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Tal leaned against the inside of the ship and sighed. "We stowed away on a Icecarl ship...if they catch us then we'll be given to the ice for sure!"
"We'll be fine." Jade said smiling. She was sitting on top of a crate. They were both below deck on an Icecarl ship they had snuck on. They were now in the middle of the ice. "You said Milla was your friend right?"
"Well yeah..." Tal said nervously.
"Then if we tell the Icecarls about her then they'll let us live! So shut it!"
"Don't you snap at me! I'm supposed to be your father right?" Tal said coldly slumping against a crate and folding his arms.
"Geez daddy! You're so sure of yourself! It's a wonder I was even born!"
"Quiet or I'll ground you!" Tal said smiling. Both of them laughed.
"So where are the Far-Raiders anyway?" Tal asked.
"No idea." Jade sighed.
"WHAT?! JADE! I THOUGHT YOU..."
Suddenly a spear flew across the room. Jade grabbed Tal around the ankles and knocked him to the ground as the spear whizzed past and just barely missed nicking Tal's ear.
"Next time I won't miss!" A voice yelled. Both of them looked over their shoulders and saw a tall Icecarl man holding another spear standing there looking furious.
"This is the Ice-Hunter's ship!" He roared, "You have no business being here stowaways!"
"Please!" Tal cried, "We are chosen of the castle! My name is Emperor Tal, and this is..."
"Emperor Tal?" The Icecarl said frowning. "I'll see what the crone has to say about it!"
Soon they were up on the deck of the ship. The crone approached them.
"You were hiding on our ship." She said sternly, "Who are you?"
Before Tal could say anything Jade hugged him tightly and smiled. "He's my daddy!!! And I love him so much!!!"
"I can explain really!" Tal cried to the confused looking crone, "...Well actually no I can't..."
Suddenly Jade released him and started poking another Icecarl.
"Is that real Selski fur?" She asked in amazement.
"Jade stop!" Tal yelled.
"Sorry daddy. I've never been on a real Icecarl ship before. But you told me all about them!"
"I did?"
They explained the whole situation to the crone who listened intently. When they were finished she gave them some Selski meat to eat. It stank horribly but Jade was wolfing it down like it was cake.
"Tasty..." She said finishing it off.
"O...k..." The crone said frowning.
Just then a boy came in to collect the plates.
"Sorry to interrupt crone, I just...TAL?!" The boy cried suddenly. He dropped the plates and they shattered. Tal gawked at the boy.
"CROW?! OH MAN! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!!"
"No, actually Crow fell through the veil." The crone said calmly, "We found him on the ice. He was badly wounded during the fight." Tal noticed that one of Crow's eyes was missing and it had a long scar across the empty socket.
"You lucky son-of-a-bitch!" Tal cried. Suddenly Jade jumped up grabbed a hold of Crows ears and started pulling on them.
"HEY LEGGO!" Crow shouted, "THOSE AREN'T PLASTIC WOMAN!"
"MY DADDY SAID YOU WERE A SON-OF-A-BITCH SO YOU MUST BE PULLED!" She cried. Crow shoved her off and stared at Tal.
"Daddy?" He said in shock, "That did not sound right! What the hell is wrong with you Tal?!"
Later that night while Jade was asleep Tal sat up talking to Crow.
"How did you survive anyway?" Tal asked. He was still amazed that his friend was alive.
"When I fell down that vortex with Sharrakor I fell beyond the veil out onto the ice. Sharrakor's body cushioned my fall. The Icecarls found me and took me in." Crow explained.
"It's good that you're alive." Tal said smiling, "I thought I'd lost one of my best pals forever!"
"So what's going on at the castle? You're emperor aren't you?"
"Yeah."
"...What about the underfolk? Are they free?" Crow asked nervously.
Tal smiled and nodded. "I made them all chosen and gave them sunstones. I turned the lower levels they used to work in into a underground chamber where the Icecarl ships come in for trade."
