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 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:18 pm
"money...? money...oh yes. the shiny objects that pass from one to another. you owe them that stuff, and they tore your clothes and have you working like this?"
Cymarron looked at her like she was a lunatic.
"Cymarron care for Tyler? Cymarron doesn't know how to take care of kits...he never got the chance to take care of his own. Cymarron doesn't know how. Cymarron means..we could eat a female with kit to learn...but that is not acceptable either. Why do you not want to go home? and shelter does not mean nice. you humans do use a phrase, 'fate worse than death', do you not?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:24 pm
She laughed "I suppose that's what this looks like." She shook her head. "No Cym you can't eat a mother just to learn how to be one. I just need someone to look after him, you know keep him alive for me while I sort some things out." She went quiet for a moment and looked at her hands.
Dobbs hobbled slowly down the stairs. He had heard the bang and it had taken him a bit to get up and become somewhat presentable. Merre was supposed to handle this stuff. He stood at the top of the stairs and listened. The chit was talking to someone! He came down the stairs and crossed his arms looking at the two of them. "What the hell do ye think ye're doing missy? Ye're supposed to be in the kitchen workin' not carryin' on with men. And I thought ye said ye weren't a whore."
Niah looked at him and stiffened.She remembered what had happened earlier and bit back a sarcastic remark. "I'm sorry Dobbs...he's a friend. He umm came by to check on me..."
Dobbs stared at the man in what he didn't want to admit was slight fear. "Who the hell are ye?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:34 pm
the word 'whore' got him up on his feet, and over to Dobbs, looking at him like he was a dinner treat.
"We are Cymarron. you are..the one who our friend has debt with, yes?"
His claws extended on thier own, though he made no move to strike him, staring at him while his ears swiveled around, listening for sounds of anyone else who may be close by.
"and you are right, she is not that word. and we woudl be careful whom you use that word near, as well."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:46 pm
Nailah watched Cymarron and shook her head. "Cym leave him alone."
Dobbs swallowed nervously. This was not looking good for him. He hastily backed away from the large cat-man and said "Yes she owes me a debt. And I mean to get me money's worth out of her." He stood his ground and looked between the two of them. "Ye part of her clan?"
"No." Nailah broke in hastily. "He's a friend and he came by to get something...I have his..." she thought quickly. "His daggers. He lent them to me and he was just coming to get them back. That's all."
"Ye lying to me girlie?"
Niah shook her head. "No."
Dobbs peered at her for a moment to see if she was indeed telling the truth. He couldn't tell but he could always punish her later if she lied. He might have to send someone to follow him and see if Merre had a family. He walked over and stood in front of her. "Ye better not lie to me. I'll make what I did to ye earlier seem like nothing."
Niah cringed when she thought of his slap. She was about to lift her hand to her cheek but stopped when she remembered that Cymarron was in the room. "I'll finish cleaning up now. Everything is fine Dobbs...you can go back to bed..."
At that moment Dobbs looked at the door. "What the 'ell happened to me door?! Oh you'll pay for this girlie. It's just another thing to add to your debt. Now git to work!"
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:00 pm
Cymarron snarled at this one...and narrowed his eyes when he talked about what he did to her earlier woudl look like nothing. and yelling at her about the door. Cymarron moved over, and grabbed Dobb's shirt collar, lifing him clear off the ground and turning him around to look him in the eyes.
"What you did earlier? perhaps Cymarron should do something to you, yes? and the door. We broke the door. and we won't be having her debt increase for us. if you'd like to try it, we'll end her debt by making you not need that money stuff anymore."
He kept him in his grip, fingers twitching just to tear him apart.
"We take very good care of our friends. We suggest her debtor does as well, lest we become very upset. bad things happen to families when we become very upset."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:02 pm
Nelphean stretched and gathered some of the cat hairs from his cloak, he smiled... "She still smells so sweet..." He laughed, until he heard a quiet murmer on the other side of a door, more of an echo.
Nelphean placed his ear against the door, and listened... A child cries...
He opened the door as quietly as he could, and realized that it was Nailah's room. Aurora had mentioned the window incident, and her fur was still on the blanket. Nelphean walked into the room, which felt less... Used. He walked to the bed, where a small child hid under the covers...
