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 Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:30 pm
Stardust Drifter (that sounds cool! :3 how about it lead back to that era? Maybe after they free her they're trapped and forced to find a way back home, while dealing with three babies. Also I kind of don't know what to do atm. >.>; Unless you want me to suddenly have Aziz appear? ) ((Sure, play Aziz's soul/ghost. I was going to have him pissed off at her for vanishing, and after Raja purifies his spirit he realizes why she vanished. IT IS a trap for Raja, after all. She knows it's a trap, but she knows that if she doesn't, Jack will die-- or worse. A lose-lose situation. So in she goes.
And no, I don't think the whole 'too the past' thing will work with what I have planned.))
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:54 am
((You know what? ******** it. I have this idea and I can't sleep until I write it out.))
I finished my mocha, and I tossed it into a waste receptacle that was long overdue for a changing.
I continued following the trail.
Eventually I came to a lavish tent. It was bright pink and and probably made of arabian silks. I cautiously lifted the flaps and stepped inside.
The place was empty. Wait... no... Jack! There he was! I hurried over to him, trying to stay aware of any nasty surprises.
He was sitting on the couch-- looking just like I had seen him in my dream. Blank, glazed over eyes, a ghostly rose growing out of his chest, as well as ghostly thorny branches. There was something else too-- magic?
I rested my hand on his chest. He was a sorcerer. A sorcerer who never learned how to tap into his own magic.
Further more, he was stuck. Stuck in a dream of false happiness. She was in there, toying with him.
I closed my eyes and put my forehead against his as I gripped the stem of the rose growing out of his chest.
~~~
As Jack thought and spoke the name Raja. The name so familiar, yet he couldn't place it's source, there came a rattling from the kitchen table.
The bottle that held the roses. The beautiful crimson bottle, elegantly cuved to look like a tear drop, decorated in winding golden vines, was rattling about on the table.
The bottle jumped, the flowers and water it held ejected. Out poured a plume of pale purple smoke rushing about as if it had a mind of it's own. It spiraled about the room, filling the whole house with hazy pale mist.
WHAT? Roared Amani. The children were silent.
Before Jack now was a beautiful pale purple apparition. A genie, pale lavender hued skin, gossamer white hair, wearing nothing but a black and silver vest and a black and silver sash across her waist, and blow that trailed off into a white whispy tail. Her eyes glowing white.
He knew who she was. It was Me. Raja.
You called? I said, my hair whipping about me.
I glided up to him, and stuck my hand straight through his chest. I gripped something, and pulled out a thorny black rose, which dripped with his blood. It hurt terribly, but as each inch of the black branch was pulled out, he felt his spirit ease... until with a final snap she pulled it out completely.
I lifted it high and set it aflame. The rose was reduced to ash.
I then turned, summoning my scimitar.
As for you. I snarled.
Amani stepped through the mist.
You're here sooner then I expected. She said with an evil smile at me. No matter.... Aziz will take care of you.
My expression faltered.
Aziz?
Her smile got bigger as she tossed the body of one of the dead triplets before me.
Of course. I told you I would make you suffer till the end of time. And what better way to do so then to use the people you love against you?
The bottle started to rattle again. I glanced back, as a tornado sprouted from the bottle's spout and engulfed me in it. I gave a cry of rage as I was sucked back into the bottle.
The bottle continued to rattle, until it reached the edge of the table. It tipped... and fell, smashing to bits on the marble floor. It was the most terrifying sound Jack had ever heard.
Blood, colored silver, seeped out from the the shards...
~~~
I found myself yanked away from Jack's body. A another bring was there-- a soul, with the black tail of demonic corruption.
I couldn't... I couldn't believe. There was Aziz. as handsome as ever, though his usually peaceful brown eyes were now black. And he had my bottle in his hand. The two of us stared at each other for a few long, tense moments.
You left me... you left me when I needed you most... and now I belong to that Jinn. He said. His eyes were black with hatred. Hatred for me. His voice was deeper and held demonic taint. Now I will take what you treasure most from you.
He rubbed the bottle with a thumb, and I was sucked into it with a scream. NOO!!!!As I was sucked in, I kept a death grip on the rose in Jack's chest, and it was pulled out of him with me. At least Jack would be completely free of the spell.
Silence filled the room. The bottle glittered in the hands of the warped soul that was once Aziz.
