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 Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:03 pm
Riven flew through the forest, wings beating even though they did no good, whipping directly through the trees. Anyone who saw him would think he was being pursued by some horrible monster.
Until they looked at his face, that is. The spirit Fa'e was grinning broadly, eager anticipation in his eyes. A small bag was held tightly in one hand.
There! In his haste, he'd very nearly missed the house. He turned and slowed down, looping back, phasing back into solidity as he did so, just in time to knock on the door of Ghlyssa's house. His heart was pounding with exertion and excitement, and his other hand tightened around the little bag.
Phew.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:07 pm
The door is opened by Bronwen. She hangs on the doorknob, and giggles up at Riven. "I remember you. You're Riven. But the cake isn't ready yet."
"Bronnie, who's at the door?" Sunny calls from further inside.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:08 pm
Riven grinned at Bronnie. "Hi Bronnie. I remember you too. Is Ghlyssa there?" He reaches up to the bag with his free hand and fiddles with the drawstrings absently. Fiddlefiddlefiddle.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:11 pm
She nodded. "Yup, she's upstairs. She's not allowed downstairs until Mum's finished with the cake." She turned away from the door and hollered, "It's Riven! He wants to see Glee!"
"Well, let him in! Hi, Riven!" Sunny yelled back.
Bronnie opened the door all the way.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:18 pm
"Hi, Miss Sundragyn," Riven said politely, floating inside and looking around for the other inhabitants of the house.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:24 pm
Bronwen barrelled up the stairs, yelling for Glee; a moment or two later, Ghlyssa appeared at the top of the stairs. She grinned and started down. "Hi, Riven!"
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:28 pm
"Hey, no!" Riven floated up to meet her halfway, grinning, and pushed her backwards, gently. "Bronnie tells me that you're not allowed downstairs yet, love." He adds the last shyly, and quietly, almost like he doesn't want anybody else to hear. Yet.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:30 pm
"Yeah! Mum said!" Bronnie confirmed, and ran down the stairs.
Ghlyssa blushed darkly. "Did you just call me...?" She giggled nervously. "Well, come on upstairs, then."
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:35 pm
"Yeah, love, love," Riven repeats, grinning impishly. "That's one present. It's your birthday, huh?"
Strange word. Birthday. This morning Sosiqui had mentioned that she hadn't been sure, in the beginning, if any of the Fa'e would live to have a birthday. Things had shifted a bit, since then. They knew more.
So.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:38 pm
Ghlyssa smiled, pleased beyond words. "Thank you," she whispered. "It's as good a present as I can imagine ever having."
She opens the door to the indoor garden, the green room. "I... I've been in here most of the day... since I'm not allowed downstairs."
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:41 pm
Riven blinked at the sudden warmth and humidity. "... a garden? Inside? Wow..." He floated through the door and peered up through the glass roof, still mottled here and there by very stubborn clumps of snow. Then he bent and touched the leaf of a plant, fresh and green as any springtime growth. "Wow. Did you make this?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:45 pm
"No," Glee admitted. "Sunny did. For tomatoes, she said. But she let me pretty much take over it. I like it in here..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:46 pm
"I bet the plants like it when you're in here, too. Tomatoes?" He peered at the plants, looking for fruit.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:50 pm
Ghlyssa shrugged modestly. "There's usually some tomatoes here somewhere." She poked under some leaves. "Here's some."
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:51 pm
Riven pulled one of them off the vine and studied it, then tossed it to Ghlyssa with a shrug.
Both the tomato and a little bag hit her hands. "Oh. Where'd that come from?" Riven said with a big smile.
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