Crow smiled. "So we're free..." He shook his head and changed the subject, "So do you really think that Jade girl is your daughter from the future?"
Tal sighed. "I don't know. I mean, all the evidence points to it but it's so unbelievable."
"You got that right..."
"Who the hell knew that I would get married, and have a..."
"What...?" Crow said staring at him.
"Marry?"
Crow burst out laughing. He rolled on the floor laughing like a manic.
"YOU, GET MARRIED?! PLEASE!!! WHO THE HELL WOULD MARRY YOU?! I BET SOME DUMBASS WOULD!" Crow said in laughter.
"Shut the fuck up Crow!" Tal yelled angrily.
"Alright, alright." Crow trying to keep a straight face. "I'll see you in the morning..." Then he made his voice high-pitched like Jade's, "Daddy!"
Tal threw a lamp at him. Crow ducked out of the room still laughing.
Later that night Tal was sitting up in bed unable to sleep. Suddenly the door creaked open.
"You know, sometimes I think of her..." Jade's voice said sadly.
"Think of who?" Tal asked sleepily.
"Mommy...I wonder where she is now. I wonder what she's doing...well probably sleeping right now...I wonder if she's thinking of me."
"I don't know." Tal sighed.
She looked at him sadly, "Dad, do you remember what mother looked like?"
"Jade, you know I can't answer that question."
"I know...it's just that in my own time you used to tell me how beautiful she was when she was my age."
"Could you tell me who she is so I won't tell her to get lost when I meet her?" Tal asked trying to sound cheerful.
"I can't do that. Mother told me not to tell you. If you knew then it might never happen and if it doesn't then I won't exist." Jade sighed.
"Oh." Tal sighed sounding disappointed.
"I don't even know if she's still alive. She was hurt in a fight the last time I saw her." Jade muttered. It sounded like she was saying it to herself instead of him.
"I'm sure she's ok." Tal said sounding more sure than he felt.
Without saying another word Jade turned and left the room.
Tal leaned against the inside of the ship and sighed. "We stowed away on a Icecarl ship...if they catch us then we'll be given to the ice for sure!"
"We'll be fine." Jade said smiling. She was sitting on top of a crate. They were both below deck on an Icecarl ship they had snuck on. They were now in the middle of the ice. "You said Milla was your friend right?"
"Well yeah..." Tal said nervously.
"Then if we tell the Icecarls about her then they'll let us live! So shut it!"
"Don't you snap at me! I'm supposed to be your father right?" Tal said coldly slumping against a crate and folding his arms.
"Geez daddy! You're so sure of yourself! It's a wonder I was even born!"
"Quiet or I'll ground you!" Tal said smiling. Both of them laughed.
"So where are the Far-Raiders anyway?" Tal asked.
"No idea." Jade sighed.
"WHAT?! JADE! I THOUGHT YOU..."
Suddenly a spear flew across the room. Jade grabbed Tal around the ankles and knocked him to the ground as the spear whizzed past and just barely missed nicking Tal's ear.
"Next time I won't miss!" A voice yelled. Both of them looked over their shoulders and saw a tall Icecarl man holding another spear standing there looking furious.
"This is the Ice-Hunter's ship!" He roared, "You have no business being here stowaways!"
"Please!" Tal cried, "We are chosen of the castle! My name is Emperor Tal, and this is..."
"Emperor Tal?" The Icecarl said frowning. "I'll see what the crone has to say about it!"
Soon they were up on the deck of the ship. The crone approached them.
"You were hiding on our ship." She said sternly, "Who are you?"
Before Tal could say anything Jade hugged him tightly and smiled. "He's my daddy!!! And I love him so much!!!"
"I can explain really!" Tal cried to the confused looking crone, "...Well actually no I can't..."
Suddenly Jade released him and started poking another Icecarl.
"Is that real Selski fur?" She asked in amazement.
"Jade stop!" Tal yelled.
