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Post by Katerina on Sept 20, 2022 17:03:46 GMT
Kat had been hard at work in the Mirrormancers forge all day. She'd failed twice to make a mirror to the standard of the Senior Mirrormancer and had been forced to do it a third time. So much effort and work had finally seen her make a mirror acceptable to the Master, but all the effort over fifteen hours had left her tired. Her ten year old body was no match for the physical exertion and rather than head up to her room, Kat turned arounded a couple of times and snuggled down on the discarded pile of robes in the corner opposite her new creation. Soon she was asleep and dreaming away.
She was a black cat wandering the tiled rooves. Initially the tiles were the familiar outbuildings of the Castle, but soon as she leapt between them there was a change in the tiles such that the place beneath her looked very different to the tiles from back home. Not knowing what was going on, she looked back and the way she had come also looked different now, such that it seemed that she had come to a completely different place.
Curious, she decided to leap down from the roof to see where she was, only to find that there was someone or something now ahead of her.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 20, 2022 18:44:19 GMT
It was once again a day as standard, Dio woke up, worked down her list of duties. Made sure the other girls did not pester her to much. Being the youngest in a convent filled with wayward girls has its own set of dangers. It was the afternoon that one of the girls made sure all of Dio her work got ruined. THe floors she had scrubbed so diligently were splattered with dirt.
Dio sighed. and started her work again. Under the stained glass window she looked up at adoringly. After a scolding that her work had not yet been finished and another scolding that she had allowed another to ruin her work Dio finnally was allowed to go to her cell. It was a simple place a simple sewed together sheet filled with straw.
Pulling up her legs in her simple convent dress Dio finally drifted to sleep.
A white and bright blue streaked oversized ferret runs over the rooftops. Doing a free fall now and then by just leaping off and landing on its little paws. scrambling up roof again trying to get a good hold.
With bouncing movements like happy ferrets do Dio bounces over the streets, the stones, the pavement. whatever it is. now and then splatting up some water from puddles. Just enjoying her freedom in dreams.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 20, 2022 18:57:39 GMT
Kat peeked and looked closer at the thing ahead of her. It was a rodent of some kind but it was blue and white. Never in her life had she ever seen such a strangely coloured creature as this before. Was it perhaps some freak birth that had spawned such an unusual creature?
Kat crept closer to get a better look at the strange being, slowly stalking her prey on softly padded pawprints, hoping beyond hope that she would not be seen and attacked by the other strange creature.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 21, 2022 11:31:14 GMT
Making strange jittering and happy squeels the ferret bounces about. Her white and blue coat splattered with dirt.
She doesn't seem to notice Kat.
If Kat looks closer she can see that some of the dirt seems to be oddly colored dark red.
The ferret does some more bounces and then with a happy squeel she runs between two buildings.
After a few moments the head pokes around the corner looking at Kat. A happy sound comes from the animal as it bounces back around the corner.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 21, 2022 14:26:09 GMT
The strange animal has some dirty blood on it, or at least that seems to be what Kat is assuming. Is it excited by its first kill.
Kat slinks out of her hiding place and slowly pads towards the creature nervously.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 21, 2022 20:08:25 GMT
Dio-Ferret waits for Kat to come around the corner. she lays on the stone ground. Wiggling a bit clearly in an attempt to lure out playtime.
When Kat comes closer she slowly rises to her paws and with no intention to attack or be threatening she comes closer to Kat. Sniffing carefully as she comes closer.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 22, 2022 7:25:44 GMT
Kat is cautious, on her back paws and ready to spring away at the slightest indication of an attack. She doesn't need to sniff the other creature as the cacked blood and dirt on her provides Kat with all the evidence that her nose needs.
She tries to ask it who it is but when the words come out of her mouth, they do not sound like she intended.
Mrraaoooww, meow. She says.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 22, 2022 9:49:05 GMT
Ferret-Dio starts to enthusiastically chatter her ferret sounds as she hears the mreows. Bouncing on all four paws around the Kat.
She then does the playful laying down and upward butt wiggle. Hoping to entice the Kat to play.
As a mirage shimmer suddenly goes over the white with blue creature a loud distorted chime can be heard from what would be huge bells. The chimes are accompanied by distant wails of dispair and pain.
Ferret-Dio looks away while this sound is there. She shakes her little ferret head for a moment as if trying to shake off a thought.
Then her playful stance resumes again. Trying to get Kat to play.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 22, 2022 17:17:45 GMT
Curious Kat watches for a bit, then nearly jumps out of her skin at the sound of the bell and the sound of people despairing and in pain unnerves her and she backs away a bit. Only after a few minutes does she deem that no harm is going to come to her. One too many thrashings from the Master Mirrormancer Geriant early in her learning the arts had made her cautious.
She seeks to emmulate Chief Steward Ulric and silently sneaks back towards the strangly coloured creature and makes a nervous paw jab at the creature lying on her back, who is clearly showing now that she is female. Claws in, she makes a tentative bat at the creature's paws.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 22, 2022 17:32:38 GMT
Ferret-Dio seems to not be bothered by the sounds that came and went. Just her happy ferret self.
When Kat approaches and bats at her paws a happy chatter comes from the ferret and she jumps up swishing her tail and nipping at the paws of Kat.
It is a clearly playful gesture as the teeth do not snap so wouldn't do damage.
Ferret-Dio bounces as Ferrets do and tries to bounce around Kat trying to get near her back.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 22, 2022 18:07:21 GMT
Kat is still slightly nervous and she dodges back quickly at the strange creature's swipe. She scuttles back to a tree and then cautiously looks back out. She watches the strangely coloured ferret and then cautiously slinks back cautiously towards the bouncing animal.
As she moves an onimous black cloud starts to enchroach across the sky.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 22, 2022 18:10:10 GMT
A bit dissapointed. As much a ferret can look disappointed. Ferret-Dio watches Kat scuttle back. Tilting her head a bit to the side. Curious what the Kat is so afraid of.
Seeing Kat looking Ferret-Dio looks up as well stopping her bouncing and curiously looking at the black cloud
A soft chitter comes from Ferret-Dio
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Post by Katerina on Sept 22, 2022 18:40:10 GMT
The ferret creature seems to have settled down and Kat pads forwards again, turning briefly to look up at what the other creature is looking at. Kat has a thoughtful expression on her face as a flash lights the sky up in the distance from where the black cloud is coming in.
Kat quickly scuttles up behind the other creature and peeks at at where the flash came from.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 22, 2022 18:46:36 GMT
As the flash happens Ferret-Dio shivers. Not out of fear or cold. But a sense of invigorating power.
Her beady eyes stay staring at the cloud. She sits now her upperbody still up leaning on her front paws.
In a slow chatter the ferret tries to say somethjng but nothing understandable comes out.
Her tail swishes over the ground.
Looking at the Kat behind her she seems to nod a slow gesture, pressing gently against Kat if she allows it.
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Post by Katerina on Sept 22, 2022 18:51:20 GMT
Kat doesn't understand the other creature, but she senses the creature's sympathy towards her and she lets the creature nuzzle her.
She almost jumps out of her skin though when a huge rumbling noise permeats the place they are in.
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