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[YOLW] Re: What Lies In The Heart (closed)
开云体育? ??Mikayla)
?The wind had begun to pick up so high up into the mountains and she felt the biting wind cut at her flesh, but still she kept going.? In the distance she could hear the howl...a howl that sounded like her name but she did not stop. She would not... She simply couldn’t. (The Dragon, Angus) A large black hound came running up behind Mikayla, passing her and then planting itself in the middle of the path she'd been fleeing on, blocking her way.? It didn't growl at her however, or bare its teeth.? It simply stared up at her, a look of canine pleading in its eyes.? If she moved to the left or the right, it moved with her, continuing to block her path but at no point threatening her.? Now and then it lifted its head, as if gesturing in the direction she'd come from, and then looked at her expectantly, waiting. ??Mikayla – Mikayla did not move. The dog wanted her to go back…to the castle…No. No! NO! She frowned and shook her head. Mikayla stopped and did not take another step. “I don’t want to go back there.” She said to the hound. “I am sorry. He is rude and aggressive and obnoxious and I just want to go home. Please,” she said. Instinctively Mikayla just knew that animal could understand her. Angus must have sent it. He was such a kind man. “Tell Angus.. That I respect him and understand he has a job to do which is why he sent you to me. But I am not going back. I can not be humiliated like that again.” The wind had started to pick.. She stood there shivering. Her body growing cold as her hair whipped about her.? (The Dragon, Angus) The hound looked up at Mikayla with soulful brown eyes for a long moment. Finally, as if coming to a decision, it began to speak. The sound was decidedly strange, somewhere between human speech and a dog's gruff growling and whining. But it was speech. The hound was speaking to her. "The master cannot help his nature," it said.? "It is a constant struggle for him, always keeping the beast in check.? But he was not trying to humiliate you.? He was _testing_ you. To see if you have the gift. And... apparently you do." "But you stopped too soon," the hound went on urgently, "and left the spell you were reading unfinished. And you left him only half-done.? He is caught in-between now, and in enormous physical pain.? I _beg_ you, mistress.? Return with me to the keep." The animal turned to look back up the path, then looked back to her once again, eyes pleading.? "He needs you, mistress. And only you can help him."? - Mikayla - She blinked...then blinked again...she shook her head...no...no...it could not be...there just no way.... But it was happening to her. The hound....the creature... spoke to her...it....talked...to...her...?Mikayla opened her mouth to speak but it snapped shut just as quickly. She shook her head. And blinked again. How in the hell....and it sounded like. “Angus?”?mentally this was too much for her to process...This day had been too much for her to understand.. She blinked once last time to fight off the dizziness it was no avail. Her eyes fluttered closed and then sink like stone in a dead faint ?(The Dragon, Angus) The hound stared at the unconscious Mikayla for a moment, then let his head droop in the canine equivalent of a sigh.? He was strong for a dog, but dragging her back along the path to the keep was not an option.? But neither was leaving her here in the wild forest where she'd be vulnerable to any predator that came along. There was nothing for it then, he decided, though he dearly wished there were some other solution to the dilemma. ? Closing his eyes inconcentration, the hound began reciting an incantation - one of the only two he knew - the only part of which was comprehensible was the three times he repeated his own name.? A green mist swirled up from the ground, glowing brightly as it enveloped him, and when it disappated moments later, Angus was restored to his human form, crouched on all fours on the ground by the unconscious young woman.? Stark naked, a fact which made him distinctly uncomfortable and not prone to dawdle. ? Scooping Mikayla up from the ground in his arms, Angus started back up the path towards the keep, hoping that the girl would not awaken until they were back in the keep and even then not until he'd had a chance to clothe himself once again. ?- Mikayla - Mikayla yawned a loud sleepy yawn and rolled to her side. Her body nestling deeper into the warmth of the big fluffy bed and comfy down comforter.? Fluffy bed...comfy comforter... She sat straight up in bed. She blinked. What...was she doing here? how...did she get back here? Mikayla mind raced. She was trying to remember the last few minutes before...did she pass out?? She? __,_._,___
