rather pretty. As Elora went on about her mother, she smiled sympathetically.
"She taught you well," she smiled. "How did you come to entertaining men?"
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:29 am
Elora shrugged.
"Maybe not, but I think he will be pleased to see you." If he loved her he would be.
"Well, it's a rather long story. Djinn live a very long time and though I am young I have been on this earth much longer than you. When my mother died, I had nowhere to go. My father was a king, a terrible king. He sold me to a slaver." She gestured for Maia to take a seat so that she could do her hair. "Djinn are powerful, we can do magic but we have a weakness, if a regular mortal enslaves us we must do their bidding. This slaver made a profession out of catching and selling djinn. He sold me to a man in a big city who had a brothel, he collected exotic women for his business, women and creatures. It was a bit of a freak show. So there I learned how to entertain men. It's not hard, they are not very clever creatures, no matter what species they are."
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:38 am
Maia frowned a little at her story as she took a seat for her. In her world, women were free to make their own choices. Her father was the king, but her mother had ruled as his equal. She had been raised to be an equal amongst her brothers. The concept of slavery was a foreign one to her, but she could easily figure out that it was not a good thing by the way that Elora spoke of it. Smirking lightly at her assessment of men.
"Sometimes I feel that way about them as well. They tend to always think they know best about everything," she smirked. "How come you still do it now? That man does not own you still, does he?"
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:05 am
Elora shook her head and smiled.
"Oh no, that was just one of my many adventures that led me here. Now I try to help women, though many wouldn't believe that. I give them a safe place to stay, I look after them. You can learn a lot from entertaining men, a lot of useful information. Really I trade in information. "
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:10 am
Maia thought about that for a few moments, then smirked.
"They can be a bit loose with their tongues when you take them to bed. I suppose they think it is a safe place for them to be unguarded," she smirked and watched Elora work her thick, pale hair into intricate twists. "What if one of your girls wanted to leave for something else? Would you support them in that?"
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:13 am
Elora nodded.
"Of course I would. I would help them too if they needed it. There would always be another to fill the space they have left. It's the way of the world, sadly."
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:16 am
Maia smiled a little and reached out to pick up one of the crystal perfume bottles that was on the dressing table before her.
"You are very kind Elora. Thank you for taking me in and taking such good care of me. I am sure it is not something that is high on your list of priorities."
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:20 am
Elora laughed a little.
"Well I like people, I like to help people so I think you are just fine on my list of priorities.
"Is there anything you like to do? I think you are probably bored of sitting around."
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:23 am
Maia gave a little laugh as she sniffed the perfume inside the small bottle.
"Well, I did not want to say anything and make it sound like I was complaining. I like to explore things and to build things as well. My mother always said that I had a busy mind and busy hands," she smirked a little. "Do you think that I am well enough to go out into your city?"
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midnight_medea Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:27 am
Elora laughed a little at that.
"We'll go together, I can show you some interesting things and we can find some clothes that might suit you a bit better, something you would be more comfortable in perhaps? I like to shop."
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:33 am
Maia smiled rather warmly at her offer and looked down at the dress. It was very pretty, but she was certain it did not look as good on her as it did on its mistress.
"I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you Elora," she smiled warmly.
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