Saturday, October 12, 2002 :::
 
Krispy: Oh by the way, I've continued the "First meeting" over in My World...

Steph: Heh...

Zalari: Is THAT how you two met?

Steph: Perhaps...more or less...no actually, Krispy is just making it up on the spot.

Krispy: *smile* That's what I do. By the way, hope u like the updated side-bar.

::: spewed by Krispy at 10:44 PM

 
Krispy: my do we have wonderful timing...i...want to sleep.

Steph: among various other things. Delicious sandwich by the way.

Krispy: yes. I love well made sandwiches...POST MORE LATER!!!

::: spewed by Krispy at 10:09 PM

 
Krispy: I'M BACK!!! *looks around* YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A PARTY WITHOUT ME?!!!

Steph: Well you were just at one.

Krispy: I WAS WORKING!!! *smile* I made $20 bucks. This performance stuff ain't too bad. AND OMG! You know the guy's party that we were playing at? He's famous!

Steph: Are you serious?!!!

Krispy: Yeah! He's a song writer! He wrote "Like a Virgin"!!! He's written for Bette Midler, the Bangles, Madonna, Whitney Housten!!!

Steph: HOLY SHITE!!!

Krispy: AND I made money! How's THAT!

Steph: Sweet deal.

Krispy: Now anyway, HAPPY HOUSEKI DAY!!! YUYA!!! DID YOU MISS ME?!!!! *SMILE* Haha. NO--you didn't but that's ok cuz I didn't miss you either! I'm very flattered that you think that you will kill me soon because I know you never will...1) Firalaer is nice enough to defend me and 2) If I die, no more writing for Alz...*smirk* And wouldn't that be tragic.

Steph: *approvingly* Krispy, I like this new side of you.

Krispy: I think it comes from lack of sleep.

Anakin: What works, works!

Krispy: *staring at everyone else* All of you are awfully quiet.

Wing: You're loud enough for all of us.

Obi-Wan: I'm usually quiet.

Zalari: Er...ditto.

Krispy: *shrug* I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!

Everyone: *blink*

Anakin: What's wrong with her?

Obi-Wan: I haven't the faintest idea.

Wing: It's the Wooya affect.

Zalari: We don't even know where the bear is.

Steph: *watching the twins* I don't think you guys should be poking at him like--*gets an idea* Hey guys!

Krispy: Oh no. I know that look, Steph! What are you going to do to Sincere?

Steph: I'M not doing anything but those two...they might. I'm merely making a suggestion.

Zalari: *laugh* Sseriya...

Steph: bleh! Hey Seastar! Tenya! You know, you could get real creative with some whipped cream and a polaroid camera.

Wing: You are so bad.

Steph: I know.

Krispy: Alz will post? YES?!!!

Steph: She will if she knows what's good for her.

Krispy: I wanna know what Imanierant does!

Anakin: You don't even have a guess?

Krispy: I just got home! And my puny brain is incapable of such difficult tasks!!! Just ask Yuya!!!

Wing: *laugh* You are really pissing him off.

Krispy: *smile* It's my job.

Obi-Wan: Self appointed, apparently.


::: spewed by Krispy at 10:00 PM

 
Steph: Congratulations.

Krispy: Huh? What? Why? What did I do?!!!

Steph: No, I just realized how much trouble Luce gets herself into. She somehow gets on everyone's bad sides.

Krispy: And?

Steph: And I just wanted to congratulate you for not.

Krispy: Oh. Well, no duh! I'm a coward remember?! Getting on ppl's bad sides is the LAST thing I want to do. Unless...*smile brightly at Yuya* Unless it's him cuz you know, I'm already on his bad side for just simply existing and I'll always be on his bad side even if I don't exist so...*hugging Yuya's shoe*...there really is no point in lamenting over that fact. I'm just going to enjoy it. HELLO YUYA!!! Why are you always in such a bad mood?!!! Don't you know I worry about your mental health?!!!

Anakin: I would worry about your own mental health.

Krispy: *glare*thinks* Speaking of which, also, I don't usually get on the other people's bad sides cuz I'm already on all of, as Gina put it, you guys's bad sides!!!

Wing: Wonderful grammar skills.

Krispy: Thanks...but yes...I'm busy enough trying to NOT push Anakin over the edge, trying to not totally screw up Zalari's character, trying to make Wing unresentful, trying not to piss Obi-Wan off, and trying not to get killed by Steph! I don't have TIME to get on other people's bad sides cuz I'm already on all of yours!!!

Obi-Wan: *smile* You are not on my bad side, Krispy.

Krispy: *sparkly eyed* Really?

Obi-Wan: Really.

Anakin: Jedi don't lie...er...exactly...

Krispy: OBI-WAN!!! *glomps him*

Steph: *laugh* Dude, I'm not always trying to kill you! But heh...

Krispy: You feeling better?

Steph: Much better. After sleep, food, ignoring you doing your work, and now this, I'm fine.

Krispy: Are you going to kill Alz still?

Steph: *shrug* Maybe later, if I feel like it. Besides, she brought in Imanierant and has dropped the subject of marriage. *abruptly turns to Zalari* Not that I wouldn't have done it...then.

Zalari: It was a different time and different circumstances.

Steph: *smile*nod*turns to Imanierant* Hi. I didn't properly say hi to you yesterday because I was busy being possessed by the evil spirit of the witch Krispy over there.

Krispy: I AM NOT A WITCH!!!

Steph: Haha. Right. Anyway, hi! Welcome! I'm Stephanie and/or Sseriya--er...and um...don't get killed!

Krispy: Where did that come from?

Steph: I don't know. I just like to say don't get killed.

Krispy: Or you like to say DIE!!!

Steph: Yeah. That too.

Krispy: Alrite...gotta go finish eating lunch and then...*sniff* NNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!

Zalari: What now?

Krispy: I have a performance today that I'm SO NOT ready for!!! ACK!!! Don't want to go...*sniff*

Steph: OH just deal with it. *suddenly notices Sincere still asleep* You know, he's been here quite a while.

Wing: Well he needed this much sleep, didn't he?

Steph: Well he's a pretty deep sleeper or something because I've been REALLY REALLY loud lately.

Anakin: Yeah. We could tell.

Obi-Wan: Should we wake him up?

Steph: And have him go back to work and only put himself in the same condition?!! NO!

Zalari: He will have to go back sometime.

Steph: Let him stock up on sleep then.

Krispy: Well, it really isn't for us to decide.

Steph: Yeah it is. How is he gonna find his way out of the Valley without our help?

Krispy: Er...Alz may want him--

Steph: *glare at Alz* Does Alz want him to leave?

Alz: *blink*silence*

Steph: Good answer.

Krispy: *sigh* Ok, you guys go figure this out. I'm gonna go practice. I'm out.

::: spewed by Krispy at 2:17 PM

 
Krispy: OH FIRALAER!!! You are absolutely wonderful!!! God bless you! And every particle of dust that you step on.

Steph: *stare*

Wing: WAY too much Crucible.

Zalari: Way too much school, I think.

Obi-Wan: Luckily for us, it is the weekend.

Krispy: Yuya, you know whatever you're saying is not going to affect me in anyway because I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD OF IT!!! ICH WEISS NICHT WAS SIE SAGEN!!! ICH KANN NICHT VERSTAND!!! KANNIVERSTAND!!! VERSTANDE MICH NICHTS!!!

Steph: Du bist ein Faulenzer und ein Dumkopf, meine Liebe.

Krispy: HEY! Back off!

Luce: Drunter und Druber?

Steph & Krispy: *blink*

Steph: Sie haben viele Kopf Probleme.

Krispy: Ah, ja. Manchmal, sie ist sehr...interessant.