He stared at the bottle, hatred and tears in his eyes. He lifted it up and then brought his arm down hard, smashing the glittering crimson and gold bottle into into a hundred pieces on the cold marble floor.((Aziz, but more transparent and dark.  ))
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:34 pm
(Sorry I wasn't on today, I had off but my internet vanished for most of the day because of a massive thunderstorm in the morning. xP) Jack watched as the bottle on the table rattled and out popped a woman that was familiar. Very familiar. The love in his heart began to burn...for her? Not Amani? Wait... Looking over at Amani she seemed rather annoyed, but before he could say anything Raja's hand shot into his chest. Jack gasped in pain and he arched back yelling as she began to yank the seed from his chest. Just when he felt like he was going to die...the branch was yanked from him and he fell to the floor panting. Suddenly his memories were returning to him, and the triplets collasped dead on the floor. Amani had suddenly changed appearance as well as he weakly watched her taunt Raja. The mention of Aziz caused him to raise an eye brow. Jack tried his hardest to stand but he was so weak, he watched as Raja was sucked into her bottle, watching it rattle violently before...slowly falling. He grunted and found himself up running towards it but Jack was too late. It slipped through his fingers and smashed onto the floor letting out a blood curdling scream! " N-NO!" he gasped his hands dripping with the silvery blood. Her laughter echoing behind him. Amani was behind him, her mouth softly at his ear. " You...killed her...foolish Mortal. Did you really think a mere Human could love a being as great and powerful as a Genie?" she said her voice deep, menacing, and dark as everything started to spiral around him. The blood rose and engulfed him. Her evil laughter echoed loudly around him until there was silence. ---------------------------------------- Jack awoke just in time to watch Aziz smash the bottle. His eyes widened with fear as his dream had become a reality. " Nooo RAJA!!" he cried running to the broken bits. Slumping to his knees he gasped as a few sparks zapped and crackled before fizzling. The pieces eventually melting into nothingness. The only thing left in it's place was the cell phone he had given her. Falling on his hands and knees he saw the picture she had used for her main page. Raja, in her human form, was hugging him warmly as he gave a silly "peace" pose. Aziz laughed as he watched the pathetic Human, and was joined by Amani now who seemed to just laugh as well. Tears poured from his eyes as he touched her picture on the phone. The woman he had fallen in love with...deeply...had slipped from his fingers. This was all his fault! Now Raja was gone forever. Anger filled his heart, how could he have been so foolish? No she wasn't gone! Glaring up at Amani, who still held her Human form he stood. " You! Bring back Raja NOW! She..can't be dead! No!! Return her to me at once!" he demanded before suddenly gasping as a large shadow clawed hand gripped his throat suddenly choking him where he stood.
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:04 am
I hit the floor of my abode, before rebounding back towards my portal. But before I could reach it, the fancy crimson and gold glass portal shattered over my head.
I hovered in the air there, jaw agape as I watched the shards of the portal fall around me in a glittering crimson and gold rain.
I just floated there. My bottle... My connection. He shattered my bottle...
I shuddered and shook, clamping my eyes shut. I started to pull at my hair as my shackles lit up with electricity, randomly shocking me. I didn't care.
I screamed. My abode warped around me as I fought and struggled to re-open the portal, but to no avail. I wasn't getting back via the shards of it.
Eventually I drifted downward and slumped to the floor, crying. I don't know how long I cried. I felt like my heart was being ripped out, piece by piece, and smashed into the ground.
Eventually, a quiet voice cut through my sobs and the random jolts from my shackles.
Hello miss.
I looked up, and a young boy stood there. He looked to be about three, with a pair of little angel wings and a halo. He had a little bit and quiver of arrows on his back.
I sniffed.
A putti. Greetings. I summoned a bit of cloth to my hand and wiped my eyes, and blew my nose. When I had collected myself I bowed to the little angel.
What brings you to my humble home outside time? I asked of the little angel.
I wanted to help you stave off dispair. Said the boy. That's never fun. You were... approaching the state of becoming a Jinn, there.
Thank you. I looked down. I didn't want to become... something like that.
You are grateful for my intervention. Said the Putti. Yet you are still sad.
The man I love is in danger. And... and I cannot help him.
The little angel's eyes twinkled. If you go back there... you will die at the Jinn's hands.
My eyes flicked up to meet the little angel's.
I... I don't care. I want... I want Jack to be free of her menace. I want my children to be born. Aziz to go to heaven, where he belongs. I want them to continue to be... even if I cannot be with them. I love them. I said, tears starting to fall from my cheeks again.
There was silence between us.
You already have the way back.
I smiled grimly, and looked away, towards the galaxy.
... She cannot be defeated with a heart full of malice. The war with demons is a war of faith; and they are quite unarmed.
I thought about that.
I need to put her to rest. I thought about his words, and looked back to him. I need... to put her at peace.
The little angel nodded with a smile. He turned and fluttered his little wings, looking at the stars beyond.
... What is your name, kind angel? I asked, before he took flight.
She turned back to me with a smile on his rosy cheeks. I am Micheal.
I stared, jaw dropped, as the water worked started flowing. I tackled the little angel, bawling my eyes out as we went rolling across the floor.
Iloveyou,Iloveyou,Iloveyou! I cried, holding the little angel to my chest. He giggled and hugged me back.
I love you too, Raja!
I wasn't expecting a visit from... from... from you.
He fluttered out of my arms and hovered in front of me, a little finger to his lips.
Remember this, little Raja. Death comes swift, but you are Deathless. You will always find a way back to Life, one way or another. What she will do is not the end of you.
I smiled and nodded. And when I return, I will live with my Jack happily, yes?
He winked. That all depends on you and him. Now go on! Walk with me! Let my footsteps no longer be the only trail through the sands!
I nodded, and held my arms out. My hair started to move on it's own, twisting and trailing as it lit with golden fire. The flame formed on my hands too, and I stared out at the galaxy as my eyes glowed white. I never thought I'd get to play with Holy Fire... but I understood now.
