"I... See. Well, that's good to know."
she pauses, thinking of what to say next.
"You gonna divine him?"
He rolls over onto his side and looks at her, dismissing the Light.
"Don't need to. Just poke the walls."
she calls up the arrows to lead her to tural.
"I think that whether you are related by blood or not, you are still Dom's little sister. Your parents are still your parents. Family isn't always about who you're born to. Families can happen other ways too. The important thing is that you all love each other," she said quietly, with sincerity.
"And if not being human makes you a freak, then I'm a freak too. So is your brother. Like me he's part outsider, just the outsider came from a different direction. Different doesn't have to mean freak. Whatever you are is fine. You're still Melody."
"Now, the question becomes, do you want to try and explore your blocked memories, or do you want to leave it be and trust that they were sealed for a good reason? Or do you want to continue to focus on how to switch places between you and errr....you."
"your probably right Ginni, I don't want to be a freak, I know I am so much more, if only others could see what I could do."
"I don't know for sure about my past, I have this feeling that those memories were blocked for my protection. like, I'm being hidden from someone, or something. Something that can find me by using those memories. I think it best they stay where they are. " Mel pauses something she missed at first but soon processed it.
"Ginni, something about family bothers you, do you want to talk about it? just think, if I loose all memory of what happens in here, anything you say will probably be pretty safe. "
"Oh. I was hoping for something a little more entertaining than that. Means to an end, though. I suppose."
He offers his hand in a foppish, silly and dramatic way, and they go to find Tural whether she takes it or not.
riviarti doesn't mind. She eventually leads you to the library.
"Hmm. What could he be doing? This is kinda new."
"Well. We've got every book, so he could conceivably be doing most anything."
"I... See. Well, that's good to know."
she pauses, thinking of what to say next.
"Yeah. Hell, even the Vrock guys I hang out with from time to time will really do some crazy stuff to people if I'm not around. So, yeah, unless you're the daughter of a major demon lord, I'd run."
"Ah, every day i am reminded of what i have made. He's truly self improving... Fascinating, really."
she pauses for a moment.
"Perhaps we might want to leave him to his own devices?"
"I'm... I don't know what i am at this point. Used to be human, but not anymore. No big deal though. I don't know any magic, I'm not trained to fight..."
Having long ago finished his tea, Treisdan adopts a little smile, as if he knows a joke and isn't going to share it...
"Just don't start trying to play goddess on me. I don't think either of my selves would like that for their varying reasons."
He looks around and whispers to her.
"I kinda want to know what he's doing or reading in here. Let's see if we can sneak up and see what he's doing."
she chuckes.
"I won't. Anyway, I'm not one for sneaking around..."
"I'm... I don't know what i am at this point. Used to be human, but not anymore. No big deal though. I don't know any magic, I'm not trained to fight..."
"Then I'd most definitely run."
"Yeah, ok."
Sara has left the cafeteria and is arriving back in the sewing room.
"Hi Ignace. I got your lunch pack thingy."
Sara has a small tray with fruits, grilled vegetables and nuts with a chunk of cake on the side.
"Thank you, Sara," Ignace said smiling as she pulled out a charred cheese sandwich and a small packet of charcoal briquets. "Ooh...they even included a wax cup for dessert," she said happily.
"I don't suppose you saw Zilla at all? She's been gone a long time. Maybe something distracted her? Maybe I should go look for her after lunch."
"My grandmother used to say the trees know their kin. That's why true Anderail citizens rarely fall from their branches."She breathed in deeply, letting the sounds and smells of this place wash over her. "It's good to be back. I like it here. It feels...comfortable. Like I belong here," she said softly, leaning her head on his shoulder.Once at the teleportation room, Michael asks the dwarf in charge there to send them to Anderail. With his usual gruff demeanor, he sends them off in a rush of magic.
"Welcome back to the City in the Trees." He says quietly, holding here gently.
"Well, I guess that means I fit in well here," she said with a ghost of a smile. Her eyes hadn't lost that haunted expression, but she was starting to look a little less pale.
"Should we go and say hello to your parents? I guess they might be a bit miffed if we didn't."
"your probably right Ginni, I don't want to be a freak, I know I am so much more, if only others could see what I could do.""I don't know for sure about my past, I have this feeling that those memories were blocked for my protection. like, I'm being hidden from someone, or something. Something that can find me by using those memories. I think it best they stay where they are. " Mel pauses something she missed at first but soon processed it.
"Ginni, something about family bothers you, do you want to talk about it? just think, if I loose all memory of what happens in here, anything you say will probably be pretty safe. "
Ginni shrugged. "It's not that hidden. My mom is a succubus. I don't even know her name or what she looked like. She dumped me like so much unwanted trash after I was born. And I have no idea who my father is. I don't even know if he's still alive. Even if he were, he probably wouldn't want me. All I ever wanted was a family. Someplace to belong. A mom and dad, brothers, sisters...the whole thing. But instead I lived in orphanages or on the street. Because nobody wants the freaky demon kid. Even worse. The freaky demon kid who can read your mind."
