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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 1, 2013 20:37:19 GMT -5
Else was looking at Celeste for an exit strategy one moment... and in the next she was plunging through dark waters, landing on her curvy bottom against a rocky terrain. She yelped and fell to her side. Luckily, the enchantress fell into some wet mud, and the pirate onto soft grass. LUCKY FOR THEM.
The queen got up painfully, trying to walk off the numbing throbbing in her rear. She recognized this place... it was close to the Mermaid lagoon. Well, she would be SURE not to visit THAT area again! She had learned her lesson the first time.
Then she walked into the line of a bright shining light in her eyes. She shielded them, seeing that it was a shiny SURFACE that was casing the glimmer. She approached it, tucked as it was within a swampy looking area, and saw that it was a decent sized mirror, sticking up from the green swampy mess like a thorn.
"Did you say something about a mirror, Celeste?" Else called over her shoulder. She grinned; perhaps the witch would be a little more nice knowing that one of her troublesome sidekicks had actually FOUND one of the objects on her own!
With only a moment of hesitation before she hopped down into the mess, she trudged towards the mirror. Gods, this better be WORTH it...
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 2, 2013 12:44:24 GMT -5
Celeste pushed herself up, she was a mess… her whole front of her was covered in mud, she looked around at the surrounding swamp… she hated swamps… she winced from the pain all along her side, the black veins were spreading, she reached into her bag and pulled out a small bottle with blue liquid in it, along the side of it had writing on it, saying peaceful, she drank half the bottle and put the rest back in her bag, a sense of tranquility and calmness washed over her and the veins started to receded back a little but not fully, she got up from the mud then. “Hmmmm? Mirror…?” she turned to Else with a bit of a dazed look on her face, she walked over to the royal women, or at least were she HAD been, tripping once over a large branch, but making it over. It took her a second to realize what Else had found, not because she couldn’t see it, but because it didn’t really register in her mind… but once it did she smiled, else was moving towards the mirror… something was bugging Celeste, that something was wrong… or was going to be wrong… but she couldn’t think for the life of her on what it was… the potion… was working to well… it was telling her everything was ok, and will be ok, like a happy days, but then again something else was telling her NO ITS NOT OK! DON’T GO IN THERE! “You might not want to go in there… there could be leeches…” she said peacefully, she wondered if that’s what she was worried about. But a moment later the mirror got a glimpse of Else in it, and the reflection started to ripple, an arm ten reached out of it and started to pull its self out of the mirror, it looked like another Else, an exact duplicate. “oh right… now I remember… hm…” she understood now, that’s what was bugging her.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 2, 2013 13:43:27 GMT -5
Hook slowly began to stir... the grass he had landed in was soft and warm from the sun. Not a bad way to wake up really... he still felt pretty feverish but it was becoming apparent that whatever sickness he had been gripped by was wearing off...
...Or not. He glanced over to where Else and Celeste were, and apparently another Else... was he seeing double? He got to hs knees and squinted, no... this was an actual PHYSICAL being.
The Captain quickly got to his feet, his instincts telling him that there was NO way this was a good thing- he'd seen dark magic plenty of times and this seemed pretty damn close to it.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 3, 2013 12:16:56 GMT -5
The MirrorElse clawed at the frame at the mirror's edges and pulled herself out. Else stared at the replica... staring at her back! Speechless, she looked over her shoulder back towards the enchantress.
"Celeste?" Was all she could say, hoping that all would be explained.
When the Queen looked back at the figure before her, she was met by two hands, hands just like hers, at her throat! She struggled with MirrorElse, until her heel struck something slick under the swamp waters and they both fell beneath the green, mucky surface.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 3, 2013 14:21:55 GMT -5
Hook watched the creature go to Else's throat and quickly rushed to her aid. He drew his sword and pushed between the two. He held his sword at 'The Others' throat threatening to attack should she come at him
He looked back at Else a moment, she'd been knocked back into the mud but was relatively unharmed, he gave her his usually cocky smile and winked before returning his gaze to the doppelganger before him.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 3, 2013 14:56:58 GMT -5
The Else at Hook's sword edge widened her eyes at him. "Captain Jones! What is the meaning of this???" She tried to take a step forward, thinking that surely he wouldn't hurt her, but the sword pressed into her coldly. "SHE'S the imposter!"
"She's LYING!" The Else down in the mud stood up and took her place behind Hook. "Don't be fooled, Captain Jones... although her likeness is compelling." She placed her hand on his shoulder... and another at his hip... a little too comfortably. "Whatever you do, pirate," the Else behind him said into his ear. "... don't look into the mirror..."
The Else in front of Hook widened her eyes. Well, that was just ASKING the man to look at the mirror, now wasn't it? "Killian.... DON'T" she commanded.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 3, 2013 15:08:00 GMT -5
Without even thinking Hook turned his head and looked in the direction the Other Else had emerged from....
"Mirror....?" He blinked, it looked like a normal mirror he could see his reflection in, until his reflection started to climb out of the Mirror as The Other Else had. Hook swore,"Celeste!"
The witch better know how to solve this one...
