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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 19:57:49 GMT -5
Theo watched C'rin with narrowed eyes, waiting either for the punchline or for him to start going completely nuts. Was he taking that medicine again? True, he had been more pleasant to her recently, but risking his life because he 'wanted to see her'? That was going a bit overboard. But he seemed serious. She looked away. "You could have just had Mith talk to Lykath, you know. Then you wouldn't have been in danger, and you still would have known exactly the same thing- I'm fine. I'm gonna be a little bored, but I'm fine." She didn't bother adding 'for the moment,' for one because it was obvious and for another because it would defeat part of the purpose of her argument.
Lykath stared. Must I demonstrate?
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 20:13:32 GMT -5
C'rin watched Theo in return with a almost timid look, as if he wasn't certain about his own words. They had been true, but he never said things like that, and apparently he hadn't gotten his point across as well as he wanted. He licked his lips, suddenly a bit nervous. "Hearing that you were fine wouldn't have been enough. Besides," he was back to muttering his words, "I'd rather spend the next two months with you and die than spend the rest of my life witho-" he choked and quickly revised. "Than spend the rest of my life with those idiots in the Weyr."
Maybe. It might be funny. Poor Minnie had no idea.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 20:18:33 GMT -5
Theo raised an eyebrow, not quite looking at him. "You must really hate those idiots in the Weyr," she said noncommittally. "Wait a minute- aren't I one of those idiots in the Weyr?" She pursed her lips, thinking. She had completely managed to miss the revision, and attributed his suddenly choking to horror at the thought of dealing with some of those people for the rest of his life. "Though I suppose I'm better than K'lee..."
You are not a very nice evil master, Lykath pointed out. Should you not want to keep your minion from being squished or devoured?
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 20:33:35 GMT -5
He wasn't sure if he was glad she missed his point or if he wasn't. It certainly would have made it easier for him to express the feelings he wasn't sure he felt, even if it would result in massive teasing and embarrasment. With a thick swallow, he looked down. "Yeah, you are better than K'lee. You're a lot better than that dimglow Bluerider," he sighed. He was tired of this struggle, but he couldn't end it. It might change things.
Well...maybe give her a little scare. You could always spit her out later. Or sooner, he added the last two words on an afterthought.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 20:37:33 GMT -5
Uncomfortable with the turn the conversation had taken, Theo had a sudden idea. Just to see how he reacted. If he took it too badly, she could say she made it up later. "Hey," she said, leaning toward him with a conspiritorial look. "Can I tell you a secret?" Heehee. She could probably trust him with this. If not, she could tell Mith that it was of huge importance that C'rin not tell anyone.
Lykath blinked, thought about it... and gobbled the flitt right up. No chewing, of course. Then she spat the unharmed but sticky little Mist back out. Like that?
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 20:43:48 GMT -5
He startled, not having expected the sudden shift in mood, looking up at her with eyes that were perhaps a little wide. C'rin took a deep breath to control the sudden thudding of his heart and pressed his lips together in a thin line before speaking. "You'll probably tell me anyway, won't you?"
Yes! Like that! Mith was far too excited, but he thought it was hilarious. Minnie sputtered and squawked, flailing about with her wings. She was quite upset and threw herself at Lykath's claw, trying to gobble her up but succeeding only in an annoying little pecking.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 20:46:45 GMT -5
Theo grinned. "Probably." She wondered if he would even care, but it was worth a shot. And it would be so funny to see a reaction... She lived to get random reactions out of him. So she leaned over and whispered in his ear. "I'm married."
She tastes terrible. Lykath looked at Minnie with slight distaste. She is going to hurt herself doing that, she added.
