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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:10 am
Changing
Hello Diary, Another one will go away. Ronin said to Mom today that he will move out. Doesn't he like us anymore ? He said it's not like that and that's why he wants to go shopping with me for Christmas. I think it's probably an excuse ? I don't know. It's sad. Sarosh says I'm not allowed to be sad, because I'm not as pretty than anymore. I still can't swim. It's...so difficult. I'm just too afraid to drown. Strange. Mom says that is because I'm intelligent, but I think it's because I'm stupid. We need to go to the shopping tour now... Sincerely, Ty
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:15 am
 Kaioto_Katsuma Barely a few days past Thanksgiving, and already the shops of Barton are filled to the brim with all sorts of holiday decorations. Kaioto's first thought is that they're rushing the season a bit, but it's hard not to get a little caught up in the spirit. Kiana and Solaris, too, find themselves with not enough eyes, trying to take in all the holiday decorations and colorful packages carried by almost every person they pass. Even the GMFC boasts a "secret santa" event. The GMFC... well, Kaioto had been planning on buying gifts for the twins while they were caught up with some toy or another, but that could get a bit tricky... this was an excuse, wrapped up in bows! "Hey guys, I've got some stuff to do now, kind of boring. You want to wait here, and when I'm done I can come back and we can go get hot chocolate?" she says to the twins she's holding by the hand. Solaris eyes the clinic, remembering that the last time he was here he got kissed by a weird girl. "Er...." Kiana, however, has no such objections. Hot chocolate sounds good, and maybe if she's not with her mom while she's shopping for whatever it is adults like to shop for, then she'll be able to convince her to go into a bookshop or three. >> "Come on, Solaris, maybe there's some kids inside you can, er... be a pirate with?" she says. Well that's not very convincing. It's what he wanted last time. Buuutttt... well, can't hurt to try again... right? "Fine." "We'll see you later, mom!" exclaims Kiana, letting go of Kaioto's hand and opening the door for her brother. "Come ooonnn." "Alright... bye mom." replies Solaris before walking through the opened door, Kiana just behind him. Lenachan358
"You don't really want to get in a clinic, Tyyne." Ronin looked at the girl who was carrying quite a few bags, which contained Christmas presents.
"I want to look at everything so we can get just the best presents for everyone." The blonde Eden smiled in a shy way at her teenage brother. She was wearing her hair open today and her golden eyes seemed to show certain excitement.
Ronin sighed and gestured towards the door. "Well, I guess you never saw something like this before, because otherwise you'd know that there aren't any presents available here." He slightly pushed the door open and held it so Tyyne was able to enter the building.
Her cheeks flushed at once as she saw a boy and a girl who seemed to be about her own age. Oh no ! Unknown people ! They probably weren't Edens...
Chibi Sheepcat "Sachiya, hurry up!" Havok called, zipping up his jacket and staring expectantly at his son. He had promised the boy yesterday that he'd take him back to the clinic to meet some new friends. Since Maelon had left with Pryderi, there was no one else around that was Sachiya's age, and consequentially the boy was feeling a bit lonely. Besides, there was nothing wrong with getting out of the house for a little while.
"Coming!" The boy called, finally managing to get that last boot on his foot. Stupid clothing. He wanted to go already! He had just started buttoning up his jacket when Okita leapt onto his shoulder, chirping merrily. "Okita coming?" Sachiya asked, the Idle Thought currently nesting himself in the boy's scarf. The little creature chirped again, now quite cozy and ready to go. Trotting out the door and down the steps towards his chichiwe, the pair set off for the GMFC.
Sachiya reached the doors first, having run down the last hill. Not waiting for his Dad to meet him down there, the boy opened the door, slipping inside. After all, he didn't want Okita to get cold. The clinic didn't look that full, which made it easier to pick out who he knew and who he didn't. Not spotting the cool woman from the Halloween party or anyone he knew for that matter, Sachi settled for the boy and girl nearest to him. They looked his size. "Hey." He greeted, falling into step with the taller children. "Who're you?" Okita chirped his greeting, still nestled in Sachiya's scarf. Kaioto_Katsuma Oh crap. Another girl. Solaris sighs upon Tyyne's entrance. He knew he shouldn't have gone along with Kiana... slumping in the nearest seat, he wonders idily if invisibility is a power he might spontaneously develop. Kiana, noticing her brother's reaction, nudges him in the arm. "Yo, Solaris. Look up." He does and is greeted with the sight of... YES! A boy! Boy don't kiss boys, so he's safe! Suddenly not-so-slumped in his chair, he happily replies to the boy who's just made his way over to them. "I'm Solaris!" Not waiting for her brother to mention her at all (Ha, like he would), Kiana adds "And I'm Kiana.". No reason to add they're siblings. Either it's obvious to this new kid, or it's not, but why make it obvious the strange little princeling is in any way related to her? Solaris flashes a glance in her direction as though he knows what she's thinking, but says nothing of it. Instead, he turns to the boy. "Who're you, then?" XBear Slush would be having a heart attack if Tourma even suggested going outside again, especially in the snow. He would also be having one if he knew that his daughter was in fact outside, in the cold, without him to protect her in the very least. Thus, Slush currently had no idea what was going on, not after X had reintroduced him to a fifth of vodka before she left the house, a snugly bundled toddler in tow. Isto had informed her about the escape and that her granddaughter had behaved like her son-in-law had last winter. And she wasn't about to let Tourmaline get cold like that again. Wrapped in a multitude of layers, hats, and scarves, the toddler could barely peer her eyes out to watch the snow falling around the pair as she was carried towards the clinic. Her tail was currently curled up under her coat and 'hiding' from the tail monster, the same one which had apparently 'killed' Isto's tail bald. Or at least, that's what X had said. "See, it's not bad outside. Your Mommy's full of s**t." X cooed as the vampire pushed her way into the clinic, shaking the snow out of her wavy blonde hair. "s**t?" The toddler repeated, words muffled by the scarf wrapped around her face, which was soon unwrapped once the two were out of the way of the door. It was then she noticed the twins. Twins like Dari and Zach. The same but a little different. "Hiyas!" She chirpped, in quite a good mood now that she had been allowed outside. X nodded to the pair, continuing to unravel the toddler from her massive amounts of layers. Chibi Sheepcat Ridding the snow from his boots, Havok strolled in a few minutes after Sachiya had made his entrance. So the boy had already found himself someone to talk to? Excellent. He would let him do his own thing - baring any major catastrophes - and just sit and watch. This was the boy's time, not his. Seating himself in the corner, the kitsune reached for a magazine, and began flipping idly through it. He glanced up when the door opened, watching as a woman brought in what looked like an extremely bundled up toddler. Havok watched the overly-dressed toddler for a moment, before chuckling and returning to his magazine. Poor kid.
Sachiya tilted his head at the sudden change in posture at his appearance. Did he not like girls or something? Maybe he had been bitten by a girl or something. That would defiantly have put him off. His ears perk when the boy speaks to him, one ear turning when the girl also introduces herself. Solaris and Kiana? They were easy names to say. "'m Sachiya. This is Okita." The idle thought chirped, before wiggling his way out of the boy's scarf. He had caught sight of Tourmaline's rather vibrant hair, and was positively fascinated by it. Mind you, the idle thoughts aren't very intelligent, so this wasn't surprising. Bounding across the floor, the little creature leapt up beside Tour, blinking his blue eyes up at her. Pretty hair. Lenachan358
Tyyne was close to turn around and run out as she bumped into Ronin who was silently standing behind her. She knew he wouldn't allow her to go without introducing. He was always so formal. Usually she liked him for being like this, but after seeing the face of the young boy, which had been filled with disgust, she didn't want to get to know them.
"Come on, they're you're age." The older one simply pushed her towards the small crowd of people and bowed as a greeting. The other girl looked a bit like a princess. A small one, but after all she had the spark. "May I introduce myself ? I am Ronin Caraway and this is my sister..." He pushed her a bit.
