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 Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:16 pm
**Enter Melliandra**
*Melliandra flickers in, disguised as a rather frilly lordling, bowing deeply* - to serve you, my lady.
*she straightens, her shoulders narrowing as the brink reverts her to her natural form* Hmm, returned at last ...
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:19 pm
:::Kara fades in shortly thereafter. She is lying on the floor, one hand resting on her stomach and the other draped across her forhead. When she tosses in her half-sleep, she realizes she is no longer on her bed:::
:::She props herself up, and looks around::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:27 pm
Good morning, darling *Mell greets her with half a smirk. She slides her heavy coat off and tosses it over a chair, then loosens the cravat about her neck* Have sweet dreams?
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:29 pm
:::Kara stares at the woman for a moment, and watches as she removes some of the foreign clothing...
She recongized the woman as the one Kal claimed was their mother...:::
Melliandra?
:::She seemed unsure:::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:34 pm
As some would call me, *She replies with a nod, eyeing her up and down. The girl's carrying herself quite differently from their last encounter*
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:36 pm
:::Kara sits up all the way, but stays on the floor. She wipes her cheeks in case there are still tears left on them from not long ago:::
Kal told me... that you're our mother.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:38 pm
*Mell's eyebrows lift slightly* Did he now? *she leans her hip against the nearest table*
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:40 pm
:::Kara nods, slowly and qietly, wanting to look away but finding it hard to... before she noticed that it might be rude:::
Or at least, you will be. It's...strange how things work around here.
:::And inadvertently reminding herself of the misfortune she'd felt thus far, Kara's eyes began to well up despite any attempt she made not to cry:::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:45 pm
It is indeed. *Melliandra strides over, reaching a hand out to lift Kara's chin. Her eyes scan her face carefully* And does that prospect upset you? *she asks, neutrally*
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:52 pm
:::Kara turned her face away from Melliandra's hold, because she couldn't look her in the eyes any longer. She bends down and places her elbows at either ankle of her mother's feet, and cradles her head in her hands. Kara begins to cry:::
I couldn't insult my mother that way no matter who she was. I'm... I'm upset because... because I need your help now more than ever, and you've been gone all my life...
:::at this Kara's back gives out entirely, and she falls there at Melliandra's shins, her eyes spilling over:::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:58 pm
*Melliandra absorbs all this quickly, filing it away* Ohhh, dear girl. *she crouches down next to her and strokes her hair, her voice gentle but her eyes sharp* Whatever is the matter?
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:03 pm
Kal..! He's been keeping this place a secret to our people, because it's not all like it's explain in our scriptures. I've told him, they have a right to know, but he refuses. He's threatened to call me a liar to my own people if I tried to tell them the truth. And they would never take my word over his... so I...
:::She breaks into tears again before she can continue:::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:08 pm
*Mell lifts her eyes skyward for a moment, then settles in next to Kara, making herself comfortable.* There there now, darling. Tears first, then explanations.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:11 pm
:::Kara cries for somewhere near a minute straight before she speaks up again:::
The only thing I could do... to prove it to them... to make Kal tell them all. I lied to Luke, and concieved his child without his permission...
:::And then she cried a whole lot more:::
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:14 pm
*Melliandra continues to run her hands over her hair, threading the stands idly through her fingers* My my, small wonder you're so upset.
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