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Post by KiaMii on Nov 27, 2009 16:02:01 GMT -6
When Shade got her to face him, she bit her lip and nodded before she straightened up and blinked rapidly, the tears drying easily. She gave Shade a small smile as he beckoned for them to continue. The hand through her hair felt comforting and she leaned slightly into the touch before she looked forward at the area in which they were in.
"I always feel like I've been to these places before... I think I was another person before. It gets confusing most of the time. I have this out of place knowledge of people... Things... It scares me a lot," Kia admitted as her hand gracefully touched the cold hard stone on the walls. She found a switch and her frail hands turned it, watching impassively as a door appeared from the stone. She turned to Shade, proving her point.
"Wouldn't you be afraid?" Kia asked, biting her cheek as she gazed at the man.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 27, 2009 16:21:34 GMT -6
"Afraid? I would be more than afraid. I would be... lost. Beyond this world." He gazed at her in wonder and also, sadness. He didn't want her to be sad. He wanted to see her smile. He took her hand in his own and squeezed, hard.
"Let's go." He led the way as he descended into the passageway Kia had revealed. "You say that... you've been to all these places. So...perhaps they are memories. But...memories of whom?" Just as he finished asking, he tripped on something and sprawled out on the floor. "Ouch."
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 27, 2009 16:38:52 GMT -6
Kia was surprised when he took her hand into his, squeezing it to offer reassurance. She smiled at him, unable to help herself. This man knew more about her than most people did now, because she had revealed how she felt about all this. She had never even told her parents when her friends began to die. She had kept it to herself after their deaths, because it hurt her some.
"Memories of someone who had an extensive knowledge..." She muttered dryly as she gazed around when she felt Shade trip next to her. She bent down on her knees and smiled, trying hard not to laugh. She offered her hand to help him up, noticing that some sort of object was sprawled underneath Shade.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 27, 2009 22:18:09 GMT -6
Body twitching, Shade sighed. Really? Did he always have to be so clumsy? "Extensive knowledge?" He asked as he took Kia's hand. "Who lived in this castle before?" Standing up and dusting himself off, he blew a piece of hair out of his face. "It's quite dusty down here."
Watching Kia giggle, he coughed and tried to get back some of his resolve. Smiling, he said, "Hey, there's no light down here. Don't blame me for tripping on-" Glancing down at his feet, he realized what was lying there.
"Oh... Poor fellow."
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 27, 2009 22:45:23 GMT -6
Kia looked slightly concentrated as she tried to recall who lived here before Shade.
"My parents were the last ones to use the chamber around your room. This hidden pathway on the otherhand, was probably built into the castle. I wasn't born around then and even this person who I retain the knowledge of doesn't seem to care." She answered with a grin as he coughed. When Shade made a light comment about the corpse below him being a poor fellow, Kia felt all dignity break inside as she fell against the wall laughing. There was just something so amusing about a man who saves his resolve by saying something so casually about the dead.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 27, 2009 22:56:13 GMT -6
Shade scratched his head. He guessed his resolve wasn't saved that much. "Your parents... Did they know about this secret passageway? Hmm, well, then we'll still need to find out what this passage's purpose was. Or still is." Frowning a little, he beckoned to Kia.
"Should we carry on?" He looked back at the cadaver, sobering a little. "When we come back, we should give this John Doe a formal burial, eh?" Squatting down, he righted the skeleton in a more comfortable position, he hoped.
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 27, 2009 23:22:10 GMT -6
Kia shook her head in response to Shade's inquisition. Her parents hardly disturbed the un-occupied areas of the castle, after Kia had encountered Fate BECAUSE she had wandered off somewhere. Where had she wondered off again? Kia's eyes narrowed as she tried to recall where it was she met Fate. She gave it up and nodded to Shade. She laughed again when he gave a name to the corpse and watched in amusement as Shade moved the skeleton.
"I'd say that you're rather fond of John over there," Kia commented lightly, smiling.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 27, 2009 23:40:08 GMT -6
Smiling a bit wryly again, Shade got up again. "Oh yes, quite..." Brushing some loose dust off his pants, he turned again to the dark of the passageway.
"Kia...But before we proceed, should we get some source of light? If we continue on like this, we won't be able to see much further." He inferred. "Wait here." He ran back up to his room and fetched a candlestick. "It was the only thing I could find..." He said. Taking Kia's hand once more, afraid to lose her, he led the way once more into the gloom.
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 27, 2009 23:49:44 GMT -6
Kia looked at Shade with a quirked eyebrow and shook her head, smiling. She stood there in apprehension as he went to fetch a light and came back with a candlestick, thankfully lit. He took her hand and they walked, Kia feeling slightly embarrassed with him holding her hand as if she was a little girl who would get lost. She looked away, a blush on her cheeks, though she said nothing as they walked. For some odd reason, she recognized this area more than anything.
