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Post by Julian on Oct 4, 2007 20:13:25 GMT -5
*Julian arched his brow.*
"Never? You're mother is far crueller than mine."
*He stood and offered her his hand.*
"It would be my honor then...to be your first."
*He bowed his head politely.*
"And you need not trouble with the veil. I know a secret way."
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Post by Pina on Oct 4, 2007 20:19:20 GMT -5
*She grinned, hearing that she wouldn't need the veil. It obscured her view, and she wanted to see the view. She took his hand.*
"Show me, please."
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Post by Julian on Oct 4, 2007 20:27:30 GMT -5
"Oh, my sweet...it is only the first of many things I promise to show you."
((To the roof. We'll be safe there...))
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Post by Pina on Oct 5, 2007 21:45:31 GMT -5
**NEW DAY**
*Pina hurried to the lake, hoping desperately that her parents wouldn't follow her. She didn't know what to do. Arriving at the spot where she'd been reading the day before, she was glad to see her book just where she'd left it. She had been hoping to see Julian though, and was disappointed that there seemed to be no sign of her brother.
Slipping the book into her pocket, she walked slowly to the lakeshore and picked up a smooth round stone. She flung it across the water, where it skipped five times. She smiled in small triumph. Skipping stones helped distract her.*
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 21:46:59 GMT -5
"Much better."
*Julian emerged as if from the very shadow itself with a smirk, his arms crossed in triumph.*
"I told you you could do anything you put your mind to."
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Post by Pina on Oct 5, 2007 21:51:02 GMT -5
"Julian!"
*She dropped the stone she'd been holding and ran towards him, the tears she'd held back since she left the house escaping once more.*
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 21:52:30 GMT -5
*Julian looked confused by her mood, but instinctively knelt, his arms open to receive her.*
"My sweet...what happened?"
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Post by Scarlett Booth on Oct 5, 2007 21:52:38 GMT -5
((They are SO CUTE!))
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 21:57:22 GMT -5
((Yeah, in a creepy evil way. ))
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Post by Pina on Oct 5, 2007 21:57:25 GMT -5
*She flung herself into his arms, burying her face in his shoulder.*
"It was so scary! My daddy's face changed and he turned into a monster that looked like me! And I didn't know what was happening and then i knew I looked like that- I'm not different, I'm a monster and I can't look normal like you or mama or daddy and it's not fair!" *she wailed, making little sense.*
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 22:02:23 GMT -5
*Julian lifted her easily, hiking her small frame to his hip as he glanced the way she had come from. He quickly looked back to her, his voice quiet and his words sweet.*
"Prosperpina...will you let me take you somewhere? Somewhere that we can talk about this without having to worry about...you know, them?"
*He gestured with his head to the doorway.*
"All right? Then we can get this all sorted out."
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Post by Pina on Oct 5, 2007 22:04:30 GMT -5
*She nodded, teary eyed, and clung to him.*
"Okay."
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 22:12:45 GMT -5
*Julian quickly melted back into the shadows, taking her somewhere dark and kind of cold. With a flick of his wrist, a small green orb appeared, hovering next to them as he walked, lighting their way in the deep belly of the opera. He held her tightly.*
"Tell me...what happened? Erik...he showed you his true face? You had never seen it before?"
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Post by Pina on Oct 5, 2007 22:17:57 GMT -5
*She stared at the orb a moment, transfixed. How did he do that? She tore her eyes from the strange light and nodded at Julian.*
"He didn't mean to. He and mama were fighting, and- and he changed. It was- I was so scared, but it looked like me. Am I scary, Julian?"
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Post by Julian on Oct 5, 2007 22:20:43 GMT -5
*Julian looked at her like she suggested that the world was flat.*
"Of course not. I find you quite fetching myself."
*He stopped and shifted her in his arms to face her more properly.*
"Prosperpina...humans....have expectations of certain things. That doesn't make them right. Actually, it often makes them wrong."
Dead wrong.
*He smiled gently.*
"I will always protect you...keep you safe. Do you feel like you need someone to protect you from Mo---Erik?"
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