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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 20:26:48 GMT -6
"That girl sure has a lot of negative energy." Said Page aloud who was still drying off some of the paint. "Why do you guys always ask for permission when you leave anyway? It seems like a strange custom."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 20:31:21 GMT -6
"To us it's more respectful to sit at the table until everyone is finished with a meal." Arcturus answered Page's question as he looked at the paint smears on Page. "How did she get so much paint on you in such little time? I mean, what are you guys doing to her?"
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 20:54:08 GMT -6
Page let out a grand sigh as she leaned back, "Well after struggling for an hour to try and get her still we opted instead to tire her out first, but she has a lot of energy. Honestly we're just trying to get the base of the paint ready; however, she started a paint fight and now everyone's tickling her to see if they can get her to laugh off the excess or at least stop falling over anytime we touch her belly. Think you can help as her husband?" Page looks at him expectantly when Wha-Wha blurts out, "I know I can." with a sly smile.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 21:01:45 GMT -6
"No." Arcturus told Wha-Wha with a very stern glare. "You will do no such thing. Anyways..."
He stopped for a moment to give turn to Page before giving Wha-Wha another leer.
"I would be glad to help. I could hold her down with gravity Magick, and I can tire her out by speeding up her relative time. Five minutes for us, half a day for her. She might even fall asleep, or I could tire her out via other methods."
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 21:18:02 GMT -6
"Well let's see how things are going first..." Page and Arcturus ended up in a flowery meadow with Several Nymphs getting splashed by a bowl of red paint Pearl had just kicked. Jet was trying to catch it before it fell into the other colors, thus letting Pearl go onto the floor from her light sleeper hold. Pearl fell down laughing unaware that more people arrived. Page awkwardly spoke up, "Yeah... let's try other methods first. What you got in mind?"
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 21:22:43 GMT -6
"One way is to do athletics, maybe wrestling." Arcturus suggested as he approached Pearl. "One of the other methods requires privacy, and it will only be used as a last resort."
Not that I would mind.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 21:49:44 GMT -6
"Arcturus!" Pearl jumps for joy and into his arms covering him in paint. "Teehee now you're getting ready too!" Jet pulls her down from behind tickling her stomach with red paint. Jet herself covered in orange. "So you think you can get away with covering big sister in paint? Well not if the tickle monster has anything to say about it!" At first it was just Jet bringing Pearl to tears of laughter, then Sea of Sorrow joined in and tickled her lightly with it's tail causing her to go into another fit. Page gave Arcturus a 'family can be crazy' look before saying, "Uhh are you sure wrestling will work when she's like this? How can you even put her in a submission hold?"
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 21:56:07 GMT -6
"I don't know if I can." Arcturus admitted as he knelt down beside Pearl. "Hey, Pearl. I've got a surprise for you, but you'll only get it if you stay very still while they put some paint on you. Even one twitch and it'll go away!"
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 22:07:42 GMT -6
Elia walked through the castle, unable to find a place where she felt she could just rest and clear her mind. After wandering outside, she found herself in a courtyard she hadn't been in before, but it felt so familiar. It looked like her garden at the monastery.
No! Don't think about that, it hurts too much. It hurts...!
As the tears started streaming down her face, she couldn't keep going, and just collapsed on the ground, hitting her head as she did.
Elia is dead. She died in her garden one month ago. Odessa, the girl who lives in the palace and does what they ask her to do, she's the only one left...
Elia didn't know how much time passed as she stayed there, not moving at all, before she eventually blacked out.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 22:47:48 GMT -6
"But I can't help it!" Pearl whined as Jet got a sudden faraway look. "Can I pretty please have it anyway? Pretty please with a cherry on top?"
"You heard him Pearl, now do as he says, and he'll give you a really great surprise. I'll be taking this hair brush elsewhere, Page fill in." Jet vanished from sight via a mist while the others got to work. Page looked up at Arcturus, "This takes a few hours so you might wanna take a seat."
