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Post by Ryosei Zealotes on Jan 1, 2002 7:03:25 GMT -5
Ryosei's cheeks reddened a little when Ana-Dreya mentioned the word "Mage". Of course, as an elf, he was SUPPOSED to have a good grip on magick by now. Unfortunately, he had never payed attention...
"Err...no," he said. "Not really, I mean..." his cheeks reddened even more. There was a short pause.
"...I've never really had to use my magick!" he blurted. He wasn't lying, but at least he wouldn't embarass himself even more. Ryosei scratched the back of his head nervously. He was about to redeem himself by telling Ana-Dreya about the corps, but realised that she may inquire further about it, and heck, he hadn't even gone on one mission since he signed up!
"I um...make money as a..." His mind raced. He searched with the corners of his eyes for inspiration. One word instantly popped to mind. "Garderner!"
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Post by zenzetra on Jan 1, 2002 8:49:57 GMT -5
zenzetra walked in... "odd.. never before has there been a garden... of crystals??"
he takes one of the crystals in his hand, then sees an out-of-place red one. he picks it up and to the astonishment of the others... he eats it.
"re-enrgized..."
then he stands directly in the center of a ray of light. he concentrates and then, as if he knew what had happened before he got there he uttered "it seems... there is conflict between the factions... even here... "
to escape the heat he transforms into a chinchila and scrambles up a shady tree, "sqeek...", and then he drifts off to sleep.
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Post by Audrey Thatch on Jan 2, 2002 7:19:22 GMT -5
Audrey smiled slightly, her face one of slight amusement and awe. She'd never met a gardener before, and was curious to know more. "A Gardener..?" her voice trailed off. "Forgive my ignorance, but I have no idea as to what you would possible need to do in that profession.. won't you tell me what exactly.. or even which gardens you tend, for I'm sure your skill would be extremely high.." She blushed. Nyaah she thought to herself. Stop rambling dammit.. It's not dignified... Audrey straigtened and looked down at her feet, embarrassed that she carried on like she did.
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Post by Ryosei Zealotes on Jan 2, 2002 7:44:54 GMT -5
Great, Ryosei thought to himself. Now what are you gonna do? Mentally slapping himself, he thought of how to cover up without looking like an idiot. The cover-up seemed plausable, but to pull it off without seeming silly...
"Um...Gardeners? Well, uh..." he started off, his mind racing. "It's a bit like..."
At that moment, he saw a chinchilla run up a tree and make a squeaking noise. Weird, thought Ryosei. I didn't see any animals when I got here first. The next mental slap must have been particularly hard, because he snapped back to attention immediately. No! Don't focus on the chinchilla! You focus on this!
"Well, what chinchillas...I mean gardeners do exactly is...well, you know regular gardens? Not gardens with er, crystal everywhere, but you know, the ones with um...flowers and stuff?"
"Flowers and stuff"...real sophisticated, you idiot. Ryosei scowled at himself. "Yeah, well...we take care of things like that. We plant things where they don't grow naturally, and we take care of them so they can grow well even in a different environment. I guess I sort of liked the forest, with all the green everywhere, so I took up this job to remind me of it, here where there's more blue than anything." Of course, that was a lie. The whole reason he left the forest was because he saught more of the blue stuff...water. However, he was pretty sure that was what gardeners did, and he had managed to create a plausible story without too much embarrassment. He hoped the lies could stop there, as he always felt uncomfortable doing it. Hopefully Ana-Dreya was satisfied with his explanation, or he'd have to make some MORE stuff up...
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Post by zenzetra on Jan 2, 2002 16:10:23 GMT -5
sleeping, zenzetra could hear the thoughts of the surounding people. (hmmm... this situation doesnt look good for our friend here...) he thought to himself.
he sat up (or at least he seemed to sit up. chinchilas don't seem to sit at all) ***squeek squeek***
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Post by Sad_Sailor_V on Jan 2, 2002 17:41:19 GMT -5
V looks up as she feels a small leaf fall from the tree into her long golden hair. "Hm... even the chinchilla needs shade..."She paused and watched the chinchilla for a little while, her mind still wandering back to the squirrells she saw earlier.
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Post by Sad_Sailor_V on Jan 2, 2002 17:43:06 GMT -5
"Hm..." V said as she heard a rustling in the tree above her. "Must be the squirrels again."She then feels a small leaf fall onto her pulled back golden hair.She looks up to see the chinchilla, "Even he needs some shade..."
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Post by Audrey Thatch on Jan 3, 2002 7:04:11 GMT -5
Audrey giggled. Chinchilla.. The very word amused her. Within a few seconds she could scarcely breathe from laughing. Awkwardly, she dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around her aching stomach. She soon realised how rude she was being, and quickly covered her mouth, trying not to laugh again. "..Sorry.. Twas the chinchilla that did it.." She blushed. Stupid Stupid girl She shouted at herself. "I understand how you got into gardening.. I've always loved the forests, and return as often as I c-c-aaaan!!" Peals of laughter echoed around the Crystal gardens.
After a few minutes the laughter subsided, and the word 'Chinchilla' had lost it's amusing side. Audrey stood up and brushed herself down, looking into the eye's of her new aqquaintance. "Do you think.. Well I .. uhm.." She blushed slightly. "Would it be too much of a hassle to take me to the gardens which you tend..? I'd very much like to see them.."
