Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Nov 16, 2009 22:07:00 GMT -5
Nina fought to keep her eyelids open, though they became heavier with each slow, deliberate blink. She yawned, and burrowed further into the warmth of Dubhiarr's side. "I think I just need to..." She trailed off then, sleep taking her swiftly.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Nov 16, 2009 22:15:51 GMT -5
"...nap." Dubhiarr finished Nina's sentence for her, grinning. She lay quietly, holding Nina close, and closed her eyes as well. Their talk could wait awhile, and the tent was just so darned comfortable. It didn't take long for Dubhiarr to drift off as well.
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Dubhiarr woke up in total darkness, still curled around Nina like a mother cat with her kitten. She lay still for awhile, enjoying the warmth of Nina's body against hers and the quiet sighs of Nina's every breath. She stroked her rommate's hair softly, not wanting to wake her, and trying to sort through her thoughts. What was it that she really felt for Nina, and for Stephen?
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Nov 17, 2009 20:00:53 GMT -5
The uncertain haze that was Nina's dream seemed to dissolve. She saw fleeting glimpses of people she knew-- Haneul, Du, Kemekin, Stephen, Romulus and Remus, Maleko, Aramis, Jaebi. Jaebi turned into a cheetah and bolted from her. She chased him. Jaebi skidded to a halt and a larger, heavier form jumped over the cheetah, coming now towards her. A cougar-- muscular, sleek-- landing and padding towards her with metallic eyes that reflected the little blond mage's image back. The cat blinked. Sprouted wings and scales. Shrank in size and flitted away like a masshapen dragonfly, landing on the shoulder of a tall female with vibrant pink hair. Nina called out to Seele, but the vampire did not respond. Nina yelled again and took a few steps towards her. Then there was a hand on her shoulder and she turned to face Kemekin, who shook his head at her. Nina felt her legs go numb she sank to her knees, holding on to Kemekin's wrist, and watched Seele burst into flames.
Nina awoke with a high-pitched squeak and a full-bodied jerk, shaking her head to get her hair out of her eyes. She was fully conscious-- her eyes were wide. She blinked a few times and took a second to remember where she was.
"That was so trippy," she muttered to Du, who she knew would have no clue what she was talking about.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Nov 17, 2009 20:13:15 GMT -5
Dubhiarr jumped as Nina awoke suddenly with a squeak and a jerk, then pulled her roommate to her gently. "Weird dream, huh?"
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 23, 2009 23:04:59 GMT -5
Nina nodded into Dubhiarr's shoulder, comforted by the older girl's warmth and the familiar sound of her breathing. "It was," she said, grinning. "Seele was on fire."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 23, 2009 23:07:36 GMT -5
Du's eyes widened. "Seele on fire? That sounds more like a nightmare. Are you okay?" She stroked her roommate's hair gently to calm her if need be.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 24, 2009 0:56:05 GMT -5
Nina's eyebrows rose. "I really don't know if it was nightmare or not," she admitted. Which was a lie, of course. It had definitely been a nightmare, but she had no reason to bother Dubhiarr with the nonsense of a strange dream.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 24, 2009 1:07:07 GMT -5
Dubhiarr smiled a little, hugging Nina gently. She looked down at the tiny girl in silence, feeling doubt and confusion start to nibble at her mind again. She really needed to talk about things with Nina... things between them, and her and Stephen, and Nina and Kemekin. But where to start?
"So..." she began nervously. "There are some things I've been meaning to talk to you about... I'm not exactly sure how to word stuff, so you'll have to bear with me. It's about us, mainly, but Steph and Kemekin are kind of tangled up in it too."
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 24, 2009 1:13:20 GMT -5
Nina sat upright, her gaze locked on Dubhiarr. She had an idea of where this was going-- the last time they tried this... well, the scars still hadn't quite faded from Du's neck.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 24, 2009 1:47:41 GMT -5
Dubhiarr licked her lips nervously, wondering how to start.
