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 Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:46 pm
The spell died, and she shook her fist. "You damn Oracle! You've spoiled everything!"
"Thank you Warhammer." She disted a but of earth off her dress. "And that's good. That's my job. I spoil things for people. Why are you so special as to eascape my influence, hmm? Actually, she sounded bored.
"I am Naga th..."
"Naga the Serpent. Yes yes, I know. that doesn't make you any mroe important."
"Of course it does, I'm nobility. I get what I want! I've been set on finding the son of Lloth since my childhood!"
"How very persistant of you. Well, you've found wehre he occasioanlly visits. Are you happy?"
"I would be if you weren't here! A girls hero has to be single!"
"Kimmuriel and I are not dating. That would bring the wrath of hi sister."
"Sister?"
"A drow of high standing. She gets very jealouse you know. Likes to kill anyone whoe gets close to Kimmuriel."
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:47 pm
"With gusto." Warhammer added.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:55 pm
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"Eh...well....I'm sure she's not as bad as you mkae her out to be..."
"I HAVE seen the things she does. I'm utterly blind you know."
"You could be lying."
"I can't lie. It's in my blood. Oracle's don't have the capacity to lie." That wa actually a lie, but Naga didn't know that.
Maybe I'll just wait here until Kimmuriel comes back, and ask him myself."
"You do that."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:03 am
Malik wasn't distracted by the imps, it was trying to reach Piper. He'd lost contact through Malvolence..and after a bit of distraction from the questions of the imps about everything from what to why concerning a sphinx. However, when he did notice Zahara talking to herself, apparently..though some distortion of air..but that could be many things. However, just to wonder at the..depth of her apprent bloodloss induced madness, a little seeking with Malvolence.
Tarathiel. Not to mention his actual apparent name, Kimmuriel. That woudl have brought him over..had it not been ofr other bits of the conversation in her head. Mind Flayer. bait. well then. let them run off and both get killed. he can blame Zahara's death on Tarathiel, and Tarathiel being gone would certainly not bother him. though he was going to give him a peice of his mind if they both survived.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:25 am
Well...she'd done it...but with a bit of an overdose again, so thu sher vision was a bit dim and her eyes a bit clouded over by what looked like black smoke. But she wasn't worried about that right now since she had her eyes squeezed shut, trying not to scream. Instead only a hiss escaped through gritted teeth at pain. Shortly after her mother hadn come knocking, and was now the cause of the so called healing pain.
Fianna stood behind her daughter, who was seated in the desk chair in her and Malik's room. The wood elf had hold of Piper's arm, holding it out and parallel to the ground. Sliding her hand down Piper's arm she grasped her wrist and moved her arm so that it was raised above her head, but kept straight, forcing her shoulder joint rather than her elbow to make the motion. "Shh...I know it hurts. But you need to move this...the new injury is only bult off the old on...adn from the feel of this movement, you let your first heal without much care to excersise it at all."
She gritted her teeth again but didn't argue and only let her mother move her arm, despite the stabs of pain it brought. "I had...a lot of....other things on...my mind..." By elvish gods, it hurt so bad. Piper never was one for pain really. Another pained noise from her as Fianna placed a hand on her shoulder and then put her weight on it forcing it down while her other hand was still holding up her arm. It was an odd counter motion really. Her mood was still downtrodden it seemed, though she'd be damned if she knew exactly why.
"It's more than just this shoulder that's bothering you though isn't it?" Fianna could feel it through thier bond, easily as if she had spoken it out loud. "And you know I don't mean physically...more on the mentally and emotionally planes. You going to talk or do I have to drag it out of you?" A change of motion on her daughters arm, placing a hand on her back and pressing on her shoulder blade to push her shoulder up, while pulling her arm down and keeping the downward pressure.
"I don't know really...it's like I have too much time to think and all I can think about is the less than pleasant things. Like how all this bad stuff if going on in Labyrinth, how I still owe a debt to an oracle, how you're not well down here, how me and Malik maynot have a wedding, communion doesn't even look plausible right now, how he talks about having children in the literal plural sense, Zahara and Malik at each other's throa-" She paused as her mother chuckled lightly then gritted her teeth and hissed out in pain again at another change in motion. "What's so funny?"
"You've grown up. Your thinking has changed drastically from when you were still in Andal. See, your mind is wandering to the what if aspects of life...growing up means you have to think about the things that you don't want to, and even sometimes accept things that cannot be changed." a brief pause before she continued. "Bad things will always happen, debts are paid in due time, I will be just fine, weddings aren't all the important as long as you have each other, and communions can be done at any time and they aren't a one time deal, Drow will be Drow, and he knows about your child bearing circumstance. He's just being optimistic about it."
