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Post by zumi on May 31, 2006 22:13:40 GMT -5
ooc: We'll pretend everytime I said Alexia, it was really Sage.
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Leida looked over at Sage and wrapped her hair up in the towel so it sat like a truban. The woman was shrewd and intelligent just as Leida had hoped.
"When one is thrown overboard and ends up on the ship of another they have never met, one would think they wouldn't have complete grasp of their bearings, madam." She kept her posture erect. "Besides, the dress is obviously ruined." Bringing the dress over, she held it up delicately as though the touch disgusted her. "This fabric ruins easily when exposed to water. They are cleaned most carefully. Naturally a dip in the ocean would render this unusable."
She considered throwing it to the deck, but decided against it. She would play the noble, but not the amazingly snooty one.
"And of course this dreadful thing is uncomfortable," Leida snorted. "Comfortablity and high fashion don't mix. Everyone knows this."
Leida hated the tone she had used, but she had to keep up the act. She had a problem to take care of, and it would probably be best to get in contacct with her cohort in some port somewhere before people began looking for her in earnest. For now, Leida's name would do just fine.
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on May 31, 2006 22:32:16 GMT -5
*She peered at the woman through the slowly fadeing darkenss.*
"You sound like a Gildien I once knew. But you coulnd't be....she was returning home to take her rightful place as ruler when we last saw eachother. I ahvn't even had a letter for her in six months. ironically enough, this is pretty the exact same mission that had brought her and I together in the first place....."
*She stopped changing the subject*
"Well I preferr to NOT have crap like that on my ship. Mind if I toss it? I mena you cna't use it agian anyways."
*And without a reply, she took the dress and threw it overboard.*
"There now that THATS over, I'm disengaged to let you know we jsut left port, and don't intend on stopping anywhere from here on out. I've got a rather important task to get done, adn the sooner the better. We shuld be passing at least a few ships though, on our way, You can go with them. I'm sure you're not a fighter, despite what your build, and that blade on your leg say. I'm assuming you can't defend yourself in battle, which we will be doing, so you'll have to go on one of the other ships, okay?"
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Post by zumi on May 31, 2006 22:39:38 GMT -5
Leida made a sputtering noise and tried to keep herself from totally ripping into the other woman. Her sister had told her to keep her temper after all.
Taking a deep breath, she mentally shook herself. She was the type of woman who wasn't supposed to know how to use a sword! Of course Sage would say such things!
Calming herself, she considered her next position. If Sage did put her in the position of boarding another ship, she could take it over and get herself in contact with her sister. Or, she could just take a lifeboat and sneak away thusly not taking an entire ship away. There had to be a way.
She knew that her sister held Sage in very high regard and told her that she could trust Sage if she ever ran across her, but that didn't mean to surrender immediately of course.
The Gildien kept her face impassive as she considered her options. If only she had her sword, she would feel better. It had been a present after all, but that couldn't be helped. She had a daggar and that would be all she needed if she had to get out of something. She was one of the most skilled swordsmen in her country, though she was sure the much older Sage could kick her behind.
"Your faith in me is astounding Lady Sage," she said and folded her arms. God she hated dresses! She hated being a noble! Deciding to keep her name to herself, she knew that she shouldn't insult Sage's intelligence enough to continue to play the noblewoman.
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on May 31, 2006 23:10:05 GMT -5
*Trippy smirked*
"I had wondered when you would speak up. So which of Zumi's siblings are you? And how old are you. She is some years older than I,a dn its only been two years sinceour last adventure together"
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Post by zumi on May 31, 2006 23:15:10 GMT -5
The girl raised an eyebrow. She was beginning to warm to Sage, but she wasn't as trusting as her older sister.
"I'm sixteen, seventeen this summer," she replied. "My sister speaks highly of you."
"You can call me whatever you want. My real name is Ruth. Mother named me long ago," she snortd. "I don't really like it."
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on May 31, 2006 23:25:35 GMT -5
"So your the onle jsut a year younger than I. I, by the way, am seventeen. I'll be eighteen in August. And I agree. I dislike Ruth as well. Whats your middle name?"
*She was still tired, htough fully awake so she didn't wat for an anwer as she went on.*
"From what ZUmi tells me, you're an excellent swordswoman. I have spare blades down stairs. Several from your land. Zumi asked me to keep them incase she shuld even need be on Insomnia...along with clothes. As for speaking highly of me? I'd like to hear more about what she says in the morning. I'm crtizised so much at home I raerly hear praise. I'd like to hear what she says, but i am tired. James will show you a room yu can have and in the morning we'll equip you with what your sister ahs left. As it is, I must go to bed, i need at least two more hours, hten I'll be good. but before i go, you're middle name please."
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Post by zumi on May 31, 2006 23:33:23 GMT -5
"Elizabeth," she grumbled out. "Sis got the cool name because Father named her." She scruntched up her nose and then she relaxed again. Her shoulders slumped slightly and her posture became more relaxed. Knowing that Sage was practically her age made all the intimidation melt away excpet for the bit that came with Sage's persona in person.
"I shouldn't keep you up. I haven't slept for days either." She put her hands where pockets should be, but they weren't there. She wasn't giving up all secrets, but she would allow herself to act normally around this girl.