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Post by zenzetra on Jan 3, 2002 20:06:37 GMT -5
zenzetra climed down the tree (in chinchilla form) went to the extravagant laughing girl and shook a tiny chinchilla sized fist at her squeeking ravegingly. "squeeky squeeker mcsqueeker squeekin' "
then he realized. oops he thought. he transformed back as quikly as possible.
"whoops" he looked puzzled and blushed. "i lost my mind for a moment... forgot who i was..."
he looked around the couple and, " 'scuse me", he went to a far coriador to talk to a girl wrestling leaves out of her hair.
"im sorry... i didn't meen to make such a mess..." trying to strike up a conversation with her.....
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Post by Ryosei Zealotes on Jan 4, 2002 6:26:10 GMT -5
Ryosei became very worried when Ana-Dreya burst into laughter. What had he said wrong this time? Maybe that WASN'T what a gardener did! Maybe she was testing him all along to see if he was lying! A bead of sweat ran down the side of Ryosei's face. Ana-Dreya was now on her knees, laughing harder than Ryosei would have thought possible. Might as well give up and leave right now then, you've screwed up something royal.
However, it appeared Ana-Dreya was in fact laughing about chinchillas, as she soon pointed out. What's so funny about chinchillas? he thought to himself, extremely relieved to find that she wasn't laughing at him.
His anxiety was brought about again, however, when Ana-Dreya politely asked him if he could take her to his garden...his garden that didn't exist! Think...THINK! he told himself, but his brain seemed to be malfunctioning. He couldn't think of a single excuse. He was probably about as red as as a berry now. He needed some help...fast...
Suddenly, the chinchilla ran down the tree and started to shake it's tiny paw at Ana-Dreya irritably. He HAD to smile. Maybe this was what Ana-Dreya was laughing about...he himself had to snigger a little...
However, he DID get a bit of a shock to see the chinchilla transform into a huge man, excuse himself, and go off to chat to a young lady sitting under a tree. Wide-eyed, mouth hanging open...he must have stayed in that stupid pose for a long time.
"Did you ever see anything like that...?" he muttered, amazed. He had completely forgotten about Ana-Dreya's request. "That chinchilla, it..."
He turned back to Ana-Dreya stupidly, checking her reaction.
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Post by Audrey Thatch on Jan 4, 2002 7:17:53 GMT -5
Audrey blinked a few times, watching The man ((who was previously a chinchila)) leave. She smiled again, ((not giggled again)) and wondered what the 'chinchilla' actually said. She shrugged. No point in trying to decipher chilla'ish.. the male version at that.
She turned around and gazed into the wide eyes of Ryosei curiously. "Haven't you ever seen a were-person before? Well.. I guess they are fairly uncommon in these parts..."
Audrey turned around, and faced the ocean. Being close to the cliffside, she took two or three steps forward until the front halves of her feet were hanging over the 30-odd metre high face. She breathed in, savouring the salty air, and closed her eyes. Mother.. You've truly outdone yourself this time.. never take these gardens away...
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Post by Jung on Jan 4, 2002 15:07:59 GMT -5
Kaori opened her eyes and stared at Ana-Dreya and the young man she was with. Then she saw a chinchilla run up to them, seeming to be angry with Ana-Dreya. Then it transformed into a man!
'How...odd...' was all she could say to herself.
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Post by zenzetra on Jan 4, 2002 15:54:26 GMT -5
....silence.... no one spoke.... ( well maybe she didn't see me) thought zenzetra.
he looked around for any outher mistakes he may have made when his chinchilla mind ran loose...
no nothing else out of place... axcept some murmuring from the croud of people with there eyes wide open...
"um... anything else i could help with?? ??" he noticed the most shoked were the couple he ran into on the way in. he went over to them.
"im sorry again if i startled you... uh.. a little..." then he thought... he thought about the thoughts of the people that he could hear when he was meditating. "oh and Ryosie i have a message for you... from the united gardeners agency... they say that you can't return to your garden for at least a month... there carrying out your request...um.. to expand your... land... about 50 acres. then he backed away a little. if you'll excuse me... Ana-Dreya, Ryosie.." he walked out and back up the tree to meditate some more...
(ooc: sometimes i confuse myself with this)
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Post by Jung on Jan 4, 2002 18:12:04 GMT -5
Kaori's eyes left the chinchilla-turned-man again and she again leaned against the trunk of the tree she sat under. She began to hum softly, a song that her mother had taught her when she was young. It was of her native language. She thought back on the days when she wasn't alone, her song without a wrong note, without going off beat. It was slow and peaceful. Soon, she found herself closing her eyes again, because it was all she could do to hold back the tears.
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Post by Sad_Sailor_V on Jan 4, 2002 19:05:16 GMT -5
((OOC: Sorry Zen!I couldn't get on the comp!I'm a silly chan!))
"Oh, no you didn't make too much off a mess." V says as she puts her hand out for a hand shake she then pulls her hair out of it's pony tail and lets it fall down into her face. "I was just a little surprised to see that around here.It's not that often I see a wereperson." She giggles a little and smooths her her down strait and out of her face. "I'm V," she says remembering she didn't say her name.
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