"How do you know that?"
"When we had a long talk. We spoke of many things...many of the things you know think about yourself. Believe me when I tell you that you're fretting over nothing. This communion business...he's apprehensive. You know that they show what people usually hide...he still has a past that you haven't seen. He doesn't want you to see the monster in him that everyone else...as far as his optimistic look on children...well he said he'd like two, but if one was all he could have that was fine with him too." Fianna did indeed feel like a mother again.
She didn't need to say anything to her mother about her answers, for Fianna could very well feel what Piper thought about it all. Sometimes the greatest expressions couldn't be put into words, only felt through the air and through bonds with those you held close. Another bought of quiet as Fianna worked her shoulder. "Did you get to see the flowers?"
"From my window, yes. And Nerian brought me one, bless the Zephyr. Pity they don't live long down here, they're beautiful."
Piper nodded then bit her lip a moment. "Do you even like him? Malik I mean..."
Fianna only casually continued at Piper's shoulder, despite any protest she got from the arm itself or from Piper's subconcious mind. "Yes, I do like him...I'm fond of him at least. I know it may not come off that way...but I am a bit apprehensive about this all...I was raised different than you...when I was young, the drow were more relentless and we all learned to just steer clear. But I guess I have to take a page from your father's book and say as well as accept that things change. He loves you, he makes you happy, and he's brought you back to me in a sense. How can I not like him?" It was true...if Piper wasn't going to marry Malik, her existance never would of been brought to Fianna.
A nod and a spark of gold in her eyes that reflected her lightened mood as well as little thoughts of Malik. Though a little better feeling, she still didn't feel quite herself...but she guessed that was alright, everyone had thier off days. Still baffled her how she didn't have a craving for cinnamon...or food for that matter. She usually at least snacked. Piper smiled lightly then made a face in pain. "Ow that one really hurt."
"Oh don't complain. You either endure the pain or never be able to accurately hold and fire a bow ever again."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:47 am
"I've told you two for that last time, it's a sphinx. no they are not soley on the surface, no they don't taste good, No they don't all look like that, and no, they don't all just want to eat drow. no, no, no, NO."
At this point Malik had both imps, and was shaking them in his grip on thier tails.
"Now you both have a new chore. Zahara is being a...well...not a good girl, and has taken off after Tarathiel to face a mind flayer. as bait. so go play with those two and if you want...you can bring Zahara back to teh fortress. in fact, I woudl prefer it if it might get Tarathiel a little taste of humility beaten into him."
And he dropped them both, and whistled, Nightmare forming out of the shadows.
"I'm going back to my home to see what is wrong with Piper, and get you both out of my hair for a time."
And with that, him and Nightmare faded back into the shadows, and reappeared moments later at the stable, getting of Nightmare who took to tending to her foals.
First stop, kitchen for a strawberry. next stop, vault for a present for Piper. she might not like it, but hey, it might lighten her mood. Third stop, lower supply room to verify progress on the creation of an Andal plane portal, and last stop, the bedroom, giving a knock on the door.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:56 am
"Are you sure you're not breaking it? Because that is what it feels like." Another cringe from her...oh this wasn't a fun thing at all...damn necessary evils. And damn her mother's all too correct point on the matter...otherwise Piper would still be lounging in bed, hacking at the bed post.
"I'm not breaking it...it good old fashioned healthy counter pressure. Health hurts, you should know that all to well."
"Health also tastes bad too, did you know that?" Oh yeah she knew that one too. Another face, biting her lip a moment before she looked to the door at the knock. Well who the hell wanted her attention now? "Come in. Ow...this is beyond hurt...its just plain excruciating."
"Oh hush...it only hurts so much because you're thinking about it." Though a look up to the door as well as Piper told whoever to come in. But only a brief glance before she went back to working her daughter's shoulder, despite her protests.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:00 pm
The imps were very much enjoying being shaken by their tails. Man was it ever fun. But all too soon they were dropped and given instructions. Instructions? Don't think so..wait...Star Flower? And a mind flayer? Well, they couldn't leave her like that now could they? Not in the face of some terrible beast! Tip-toeing, they quietly followed after Zahara and the invisable-like man.
They sure would have liked to ask Malik a few more questions....
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:20 pm
"I hope I'm not intruding too much."
A small smirk while carrying the long wrapped object.
"Murdered is the correct word. the poor bed..and you know, if you'd let a cleric tend you way back when, you might not be going through this now. but I brought you a gift, something from Norrath that the Fier'Dal held in rather high esteem. only a few could make it."
A nod to Fianna.
