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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:00 pm
"So does Annie but only so far as it gets her out of her clothing." Cressida sipped her chocolate, rolling violet eyes. "Which is why I don't like bringing her outside in this weather. I don't know if these little ones resist sickness well or not. Leon and I are horrible judges about illness. You see, we don't get sick. Ever."
Quixana chugged half of his chocolate, probably burning his tongue in the process, but he didn't show any ill effects. He nodded towards Oblivion. "Yeah. She's got those pretty lights," he agreed. "An' she can move. Ice can't. 'Blivion wins." Courage seemed to laugh to herself, standing behind Quixana to block the wind from him.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:03 pm
'That's exactly what I think.' Oblivion told Walter, looking with approval at Quixana.
"Ya wanna go see it, tho?" Walter asked, getting to his feet.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:14 pm
"Yeah!" This prompted Quixana to slurp the remainder of his drink and then bring it over to Cressida, politely touching her knee to gain her attention. "Done, thank you," he announced. Then he pointed back to Walter and the daemons. "Gonna go fight the dragon, okay?"
Cressida blinked down at him and then turned to look at Ice questioningly.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:16 pm
"There's an ice sculpture that looks like a dragon." Ice said as she was handed Walter's drink and a grin before the boys ran off. "It's not too far from here, but I suppose we should follow."
Kitsu hesitated, not wanting to get closer to the chainsaws, but not willing to be left behind. The choice was taken from her as Ice took her hand, leading her into the mess.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:23 pm
Cressida took Kitsu's other hand and smiled down at her. Then the trio picked up the pace to catch up with the little hellions.
Who had already reached their target at warp speed. Quixana stood, staring gap-mouthed, up at the massive ice dragon. "It's so big," he breathed. "An' mean." He reached out a hand to touch it and giggled at the cold wetness through his mitten. "Courage an' 'Blivion could beat him."
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:46 pm
"Uh huh." Walter said, even as he stared up at the dragon in wonder. Oblivion twitched, but ignored his obvious approval. SHE didn't melt, after all. The dragon would be forgotten soon enough.
Her head turned at the sound of a chainsaw starting up, and she watched it with the same wonder that Walter was showing the ice sculpture.
Kitsu smiled up at Cressida, tightening the hold just for a second in appreciation of the gesture before she looked at the dragon as well, a hint of wonder in her eyes.
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:58 pm
Tilting his head, Quixana paced around the ice creature slowly. He touched it a few more times and his forehead wrinkled in thought. He clasped his hands behind his back and did another circuit around the beast. Suddenly, he stopped and pointed at a place that equated with the breastbone. "There," he announced.
Courage padded over to stand beside him and looked up at the area. She nudged his shoulder. There where?
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:12 pm
"Huh?" Walter asked, peering around the dragon to see what Xana was pointing at.
Oblivion was drawn by the sound, the whirring the growling, the vicious monstrous sound that made her tummy rumble even though she was holding the remains of her first chainsaw already. She glanced over at Walter, then back at the chainsaw, torn.
"This has always been one of my favorite artforms..." Ice said conversationally, ignoring the chainsaw completely. Kitsu didn't know how she could do it!
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:24 pm
"There." Xana pointed again and grinned at his friend. "Where you'd get the dragon with a... A..."
Lance.
He beamed at Courage, grateful for the help. "A lance. Soft bits right there."
Cressida nodded. "I'm not a fan of the cold," she admitted, oblivious to her son's unerring sense of How To Kill Fictitious Beasts, "but it's so pretty. Like glass or diamonds. But it always looks sad, too. Like it's crying." She glanced down at Kitsu. "Do you like the ice sculptures, Kitsu?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:31 pm
Kitsu nodded slowly, admiring the dragon even as she fought the urge to run from the noise. She didn't like the noise one bit. But it was almost worth it to see such pretty ice sculptures.
"Yeah? I'll remember that if I ever go up 'gainst one." Walter said seriously. Hey, with a metal daemon like his, who knew if there were dragons out there?
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:49 pm
"If you do, I'll help." Quixana tucked his hands in his coat pockets and nodded solemnly. "'Cause you're my best friend." Courage shot her Forgotten a slightly surprised and unsettled look but then sighed and settled back on her haunches. She supposed that a best friend was different than a daemon and she ought not be jealous.
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:24 pm
"Alright!" Walter said, grinning widely. "We'll fight dragons!"
Oblivion would have had more problems with this vow of friendship if she wasn't making her way for the next chainsaw, her stomach overcoming her urge to stay close to Walter. Her red eyes widened in horror, though, as her front claws hit a strip of black ice, sliding out from under her and plunging her into a wild spin, straight for the ice sculpture being worked on.
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:56 pm
"And we'll rescue fair m-... Walter, where did..." Quixana's eyes went huge as he heard the scraping noise and he turned, pointing to where Oblivion was careening out of control. "Walter!"
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:13 pm
"Oh s**t." Walter said, echoing Ice's slip from the fastfood joint with perfect accuracy. And then Oblivion slammed into the ice sculpture, making it crack loudly. She scrambled to her feet and ran as fast as her legs could take her, right before the ice cracked completely and the top half slid to the ground, crashing to a million pieces.
"Oh s**t." Ice said, exactly like her son.
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:29 pm
Grabbing Walter's hand, Quixana took off, racing off in the direction that Oblivion had bolted. "We gotta get to her," he whispered. "Before Ice and Mommy do."
Courage merely sighed heavily, looked back at the staring Cressida, and took off after her charge. Quixana, don't run! You'll slip!
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