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Post by tallen on Dec 1, 2005 8:55:16 GMT -5
He would glance down at what the child was pointing at a small smile touching his lips and he would reach with one hand unpinning the silver dragon from his tunic and handing it to the child...as it touched her hand it spread out and changed shape, at one point the dragon had formed the letters OSD, now it stood on its hand legs...it was not truly alive just a bit of magic. from inside his tunic he would produce a set of pipes and softly he would begin to play.
After a moment the tune would change to something akin to a lullaby...hoping the two children would fall asleep until their elders could come...
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Post by xia on Dec 1, 2005 9:02:25 GMT -5
Indeed, Xia had squealed with amazement when the dragon pin changed. She clapped her hands, delighted with the magic that she felt in the air about it. It was a perfect combination of everything the little girl was, a mix of dragonrider and mage.
Eventually, though, she did calm enough to look up at the pipes as the captain played them. Her bright eyes watched with rapt attention to the music. Her mother had been singing to her since she was a baby, but she'd only ever heard the firelizard trilling as musical accompaniment. These sounds astonished her though, holding her attention for a time until her eyes grew heavy.
One small hand reached up, starting to rub at her eyes as she fought it for a bit. It was near impossible, though. The nannies had laid them down for naps when she'd gotten away, so she'd been playing for some time. She was warm and dry now, rather than cold and wet. And the music really was quite soothing. So, soon enough, Xia rested her head against the captain's pants leg, eyes opening and closing stubbornly, before the very small girl fell asleep.
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Post by Turin Lothar on Dec 1, 2005 9:03:31 GMT -5
He would watch the man with a pin. Not utterly impressed since mama was a real dragon.. wait.. so was he!
He watched the man playing with the long thing for a moment. A small yawn coming to him, but his stomach gurgled. Soon her would hiccup, small sapphire flames coming front his mouth.
Startled he would start to cry. The mist wasn't interesting anymore and he wanted his mama.
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Post by tallen on Dec 1, 2005 9:09:24 GMT -5
A soft sigh would escape his lips and as it did he would seem to gain more solidity, the mist compressed around him and when it faded there stood a man in a grey cloak, hood withdrawn, weary blue eyes looked at the two children and he stood, picking the small child up in one arm and walking to the next.
He was a knight after all...and though it meant his head he would not let two children perish of the elements.
"Give me your hand child, I shall bring you back to your mother and father."
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Post by xia on Dec 1, 2005 9:17:04 GMT -5
She snuggled closer, more at ease now that she was in someone's arms. She'd stirred when she was lifted, yawning before her head rested against his shoulder and she fell right back to sleep as he carried her.
A tad too trusting, perhaps? He was with the warm mist and the sparkles though. He'd used magic and had draconic seeming things. To Xia, he was the safest thing in the world.
Mother might panic. She did seem to yell a lot since the child's father had returned. He still resided in the basement though, which Xia had seen very little of. The big people rarely made much sense, really.
Then again, Nym and Syn both seemed to have their hands full elsewhere at the moment.
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Post by Turin Lothar on Dec 1, 2005 10:36:30 GMT -5
The six month old baby boy just looked up at him. Wanting his mother at the moment.. but she was with other people somewhere else..
But he knew all of this. His eyes would brim with tears now, taking in a deep breath he started to wail. Not as loudly as his sister Sheena of course.. but it was to the same effect..
"WAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
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Post by tallen on Dec 1, 2005 15:03:34 GMT -5
Well with a baby in each arm one wailing and one asleep both he and the mist would move in pace towards the gates of the castle, some days just did not go as planned.....
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Post by Nym Zeal on Dec 2, 2005 20:20:16 GMT -5
Nym had returned to the castle, tired and shaken. She was more a risk than a help, really.
Though, the moment she'd gotten to the castle and went to retrieve her daughter from the nanny's, a screech was heard quite loudly throughout the castle, "What do you MEAN you don't know where they are?!"
High pitched, panicked, Nym abruptly turned and left the distraught nannies, moving from room to room in the castle as she called her daughter's name. "Xia! Xia!"
It didn't help that Lapis was following behind her, still crying piteously and distressing the rider further. The longer it took to find the child, the more the situation seemed dire. Had she been taken on purpose? Nym couldn't think of anyone that wanted to hurt her so much, but she'd long ago learned that Syn tended to make dangerous enemies. Even when she was separated from him, she'd still found herself a target in a burning theater.
So no, she didn't trust that no one would think to use that little girl against him. The very possibility gave her nightmares. "Xia Adamina Thornheart! Turin Lothar!" she started to feel tears gather in her dark green eyes. She was going to tear this castle from top to bottom and then start on the outdoors. She really hoped that her daughter wasn't outside, though. It had been a hard, cold trek to GoldenMyst's castle for her, as Gaea's wrath had brought a blizzard into the lands. If her little girl had gotten trapped in that...
Never again! She wasn't going to let that child out of her sight until she was of marriageable age, and even that was uncertain! "SYN!" she screamed, not caring what her ex-husband was doing currently, where he was or what form he was in. Their daughter was missing and he needed to get his half demonic behind to the castle and start searching it with her!
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