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开云体育???(Mikayla)
?The wind had begun to pick up so high up into the mountains and she felt the biting wind cut at her flesh, but still she kept going.? In the distance she could hear the howl...a howl that sounded like her name but she did not stop. She would not... She simply couldn’t. (The Dragon, Angus) A large black hound came running up behind Mikayla, passing her and then planting itself in the middle of the path she'd been fleeing on, blocking her way.? It didn't growl at her however, or bare its teeth.? It simply stared up at her, a look of canine pleading in its eyes.? If she moved to the left or the right, it moved with her, continuing to block her path but at no point threatening her.? Now and then it lifted its head, as if gesturing in the direction she'd come from, and then looked at her expectantly, waiting. ??Mikayla – Mikayla did not move. The dog wanted her to go back…to the castle…No. No! NO! She frowned and shook her head. Mikayla stopped and did not take another step. “I don’t want to go back there.” She said to the hound. “I am sorry. He is rude and aggressive and obnoxious and I just want to go home. Please,” she said. Instinctively Mikayla just knew that animal could understand her. Angus must have sent it. He was such a kind man. “Tell Angus.. That I respect him and understand he has a job to do which is why he sent you to me. But I am not going back. I can not be humiliated like that again.” The wind had started to pick.. She stood there shivering. Her body growing cold as her hair whipped about her.? (The Dragon, Angus) The hound looked up at Mikayla with soulful brown eyes for a long moment. Finally, as if coming to a decision, it began to speak. The sound was decidedly strange, somewhere between human speech and a dog's gruff growling and whining. But it was speech. The hound was speaking to her. "The master cannot help his nature," it said.? "It is a constant struggle for him, always keeping the beast in check.? But he was not trying to humiliate you.? He was _testing_ you. To see if you have the gift. And... apparently you do." "But you stopped too soon," the hound went on urgently, "and left the spell you were reading unfinished. And you left him only half-done.? He is caught in-between now, and in enormous physical pain.? I _beg_ you, mistress.? Return with me to the keep." The animal turned to look back up the path, then looked back to her once again, eyes pleading.? "He needs you, mistress. And only you can help him."? - Mikayla - She blinked...then blinked again...she shook her head...no...no...it could not be...there just no way.... But it was happening to her. The hound....the creature... spoke to her...it....talked...to...her...?Mikayla opened her mouth to speak but it snapped shut just as quickly. She shook her head. And blinked again. How in the hell....and it sounded like. “Angus?”?mentally this was too much for her to process...This day had been too much for her to understand.. She blinked once last time to fight off the dizziness it was no avail. Her eyes fluttered closed and then sink like stone in a dead faint ?(The Dragon, Angus) The hound stared at the unconscious Mikayla for a moment, then let his head droop in the canine equivalent of a sigh.? He was strong for a dog, but dragging her back along the path to the keep was not an option.? But neither was leaving her here in the wild forest where she'd be vulnerable to any predator that came along. There was nothing for it then, he decided, though he dearly wished there were some other solution to the dilemma. ? Closing his eyes inconcentration, the hound began reciting an incantation - one of the only two he knew - the only part of which was comprehensible was the three times he repeated his own name.? A green mist swirled up from the ground, glowing brightly as it enveloped him, and when it disappated moments later, Angus was restored to his human form, crouched on all fours on the ground by the unconscious young woman.? Stark naked, a fact which made him distinctly uncomfortable and not prone to dawdle. ? Scooping Mikayla up from the ground in his arms, Angus started back up the path towards the keep, hoping that the girl would not awaken until they were back in the keep and even then not until he'd had a chance to clothe himself once again. ?- Mikayla - Mikayla yawned a loud sleepy yawn and rolled to her side. Her body nestling deeper into the warmth of the big fluffy bed and comfy down comforter.? Fluffy bed...comfy comforter... She sat straight up in bed. She blinked. What...was she doing back here? how...who did this? Mikayla mind raced. She was trying to remember the last few minutes before...did she pass out? She had to have.? Standing from bed, she wrapped herself in the robe that was at the end of the bed then moved to find Angus. __,_._,___
