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Post by Ofelia on Oct 14, 2009 21:16:12 GMT -5
One had to admit that, if not quite intimidating, the woman addressing her now was at the least startling. Compounding that with the rather...bad experiences she'd had just recently, it was only that Ofelia not reply at first.
After a moment, though, she did feel the need to speak, oddly in English.
"I...I'm Ofelia. By that, you mean--?"
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 14, 2009 21:18:34 GMT -5
"A child! Oh, and alone, too." She said sympathetically. She knew what the meant, or thought she understood. Liath had mostly bothered adults, and children in general she'd let well enough alone, though sometimes she'd left them little gifts.
"Ofelia, I mean the Sidhe...the Fair Folk. Something in the air around you feels like our magic."
Was Ofelia a changeling, perhaps? But she didn't feel like one.
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 14, 2009 21:30:31 GMT -5
Yes, she was alone again, and normally she'd have thought that wasn't a bad thing. She'd always been the introverted type, preferring to find some secret hiding place in the woods, or just to sit and read. That, however, had been when she could go back and have dinner.
Sitting up, Ofelia breathed in sharply. So, it had all been real after all! Well, probably--the coincidence was just too great.
"That's what he said--the faun, that is. He said that I was a princess...conceived by the moon," she added, confused at the crypticness. "And then he made me perform these tasks..."
((By any chance, are you familiar with Changeling: The Dreaming?))
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 14, 2009 22:07:16 GMT -5
((I do know it, though not in-depth. Most of my World of Darkness knowledge is in Vampire.))
"Ah, fauns. You must be wary of those."
She tapped her chin thoughtfully, mulling over what the girl had said about her heritage. It was possible, certainly. There were many instances of children of the moon running about.
"He may be right, about the moon. But I can't say for sure, as I was never a part of that area. But--"
She smiled.
"--this means in some way, you are connected. Ah! Maybe we can help each other."
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 17, 2009 21:21:30 GMT -5
"So everyone's said," Ofelia nodded.
It was honestly kind of cryptic--she'd seen her father briefly as an elven-king, but who knew? Either way, she shrugged.
Curious, she looked up. "Help each other? How? Why would you need my help?"
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 17, 2009 21:24:01 GMT -5
"Well...I think perhaps you are lost, and it happens that I am as well. We both need somewhere to go, at least for now. Maybe, with two heads to think together, we can come up with something faster than if we were alone."
And perhaps, nobody would be as put off by Liath if she had a child around. Everyone loved children, right?
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 20, 2009 0:20:48 GMT -5
"Uf, you're not kidding," Ofelia sighed, running a hand through her hair exhausted. Strange, though--she wouldn't have thought that faeries could get lost. It wasn't mentioned in her books, at least.
Either way, she nodded and got to her feet. "That...sounds like a decent idea." One of the very few she'd heard recently.
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 20, 2009 0:37:23 GMT -5
She nodded, her mind already working on the possibilities.
"Wonderful. Well, before we get going, allow me to introduce myself--I am Liath. And you, hija de la luna...?"
The Spanish came forth because she knew, without asking, that Ofelia would know it.
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 20, 2009 0:50:35 GMT -5
It was, in fact, a relief to hear Spanish, especially since Ofelia didn't know French, and this did appear to be Paris.
"Me llamo Ofelia." Perhaps it was more symbolic than she would have guessed immediately, she realized now.
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 20, 2009 1:22:22 GMT -5
"Ofelia...that's a very lovely name. Very meaningful, too. Well, it is nice to make your acquaintance. Now, let's see what we can find, hmm?"
She gestured toward the foyer stairs, and wherever they led.
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 20, 2009 1:42:46 GMT -5
"That's very kind," Ofelia replied graciously, smiling. By now, she was just going with whatever people wanted to say to her. "Yes, let's..."
Pulling her sleeves down fully, she started off at a fairly brisk trot.
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 20, 2009 1:54:45 GMT -5
Keeping her pace even so that she didn't leave Ofelia behind, once Liath reached the top of the stairs, she turned left.
"So, how is it that you are here on your own?"
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 24, 2009 11:19:55 GMT -5
((Sorry, didn't even see that.))
Ofelia followed at a fairl steady clip, glancing around. At least it was a nice place to wake up in. It beat, say, a cemetery.
"Your guess is as good as mine. I thought I'd be dead, or reincarnated, or...something. I do remember getting shot."
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Post by Margrethe Goransdottir on Oct 24, 2009 13:47:35 GMT -5
"Oh...you poor dear. Who would do such a thing?"
Upon reaching a crossroads, Liath chose the hallway to the right and continued on.
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Post by Ofelia on Oct 28, 2009 2:32:07 GMT -5
It was as good as any a choice. Ofelia was actually alright at mazes, which was of course how she'd gotten to the center of the labyrinth that night.
"My stepfather," she sighed. "He, ah, had problems, and I was sneaking my baby brother out so I could see the faun and...well, it's a complicated story."
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