I lifted my hand and drew a trailing cirle of fire in the air infront of me. My shackles crackled more, but I didn't care. I was used to the pain, after all.
The cirle showed the room in which Jack and the others were in.
I flew in, and the portal vanished.
The little angel, Micheal, looked about ready to fly off into the big black. Before he does so, he turns to look at... you. Yes, you, the one reading these words. He puts a finger to his lips with a wink.
And you. I love you too.
He then vanishes.
~~~
Aziz looked down at the phone that had appeared, he had suddenly stopped laughing. He kicked it away, sending the smartphone skittering across the floor.
That's it? That's what's left? Where's the ruby?
Amani just cackled. Nevermind the Ruby, sweet! I will take the formation of a new Jinn over the ruby anyday! Any moment... any moment now... a new Jinn will form from the agony and anguish that Raja experienced over her many lifetimes!
She clapped happily, almost like a child in glee with a small flame formed in the air. The flame grew larger, arcing down in the form of a circle. At this, the flame revealed it's color-- an unusual pale gold.
She paused.
No... no, it can't be... She started to backpedal. Jack was released from the shadowy grasp at her sudden terror of the strange slowly forming circle of flame.
Aziz stepped between her and the forming portal, burning serenely, as it finally completed. He reached for his jeweled belt as seemed intent on drawing a weapon when...
Out shot a pale purple and gold streak. It struck Aziz before he could blink, engulfing him in golden fire and sending him flying over Amani's head. He screamed in agony as he was consumed by the fire.I'm BACK!My shackles crackled electricity up and down my arms. My hair flickered about me, now made of pale golden flames, as well as the flames that flickered from my fists. My eyes glowed white.
My ruby glittered in my belly button.
Amani gasped in terror, still backpedaling. My crazy smile got bigger as I flew towards her and slugged her right across the face, sending her flying into a wall. There was a loud CRASH as the left a nicely sized hole... And she was screaming, screaming at the feel of Holy Fire...
I looked to Jack, and winked at him with a smile. I blew him a kiss on two fingers, before flying after Amani.
It's time to finish this.
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:27 am
Jack did his best to fight, he wasn't going to let her win. Though as the dark hand tightened his grip the world around him slowly began to grow pale. He was slipping...his heart beat slowing. For a moment he wondered, would he get to be with Raja in the afterlife? Grunting his hands tried their best to grab at the large one made of shadow, but they past right through! Was this...really it? He could still hear the conversation and tears streamed down his face when he realized Amani's true intention all along... Am I...am I going to die? Raja...I never...never got to tell you how much I really felt! Now she's going to become a Jinn...this is all my fault! If I somehow make it...will I be able to pull her out of being a Jinn? he thought for a moment, his eyes closed. His heart was slowing more but he fought. Jack didn't want to die he wanted to live! Suddenly a small fire appeared in between him and Amani appeared and started to grow larger. This was it, any moment now Raja would appear dark and evil, and probably be the one to finish him off--- A loud gasp of air erupted from him as he hit the ground. His lungs expanding and contracting quickly. A hand to his neck he panted feeling his life slowly returning. Glancing up weakly he gasped. Raja's hair was pure golden flames! Oh no! Raja hadn't become a Jinn had she?! Noticing as she blew him a kiss he stared at her somewhat shocked. Slowly standing to his feet Jack began to search for her phone and found it. Oh no the screen had been cracked! They hadn't finished making payments! Looking at the large gaping hole in the wall, Jack pocked the smartphone and ran after Raja feeling the strength in his body returning. Outside, they were in..the park!? Jack looked around frantically until a large sound of trees breaking caught his ears. Following it, he gasped noticing how...different Amani looked now. Both her and Raja were glaring at each other. Peering out from behind a tree, a safe distance away, he watched. Jack's eyes glued to Raja mainly, he hoped...she wasn't evil now.
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:49 am
She stared at me. There was terror and hatred in her red eyes.
I merely smiled. My crazy grin turned to an expression of tenderness for just a moment... before I lifted my hand.
The flames extended, growing longer and forming into the familiar shape of my scimitar. She summoned up her own, with some flashy dark pink power of my own.
I lifted my blade. She did as well.
And we fought.
It is interesting, fighting creatures that can fly. Amani and I had become a pair of streaks of color, bouncing off each other with each clash where our blades left sparks flying. We would attack, rebound and bounce away, before zipping right in to attack the other.CLANG! Stlick!
Finally, my attack hit home. Unfortunately, so had hers. We had impaled eachother on our blades; my blade went through her tummy, right below her rib cage and above her navel... hers had came at me from the side, sliding up through my ribcage. I could feel the blade tip sticking out of my shoulder. I was hovering over her, my free hand gripping her shoulder.
We were frozen there, hovering in the air as we both shook.
{You... I will never let you be happy.} She whispered in Arabic. She reached up and wrapped her fingers around my throat. Where her skin touched, a hand mark, black as night, formed there. She gripped me throat. {When that curse is lifted, the shackles shatter... you will dissolve into sparks, and your essence will scatter to the edges of the universe.} She said, before letting go and hacking up some black blood.