"Tyyne..." She mumbled very insecure and stared at the floor.Kaioto_Katsuma "Aaw!" is Kiana's only response to the little Idle Thought. She may not be your typical girly girl, but it's hard to ignore something that abnormally cute and fluffy. "Where's he going?" she says, half to herself, as she watches him bound off towards the bright-haired girl. She'd have kept watching the little creature if it wasn't for... Wow. o_o "Um... hi." she says back to Ronin. "I'm Kiana, and that's Solaris....my brother.". Damnit, she said it. They're related. >> Meanwhile, Solaris, trying his very best to ignore Tyyne's nearness, keeps his attention on Sachiya. "Sachiya... cool name!" Ok, so he's not the master of conversation starters. Shhhh. XBear Once Tourmaline was unravelled, X watched the older children and yawned, having expected this for the most part. If one would be looking, they would have noticed that this woman was definately not of any blood relation whatsoever to this child. Narrowing her eyes at the little creature, the daywalker kept a keen eye on it as it chirpped up to Tourma, who seemed to definately be enjoying the little animal. "Fluff~!" She exclaimed, petting the little animal almost immediately. Maybe she should have brought her pegasus to show off too? Lenachan358 Tyyne saw how the girl reacted to her brother and looked away. She knew that she wasn't good with people. She never had been. Her golden eyes looked at the toddler and a slight smile crossed her lips. How cute. Perhaps the toddler would like her ?
"Hey, little one." She said as she kneeled down to look at Tourmaline.
Damnit, what was his sister doing ? He didn't intend to talk to all the younger ones. Really, he had just wanted to help her. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mylady." Ronin said to Kiana and nodded at Solaris. He seemed to have problems with girls. Strange.
"Is something special going on here or why are so many people at this...clinic ?" He addressed everyone in the room. Kaioto_Katsuma Kiana replies to Ronin's question even thought it wasn't specifically directed to her. "Well, um, we're here 'cause our mom is shopping." Ok, it didn't explain much, especially since he seemed confused at it specifically being a clinic. "Um... people come here to, er... meet other people?" And now it sounded like a dating service. XD Oh well, good enough. Chibi Sheepcat Sachiya beamed when Solaris said his name was cool, quite pleased by the compliment. Of course he had a cool name! Du-uh! "I like your name too." After all, it was only fair to return compliments. Besides, Solaris was kind of a cool name too. His ear flicked in the direction of Ronin when the boy spoke, but as he wasn't balancing penguins on his head or something cool like that, he kept his focus on Solaris. "D'you come here lots?" He asked, flopping down next to the boy. He'd let the "Kiana" person deal with everyone else. He wasn't too good at multitasking conversations anyways.
Fwee! He was getting petted! Okita puffed himself up, rubbing against Tourmaline's hand lovingly. He liked being petted. Hopping up neatly onto her lap, he gave her hair a good sniff, as though deciding whether or not it was edible. Probably not. Oh well. It was still cool. XBear If her granddaughter hadn't been there, X would have surely lit up a cigarette and started smoking just to clear out a good chunk of the children here. Fortunately for all here, X didn't really want to deal with Slush's tantrum when he found out, and she wouldn't smoke in front of her family's children anyways. Other people's children however... Tourmaline blinked up at the blonde haired girl, staring at her for a moment. Had she just called her little? Little?! Narrowing her eyes at the other girl, who probably could never take apart a toaster or do anything cool like that, the toddler scoffed softly, "Not little. I stronger than everyone!" X raised her eyebrow at her granddaughter, "What about Babcia Sandia?" "Everyone but Babcia~!" She corrected, nodding promptly to all who were listening to her while she continued to pet the idle thought since it had invited itself into her lap already. Kaioto_Katsuma "Thanks!" replies Solaris before adding "Um... no, not really. Just every once in a while, if we're around and there's nothing better to do." He shrugs. "How 'bout you? I've never seen you here before, I don't think." Lenachan358 Tyyne blinked as she looked at the girl. Wow, even this one was more confident than she was. She was pretty sure that she was also able to swim and Ty was the only one that couldn't. Perhaps she should wish to get more confident for Christmas.
" Oh sorry, of course. Who is Babcia ?" She asked politely as if the girl was just in her age.
Ronin tried to get the information in the meantime. So people came here to meet ? A bit like the simulacra headquarter. Sounded strange though to meet inside a clinic. Perhaps all of these people were sick ? Nah...that wasn't a nice thought.
"We were about to shop for Christmas too." He answered as he looked at the boys. They seemed to get along quite well. "So I guess you two are twins ? Your looks are similar." Ronin smiled. Kaioto_Katsuma Kiana nods. "Well, not that similar, I don't think... but yeah, we're twins." she replies. Then, in response to Ronin's first comment, she adds "It was my mom's idea. I hadn't even thought of Christmas shopping yet." Not that she really had a lot of people to get gifts for, but still, it hadn't even crossed her mind until Kaioto mentioned coming here today. XBear "Babcia." Tourmaline repeated, pointing to X as if it should be common knowledge, "Duh." X had to keep from laughing, "Babcia is 'grandmother' in Polish..." Pausing, the daywalker's grin grew a bit more, "For obvious reasons, I'd rather not be refered to as 'Grandma.'" The toddler simply continued to pet the little creature as she watched the other girl. She was sure that this one wasn't a fun with nuts and bolts kind of girl. Lenachan358 "Thanks for the explaination, Miss." Tyyne said quite relieved that she wasn't as stupid as she thought. "I thought you were her mother. You don't really look like a grandma." Such people had gray hair and baked cookies. She knew that from TV.
"Sure, not that similar of course." Ronin chuckled and nodded slightly as he sat down beside Kiana. "Do you have any special Christmas wishes ? XBear "That's because I'm a vampire, and I don't age like humans do." The daywalker grinned toothily, as if to prove her statement true to the little girl. "She's my son and his husband's daughter." Tourma simply continued to watch the girl warily, as if not sure she should trust the blonde quite yet. Kaioto_Katsuma Kiana smiles. She likes this guy, he's not the kind to go on and on about 'what precious little twins they are', something she hears a bit too often. Comes with the territory of being a twin, she supposes. "Special Christmas wish?" she repeats, mostly to herself. "I guess I haven't really thought of it..." Then again... "I guess I'd really want my own room. Ours is getting kind of crowded." she responds, finally. It was true, and Solaris would certainly agree. They were long overdue for seperate rooms, but Kaioto never seemed to have the time to take on such a large personal project. "What about you? Anything you really want?" she asks. Lenachan358 "Vampire ?" Tyyne shivered as she heard the word and looked at the woman quite frightened. Now she really wanted to run away...but...wait..."I know a girl who has bat features. That's not the same isn't it ?" Probably it was, hopefully it was.
As suddenly an idea struck her she moved towards one of her shopping bags and pulled out a candycane. "Is she allowed to eat this already ?"
Ronin smiled politely. "I can understand. Gladly our house is big enough, so everyone has his own room." Although I'll probably move out soon, he thought. His own very special wish was something he hadn't told anyone about it yet. "I...want a horse." XBear The daywalker grinned when the little girl looked almost terrified of her, but once the 'bat features' were mentioned, a frown quickly replaced her smile. "Vampires do not turn into bats." Sneering somewhat, the vampire coughed somewhat when Tourmaline looked up at her curiously, regaining her composure. Damn, she really wanted a cigarette right about now. Kaioto_Katsuma "Oh, our home is big enough. Our mom's just really busy." She replies. "I'm gonna put it on my Christmas list though, then maybe I'll get my own!" "A horse?" she questions. Now that was something she had a lot of. "We've got a whole stable of them! Maybe you could, er, come visit sometime and I can show you?" Ok, so they're not exactly horses, seeing as some of them have wings, but close enough. Besides, it's nice to have something to show off to someone. Lenachan358 "They don't ?" See, now the TV wasn't always telling the truth. "I didn't know that. So...err...you don't drink blood, do you ?" Tyyne shivered a bit as she offered the candy cane to Tourmaline.
