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Post by Prince Eric/ Ron Anderson on Mar 24, 2013 22:07:43 GMT -5
"I followed you I just wanted to make sure you were okay?" He went over to her. "Are you? I'll go if you want me to Alana?"
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 25, 2013 8:15:28 GMT -5
Alana sat on her knees, looking up at him... holding herself with her arms. She bit her lip. She should yell at him, tell him to go. It wasn't safe, not for him with Triton so near.
But... all she could do is shake her head 'no', and bowed it downwards as more tears rolled down. The little droplets of water shattered against the painted blue concrete below her.
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Post by Prince Eric/ Ron Anderson on Mar 25, 2013 14:30:11 GMT -5
He bent down to hug her, not knowing what else to do and maybe she would push him away but he at least wanted to do something.
"It's okay Alana, I know you will work everything out with time. I'm here if you need to talk."
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 25, 2013 18:42:12 GMT -5
He was so warm... and firm. At first the mermaid was rigid in his arms, warnings and horror stories about humans running through her head; stories that had been fed to her since she was small. But... she COULDN'T believe those things about Eric. Not her sweet Eric...
He maneuvered next to her, closer to her, as his back leaned against the slope in the pool as she had been doing. She finally gave in and slipped her arms around his waist, head against his broad chest, relaxing into him.
"I don't want to feel this way..." She murmured. "But when I see her... I just... can't... There's so much that I've done, that we've all done to help her..." None of this made sense to him without explaining the whole story. She sighed. "She lied to me... to do a favor for her human... a pirate. And then when I came to find out that her desired humanness would come with a devastating price to her...I STILL wanted to help."
She held on to Eric tighter. "I... I made a deal with a witch... I cut my hair, binding me to the dagger needed to kill the pirate. If she could do that... she could be free of him... and I would turn to foam... I loved her so much..." She roughly rubbed an eye dry with the back of her hand. "...But she's STILL with him... I know because... I'm still here..."
"...And I wish I wasn't..." Now the tears wanted to start all over again. How did she ever become like this? There was a time that Alana, the beautiful mermaid adored by all mer-kind, rarely cried: only when she thought about the death of her mother, or when she was moved to tears by the harmonizing voices of all her sisters singing together long ago. Now it seemed like a daily thing, finding no comfort in either set of memories, real or fake.
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Post by Prince Eric/ Ron Anderson on Mar 25, 2013 19:34:52 GMT -5
Eric held her, "Well I am not the expert on magic or anything but I think you should be happy, she loved the pirate enough to not kill him. I would really miss you if you were gone Alana." Eric rubbed her back in small circles.
"Sounds like you need to talk to your sister. I think its very brave and selfless you would give your life for hers. Alana your just like that your an amazing person but holding on to all that rage its not healthy. If you talk to Ariel I mean really talked to her...maybe you could come to understand where she is coming from?" He hugged her close.
"If not then you can come back and scream at me. I would love to stay but I don't want your father to find me. Are you going to be okay?"
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 25, 2013 20:18:10 GMT -5
"But he can't give her true happiness back... the witch told me..." She sighed. Of course Eric would be neutral with the situation. That's just who he was... mister peace maker.
She pulled away from him and his warmth. He didn't understand either. Neptune, she truly was alone in all of this, wasn't she?
"I don't know..." She ran her fingers through her hair. "Maybe someday... I just CAN'T right now."
"Alana? Are you ready?" Triton called down from the hallway.
The mermaid's eyes widened and she pulled Eric up off of the concrete and towards the shadows of the pool's wall closest to the door, where the view from the door would be obstructed.
She pressed up against him, hand covering his mouth.
"Alana?" Her father was at the door now.
She cursed in her head and then quickly made her way to the center of the large pool, grabbing her purse. "Coming daddy!" She gave Eric one last look before quickly making her way to the stairs before Triton made his way too far in. He was literally 3 feet away from the pool; just a few more steps toward it and a glance downwards... and it was all over for Eric.
"I didn't see you down there." Triton laughed. "Ready to go see Arista? Don't you want to put shells in your long hair first, tadpole?"
"I don't have long hair dad." She said flatly, feeling the hopelessness return again. She took his strong arm and led him out the exit.
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Post by Prince Eric/ Ron Anderson on Mar 25, 2013 22:18:57 GMT -5
Eric hid in the shadows until Alana left with her father. He hoped to talk to her later but right now he needed to get out of here.