"Why are you crying?" Nelphean smelt the air... "Oh, You can't find..." Nelphean wasn't overly sure of what the relationship was, but he could guess very well. "Lets go find her... Now where is she..." Nelphean left the room, and searched the usually places, finding a broken piano and few other problems as well... His clone stood by Aurahkah's room, standing guard...
"Brother, could you help me find Nailah?"
"She left a while ago, she walked to a small village." Nelphean's hand rested comfortably on the cylander, he was very tempted to fight Nelpehan, but he didn't want to risk waking the lady.
"Why?" His eyes flashed. "Didn't try hard enough to have her last time?" The elf's eyes were dull, and very penetrating. "What keeps your head on your shoulders is crying in this room..." He glaired at the elf...
"Oh, I think i will be going, a child misses his mother." Nlephean bowed, and quickly ran back to Nailah's room. "Ok, I found her, she is very close..." Nelphean placed a hand on the blankets. "Now, We are going to take a little-" The sound of a thousand people say zop. "To my house, just down the road from the village she is in. Now, you are still safe, but I need you to stand up, so we can go find her." Nelphean whispered softly, Aurora came runing down a hall.
"What have we here?" The she-wolf sniffed the blanket, "I remember those, They were nice and warm." She shook her head, and nuzzled the blanket. "You brought me a present?"
"No, someone else."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:30 pm
"I hope Im not interrupting." Said the ghostly image of the Pharaoh as it again interrupted her moments of privacy. Now laying near her in the same bedsheets, clearly less than clothed and poorly covered. "It's good to be in bed with you again." His piercing eyes stared at her there for a while, then at Eclipse ending his temporary silence with a laugh. "I do hope Im not interrupting an 'intimate' moment with your pet."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:35 pm
Ecara wandered from the room that she had been familiar to, rubbing at her eyes. Needless to say she didn't appreciate waking up alone. Stepping into the hall she walked slowly in sleepy fashion. "Daddy?" Her keen ears rotated trying to pick up sound. "Mommy?" Coming to a stop near her mother's door, she noticed Nelphean. Well that confused her. "Nelphean?"
She peeked her head from under the sheets slightly. "How can you be so sure."
"Believe me, if they wanted to get rid of you, they would of. But no, you were placed in the safety of your room. Not thrown out front on the lawn."
Sitting up again, Aura pushed a few strands of hair from her eyes and drew her knees up under the covers, resting her elbows on her knees. "I think I'm scared Eclipse..."
"You are, but that's okay."
Aura stiffened and she looked over at something only she really saw...and promptly fell out of bed, dumping herself on the floor. Standing, or rather stumbling to her feet she backed herself up till she was against the far wall. That was a horrible image and flash back all at once. Made her skin crawl. What? No chains? Go the hell away.
"Aurahkah?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:40 pm
Dobbs eye's went wide when he was forcibly lifted off the ground. "I have the right to do anything I want with her. She's mine until she pays off her debt," he said his voice quivering.
Niah shook her head. This was not good. "Cymarron put him down! Now!"
Dobbs looked over at Niah. "Listen to Merre. Let's settle this like gentlemen..shall we?"
Niah plunked her hands on her hips. "Cymarron I'm going to go get your daggers and then I want you to leave. Ok?" The last thing she needed was Cymarron killing someone and leaving her with nowhere to go and nothing to do. She'd be blamed for Dobb's death and that's not what she needed right now. "Put him down and come help me clean if it will make you feel better but do not hurt him!"
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:41 pm
Nelphean saw the child, and smiled. "Aurahkah had... head pain." Nelphean explained to her, he wasn't sure what exactly was wrong, but figured he might as well expand. "One of Aurahkah's friends was upset with her, and went on a trip. Aurahkah started to become agitated and her head started to heart." Nelphean smiled at the child, "I was keeping a watch-" He turned towards the door... Smoething felt wrong... Her fear and anger increased exponetially. "I think maybe you best... do what you think is best."
