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A quiet drink
Topic Started: Jan 22 2006, 03:28 PM (2,605 Views)
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The last of the former slaves had left. Relieved, Isabel dropped to her knees and clutched her head. It was throbbing so painfully now. Controlling her mind was hard, but she focused all of her energy into doing so. She didn't want to send things flying around in here.

"We can... go get some things. Kitchen. Money. Books. Medicine..." Wobbling to her feet, she grabbed the doorframe to help support her weak knees. "Let's get the stuff."

She closed her eyes. Usually, she could see better this way, but not now. Everything was blurry. Opening her eyes again, she found herself halfway down the hall to the kitchen. When she arrived a few moments later, she shivered. So many bad memories filled this room... "There." She pointed to a doorway, which led to the pantry. "Take what we need. Perhaps enough for three if Thane wishes to stay with us." Moving across the room from the pantry, she put her ear up to the wall. It didn't help any. Her head was in too much pain for her to hear things right. Her fingers brushed along the stones and she slowly crouched. It had been somewhere near where her head was...

She knocked on a few stones. At last, she felt the hollowness where she knew a stash of coin was kept. Pressing the stone, she smiled faintly as the stone next to it slid open, revealing a rather large bag. It jingled quietly as she grabbed it and dropped it into the bag at her right hip.

"Ready? More stuff in the office," she mumbled quietly, waiting for Drake and Thane to respond. She wasn't sure if Thane had followed or not. God, she really wasn't right in the head if she didn't even know whether or not there was a person in the pantry with Drake or not.
Wash: I think they really captured his essence.
Kaylee: He looks kinda mean.
Wash: That's sorta what I meant.
Simon: This must be what going mad feels like.
Kaylee: Everywhere I go, his eyes keep followin' me...
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He nodded a little bit to what she said, and tugged at his gloves a little bit, amking sure they were tight.

"Shiny. Come on, Thane, I need the extra hands."

He rubbed at the back of his neck, he was actually feeling better now, though Isabel didn't look so good... he worried for a moment, but decided he had to press on, so he went to the pantry, got a large sack, and started piling food into it. Something special caught his eye, though, and he smiled brightly.

"Again, Shiny."

Just as he was about to take it, he stopped, and looked behind him, eyes narrowed, two fingers on the hilt of one of his throwing knives. There was nothing there, though.... still, he had smelled it. what..? he couldnt sense it anymore, though, so he turned back. Drake took the box, putting it on his belt pouch for safety, and finished looting the pantry before handing the bag off to Thane and going to grab abndages and the like. As he went, though, he passed Isabel, and stopped for a moment, putting a hand on her shoulder gently.

"Hey... you alright, Isabel..?"

This had to be hard on her...
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Thane did little more than act as a third hand to carry stuff. Though he didn't really grasp what they were doing. They were moving all this stuff back to where they stayed? Theft not really any part of his vocabulary and the whole concept of ownership was alien to him so he simply stood there quietly.

He glanced to Isabel when Drake had asked her if she was alright. He knew she wasn't, it was visible in her body language but he didn't say anything of it. He looked around with a disconnected expression. The here and now lost to him as he began to think on what he was to do next. Now realising the only purpose he had ever served in life was gone because of a lash out of anger. He guessed the only thing left to do was find a way to make some money so he can have food, clothes, and a house but no idea how people got money.

At this point he was staring blankly out a window. Simply holding out his arms and holding whatever was placed into them. His nostrils twitching once or twice but he had yet to blink.
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OOC: I'm really sorry I haven't been posting regularly guys. My computer wasn't here for a day or so and it'll be going to school with me tomorrow so that we can *hopefully* finish fixing it! *crosses her fingers* For now, though, I posted in the Crown area one and I'll post here, too! What a concept, eh?! Fedum scit! :D

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"I'm good," she responded quickly, almost mechanically. Pushing a smile onto her face, she looked to Thane. He seemed just as spacey right now as she, which was understandable.

"Thane," she whispered, making her way towards him as Drake ran off to get something else real quick. No response. Putting a hand on Thane's arm - she was too short to reach the top of his shoulder - she shook it gently. "Thane. We're moving on to the office to get a few last things. 'kay?"

As soon as Drake returned, she motioned for the two to continue following her back to where the office was. Her fingers dragged lightly along the wall as she went. Her stomach tossed over and over - she was glad the others couldn't see her face now as they walked. Her feet faltered a step, but she pulled herself up quickly with the help of the wall. She couldn't be his daughter. She just couldn't.

Upon reaching the office, her first stop was the bust of Helmer's father, of course. Grabbing it, she yanked it with all her might off of the mantle and sent it crashing to the floor. A rather large box fell out with a thud and she picked it up. Without paying attention to the reaction of either of the others, she then made her way over to the left bookcase. A large, green book was her target. She pulled it from the shelf and opened the front cover. 43-15-49. Click. The small lock popped open and she grabbed that coin purse, dropping the foil to the ground.