Eric waited until they left and then walked out the back door. He made his way back to work. He had a party to DJ tonight."
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Mar 25, 2013 22:28:52 GMT -5
Arista took her last photo of the day and went to do some work in the darkroom.
It had been a long day and James had only called her six times. Maybe that was a record she wasn't to sure. She took a drink of her tea and went though some older shots.
Her phone buzzed to life again it was James with a new number because she had blocked all his others. "Where are you?? I miss you?" It read. Arista sighed and deleted it.
She had self defense classes again tonight hopefully, she wouldn't need them. Arista really should tell Ariel what happened during the curse but she wasn't sure how. All she knew was she wanted to talk to someone besides Doctor Hopper all the time. There was a knock at the door and she got up to look. Praying it wasn't James again.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 25, 2013 23:20:58 GMT -5
Alana clutched at her purse as the door opened. Her younger sister stood before her... as if time hadn't changed her at ALL since the last time they were swimming in the ocean.
...except for the legs of course.
"Hello... Arista." The older sister said. She looked off to the side, Triton stepped into view.
"Is that my little Arista?" He said, tears practically glistening in his aqua eyes. He scooped his found daughter up in a strong hug.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Mar 25, 2013 23:29:52 GMT -5
Arista burst into tears when she saw her father. "Daddy! Alana!" She pulled Alana over into a hug. "How did you find me? I been searching for all of you!"
When they stopped hugging Arista smiled at her father. "Daddy, I missed you so much." She told him.
"Alana, you are still as beautiful as ever." Arista hugged her again.
"So where have you guys been, I want to hear everything,"
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 27, 2013 9:11:11 GMT -5
"...Ariel told us." Arista was far to happy to see the two of them to notice the reserve in Alana's voice. Arista lead the two merfolk inside. "The Marine Garage, downtown. I've... WE'VE," Alana corrected herself, wanting to include her father. "...Been trying to track down everyone. The only one we haven't found yet is Attina."
"But we WILL." Triton declared firmly. "She has a coronation to attend, after all. She will HAVE it when I finally do see her. Swimming about outside the castle is just simply NOT DONE for the future Queen of Atlantica!" He suddenly lost the rigor in his voice and quietly walked over to some pictures displayed on the wall, making a disgusted face. So many HUMANS on Arista's wall...
Alana looked at Arista, seeing the confusionon her face. "He's...taken the curse really harsh... adding layers of psychosis on top of it to hide the vulnerability he's feeling... from being human. Or at least that's what Dr. Hopper says." The mermaid felt so tired inside, wetness was returning to her large violet eyes. "Doesn't make it easier to live with. I'm... I'm really glad we found you, Arista." She reached out for another hug, drawing in her sister again, not wanting to let go.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Mar 27, 2013 16:40:20 GMT -5
Arista held her sister, "Oh Alana you can't imagine what I have been though with this curse. I am so sorry I wasn't there to help with everything. I am sure everything will work out." She said holding her sister tightly.
Alana might understand what she went through maybe they could share stories one day.
"So, when did you run into Ariel? I saw her the other night for the first time a old friend told me she was here." Arista told her sister noticing Alana flinch at the mention of Ariel's name.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 27, 2013 17:01:33 GMT -5
"Today." Alana volunteered curtly. "But we want to hear about you, Arista. You've been... a photographer this whole time?" She wondered why Arista wouldn't have replied to to Alana's flyers and all the signals she'd sent out to help reunite the family. Perhaps it got lost or buried under all the other efforts that almost EVERYONE in Storybrooke was putting forth to reunite with loved ones.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Mar 27, 2013 19:23:18 GMT -5
"I didn't see anything, I been actually busy staying away from my ex." Arista whispered not wanting her father to overhear.
"I have been taking photos, since I can remember. We can talk more about my distractions another time together. I am just glad I found you dear sister. I would love to see all of our sisters together soon." Arista told her turning off her phone when it started buzzing again.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Mar 29, 2013 8:47:09 GMT -5
Alana noticed Arista fiddling with her phone. If anyone was bothering one of her sisters... she was going to set it right. She had a knife in her boot and a few decorative katana swords at home to help her...
"Attina is the only one missing... but we'll find her." She assured her second to youngest sister. "Getting us together in one room, however... might be slightly difficult." Alana had the most grievances with Ariel... but some of the others felt the same about the way she turned from her family in the name of adventure, being human, and loving a pirate. It would be one heck of a reunion that Alana would be sure to avoid like the PLAGUE.
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