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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 20:03:19 GMT -5
Paden immediately dove beneath her and changed forms as fast as possible, catching her just in time. "You ok?" He asked, panting from the adrenaline rush.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 20:08:26 GMT -5
Ary's hands were covering her face. "Ah...!" She was still frantic. In her head, she hadn't stopped falling. Falling and falling and falling... The ground was rushing up to meet her, and when she hit it... "Ah...!" No no no no no! Please no! Not again! No, no, no! "No no no no no...!" She looked ridiculous and childlike, muttering to herself in terror and cringing away from the ground that wasn't there.
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 20:13:21 GMT -5
Paden hugged her tightly. "Ary, its me, its me Paden, you're fine, you're not falling anymore."
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 20:17:18 GMT -5
Ary basically ignored him. Some sensible part of her was clamoring for her to shut up and behave sensibly. Fear was a weakness! She wasn't allowed to have weaknesses! If she was weak, she'd die! They'd kill her! And then another part, yet another sensible bit, asked, who's they? How should I know? But there is definitely a they who'll kill us! Us? What are we, skitzofrenic? No! That's another weakness! ...Okay... ((I can't have a single post without something funny in it, can I? XP)) "No no no no no no no!" the rest of her muttered. "No no- I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Why had she fallen out? She'd had a grip! She'd been fine one moment, and then- had they pushed her? Yes! That was it! Better to blame it on them than on a weakness...!
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 20:37:33 GMT -5
"Ary!" This came out as more of a bark than a shout.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 20:42:05 GMT -5
Ary yelped and flinched away from whoever was shouting at her now. Well, it wasn't new to be shouted out. But why hadn't they hit her? She risked opening one eye, saw only darkness, nearly freaked out again (it was rather terrifying to think it's the middle of the day and open your eyes to complete darkness, especially if you've ever been locked in the bad-bad room), and then remembered she had her hands over her face. She moved a hand and one nearly crazed eye appeared, gaze filmy with terror and the pupil narrowed to a tiny dot. After a few moments, she recognized Paden and whimpered pathetically, shutting her eyes and clinging onto him. Weakness! Oh, shut up...
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 21:08:05 GMT -5
Paden hugged her tightly again and stroked her hair. "Its ok Ary, you're ok, i'm here." he told her soothingly.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 21:10:37 GMT -5
"I'm sorry!" she choked. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry... I hate trees! I hate trees! I get so scared and I can't think straight and then I'm stuck and then it's worse..." Oh, yes, now that the panic was beginning to fade, she could remember why she hated being in trees so much.
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 21:15:16 GMT -5
Paden smiled understandingly. "You went up there because of me didn't you?"
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 21:18:24 GMT -5
Ary bit her lip. She didn't want to accuse him of anything... That wouldn't be very kind of her, considering the fact that he could have just let her fall. While most people wouldn't even consider that option, she certainly knew enough to whom that would seem the obvious choice. Why risk getting yourself hurt for a plaything, huh? Like a child who wanted to climb a very tall tree to retrieve his kite. 'No, sweetie, you might get hurt. We'll just buy you another one.'
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 21:26:16 GMT -5
Paden gave her a sad and apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...I just wanted to give you a kiss." He admitted.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 21:42:52 GMT -5
"I'm sorry," she whispered, ashamed of herself- both for climbing up the goddamn tree in the first place and for falling out of the goddamn tree. She hid her face in her hands again. "Gods, I shouldn't've..." she let her voice trail off. What was there to say? She was an idiot. "I must look like some helpless little idiot right now..."
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 22:24:00 GMT -5
"No you don't, and i know for a fact you're not, actually, you look more cute than anything else." he chuckled.
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Post by Amaranth on Dec 31, 2006 22:26:09 GMT -5
"Stop making fun of me..." she muttered, her voice slightly muffled. It was hard to speak through your hands. "It isn't funny. I don't mind heights from anything but trees. Oh, right, and tall buildings. Like towers." She shook her head. "I've hated 'em ever since before I went to Eris." She gasped. She wasn't supposed to talk about Eris. "Um, never mind that."
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Post by Fear on Dec 31, 2006 22:31:20 GMT -5
Paden stroked her head comfortingly again. "I'm not making fun of you, just relieved you're alright, you had me worried back there."
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