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| A Shadow in the Sunlight | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 27 2008, 12:01 AM (533 Views) | |
| Dugald Fairbairn | Mar 27 2008, 12:01 AM Post #1 |
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Duff ran about the crisp midday grass, making chimes of delight as he chased a small group of birds around the park. He had no mind for where he was following them to, or how far away he was wandering from Euan, who sat on a bench near a sidewalk, writing poems in a flimsy old book with yellowed pages. All he thought about was how fun it was to see the birds peck about with normal bird business, then suddenly ruffle up and flap their wings in a flurry of colors, lifting them into the air, where they glided at a low altitude before they found a spot to land a little ways off and mad a smooth landing. Then, the cycle would repeat, the birds being agitated each time by Duff running at them, seeing if he could grab one. He didn't tire of it, for one reason or another. Perhaps it was because the unusual sensation of the sun on his skin making him jittery. Or perhaps it was because he was fascinated by how the birds so easily lifted themselves into the air when they flapped their wings about. He certainly couldn't do it, even if he did have his own pair of downy wings, currently hidden under his shirt and jacket, which he had reluctantly allowed Euan to pick out for him to wear. It was uncomfortable to have his wings confined under his clothes like that, where he couldn't move them about freely, but Euan was very firm about not allowing him to show his wings in a public place. He didn't mind too much, it was a fine trade-off for being outside. |
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| Zoella Rye | Mar 27 2008, 12:31 PM Post #2 |
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Zoe trekked along one of the paths of the Park for some time, then sat down in a soft patch of grass. It, like most of the ones before, had been a long day travelling north along the UK, and finally she decided this would be the place where she would stop and take a break. Besides, who from France would catch her in such a quiet place as a little town in Scotland? No one, she thought to herself, a small smile on her childish face as she shuffled her feet in the grass. The wind blew whichaways, making her long lighter-than-golden blonde hair fly everywhere. Zoe opened her bag and took out Joli, one of her two dolls, and began to make her walk on the soft green grass. It was actually quite nice, just relaxing like this. No people close to her, so she needn't worry about her powers. No disturbances...Things were going to be okay. |
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| Dugald Fairbairn | Mar 27 2008, 10:09 PM Post #3 |
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Duff continued to chase about the birds, following them in their random course of sudden on-and-off flight, not paying attention to anything else including to where he was wandering. The birds glided to a land again and resumed their hoping about and pecking, Duff huffing now in an attempt to catch his breath. He had been chasing them for a while, and was beginning to feel the consequence of the activity. He stood where he was for a moment, regaining normal breath, and then squatted lower to the ground a bit and after a few seconds darted as fast as he could toward the birds. They twittered their bird sounds and flew away again, as they had before, and Duff laughed in delight and partial defeat as they did so, certain that he had nearly touched one of their wings. He turned in the direction the birds had gone, and was about to charge at their new gathering when he turned back, wanting to confirm what he thought he had seen. He had not been mistaken. A girl, probably around his age, with what he thought was very glossy and pristine hair, a neat little white outfit that he figured Euan would very much like, and a strange thing in her hands. He stood looking for a while, trying to think what the thing was, and was about to approach to find out when he heard some of the birds, who had hopped to a location within his view, twitter wildly and fly with determination toward the girl with hostile intentions likely triggered by the doll. |
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| Zoella Rye | Mar 30 2008, 12:52 AM Post #4 |
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Zoe was happily playing make-believe with Joli and ready to bring out Fleur to increase the plot she had going when her attention was suddenly removed from the dolls and towards the frenzying birds. Her attention was grabbed by them from their oddly loud twittering. Her eyes widened as she glanced from the dark haired boy behind the birds then back at the creatures in fright. Then, in self defense, Zoella held her hand up in front of the group of aggresively behaving birds, causing an electric shock to spring out of her hand in electrostatic bolts. Seconds later the birds in reach of the attack fell to the ground, and the others immediately flew away. Zoe sat there in shock, her hand still held out in front of her. She stared, still frightened and wide-eyed like a deer in the headlights at the boy, unsure of what to do or say. |
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| Dugald Fairbairn | Mar 30 2008, 01:17 AM Post #5 |
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Duff blinked several times, a bit frightened by what had just happened, mostly because birds reminded him of himself, for their wings. He stood hesitantly, and then began to walk closer, slowly at first, but he quickened his pace as he went. He stopped in front of one or the limp, motionless birds on the ground, and looked down at it. He nudged it gently with his foot to see what would happen, and, as he thought it would, nothing did. He looked at Zoella with his head slightly tilted to one side and with wide eyes. "S-sparkies... You made sparkies," he said, intrigued. |
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| Zoella Rye | Mar 30 2008, 01:25 AM Post #6 |
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Oh no, Zoella thought, Not again. Not again... She had done it again, she had electrocuted living beings. Her eyes darted to the floor, to the lifeless bodies of the birds that once flew in the skies, and her eyes began to fill up with tears. "I-I'm...S-Sorry...I.." Her hands trembled as she looked from them to the birds in distraught. |
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| Dugald Fairbairn | Mar 30 2008, 01:46 AM Post #7 |
