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 Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:26 pm
The town blacksmith knocked on Anabel's door opening it slightly; "Anabel, you home, and may i come in for a minute?"
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:30 pm
Anabel jumped and set the dishrag down and scurried to the door thinking of the tax man and trembling in fear, "W-who... is it?" she whispered as she slowly cracked the door open and touched the side of the person's face, "Oh, Marc, You scared me!"
She opened the door up and stepped aside, "Come on in... I'll put some tea on." Anabel scurried off to the kitchen to get some tea going.
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:33 pm
He raised his voice to a comfortable yet audible level; "Anabel, there is no need, actually I came to fetch you, and take you down to a meeting. So if you need help finishing something up please let me know and i'll help you with it."
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:37 am
"A meeting... About what?" she asked curiously as she peeked her head back around the kitchen corner, "And this late at night... Don't they usually have town meetings in the afternoon?"
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:18 pm
"Yes but not the whole town is going to be there, just a few people who are involved, you, Ive, and the magistrate. So if you're ready we best be on our way."
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:27 pm
Anabel stepped out of the kitchen timidly, "W-What do they want with me....? Ive and I have been keeping up on the taxes, and I-I don't believe i have been doing anything wrong." she trembled and stepped out of her home, slipping Vermillion's ring from her dress pocket and rubbing it nervously.
As she closed up her home before they left, Vaine was standing outside the gate with a smile on his face, "Mark, Anabel... Goodevening."
Anabel smiled and nodded, but quickly looked down at the ground and followed Mark off of her property.
"What's going on love?" Vaine asked as he grabbed underneath her chin and lifted.
"Can he come with me?" Anabel asked Mark while meeting Vaine's eyes.
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:08 pm
Mark answered her previous questions once outside; "Some trouble has come up recently, and you have information that is crucial to clearing it up. It has nothing to do with Taxes and i doubt nothing will happen to you. Ive, I think is still working on that part of it, but sure why not; if Vaine will make you feel better attending I don't see why not. The magistrate might ask for his help in the matter."
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:11 pm
Vaine wrapped his arms around her and grinned, "Don't worry love, I'll make sure you're safe."
Anabel smiled and held his arms, "Thank you Vaine." She looked over at Mark and nodded, "Alright, Let's see what's up, Shall we?"
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:10 pm
Mark brought them to Ive's back room, Ive was sprawled on the bed smoking a cigarette, the magistrate was sitting at her desk, and two sets of parents sat in chairs along the wall. Mark showed them in, but didn't stick around pulling the door closed behind him as he left to let the noise of the kitchen die down a little.
The magistrate noted Vaine with her and smiled slightly, but it died quickly as he came right out with the point of the meeting. "Anabel, these parents over here have missing children, one their eldest boy of 6, and second their youngest boy of 3. We figured at first it was nothing serious as children sometimes get lost in the woods, but both parents have had messages delivered to them stating that their return is dependent upon your cooperation. The messages lack anything as to what it is this person wants from you, but that is why were here. So what does this person want from you?"
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:22 pm
"Bloody hell! Is that what this is all about!? I should have slit her throat when I had the chance." Anabel ranted and quickly covered her mouth, "I-I'm terribly sorry... It would seem my previous personality is surfacing again."
Vaine stirred from his corner and smiled, "Well Miss Anabel... Is there something in my forest I should be eating?"
"If you find some creepy hooded figure shuffling through the woods, take hold of her and bring her to me." Anabel grumbled under her breath.
Vaine smiled and backed to the door, "As you wish my love. I shall begin the search now." he slipped out the door and into the woods without a sound.
Anabel turned her attention back to the magistrate and bowed slightly, "I'm sorry, it would seem that I have caused a lot of trouble in my final months of life... A man has come to my home and fallen for me. He is determined to find a psychic healer strong enough to break my curse."
she took a seat on Ive's bed and sighed, "The one who took your children is after him, and wishes of me to break his heart in order for her to take him, but I refused."
she looked over at the parents and sighed, "So now she is being immature in committing crimes to get what she wants. However, It won't take long for Vaine to find her."
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:59 pm
The magistrate glared at Anabel; "That is rather vague, so why is this man so important to her that she would want you to go through that sort of personal pain. I get this feeling that you not telling us everything, and is that because he made you promise not to tell?"
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It didn't take Vaine long to find the start of the trail. The scent of young blood drifted to him on the wind.
The boy was leaning against a tree trying to hold his hands over the spot in his stomach were the wound was. The blood spilled out from between his fingers, the closer Vaine got, he could hear his wreaking cries for help.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:01 pm
Anabel shied away and turned away from Ive's desk, "... I don't know what she wants..." she mumbled, "he's excellent at forging weapons."
Ive sat up from her bed and marched over to her desk and slammed her hands down, "Listen, Sugar. You don't need to interrogate her. She'll tell you all you want to know without the tough act."
Ive got right up in the guys face and glared, "If you make her uncomfortable one more time... You'll see how I can manage the most popular bar in Nictaros."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:40 pm
The magistrate shot back with heat at the very fact Ive was in his face; "If you want to spend the next few hours in a cell that is fine with me, stay in my face, and I assure you that fate. If you wish to be cute and resist arrest, I'll have every asset you own sized until your comply, and assaulting me would only make it worse. So choose your next action carefully, because I could just arrest her right now for conspiracy and finish this meeting privately without anyone present to bring her comfort. That would be an interrogation."
The magistrate looked at Anabel; "I apologize for my glaring at you Anabel, I'm just a bit frustrated at this situation, and the lives that are at stake. I have no intentions of arresting you, or bringing charges to bear. Common sense tells my your an unwilling participant, but if there is anything you can tell us to help in their recovery or what she would want with weapons maker would be helpful in making us understand the situation better."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:51 pm
Ive glared at the man, and just as she was about to grab his hands flip him into a back bend over her desk, and stab a dagger through his throat Anabel grabbed her arms and tugged her gently back to the bed where they bot ah sat down with an abrupt thud, "She wants to deliver him to Lord Dagon... for something..."
Vaine came in with one of the kids in his arms, "You have two choices; Get a healer, or let me bite him. Someone better speak fast."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:12 pm
"Lord Dagon has hundreds if not thousands of accomplished blacksmiths working for him, what would this one have over any other, and by what name does this weapon maker go by?" The magistrate took a blank sheet of paper and began writing something.
The parents looked at each other, the husband got to his feet to go wake up the healer, but his wife looked at Vaine. "There is still a possibility he can die if my husband is not back soon enough, but would he change personality wise if you were to bite him?"
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