Steph: *nods* Wait! You aren't actually going to accept that shoe, are you?!!! You can't accept the shoe of that which does not exist!!!

Krispy: Denial is not a GOOD thing, Steph.

Steph: YOU do it all the time.

Krispy: Yes, but I do not have a bad history of denial, insanity, and repression.

Steph: Repression, yes. Insanity, yes. DENIAL?!!!

Krispy: I'm sure that was in there somewhere. I'll figure it out.

Steph: YOU WILL NOT!

Krispy: You're right. I won't. It'll probably just...happen.

Steph: ...

Krispy: ANYWAY, I'm taking the shoe. Yes. THANK YOU FIRALAER!!! Bless the dirt on your shoes! AH! SHOES!!! Obi-Wan? Can I please have your boot?

Obi-Wan: *smile* I need my boot.

Krispy: Can you steal Anakin's and give me one of yours?

Anakin: Hey!

Obi-Wan: No.

Krispy: *sigh* I will get your boot yet! THANK YOU YUYA FOR THE SHOE!!!

Steph: *shaking head* You really are annoying.

Krispy: Yep! But look on the bright side.

Wing: There's a bright side? It all looks pretty overcast to me!

Krispy: *glare* At least I'm not calling him sweetheart and dearest and things of that sort as Firalaer has. Oh! Bless every single purtiful strand of hair on your sweet little head!

Steph: You are scarier than Abigail.

Krispy: I'll save you Stephanie! I'll save you! From them...and from yourself!

Steph:...

::: spewed by Krispy at 12:16 AM

Friday, October 11, 2002 :::
 
Krispy: Holy Sheet!

Steph: Holy Sheet!

Krispy: Will you stop it?!

Steph: Will you stop it?!

Krispy: *walks up to Steph and bashes her over the head with a pillow* Be happy I didn't pull out a baseball bat.

Steph: YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HEAD!!!

Krispy: YES YES! I GET it already! SHEEZ! As if we all didn't already KNOW that I am a very--*cough* I'm getting off track.

Obi-Wan: You were not completing your work and thus you were ALWAYS off-track.

Krispy: Thank you, Master. But um...LOOK! *holding up shoe* OH YEA! I got myself another shoe!!! YAY!!!

Wing: Ah...it takes so little to please her.

Krispy: BLEH! BUT LOOK AT ALL THE PURTIFULNESS!!!

Anakin: She's making up words. That can't be good.

Zalari: Isn't she ALWAYS making up words?

Krispy: Am I?

Zalari: Are you?

Krispy: I am?

Zalari: You are?

Krispy: Aren't I?

Steph: STOP IT!!!

Krispy: And OMG! Yuya actually refered to me! That's so freaky!

Wing: I never figured out when exactly you started acting like this when it came to Yuya.

Krispy: I don't know either. I think I just like being annoying despite the fact that he could and would and probably one of these days WILL squash me like a bug under the weight of a billion nighmares, but *shrug* oh well. This is all assuming I have a brain left capable of comprehending nightmares when he does choose to do that. Then again, Yuya wouldn't want to waste his strength on a petty worm like me. He would not favor me with such. I'm not worth his time so I make him worth mine...? Am I babbling again?

Everyone: Yes.

Krispy: Haha. Oh my! I've left him alone for more than half a minute! Gotta get back to work! YUYA!!! *LOUDLY* HHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!

Anakin: Why do you always counter yourself? It's weird...And I thought you said you were a coward.

Krispy: I am.

Steph: She's just annoying and insane, but we've established that already.

Zalari: Feeling better?

Steph: Faintly...I just needed to...scream.

Wing: Obviously.

Krispy: YUYA!!! *jumping up and down* I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME AND SEE ME AND WOULD LIKE TO IGNORE ME BUT I KNOW YOU CAN'T!!! *sigh* Ah...eternity...will I really have that chance? YUYA!!! HHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

::: spewed by Krispy at 11:36 PM

 
Krispy: Er...Alz...I didn't--

Steph: YOU MEANT IT TO BE MEAN ALRITE!!! BECAUSE YOU ARE A CRUEL MERCILESS HEARTLESS LITTLE SILLY GIRL WITH BLOOD ON YOUR HEAD!!!!

Wing: What's gotten into her?

Krispy: I just--

Steph: NO!!! DON'T SPEAK!!!

Krispy: Haha! I helped write that.

Steph: STOP IT!!!!

Krispy: No but seriously Alz, I didn't mean--

Steph: IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU MEAN!!! YOU DID IT!!!

Anakin: No seriously what is wrong with her?

Krispy: Steph? Do you just feel like screaming again?

Steph: NO!

Wooya: I think you need a hug!

Steph: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!!

Krispy: Er...Wooya. Back off if you know what's good for you.

Steph: YOU ARE DRIVING ME INSANE!!!

Wing: Again?

Steph: YES AGAIN!!! AND I WON'T FRIGGIN RECOVER THIS TIME!!!

Zalari: You...are...very...loud...

Steph: I AM AWARE OF THAT DEAREST!

Anakin: Lay off the CAPS LOCK please...

Obi-Wan: *cough* We have a new guest.

Steph: WHAT?!!!!

Krispy: *smile* HELLO IMANIERANT!!!!!! Wow...long name...gonna have to get used to typing that one. HI!!!!! *waves furiously* I LOVE FIRALAER AND I LOVE OBI-WAN AND CAN I HAVE YOUR SHOES?!!!

Steph: YOU CANNOT GO AROUND RANDOMLY THROWING THAT QUESTION AROUND!!! IT IS RESERVED FOR OBSESSIONS!!!

Krispy But Sincere has really kewl shoes.

Steph: ...

Anakin: Hey, she didn't scream.

Steph: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BRAT-CHILD?!!!

Anakin: *covering ears* No...no...sorry...sorry...

Krispy: Fine then...can I have your pretty jewelry? Better yet, how about you tell me what the frell Alz is up to? Hmmm??? I mean you just came out of nowhere all swathed in mystery...

Steph: BRAIN...OVERLOAD...GOING...TO...EXPLODE...

Zalari: *grabs her by the shoulders* What is wrong?

Steph: SHE'S DOING MATH! AND READING COMPREHENSION! AND COMPOSING SENTENCES AND DEFINING VOCABULARY *becoming more and more frantic* AND READING LONG STUPID PASSAGES AND ANSWERING "SHORT ESSAY" QUESTIONS ON THEM AND THESE DUMB MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND SCANTRONS AND--

Obi-Wan: Just breathe in. Breathe out. Roll it all into a ball and push it away.

Steph: *breathing breathing breathing* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! *attacks Krispy* STOP DOING WORK!!! SLEEP OR SOMETHING!!!!

Krispy: ??????!!!!!!!!!

Wing: Um...hello Imanierant. Like your choice of colors...*smile*

Krispy: *being shaken around by Steph* You match WING!!!

Steph: *stops for a moment*smirk* So did Erida.

Wing: *GLARE*

Steph: *goes back to screaming at Krispy*

Zalari: *sigh* They usually aren't this bad...really.

Obi-Wan: Well, at least, Stephanie is usually more under control. You may want to watch out for trenches and perhaps a few fires left burning.

Wing: Can you tell she's our resident psychopath?

Steph: I HEARD THAT, BIRD!!!

Krispy: Oh and Alz, "First meeting" was just for this paragraph thing I had to write for ACI and I thought it was funny...and stupid. So haha. I wanted to write something stupid remember? So I may or may not continue it. But until then, I must pay you back for your various lovely cliffhangers with that. But you see! That doesn't count cuz I didn't even think of it as a cliffhanger!!! It's NOT! Just...mysterious. And seriously, WHO do you THINK that is?

