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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:46 pm
"It's got cinnamon." Pushing the tray closer as if trying to indeed get on her good side and using the cinnamon as a bribe tool. Little manipulator he was. Something else he had gotten from daddy but he made it look oh so innocent now didn't he? "And we cooked it all by ourselves, we didn't have anyone else. Did you know that daddy cooked for the king of Neriak once?" All, little information fountain.
She couldn't help but smile slightly at the both of them. Sure she was still angry with Malik somewhat and knew that when that talk did come to pass that he would have an explaination to things, but that didn't mean she had to be cold to him. "Cinnamon hm? You two know how to get to a girl don't you?" A pet to Malikhai's hair, "Did he you now? And no, I didn't know that. Maybe then you can tell me that story instead of me telling you one, hm?" And a tilt of her head to look at Malik. "It hurts...but that's to be expected. Occassional blips of double vision, but that's probably from staring too long at papers." And yes her signature was a little sloppy. But she picked up her fork and indeed took to her food...truth be told she was hungry. But a surprised look. "You really cooked this all by yourself?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:56 pm
"Yes, me and your son cooked it all by ourselves. I do know a few things about domestic skills."
a slight chuckle, though he did nod at her talk of her injury, and her signature was sloppy a bit.
"Alright. twenty more minutes, then you need to take a break, and see if you still have bouts of double vision, alright?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:04 pm
Hey look she could sign and shuffle papers with one hand and eat with the other. It was higly useful. "Well then I have something to brag about don't I because this is actually rather good." But a nod to his concern, and it was probably a little worse than she was voicing anyway. "Alright, I'll take a break then, I promise."
Well he just beamed now didn't he? Sure he didn't do it by himself but he had helped and she liked it and that was all that mattered now wasn't it? Though he tugged at his father's pant leg. "What about our dinner daddy, it's getting cold."
Piper looked down to Malikhai then back up to Malik. They really were a cute little pair when they were together, and they just adored each other which added to it. How could she not smile at that? "You made dinner for you two as well? Why don't you two go eat as well, come back up when you finish? Promise no more than twenty minutes for me."
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:49 pm
"Alright, lets go eat."
Picking his son up, oh and a grin back to Piper.
"and no more slamming doors for you, Piper. you know better."
A slight chuckle nad heading downstairs to the dining area, setting hsi son down in his chair and pushing his plate to him, sitting close by and started working on his own food. hey it wasn't cold yet, still nice and warm.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:10 pm
"Because if I'm not allowed, you're not allowed mommy." Giving a grin and swinging his foot lightly as he was carried back downstairs, getting plopped in a chair where food was pushed to him and it didn't take him but two seconds to dig into it. Taking those too big bites before he was told to slow down as usual. Trying not to make a mess of course but would make one anyway. "You think we made it better?" Because it had seemed like they had.
But soon enough of course he was done because he always practically inhaled his food unless there was brocolli involved but he ate around any of that. He wiped his hands and his face on his napkin, pushing his plate away. "I'm done." Giving a little nod at that and a rub at his eyes again. "I gotta go change my egg's bedding, can I?" This was a thing Malik had gotten quite used too, his son having to go readgjust the 'nest' his draithix egg was being kept in so the heat would stay regulated. But of course he knew he had to be excused from the table first.
Surprisingly enough she finished all of her meal. One of those day she had an appetite and everything in a glass or on a plate disappeared. Hm, Malik wasn't too bad a chef...though she still and probably always would top him in travel food. But true to her word, twenty minutes later she stop her sloppy name signing and got herself up. First stop was the bathroom to get and wet a washcloth. Thus she pulled the tie she had in her hair out that was holding it back, letting her hair fall as it may around her and occupied a space in front of a mirror, trying to blot at the wonderful little dried bloodstian on silvery white streaks. Of course that hurt like hell...
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:38 pm
"Alright, you can go change the bedding. just remember to be careful about it, alright. no breaking anything. and before you do that wash your hands."
Though Malik was only halfway through his own meal, taking his time and enjoying it, not to mention giving Piper plenty of time to break, and keeping a bond check on her for anything unusual. not that he would exactly know what 'unusual' was for that.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:01 am
He nodded and slipped down from his chair, and headed himself upstairs. He would of course bolted for said egg by his bed but as his father had reminded him, he needed to wash his hands before touching the thing. Thus a detour to the bathroom to do so before coming back and indeed taking to doing the little ritual or more or less bed turning. Though then he noticed something. It kind of looked like a crack. Did he break it? No he was careful. Though he stared as the egg gave a little wobbly movement and threw a hand over his mouth to cover a squeal of excitment. Was it hatching? Let's stare in anticipation.
