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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:06 pm
Squeak. Terrified, the purple-haired girl hid her face in her hands, daring to peer between her fingers only when Lyrus was occupied with the door again.
"Quiet down in there!" A voice called from behind one of the doors. A guard, most likely.
"Good going," Noharu spat, rolling her eyes. "Do you have any idea how many guards might be out there? What if this little runt is wrong, and there's a ton of them? Don't expect me to alert anyone of it after they murder you."
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"The other one...?" What other one? Lyrus had gone with her, hadn't he? ...Oh, s**t. "He doesn't even know what's going on!" She defended. Her answer was growl. Alright, so that didn't seem to matter much to this one. "I know where it is," Kilah said quickly. "But I'm not giving it to you."
"You and your stupid little friend are dead!" Hissing more viciously than the real Noyama could ever get away with, she lifted the Sin'aeis up harshly, the same dagger as before in hand. In what seemed like one motion, she stabbed her in the arm, the exact same place as before, and then casual tossed her aside.
Afterward, she stormed over to the house and pushed the door open, glancing around. "You, b***h! Come down here now! Give the gem to me or I'll kill you too!"
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:20 pm
"******** it," he snapped, not really paying attention. Handy word, that. He had overheard Kama yelling it a few days back then book case had falled on his foot. A while of lockpicking later, and Lyrus hadn't made any progress whatsoever. Growing frustrated, the boy pushed a bit harder than necessary on the glass rod--it snapped in two, slitting his thumb open in the process and causing another less than pleasant exclamation.
His cut thumb in his mouth, Lyrus gathered up the glass pieces and reluctantly stepped away from the door, returning to one of the walls and sinking down against it, glaring at the pieces. He could fix it and try again, but what was the point? it wasn't going to work. Once his finger stopped bleeding, he would attempted to fix his pendant instead.
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Jaxom was just turning down the last hallway when the voice reached him. Freezing in place, he hesitated, then glanced down to the kitten at his heels. Calmly, Atear continued for the doorway, but a flick of his tail warned Jaxom from doing the same. Instead, the Guardian boy turned and ran back the way he had come. The gem was here somewhere. He would just have to find it first.
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:28 pm
From across the room came a heavy sigh. Soon there were footsteps, those of Noharu. She walked over to Lyrus, kneeling down infront of him. "Look, you annoying little thing, I'll get you and what's-her-name out of here if you do something for me."
Pointing toward the bat-winged girl with her thumb she continued, "Take her with you, and once you're out, considering you all live through this, you take her to Noyama. Give me your word you'll do that, and I'll deal with any guards and what not. If you hurry you can still save your stupid little friends..."
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When no response came, 'Noyama' stormed back over to Kilah, lifting her up by the collar again. "Tell me where it is!" Wincing, the Sin'aeis said nothing aside from a mutter that sounded like 'piss off, b***h'.
Gizmo was growling by now as well, though not moving. A binding spell or something no doubt. When his owner was harshly tossed across the lawn again, he whimpered loud enough for anyone in the general area to hear.
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:40 pm
Lyrus' eyes snapped up as the woman approached, watching her warily from where he sat. His expression softened somewhat with her 'request', more surprised than anything, but after a moment he nodded, letting his hand fall and pulling his eyes away to eye the cut on his thumb. Nothing serious. "If we get out of here, I'll take her. I swear," he added, almost as an afterthought. But Lyrus kept his word. It was one of the few things one could really hold him to.
Climbing to his feet, he pickeded the glass pieces. He would fix it later. There were more important things to worry about. "So, how're you gonna get us out? And why didn't you just do it earlier?" A bit rude, but she would deal. Lyrus wasn't in the best of moods.
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Minutes passed and Jax still didn't show up. Probably because he had run back upstairs and was trying to figure out where the hell someone would keep...whatever it was these people were looking for. Desperate times called for desperate measures. The whatever it was wasn't in his room--he would search Lyrus'. And turn it completely upside down in the process. That neat freak lamb would be furious when he came home. ...Jaxom smirked.
