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 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:34 pm
:::She accepted the embrace as numbly as possible, knowing that she'd decieved him:::
I know...
I wish...I could stay here.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:39 pm
You'll always have a place here. I know it in my heart.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:45 pm
:::She knew that her presence there was some sort of fluke. Tavin had said so himself... she would never return:::
Thank you... :::She attempted to return the embrace, and she managed, weakly:::
I'm sure everything will turn out well for you...
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:47 pm
*he senses the hesitancy in her voice* And for you, Cora. Believe in yourself.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:06 pm
:::She pulls away from his embrace, and nods slowly, closing her eyes as she does so she does not have to look at him...:::
Forgive me, Bard. I'm...very tired. I think I will lie down.
:::She pauses as she took her hands away from him:::
Thank you, again...for everything.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:08 pm
I'm always here if you need me, Cora...
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:10 pm
:::She turned away, but looked back over her shoulder:::
That's good to know...
Goodbye, Bard. :::I missed you:::
:::And she headed back to the rooms, forgetting about her water:::
*Exit Cora*
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:15 pm
*Bard stares watches her go. He rises, staring down at the table for a long moment.*
*Suddenly he brings his fist down into the table hard... and again... and again.*
*whispers on shaky breath* God damn them...
*he slams his fist into the table again and the bottle tips and falls, rolling across the table and shattering as it hits the floor. He slumps into the chair, regarding his raw and bleeding knuckles*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:25 pm
**Enter Maggie**
*Maggie flickers in, hunched over in the midst of cleaning. She straightens as she realizes she's in the Brink, glancing over to see who's there* Bard . . . *she starts to greet him, but then takes in his expression and posture, and follows his gaze to his hands* Oh, heavens! *she hurries over to his side, concerned* What's happened?
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:29 pm
*Bard doesn't look at Maggie*
Cora....
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:32 pm
*Maggie pauses next to him, realizing what must have happened* Ye've seen her, too . . .
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:38 pm
She was ... she ....
*he looks up at Maggie, his eyes sparkling with unshed tear*
How could they do that to her?
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:48 pm
*Seeing the look in his eyes, Maggie instinctively starts to reach out for him. But, something causes her to hesitate, and instead she tentatively rests her hand on his shoulder*
I dinna know how anyone could . . . *she shakes her head, both angered and very sad as she recalls the state Cora was in* The people of her time, her world . . . I canna e'en imagine what they did, how they could possibly have justified it . . .
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:18 pm
*Bard rests his hand on hers, then squeezes it.* I don't understand either... I just don't know...
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:35 pm
*At that, Maggie lifts her free arm to embrace him, just holding him for a moment* She deserves so much better . . . would that we had the power te give it te her . . . *she pulls back slightly, looking down at his hand over hers, her attention drawn back to his bloodied knuckles. She may not be able to do much for Cora right now, but this, at least, she knows how to help*
Let me get ye something for yer hand . . *she offers quietly, starting to move towards the bar to get a cloth and some water*
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