Now he felt strange. Somehow he wanted to scream YEAH SHOW ME, whereas his pride had problems with talking like this to a girl, who was younger. Obviously. But they had horses. "Oh really ? You know, I really adore them." Ronin added as he smiled at Kiana. "Would be great." XBear "They don't. And yes, I do." X seemed to find this absolutely amusing, and grinned once more, "But alas, I haven't had time to hunt lately." She said sadly, putting a hand to her heart as she nodded to Tourma, who was eyeing the candy cane suspiciously, "It's okay Sandia." Reaching out, the SM toddler took the candy cane and smiled somewhat, "Thank you." she replied, holding the candy carefully. Lenachan358 "Erm...oh..." Tyyne looked at her wrist although no watch was attached to it. "I...we...it's late. We need to go. See you miss, see you...strong one." The Eden girl got up as quickly as possible.
Ronin was startled as Tyyne pulled at his sleeve. "We need to go. Need to go." She mumbled and he was just able to wave to Kiana as he was dragged out of the clinic.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:42 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:11 am
Teen Quest Part 1 : Lonely waterside
Tyyne sobbed as she cuddled up to the mass of plushies, which were sitting on her bed in a neat order. It just wasn't fair ! All of them had friends, all of them were big enough to go, all of them were HAPPY ! She indeed wasn't. Alright, she knew a few people, but she just didn't dare to be so carefree and playful as the others. Tyyne was always the polite and shy one, so normal. Sometimes she wished to be a movie star, someone famous, but she would never be. Alright, she had the invitation to Shouko's party...but still.
As the sobbing continued a soft knock could be heard and Lena slightly opened the wooden door. "Tyyne ?" The answer was a muffled whine as Tyyne pressed her head harder into the plushies and cushions. The mother frowned in worry and slowly moved towards the bed. Tyyne could feel that Lena sat down and whinced as the mother's hand slowly moved through her hair. "You're sad about everyone leaving, right ?"
The Eden girl just nodded and slowly crawled towards her mother looking for comfort in her touch. She felt horrible. Nothing was right anymore, everything was just so wrong. Lena embraced her slightly and slowly comforted the girl a bit. "It's alright, everyone has to grow. It's not easy for me too, but Ronin is old enough to leave."
Tyyne just cried a bit more and snuggled up to her mother. She KNEW that it was alright, but it just didn't feel so. Nalini and Jessila were gone too and now the big house was so lonely, so awfully lonely even if a lot of people were there.
"Do you know what tends to help me, if I feel bad ?" Lena asked and put a finger below Tyyne's chin gently to cheer her up. The golden eyes were still filled with tears, but the girl softly whiped them away as she shook her head. "I take a bath. It's warm, it's cosy and it will make you feel better." The mother smiled and nodded supportive.
"Really ?" It was that kind of question you just need to hear a yes too and as Lena responded in the desired way, Tyyne slowly crawled off her bed and blinked at her mother. "Come on, you'll feel better afterwards." Lena smiled and gently pushed the blonde one into the bathroom.
Just a few minutes later Tyyne lay in the warm comforting bath. Everything smelled like strawberry and some foam and bubbles were close to her head. Lena had been right, it was nice. Although it didn't help to make her heart feel lighter, it still was a start. Perhaps she should simply be brave and call her friends ?
The thought depressed her though. If she called Teagan, he'd ask about her swimming lessons. Tyyne didn't like the lessons. Well, she liked swimming and the water, but she wasn't able to dive neither to swim without help. It was horrible. Lately Lena literally had to drag her to the lessons and Tyyne wasn't even fond of her bathsuit anymore.
Her golden eyes looked at the bubbly surface and for a moment Tyyne looked at her own reflection curiously. Was somebody able to learn swimming at home ? In a bathtub ? No, it was probably too small for the movements. Like a froog, like a froog...she hated it.
Suddenly a thought climbed into Tyyne's brain and she smiled broadly. But of course ! She could practise diving ! The blonde hair lay around her face as the Eden girl leaned back against the white tub's surface and stared at the ceiling for a moment.
Alright. Tyyne opened her mouth and tried to gather as much air as possible in her lungs before slowly slipped down until her head was below the watersurface. Everything was blurry as she dared to open her eyes and for a few seconds Tyyne thought about sniffing so she could see if it still smelt like strawberry. But of course she didn't it was below the water, it was dangerous, because...
In front of her eyes the water seemed to paint a picture. The Eden girl blinked a few times and noticed that her air supply got less as she stared at the most beautiful place she had ever seen. Flowers of all kinds everywhere, a huge tree...a HORRIBLE FACE ?! Tyyne was about to get out of the water as a voice suddenly made her stay.
"Daisy....." The voice hissed and two neon green eyes looked at her from the beautiful place. A hand was showing her to come closer, it had thorns, green thorns. "Come here...." The eyes looked at Tyyne so intense that she forgot about not breathing underwater. "Come back to Eden." Was the last thing she was able to hear before the young girl started to cough. She spit out some water and just now realized that she was at home in her very own bathtub.
"Ty ?!" Lena opened the door as she saw the Eden girl scanning the water with her eyes, examining it quietly. "Are you alright ?" The mother asked worried and a pair of golden eyes turned towards her.
"I need to meet the others."
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:08 pm
Teen Quest Part 2 : Meeting the others Lenachan358 Tyyne was nervously moving through the headquarter. She had called Shouko and had ringed a few other Edens as well, but somehow she hadn't managed to tell anyone what she had seen. Not yet.
The blonde girl sighed and entwined her fingers almost like they were hugging each other. So strange...so very strange. Was she special now ? Would people be astonished because she had seen something...No, perhaps the other were able to see it too.
The lady, she had...thorns...
Tyyne sighed again and looked out of the window. Artificial Anonymity Shouko nervously opened the door, expecting the worst; the call had been rather.. weird. Spotting Tyyne, the pink-haired girl quickly made her way over to her friend.
"Ty!" oh, it'd been so long. Making a face at the thought of having been without her best friend for so long, Shouko quickly enveloped the girl in a hug, as had been her way of greeting people when she was younger.
"You look.. sad." she did, too. What was wrong? The girl furrowed her brows, looking the blonde over for any signs of discomfort or sickness. White Feather Things haven't been going exactly well since the ill-fated box addressed to 'White Feather, 7654 Barton' from some obscure city in God-knows-where had shown up on the doorstep of Alex's house. It seemed for the past two or three days yelling from his mother had become as much of his life as his daily cooking and consumption of the infamous batch of meat-cookies.
So, when Tyyne called and asked if he'd come down to the HQ, he was out the door faster than you could say "100 DOLLARS FOR ONE OUTFIT?!!!". Down the streets he sped, wings pulled back as he dodged in and out of the pedestrian traffic. He reached the headquarters not before long, pausing at the door to quickly tousle his hair before stepping inside. Alexander quickly glanced from Tyyne to Shouko, and back again. Something wasn't right...
"What's up?" Seeno Evil Just another normal day for a rather unusual person, but was that still really considered an unusual day? Or was Seeno pondering on the days events too much? Rubbing his temples in thought, his lips propped out between thick fingers. What was there to do today? Bash into another man and scare the living daylights out of him? And end up giving him CPR via lifekiss when he really didn't need it? No... Seeno would do something far more exciting than that! (And it didn't involve any lifekissing either!)
Well! This place looked grand and decent enough. He drew about another corner, arms raised in his 'march' about the streets. A magnificient headquarters! How pretty. He stopped at full halt, and gazed over toward HQ, with careful eyes.
"I'm going in!" He whispered, as if he were a secret agent of a sort. Yeah, yeah, yeah! He felt just like one of those spies on that movie he'd seen. Seeno was a secret agent. He was in the mindframe of a spy. And HQ loomed, drawing him in with its secrets and mysteries which just so had to be solved by the cynical man.
