Magus of the Ghag'Saron
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(-:-) Flash back
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They arrive at the place that the vampire council had allotted to Izzy when the human in question couldn't continue living in his apartment. Also according to Kenai and Sin, Mimi's a regular visitor, which is a surprise since Izzy doesn't live in the same city as Mimi… Kenai hinted at something going on between Joe and Mimi. What did surprise him was the fact that Mimi hadn't move on after a whole month of crushing on Izzy's best friend and someone who helped with the website that continues to be a fusion of magic and science.
It's the end of November and soon to be December, they were finally able to get permission to visit the computer wiz that's under the protection of the vampire clans. Yolei and Henry were glancing around, as if expecting to find some hidden mansion, the kind movie vampires like to live in. He mentally rolls his eyes; the whole block is one out of five others like it in the world. What's so special of the block and others like it was the fact that it houses those few humans that knew about vampire, they weren't magic-users either.
When you work with humans, accidences happen which cause human employees stumble upon their secrets. Though there were a few humans families that pass the secret down through their line, unlike those vampire hunting humans, they often continue to work for vampires as their ancestors had before them.
It's because of those hunters that such measures have been taken to create secure holdings for those who know but don't reveal the knowledge to anyone that needed places where they're protected by those hunting vampires since those hunters consider those helping the vampires to be 'tainted' and 'vampires in wait.' Often times these kinds of blocks housed humans working for other vampire clans since the clans didn't want to have a large amount of such secure holdings that would attract any attention from different human authorities, they prefer not having to go in and eliminate all traces of information relating to them.
He stops before an apartment; he turns and walks towards the door. He opens the first door and scans the com buttons, looking for Izzy's last name. On finding it, he pushes it and within three minutes Izzy says, "Hey?" "It's Takato." He answers and soon the other door buzzes. Ken pushes the door open and holds it for the rest of them.
They notice a few people moving about the hall as they head towards the elevators. A few glance at him, a puzzled look on their face until they notice the clan symbol on his right fingerless glove. Some each the time, so startled at the fact that a vampire's walking around the building when it's daylight. He doubts that any of them know much about his clan to judge by the looks he's receiving.
'I think I need to get Ken a piece of clothing with the clan sign on it. That reminds me, Kari needs to come up with a clan symbol for her clan, Ghag'Zhqan.' He muses as they wait for the elevator to make it to the floor that houses Izzy's apartment. He wonders how Rika's weekend will turn out as he steps out of the elevator, leading the three other members of the group with him. His mind flickers to what's going on with Rika for a few seconds before returning to the matter at hand.
He can tell that Yolei's acceptance was important to Ken and he hopes that whatever matters Yolei has with Ken being a vampire begin the slow and steady process of healing after today. Though he can't help but wonder what Henry's thoughts on the fact that there was more out there then what Henry's been lead to believe. He just knows that today will be an interesting day, he also reminds himself to book that flight by the end of today as well. He really does want to see if that potion is still regenerating within that clay jug in that old church basement.
He finds the right door and knocks on the wooden door. Izzy opens up the door; he can smell water coming from Izzy, which means that the red head just finish having a shower. He glances down and finds Kenai gazing at him and then at the others that came with Ken and him. "Takato! Ken, it's good to see you two! Where's Rika?" Izzy asks as Izzy waves them in. "Rika is currently running an errand for her guardian. This is Yolei and Henry." He introduces the teens accompanying them.
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She glances at the egg that's still in the crate. She glances around the hanger before she moves some of the package material. She rests her hand on the smooth shell of the egg that most likely contains an infant gryphon within its core. She sighs and she gently rubs her hand over the surface of the egg.
It had taken a lot of effort on Ms Akari part to keep the egg and the other skeleton remains out of sight as they move the evidence to Ms Akari's new home. She regrets that Takato hadn't come with her to check out the egg, but then, he's busy trying to win over Henry and Yolei so they come to accept that they're not going to end up as dinner. She still feels guilty about blunting out one of the well kept secrets that vampires like to keep silent about, she just hopes that Takato can forgive her for Ken and her slip up.
Her thoughts wonder about for a few more minutes, her hand still rubbing the smooth surface of the warming egg. She snaps out of it when she feels something rupture under her hand. She stiffens and listens to her surroundings.
She pales as she realises that she can now hear another's heart beat. Once more something pushes the shell of the egg, she panics as she realises that it's going to hatch in the crate. She grabs the crowbar and begins to pull the wooden side before her open. Once that's done, she gently rolls the egg out of the crate.
Someone comes up behind her, but they stop short as the egg begins to rock violently. A large crack can be heard and she notices a hole with what appears to be a beak sticking out. She moves about the egg to then kneel on the floor to see within the hole the chick made. A series of oddly pleasant scents hit her within seconds of kneeling before the hole.
"It's actually hatching…" She glances sharply towards the speaker and finds that its one of the younger mages that work with her adopted father. "Well, don't you think it's a good idea to go and get someone? Or better yet, a camcorder to record this event?" She asks dryly and the man jerks at her tone, but nods. She watches as the man walks towards the video camera that belongs to one of Ms Akari's assistants who wanted to keep a record of the move.
