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 Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:32 pm
lyssan curls protectively about the young dragon.... ye need not ask this of us... have we not already given you are our intent to this fact.... amestru nods in agreement.....
paladine closes his eeyes for a thoughtful moment.... and what sort of spell would i be sealing myself to, mage....
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:36 pm
The mixing of flesh, blood, and bone is a spell that will build me a new body. Hopian, by giving his blood, is swearing once again to be my brother. Tes's scale identifies her as the one I love. Your bone, should ye choose to give it, signifies that ye are a father figure to me in some way, or that ye wish to be my father.
Why?
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:41 am
palaldine nods grimly... this i can seal myself to... as i know of it's need... but you do realize that by using a bit of divine matter in a spell such as this, you are binding yourself to me as well... are you willing to do this.... a portion of this new body of yours will be dedicated to the work of good... even as i will be bound to you... you would then be bound to me... would your dark master agree to share you as such?
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 7:12 am
*Rears onto his hind paws in anger*
How dare ye call me dark! Ye want shadows, ye talk to my brother Emnast! I am a Voidmage, adhering to neither darkness nor Light!!!
*Hopian reaches out and places a hand on his brother's shoulder*
Steady, Rani...Steady...He didn't know.
*Looks at Paladine*
Sir, I don't think you realize how you just insulted my brother. His power comes from the abscence of light and darkness, just as mine comes from the prescence of light. He hates shadows, though, beacause his oldest brother is a powerful shadowmage who has tried to kill him on multiple occasions. Kero has always...
*Kero stops his brother*
Lord Paladine, I apologize for my outburst. What Hopian was about to say is entirely true. I have always dedicated myself to working for good. Even in the Void, I set up laws and systems that work for the good of all. As to being bound to you...while I would not mind as such, you may find that to be untrue. Very little, apart from our sworn word, can bind we voidmages.
However...Yes, I agree to your terms. You can bind me to my word on that, should you so desire.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 2:21 pm
paladine nods with a chuckle i said dark, not evil, mage.... the absence of light brings darkness, but the darkness is necessary if you listen to my brother, for it sets the cycles of life.... who no doubt would find your philosophy fulfilling.... forgive me, for i meant no insult... as i have passed no judgment... lyssan would never have befriended thee had you been anything other than what you are... for one of the light she has chosen to embrace the balance far more than any other of my followers.... and she has taken great pains to impress upon me the goodness of your nature....
and it is not i who would bind thee but the all father... the one high god... for it is he to whom i defer... it is he who has set down the scope of my vows.... and i cannot bind myself to any who will not in turn bind themselves to me...
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 5:45 pm
The lord of Light! I'm a gem-child, Paladine...I'm already sworn to him!
But, I will formally accept. I K******N vules-N********N, hereby swear to bind myself to the lord of light, paladine's ruler, the one high god. I do this of my own free will. This do I swear.
*The dusty wraith bows before Paladine...but the whole ceremony is interrupted when Luciel decides to pounce through the wraith and onto Paladine, clearly indicating that he wants to play*
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:30 pm
paladine sighs and holds the dragonling down with one carefully placed claw... little one... now is not the time for play... he lets him up then and indicates a spot at his side... stand here... and witness this, for it is a shaping of the highest order.... then he carefully peals off one claw from his left hind leg and places it before kerobian...
and i, draco paladin, bind myself to thee, child of the gem, not in a physical sense, nor as a governing influence, but as one who would guide and protect should ever you seek my guidance.... as one who seeks to parent.... as a father to a child... but i ask for one thing only in return....
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:36 pm
*Luciel pouts, but does as he is told...he feels a kinship with this strange dust cloud. Meanwhile, Kero picks up Paladine's claw*
Then I accept your terms, as Gem-Child and Voidmage. I am grateful for you offer of guidance. Do you keep faith with me, and I shall keep faith with you.
*Drops the formality*
Alright...word-dances over...what do ye wish of me, great one? Before I reforge myself, that is?
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:43 pm
i wish to raise this child... says paladine quietly.... as a dragon... in a dragon community... trust me... none will gainsay me... nor will any belittle him for being that which he is... as my fosterling, he will be cherished and honored... is this acceptible to you....
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 8:50 pm
*Kero stares, stunned...conflicting emotions raging inside of him. Hopian speaks for him*
Sir...I may only be Rani's brother, but I know why you've stunned him. It's threefold. Firstly, he never expected to return to the dragonlands...he was fostered so young it was almost exile. Secondly, he doesn't like dragons all that much, present company excepted...they always shunned him for his breeding. You try being called half-breed or "Coppertone" every hour of your life and see how you feel about your teasers.
But finally, I bet he doesn't remember this...and that could be problematic...for Luciel is his younger self.
*Kero shakes off his stunned gaze, quieting hopian*
I accept these terms, though with my reservations...I had wanted Luciel to grow up in Elysium...it might have done a lot to have a young Voidmage raised in Twilight's realm. But I will accept these terms. I must ask, however, that Luciel be granted visitation here in Elysium...his prescence could very well bridge the gap between Twilight and Void.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:03 pm
lyssan chuckles... as if ye could keep him out.... we all know how well he loves champhy's gems.....
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:11 pm
*Kero chuckles*
Very well....let us begin.
*At that, he allows his shape to dissolve, becoming a nebulous cloud of dust. Hopian pulls three things from his belt, pouring them into a small silver chalice in front of him*
By Pheonix tears and Unicorn Fur
Healing Fire and Cleansing Light
By Dragon's blood, essence of Life
Let my brother to life return.
*Taking Paladine's claw in hand, he throws it into the air. Tes's scale follows. Then, to Luciel's amazement, he unsheathes a claw and slashes his wrist, allowing his blood to seep in as well*
Brother, return to us, by Father's Bone, Lover's Flesh, and Sibling's blood.
*The dusty shape moves to the chalice, seeming to drink from it. Suddenly a web of tentacles shoot out of the cloud, obscuring the humanoid figure taking shape there. From his pack, Hopian pulls a collapsable shower curtain, raising it around the reforming Kero, then hangs a suit of scales and a robe over its bar. The tentacles continue to writhe about, causing Amestru and Paladine no little confusion*
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:30 pm
show off... growls lyssan softly shifting back into kitsune form... she goes over to stand by paladine and luceil....
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:32 pm
*One tentacle flips her the bird, then grabs the suit of scales and pulls it inside*
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 9:37 am
don't look luceil... it's a sorry sight... no one should have to see what they turn out to be in the future... laughs the kitsune pretending to cover the dragonling's eyes... paladine laughs so hard the branches in the trees around the glade sway as though they were in a wind storm... amestru is merely curious.....
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