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Post by Eden on Mar 14, 2008 6:33:13 GMT -5
*Eden stood precariously balanced, knife in hand, trying to dig some peanut butter out of the glass jar it was stored in. Her tiny face was contorted in a frown. The project was much harder than she expected. The two pieces of bare bread laid in wait.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 6:36:08 GMT -5
*Malefica entered the room after returning from the cave. She noticed her daughter striving with the food. Her eyes softened and she walked over to her daughter and kissed her.*
"Hi sweetie! Sorry I was gone for so long, but I'm home now. Do you need some help with that?"
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Post by Eden on Mar 14, 2008 6:40:36 GMT -5
*The knife rattled against the sides of the jar as she struggled, not looking up.*
"No...I got it..."
*She frowned, but retrieved a huge lump of peanut butter, So moved it slowly, as if it might suddenly do something unexpected. Which it kind of did, falling to the counter.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 6:43:20 GMT -5
*Malefica looked at her daughter, feeling how much she loved her. Then she took a rag, and washed away the peanut butter.*
"It might help to put the jar closer to the bread when you do that, honey. That way, the chance of the lump falling directly on the bread is bigger."
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Post by Eden on Mar 14, 2008 6:46:11 GMT -5
*Eden frowned, but was quiet as she moved the jar and started to try again.*
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Post by Icarus on Mar 14, 2008 6:48:06 GMT -5
*Just then Icarus came through the door, a bright smile on his face and a small jar in his hand.*
"You'll never guess what I found--"
*He stopped dead upon seeing Malefica. His expression sobered.*
"You're home." *he said, stating the blatantly obvious.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 6:54:13 GMT -5
*Malefica turned to him and smiled.*
"Well observed. There was some business that I needed to take care of, but it's all settled now."
*She looked at the jar in his hand.*
"Have you been out shopping?"
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Post by Icarus on Mar 14, 2008 7:02:15 GMT -5
*He lowered it quickly.*
"Uh, no. It was in the root cellar."
*He glanced to Eden and back to Malefica.*
"So where'd you off to? You didn't leave a note."
*His tone was mildly perplexed, but nevertheless he hurried forward to set the jar on the counter in front of Eden.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 7:06:27 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled and looked up at him.*
"I'm really sorry about that. It was an emergency. I had to go immediately, and didn't have time to write down anything. I was at my fortress, or more correctly, in the caves under it. There is a war about to start in Lorien, and I had to save a life."
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Post by Icarus on Mar 14, 2008 7:09:14 GMT -5
*His eyes rolled beneath their lids and Icarus sighed heavily.*
"Another war? Honestly woman, how can you expect to raise a child in the middle of so much violence?"
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 7:13:28 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled and looked up at him.*
"This is not a war I will be involved in, my love. Lorien is far away."
*She caressed her daughters hair gently.*
"You didn't actually believe I was going to pull our daughter into that, did you? I only left to rescue another child from growing up in the middle of violence."
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Post by Icarus on Mar 14, 2008 7:18:36 GMT -5
*Icarus nodded, but then glanced to Eden. Their eyes met a moment and then both of them fought to suppress a bout of giggles.*
"Oh yes, wouldn't want that."
*Eden tried hard to focus on making her sandwich, but eventually broke out in laughter.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 7:21:06 GMT -5
*Malefica smiled and looked lovingly at her family.*
"And what have you two been up to while I was gone?"
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Post by Eden on Mar 14, 2008 7:25:06 GMT -5
"Nothing..."
*Eden giggled in such a way that left no doubt that it was, in fact, something. Icarus remained mute on the point, only offering a shrug. He wasn't about to be the one that blew their cover.*
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Post by Malefica on Mar 14, 2008 7:27:46 GMT -5
*Malefica looked at her family. She knew they were up to something.*
"Eden, when someone use the word nothing, they do so because it is something. What are you hiding from me?"
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