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Hello, it's me
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Hello, it's me
Hello, it's me again!
This is my first thread, and it's going to focus on my charrie Lycaella, her mom and her friend Nygrune. It's for following our adventures while we're not in a place or situation covered by another thread. 'We' because Ronan has asked to be Nygrune, to which of course I said yes.
Someone (I think Icy) said that B.I.G. and Catstrophe actually dislike each other. It makes sense, so... Just to let you know.
I'll begin where I left off on the Underwater Ball thread, with Lycaella and Nygrune planning to do some spying of a sort. They've asked Lycaella's mom to show them her notes, so I'll fast-forward to that.
Lycaella~
"Oh, so you're giving them their shadows back?"
We are sitting on a rug in my mom's room, reading her notes. I can't make sense of half the words, but she tells Nygrune and I what it means. Apparently, Catastrophe has found a way to separate shadows from their owners' bodies, and to keep him from creating a shadow army and destroying everything, B.I.G. has been researching it. They've managed to figure out how he did it, and are testing ways to reattach the shadows to their owners.
"Well, that's one way of putting it," my mom says. "We believe it will be beneficial to all of Kyngdom."
"I don't really understand this one... How would they sew them back on?" I ask.
"I believe it's with a special sort of thread, Ella," Mom says. "Let's see now..."
Nygrune finds it first. "A needle made from the bone of a magic or mythical being, preferably with thread also made from a magical material."
"Yes," my mom says, "Although personally I think that a binding spell shows more promise." I raise an eyebrow. She doesn't usually like magic this much. Out of nowhere, I yawn. Mom and Nygrune look at me like I'm disrupting something.
"Sorry," I say. "I'm getting kind of tired. You two can keep reading, I don't mind."
My mom nods. I hear her calling after me as I leave the room.
"Remember to brush your teeth!"
~End RP.
It actually is getting kind of late, so I should go. I hope this works out.
submitted by Viola?, age Secret, Secret
(October 16, 2016 - 9:50 pm)
(October 16, 2016 - 9:50 pm)
*hugs you and summons the confetti angel* *splashes around in confetti laughing and shouting with you and the angel* *sends sticky-note messages saying they're welcome to join to everyone*
(May 20, 2017 - 7:25 am)
*runs in*
*lies down and starts to make confetti angels with the confetti angel*
*gets up*
*tickles Rae until she falls down from uncontrollable laughter*
(May 20, 2017 - 10:24 am)
*laughs hard enough to fall down in the growing piles of confetti* *throws confetti at everyone*
(May 20, 2017 - 12:42 pm)
*runs unexpectedly out of room* *comes back moments later with Viola's desk* *places sticky-note throne in front of it*
My Queen.
*throws confetti on eveyome* *yells meaningless nonsense* *is happy*
(May 20, 2017 - 3:06 pm)
*Runs in* *looks around, shaking her head* *shrugs, then jumps into a huge pile of confetti* *screaming*
(May 20, 2017 - 4:12 pm)
*climbs atop throne* *poses dramatically* *calls sticky notes to create a playground of platforms and catwalks around and above everyone* *climbs up and throws confetti* *laughs* *is happy*
(May 21, 2017 - 10:04 am)
*runs around laughing and shouting and throwing confetti with you all* *gets tired* *collapses into confetti drift* *rests for a minute* *heaves self up onto throne* *pulls magic pen and pencil out of hair* *begins to draw*
(May 21, 2017 - 10:54 am)
It is a work of great beauty. The thread is sufficiently topped, but does the party have to stop?
NOOOOPE!!! *tosses confetti on everyone* *starts making confetti angles*
(May 21, 2017 - 12:48 pm)
*runs around the platforms and catwalks for a while* *gets tired* *falls down in the confetti and starts making confetti angels with you*
(May 23, 2017 - 5:25 pm)
I'm feeling a bit jumpy, so I don't have the focus to RP right now, but I will as soon as I can. For now I suppose I'll catch up on... Wait, how long have I been gone? A week? That can't be. No. It's only been a couple of days, right? But then, I have been putting way more time into school and reading webcomics lately... Huh.
(June 3, 2017 - 11:11 am)
Hmmm, suppose I'll try an RP. Please let me know if it's too controlling.
Karune~
I put down my hood as the escort leaves. I have no doubt they'll be waiting outside, possibly one or two pressing an ear to the wall. The room is bare, save for a single light fixture set into the ceiling and a table occupied by Lilly. The girl and I stand across from each other. I think we're equally tired, but she seems as uneasy as I am desperate.
