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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 17, 2013 9:13:31 GMT -5
"I would appreciate a slight rest, thank you." She didn't care if it irritated Celeste; perhaps if Else had the same dram that Celeste had to put herself in a deep sleep with, Else would be well-rested as well. Instead, the queen had faced nightmare after nightmare until she gave up on sleep all together.
She leaned up against a rock, catching her breath. "I won't take long, I promise." She was done being feisty with the witch for now...it took too much out of her. From here on out, it would be minimal, curt politeness.
That's when Else noticed the Indian hiding in the shadows. "Ah hell..." The peasant Queen swooped down and picked up a rock off the ground, ready to fling it. Pathetic, yes... but she literally had NOTHING to defend herself with since Celeste had reclaimed the bladed whip.
Surprisingly, the tall Indian revealed himself out into the sunlight, laying down his bow, arrows, and concealed flint dagger. He made a noise and gestured grandly with his arm. Wrestling leaves, EVERYWHERE, as more Indians seemingly materialized out of their surroundings, following suit after their leader.
"...Celeste?..." Else called, still holding her dangerous rock in the air.
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 17, 2013 17:17:54 GMT -5
Celeste simply shrugged and sat on the ground, Else could take as long as she needed really, Celeste didn’t really mind.
Celeste heard the indians just as Else did, she instantly reached for her whip behind her back, her eyes widened at seeing all the indians lay down their weapons, why would they do that? why were they not shooting arrows at the? what was so different from last time?
“ahhh... your guess is as good as mine...” she said through gritted teeth, her eyes locked on the leader and hand firmly on her whip.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 17, 2013 18:29:31 GMT -5
The Indian approached, a hand in front of him to keep Celeste calm. He was crouched low, not in a cowering posture... but more one of humility and respect.
"Great Spirit," he said to her, shocking Else and Celeste with his basic, but flawless English. "We saw your fire from the sky... and then you brought black waters to the land that swallowed you into the earth. Great spirit, your healing power is needed in our village. Our cheif's daughter, Tiger Lily, is ill." He eyed Else. "No harm will come to your follower... only... help us, Great Spirit."
Else blinked. She looked at Celeste. This would work to their advantage.
FINALLY, a damned BREAK on this forsaken island!
"The Great Spirit accepts." Else answered. "Lead the way." She turned to Celeste. "At least we won't have to worry about unfriendly fire from our Indian friends..."
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 17, 2013 20:45:06 GMT -5
Great spirit?the indian called her a great spirit... well that was a first, Celeste was a little uneasy about helping them, they did after all only yesterday try and kill them, before she could say anything Else answered for her, but she got what was on her mind and only then did she release her whip and smiled in agreement, this would make it easy pickings to get the gauntlets.
“yes hopefully our luck has changed” she nodded and followed the indians.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 18, 2013 0:47:17 GMT -5
Well... this hadn't been as awful as he'd thought it'd be.
Hook was sitting by the feet of a lovely young lady, the daughter of the chieftain he suspected- he could hardly tell what half these Indians were talking about. Tiger Lily they'd been calling her...
They had let him out of the little bamboo cage and put him in some sort of gauntlet. The other on Tiger Lily. He'd found out the hard way that the gauntlet had kept them from separating them, though at this point he hardly felt like leaving... The Gauntlet was draining him slowly of his energy.... but from the looks of the poor thing beside him, she needed his help.
So there he sat, he allowed some of the children to put necklaces on him and a bit of facepaint as well, he had tried to protest but it was no use. There was a sound of some of the tribesmen approaching, and with them came Celeste and Else.
Hook grinned and waved," Hello ladies! Lovely to see you again!"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 18, 2013 9:46:14 GMT -5
Else blinked as the villagers led her and Celeste into the hut.
"Captain Jones?" Else eyed him, at his... somewhat 'loopy' state. Had the savages poisoned him AGAIN? She spotted the gauntlet on his right arm and went over to him. She glanced back at Celeste. "Is this it?" Well, that was easy; much easier then that accursed mirror.She tried taking it off of him...but it wouldn't budge. Else sighed, irritated.
"Another PASSWORD, I presume?" She huffed at the enchantress, avoiding Hook's gaze.
