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 Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:30 am
Telia glared at her.
"No."
"Come on, let's get out of here." whispered the Doctor.
The helped Clara to her feet and crept quietly out of the tent, almost to the point of exageration. A sentry duck spotted them and quacked a warning. Telia grabbed a nearby stone and flung it at the duck, knocking it clean out of the tree to land unconciously on the ground.
"Quick, they're coming!"
They scrambled across various collapsing tents and scattered weapons. Behind them, an approaching line of duck appeared, all making their way towards them. Telia scooped up a nearby bow, strapping a quiver around her waist so she could reach arrows more easily. She turned, nocked an arrow, brought the bow to full draw and shot one of the ducks through the neck. In an instant, she had another arrow nocked and ready.
"Stand and fight or run!" she shouted at the others. "Don't just stand there like a sack of potatoes! There are weapons all around us, use them!"
Clara picked up a spear uncertainly, and hurled it like a javellin. It speared one of the ducks through the head. She screamed.
"Oh get a hold of yourself.." Telia muttered, shooting a few more ducks.
"Where did you learn to shoot?" Sephy asked, mildly curious.
"I used to take archery lessons, not fencing ones. Proved to be helpful, eh?" was the reply, complete with the twang of a bowstring.
The quiver was empty, so she scooped up some more arrows. The ducks just kept aproaching, seemingly endlessly. For every duck Telia shot, two more would take it's place.
The Doctor looked up. "Why don't we just slowly back away? It'll be easier to get them in the trees."
Telia nodded, and grabbed her sabre, which she thrust through the belt that kept the quiver at her waist. She also took a dozen more arrows.
"On the count of three.. One! Two Three!"
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:31 am
Sephy grabbed Clara around the waist and jumped up with her. Telia scrambled up the trunk and the doctor used his scarf as a rope to haul himself up.
'Very good.' Murmured sephy quietly to Telia.
'Archery... what else do you know?'
'magic.'
'can you throw knives?'
' no. that's barbaric.'
'oh, you.'
sephy flicked her wrists and four ducks fell to the floor.
'what was that?'
'knives. throwing knives.'
'as i said. Barbaric. '
'there's too many. and they're all pawns in a game of chess.' sephy muttered an incantation and the knives flew back into her hands.
There was the musical twang of the bowstring.
'i'm out of arrows.'
a barrage of rocks began flying towards them.
'here.' sephy muttered the incantation again and a lange bundle of arrows flew neatly into Telia's quiver.
The doctor and clara began returning the rocks. Sephy was hit in the face by one and was knocked into the doctor. He fell backwards into the tree trunk.
'clumsy.' teased Telia.
'there's too many, still. and all pawns.' said Sephy.
'shut up with the chess metaphors!'
Sephy sat down on the branch.
'Doctor, Telia, help.'
'What do you need?' Asked the Doctor.
'you.'
they understood. Clara stood back as they came forward and also sat near Sephy.
'This is the closest i'm ever coming to actually doing magic.' warned Telia.
'shut up.'
'why can't I do this?' asked the doctor.
'Because you haven't got the priestesses to say the incantation for you.'
They closed their eyes and Sephy growled something in another language. Telia looked shocked.
'you're not doing that one?' she whispered softly.
'shhhhh.'
The sky darkened and lightning flashed, thunder rumbled.
the lightning built up.
suddenly, it streaked from the sky, branching out and striking the ducks down (i accidentally wrote an I instead of the u just then redface ).
Telia opened her eyes.
the ducks chansing them were gone.
The Doctor opened his eyes also.
'I've done that one before...' whispered Telia.
'I haven't' choked sephy, as she blacked out and fell limply out of the tree.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:12 am
((Doctor!! Well..at least you picked it up before posting it..))
Telia was slightly pale with shock..and remembering..but shook it away as Sephy fell, leaping to the ground. A fall from such a height would probably have killed Sephy, assasin or no. And Telia wouldn't reach her fast enough to catch her either. Last resort.. her mind caught on two ideas. Magic. And scarf. The later was more convenient, since she had grabbed one end subconciosly before jumping. She gave the scarf a pull and felt it unwind from the Doctor. She hoped dearly that he wouldn't fall too and threw the scarf to the ground, so it landed a mere second before Sephy did. Keeping in mind this all took place within the time it takes for someone to fall from a tree. Sephy might have a few bruises, but that would probably be it.