Meanwhile, Atear had situated himself on the lawn just outside the door, lounging calmly on the grass, unblinking eyes following the movements of 'Noyama' and Kilah. Indeed, the only signs that he was really paying attention and not just staring into space were the occasional twitches of his ears and tail. But he did nothing to interrupt the 'fight' just yet. That was not his duty.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:19 pm
"Because I have no where to go." Leave it to Noharu to be self-centered even in the worst of times. Then again, the deal had been to help the girl with her, not herself. More than meets the eye, perhaps? She leered at them as if to say 'back away from the door!'. Then her working eye moved toward the same door, her voice sweet enough to make anyone who knew the real one cringe.
Creepier than 'nice' Kilah and then some.
"Excuse me!" The woman called in the islands language. It was easy to see who spoke it judging by their responses. The tiny bat girl blinked cluelessly, while the other seemed to be listening with interest. "My daughter needs water. Can you get it for her? Pleaaasseee?"
The door opened, and the guard eyed her suspiciously before seeming to agree. "Fine, come on. The rest of them stay here." Sure, there were probably a lot of them nearby, but no one ever said they were smart. Unfortunately for her, Ms.Shapeshifter had assumed the prisoners were of the same level of intelligence.
As the guard turned to let her out, she nodded in the direction she was going, winking at her 'daughter'. Though the tiny girl didn't seem pleased with whatever she was implying, she nodded understandingly. Quietly, she rose to her feet, edging toward the door. Before the guard could notice, she dropped something between the door and the doorway and hurried back to where she'd been sitting.
The top of the door 'thunked' loudly as it closed, but the bottom was left cracked open thanks to the minature dracula plushie wedged between it. Certainly easier to pry open now.
Wordlessly, the toddler motioned toward the opening, glancing at Lyrus.
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"Tell me where it is!" The shapeshifter roared again, dragging Kilah up. Wincing at the contact, the Sin'aeis growled and wiped a bit of blood off her mouth.
"In my room, whore," she spat.
"Good girl!" The other squealed, dropping her and vanishing in the blink of an eye. By doing so, she allowed Gizmo movement again, and he was at Kilah's side faster than anyone could ever blink, eyeing her worriedly.
"It's fine. Either Sango and Twila will be home, or no one will be there. Sango can take care of herself, and...well...I don't really give a damn about Twila." As if suddenly realizing she'd been stabbed again, she shifted uncomfortablely and pondered what to do. Bleed to death? Didn't sound appealing. She had a lot of people to kill before she died herself!
Sighing heavily, she realized the only other option. Not a good one, but a better one. The blindfold was pulled off, and with some difficulty wrapped around the wound on her arm. Afterward, she lifted her other hand to cover her eyes...or where they should be, anyway. "Go get me something to cover these with, Gizmo. I think I'll be alright now."
He whined, but she ignored it. "And you, cat, I know you're out here some place. Go tell Jax to stay away from Lyrus's stuff."
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:46 pm
Well, that was a good enough reason, he supposed. Lyrus remained seated until Noharu had gone, eyes tightly closed and scowling disguestedly from the overly sweet tone. Once he had wiped it from his memory, he reopened his eyes and quirked a brow at the bat girl, following her gesture to the door. Brightening up, he climbed to his feet and scrambled for the door.
Dropping to his knees once he reached it, he wormed his fingers into the crack with the plushie and tugged. Useless. But the lock didn't seem completely straight due to the awkward angle of the door now... Shifting around, he braced one foot against the the wall, shoving with his leg and tugging on the bottom of the door. The gap slowly grew, the lock straining to keep it shut, and suddenly the bolt gave way and the door flew open; Lyrus fell over backwards.
Grinning triumphantly, the boy climbed to his feet and quickly headed over to the bat girl, scooping her up before she could protest and heading back out the door. Where he would go from there, he didn't know, but he would keep his word.
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Atear quirked a brow, but said nothing. However, he did climbed to his feet and, after watching Kilah for a moment longer, turned and calmly returned inside, walking back for the stairs and, from there, Lyrus' room. Jaxom was already there and having trouble figuring out what all the fuss was about. Perhaps he could help.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:00 pm
Lucky for Lyrus, Karoko wasn't one to protest anyway. Hell, she wasn't even one to talk. Certainly didn't seem like the type that would survive in the care of Noharu, but a loud-mouth like Kilah definetly wouldn't have made it long. Also, it helped she was small.