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 3, 2013 16:09:34 GMT -5
Celeste just watched and didn’t act like anything was wrong, she was just too much in a peaceful state, but she did give out the information about the mirror, more so just for conversation then to help them… “The mirror of opposition… its usually activated by a word… and the same word deactivates it, but I was never all that good with remembering, so the last time it did this I never deactivated it, if something sees its self in the mirror an exact opposite double will come out of it, and attacks the real thing, the mirror self has all the possessions and powers as the original, once the double or original is defeated the double will disappear” the scene before her quickly got out of control, else and hook already had doubles, Celeste was still as high as a kite but knew one thing, to NOT look into the mirror herself, she had to think of that damn word… she started pacing around, god this was going to be hard, if she couldn’t think of it everything will be ok, there was nothing REALY to worry about, she thought serenely to herself. “just fight them, I’m sure everything will be jjusstt ffiiinnee! Just try not to get killed by yourself or kill the other real person” she smiled like it was just going to be some easy thing.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 3, 2013 18:48:54 GMT -5
Hook growled,"Remember a little faster then!"
Hooks duplicate advanced towards him with his own sword as The other Else had done with the Real Else. Hook quickly blocked the first attack, but as if The other Hook had anticipated it he quickly readjusted and swung a bit lower narrowly missing Hooks knees.
The two of them quickly engaged in sword play, leaving Else unprotected.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 3, 2013 19:53:09 GMT -5
"Wait! Wait, Captain Jones-" she was suddenly lunged at by Mirror Else, who was trying desperately to hold the Queen's face down into the swamp, drowning her. Else WAS going to recommend that the pirate hold the other Else, whether he believed she was the real one or not, while she took care of the Hook that just emerged out of the mirror... but the two men quickly engaged in battle, leaving the two women alone. How like a man...er... men...
Else was plunged beneath the muck again, but she felt a decent size rock at the shallow floor of the swamp. She grabbed it and struck it against Mirror Else's temple. Stunned, the imposter fell, whilst Else emerged, gasping for air. She glanced up ad saw the two Hooks engaged in battle... so she took a running start and tackled the nearest Hook, leaping up onto his back and putting him in a strangle hold.
"Watch out, Captain Jones!" Mirror Else shouted from her spot in the swamp, apparently on her feet again. Did the IMPOSTER know which was which? For the Queen did not...
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 3, 2013 21:00:50 GMT -5
Celeste probably would of helped them if she had the sense and any real thought that they couldn’t take care of their predicament and need her help, buuut….. But she did try to think of the trigger word, all things ran through her mind, nothing that fit though… she stepped in a hole that was covered in mud and slime… it made a slurping sound when she tried to pull out her foot, it was disgusting… she flung the gunk off her and went back to thinking… “What was it… what letter did it start with…? S…? sssss…. Slurp? Slug…? Slender…? No… maybe it was M…? mom? Murder, mayhem…? No… its probably something to do with the mirror…” she thought allowed, she went to the mucky waters edge and put her hands on her hips and looked at nothing in particular, she was still not looking at the mirror in the muck. Something cam to mind though and thought she should mention it. “You know if your finding it hard to pick who is who, think what a mirror does, it sows the opposite of you, in look I mean, soooo… if your really right handed they will be left, if you have your hair parted on the left theirs will be on the right, if… you have a scar on your right theirs will be on left, so on and so on… but I suppose that will only work if you notice that stuff before we came her, if not then never mind” she told anyone that would hear and then went back to thinking up words, while looking up into the sky and rubbing her chin.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 4, 2013 10:37:14 GMT -5
Else huffed... instead of just TALKING, the witch could at least HELP... but she seemed preoccupied at the moment. Gods knew WITH WHAT...
But the enchantress's words did sink in. The Pirate before her and the Hook she was trying to stop had a Hook on his RIGHT hand. The Queen distinctly remembered reaching to shake hands with her LEFT hand when she first met the Captain... to see there was a HOOK there. Else blushed and hopped down from the man with a hook on his LEFT.
"Oh, Captain Jones, I'm terribly sorr-" he must have been out of it... for he gave her a sharp elbow jab to her waist. She doubled over and fell to the ground with an "oof!"
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 4, 2013 21:08:23 GMT -5
The Captain lost complete track of which Else was which. He figured he could worry about that later, The Other Hook, however, was a problem- he was equally as strong and skilled with a sword. The only real difference is that he didn't seem to be suffering from any fever or dizziness.
The Other Hook slashed through his coat and grinned, and he stumbled back-"Else!" He called out for help, hoping she had figured out a way to tell the difference,"Have a plan?"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 4, 2013 22:57:43 GMT -5
"I'm thinking!" The queen retorted, glaring up at the pirate who had just winded her. They were seriously LOSING... if only they had more man-power.
Else narrowed her eyes. Or MAID power... MERMAID.
She saw the MirrorElse coming after her, sprang to her feet, and took off towards the Lagoon nearby, jumping over the enchantress's contently sprawled out form. Mirror Else was sure to follow.
But before the imposter followed after her prey, she walked over to the real Hook pinned against a thick tree by his counterpart. She seized his left arm and removed his hook from it's latch. "May I borrow this, handsome?" MirrorElse purred seductively, caressing a stubble cheek, before she ran off after her target.
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Post by Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose on Feb 4, 2013 23:07:05 GMT -5
“Reflection… water… double… ahhhhh another? Evil? Inner demons!?..... Nope Ok…” she kept with the secret words, but still nothing worked, at this rate they were going to die, the real people could not seem to take care of their double gangers.
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