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Post by kumar on Nov 27, 2006 19:17:58 GMT -4
Lenore raised her eyebrows. She had never met one who didn't smoke, and could still handle the harshness of it. She was impressed. That must sear like a wildfire, she thought. She pulled again from the pipe, and felt her mind open up. She looked lazily at Kaliri, her form becoming more of a lounging arrogance than ever before. She waited until Kaliri was done with the water before passing her the pipe. When she finally did pass it off, her limbs became limp and she let them relax, giving over to the hallucinagenary effects.
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Nov 27, 2006 19:22:49 GMT -4
Kaliri coughed again, and pulled the waterskin to her. She drank deep from it, and worked her throat around the feel of cinders in her throat. She corked the waterskin and set it between where Kumori was standing and she was sitting. When the pipe came around again, Kaliri cleared her throat and accepted the pipe. She drew experimentally on it, and finding that he lungs burned just as much either way, she pulled more into her lungs, and it felt as though her whole body was covered in tiny surreal needles, pins, just barely touching her skin. her muscles felt as though they became nothing, and could no longer move her arms. She leaned back, like Lenore, and closed her eyes.
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Post by Kumori on Nov 27, 2006 19:28:10 GMT -4
Kumori sat down beside Kaliri, and waited for her to realise that she had not yet past the pipe. His lungs stilled burned but he ignored the pain, as he had trained himself to do in regards to all pain, so that it could not distract him from what needed to be done.
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Rachi
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Post by Rachi on Nov 28, 2006 16:22:35 GMT -4
Rachi sat there stifling smile coughs. They would sound so cute to anyone who truly knew her, as she never displayed any weakness. Her eyes traveled across her three companions, but always rested on Kaliri the longest. She was still not sure exactly what she wanted, she loved Kaliri, but at the same time she loved Otomeken. What was she to do?
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Post by kumar on Nov 28, 2006 16:56:42 GMT -4
Lenore let her mind wander, opening up to the world of the opium. She felt her conscious mind fall asleep and then imagined the four of them, sitting there, lazy as panthers. Well, five panthers, then. She imagined them in the trees near the place where she'd grown up, playing in the waterfall, climbing trees, wandering near the village. Always, for all five of them, Kaliri was the smallest, and the lightest. It was as though she was always hedged in on every side by the other four cats. Did that mean something? What was she to do? In her mind's eye, The five of them reached the edge of the village. Pishka was the first to stop. Then Rachi. Then Kumori. Lenore led her all the way to the centre of the village, and the largest hut. At the door, she too stopped. Kaliri-panther was the only one who entered. Out loud, Lenore said only: "A path she must walk alone." in a hushed whisper.
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Nov 28, 2006 17:05:24 GMT -4
Kaliri's mind began to drift off, along with her body. Her arm fell to the side of her body, the pipe nearly falling from her hand, ready to spill. She could hear everything. the tiny laps of the water against the rocks, the breathing of the six of them, coughing from Rachi, and Kumori ... always Kumori. She saw, behind her eyelids, the six of them in a riot of colour, as they winged freely through the forest. She stopped and sat down, breathing hard and laughing. They all stopped running and flying to laugh with her, all looking fondly at her. Slowly, Kirei and Pishka peeled away, walking back the way they'd come. Then Rachi and Kumori followed the two of them. Lenore and Kaliri decided to climb a tree, and looked off in the distance. Fire spread across the horizon. They jumped down out of the tree. Men were running at them. They took off under the trees, unable to find the others. They ran, panicked. Kaliri opened her eyes and looked at Lenore. She saw Lenore's mouth move, but didn't hear her. She put her hand out to grasp Lenore's. "They'll come." She whispered, just as quietly.
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Post by Kumori on Nov 28, 2006 17:12:39 GMT -4
Kumori took the pipe from Kaliri when she almost dropped it into the water. Taking another pull from the pipe he quickly passed it on to Rachi as he felt his body start to relax. This was an odd sensation for him, as he never allowed himself to full relas, he fought the effects of the drug as he exhaled yet again.
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Post by Rachi on Nov 28, 2006 17:20:26 GMT -4
Rachi took the pipe from Kumori, and took two quick puffs off of it. Exhaling she place the pipe on the bank beside Lenore. Then she laid back and allowed the druggs to do their work. She still coughed from time to time, but her mind started to float free of her body. She could see the 4 of them relaxing in the hotsprings with the two animals sitting on the bank. It was as if she had a birds eye view of the group of them.