Steph: A BANK! A BANK!!! IT'S THE ANSWER TO ALL OUR PRAYERS!!! THE BANK WILL HELP CIRCULATE BUSINESS!!! PRINT PAPER MONEY!!! HAHAHA!!! THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE MAJOR STOCK HOLDER!!! A BANK!!! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Krispy: Dude! You aren't Hamilton!!!

Steph: Tis a wind! A WIND!!! A COLD WIND!!! I FREEZE!!! I FREEZE!!!

Krispy: STOP IT!

Steph: *same tone* STOP IT!

Krispy Stephanie!

Steph: Stephanie!

Wing: She really stressed her out today...

Anakin: Yeah...repeating lines from the Crucible and acting like Hamilton. NOT GOOD.

Obi-Wan: Indeed.

::: spewed by Krispy at 11:01 PM

 
Krispy: I did so terribly on everything I was tested on today.

Wing: So you were having a bad day!

Zalari: Well, you could easily figured that out with Sseriya's variously shifting moods and bouts of violence.

Anakin: *from within a deep deep dark trench* You can say that again.

Krispy: Anakin? What are you doing down there?

Anakin: Hiding out from your split personality.

Krispy: Er...she didn't kill anyone or anything...did she?

Obi-Wan: *calmly* No. We had Wooya restrain her.

Krispy: !!!

Wing: *laugh* Yes. She enjoyed that.

Krispy: I'm sure she did.

Steph: LET ME GO YOU FRIGGIN MARSHMELLOW PUFF!!!

Krispy: Hey Steph.

Steph: THANK GOD! No more testing! Now, can you please make the bear let me go so that I can go back to threatening Alz very existence?

Krispy: I'll ask him to let you go and I don't object to chasing Alz around but if she posts...

Steph: Yes. I know how it goes.

Wing: I had no idea you could control your rages like that.

Steph: *smirk* Where do you think I got all that power from when I was still the old me?

Wing: Controlled anger...hmm...well, you did get a lot more accomplished when you were under control.

Anakin: Alz is still alive and kicking.

Steph: Indeed. *glance at Alz* We'll see about that.

Krispy: Right. But um...ALZ POST! Luce made a BAD choice but DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON ME!!! And if you insist...

Steph: *smile* I get to do whatever I want.

Krispy: Er...we need to talk.

Steph: *shrug* Sure.

Krispy: Anyway, yes so POST! Be back later!

::: spewed by Krispy at 6:38 PM

Thursday, October 10, 2002 :::
 
Krispy: Eck...I hate Pre-Cal.

Obi-Wan: You should not have procrastinated. You should have done your work when you were supposed to.

Krispy: I know! I know! NEVER let me not do by math hw ever again!

Anakin: *sigh* We try...

Krispy: This is strange, being back on my old computer again.

Wing: But it's still not cooperating with you.

Krispy: No. Not really. Better than before tho. And I got to look at some of my old writing...*shudder* Let's not talk about those...

Obi-Wan: Human Genome Project?

Krispy: *ducking behind Firalaer with hands firmly clapped against ears* NO! SPEAK NO MORE OF SUCH HORRID THINGS!!!

Anakin: You sound like that book you were reading for English.

Krispy: *clinging to Firalaer* OH! He come to me every day and every night and bid me sign. Sign! He want me to sign. *frightened look in eyes* He say to me "I'll murder you" if I didn't sign. And I sign! I signed!!! *sobbing*

Everyone: *stare*

Zalari: She's really into that book, isn't she?

Krispy: *using the scene as a reason to hug Firalaer* Oh Firalaer! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll hurt you no more!!!

Wing: ...

Steph: *for the moment not chasing Alz*

Anakin: By the Force! Did she tire out?

Steph: No. Not really.

Wing: Become bored?

Steph: No.

Anakin: Then what?

Steph: She's doing pre-calculus. It's hard to be in a murderous rage about anything OTHER than math at this moment.

Zalari: I see.

Krispy: *back to normal but still stuck on Firalaer* You know, I was reading over my old stuff and um...I'm so sad.

Obi-Wan: ???

Krispy: Zalari, you used to be a much more direct and blunt about things. You seemed a lot more cheerful at times too. Stephanie, you were meaner than you are now. You are SO much more vulnerable sounding the way I write you now. You were...pretty creepy.

Steph: *uninterested* You don't say.

Krispy: And I found that sensory description assignment we had for Marquardt, and I'd written 2 scenes in there. That made me sad too.

Obi-Wan: Again, why?

Krispy: Because it was nicer than how I write now!!! *sob* It was so...pretty...well judging by my sad standards. So much more...I dunno. It was just not like how I write now. Man...I'm really sad. But unfortunately, even worse, I must leave now to finish this math stuff...and study for this math stuff...*sigh* I HATE this...

Steph: Don't we all.

::: spewed by Krispy at 10:22 PM

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 :::
 
Steph: STOP being the Guardian of Fire?!!! *insane laugh* WHY would I want to do that when BEING the Guardian allows me to do THIS!!!! *a huge wall of flame bursts up in front of Alz and Tenshi*

Alz & Tenshi: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Steph: COME HERE!!!! *starts chasing after them again*

Wing: You know...*watching*wince*cringe*...she wasn't always like that...

Anakin: I hope not.

Obi-Wan: We can tell.

Krispy: You will post? You liked it THAT much?!!! I thought it--

Zalari: *returning* So, you two just--*sees Stephanie on a rampage*--what happened?

Wing: Heh...she um...

Anakin: Alz pissed her off.

Zalari: I can...tell...

Krispy: She married you guys through these plushies. LOOK! *pulls out Krispy plushy*

Zalari: WHAT?!!!

Obi-Wan: Yes. Alz was that...unwise.

Krispy: Obi-Wan, you are too nice...*sigh* I LOVE YOU!!! *glomps him*

Obi-Wan: I appreciate your...support.

Anakin: Can you stop her now? Since you're back?

Zalari: The question is, do I want to stop her?

Alz: YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! *glomps Zalari* SAVE ME!!!

Tenshi: ME TOO! *ducks behind him*

Zalari: *smile* I don't appreciate being used as a shield against Sseriya when she's on a rampage.

Krispy: I'm on Rampage!

Everyone: *blink*

Krispy: Er...sorry. That was stupid.

Wing: State the obvious.

Steph: *stopping up short*sweetly* Welcome back, dearest. Now, will you please move so that I can properly TORTURE THOSE TWO?!!! *smile*

Anakin: Wow. That is really creepy.

Krispy: Tell me about it.

Wing: Definitely a French Revolution there...

Obi-Wan: Perhaps she would prefer witch trials--burning at the stake and all.

Anakin: *stare* Master? How do you know all of this?

Obi-Wan: A Jedi seeks knowledge.

Anakin: Right...

Zalari: I would move if I could, but I can't. They seemed to be latched on to me...indefinitely.

Steph: THEN ZAP THEM OFF LIKE BUGS!!!

Krispy: She's really...

Steph: ARGH! *forgets using magic and just lunges at Alz and Tenshi*

Alz & Tenshi: AAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!! *runs for it*

Steph: COME BACK HERE!!! *starts after them, once again throwing fire everywhere*

Krispy: Heh...well gotta go do Physics...

::: spewed by Krispy at 10:29 PM

 
Krispy: There. I sent you all EVERYTHING!!!

Steph: ...ALZ...SHALL...PAY...

Anakin: Everything?

Krispy: Not everything. I sent them...something.

Steph: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!! *starts up again*

Wing: Man, she's loud.

Obi-Wan: Physics, Math, German.

