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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:17 am
"Oh, It's a long cord that you tie to something you don't want to get away, you hold the other end and pull it to keep whatever is on the other end close," Altuirus smirked. "It's a good anti-runaway tool," He laughed a little. "And used properly it can definatly slow things down.
Zale nodded his head, and listened, looking every now and again to Nomia. He wondered why Lethe did these things to her? Was it a game? Was she supposed to? He didn't know, but he just went with it, after all, Lehte was his friend, and she wouldn't steer him wrong!
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:21 am
Nomia understood about half what Alty said, so she just chuckled and nodded. "Tying her up as crossed my mind...but I couldn't do that to her... much as she upsets me, I do love her." Nomia smiled a little, talking about Lethe.
Lethe put her hands together in front of her, deep in thougth for a moment on what they could do to Nomia and the other funny looking guy. "Kiddo, you gots idears?"
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:33 am
Alturius nodded and smiled. "Yeah, well it's probably not the most humane thing to do either, but it's a thought," He chuckled. "But yeah, probably shouldn't do that," Note to self, brat is defintaly off limits, should not be harmed ever, and should protect from harm if possible, Smiling warmly he chuckled. "Makes me wish I had youner siblings, all I got is three other siblings all my age, and I doubt my parents will be having more any time soon..."
He kept his smile on, trying to get Nomia to cheer up, he liked this conversatino oddly enough. "What's it like having a younger sibling?"
Zale tapped his chin for a moment in thought and looked around. He knew littel about hte top world but he knew a lot about the bottom! He reached for the stick and started to draw, it was a crude drawing of stick figures, but what he was trying to deptict wat them going and getting some of the muck from the bottom and chucking it at the two pae on the beach.
That stuff was really mucky and sticky, and he'd found more than a few sticks and stones lodged in the bottom of the lake. He wasn't sure if he wasn't supposed to hurt them or not, since it really hadn't crossed his mind at all.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:41 am
"Oh I have many siblings. Most are my age, but Lethe... I should have protected better ... but I didn't... and now... And having siblings ... I am not lonely." she didnt' know what else to say on the matter. She had to stop herself from saying a whole lot there in the middle tho, so she saved herself with the not being loney bit.
"what's it like having parents?" she returned the question. She considered teh guardians her 'mortal' parents ... since she had none... and they created her.
Lethe was one big ball of confusion watching Zale try to communicate. She scratched her head and tried to make sense of his drawings. "Okay Zale... uhm ... " she looked around, unsure. "We wanna make Nomia messy... and dat other guy. Nomia hates bein' messy..." throwing things seemed... overdone, so they needed a better plan. "You's get dat mud stuff in da water, ok?"
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:46 am
Alturius chuckled. "Eh, it has it's good times, but for the most part parents suck..." He scratched the back of his head. "My mom is a total bit...witch... and my other Mom barely knows me... My dad only cares if I'm kicking a**... and I really haven't talked to my other father yet... He's seemed to have gone into hiding with one of my sisters... Once I find her... Which I need to do soon, I'm gonna try to talk to him... I really do want to get to know at least ONE of my fathers..." He chuckled weakly.
He didn't know if he was going to have to explain the fact that he had two of each parent.
Zale nodded and quickly move off to the water, diving in as soon as it was deep enough to allow. Then he started to dirty nasty process of harvesting the muck, and brining it to the surface, carrying it back to the log to lay near where Lethe was, a big smile on his face. He was helping!
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:53 am
Nomia didnt' know much about pae relationships or breeding, other than the Guardians told her she was allowed to love ... but then took that away from her. And didn't want to be a pae'il anymore anyway, so she didn't care to ask questions when things confused her.
"I agree... parents suck." was all she could think to say.
Lethe was grinning. "Good! Zale we needs ta take dat mud to my house. Follows me." she motioned for the kid to follow and she krept quietely, making a wide berth around Nomia so she could sneak home. Lethe had a plan!
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:59 am
Alturius chuckled, "Indeed they do, why just the other day my mother asked if I'd found myself a nice girlfriend yet... I was like... 'ugh... can you please stop asking that, when I find a nice girl and I'm ready I'll let you know!' I mean seriously, the nerve of the woman to try to constantly meddle in my love life!" Rubbing his temples a moment he laughed. "I swear, it's like she's expecting me to go out and mate the instant I become an adult, I don't know what her problem is... and my father Victor... good lord, he's like the strangest person ever, says nothing until I'm about ready to fall over from exauhtion, and then has the gall to call me weak after I've been swining steel around for two hours straight... I think life would be so much better without parents, I mean right now we can support ourselves, it's not like we really need them after all. It's not like there is really anything dangerous here on the isle that I've yet to find, except for Dragnid, and even then, we just have to avoid that... If I ever have kids I'm never going to treat them like my parent's treated me, no way, I'm going to let them do what they want, they deserve that kind of freedom!"