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 21:05:04 GMT -5
"What?" His heart skipped and his head snapped around to face her, placing their faces a little too close since she had leaned forward to whisper into his ear. "But!" he stuttered, staring at her with a blank, and possibly horrified look. He had not been expecting that. He searched about for a word, and found he could only repeat one. "Married?" And then he had the distinct impression that he knew nothing about her. Oh sure, personality wise, yes. But history? He knew nothing. "Then why aren't you weyrmated to him?" C'rin demanded. Why hadn't he heard of this? Not that it really mattered. Well, it did, but not enough to keep the new determination from springing up. "I'm not going to let him move in with us, you know."
If she hurts herself, then she will learn her lesson, Mith was starting to treat Minnie like his child. Weird. The little Mist tripped and hissed at the claw she'd tripped over.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 21:11:16 GMT -5
"Because he's a Holder," Theo said simply, as though this explained everything. Please excuse this momentary interruption, she told herself. It seems that C'rin's brain has imploded. "And why on Pern would he be moving in?" She quirked an eyebrow at him. Chances were that he either wasn't alive or was and was trying to have her arrested. Possibly executed. Ah, well, her dragon was bigger. Especially since he didn't have one. So there. Nyah.
Lykath snickered, in the way that only a dragon can snicker. She certainly will, though she did not seem to understand the lesson I taught her by eating her.
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 21:41:25 GMT -5
"You're married to a Holder? You're a...Lady?" he stared at her with a look that plainly said he was too startled to sound intelligent at the moment. If she was a Lady, and...a Weyrwoman...why wasn't she trying to take over the world? He would be!
Well, maybe you should try it again? Minnie screeched unhappily and tried to waddle away.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 21:45:50 GMT -5
"I was..." Oops. Maybe she really had blown up his brain. "But it wasn't my choice, dimglow." She scowled at him. "I was ten Turns old. He thought I was pretty, so my parents sold me off." She shrugged. "I am no longer in the situation, though technically I'm still married to him." No, she wasn't trying to take over the world. She was mostly trying to get the bits of the world she didn't like to leave her the heck alone.
Look at her run, Lykath said, amused by the waddling-flee.
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 21:57:51 GMT -5
"Was." Pause. Pause. "Oh. Why didn't you say so!" He sounded...relieved? Also a bit disgusted. "You got married at ten?" Another pause. "Why are you still married to him if you live in the Weyr?"
It is funny, yes. Minnie tripped again, and then promptly tried to pretend she'd done it on purpose.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 22:02:50 GMT -5
"Yes. Was." Pause. "Because I wanted to freak you out first?" Pause again. She resisted the urge to snicker at his tone. "Like I said, C'rin, not my choice." Yet another pause. "Because there was no official thingy saying I'm not?" Wow, Theo, good response. Pause- this seemed to be a trend. "Actually, I just sorta hit him over the head and ran away." She pursed her lips, tapping her chin with a finger. "Not sure if he was breathing. But then people started yelling. Sooooo... I ran faster!" She beamed. This is your cue to scoot away.
I shall cuddle it. And Lykath promptly seized the flitter and proceeded to death-cuddle.
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Post by blacklight on Oct 23, 2007 22:10:47 GMT -5
"Why would you want to freak me out?" he hissed, freaked out because her ploy had worked. And he didn't scoot away, he stayed where he was. That sort of aggressive behavior was...well...it was nice to see in someone else. "So...all you need is some sort of offical document and you wont be married anymore?"
Oh no! I don't think she likes that, Lykath... And indeed Minnie did not. She squawked unhappily, but obviously could do nothing about it.
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Post by Nai-ru on Oct 23, 2007 22:13:57 GMT -5
Theo sniffed. "It's hardly that simple," she said. "It's a matter of personal pride." If the guy was alive. Though it might have been the same thing for her- I don't need anyone to tell me I'm not married. I'll make my own rules. So what if a document or two says something different? It's my choice, and I'm sharding well going to make it this time. "And I would want to freak you out because the conversation was getting uncomfortable, and freaked out is something I know how to do."
So? The epitome of selfish innocence. Why should it bother her that Minnie did not want to be cuddled? She wanted to cuddle Minnie.
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