Topic: Facing the Truth

CM

Date: 2008-01-18 17:22 EST
::It had been a few days since she left. She'd spent some time just trying to come to terms with herself and what had happened. She had no clue about Lyndra changing. There were things here she needed to do. The first thing she did was visit her old room. She came into the school when the classes were in full session just so she would have less chance to run into anyone, especially the Headmaster right away. He had class during this time::

::she went invisible just in case as she stepped onto the property. Moving to her old room came uneventful. She went inside and gathered her things, and the book that had been hidden very carefully. She would miss this place. She sat on the bed and spent a few moments remembering the times she'd had here::

It's been a very strange year, Nana. But I think it time for me to move on. Keep them safe, Nana.

::she got and for the last time, left the room that used to be hers::

::She moved down the hall and around a corner, pausing beside Lyndra's bedroom. She could still remember the burning light, so bright.. it made her shiver. She quickly turned to walk away with the intent to go to the headmaster's office::

Lyndra

Date: 2008-01-18 18:00 EST
The door to Lyndra's room opened. The Head of Household stepped out as Cadence made to leave. Hazel green hues, kissed with a light sapphire, gazed with concern and longing towards the little one. Lyndra couldn't believe how much Cadence had changed. She missed her.

"Cadence? Wait...."

Lyndra wouldn't blame her if she kept on walking, or even if she ran. Cadence had every right to.

"I'm sorry what happened. I didn't know. Aye.. please, don't go."

Lyndra took a few steps and paused, gaze pleading for her friend to stay.

CM

Date: 2008-01-20 19:30 EST
::She forgot to be silent. Invisible yes, silent... no and not with all that stuff she was carrying. The pitter patter of her feet slowly came to a stop when she heard Lyndra's voice. She paused right there for a long moments before she turned around to look at Lyndra. Cadence became silent looking at someone she didn't recognize, except she knew it was her::

Lyndra? What theys do to yous? It was the Gods. They's burn yous too?

::she took a few steps back when she realized in her innocent way that Lyndra had been the one the burning energy had come from. She remembered now::

It was yous... I don't understand. I thought we were friends. Why yous burn me like that?

Lyndra

Date: 2008-01-20 20:42 EST
"Oi now, hun... it was not intentional."

Lyndra moved to close the distance and cupped the little one's face in her hands. She gazed down at her with care and a plea.

"It was never meant for ye. I'm sorry, Cadence, if I revealed ye too soon. It wasn't even really me, but I was used. But then, maybe that is how it was supposed to be. One effects another. Look at me... I'm different too. I just don't want ye to leave, and certainly not this way. Where will ye go?"

She moved her hands from her face and rested them on her shoulders.

CM

Date: 2008-01-21 20:29 EST
::Cadence wanted to cry. She felt like such a kid, especially with Lyndra cupping her face. It made her wonder what her own mother was like. Cadence rarely ever thought of her parents. It always made her cry. She blinked back the tears, jaw clenched and she sighed to ease her tension. It didn't help. So she set the stuff down and gave Lyndra a hug. That helped. She pulled back and looked up with her pretty blues framed by the reddish starburst round her eyes::

It's okay. I got a place in Bonnie Corp. Well, sorta. It's my own domain or something. Bob gave it to me. Yous can come see it any time, Lyndra. I gots a hot pool and mud bath and anything I want. I think I should stay there, though. Bob went to a lot to make it. Well, I think so anyway. But I think I should talk to headmaster before I go... after yous and I are done of course. I've missed yous. What happened, Lyndra? I'm very confused about that day....

Lyndra

Date: 2008-01-25 15:09 EST
"It's a little confusing fer me, too."

She walked Cadence back into her room closing the door behind them. She motioned to a couch and sat down there with her friend.

"I guess to sum it all up, the gods needed to clear some things up and give closure where it was long overdue. Apparently, Sha'uri's mother was once married to the Headmaster and their parting was ... not of their choice at the time. She used me to speak fer her and she is a very powerful being. Since I was originally made to hold her soul, in essence, I am her servant now. I do her bidding for it is very difficult for her to be here. It is much easier to do this through me. So, in doing so to cleanse the area, yer magics were dispelled, revealing who ye are."

She smiled gently.

"I don't know what ye are, but ye are a pretty little thing no matter what ye appear to be on the outside. I think because ye've a soul that is beautiful. Ye've a spritely nature, a happy soul and despite the rumors floating around, ye always spread that happy go lucky demeanor, even in places normally immune. I have seen it in the children.. and apparently in other beings as well. Don't know who yer Dark Knight was, but he certainly didn't hesitate to come rescue ye."

She winked.

"I hope yer new physical form is not too much of a burden to ye. It's not what I see when I look at ye."

Nod.

"Now, I really don't want to see ye go, but that is yer decision. However, don't feel ye have to quit working here just because things got wierd. The job is still yers as far as I'm concerned, and if the headmaster says otherwise, I'll just have to put a ton of starch in his shorts."

Lyndra giggled and winked. Then she sighed gently growing serious again.

"Ye should go talk to him. Just know that he has things about that day I'm sure he's confused about. Maybe ye can help each other understand. And then no matter what ye decide to do, please don't be a stranger around here. Okay?"

CM

Date: 2008-01-25 20:10 EST
::She sat on the couch and listened, though the history was a bit confusing. It made her have more questions but she didn't want to interrupt with them now. What was important was that it seemed her own change was not meant but a result of her being in the wrong place at the right time... or wrong time depending on how someone looked at it. She was choosing the right time becuase she was quickly getting used to herself and found she liked it. Lyndra made her blush with her compliment, and all the winking. It made her giggle, too::

"Ye should go talk to him. Just know that he has things about that day I'm sure he's confused about. Maybe ye can help each other understand. And then no matter what ye decide to do, please don't be a stranger around here. Okay?"