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开云体育(Mikayla)
?The wind had begun to pick up so high up into the mountains and she felt the biting wind cut at her flesh, but still she kept going.? In the distance she could hear the howl...a howl that sounded like her name but she did not stop. She would not... She simply couldn’t. (The Dragon, Angus) A large black hound came running up behind Mikayla, passing her and then planting itself in the middle of the path she'd been fleeing on, blocking her way.? It didn't growl at her however, or bare its teeth.? It simply stared up at her, a look of canine pleading in its eyes.? If she moved to the left or the right, it moved with her, continuing to block her path but at no point threatening her.? Now and then it lifted its head, as if gesturing in the direction she'd come from, and then looked at her expectantly, waiting. ??Mikayla – Mikayla did not move. The dog wanted her to go back…to the castle…No. No! NO! She frowned and shook her head. Mikayla stopped and did not take another step. “I don’t want to go back there.” She said to the hound. “I am sorry. He is rude and aggressive and obnoxious and I just want to go home. Please,” she said. Instinctively Mikayla just knew that animal could understand her. Angus must have sent it. He was such a kind man. “Tell Angus.. That I respect him and understand he has a job to do which is why he sent you to me. But I am not going back. I can not be humiliated like that again.” The wind had started to pick.. She stood there shivering. Her body growing cold as her hair whipped about her.? (The Dragon, Angus) The hound looked up at Mikayla with soulful brown eyes for a long moment. Finally, as if coming to a decision, it began to speak. The sound was decidedly strange, somewhere between human speech and a dog's gruff growling and whining. But it was speech. The hound was speaking to her. "The master cannot help his nature," it said.? "It is a constant struggle for him, always keeping the beast in check.? But he was not trying to humiliate you.? He was _testing_ you. To see if you have the gift. And... apparently you do." "But you stopped too soon," the hound went on urgently, "and left the spell you were reading unfinished. And you left him only half-done.? He is caught in-between now, and in enormous physical pain.? I _beg_ you, mistress.? Return with me to the keep." The animal turned to look back up the path, then looked back to her once again, eyes pleading.? "He needs you, mistress. And only you can help him."? - Mikayla - She blinked...then blinked again...she shook her head...no...no...it could not be...there just no way.... But it was happening to her. The hound....the creature... spoke to her...it....talked...to...her...?Mikayla opened her mouth to speak but it snapped shut just as quickly. She shook her head. And blinked again. How in the hell....and it sounded like. “Angus?”?mentally this was too much for her to process...This day had been too much for her to understand.. She blinked once last time to fight off the dizziness it was no avail. Her eyes fluttered closed and then sink like stone in a dead faint ?(The Dragon, Angus) The hound stared at the unconscious Mikayla for a moment, then let his head droop in the canine equivalent of a sigh.? He was strong for a dog, but dragging her back along the path to the keep was not an option.? But neither was leaving her here in the wild forest where she'd be vulnerable to any predator that came along. There was nothing for it then, he decided, though he dearly wished there were some other solution to the dilemma. ? Closing his eyes inconcentration, the hound began reciting an incantation - one of the only two he knew - the only part of which was comprehensible was the three times he repeated his own name.? A green mist swirled up from the ground, glowing brightly as it enveloped him, and when it disappated moments later, Angus was restored to his human form, crouched on all fours on the ground by the unconscious young woman.? Stark naked, a fact which made him distinctly uncomfortable and not prone to dawdle. ? Scooping Mikayla up from the ground in his arms, Angus started back up the path towards the keep, hoping that the girl would not awaken until they were back in the keep and even then not until he'd had a chance to clothe himself once again. ?- Mikayla - Mikayla yawned a loud sleepy yawn and rolled to her side. Her body nestling deeper into the warmth of the big fluffy bed and comfy down comforter.? Fluffy bed...comfy comforter... She sat straight up in bed. She blinked. What...was she doing back here? how...who did this? Mikayla mind raced. She was trying to remember the last few minutes before...did she pass out? She had to have.? Standing from bed, she wrapped herself in the robe that was at the end of the bed then moved to find Angus. __,_._,___
