Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 22:33:47 GMT -4
Kaliri nodded. "Yeah, sorry about that. See, the pain gets to be so much, that our conciousness starts to fragment. The strength in one personality, and the softness in the other. Most of the time, I'm soft-Kaliri. Sometimes, when the pain or fright is too much, the soft-Kaliri gives up, and passes out. Then, stone-Kaliri comes out. She feels nothing, and simply fights to keep me alive. But sometimes, just once in a while, the stone-Kaliri approves of somethings that she believes will keep me safe, so she takes actions on her own. Instead of reacting, she proacts. WEll, this oath thing... it's one of the things that my subconscious tried to do while I was passed out."
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 22:33:53 GMT -4
"How so?"
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 22:40:28 GMT -4
"WEll, I was in the hot springs with Otomeken, and we started talking. I felt sorry for her. I was going to say something, when I slipped under water. sont-Klairi supressed me because of our fear. Then, I woke up and Otomeken was angry with me. Turns out I'd accidentally sealed an oath to her, swearing that I will share whatever fate is destined to her. She got really angry with that. That was when I first met her. WE got to be friends a bit, but then she started to push me away again. Since then, I haven't seen her. She's been gone three weeks, and I don't even know if she even remembers me anymore. I might have been insignificant in her sight. What would hurt worse was if she was still mad at me." She wiped away a tear.
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 22:42:38 GMT -4
Lenore was shaken a bit. She reached out and pulled Kaliri into a hug. "It's okay. You're with friends now," She whispered. "Let's get some sleep, huh? We can drag this useless lump back into town tomorrow morning. You'll see. it'll be fine."
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 22:49:08 GMT -4
Kaliri nodded, and smiled up at Lenore. "Okay. Goodnight lenore. See you in the morning." She crawled over behind Lenore, and across Kumori, laying down on the other side of him from the other girl. He was laying on the stretcher, and she was curled up beside him, her hand on his chest in case anything changed during the night, hopefully she'd be able to wake up. The hard, long pole of the stretcher dug into her side all the way down, but she curled up there anyway, prepared to do whatever it took to make him make it through the night.
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 22:51:06 GMT -4
Lenore curled up on the other side of Kumori. She slept on her back, letting the pole lay between her shoulderblades. She kept close to his side, to keep him warm during the night.
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 23:00:36 GMT -4
When Kaliri woke in the morning, she checked to make sure Kumori was okay, before looking around.
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 23:02:19 GMT -4
Lenore was already up, feeling much better. "It looks like the rain passed in the night. I don't think it was heavy." She looked over at Kaliri and smiled. "Good morning."
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 23:03:46 GMT -4
"Good morning" she mumbled, wiping at her eyes. "Um, Lenore, I kinda had an idea, just before I drifted off to sleep..."
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 23:04:21 GMT -4
"What's that?" Lenore asked, turning to face Kaliri straight on. She sat, and started hooking up the harness to the stretcher.
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 23:06:07 GMT -4
"Well..." Kaliri started. "I was just thinking... what if you went ahead, and got help, and I'll start back with Kumori. You just meet me outside the village."
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 23:10:36 GMT -4
Lenore blinked. "That.... sounds like a good idea. I can't believe we didn't think of it yesterday." She looked kind of embarrassed.
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 22, 2007 23:11:50 GMT -4
"well, actually, I did think of it yesterday, but I figured you would feel better today, and we'd all be up to it. Well..." She gestured to Kumori. "About as up to it as we can be, under the circumstances."
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Post by kumar on Jun 22, 2007 23:30:37 GMT -4
Lenore looked at Kaliri and nodded. "Well, I gues I'd better get going, then. The sooner the better. Is there anything you need me to do before I leave?" Lenore startted to gather her things up.
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Post by Kaliri on Jun 23, 2007 18:08:58 GMT -4
Kaliri shook her head. "Just help me get him up the slope, and we'll be fine." She started to pack up the rest of the things.
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