Brian is indeed still here. Lloyd did not kill him. He and Kurt spend a lot of time arguing (like Excalibur in the days of old), and frankly, they're giving me a headache. That's explains me not being on for a while. For your patience, you get a parody.
Karla: Who wants to read the synopsis? *the LoD characters inch back. Kurt hurriedly does the same* Okay Brian, come read the synopsis again.
Brian: No.
Karla: I wonder how hard the goblin queen version of Meggan is to find...
Brian: You wouldn't.
Karla: I'm the author. Now read the script boy.
Brian: I'm twice your age at least. Where do you get off calling me 'boy'?
Karla: *Whaps with a newspaper* I'm the author! That means I know everything about your pathetic little universe now read the script or I'll find Saturnyne's mind control drugs and make you!
Brian: Eep. *clears throat* After a psionic battle with the demonic part of herself, Talia is beginning to show signs of reverting to her old ways- *stops reading* What are her old ways exactly? *whaps him with a newspaper and makes a mental note to sic Shana on him* while Chris and Tom know nothing of this entire problem. Happy?
Karla: No. And stay out of the tequilla!
The mood was pretty sullen during supper. Marie hung her head and tried to be as sympathetic as she could which must have been hard since she and Brittany never really knew each other that well. Talia was merely playing with the food on her plate, thinking probably. Cal was trying hard to coax herself into eating. Tom and Chris naturally were oblivious to everything but their own problems.
"Yes, but I was the one who beat the robot." Tom was saying. They were arguing like two year olds.
"But I opened the gate!" Chris replied.
"Yeah and it was completely demolished." Tom replied. I could see Talia tensing with every word.
"So what? It got opened!" Chris replied. I'd had enough of this.
"Would both of you shut up and listen?" They abruptly stopped talking. "Brittany Braddock, for all intents and purposes died today. You two weren't there because of your petty squabling, but had you been we might have been able to find her. Her father is dead as well, as is her mother. I don't expect you to be sad, but I do expect you to at least be sympathetic."
"Brittany's dead?" Tom asked. He was her cousin, so I knew telling him I only expected sympathy had tugged his heart strings. "What happened?"
To all our surprises, Talia replied. "Her father was abusing her and we think he may have killed her. He was impaled by... by some unknown corps woman and died."
Chris, the only one immune to heart string tugging (considering we doubted he had a heart), snorted. "You probably just decided to have lunch."
Talia jumped directly to the ceiling and dropped around behind him, sword drawn. Cal and Marie stood, their chairs scraping against the wood floor.
"Listen very carefully Chris," he was terrified and we all knew it, Talia didn't even have to use persuasion. "I do not eat souls, and I would never kill anyone unless there was absolutely no other alternative. Make another comment like that and I'll make an exception just for you." Chris was so scared he was almost crying and he was shaking like a leaf.
"Sugah, let him go. We're all on the same team here. He didn't mean it." Marie pleaded. Chris knew enough at least not to make a stupid comment. Talia teleported away.
"Are you alright?" I asked Chris. He nodded, still to scared to talk.
"Good." Cal said and punched him in the stomach. She went off to find Talia.
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Marie and I helped Chris to the infirmary and found Doctor Grey-Summers.
"What happened to him?" She asked. He was beginning to enter shock and so she instructed us on how to help and then repeated her question.
"He just said something so bone headed Ah woulda hit him if Cal hadn'ta." Marie answered.
"That girl needs to control her temper better. I'll-"
I cut her off. "Doctor, she was doing it in defense of my sister. Brittany died today and Talia is just plain depressed, and then after she explained that Brian was dead as well, Chris thought she'd eaten his soul. She was naturally upset beyond belief, just like I would have been, and then Cal punched him for being so stupid."
"It's still not right." she replied, "but under the circumstances, I can't punish her too badly. I'll leave it to you to talk to her."
There we go. I guess she's pretty traumatized. The funeral won't be for a few chapters yet because I have some other loose ends to tie up, but I'm working on it.
Karla: Who wants to read the synopsis? *the LoD characters inch back. Kurt hurriedly does the same* Okay Brian, come read the synopsis again.
Brian: No.
Karla: I wonder how hard the goblin queen version of Meggan is to find...
Brian: You wouldn't.
Karla: I'm the author. Now read the script boy.
Brian: I'm twice your age at least. Where do you get off calling me 'boy'?
Karla: *Whaps with a newspaper* I'm the author! That means I know everything about your pathetic little universe now read the script or I'll find Saturnyne's mind control drugs and make you!
Brian: Eep. *clears throat* After a psionic battle with the demonic part of herself, Talia is beginning to show signs of reverting to her old ways- *stops reading* What are her old ways exactly? *whaps him with a newspaper and makes a mental note to sic Shana on him* while Chris and Tom know nothing of this entire problem. Happy?
Karla: No. And stay out of the tequilla!
The mood was pretty sullen during supper. Marie hung her head and tried to be as sympathetic as she could which must have been hard since she and Brittany never really knew each other that well. Talia was merely playing with the food on her plate, thinking probably. Cal was trying hard to coax herself into eating. Tom and Chris naturally were oblivious to everything but their own problems.
"Yes, but I was the one who beat the robot." Tom was saying. They were arguing like two year olds.
"But I opened the gate!" Chris replied.
"Yeah and it was completely demolished." Tom replied. I could see Talia tensing with every word.
"So what? It got opened!" Chris replied. I'd had enough of this.
"Would both of you shut up and listen?" They abruptly stopped talking. "Brittany Braddock, for all intents and purposes died today. You two weren't there because of your petty squabling, but had you been we might have been able to find her. Her father is dead as well, as is her mother. I don't expect you to be sad, but I do expect you to at least be sympathetic."
"Brittany's dead?" Tom asked. He was her cousin, so I knew telling him I only expected sympathy had tugged his heart strings. "What happened?"
To all our surprises, Talia replied. "Her father was abusing her and we think he may have killed her. He was impaled by... by some unknown corps woman and died."
Chris, the only one immune to heart string tugging (considering we doubted he had a heart), snorted. "You probably just decided to have lunch."
Talia jumped directly to the ceiling and dropped around behind him, sword drawn. Cal and Marie stood, their chairs scraping against the wood floor.
"Listen very carefully Chris," he was terrified and we all knew it, Talia didn't even have to use persuasion. "I do not eat souls, and I would never kill anyone unless there was absolutely no other alternative. Make another comment like that and I'll make an exception just for you." Chris was so scared he was almost crying and he was shaking like a leaf.
"Sugah, let him go. We're all on the same team here. He didn't mean it." Marie pleaded. Chris knew enough at least not to make a stupid comment. Talia teleported away.
"Are you alright?" I asked Chris. He nodded, still to scared to talk.
"Good." Cal said and punched him in the stomach. She went off to find Talia.
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Marie and I helped Chris to the infirmary and found Doctor Grey-Summers.
"What happened to him?" She asked. He was beginning to enter shock and so she instructed us on how to help and then repeated her question.
"He just said something so bone headed Ah woulda hit him if Cal hadn'ta." Marie answered.
"That girl needs to control her temper better. I'll-"
I cut her off. "Doctor, she was doing it in defense of my sister. Brittany died today and Talia is just plain depressed, and then after she explained that Brian was dead as well, Chris thought she'd eaten his soul. She was naturally upset beyond belief, just like I would have been, and then Cal punched him for being so stupid."
"It's still not right." she replied, "but under the circumstances, I can't punish her too badly. I'll leave it to you to talk to her."
There we go. I guess she's pretty traumatized. The funeral won't be for a few chapters yet because I have some other loose ends to tie up, but I'm working on it.