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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 15:32:59 GMT -6
Ike tried hard to keep his speed up as they neared the castle. He felt his conscious fading with every second he kept using it. He dashed by the guards at the gate and managed to reach the castle's door before collapsing due to exhaustion.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 15:42:18 GMT -6
Sereph Woke in a bed. She could hear Ike's breathing too smooth, too even. He was asleep. Or unconscious. "Sereph, are you alright?" Saundry asked handing her a cup. She nodded. "Ike is recovering. You guy's came in pretty brutally battered up you know." She sat down. "You nearly gave us all heart attacks!" Sereph silently sipped at the water. "You both arent hurt badly, just you looked like you were in some kinda bomb zone. The stewards cleaned up ike as best they could he'll have to change clothes for sure. He came in rough. Took off what was left of the front of his shirt. i cleaned you up. I hope you dont mind. I couldnt leave you that way. I wouldnt have left him in this condition if i didnt think it was inappropriate." Sereph gathered her thoughts. "Will he be alright?" She asked faintly. "Oh just fine. He's just all tired out." Sereph heard the motherly tone in saundrys voice. "Thank you, your highness." She said. "No trouble. I'll go get you some food. You look rather thin. Well, thinner than normal." Sereph Stood after saundry left and followed the sound of ike's breathing and then sat on his bed beside him. "Wake up soon." She whispered.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 16:08:31 GMT -6
Ike woke up after two full days of sleeping. His face still looked pale and his body still had not recovered fully from the aftereffects. He slowly sat up and looked around him. He was in one of the rooms of the castle so he succeeded in bringing Sereph to safety, he thought to himself. He rubbed his eyes and yawned.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 16:16:37 GMT -6
"You are awake." Sereph said idly as she took a bite of cheese sitting on a small table in front of her. She was sitting on his bed. "Are you hungry? Or are you going to dive into looking at our treasure?" She asked him flatly. Emotions did make all the difference. Even the way she asked him questions was slightly grating. He wanted his sereph back as soon as possible.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 16:45:43 GMT -6
"I'm looking at the treasure right now." He said as he smiled at her, it was meant like a joke but it was the truth at the same time. He had bet everything on his escape. "But i'm starving but I would like some food." He said on a more serious note. he still felt light headed but he got up and joined Sereph.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 16:53:50 GMT -6
"I should be happy you said that." She said almost warily. She reached out to him and her fingers brushed his arm. She sighed. "Soon enough," She took one last bite and gave the rest of the large plate of snacks to ike. "Here. You have to get strength back. I can't look at the book until you do Because i need to extract it from you. I'm sorry to say that in the instance i had no time left i sent it to the safest place i could think of." She said. "I know now... it was close all the time... it would make me upset to think we underwent all those trials for no reason when it was sitting in the VanHale mansion." She turned her whole body toward him. "They wanted the stone... How will we read the book now though...? It wouldnt do us good if we had a treasure we couldnt use..." She said matter of factually.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 17:07:29 GMT -6
"They will come for us." Ike said before digging in to his meal. "If we go to the location of the book, I'm sure they will come for us. But before we bait them, I need to train this power some more." He sighed, he knew he had no chance of winning if they went all out against him but atleast he could fight Max. "Don't worry about it, I'll make sure we get that stone back. I promise, like I promised to get you out of the mansion."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 17:16:05 GMT -6
"No, You don't get it. Now that i understand, now that it's clear in my mind. I know everything. I hid it in my heart. I need to pull it out of you. They can't track the book's power. Only i can do that. So all they have is half a book and a rock." She clarified. "I want to be normal again..." She told him. Her hand slid across his skin. It followed his arm to his chest and touched the mark tenderly and a whisp of emotion passed through her eyes. "Guys," Sereph pulled her hand away. "Do you guys need anything else?" Sereph maved back from ike. "Saundry" She said and then the person disappeared.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 17:46:27 GMT -6