She stood up abruptly. "But this isn't sob story time. This is save Melody time. So we need to figure out how to get you and other you to switch places."
"It's not sneaking... just.... walking quietly so he doesn't notice us..."
He tries to describe sneaking in different terms and really just defines it...
Ginni shrugged. "It's not that hidden. My mom is a succubus. I don't even know her name or what she looked like. She dumped me like so much unwanted trash after I was born. And I have no idea who my father is. I don't even know if he's still alive. Even if he were, he probably wouldn't want me. All I ever wanted was a family. Someplace to belong. A mom and dad, brothers, sisters...the whole thing. But instead I lived in orphanages or on the street. Because nobody wants the freaky demon kid. Even worse. The freaky demon kid who can read your mind."
She stood up abruptly. "But this isn't sob story time. This is save Melody time. So we need to figure out how to get you and other you to switch places."
Mel gives Ginni a hug. "I never had a sister, especially a freaky demon that reads minds. and girl have I got a mind to read huh?"
getting back to the topic at hand. "Ok to swap. first we cannot touch each other, I think that would be bad. also we both cannot be in the same room at the same time, I /know/ that would be bad. And three, how do we convince me to want to come in here?"
"And F, I mean D or is it four, anyway, we have /got/ to figure out how to build one of these rooms for the infirmary"
Nurse Julie continues on her rounds looking over the charts in more detail of the more serious patents. she seems fixated on something on one of the charts. then for the first time anyone has seem Nurse Julie hurries to the the school page.
she stops and looks at two charts again. one of them is Melody's chart, the other is another student.
Would a Mr. Renkai Urmas please report to the Infirmary, A Mr. Renkai Urmas please report to the infirmary
"No. I didn't see her. Maybe she's talking to someone. She likes to talk."
She looks over the nearly finished work on the tiny dress for Cariban.
"How do you eat wax? I bit one of the candles at home when I was littler and it tasted really bad."
After the announcment she heads back to Melody's room as quickly as possible. she stands at the doorway.
excuse me please, does anyone know a Mr. Renkai Urmas? is he a relative of Ms Waverider? she asks her voice so quiet it didn't fully register she was speaking at first.
vriskra stomps out to the lunchroom after a long period of mediation. She goes to the line, and when she gets her food, she takes it with tentacle-like structures she reveals when she opens her wings. She takes her food outside, and eats plenty of it, a little proud of herself.
Ace turns from where he's watching Ginni "He's sorta her boyfriend, I think" He pauses, thinking "He hasn't been informed yet about Mel, has he?"
"If he's her boyfriend, he should know she burnt her insides with hot air."
he doesn't look up from the bade he's forging.
Ace turns from where he's watching Ginni "He's sorta her boyfriend, I think" He pauses, thinking "He hasn't been informed yet about Mel, has he?"
Nurse Julie remains outside the room. Well not yet, I paged for him to come here, I have some questions,
Nurse Julie is about to enter but backs up again remembering Ace's orders
"I think there was someone of that description here yesterday after the attack. During the clean up. I heard that name when there was a boy with Ms.Waverider. He had some kind of mask on."
Nurse Julie hesitantly enters the room. she addresses Ace as the other boy that answered seemd a bit distracted. You say they are not related? that is very strange indeed. I will have to do some testing to be sure but they seem have some matching neural patterns.
she goes to Nala excuse me ma'am, but if you will look at these scans. this first one is Ms Waverider from the scans the hairy man did. she then flips to Renkai's chart that she was supposed to file away.
this is Mr' Urmas' scan from a few days ago after a duel he had with another student.
she places the two patterns together now if I overlay the two, look at this. the two patterns seem to be, in sync or something.
"Well, I guess that means I fit in well here," she said with a ghost of a smile. Her eyes hadn't lost that haunted expression, but she was starting to look a little less pale.
"Should we go and say hello to your parents? I guess they might be a bit miffed if we didn't."
"It means Nature likes you. And I bet you just want that photo album again, and all the embarrassing stories you can weasel out of my parents." He pulls her in closer to hug her tightly, just standing there for a few moments. "Ask my father about the dryad, and my mom about the time a she had to dig me out of a plant. Those are good ones."
Would a Mr. Renkai Urmas please report to the Infirmary, A Mr. Renkai Urmas please report to the infirmary
"ah... gods I didn't even do anything... later tybs, apparently I have to get a physical or something... renkai sighs and starts meandering towards the infirmary
Kizmet stays with Tybalt.
