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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:54 pm
"Thank you." Iris muttered, wanting to be dry. But, the only way she could dry things was with air, and even hot air would give her a chill or a cold if she kept it up too long. Wrapping the towel around her shoulders, Iris followed Tobi, carrying her clothes with her and still a bit angry at the storm.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:57 pm
The pointed to the bath room even though she already knew where it was and hopped into his bed room, pulling a heavy pair of sweat pants from a dresser and a long sleeved shirt out.
"Change into these after you get your self dry enough, I'll have blankets waiting for you in the library."
The clothing flew from his outstretched hands and floded themselves neatly i nthe same place they had in the bathroom.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:05 pm
Iris nodded and closed the bathroom door behind her after accepting the clothes from Tobi. Putting her wet clothes on the side of the tub, the aeromaster began to peel herself out of the wet things she was in now. Using a bit of warm air to mostly dry out her undergarments, Iris used the towel to get the rest of herself dry. Once that was done, she slipped into the sweat pants and the shirt. The sleeves of the shirt were a bit too long, but Iris didn't mind. Kicking off her shoes and putting them near all the clothes on the tub, Iris exited the bathroom.
The aeromaster found her way to the library, and was now shivering a bit from getting wet and drying off so many times in one day.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:07 pm
He hopped over and managed to get a blanket around her shoulders, "Sit by the hearth, I've arranged some cushions for you."
He waited for her to settle in before speaking once again, "I've put some water on to boil, I'll fix us some tea so we stay warm."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:19 pm
She sat down on the cusions with a muted "Thank you", wrapping the blanket around her as she did so, thankful for Tobi's kindness. Unconciously, Iris scratched at her back; her scars sometimes got itchy in stormy weather, for some reason. "Tea sounds nice..." she said, the flames of the heart reminding her of Kiress. She missed him, and Lex, and Elliot, and Lucian, and even Kazuya, though he had been curt with her the last time she had been at Lex's house.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:21 pm
"Got a back itch?" he asked manageing to plop down to her level with hurting his still healing foot, "I can scratch it for ya if you like?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:41 pm
"Back itch?" Iris said, confused at first before realizing that she was scratching at her scars. Pulling her hand away with a sad sigh, she replied, "No. It's just my scars. They tend to get itchy during bad weather...I think it's because of the change in barometric pressure. I somehow doubt that you'd watch to touch my scared back."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:43 pm
He blinked, "Scars are scars ar scars, simply a reminder of what has happened, nothing to be ashamed, they prove only that you're a survivor."
He shurgged and burshed a stray stand of hair from his face.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:49 pm
"I don;t like being reminded of what happened...I'd forget it all if I could..." Iris said, looking down and away from Tobi.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:53 pm
"Even out of bad things good things may come," he replied evenly, "With that experience you would have hardly ended up here, or as the person you are."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:04 pm
"I'd still forget it if I could...even if it changed who I am. I hate the memories of what my own family did to me..." Iris said softly, looking like she was about to cry.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:06 pm
"Family is a relitive term," he replied, "Family are those who love you, accept you for who you are, those who do not not matter what blood ties, they are no more your family that a tree is my mother, no offense to Floramasters' beliefs..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:26 pm
"I don't want to talk about it!" Iris shouted angrily, turning her back to Tobi with a flurry of movement. She didn't care what he said! They had her hurt, abused her, scarred her...and he just said that it was just a part of who she was?! It had maimed her for life! She could never again accept anyone's love unconditionally again, not even Kiress', because of what they had done to her! She would always doubt, always wonder when they would strike...and Kiress already had. Why had he hit her? He was just the same as everyone else...
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:45 pm
"I n-never was g-good wi-with words," his stutter trying to come back with a vengence, "B-But let me say this, w-we a-are on-only human. We are not tr-truly per-perfect; af-after all w-we ma-make mistakes, but th-tat doesn't g-give pe-people the ri-right to give in to cau-causing pain. Yet wh-when you can forg-give them, you can li-live with a free-er heart."
He gave her shoulder a soft pat before makign a fuss about trying to get up, "I-I'll go ge-get the wa-water, it's d-done.."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:56 pm
"I'll never be free..." Iris whispered under her breath. This was the same argument she had gone over with so many other countless people. You should forgive them...only human...mistakes...blah blah blah. Mistakes? It was a MISTAKE that the people who had given birth to her hated the very sight of her and had let one her her brothers burn her back and then not give her medical attention? All the whip and flail marks on her back were just MISTAKES her parents and siblings had made?
Her own self abuse was a MISTAKE?! She thought not. It wasn't a mistake, it was pure malice. Pure malice about something she hadn't een been able to control.
She dug her nails into her elbows and gritted her teeth, trying her best to keep her weather power under control before she messed up Tobi's house the way she had Lex's.
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