Krispy: Gotcha! On my way.

::: spewed by Krispy at 9:24 PM

 
Krispy: Look.

What revolution are You?
Made by altern_active

 
Krispy: WAS?!!! ALZ!!! Ich bin sehr sehr SEHR BOSE!!!

Wing: WHAT?!!

Anakin: *shrug*

Obi-Wan: She said, "WHAT?!!! ALZ!!! I am very very VERY MAD!!!"

Wing & Anakin: *STARE*

Krispy: Du bist sehr gut!

Steph: I WON'T MISS NEXT TIME I GET MY CHANCE!!!

Obi-Wan: Yes, if she had really "fried" the two of you--

Anakin: You'd be nothing but crispy bits--er...nothing to do with Krispy, of course.

Krispy: MORGEN?!!! MORGEN?!!! Es ist Morgen jetzt!!! Ich will ein POST haben!!!

Obi-Wan: TOMORROW?!!! TOMORROW?!!! It is tomorrow now!!! I want a POST!!!

Krispy: Ich will Antworten haben!!! VIELE VIELE ANTWORTEN!!! IST FIRALAER EIN MENSCH?!!!

Obi-Wan: I want answers!!! MANY MANY ANSWERS!!! IS FIRALAER A HUMAN?!!!! *cough* Krispy has just finished her Deutsch Essay which took her a while do to excrutiating attention to the delicacies of German grammar. Obviously, she is a bit stuck in that mode.

Krispy: I AGREE WITH MARK TWAIN!!! GERMAN GRAMMAR MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!!! Damnit!!!

Steph: DAMIT!

Krispy: Nein nein! Nicht "damit"!!! DAMNIT! Auf ENGLISCH!!!

Steph: ALZ!!! WIR MACHEN SIE TOT!!!

Krispy: *snicker* Nicht wir machen sie sterben?

Steph: Nein! Alz wird STERBEN!!!

Anakin: Um...why do I have the feeling that I may know what that all means?

Wing: Yeah...same here.

Obi-Wan: You both are probably correct. Alz, I'm sure you can infere what that all was as well. Otherwise, you do not really want to know and I would suggest--

Krispy: *smile* Laufen Sie! Laufen Sie wahrend sie konnen.

Obi-Wan: *cough* Run! Run while you can.

Krispy: Oh und Yuya? Ich LIEBE dich!

Obi-Wan: "Oh and Yuya? I---" Excuse me?!

Krispy: Verstanden Sie Deutsch?

Luce: Oh oh oh!!! *slowly* Ich----weiss---*carefully pronouncing* n-i-ch-t!

Krispy: Ja! Das ist sehr gut!

Luce: Um, Krisp? ICH WEISS NICHT!!!

Krispy: Was ich sage?

Luce: ??? *sudden thought* Drunter und druber.

Krispy: *shakes head* Ack! Mein Gott!

Anakin: *rolls eyes* Guess what she just said?

::: spewed by Krispy at 12:36 AM

Tuesday, October 08, 2002 :::
 
Steph: ALZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Krispy: Hey Steph! You want some extra powers? I'm sure Wing won't mind letting your borrow his!!!

Anakin: You are so evil.

Obi-Wan: Beware the Dark Side, my young apprentice.

Anakin: A bit late, isn't it?

Wing: *smile* Sure. Fire can borrow my element. This is way too fun to watch.

Krispy: Sweet Yuya? BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! SWEET YUYA?!!!

Wing: You're getting off topic.

Krispy: Oh yes. Right...ALZ! DIE!!! *drops a mountain*

Alz: WHATTA---?!!! *narrowly escapes*

Krispy: OH YEAH?!!! *drops another mountain*

Alz: !!!!

Steph: I WILL GET YOU!!! *fireball fireball fireball*

Wing: *shakes head* Fire, your aim has deteriorated.

Krispy: Well, she usually isn't in this sort of rage when she needs to shoot things...

Wing: True.

Obi-Wan: *sigh* I really don't see how Sincere is sleeping through all this noise.

Anakin: What about Wooya? He is easily remaining happy and loving thru all of this.

Obi-Wan: Indeed.

Krispy: ALZ!!!! TELL ME THE TRUTH!!!! IS FIRALAER FRIGGING HUMAN OR NOT?!!!!!!

Wing: Don't you want to know the other things?

Krispy: YES! THOSE TOO! But um...the Firalaer thing was just the first that popped up in my head. Alrite...back to work.

::: spewed by Krispy at 10:21 PM

 
Steph: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! *tearing after Alz*

Krispy: Call her off? *smile* Now why would I do something like that?

Steph: I'M NOT HER DOG OR ANYTHING! You dare add INSULT to this?!!! *renewed firepower*

Alz: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Wing: Well, things are certainly a lot more interesting here.

Krispy: NOT POST ALZ?!!! After all those teasers, you refuse to post?!!! I would join Steph in her pursuit but I'm still brain-dead from physics and trying to do German essay and APUSH notes so that I can catch up in Pre-Cal AND watch Smallville.

Anakin: *watching Steph strangely* Um...if she keeps throwing fire like that--won't she ever...exhaust herself or something? Like run out of energy to conjure up all of that stuff?

Krispy: Heh...good question. But you know, either way, it'll be a while.

Obi-Wan: She'll probably get bored first.

Krispy: Precisely. You know Anakin, she's the Guardian of Fire meaning she pretty much is fire. That's the easiest form of power for her to use so--*shrug* Who knows when it'll end.

Wing: *smirk* When Alz posts some answers, I think?

Krispy: *smile* Yes, Krispy thinks this as well.

Anakin: Okay, and now you all talk like Nerilay. Very nice...

Krispy: Alrite, gotta go. Smallville starts in 10 minutes!

::: spewed by Krispy at 8:52 PM

 
Steph: AAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! *still chasing after her*

Obi-Wan: *to Krispy* Aren't you going to stop her?

Krispy: *smirk* No. I'm quite enjoying this. Besides, the fact that I just bombed my Physics test has put me in a sour mood.

Obi-Wan: *smile* I'm sure that has something to do with Stephanie's continued rage.

Anakin: But Alz just threatened you with all those teasers.

Krispy: She should be in no position to threaten. *pause* Then again, I'm in no position to say that because Stephanie seems to be completely out of my control.

Wing: Seems to be?

Krispy: AAAHHHH!!! *blink* Where did you come from?

Wing: Um...from where I was?

Krispy: What are you doing back?

Wing: I was wondering where Sseriya had disappeared off to and what the frell was taking her so long...*stares at Steph chasing Alz* Sheez...the minute she gets back here she's already tearing this place up and trying to kill one of you?

Krispy: *shrug* Well, that's Steph for you.

Wing: I didn't think that whole Rael thing was that boring.

Krispy: Er...*pulls out her plushy* LOOK!

Wing: It's...a tiny you...

Krispy: YEP! And there's one of you too! Alz very foolishly decided to marry Stephanie and Zalari thru the use of plushies and that is why she is being chased around now.

Anakin: Firalaer wouldn't protect her.

Wing: I...see...interesting...

Krispy: Anyway, so how about I don't tell Stephanie to back off and just let her keep chasing Alz around until Alz posts something that will answer those questions she so considerately posed?

Obi-Wan: You are quite the devious little mind, aren't you?

Krispy: *smile* You have to be when dealing with Alz and Chibi. Or when dealing with *smile* Jedi.

Anakin: *rolls eyes* Yes yes...you fooled us. You and your crazy friends kidnapped us. And now, we're stuck here...FOREVER!

Krispy: Awww! You know you love it here! Besides, there's no sense of time in the Magical Valley. Just look at Sincere. He's still out like a sack of potatoes.

