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 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:59 pm
Riley released his chin, only to take up his head in both her hands, burying her fingers in his hair. Her expression was familiar, the determination set in as it usually was.
Have I ever, in the time you've known me, failed to find a solution to a problem that has come across me, Jericho? I do not fail, and I will not fail now. She pulled his head to rest her forehead against his, almost bumping it. We are the writers of our own fate. Not some slimy shell of a human. Her eyes closed, and she took in a deep breath.
Feel it. She murmured, as her chest rose and fell. There. No hunter's curse can break that bond, Jericho. We are above them. They have no chance against us, if we are together. When her eyes opened again, they flashed bright and dangerously.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:06 pm
Shehk frowned.
"The end result was still the same. I don't know what part that...thing....she held played in her fate, but..." she continued to run her fingers over the bone. "She turned grey....she lost all color, Mal." the pricolici shook her head. "I'm not scared for me. If my fate is to follow after them because I couldn't be assed to take care of my needs before the event, that's my fault for being stupid, but....."
She didn't finish her thought, as it seemed Mal was fervent about its opinion on what would happen to them.
"I hope the Horsemen will have an answer for you. For their sake. They're both strong and...all I can do is sit out here and cry because I'm scared...."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:10 pm
"No," Malodore said, firmly, turning to look at her. "You, too, are strong. To be strong is not to feel no fear... one of the strongest beings I ever knew wept and raged against terrible odds, but she kept on fighting even so. I know she was afraid, but that did not make her weak." It opened its beak in a faint smile.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:13 pm
Closing his eyes as well, Jericho wrapped his arms and wings around Riley. There was a strong sense of determination with her. And not for a single moment did it falter. Leave it to her to be able to rise up in such a grim situation. It was in times like these that he knew he could always count on her.And quite frankly, she was completely right.
"You're right. Nothing they do will ever keep us down for long. We will overcome this.. together," he said. There was still some anxiety within him, but the fear in his eyes had been replaced with its own sense of determination right now.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:24 pm
As soon as she was enveloped completely, her determination fell into something more easily felt when she was hidden from the world, and she pressed her worried face against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Within her, the determination still ran deep and unbidden, but her expression hid against his body.
Good. I'm glad you've finally come around to my side of the tracks. The lines smoothed from her face, and she pulled away just enough to look up at him, as her hands rested on his waist. Now does this mean you will finally enjoy this party, or must I tie you up and tug you about, to do with as I please? There was no mischief amusement in her voice as she said it - she probably would just tie Jericho's hands together and lead him around, if he became stubborn enough.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:24 pm
The close but distant voice of Red flooded in her head.
No, no! It's not supposed to be like this! No! NO! I won't -- you can't -- STOP! That last attempt to pry that weapon off of her arm, off of her. To save herself now that they were safe. It made desperation well up in her chest again.
"Even she...didn't want to die that way." Shehk finally choked. "I am fortunate to have the time to weep in the face of this." her hand went to her eyes, wiping the tears away. She'd been crying a lot that evening, now hadn't she? That was.....therapeutic, actually.
"But you're right. I.....it doesn't help me to keep them in now, and I will be of no help if I try to fight them."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:28 pm
Malodore pushed off the wall slightly and pulled a tissue out of its sleeve, which it then offered to Shehk. "We are taught, in the Casa, to control emotion and shut it away; we grow watching other beings struggle for their lives in front of us. I find it... harder than I ever have to have control, but... I am glad I can speak to you. It is not so alone, that way..."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:30 pm
Jericho could tell that Riley was worried too. It was hard not to be. But she wasn't letting that keep her down. That was where the strength was.
"Well, I was just about to dance with Lizzy. I promised her one earlier tonight. So what if we don't have a dance floor?" he said while keeping his friend close right now.
"You know... being tugged around might be kind of fun too..."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:34 pm
She laughed, taking the tissue. "You're the second person to offer me one of these tonight." She mused, taking a moment to clean the tears from her face. It was funny to her, really. "I cried a lot last year.....but I think this is the first time it has actually made me feel any better." she added as a subnote. She'd cried over Nuk, She'd cried angry tears in Decebal's house, She'd cried over Red..... and now she'd cried her tears ahead of time. There would be no more tears for herself or Riley or....Jericho. It was slower this time.
There was time to make things better.
"I think despite what you say about control, you knew exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:49 pm
"You are welcome - though, truly, I feel as though I have stumbled into rightness by accident. A happy chance; buona fortuna." It opened its beak a little wider. "As it was great good fortune that placed us all on the same train car, that first trip."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:55 pm
That train car - that train car and that little puppy. Canine chatter had been quite amusing for the short amount of time it had been allowed. Still, the memory made Shehk grin. "Yeah. We were in it together back then too." The four of them had always been in it together, hadn't they? Though there was a regret that she'd have to leave Sammy out of it this time.
Because Sammy had a way of....not thinking first. But more than that, she'd promised Jericho she wouldn't tell anybody.
"Whether or not it was fortune to bring us together then and misfortune now doesn't matter. We are all together for it." She took a deep breath, clearing her senses with the fresh air, it felt good to her.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:00 pm
Riley's expression finally took on the mischievous disbelief she usually held when Jericho was teasing. I will keep that in mind. I'm sure I can manage to find rope tough enough to withstand your fire. She pinched his side, and chuckled. I am serious, however. Have you had any fun at all? She turned slightly, so that her back was to the dragon, and peeked out from beneath his winged cocoon. Her eyes slit thin as she looked at the games room. I specifically ordered that ridiculous Ghost-Man game with you in mind, because I know how you like all those .. games .. with the buttons. She didn't quite understand the appeal of video games, nor did she understand the difference between one or another, but a game where you press buttons was just like the next, to her. Have you even touched it?
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:02 pm
"And I somehow initiated a relationship with Riley by attempting to induce vomiting," Malodore said, wryly. "Strange how things work out, isn't it? And then I... hah. Proposed marriage, tonight? Based on the advice of a teen scream magazine... that is not... something plague doctors do. At all. But, then, I'm told illithids don't do such things either, and here we are." Yep, Malodore was definitely smiling now. Mmm, soft pink warmth, so nice. "Nothing can take that away from me. Us. No human could possibly. I will see them all dead," it added, in an almost dreamy sing-song.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:04 pm
"Well.. kind of. I tried to play the whack a hunter game. But that just triggered anger... By the way can I destroy that thing after the event? I want to see those dolls burn," he said. There was a sense of desire in his tone as he said that last bit. It might have been creepy.
"I also tried the pin the SC, but that just made Isra and Freya go nuts over... shipping," Jericho said, furrowing his brow at the thought, "I was too busy retreating from that to give the ghost man a whirl."
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:07 pm
Shipping? She turned her head and blinked up at him in surprise. Shipping whom, might I ask?
Israfel was shipping.. without her? Had she been *gasp* replaced?
She did not truly seem that disturbed.
And, I was supposed to send the games back once this event has completed, but I suppose I can buy that one in particular. Just for you to destroy it. And it was clear, by the light in her eyes, she would enjoy watching that.
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