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 Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:59 am
*Finally, when he is finished, he calls everyone to lunch, then goes and sits down, setting the gemstones into the amulet.....then getting blown across the room in an explosion that wakes both babies and catches the attention of Emnast in his far off cave*
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:05 am
The dragon is there in an instant, helping him up and checking him over.
Passura comes running from his room frantic. "Mes'sirrah!" he cries in alarm.
They are soon joined by the others, all except Keva. Tam and Bez each have a baby in their arms, one of which is in the middle of being diapered, with Tam struggling to put the cloth on her tiny bottom as he moves.
"Taro! What happened?" he cries, giving up, shoving Mara and her diaper in the direction of Passura. He goes to urge Kerobian to the couch, making him lie down.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:10 am
*Kero shrugs*
I...I don't know....I'm fine, don't worry....I just need to look at the amulet...I probably placed a wrong sign, or etched a line where I needed a rune...or maybe grabbed an Aquamarine and not a Sapphire....something stupid like that....I'll be fine, Tam....go on and take care of your kids...
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:11 am
Pasa turns a pasty shade of white and when Tam comes to claim his freshly diapered daughter, he darts outside in a frantic rush, swearing to himself silently, cursing himself for being a fool and listening to Rhea.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:14 am
*Kero appears in front of him, wrapping him in a hug*
Pasa....it's okay...I'm fine....I just made a stupid mistake, that's all...
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:35 pm
"No.... no, it is not OK... I caused that to happen... Rhea told me it was safe... I asked her... she said it was fine, that I should trick you... she really really wanted me to trick you too, so I switched your gems... It's all my fault." Suddenly, without warning he disappears.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:42 pm
*Nice try...Kero follows him...no mover can escape him...and he wraps the kid in his arms*
Pasa...shhh...it's okay...I'm not hurt....you didn't do any lasting damage...it's OK, Pasa....
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:49 pm
But the boy is beside himself with grief, not hearing a word Kero says. The mage looks up to see where they are and cringes. Passura has taken them back to his village... to the tiny room where he had been kept hidden. He knows what they will see if they go out and he doesn't want the boy to witness it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:52 pm
*Gently, Kero covers the boy with his cloak, and takes them elsewhere, deep within the Void...his crystal glade....there, he gently sets Passura by the water, letting him run his toes into it*
Pasa....please, listen to me...I forgive you....yes...you shouldn't have done that...but look at me...*Takes the boy's head and pulls it up*....Don't look at the ground, look at me....am I hurt? What do you see, Pasa?
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:55 pm
"But you could have been hurt... I know you could have been hurt real bad. I am evil... I must be... all who care for me get taken away. I don't deserve you...." he sobs crumbling into Kero's cloak.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:57 pm
*Kero sighs*
Pasa...you are not evil...not one bit...trust me...I know evil...I condemn souls everday for it...you shine like a beacon, Pasa...if you're evil, I'm a duck.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:01 pm
**quack**
The boy looks up at him in dismay. "Then send me away... please... I don't want to hurt anyone again... everyone I touch gets hurt... You... the Singer... even Keva... he's... his head... my fault...." he cries mournfully.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:06 pm
*Kero pulls Pasa into his arms, holding him close*
Pasa...don't ever let me hear you say that again, do you understand? I am not sending you away. You have hurt nobody. Tam was not ill because of you...he had a small infection from giving birth. I am immortal, and nigh indestructible...Pasa, I'm made of dust. You're not going to hurt me, even if you set me on fire....for pity's sake, Pasa...I like fire....and the cool explosion today was a welcome relief from the heat. As for Keva, his head hurt because he was doing the mental exercises I told him to do every time the Aethr whistled...I didn't know he could hear it out in our home...none of those things happened because of you, Pasa...the prank was a good one, and had I eaten one first, you'd have gotten me. But look at me, Pasa...do I look hurt...do I look like I'm going to get rid of my favorite son?
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:10 pm
The boy shakes his head slowly then once again buries his face in Kero's cloak, sobbing... his emotions so mixed he is a churning cauldron of confusion. But after a bit he pulls back and frowns. "I'm never listening to her again.... never!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:12 pm
*Kero wipes his eyes*
Pasa....you have to learn....sometimes Rhea goes a little overboard....and she didn't expect this either, I'll bet...neither of you thought of this consequence, right? I thought not. Pasa, she's a good person, and listening to her, you can learn a lot. But you have to exercise your own judgment as well.
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