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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:21 am
Ailinea steps into the shop and pours herself a cup of hot vanilla chai, then mixes it with milk. She picks up a cookie and holds it in her mouth as she holds the hot cup of tea with both hands and walks into her office. She sets the cup and the cookie on her desk, taking a bite as she removes it from her mouth. She sits back in her comfortable padded desk chair and puts her hands behind her head as she admires her new office.
The green that encompassed the room was exactly what she wanted, but to decorate the wall with real-looking trees and forest flora was an added bonus. Above her, the ceiling was painted blue with fluffy white clouds. Flying amongst the clouds were a few happy-looking children, reminding Ailinea briefly of a Peter Pan scene. Birds flew with them, and every time Ailinea looked up at her ceiling, she couldn't help but smile and wish she were among them.
"Only in my dreams," she chides to herself as she smiles again, thinking of how she couldn't wait to have a flying dream again. She looks back at the wall and notices a few animals hiding among the forest brush. A couple of wolves, a horse, a bear, an eagle, a hawk, a mouse, a bee, and a cat; all animals that have appeared in her dreams. Ailinea sighs and opens a drawer on her desk and pushes a button. Suddenly the room comes to life as the animals in the wall move about as they would in nature, and the children laugh happily as they fly to nowhere in particular.
Smiling, Ailinea gets up from her comfy chair and picks up her tea. She walks over to a corner of her office and sets her tea down on a small table after she takes a long drink from it. She plops down on a bed made of several comfortable plushy pillows and stuffed animals, and puts a blanket around herself as she leans back into the padded wall. She picks up her tea and drinks it as she watches the wall, now brimming with beautiful sounding birds. She brings the tea to her lips, takes another sip, and puts it on her lap.
"Come here, Luna," she calls to the wall, as a very beautiful gray wolf steps out from the wall and pads towards Ailinea, finally getting to the soft bed, laying down and putting her head on Ailinea's lap. Petting the docile wolf, Ailinea takes another sip of her tea and looks up to a tree that seemed to have been placed halfway in the wall and halfway in the little alcove that Ailinea rested against. Reaching up, Ailinea picks a fruit from the tree, and brings it to Luna's mouth. Sniffing it gently, Luna raises her head and slowly takes the fruit from Ailinea's hand and eats it. Enjoying it, she waves her tail slightly and looks up at Ailinea for more.
Ailinea laughs. "No, Luna, only one today. They may be good, but they're not good to have too many." Understanding what Ailinea said, Luna licks Ailinea's hand and rests her head on Ailinea's lap again.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:17 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:38 pm
Ailinea listens to Gemini's dream and thinks hard for a moment, taking notes and going over them, thinking about each one.
((I am going to print this out and work on it during my work week, which starts tomorrow. Thanks! ))
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