"Preperations are nearly done on teh portalis to your home plane, for the trade route. we're more in need ot finding a suitable location in your realm that isn't too far, or too close for comfort."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:30 pm
Fianna smiled lightly at him as he came in. "I didn't know you could intrude into your own room Malik. Shouldn't I be the counted as the intruder?" Funny how a hostile term can be turned into a friendly joke with the right tone.
Piper frowned lightly...they were in on it together or this healing thing weren't they? "How about we just call this a learning experience rather than lecture me hm?" Though a blink at his mentioning of a gift. Spoiling her already was he? But something all the way from Norrath? How the hell long had he been toting things... "When did you find time to pick something up?" What with all the trouble he had to keep an eye on. Then a little noise as her shoulder cracked rather loud.
Seemed she was satisfied with that crack, seeing as she let Piper have her arm back, which the young elf took to promptly cradling to her chest in instinct like gesture. "See, that wasn't so bad." A look back to Malik, giving him a nod of her own. "Kieran and I decided on setting it up on the main trade island off the sound of my country. Not to far, and close enough. Besides...Andal trade portals are some of the securest you can get...they all require a series of runes and an activation stone. I believe Kieran has it." She of course was a rune mage, so that was her department.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:42 pm
"I've had it a long time. and I think you might find it particularly pleasent."
So he set the item on her lap, with a smirk to Fianna.
"Family are not intruders here. I'm not the typical drow, as you woudl recall. family are welcome, not a potential threat to be kept at arms reach. as as for the portal, I like the security about it. saves lives."
Now for some slightly unpleasent news.
"Zahara is with Tarathiel, hunting a mind flayer. apparently she's agreed to play bait for the sense of adventure. the Imps are of course looking after her. not to mention Zahara doesn't hold her mind closed very well, and I know at least what I think is Tarathiel's real name. Malvolence's gifts come in handy yet again."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:51 pm
Another blink at him then Piper shook her head and looked to her mother. "You see how he does that? He walks in bearing gifts, smiles, compliements and all, and then he drops bad news right on top of my head. You're my witness, you saw him do it."
Fianna petted at her daughter's hair a moment, before she seemed distracted by it and took to inspecting the silver and red strands a moment. "I hate your hair this length." THough that moment passed all to quickly and she turned her attention back to Malik. "That's good to know, being kept at arms length isn't fun at all. Especially for surface elves...I'm sure you know how hands on we like to be.
"I like my hair this length...better than down to my hips like it used to be...got in the way too much. And at least I know she's somewhat alright...being with Tarathiel though can't be the most healthy thing in the world thought. Sense of adventure huh? That's a dead give away for her age...seeing as she's not the typical drow either." Another shake of her head as seh took to unwrapping her little gift.
"Kieran mentioned Tarathiel...he seems to be the thorn in both your sides, yes?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:02 pm
"Yes. a verifiable self indulge overbearing arrogant pirate captian. and I would not be surprised if the recent attack on us was a backlast reaction from our mutual enemy."
A scowl on his face at that.
"But, enough of that talk. Zahara will be coming back. either by imp or on her own. Tarathiel I coudl care less about at this point on his survival."
a riase brow.
"Down to your hips? that might look nice. and why don't you open your gift. you m other might like it too. and I might have another around someplace."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:10 pm
Note one, Malik didn't like Tarathiel that was for sure. And from what Fianna knew, he didn't like Zahara too much either, but Zahara and Piper were at least somewhat friends. The things you learn as the one dear to you babbles endlessly but not annoyingly so. So she picked her choices...continue in her poking about it all, or tease Piper. Well what was more fun? Teasing. "It did look nice...even with the blaring red streaking. I assume you chopped if off when you left."
Piper smirked. "Sure did, and it's been short ever since then, most likely to never return to that length." The longest it had been in a while was a little past her shoulders and that was only because Malik had been dragging her all over the place in his subdued excitment and she hadn't gotten a chance to sit down a cut it. Then a look to Malik. "I am, I am. Doing things one handed isn't easy you know." Slow process of unwrapping, but hey it was getting done. No, she wasn't going to use both hands...she figured her arm deserved a rest after her mother had her way with it.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:37 pm
"Well I can always take away your ability to cut it until it gets that length again."
Of course upon revealing, it was a bow. small gears and a glass sight piece by the middle, definate compound bow look with a very sturdy cording for the string. the wood was a bloodred color, and smooth as silk. Malik was hoping she'd like it.
"It's a Truesight longbow. I know it doesn't look it. but it's got a longbow's range. and as you can guess, only the Truesight family know the secrets of thier creation. the components are more well known, but notoriously difficult to acquire."
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