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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 18:57:55 GMT -5
A cloaked figure staggers through Limblums gates, hood pulled low over their eyes. Her footsteps are heavy and she has trouble climbing the stairs, but noone moves to help her. Her breath comes in short laboured gasps. her lips form silent words:
"Mama...Papa..."
she continues on, raising a dirty hand to pull her hood lower over her eyes to gaurd from the bright sun. Her footsteps are slow, eratic, she collides with an unknown person and falls, her arms fly in front of her to break the fall, but her strength is sapped from exhaustion and she lands hard. She attempts to push herself up again, but her body protests, crying out for rest she cannot have. Her bones ache and her arms deny her the strength to get up.
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 19:22:27 GMT -5
::The hand of that stranger she just collided with reaches out for her arm::
Easy now, this is no place for a pretty thing like you to rest. This isn't exactly the friendliest neighborhood.
::The sun in her eyes prevents Ierys from seeing the person clearly, but what little she can make out from her sillouhette is that she's a slender woman with long hair that brushes the middle of her back. There also appears to be a bird of some kind on her shoulder that flaps its wings as the stranger bends to help her up::
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 19:26:08 GMT -5
:: Ieyris squints against the sunlight and tries to push herself up again:: "Thank you but i'm fine" ::She succeeds in hauling herself to her feet, only to have her legs give way and fall to her knees. Her hood falls from the motion, revelaing her pale pink hair, brudhed over her shoulder::
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 19:28:57 GMT -5
Not from where I'm standing you're not.
::The woman pulls her up again. Now that they're more or less eye to eye, Ierys can now see the woman's face clearly, most notably a pair of strange green eyes with slitted pupils, like a cat's::
What happened to you? Were you robbed?
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 19:31:52 GMT -5
:: Ieyris gazed in awe at this beautiful woman who helped her:: "Not exactly" ::She said, bringing a hand up to her dirt covered face:: "Though i must look it."
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 19:42:49 GMT -5
::The woman hefts the girl's arm over her shoulder to help her walk::
Well come on, I'll help you get cleaned up. I'm afraid this city isn't very welcoming right now, but I still know of an inn that we can get to. The innkeeper's a friend of mine... sort of. My name's Lillith by the way. And you are?
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 19:45:43 GMT -5
:: Ierys blushes, slightly embarressed at having to be helped:: "Ieyrs" ::she said quietly and then more loudly:: "My names Ieyris" ::She walked slowly beside Lillith, still slightly embarressed by receiving help. Yet, her curiosity had been piqued, why, in this sea of people, had she had the fortune to meet someone so sweet and beautiful?::
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 21:34:16 GMT -5
Ierys.... That's pretty. Steady now, it's not much furhter.
::The two of them make their way down the avenue. As they walk, Ierys can't help but notice that while the people they pass stare and whisper, not one of them moves to help. They just stare and whisper to each other before going on their way::
::Some time later, Ierys is making her way down the stairs of the small inn after washing up. The inkeeper had been kind enough to draw her a hot bath. Not that he had much else to do since she and Lillith seemed to be his only customers. But before she re-enters the lobby, she can hear Lillith and the innkeeper conversing in hushed voices::
Innkeeper: It's not so bad really. I mean I hear they cleaned up the Crest real nice. I just hope this whole dispute ends soon. With the Regent holding his boot over the city transports, no one gets in or out without papers. No one who isn't a gun toting maniac sneaking in to join the LPA that is. It's bad for business. Even that dirty ingrate Doug and his tart of a wife Marrissa are doing better than I am.
Well I appreciate your help regardless.
Inkeeper: Least I can do after letting you get attacked in your room the last time you were here.
::Lillith is silent for a moment, and all Ierys can hear is the uneasy flapping of her raven's wings::
I just hope Oliver is keeping clear of this. I haven't heard from him in months.
Inkeeper: You mean the Tipp boy? Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but I wouldn't be surprised. I heard the LPA has an all Burmecian Brigade called the Red Dragoons. Sounds like something that boy would leap at.
