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Post by Katerina on Apr 18, 2023 6:42:07 GMT
"The one in the sea must be the one in Rebma. I hadn't heard about there being one in the sky, though this place kind of reminds me of that since all the Broken Patterns here are in the sky. Of Paris I have never heard. That must be a special place if it has a Pattern in it." Kat replies.
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Post by Admin on Apr 19, 2023 5:36:30 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/LRYXrT4/jaxiam~png "It was a Corwin thing during the war. Has caused no end of trouble.""It is a special place. And it has been a bother," Natalia admits. "But without it, I wouldn't have been born, right Honey?" she teases Jax. "Whenever he gets grumpy, I have to remind him of that," she says in a loud stage whisper to Kat. "And I have to wonder if it is all worth it." he replies.
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Post by Katerina on Apr 19, 2023 6:36:52 GMT
"There's a story behind that I can tell. It's funny but King Corwin seems to have placed all his children in very powerful positions. Princess Lorelei is heir to Rebma, King Merlin is the King of Chaos and you it seems are the heir to Paris. Other than Amber, these are the three most powerful places in the Universe. So tell me, why has Paris caused all this trouble then?" Kat asks.
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Post by Admin on Apr 21, 2023 3:08:03 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/KFmPccS/Natalia~png "I have a sister?""Your old man must really get around."
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Post by Katerina on Apr 21, 2023 7:29:05 GMT
"You didn't know?" Kat is amazed. "Princess Lorelei is the daughter of your father and Queen Moire, the ruler of Rebma. She is one of the people I'd really like to talk with again as Rebman society has Mirrormancers similar but not identical to those in Eshanta. I'd like to understand the links between the two, though that will have to wait until after I establish that Eshanta and the Mirror Maze are safe. Plus she is not the only person I need to talk to. Delwin and Sand are high up on that list, though I'd also like to talk to your father about his destruction of the Mirror Maze some time ago."
"You knew about your half brother Merlin I take it, who is King of Chaos?"
Wish I had a family, but what I had has gone now.
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2023 5:57:09 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/KFmPccS/Natalia~png "Everybody knows about my treacherous half-brother," Nat says icily. "Tell me more about my sister and Rebma. And, um, the queen you mentioned."Jaxiam stands straight and waggles his fingers in the air. "Time's up. If we're lucky, not more than up. We need to get back to the carpet."He begins to head back down the mountainside.
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Post by Katerina on Apr 23, 2023 9:24:18 GMT
Kat sighs and reluctantly follows Jax. Since they are going down now, which is easier, she is able to talk as they go.
"I only met Queen Moire of Rebma briefly at the Regent's party in Amber. She's a very grounded person. I think you'd like her. Princess Lorelei is six-foot tall, with black-hair with green eyes and pale-pink complexion. I guess you could say that you see the Rebman heritage in her, but she also has the heritage of Amber in her. She's an excellent sorcerer and she knows all about the Rebman mirrors. I like her alot, though she seems to rub Regent Flora up the wrong way every time they meet, which is a shame." Kat tells the other woman.
"You should connect more with that side of your family. I wish I had a family. Even my adoptive family are all dead now." Kat adds.
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2023 4:48:04 GMT
"I have always wanted to see Amber and the people there. I will if we can ever find a way out of our own place and then into Amber. Jax has hopes we can create a bridge between the places from this world. He knows his stuff, but I'm becoming doubtful."
Below them, Jax has reached the carpet and is at the motor pulling on the starter cord.
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Post by Katerina on Apr 25, 2023 7:14:09 GMT
"You should go if you get a chance, though mostly its the Hall of Mirrors that drags me back there." Kat replies briefly. She is still caught up in her own melancholy at the loss of all her adoptive family.
Kat climbs back on the carpet. There is little she can do here to help or otherwise and she is at the mercy of the pair to help get her out of this realm of Broken Patterns. She doesn't want to think about what would happen if Jax can't get them out of there.