Hurt hurt hurt. Why did injuries have to hurt so much? Couldn't they just bleed a little and be done? Throwing the now bloody cloth into the sink she walked over to the bed and flopped down, flexing her fingers a bit. They hurt and her hand had that crampy feeling. Too much writing. Honestly she didn't know how Malik did it all the time. But he was relaxed and such and thus she didn't mind doing it all for him. He needed a break every now and then. A few moments of musing before she crawled up the bed to one of the beside tables and dug around in the drawer pulling out a vial of something green colored, uncorking it and downing its contents...gods why did health have to taste nasty like that? Made her shudder.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:33 pm
And Zykariel was scared. Daddy looked worried and he told him not to be scared which meant it was something really, really bad. His little purple eyes welled up with tears and he rubbed at them trying to be a big boy. "Daddy...I'm gonna be okay right?" He sat on the ground and crossed his legs, resting his hand on his boot. Looking between both parents as he waited to hear what was going to happen.
"Yes, why?" And then she connected it and her own eyes widened and she looked terrified for a moment. Zykariel had poison coursing through his system. That was very, very, very bad. She got up and took the little boy's hand, poking and prodding, then began to poke and prod at different areas of his body. She hadn't seen the bug, had no idea what sort of poison it might contain or how fast it could act. Some bit you and ten minutes later you were dead. That terrified her, she couldn't imagine not having Zykariel, and Sevilin would die. Not to mention if she didn't do something for his son he would forever blame her. She pet through the child's hair to calm him down and rubbed at the bite, trying to take away some of the sting. "I need you to sit really still Kariel. This shouldn't hurt too much, okay?"
He looked up at her, his eyes full of pain and trust and nodded. "'Kay. Just hurry 'cause it really hurts."
She pulled him into her lap and cradled him. "I know little one. But I'm going to make you all better." She rubbed her palms together briefly then glanced at Sevilin. "I need a mossy green plant with red thorns. It grows in a vine on the ground. There should be some around the lake somewhere. Hurry Sevilin." Then she pressed her palm to the bite and concentrated, pushing her magic into the wound and neutralizing the poison.
He just had to make things difficult didn't he? She almost moaned in frustration when he continued telling her all that she should do. She cursed under her breath but it felt so nice. So very nice indeed. "Maybe I should..." She turned slowly and lifted her arms to lace around his neck. "Actually Arthur...there's something I need to.."
"Well stuff me filled with feathers, it's me boy Arthur!" Gavin came in stomping the mud off his boots with a wide grin. "Glad to see ye me boy, glad to see ye."
Melody, having heard her father's voice, immediately released Arthur and busied herself with polishing a blade that had been freshly cooled from the forge.
Gavin walked over and pounded Arthur on the back, locking an arm around his neck and ruffling his hair. "Just couldn't stay away could ye?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:01 pm
"You'll be fine Zykariel." Mossy green thing with red thorns. Good thing Sevilin wasn't colorblind. But he nodded, watching the two a second before getting himself up and taking to walking around the riverbank near the water. Well, lucky him it didn't take too long to find that plant, though it did involve him getting wet from the knees down and his hand all slimy. Not that that mattered at the moment but it surely would once everything was alright and he realized he was icky. Thus walking back to Zahara and Zykariel with it. "Here it is."
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:43 pm
She was cradling and rocking the crying child in her arms. He was not a happy little boy, even though she had nullified the poison in his veins, the bite was nowhere near healed. She needed the salve she was going to make from the vine that Sevilin was bringing her. As he returned she glanced at the vine and nodded. "Very good." She lifted her arms and handed the child to his father, then took the vine from him in return.
He clung to his father, wrapping his arms around his neck, his little body trembling uncontrollably. "Daddy...I'm sorry..."
She went straight to work, pulling out a few tools from her pocket and began mashing the vine onto a small dish. She picked up the bottle of wine and dumped the rest of the contents on the ground then dipped the bottle into the lake to fill it with water. Working methodically, she pulled out a few vials and sniffed, then chose one and dropped three droplets of an orange liquid into the bowl before she took to mixing them together. Adding a bit of water to the mix she dumped in some powder and took to remixing until she repeated the process with different doses each time until she was finally satisfied. Then she walked over to the boys and met Sevilin's eyes. "Hold him."