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开云体育?- Mikayla - Mikayla yawned a loud sleepy yawn and rolled to her side. Her body nestling deeper into the warmth of the big fluffy bed and comfy down comforter.? Fluffy bed...comfy comforter... She sat straight up in bed. She blinked. What...was she doing back here? how...who did this? Mikayla mind raced. She was trying to remember the last few minutes before...did she pass out? She had to have.? Standing from bed, she wrapped herself in the robe that was at the end of the bed then moved to find Angus. (Angus, The Dragon) Angus, fully dressed now, was carrying a silver tray bearing the breakfast he'd prepared for the young mistress of the keep, which was how he thought of her now.? He had just reached the door to her room when it swung open before him to reveal Mikayla in the robe that he'd left for her when he'd put her to bed the night before. "Ah, good morning, mistress," he said genially, bowing his head respectfully as he stepped into the room.? "I hope that you slept well. I thought that perhaps you might prefer your breakfast in here this morning, after all of the..." he paused, searching for the right word "...events of last evening" he finished finally. ? Setting the tray down at the small sitting table near the bed, the man began laying out the various dishes.? Toast, with a small jar of fruit preserves. Slices of cured ham, edged with honey.? Braised fish, golden brown. Two boiled eggs, each in their own silver cup. A small bowl of steaming porridge. And a crystal goblet which he proceeded to fill with a sparkling water.? When all was ready, Angus stepped back and held out the chair for Mikayla to sit.? "I hope this will be satisfactory, mistress." Tag - Mikayla |
开云体育(Angus, The Dragon)Angus, fully dressed now, was carrying a silver tray bearing the breakfast he'd prepared for the young mistress of the keep, which was how he thought of her now.? He had just reached the door to her room when it swung open before him to reveal Mikayla in the robe that he'd left for her when he'd put her to bed the night before. "Ah, good morning, mistress," he said genially, bowing his head respectfully as he stepped into the room.? "I hope that you slept well. I thought that perhaps you might prefer your breakfast in here this morning, after all of the..." he paused, searching for the right word "...events of last evening" he finished finally. ? Setting the tray down at the small sitting table near the bed, the man began laying out the various dishes.? Toast, with a small jar of fruit preserves. Slices of cured ham, edged with honey.? Braised fish, golden brown. Two boiled eggs, each in their own silver cup. A small bowl of steaming porridge. And a crystal goblet which he proceeded to fill with a sparkling water.? When all was ready, Angus stepped back and held out the chair for Mikayla to sit.? "I hope this will be satisfactory, mistress." ?- Mikayla - Mikayla gasped as she open the door to find Angus there. At the sight of him, she smiled. She must have been dreaming. There was just no way. “Good morning Angus. ?Everything looks delicious. thank you so much.” She said as she sat down. For a brief moment Mikayla?thought that this was only her second day here and that everything from the previous night was just a big elaborate dream brought on my trauma. After all all she had experienced was surly too fanciful and farfetched...maybe now she would meet the lord of the manner and learn once and for all what she was doing here. And then his word said told her otherwise. Mikayla blinked up at him. “You mean last night wasn’t a dream. Last night actually. You mean Last night actually happened?” She asked puzzled. |
开云体育- Mikayla - Mikayla gasped as she open the door to find Angus there. At the sight of him, she smiled. She must have been dreaming. There was just no way. “Good morning Angus. ?Everything looks delicious. thank you so much.” She said as she sat down. For a brief moment Mikayla?thought that this was only her second day here and that everything from the previous night was just a big elaborate dream brought on my trauma. After all, all she had experienced was surly too fanciful and farfetched... maybe now she would meet the lord of the manor and learn once and for all what she was doing here. And then his word said told her otherwise. Mikayla blinked up at him. “You mean last night wasn’t a dream. Last night actually. You mean last night actually happened?” she asked, puzzled.? (Angus, The Dragon) "That it did, mistress," Angus said, nodding solemnly. "That it surely did. 'Tis a pity that you left so abruptly though.? You missed seeing what you were able to accomplish." The man waited for Mikayla to begin eating, then continued.? "I apologize if the master failed to explain what he was trying to find out.? He meant no insult or disrespect, no matter how it might have seemed.? The book he was having you read is no ordinary book.? It is a tome of magic castings.? No ordinary person could read it, let alone make it work.? And yet you managed to do both." He regarded the girl admiringly as he spoke, but then sighed.? "At least, it was working until you stopped so suddenly.? That had some rather distressing results." "But the master is much recovered now," Angus went on, cheering up a bit.? "And he very much wishes to see you again. When you feel you're up to it, that is." Tag - Mikayla |