"You know... this is rather familiar," She said softly as she gazed at the loose portraits here and there. They were pictures of people that she, with a start, could give a name to. Alexander fifth, Jameson Williams... The list went on and on. She felt like she had met them.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 28, 2009 0:19:12 GMT -6
As they passed by the pictures, Shade eyed them warily. He never did like portraits. As they slowed down to a slower gait, he raised a candle to one of the portraits. "Do you recognize these people?" He asked Kia.
Letting go of her hand, reluctantly, he raised an arm and felt the painting. Weird. There wasn't any dust. A little spooked, he glanced around in the passageway. Were John Doe, Kia, and him not the passageway's sole occupants for the last few decades, or even centuries? Breathing a little quicker, he could not help but feel the familiar adrenaline running through his veins.
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 28, 2009 0:37:14 GMT -6
When asked, Kia couldn't help but nod. He let go to feel the painting and Kia felt her breath catch in her throat when she saw that there was no dust on her fingers. They weren't caught in the abandonment of layers of dust like everything else. What was going on? Kia pinched the bridge of her nose, a headache forming and she closed her eyes as visions. Images. Memories came flying through her eyes. She swayed and couldn't stop herself from falling and with a whimper of pain from her head, she fell unconscious, memories coming at her fast.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 28, 2009 0:42:15 GMT -6
As Shade stared long and hard at that one painting, he turned to see Kia fall. "Kia!" With a cry, Shade ditched the candle and reached out his arms to catch her just as she was about to fall on the ground. He could not help sucking in a deep breath, more adrenaline now swapping his system. Picking up the girl in his arms, he carried her, back up the passageway, through the doorway, and back into his bedroom.
He set her gently on his large bed and covered her with some sheets. Shade could see she was in pain. And what killed him the most? Was that he could no nothing to help. "Oh, Kia..."
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 28, 2009 0:51:03 GMT -6
Kia struggled to regain conscious, hearing voices not her own pierce her thoughts. She thrashed about, feeling something else entirely. Wearily, she opened her eyes and could see hardly anything. Everything was blurry. She wished she could see. All she felt was heat. She was cold and hot at the same time.
"Shade?" Kia called out, reached her hand towards the dark blur in front of her.
"I think... I think I have Fate's memories," Kia whimpered. She could remember things of GODS and she could see Fate turning her into an immortal... from Fate's eyes. The thought terrified her.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 28, 2009 10:07:21 GMT -6
"I'm right here, Kia. Right here." Taking her hand, Shade heard her whimper. What she said next made his body turn cold. "F-Fate's memories? Dear lord..." Trailing off, he glanced around for anything that could help her.
"Somebody get a medic!" Yelling, Shade let go of Kia's hand once more to run into the hallway of the room. However, there was no response. Cursing, he thought maybe he shouldn't have asked for the most secluded room in the castle...
Dashing back to Kia's side and fretting what to do, he grabbed one of his shirts on his chair and ripped it into a smaller piece. Throwing it in the water jar and taking it out once more, he wrung it and placed it on Kia's forehead. "Please be okay, please be okay..."
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 28, 2009 12:34:13 GMT -6
Kia felt feverish and wished dearly that she could see clearly, but everything remained blurry and she finally noted that she was crying, which was why her cheeks felt wet and her eyes burned. The tears was blocking her eyesight. She felt Shade take her hand and she calmed down. He let go to yell for a medic, she heard, and came back. A few minutes later she felt a cloth touch her forehead. Kia bit her lip.
"I'm alright Shade... I just... Memories of the people in the portrait were coming at me. The times they met Fate." Kia said softly.
"Why me?" She groaned at this.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 28, 2009 23:52:53 GMT -6
Shade couldn't bare to see Kia like this. He took her hand again and laughed bitterly under the circumstances he was holding it. Shaking his head and wondering, he could not understand. He could not understand. The questions racked his mind like millions of small missiles hitting a target.
What was the passageway for? What did the portraits mean? Why did Kia see out of Fate's eyes? Why was Kia even here? What was Kia and Fate's relationship? And most importantly, why did Fate choose to curse Kia?
Seeing Kia in such pain, Shade could not help a tear of his own cascade down his face, wetting the pillow.
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Post by KiaMii on Nov 29, 2009 0:13:39 GMT -6
Kia blinked wearily and she peered at Shade, her vision very slowly clearing up. She shuddered slightly, feeling colder than she had been before. Who turned the conditioner down? She gripped Shade's hand before realizing what she was doing. A light blush crept up on her cheeks. When she saw Shade's tears, she reached a hand up and lightly brushed his cheek, offering her own kind of reassurance.
"This happened to me before, a long time ago. I'll be alright." Kia said softly.
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Post by epikwonder on Nov 29, 2009 0:19:24 GMT -6
When Kia gripped Shade's hand, he immediately felt his face turn red also. He thought he saw Kia blush, but he couldn't tell. Coughing lamely, he tried to ease the awkwardness. When she brushed his cheek, he turned even more red.
"But...This isn't normal. This shouldn't happen!" Shade protested. Squeezing her hand harder, Shade got down on his knees in front of the bed. "Kia... I've decided. No matter what it takes, I will find Fate. And I will ask her, what she did to you, why, and I will ask her, to return you back to normal."
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