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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on May 11, 2007 19:54:30 GMT -5
I wanted to believe what she was telling me, I wanted to believe it desperately. I forced a smile, nothing wanting to let on how deeply this affected me. I feared many things, but there was one thing which terrified me. In a storm I could still function to some degree, still run and hide, but there was a fear which rested constantly on my shoulders.
Maybe. I guess you're stuck with me for a while, eh?
I laughed.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on May 13, 2007 11:53:45 GMT -5
You knew someone was sort of... weird, to say the least, when they laughed moments after discovering they were gong to be captured by one of their enemies in the future. I tried to smile, or at least half smile, but I knew I failed.
So I turned instead to stare out the window. The storms extremity had relaxed, but it still held dangerously violent winds, pelting rain, and blinding lightning. The rain drops adorning the window were illuminated in a brief strike of lightning, for a moment glowing like precious gems liken to the stars. And then I was blind once more.
It sort of sucked being the bearer of bad news. I was half tempted to apologize, but it would do little good. So I remained silent, infatuated in the window. Slowly, my gaze turned to Kakashi. I stared at him. I didn't know why. It was sort of weird, having a friend. Something I wasn't really used to. Was I eager? No. In fact, I was moderately reluctant, hesitant. Afraid.
Sighing, I leaned backward, pulling my knees up and embracing my legs. Now I wished more than ever I could sleep and be carried away to a land where I wouldn't have to worry about the things of this world, only be preoccupied with the nonsense of dreams.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on May 19, 2007 15:37:30 GMT -5
I didn't know what else to say, so I sat in silence next to her, eyes resting on the crumpled sheets. Where was my wandering off to? What was I going to think of? Apparently I was thinking of what to think of.
I snorted at myself, collapsing backward into the pillow. Folding my arms behind my head I stared up at the ceiling, waiting for something profound to come to me. Some divine intervention happen and take me away to somewhere safe. Some hero to crash through the window and swear his loyalty to me and promise to protect me at all costs.
If only things like that happened, right?
I've never cried.
Mentally smacked myself for that one. Stop blurting out random things, you idiot. You're going to scare her off, then you'll be all alone.
Ehm, erm, never mind. Just ignore that statement, please.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on May 19, 2007 21:54:37 GMT -5
Not a chance I was going to forget that, I realized with a small smirk.
Never cried, though? I frowned at the thought, remembering the various occasions I'd cried myself to sleep; although some chose to believe crying got you no where in life, I begged to differ. It was catharsis, you had to do it to release your emotions. No way around it.
"Really?" I asked him. My voice was soft, echoed by an almost gentle roll of thunder. "Then how do you deal with emotions and... stuff?"
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on May 19, 2007 22:08:36 GMT -5
I stopped dealing with emotion the day my father died.
I replied. I lied, actually. I dealt with them, yeah. But I tended to do that inside myself, rarely letting anything out. It was a wonder I hadn't exploded yet.
I sighed, unhappily, eyes wandering over to the still dark outside world. The rain tapped against the window, a gentle mist. Slowly I felt my eyes drifting shut, sleep taking me away. A few wild, long forgotten memories drifted through my mind. A moment with my father, a few images of my older sister, playing with my little brother, my Aunt making me those awesome chocolate chip cookies, my Unlce... Uncle... I had an uncle? Uncle Yondaime... Uncle Yondaime was my uncle. Uncle...
Holy crap!
I shot up in my bed, chest heaving, eyes wide. This wasn't the kind of things that just happened, and I looked around expectantly for that divine creature or the hero who'd bestowed the memories on me.
I've... got an uncle.... you know...
I muttered with confused, laying back down. Wasn't very useful information, anyway. The guy was probably dead. But it scared me, to think that I had totally forgotten about an entire person in my life.
I mean, um... the storm is... the rain... I keep on, saying these stupid... stupid stuff and... I think I should shut-up now, really.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on May 20, 2007 19:53:26 GMT -5
I groaned, rolling over in the minimal space I had. And to think I had almost been asleep. The thunder was almost completely gone, the lightning absent. The storm was near passing.
"What?" I grumbled, my eyes feeling puffy as I rubbed them. "What are you talking about?"
I understood that this might have been an exciting moment for Kakashi, sure. But couldn't have waited until... I don't know, morning? Or maybe even an hour later so I would have gotten some sleep?