Wing: I thought you were much better with similies.

Krispy: Er...well, that was um...out of the ordinary?

Steph: *pauses for a moment* Hi Firetail!!! *smile*waves* AAAAAALLLLLZZZZZZZZZZ!!! *resumes chase and fireball throwing*

Krispy: Heh...well...

Steph: *snarling* DIE MORTAL!!!!!!

Obi-Wan: Is that her talking?

Anakin: She sounds a lot like Firetail.

Wing: No, I think it's just her--how should I put this--inner dragon talking.

Jedi: Oh.

Krispy: Well then, gotta go do some homework! GERMAN ESSAY...*sadly* oh yay! Na, gut. Ich beginne!

::: spewed by Krispy at 6:34 PM

Monday, October 07, 2002 :::
 
Steph: ALZ!!!! *dives at for her*

Krispy: *wince* You know, at the boiling point you got Steph in, I don't think hiding behind Firalaer would even have helped...much...

Anakin: Is that how weddings are conducted in this universe?

Krispy: Er...more or less so? By the way, what happened to the "to those who object to this speak now or forever hold your peace" bit?

Tenshi: *in the air* What part what that be?

Steph: *whirls* Don't think you're safe up there fox! You're next! *sends a few fireballs in his direction*resumes chasing after Alz, flames bursting into life every which way*

Alz: !!!

Obi-Wan: *studying the Jedi plushies*smile* Padawan, you may want to keep this.

Anakin: *already busy making a trench* Huh? Oh. How...cute...*smile* Master, would you care to take shelter?

Obi-Wan: Very wise of you, Padawan.

Alz: LET ME IN!!!

Anakin: *calmly* Unfortunately, we must remain--

Obi-Wan: Impartial.

Alz: WHAT KIND OF JEDI ARE YOU NOT HELPING THOSE IN NEED?!!!

Anakin: *shrug* You brought it on yourself!

Steph: *shouting at Jedi* OUT OF THE WAY!!! *shoots more fire at Alz*

Alz: !!! *resumes running*

Krispy: Um...er...Steph? Not wanting to spoil your fun or anything but um...don't kill her okay? She needs to write for us!

Steph: *evil smile* Oh don't worry. I'm not going to kill her...

Obi-Wan: You know, it is amazing how fast you Writers can run when your lives are threatened.

Krispy: Yeah I know. In any other circumstance with anyone OTHER than a Writer, Alz would probably be dead!

Alz: KRISPY!!!

Krispy: Well you aren't going to die!

Alz: KRISPY!!!

Krispy: *settling into the trench* Like Anakin said, you brought this one yourself. I tried to stop you. I tried to warn you, but--*sigh* you just wouldn't listen, now would you?

Obi-Wan: Perhaps she will exhaust herself?

Krispy: Do you want to know how long she can go?

Anakin: Maybe she'll get bored?

Krispy: *considering* Yeah...maybe. Maybe someone will finally decide to save Alz.

Obi-Wan: Perhaps.

::: spewed by Krispy at 8:12 PM

 
Stephanie: *reappears in flash of fire* WHAT, pray tell, are you doing...*eyes narrow* ALZ?!!!

Krispy: OH THANK THE FORCE! You're back!!!

Anakin: Where's everyone else?

Steph: Still occupied...

Alz: *innocently* We aren't doing anything!

Steph: Then what the frell do you call this entire...omg! Krispy! You have a plushy?

Krispy: *smacks forehead* STEPH!

Steph: *cough* Right. ALZ!!! Get rid of all of this...NOW!

Krispy: Wait! Er...hehe...I want my plushy...please?

Steph: KRISPY!

Krispy: ALZ! STOP IT!!!

Obi-Wan: How goes your trip?

Steph: *rolls eyes* Stupidly...it's all pretty boring. I don't see why Rael needs all of us--*glare at Alz* Are you cleaning up or what? *stare* Why are there little embroidered roses all over everything?

Krispy: *sigh* Long story Steph. LONG story...And EAGLE?!!! GIMME!!!

Steph: You are scary.

Krispy: No. Alexander Hamilton is scary. He was brilliant but definitely a little bit off, you know?

Steph: I just love how you twist history to your own personal amusment.

Krispy: No but seriously! He's so scary. Ok so here's what G and I came up with....

Hamilton: A bank! A BANK! We need a Bank of the United States!!! DON'T YOU SEE?!! A BANK!!! IT'S THE ANSWER TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS!!! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Jefferson: What is he ranting about now?

Washington: *brow furrowed* I--am going to retire...

Krispy: See!

Steph: Yeah...I'm sure. Anyway, ALZ! I want all of this *indicates wedding* GONE!

::: spewed by Krispy at 6:42 PM

Sunday, October 06, 2002 :::
 
Krispy: *choke*gag*cough*

Anakin: Well, that doesn't sound too good.

Obi-Wan: Krispy Plushy?

Krispy: FORCE! I have a plushy?!!! GIMME!!!

Obi-Wan: *holds Krispy back* Calm down, Krispy.

Krispy: OMG! You can't do this Alz! Things don't work that way!!! *struggling futilely against Obi-Wan*

Anakin: Well, maybe if they come back?

Krispy: NO! It'll be worse if they come back! *suddenly realizes that Obi-Wan is holding her back* OMG! OBI-WAN!!! *whirls and glomps him*

Obi-Wan: Ow.

Krispy: *sheepish grin* Sorry...er...but...*stares at beautiful Dragon King plushies* HOLY SHEET! Where did you manage to get those?!!!

Anakin: *cough* Alz, sorry to burst your bubble but um...didn't most of the Dragon Kings NOT like Sseriya?

Krispy: er...Brat-Child's got a point.

Obi-Wan: There seems to have been many points made this weekend.

Krispy: Yeah...but...ALZ!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!! You can't marry the plushies and thus by default marry THEM!!! Besides, I'm not even a minister or anything!!!

Anakin: But you are the Writer. Therefore, you have the power to marry off your own characters.

Krispy: But I'm not trying to marry them off!!!!

Anakin: I know. I just wanted to point that out.

Krispy: STOP IT WITH THE POINTS!!!

Obi-Wan: *sigh* It'll be chaos once the Guardians return...

Krispy: Cry havoc and--

Anakin: Finish your homework!

Krispy: ALZ! You better not do anything while I'm gone. Same goes for you Luce!

::: spewed by Krispy at 8:05 PM

 
Krispy: Um...Alz...Stephanie and them aren't here right now...although...

Anakin: Although what?

Krispy: I'm hearing...oh um...she's yelling at me for making people hate her.

Obi-Wan: Yes well...

Krispy: *shrug* Oh but, dearest other self, there are plenty of people who already hate you!

Anakin: *cough* Krispy? Are you talking to yourself?

Krispy: I'm ALWAYS talking to myself.

Obi-Wan: Point taken.

Krispy: Er...and it's not a soulbond...er...i don't think...hahahahaha...*sober* no.

Anakin: Basically meaning, she doesn't know. You have to ask Stephanie.

Krispy: Oh yes and the thing about cruelty or honesty or both. Well she obviously was still absorbing all of that and so she was never really sure. She always states that she doesn't love him but she doesn't actually know. AND she did mean to be...unkind when she said that.

Anakin: That's mean.

Krispy: She had her reasons...*wince* STEPHANIE!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL!!!

Obi-Wan: What did she say?

Krispy: She said--oh yea! TELL them that! Now they all hate me even more!!!

Anakin: Well, it was mean.

Krispy: *still talking as Steph* THAT WAS THE POINT!

Anakin: So, we can be upset with your behavior then.

Krispy: *as Steph* ...