::She nodded::

I will.

::she hugged Lyndra and kissed her cheek::

Yous no be a stranger either. If yous wanna come see me, just go to that big 'ol double oak tree just off the property in the front. Yous know, the one that looks like it's got a hollow spot in it big enough to stand in? That one. Think of me and look inside, you'll see an outline of a door. Knock on it and I'll open it up. It's one of my cubby hole doors. I got a pool and a mud bath and yous'll have a lot of fun there. Or just come by if yous need some peace and quiet. I'll see yous later.

::Cadence got up, picked up her stuff again and left Lyndra there. She still had to see the Headmaster and needed to get back. So she headed to his office. Class was out so there was a good chance he was there. She saw Melody at her desk.::

Hello Melody. It's me, Cadence. Is the Headmaster available? I think I needs to speak with him, like real private and all.

::nodnod. She was kinda... no, she was very nervous::

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-25 20:57 EST
Melody smiled at Cadence

"Go right in...he's expecting you..."

The Headmaster sat at his desk...his oddly empty desk. The only thing on said desk was a school pin.

CM

Date: 2008-01-26 07:38 EST
Expecting me?

::swollow. No, that didn't make her a little more nervous. It made her a lOt more nervous. He was waiting for her::

Okay, Miss Melody. Thank yous.

::oh litttle pitter of feet as they slowly pattered across the floor to the opened door. The first thing she saw was him... and then the empty desk. She had to look twice to see the little pin there on the table::

::What was odd was the empty desk. It was like he pushed everything else aside to deal with her here and now, and she wondered if he knocked anything on the floor in the process. She had an urge to go clean it up. Either that or he was just way ahead of the applications and interviews and daily paperwork to run the school::

::She stepped inside and shut the door, moving to the opposite side of the desk. She looked at the pin and then to him again. So childlike and so full of remorse and submissive gesture as her head was bowed though her eyes gazed up to him::

I sorry I left so weird.

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-26 07:41 EST
"Mistress Maycom, please...have a seat and explain yourself"

CM

Date: 2008-01-26 09:22 EST
::she sat down slowly and kept her gaze on him::

All I knows was I was worried about Lyndra and I peeked in.. and this strange light hit me and it hurt ... and so I stumbled outside and put snow on my eyes cause it felt good. And then I was looking at this little woman with black wings and I realized it was me. Then Yous was yelling at me accusing me of doing something, I don't know what ... and I was very confused. I didn't know what was going on, so I freaked and called Bob.. actually I was feaking before that and calling him.. but really calling him then. I just needed to sort things out. Yous had that weird look in yous eyes. I just needed to leave and it didn't seems yous was gonna let me, so I dropped the pin thinking it would be harder for yous to stop me. I guess this..

::indicating her form::

... is really me. Whatever that is... Do yous know what I am? And why was yous yelling at me that day anyways? Your turn to tell a story...

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-26 16:18 EST
He rose and walked to the window.

"As the deities exchanged words, I heard your scream of pain. Deciding that I was not needed at present, I went to go see the cause of your pain. When I saw your true form running away, I had thought that you were an assailant. I tried to stop you when my magicks chose to work again and I realized it was you. That is when...he...appeared."

The Headmaster seemed perturbed at the thought of Bob.

"You know the rest"

CM

Date: 2008-01-27 16:00 EST
::it was a frown and a wince. So many people had that reaction to Bob. She just couldn't understand it. She was beginning to think she was the only one who saw him as she did. Either she was a fool or perhaps the only one that got him. It still didn't answer her question::

Bob was only coming because I screamed his name. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone. If yous heard me screaming then yous shoulda heard that name. But I guess can see yous point thinking I was someone who hurt me.

::blink::

STill.. I feels like I'm back at the place I was before... when I first came here. What am I?

::she got up slowly and moved to join him by the window, letting her wings lift her up so their eyes were on the same level::

I don't really want to leave here, Headmaster. But if yous feel I'm something terrible, then maybe I shouldn't be here at all. I don't think I am, but who knows. And if yous worried about what he will do.. Bob won't harm the children here. He's more .. honorable then people give him credit. I would like to keep working here. I like cleaning things, and I love the family I have here, including yous.

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-28 19:54 EST
"Mistress Cadence, I am a bit offended that you had any doubt that I wouldn't work just as hard as I have in the past to get you the answers you seek. You are different on the outside, but you have not changed.

You are always welcome here...


...it is your home."

CM

Date: 2008-01-28 20:50 EST
::At first it seemed like he was berating her until she looked and thought between the words he spoke. She noticed he was like that, always saying things in a way that would make a person go, Hmmm? Yep, he had a devilish streak. She grinned, didn't say anything and simply leaned closer, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a warm heartfelt hug. It was more like a snuggly huggle. She'd become a real hugger lately. And she was hugging him. A moment went by and she started to giggle::

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-28 21:07 EST
"Mistress Cadence...

...you're touching me."

CM

Date: 2008-01-28 21:33 EST
::blink. It was pretty obvious what she was doing. she paused and pulled back enough to look at him.::

Well... yeah. It's called a hug. Yous know what a hug is, right? It's what yous do with people yous love and family and stuff. Yous hug them, especially at important times like this.

::she frowned and pulled back some more, seeming confused even hurt::

Yous want me to stop?

Briarius

Date: 2008-01-29 06:31 EST
The Headmaster merely smirked at her.

CM

Date: 2008-01-29 19:14 EST
::She simply narrowed her gaze, but grinned all the same,too::

Yous confusing.