The fox demon frowned slightly as they left, shaking her head. "Be careful, little lamb..." Leaving the room as well, she hurried down the same way Noharu had gone. Who knew what she was planning, but did it matter?
"It's that way," Karoko whispered to Lyrus, pointing to their left when they reached a fork in the long hall. "Mommy told me to remember the way we can when they brought us here."
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Lady Luck was a b***h, and good at her job. Kilah had done something to her, it seemed. Within few seconds she learned an important life lesson: Blindfolds are not replacement bandages. Don't send your 'eyes' off unless you're positive they are.
Even with the bleeding, which was not only painful but...well, kind of gross, she still didn't lower her hand. Aside from Gizmo, and that stupid cat she hated anyway, she certainly seemed dead set on nobody seeing her face as it was.
Something nudged her in the back, and when she reached over she realized right away who it was. "Good girl, Sassy," she praised, grabbing ahold of her mane and hauling herself to her feet. "We need to go find Lyrus now."
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:19 pm
Lyrus had actually been about to take the right fork, and blinked down at the bat girl when she gestured him to the left. He quirked a brow, but nodded, offering her a smile in thanks and starting down the hallway, listening nervously for any sign of approaching peoples, or an alert that their absence may have been discovered. Thus far things were going well, but who knew how long that would last.
And even if they did get out, where would they go from there? This was certainly no place Lyrus recognized...
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"All he's got in here is a bunch of rocks and glass crap," Jaxom complained once Atear had reached him, 'innocently' tossing another of the valuables onto Lyrus' bed. At least he wasn't just dropping them on the floor. "What's that girl looking for, anyway? Did she say?"
Shaking his head, the kitten hopped onto the nearest shelf, and from there climbed his way to the higher ones that Jaxom hadn't reached yet. Slinking around the various items, pausing just after passing a rather large gem and turning curiously back to it. Lovely, if simple, appearing more as a stone than an actual crystal. Dark blue... Lyrus would love it. Without a second thought, then kitten shoved the gem off the shelf, purring absently in approval when his bond caught and pocketed it.
This was the one. They left the room.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:30 pm
It was amazing, but they ran into no one. Had all of them really left just for a gem? It seemed so. Karoko pointed in directions whenever they needed it, and sounded nothing less than positive with each path she told him to take and each way she told him to turn.
Despite her young age, and the fact she still acted like a zebra in a cage full of lions, the toddlers directing eventually led them to an exit. Not a door, but what appeared to be a cave entrance. The chunk of rock it led out to overlooked the entire island.
People were going about with their own business, not seeming to notice. The fact every hut looked identical would probably make it hard to nevigate.
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Amongst the blood loss (and the fact she was more pissed than she could ever remember being), Kilah still seemed aware of what would happen. Either Sango WOULD be home and kill what she hoped was a demon, or she'd wreck her room up for nothing, find nothing and storm back here.
"Jax!" The Sin'aeis yelled from her current stand point, still loud enough for him and anyone with a mile to hear. It was more of a check than an actual yell, but as he heard it that was fine. Hadn't he found the dumb thing yet?!
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:51 pm
It was too simple. There should be shouts and yells and explosions and such! People should be waiting around every corner with guns and huge swords! It didn't make sense that they could get out and not see anyone... But somehow they did. Lyrus was stunned. Or, would have been if he weren't in such a rush. Instead, he settled on grumbling about it under his breath until they reached the ledge. Damn boring escapes.
However, once free of the 'prison', or wherever the heck they had been, Lyrus let these thoughts fade, staring out across the island wide-eyed. Where the hell were they? ...And how were they supposed to get home?! This certainly wasn't anywhere Lyrus recognized, and all of these people... They looked like Noyama. "Where are we, uh...you?" he asked, glancing down to the bat girl. So he didn't know her name. Sue him.
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To answer or not to answer? Jaxom was seriously considering keeping the gem for himself. Screw Lyrus. But that would also mean Kilah was likely to get hurt too, if not killed... ...Ah, dammit. Sighing, Jaxom scooped up Atear and transferred the cat to his shoulder, then headed back downstairs and outside, running over to Kilah and Sassy. "I think I've found it. It's just some big gem, but..." He shrugged, glancing sideways to his cat. "Atear thinks it's what they're looking for."