Soon the chick is ready to try once more to break free of the shell. She stands as well as moves back as once more the egg begins to rock as the chick moves about within the shell. Talon claws begin to claw about the edge of the hole, the edges of the hole wiggles as the chick pushes and pulls at the shell from within.
A strong push and some of the shell lands on the ground, she moves forward and takes a firm hold on the upper part of the hole and pulls, it gives to her attempts and the chick pokes its head out, it does growls slightly before it pulls back into the shell. The chick's taloned forepaws once more work on the hole, she moves back once more, giving the chick room to come out of the shell through the hole in the shell.
The chick then takes a break after about ten minutes of work. The head and part of a shoulder is coming out of the hole. The chick's down looks like fluffy tawny fur. The chick surveys its surroundings with its grey eyes. The chick rests for about three minutes before it begins to pull itself out of the shell through the hole.
Slowly the gryphon chick's body comes out of the egg as the hole widens as the chick's body forces the shell to give way to it. Featherless wings can be seen as the chick attempts to flap its wings in hopes of the flaps helping to pull the rest of the body out of the shell. After about twenty minutes the chick's whole body it out of the egg and the chick glances at the young mage and then at her before the exhausted chick lies it's head on it's forepaws, it's eyes closing.
Within seconds the gryphon chick is fast asleep. She sighs, feeling oddly exhausted with a hint of contentment. She hears the young mage click the camera off. "Amazing, just amazing." The man says to himself. She just nods in agreement, not glancing away from the chick to look at the man who shared this magical moment with her.
"You got it all on video, right?" She asks and the man mutters a confirmation of that. She blinks as her cell phone vibrates, she blinks and reaches for her phone.
"Hello?" She says. "Ms Tobias, it seems that we've run into a slight problem, it seem that there isn't any moving vehicles for us to load our property on." Says one of Ms Akari's assistances and after a few seconds she replies. "Well, you might want to inform Ms Akari to come into the warehouse post haste, there's something here that she will most likely want to see. You might also want to delay anyone entering into the warehouse as well; I doubt we want the non magic types to know what's resting within this building." She hangs up before the person can ask for more information.
She glances at her phone thoughtfully and then dials the number of Takato's cell phone, figuring that she might as well inform Takato of what just transpired. Especially since Takato might be needed to make sure that the chick's healthy, since she doubts that human magic will be able to examine the gryphon properly.
"I wonder what it's diet is?" The man says suddenly as she's waiting for Takato to pick up the phone. She glances at the man and replies, "We'll find out through trail and error." The man nods and Takato answers the phone.
"Hello?" Takato asks and she smiles slightly. "Hey Takato? It's Rika. You'll never guess what happened about thirty minutes ago." She says and Takato replies, "Oh?" She starts at the beginning.
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She rolls her eyes as many of those present congratulated each other. She rolls her eyes as she shakes her head as she doesn't see why they're celebrating and acting like they're responsible for causing the egg to hatch. She couldn't help but think it was something about her being there that caused the egg to hatch, not anything the mages had done.
Luckily for her sanity, Takato will be arriving tomorrow; he's going to be borrowing Ryo's jet to get here. She glances to where the chick was observing them, they had already removed the egg so that it can be examined, and they did it while the chick was sleeping so they didn't disturb the young gryphon.
The chick and her lock eyes, she shifts slightly as she frowns ever so slightly. She glances around, noticing that none of the thirteen magic users were paying any attention to her; she slips away from the group. She moves silently and slowly towards the chick. Within minutes she's within a few feet of the young gryphon.
The chick's eyes flicker from her to the others behind her. She shifts her weight and bites her lower lip in uncertainty. The chick bites one of it's talons on the right clawed limb. She glances back to the partiers and then takes a few steps forward. She kneels and the chick glances at her with a calm look in its eyes.
The scent of the large baby gryphon was still something she can smell, though it wasn't as over powering as it had when the chick was struggling to get out of the egg. She wonders what's going on inside of the chick's head as the gryphon looks at her; she knows that the chick knows that she's not the same as the humans behind her. The chick gets up as she pondered that thought.
She blinks as she notices that the chick was no longer on the ground. The chick's wings were spread, most likely to help balance it as the young gryphon moves towards her. She jerks her head, but doesn't turn and flee. The chick cocks its head to the left as it gives her a questioning look.
She takes a step forward and slowly extends her left hand. She touches the beak of the chick, the chick jerks its head back slightly and she moves her hand back. The chick glances once more to check the group before launching itself at her.
Within minutes she recovers and finds that the chick's purring slightly with it's head on her stomach. She lets out a sigh of relief, she just smiles slightly and soon the chick is fast asleep, she does try and move the chick, not wanting to disturb the young gryphon that seems to enjoy her company. She attempts to get comfortable as she's most likely going to be here until the gryphon wakes.