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As the mood shifted, Leax relaxed. Lorelei relaxed a little, as well, when she felt her lover's grip soften and heard Vanna's whimpers subside.

"She's moving away," Leax murmured, as if she couldn't tell. Lorelei smiled, faintly, for him, and the family settled back down.

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Before the rabbit child could go to fetch one of her Banyas, Hadassah came flying into the circle. Valelldia only nodded, her head upturned to something- maybe the sky... maybe the meij. Oqaia looked on with the same worried air she'd had for weeks.

"Hontanna, Darspur, All Ell Oraylo," Valelldia said. She was hoping for more from the meij than a gift for this child. She was hoping for redemption. For them all.

Her words deepened in the air, and took on bright, almost convivial smears of possession- they were light, they were beautiful, and they moved around each other like dancers in a celebration. Oqaia's eyes went wide, a moment, in awe, then a twinge of something darker frightened her, and she closed them tight against something that was about to happen. She was growing into her birthright- this possession and understanding of magic... but even yet, she could only sense these things; she did not have a firm grasp on them.

Valelldia knew a little better what was to happen- or rather, what she wanted to happen. She wanted the birds to come together, and in a collective, appeal to the meij for an answer to the question she had been asking it- with no avail- these past few weeks. Was the prophecy doomed to occur? Or was there something there could be to stop it?

Valelldia spurred the word-lights on, up into the sky- where they eclipsed into Hadassah. The bird jolted once, as if shocked, but it stayed in the sky, and its eyes were enflamed with a gold possession. It cawed- no, screamed- and with that call, the other birds in the caravan joined it in its circular flight around the gypsies.

Their calls joined together in a cacophany of screams and caws. A light began to flourish around them, and the wagon mother hoped and prayed that the light would turn into a solid ball between them, then fall to earth. It would mean that they could be saved. It could happen. She wouldn't have to... die.

One lone Banya flew against the herd- Aucaman, and it was this furious, dark cry that suddenly railed against the gypsies' ears. It was only a sign, though, of what was to come.

Instead of the light stream they flew in congealing into the answer Valelldia hoped for... the stream burst off into a two paths- one the same circle around the campfire- and another a thin line off into the night. This path was followed- almost immediately, by Hadassah, Secra, Aurelia, Lucia, Lirka... and Hajari. The rest of the birds returned to their wagons... as the gypsies stared in horror at the sight of their beloved Banyas... disappearing into the night.

Oqaia brought her fingers up to her lips, speaking through them in an awful hush.

"Sister... what does it mean?"

Valelldia closed her eyes, both against the sight and against the tears. "It means... it will occur."

With the fluttering wings of goodbye from the Banyas, came the one gift that Valelldia did hope for. It was the last meij blessing of the wagon ordering.

There would be no more.

In a pale, almost blinding lavendar light, a girl was changed. It was an ugly taint, for a Lightbringer. She would be cursed, in her own respects... until the loss was rectified. Her growth may have been 'easy' for the sake of her mother- but the results of it would be difficult, unless the quest was completed.

"Oh my..." DeArca said, the only thing that could be said. So much could happen in this event that even his Tellbook couldn't predict it all...oh my, the Tellbook. DeArca reached, looking upon the bloodstained cloth folded over his Tellbook. "Mmm" He gave a deep frown, upset about how ruined the Tellbook had become. He was unable to determine how much longer he could wait until his Tellbook would revive. Maybe days, weeks...years? No, it couldn't possibly take so long....could it?

"Weee" A squeal came from above as DeArca turned to see Ash running around the top of the Forest Spirit, waving his arms around. He was chasing a little butterfly that seemed to flutter against the wooden rooftop of the wagon and as always, Ash had to repeat him. "Hehe! Wee!" A giggle sounded and DeArca smiled. "Be careful up there, Ash. Don't get hurt, please" He asked

He went into his wagon, seeing the frozen crystal shard taking the bulk of the walkspace. He looked inside of it to see Illyana sleeping within it and frowned some as he sat by it, resting his hand upon the crystal. "Soon, Illyana! One way or another, I will find a way to free you" He said, nodding some as he sighed. He hoped his words would have some truth somehow. He left his wagon, sitting up top as Ash walked over, hugging his neck, smiling. "Its alright, Ash! Lets just wait and see what the others want to do."