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Post by Admin on Apr 26, 2023 5:45:45 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/HKDLM7N/greentor~png Jax gets the carpet fired up. They fly opposite to Kat's Pattern. Nat grabs a baguette and a bottle of retsina, and they pass it around, taking giant bites of the bread and then washing it down with a mouthful of the resinous wine. Ahead she sees a pale green tornado extending from beyond the highest highs down to the ground. Jaxiam is flying straight to the thing. After a minute of watching, Kat can see it is losing its power and slowing down. "Cutting it close this time," Jax mutters.
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Post by Katerina on Apr 26, 2023 6:43:44 GMT
I've travelled by boat thingy, magic card, Pattern and mirrors. What could be worse about a green swirly thing? Kat thinks to herself.
"You've done this before then, so its all safe?" Kat finds herself asking none the less.
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Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2023 4:53:52 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fnr90GK/25d1dfacddcdfc37d77295da17fc5e91~jpg "We've had to do it a few times so far.""And it is not at all safe. I'd hold on if I were you."The carpet slams into the tornado. It is worse than boat thingies, Patterns, Magic Cards and Mirrors. She feels herself being ripped apart, half flying off in one direction, the rest of her flensed and spread out like a ragged sail caught in a hurricane. Only by gripping her sword is she able to keep herself together. The carpet unravels beneath them. Jax screams in pain. Nat sits resolutely, but Kat can see the bones of her face exposed from her flayed skin. Then it ends. They flop more than fly past the green into the black, then are cast on gravel and scrub of a place that seems more real. The carpet is nothing but a thread drifting in the breeze. They all look unharmed until the retsina bottle flies out and hits Jaxiam in the jaw. Lavender sky, rocks and sand, a few small bushes and cacti, the giant wall of blackness they just fell out of. It rises into the lavender sky as far as he can see and extends to either side also as far as he can see. Slimey globs of grey float on the black surface, stretching, twisting, and occasionally splaying out into a rainbow of colour before clumping back into greyness. Hypnotic to stare at, it is almost like a strange grey oil floating on black water. Between it and the real world is a meter-wide crevasse, a gap in existence from where the blackness has retreated. Or shrunk. "Perfect landing. Though the carpet may have been useful right now."He points to approaching people covered in baggy leather and canvas clothing. They carry what Kat has to assume are weapons. "They aren't going to be happy to see us. Your father, either."
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Post by Katerina on Apr 27, 2023 6:29:23 GMT
Kat concludes that going through green whirly things is a once in a lifetime experience never to be repeated if at all possible. She'd never considered that there was something worse than a boat thingy, but somehow this pair managed to top that.
She considers charging the men with her sword, after all she has nothing much else to live for, but even her tactical brain says that would be suicidal. No point on throwing your life away needlessly.
"Why is no one ever pleased to see me?" Kat sighs. She'd have thought that Corwin would be happy to see his daughter, but she obviously forgot to ask Nat what their relationship was like last time they saw each other. "I assume that you've come to give us a guided tour of this wonderful place?" She adds cheekily to the approaching soldiers.
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2023 6:21:02 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fnr90GK/25d1dfacddcdfc37d77295da17fc5e91~jpg "Lord Jaxiam, you are under arrest. Princess, you will be brought to your father. Who is this one here? Which one of you claims her?" the captain asks.
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Post by Katerina on Apr 30, 2023 7:04:29 GMT
Kat had known soldiers all her life. They seemed to be the same everywhere and they didn't appreciate levity when on duty. Kat though decided that was exactly what they should get. She was in a perverse mood, no longer caring for her own safety now that everything she cared about having been destroyed.
"I am Princess Katerina Alswyck of Eshanta and alas no one claims me. That's kind of my problem though don't you think? You on the other hand haven't given us your name and you're being a frightful boar with all this prison malarky. A guided tour and a bit of pleasant conversation is far more the kind of Royal welcome normally given. Is this the way you always treat visiting Royalty? I'm sure that King Corwin would have something to say about that."
"What exactly are the charges against Lord Jaxiam anyway?" She adds.
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