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Post by seraaches on Dec 24, 2008 23:21:16 GMT -5
Things abruptly made more sense except that she wasn't entirely certain how her father had contacted her spouse-- oh, wait, that was right. Queen Elias. She remembered Ignatius mentioning it at some point. She nuzzled Drostan one more time then gently pushed him back onto the ground and put both of her hands into the Corvie mix's. She popped up and gave him a smile. "Then let's go."
Drostan plastered himself to his mistress' legs, afraid to even stop touching her. That was probably one of the scariest moments of his life. He would have muttered under his breath, but all he could do was press mutely against her legs as they walked.
Se swore loudly, spinning around again with his teeth bared, the horrifying wings flying upwards in a motion of anger and frustration. He was, however, distracted from whatever it was he'd been doing previously. "I can't even find my mind! he snarled at nothing and went stalking off.
Ira winked towards the general room, glad that something had finally shaken Se out of his raging in the middle of the room and he hurried after his brother with an easy-going whistle. "Heyla, Se," he said brightly. "Can I help you with something?"
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Post by Kasatsu on Dec 24, 2008 23:30:24 GMT -5
It did not take long for their all of their belongings to be packed and readied to go. Since the situation at hand had already been unknown of when it would explode he had made sure to keep their things already as close to grab-and-go as they could possibly be.
Bags packed it had been a quick and regretful goodbye to the tribe. 'Wonderful to meet you all and thanks for all the fish, we got to go save the world, bye'. Within the hour the three of them were on the road heading back to who knew what was going down at the Heart Court.
Iggy was hoping, beating, and even praying that what he had told Elias to pass onto Se for distraction would work to their advantage. Sending him to find 'his mind' with it being gone would either have the winged-equine looking around or in a rampage.
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Post by Trebias on Dec 25, 2008 3:51:34 GMT -5
"Iraishin.". El spoke the equine's name clearly so that they could
work together to calm this situation down. "You work on him where he
can see you and I'll try my best to make him think one of his
imaginary friends is telling him to play nice for now." Of course,
nice in this case meant trying to find a knife with poison strong
enough to kill his father. Details details.
He followed after Se, fully aware that he might possibly make Se even
crazier with what he was about to do. "I think it might be this way,"
he said, projecting his voice a few feet to Se's left, moving away.
"No, that's not right. Try over here!" he said, making the voice move
in front of Perseus going the other direction. "Come on!" He wasn't quite sure what he wanted to accomplish with this, but hopefully Se would just get confused, try to follow the voices, and soon enough forget that he was upset about. . .whatever.
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Post by seraaches on Dec 25, 2008 4:03:19 GMT -5
Katarina and Dre both had tears in their eyes as they bid each other
farewell, especially since they had no guarantee when they would next
get to see each other again. This trip has been an unexpected boon for
them and it was hard not knowing when they might get to see each other
again.
Drostan got his own hug as well and then they were on their way back
to the Court of Hearts. It had taken them nearly a full day of travel to get to this point in the Highlands; Dre couldn't hope that they'd make better time returning.
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Ira gave a quick nod to show El he heard wot the canine said and did
his best to help with misdirecting his brother.
Se snarled as he looked from one way to another, following the
directions whispering inside his mind. But he wasn't finding anything! He had forgotten why he was originally upset, but now his agiatation was growing because he couldn't find it. He needed it or he would never win!
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Post by Trebias on Dec 25, 2008 4:39:28 GMT -5
Elias kept spinning Se around, judging his reactions. He couldn't be sure at all, but it seemed that he had succeeded in confusiong the winged horror out of his earlier tantrum. Now the card was just agitated at the voices jumping around. El supposed he could sympathize.
El changed his tone of voice, calming it down a little, slowing it down. "Okay, now, let's think. Where did we have it last? I bet that if we just retrace our steps, we'll find our hiding place. It might even be on the dresser or in a drawer in our room? Wouldn't that be nice? Then we can sit down, and someone can bring something in to eat and drink. That really sounds good to me. Maybe we can find a servant to not kill and ask to bring us something. Some booze to relax us, maybe?"