Telia landed beside her.
"Sephy! You alright?" she looked up and called to the Doctor. "Didn't you have some sort of weather generator or something? Can we do anything about the cold?"
((g2g))
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:48 am
sephy looked up blearily, and shook her head a few times.
'i've never tried that before...' she murmured, before falling back. Whatever was under her was very soft and awfully comfortable.
A tall blur was talking to two shorter blurs.
'I dunno.' there was a clink and a beep and it started snowing.
'oops.'
then it rained. Then there was a flash and a rumble and an explosion.
Sephy was jerked back to reality and sat bolt upright.
Telia bent over her.
'Are you alright?'
'No. [insert that phrase that I usually use for this situation xd ]'
'fine then.'
'what am I sitting on?'
'my scarf.' smiled the Doctor.
'oh. clever thinking.' she tried to get up, rather unsteadily, tesing her weight on her trembling legs. This all looked a bit much for clara.
'I just wanted to do my homework...' she said, in a very small voice.
The Doctor scooped up his scarf again and began winding it around his neck again. He then paused for a moment and instead draped it around sephy, Clara and Telia. luckily they were a lot smaller than he was (tom baker is 6 foot three ish) and the scarf was very, very long.
'why me?' asked Telia.
'because its cold. I just rained on you.'
'Thank-you' said sephy quietly. 'both of you.'
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:36 am
[inserted: Oh Potatoes!]
((I rained on you? What an awfully interesting phrase.))
Telia simply smiled. "Come on, let's get back. And look on the bright side! The ducks are gone, we're all still in one piece, and.." she took the weather generator, trusting in luck. If she didn't get this right, she would look very silly..There was a small beep, and Telia's smile widened. "And, it's a bright, sunny day!"
"We should go back and see if the priestesses still need help. Besides, the TARDIS is still back there." the Doctor said, watching a cloud pass overhead to reveal a golden sun smiling down on them. "And then, maybe there's somewhere else we can go. Provided the priestesses don't need our help anymore."
"Well..." Clara dithered. "I did have a project on celts..."
The Doctor smiled again. "Celts..wonderful bunch of people, them."
Sephy turned to Telia. "Hey, maybe once we're dry I can teach you to throw knives."
Telia raised an eyebrow. "We'll see. For now, let's just count on getting dry in the first place. Let's go!"
And so the four of the started walking back through the forest. It must have been a queer sight, the Doctor with his scarf draped around all of them,, himself in the middle like the apex of some triangle or other.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:50 am
Half an hour later they were riding comfortably in the TARDIS.
'well, that was good. But I don't want to go back to class. not just yet, anyway.'
'hmmm... that can be arranged, can't it doctor?' sephy looked a lot better now.
'of course.' the doctor grinned, and Sephy was reminded strongly of a deranged psychopath.
He punched in some co-ordinates, and the TARDIS made that now familiar whirr. [i can teach you how to make that sound when we have our... lesson...]
* * *
They stepped outside, and there was a shout. A bunch of long-haired, unkempt kilted men were running down a hill towards them, waving their swords and madly shouting.
'Git the bassa of a blue box outta the way!'
On the other side, a line of calvary in smart uniforms held their spears aloft.
'hold on.' the doctor pressed a button and the TARDIS moved a few metres to the left, out of harms way. they also seemed to have moved forward a few hours, for the battle was over, and the scots were regrouping at the base of the hill.
There was a gunshot.
a gunshot?
machine gun fire. an automatic weapon.
'Doctor...' whispered sephy.
'yes, I know, Sephy. It's too early for that sort of thing.'
'What do you mean, it's nearly nightfall!' exclaimed clara.
'i mean that theres a machine gun.'
one of the men strode over to where they stood.
'my name's william wallace. now would you do me the sweet kindness of tellin' me yours?'
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:20 pm
((Oh, nice. Let's hope I don't have any homework that day, because otherwise, I'll be lugging around homework, as well as four keyboard books..