(Angus, The Dragon)"That it did, mistress," Angus said, nodding solemnly. "That it surely did. 'Tis a pity that you left so abruptly though.? You missed seeing what you were able to accomplish."The man waited for Mikayla to begin eating, then continued.? "I apologize if the master failed to explain what he was trying to find out.? He meant no insult or disrespect, no matter how it might have seemed.? The book he was having you read is no ordinary book.? It is a tome of magic castings.? No ordinary person could read it, let alone make it work.? And yet you managed to do both." He regarded the girl admiringly as he spoke, but then sighed.? "At least, it was working until you stopped so suddenly.? That had some rather distressing results.""But the master is much recovered now," Angus went on, cheering up a bit.? "And he very much wishes to see you again. When you feel you're up to it, that is." |
开云体育Mikayla(Angus)"Aye, Mistress Mikayla," Angus said, nodding.? "That was me. Or still is me, truth be told.? I am the dog, and the dog is me.? I told you before about the young mage who came here to free the village from the dragon, yes?? And I believe I mentioned that the young mage had a loyal hound for a companion?? Well, I am the hound in that story." "The story is actually quite simple," the man went on, his face somber as he spoke.? "That is, if anything involving magic can be called simple.? I was a dog first, you see.? Always had been, until the master and I came to this cursed place." "When the dragon put his curse on the master, he completely ignored me.? So when the dragon was gone and my master was a dragon, I was still there.? A loyal but in truth fairly useless canine companion.? Later though, the master did find a way to make me useful again." "The master could still work magic, you see.? And so he began trying to find a way to transform himself back into a man.? And over time, he began to succeed.? He was finally able to transform me into a man," he smiled a little as he spread his hands to gesture at himself.? "And we were hopeful then that his restoration would soon follow.? But we soon discovered that the dragon was more cunning than we'd given him credit for." "You see, in order for the transformation to be permanent, the spell caster must know the name of the person the spell is being cast upon.? Otherwise the transformation only lasts for a day.? The master knew my name, which is why I am able to retain this human form.? But the dragon apparently knew this. And so when he cursed my master, he erased all memory of my master's name."? The man sighed heavily.? "Even I do not know what it is." "Which is why so much rests on you, mistress. You have shown that you have the ability to read magic and to make it work.? You can continue where the master cannot." The burly servant went down on one knee in earnest supplication.? "I beg you, mistress.? Please help him. Tag - Mikayla |
开云体育? ?(Angus) "Aye, Mistress Mikayla," Angus said, nodding.? "That was me. Or still is me, truth be told.? I am the dog, and the dog is me.? I told you before about the young mage who came here to free the village from the dragon, yes?? And I believe I mentioned that the young mage had a loyal hound for a companion?? Well, I am the hound in that story." "The story is actually quite simple," the man went on, his face somber as he spoke.? "That is, if anything involving magic can be called simple.? I was a dog first, you see.? Always had been, until the master and I came to this cursed place." "When the dragon put his curse on the master, he completely ignored me.? So when the dragon was gone and my master was a dragon, I was still there.? A loyal but in truth fairly useless canine companion.? Later though, the master did find a way to make me useful again." "The master could still work magic, you see.? And so he began trying to find a way to transform himself back into a man.? And over time, he began to succeed.? He was finally able to transform me into a man," he smiled a little as he spread his hands to gesture at himself.? "And we were hopeful then that his restoration would soon follow.? But we soon discovered that the dragon was more cunning than we'd given him credit for." "You see, in order for the transformation to be permanent, the spell caster must know the name of the person the spell is being cast upon.? Otherwise the transformation only lasts for a day.? The master knew my name, which is why I am able to retain this human form.? But the dragon apparently knew this. And so when he cursed my master, he erased all memory of my master's name."