Krispy: *back to Krispy* And no, Yuya. You can't just kill one of them and by default kill the other one. Believe me, I know and um...well I just can't tell you about that stuff cuz...well I have to keep SOME secrets! Not even Luce knows...

Luce: TELL ME!!!

Krispy: No. And Alz, I'm Dr. Pepper! Hehe. Um alrite. That's a pretty sad description of Mr. Pibb. And Krunchy and I think it's strange she got Orange Soda cuz thatz like her favorite soda. haha. Ok. Back to APUSH notes!

::: spewed by Krispy at 6:37 PM

 
Krispy: Er here's the post. I want to write but I can't. Must do HW...but if I finish early...

Anakin: Which is unlikely...

Obi-Wan: And you should study if you finish early but you probably won't do that either.

Krispy: You're right of course. But um...Obi-Wan, Gennia and I started a fanfic about you last night. It's a stupid one so...just to warn you.

Obi-Wan: *shrug* You will post now?

Krispy: Yes. Here's the love scene. I don't really like it that much but no time to really do anything else to it. Er...if it sounds like Luce's in the beginning, it's because I used hers as reference. She did such a marvelous WONDERFUL job of conveying intensity and emotional turmoil and whatnot that I just couldn't help myself. You see, my scene started at a later point in the whole confession so I had to at least start from the point Luce started at. I tried my hardest not to steal the words directly from Luce's posty but...well...er...sorry. I slipped up a few times. Here it is and that is MY END of the bargain. *sigh* Hope I have enough time to replenish my store of scenes before we do something like this again. Luce, WRITE MORE!!! *cough* Alrite. Here it is...

-------------

Sseriya was obviously in an ill humor, and her remark was more caustic than usual. “Why do you care so much?”

“Because I love you!”

They both stared at each other in stunned silence. Zalari blinked, just registering what had left his lips. Widened sunlit eyes reflected pure shock and disbelief. Sseriya nervously brushed back a strand of hair. She couldn’t possibly have heard him correctly. He didn’t just say that he loved her. It was impossible! It was ludicrous! Love her? She laughed shakily, roughly reining in her scattered thoughts.

“You should not make such rash confessions, Zalari! Someone may hear you and—the rumors would be horrible!” She curled and uncurled her fingers out of habit. That burning gaze did not relent; beating at her like the molten sun over the desert plains of Avivo—only worse for it was all directed at her.

“I love you.” More controlled this time, softer, even a bit uncertain—no; it was anything but uncertain. The needle-prick of the now familiar headaches made itself known, and Sseriya involuntarily put her finger to her temple. She quickly retracted her hand, only to have it caught by Zalari. He wouldn’t give her the chance to flee. The girl who stood before him now was hardly the notoriously glacial Emerald princess.

“You’re toying with me!” She forced another laugh and tried to pull free. Zalari only tightened his grip, the desperation in his eyes increasing ten-fold. He had her absolutely terrified. Grasping her chin with his free hand, he forced her to look at him.

“I wouldn’t toy with you about something like this, Sseriya,” he answered, anger lingering at the edge of his voice. Her almost casual disregard of the matter cut at him like a merciless whip. The keen longing inside was becoming more and more unbearable. He needed her to say something—anything—that would acknowledge his feelings. His heart was—

Her heart beat furiously in her chest, and suddenly she her breathing was erratic. Sseriya stared at Zalari, a churning vortex of emotions tearing at her mind. Did he have any idea what he was doing to her? Did he know what he was saying?

“You’re insane!” she cried before she could check herself. Zalari winced. Drawing her composure, the girl straightened and lifted her chin. She stopped struggling and gazed at Zalari with faint disinterest. “You must be mistaken.” Her voice had become cool. “Please, cease this foolishness before we are put in an unhealthy position.”

A wave of coldness swept over Sseriya like a physical blow. The shock and turmoil nearly wrenched a sob from her throat and threatened to bring her to tears. She gasped and shot Zalari a look of horror. Her apathetic shield had been torn from her, and she could barely form the words to question him. He moved closer so that her face was inches from his, reveling at how easily he could read her. At any other time, she would never have allowed such vulnerability. Sseriya clutched the dragon pendant at her neck, knuckles white.

“Sseriya, I love you. I tried to—” He broke eye contact for a moment but only for a moment. Sseriya noticed her own trembling but had no idea why she was so frightened. A troubled, distracted look came over his face, but he quickly shrugged it off. “I don’t know when I started loving you, but I needed to tell you. I never imagined that I would ever feel this way about you—I love you so much. I couldn’t keep it unspoken…I—I can’t help it. I cannot—”

“But you will!” she hissed sharply. “You will stop. Do you realize how much danger you put yourself in?! I will not have you compromised!” Her tone was pleading and angered, frustrated and confused like the mournful murmuring of a hidden spring. Sseriya wanted to cry, wanted to sink to the comfort of the floor. She wanted the intense ache in her heart to go away, and he wanted to know why it all stung so much. She was hurt; he was hurt. Clouded golden eyes flickered with sudden realization. Her voice came out in a hoarse whisper.

“What have you done, Zalari?” Then more frantically, “What—what is this?”

“My soul has long been bound to yours.”

“No…” Sseriya staggered back, shaking her head. “This is not a soul-bond. I would—” The hand squeezed more tightly around the pendant. Zalari clenched her hand more forcefully, but immediately loosened his hold when he became aware of what he was doing. “I would know.”

“I’m not sure what it is.”

“Did you do this?”

“No,” he said plainly. The girl glanced away, thoughts obviously zipping through her head. Zalari smiled despite the gravity of the situation. So, she was already analyzing and assessing the situation. He gingerly brushed the amber locks from her face, catching her attention.

“I don’t care about anything else. I love you.”

The shadow of sorrow touched her eyes, but in the next instant, it was gone. Zalari felt as if his soul had been turned to stone and swallowed by an endless void; or was this what she was projecting? What gazed back at him was the indifferent countenance of the perfect warrior.

“But I do not love you. It is as simple and as cruel as that.”

---------------fin

::: spewed by Krispy at 5:03 PM

 
Krispy: OMG! That be some monster e-mail...

Wing: In shock are we?

Krispy: *nods* Oh and um...*suddenly hysterical* I CAN'T FIND MY MOULIN ROUGE CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steph: *stare* ??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Krispy: THAT'S RIGHT! I CAN'T FIND IT!!!! ITZ INSIDE THE ELEPHANT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ELEPHANT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zalari: Inside--the Elephant?

Anakin: A 60 ft. Elephant?

Wing: Like the Elephant love medley?

Krispy: NO!!!!! Itz a CD holder in the shape of an ELEPHANT!!!

Steph: *imitating the Duke* Scantily clad in the arms of another man, inside an ELEPHANT?!!!

Krispy: THAT made no sense whatsoever.

Steph: *shrug* I know.

Obi-Wan: So you will post now?

Krispy: I gues--

Rael: Hello Krispy. I need them. *indicates Zalari, Stephanie, Wing*

Krispy: *blink* Whatta--

Steph: OMG!

Wing: *groan* What--are--we--doing--now?

Anakin: Krispy?

Krispy: Er...this is...um...Rael. Guardian of Earth.

Obi-Wan: Nice to meet you.

Rael: *smile* You as well. But, we need to leave. Now.

Steph: *sweetly* And what, pray tell, will we be doing?

Rael: There's a small problem we need to take care of?

Wing: And what would that be?

Rael: *rolls eyes* Fire, Wind--you will come with me, now.

Nerilay: *appears* Both are always so slow, I think.

Zalari: *grabs Wing and Steph by sleeves* Come on...

Steph: But what did we do now?!!

