The Sereni-Tree and the Lost Soul
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Thursday, December 1, 2005 14:53
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*Intently watches The Real Me walk away.*
*Quietly begins singing a familiar little ditty to herself...*
"Shoulder, bicep, elbow, arm."
"Forearm, thumb, wrist, knuckle, palm."
"Middle, pinky, index, ring."
"Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding."
(Bride7 cannot currently receive messages from this site, also, she is ignoring you.)
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Quote:*PR looks at Ath.* She'll be okay...but she has a broken wing.
Originally posted by CallMeAth:
*Before everyone can answer, he spies PR riding his pifflepony with--*
Serenity?!
*Ath runs toward PR as fast as his injured leg will let him.*
She's going to need medical attention quickly though.
*By now, the group has gathered together.*
We had better be on our way to finding her some help.
But, first...theres something that you need to know.
*PR looks down at the bow and quiver in his hand, then up to the group.* Soul's dead. He...found out that we're caught in some kind reality time-trap. And...he was told that one of us must die...so that the rest may live.
*PR scanned their saddened faces. His head was overcome with pain from his awful migrane.*
Naturally, him being the man he was, he chose himself...above all of us.
He wanted you all to know how much you meant to him. And the truth of that is...we meant more to him than his own life.
I don't know whats coming next. I don't know if we'll find Emma. I don't know if we will find Static's real tower.
But I do know that Serenity needs helps. And by the looks of things, shes not the only one.
Soul gave his life for us. Thats what was important to him. Us. He died for us. To keep us together, and to keep us going.
And I think thats what we need to do now.
Mai, you still got that wish-granting plank?
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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TheRealMe runs faster when Bride7 begins her chant. She follows him.
Quote:
Bride7 sings:
"Shoulder, bicep, elbow, arm."
"Forearm, thumb, wrist, knuckle, palm."
"Middle, pinky, index, ring."
"Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding."
TheRealMe and Bride7 make their way to where PsychicRiver, Ath, and Ororo are with the unconscious Serenity. PsychicRiver relates the story about Soul again:
Quote:
Naturally, him being the man he was, he chose himself...above all of us.
He wanted you all to know how much you meant to him. And the truth of that is...we meant more to him than his own life.
I don't know whats coming next. I don't know if we'll find Emma. I don't know if we will find Static's real tower.
But I do know that Serenity needs helps. And by the looks of things, shes not the only one.
Soul gave his life for us. Thats what was important to him. Us. He died for us. To keep us together, and to keep us going.
And I think thats what we need to do now.
TheRealMe nods. “Quite right! Let me see to Serenity. Don’t worry, I’ve played a doctor in another thread!”
He goes to very carefully examine Serenity’s wing. He frowns. “Hmmmm… I’m afraid it will have to come off! Anybody got a saw?”
At the shocked faces around him, TheRealMe thinks some more. “Either that or a… what do they call them… Splint?” TheRealMe unsuccessfully looks around for materials for a splint.
“Wait, I know!”
TheRealMe grabs the nearby Bride7 and gives her a kiss!
And another! And a third! “Thank you, Bride7.”TheRealMe gathers the three kissies and arrays them around Serenity’s mangled wing. Their large eyes all get terribly sad and their mouths make tiny adorable little “o’s”. One by one, they hop up and bond themselves to the surface of the wing, forming a protective covering. Bone and flesh (and feathers?) start to knit together again.
“There!”
That task accomplished, TheRealMe checks his scanner. “Hmmm… No more sign of Emma’s distress beacon. Probably ThatWeridGirl was right. Emma was never here in the first place. It was a sham, a decoy. Well, let’s find everyone else and I’ll get us out of here with a dimensional portal.”
"And remember, Magical Wish-granting Planks can be VERY dangerous!"
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Quote:Excellent!
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
That task accomplished, TheRealMe checks his scanner. “Hmmm… No more sign of Emma’s distress beacon. Probably ThatWeridGirl was right. Emma was never here in the first place. It was a sham, a decoy. Well, let’s find everyone else and I’ll get us out of here with a dimensional portal.”
Let's get out of here.
And just what is Bride7 talking about?
Speaking of...where did TWG speed off to anyway?
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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Static sits away from the group, his head lowered, his arms resting limply on his knees. In one hand, he holds an arrow...the Phoenix arrow that his friend had used on him not too long ago. Slowly, he becomes aware of the rest of the crew standing together, waiting to depart. He stands and moves towards them, sighing deeply. As he approaches the rest of the crew, there is a laugh.
The rest of the crew gasps and weapons are drawn as a cloaked figure appears behind the Gunslinger. Static only sighs wearily and turns around.
"Last chance, Christopher of Fairehaven," the figure says, "renounce the Tower. Find a woman to replace the one who's love dried up...make new friends to replace the ones you've managed to get killed...leave the Tower and maybe I won't kill the rest of your crew."
Without a sound, the figure is gone. Static turns back to the group.
"Let's go tend to our wounded and bury our dead."
http://burstsofstatic.blogspot.com
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Quote:
Originally posted by PsychicRiver:
Excellent!
Let's get out of here.
And just what is Bride7 talking about?
Speaking of...where did TWG speed off to anyway?
TheRealMe whispers to PsychicRiver: “You’ll find that Bride7 is a little.. odd. And perhaps cannibalistic. Back when the FemaleReaver escaped on Black Diamond, she wounded Bride2 and Bride3 and ‘reaverized’ Bride1. Perhaps the FemaleReaver had some influence on Bride7 as well. Also, Bride7 has yet to forgive me for liking Bride4… Jet… the best of the Brides.
“As to ThatWeirdGirl, she and the other Rat (probably the Rat-clone) went off somewhere in hyperspace to search for Emma. They flew off in the Admiral Nelson. We’ll track them down soon. Who knows, they may have Emma already.”
Louder, to everyone: “Gather near, and then I will open a portal to the Sereni-Tree. Static, are you doing okay? Would you like some help? Oh, we don’t want to bury our dead. We want to take the bodies back for cryo-freezing!”
“Ath, can you take a head count? We don’t want to leave anybody in this terrible place! Say, did you guys keep track of the General Grant or Soul’s shuttle? Do we need to send Rat out in the General Lee to hunt the vehicles down?”
Then, TheRealMe begins to concentrate and opens a dimensional portal to the Sereni-Tree.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Quote:Oh... *PR turns and looks over his shoulder at Bride7, who is licking her lips. He turns back to the group, his eyes wide, and he swallows hard.*
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
TheRealMe whispers to PsychicRiver: “You’ll find that Bride7 is a little.. odd. And perhaps cannibalistic. Back when the FemaleReaver escaped on Black Diamond, she wounded Bride2 and Bride3 and ‘reaverized’ Bride1. Perhaps the FemaleReaver had some influence on Bride7 as well. Also, Bride7 has yet to forgive me for liking Bride4… Jet… the best of the Brides.
*Gulp!*
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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TheRealMe shrugs.
"Well, it's not like we've actually CAUGHT her eating anybody. Of course, Jake7 did come to my rescue in the nick of time, that once..."
"Oh, and don't misunderstand me. It was the FemaleReaver who wounded Bride2 and Bride3 and did the 'reaverizing', not Bride7!"
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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A little off from the group a mound of mutant bodies shifts...
a hand reaches up from the midst..
Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny
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