Bringing his fingers up just below his chin in the form of a gun, he cocked it forward toward HQ, and marched in.. Out of the ordinary, for not such an ordinary bloke. So this day wasen't going to be so ordinary then.
Storming up steps, and past doors. His grand entrance was made. "This is the police get your hands up in the air!.... NO. Not really. HELLO!" He waved enthusiastically about, and brought his hands back down at his sides, and gave a sigh of a relief.
Was it some sort of a gathering? A party?!
He loved parties.
"Aww look at all the cute kiddies!" He whispered to himself, quickly reminded of home and of his own son - Kole. Mouse Pachinkorelli Mouse rethought the events of the day as she walked towards the HQ building. She had stayed up a little too late talking to a couple of people she knew via the Internet... again. And thus she hadn't gotten as much sleep as she was accustomed to, so it was with slight irritability that she had answered the phone while by some miracle managing to make clam chowder for Sylvest. And it was with slight surprise that she heard a disheveled Tyyne on the other end of the phone line- how did the flower girl get her number? (Must have gotten it from a list Lena had, in case of emergencies or breakthroughs involving the whole Eden Project.) So, Mouse had scooped what she could of the clam chowder (the smell of which did not really appeal to her) into a thermos for Sylvest and headed out the door up to the HQ, as Tyyne had requested. On the way she saw an orange and grey blur shoot past her, and some sort of wannabe ninja-spy-guy was sneaking around the outside of the building. There, finally inside the building for the first time in too long. "Ah... hey, Alexander... and it's Shouko, right?" Mouse greeted with a bit of awkwardness- that spy-ninja-whatever had sort of interrupted her, and very loudly. "Tyyne, are you feeling alright? You sounded kind of nervous... Sylvest, would you like to say hi?" " S'My-tee Kwaken!" the octopus lad demanded, adjusting his glasses and making sure his "pirate" bandanna was still on. "Fine... Mighty Kraken. Would you like to say hello to everyone, Mighty Kraken?" " 'Lo!" Sylvest said brightly. He sure seemed a lot more confident these days. Sayuri_Nitta 'You know there really isnt anything to be afraid of,' Sayuri said as they approached the Eden Project HQ's. It looked alot like the ex-maiko was talking to herself but if you looked carefully at the folds of her trailing kimono you would spy a twitching, black-furred tail. As she pushed open the door, entering almost on the heels of the woman who was walking with a young boy that had...tentacles? She wouldnt stare, that was terribly rude and instead she tapped Yamya who slunk out from under the silken over kimono, looking around with quick, bright eyes, her tail a little bushy.
Sayuri moved over to the gathering crowd, and Yamya followed quickly, a hand grasing the silk material tightly.
'Afternoon all,' she said. Dulcea Teagan brushed his hair back, a little miffed that he'd been kicked out of the house before he'd had time to properly comb it. His mother had been a bit upset about that, she'd even gone so far as to tell him he was selfish. She was kind of right though, probably. He should be worried about Tyy, after all she had seemed upset on the phone, but if she wasn't hurt than it could wait the few minutes it took for him to fix his hair, right? Shoot, he was being a bad friend. With a bit of a frown, he sauntered into the HQ, going a bit red when he spotted Tyy and Shouko. He was such an idiot sometimes, this was more important than his hair, definately. Lifting his head up, he walked toward them, managing a quick, "Is something wrong?" Bird Draggon Raven almost mowed the door down in her haste to exit the house, Rumkai clinging to her shoulder for dear life as she rounded a corner and made haste to the HQ.
It had been as boring a morning as any other; Bird making breakfast, the little purple monster blinking at something, and Raven slouching on the couch being bored. It was about the time Raven switched her position that the phone rang; Tyyne! Raven had almost crowed in delight, and she was halfway out the door before Tyyne had spoken her message, shouting out, "GOTTAGOMOMBYE!"
Rumkai sagged in relief when their destination came into view, hoping there would be a nice, comfy corner to escape and snooze in.
Raven swung the door open and sought out Tyyne just about instantly, mind disregarding the rest of the occupants for the time being. "Hey! I, uh, got your call... what's the matter?" she asked, worried. Lenachan358 All of them had come ! Tyyne's face was lit up by slight smile which was quite familiar for her as she greeted all of the others. There was even a man she didn't know and at first he had scared her, but he seemed nice. Everything was alright...she wasn't alone...she wasn't...
"Thank you for coming." She said quietly as the pictures came back into her mind. "Something happened to me yesterday. It...I...." The young girl gasped for air as her golden eyes looked at all the friends. Some new ones, a new Eden as well, a cat girl...all of them. How would they react ?
"I saw Eden."
She had said it...nobody had screamed yet it... "I took a bath yesterday and tried to dive and then...there was the most beautiful place ever. Flowers everywhere and..." Tyyne shivered slightly as she thought of the face. "There was a lady, she had thorns and very green eyes and...she wanted me to come." White Feather "RAVEN!" Alex's eyes lit up considerably the moment she entered the HQ. He hadn't seen her in weeks, afterall. He was about to wave her over when all of the sudden remembered there were far more pressing matters at hand... like..
Eden?
His glance shot back to Tyyne the moment she spoke the single word. "Eden..." He repeated it, tossing it over and over in his mind almost as if he were trying to decipher its meaning. The blonde girl's descriptions of the enchanted place and the strange woman brought him out of his slight daze, and he blinked, wide-eyed at Tyyne, "well... did you? Did you go with her?"
Nevermind the fact Tyyne was trying to dive in a bathtub. Seeno Evil Seeno's eyes wandered, and marvelled all the little kids and a baby or two about him, and there was also two adults about too, which he felt a bit more comfortable with. But he didn't make a dare in going chatting up the two ladies just yet. He'd just marvel around like his usual dopey self, and listen and marvel some more at whatever was going on.
He was tempted to speak, but he didn't want to ruin the kiddies party! Of course he didn't. Whatever the blonde girl spoke of seemed serious though! It called for... A cross of his arms! He crossed them tightly about him, and dug his hands underneath, fingers only visible from below.
Why was the little blonde girl so scared and shivery? And who was Eden? What was Eden?... Had he intruded on the wrong party?
Or was Seeno the spy just gearing up to go on his biggest mystery solving spree yet? Only time would tell..
Slouching back against one of the walls, he kept his distance, and admired and watched the lot from afar. But he somehow couldn't comprehend the situation, or the goings on in the situation. Infact, he didn't have a clue what on earth was going on? But anything was better than being trapped at home with a moany probably-soon-to-be-wife and a little screaming baby who had the pleasure of gnawing away at him. And those bites hurt! He had the marks to prove it!... Mouse Pachinkorelli Diving in a bathtub? Mouse thought, just barely suppressing a small utterance of amusement. Tyyne must have taken to swimming for some reason. "Hmm... well... This seems to be a bit of a pattern when it comes to beings from another world coming to Gaia..." Mouse speculated after waving a quick hi to the other people who had appeared. "It seems that the first to arrive usually gets some sort of message or vision from the world that they're from. But I'm rambling- Let's hear what happened next, alright?" Sylvest listened intently to Tyyne's description, and something seemed to tickle the back of his mind about it for a few seconds. But that line of thought was broken when he asked, " S'there oystahs in Eden?" Sayuri_Nitta Yamya watched everyone, even the strange man that was trying his hardest to be sneaky; but failing. She blinked lazily, still hanging onto Sayuri as if she were a port in a storm. Sayuri remembered that she had seen Tyyne before, her previous and only visit to this place it had been as she recalled.
'Have you ever seen Eden before now?' Sayuri asked gently, not wanting to badger the girl overly as she seemed to be in a state of sorts. She wondered if maybe the girl had banged her head whilst 'tub-diving' and her seeing Eden was a fanciful vision bought on by that. Dulcea Eden... That was what this place was called, wasn't it? The Eden Project? So that was what Eden was.
It didn't seem like a very good thing if it had spooked Tyy so much. He shivered himself, not sure why. All he'd ever seen that had spooked him as much as that had been his fire nightmares, and for the most part they had stopped.