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 21:44:05 GMT -5
[wow lonnnngggg post lol]
::Ierys felt much better after allowing her muscles the relaxtion of hot water, they were still sore from the constant movemant, but it was bearable. She felt better now, cleaner, her damp hair dripping onto her shirt. Ierys knew she shouldnt be easedropping, but what Lillith and the innkeeper talked about seemed important, and nobody ever told her anything straight out. It had to be done:: Sorry, Lillith, but I need to know as much as I can about this place, if im ever to survive, including all the secrets. But what on earth is a Bermecian? ::Ierys crept closer to the doorway and pressed herself against a wall, listening intenly. She hardly noticed that her hair was now dripping at an angle onto the floor::
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 21:58:14 GMT -5
(OOC: That's what happens when you're doing re-caps)
::Unknown to Ierys, that small droplet of water falling from the end of her damp pink-ish locks making a dull spalt on the hardwood floor gives her away. If she could see Lillith, she might notice the sorceress' ears almost twitch::
Come on out Ierys. We know you're there.
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 22:03:55 GMT -5
(ooc: true, true)
::Ierys flinched, was she that obvious? she sighed and walked into plain sight, smiling apolagetically:: "Sorry, I want eavesdropping or anyhing, well maybe I was but its a bit complicated and im babbling so ill shut up now" ::She gave a little smile again, trying to read their exressions:: I'm so dead...
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 22:15:00 GMT -5
::Lillith sighs and gives her a look that chides her without words::
It's alright. I'm not going to zap you or anything. I suppose I can answer whatever questions you have. But you'll have to answer some of mine. For instance, how exactly did you end up in the street like that?
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 22:19:18 GMT -5
::Ierys' face fell and she looked away from Lillith. Her fists clenched slightly then unclenched again::
"I don't know if you would beleive me, even if I told you"
Papa? what would you do? you'd know what to do. why arent you here?
::Her bottom lip trembled and she bit it till she tasted blood to hold back the tears. She could forget if she was moving, living in the moment, just keep moving, make no time to cry, make no time for hurting.::
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 22:22:48 GMT -5
::Those tears don't get past Lillith. She beckons the girl closer to her until she can place her hand in both of hers. Then she sits the girl in the chair across from her::
Try me.
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 22:37:06 GMT -5
"You wont beleive me." ::Ierys was stunned by the sudden kindness, but brushed it off, now wasnt the time to get sappy. So she began to tell her tale in that very fast babbling way of hers, hand motions aplenty.:: "Well, Iwasbornonanotherworldbutthentherewasabigwaranditgotdestroyedandmyfathermadethis" ::She motions to the GEM:: "sothatwecouldttravelbetweentheworldswevebeentravellingeversinceicanrememberbutawhileagotherewassomesortofruptureandourjourneygotmessedupandiendeduponthisworldallaloneandivjustbeentryingtoreachsomekindofcivilisationfordaysandthatswhenyoufoundme" ::She took a sharp in take of breath:: "and thats it."
[ooc: that was funny to write xD]
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 22:44:45 GMT -5
(OOC: Grr. Try reading it. I frowneth upon you. ) ::Lillith squints as though she's trying to rewind and play Ierys' words back in slow motion:: Okay, so on this other world, have they not discovered the miracle of commas?
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 22:47:53 GMT -5
[ooc: hehe im sorry, its just one of her traits, shell do it often xD]
::Ierys grinned apolagetically again and blushed:: "Sorry, I kinda do that when im nervouse.Do you want me to repeat it?"
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 22:52:11 GMT -5
(OOC: We've all got our quirks. Iole used to do that too... well not to that extent)
No!
::She says immedieately::
I got it. Just, in the future you need to remember you don't need to be nervous around me. I'm just here to help.
::She nods to the innkeeper who's been listening::
Would you mind leaving us for a moment?
::Once he's gone, she returns her attention to Ierys::
So another world? Which realm exactly are you from? Not Freya I hope.
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Post by Ierys on Apr 17, 2009 22:57:28 GMT -5
(OOC: I'm sure shell grow out of it lol)
::she thinks for a moment:: "Wait, you actually beleive me?" ::Ierys smiles a little, the kind you rarely see, a smile of true momentary happiness:: "Iv never heard of Freya" ::She examines the GEM on her hand:: "These co-ordinates are beyond anything we've been to, I dont even recognize the sectional code, let alone the region."
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Post by Lillith on Apr 17, 2009 23:04:51 GMT -5
::Lillith smiles::
You're talking to a sorceress and a school teacher. I've seen a lot. I guess you wouldn't be from Freya. You don't look Elven. This world you've stumbled into is called Gaia.
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