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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:11 pm
The woman smiled, and her nad the others talked to eachother, giggling lightly at her embarassment. they had a guess at what Malik's intentions for her 'use' might be. But Malik paid them no mind, and looked at teh sword with a small smile.
"Always. Me and this blade have a very long history."
The tone of addiction trailed into his voice, like someone speaking of a drug. or perhaps a lover.
"Much like you are your bow, I woudl guess. I have yet to ever see you without it. or at least not without it close by. and why do you look away at my naked form? I didn't know elves had become so modest over the centuries."
A small laugh, and a wink at her.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:18 pm
One hand rubbed at her arm in nervous fashion as he practically called her out on her actions. A shrug to try and act like everything was well and dandy. "You of all by now should know that I'm not like other elves Malik. How often do you meet an elf afraid of other elves?" Another shift in weight of the giggling of the nearby women and her old self conscious quirks started to kick in, turning her head a little so that the right side was less visible than the left. "I think I would be able to compare it more closely with the dye in my hair rather than my bow." She gave her own short lived, yet still melodic as always, laugh.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:25 pm
"Fair enough, your dye then."
The women straighted up at a hard look form Malik. he had picked up on her self conciousness. they nodded to him, leaving thier presence, though not before one gave her a warm pat on piper's shoulder and a smile.
"Be on your toes. he's a crafty one."
a quick glance to see if Malik had noticed, he apparently didn't. both a warning, and a seemignly 'girlish' flirt about him, before he looked at Piper, a crow coming to his shoudler again, and a quirked brow as it communicated to him..then a nod lightly.
"Take care of it."
Before he looked at piper with a stretch.
"So how are you feeling?"
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:38 pm
She wasn't sure if she liked them. They were giggly and seemed to be looking into things much too closely for their own good. But they also seemed to have something else about them that connected directly to Malik. Piper would of called them bipolar if mental health had been the question. Instead she wrinkled hr nose and shook her head. "Feeling? Oh, I don't know really. I guess I'm still sorting through things. She shrugged and pushed herself off of the wall. "Why don't you compose yourself? Bit stuffy down here, I'll meet you upstairs if you wish to continue having me invade your life." It was thrown in there as a joke before she turned and trotted up the stairs. Honestly she had wanted to be upstairs so as not to have to think about the unlocked door downstairs.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:49 pm
Malik watched her leave, and as soon as she was gone, his face went form relatively nice to violently angry, drawing Malvolence and slashing through the air with it hard enough to ripple the water. She'd gotten into the cloning room. his crow had found the door opened, and told him. and was going to take care of it by making sure to watch the area down below from now on.
"Thievery is not a skill I enjoy, Piper Silverfeather."
But he composed himself, and headed back upstairs back under control. Invade his life...perhaps..but he was going to own her life. so a little invasion was alright, after fitting back on the leash to piper's collar on his hand.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:58 pm
"One, two, three..." She was pacing, counting her steps even as she did so. "Four, five, six..." Nervous now and she couldn't help it. And her mind wasn't helping her. It was playing 'what if' scenarios in her head to torture her with. Had to go lock picking didn't she, couldn't just let it go. "Seven, eight, nine..." Her fingers were busing themselves with red and silver strands of hair. Maybe she should just get her things and go... "Ten, elve-" Her counting and pacing stopped as she heard his footsteps easily enough. And she froze, not quite sure what she was thinking anymore. Trusted him? She supposed. All in all she readied her apologies of things if need be.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:02 pm
Malik heard her counting, and came upstairs to her. the look of enjoyable plesantries was back.
"Nervous?"
He clasped his hands behind his back, and smiled lightly, before gesturing with his hand to a set of seats, and opening the window lightly.
"Just in case Serino wants to visit. don't want him to feel he's being pushed aside, do we?"
Inside, he was still fuming. how much had she seen? what did she understand? did she know what was around her neck now, and nervous about the situation she'd gotten into..or was she still oblivious.
"So what brought up the sudden need to know if there were places you shouldn't go into?"
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:10 pm
Rand stomped up the manor steps. Damn, damn, and damn her some more. She had gone back, and gone around Rand to do it. Not that Rand had expected confrontation from the elf, Piper wasn't into that. But as soon as Rand went to peek...and saw that horse. She was more angry with herself then with the elf though. Made at herself for not being a very good friend.
Hell, lets face it. She was a crappy friend.