He took a step toward the blonde girl, moving around to her side so that he could set a hand on her shoulder, contact always comforted people, didn't it? Waiting until the others had finished, he finally spoke up again, "What do you think she wants?" Alright, so he was curious, but the woman must have wanted something important to try and take Tyy to her home. Bird Draggon ... Eden. Eeeeden. Raven rolled the word around in her head for a moment, trying to remember where she'd heard it before. Well, besides that one character in Rumkai's favorite story about those female dragonflies-- oh! She felt like snapping her fingers. Of course! Eden Project. Doy.
Raven blinked, confused. There was a lady besides Lena in charge? But, wait-- Tyyne had seen her in her bathtub. This... only left her even more puzzled; Rumkai, too.
Question burning in her mind, Raven glanced at the unfamiliar faces before spotting Alexander, and happily made her way towards him. Giving Alex a quick hug in greeting, Raven asked, "Does this Eden lady live in a bathtub?" Lenachan358 The golden eyes seemed pretty confused as everyone looked at her and everyone asked questions. Did movie stars feel like this ? There were just photographers missing and newspaper people.
Quickly Tyyne tried to imagine all the questions and she first turned to Alexander. "No...I...I didn't dare. I was so scared. So scared I didn't dare." She blushed a bit and looked at her shoes before she looked up again. "But I will go. I will go today." One of her fingers pointed at the backdoor. "There the pond outside. I will...go and look if she's in there...if Eden is in there."
She kneeled down to look at Sylvest and shook her head. "Just tons of flowers. It's a very beautiful place. Perhaps we could go there...for...for holidays." Getting up again she first looked at Yamya and then turned to her guardian.
Ty knew that she hadn't seen her often yet. She had to be one of the Halloween leaf people... "No. I never saw it before. Not even dreamt of it. But somehow it looked like it was painted in the water. But it was real." Damn, it certainly sounded like she was stupid.
Close to cry out of despair Tyyne looked at Teagan. Was he angry that she wasn't able to swim yet ? "I don't know." She shrugged slightly, which caused a movement within her blonde hair. "She - She...called me Daisy and told me to come. Come to Eden. And I think she lives there...at the Eden place." Tyyne looked at Raven and nodded silently.
"Would you...come with me to the pond and look after me ? The lady is scary and I just want to look if the place is there..." Tyyne bit her lowerlip.
Mouse Pachinkorelli Mouse wasn't that much of an empath, but she could feel Tyyne's nerves from a mile away. This must have been quite an experience... would "The Mighty Kraken" go through something like this someday? She debated asking the daisy child whether she had told Lena about this, but decided against it- no need to pry right now, and in any case, this looked like something that only people from Eden might be able to take on. Mouse felt frustrated and helpless at this possibility. She worried for Tyyne, Sylvest and the others. "I think it's good that you're going to try and go... and I'm sure that all of us will be more than willing to help in any way we can," the teen said after a few seconds of deliberation. Sylvest probably would have been disappointed at the prospect of no oysters if it weren't for the very serious air about. He drew his small body tall and tried to look as brave and as serious as he could. Flower lady seemed to need all of the support she could get... Dulcea Teagan frowned, moving to take the girl's hand and give it a tight squeeze. That's what Momma used to do when he had bad dreams, and Tyy seemed to be living her own bad dream.
He quirked a bit at the question. Go with her? Yeah, that would help, and he could see this Eden place, and that lady, yeah, it was a good idea. He wasn't sure about the others, but he'd made up his mind, "I'll come with you if I can." Lenachan358 Tyyne slowly nodded. "Yes, I will go and try." It was more of a phrase to comfort herself than an explaination. The blonde girl slowly moved towards the door. It made her feel better that Teagan wanted to help her. He was strong, he knew what to do...it felt better.
Stepping out into the cold Tyyne shivered a bit as she moved towards the pond. It wasn't frozen yet, indeed it was crystal clear. "I'll just go below the water a bit. Just a tiny bit. I will call for you, if I need help." She declared as she took off her shoes. Seeno Evil Seeno piped up, his arms unfolding as he watched the situation revolve and evolve into an entirely different dynamic. Everything seemed /so/ serious now! This was no party. This WAS a secret, this WAS a mystery, this WAS a case! And detective Seeno the spy was going to help in anyway he could!
After following her a little bit out, his eyes narrowed. "Can you swim?" He finally let out in somewhat of a cry, "what would your Mummy say if you caught a cold missy?" His tone took a warmer note, showing concern for the little girl away to literally dip herself into the pond.
"..." No! He wouldn't ruin their fun, or whatever they had to do. "Never you mind! Sorry!" His voice descended into a lower note. "Goodluck! We'll be watching! Goodluck! Goodluck! Goodluck little blondie!"
She could do it!
He'd never seen something so magnificient from a child of that age though, but he was still overly concerned with the fact that she may have an accident. The pond didn't look too promising.
He couldn't remember Bond saving any children in his movies? What would HE do damnit?! Mouse Pachinkorelli Mouse nodded. Yes, it seemed right for Tyyne to go ahead with this. The Eden woman probably had a lot to teach. Hopefully the Eden would come out alright... "Good luck, Tyyne, but be careful. I'd ask Sylvest-" " My'tee Kwaken!" "-Mighty Kraken to help you, but he's too little and I don't know how fresh water would affect him..." Mouse finished. Sylvest pouted slightly at this comment. He wanted to help! "Maybe next time, Syl- Kraken. But I think Tyyne and Teagan can handle this one, alright?" Dulcea Teagan tried to show a reassuring smile, though inside he was unbelievably nervous. He didn't want to let his friend go in alone, what if she got stuck and couldn't call for help? "I think-" He paused, trying to think of a solution, "Maybe someone should come in with you. Or try to at least. You could get hurt, or lost, or captured and then you wouldn't be able to tell us and then you could drown and we'd never see you again." There he went scenario building. Lenachan358 Quickly Tyyne put her hair into a ponytail and looked at Teagan, Sylvest and the man.
"No, sir. I can't swim...yet. A bit. Tiny bit." She looked at Teagan and hoped he wouldn't be sad about her not being able to do so yet. "I try." The Eden girl added and looked at the water.
One her toes slowly dipped into it and she shuddered. It was cold !
"Yes, it's better if Kraken..er..Sylvest stays here, Mrs. Mouse." Tyyne added as her golden eyes turned to Teagan. "You would really like to come ? It can be...dangerous and so on. You...you would have to spend time with me." You could literally read the uncertainty in her eyes as she stepped into the water.
White Feather ...phew. Glad that was over. Perhaps eating those meat cookies all the time wasn't such a good idea. Alex sped out of the HQ's solitary bathroom and into its backyard, still zipping up his fly as he ran. It seemed just as things were getting good the falcon-Eden had gotten the sudden urge to go to the bathroom. and YES, he washed his hands.
He quickly sped over to the small group clustered around the pond, making various conclusions as he watched Tyyne preparing to venture into the water. How brave she was... she couldn't even swim and yet she was risking drowning to take the chance of going back to Eden and meeting up with this strange woman? At least Teagan was going with her, from the looks of it.
"Good luck, to the both of you." He said in as serious of a voice as he could muster, nodding at the two. "You'd both BETTER get back here in one piece." Seeno Evil Seeno shuddered, hardly able to watch. He'd NEVER EVER let Kole do something like that as a kid, people would think he was barking mad, well he was, but on a different level. "Please, please, please BE careful" He called, he was trembling somewhat in the fear of one slip in that pond, and it might of been slippy, that after that one slip, he'd never see the little Blondie again.
This was all so weird!
It was almost as weird as Keir, and her kind, and her secrets and magic and all of that stuff his brain would not comprehend. Well, nor this. But he knew for a fact that Blondie WAS going for a big dip dive in that pond, and he was letting her do it.
And that other adult was too?
He didn't want to go to jail again for 'helping in the assult of a small blonde innocent child who died in a pond'. He could see the following days papers rivet through his mind too, 'adults onlook at girl die in pond', 'girl drowns because adults didn't supervise properly.'
