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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:19 pm
"Yeah, it was when we were kids..." Atlurius chuckled. "I think my other sister was throwing a tantrum... The night didn't end well." Shaking his head slowly he reached up to touch his forehead. His head felt a little funny, his memory seemed a bit sharper, but it faded quickly.
"Thanks for the advice... I think it's exactly what I need," He said slowly, unsure what had happened, but whatever it had been, it had been... different... He smiled now, wondering if this was her power.
Wait... what DID she do?
"So uhm..." He motioned that it was her turn to talk.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:38 pm
Nomia's brow raised. He didn't seem to notice too much, nor react how she had anticipated, so she decided maybe he didn't know what her special gift was.
"You make sure to be friendly with your family. Before long, they'll be grown with families of their own and you will have missed much fun!" She spoke more soothingly, than serious. "I was born as I am now. I did not get to play and be innocent like the children." She was of course, referring to Lethe, and having watched her grow from the day she hatched.
Being a child is something Nomia would never know. But it did fill her with love for them. All child, she felt were gifts. So special, only certain pae'il are priveleged enough to experience it.
Oddly enough, speaking with this strange boy eased her conscious and heart a little bit. Maybe being a pae'il wasn't so bad? Naaaa... I would still rather be home, in the lake.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:43 pm
Alturius chuckled, "I guess I will have to, I mean, I'm not getting any younger right?" He looked her over a moment then frowned in thought. "Wait... You're telling me you were 'born' teenager... how does that work?"
Now things were getting confusing... People aren't BORN as teens... They're born as infants!
"Explain that to me... Maybe I misunderstood you?"
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:53 pm
Nomia stepped sideways a couple paces and turned to face Alturius. She put her finger on her chin and looked skywards for a moment. She was thinking ... thinking how to explain how she was born.
"I ... was not really ... born." she started. "One day, Guardians made me. They say, 'Nomia, soon as you walk out of water, you not be able to go back'. I stay under water," She pointed to the laked, "for a little while till I see a boy on the beach..." She took a small breath, sighing a little bit. "I think boy is cute and I wanted to meet him. I ... sing ... so he not run away and I walk out of water..." She paused, blinked a few times and watched Alturious for a moment.
"And now I am not able to go back home, ever." She frowned, pouting her bottom lip a little bit. She hoped she would not have to explain much more due to him speaking weird.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:59 pm
Holy hell she's cute when she pouts... Alturius nodded his head. "So the Guardians made you? They're your parent's?" Shaking his head slowly, he was discovering more and more a reason to NOT like them, if they could punish such a 'nice' girl. Obviously she must have really screwed up... Rolling his shoulders a little he thought over her story.
"So you're saying you saw a boy, and then you went to meet him, and now you can't return to your home in the lake because you left it to be with him..." And he's not with you now... If he'd really liked you he would have tried to be with you even if the Guardians tried to stop him... "Was he your boyfriend you talked about earlier?" An assumption needed credence...
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:12 pm
Nomia nodded slowly, still pouting slightly. "I ... muddled his mind. I did not know how to speak when I come from the water. I could not tell him my name. I wanted to help. I sing so I help him understand. But... I go too far. Guardians say I am not ex.... ex... " she struggled, trying to remember the word 'experienced'. "... I not know how to control my voice yet because I not ever used it. They say 'Nomia be careful. Don't go messin' up pae's mind'!" She used a stern voice and furled her brow, putting one hand on her hip, and pointing one finger, looking downwards as if scolding a child, whenever she spoke 'as the Guardians'. (she did this before too)
She took a deep breath and coughed a little to clear her throat, then looked back to Alturius. "Rain... he my boyfriend. Guardians say "You did bad. You make a boy forget his family. You betrayed him and his family. You can no longer see them or end....end..." she couldn't think of the word 'endangered'" or hurt them no more. We will fix your mistake, but we need to make sure you won't hurt that family again." She whiped her brow after saying all that, it was a mouthful.
After another breath, she shrugs. "So ... I hide from the family. I hide from Guardians. I wish for death many times." She frowned more, her eyes showing her sorrow, and even her pain. She knows its hard to explain what happened, and it might even be stupid to most pae, but to her, it was her world.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:20 pm
Altuirus frowned. "Well that's damn unfair of them, to not give you a chance to fix your own mistakes... Not only that, but barring you from your 'friends' like that..." Holding his arms behind his back he paced a bit.
"Though, I have to say... This Rain guy doesn't really sound like he cared for you, if he didn't come looking for you after you were barred from him... I would have... Unless they wiped his memory of you... Which I don't think they would do... That's not their style..."