Anyway..I bet you know what's coming..))
The Doctor looked at him for a moment. Scotland..
"I'm..Doctor James McCrimon..from the township of Balamory." The Doctor said, in a scottish accent. It had been the first thing that had come into his mind. "These here are my..assistants. Sephy, Clara and Telia."
The three of them hung back a little, unsure of what to say.
((Same here..I have no idea what to do next))
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:21 am
William looked at them searchingly.
'doctor, you say? Would you mind taking a look at some of our people then. I migh' say they'd be in a wee bit of need fer your expertise.'
Clara gasped at the small... pile of wounded men.
'Clara, you can go back inside if you want.'
'i think i will.' she murmured, stepping in.'
The Doctor, Sephy and Telia walked towards them.
'Do you know how to do any of this?' muttered telia.
'I know how to but i've only done it on myself.' answered sephy quietly.
'that makes two of us with exPERIence, then.' whispered the Doctor.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:04 am
Telia looked at her, Sephy, that is. She sighed. "It's time I forgot the past, and live on. Will..will you teach me? Not just this, but magic...I've forgotten most, I forced it out of me. See, my parents..were highly religious..completely against witchcraft. When I turned to my power..I felt like I was betraying them. For awhile I wandered so far from belief, that I panicked......and went back to the religion of my parents. But now..now I think I can fit it all together without straying form either. Now, I think I am ready to accept both, hand in hand. So..will you teach me?" she said, rather hurridly, gettign it all out at once. She did not look at Sephy, not wanting to see the expression on her face.
((I really really have to go.))
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:57 am
sephy looked at her, and a smile broke out on her face, the first honest smile that they had seen from her.
'of course.'
They arrived. It was terrible, people there were bloodied, wounde, dying.
The doctor was incapable of magic, so he helped those he could.
'is there anywhere we can take them?' he asked.
'over that hill.'
'there's no way some of these people will survive the move.' called sephy.
'Mmmm.' agreed Telia.
'Can you visualise a good place in your village to put these people?'
'The hall.' replied mr wallace.
Sephy closed her eyes for a moment.
'Okay. I see it.' She passed the image to Telia.
'Okay...'
'just concentrate on that.'
the air around them shimmered, and they landed where they had just seen.
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:16 am
((I'm guessing it's just Sephy and Telia, nobody else?))
Telia opened her eyes, a soft smile on her face. She knew it had worked before she saw. It helped if you believed. She looked around the hall.
"We'll have to clear this place a little before we start moving people here. Those tables..shall have to double as beds and workplaces for now." She closed her eyes, and then walked outside, collecting a seclection of herbs and other plants.
Sephy watched her as she came back in with an armful of plants.
Telia bit her lip. "Gran loved the natural medicines, said they were garunteed to work, no matter what. I figure even if we have to heal with magic, it'd be better to have some things that they'd know too, so they don't..burn us as witches or whatever. Some of it is quite helpful anyway, and we can lace our magic through them instead of directly, so it's a slower, even rate of healing that won't spook them out. Unless of course, you want to go for the miracle effect?" Telia asked, a little uncertainat whether she had done the right thing or not. In all senses, Sephy was her teacher, and she was a bit uncomfortable with this suggestion, afraid it would just be shot down.
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:18 pm
((whats happened to the 11th doc one?))
The Doctor darted around quickly, helping those he could - he seemed to be in ten places at once.
Sephy with a glance examined the plants. She nodded curtly and the plants rearranged themselves in Telia's arms.
'what can you tell me about these?' asked Sephy.
Telia looked down at the three plants, now grouped together, that were indicated.
'This one's for stomachache, this one's for headaches and this one is for burns.'
'but together...'
'Together?'
'Plants can be used together.'
'I know...I know... A... sleeping draught?'
'close. painkillers. well, sort of. they don't come in small white capsules, and they taste ten times worse.'
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:27 am
((No idea..))