I looked down at myself, at the silver blood dripping from my wounds and from my mouth. I looked back to her.
{... As long as Jack and Aziz are free... and my children are finally born... I do not care.} I shook. {You... you have suffered far too much. I am truly sorry for what you have gone through.}
I reached forward with my free hand and tilted her head closer, and I leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead. The kiss left a silver lip-mark.
{Be at peace.}
She stared at me in shock, cracks starting to form in her skin. She let go, falling towards the ground as the cracks got larger and shone with golden light.
{T... Thank you.} I heard her whisper.
She hit the ground and crumbled away in a flash of light. There was my scimitar, sticking out of the ground. The hilt had changed, looking like swirling golden fire made out of many golden topaz and diamonds. The blade had gone a pure, shining white, and it glittered even now that it was halfway stuck in the ground. My fire went out on my hands, and so did my hair, and my long gossamer locks fell around me as I started to drift towards the ground.
The pain was nothing new... but I felt so... so tired. I was dying, and the sensation was one I regrettably felt many times over the course of being a genie. I landed next to my blade and lay there on the park floor.
I touched my tummy. Good... her attack hadn't harmed my babies. They were kicking-- slow and methodical, worry in their fetal movements.
{S-Sorry dears...} I said. {I-I'm going to get a late start on raising you three. Remember something, sweets... your father still owes me two more wishes.}
There was a groan from nearby, and Aziz stepped out from behind a tree. He held his head.
He had lost his beard, and he had legs now. He was still... mostly see through, but his black eyes had turned a more gentle brown as he looked around. He looked... mostly fine, for being set on fire a few minutes ago.
What happened? Oh, I made a deal with Shahnaz. Where's Raja...? Raja?
He paused and stared, jaw dropped, at the pale genie what was skewered on a simitar a few paces away... He looked like he was about to cry...
(( What he looks like now.))
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:41 pm
(gosh I'm stumped, Jack was going to wish for her to be alive right? Though from what I'm gathering, your character is going to be scattered. Meaning that my character will probably have to gather all the essence? ) Jack stood there watching, it was all he could do really. To some of the people watching far off, their fight looked like an illusion of lights bouncing off each other in the night sky. There was a loud boom and Jack watched as both women had impaled each other! Amani was defeated though, and he was too far away but they seemed to be speaking to each other. Amani fell to the earth shattering and fading from existence. Jack wondered why and how she had become a Jinn, after all she was a genie as well. It was Raja's slow fall that caused his eyes to almost pop from his skull! No...this was all happening again! Jack felt his feet moving when she landed next to her weapon. " R-RAJA!!!" he cried reaching her side and lifting her head up. Now holding her slightly he stared down at her with eyes filled with tears. " N-No! I'm so sorry!! This is all my fault!! All of this is!!" he sobbed pulling her close. All he could see was her pale face, and how quickly the life was leaving her body. Jack had two wishes left! " Raja! Grant me my second wish! I-I wish...that you won't die and be all right!! T-That you and our babies are going to be all right!" he asked noticing the sparks on her shackles glowing. ...but nothing happened.... Raja was still dieing! " W-What!? Raja..." Jack had done some research on genies during the time he was learning Arabic. Apparantly, they could grant anything...but bringing the death back to life. It was impossible once a person's soul had been snuffed out. It was considered taboo and therefore impossible. His wet tears fell down upon her face. He was so consumed by regret and loss that he didn't even notice Aziz coming too. Jack noticed she was slowly fading pretty soon both her and their children would be gone forever! " Raja! I should have told you this sooner, I should have...done so much sooner. I...I....I LOVE YOU!!! Not because you're a Genie, or pregnant, or a dancer, or even your beauty! I love the woman in the center...you Raja. I was so afraid because I didn't want to be rejected, I know how much you still loved Aziz...I...I'm sorry! All of this is my fault and now the only person that truly made me happy in this world..is slipping from my fingers...I am powerless..." he confessed with a deep sob. Gently bending down, and lifting her up, Jack's eyes warmly stared deep into hers. In a matter of moments she would be gone. Not hesitating anymore he pressed his lips to hers, locking her final moments in a True Love's Kiss. He held her not wanting to let her go, closing his eyes Jack wanted Raja to at least know...that she was loved....
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:15 pm
((The Scattering happens after she is freed. The shackles prevent her from permanently dieing. She'll drop dead, and a month later she'll get a pulse and will slowly heal herself. After all, what kind of punishment would it be if they could die permanently so easily? It why I refer to her as a Deathless. However, something was. The blade had been nastily enchanted by Amani to even interfere with the magic of the shackles. It was a blade used for the torture of Genie.
Slowly though, the shackles sparked and glowed brighter, and the blade inched it's way out. Slowly, agonizingly, until it popped freed of my side and lay there next to me, the wound slowly closing.
I was too busy focusing my magic on fighting the blade that Jack caught me by surprise, finally confessing his love and for me with words and the kiss.
I blinked, and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him deeper into the kiss.
Mmmmm...
