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 Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:49 pm
Blossom patted Amara's head gently, smiling. "Well, you'd like Ganon's playing. He's really good!" She kissed Amara's forehead, then looked over as Nino came back in. Her eyes widened, but she didn't go over to her. She was busy talking to someone else. She didn't quite recognize him, but he seemed very vaguely familiar. Maybe he reminds me of someone... or it's just deja vu.
"What are we supposed to do?" Blossom piped up, putting her hands against her knees, pressing them together. "We've gotta stop that lizard lady, but we also have to help the others, anyone that's been hurt by her. How are we supposed to do that? And how do we get to the lizard lady? Make a trap for her, prompt someone to see if she'll try to go after them, and then maybe pounce on her and all attack at once?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:55 pm
"He?" Nino looked at him, puzzled. "We have people that can use a light tome! It's that simple, huh? Can we really use that tome?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:57 pm
"Yes, of course." He turned and looked at the girl. "You'll have to hurry and find someone."
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:16 pm
*huff huff* "Finally made it...dang it that horse hated me...wait a sec."
Looking aroud, Nometal then soon went from calm, to geting worked up. "My lance is missing...as is my knowledge on using a lance...oh well I'll stick to using my blade."
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:11 pm
"A tome, you say? What for?" Victoria's ears were especially sensitive to words involving either magic of her profession. "You should know with my rare talents, I can read the runes of any tome!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:12 pm
Aran had heard of Alihi's child mentioned before, but hadn't actually seen her. And this other man apparently named Ganon was also new, he looked to be another bard Well, at least we have another one until Nils comes back to his senses. "For now it would probably be best if we just stay in pairs or in groups. So far, our attacker has only striked targets that were alone. As for anyone else that's gone berserk.. Well, there should be some way of knocking the sense back into them." Aran looked at Ganon, and decided he should introduce himself. "Your names Ganon, isn't it? My names Aran, pleased to meet you."
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:16 pm
Octavio turned to this new woman. "Oh, hello! The magics contained in this tome should be able to lift this curse from this woman. Also, if you can contain and knock out one of those who has been overtaken by the evil, it can restore their senses to them as well. I'm afraid it won't be any good for combat, though." He moved toward Victoria to hand her the tome.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:20 pm
"An odd little thing, this." Victoria studied it, and the runes were like a second language to her, a language she was almost as fluent in as she was in Etrurian English. "It's a tome with the power of a staff, I'd say. How much wear and tear can it endure? I can't tell. In any case... I should use it on this Manakete first, shouldn't I?"
The woman opened the strange tome, reading the runes. Speaking the ancient language of the spellcasters of old... she watched them work their mystic wonders...
She just wondered if it worked.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:24 pm
Ganon looked up as he was approached, strumming a few chords in quick succession before breaking into a grin. The reptilian bard regarded Aran thoughtfully, then nodded. "Aye, you've got me right. Reputation's preceded me, has it?" He grabbed Aran's hand suddenly and shook it firmly as he got to his feet.
He towered in that room, standing a full head-and-shoulders-and-a-bit over everyone around him. The long quills of red hair that swept back over his head brushed the ceiling.
He was by this time aware that something important was going on, but his primary concern was Amara, and he slowly sat back down, smiling at her. "Amara, you really should be going to bed. Come on, we'll go find you a bed and I'll play you a song, and when your mommy gets here I'll let her know..." He reached out, apparently not prepared to take no for an answer, and picked the young girl up in his strong, scaly arms. He offered Blossom a smile and a wink, then stepped politely around the others and made for the stairs. It was getting on to the wee hours of the morning now. Little girls do need sleep!
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:26 pm
Melethia's body started to move. She slowly sat up.
"Oh man...That was crazy." She said. She takes off the cloth over her eyes. Her eyes opened to reveal the brown color of her eyes.
"I can see!" She exclamed. "What happened?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:28 pm
Victoria shut the tome for now, astounded by its power to completely change one back to their normal self. "How are you feeling, Manakete? I don't believe we've met. I'm Victoria, a new member of your... Order. Well, Kingdom. Either way, I'm here to stay.. I'm not a wanderer anymore. You can thank me for that, but there are others whom were like you, who couldn't see. When you've regained your strength, can you help me restore them all?
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:29 pm
Nino grinned widely. "Victoria you did it! Mel!" She ran next to the bed and looked at Melethia. "You've been out for weeks! Asami, the woman I found next to you before you went down, has been turning everybody evil! It's awful!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:32 pm
Blossom tried not to focus on just how tall Ganon was -- for goodness sakes', he could clear the cobwebs from the corners of the ceiling just by walking around normally! -- but she found herself watching him with a curiously intense look in her eyes. He was definitely not like any other person she had met before, laguz or beorc (that was the term, wasn't it? Blossom was never sure, not having been raised on the continent with that terminology).
She giggled as Ganon picked Amara up again. He does so well with little kids. I guess I should've known, though, after how he handled the little kids! Blossom bounced a little on the couch, giggling at Ganon's wink. He was such a silly old man. How old are we supposed to treat him, if he's over eighty years old and acts like he's around thirty? Blossom wondered, yawning. She leaned back on the couch. She hadn't quite realized just how long she'd been out and about until Ganon carried Amara off to let her sleep. Maybe I oughta just call him Old Fogey or somethin'. I bet he'd think that's funny. ...Or maybe it'd insult him. Blossom curled up on the couch, making no pretenses to get to an unoccupied bed. No way to know unless I do it... With that, Blossom drifted into an easy sleep, one hand clutching onto her scarf, the other folded under her head.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:32 pm
"Those... voices." Sue was listening in on everyone, while hearing bits and pieces of the scene that just occured. She rushed in to find Melethia not only awake, but completely normal. "Miss... Melethia! You're back, by Father Sky, you're back!" she exclaimed. "Sister..." she gazed at Victoria. "It was you, wasn't it?"
"What can I say? Maybe we are miracle workers. After all.." the bishop grinned. "St. Elmine and her Goddess, Ashera gave only a select few of us these gifts to keep Order and Peace. A 'miracle' is a small task for me."
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:35 pm
Amara felt safe and comfortable around Blossom. The brown-haired girl cared for her, like a mother would. It was a nice feeling, really.
Only... she wasn't her mother. She fidgeted slightly, really wanting her real mother more than ever.
She shook her head stubbornly at Ganon. "I'm not--" She yawned again. "S-sleepy..." Amara relaxed a bit in the reptilian bard's arms, being a little too late to resist being picked up. Her eyes began to droop; she really was tired. The excitement in the other room already seemed distant as exhaustion quickly began to claim the small girl. "... Mommy..."
Her eyes closed and she was asleep within minutes.
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