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 Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:31 am
"You THINK??" Feles snarled at the healer. What kind of healer WAS she that she didn't even know what the head of a child looked like??
He was well aware of Aranea's hand near his throat, and made certain not to move too terribly much, to avoid the needle-sharp claws. "Soon now," he murmured, fighting the urge to throttle the healer.
((Sorry for the pause... >_< I need to be prodded this direction occasionally.))
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:02 am
'Well if its not the head then I don't want to know what it is!' Aranea wailed as she pushed harder, ignoring for now the healer's words of chastisement as she would simply wait until she was more able to make her pay for them.
'Come out you damn child!' she panted, sweat pouring off her head as the first child made its way into the world.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:45 am
Feles moved, as the healer seemed to be rather stunned at the moment, and nearly fainted when he saw the child emerging. Were they supposed to look like THAT?? The pale cat turned slightly green as he helped bring the first child into the world, and immediately wrapped it in one of the waiting cloths. He could use that to clean it off at least, and he started to move it away, only to realise that it was still attached... somehow.
"I..." he began, looking around for something he could use. Finally he caught sight of the strings he used to bind scrolls and used a bit of that to tie off the cord and sliced through with a claw. It would have to work for now.
And there she was... just as he'd thought. A beautiful little girl that would hopefully have none of his weakness. He breathed a soft sigh of relief as he finished wiping away the residue of birth and handed the baby up to Aranea to hold. "She's gorgeous," he whispered, hoping that the infant in her arms would mean that she wouldn't attack HIM for this.
It was a minute later that his brain kicked in and registered the fact that there was another on the way as well...
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:53 am
Aranea laid back as the first of the twins came into the world, already exhausted from pushing she could barely register that there was another to be pushed out.
'My baby...' the spider-fey mumbled, swallowing back a sob of emotion. It didnt matter that during something like labour, that would be a time when she was allowed to break down, but she refused to in front of so many people. She waved the baby from her; not because she didnt want to hold her infant daughter but because she felt an urge to push once more. She struggled up again, propping herself up with two arms as she growled through gritted teeth.
'Here ..it comes..' she managed, pushing as hard as she could, her arms trembling like leaves in the wind.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:18 am
"Ummm..." Feles looked around quickly, not quite ready to hand the baby to one of the strangers in the doorway. Instead, he handed the infant to Mephiti and moved to assist the second in coming into the world. This one... looked different from the other, with dark hair and skin. Feles frowned however when he saw that in addition to ten fingers and toes, there was another 'appendage' present as well. "We have a son," he whispered, doing the same trick with string and claws that he had with the first, and started cleaning the boy off. Feles' eyes narrowed as he glanced towards the two lingering in the door.
Was he supposed to just hand over his newborn children to them then? He couldn't. Not yet. Instead, the cat scooped up both babies, moving to curl up with Aranea. He'd delivered them, the healer could tend to her and make certain she would be well after the birth. Besides, he wanted Aranea to see the twins.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:00 pm
'A boy..' Aranea whispered the words, barely managing to say them before she passed out for a moment. Coming to again, she noticed that Feles held their twins, and was next to her on the bed.
'My babies..' she said, reaching out, wanting to hold them to her.
'They are so pale.'
She noted this with worry, red-rimmed eyes looking from her lover to Nox who was still in the room.
'Is this the curse?' she cried, clutching two hands into fists, over-wrought and angry. The children had yet to cry either, were worryingly silent.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:30 pm
Nox watched unblinkingly,
"I believe so..."
A voice boomed throughout the room in everyone's minds, if not their ears.
"Do you, Lenore Slytherin and Tanith give freely of your spirit and essence, to free these children, Polylepsis and Cygnus, of their parent's dread curse?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:55 pm
Oh, wow. Oh, WOW, there was a baby coming and there was its HEAD and oh, oh, she wasn't ready for this! There was a vast difference about reading about handling labor and actually doing it, and she watched, feeling both detached and put-out, as the apparent father of the baby--babies--did her job for her. She stared at the twins for a second before remembering that she had a job to do and quickly spread a towel on the bed just in time to catch the afterbirth. Well. That was disgusting. The "healer" winced as she wrapped it up.
Her small ears flattened to her skull at the resounding voice, and her curiosity stopped her from fleeing the room in a mixture of shame, embarassment, and the need to be ill.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:32 am
Feles winced, ears folding flat against his head as he half closed his eyes and looked away from Nox and the other two people. He cradled his children close, blaming himself for their condition, instead of the curse that was actually responsible. He said nothing, however, but let one hand trace over each child's cheek lightly.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:59 am
Lenore winces at the loud voice, her sensitive ears ringing because of it. Her long tail twitches, and she frowns. She wishes she had more time to think over the implications of just giving up part of her spirit and essence. But, she doesn't. There is a child there that might die if she thinks any longer. And, she cannot be the reason for it.
After a few moments of silence, she nods, and says, "I do."
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:44 am
Aranea hissed a little, the voice annoying her in her current state of mind. She wanted her children! Feles holding them was okay, but grating on her frayed nerves. She had been the one to go through all the pain after all! Why was he clinging onto them as if they were an anchor for him? She had to hold them to her, spirit them away before those people took them.
'Feles..' she said, her voice low, dangerous.
'I want my babies..'
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:47 am
A little light coalesced around Polylepsis with Lenore's agreement, and the child's eyes opened brightly, her colour came back instantaneously, and she began to wail.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:44 am
Feles nodded to Aranea, handing her the children. First, the wailing little girl, then the second who was still pale and unresponsive. He curled up alongside her then, claws extended slightly as he insinuated himself between her and the two strangers.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:10 pm
Tanith blinked at the voice, then simply stared as the other woman stepped forward and - just like that! - signed her soul away to a voice! A bit of nothingness!
Oh, there was no way in hell he was doing that. No way...
"Tanith, dear, look at those marvelously sharp claws on that man there," Chihso purred into his ear, making him jump. "And he is very nervous and ever-so-protective... if the child dies because of you, do you possibly think your soul will be any better off? Or even still attached to your quite probably mangled body?"
Tanith gulped. The worst thing was, the blasted spider was quite possibly right. Cursing her and the entire thing mentally, he took a deep breath.
"I... er, I do. I suppose."
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:21 am
A similar light coalesced around Cygnus with Tanith's agreement, and the child's eyes opened brightly, his colour came back instantaneously, and he peered anxiously about him, though quieter than his sister.
Nox smiled a sort of feral grin and grabbed both Lenore and Tanith by the arms,
"Come with me. We shall leave them alone for the time being. Your presence is not yet required-- you will have to return periodically, however, to keep in contact with the children."
After what had happened with Astra, she was now completely convinced that the kithain were indeed vital to the existence of the Fey themselves.
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