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Post by vincent on Mar 20, 2009 10:55:07 GMT -5
((K guys I made the post if there's problems lemme know  )) When Andy, Kara, and Vincent left Ketulunanox with the vial, their only real worry was getting back to Crepusculum before the full moon. As they got ever closer to the Loque home, Vincent started to fall behind the two teens, not out of exhaustion, but because he was getting too close to the family he had left, and the wife who still thought he was dead. Remembering what happened in the Ketulunanox castle, however, Vincent silently cursed himself for letting himself slip-up. Though it probably didn't matter anymore whether he stayed hidden or not, he still didn't want to have to face...her. Somehow he didn't feel he could do that to his wife, she had been hurt too much already. "You kids are going to have to go on," he said and turned in a different direction, "I'm probably going to be heading out to the forested area of the base of the mountain, there. I'll be there for a bit before I figure out my next course of action." |
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 10:56:57 GMT -5
"Why?" Andy asked, keeping a good grip on the vial. "This is your daughter that needs you. Don't you care?"
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Post by vincent on Mar 20, 2009 11:04:51 GMT -5
Vincent didn't look at Andy, but he hung his head with a bout of shame. "I do care about her. And it'll sound silly to say but the reason I'd been gone for so long is because I care about her so much. It's just..." he turned his head in his and Kara's direction, then, "it's just not the right time for me to return to them, is all. Jasmine shouldn't even know that I'm alive and well, herself."
He paused a moment before he flicked his hands at the both of them. "Go on. It doesn't matter who gets it to her or not, she needs that medicine right now more than anything."
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 11:11:03 GMT -5
"...I never had a father, no one to care about me." Andy said, "I think Jasmine's lucky to have one really, but...come on Kara, Jas needs us."
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Post by vincent on Mar 20, 2009 12:21:48 GMT -5
Andy didn't seem to be making this any easier for him. Guilt and regret started biting at Vincent, and he shook his head and sighed deeply.
"I'm not avoiding Jasmine. It's pointless to avoid her. It's her ma that I'm worried about," he said sadly and marched himself off toward the mountain.
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Post by glitters on Mar 20, 2009 12:43:47 GMT -5
An agonizing scream rattled the whole house and each moment was hell for Hala as she burst through Jasmine's bedroom door. Jasmine squirmed and cried in excrutiating pain and Hala grabbed her roughly by the wrists, laying her down flat on her back and pinning her arms by her sides.
"Jasmine, stop moving! You'll make it worse yet, you need to keep still and try to settle down...come on, listen to me..." Hala's voice quavered as she wrestled her struggling daughter. She couldn't believe how quickly her condition had worsened, it was like their timing was way off. Jasmine's veins had begun popping out, and she turned incredibly pale only recently, and it had scared Hala so much.
"Jasmine, you have to listen to me. Please listen to me, you need to take slow, small breaths...slow and small, you'll suffocate yourself otherwise..." Hala still tried to speak to her, but Jasmine somehow couldn't obey what her mother's orders. She felt like every inch of her body was being torn apart, like she was some kind of doll that was having all the threads pulled from her body one by one. It was hard to be reasonable at a time like this.
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 13:28:32 GMT -5
"JASMINE!" Andy shouted, running in. "I got it, I got the antidote!"
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Post by glitters on Mar 20, 2009 13:48:50 GMT -5
Hala gave a cry out herself as Andy rushed in - apparently, he startled her. She released Jasmine for a second to run over to him and snatch the vial quickly from his hands.
"I'll look after it," she said shakily and she sat Jasmine up to take the antidote. Jasmine continued to struggle with her but Hala held on tightly as she forced the contents of the vial down her throat and then wrapped her arms around her whole upper body, hugging Jasmine close to her.
After only a few (but very long) minutes, Jasmine stopped squirming and sucked in a big breath, her airways seemed to had cleared up. She was still pale and jerked every now and then, but the hysterics were over.
"Oh my god, oh my god..." Hala ran her fingers through Jasmine's hair before erupting into sobs herself. She let go of Jasmine and immediately ran back to Andy and embraced him in a tight hug, and then turned and grabbed Kara, too.
"Bless you...bless you both...thank you so much...excuse me..." and with that, she left the room to go clear her face.
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 14:09:24 GMT -5
Andy had never felt more relieved, and awkward, in his entire life. He blinked once or twice at Hala's hug and sat down, releasing all this tension in a sigh. His body was tired and worn out from running, he was thinking about Jasmine's saftey... and what happened at Xisa's castle... what was that mask? That power...
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Post by glitters on Mar 20, 2009 14:13:20 GMT -5
"Andy..." Jasmine's voice was quiet, and she looked terribly exhausted. She lay in her bed, staring over at him, not bothering to move much from being so tired.
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 14:43:15 GMT -5
Andy's head perked up at her voice and he stared for a minute before cracking a grin, "Welcome back."
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Post by glitters on Mar 20, 2009 15:15:32 GMT -5
Jasmine kept her head down on its side, but she gave him a great smile herself. "Heee...I like seeing that smile of yours..."
She was a little dazed at the moment, and she'd probably hate herself for telling him that later.
...Wait, why would she hate herself for it?
Because it was embarrassing. Why? She didn't know. She could tell Kara she had a nice smile and it didn't phase her.
For some reason though, simple compliments like this were getting harder and harder for Jasmine to give to Andy.
Maybe she was still sick. When she looked at him and saw the grin he gave her, something seemed to make her feel light and...giddy? Which was also odd because Kara could do the same thing and there was no reaction. But she, in a way, kind of liked it. Kind of like how she liked the way his hair fell in his face...
And creeped her out now because she shouldn't be thinking of him like that! Silly Jasmine, you really are just doped out on medicine, aren't you? She shook her head of any of these thoughts and tried to relax.
"How are you feeling...?" she managed to squeak out again...with no stupid thoughts. Zippo. Zilch.
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 20, 2009 15:21:50 GMT -5
"I'm..." He paused at remembering the mask, it's laughter echoed in his head. "I'm..I'm fine. What about you, how are you feeling?"
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Post by glitters on Mar 20, 2009 15:30:40 GMT -5
"Everything tingles a little bit yet, but I'm already feeling tons better. Thank you, you're very sweet," Jasmine responded, her eyes darting around his body. He really intrigued her, and she wanted to stare at him, every part of him, but somehow she felt...dirty doing it. She took a shaky breath and then rolled onto her back, thinking it was time she tried to force herself up whether she was able to or not.
She pulled herself up, resting her back against the wall and then asked, "Oh...where is um...the third one?" She was referring to Vincent.
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Post by vincent on Mar 21, 2009 12:31:13 GMT -5
"I guess I'm here," a muffled voice came from the window. Vincent stood just outside the window by Jasmine's bed, head covered up with the shirt he was wearing underneath his coat earlier.
"How are you doing, honey?"
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