The brothers walk through the omniportal, weary looks on their faces.
"That was hard, I need some sleep."
"You wouldn't be so tired if you hadn't tried lifting that beam by yourself. That thing was bigger than you!"
"But the cat..."
Oroth begins pushing Aidan toward a spare room.
"I know lil' bro'. Good job, now go rest or something."
Oroth looks far happier than he has ever been, a weary smile on his face.
"It's okay. Go ahead. I'm going to stay here. I want to be close by when Tristan wakes up."
Tristan awakens and slowly lift himself out of bed. He sits and looks at the gemstone in his hand.
The calls out with his mind.
:::Hello? Anyone there?:::
"It's okay. Go ahead. I'm going to stay here. I want to be close by when Tristan wakes up."Tristan awakens and slowly lift himself out of bed. He sits and looks at the gemstone in his hand.
The calls out with his mind.
:::Hello? Anyone there?:::
:::Good to have you awake again, Tristan. How are you feeling?:::
"It's okay. Go ahead. I'm going to stay here. I want to be close by when Tristan wakes up."Tristan awakens and slowly lift himself out of bed. He sits and looks at the gemstone in his hand.
The calls out with his mind.
:::Hello? Anyone there?:::
:It's alright, Tristan. I'm right here. How are you feeling?:
She walks through the door of his room as she says that last part.
:::Good to have you awake again, Tristan. How are you feeling?:::Tristan awakens and slowly lift himself out of bed. He sits and looks at the gemstone in his hand.
He calls out with his mind.
:::Hello? Anyone there?:::
:::Fine, I think. I can't hear the voices in my pretty stone.:::
Kiba can feel his astonishment.
:::The gemstone. It's melting. This feels weird, but I think it was meant to mine...:::
:::It's alright, Tristan. I'm right here. How are you feeling?:::
She walks through the door of his room as she says that last part.
As Allura enters the room, she beholds two unusual sights.
Tristan's gemstone is indeed melting in the palm of his hand. However, instead of flowing off his hand and running onto the floor, it pools calmly in his palm. It quickly integrates its fluidity mass through his hand and slowly disappears into his body. Tristan is unnervingly calm, but surprised as he turns and looks at Allura.
The same can not be said for her. She looks at Tristan and it dawns on her. Tristan, once seven of eight years of age, is now two to three years older. His once loose and dirty clothes tightly snuggle against his body.
As Allura enters the room, she beholds two unusual sights.
Tristan's gemstone is indeed melting in the palm of his hand. However, instead of flowing off his hand and running onto the floor, it pools calmly in his palm. It quickly integrates its fluidity mass through his hand and slowly disappears into his body. Tristan is unnervingly calm, but surprised as he turns and looks at Allura.
The same can not be said for her. She looks at Tristan and it dawns on her. Tristan, once seven of eight years of age, is now two to three years older. His once loose and dirty clothes tightly snuggle against his body.
Her mouth hangs open for a moment in astonishment before she shakes her head and pulls herself together.
"Well, it looks like it was a good thing you went to retrieve that gemstone after all... First things first, we need to get you some new clothes. You look to be about the same size as Aidan and Little Kiba, and if we were back at the bazaar I'd just let you borrow some of their clothes, but since we're not we'd better go ask Djuhah to get you something. And a bath. You definitely need a bath. You're not living on the streets anymore and you shouldn't look like you do," she added with a smile, playfully mussing his hair.
After all, if there was one thing she had learned in the last few weeks with the boys it was to expect the unexpected.
"but since we're not we'd better go ask Djuhah to get you something. And a bath. You definitely need a bath. You're not living on the streets anymore and you shouldn't look like you do," she added with a smile, playfully mussing his hair.
He smiles.
:::"New clothes would be nice, but I can't get my hand and arm to stop itching. I don't understand what wrong with me. I wish I could get some answers.":::
:::"Is there something wrong with your shadow?":::
"but since we're not we'd better go ask Djuhah to get you something. And a bath. You definitely need a bath. You're not living on the streets anymore and you shouldn't look like you do," she added with a smile, playfully mussing his hair.He smiles.
:::"New clothes would be nice, but I can't get my hand and arm to stop itching. I don't understand what wrong with me. I wish I could get some answers.":::
:::"Is there something wrong with your shadow?":::
"We'll keep working on getting you some answers, Tristan. We really need to find someone who can teach you."
"My shadow?" She glances down. "Well, that's odd...and a bit worrying."
She casts a cure light on her shadow, just in case.
It has the same effect as casting magic missile at the darkness. However, she can tell that her spell technically worked.
"My shadow?" She glances down. "Well, that's odd...and a bit worrying."
She casts a cure light on her shadow, just in case.
Well, whatever is causing it isn't undead. Or just ducked into the ethereal plane for a bit. I think I'll have Djuhah take a look at it while he's getting some new clothes for you. Maybe he'll have a better idea what's going on.
A sense of foreboding settles on LJ. It is soon replaced by a jolt of pain, and the sense that JH has died.
