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Post by Andy Jammer on Nov 14, 2012 16:42:45 GMT -5
Andy saw Yeligar and slowly and quietly moved through the crowd until he approached Yeligar.
"Yeligar," he said, standing next to him. "Glad to see you here."
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 16:48:18 GMT -5
She gave Nia a warm smile before vanishing behind a corner, her heart skipped a couple beats as her nervousness was replaced with excitement. In the next couple of minutes, I'm actually going to have a last name.... It may have been a bit odd but it was something she thought about a lot, so many years ago she had lost her memories and started a new life... she was given a first name by the villagers but she never had a last.
Weird, perhaps. But she dreamed of the day she would be addressed by as 'Alessia Hiaten'.
How foolish of me to be so nervous, everything is going to go fine! she thought to herself as she returned to the dressing room, waiting for one of the servants to tell her it's time.
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Post by King Roxa Hiaten on Nov 14, 2012 17:09:52 GMT -5
Roxa had moved down the steps of the balcony into the crowds, with his two children in hand. Riliath and Gensayce flanked him protectively as a number of lesser delegates made a fuss over the babies, but it didn't bother the young King, he had expected such a reaction, but he knew that he had specific friends whom he wanted to introduce to the young children personally, so he'd set off on a journey across the room to find as many friendly faces as humanly possible before the actual wedding itself began.
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Post by Bartholomew on Nov 14, 2012 18:16:41 GMT -5
From about the threshold, a mysterious figure jumps down and shuts the door behind him. The figure pulled off his hood, and revealing a young man's face. "Ah, Hello Queen Alessia. How are you doing on this fine day?" He said, with the tint of anger behind his words.
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 18:32:25 GMT -5
"W-what!?" Alessia fell back in shock as the man slammed the door shut. There was a rush of fear as she turned to look at the man, "Who are you?" Alessia demanded as her eyes flared up with power.
There was something weird about this man though, something... familiar.
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Post by Bartholomew on Nov 14, 2012 19:22:24 GMT -5
"I am just being a messenger for now. I have a gift from an old... let's call him an old acquaintance." The man said, "He sends this in hope that you have a good wedding." He said as he opens the door, and runs out of the door vanishing.
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Post by Yeligar Maelstrom on Nov 14, 2012 19:29:36 GMT -5
"Thanks. Glad to see you here." He said as exhaled away from Andy's face. He then looked back at him,"It's funny. Over a year ago, we were fighting to the death with him, now we are at his wedding. Shows that sometimes people can change to save this world." He then put the cigar to his side, "So, how have you been?"
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 19:49:38 GMT -5
She reached up and picked up the 'gift', it was a ring... a gold ring with a blue sapphire melded into it, making it look like blue glass was in the gold. It was stunning, to be honest, but when Alessia picked it up it did something to her.
Suddenly she began to see visions, some of them were from her nightmares, the site of towns burning as Duo's forces ransacked it. The sights of mass graves that were found everywhere they went.
Yet somethings she saw was new and most frightening of all. She saw a blaze of fire and screams coming from all around, people begging for it to stop... it was death on a scale that she'd never seen. And what came next? Was so horrible that she dropped the ring and threw up in the corner.
A couple knocks came to the door, one of the servants peered in, "Alessia, the ceremony is about to- are you okay?" The servant asked as she entered the room, Alessia quickly waved her away.
"No, no closer...!" She yelled, "Please... go get Nia and be fast."
The servant looked at her with confusion, unsure how to react until Alessia yelled for her to go. The servant scanned the crowd and after some confusion, found Nia, "Excuse me miss, Alessia wishes to see you. She does not seem well at all."
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Post by genericvillain on Nov 14, 2012 20:11:23 GMT -5
Nia was halfway through drinking her tea when she was interrupted by one of the servants. She smiled to her, though seeing the worried look on the servant's face raised Nia's eyebrows and made her frown.