I let go of him as my shackles started to glow again. Brighter, brighter, shining like starts and cracking like dry earth. They shattered, and then fell away as golden sand.
I rolled away as contractions hit me like a steam train. I shrieked, gasping and panting as my tummy returned to it's full size and my body finally was going to show the world my three children. The nasty wound was only half healed though, and that did little to help the process my body was going through.
~~~
About two hours past, but it felt like an eternity to me. I lay on my back, panting and covered in sweat. My stomach was flat again, perhaps with a perfect ponch in it now-- and I could hear the noisy burbling cries of the babies. Still, I could feel the wound... and the curse... that Amani had inflicted upon me. The black handprint was getting deeper and blacker by the moment, and it took every ounce of magic I had to keep from scattering this moment.
I sat up with a groan, and looked down at them with a smiled. There were two boys and a little girl, each nestled in with eachother and burbling and cooing. The two boys had dark skin like I once did, as well as Jack's brown hair and little brown eyes with green star-bursts. The little girl had Jack's skin-tone, but she had my green eyes and a head full of white hair. One of the boys was asleep, sucking on his thumb, and had not stirred. All three of them, even the sleeping one, had the spark of magic around them.
I went to say something, but I only managed a whimper. I doubled over, coughing up more silver blood as the action disrupted my concentration.
The black handprint had started to glow like it was orange-red fire, and sparks were starting to fly from my throat. I looked to Jack with a silent whimper, before hurriedly undoing Michekal's Eye from my belly-button. I shoved the gem into his hand, handing him the children, and the sparks spread further. All I could do before I completely dissolved into sparks was give Jack a peck on the lips.
~~~
With that last warm kiss, Raja dissolved into a glowing mass of sparks, which rose up into the air and scattered away, lighting up the night for a short moment and leaving Jack alone with the three children in his lap.
Aziz stood there, a sad look upon his face as he looked on as the events transpired. He respectfully stayed away as Raja gave birth, allowing the pair to deal with the birth in privacy. When her cries and grunts of child birth had ended he had returned, just in time to see Raja dissolve.
The clearing was quiet now. And dark.
The spirit floated over to Jack.
I am... sorry for what I did when I belonged to Amani. She owned me... I had no control.
He knelt next to the child that had not yet stirred. He ran his fingers through the babies hair.
Have faith though. Raja doesn't give up that easily. She will return to you, if you have faith in her.
He looked down at the baby boy.
I do not... wish to go to heaven. Would you allow me to be reborn as your son...?
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:12 pm
(Alright, so I guess you want to time skip after this post? I'll let you do it, if that's alright. You probably have some tricks up your sleeves like you always do :3 I'm sorry if I seem derpy tonight, I'm a little out of it today. ) Jack gasped watching as everything happened. The shackles fading from her wrists and the reflection of love in her eyes. The color had come back to her face, somehow...she was healing! Hope returned to his heart. She wasn't going to die...in fact she was... GOING INTO LABOR!!!??Jack gasped and fumbled around a bit, in a flurry removing clothing and other things to they could bring their children into the world.... ~~~~~~~ Two long hours passed in the darkness. The cries of agony, the moans, the encouragement to keep pushing, and finally the burbling sounds of wailing babies filled the air. Two boys, one girl. Softly holding the sleeping little boy, Jack watched as the girl and boy were feeding from their mother. " You did it..though I didn't help make them...they're beautiful. Raja...let's all go home...together...." he softly cooed to her warmly cuddling up to the woman he loved. Yet, it was but a fleeting moment as she began to glow and spark. Jack watched as she was doing her best to hold herself together. A lump filled his throat and he found himself unable to speak! No! Why was this happening!? This was the third time she was leaving his side!! Jack was too shocked to cry, as his arms accepted the other two, and Michekal's Eye. He felt her lips one last time, they yearned for him, Raja exploded in a mass of sparks afterwards and ascended into the sky exploding brightly like fireworks. He sat there stunned, unable to do anything at the moment. In the end Amani got what she wanted after all...why? Did those women know each other personally? Aziz appeared with sympathy in his words, but all Jack could feel...was empty. Looking up at the man he nodded softly. " Do..what you...feel is right...my son..." he said in a soft tone. Aziz smiled and began to glow, he watched as the ball of light entered the sleeping baby's body and vanish. Slowly opening his eyes the child stared up at his father with the same colored eyes Aziz had. Then cuddling up to him he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Alone in the dark, Jack wept again. Holding his children...he wept for a good hour before finding the strength to stand and carry his little ones home. Glancing up into the sky he smiled at the irony and sighed. " My Last wish to you Raja...is that you come back to me one day. Even if I am to perish from this world..I will wait an eternity for you....My Love..." he softly spoke to the stars as they twinkled. As he turned to go he could have seen one of the sparkle a bit brighter in the corner of his eye, but it was just an illusion. ~~~~~~~~ They were home finally, he had to stop at a 24 hour store to buy some baby formula and bottles. It wasn't their mother's milk, but it would have to do. He sat in the chais feeding them each a bottle before going to bed. Grabbing one of the larger pillows from their giant bed he softly placed the babies on it, and lay there next to them. Watching them fall into peaceful dream, all huddled and cuddling together. He tucked them in with himself, and fell asleep. Even though the babies were there...the bed...felt so empty. He wanted to start a family with her, marry the woman, have more children with her! It wasn't fair, why was fate so cruel!? Alas, sometimes this is how love went, when dealing with magic. Jack should have know there was a catch! How was he going to raise three babies on his own!? Was Raja...dead? What made Amani become an evil Jinn? So many questions filled his mind, ones without answers.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:11 am
As Jack spoke those words, a single spark that was resting in a tree shuddered.
