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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:52 pm
*Maggie watches, puzzled at first, but then it dawns on her what it is Cora is demonstrating. She kneels down next to her and rests her hand on her back as she catches her breath* Is that . . . what Tavin taught ye?
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:56 pm
:::She nods, and speaks among deep breathes::: Yes... he's taught me to slow time. I focused on the area immidiately surrounding the left bottle, and wanted it to slow down. This is the best I can do so far...I've only just begun.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:00 pm
*She absorbs that information* 'Tis . . . a very good beginning, Cora. I'm certain ye'll keep improving. *Maggie's trying to be encouraging, but she's still visibly very troubled*
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:06 pm
:::Cora's heart started to slow back down, her thoughts began to clear::: Maggie... you can help us defeat the Seraphim. It could be over, we have a chance. Why don't you want to come back here anymore..? What do you stand to gain by never coming back?
:::Why is everyone I love trying to leave...? Why is the only thing that's ever made me happy being attacked and taken away...?::::
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:28 pm
*Maggie studies Cora's face carefully, her hand still resting on her back. When she speaks, it's very gently*
Cora . . . I asked Tavin te send me away from here in order te protect my son. Whate'er it is that's happening here, between the Seraphim and Tavin, and Heaven and the Brink . . . Will's not involved with any of it, except through me. If I'm no longer caught up in all this . . . then neither is he. The Seraphim wouldna have cause te try and go after him again . . .
Please understand, Cora . . . it doesna mean I dinna care about the Brink, or the people here. *her voice catches, and she swallows hard, blinking a few times to clear her eyes* I do, very much. I would miss ye all . .. more than I could say. I want te be able te stay, te help . . . but I canna risk my son. *even though she's upset, her determination is apparent* I have te do whate'er I can te keep him safe.
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:37 pm
:::Cora almost doesn't want to say it:::
Maggie... Just because you don't come here anymore, doesn't make you or your son's safety less valuable to us. That is all the Seraphim is after. Even if you never come here again, we would still do anything to protect you and the people you love. The Seraphim knows that, and he'll use you or your son, whether you come here or not.
:::She knew it was insensitive, but it was true. The only thing Maggie had going for her in this fight was the chance to help defeat the Seraphim, but she wouldn't go as far as saying that outloud:::
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:51 pm
*Maggie closes her eyes, but not quickly enough to hold back the tears in them. She rises and turns away from Cora, and stands there, silent and overwhelmed.*
*After a very long pause* 'Tis the worst sort of evil, dinna ye think, Cora? Te take the love people have for each other and use it against them . ..
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:52 pm
:::Cora can't help but feel like crying herself:::
Yes...an evil my people narrowly evaded. But at a price I am no longer willing to pay. I will do anything Maggie... to protect you, and the people I love.
:::She finds herself still a bit too winded to move:::
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:59 pm
*Maggie is quiet for another long stretch, still turned away from Cora. She begins to fade, and as she does she says, simply* ... thank ye for that, Cora . .. *and then is gone*
**Exit Maggie**
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:05 pm
nnn... :::Cora groaned. She didn't get a chance to ask Maggie to bring in a tennis ball:::
:::after a minute, she moved off her knees and back to the bar. She picked up the beer bottles, and began to practice some more:::
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:50 pm
*Tavin walks from the guest rooms. His eyes are sunken, like he hasn't slept for days, and its fairly obvious he hasn't eaten in much longer, either.*
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:54 pm
**Enter Maggie**
*Maggie fades in, not looking all that much better than Tavin. She tenses up at the shift from her time to the Brink, but when she sees who else is there, she seems almost a bit relieved* Tavin . . .
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:56 pm
*Tavin looks up*
Hello Maggie......
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:02 pm
*Maggie walks over to him quickly and grabs ahold of his hands, not sparing a moment even for a greeting* Tavin, what can I do? *her tone is urgent, almost pleading - she's just desperate for some sort of solution* If ye canna block me from here . . . what, then? Please, tell me there's something te be done te keep Will safe!
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:04 pm
*Tavin averts his gaze and looks down at the floor* Right now... there's nothing I can do.... But wait and hope. There isn't much else that anyone can do.
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