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 Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:25 pm
"Of course!" He said.. "Birvan said she's not made for the ocean, but I think she could do it.. with a good crew like us, the Dawn can take us anywhere.." He said confidently.. It was his dream to sail the ocean and he wasn't going to let it be dashed by soemthing silly like his boat not made for the sea.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:41 pm
Running her fingers along the smooth wood of the mast, Lenore craned her head up to look around.
"It probably could. Once I get strong enough with Air stuff, maybe I could make winds or somethin' that could bring us where ever we wanted." She said wistfully. Wandering over to the side of the ship and leaning over it, she let her fingertips brush the water. The glassy surface rippled violently at her touch as a breeze breathed across the lake, making the ship rock ever so slightly.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:34 am
"That'd be great.." He said, looking out onto the sea as she spoke.. It'd be the best thing if they could do it.. He let out a small sigh and looked over at Lenore.. "so.. would you like to steer her.." He asked her.. He had brought her to show her the ship, may as well teach her to drive it as well.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:23 pm
Lenore looked up at Deimos, startled.
"St-steer? Steer her?" She choked. A blush rose in her face, turning it a darker gray. Deimos was going to let her steer his ship?
"I-if you.... sure! I'd love to!" She paused. "Er, captain, sir. If you'd allow me."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:39 pm
He nodded. He trusted Lenore probably most out of all his crew. Besides, if he ever ahd to go somewhere, someone would have to know how to steer her.. Moving to the mast he tugged some ropes, letting the sails flutter down before he led Lenore to the helm.. "Go on. I can't be the onl one who knows how to steer her.." He said matter of factly, opening a panel hiden in the railing to turn on a small shiled he'd discovered the protected the bottomt of the ship from scratches and dents and whatnot..
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:47 pm
Taking hold of the wheel as though afraid she would break it, Lenore turned it to the left carefully. She had to repress a shriek of joy as the ship moved in turn. She was doing it! She was steering!
"Oh, gods, this is so cool..." she breathed, daring to make it turn a little sharper. The ship went out further onto the lake, obeying her touch at the wheel and zigzagging across the water. "I can't believe it, I'm really doing it...!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:52 pm
Deimos watched, a bit nervously, out at the water, in case of any stray bits of ice.. When none reached his eyes he began to move towards Len.. "Good!" He said.. Taking calmed steps towards the held when a slab of ice Diemos' eyes had not caught in the dark slid under the ship. The ship rocked violently, teetering as if about to capsize. Deimos lost his footing and he stumbling falling over the rail behind him into the icy waters..
Under the water he gurgled, watchignt he ship straighten itself out.. He flailed his arms, as if that would help him rise.. His cloak was soaked adding to his weight as he began to fall through the waters..
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:02 pm
"DEIMOS!" Lenore screamed, abandoning the wheel in horror. What had she done?! She'd thrown him overboard! Without a moment's thought or hesitation, she ran across the deck and threw herself into the water. She slipped under, the icy cold numbing her horribly and knocking what little air she had out in a rush of bubbles.
Swim, you idiot! Swim!
But she didn't know how.
Thrashing desperately as she sank deeper and deeper, she unfolded her wings out of instinct and flapped upwards. The large metal wings acted like flippers, forcing her upwards. She surfaced and coughed, spitting out what felt like gallons of water.
"Deimos? DEIMOS?" She called, swimming clumsily by flapping her arms. She couldn't see him anywhere. "What've I done?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:05 pm
Deimos, however, was not as lucky to have built in flippers. Instead he had very heavy claock attached to his back and virtually no knoledge of swiming. He flailed, maybe rising a few inches before being pulled down by the wight of his clothes and cloak again.. His eyes darted about the murky waters ina panic, his lungs felt liek they would burst.. Opening hsi mouth ina dumb move, a long stream of bubbled flaoted to the surface, and a large amoutn of water entered his lungs..