In any case, it was too late now. I was up, I was awake. And chances were I wasn't going back too sleep.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on May 21, 2007 18:48:22 GMT -5
N-never mind. It's not important. Just, um, go back to sleep.
Yeah, yeah, really smooth. Wake the poor sleep deprived girl up by screaming some random fact then make her go back to sleep. You're doing great tonight.
Maybe everything won't be as screwed up in the morning.
I added hopefully under my breath, trying to convince myself. With any luck, things would only be a little more screwed up instead of a lot more screwed up in the morning. Yeah.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on May 22, 2007 15:31:54 GMT -5
I glowered at him, hoping he might be able to feel the cancer causing death rays shooting from my eyes through the darkness. "Not likely," I snapped, referring to his suggestion at me going back to sleep.
"Now you'd better tell me about your revelation you woke me up about, or I swear I'll--"
I stopped, not because I couldn't think of a decent threat. Okay, maybe partially because of that. But something of more urgency had distracted me; thumping. Downstairs. Below our room. It was probably nothing, I started to tell myself.
But something made me pause. What if it wasn't nothing?
"Did you hear that?" I mumbled under my breath, eyes darting warily about.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on May 22, 2007 19:03:26 GMT -5
I raised an eyebrow, sitting up and listening. Yeah, I heard that, and I didn't like it.
Now, there comes a time where one has to get up in the middle of the night and run half-naked to investigate a strange sound. In my experience, this usually happens when one has children, but since my life can be considered anything but normal, it was my destiny to run around a strange inn in the middle of the night half-naked to investigate only the gods know what. Yeah for me.
With an annoyed grunt I swung my legs over the bed, grabbing my sword and slinging it on to my back.
Let's go see what goes bump in the night.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on May 22, 2007 19:29:55 GMT -5
"Woah," I said, holding up my hands. "Woah, woah, woah. Woah." I waved my hands in the air wildly. Chasing after ghost noises at roughly two in the morning didn't really appeal to me, thank you.
"Just because we heard it doesn't mean we have to go after it," I explained to him. "I mean, it's probably nothing." Nothing. Right. If I kept telling myself that, maybe it would be true.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Jun 1, 2007 19:37:38 GMT -5
Hmm, well, here's a thought: If our little thumping buddy turns out to be thieves, raiders, bandits, or assassins, then logic reasons they will come up to the rooms looking for something or why, otherwise why would they be here? So, if things continue to remain logical, since our room is one of the first doors, it is highly likely they will eventually come into our room if the thing and/or person they are looking for is not in the first two. Which now brings us to the issue of dangerous people or creatures sitting in our room withe the intent to kill us, and us without any escape. While, if we go now, we can either catch them off guard, sneak away, or find out it was just the chef killing a rat and go happily back to bed, ok?
That had to be one of the longest explanation in a potentially dangerous scenario I had ever given. I wasn't sure if I should be ashamed or proud... Both, both works.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Jun 3, 2007 18:03:05 GMT -5
I narrowed my eyes, standing and sitting down once more as lightning flashed through the window. "What can we do, though?" I whispered, wondering if whoever was below us could hear what we were saying. And, of course, by we, I meant him.
I shivered, rubbing my arms before waving a hand and conjuring a robe. Weird how that power was becoming more powerful, more handy. I shrugged on the warm robe, then grabbed my pack, throwing it over my shoulders. I had a feeling we wouldn't be coming back to get our things.
"We see what it is," I began sternly, settling my gaze on Kakashi, "and then we go back to bed, or we leave." Leave being a kinder term for run away. Or, at least, I would be running away.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Jun 11, 2007 20:51:13 GMT -5
She was probably right, and I cast a glance at my clothes. Did I have time to throw them on? I grabbed them up, figuring I could do it on the run if I had to.
Right, you want me to lead?
I asked quietly, resting my hand on my sword.
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Jun 13, 2007 8:44:16 GMT -5
That was funny. Really witty, him expecting me to even think about jumping into a situation like this. "You have to ask?" I snapped, rolling my eyes. I was half tempted to push him out the door, get this over with. "Just... go."
The hand he had on his sword reminded me that I had no weapon, and my muscles were prepared to run, just as I imagined his were prepared to fight.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Jun 13, 2007 19:09:34 GMT -5
I grinned, slipping through the door and glancing back at her over my shoulder
Hey, do you want one of my throwing knives? You can attack while you're running away.
I remarked. It was a bit mean of me, really, and I shocked myself.
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