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Post by Maria Thastria on Dec 9, 2006 17:53:08 GMT -5
Maria felt something rub her neck, and then peep. She turned her head a little bit, to see Kros, as a bird. She smiled weekly, and rubbed a finger against his neck.
"Oh Kros. I dont know what to do. They're gone...." Picking him up and holding him in her palms, she watched him. He was so cute. A little bitty bird, hoping around. He couldnt have been bigger than three finger width.
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Post by Xero on Dec 9, 2006 17:53:17 GMT -5
Xero shook his head. "That wasn't what I meant. I wanted to know if you were quite finished with your crying. Apparently so." He looked up at her with a piercing stare. "Tell me, why were you crying?" He said, cupping his hands absentmindly as a crystalline orb grew there.
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Post by Maria Thastria on Dec 9, 2006 17:57:50 GMT -5
Turning to the boy, she said,"Im sorry for my rudeness. My day has been....awful." Bowing slightly to prove how sorry she was, she stood back up.
"My....my parents....they died. In an accident." Looking away from him, her black curls bounced around her shoulders and back. They hid her eyes.
"The only thing that I have left, is my sister." Looking again at Kros, she smiled at his bird form. Then, looking back to Xero, she said,"Please, forgive me."
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Post by Xero on Dec 9, 2006 18:12:08 GMT -5
"Hmmm... I think I may be able to help you." He walked up the stairway. The crystalline orb grew to about the size of a fist, it's surface made of millions of tiny triangles. "Hold this in your hands, and think of your parents and how they looked like. It isn't a perfect magic, but you'll see how it works soon enough." He held out the orb to her.
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Post by Maria Thastria on Dec 9, 2006 18:29:15 GMT -5
She hesitantly took the orb. Cupping it in her hands, she thought first of her mom.
Her black wavy hair, identical to Maria's.....her tinkling laugh, the beautiful smile.....her rosey lips.....
Her dad....
His gentle hands, holding her when she was scared......his strong embrace.....his face, always wearing a mask in public, but had a smile on it when at home....the way he walked, all stif and military like....
A single tear fell from her eye. Looking into the orb still, she waited to see what would happen.
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Post by Kros on Dec 9, 2006 18:31:43 GMT -5
The bird looked from Maria, to Xero, it's tiny, beady eyes flicking from the two of the, to the crystal. Of course, being a bird, it was attracted to shiny things, so it hopped down from Maria's shoulder, onto the top of her hand, turning it's head to the side to gaze into the jewel itself, captivated.
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Post by Xero on Dec 9, 2006 18:40:13 GMT -5
Two wavery images appeared in the orb. It was two people... it was images of Maria's parents. They were dancing around. If you held it up to your ear, you could hear the faint tinkling of music. "Something to remember them by." Xero Raelthyw said softly, fingering a similar orb in the pocket of his cloak.
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Post by Maria Thastria on Dec 9, 2006 21:18:05 GMT -5
Maria smiled brightly. Looking up at him, she hugged him. "Thank you," she whispered. She couldnt believe that he had done that for her. She stopped hugging him, and then said,"So. Umm. Yeah."
She looked away, embarassed that she had hugged someone that she barely knew. "Would you like to come to the lake with me?" she asked him softly. Petting Kros again, she added to him,"You can come to."
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Post by Xero on Dec 9, 2006 21:42:33 GMT -5
"Sure... why not." Xero said, a bit surprised at being hugged. He wasn't used to being shown affection, except for... He shoved that thought out of his head. He was used to being avoided, because of his pure gunmetal black skin and his eyes with the red irises.
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Post by Kros on Dec 10, 2006 10:38:14 GMT -5
The little bird hopped up and down on Maria's hand, bobbing it's little head up and down vigoriously, pretty much stating "YES!" in big, bold, bird fashion. It opened it's wings, flying up and fluttering around her head, before gently landing right on top of it, wiggling around and making itself a nest in her hair.
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