Shaft
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Post by Shaft on Oct 8, 2008 2:10:00 GMT -5
::Shaft kicks back in the lounge in front of the fireplace. He's dressed in a collared white shirt with an open neck and his usual black leggings and boots that both Lillith and Rosalind have told him not to wear in the house, with little results. He holds a book in his hands. Rose has them both on a bit of a romantic novel binge. It's been a long day of training the boys and he's glad they've been released for the evening. Right now he's just glad to dive back into the adventurous and romantic struggle of Gabriel and Lillith. It was a Freyan novel that Iole had brought back with her for her visit. He was surprised to learn how civilized the people of Natalia's world were. At least the elves. Rose has been enamored with the little girl since she got here, and Shaft has to admit that she's grown on him. His eyes start to water at the words on the page as he dives deeper into the plot of the book::
They go through so much. Why can't they just be left alone?
::He doesn't have long to relax however. Rose dashes into the room with her skirt gathered up in her hands to allow her to move more easily. He quickly clears his throat and wipes his eyes before she can see::
Rose? What's the matter?
::Her eyes are full of worry::
Rosalind: James, we have a problem... Have you been crying?
::She glances at the book in his hands::
No! Anyway, what's the emergency?
Rosalind: It's terrible. Kenny's coming to visit.
What?! ::almost falls out of his chair:: Now? I thought he was going to wait until winter. Any word from Lillith?
Rosalind: No, and that's exactly what he'll want. What are we going to tell him? You know how much she hates it when he worries about her.
Well Iole's here. Between her and the students, we might be able to distract him enough before he can catch on that we're lying through our teeth. When does he get here?
Rosalind: Well....
You're kidding me. He's here?!
(OOC: Okay Kenny. You're free to jump in).
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Post by Kenny on Oct 8, 2008 13:05:35 GMT -5
:Kenny approached the entrance of Leah Garden hoping that he can surprise his love Lillith for today and maybe even see how she teaches the students how to cast magic. He heard voices going on a bit causing confusion as he knocked on the door:
"Hello? Lillith are you here? thought i stop by to see you my love."
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Shaft
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Death to the Witch. Death to all witches.
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Post by Shaft on Oct 8, 2008 14:36:16 GMT -5
::Shaft hears the voice echoing down the halls and smacks his hand to his forehead::
Rose, was I that corny when we were going out?
Rosalind: You still are.
::The two of them put on plastic smiles as they go out to greet him. Rose comes first while Shaft takes off down an adjacent hallway::
Rosalind: Kenny dear. How are you? Have you been eating? You look so thin dear. ::begins leading him by the hand out to the dining room:: I won't take no for an answer. So long as you're here you're going to be eating right.
::Meanwhile down the hall, Shaft has gathered a small group of the younger students, the oldest among them being twelve::
Alright, now remember the plan. We're all very happy to see him, but absolutely no mentioning Lillith. Got it?
::A few moments later Kenny is swarmed by some very eager children as soon as they see him, each one with about a novel's worth of questions for him::
Students: Kenny's here? Where have you been? See any monsters? Was it dangerous? Were you scared? No stupid, nothing scares Kenny!
::Shaft isn't far behind them::
Good to see you again. You've gotten a little taller, beansprout.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 8, 2008 20:50:54 GMT -5
:As soon as Kenny is greeted and led to the dining room by Rose he had a feeling something was up but he let it go for now as he was a bit starved from his journey. He then sees the students coming to him asking him questions as he tried to calm them down for now.:
"Kids, Kids easy now I just got here, hey now I don't get that scared that easy. So how are you kids? Have you been good for your teacher. Have you learn anything interesting?"
:He then noticed Shaft coming by as he was calming the kids down:
"Good to see you how is everything..Where is she?"