Tapping his chin he huffed. "I am glad you did not hide from me Nomia... Though I think our meeting was something that will benefit us both..." He chuckled a little and walked to her, touching her shoulder lightly with just his fingers. "Though I am sorry that you wish for death... But I know that you will make the right choice if the chance for death comes..."
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:06 am
"Yeah... it is." Nomia certainly wasn't sure what to make of this kid. Defy the Guardians, on purpose? No way!
"I thank you for your kind words, Alturius. But sadly, I still wish for death most times. Lethe makes me wish less, but sometimes I get sad and wish I never asked to be a pae'il. I was happy before, but I thought I could be happier. I was wrong." She hefted a sigh.
"I ... I wanted to know what true love is. I wanted to do what Pae'il do. I have watched pae'il for a very long time..." She was growing sad, and she didn't want to be, but she didn't know how to cheer herself up yet. Lethe usually did it for her.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:13 am
Alturius gave her a quick hug before letting go, not sure how she would react to it, but it was a risk worth taking. "Come now, cheer up, there are pleanty of fish in the lake, I'm sure you'll find the right guy for you, who knows, he might come falling out of the sky one day," He chuckled. "A pretty girl like you shouldn't mope, you should be out enjoying your life, especially since you work so hard with Lethe..."
He leaned in and gave her another gentle hug. "Now come on, no need to be down,"
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:36 am
Nomia backed away from each hug. Sure they felt nice and made her feel safe inside, but Estra had taught her what hugs lead to!
"Someday... Guardians I think punish me and not let me find love." She made a slight angry face, but it didn't last long. She raised her fist up high and shook it as she looked skywards. The Guardians knew of her bitterness. They expected it.
"I not ... mope. I get mad, I get sad. Then I chase Lethe." She nodded resolutely. She pretty much described every day lately right there with that sentence.
"Alturius... were you a child one time? You not created by the Guardians, yes? What is that like?" She wanted to change the subject so she wouldn't get any more sad.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:43 am
Alturius chuckled and nodded his head. "Yeah I was born and infant and grew... I'm not sure why, but the family kind of well... disintergrated after all of us were born... My childhood was..."
Terrible? Horrid? Short? Tell her about how mother used to use the switch when you got out of line? How she told you that one day you WOULD seize power and how you would do so... How you spent most of your play time learning how to lead... Yeah... She'll want to hear that...
"... Nice, not perfect but I got lots of love and attention... My mother would tuck me in at night and read me bedtime stories after a big plate of cookies and a glass of warm milk... We'd have dinner a nice table and she'd tell me about her day..." Lies... But lies he wished were true, so in his tone he made them true, he spoke with complete conviction. "Childhood was the most carefree time of my life..."
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:05 am
Nomia smiled a little. "That sounds wonderful, actually." She spoke quietly. She did long for the experience, but has long past accepted there are just certain things she won't know, nor experience regarding having a childhood.
"How come you not see your other family, if things were so good?" She wasn't implying anything, it was just how she worded it. She wondered if the family separation was a good thing afterall.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:11 am
Feeling a bit cornered Alturius had to figure out some convincing lie he could use to cover that. "Well... I don't really know why all my parent's seperated, but I think that they all had different ideas as to how we should all be raised, and that caused a parting of ways... In the long run I don't really mind, I think it was best for all three of us, my sisters and I, to grow as we did... So that way when we meet again, we'll know different things, and will be able to compare notes and make our own choices as to what's best..."
Dear lord he hoped she'd buy that, because honestly he was sure it flopped.
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:17 am
Nomia's expression was one of confusion. She had no idea how that was logical, but she was also sure she didn't understand most of it. She didn't want to be yelled at (out of frustration) for misunderstanding, so she just nodded slowly. "Okay." she said slowly.
"You are lucky, Alturius." she added with a small smile. "Are your sisters anything like you? My sisters and brother are nothing like me. I don't think. I only just met them not long ago."
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:21 am
"Haha, no, at least, not completely, my Sister Grendell is probably the closest to being like me... But my other sister Dru.... That's short for Drucilla... She's a little different I think," He chuckled. "Then again I only met her once when I was young, and back then she was quite the attention getter, she loooved being the center of attention, and I think my fathers were more than happy to give it all to her... I hope she is doing well, I really would like to see her, but I don't know the first place to start looking save for Dragnid, but I'm not sure where to begin THERE, and there is a dangerous place..."
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