Mel gives Ginni a hug. "I never had a sister, especially a freaky demon that reads minds. and girl have I got a mind to read huh?"
getting back to the topic at hand. "Ok to swap. first we cannot touch each other, I think that would be bad. also we both cannot be in the same room at the same time, I /know/ that would be bad. And three, how do we convince me to want to come in here?"
"And F, I mean D or is it four, anyway, we have /got/ to figure out how to build one of these rooms for the infirmary"
Ginni hugged her back and laughed at her comment about her mind.
"Yeah, I think reading your mind might be like trying to get through all the books in the library...."
"And I'm pretty sure a room like this in the infirmary would break reality or something."
"Now...those are some difficult conditions. I think that convincing other you is the easy part. She knows that you're in trouble. I got the impression she could manage being patient. But getting you to switch without touching or ever being in the same room....I think I have an idea, but it's crazy and dangerous and it might not work. What if you two used me as a conduit...like a doorway. I can section off parts of my mind, let one of you use one route and the other takes the other route. You're not touching and I'd be standing in the doorway so you're never both in the same room. We're in your mind so everything here is mental energy right? So it could work....probably. Maybe. I don't know....it sounded less crazy before I said it out loud."
"No. I didn't see her. Maybe she's talking to someone. She likes to talk."
She looks over the nearly finished work on the tiny dress for Cariban.
"How do you eat wax? I bit one of the candles at home when I was littler and it tasted really bad."
"Well, that's because you're not a firebird. I'd feel the same about your food. I can't eat water-based foods unless they're treated in some way like being burnt or being mixed with something that makes it okay. It would make me really sick otherwise. And my food is mostly just yucky to you, but some of it could be poisonous. Firebirds like oils and waxes and anything burnt. It's because my metabolism works so much differently than yours."
"Personally, beeswax is my favorite dessert and if I had taken a bite of a candle, I'd think it was the yummiest thing I'd ever tasted."
"It means Nature likes you. And I bet you just want that photo album again, and all the embarrassing stories you can weasel out of my parents." He pulls her in closer to hug her tightly, just standing there for a few moments. "Ask my father about the dryad, and my mom about the time a she had to dig me out of a plant. Those are good ones.""Well, I guess that means I fit in well here," she said with a ghost of a smile. Her eyes hadn't lost that haunted expression, but she was starting to look a little less pale.
"Should we go and say hello to your parents? I guess they might be a bit miffed if we didn't."
"See, now I'm worried. You're actually not just willing to let me hear embarrassing stories about you, you're suggesting which ones to ask about. Have you finally figured out that no matter how many stories I hear I'm not going to leave you, or are you just that desperate to cheer me up? Do I look that bad off?"
Now that the ships down and being unloaded Carl drops his Form back to normal
Wile walking to the WC, he picks up a copy of "Rocks and mines" put the sign
On the door IN USE and go's in to spend a relaxing time having a nice long $$$$ and reading up on new drilling lasers.
"See, now I'm worried. You're actually not just willing to let me hear embarrassing stories about you, you're suggesting which ones to ask about. Have you finally figured out that no matter how many stories I hear I'm not going to leave you, or are you just that desperate to cheer me up? Do I look that bad off?"
"A little of both, though you've never looked bad to me. Also, for the record, I never thought you'd leave me because of the stories."
"I think I understand what you're talking about. As much as I think I need to, at least."
She pours a small gulp of seeds into her mouth and chews them up.
"If you want, if we can find some bees, I can ask them for fresh honey and wax from them. I can tell them not to sting us too. We had bees at home."
"Have fun. Don't forget to give them the bottle."
He waits until Renkai is gone.
"So now I'm alone. Unless you wanna say something, eh, Kizzy?"
Given that nothing else happens, he finishes some hours of work and emerges from the sim room ten-twenty minutes later.
"One, i walk quietly naturally. More importantly, He knows automatically if I'm within 100 feet of him, and exactly where i am at that range. If we go in there, he'll assume we are looking for him, and stop what he's doing to come meet us,"
"Don't suppose you've prepared Arcane Eye today, have you? And can you tell if he already knows you're here? Can you, like, feel it or something?"
"I'm not wasting a casting on such a trivial mater as finding out what book he's reading. And no. I can't."
"Oh well. Guess we'll leave him to it, then. What do you want to do now?"
"No clue."
"I might have an idea. Les'see. We're in biographies. So that means real stories are there and then history is there, so.... over there, then. I need to grab a book and you need to get a book. Can you find me a story book? Any kind will do. Religious, bedtime story, anything not overly long. I'll meet you back here in a couple minutes, K?"
After her outburst, Ace embraces his girlfriend in a comforting hug. "She'll be fine. She's in good hands with Nala, and I'm going to lend whatever help I can. Not sure what happened to her, or why you can't contact her mind, but Igni brought her in, maybe he can explain how she ended up in this state"