"DO you think you can help Aurahkah feel less hurt?" Nelphean asked calmly, but his eyes turned towards the door...
Nelphean gave silent orders to Aurora, who ran off imidaitely to carry out her missions. Nelphean didn't think that the child was going to stand, probably afraid becasue the cray man had jsut cast a strange spell... He walked over to the blankets, and cast a sleeping spell on the child, hoping that it would subdue him...
Picking up the blankets and child, Nelpehan walked into his main entertainment hall, where his friends ahd gathered to play drinking games and other such fun activities. "Rain, get me to Nelville."
The elf stood up from the table, and noded. He walked five fet before he was doused by Aurora with water, enchanted to sobre the warrior up. He straightened his back, and stood his seven feet hight. "Ok, Nel, I should at least give you a ride into town... so where are we going?"
"We'll see when we get there."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:45 pm
"No, sadly. Other than the chains youre binding your pets to. How do you think Eclipse would take it if he knew that you really did just create him to keep you going this long. I'll enjoy the look on his face when he finds you going back to your old self, and using him as a tool freely." He climbed out of the bed and circled around it, again eyeing everyone outside the room, then going right up to Ecara, standing behind her and resting his phantom hands on her shoulders that she couldnt feel. Somehow she was able to see his presence close to her, even outside, but it was just a trick of the mind. "And her, your daughter, one born just to serve her parent. Sound familiar any? But I must say that I really LOVE children."
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:54 pm
Big childish dual colored eyes looked up at him as her ears twitched a little. "Mommy had....a headache again?" Surprisingly enough, her sentences were rather well worded, but also a little on the slow side of coming out. She shook her head. "Mommy doesnt....want Ecara and daddy....around when her head hurts."
"You sick sadistic ******** style="color: darkblue">"Who are you talking to? And like that?" He slid off the bed, taking a look around. She was definitely not acting right. Thus he growled at the room. But unknown to the wolf, he couldn't help this one. Sure, when she confronted herself in her own mind it was a different story.
You don't know what he thinks, or how. He's a self proclaimed cycle breaker. He undid even what you did to me you b*****d. They are not my toys. I may have been my father's toy, I may have been your toy, but they are not mine. And you harm that child in any way, I will go to hell and torture you ten fold myself. The only outward sign she gave at all of anything was the clenching of her fist and teeth.
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:59 pm
"Then why don't you jsut sit here with me, until Aurahkah is no longer pained." Nelphean kneeled, placing his eyes at Ecara's level. "She might want to see you, and you might as well be close by." He smiled softly, feeling the emotions. Limited empathy he had, and even that was telling him something was deeply wrong. But, as before had proved, there was little he could say that would comfort her, she would only think that He was thinking about Rakka...
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:00 pm
He looked at Nailah, and back at Dobbs...and shook him for a moment.
"You are not a gentleman. but we will do as she says, because we have respect for her."
He dropped him uncerimoniously to the ground. he titled his head a bit, and then gave a very vicious looking grin.
"We think that you owe our friend a debt bigger than money. You owe our friend your very life, and the lives of your family. Our friends are all we have. Cymarron could kill you and this whole village if need be for her protection. We woudl think nothing of it."
He snorted, then turned to Nailah, talking rather pleased.
"We will help Merre clean...maybe we should help Merre work? we can even be...what is the word...bartender?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:03 pm
"I told you once already Aurahkah, Im not really here. Its all you this time. Interesting how you remember me, Im much more patient than I really was. Anyhow, as much as I'd love the visit in my fiery prison I cant hurt your child, but I just know you will. Or even better, when your own self made cycle repeats, she'll be the one breaking away from her sadistic parent and go off to suffer a long life of misery just as you had. Maybe meet someone like me while shes at it, thats fun to imagine. And Eclipse is no cycle breaker, the cycle is just much... much longer than you expected it to be, it wont end until youre ursurped and put in the ground, THEN it will repeat. But Im rambling." He returned to the inside of the room and walked its outskirts carefully looking at her belongings. "Funny how you should mention your father though, I did a little digging and pulled up a few fond memories for you to go over when you get a chance. Be sure to tell me if they strike a resemblance."
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