As she weeps silently, she senses a heartbeat, tiny, fast, and strong.
After making sure that Arielle is okay she sings her daughter to sleep. Without any explanation LJ locks herself in her room and leaves strict instructions that no one but Arielle is allowed to disturb her.
"Lk might be up too, I might as well get this over with," Kiba thinks to himself. He leaves the Eyrie and heads for the place LJ prepared for him. He enters and begins to tell Lk the truth about who he is and what they really are. No surprise when he flies out as if hit violently. He crashes against an old tree and grabs his shoulder.
Lk walks out toward him, eyes filled with rage.
"You're the reason she's dead!? It's your fault!!" He runs at Kiba, fist pulled back and ready to hit him. Kiba manages to roll out of the way, and Lk's fist goes right through the tree.
K:"Don't make do anything I'll regret later, calm down!"
Lk:"NO! She's dead now, and it's because of you!
He lunges at Kiba, but Kiba uses his unijured arm to throw him away.
K:"I may have been the reason they found us, but I'm not the reason she's dead. She died protecting you!"
Lk stops, eyes wide and quickly filling with tears.
K:"Look what Canis said about me being the First Wolf... it's true. She knew, and she didn't care. She knew you'd be the same, and gave her life for you." Kiba gets up and walks over to his son, pulling him into a hug. He hands him a necklace with a small ivory wolf head on it. "This was hers, she said she wanted to give it to you one day." He slips it around Lk's neck, then hugs his crying son tighter.
Well, whatever is causing it isn't undead. Or just ducked into the ethereal plane for a bit. I think I'll have Djuhah take a look at it while he's getting some new clothes for you. Maybe he'll have a better idea what's going on.It has the same effect as casting magic missile at the darkness. However, she can tell that her spell technically worked.
"My shadow?" She glances down. "Well, that's odd...and a bit worrying."
She casts a cure light on her shadow, just in case.
:::That sounds good. Now where can I bathe.:::
Allura hears a rumbling from his tummy.
:::I guesss that means I'm hungry too?:::
After making sure that Arielle is okay she sings her daughter to sleep. Without any explanation LJ locks herself in her room and leaves strict instructions that no one but Arielle is allowed to disturb her.
After a while, LJ notices that the heartbeat grows stronger and louder. Silent to the world, but not to her.
:::Long Pause of Silence:::
:::Long Pause of Silence:::
Jay Frogskin sits in his cave, gazing into a crystal ball. He looks tired beyond words, like he hasn't slept in weeks.
"Must keep control. Must keep control. Control. Control. Watch. The Foe. The Children. The Allies. Must Watch. Control."
Anyhoo, yes, Devlyn can get into the Eyrie. No he can't actually talk to LJ right now. Her door is blocked to everyone but Arielle.
Anyhoo, yes, Devlyn can get into the Eyrie. No he can't actually talk to LJ right now. Her door is blocked to everyone but Arielle.
Allura and Tristan went searching for Djuhah and found him in the kitchen trying out some new recipes. He quickly ushered Tristan to one of the bathing chambers and provided some fresh clothes with the promise of as much food as the child could eat just as soon as he was clean and dressed.
Allura asked about what was wrong with her shadow. They tried true seeing which she was having trouble doing herself since it was her own shadow that was acting funny.
Anyhoo, yes, Devlyn can get into the Eyrie. No he can't actually talk to LJ right now. Her door is blocked to everyone but Arielle.
Anyhoo, yes, Devlyn can get into the Eyrie. No he can't actually talk to LJ right now. Her door is blocked to everyone but Arielle.
Once Devlyn realizes LJ has sequestered herself, he starts stalking the caverns and corridors for Djuhah.
Anyhoo, yes, Devlyn can get into the Eyrie. No he can't actually talk to LJ right now. Her door is blocked to everyone but Arielle.
Once Devlyn realizes LJ has sequestered herself, he starts stalking the caverns and corridors for Djuhah.
He finds Djuhah and Allura in the hallway outside one of the bathing chambers. Splashing can be heard from inside. They seem to be looking at Allura's shadow.
He finds Djuhah and Allura in the hallway outside one of the bathing chambers. Splashing can be heard from inside. They seem to be looking at Allura's shadow.
Putting aside his current frustration when he notices what they are looking at, Devlyn quietly comes up to the other two, observing Allura's shadow as he does.
"What's up?"
He finds Djuhah and Allura in the hallway outside one of the bathing chambers. Splashing can be heard from inside. They seem to be looking at Allura's shadow.
Putting aside his current frustration when he notices what they are looking at, Devlyn quietly comes up to the other two, observing Allura's shadow as he does.
"What's up?"
"Apparently nothing now. But something was weird about my shadow a little bit ago. Tristan noticed that it was out of sync with me when he woke up. But it seems to have gone back to normal."
Kiba and Lk seems to be getting along a bit better, occasionally sparring in the ring originally designed for Arielle and Jack Hammer.
Canis is looking for Arielle. He needs to talk to her about something.