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 Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:47 pm
:::Cora groaned, and rolled her head to the opposite side of the pillow. Where... She suddenly remembered the events that lead up to her lapse in memory:::
Eeh! :::She shot up in bed and looked around. She recognized that she was in Tac's room, but he wasn't there:::
Tacitus... :::She wondered what he must have thought of the whole ordeal. He must suspect something, unless he still believed that her cuff was the cause of the shut down. It was possible, it calmed her a bit. Just then she remembered why she'd been shut down in the first place:::
The tennis ball... :::She got out of bed, and headed for the main room:::
:::Just then, a folded peice of paper fell to the floor. She looked at it inquisitively. When she unfolded it, she found that it was written in English, as she had suspected it would be. She looked who it was adressed to, she couldn't make out the first word, but she recognized C-O-R-A. She scrolled to the end to see who it was from. She didn't understand the letters. She picked up her locket and compaired it with words she recognized. The name began with 'Ta', like it did with Tavin's name. She understood the 'cit' and from her name and the Tavin's. It was obviously fram Tacitus, also as she suspected.
She wished she could read it, but instead of considering going to the library to start the translation, she headed out with the intention of finding the tennis ball, and continuing her training:::
*Exit Cora to main room 337*
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:27 pm
**Enter Maggie from Main Room, 348**
*Maggie walks in quickly, visibly upset, and starts to head for Room 7. Her hand is on the doorknob when she recalls that Tavin has been using her room since he was attacked. She doesn't want to disturb him if he's resting*
*She turns and leans her back against the door, covering her face with her hand, making herself breathe in and out slowly*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:31 pm
**Enter Bard from Main Room, 348**
*Bard sees Maggie leaning against the door to her room. He slows and stops a few paces away from her*
Maggie...
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:38 pm
*Maggie lifts her head at the sound of his voice to look at him. For a split second her expression is unguarded, and there's a strong combination of fear and anger in it before she pushes it back*
Bard . . . *she feels a bit embarrassed for leaving the main room so abruptly like that* Forgive me, I just . . . needed a moment . . . I . . .
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:43 pm
No, I'm sorry. It was wrong for me to follow you, when you needed a moment alone
*he turns to leave*
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:46 pm
Nay, wait, please- *the words are out of her mouth before she even realizes she's said them. She reddens slightly and looks down* Please . . . dinna go . ..
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:56 pm
*Bard turns. He looks at Maggie with eyes filled with... what emotion? Longing? Fear? Regret?*
Maggie... I...
*he looks away*
I've done a terrible thing....
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:59 pm
*Maggie studies his face, the expression on her own shifting to one of concern*
Bard? . . . What is it . . ?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:07 pm
Out of my own selfishness, I seriously hurt you. I could have killed you... just to show you my world.... I had thought... I'd hoped... If only you could have...
*he shakes his head* It doesn't matter. I'm sure you must hate me for it, and I don't blame you.....
*he looks up, very close to tears* Only... please let me help you. Please. I don't care if you hate me, but I swear I will never let the Seraphim harm you or your son..
...please let me do that much.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:16 pm
Bard . . . *she reaches out instinctively to take hold of his hands, meeting his gaze, her voice gentle* I could ne'er hate ye . . .
There's so much we dinna know about this place and how it works . .. ye didna know what would happen by taking me te yer world, ye couldna have. And . . . I truly wanted te see it. I dinna blame ye for what happened . . . please, dinna blame yerself.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:22 pm
Maggie... *he squeezes her hands, his eyes bright and hopeful* Oh Maggie, I lo... I...
*he looks away* I've come to care about you quite a lot you know.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:41 pm
*Maggie blushes and drops her gaze to their hands* . . . As I have about ye . . . I . . . Bard, I . . .
I dinna know what's going te happen . . . there are things at work in this place that seem so huge and overwhelming . . . the Seraphim, and Heaven and Hell . . . *she stumbles over her words* and I . . . I dinna know what te do in the face of it all, but I . . . whate'er happens, I need ye te know how much I . . . that I . . .
*she swallows, takes a deep breath, and looks up at him* That I love ye, Bard.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:01 pm
*Bard's eyes widen in surprise. He reaches up and cups the side of Maggie's face in his hand, looking deep into her eyes*
Maggie... I love you too.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:13 pm
*Maggie meets his eyes, and for a moment she looks as though she might start to cry . . but then she smiles softly, raising her hand tentatively to trace the outline of his face with her fingertips*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:18 pm
*Bard wraps his arms around Maggie and lifts her into a kiss*
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