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 Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:30 pm
So, the birdy had found a nest, so to speak, and Ianna decided to spend her off time in the shop on the off chance another guardian would blow in. It was around 9:30 in the evening and she was carefully pouring over some texts on the war.
It was time she brushed up on her history.
Taking a break she sighed and looked up at the clock. She's give it another thirty minutes before she called it a night and went into the headquarters for a peaceful night alone.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:39 pm
Nephrenia was walking down one of the many crowded streetsof the city, her and umbra had been having another fight about samsara and Neph's tendancy to take in the more wounded or psychotic of children, her eyes cast down she sighed and leaned against a wall comming to a stop for a moment, she hated the thought of upsetting her mistress but it was in her nature and love her or leave her it was the way she was.
She glanced up looking at her surroundings, she had been wandering without noticing where she was going again and had found herself somewhere where she had no idea where she was. A sigh escaped Neph's lips and she looked to the store that she had been leaning against the wall of. Hopefully whoever was working there would be kind enough to direct her home.
She smoothed out her silk skirt and pulled the sleeves of her fishnet skirt down over her hands and breathign in before entering the store, she had a feeling that she had just walked into soemthing far over her head... all over a stupid walk.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:59 pm
Ianna blinked. She had just been about to leave when Nephrenia made her way into the shop, "Uhm, Hello! Uh...Welcome to Ghosts of the Past, I guess?" She asked. Matilda was asleep - there was no prompting for a name. Nor knowing if she was a guardian.
Ianna was on her own, again, as she had been when Matilda was in her coma.
"May I help you?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:02 pm
Nephrenia smiled tucking a stray bit of hair bhind her ear, "Ghosts of the past? Thats a really interesting name. What exactly do you sell here?"
It wasn't the reason that she had entered the shop in the first place but she had to know, the shop was comfortable, as was the woman, she seemed like a mothering type to Neph and that was interesting a lot of people in this city didn't seem to be very nurturing.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:09 pm
"Nothing, really," Ianna said with a small shrug, "I can honestly say I've never sold a damn thing," she chuckled and moved behind her desk again, sitting down and fiddling with the large leather book, "Would you like to see something interesting?" she asked, tilting her head to the side so her silver hair fell over her face.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:13 pm
Nephrenia smiled and tried to keep from laughing that sounded like something Malen or one of her kids would say before showing her either porn or somethign dead. But seeing as this woman was neither of the two it should be a fairly safe bet that it wasn't porn or something dead.
"Uh.. sure I guess, I actually just came in here to get directions but I've never said no to seeing something truly interesting before, except to malen, or samsara... or.. well anyone in my house or one of talon's or Umbra's friends really but..." She was rambling, opps. "Uh, sure sorry about that."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:25 pm
"Well then tou....Did you say Malen?" Ianna raised an eyebrow, intrigued now that her love's name was mentioned. She fiddled with the book quietly for a moment and took a deep breath.
Why was a random girl who came into her shop knowing about Malen? Malen wasn't exactly a common name and....She shook her head then, "Anyway...." she trailed off, "Multicolored hair? Dreamy eyes?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:29 pm
"Dunno about the dreamy eyes part but yeah sounds like the Malen I know... Talon told me he just picked up two new kids too. Its really good for him I think, maybe it'll settle him down some. 'S why I almost laughed about the interesting thing part because every time he asks me that its either dead or porn.. "
Nephrenia smiled and tilted her head "Why, d'you know him too?"
Neph had met Malen through Talon who was a friend of Umbra's, both of them were interesting people.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:39 pm
"Because he's living with me," she smiled, a look which was clearly love, "I'm Ianna." she vaguely wondered if he had mentioned her at all - but she wasn't in high school and she wouldn't ask.
"Anyway....Take a look at this."
The silver-haired woman pushed the leather-bound book to Nephy, waiting for her to touch it.
The minute Nephrenia would touch the book, the cover would fly open, an invisible wind winding through the pages and blowing them rapidly open until it landed, quite suddenly, on a well-worn page. On the page was a beautifully rendered sketch of the reed-and-fire wand currently sitting on Ianna's desk.
Under the picture read:
"Gypsy. Wand ID 00020. A Soul has been trapped within the confines of the wand. Congratulations, you have become the next guardian to take on the task of raising it from infancy to greatness. We, Ianna and I, have the upmost faith in you to complete your task dutifully. Best of luck,
Matilda."
"Congratulations, you're a mother."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:47 pm
"Oh wow... another child..." Neph's mind was kind of blown away by that... another one.. and this one had chosen her.... "Um... I'm Nephrenia by the way and do you by any chance have any information on them? How they grow what they need? I have kids but I'm finding that they are all different."
Nephrenia smiled and reached foreward to caress the drawing "It's beautiful... Male or Female?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:58 pm
"We don't know. You know Malen. You know how they grow. His new daughter, Kishi, came from this place. It's how we met," she smiled almost dreamily once more, "She's...Our daughter now. Sort of."
Ianna gave a little shrug as she snapped out of her small fantasy. She was missing Malen now, "He went out with our children. Don't know where he got to, though. I had a job."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:02 pm
"Ah, yeah I know Malen, haven't seen him in a while though, guess I know what he's been busy with." Nephrenia Smiled "So I guess this is a kind of fly by the seat of your pants type thing, cool I can do that. Umbra's gonna kill me for bringing another little one home though, especially since my bird turned out to be a boy."
Nephrenia gave a sheepish little shrug she was a sucker for things that needed her and this wand needed her.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:08 pm
"I see, well, I may as well show you the headquarters."
Two hard cases made her thankful for this easy one. Ianna stood up and started towards the door on her right, opening it and walking through.
As they entered the main lobby Via the portal connecting the shoppe and the headquarters, the first thing Nephy would notice is the vast...largeness...of it. The high ceilings, edged with gold, the large chandeliers dripping with crystals, the smooth white tile-floors, colorful rugs, and beautiful paintings.
To the left was a large recreational area complete with a large flat-screen television, several rows of various games, movies, video game systems and books. There was a basket of toys in the corner, full of plushies, dolls, cards and various other objects which would appeal to most ages. Included in the area were several comfy looking couches and plush chairs just made for sitting, lounging or bouncing in. It seemed to be heaven on a fluffy carpet. It even had a foos-ball table and an air-hockey table....and for the slightly more food-minded GoTP, a mini fridge always full.
To the right was a large elaborate counter, which seemed to have a force-field of some sort around it, keeping anyone who was not Ianna or Matilda from going behind it. On the counter lay a roster with the names of all the Ghostly children and their guardians, and an appointment book.
From there, it branched off into halls with rows and rows of rooms. Some were storage, some were guest rooms, some were bathrooms, and one very large and ornate door to the end of the hall led to the gardens. "Welcome to Headquarters. Malen and I are almost always here...You're welcome here any time. Guardians are usually around as well..."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:12 pm
Nephrenia smiled and hugged the other woman quickly, it was in her nature to touch and hug when she was happy she didn';t even give it a second thought.
"Thank you! For the oppertunity as well as your friendlyness"
Her hands were wrapped around the wands staff the fire flickering against her newly red hair.
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