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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 4:54:10 GMT
Nat’s eyes narrow at the sight. “I had the same dream Jax.” She rolls her eyes. “Everyone loves your iridescent wings. However, yes she definitely would not have been able to handle that.” Nat pulls her deck out of her little bag she keeps them in and shuffles through them. “Got him. Though, I think Dad might like to know. Maybe two birds one stone it? Have Joffre tell him and we head up before either has a chance to stop us?” Nat looks at Jax with a ‘Better to ask forgiveness than permission’ smirk that she most likely inherited from her father.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 6:11:11 GMT
"Looks like we are headed into another grand adventure Ms. Barimen!" Jax tests the first couple stairs with his blade for solidity. "I had figured that anything we told The Commander would be told to Corwin in short order. It also lets us explore this without you being outright forbidden by your father." Jax scrutinizes the climb and then sighs loudly. Placing one foot in front of the other he begins to climb the stair....
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2019 2:50:46 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/p2QkQVm/Tir-039-Nathstairway~jpg The stairs wend their way out onto the Montparnasse. Ghosts go about doing whatever ghosts normally do on a weekday afternoon. A fog of dark silver hangs over the city, hiding a view of the distant castle. All is black and silver except for the red beacon light atop the Eiffel Tower which pierces the fog and a nearby neon sign advertising 'Big Joe's Automat' in pink and green light. To travel through the city is to wander amid echoes of the past, distorted reflections of the present, and premonitions of the future. Feel free to write up the things and people seen as Jaxiam and Natalia wander about.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 3:48:25 GMT
The pair arrives at the top of the tower,and the stair is before them. Above the ghost city shines so brightly in the night sky. "Nat would you open the chest and get us each a potion out of it. We will need them if we want to hear the conversations going on around us up there." Jax looks a he ghost city hanging above them as Nat gets the potions. "I have been trying to get your father's pet wizard to tell me how he makes them, but he wont even give me a hint. I can't even remember his name let alone pronounce it."
Jax drinks his potion and tests the first few stairs to ensure they are solid. Satisfied he begins ascending. The stair ends in the Montparnasse district of town. Something guides their steps down Boulevard Raspail. Taking in the sights and sounds of a bustling Paris. Early automobiles share the street with horse drawn carriages. Vendors push carts along, hawking all kinds of goods from food to fashion. Jax follows Nat as she turns on Rue de Sèvres. She seems guided almost. They stop across the street from Le Bon Marché. Nat points the building out and nods to Jax, seems this is where she wants to go.
The famous store twinkles in the ghostly light of the moon. Wondering why they were brought here, Jax says: "After you my dear lady."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 5:27:00 GMT
Nat crosses the street and steps inside the famed department store. She wanders, aimlessly, around the first floor before heading up to the second floor. As Nat walks around she listens in on various conversations, mostly small talk and shop talk. As she rounds a corner she freezes in her tracks. As if struck by some invisible force, she jumps back behind the wall colliding with Jax. She looks up at him, eyes as big as dinner plates and white as a sheet. “That’s not possible. How is she here? Why is she here?”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 5:28:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 5:31:33 GMT
"What is is Nat? You look like you have seen a ghost. I know that appears to be your father strolling with a family. Who is that with him?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 5:35:37 GMT
“My mother.” She peeks back around and motions Jax to look too. “She’s pregnant. I don’t know the boy holding Dad’s hand though.” She gasps. “Jax. Is that who I think it is walking behind my parents?”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 5:47:25 GMT
Jax looks at the family in front of him. It can't be... But it is... "That is a much younger Uncle Merlin... He can't be but a few years older than he was at the end of The Patternfall War. That could have been shortly after he freed Corwin from Dara. Is that little girl riding piggyback on Merlin.... You?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 22:51:44 GMT
Natalia nods. “Yes. I look about 3 maybe 4. Which looks to be the same age as the boy with Dad, which is weird. Hell this whole thing is weird.” She watched her family as they stop at a nearby area, her mother holding clothes up to the boy. Her father laughs at the face the young boy makes as his mom holds up a pastel green shirt. “Apparently not a fan of that color. Not that I blame him, it’s hideous.” The boy has the red hair and blue eyes, only they seem darker than mini Natalia. She turns her attention to Merlin and little her. “This is a fantasy. It never happened. I’ve wished my childhood was like this. Growing up with my brother around.” She smiles as Merlin bounces Little Natalia. She goes still, gears in her head obviously turning. She looks back to her parents and the boy. “No, not ‘growing up with my brother.’ Growing up with my siblings. That’s what I wished.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 3:26:15 GMT
"I do agree with you milady that is a horrible color. What is it you sense Nat? You said siblings what do you mean?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 3:36:26 GMT
“I’m not a hundred percent sure, but...” She trails off. She stares some more. “All right. Let’s look at what’s being presented here. Two children apparently the same age, who look like remarkably similar.” She looks at Jax. “It all adds up to twins. But i never wished or hoped for a twin brother. So why would I have one in this wish fulfillment vision?” She sighs and shakes her head. “Let’s get closer and see if we can hear what they’re talking about. Maybe start with Merlin and mini me?”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 3:39:42 GMT
"I will follow your lead milady."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 4:05:31 GMT
Nat leads them over to the duo in question. Merlin has pulled mini Nat off his back and showing her dresses. He’s currently holding a pretty pink dress, that if it weren’t for the color of her hair would be very cute. “That’s cute. Would be better in a dark green or dark purple.” She says to Jax while watching.
“Nope nope, Merlin. I want forest.” Mini Natalia says. Merlin chuckles. “Green you silly goose. You want green.” She nods. “Different than icky green mommy picked for Nickolas.”
“Nickolas.” Nat whispers as she turns to look at the boy. There’s a nagging pit in her stomach that tells her this is important and she needs to remember the name. She moves closer to her parents.
“Oh come now Nick. It’s not that horrible.” Her mother says.
“Gross mommy.” The little boy says as he makes another face.
“Try a darker green dear. It would look better.” He father says with a smile. “What about dark purple for your sister Nick? Think she’d like it?” He turns and looks at where Merlin and mini Nat are. She’s returned to his back and is peppering his cheek with kisses.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 4:15:06 GMT
Jax watches Nat at the same time as the warm family scene unfolds before them. He sees a couple tears slowly slide down her cheeks. He realizes this is effecting her on a primal level. He reaches out his hand and wipes away one of her tears, and says with more certainty than he feels. "It will be ok Nat. It is just a dream within a dream."
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