He didn't want to stay at this 'party' anymore.
Oh! He noted the octopus boy who was away to join her. "Goodluck then! BOTH OF YEWWWW" He half cheered, half cried, and almost died. Mouse Pachinkorelli Mouse had the strangest urge to ruffle Alex's hair as he returned from his epic trip to the bathroom, and thus she carried it out- probably to the chagrin of the falcon Eden. It did help to slightly relieve the stress brought about by the ninja-spy-guy hanging around... what the heck was he doing here, anyway? Going on some secret mission for some club he was in or something? Wouldn't he be a bit too old for that kind of stuff? The teen sighed and shook her head. It wasn't the time to think about stuff like this. Sylvest looked like he needed to be comforted in some way, so Mouse picked him up and he immediately latched his hands and octopus arms around her arms. The octopus arms became noticeably paler- was he worried for Tyyne? "Ah, I bet the water is cold..." she observed not very helpfully as the daisy child dipped her foot in the pond. "You're very brave going through this, you know." Dulcea Tea cast a glance at the falcon boy, then turned his attention back to Tyyne, stepping into the water beside her. His smile was a bit more confident now, he could come with her and try to protect her. Offering his hand, he looked down at the water, wondering what exactly would be found beneath the surface, and whether this odd plan would even work. "Ready?" That was an odd question as well, seeing as he wasn't sure he was ready himself. Lenachan358
"I'm not brave. I'm very scared, Miss." Tyyne mumbled as she looked at Teagan and gladly accepted his hand. She slowly moved into the water and shivered as the cool liquid surrounded her. Now she just needed to catch her breath.
Quickly Tyyne pulled her head below the surface and felt that the water surrounded her completely. It was horrible, cold and for a few moments she just pushed Teagan's hand a few times until something appeared in front of her.
It felt like she was close to drown as some kind of portal seemed to open up and Tyyne and Teagan were able to see the familiar picture of Eden again. Flowers, a tree, grass, some animals...and the scary eyes.
"Come heere, Daisy." The voice purred. "You brought Lemur along. Come here." Laughter followed as Tyyne slowly tried to move towards the portal, trying to touch it.
White Feather Alex took in a deep breath as the two submerged themselves beneath the water, almost as if he unconsciously were breathing for them. Silently, he recalled what a bad experience with water one he'd had one time...
stupid Rumkai.
The child Eden sat down close to the shore of the pond, staring intently at the rhythmic ripples of the water. He felt helpless, and was sure he wasn't the only one who had the same thought.
"Mouse, random ninja guy, Sy-Kraken, do you really think they'll be okay?" He peered up at them, desperate for answers. "It's so hard to just watch them go like that..." Mouse Pachinkorelli "Heh... brave isn't the same thing as fearless, Tyyne," Mouse answered as she watched the daisy and the lemur venture into the great unknown that the pond had suddenly become. Sylvest gripped tighter- good thing he was just a toddler, or Mouse might have been unable to breathe! Things remained painfully silent for a few seconds until Alex spoke his concerns. "Well... to be honest, I don't know. I'm not usually one to trust my instincts, but those say that they'll most likely turn out okay... clam chowder?" Mouse offered, opening the thermos and pouring some into the cap for Sylvest. She wrinkled her nose at the smell it created, but at least the octopus lad enjoyed it. Dulcea Tea's fur bristled, the voice giving him shivers from the first word. He squeezed Tyy's hand, then moved toward the portal with her, looking around suspiciously. It was strange, this whole place was so beautiful, but it scared him, and not much scared the lemur anymore. Lenachan358
Tyyne slowly moved towards it with Teagan and as she reached for it with her hand she had to gasp for air. Bubbles were slowly making their way to the surface as the oxygen escaped her lips and it felt like something inside of her was pulled into the portal, dragged so hardly out of her body that it hurt.
"Teagaaaan..." Tyyne tried to mouth, but she just swallowed water as she felt her spirit sucked into the portal alongside with Teagan's.
"No humans." The voice muttered and chuckled a bit as the two lifeless bodies were slowly floated back to the surface.
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It was just about then when Lena had got worried about Tyyne being away so long and stepped into the project's house just to find it empty. Quickly she walked into the garden to look at Alex and Sylvest. "Hey, what's going on ?" She turned to Mouse with a smile.White Feather "No...no thanks, Mrs. Mouse. But thanks for the offer.." Alex replied faintly, smiling weakly at her before turning around and glancing at the pond once more. The ripples intensified as the bodies of Teagan and Tyyne floated to the surface, and at first, Alex was stunned, watching them with a horrified expression as they bobbed up and down limply in the waves of the water.
Were they...
"NO!!!" The scream forced its way up his throat and out of his mouth before he had a chance to control it, or at least stifle it, and Alexander bolted up and plunged in the water with the faint hope there was still something left in the empty shells of his friends. The pond churned violently as he forced his way to the two bodies, frantically took hold of them, and with strength aided by adrenaline, dragged them back to the shore.
Tears mixed with pond water were apparent on his face as he looked desperately at Mouse and Sylvest, and then to Lena...
Perhaps she knew what was going on! But Alex wasn't comforted- far from it. "Why is this happening?!!! Lena, Mouse, are they..." He dare not finish his sentence, biting his lip to keep from crying more and embarassing himself any more than he already had. He kept Teagan's and Tyyne's bodies close to him, as if worried he'd lose them, as well. Mouse Pachinkorelli "Please, just call me Mouse... I'm not married or anything.." Mouse replied, smiling slightly at Alex's response. "Don't worry, I don't like the stuff eith- oh, no..." The pond rippled, and the bodies of Teagan and Tyyne broke the surface of the water. Mouse immediately rushed to the edge and helped Alexander pull them out in hoped that they would be all right. "Th-they weren't under nearly long enough to drown, I think... and they don't have any injuries... what...?" She rested her forehead on her palm, trying to make sense of things without being morbid. "Oh, Lena... I'm not sure what happened- did Tyyne tell you about a vision she had?" Mouse managed to force out when she saw the daisy's guardian. Dulcea It was a strange feeling, being seperated from your body, but that wasn't the smartest realization the lemur had ever had. Wait, he couldn't see himself, well not really, maybe he wasn't looking hard enough...
Needless to say, the boy was confused, not just by this whole event, but by the fact that he couldn't seem to put his thoughts into words. Lenachan358
Tyyne was still able to hear some voices from above and sensed Teagan close to herself as she felt her spirit faint and everything went black in front of her eyes.
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"Oh no !" Lena cried out as she noticed the two bodies and sprinted towards Alexander who was holding them. "Yes, yes, she told me about seeing a place. I didn't take it serious, I thought she was just having nightmares or something when falling asleep in the tub." The mother was close to cry as she gently stroked her daughter's pale face.
"Don't worry, Alex. I'm sure they're alive...I'm sure..." She gently put her fingers onto the girl's neck and waited for some kind of response. Heart beat ! "They're alive. But somehow...away." The mother sighed and looked at Alex who seemed pretty scared. "Would you please call Ul, Mouse ? The telephone number is written down near the phone inside."
She quickly grabbed the children with a huff and carried them inside the building to lay them down on the couch. Oh god, hopefully they were alright.
Mouse Pachinkorelli Mouse nodded. "Yes, I'll call Ul. But once I get ahold of her, I'll have to get going. I knew it was a bad day to have a doctor's appointment..." she groaned, slapping herself in the forehead. It was going to cost a fortune, too... "I'm sure Tyyne and Teagan will get better. It looks almost like they're in deep REM sleep, so..." Leaving it at that, she dashed inside the building to call Ul.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:40 am
Teen Quest Part 3 : Back to Eden
Slowly, just as she awoke the first time, Tyyne opened her eyes. Everything was dark around her and it took her a few moments before her mind was able to cope with what just happened. She had drowned ? It...it...was she DEAD ?!
