Shards of Memory-Prologue: Fractured Union

[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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*When Kirkesh changes back into a man, Vanessa is startled at first as the change begins, then smiles in support and squeezes Kirkesh's hand to reaffirm that she is attracted to him no matter what the form.*

*When he finishes, however, his naked male form standing before her, she can't help but giggle.*

"I'm sorry," she laughs, "It's not you Kirkesh...it's just that as a noble girl growing up in a sheltered home, I never really got to see a man with no clothes on before, and it just looks a bit silly and unwieldy to me...I hope I didn't hurt your feelings!"

*She blushes a bit, embarrassed, then continues:*

"I guess you can tell this is my first time, huh?"
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[Bront]

RA
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*When Kirkesh changes back into a man, Vanessa is startled at first as the change begins, then smiles in support and squeezes Kirkesh's hand to reaffirm that she is attracted to him no matter what the form.*

*When he finishes, however, his naked male form standing before her, she can't help but giggle.*

"I'm sorry," she laughs, "It's not you Kirkesh...it's just that as a noble girl growing up in a sheltered home, I never really got to see a man with no clothes on before, and it just looks a bit silly and unwieldy to me...I hope I didn't hurt your feelings!"

*She blushes a bit, embarrassed, then continues:*

"I guess you can tell this is my first time, huh?"

Kirkesh chuckles. "It's alright, though it's the first time I've been described as silly and unwieldy before."

Kirkesh pulls Vanessa close "It alright, we don't need to do anything you don't want."

Pulling her down, Kirkesh sits down on a bench and slouches back a bit. He holds Vanessa close in his arms, and lets her use him like a lounge. He toys with her hair a bit while he lets her rest a bit and think. "Sweet Vanessa, if I could take you with me, how would you explain things to your family, and Sanchez? Are you willing to abandon your life so easily? For I'd fear there could be no going back if you did."
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[Rystil Arden]

Yuriko:
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*Rin smiles up at Yuriko when she calls her wonderful, and the two boys say a quiet "Thank you Mistress Yuriko!" in unison.*

"Please eat with us, and you can tell us more about yourself--it is always wonderful for the children to hear stories of the outside world to help make them a little bit less shy...Once you've eaten to your heart's content, you can help clean up if you want. As for sleeping arrangements, we can make you a light futon on the floor here with us if you like, though I imagine the little guest house outside is more comfortable, and it has its own latrine too. That would also help you get some better sleep if you don't want to be woken up by the kids or vice versa. The guest house still has the old sutras on it since I forgot to have them replaced, but they still have their power for another month or so. Let me know whichever you like better, Mistress Yuriko."
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[Rystil Arden]

Talia:
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*Glamour beams at Talia's praise and then winks.*

"You haven't seen the best part yet!"

*She pulls out a scroll covered in indecipherable arcane runes, handing it to Talia.*

"Now take a deep breath and concentrate on the feeling of your body and the dress...will the currents of enchantment to ripple around you...can you feel it?"

*As Talia follows Glamour's advice, the swirling eddies flow from the dress around her in a flurrying dance, an aura of beautiful magic that coalesces and then sinks into her skin gently, causing a tickly tingling feeling of slight pleasure and then slowly allowing her to sense the presence of magic on the scroll as well as to read what is written in the magic runes.*
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[Dark Nemesis]

Rystil:

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Talia does as she is told, closing her eyes to concentrate. She cannot help but to smile, pleased by the sensations, and opens her eyes to see the affect. She gasps in wonder as she realizes that she can sense the magic within the scroll, and could read what the arcane writings said.

"Oh, Glamor, how wonderful! No... wonderful just isn't enough to describe it!"

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[Rystil Arden]

Zaeryn:
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"Well, if you like the dragon steak, then I'll have to try it too!" Valyssa says with a smile, leaning over the table to give him a kiss, and accidentally knocking over the candlestick, which Zaeryn luckily catches, "Umm...oops!"

*She blushes becomingly.*
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[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Martial Artist

Rystil[SBLOCK]

"Please eat with us, and you can tell us more about yourself--it is always wonderful for the children to hear stories of the outside world to help make them a little bit less shy...Once you've eaten to your heart's content, you can help clean up if you want. As for sleeping arrangements, we can make you a light futon on the floor here with us if you like, though I imagine the little guest house outside is more comfortable, and it has its own latrine too. That would also help you get some better sleep if you don't want to be woken up by the kids or vice versa. The guest house still has the old sutras on it since I forgot to have them replaced, but they still have their power for another month or so. Let me know whichever you like better, Mistress Yuriko."

*Yuriko looked forward to the meal but ate politely and as courtesy demanded.*

"My stories are all about being young and growing up in a monastery . . . a young girl growing up in a strange place came be a difficult time . . . there was this battle with a few shadow tainted that I seem to remember a bit about . . . ," Yuriko said with an eye to the boys. "As to my lodgings, I mean no disrespect, but, if you don't mind, I would stay in the guest house. I fear I snore a bit . . . and after my long walk today, well, I'm certain I will be loud."[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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Kirkesh chuckles. "It's alright, though it's the first time I've been described as silly and unwieldy before."

"No...Kirkesh I didn't mean that you are silly and unwieldy...its just...why would you need something so big and long to get rid of the water in your body when another hole or something would suffice? It just looks kind of silly--like a backwards tail or something."

Kirkesh pulls Vanessa close "It alright, we don't need to do anything you don't want."

Pulling her down, Kirkesh sits down on a bench and slouches back a bit. He holds Vanessa close in his arms, and lets her use him like a lounge. He toys with her hair a bit while he lets her rest a bit and think.

"Oh, Kirkesh, I feel so wonderful sitting here with you like this...I feel cherished and protected and safe...is this what you meant when you said you would make me feel special?"

"Sweet Vanessa, if I could take you with me, how would you explain things to your family, and Sanchez? Are you willing to abandon your life so easily? For I'd fear there could be no going back if you did."

"Oh Kirkesh, you would take me with you?!" Vanessa's entire face lights up in a huge grin and she leans forward and kisses him deeply and passionately, the tips of her chest tickling gently against his chest-muscles as she does.

Eventually, she stops long enough to consider the rest of his sentence, "I know Sanchez would understand, and Mommy is dead, but Daddy wouldn't hear of it...So I just wouldn't tell him--I'd much rather run away with you, even if it means abandoning my life of luxury forever...I want to be with you Kirkesh."
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[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

Rystil

[SBLOCK]*Returning the candlestick to it’s place as if it never happened, Zaeryn kisses her and asks:*

“Perhaps I should order us something?”[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Talia:
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*Glamour smiles benevolently and gently suggests:*

"I was told to tell you to check the pockets..."

*As Talia reaches inside, she first feels something cool to the touch, pulling out a silver locket, exactly the same colour as her hair, with a beautiful blue inlay of magical runes that matches the dress. Using the power granted to her by the dress, Talia is able to read the runes to see that they say 'Harmony' , her special Dolathi name, and when she reaches out to touch it, and glows with an inner warmth and then gently plays a short tune, a pleasant series of notes that would mean little to most people, but Talia, due to her knowledge of the Melodian language, recognised as her name in Melodian.*

*The next thing she finds is actually a pair of things, and it turns out to be two front-row tickets for Culana.*

*Glamour whispers to Talia confidentially:*

"If you like it, you should go out and thank Subterfuge too!"
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