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"Those birds were mean," he said plainly, looking down at them again. He looked at them for a while, as if thinking about something, then looked back at Zoe. He noticed that she was beginning to cry and furrowed his brow a bit, partially in confusion and partially in pity. "It's all right," he said, trying to comfort her a bit. "They wanted to do that to you, probably," He smiled a little in an attempt to cheer her up. He didn't like seeing crying people. Smiling and laughing people were much better to look at and be around. He thought about how Euan would probably be happy if he saw him doing this, and it occurred to him that he was much farther away now from Euan. He turned around and looked about, trying to find him. |
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| Somerled Haghar | Mar 30 2008, 03:13 AM Post #8 |
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Somerled watched the two kids on the same bench he had watched Dahlia from. Logan was sitting beside him waiting for his orders. Somerled watched the little girl zap the birds and sighed. "Looks like we've got a two in one. Logan, you've been briefed about Dugald a.k.a. Duff Fairbairn. We've now got to pick up this lassie as well." Somerled didn't look up from the collection of poetry he was reading while he spoke, but with one eye was watching the scene for anything else surprising. The other eye was finishing a poem and noting the page number as he pocketed the book. Somerled rose and approached the kids. This time he would make sure he was being payed attention before spouting out the situation. "Excuse me, Dugald? Dugald Fairbairn?" He suddenly wished Natara was here so she could get the name from the other girl. |
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| Zoella Rye | Mar 30 2008, 02:12 PM Post #9 |
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Zoella had been watching Duff look around for a moment until Somerled cam up. She simply gazed up at the man with wide eyes, worrying now that this man was going to get her in trouble for electrocuting the birds. She lowered her head a bit in timidity and bit her lip, looking from Somerled to Duff in a combination of nervousness and confusion. Is that boy...Dugald Fairbairn? She thought to herself, trying to understand the situation, Maybe this man is who he's looking for... |
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| Dugald Fairbairn | Mar 30 2008, 03:58 PM Post #10 |
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Logan followed Somerled with a slight smirk at Dugald but remained silent, standing slightly behind Somerled and getting ready to take orders. Duff looked at Somerled with a small smile on his face. "Hello, mister. Do you know where my daddy is?" he asked innocently, tilting his head slightly to one side. "I think I'm lost," He then turned to Zoella with the same expression. "Are you lost, too?" |
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| Somerled Haghar | Apr 15 2008, 03:16 AM Post #11 |
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"Hello, mister. Do you know where my daddy is?" Somerled shook his head a few times. "No, laddie, but I do know about your powers. That is to say, your knack for controlling shadow matter. Duff, if you don't mind me calling you that, I live at a place you can use your powers without worrying about other people being frightened of you. Everybody at Cathriss, the place I live, has different powers that we can all use without worry of anybody else. So, would you like to live with all of us and be able to use your powers, and stretch out your wings?" |
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| Dugald Fairbairn | Apr 16 2008, 12:59 AM Post #12 |
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Duff straightened out his neck again, and his expression was changed dramatically. His blissful air was gone, along with his smile, which was replaced by a frown of uncertainty. He looked at Somerled with eyes swimming with confusion, his eyebrows lowered and arched with longing. “What do you... but...” the thought of all of it was wonderful, breathtaking, unbelievable--like a dream of paradise. To spread his wings freely, let the world see them and warm them in the sun, unconcealed, and to work his unique art with no constraints, all without worry, was enticing and luring. To be surrounded by people like him... But doubt settled on him. He didn’t know this man, had never seen him even once before, yet he knew his name and, more than that, knew of his wings and talent. No one was supposed to know that other than Euan and himself. Euan! His loving father, whom he had accepted as his father years before. He had done it for a reason, and wasn’t going to ignore it. “But... Daddy said... not to talk to strangers...” he said, beginning to back away. |
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| Zoella Rye | Apr 20 2008, 01:46 AM Post #13 |
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Zoella now stood up and put her dolls back in her backpack and began to back away as well. Was this man one of the shady men all of the kids in the foster home had been warned about in France? Even though she knew little about Duff, she worried that he would be kidnapped. That was something she didn't want to happen to anyone. What was this of a place where everyone had powers? It was probably some fake story to get her and that boy to come with him. She heard that shady men will tell you anything to get you to come with them."Eh...eh.." The blonde stuttered, slowly retreating. |
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| Somerled Haghar | Apr 21 2008, 09:08 PM Post #14 |
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“But... Daddy said... not to talk to strangers...” "Daddy?... Oh, right. Well, Duff, that's why I brought Logan here. You need to come with us. If you don't want to just follow us, Logan here will help me make sure you'll come. By your will or mine." That was when he noticed Zoella back away. He searched in her backpack for any identification of a name. He found a name written on her bag, 'Zoella Rye'. "Zoella, that's your name, right? You don't need to be worried. I'm not a bad person, and you have no need to back away." |
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| Zoella Rye | Apr 21 2008, 09:58 PM Post #15 |
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Zoella's eyes widened at the fact this man knew her name. Did he come from France to take her away, like the others had told her countless times? He knew her name! The young blone's lip began to tremble and she continued to retreat, her head lowered. "Svp, ne me nuisez pas! Ne me nuisez pas! Je suis désolé! Je suis désolé que j'aie tué cette femme, il étais un accident! Ne m'enlevez pas! Je ferai à celui que vous me disiez, je reviendrai en France!" She cried, now freaking out. [[Translation: Please, don't hurt me! Don't hurt me! I'm sorry! I am sorry that I killed that woman, it was an accident! Do not take me away! I'll do whatever you tell me to, i'll come back to France!]] |
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