Don't even tell me. I DON'T want to know how long it's been since my last
update...
Zephyr: All right, all right. I won't.
Thank you. I an SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not having updated this earlier!!!! I wanted to but I had no inspiration... Gomen Nasai! Entshuligung!!! (Japenese and German for "I'm sorry")
Sap: A short, random update, I see.
*whacks Sap* No comments from the djinni gallery.
Zephyr: And now, to respond to the reviews:
Kevin C: *shrug* Didn't really think about that. Ah, well.
Mesoforte: Thanks! By the way, it's "miss", not "mister"
Rai Dorian: Here's more kinky Alex for ya! Sorry about the short chapters, I'll try to make them longer. It all depends on how much inspiration I have at the time.
Dark-Titan: Delivered as requested! Sorry about the wait!
cheetah7071: Your guess used to be right, but... My ideas changed! They're not the missing kids anymore ^__^
Kaori: *cracks up* I think that was one of the actual pranks; He just hasn't sat down in his desk chair yet!
Mastah Classah: Well, you'll see if the stopping happens or not this chapter... and who knows about the upsurping? Not even me, yet!
Also, MANY thanks to Mastah Classah for calling this story the best Golden Sun chapter fic, and for giving me a starting point from which to get up off my ass and find inspiration!
Anyway, on with the story!
"Speech"
--Thoughts--
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Mia wrapped her arms around herself as a shiver traversed her spine. Someone's eyes were trained to her form, but she didn't know whose. Beginning to walk a little faster, she pushed aside the bushes in her path and saw a red post in the center of a clearing: the border marker between Vale and the southern Imilian mountains.
A branch shook directly overhead. Mia jumped and glanced up between the branches, her gaze locking with a blue-eyed one. Stopping herself from sighing with relief, she asked, "Why are you still following me?"
"... The guards will pass here soon. We must hide."
"This is just a reason to keep me from crossing the border, isn't it?" she asked coldly.
"No."
A hand swiped at the water, and the image in the scrying pool dissolved. Alex leaned back, a cold smirk on his lips.
--I'm surprised Mia managed to get so far that quickly, though I can't figure out who she's talking to. They must have a scry-blocker stone. Ah, well... it will be so much fun to see the looks on their faces when the guards search that very tree.--
Alex laughed and poured himself a glass of fine wine, sipping it as he recalled the image. He contacted his guards using psynergy to tell them where his slaves was hiding, then settled back to watch as the image in the pool reappeared.
Mia growled slightly from her perch on one of the tree branches. She was uncomfortable, tired, and hungry, and now she was being stopped from crossing the border to get home. She was about to whisper something resembling that to Isaac, but stopped when he tapped her shoulder twice and pointed. Peering through the leaves, she saw the two guards coming their direction, both readying their axes with full intention on using them.
Green eyes widened. How could they have possibly known about the hiding place? She couldn't jump from tree to tree very well, and though the gem-studded collar she wore only blocked attacking spells, she knew she couldn't get out of this on her own.
Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.
The two axes slammed into the tree, creating a rhythm that almost seemed to spell recapture. She saw that while Isaac bore no collar, he hadn't shown signs of being able to cast psynergy, so he must be a landen, or non-adept. But he wasn't showing any signs of moving to the next tree, either.
--What is he doing? Why does he insist on staying like this, when he could save himself?--
The tree was now sliced halfway through, and the guards showed no signs pf stopping. An icy hand of fear gripped Mia's heart, banished the next instant by two golden swords falling from the sky, slamming into the guards' bodies. They dropped dead in an instant, and the golden glow around Isaac disappeared.
He dropped from the tree, grabbing one of the axes as he landed. The mercury adept climbed down more slowly, but made her way to the border marker without looking back until he called to her.
"Take this." A blue-green gem sailed through the air, landing just in front of her feet. "It prevents scrying pools from being able to see you." The blond nodded slightly, then headed off into the trees, going southwest.
"I..." Mia looked to the stone, picking it up in her left hand. With this in her possession, she could get all the way home without Alex knowing her whereabouts.
--Maybe Isaac's not such a bad person after all.--
She left as well, weaving her way north through the thinning trees.
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Alex cursed and threw the pool across the room.
--I can't track Mia anymore! Damn that Isaac, giving her that stone!--
Isaac, though a part of the resistance, wasn't any real bother to him. Mia, however... without her, there would be a serious problem. He glanced to his right, a black-and-white charcoal drawing of the ruling family just before they were thrown out hanging there. The children, a boy and a girl, both had long hair and faces that promised to be attractive come adulthood.
--The boy will not live to that time, and if I have my way, the girl won't either. They are the top priority for elimination, superior even to the resistance.--
Both, however, were too far out of reach for the time being. He didn't even know the exact location of either.
--Only the boy could possibly know the truth about this all. The girl would be too young, so unless her brother told her, I shouldn't have to worry about her for a while... that, of course, would be under different circumstances. I MUST capture her, at all costs.--
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Well, that's all for now, but I hope to get another update during the week, as I'm on vacation.
Zephyr: After that, it's anybody's guess...
Yeah, May is crazy for me. Heh heh... ^___^;;;
Sap: REVIEW!!! We're SO close to breaking 100!!!
