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Post by Alethia on May 4, 2007 23:24:09 GMT -5
Light shudders when she teleports and squeezes Illuminous tighter in her arms, involuntarily.
Squirming, Illuminous tries to ease her mother's grip. She's concentrating as best as she can on simply masking her own discomfort with the little darkness inside her soul.
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 0:13:17 GMT -5
Sensing Light's presence, Darkness appears swiftly with a young, human-appearing girl in his arms. "Light, you'll get your appology in the morning," he says, looking slightly irritated. "Gemma here is injuried and I need to tend to..." He trails off, taking in Illuminous and Light's expressions. "What's happened?" he asks bluntly, focusing on drawing as much of his influence away from Light and the child as possible.
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 0:47:46 GMT -5
"Sombra and her buddies attacked Illuminous," Light said, keeping up a brave front for her daughter. "And they have Noel." She shuts her eyes tight. "Shadow and I are going to go try to rescue him, but we can't leave Lumi alone after what Sombra did. Please, Darkness... Please, I'm begging you, watch over her. Keep her safe. Please..."
Illuminous was in mute shock that Light would beg like that to Darkness.
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 0:52:20 GMT -5
"If you're going to save him, you'll need your strength," Darkness replies, carefully putting Gemma down and taking Illuminous. "Sombra isn't stupid enough to try coming into my realm, so go before you're too drained to be of any use. I'll keep the child safe."
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 0:55:40 GMT -5
"Thank you," she whispered, teleporting.
Illuminous manages a smile up at Darkness. "Thank you Uncle Darkness." She gives the divine a quick hug, then looks at Gemma. "What happened?"
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 1:03:15 GMT -5
Gemma's lying on the ground, wincing. She blushes at Illuminous' question and replies, "Broken ankle. I tripped down a flight of stairs." Darkness puts Illuminous down.
"And I'd like to get her where I can take care of it," he says, picking Gemma back up. "Follow closely Illuminous. I don't want you getting lost and not all of my darklings would stop to consider if you had permission to be here." With that he leads the way to what looks a bit like a sick bay in a mortal school and lies Gemma down on one of the two beds.
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 1:31:44 GMT -5
Illuminous follows, as instructed. "How'd you fall down the stairs?" she asks, mystified. "They're hard to miss. Were you running?"
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 3:15:13 GMT -5
Gemma blushes more and replies, "I was reading." Darkness just shakes his head and walks over to get a few potions off the shelf, some bandages and a bowl.
"Well it'll be a few days before you'll be on your feet again, so maybe you can take the time to reflect on the novel idea that books are very difficult to see through," he remarks dryly, setting the bowl, bandages and one of the potions on the table nearby. "Illuminous, make yourself useful. Fill this bowl with that potion and soak the bandages in it. Gemma, hush and drink this potion." Doing as she's told, Gemma sighes in relief as her ankle goes numb.
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 3:35:02 GMT -5
Illuminous obeys, talking while she works. "We're in trouble, Uncle Darkness. Sombra's new allies are..." She shuddered. "A-awful. Especially the big, ugly, stupid one called Bael."
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 17:31:21 GMT -5
Darkness pauses and looks at Illuminous with some sympathy. "That's enough bandages Illuminous," he tells her. "Go sit on the other bed and we'll talk in a minute. I might be able to help you feel better." With that said, Darkness turns back to Gemma, giving her a potion that sends her to sleep and then carefully working to set the bones in their correct place and wrapping the soaked bandages around the girl's ankle. Nodding in satisfaction as the bandages start to harden into a plastic-like cast, Darkness turns his attention to his neice and sits next to her on the second bed. "Tell me what happened."
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 17:52:20 GMT -5
Illuminous swung her feet. "Not much, thank goodness. And, to be honest..." She frowns, looking puzzled. "I can't remember how I escaped. Isn't that peculiar..? Well, while I was there, though, Demetria took Noel. Bael grabbed me up in his arm and was just about to give me a 'tour'. I didn't see anything but I heard lots of stuff. There were all kinds of screaming all over the place." She looks even more confused. "Some screams sounded different from others."
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 5, 2007 18:15:15 GMT -5
Darkness frowns when Illuminous said she didn't remember how she escaped, he doesn't like the sound of that. "Illuminous, if you'd like I can give you something to make your memories of this more dream-like and less real since I can tell they've shaken you. But I'd like you to stay with me for a while. The fact you can't remember how you escaped makes me think that someone might have tampered with your mind."
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Post by Alethia on May 5, 2007 23:59:59 GMT -5
"I don't want to forget this," Illuminous sighs. "It does bother me. But... Better not to live in ignorance, you know? Especially when there's enemies around every corner. Sombra and her friends are planning something big, I can feel it." She smiles. "I don't mind staying with you though. Thank you Uncle."
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Post by Northen Light36 on May 6, 2007 1:03:56 GMT -5
Darkness looks at Illuminous and smiles. "You're starting to grow up little one," he comments with a laugh. "Don't do it too quickly or your parents might die of shock." Darkness strokes Illuminous' hair and adds, "Don't worry too much about Sombra. I admit, without... Celesta's help, restraining Sombra won't be easy. But even counting Sombra's friends, you have three adult divine on your side and your parents have been making allies too. I'm sure we'll send Sombra fleeing back to her hole in no time."
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Post by Alethia on May 6, 2007 3:14:12 GMT -5
"That's good," Illuminous murmured. "And I don't wanna grow up so don't worry about that. I just wish I was stronger..."
Her eyes gleam wickedly suddenly. "I have friends too now. Lots of them! Eris, Bes, Serhan, Loki... We call ourselves the Chaos Club. I bet they'd take on Sombra just for the fun of it."
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