Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 5:46:36 GMT -8
Aranel stood up and checked her belt and pockets.
"Okay, we should go. I've got everything I had. Check yours."
Abe felt around his belt then nodded and stood up, "Yeah, I've got it. By the way...."
"What?"
"Race you!" he said, starting to run down the mountain, jumping from rock to rock.
"Hey! Cheater!" she yelled after him, laughing. She cricked her neck then followed him. He may have had a headstart but Aranel was faster than he was and caught up to him about a quarter of the way down. She tackled him from behind and the two tumbled down the mountain until landing on a flat patch. They lay there in a heap, gasping and laughing.
Aranel spoke first. "You're on my leg."
"Sorry."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 5:59:09 GMT -8
With no warning what so ever talon was now standing upside down on thin air directly above them , for all intensive purposes he looked as though he standing this way was entirely normal, even gravity had conformed as his hair and coat where hanging straight up along with him, He looked down at the two," Hello", He said waiving a skeletal hand toward the two of them
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Abe & Aranel
Sophomore
I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
Posts: 213
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:10:51 GMT -8
The two exchanged looks then looked back up at Talon. Abe waved, "Hey there, hanging guy." he said, sitting up and resting back on his elbows. Aranel sat up as well, sitting crosslegged. She fixed her collar, looking awkward. She could feel a prickling on the nape of her neck and scratched it uneasily. She nodded to Talon. "Um, hello."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 6:13:53 GMT -8
Talon looked down at the sky, " damnit, i knew i had the algorithm for the gravity translation wrong," Talon looked back up at them," um can you two stay here for a minute or two ill be right back", talon said before he disappeared as quickly as he appeared
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Abe & Aranel
Sophomore
I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:21:30 GMT -8
There was an awkward silence.
"So..."
"Yeah. I, uh, I don't think we're in our own world. I don't remember anyone doing that."
"Nice trick though," Abe commented, standing up properly. He helped Aranel up and they both dusted off their clothes.
"Here, give me a lift."
Abe held Aranel by the ankles and lifted her up. She windmilled her arms for a second until she got her balance then waved her hand about where Talon had been.
"Well, it wasn't strings anyway. Let me down."
Abe tossed her into the air and caught her. Aranel squealed.
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 6:24:16 GMT -8
Talon appeared ten feet up and upright this time, he dropped to the ground in front of Abe and Aranel," Well thats one problem down and twenty new ones to go", talon looks up at the two of them ," Right!, hello again, I'm talon and you are?", He said extending his arm with the skeletal hand for them to shake
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Abe & Aranel
Sophomore
I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
Posts: 213
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:28:32 GMT -8
"I'm Judge Aranel Ebner, Watcher." Aranel said. She knelt on the ground, hand on heart then tood and shook his hand gingerly. "I'm Abe Goetia. I'm a Witness, and Watched, I guess." Abe just shook Talon's hand, squeezing them experimentally to see if they really were bones. "I'd kneel but I'm too lazy."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 6:31:26 GMT -8
Talon blinked in surprise when Aranel knelt, " Why is it she is kneeling? , also while i do love the titles, really there lovely , I've not the slightest clue what they mean" talon said scratching the back of his head with his off hand
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Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:36:43 GMT -8
"I knelt because unlike some people-" "-What are you looking at me for?-" "I follow the rules of address laid down by the Crux Council." "Hey, I don't like them, I'm not going to pander to their bullshit." "Yeah yeah." Aranel turned back to Talon, "And they're not really titles, they're jobs. Kind of." "They're job titles."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 6:40:16 GMT -8
"and again while they are lovely i don't have any idea what the Crux council, watchers, witnesses or judges, are in the least" Talon said mildly amused
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Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:48:14 GMT -8
"Well, the Crux Council is our government and justice system. They look after the Crux races. You do kind of notice we're not human, yeah?" Abe said, pointing to his sable black skin and eyes as an example. "I'm a mix of the three Crux races, so I'm a Judge and I'm allowed to judge people and sentence them." "And Witness means I can see the past. And her being my Watcher means she has to keep me from going nuts and killing everybody, because I'm such a fucking risk and all." Abe said sarcastically. "It's, uh, it's not working out too perfectly. By the way, we're not from here."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 6:51:03 GMT -8
Talon laughed," i hadn't noticed at all", he said still smiling," Also I'm death by the way, and no I'm not here for either of ya, i was just curious"
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Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 6:56:07 GMT -8
The two looked at each other again, then Abe picked up Aranel by the collar of her coat and put her behind him, moving in front of her protectively. "Uh huh." "Abe, if he was going to do that then he would have already." Aranel said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Not taking chances."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 7:00:28 GMT -8
Talon laughed again," Trust me , I don't do the whole reaping thing, Got a guy to do that one for me, Would you two like to come see the city?" He then asked changing the topic as fast as they got to the other one
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Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 7:06:43 GMT -8
"What city?" "You mean the one down at the bottom of the mountain?" "Does it have any cattle? Because I need to eat." "So one minute you're all 'Grr, I don't trust you' and now you're blowing caution to the wind because you're hungry. I'm so glad to see how much my life means to you." Aranel said, poking Abe's side. "Oh sweetheart, I'd sell you for some prime steak right now." Abe joked, reaching back and ruffling her hair. She stuck her tongue out at him. "Jerk." "Bitch."
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 7:09:40 GMT -8
Talon laughed " No , i meant my city 's hidden under one of the nearby mountains", talon let them argue for their moment," soooo how long you two been married?" He then asked with a smug smile
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Abe & Aranel
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I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 7:18:15 GMT -8
They both gave him startled looks and stepped apart. "What? No." "We're not even-" "We haven't even-" "We're not." "We're friends and colleagues. Not..." "Not that. Nothing else." Abe said, shoving his hand into his pockets. Aranel looked down at the ground, clasping her hands behind her back and scuffing her shoes into the ground. Just for a split second she looked at him with an unreadable expression then back down.
And for the second time that day, Talon induced an awkward silence.
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Post by Talon and Alila on Jul 5, 2009 7:21:10 GMT -8
Talon burst into laughter , he'd seen that stage of caring before," Right then!", Talon opened a Portal behind him, " Shall we get something to eat ?" He said before walking into the portal
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Abe & Aranel
Sophomore
I am on your shoulder, giving you bad advice.
Posts: 213
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Post by Abe & Aranel on Jul 5, 2009 7:30:14 GMT -8
Aranel took a small length of dark metal from her belt and held in in front of her. Symbols flared on it and it telescoped out into a long staff with a pointed end. She stuck the blunt end into the portal and moved it around carefully then pulled it out and felt the end. "Well, it seems like it might be safe," she said, collapsing the staff and putting it back on her belt. She grabbed Abe's wrist and stepped through.
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