? The man sighed heavily.? "Even I do not know what it is." "Which is why so much rests on you, mistress. You have shown that you have the ability to read magic and to make it work.? You can continue where the master cannot." The burly servant went down on one knee in earnest supplication.? "I beg you, mistress.? Please help him. ?- Mikayla - As she listened much of what he told her she had already figured out. The minute he said he was the dog that would not let her pass, she remember the dog from the story...Angus.?Everything started to come to her then.? She understood then that Angus was the dog and the Dragon was the young idealistic mage who thought he could right the ills of the world. But he was cruel now. Angry. Bitter. “All the girls from the village...he was searching for someone who could read the book.” She said more to herself than to Angus. However when he dropped to one knee, she gasped. “Please Angus no,” she said taking him by the arm. Please you give me too much credit. I am but a simple girl. I have no magical ability. I am sure there is a reason for what happened that has less to do with me and more to do with the moon or the season or just how hope you both are. Please please stand.” She said pulling him up his feet. “Will you please take me too him. I wish to see him now.” She said.
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开云体育?- Mikayla - As she listened much of what he told her she had already figured out. The minute he said he was the dog that would not let her pass, she remember the dog from the story...Angus.?Everything started to come to her then.? She understood then that Angus was the dog and the Dragon was the young idealistic mage who thought he could right the ills of the world. But he was cruel now. Angry. Bitter. “All the girls from the village... he was searching for someone who could read the book.” She said more to herself than to Angus. However when he dropped to one knee, she gasped. “Please Angus no,” she said taking him by the arm. Please you give me too much credit. I am but a simple girl. I have no magical ability. I am sure there is a reason for what happened that has less to do with me and more to do with the moon or the season or just how hope you both are. Please, please stand.” She said pulling him up his feet. “Will you please take me too him. I wish to see him now.” She said.? (Angus, The Dragon) "You are no 'simple girl', Mistress Mikayla," Angus said as he rose to his feet at the girl's urging. "And magical ability can be found in the strangest places.? The master has put many, many girls to the test over the years."? The man turned to regard her with grizzled respect.? "You are the only one who was able to read the book."? At her request to be taken to the dragon, Angus nodded and bowed slightly.? "As you wish, mistress.? I believe he has recovered enough for you to see him now." "Please forgive the master for his bouts of rage and foul temper," the man went on as he led Mikayla out of the chamber and into the hallway that led to one of the keep's towers.? "The years - and the disappointments - have taken their toll on him.? He is now the dragon and the dragon is him, and it's a continuing struggle within him as to which will dominate. But he still respects courage.? Always remember that. So long as you show no fear, he will not give in to the beast within." Angus was silent for the rest of the time as they ascended the stairwell leading up through the tower.? He stopped at the doorway to the tower proper and knocked on the door.? "Master?? Mistress Mikayla would like to see you." "Now?" a deep voice rumbled from the other side of the oaken door, not sounding at all pleased.? "Where was she before, when I actually needed her?" Angus spared a please-bear-with-him look to Mikayla, then turned his attention back to the door.? "Would you rather I send her away?" "No!" The word rang out with such force that the door fairly rattled on its hinges, this time tinged with a note of panic.? A moment passed before the deep voice resumed, this time with less volume and more calm.? "Please bid her enter... if it pleases her to do so." With that, Angus opened the door inward and bowed to let Mikayla pass.? Inside the tower room, the Dragon waited, perched on a stone dias.? But through he was trying to look imperious, there was a visible strain in his body language, as if it was taking all of his strength just to keep himself upright.? "Welcome back, my lady," he managed, bowing his head slightly.? "I..."? the word hung in the air as he tried to collect his thoughts.? "...welcome back," he finished lamely, almost collapsing as he let himself lie lower on the dias, unable to keep himself propped up any longer. Tag - Mikayla |