She wanted to get up, but suddenly Tyyne noticed that she looked different. Her whole body was...gone somehow. Long white hair reached up to her toes and she was dressed in a slight golden peace of cloth, but still she wasn't human. It was something in between...a bit shinethrough and her feet looked like...roots..and sometimes like feet again.
"Teagan ?" She whispered as she looked around scaredly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:25 pm
Teagan? It was strange, to say the very least. Teagan felt... Shorter, but he didn't really feel anything at all. He tried to look at himself, but all he saw was a furry creature about half the size of his own body. It was something, for sure, to nearly see through yourself. But this wasn't himself... Was it? "Tyy" Was what he tried to say, but what came out didn't sound like that, he sounded more like an animal. What was happening?
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:16 am
Phew, at least she wasn't alone. Tyyne moved her head slightly into Teagan's direction. Oh no, what had happened to him ? He sounded so insecure ! And what did he look like ? Tyyne was really able to make out his shape, but sometimes it appeared to her that he seemed to be a ...monkey ?
Just as the girl was about to speak you could hear a whispering voice coming closer inside the darkness of the room they were in. Steps were making their way closer to them and Tyyne quickly put her non-existant hands into her mouth. "Are we - did we die, Teagan ?"
She slowly moved over to him and crouched down beside him, just as she tried to protect herself by doing so. Something indeed wasn't right and she couldn't even see right in this dim light. Out of sudden a door on the other side of the room was opened.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:17 am
Teagan had never been truely scared in his life. But now, faced with the chance that they might be dead, he was petrified. Where was his rosary when he needed it? That was it, wasn't it? This wasn't Heaven, and it certainly wasn't Hell. But... What if they were in Purgatory? No, neither he nor Tyyne had any strong sins to atone for. His faith had been important to him for the past while, and he'd been praying every night. No, they weren't in Purgatory. They couldn't be.
How could he tell her that though? His vision would shift as his form wavered, sometimes clear, sometimes garbled. Speech seemed impossible, how could he form the right words when he couldn't make his tongue do the right movements? Even if he could, everything would come out as screeches, wouldn't it? He had to try at least, he couldn't leave her worrying, thinking he was more scared. Boys were supposed to be strong, he needed to be strong for Tyyne. "Nodae. Nai joogmie." He heard a voice echo, but it took him a few moments to figure out that it was his own.
There was a door! Maybe there was a way to escape then as well?
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:27 am
The door was opened slightly and the room was enlightened by a candle. "Welcome Daisy, welcome Lemur." Tyyne tried to make out what Teagan wanted to tell her, but instead of asking she just clinged to him. Her lower lip was slightly trembling because of fear.
A woman with a hair-do that looked like a lily had entered the strange dark room and looked at the pair, who seemed pretty frightened. "Don't worry." She smiled friendly as she grabbed Tyyne's wrist and for a moment sadness was reflected in her eyes. "The rose queen is waiting for you. Come...hurry !"
She mumbled and was about to drag Tyyne away who tried to reach for Teagan. "Tea !" She screamed and really wanted him to follow.
"Don't play around, kiddo. Quick, quick, Daisy."
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:32 am
Teagan let out a screech, baring his teeth, which now seemed sharper and longer, and came after them on all fours. Unfortunately, he was still clumsy running in that fashion, so it was no real surprise when he tripped and tumbled into a heap, having to take a few moments to recover before he could get to his feet.
Where were they going? Was that thing taking Tyy away from him? Would they leave him behind? And who was the rose queen? Allo of this was just a bit too much for the lemur to comprehend all at once, without giving himself a headache at least, and so he sat there and shut his orange eyes tight, hoping everything would go away.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:59 pm
"Come on, Come on, Daisy." The Lily girl said and pulled Tyyne with her, who wasn't able to do anything besides just staring at Teagan. As she noticed that he wouldn't be able to come, she screamed loudly, but was quickly taken away.
Silence ruled the room for a minute before another voice arose and mad laughter followed. "Rest well, dear Lemur. Rest well..." Spores were spread across the little Lemur's head and he fell asleep quickly.
Tyyne was on her own now.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:10 pm
Teen Quest Part 4 : Prepared by Lily
Golden eyes stared at tons of flowers in front of them, blinking once in a while and trying to realize that this had to be a dream. But still everything was awfully familiar. For a moment she even forgot about Teagan and just stared at the sea of flowers, slowly moving in the wind.
The grass was very high here and tickled her feet, whereas the climate was warm and humid. "Where are we ?" Tyyne whispered as she looked at the people around her. Now there were also several mushroom guys and still the lily one who very busily chatting and doing things to her. Actually brushing her hair and decorating it with daisy flowers.
Lily laughed as she stroked through Tyyne's hair. "Oh Daisy, you're at Eden." The young girl blinked once again and gasped for air. "You mean ? This is...truly Eden ?" The mushrooms nodded and were about to make her dress look as neat as possible.
"Where's the one who called me ? The former blonde one asked and Lily narrowed her eyes. "Daisy...you know, she's...the queen." She whispered and looked around as if she was aware that anybody could be close. "Take care of yourself, alright ? She doesn't like...other ones too much."
Tyyne shrugged and smiled. "She seemed friendly though. The queen was calling for me." A nice feeling arose in her stomach as she thought about it. A queen had called for HER. This was better than every movie, truly.
A warm breeze stroked Tyyne's face and she felt very content. She was something special. She was !
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:12 am
Teen Quest Part 5 : The Encounter
Alright, she wasn't.
Golden eyes stared at a laughing crowd of flowers with fear and something slimey had settled on her heart. At least it felt like it and of course the girl didn't feel comfortable at all. Her hands were clutched around two golden stacks and Tyyne knew that tears were forming in her eyes.
She had been trapped. Trapped by an evil flower lady who was laughing at her yet. The Eden girl was standing inside a small golden cage and nothing could be done about that. Teagan was somewhere else, her siblings as well and also her mother. She had planned to be brave on her own, but indeed she wasn't. Everything she had dreamt of called Eden was horrible.
It had started to nicely. After she had been prepared by Lily and the mushroom guys she had been lead towards a nice throne made out of mistletoes. The rose lady was seated on it and every single plant person bowed when Tyyne made her way towards her. She had felt so famous, just like the persons on TV.
They had been so fast. Tyyne couldn't really remember and wasn't even able to estimate the timespan that she had forgotten. Now she was imprisoned inside this cage in a beautiful landscape she wasn't able to discover. "Well, well, my dear Daisy." A voice snarled and Tyyne was pulled out of her dreams. "Nice to meet you face to face, finally." The rose queen hissed and played around with one of her thorns. It was definately strange how she looked like, acting like a human being but looking like a rose. She was a very pretty one, no doubt. What did she want ?
"What do you want from me ?" Tyyne stuttered and bit her lip full of fear. She wanted to go home, she didn't like Eden. Would she die poked by thorns ? A shiver ran down her spine as she watched the sharp weapons and she couldn't hold back her tears anylonger.
"Come on Daisy, don't be such a whimp." Rose laughed and moved one planty hand through her firey red hair. "You know why you're here. Don't lie, alright ?" She growled and closed her eyes to inhalate her own smell. "You like this parfume, Daisy ?"
Tyyne shook her head. "Like my clothes, Daisy ?" The girl shook her head once more. She wouldn't speak to this woman again. Of course, this had to be a nightmare. It just couldn't be real. "Aww..." The rose pouted artificially and laughed. "You insult me, my dear."
"That-That's not what I intended." Tyyne whispered and looked to the ground, which looked fertile and was full of fresh green grass.
"What about my hairstyle, Daisy ? Do you like it ?" The former blonde girl had to think hard about her answer. Perhaps she would be allowed to go if she said yes ? "Yes, Miss..." Ty mumbled.
"LIAR !" The queen hissed and slapped Tyyne's face hardly, which caused the young girl to stumble and fall to the ground. She rubbed her cheek while hot tears ran down her face. What did she do ?