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Post by Kasatsu on Dec 25, 2008 21:51:45 GMT -5
The whole trip back to the Heart Court had Iggy tense and concerned. For most of it he was sure to be sitting there with his hands resting on his lap, tail flicking idly from side to side, as he starred blankly out of the window.
Nothing could go wrong.
He pretty convinced that Ira and Elias had everything under control. What was driving him to distraction was the factor that he currently had no control over the situation. Anything could be going wrong at right that moment.
Iggy gave himself a firm shake. No. He had to do better than that. He simply had to. Everything was going to go as planned. They would be arriving soon, only stopping when absolutely necessary in order to make the best time.
When they arrived it was going to be a head dive into utter chaos. But that is what makes life fun.
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Post by seraaches on Dec 26, 2008 1:35:33 GMT -5
Dierdre leaned over to Ignatius, suddenly using his chest as a pillow as she slipped her arms around his waist. It helped to hold onto to him; at least, it made her feel a little better.
Drostan shifted against her legs, easing some of the weight and she sympathized with the Ace, even if she still wasn't sure why he was so upset. For his part, Drostan was a little angry at Iggy for allowing Elias to take over his mistress, but, since she was back to normal now, and they truly seemed needed back at the Court, he would let it go.
Their ride would have them travelling through the night and most of the morning.
Se growled at the voice in his head again, tail lashing from one side to the next. "I don't drink!" Ironically or not, this was because he didn't like the lack of control. The nightmares rode him hard when he wasn't in control.
"That's fine," Ira said cheerfully and Se turned to glare balefully at his eldest sibling; it was obvious that he was blaming Ira for the last remark in his mind. "Nevertheless, let's go get something to eat! You haven't eaten in awhile! I bet Perli has cake!"
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Post by Trebias on Dec 26, 2008 2:04:38 GMT -5
"That DOES sound nice," El told Se in a pleasant voice. "We'll get some food, and that will just help so much. Then we can get it, and everything will be fine. Right?"
El still wasn't entirely certain what it even was, but given the feverish nature of Se's search (though Elias suspected he would feverishly search for a comb in his condition) the canine couldn't help but wonder if it was the dagger that Iggy and Ira were switching the poison with. Elias had never done anything like that himself, so he didn't know how hard it might be or how long it might take. Had they already started? He'd have to get a status update from Ira once this little escapade was over and done with.
"Now, what sounds good?" he continued to ask Se. "A sandwich? Maybe some meat? Protein is always good to have, it keeps us nice and strong. It's really your choice, though."
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Post by Kasatsu on Dec 30, 2008 20:20:58 GMT -5
When she wrapped her arms around him, leaning against him as well, he ran one of his paws up and down her side. The action was mostly that of an unconscious one, both done to provide some support to her as well as to comfort himself.
After the long, painful wait they finally came upon the Heart Court. Iggy barely waited for the carriage to pull to a halt before he disembarked. As soon as his feet hit the ground he turned to hold the door open for Dre, offering up his hand to help her. He gave her hand a firm squeeze before he turned to face the Palace.
There was no turning back now.
Closing his eyes he tried to concentrate on his target. After a moment he located the fellow Club, his third father, and silently called out to him.
"We are here. Where?" Short and sweet and to the point. He silently thanked the ease that the diamond he had given Elias when he was younger. It would make their locating the current chaos all that much easier, otherwise who knew how much time they would waste looking otherwise.
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Post by Trebias on Dec 30, 2008 22:23:37 GMT -5
El pulled the chain that had the diamond attached to and held the diamond up between his mouth and ear. "We've almost got him back to his suite. No telling what's going on from there. I hope you're sure that you can calm this down. You're both lucky," El said. Truth be told, if Iggy could calm Se down, it would be a good sign, and it would mean that Iggy hadn't just been blowing steam. . .er. . .smoke. Of course, just because he COULD control Se pretty well didn't mean that he should have to. That was what El believed at any rate, though he wouldn't force that belief on anyone else, especially when that person made him question the direction of his moral compass.
There would be plenty of time to force Iggy to set his moral compass to that of Elias when things collapsed, if it got that far. "Best to hurry," he said to Iggy before moving after Se once more.
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