Zephyr: All right, all right. I won't.
Thank you. I an SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not having updated this earlier!!!! I wanted to but I had no inspiration... Gomen Nasai! Entshuligung!!! (Japenese and German for "I'm sorry")
Sap: A short, random update, I see.
*whacks Sap* No comments from the djinni gallery.
Zephyr: And now, to respond to the reviews:
Kevin C: *shrug* Didn't really think about that. Ah, well.
Mesoforte: Thanks! By the way, it's "miss", not "mister"
Rai Dorian: Here's more kinky Alex for ya! Sorry about the short chapters, I'll try to make them longer. It all depends on how much inspiration I have at the time.
Dark-Titan: Delivered as requested! Sorry about the wait!
cheetah7071: Your guess used to be right, but... My ideas changed! They're not the missing kids anymore ^__^
Kaori: *cracks up* I think that was one of the actual pranks; He just hasn't sat down in his desk chair yet!
Mastah Classah: Well, you'll see if the stopping happens or not this chapter... and who knows about the upsurping? Not even me, yet!
Also, MANY thanks to Mastah Classah for calling this story the best Golden Sun chapter fic, and for giving me a starting point from which to get up off my ass and find inspiration!
Anyway, on with the story!
"Speech"
--Thoughts--
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mia wrapped her arms around herself as a shiver traversed her spine. Someone's eyes were trained to her form, but she didn't know whose. Beginning to walk a little faster, she pushed aside the bushes in her path and saw a red post in the center of a clearing: the border marker between Vale and the southern Imilian mountains.
A branch shook directly overhead. Mia jumped and glanced up between the branches, her gaze locking with a blue-eyed one. Stopping herself from sighing with relief, she asked, "Why are you still following me?"
"... The guards will pass here soon. We must hide."
"This is just a reason to keep me from crossing the border, isn't it?" she asked coldly.
"No."
A hand swiped at the water, and the image in the scrying pool dissolved. Alex leaned back, a cold smirk on his lips.
--I'm surprised Mia managed to get so far that quickly, though I can't figure out who she's talking to. They must have a scry-blocker stone. Ah, well... it will be so much fun to see the looks on their faces when the guards search that very tree.--
Alex laughed and poured himself a glass of fine wine, sipping it as he recalled the image. He contacted his guards using psynergy to tell them where his slaves was hiding, then settled back to watch as the image in the pool reappeared.
Mia growled slightly from her perch on one of the tree branches. She was uncomfortable, tired, and hungry, and now she was being stopped from crossing the border to get home. She was about to whisper something resembling that to Isaac, but stopped when he tapped her shoulder twice and pointed. Peering through the leaves, she saw the two guards coming their direction, both readying their axes with full intention on using them.
Green eyes widened. How could they have possibly known about the hiding place? She couldn't jump from tree to tree very well, and though the gem-studded collar she wore only blocked attacking spells, she knew she couldn't get out of this on her own.
Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.
The two axes slammed into the tree, creating a rhythm that almost seemed to spell recapture. She saw that while Isaac bore no collar, he hadn't shown signs of being able to cast psynergy, so he must be a landen, or non-adept. But he wasn't showing any signs of moving to the next tree, either.
--What is he doing? Why does he insist on staying like this, when he could save himself?--
The tree was now sliced halfway through, and the guards showed no signs pf stopping. An icy hand of fear gripped Mia's heart, banished the next instant by two golden swords falling from the sky, slamming into the guards' bodies. They dropped dead in an instant, and the golden glow around Isaac disappeared.
He dropped from the tree, grabbing one of the axes as he landed. The mercury adept climbed down more slowly, but made her way to the border marker without looking back until he called to her.
"Take this." A blue-green gem sailed through the air, landing just in front of her feet. "It prevents scrying pools from being able to see you." The blond nodded slightly, then headed off into the trees, going southwest.
"I..." Mia looked to the stone, picking it up in her left hand. With this in her possession, she could get all the way home without Alex knowing her whereabouts.
--Maybe Isaac's not such a bad person after all.--
She left as well, weaving her way north through the thinning trees.
*********************************
Alex cursed and threw the pool across the room.
--I can't track Mia anymore! Damn that Isaac, giving her that stone!--
Isaac, though a part of the resistance, wasn't any real bother to him. Mia, however... without her, there would be a serious problem. He glanced to his right, a black-and-white charcoal drawing of the ruling family just before they were thrown out hanging there. The children, a boy and a girl, both had long hair and faces that promised to be attractive come adulthood.
--The boy will not live to that time, and if I have my way, the girl won't either. They are the top priority for elimination, superior even to the resistance.--
Both, however, were too far out of reach for the time being. He didn't even know the exact location of either.
--Only the boy could possibly know the truth about this all. The girl would be too young, so unless her brother told her, I shouldn't have to worry about her for a while... that, of course, would be under different circumstances. I MUST capture her, at all costs.--
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Well, that's all for now, but I hope to get another update during the week, as I'm on vacation.
Zephyr: After that, it's anybody's guess...
Yeah, May is crazy for me. Heh heh... ^___^;;;
Sap: REVIEW!!! We're SO close to breaking 100!!!