"I'm the only plant of love, my dear. You should know that." She walked off in a very exaggerated way and Tyyne was left alone in the golden cage. The young girl started to cry heavily.
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:05 pm
Teen Quest Part 6 : Getting out of a nightmare
Teagan tried to move, but his whole body felt like lead. Where was he? It felt like he'd been asleep for days, weeks even... What had happened in that time, where was Tyy? He'd been with her, hadn't he? Yeah, they'd been talking about her dream and then they'd gone into the water and then... Oh no... She'd been taken by that lady, hadn't she?
He pulled himself up onto his haunches, still struggling to focus his eyes. It was dark here, and he seemed so small. The door was closed now, it had to be, but he would try anyway. After a few more minutes, though it could have been hours for all of the clarity he had, he managed to make his way across the room on all fours, stopping when he reached the large door. There was light on the other side, he could see it through the crack at the bottom, but how was he supposed to get through... Wait... He was small! He could flatten himself out and slide until the door. That would take a few tries, he was still clumsy in this body, but he had to give it a shot.
Tyyne had stopped to sob and just waited for the return of the rose queen, but after all she hadn't come back yet. The young girl was worried. Would she ever be able to get back home to her friends and family ? Perhaps she wouldn't be fed and she'd just starve.
Tears were dwelling out of her eyes again and she wiped them away quickly. What had they done to Teagan ? Hopefully he had been able to get home safely. She didn't want him to be involved, but somewhere deep inside her heart Tyyne feared to be lonely as well. Alone in Eden, in stupid damn beautiful Eden.
She hit the ground with one fist and suddenly a tickling feeling started to take over her body. As she stopped touching it with her hand the emotion was gone again. What was going on ?
With a few cuts and bruises, Teagan managed to wedge his way under the door and into the bright sunlight of Eden. Now, normally the boy wasn't the aggressive sort, but combine raw animal instinct with a missing friend, and he was about as dangerous as a lion that's been riled up with a stick. He must have been a strange sight in this "paradise", a lemur with his teeth bared and his fur matted up with blood and dirt, charging across the landscape, but he honestly didn't care anymore. He was going to find his friend, and they would go home, and everything would be normal again.
The mushrooms that had been helping lily seemed to have noticed him, as a few flung themself at the primate, hoping to slow him down before he could interrupt things. Whenever too many would take hold though, the lemur would drop into a roll to shake them off, leaving a trail of flattened fungi behind. Once he reached the flowers however, it was a whole different story. A few sprayed pollen and spores at him, landing enough shots in his eyes that the boy led out a series of loud screeches, distracted from his purpose long enough to start shredding them in his teeth.
Tyyne heard loud yelps and cries from further away, but she was far too distracted to take care. She stared at her hands in disbelieve and touched the soil once again. Her hands slowly dissolved into ...roots !
She bit her lip hardly and it almost started to bleed. There had to be a lock somewhere hadn't it ? Perhaps she could open it with this new trick. Just very, very perhaps. The girl tried to concentrate hardly on her hands, but the trick just didn't work. She needed help, she would die here otherwise.
"HELP !" Tyyne cried out in dispair and out of sudden her hands turned into roots.
Tea's ears shot forward, the cry reminding him why he had come out into this hell hole in the first place. Giving one last snarl to the patch of flowers, this one earned him a root whip to the face, he turned and kept running, hoping to get out of their range and toward his friend. He might have been better off jumping that running, but then he would run the risk of landing directly on one of those bloody things. So he skipped the shortcut and pushed himself harder, eyes going wide as the cage came into view.
As he neared it, the ground here seemed to have some ivy hidden in the grass and thus it was harder to keep from being snared for more than a few seconds, he let out another series of screeches, hoping his friend could hear him. He was about to leap for the cage, aiming to land on the bars, when a particularly thick rope of ivy came crashing down on his back, pinning him to the ground just a few feet away.
Finally Tyyne noticed the Lemur. "TEAGAN !" He had come to rescue her, he was so brave, he was awesome, he was...pinned down by ivy. The girl screamed in pure horror as she got to her feet and her hands reverted back to normal again.
"Tea. Tea, can you hear me ? I can do a trick with my hands. They can change. Perhaps I can..." She concentrated on her hands but it just didn't work out anymore. Tyyne knew she needed to help quickly, but she just wasn't able to. Holding back the tears was just too hard for the girl and so she started to cry again.
"The Queen, she slapped me. She..." Her voice dissolved as she just stared at the friend.
The lemur clawed at the ground, only managing to drag a few handfuls of soil closer to himself. The ivy didn't have thorns as far as he could tell, but it seemed to, wrapping itself around him in a tight squeeze. He let out another screech, digging his claws into the plant. Tyy was saying something, he could tell. He needed to calm down, there had to be a way out of this, he wasn't going to get crushed by some stupid plant in some stupid Eden. The Queen? Could that be the rose lady that lily had been talking about? No one got away with slapping one of his friends.
With a loud screech that sounded much like a human "No", Teagan dug his teeth into the plant, nearly blacking out when it slammed him headfirst into the ground. The ground, she had said she could do a trick with her hands, like he could do tricks with his tail. Think Tea. Think. How could he tell her to try again, but not try as hard as she had been?
Tyyne's golden eyes watched Teagan intensively. She needed to calm down, she needed to breath slowly. Quickly the girl sat down again and tried to control her senses. She closed her eyes, she listened to Teagan's voice. He needed her help, she was the only one who could help here now.
There weren't any superheros, who would rescue her and her friend. This wasn't a TV show, this was real. Tyyne sighed as she slowly felt how her hands dissolved and reappeared as fragile roots. The lock...she needed to open it.
Her eyes flashed open and she quickly moved towards the small golden bolt. The roots dug into the hole and she tried to open it as fast as possible. Sweat was running down her face and she bit her lower lip hardly. Teagan, she needed to help Teagan.
Out of sudden there was a click and the cage was opened.
Teagan let out a supportive screech when the lock clicked open, cut off when the root grabbed hold of him again. He kicked his back legs violently, trying to get to her. This stupid thing didn't know when to quit. Of course, it had no reason to quit, it was winning. What would anything in this place have to fear from a four pound squirt like him? He was useless here, he needed to be by Tyyne's side to be of any good.
Tyyne pushed the door of the cage open as she suddenly heard someone yelling. The rose queen was coming back ! "Teagan, we need to get back home. Quick, quick."
The girl almost stumbled across the ivy as she moved towards the little Lemur. Her hands grabbed him gently as she tried to pull him out of the misery. The ivy was strong though and she had to pull with all of her strength, because the queen was coming closer pretty quickly.
Her naked feet decided to stomp on the plant, which yelped and fled quickly. The Lemur was free ! Tyyne picked him up very carefully and started to run back towards the door. This was the only way out.
Tea scuttled up his friend's arm, attaching himself to her shoulder. He didn't seem to notice that he was digging his claws in, he was too freaked out to loosen his hold. Home. Yes, they had to go home, or they'd be stuck here. He didn't want to stay here. Eden was bad.
Tyyne whinced as she felt Teagan's claws, but was much too occupied with running towards the door to say anything. She noticed how the grass tried to hold her back and how everyone came closer, especially the queen.
"Don't let her go ! I'm the only plant of love, don't let her go !" The rose screamed in despair as Tyyne reached the door's handle and pulled it open quickly. The dark hallways was still there, hopefully she'd find a way out.
The bare feet hasted along the way into the darkness and she just hoped Teagan was able to hold on. As she arrived inside the room they had come from, she suddenly wasn't able to run anymore and fainted.
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Lena was awfully worried about her daughter, who had brought home in the meantime. She had been put on her bed and Lena and her siblings didn't have a happy Christmas so far. Tyyne was definately missing.
So the mother moved up the stairs and opened the girl's door. Tyyne was still silent, but...wait...she had grown hadn't she ?
Out of sudden the two golden eyes opened and the girl glanced at her mother very tiredly. "Mum ? Where's Teagan ?"
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