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:56 pm
"Karrrroko," she offered. Her voice was cheerful enough, but she didn't smile. Before even looking to see where they were, she instead looked back for any sign of Noharu. When there was nothing, she took the time to observe their surroundings. "Mommy is frrrom is here," she explained, nodding her head toward the people, who looked as identical as the huts. "Look the same."
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"Good. Give it to me." While she didn't look to be in any state to demand things, that didn't stop her. Holding her arm with one hand, she held her other out and waited for him to hand it over. If she hurried, she could catch up with that stupid thing... "Hurry up."
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:15 pm
"Karoko," he repeated with a nod, as if he had always known it. "And I'm Lyrus," he added, just in case she didn't know. She should, of course, seeing as everyone should know who he was, but some people didn't. Such a pity. "Yeah, that's what I thought..." Sighing, he glanced around the expanse, eyes picking out a few of the people. There was no denying it. "But that means we're on an island. We can't get off an island." Even assuming they could find a boat or something, they wouldn't be able to use it. Lyrus had never been in a boat before. "We'll have to hide and hope we run into someone....friendly."
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Quirking a brow, Jaxom shook his head and folded his arms. "Nope." After eyeing Sassy thoughtfully for a moment, he turned his attention back to Kilah and grinned. "I'm going to come. Your arm's bleeding; you can't rescue them by yourself."
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:21 pm
To that Kaorko gave him a clueless stare. When she finally blinked, she smiled weakly. It was a nervous smile, but it was hard for her to believe he knew so little about this place. Yes, Karoko knew who he was. Mommy had nicknames for them, like this one was that 'little grey b*****d'. She wasn't suppose to say that, though. "Frrrriendly," she squeaked, motioning toward the ground as an indication to put her down.
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Heaving a very, very annoyed sigh, Kilah released her arm and covered her eyes (or where they should be) with her hands again. For the brief time they were uncovered, it was proof she wasn't lying. It wasn't nearly as gruesome as one would've expected, but for most it was probably...unnerving.
"I can," she hissed defensively. She was Kilah. She could do anything. "If you get me something to cover my eyes with, I'll let you come. I don't want your stupid cat going, though."
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:32 pm
Who was friendly? He was friendly? Lyrus wouldn't have agreed. He didn't like being friendly. It was irritating, and usually led to people thinking they were your friends and just annoying you. Like Coen. Coen was friendly. Lyrus hated Coen. With her gesture, he set her down and quirked a brow, automatically reaching into his pocket for his knife, and pouting slightly when he remembered it wasn't there. So much for self defense. "Where to, shorty?"
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Jaxom wasn't terribly bothered by the sight, probably because it meant this was the real Kilah. Not that he had doubted it. But seeing her with eyes when he knew they should be gone had been stranger than seeing her without them. Nodding, he turned to go find something, then paused and turned back to her, pulling the imposter's blindfold from his pocket and holding it out to her. "Here. When that girl was pretending to be you, she left this blindfold in my room. It's just like your other one."
Pausing, he considered her 'offer', and once again glanced sideways to his cat. A moment passed, and Atear hopped down from his bond's shoulder, slinking back for the house--though it was clear he wasn't happy with the situation. Jaxom, however, was satisfied. "Atear's going to stay home."
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:39 pm
"No!" The toddler insisted, suddenly sounding forceful. Mommy said boys were stupid, and she was always right. This one must be too. Sighing in what most would consider a 'cute' way, she pointed toward the people this time and repeated slowly, "Frrriendly." As in, put your damn knife away, boy! "Not hurrrt," she assured him quickly. "Nice."
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Kilah 'hmph'ed. "Damn right he is!" Quietly for a moment, she took the second blindfold and carefully placed it over her eyes, tying it in the back like she had with the first. Damn, her arm hurt, something she was reminded of when lifting and lowering it made her wince.
Her attempts to ignore it were obvious, and all things considered she was doing a fairly good job. "Sassy, you don't mind carrying kitty cat here, do you?" The pegasus shook her head and thumped her hoof on the ground in a 'no'. The grey one, this one, what was the difference?
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