Working on it.
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Time passed. Jack found that the children were rather... chatty. They were intelligent, and very smart-- smart enough to start speaking basic sentences in Arabic at only three months, though their true potential in communication is yet still hindered by their underdeveloped bodies.
At Jack's urging, they have started to learn English as well.
They were intelligent and curious, but also rather mild mannered. They never were far from Jack-- they loved cuddling and clinging to him.
Michekal's Eye seemed stuck to him too. It was always in a pocket, whether it be a shirt, jacket, or jeans pocket, whether or not he put it there in the first place. It's luck rubbed off on him too; he had very little trouble continuing his studies and supporting the children and himself at the same time.
It was getting close to their first birthday...
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It was morning in the dark park on the edge of town. a spark lit up the dimness of the trees. It flared, and the light shone brighter as more sparks emerged from the trees and collected to it. Eventually the tiny golden fire took on and condensed into the form of a young kitten.
I opened my green eyes. I looked about, seeing how... big everything was. I looked down at myself to see I had a pair of small white paws, with small pale purple markings running through my fur.
Wasn't the form I was intending... but it will have to do. I have a wish to grant, a promise to keep, and children to raise.
I wondered how much time had passed since I had been scattered.
I padded off through the trees to find my way home.
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It was midday by the time I emerged from the trees of the park. There was the broken and cracked pavement; peeling paint and fading street marks. I was still in a not very nice part of town.
I looked about, and saw a murder of crows nearby. I studied them carefully with my emerald eyes, and retreated back into the trees. I summoned up my magic... well, what little I had access too-- and managed to turn myself into a small white crow.
I took off and flew away.
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Flying with wings is hard. I was so used to hovering and floating that it had been... a shock to see how birds really fly.
It was getting towards nighttime. I was about a block away when a sudden storm hit. It started pouring, water falling from the sky in sheets so thick I swear I could cut them with a knife. The sudden torrent of rainfall knocked me out of the air and sent me hurtling towards the ground.
I managed to land without any real injury, but the sudden shock of the cold rain forced me to halfway revert-- now I was a tiny kitten with a pair of crow wings. Fantastic. As if my coloring wasn't odd enough.
Thankfully though... the rain had driven mostly everyone inside. The trek to the house from there was treacherous, with water high enough to sweep me away if I wasn't careful, mud so deep I could sink up to my haunches in it, and at least one dog that wanted to eat me. I didn't mind the lightning so much, as long as I stayed away from tall objects.
It felt like eons before I finally managed to scale the steps of the porch. Jack's car was still there... at least I think that's his car. I looked up at the door and started to call out the only way I could. Mewing.
Mew... mew.... mew....
~Meanwhile~
It was after dinner of this day, and the little boys were in Jack's lap. They cuddled him and cooed softly.
The littlest, the girl, craweld up with a book in her mouth. It was one of their favorite baby books. She giggled and held it over her head.
Daddy! Read to us!
The two boys chorused an agreement, before one of the boys paused. He suddenly shushed his two siblings as he lifted up his ear.
Daddy... He looked up at Jack with worried brown-green eyes. Something's crying for help outside.
((I'll let your character name them. Oh, and a picture of what Raja looks like as of this moment, with white fir and purple markings, green eyes, and a small pair of white-crow like wings. Dripping wet from the torrent of rain. ))
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:11 am
Time passed and while Jack still felt so lonely, his children had filled Raja's place in his heart. They surprised him actually, not only were they growing a bit faster than any normal children would, they were speaking as well. They filled his heart with their love and curiosity. A year had passed since Raja vanished from his life, but he had been so busy with the children to hardly notice. They were toddlers now running and tumbling around speaking English. Their little girl, Ruby, look and sounded just like Raja. He knew she was going to grow up to be a beautiful woman. Their boys oddly sounded a little like him. Maybe this was magic somehow because he hadn't created them. No matter, Aziz seemed to cling to him a lot more than his brother Jacob. Everyone loved his children too, they were all friendly and well mannered. Being a single parent, and maybe it was the luck of the gem that always found itself in his pockets, women kind of flocked to him. Though Jack couldn't bring himself to really date anyone else...Raja was the only woman for him. He made a promise to wait for her even after death. Today, a few days before their birthday, it was storming heavily. Luckily he was off and spent most of the day in the house with his children. Reading to them. cooking, and spending time with them. Sitting on the Chais Ruby plopped into his lap with a book and he chuckled. " Honey, we've read this about five times today!" he said warmly smiling. She giggled back and knew he was going to cave-in. His sons joined him this time and before they all could settle down Aziz was the one that noticed the mewing. Jack paused for a moment and quieted the children. Sure enough there was a soft mewing coming from outside. Gently pulling away from his children Jack opened his front door and glanced down, with odd surprise, at the little strangely marked, winged kitten before them. Maybe this was a gift for the children? Jack swore sometimes when he slept he felt Raja's ghost cuddle up to him in bed. Deep in his heart she still felt alive. Noticing it was sopping wet Jack gently picked the kitten and took it into the kitchen. His children followed with excitement as they watched him dry it off with curiosity. " You're all sopping wet little one. Don't tell me you tried to fly in this weather? Silly kitty..." he cooed to it warmly as he gently dried it off. Careful not to hurt it's wings, Ruby climbed up into a chair and was petting the kitten after he had finished. Now looking for a bowl and some milk Jack chuckled hearing his children huddle around it musing about how pretty the kitty was, while coming up with silly names for it. Oh if only Raja were here...it was moments like this where he wished she was around to see and hear their adorable children!