开云体育(Angus, The Dragon)"You are no 'simple girl', Mistress Mikayla," Angus said as he rose to his feet at the girl's urging. "And magical ability can be found in the strangest places.? The master has put many, many girls to the test over the years."? The man turned to regard her with grizzled respect.? "You are the only one who was able to read the book."? At her request to be taken to the dragon, Angus nodded and bowed slightly.? "As you wish, mistress.? I believe he has recovered enough for you to see him now." "Please forgive the master for his bouts of rage and foul temper," the man went on as he led Mikayla out of the chamber and into the hallway that led to one of the keep's towers.? "The years - and the disappointments - have taken their toll on him.? He is now the dragon and the dragon is him, and it's a continuing struggle within him as to which will dominate. But he still respects courage.? Always remember that. So long as you show no fear, he will not give in to the beast within." Angus was silent for the rest of the time as they ascended the stairwell leading up through the tower.? He stopped at the doorway to the tower proper and knocked on the door.? "Master?? Mistress Mikayla would like to see you." "Now?" a deep voice rumbled from the other side of the oaken door, not sounding at all pleased.? "Where was she before, when I actually needed her?" Angus spared a please-bear-with-him look to Mikayla, then turned his attention back to the door.? "Would you rather I send her away?" "No!" The word rang out with such force that the door fairly rattled on its hinges, this time tinged with a note of panic.? A moment passed before the deep voice resumed, this time with less volume and more calm.? "Please bid her enter... if it pleases her to do so." With that, Angus opened the door inward and bowed to let Mikayla pass.? Inside the tower room, the Dragon waited, perched on a stone dias.? But through he was trying to look imperious, there was a visible strain in his body language, as if it was taking all of his strength just to keep himself upright.? "Welcome back, my lady," he managed, bowing his head slightly.? "I..."? the word hung in the air as he tried to collect his thoughts.? "...welcome back," he finished lamely, almost collapsing as he let himself lie lower on the dias, unable to keep himself propped up any longer. ?- Mikayla - Mikayla smiles softly at Angus, but inside she was lost in thought. There was no way she had any magical abilities. Just no way. She tried not to wring her hands as she walked, listening to him tell the story of the Dragon. It made her wonder what happened to all the girl who had been her before her? Had they been eaten...set free...Were they not allowed to come back to the village? Mikayla listened to Angus...show no fear. She feared that maybe harder than it seemed.?Sooner than she was ready they were at his door.? Show no fear she repeated and willed herself to calm down. As she stepped inside...one look at the Dragon caused her to gasped. He looked small and frail and in so much pain. Quickly she came to him. But not too quickly. He needed his pride. “Thank you good sir,” she said. “Have you broken you fast this morning yet?” She asked coming to sit beside him on the edge of the dais. |
开云体育- Mikayla - Mikayla smiles softly at Angus, but inside she was lost in thought. There was no way she had any magical abilities. Just no way. She tried not to wring her hands as she walked, listening to him tell the story of the Dragon. It made her wonder what happened to all the girl who had been her before her? Had they been eaten...set free...Were they not allowed to come back to the village? Mikayla listened to Angus...show no fear. She feared that maybe harder than it seemed.?Sooner than she was ready they were at his door.? Show no fear she repeated and willed herself to calm down. As she stepped inside...one look at the Dragon caused her to gasped. He looked small and frail and in so much pain. Quickly she came to him. But not too quickly. He needed his pride. “Thank you good sir,” she said. “Have you broken you fast this morning yet?” She asked coming to sit beside him on the edge of the dais. (Angus, The Dragon) "I... have not," the Dragon said with an effort.? "I have no... appetite... at the moment."