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Jet appeared underwater to find Elia with dried up tears, blacked out on the floor. She waited for a long time before finally kneeling down and picking her up to rest on a nearby bench. "Hey Elia, what's got you so down? It must be something terrible if I could pick it up from the meadow."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 22:51:58 GMT -6
"Well, I'll help keep your legs still." Arcturus smiled at Pearl as he sat down inbetween her legs and locked them in place by holding them at his sides. "There, now all you have to worry about is your arms."
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 23:00:09 GMT -6
After some time she began to wake up, but Elia had hit her head pretty hard. She felt dizzy, her vision was blurry, and she could barely hear someone talking.
Oh, my head... And I can't....make out what...what they're saying... My head hurts too much...
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 23:18:35 GMT -6
Unfortunately(or maybe fortunately) for Arcturus, Pearl was only wearing a silk wrap to cover her hips, and the angle he held her at gave him a clear view of her moist cave. But it was too late to reposition as they started the four hour process of painting her. It was mostly several variants of Aqua blue with orange and red symbols here and there. When they were done Pearl was holding in a big laugh, but they still had costume and touch ups to do. "Great job brother." Page said as the paint was put aside. "Ready for the next step?"
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"You don't look like you're all there right now sis- Elia, hold on." Jet pulled out a small purple vial from in between her chest and popped it open. "It might be a little warm, but it'll have to do." She opened Elia's jaw and poured in the potion massaging her throat to make it go down. "Feeling better? Want to talk about what's upsetting you? I can just brush your hair if you'd rather not say anything, but I gotta admit I didn't think you liked the underwater breathing."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 23:24:14 GMT -6
"Of course." Arcturus spoke as he tried to avoid staring between Pearl's legs for too long before letting go and standing up. "What do you need me to do next?"
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 23:28:50 GMT -6
Elia felt whoever it was that was talking pour some liquid in her mouth, and massage her throat so she would have to swallow it. The pain wasn't as bad as it had been, and she could hear clearer. It was Jet, and she was asking Elia if she wanted to talk.
No, I really don't want to talk. It's...it's not going to make things better. It will be like when I talk to Arcturus, it will only make things worse.
She chose to stay silent, and turned her head away so she wouldn't have to look at Jet while she tried to hold back more tears.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 23:44:39 GMT -6
"If you don't want to talk that's fine. But can you at least tell me how you want your hair done?" Jet showed her the smooth brush as she began straightening her messy hair.
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"Well we gotta put these clothes on her" Page gestured to the Lehenga, jewelery, and head dress, "Before putting this on." She gestured to small brushes and pencils as well as glitter and strange gold powders and cream. "You just gotta stand there and be eye candy so she doesn't move her face too much."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 23:50:22 GMT -6
"That sounds easy enough." Arcturus stretched his neck before walking just a few paces away from Pearl. "Any preferred ensemble, pose, or vocal accompaniment?"
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 23:50:36 GMT -6
It doesn't matter...
Elia couldn't bring herself to say anything, and she stopped trying to hold back her tears. However, she did stay silent, and didn't move any so that Jet could continue brushing her hair if she wanted too. Elia just didn't know what to do anymore.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 6, 2014 0:11:03 GMT -6
"Whatever can keep her mesmerized." Page said as they stood Pearl up and gave her a candy to distract her from the oncoming laugh. She signaled to Arcturus to start as they began removing her clothes and putting on the other set.
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Jet was no longer trying to comfort her as Elia's gloom was hanging over the whole castle and bringing everyone else down, "If you're going to give up now I know a few good gutters you can crawl into to die. Hell some of them might not even defile your corpse. The world is heartless and cruel right? Everything and everyone is trying to make you suffer in some way or another and there's no escape. You were born with this accursed magik and it ruined you life didn't it? You ran from home because you feared it would be abused, and it got you kidnapped from your new one because it isolates you and makes you special. If you're tired of enduring it then why don't you do something about it already?"
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 6, 2014 0:20:26 GMT -6
"...What can I do? I've already tried everything I can think of. I want a way out, but I can't find one alone. And no one is willing to help. No matter what I do or say, they would all rather have me trapped there in order to try and help the emperor. No one cares enough about me to realize I'm a human being, and what they're doing to me is wrong," Elia said as she sobbed while looking at Jet, her face showing fear and pain, her eyes pleading for the help that no one had ever offered.
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