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:56 pm
I was picked up gently and brought inside. There he was, as kind as ever-- and as gentle as ever as he dried me off with a kitchen towel.
I glanced about, and I saw the three children approach with bright little eyes full of curiosity. I was a tiny bit apprehensive-- babies and toddlers were well known to be terrors to small animals, but thankfully they were as gentle as they were curious.
The little girl was petting me. Save for her pale skin, she looked just like I did when I was a genie. Change the colors, and she was a spitting image of me when I was human.
I mewed and started to rub up against her hand as she petted me. I furled my little wings and rolled onto my back, allowing her to run her fingers through the fur on my tummy. They were chattering among themselves, trying to come up with a name for me.
Ruby! Said one of the little boys.
She looked to him with a smile. Yes Aziz?
Aziz leaned forward and sniffed me. She smells funny, for a kitty. Like... like those smelly little bricks in the box next to the Chais!
Mew! I knew what they were talking about. My incense box-- I loved making the house smell like incense, back then.
Oh! Oh! Let's go see which one she smells like the most! Piped up the last boy.
Okay Jacob! Said Ruby, picking me up gently.
By the time Jack had turned around with the bowl of milk, the three were gently escorting me to the living room.
They reached the chais, there there was the box, on the table next to the Chais. There was a fancy incense burner set next to it too, all styled to look like gold and topaz cornucopia horns. Looking about, I saw my old Scimitar up on display over the TV. It glittered a little more in my presence. It always did.
Jacob and Aziz climbed onto the Chais, and Ruby handed me to them so she could climb up too.
they pulled the box closer, and took out a small piece of each incense and set it down around me.
Ruby picked me up again and buried her nose into my fur and feathers. She held me akwardly, but she was gentle, at least.
She smells like... these three! The little girl identifies, pointing to the bricks of Frankensense, Myrrh, and Amber. She smells most like this one. She said, picking up the amber with little fingers.
Aziz picked me up this time. I mewled and purred.
She smells of something else too... of... He buried his nose into my wet fur. Of sand. Lots and lots of hot sand. And those little fruits that Daddy says Mommy loved. Figs and dates, I think. Big plants with big leafy leafs and water in the center.
It was Jacob's turn next. He took a few good whiffs of my fur as he thought, an adorable thinking look on his little face.
I smell... metal. Said the boy. And soft, soft cloth, like... the chais! And Cin... Cin... Cinimonon! And Vanillllla! He said with a giggle.
I purred for the little ones as they thought about this.
We should call her Amber! She said cutely.
Ok! They all agreed. Yay Amber! Should we get a toy?
What toys do you think Amber would like? Asked Ruby, thinking
I... Iono!
As Aziz and Ruby considered the conundrum what what they want to play with me with, Jacob toddled off to go look through their toybox.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:37 pm
Jack was leaning up against the doorway leading to the living room. Watching his children play with the cat he chuckled a bit. If she noticed there was a softness in his eyes, yet there was also something missing. The sparkle that they used to have was gone, and instead reflected loneliness. Sure he loved the children, but it..just wasn't the same. Softly turning around he headed back into the kitchen and gently sat at the table. Placing the bowl of milk on the table he stared at his children and shook his head. " Make sure you be gentle! That cat's not one of your toys after all!!" he said in a stern, yet kind and caring voice. Watching them debate a name Jack would let them sort it out. After all, that cute cat was probably going to become their pet now, since it was really hard to pry anything away from them. After a while he turned to stare out the window. Tomorrow they would be celebrating their first birthday. He didn't know a lot of people so it would just be him and them, but his children didn't care. He had bought them a large chocolate cake, and a toy for each of them. It usually was one each child wanted that moment. Something they were into for a brief time. Still, it wouldn't be the same without...her. Jack couldn't believe it had been over a year since she came into his life, gave him children, then vanished. " Oh Raja...you spent so long carrying your little ones...too bad you'll never get to see them grow up...are you truly gone?" he said softly glancing away as a silent tear slid down his cheek. He had cried a lot, but the pain wasn't as terrible as it was back then. Oh how his heart burned for her. Wiping his eyes he looked at the milk in the bowl and got up. Grabbing a glass he poured himself some milk and softly drank it, before turning to watch his beautiful children again. Not noticing the belly button ring in his pocket softly glowing.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:57 pm
Yes Daddy! The three of them chorused as one.