"Hey Saundry." Ike said with a smile trying to hide what just had been the subject of their conversation. "Nah, I don't need anything more." He pointed at the food. "I have everything I need right here." He took another snack then continued. "Thanks for taking care of us again, Saundry." He said sincerely, truly grateful for her saving them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 17:55:54 GMT -6
"Well now, i couldn't just leave you half dead in my courtyard could i?" She smiled her usual motherly smile." Then her face changed. "Sereph, i have a theory... I know you said we couldnt do anything until ike was well again... but i just wanted you to hear it. I think... and im not a hundred percent, but i think you might be able to read it without the stone. Not just anyone though, i mean just you. She said. "You are the keeper. Why would they make a keeper if that person couldn't read the book if they had to?" She surmised. "Sereph tilted her head. "I suppose you are right... I would like to try just as soon as ike gets well. Maybe there is a way to restore what is mine." She brushed his fingers with her own. "Sounds like a plan!" Saundry left the room happy. "Do you think i can? It sounds too easy but after everything we went through looking for it and getting it... i must try." She turned toward him. "What do you think? Do you agree. I do not know but for some reason even though i know i cannot feel, some how i need to return to my previous self soon." She said quietly.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 18:01:43 GMT -6
"I agree, it makes sense for you to be able to read it. So you might be able to do it" He smiled at her, sending it through the thine line that attached them. "It's also good that you as well think you need to return to your old self, now it doesn't feel like I'm forcing it on you." He laughed a bit embarrassed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 18:36:24 GMT -6
"Why would you feel that way...? Of course I would like my heart back. Look at how I am without it. I dont think I could stay this way. I know that you dont prefer me this way. I can tell. Humans need affection. Closeness. I,like this, can give you neither the way you desire it. That is not alright. I know that you can feel that much in my heart. That I also desire it as well. Like this... the void, the absence... it hurts. It feels like i am missing something from my essential make up. Like I am dead but I am not... and I can't imagine how you have been feeling. I will fix myself. I'll fix everything for you. I promise it on my very life." As she swore this she touched the mark and her sorrow coupled with her determination to change it. "You once asked me how much I love you... I am going to show you how much... I will make sure that question never comes up again as long as we live. I will show you okay?" She seemed to be scared of what was going to happen. It was faint but her heart quivered with fear for them.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 18:57:05 GMT -6
Ike puts his arm around Sereph and held her close. "You don't have to worry about how I have been feeling. This is for you, Sereph. Not for me, of course I want you back the way you used to be because quite frankly, I too need that closeness." He smiled again, her words made him feel secure, a distraction he needed from the fighting and stress he had gone through. "And you don't need to show me, I have felt it. In my chest I can feel the emotions you have when you're close to me." He paused for a second. "And you don't need to be afraid about what lies ahead. I know we'll make it through, somehow."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 19:11:35 GMT -6
"I never thought i'd ever hear you say you needed to be with me... that you needed to be close... I must confess that when we met I didn't know what to expect because the people who hired you to help me had told me how cold you were toward others... how all you cared about was money. I never imagined in a thousand years... that you would become mine. That it was you I was searching for inside... " she kept her hand on his chest so she could keep the weak feelings there before she had to release it. Keep me close... she thought. Just a little longer before something gets in the way again. "I dont know what lies ahead... I love you and that's all I really know... everything else I suppose will come with time." She laid her head on his chest and listened to their hearts in his chest pounding in unison. Longer... she thought. Just a little longer... she drifted to sleep in his arms. Until, that is, sundry came knocking quite urgently at their door.
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Post by Ike on Jan 17, 2014 19:40:48 GMT -6
"I love you too." He whispered to her as she had fallen asleep. She must have been awake for quite some while if she just falls asleep like that, he thought. "Yeah come in." Ike said keeping his eyes on the door. He knew it was Saundry but he couldn't help watching the door. After all that had happened it wasn't that weird.
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