Zykariel didn't like what was about to happen and he shook his head. "No..."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:57 pm
He patted the boy's back making a soothing noise or two as he sat down with him. "No need to be sorry, these things happen. After all, a bug had to get the best of you one day now didn't it? You'll just be sure to show that old bug who's bigger and better next time won't you?" Still tending to calming said child, he knew that nothing was wrong the child was just upset for a few reasons and that could easily be taken care of. But a look up to Zahara from the child. Oh it was going to be one of those sucky treatments that burned or something wasn't it?
Though he didn't have the resolve to hold the child down for this sort of thing, it reminded him off too many things in his own past that he was held down for. No need for the child to associate these particular things. So then he gently grasped the boy's wrist and turned a smile on him, looking to distract him. "What have I told you, getting better is never fun. Though you know what is going to be fun? I betcha I could make a good pirate, what do you think about that? Think I have what it takes?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:15 pm
"But Daddy..." Nope not thrilled at all. Not even a little bit. He squirmed a bit on his father's lap and pouted then his eyes were glued to his wrist as Zara came up.
She calmly used a finger to smooth the salve onto his hand, covering the area of the bite which had a bit of swelling that had raised the bite slightly on the child's hand. As she worked, she couldn't help but smile. Sevilin really was a fantastic father.
"Well, I suppose you could since you can use runes and you have a polearm. Are you good with a sword though Daddy? I've never seen you with one but pirates have to have swords. It's just the way it goes." He winced and breathed a little heavier at the introduction of the salve onto his bite but it wasn't as bad as he thought. "I think you'd make a good pirate too Daddy. But you would have to be an evil one."
In no time she used the bottle of water to wash the salve off her hands and use a bit of cloth to cover his hand and tied it just to keep the salve in place. "All done. That wasn't so bad, was it? Would you like a cookie since you were such a brave boy?" At his nod, she handed one to him and ruffled his hair then went about cleaning up the mess she had made. Thank the gods that crisis was averted.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:32 pm
He blinked then gave one of those playful frowns, acting as if none of this was happening. "Why do I gotta be an evil one? Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Actually tickling the boy some but not enough so that it would make him squirm too much. "And I bet you could teach me how to use a sword, right? I've seen you, you're very very good at it. Though I probably know a little something about swords." He took on some kind of thinking look. "You just swing, right?"
Giving the boy a smile as he got a cookie for reward. And then his eyes went up to Zahara. "Thank you...it probably wasn't some big deal or even as bad as anyone can imagine, but still."
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:57 pm
Well whatever was eating up sweet Melody inside must be big because her moan had told him that this must of been bugging her for a very long time, he just hoped that she got out her feelings once and for all to this man that she liked. "Well then do so beautiful..." He urged and lightly smiled, who was this luckily man that held that special place in Melody's heart? Hey he wanted to know, after all he would like to be at the wedding when the time comes! Though he had a small puzzled look on his faced when Mel turned around and laced her arms around his neck, but he smiled lightly as his head was titled to the side, they haven't hold each other like this unless they danced and it has been awhile since they did. "Yes?" He asked but then the mood was broken when Gavin decided to pop in, his booming voice and his feet stomping in the mud. "Hey Gavin! It's good to see you again! I told you I would be back!" Though he had to wonder why Melody just released him and went off to polished a blade that was just made, well it was a bit strange, oh well she can tell him the news later. But before he could say another word he got Gavin's famous pat on the back, Arthur swore the man didn't even know his own strength, then felt the large arm of the man wrap around his neck while his hair was messed around. "Ack! Of course not! You guys are like family to me after all!" He said with a large smile on his face, oh how he needed to be here instead at the fortress or home right now; this was his family from the beginning and always will be.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:59 pm
She merely bit her tongue on telling him that that poison was not only deadly but rather fast spreading and very, very dangerous. But she merely nodded in acknowledgement and continued her cleaning.
Zykariel giggled at the tickling, completely forgetting about the fact that his hand had ached a moment ago. "Because Khai and I are the left adn right wing and you can't have any more wings than that Daddy! So you gots to be the evil one just like Mr. Malik does."
He giggled again and then took a bite of his cookie, still curled up in his father's lap. "No silly. There's footwork and other stuff involved too. You gots to have your balance and watch the backswing." something he had heard from somewhere no doubt. "Lots of mechanics involved." Parroting always made him sound smart. Then a thought. "I can still ride can't I?!"
She chuckled. "Yes, yes you can. With your father of course. Not alone."
"Oh good. We'll just get ye a spot 'o somethin' to take off the edge from travelin' shall we? Melody! Blast, where has that lass gotten off to now?" He glanced around but Melody appeared to have disappeared. The big man shrugged and strode over to a shelf pulling down two mugs and filling them with ale then slapping htem both down at an old scarred table. "Now then, sit yerself down and we'll have us a chat."
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