I was watching Jack out of the corner of my eye. Oh, how he missed me... for me it had been as if mere moments had gone by, but it was clear from my children that some time had passed for my little family.
Jacob had returned with a little dangle toy when I squirmed out of Ruby's arms. I stepped towards the edge of the Chais as my wings trembled, as did my tail.
Oh!
I jumped off the Chais and spread my little wings. Tucking my little legs under me I took flight, soaring through the living room and flying to the table where Jack sat. I circled about him, for a moment, unsure how to land...
Mew! It was then that my arduous journey across town finally caught up with me. My wings buckled and I tumbled into Jack's lap with a mewel. I twisted in the air and landed on my feet, thanks to kitty instinct, and I immediately started purring and rubbing my head against his stomach.
Amber come bacckkkk! The three little ones chorus as they tumbled into the kitchen. They saw my affections for Jack and smiled. Jacob dropped his toy and the three of them toddled over, hugging his legs.
Don't be sad daddy!
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:32 pm
The affection of the kitten, and his children caused him to blush. Holding Amber in his lap gently, Jack softly began to pet the kitten's fur before smiling down at his darlings. " I won't. Daddy's just..a bit tired." he said giving them each a kiss on the forehead. Looking at the clock he blinked. " Oh my! It's way past your bedtimes!!! Alright, you three, time for bed!" he stated slowly standing, chuckling at the chorus of " awwwwww's" " Awww Daddy, can't we stay up a bit more tonight!" Ruby moaned. " Y-Yeah! We have a new kitty! I want to stay up tooo!!!" Jacob wined. " Please Daddy! I want to play with the kitty!!!" Aziz frowned cupping his hands together in a cute pleading manner. He laughed and shook his head. " Well if you all stay up, then tomorrow will never come and you'll never get your birthday gifts!" he responded cutely to them, gently holding Amber in his arms. There was silence as each child blinked, turning to stare at each other they immediately ran out of the kitchen and began to get ready for bed. Jack smiled watching them bounce around. He followed and helped them brush their teeth, change into their Pajamas, and tucked them in. Grabbing the story from before he began to read it to them all, including Amber. It was about a beautiful little genie girl who loved to make people happy, though she would mess up their wishes and have comedic accidents. For a children's story it was light heartened and silly, but Ruby loved it so much. At the end the genie was tucked into bed and given a kiss from her mommy saying how much of a big girl she was. By the end of the short book all three children were sound asleep. " Works every time..." he softly whispered to Amber with a smile. Getting up they left the room, but he left a crack open for the kitten if she wanted to sleep with them later. Once he was a safe distance away Jack lifted the adorable, and mysterious, little winged kitten up and nuzzled his face to hers. " What am I going to do with you huh? I guess you'll just have to become a part of our family Amber. I hope you don't mind being cuddled and taken care of!" he chuckled as they returned to the kitchen. Setting her softly onto the table, by the bowl, Jack began to pet the kitten's fur softly. " Perhaps, you were a gift from the heavens? Honestly, from what I've experienced seeing a kitten with wings doesn't surprise me. It's funny how life changes when magical things are placed right in your path." he softly said to Amber, before telling the kitten about how he met Raja. How one day a friend and him went to some crazy gypsy woman's shop, how he had bought a bottle and later discovered a strangely large bellied genie woman that almost tried to slice him in two. Jack went on and on about how much time they spent together, how he had learned her language and wished for her to communicate, how he had fallen in love, and watched her turn his lonely home into one filled with various incense smells and designs. Somehow, telling this kitten everything soothed his heart a little. He went on to explain the events that happened about a year ago before stopping and slowly tearing up again. Pulling the kitten close he hugged it softly crying. " ...then she vanished..Poof! In a glorious display of sparks that looked like fireworks! Oh it was on the news, in fact someone captured the fireworks in the sky on their phone. It's a popular video on Youtube...life's...kind of cruel like that though. The moment you find happiness, it get's yanked from you. I...I never even got to tell her goodbye!" he softly sobbed cuddling Amber. " I miss her so much, sooo very much. I wanted to raise our babies together, maybe have a couple more with her, go to the zoo, do family things...but...now...she's gone forever. For a whole year I've tried my best to believe she was still alive...but now...m-maybe it's time...to acknowledge her death and..move on? I just don't know if I can though.....sorry little Amber you probably don't understand. Don't worry you're in safe arms. Welcome to the family little one..." Wiping his eyes he smiled warmly down at Amber, feeling a little better now that he let out all the pain he had in his heart. For a kitten, it had strangely pretty eyes. He wondered where it came from? Alone in the dark he sighed pulling the ring from his pocket and setting it down on the table before standing up. " Let's see what we can find in here for you. I'm sure you're hungry. I've got some left over chicken..if that's alright with you?" he happily asked the kitten as he opened the fridge and began to look around for something to feed her.
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