She found her way to the den, hands held at her sides and balled into fists. She grabbed her guns, stuffed them into her waistband. Her athume took its place in her boot, and she carefully tucked the day stalker nunchaku up her shirt, to rest against the small of her back.
Cymarron, ever the wakefull one, had watched her work. She turned to him. "I have to go. I...don't know when I'll be back." If ever, she thought. She sat down beside him. "Piper....." but she couldn't finish. Malik inspired such terrible thoughts within her...
"I need to go."
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:12 pm
"Oh...not...really...just..." Oh boy was that thought lost quickly, since it especially didn't have a point to being with. Then mention of Serino drew out her words again. "No...I wouldn't..." Piper took to the seat that he had gestured to, least her start her pacing again. "Forbidden areas yes." Oh she wasn't good at lieing. Trying to lie about her ears was hard enough, now she had to try and make something up...or just tell the truth and hope he took is extremely well. "Well...you know, a lot of wandering, a lot of doors, an interest in locked doors..." She wasn't good at hiding that she was fumbling things either.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:21 pm
Cymarron took her hand, and held it tight, his eyes became very serious.
"What about Piper? and what do you mean you don't know when you'll be back?"
Piper was his friend as well, and had helped him learn a bit on how to fly, with Serino's aid. if something was wrong, healer's orders or not, he was going to see if he could help.
"Did you get us a walking stick? you are not leaving us here if something is wrong. We don't want to have something happen to you, raven."
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:26 pm
Elias was still in one of the many portals which he loved to be inside. He was doing some quiet thinking nothing serious merely the simple thoughts that go thru a man like him. He had spent what seemed like days in there, there was things that needed to be done. Not to mention that Elias could not shake the felling that something was wrong.......couldn't quite put his fingers of what it was, but there was something stirring in the world, something dark. Elias was a man stepped in the skills of dark magicks.....and could recognize when darkness approached, if not always where it came from. Stepping back into the real world Elias found himself in the courtyard right outside Cymarron's den....and could not shake the darkness that he felt.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:26 pm
"I don't want you comming with me. Your injured. And because....Piper is with....with Malik."
She had indeed got him a walking stick. But she wasn't about to tell him that. She wanted to do this alone. Not because she wanted to be a hero, far from it. She'd have rather ran and hid from that other..darker....manor. But she didn't want a friend to be...taken because of a mistake that SHE made. Rand hadn't done a very good job of trying to convince the elf to come back with her.
"Plus, I have Morelle. We have a backup plan."
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:36 pm
"Malik?"
He growled and moved to get up anyway, despite any pain that shot through his leg like someone had rammed a hot poker up insdie of it, and collapsed back on teh bed, growlign a dozen muttered curses in several languages.
"Malik is more than he seems to be. that blade..he's like us with it. he can..toy with minds..he has our strength..and we don't even want to know what else he can do with it in his possession. we fear for you going alone, Raven."
Malik ran a hand through his hair lightly. She was not a very good liar. and only a complete fool woudl not realize she had indeed gone somewhere she couldn't. his voice got a bit hard, and his eyes a little angry.
"You don't lie very well. I take it you have some skill with lockpicks, got a bit curious, and saw something in a locked room you shouldn't have?"
Being angry woudl be anyone's reaction. however angry and furious were different. and for how he felt, he was being surprisingly calm about it. He waited for her response, settling back and lightly resting his right ankle on his left knee.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:45 pm
Piper's hands gripped at the sides of her chair. About right now, she wanted to just scoot that chair back. Though he seemed rather calm about it really. Piper had expected something for hostile from him, perhaps an example of the bad nature he spoke of in his kind. Her eyes adverted a little, she knew she had been caught. "Um yes...I...I..." Horrible fate, she couldn't find words to justify it. He had plainly just said what she was going to, leaving her with no answer. She'd try for another. "I'm sorry Malik...I..." Damn, where were those words again? She took a breath the try and steady her breathing.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:49 pm
She put a restraining hand on his chest. "Yes, I know you fear. But with you there he'd have more to be able to play off of. And being injured, you wouldn't be able to offer him much of a fight. This is just something that I am going to have to do for myself for a change. I doubt that I will get any help." She patted her familiar. " 'cept maybe from Morelle." She kissed him once, and left the den. Not wanting to hear anymore on the subject. She left quickly, passing Elias by...
"Wish me luck brother!" She called after him, before making her way as fast as she could to the other manor's entrance. Where the horse was.
"Hey, Buckskin!" She called.
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