"But these peopel should be used to them by now. Or, some variation at least. And they've never tasted painkillers as small white capsules. So it'll be fine. How many do we have to tend?" she paused, doing a mental count based on memory and visualisation. "Right. I'll go get more of this stuff and send it back here." She put the herbs down. "If we just want those properties..Aloe, basil, calendula -well, marigold -, St John's Wort..and Rose for the burns. Anything like that?" Her eyes clsed promtly. "There's some the next hill over, enough for all of them. I'll go over and get them now. Anything else you want?" she asked Sephy. The herbs on the tabletop rearranged themselves into neat little piles, the table itself moving towards the wall, so they could work unhampered by the many wounded they would be tending to.
((technically, aloe is for inflammation of the stomach, the others I mentioned - calendula, St John's Wort, basil are for stomach cramps.. but whatever..ah..place lavender under your pillow for a good night's sleep. Is that why you've..?))
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:27 am
((Right, I think I might join. That alright with you Timelady?
name: (I was about to write adiemus..aravare..now I have that other song in my head..) Seseria (grr..too many songs!!! I'll just start again.)
name: Eirysae
age: 16
planet of origin: absolutely no idea.
weapons: Hmm..weapons eh? Well..she has a long rope that gets shorter or longer at will..and fits into her pocket at the same time.. There's a set of knives all around her waist..and a flower clip in her hair..the ends of which are..pointy.. ninja So she's not much of one for weapons. Except for the knives, really. And those? They're balanced for throwing, made of the finest steel and would put kinks in a sword...They vary in length..from as small as a finger length to the length of a small watermelon (I was about to write elephant..) This last knife, is almost like a very very short sword. Also balanced for throwing. Well, I suppose you could take out about..four people with the one throw..an added bonus, surely!
mini bio: Eirysae..she doesn't know where she's from. This assasin rescued her from a cliff, when she was young. As in, a little baby young. But six months later when she could walk, he left her at the top of a mountain, after declaring her bad luck. She didn't know the details. PRobably some superstition or other. So, she grew up in what were possibly the coldest places in that whole world - she had never learnt it's name. As a consequence, she hates hot weather. It just bothers her. She's not one for magic, having tried before and given up. Oh, and as a random addition, she can juggle flaming bananas - they're a good weapon too!))
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:06 am
((ok...))
'clever. Okay. I'll go for the ones that are past herbs.' Sephy dismissed Telia with a nod of her head, and walked off towards the middle of the room.
She knelt next to a man with a long, grizzly beard streaked dirt and matted with blood. He was bleeding from a severe head wound.
'what's your name?' Asked Sephy as she checked the wound.
'Henry...' Came the whispered Reply.
'Henry. and you fight for this william?'
'Yes.'
'Chew this.' she gave him a leaf.
Sephy took out a cloth and wiped the blood around the wound.
'Hmmm.' She wrapped a bandage around his head, muttering an incantation as she went. It closed up neatly, and the man smiled.
'It doesn't hurt anymore...'
'thats just the leaf. This comes off in a week or so.' she tapped the bandage. Then she looked up. There was an old man clinging desperately to the Doctor's scarf, screeching out some crazy words. Sephy ran over, jumping easily over some of their patients. she felt a little lightheaded but that was to be expected.
The Doctor looked surprised as he yanked his scarf away from the viscious old man. Sephy reached down, found the nerve in his neck and pressed down.
He fell unconscious immediately.
'Thankyou.' Panted the Doctor. 'I'm not sure of how much more I can do for these people.'
'plenty.'
Sephy looked around the room.
There was a lot to be done, and a lot of people didn't have much time left.
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An hour later, telia was back. She ran in, amist the noise of heavy gunfire.
'Telia!' The Doctor looked drawn and tired. 'What's going on?'
'They're close.' whispered Sephy looking up from where she knelt.
'I'm sorry, I couldn't get any... They just started shooting - had to take shelter...'
'It's fine. Did you learn shielding?'
'yes.'
'ah. clever girl. do you know how to set wards?'
'yes.'
'Hurry outside then. we haven't much time. Well, I haven't.'
((yes and no. It helps some but it was mainly for you (seeing as it gives you a headache I did it at home with a candle) so you wouldn't get my habits. I haven't done it yet, though. sometime on the weekend.))
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