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Post by Otomeken on Jun 14, 2007 17:30:26 GMT -4
Otomeken slowly sunk back into the water. "I would have left. Quickly," she said making no bones about it...
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Post by kumar on Jun 14, 2007 21:57:07 GMT -4
Lenore laughed. "So, you hate it when she does that, too? She has this thing with not letting you lie to yourself about anything. I don't know how she does it, but she's good. You on the other hand..." She appraised Otomeken with one eyebrow raised. "You seem to me to be a runner." She shook her head. "Sometimes, I don't know why that girl bothers."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 14, 2007 22:15:00 GMT -4
"Judge not less thee be judged," Otomeken warned. "Those before me ran so that I may be born. Now, the only place I'm running, is back to the fight to carry on my mother's honor. There are other things more troublesome about Kaliri than her habits of forcing you to confront yourself..."
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Post by kumar on Jun 15, 2007 0:25:37 GMT -4
Lenore snorted. "I know... I didn't think you knew that. So tell me, what are these troubling things. Only, for every one you tell me, you have to give me something good that is about her, before you can tell me another troublesome thing."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 15, 2007 18:06:46 GMT -4
Otomeken suddenly thought she knew what this one meant about amusing. "Fine. She pokes her nose where it doesn't belong and should have something slammed across it for the intrusions. But she would never let down a friend in need..." she trailed off...
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Post by kumar on Jun 15, 2007 20:50:15 GMT -4
Lenore laughed again. "Intrudes, does she?" She almost doubled over, wiping tears from her eyes. "Ah, I think just the opposite myself. I find that her subconcious intrudes, but I find she's always rather reserved... as opposed to many, at least. My sister, for example..." Lenore thought a moment, then said. "But I do agree with you, that she wouldn't let down a friend..... weather it was an oath or not. She loves all of us more than we could ever love. Tht girl has more love in her heart than I ever thought I would see. I thought the whole world was devoid of love. Battle is not love, nor is death, or hunger, or depression. But I was wrong. It's not gone. It's in this little girl I know. No.... It's in the most wonderful young woman I've ever met... Alright, then, next thing."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 16, 2007 6:17:08 GMT -4
Otomeken gave her a look. "How well, exactly, do you presume I know Kaliri? If she's told you so much about me, surely she's told you how rocky... how mountainous our friendship has been thus far?"
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Post by kumar on Jun 16, 2007 10:49:35 GMT -4
Lenore nodded, sagely. "She told me that while she, who would never do such a thing to anyone, held her arm out in friendship, you scorned her and walked away from her, abandoning her. She told me how at every turn, she tries to help you, make you more comfortable, and you simply keep walking away. Surely, if you hate her that much, you would have learned things you dislike about her?"
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 16, 2007 10:56:41 GMT -4
"I thought your game was of balance. And no. I do not hate her. I simply hate what she has done to me, and I hold a grudge." Otomeken ducked her head beneath the water and screamed something at the top of her lungs, which when it got to the surface was nothing but bubbles. She resurfaced a second later and pulled her hair back from her face, enjoying the fresh coolness of the breeze after the hot water...
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Post by kumar on Jun 16, 2007 18:45:59 GMT -4
Lenore looked taken aback. "Oh, no, you've already lost the game..." She sighed. "A grudge, is it? That can kill you, you know.... Let me ask something else then. Do you think she understands this grudge? From what I hear, she is very confused. She knows she's done something wrong, and is trying desperately to fix it, but more than that. She wants you to see her. truely see her.... I don't speak often, and poeople think sometimes that I can't. I find it interesting thta people listen harder when they think there is nothing that can be said. I am normally silent, but they still understand what I mean, even if they can't tell what I'm trying to say. Is it so much to ask that you use your eyes to see something other than a threat behind the girl's smile? Is it so much to ask you to try to see her for her. As far as the rest of us are concerned, she would hold back nothing for someone she considered a friend. But see, you are not showing friendship, and the rest of us aren't as good a person as she is... No threat intended, mind you. But could you not try to at least see the youngling for what she really is to you? Not something dangerous, but a gerat boon if you let her be. There are other powers than the ability to kill. She has something much stronger." Lenore got up to get out fo the spring, and her towel slipped. (Otomeken, if you want to find out what she looks like, read "A friend indeed") "She has the ability to heal. Trust me, it's most percious, and very strong."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 17, 2007 21:04:43 GMT -4
"With these eyes... See something..." Otomeken mused. Did no one believe her that she was blind? Everyone wanted to see her eyes, make her use her eyes.... well... She could use them all day long, she still wouldn't see anything...
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Post by kumar on Jun 17, 2007 23:13:58 GMT -4
OOC:(Wow... Otomeken's dense! _._*) Lenore turned to grab her towel. "Can you only think to see with your vision?" She snorted. "Try using your heart, it's not as foolish as you might think."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 18, 2007 6:05:16 GMT -4
Otomeken laughed again. "Seeing with that is even worse. Trust me. Last time I did that..." She trailed off and rubbed a curse seal on her cheast. "Well... Go talk to Hyugga Riki if you want to know what seeing with your heart gets you..."
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Post by kumar on Jun 18, 2007 13:27:05 GMT -4
"I know what seeing with my heart gets me. I'm very happy with it. I have the life I've always wanted here, because a young girl accepted me, and made me feel as though I were loved. It doesn't matter what I do or don't do for her, she looks at me with her heart. And so, I have a place, finally ,thta's a home. That is what seeing with one's heart has brought me."
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Post by Otomeken on Jun 18, 2007 15:01:28 GMT -4
"And it brought me grief and pain... a lot of it. That's what makes this world so facinating, everyone, every single individual is always different..." Otomeken was absent-mindedly rubbing a large scar on her chest instead of the curse seal now, though at one part, the two overlapped...
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