Her movements as she walked were robotic, as if she wasn't thinking as she did this. Sitting in Helmer's chair, she opened the second drawer down on the right. She removed the panel at the bottom and pulled the book from it's hiding spot. Tucking all of these things in her bags now, she looked up finally. "I'm ready. The city guard will be here in four minutes, sixteen seconds," she said, her eyes staring forward, out the window in the hall. All she saw was a blurryness, caused by the pain still throbbing through her head, which was now working its way down through the rest of her body.
Wash: I think they really captured his essence.
Kaylee: He looks kinda mean.
Wash: That's sorta what I meant.
Simon: This must be what going mad feels like.
Kaylee: Everywhere I go, his eyes keep followin' me...
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He frowned, and finished gathering things up, then walked over to find her in the chair, and shook his head.

"Oh, Isabel..."

He took her bag, and handed it to Thane.

"Here, do me a favor, huh?"

He slung his bag over his shoulder, then slipped his arm around her shoulders and lifted her up, putting his other arm behind her knees and holding her close, like he had when she was smaller. He kissed her cheek lightly, and closed his eyes.

"I'll take you home, Iz. You just rest now, had a hard day."

He smiled softly, then motioned for Thane to follow and half ran to the door, pushed it open with his shoulder, and looked around the streets.

"Clear. Run for it."

He dashed after that, wanting to put as much distance as he could between his Isabel and that terrible place...
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He blinked and shook his head when Isabel addressed him. Following her into the office, he glanced around rather unsure of what they were doing still. Watching her carefully as she opened the safe, then the desk drawer.

Then Drake approached, handed him a bag, and they were leaving. All the time his thoughts still a jumbled mess of confusion but when Drake said run he did just that. Though he began to pass Drake and Isabel he finally slowed down, with the armfulls of stuff, to run beside them. He glanced over at Drake holding Isabel and gave a smile and a nod before looking ahead again. He was pretty sure they were going back to the aquaducts but didn't want to go on ahead without them.
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(( OOC: *clap clap* Bravo. I must say, It's taken me the better part of these past two days to read the threads involving your different characters. Rather wordy, but I suppose all para RP is like that, no? I hope you don't mind my interrupting like this, but my chara is still waiting for a response from my friend, Mekaen [he tells me he had a huge post typed up, but when he tried to put it up, it screwed up his cpu and he lost it all :( ] and I figured a bit of background reading would help to bring me up to date. Being somewhat of a fan of tech RP, I gotta admit that the character of Alain is quite intriguing, especially in a fantasy setting and I gotta hand it to ya for handling it so well, man. Heh.

The only things I find kind of silly or unfair are you guys all ganging on Akuma's other chara in the Ombra Di Notta thread [made sense, but I still found it kinda unfair :P ] and the apparent lack of decent security at this Helmer guy's mansion on this thread. Personally, if I were a slaver in a land like Aronia, ripe with demons, monsters, magic, and all other manner of creatures, I would keep better guards than just a few hired swords. Also, if it were midday [as indicated], then wouldn't the screams of Helmer and his guards be heard by the people outside the mansion, thus causing the local authorities to arrive all the sooner? >_>

Oh well. Just my take on things, I guess. Please don't take offense by my observations. I don't want to alter a story I'm not even part of and I don't really know much of your charas' backgrounds anyway. So yeah...just thought that I'd tell y'all that I enjoyed reading your threads overall and I hope I can get my chara out of his current predicament and into some of these other places soon. Keep up the good work and stuff! ))
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((OOC: haha, thanks for the comment about Alain, I have to say I'm kind of proud that I was able to make it work. I'm a huge scifi geek, and the severe lack of scifi RP has limited my options - so, I decided to put a whole new spin on it. Anyways, I know what you mean about this rp, and I have something in mind as well - don't you worry...))
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OOC: I personally never imagined Helmer's house to be a mansion, but that's the beauty of online para-RPing: everyone imagines settings differently. I also don't think there are too many demons and such in this area... of course, I could be mistaken. lol. Anyhoo... I'm gonna post now before I have to leave school and thus, leave my computer access for the weekend. lol.

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Isabel blinked and looked up when Drake spoke. She heard him, but did not comprehend his words. With a small sigh, she allowed herself to be lifted into Drake's strong arms. She curled up, hugging his arm and her bag to her chest before closing her eyes and waiting. They would be out of this place very soon... very soon, indeed.

She drifted on and off between consciousness and the lack thereof. Pulling herself out of the black one last time, she managed to keep herself awake long enough to notice they were out of the house. 'Finally,' she thought to herself, 'Finally, I can rest.' All was black after that.
Wash: I think they really captured his essence.
Kaylee: He looks kinda mean.
Wash: That's sorta what I meant.
Simon: This must be what going mad feels like.
Kaylee: Everywhere I go, his eyes keep followin' me...
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He ran to the cover, and kicked it open, then jumped down it, extra careful not to hit her head on the sides as he did. He sighed a bit, and hugged her close, then waited for Thane before walking quietly back towards their home.

"Thane, I guess you're gonna see where we live... I gotta take Iz there and I need your help with all the stuff anyways... follow me, I'll show you the way"

He was slightly worried about her condition, but she had passed out like this before... he was sure she'd be alright... wouldnt she?
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