"I've been thinking about us a lot lately," she said slowly. "Ever since... you know, that night." She fidgeted absently with her scarf. "I know I jumped to a lot of conclusions about what little you told me when I told you I like you. I don't know what you really meant by it, though.
"And now... there are things I know that I didn't before, and it's making me all the more confused about what I feel. So... we need to get this cleared up once and for all. However we care to handle it." She licked her lips again, looking at Nina with anxious eyes.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 24, 2009 1:57:10 GMT -5
"Us?" Nina tucked her hair behind her ears and folded her legs, grabbing a pillow to hug to her stomach. She took a breath, faltered, then started again. "Before, I said 'I can't.' What I meant by it was--"
Again, Nina faltered. Damn, why was it difficult to just tell Du what she thought she'd been saying all along?
"I said it before, Du. You're my sister." Please don't get mad please don't get mad...
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 24, 2009 22:22:21 GMT -5
Du nodded, a flicker of pain crossing her face. "I know... I understand that, and I accept it. Honestly, I should have known you didn't feel that way about me from the beginning. You have Kemekin, and that's okay. Even if he's an annoying little shit sometimes," she laughed softly.
Her eyes grew distant, thoughtful. Now that that was cleared up... how to explain what was happening between her and Stephen?
"I found out who my secret admirer is," Dubhiarr said quietly. "Now that I know, I'm amazed I didn't see it coming a lot sooner... guess that goes to show how observant I am," she muttered.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 31, 2009 0:57:09 GMT -5
Nina arched an eyebrow, a grin curling one corner of her lips upward. She placed one hand on Dubhiarr's knee, leaning forward. "Who is it?" she asked.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 31, 2009 1:08:07 GMT -5
Dubhiarr smiled awkwardly back, laughing softly. "It's Steph. Mr. Lord of the Dance himself. And the stupid thing is, I found out about it while he still had amnesia. He was trying to get his memories back and mentioned something about my necklace and scarf, and the bouquet of roses with the fake purple one. I knew it had to be him who gave them to me when he said that."
She quickly sobered again, biting her lip. "The only trouble is, I'm not sure exactly how I feel about him... now I know how you felt when I told you about liking you," she sighed, half to herself. "I'm really sorry about all of this..."
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Dec 31, 2009 1:32:35 GMT -5
Nina stood up on her knees and pulled Dubhiarr into a tight hug. "It's fine," she said into her hair, the finality in her tone softened by a rasp. She pulled back, hands on Dubhiarr's shoulders, and grinned. "Don't apologize any more."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Dec 31, 2009 2:02:24 GMT -5
Dubhiarr gave a wavering smile, looking into Nina's dark eyes as she placed her hands on the tiny girl's shoulders. "Alright, Peach, if that's what you want."
She pulled away and lay back down, pulling Nina gently down with her, looking up at the ceiling of the blanket tent. "Now if I could just figure out how to deal with what's come up between Steph and I, I think I'll be okay..."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Jun 7, 2010 18:01:38 GMT -5
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The darkness was full of rustling and low, strange, throaty noises. Dubhiarr stared around her with wide eyes, trying to see who or what was there. Whatever it was didn't sound friendly. And there wasn't just one of them, either.
"Come out," Dubhiarr whispered, clenching her fists. "Come out, whatever you are."
She waited, tense and frightened, as the menacing noises in the shadows were given shapes. Black eyes gleamed against white feathers as webbed feet stepped closer and closer, and yellow beaks grinned horribly at her. They had fangs. The ducks had fangs. She was surrounded, outnumbered a thousand to one with no way out.
One duck stepped forward, out of the ring the others had formed around her. It gave a low, chillingly familiar laugh, and spoke in the voice of Conall.
"Everything alright, my lass?"
Dubhiarr suppressed a violent shudder of revulsion, standing still where she was. The ducks inched closer, the circle tightening around her like a fist.
"Get away from me," she snarled, aiming a warning blow at the air near the Conall-duck's head. "I'll fight you all if I have to!"
The duck laughed again and stepped closer, pecking her hard in the shin. Dubhiarr yelped and lost her balance, falling backward and landing in a sitting position. She tried to scramble to her feet, but the ducks swarmed around and over her, tearing at her clothes with their beaks, sinking their fangs into her body over and over, hurting her, killing her...