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on May 31, 2006 23:45:21 GMT -5
"How about Iz or Izzy then? I like Izzy. I call Alexia Ixie because lexia nd Alex are used so much. I doubt many call you Izzy. Anywas, yes, let us to bed. I think though, I will show you your roo. You can stay in one near mine. That okay? back to where you should be men. I'll be sleeping a few more hours yet."
*She turned and with Izzy they started towards the cabins*
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Post by zumi on May 31, 2006 23:49:25 GMT -5
IZZY?! her mind screamed, but she had to admit that she rather liked it.
Bidding Sage farewell she slipped into the cabin that James directed her towards. Checking to make sure she could take clothes from it, she bade him goodnight and closed the door.
Throwing the skirt across the room, she rooted through the clothes int he room like a hog rooting for truffles and finally picked out a ratty but not icky pair of black pants. After some more rooting, she pulled on a white undershirt and put a longsleeved thing over it. Satisfied that it was comfrotable and easy to move in, she put the room back into some semblance of order and then drifted off.
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on Jun 1, 2006 9:38:25 GMT -5
*Trippy woke two hours later, and lay there a moment trying to recall the events of last night. When she did she smirked to herself.*
'So I've got another Aki on the same mission as last time. It seems history does, in fact repeat itself.'
*She rose and dressed in black bondage pants with the pockets outlined in dark green and acid green. The long sleevec shirt she pulled over her head was a dark acdic green with a black star interlaced with a black equal armed cross that flared at the ends. This symbol was then inside of a black circle. Shoes, and weapons on she brushed her hair and teeth and then went down to the room were she used as clothes storage. Finding the boxes Zumi had stshed there, she brought them up to Izzy's room and set them jsut inside her door, with out waking her. The boxes, as she said last night, cotained the sort of clothes Zumi prefrred and several weapons.
Sage then went up tot he kitches to help the cooks. She felt like cooking, to relax and calm her. THough she set the cooks to their wits end, seeing as this was the first time since they had set out that she's enterd teh gallies. Once they realized she was a good cook, and once she pointed out they had to obey her orders anyways, breafeast got done quite quickly.
She was incredibly happy to be sitting down with the rest of the crew to eat when it was done.*
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Post by zumi on Jun 1, 2006 10:05:08 GMT -5
Soon after Sage entered her room and put the boxes in, Izzy was up. After the older girl left, Izzy got up and began picking through the boxes. Her sister's clothes! Well, not really, but they were similar.
Surveying the boxes, she looked down at what she'd already picked and then she shrugged and wandered off for breakfast, concealing the daggar in an easier-to-reach position.
Walking into the room, she sat in an empty seat that wouldn't look pretentious and followed the movements of those around her.
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on Jun 1, 2006 10:14:30 GMT -5
*After she finished eating, she moved along the refactory to where Izzy was,a dn sat down beside her.*
"Now that you've admitted to who you are, I'll give you a choice. We cans till let you go off with a ship or you can stay and come with us. I'm sure Zumi had told you about the goddess Alexia? She plans on stopping by in a few days. She'll let your sister know your wareabouts and stuff. Its all up to you."
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Post by zumi on Jun 1, 2006 10:21:37 GMT -5
"I'll stay," Izzy replied, her hands in her pockets, posture horrific. "I was lying back there anyway. I wasn't exactly what to expect of you. I mean that in not a bad way," she added. Her voice was low and moved smoothly, but even though she was that comfortable, she was still on guard, but not in an insulting way, it was just natural for her.
"And don't tell her where I am, I'd rather she not know. She has enough on her plate as is, and I would rather continue to be God-knows-where than have her hear of that shipwreck and such. She also seemed convinced I'd meet up with you eventually on my journey, so I'm sure that she thinks we've met up or something. I don't know.
"She's got her hands filled with that kid anyway."
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Post by The Goddess Alexia on Jun 1, 2006 10:59:48 GMT -5
"Well Alexia will tell her eitehr way. Even if its just "That girl with with Trip, don't worry." Thats how Lexi operates."
*She noted Izzy looking at her funny. It must have had to d witht eh That Girl thing.*
"You name is biblical, Lexi has nothing to do with that. She calles biblical named people "that..." insert correct word. Lol. So what does Zumi say about me exactly?"
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Post by zumi on Jun 1, 2006 11:06:10 GMT -5
"I don't see why people get bent out about it. My mother was of the old religion and she named half of us names from the Torah," Izzy commented sourly. They probably thought her mother was of the middle religion. She hated that.
"Ah, Sister said lots of things. She told me many stories too because I wasn't allowed out until my birthday. She said good things and bad things and then would laugh. I think she thought of you as a friend, but I don't know. Us royalty really don't have friends. I'm very lucky that Sister is nice to me, our other siblings take me for competition, but Sister has always been nice."
She sat up on a barell as she spoke, interntwining her fingers as her arms rested on her thighs. "She said you were a good leader, but you had most faults any teenager could have." Izzy thought for a moment as she considered all the things her sister had said. "Well, really, mostly it was stories, but you were never cast in a bad light."
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