"Sorry daddy. I've never been on a real Icecarl ship before. But you told me all about them!"
"I did?"
They explained the whole situation to the crone who listened intently. When they were finished she gave them some Selski meat to eat. It stank horribly but Jade was wolfing it down like it was cake.
"Tasty..." She said finishing it off.
"O...k..." The crone said frowning.
Just then a boy came in to collect the plates.
"Sorry to interrupt crone, I just...TAL?!" The boy cried suddenly. He dropped the plates and they shattered. Tal gawked at the boy.
"CROW?! OH MAN! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!!"
"No, actually Crow fell through the veil." The crone said calmly, "We found him on the ice. He was badly wounded during the fight." Tal noticed that one of Crow's eyes was missing and it had a long scar across the empty socket.
"You lucky son-of-a-bitch!" Tal cried. Suddenly Jade jumped up grabbed a hold of Crows ears and started pulling on them.
"HEY LEGGO!" Crow shouted, "THOSE AREN'T PLASTIC WOMAN!"
"MY DADDY SAID YOU WERE A SON-OF-A-BITCH SO YOU MUST BE PULLED!" She cried. Crow shoved her off and stared at Tal.
"Daddy?" He said in shock, "That did not sound right! What the hell is wrong with you Tal?!"
Later that night while Jade was asleep Tal sat up talking to Crow.
"How did you survive anyway?" Tal asked. He was still amazed that his friend was alive.
"When I fell down that vortex with Sharrakor I fell beyond the veil out onto the ice. Sharrakor's body cushioned my fall. The Icecarls found me and took me in." Crow explained.
"It's good that you're alive." Tal said smiling, "I thought I'd lost one of my best pals forever!"
"So what's going on at the castle? You're emperor aren't you?"
"Yeah."
"...What about the underfolk? Are they free?" Crow asked nervously.
Tal smiled and nodded. "I made them all chosen and gave them sunstones. I turned the lower levels they used to work in into a underground chamber where the Icecarl ships come in for trade."
Crow smiled. "So we're free..." He shook his head and changed the subject, "So do you really think that Jade girl is your daughter from the future?"
Tal sighed. "I don't know. I mean, all the evidence points to it but it's so unbelievable."
"You got that right..."
"Who the hell knew that I would get married, and have a..."
"What...?" Crow said staring at him.
"Marry?"
Crow burst out laughing. He rolled on the floor laughing like a manic.
"YOU, GET MARRIED?! PLEASE!!! WHO THE HELL WOULD MARRY YOU?! I BET SOME DUMBASS WOULD!" Crow said in laughter.
"Shut the fuck up Crow!" Tal yelled angrily.
"Alright, alright." Crow trying to keep a straight face. "I'll see you in the morning..." Then he made his voice high-pitched like Jade's, "Daddy!"
Tal threw a lamp at him. Crow ducked out of the room still laughing.
Later that night Tal was sitting up in bed unable to sleep. Suddenly the door creaked open.
"You know, sometimes I think of her..." Jade's voice said sadly.
"Think of who?" Tal asked sleepily.
"Mommy...I wonder where she is now. I wonder what she's doing...well probably sleeping right now...I wonder if she's thinking of me."
"I don't know." Tal sighed.
She looked at him sadly, "Dad, do you remember what mother looked like?"
"Jade, you know I can't answer that question."
"I know...it's just that in my own time you used to tell me how beautiful she was when she was my age."
"Could you tell me who she is so I won't tell her to get lost when I meet her?" Tal asked trying to sound cheerful.
"I can't do that. Mother told me not to tell you. If you knew then it might never happen and if it doesn't then I won't exist." Jade sighed.
"Oh." Tal sighed sounding disappointed.
"I don't even know if she's still alive. She was hurt in a fight the last time I saw her." Jade muttered. It sounded like she was saying it to herself instead of him.
"I'm sure she's ok." Tal said sounding more sure than he felt.
Without saying another word Jade turned and left the room.