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 19, 2013 23:35:53 GMT -5
“Its you again...” Celeste said with a forced smile but a less than thrilled tone at seeing Hook. He was... wearing a Gauntlet... and she noticed an indian girl wearing the other, her face fell and she went over to Hook after Else did. Celeste took hold of Hook’s hand that had the Gauntlet on it after Else and looked at it with an incredulous look on her face. “Eh... why???” She let him go and shook her head. “No it needs a key, it's usually connected to the Gauntlets, it should be with them, unless the indians lost it” she answered Else.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 20, 2013 9:44:45 GMT -5
"No...key." Said the Indian who had led the ladies to the camp, having trouble with the last word.
"Of course not. Wonderful." Else breathed, trying to keep attitude in check. Never had her nerves been worn SO THIN. She turned to Celeste. "I don't suppose that contraption of yours would be able to give us the EXACT location of this key, would it?" Else noticed Hook getting a little too comfortable with the chieftain's daughter. She rolled her eyes. Child was barely into womanhood.
"I'll be OUTSIDE." Else told Celeste. The tall Indian guide followed her out. "Where was your Princess when she found her gauntlet?" Else asked. "Perhaps the key is there."
"At the totem poles...at the circle of pines, sacred to our village." He said, pointing to the circle of pines. It was probably about a mile away. "She prayed for a way to defend our people from the Child Spirit in the Sky, when she found armor, thinking it was sent by the Great Spirit to help..."
Child Spirit in the Sky... Peter Pan, obviously.
"Thank you." She said, giving a polite bow. "Celeste." She called back into the hut. "We have a location."
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 20, 2013 16:58:12 GMT -5
Celeste shook her head, if the location of the key would show on the device then she would have saw it with the others on the map, Else went outside to talk with the chief and when she came back she found out where the key may be.
“let me guess... where they found the gauntlets? ya thats probably where it is, found the gauntlets but didn't notice the key to take them off...” she nodded, hopefully they could find it without any trouble, the faster they got the gauntlets off hook and the indian girl the better.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 20, 2013 22:05:55 GMT -5
"So how small is this key, exactly?" Else asked, as they started on their way. Hopefully not too small, or they might have a hard time searching for it in the tall grass. It appeared as though Hook was perfectly content where he was... sitting on his bum, next to the pretty Indian Princess, so obviously he wouldn't be accompanying the two woman.
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 20, 2013 22:25:29 GMT -5
“its just a normal sized key” she answered her.
once they made it to the totems they started looking around for the key, it had to be somewhere close, Else had told her while they walked that the princess had found the gauntlets while praying... so Celeste started looking for any sign of where someone had been kneeling in the grass, after a while she finally found it and picked it up.
“found it!” she called to Else with a genuine smile.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 20, 2013 22:31:22 GMT -5
Else glanced around. No demons? No branches reaching out to grab the two? Nothing evil at their heels?
...That was easy. Too easy. Else was somewhat disappointed that her expectations were not met.
"Right. Let's get this over with." She followed behind Celeste as they turned to head back towards the village.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 20, 2013 22:44:49 GMT -5
Where had they wandered off to? All he had managed to hear from the conversation was a key... that was it! They were looking for a key.
Hook smiled at the Indian girl, who wasn't very pleased with the pirate. Hook was a bit out of sorts, his mind wandering freely as the gauntlets drained both energy and focus from him.
The Indian girl wasn't very good company either, Hook had decided, pretty enough, but a little young and for once 'too quiet'. So when Else and Celeste appeared once more he was very pleased," Else! Celes- Celly- Celery....?" He laughed," It's good to se you, how are you? I bet you found the key!"
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 20, 2013 22:58:55 GMT -5
“yes, yes hooker, my name is Celery and yes we did now give me your arm, no the other one!” she unlocked the gauntlet from him and took it off then went over to the princess and did the same thing.
Celeste's then went away and put everything back where they were suppose to me. she sighed, she was so happy that it wasn't any trouble to get.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 20, 2013 23:09:40 GMT -5
Instantly, the chieftain princess was making a full recovery. There was a loud holler from some youths and they began dancing around the fire inside the hut to give thanks. Loud drums were beating and a tribal voice sang a song to the ancestors.
The tall Indian guide insisted that everyone sit around in the hut, as a peace pipe was being passed around. Celeste handed it to Else, and the Queen went to hand it to Hook, without putting her lips to it.
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