Shaking his head a moment he smiled. "Sorry for ranting... but it's like... I don't know... we're connecting..."
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:04 am
Nomia listened, and her eyes were wide, full of confusion too. She had no idea what half he was talking about ... was about. But she nodded, pretending to understand. Apparently, this kid needed to let off some steam.
"least yours didn't tell you to go fall in love, then when you do, take it away from you ..." she grumped towards him. She wasn't angry at him, just ... fell into the habit of comparing scars.
She hopped up to her feet, by this time her legs were falling asleep. She mosied over to the water, letting the waves hit her feet. "Alturius... have you thought about ... what it would be like ... if you died?" it was a morbid question yes, but it was something she did think about a lot. "Like ... if people would regret some of the stuff they did to you, or miss you even?" of course, she was speaking about herself, but not making it obvious.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:17 am
"Oh damn, that's harsh, I'm sorry to hear they did that to you, you should so get back at them somehow..." He said as he rose and walked over to stand by her, instinct telling him to put an arm around her but he resisited, he knew she seemed to be shy of body contact, so he let it be.
"Thought about it? Yeah, a lot actually, and very recently too... I'm pretty sure not that many people would care, and those that did would probably move on with their lives... I'm not really that important, sure I talk a big game, but in the whole scheme of things I'm nothign right now... Someday I want to be somebody, but right now I'm just a wannabe, and it drives me nuts..." He chuckled and looked at her.
"What about you? Do you think about it? I can tell you this, if you died it would sure be a lot less pretty around here... and that would suck so hard..."
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am
Nomia snerked slightly listening to Alturius speak. "Not very confident for the future king of Telrunya, hmm?" She was amused. He seemed like just another confused teenager to her. She'd met a few in her life.
"Thank you..." she knew he was trying to flatter her, but she had forgotten the term for it and just let it stand at a compliment. "Its ... nice of you to say. But ... I am not needed. Not anymore. I failed in my job. I just wish... I wish I wouldn't have chosen to be born. I was foolish to ask the Guardians for life. Its brought nothing but heartache for everyone I touch." she looked at Alturious, tried to meet his eyes. "I am sorry ahead of time if after you go on your way today, you hit bad luck."
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:17 pm
"Well, I'm not going to worry about that, my luck hasn't been all that great even before I met you, so it would probably be on par, so no need to apologize, I wouldn't hold it against you." Altuirus chuckled and waved his hand, smiling at her. "Well, if you failed, then at least you know what doesn't work... Now you can do what you want to do, you don't have to worry about people needing you day and night... It must be nice..." He smirked, shaking his head a bit.
"I for one am glad to have met you, if that means anything," He chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:36 am
Nomia thought for a few minutes in silence, about what he'd said about now knowing what doesn't work. She wished redo's were an option. "Well... my failure... doesn't quite work like that. I can't just sit back and forget I made a mistake. I wish I could. Now... I have to repent for what I did, and offer restitution." It was obvious, in how she said 'repent' and 'restitution' that they were not words she would use herself and that she was quoting something she heard. To be honest, she wsn't sure what they really meant anyway.
She turned to look at him again after answering so emotionlessly, her eyes softening quite a bit and her lips relaxing away from the stern expression she graced. "Thank you, Alturius. I haven't met very many pae'il actually, so its nice to meet more."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:40 am
Alturius chuckled, and he reached out, quite out of habit, placing his hand on her cheek. "It was really nice to meet you too Nomia. But why do you have to repent... What restitution is worth whatever you did?" His head tilted to the side, his curiousity was increasing. "I don't see how a girl as beautiful as you are could have done anything wrong at all? Or at least not gotten away with it by just smiling," He chuckled keeping his hand where it was.
Her skin was very soft...
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:44 am
Nomia pulled away from his touch, a knee-jerk reaction if anything. Her eyes fell to the ground. She knew she'd said too much, and he'd eventually ask. Maybe she wanted him to? She didn't think that was the case, but it seemed like it.
"You flatter me too much." she said quietly, still staring at the sand and moving her arms to fold in front of her chest, as if overcome by a sudden chill. "I did something that was forbidden... but ... I didn't really know it was forbidden at the time." That wasn't entirely true. The Guardians knew the strength of her power, and told her to learn to control it, before using it. They told her to not use her voice on fellow pae'il for vain reasons, lest their be consequences.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:48 am
Alturius again reached out, laying his hand this time, gently on her shoulder. "Whatever you did, I'm sure you thought it was right at the time..." He said warmly, keeping his hand on her shoulder, showing her that he supported her descision. "Because if you didn't think it wasn't the right thing, you wouldn't have done it would you? Besides, you didn't know it was wrong, so how can they honestly punish you for something you didn't know? I call bullshit on that..."
He smiled at her. "What did you do? That got you in so much trouble? That is... if you don't mind telling me, it's okay if you don't want to..."
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