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 Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:55 am
"That's gonna have to do." Vilden effortlessly hoisted Luna up onto his shoulders, keeping her steady with one arm. "Luna? Luna, sweetheart, can you understand what's going on?"
Sweetheart. Yyyyeah, things were bad.
"Uhhuh," Luna mumbled.
"Can you see how many fingers I'm holding up?"
"Uhhuh."
"How many?"
"Doo."
"All right." Vilden heaved a sigh of relief. "Luna, you do have a choice in this. Will you or will you not help us?"
"Arbess Add?"
"Yes, Luna, the darkness is bad. These might be bad aliens, and we're going to need everyone we've got if they're a threat. This is going to be a permanant help, though. So don't just say yes and not mean it."
"Nuh! Ay'gann bell!"
"Are you SURE?"
"Uhhuh."
Vilden finally smiled, his eyes glowing faintly. "Ma'am?" Finally, his old demeanor was returning. "Could you lead us?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:01 am
"Um. Yea. Of course." Elle ducked out the door, or what was left of it, leaving the flashlight on for those behind her. Her light sensitive eyes could easily make out details in the darkness without the flashlight but she was keeping on for the other two.
The tank had been put up about fifteen metres away from the shack and the tents. Elle lead them to it and stood there with the light on the tank. "Now what?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:07 am
Vilden's eyes continued to glow brighter and brighter, until there was nothing left to be seen but white in their place. His ears had already grown longer and more pointed... almost aquatic in nature. and there was a faint blue-white aura around him that illuminated the black markings appearing on his face. "We will need the water." When he spoke this time, there was the distinct sound of another voice underneath his own, resonating with an eerie harmony. With that, he reached up and poked a hole in the tank as if it were made of soft cheese rather than metal. "ACKBHRRRBLLL!" Luna protested, jolted awake by the sudden trickle of water splattering on the top of her head. "We are calling her." Huh? Luna blinked. Calling who?"One of Us." As he spoke, a faint light fell over the tank, as if something very bright had fallen inside. And before Luna could react, the water itself became that light. And then, Luna herself began to change.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:11 am
First thought was '...damn, now I have to fix the bloody tank.' Then it was 'wait, what the hell?!'
What was he doing? She had more questions for Luna than Luna probably had for her by now. He looked strange, he needed water, what the hell was with his voice anyway, who was her and what...
What the hell was happening to Luna?!
"Now what's going on?" And Elle didn't mean the UFOs this time.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:13 am
"It's okay, Elle," Luna answered, her voice with the same harmony to it. "We are one of them now. We're the good guys."
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:17 am
Well, at least she didn't sound as dazed and half out of it?
"One of who? I know you're the good guys, nothing could convince me otherwise, but that doesn't change that I don't understand what's going on now." Elle felt ignorant again, a feeling she'd always hated, and she hated that suddenly she was facing something totally forigen to her. "Luna... and what happened to your voice?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:22 am
"Oh, that's just me! Liechi! Nice to meet you! I'm really excited to be here and I didn't think I'd ever be picked to get to--"
"AHEM," Vilden answered sharply. "We do not dominate our hosts."
"Oh oh oh sorry sorry that doesn't count, does it? Tell me it doesn't count--"
Vilden cleared his throat again, and suddenly, he and Luna both stopped glowing. "...How do you feel, Lu?"
...Weird.
"Look, I gotta talk to your mom for a bit. Just... don't go anywhere, okay?" He gently set Luna down on the moist ground before walking away. "And if she takes over like that again, remind her that her superiors are keeping an eye on her?" A mutter. "Oy, Lil's gonna kill me..."
When he was finally out of earshot, Luna turned back to Elle, obviously just as confused as she was. ...You... okay?
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:25 am
"...Liechi?"
But she wasn't Liechi, even if she looked different, she was Luna. Elle's girlfriend.
This was just getting weird.
Elle watched the man wander away and stared some more at Luna. "Yea, of course I am. Are you okay? You seem better?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:27 am
Dotdotdot.
...I'll explain while I help clean up, okay?
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:31 am
"Okay." It wasn't so much that Elle wanted Luna to clean up with her, more that she wanted to hear this. But just in case she added, "You don't have to clean though."
Elle handed Luna the flashlight, she didn't need it, and led the way back to the shack through the grass. It had been somewhat sunny earlier and some of the grass still held the warmth. It felt funny against Elle's bare feet.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:38 am
I want to, Luna argued, taking the flashlight. Her hands were still shaky and she was still weak, but at least she could walk (which was surprising in itself.)
Unfortunately, her explanations wouldn't be without their interjections. You see... there is this race of aliens [us!] that created our world... and another. [Here!] They were hoping to recreate their evolution [From dolphins!], but we humans appeared as a dominant species instead. [Cool, isn't it?] On Neilan, they made contact ['Cause they were pretty advanced already!] some two thousand years ago in response a few rogues of their species. [Baddies!]
Luna paused to grimace at the second voice interjecting commentary into her explanation.
Working with the Neilani military, they agreed to send their consciousnesses to strong Neilani. And they formed the Agents. And these Agents protect Neilan by ensuring our "cousins" here on Gaia are protected from those rogues. And, in time, it spread to encompass... a lot of threats, really.
...And Commander Haladet wanted me to be one. I was considering it, but this is... kind of an emergency, so... I got drafted. And now I've got this... apparently this is a newbie God[dess!] who doesn't know proper mind etiquett--Get out of there!
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:45 am
As serious as this was, there was something about the explanation that made Elle smile weakly. Whoever this was in Luna's mind/head/body, it was someone who had quite a bit of spirit. And sounded young too. Just another reason, as if she didn't have a million and one already, to not let Luna offer herself again.
"I guess that makes lots of sense. Yea, okay. But whatever's happening up there is enough to start drafting?" Elle tugged at the broken door till it fell off competely and tossed it to one side. It would make good burning material.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:46 am
Luna sighed. I guess. I still think Commander Haladet was just looking for a reason. [Hey, at least they're going to let us stay here! This is so neat!]
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:50 am
Elle, though she was suddenly feeling very shy about any contact with Luna, reached out to squeeze the other's hand for a very quick second. Then she started to break up the door. "We need a fire for light. Could you go in there and light some lanterns? They're just oil ones so you light the wick."
Everynow and then she'd glance at the sky. It made her twitchy as if she wished she could do something. Elle almost envied Luna in that, if Luna (and Liechi) was apart of some army then they'd be doing something.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:52 am
Sure. Luna moved to light the lanterns, biting her lip. ...So... what about you? What happened?
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