? His neck drooped until it rested on his massive paws, but he managed to turn his head slightly towards Mikayla.? "If... you are hungry... I can have... Angus... prepare something." The Dragon seemed to lose focus, his expression going blank as his words became mutterings.? "the one... worked... read the... but... hurts... hurts so much... can't..."? He then fell silent for a long moment, his scaly side heaving unevenly with labored breathing. Then he seemed to recover a bit, his eyes moving around the chamber and then refocusing on Mikayla once again.? "Oh. Welcome back."? He tried to push himself upright, but barely managed to lift his head a couple of feet.? "I thought you...? had..." ? The Dragon's head fell roughly back onto his paws and he went silent. Angus came into the chamber to stand beside Mikayla.? "I fear he is still weakened from his ordeal, Mistress Mikayla.? But as hard as it may be to believe, his condition is much improved over what it was when you left." Tag - Mikayla |
开云体育(Angus, The Dragon)"I... have not," the Dragon said with an effort.? "I have no... appetite... at the moment."? His neck drooped until it rested on his massive paws, but he managed to turn his head slightly towards Mikayla.? "If... you are hungry... I can have... Angus... prepare something." The Dragon seemed to lose focus, his expression going blank as his words became mutterings.? "the one... worked... read the... but... hurts... hurts so much... can't..."? He then fell silent for a long moment, his scaly side heaving unevenly with labored breathing. Then he seemed to recover a bit, his eyes moving around the chamber and then refocusing on Mikayla once again.? "Oh. Welcome back."? He tried to push himself upright, but barely managed to lift his head a couple of feet.? "I thought you...? had..." ? The Dragon's head fell roughly back onto his paws and he went silent. Angus came into the chamber to stand beside Mikayla.? "I fear he is still weakened from his ordeal, Mistress Mikayla.? But as hard as it may be to believe, his condition is much improved over what it was when you left." ?- Mikayla Mikayla nodded at Angus’s words. “Can you please bring me a pail of hot water, a washcloth and the book.” She said to Angus as she moved to come to sit beside the Dragon on the edge of the dais. She reached out to stroke his head. Softly, yet kindly. “I have returned please forgive me for taking my leave so quickly. It appears I got my panties in a snit and needed Angus to talk some sense into me. Thanks heaven he did,” she said continuing to run her soft gentle hand over his head and body. “I am going to give you a warm bath and then you and I will break our fast together. How does that sound?” She said cheerily. “And when you are up to it, we will talk. But for now, Angus and I will take great care of you.” |
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The Dragon twitched when the girl touched his face, then tried to pull his head away but was too weak to do so. "I... do not need... a bath," he protested in a murmur.? But the feel of her hand on his scales was surprisingly soothing and he found himself relaxing under it in spite of himself, abandoning further protest.
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Angus returned with the requested bucket of hot water and washcloth in one hand and the book in the other, being careful not to spill or splash any of the water on the book.? He set the water and cloth down next to Mikayla, looking surprised when he saw her stroking the Dragon's face. "You can truly work magic, mistress," he whispered, "if you can get the Master to let you touch him like that."? He took the book and placed it on a nearby table,? then looked back to Mikayla.? "Is there any way I can be of assistance, mistress?"
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“I know,” Mikayla said of his protest. As she continued to stroke his head.?
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“Thank you,” she said as Angus returned with the items she requested. “And no Angus. Not magic it all. He is actually not letting me. I just do not care what he thinks at the moment.” She said gracing Angus with a sly wink. “I know my touch soothes him. I can tell by the dip of his eyes as I stroke him downward. So I am listening to his needs not his vibrato.”
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“Please light a few incense please.” She said?“And the. I need food for him please. First a soup with rice. And the something hardier like potatoes and then meat.” She said to Angus “if you please kind sir.”
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Moving away from the dragon, ?she dipped the cloth in the pail. When she returned to him,?As she ran the warm cloth over his head and neck,?she began to Singing a soft gentle lullaby her beautiful honey voice rang out ?like music throughout the room.
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