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Post by Iole on Oct 8, 2008 21:23:39 GMT -5
::Shaft and Rose try their hardest to keep a straight face, but their smiles just look too forced:: Shaft: Where's who? ::gets smacked in the arm by Rose:: Owe. Rosalind: Umm... funny you should ask. She's um... um... I made cake. Who wants some? ::Kenny doesn't look like he's buying it. But he's distracted as a familiar voice starts to drift through the hallways from one of the sitting rooms. Kenny remembers it as the room Iole would always drag him to whenever she wanted to play. He ca hear music as well, but the tone seems too mysterious for the young voice of its singer, and its being sung in a strange language he's not sure he's heard before:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJ1yjMEJGE&feature=related::When they enter the room, he'll find Iole at the center of a group of the youngest students, a little bigger than when he saw her last. They all seem entranced by her song and the smallest of them, he can't be more than five, is sitting placidly on her lap. When the music rises leads into its interlude, she places the child down gently so she can get to her feet. The children clear a space for her so she may show them the dance. Her night black hair spins with her. She's wearing it down today. She continues dancing through the final chorus. At the final verse when the music slows down again, she sits back down, careful to place the youngster back where he was sitting, bouncing on the end of her knee. She sees Kenny for the first time, and her face lights up with that smile anyone would be hard pressed to forget:: Been awhile big brother.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 9, 2008 11:24:28 GMT -5
:Kenny noticed Iole with some of the younger students and smiled as it was great to see her once again. He hasn't seen her since the last time he saw her at the party in Costa after the battle which led to the end of Sorceress. He watched as she was singing to them and then she begin to dance at the final part. He noticed her hair was down as she was growing a bit.:
"Yes it has..Sister, How have you been all this time?"
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Post by Iole on Oct 9, 2008 14:56:34 GMT -5
::Iole gives him a conspiratorial grin::
I've been fine. Nothing much going on, on the other side. Freya's real quiet right now. It's almost boring.
::The students notice Kenny for the first time and jump up to meet him, repeating the usual questions::
Students: Kenny's here! Where have you been? See any monsters? Was it dangerous? Were you scared? No stupid, nothing scares Kenny!
::Iole chuckles a little bit at that. She just can't pass up the opportunity to harass her big brother a little bit::
Kenny doesn't scare easy kids. But I did find out once that he's pretty scared of snakes. I used to transform into one and crawl into his bed when he was sleeping and scare him senseless.
::She starts rolling with her musical laughter::
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Post by Kenny on Oct 10, 2008 2:26:33 GMT -5
"As long as your ok sis. I've missed you so much" :He thought about meeting her the first time when he was helping Natalia back when she was good and thinking about made him sad that the woman he served was no longer here anymore. He snapped out of it as he saw the students come to him asking him questions.:
"Kids Kids, I don't get that scared."
:He then heard Iole telling them about him being afraid of Snakes as he shook his head while laughing:
"Wasn't that much scared"
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Post by Iole on Oct 10, 2008 2:56:25 GMT -5
::Iole grins even wider::
You screamed like a little girl. Auntie was so mad at me when she found out.
::She cuts off abruptly and looks down at the floor. It was never easy to talk about Natalia, but it always reminded her that she had once had someone who cared for her the way a mother should. It made her seem more than just a dream. But she couldn't imagine how it must be for Kenny to hear about her. The two of them seemed to have had a very confusing relationship, and she didn't want Kenny to get upset. Especially since this is the first they've seen of each other in quite some time::
Um... Rose made cake. I think it's time for these kids to be off to bed anyway.
::A collective moan goes throughout the group of children::
Don't worry guys. I promise I'll finish that story in the morning.
Rosalind: She's absolutely right. Off to bed now. No arguing.
Come on Kenny. You must be starving.
::She moves behind Kenny and climbs up onto his back::
Oh come on. Don't complain. After all the times I let you ride on my back, I think you owe me this. Come on, for old time's sake?
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Post by Kenny on Oct 10, 2008 9:49:05 GMT -5
:Kenny watches as the kids head for bed for now as soon as Iole said something about cake, yet something was not quite right as he hasn't seen Lillith yet and he was starting to act concern for her safety. Just then he felt Iole going on his back as he nearly tumbled.:
"Well, ok but careful please ok sis"
:Kenny carries Iole on his back as they went to find the cake.:
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Post by Iole on Oct 12, 2008 1:06:41 GMT -5
::Later that night:: ::It's late and after dessert, Rose sent both Iole and Kenny off to their old rooms. Both she and Shaft seemed to have purposely evaded Kenny's question about Lillith's whereabouts. Now Kenny is in his room. Whether or not he was asleep, it doesn't matter now because he lurches forward in his bed after he feels something moving in it. He throws back the covers and is sick with fear to find a huge python in his bed with him. But he calms down after he sees that the snake is very pale with black markings on its crown and that it's beady eyes are a bright blue color. It slithers off the bed and onto the floor where it turns back into Iole who grins wickedly at him:: Man, the look on your face. That never gets old. Oh come on, don't be mad. I just wanted to talk. But be quiet. I don't want Shaft or Rose to hear us.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2008 2:01:55 GMT -5
:Kenny was a bit surprised to see the python until it morphed back to Iole just like she did to him before. He shook his head a bit and smiled at her for now not being upset at all as he begin to speak softly so that only she can hear.:
"What is it you want to talk about sis?"