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Post by kumar on Nov 28, 2006 18:46:34 GMT -4
Lenore relaxed almost languidly onj the bank of the hotsprings, and looked over at Kaliri looking at her. She whispered. "What will we do?" She searched Kaliri's eyes to see if they were thinking the same thing. She thought they just might be. After all, this was the sacred flower, which gave visions to the warriors and the wise. They would have to be both to outsmart Lauja, and whatever else might come their way.
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Nov 28, 2006 18:48:01 GMT -4
Kaliri patted Lenore's hand. "I'll protect you, Lenore. It'll be okay. I swear it." As she finished saying that, and almost beyond her oblivion to grasp, her hand started to glow softly, unobtrusively. She started to smile, and her dopey face slackened, her eyes started to drift closed. When she opened them again, no trace of the Kaliri they had grown to know and love, remained in those eyes.
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Post by Kumori on Nov 28, 2006 23:15:32 GMT -4
Kumori was struggling against the effects of the drug, when he noticed Kaliri's hand start to glow. "No!!!" he yelled and tried to move between the two of them, but the drug had effected him more then he thought, and he dropped below the water.Seeing the glow of Kaliri's hand through the water started Kumori's mind drifting. He saw the sun glowing down on a valley with him, Kaliri, Rachi, and Lenore where all standing in a clearing. They all started walking through the forest and one by one they stopped, first it was Rachi, then Kumori turned into a panther that stalked along behind the other two women. Finally lenore stopped, and watched Kaliri continue on alone. But the panther like a shadow continued to follow stealthfully behind her. Guarding her every step, slowlly the panther started to fade, but never fully left Kaliri's side. Sometimes it would be easier to see, at other times, it was barily there.
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Post by Rachi on Nov 28, 2006 23:37:34 GMT -4
Rachi's eye were closed so she saw none of this happening. As the drug took effect on her, all she could see was two eyes staring at her. The eyes were red, with a three pointed star around the pupil. Rachi's body tensed up, as she saw the eyes, as they had a menacing look in them. The eyes seem to draw her into them, and she started to see her mother with a man. She was not sure exactly what they were doing. Their was a lot of yelling, finally the man left, and she saw her mother's belly slowly get bigger and bigger. Finally she saw her mother give birth to a baby girl that she called Rachi.
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Post by kumar on Dec 2, 2006 2:05:47 GMT -4
Lenore leaned forward, and Pishka took off. diving into the water, the panther took Kumori's shirt in it's jaws, and held the young man above water. She waited patiently while Lenore got up, slipped into the water, and hauled Kumori to his feet. When she was sure he was breathing, at least sufficiently, she started to haul him toward the bank. She leaned significantly on Pishka's back.
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Kaliri
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Post by Kaliri on Dec 2, 2006 2:11:09 GMT -4
Kaliri,-not-kaliri-kaliri, formed a hand-seal, and raised roughly three times her body mass in rock and soil above the water. She closed her eyes, and the earth shifted down to form a slide, and deliver Lenore, Pishka, and Kumori safely to shore. Once they arrived, she sprang forward, and held Kumori's head above the rest of him. She glanced over at Rachi,then looked back to be sure Kumori was okay.
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Post by Kumori on Dec 2, 2006 14:18:40 GMT -4
Kumori was breathing fine, but was still lost in his visions. The vision of Kaliri faded, and now all he saw was himself standing in a spotlight surrounded by darkness. Both of his swords were gone, and his clothing was torn apart. He was bleeding from many wounds. Then the light expanded to show Kaliri on the ground with a mans head in her lap, the man was obviously dead. She was looking at Kumori and yelling. Kumori nodded to her and reached inside his coat. He pulled out a sword in a jewel encrusted sheath. There was a word spelled in gold wireing on both sheath and hilt, the word was Ater Vici (Shadow Master). He fell to his knees offering the sword to Kaliri. When she took the sword he drew a Kunai from his pouch and said a few words to her, he then attempted to drive the kunai into his own abdomine. When the kunai was halfway to his stomach, the vision vanashed.
Opening his eyes Kumori looked up at Kaliri holding him in the same way he had just seen her holding a dead man. HIs eye's widened slightly but that was the only reaction he gave to being surprised.
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