"S-s-she is not well?" she blinked, the first few seconds feeling helpless until she reminded herself that she was a medical professional. Her whole body involuntarily shook and she splashed a little tea out of her cup as she set it down on table beside her and turned back to the servant.
"Ff-f-f---where is she? Can you t-t-t-te-te-tell me symptoms?" Nia tried to sound calm but her tics were frustrating her as she pushed the servant along to guide her to her friend. Maybe Alessia ate something...what if it was poison?! She wouldn't have much time to act if it were.
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 20:39:07 GMT -5
"I'm not sure, you see, I walked in to see how she was and she was on the floor," the servant explained as they cut across the hallway, "She was so pale, Miss. It was like she had just seen a ghost or something."
She cracked the door open and stood aside, letting Nia pass through. Alessia was sitting on a chair, looking outside. She didn't even turn to look at Nia when she walked in, "Nia... I need your help."
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Post by genericvillain on Nov 14, 2012 20:46:51 GMT -5
As the door was opened Nia rushed in, seeing Alessia on a chair and not the floor which she wanted to say was a good thing, however...
"O-o-of course, Alessia. Tell me, do you feel any pain at all?" Nia stepped towards Alessia and started digging in her bag for a couple of tools and elixirs, "you look a little pale, are you feeling dizzy or nauseous?"
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 20:52:00 GMT -5
"Nia..." Alessia grabbed her hand, stopping her from going through her bag. Alessia was in tears as she looked at Nia, her eyes were in such misery, "I need you to help me run away. I need to vanish."
The immense confusion that Nia must be in was understandable but never before had Alessia looked to be in such pain. It was like everyone she knew and loved had been taken away from her.
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Post by genericvillain on Nov 14, 2012 21:14:45 GMT -5
Nia stared at Alessia uncomfortably for a long moment, her worried eyes trying to search into her friend's hurt, teary ones. She'd only been speaking with her moments ago, excited about her marriage, her children, and now here she was saying she had to escape it. And for how long? Why?
Nia could feel a tic coming on. A loud one. She bit her lip and bit it so hard she was certain she'd draw blood from it. In retaliation Alessia would have felt Nia's whole body rattle involuntarily, starting as a small tremor in the hand before it escalated into an earthquake-like jolt from her body, forcing Nia to let out a sharp "Pah!" instead of her usual shouting, or worse.
She didn't know Alessia to lie to her about anything, which is why this was so confusing, if not horribly troubling. But what to do?
Help her friend as she asks, that's what she had to do.
But Roxa was also her friend. He'd be heartbroken if his bride ran away on him...
Nia looked back into Alessia's eyes and it hurt more than she could imagine. She didn't know what happened, she didn't know why Alessia was like this...but it hurt seeing her friend like this. Maybe there was a way to do this, and then resolve it. Find out what happened, figure it out, do the wedding again. Roxa was king now, it wasn't like he couldn't just have everything ready whenever he wanted, right?
"W-where is the nearest and easiest exit for you?" Nia whispered, "run away, run away, run away...m-maybe we can talk? Is running away r-r-really the answer?"
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Post by Alessia on Nov 14, 2012 21:19:41 GMT -5
She nodded, burying her face into her hands and muttering something that could not be understood. "This is the only answer." She said finally raising her head from her hand, "I love Roxa, but this... this is the way is has to be. Please, I can't explain it right now but it has to happen."
She sat up from the chair, "If I could get some sort of cloak we could sneak through the entrance. They're still seating people, they won't notice or bother us."
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Post by genericvillain on Nov 14, 2012 21:51:15 GMT -5
Nia frowned, not wanting to have to do something like this but it still stood that her friend apparently needed this.
Hearing a specific request for a cloak made Nia immediately peel off the black one she was wearing and offer it to Alessia, leaving Nia in her comfortable red and white outfit.
"You can use this!" she said, keeping an eye on the door just in case anyone tried to come in.
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