Wing: You don't need ALL of us to get rid of a few termites, do you?!!!

Steph: *stops dead in tracks* TERMITES?!!!! AS IN BUGS?!!!! EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Rael: *stare* You have changed.

Krispy: Aren't we just acting a bit girly?!!

Steph: YOU want to deal with BUGS?!!! Big bugs that live in monstrous hoards and they all scramble around on their six tiny legs, crawly and munching with their tiny little pinchers--

Krispy: *shudder* OK OK OK!!! STOP!!! Point taken!!!

Nerilay: Termites? She says they are dealing with insects?

Rael: We aren't. I'll explain later and elsewhere, if you don't mind...Fire.

Steph: *sigh* Yes yes. I am at your beck and call. *bows*

Wing: *resigned* We're actually going to get killed this time--I'm sure of it...

Nerilay: *giggle* Always so optimistic!

Krispy: WAIT! But I need STEPHANIE!!! Er...can I keep Zalari?

Rael: No. We need him too.

Krispy: BUT WHY?!!

Rael: *sigh* Some idiot is trying to open the Gates again...

Steph: You're not SERIOUS!

Rael: *smile* I wish I wasn't.

Wing: Well, surely you can take care of it!

Rael: I can't be in 7 places at once!

Wing: *shrug* Sure you could!

Nerilay: *laughing* The bird does not want to work, she thinks.

Wing: No. Not really.

Steph: Like I said last time Rael! Just kill them all!

Krispy: *gasp* Is THAT who you were talking to last time?!!!

Steph: *smile* Yes.

Rael: But you see, Your Highness Sseriya, last time I was talking about termites.

Steph: *laugh* Termites, idiots! Same difference!

Krispy: STEPH!

Steph: Sorry. I'm still in a mood, I think. That idiot over there is working himself to death. *indicates Sincere who is still out cold*

Rael: *smile* Quite like another idiot, I used to know.

Steph: *shrug* Whatever. So, let's get going. Kick some butt, come home, sleep...watch Krispy do homework.

Krispy: Don't get KILLED!!!

Nerilay: We will not. Not very skilled, those "idiots", Nerilay thinks.

Wing: Alrite. Let's go. *disappears*

*Everyone follows suit*

Krispy: Great...my numbers are dwindling...*looks at Jedi* Looks like it's just *smile* US!

Anakin: Oh no. I don't like that look on her face. I don't want to be trapped in her head alone!!!

Obi-Wan: Calm yourself, Padawan. You survived a few weeks with Krispy without having me around.

Anakin: *breathe in*breathe out* Rolling the ball away...rolling the ball away...

Obi-Wan: So, don't you have a bargain to honor?

Krispy: *sigh* I hate bargains...here goes...um...let's start with Wing/Nerilay scene...

---------------

Nerilay nervously chewed on her lip as she examined the wound. It was nothing serious—just an arrow through a wing is all. She shrugged and with a smile, easily broke off the tip. Wing winced.

“Could you not be so harsh?”

“Not Nerilay’s fault that the bird is not more vigilant,” the nymph answered musically. She moved the feathered appendage into a better position. “You are fortunate to be so near to her abode, she thinks.” She let out a sigh and clucked disapprovingly at the Skynyx. “This will hurt.” Before Wing could properly register the words, Nerilay wrenched the wooden shaft out of his wing.

“Ow!!!”

“There. Bandages, perhaps?” The nymph picked up a curved bottle and poured the salve onto a piece of cloth. Pale, slender hands gently applied the cooling ointment onto the hole. It was already beginning to heal. Nerilay smiled. Of course, only a Guardian or other Immortal could heal that quickly. “Be more careful, the bird should be. Yes, I think?”

Wing turned and gave her a sulky look. She made it sound as if he had gotten himself shot! Despite being in human form, the Skynyx answered with a grudging squawk. Nerilay laughed, the sound like chimes on a windy day. Her green curls bobbed with the fluid movement of her body as she went to fetch bandages. She returned shortly and covered the wound. Wing finally smiled, silver eyes shining with amusement.

Picking up the broken arrow, the hawk-like youth studied it for a moment. A scowl quickly replaced the smile, and he dropped the shaft as if burned. Nerilay watched him, concern sparkling in her sea-change orbs. She knew what bothered her friend.

“It is from Lorraine, I think.”

“It is,” Wing affirmed, reluctantly. He forced a rueful smile. “It seems many from Lorraine have been hunting me lately.”

“Aye; the Skynyx are threatened enough to move? Nerilay has seen those of your flock, I think, take shelter in Silvra and Ercidni.”

“Indeed, but…” he shook his head. Nerilay placed a prompting hand on his shoulder, forcing him to look at her. “It is nothing. I have no more business with Lorraine.”
A giggle escaped his companion, startling him. The nymph sobered, but the tropical turquoise of her eyes betrayed her mirth. Wing couldn’t help but reply with a grin. Nerilay’s nature was just too care-free. There was something funny to be found about even the most serious of subjects.

“Aye! But I believe it is Lorraine that has business with Wing.”

The youth shook his head and perched himself on a stool next to a large basket of shells. He supposed he would spend the rest of the day recovering by sorting shells with the effervescent Guardian of Water.

------------fin

And the Erida/Wing/Ares ENTIRE scene

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Wing stared at the young woman before him, silver eyes wide with shock. In the chaos of the battle, the azure veil that concealed her face had come loose. A purely wicked smile graced the all too familiar visage, lips painted a deep scarlet. And although her hair as still hidden by platinum silk, the Skynyx knew it would be like sunlight diffused by amber. Hoping he had been mistaken, Wing blinked and was sorely disappointed when nothing changed.

Her eyes should have, would have given her away if they hadn’t been so drastically altered. An unhealthy gleam rested within them, something unusually bright and completely wrong. They were voracious, but he knew not for what.

But she couldn’t be who he thought she was!

Yet…

He paused, noting the sword still sheathed at the maiden’s side.

It can only be…

“I am Erida of Lorraine.” The strong voice was flawlessly accented like those native to that City-State, but it was still a voice Wing had heard before. Mirth was laced throughout the introduction, and her lips curved once more…The feral smile of a predator about to eat its prey. “And I intend to collect the bounty on your head.”
In a blur of cerulean cloth, the girl rushed him, drawing her sword in a single fluid motion. Wing barely had time to register the fact that he was being attacked. The Skynyx flung himself away from the blade, losing his balance in the process. As he fell backward, Wing twisted his body around. Then with scarcely a breath, he transformed.
Huge wings matching the shrouds of his attacker burst from his back, his body shortening and rounding out to that of an avian. A hooked beak extended from his face as his arms disappeared. A large phoenix-like creature appeared where there once had been a human. Wing, instead of hitting the ground, took flight.

Erida laughed at the predictability of her quarry. Having already recovered from her headlong attack, she pulled a small shaft from the quiver strapped next to her sword’s sheath. She quickly reached for the cross-bow on her back and prepared it. Carefully, she aimed for the tender area where the wing joined the body of the bird and pulled the trigger.

Or she would have, if at that moment, her senses hadn’t caught the presence moving behind her. Spinning, Erida launched the arrow at whatever or whoever it was sneaking up on her, and had another shaft already set when she finally realized who it was.

The tall man in coal-black armor gave her a stern look. Held delicately between his fingers was the arrow she had shot. He tossed it back to her. Erida calmly caught her returned missile and unstrung the other she had set. Ares, the Black Knight dismounted his raven steed and strode confidently over to the girl. The man was the spitting image for the phrase, “tall, dark, and handsome.” Tranquil jade eyes set in a chiseled face framed by glossy, black pearl locks had made many a girl swoon. For now, he was clean-shaven. He loomed over her so she was forced to look upward in order to meet his gaze.