Dubhiarr thrashed and writhed in her sleep, tangled in blankets and dreams. She screamed and sobbed, pleading with invisible enemies. "Get off of me! Let me go! Let me GO!"
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 7, 2010 18:56:40 GMT -5
Nina jerked awake, nestled in a pile of blankets on the floor (how had she gotten down here?). She stood groggily, hiked up her baggy pj pants, and knelt at the edge of Dubhiarr's bed.
"Ah...Du?" She put her hands on the girl's shoulders and tried to hold her down. It was difficult, since Du was so much bigger than she. "Hey! Du!" She had had nightmares before, but it had been a while since they had reached this sort of severity. Nina frowned and tried to shake Du awake without getting hit by the tall girl's limbs.
"Dubhiarr!"
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Jun 8, 2010 12:39:58 GMT -5
The ducks were too powerful; Dubhiarr was getting too weak to fight back. She lay limply, sobbing as they had their way with her, forcing themselves on her and shaking her, quacking her name in Nina's voice.
"Du? Hey! Du! Dubhiarr!"
Wait... what?
Dubhiarr jolted awake with a gasp, her eyes flying open, staring into the darkness as she panted for breath. She was alive, she was safe... safe in bed, and someone was close beside her, holding her.
"Nina!" Dubhiarr exclaimed softly in relief, throwing her arms around her roommate. "You're not a duck!" The strangeness of the statement didn't occur to her until after the words had left her mouth.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 8, 2010 19:05:29 GMT -5
Nina's eyebrows rose. "I'm a.... what?"
Then the giggles started. "Of course I'm not a duck! I'm a goose! Didn't you know? The elusive Austrian Snake-necked goose. Very rare." She crossed her arms and nodded sagely, an image broken a bit by laughter.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Jun 8, 2010 19:12:24 GMT -5
"It's not funny!" Dubhiarr snapped, letting go of Nina and curling up with her legs up against her chest. "It was horrible! There were ducks, thousands of them, and they all had fangs and one of them talked like Creeps, and then they were all over me and they-- they were--" She broke off with a sob, shutting her eyes against the memories and the tears that filed her eyes.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 10, 2010 12:45:01 GMT -5
Nina's voice dulled. "You... were raped by ducks?" She felt bad that Du had had such a dream, and that it had effected her so, but she could not honestly bring herself to find the idea of Conall as a duck to be anything but hilarious. She bit her lip, hard, to keep back the giggles and consoled her expression. (A handy skill to know. Thankee, Hannie-oppa.)
"Umm.... I'm.... sorry...?" She reached out and tentatively patted Dubhiarr's hair. Then, struck by a sudden idea, Nina bridged the gap from Du's bed to hers in a single bound. She fetched up Seh, the big plush snake, and came back to wrap him around Du's shoulders like a shawl. The snake fit around twice, with his head resting at Dubhiarr's side.
"There," Nina announced brightly. "Seh will protect you from any ducks. He finds them especially delicious."
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Jun 10, 2010 17:16:44 GMT -5
Dubhiarr sniffled and wiped her eyes, smiling as Nina wrapped Seh around her shoulders. She looked down at the stuffed snake's face, noticing that it was still missing an eye, and laughed softly. It still reminded her of Steph.
"Thanks, little sis," she said fondly, pulling Nina to her and hugging her tightly. "I think I'll be okay now."
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 10, 2010 18:49:36 GMT -5
Nina smiled and squeezed Dubhiarr back, glad to see the see the situation eased. "Always here, eonni," she reassured, patting her roommate's back.
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Post by Meriel "Dubhiarr" MacNamara on Jun 11, 2010 17:24:46 GMT -5
Dubhiarr smiled and kissed the top of Nina's head before releasing her and looking around the room. "What time is it? I hope I'll have the chance to fall asleep again before I have to wake up for the field trip in the morning. I'm going to miss you," she told her roommate with a smile.
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