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Post by Iole on Oct 12, 2008 2:14:06 GMT -5
::Iole steps into the moonlight from the window so she can be seen more clearly. She's barefoot and clad in a simple white nightgown that only goes down to her knees. She leans casually on the windowsill::
You know, you really should be a little more aggressive. Shaft and Rose totally walked all over you earlier. You couldn't get a word in edge ways. And here I thought you'd be demanding to know where Lillith was the instant you got in the door. Nope. You just sat there and took it like a house broken puppy. Is that really a knight's resolve?
::Seems she's gotten a little more tenacious in her teasing::
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2008 12:32:17 GMT -5
"I'm sorry, it's just I haven't been here for a long time since" :He stopped and thought about Natalia and how she took him in to make him Sorceress Knight: "I was hoping i see Lillith but she was not here all day. I wanted to ask to be honest" :He thought about his love and hoped that she would be ok:
"It's so hard to accept the fact that Sorceress is not here anymore." :He felt a tear coming down.:
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Post by Iole on Oct 12, 2008 13:23:46 GMT -5
::Iole frowns, noticing the tear that rolls down his face::
Hey come on, don't do that. I didn't come up here to make you cry. Honest.
::Though she's a little old for this, she feels that Kenny could use it right now, so she climbs onto his lap like she used to and puts a hand to his face::
It's hard for me too. Auntie was a lot of things to us. It's left a gaping hole where she used to be. But I do know one hundred percent that she loved us and that she wouldn't want us to be sad right now.
::She hadn't planned on playing this card yet, but that look on Kenny's face just guilted her into it. She sighs::
Hey, I know where Lillith is.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2008 16:05:03 GMT -5
:Kenny noticed Iole sitting on his lap like she used to and then he felt her hand on his face as he begin to feel better just as he was close to breaking into tears.:
"It is true, she loved us both and never wanted harm to come to us. I just miss her dearly"
:Suddenly Iole mention were Lillith went as he perked up a bit:
"You do..Please go on sis, tell me where is Lillith"
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Post by Iole on Oct 12, 2008 17:18:51 GMT -5
::Iole shakes her head and wags her finger at him::
Not so fast. I'm not breaking my promise to Lillith that easily. She specifically told all three of us not to tell you what she was up to. She's worried that you'll get worried.
::She slides off his lap and leans back against the window sill::
But I wouldn't be above bending the rules a little for you if...
::She holds up her hand which transforms into a razor set of claws::
Let's just say it's a matter of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. What do you say? You do me a little favor first, and I'll tell you where Lillith has run off too.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2008 18:49:21 GMT -5
:Kenny felt defeated as Iole told him that it was kept as a secret to keep him from being worried about her.:
"I knew there was a catch..What is the favor that you want me to do"
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Post by Iole on Oct 13, 2008 1:36:42 GMT -5
::Iole gives him a look of apology::
You're not gonna like it. I wanted to just go on my own. That's why I left Nyx in Freya until I got back. Plus I'd rather avoid what might happen if Rose ever found out about her and Shaft. But... to tell you the truth, I'm a little scared. I forgot how much she hates me.
::She takes a deep breath::
I need you to come with me when I visit Echidna. I just have to make sure she's alright. I know what you're going to say. That we should have just killed her when we had the chance, but you know me and you know why I couldn't do that. That's one loose end that Auntie left up to me to decide how we should follow up.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 13, 2008 2:28:09 GMT -5
:Kenny cringed a bit at the name Echidna as he remember that creepy coven member who was almost as more scary than Guinivere but he realized that Iole wanted him to join her in seeing her anyway as he sighed a bit and looked up a bit as he closed his eyes. Minutes later he opened them and looked at Iole.:
"Of course I will join you sister."
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