“Shoot first and ask questions later?”

“I figured you could take care of yourself, Ares.” She smiled at him defiantly, crossbow still in hand. The girl adopted a relaxed posture, free hand resting lightly on her hip.

“His Majesty wants the bird alive.”

“Who said I was going to kill him?”

“Unscathed.”

“Then how exactly do you propose to catch a Skynyx?” Erida shot back with a scowl. “Have you ever gone Skynyx hunting, Knight?”

The Knight bent to better face the bold young woman, using his height and greater size to his advantage. “It would do you well to be more restrained,” the deep voice replied.

“Are you the one who pays me?” Erida said silkily. After a moment of silence, she laughed and pressed closer. “I answer only to my employer. You may command your brother’s army but I am not under your jurisdiction…only his, up to a point.” She smirked as she leaned right against him.

Ares was made aware of how the Silver-dragon hide jerkin she wore hugged the curves of her body. The blue muslin tunic underneath hung down to mid-thigh, over cream pants that covered boots dyed to match the azure of her face veil. Topaz eyes challenged him, the expression on Erida’s face reminding him too much of the arrogant Dragon Kings.

“Now, sir, if you do not mind, I have lost my prey and must begin tracking.” With that, she pulled his head forward, landing a rough kiss on his lips before securing her veil back over her face. She whistled and was met by a black stallion. As the steed rushed by, she grabbed onto the saddle, easily pulling herself up. The horse galloped in the direction the Skynyx had gone with the swiftness of the North Wind, ebony tail and mane contrasting with the trailing silver and cobalt cloths of its rider. Soon, Erida was nothing more than a speck in the distance.

The Black Knight shook his head in frustration. He hated her impudence. Erida was a paid mercenary with the entire commanding council wrapped around her deft fingers. He resented her presence more than most, and he couldn’t help feeling that there was something very unstable about the girl. True, Ares was known to be ruthless and to some even bloodthirsty, but there was something about Erida that kept others at bay and on guard. And guessing. The Black Knight remounted and began the journey back to the City-State of Lorraine.

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The Suicide Scene in itz wholeness

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Sseriya slumped against the rough cavern wall, sitting in a pool of her own blood. Dull eyes like worn, chipped gold stared uninterested at the crimson liquid spilling from her slashed wrist.

Such warmth…

Her strength faded as the color drained from her skin, and a numbing cold began wrapping its skeletal fingers around what spirit remained in her. She took a shaky breath, aggravating the gash on her throat. Reflexively, the girl applied pressure to it, the blood thick and sticky between her fingers. Yes, she wanted this. Sseriya longed for the peace of death more than anything else.

A knife slick with a special poison reflected the silver moonlight to the girl’s tired face. Selendrile lay abandoned far from the blade Sseriya had used. No one would stop her this time. Tousled, wet hair, now a pale, sickly yellow, kept part of her face in shadow. She coughed, a prickling spreading up her neck, a lightly metallic taste lingering at the back of her mouth. Sseriya lazily shifted her gaze to her swollen ankle. The biting marks of the chain were still visible, and she let out a hiss of anger. The spell had prevented her from going to a watery grave, and she had found herself suddenly able to breathe underwater. And then Selendrile had forced her wound to close as she pulled the knife from her stomach. Finally subduing the enchanted sword, Sseriya, with tooth and claw, shredded her wrists to gruesome ribbons. The poison kept the wounds from healing.

The white of bone glinted under the mess of torn flesh and ripped skin. A thin smile crept upon the girl’s face. Death would not deny her this time. The hand pressed against her slit throat felt heavy, yet she could barely feel it there. Sseriya had cut her neck open as a sort of last touch, but she wanted to die slowly. It would take its sweet time killing her. Her death needed to be agonizing.

My blood to pay for the blood of those who fell by my hand…An eye for an eye, right Selendrile?

Foolish child!

Sseriya winced at the harsh tone of the voice, but it was not Selendrile. She recognized Death’s brittle whisper of frost and ice as something she had become too familiar with; an enemy and a friend. Faintly, in her mind, a blurred silhouette took shape, changing alternately from black to white.

I could not take you even if I wanted to. Your soul holds the Balance, and I am not one to tamper with the way of things.

Aren’t you?

The feeble thought still held the bite of defiance. But Death only laughed, a grating needle against glass. When Death spoke again, it was with the voice of two.

And yet the Fire burns within you. It is not your time.

I’m tired of living. I’m tired of fighting. I’m just…tired.

Another laugh, and the coldness vanished, leaving the girl in the presence of one other Ancient; Selendrile. A small, golden dragon stalked toward her, ruby eyes glittering with anger. Sseriya eyed her warily. “You cannot stop me again. It is too late.”

Guardians cannot die by their own hand!

We shall see, my dearest.

The rhythmic thumping of her heart was loud in her ears. Sseriya willed it to cease, using what was left of her strength to clamp an invisible hand over it. She would have her way. The beat slowed further, large spaces of quiet in between and then finally…

It stopped.

In that moment, the miniature dragon loosed a burst of flame at her. Red-orange tendrils wrapped around her until it seemed as if she were burning. Sseriya suddenly felt detached from herself. She was apart from the physical world. She was fire. Her mind and body were composed completely of flame. There was no blood; there was no flesh; only this element.

My element…

You are an Elemental. You are Immortal.

“No…” came the choked reply, but there was nothing she could do. Sseriya found herself returned to her physical form, the pain of her wounds sharp and bittersweet. A cry of desperation tore from her cut throat as the pool of blood began to recede, scarlet streams flowing back into the lacerations and pumping through her veins. But not all of it returned for some had been lost…

Sseriya watched in helpless fascination as her neck closed itself up and her ruined wrists regenerated. New muscle and skin bandaged concealed bone and raw nerves sealed back together, leaving behind only red and tender flesh.

You are a fire that cannot deliberately burn itself out.

There was a pause, and then Selendrile spoke more sympathetically.

Have you learned nothing from what has been taught?


In the morning, Kylin found her. The Emerald dragon’s orbs swirled orange with worry and softly pink with relief. Physically, his sister appeared all right, save for a swollen ankle and the angry marks on her wrists and neck. Selendrile was in her bracelet form on Sseriya’s arm. Kylin rushed to the girl who hadn’t even turned to acknowledge his presence.

“Sseriya! What have you been doing? I’ve been searching for you everywhere!” He couldn’t help the outpouring of anxiety and frustration. Her lips curved into an expression of mock happiness, and she met his gaze.

“You did not have to worry. I’m still alive, aren’t I?” The last comment was sharp, although not directed at the drake. Kylin frowned at her words and at the pallor of her face. But even more disturbing was the change in her eyes. It seemed to him that recently, there had been many unsettling alterations in his sister. Before the golden orbs had reflected grief, guilt, and even vulnerability but now…had something died within her?

Kylin gently helped her stand, letting her lean against him. She favored her leg, keeping the weight well off it. He took this opportunity to more closely examine her wrists. The marks made him stare at her with incredulity.

“Sseriya…”

“You know that spell that is placed on all the Guardians?”

“Yes; of course I know it.”

“Well, it works.” Her tone was light-hearted and dismissive, but he continued watching her. He wondered why she insisted on keeping everything to herself. Why couldn’t she confide in him? Sseriya and Kylin had always been on good terms.

The Emerald princess noticed the look on her brother’s face and said more seriously, “Just forget it. I assure you, I will never question the spell again.”

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Krispy: Er...and I will post the love scene later because I'm writing in the "beginning" sort of....yea.

::: spewed by Krispy at 12:53 PM