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:19 pm
Len swam around calling out to Deimos. Where'd he go? What had she done? How could she face his mother if something had happened to him?
"Deimos, please, where'd you go?" She screamed, swimming further and further out. "Dei-...huh?"
She'd spotted ripples a bit further up. Bubbles were popping as they reached the surface... "Oh no! OH NO!"
He'd gone under. He'd.... drowned.
"I killed him!"
Len took a deep breath and plunged under the water, desperate. She had to find him. It was all her fault. Plummeting down far with every beat of her wings, she tried to spot him.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:23 pm
Feeling the pressure upon his lungs, Deimos midnwas begining to blacken..
'Use your air magic you moron!' Erebus shouted. He was too weaka dn Deimos to strong to take over as he had when Deimos had been just a toddler the demon was panicking at the prospect of death hanging over them.
Air magic.. Air magic.. Deimos eyes lulled.. how could he cast air magic when he didn't feel a smidge of air within him.. But if it could save him.. He focused and a few large bubbles formed under him... They lifted him several feet, popping in quick succession before Deimos blacked otu and the bubbles vanished entirely..
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:48 pm
A flurry of motion and rising bubbles caught Lenore's attention. Swimming quickly towards the source, she had to keep herself from screaming (which would have been a highly stupid thing to do) at the sight of a seemingly-dead Deimos.
No, oh please, no, don't let him be dead, She thought. Swimming closer to Deimos's body (her stomach clenched at the thought), Lenore clutched what she could get at and tried to swim upwards. Deimos was dead weight in her arms - she couldn't do anything but sink.
He is NOT going to die because of me! She howled in her mind, enraged. Holding Deimos close to her, she squeezed her eyes shut and opened her mouth. Air rushed out in a torrent of bubbles, and she gagged as water rushed in to replace it. Concentrating hard on the air she'd let out, she felt a swoop of victory as the bubbles returned to her and formed a kind of float around them. As it rose swiftly to the surface, Len kept a hard grip on Deimos, not daring to look at him.
As the bubble-float brought them to the surface, she coughed and vomited out a bit of water. Kicking ferociously back towards the Black Dawn, she gave a howl of rage as she felt herself and Deimos sinking again. There was a freezing wind across the surface of the lake, making her shiver horribly.
"BRING ME BACK TO THE SHIP!" She screamed. The wind obeyed at once, tearing her out of the water with Deimos in tow and throwing them hard onto the deck.
"Ouch..." She mumbled, pushing herself up and coughing up more water. Letting go of Deimos at last, she shook him frantically.
"Dei, Dei, please, wake up. Don't be mad, it was an accident..."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:27 pm
First there was blackness.. Then there was though.. Deimos though how dull death seemed. There were no lights, no voices calling to him, just darkness. It was rather boring..
Then he heard mumbling, Lenore's mumbling.. Then a loiud screaming in his ear.. Erebus going on abotu how dumb he was and he could have gotten him both killed. How annoying..
Taking in a deep breath, he noticed he couldn't and he gagged and coughed, water spweing from his lungs.. Another cough and he was able to take in air into his lung, darkness still surrounding him, but breath coming in him...
A chill wind passed over the deck and he shived.. "damn it's cold.."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:27 pm
Lenore gave a hysterical laugh and hugged Deimos tightly, starting to cry.
"You're okay! Deimos, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to! I was so scared, I thought you died - oh, Deimos, I'm so sorry!" She squeaked, head buried in his shoulder as she hugged him. She didn't even bother to think that he might not take kindly to being hugged by a hysterical, soaking wet girl, but hey. She was simply glad he was alive to possibly be furious with her.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:31 pm
Deimos' first reaction was to gasp for air, her hugging squeezign the little he had out.. "Len.. *pant* Len! *pant* I'm fine!!!" He said, taking in great gasps of air.. He opened his air and looked at her.. She was soaked.. She must have jumped in after him.. "I'm fine.." He repeated. It was the only thing he could think to do while she clung to him like this..
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