The man (because he was, technically, a man, despite his make-up and waist cincher and feminine voice) smile a little, and moved his arm, slightly. Aurelia hopped from his sleeve onto Ro's shoulder, squawking a little.

"I saw a whole mass of Banya flying away from here," he said, addressing the caravan once more. "Might I be of assistance? I have a way with them. I should be able to bring them back... with a little work."

The icy blue Banya that had been following him took Aurelia's perch, picking at the fabric a little as if to erase any marks of her presence.

Baptiste blinks rapidly a few times. Such powerful displays of Meij in one evening! He looks over to Tamlin. "What do you make of all of this?" he asks in a low voice. They are newcomers, both of them. He supposes that the caravan as a whole is used to such things, but he changes his mind as he sees the stunned faces of the other gypsies assembled. Especially when the Banyas fly away into the night. He'd come upon a few Banyas during his days in the trading caravan. Beautiful creatures, but he'd never heard of anyone getting so fiercely attached to them as the earthen girl who'd received hers back.

Silver stopped speaking to Caroline and watched in awe as every Banya and bird in the caravan, even her own Binay, Mherudyn, joined together in a strange circular formation. She then stared in shock when a great deal of them flew away from their wagons and owners in a dazzling display of light that seemed to leave Valelldia stricken with sadness. She wanted badly to comfort the wagon mother, to ask what it meant, find out what was happening... but she felt that she should let her sister take care of her. Oqaia was there. Valelldia would be fine, right? In the back of her mind, Silver wondered if Val still needed her to come by with her scrying bowl later...

Aisrhan and Rojiza never made it over to where their parents were, never went to see Khevashi. Too many strange things happened too suddenly. The birds, the light, Anezka, this odd new ... person bringing Aurelia back to them. Aisrhan disappeared into the crowd as Rojiza tearfully went to retrieve her Banya from the interesting newcomer. She nods to Anezka as she passes, her own small "congratulations" to the rabbit girl she'd hardly spoken to, but felt she knew quite well. She faded into the background, not wanting to be in the middle of all of this. She would find her mother, then go back to the wagon.

Mherudyn, called by the meij, did as she was bidden, and afterwards remembered nothing of the events that occurred. She did, however, have an odd feeling that their numbers had gotten smaller. She couldn't sense as many of her furtune-telling cousins as before. Recognizing Silver and Khevashi, she started to go to them, but then she spotted Aisrhan. The girl looked like she was up to something, hiding from everyone, sneaking away behind the crowd. Mherudyn decided to join her, alighting on the girl's shoulder, startling her somewhat.

"Mheru! You scared me!" Ais hissed. "Be quiet, girl... The meij is being weird again. It's Val's fault, I'm sure. It usually is. Anyway, I'm not staying out here." Aisrhan made an ugly face in mockery of the woman.
Mherudyn ruffled her feathers irritably. She liked Valelldia.
Aisrhan pet the black and green Binay lovingly as she slithered in the direction of Weathered Melody, passing Silver without a word...

(((Edited a teeny bit... ^^;; Left some stuff out earlier.)))

Heather watched as both her fully grown banya's flew off. Amkia looked up suddenly but didn't say anything. He had been silent the whole time they were here, feeling so guilty. Sighing Heather stood up, the cat girl in her arms and went to the man she had not met before.

"Excuse me? You have a way with banya birds because two of mine just decided to do a vanishing act." She didn't sound happy at trying to get them back, Secra was known to be the most annoying bird ever but Amkia adored all the banyas so it was her duty as his mother to get them back.

Amkia had followed his mother and was holding onto her skirt, hiding behind her. He was so much more nervous now and seemed more afraid of everyone else then even Kala though he still didn't like her much and she did have a habit of screaming and scratching if they got too close.