"Hello," I say.
"Hello."
"Do you know why I'm here?" It occurs to me that the question sounds a bit odd, perhaps even threatening, but it's too late now.
"No," she answers warily.
I nod. "My sister... Lilly. She was killed. I need her back. You can have anything you want."
Brynn frowns. "I don't..."
"You don't have to decide now," I add quickly. "You can if you want, of course, but I don't care, I just need you to bring my sister back. It happened not long ago, she's here if you need..." I indicate the stretcher, trying not to notice a spot of red on the shroud.
Brynn looks a little queasy, but she looks me in the eye. "I'll try." She sits down awkwardly on the stone floor. "Don't freak out." She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and slumps forward.
I run over to her, drop to my knees and realize she must be entering the land of the dead. I check her pulse and turn her on her side anyway.
A few minutes later, her eyes open and she sits up, inhaling sharply. I look over at the table, but nothing seems to have happened. I get to my feet, glancing between it and Brynn, but she shakes her head.
"She's not coming back."
I hear the words, but I can't believe them. A thousand possibilities start to run through my mind.
"She..."
"She says she loves you but she's happy and she doesn't want to go back, she can't go back, she's safe and you shouldn't worry about her."
I feel my heart rate rising with tears in my throat and acid in my stomach, but I do my best to clamp it all down.
"Thank you," I say tightly, curtsy, and walk stiffly out of the room, trying as hard as I can not to think or feel.
(June 10, 2017 - 6:49 pm)
Karune~
I slip out of my room at two in the morning. Everything of note that happens at night happens at two in the morning, and tonight I plan to do something noteworthy.
The funeral was mostly a blur of eulogies and tears, words and faces and hands, flowers and sadness and food. I heard someone say they put a silver coin in her mouth for something in an old story. I took a sip of water only to discover it was actually white wine. That was when I left. I'd had enough.
Now I check to see if anyone is around and, finding nothing, take what I came for from the kitchens, the armory, Lilly's room, and I'm just about to go when I turn around and Mother is standing in the doorway, looking directly at me. The bag is in the corner between the bed and the wall, but there's no way she'll miss the way I'm dressed. She opens her mouth and I prepare to do whatever I have to.
"Oh, it's you. I thought perhaps it was Lilly and this whole thing was just a terrible dream."
Not a word about my armor, no sign she's noticed the bag or the fact that it's strange that either of us is up. I gather my courage and speak, my voice cracking slightly.
"It's the middle of the night, Mother. You should go back to bed. You'll need your strength."
"So do you," she counters. She must be more awake than I thought. I say nothing.
"I just wish..."
She trails off, letting the silence say everything she can't, or won't.
"I know." And it's true. "I know."
She lets me guide her back to her bedroom, although she knows the way perfectly well, even in the dark. Still no mention of my armor. Outside the door we stop.
"How is your father doing?" she asks. "He hasn't spoken to me."
"I don't know. All he's said is for me to keep up my combat training. It's almost like he's still away."
She nods slowly. I wait a moment longer, then reach out to open the door. Her hand puts a halt to mine, and she looks me in the eye. For the first time, I notice how much of her age and frailty the fire in her hides. The fire is back now as she speaks, burning her words into my mind.
"I don't know what you're planning, but you come back alive, do you hear me? I swear you'll be the end of me the way you get yourself in trouble. I've tried so hard to keep you out of it, but there's nothing I can do, and we're both getting too old for this quarrel. So I'm letting you go. I'm trusting you to stay safe, because not trusting you hasn't worked. Not trusting Lilly hasn't worked."
I am stunned. I never expected to hear those words from her. But she's not the type to play pranks. Which means...
"I will."
"Good."
And she turns the handle and goes into her room. As the door closes behind her, I feel the corners of my mouth rise into the slightest of smiles, and it stays as I step silently back into Lilly's room, collect my satchel and steal away into the woods.
(June 14, 2017 - 3:54 pm)
(June 16, 2017 - 8:23 pm)
*applauds* Marvelously done. Any hope of continuation eludes me, but I'll post at once if I can catch it.
(June 17, 2017 - 9:04 am)
So Hazel is going to get hypnotised but Trixie isn't, right? What about Nieke?
(June 17, 2017 - 4:21 pm)