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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:14 pm
Ashe parked his bike in the designated bike area, hurriedly tying and locking it up before retrieving the glowing talisman and soul case, along with the Origami crane. In a panic he raced up the stairs, nearly falling down them at least two times and then regained his composure at the door, taking a few deep breaths and running his hands through his messy hair to make it seem less... messy. Entering the building he strode over to the desk. "Hello! How may I help you?" The lady behind the counter asked, a smile on her face. "I-I'm looking for a lady named Seiaeka..." He replied, trying to remain calm.
But how can a skittish cat remain calm when he had odd glowing objects in his bag? "Down the hall, turn right, go down three doors, turn left, and it'll be the first door on the right." She instructed, handing him a map, still smiling. "Th-thank you." Ashe breathed, taking the map and walking at a rather fast pace down the hall as directed.
Once he arrived at the door he shivered a bit, remembering that she and that other person.. whatever his name was were going to get Athena's soul. Knocking on the door timidly he awaited her answer, petting his tail absentmindedly for comfort.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:03 pm
"Come in," there was a reply from the other side of the door. Seiaeka's office was full of strange objects and ritch dark funiture. She sat at her desk, shuffling papers around, having just finished instructing her classes for the day. She looked up from her desk to see Ashe enter, looking flustered, "Hello there, good of you to come by. I assume you've successfully captured a soul and your talisman is glowing?" she said, without any surprise or shock, as though this was a normal part of her day.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:09 pm
Ashe opened the door and shuffled in, and opened his mouth to speak, but she seemed to already know why he was there. "Y-y-you mean thats n-n-normal?" He asked, fishing the items out and showing them to her. "B-b-but I didn't even d-d-do anything... I-I just left it b-b-by the radio and k-kept forgetting about it." He stammered, holding them up for Seiaeka to see.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:23 pm
She smiled at him softly, "Now, I want you to take care of those for a little while, I'm still setting up a proper laboratory in my home just outside of the city. I'll contact you when I'm ready to create your child," she explained, getting up from behind her desk and inspecting Ashe's items. She was nodding to herself as though agreeing silently in her mind, "What soul do you have?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:32 pm
Ashe blinked a few times, nodding a bit. "O-oh... a-alright.. I-I'll try not to forget it this time..." He managed a twitchy, timid smile as he watched her examine them. "S-s-soul?" The queasy feeling set in. "I-I don't know..." He stared at the ground, ears pressed against his head in a sort of 'I'm sorry I'm neglectful' way.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:44 pm
She looked up at him and watched his pitiful reaction. She really did hope that this Ancient turned out to be mild mannered, unlike Refia who seemed quite dangerous at times. This was going to be in interesting owner to watch for sure. "Don't worry about it, we can always ask the child when it arrives," she said, giving him a smile and a wink.
"Ashe, if you are forgetful, might a suggest that you organise yourself, maybe leave post it notes to remind youself of things in places you would see them everytime you pass by?" she felt a little sorry for forgetful and disorganised people, and wanted to help the poor cat boy. Having a child might be good for him.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:59 pm
"Post-it notes..." He mumbled, pondering it. "Wait, the child would know which soul it has?" He asked, ears twitching. "I-I suppose this time I won't leave it by the radio... It'll be in my bedroom this time." He scratched at his head, deciding that was best. The bedroom was his favorite place, because of his bed.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:26 pm
She laughed musically like she had that day on the train when she had met him, "Well, at least you didn't leave it by your bed and ended up dead; but you don't have to worry anymore," she reassured him, not wanting to give the poor guy a heart attack, "You have a soul now, so the case won't suck yours out," she added with a wink.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:18 pm
Ashe stiffened, eyes widening a bit as he looked at the soul case in his hands. "I-it c-c-could have s-sucked my s-s-s-soul out!?" He questioned, slightly afraid of what power the case had now. "H-h-how come it d-d-didn't sa-say that in the n-n-note?" He asked, trying to calm down his fluffed up tail.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:22 pm
"Well, I was supposed to have come with an owner's manual, don't worry, if that had become the case, you either would have become an Ancient, or I would have put you back in your body," she said, still chuckling a little at his reaction.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:42 pm
"Th-that would h-h-have become an odd one to e-explain to my p-p-parents..." He mumbled, sighing a bit. "I-I'll check to see if I misplaced the manual.. th-thank you..." He began to put the items back into the bag, careful not to crush the crane.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:50 pm
"It's possible that it was forgotten," she said, shrugging a bit, "I was pretty busy that day, and Arathiel was as well with the new child, Ghilsheare, and there was Refia as well, so we were pretty absent minded."
She walked him to the door, "There's no need to fret though," she patted him gently on his shoulder, "I'll contact you when I'm available to grow your child; until then, store the Soul Case in the Aluminum Case that the materials came in, and your should should have extra protection on it." She held open the door for him.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:28 pm
"O-oh.. alright... Th-thank you..." He headed out of the room, and back out to the lobby, and then out of the building. He walked down the stairs slowly and then put his bag in the basket, buckling it up, and then rode home a lot slower than he had on the way there, running Seiaeka's directions through his head.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:29 pm
Seieaka smiled as she shut the door behind him and returned to her desk, pulling out her large tome out of her bag and put it onto teh desk with a thud. Opening it up she looked over it until she found the section she wanted, and began to read.
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