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The Judges Of Sabra La Tau (sabra_la_iudex) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-12-16 19:20:00

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Who: Any
Where: At the base of the great mountain
When: King's Year 199, early autumn
What:

[The great mountain is the largest mountain on the content known as the First Land. It is a marker that can be seen over most of the lands of Pyxis and Canis for its inspiring height. The crystal city, in all of its marvels is built into the western side of it, perhaps a fourth of the way up in a valley between it and the nearest mountain.

Its peak is obscured by the clouds, and no traveler or climber ascending to its great top has ever come back alive, leading most to simply accept that it was a dwelling place of the Gods and thus, no place for man or his ilk.

Today, at its base, a priest is pouring over detailed construction plans that seem to shift and expand under their own magic as he pens in the countries and supplies as they come in.

Great flags of black are set in an enormous circle, stretching out of sight in an enormous circle, and far into the lands that are considered Pyxis.

A great deal of shelters are set up, most tent at the moment, within the circle. Food and water getting the first stone structures erected and thus far are without guard.

A young Ophiuchus of Caduceus cut greets you as you approach, and waves you to the table that the hooded, red lined priest sits.]

His excellency has requested you report directly to him. Please hurry and send your representative.

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	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-14 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	[ the barest shiver at the wisps of sensation... and closes his eyes, as much to not have to look at that smile as any other reason, and lays his lips to now-bared skin. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-14 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	[There's no faint tremor of laughter this time, as she pulls his arm back around her. Just the soft whisper of metal on metal as she draws part after part from the box in front of them, arranging them on their small desk.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-14 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...? cracks open an eye to look, despite himself. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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roadtothesky
2011-07-14 06:44 pm UTC (link)

[Small clamps, sensors, delicate twists and curls of parts barely mentioned in her earlier talk. Something between Pavo clockwork and something far more remincient of Lacerta, or even Lepus.

And in between one part and the next, her hand moves to the front of her sun robe, unclasping it and letting the thin fabric fall off her shoulders.]

If we start now . . . There should definitely be enough time.

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	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-14 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	[ really, Chrysos, what did you think it was going to be. really. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-14 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...pulls away from her neck and straightens, trying to focus on the parts arrayed before them. Intently. ] Are you building it now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-14 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	Not that. Not yet. [She's wearing barely a slip of a thing under her robe, straps no wider than pieces of string. Even in the slightly cooler air, parts still cling to her chest, her hips, damp with sweat.] These are the parts that build off of you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-15 01:51 am UTC (link)
	[ ...focus. Focus. ...wait, what? ] [ looks at the top of her head ] You mean... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-15 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Power drawn from your own body. Direction from tendon and muscle. These are the parts that make that possible. But to be used, they must first be tied to your own flesh and bone. If you want to say no, now is the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-15 02:54 am UTC (link)
	... [ the arm around her tightens, briefly, as he presses his face to her hair, eyes closed. ] Begin as you will. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-15 03:06 am UTC (link)
	. . . I would stay like this a moment longer first, if you would let me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-15 03:14 am UTC (link)
	[ ...no answer voiced, but remains still, save the rise and fall of his chest against her back. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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roadtothesky
2011-07-15 09:24 am UTC (link)

[Lays out a few more pieces and a single stoppered vial, the powder within colourless and plain. The curving lizard pressed into the vial's glass speaks well enough of its origin.

After that, it truly is another long minute before she moves again, the weight of her (what little of it there is) resting warmly against him, her other hand laced together with his with very little intention of letting go.]

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	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-15 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...there's the press of another arm against her side, holding as much as it can of what it once did... as phantom sensations remind, still. ] ...are you sure? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-15 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	If not me, then who? And if not now . . . [Curls her hand above his bandage.] It has to be soon. Before your body forgets the shape of what's lost. And I . . . . . . I do not wish anyone else to touch you like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-16 01:15 am UTC (link)
	... [ that flush on his face probably isn't all due to the thinness of the fabric still covering her, no. ] ...I've found myself often at the mercy of your wishes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-16 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Would you endure being so one last time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-16 01:29 am UTC (link)
	[ ...turns his head aside a little, still resting against hers. ] You assume I would have it be the last. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-16 01:38 am UTC (link)
	This time would be more literal than most, unless my lord would have a sudden wish to otherwise seek out Lacerta's brews. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-16 01:50 am UTC (link)
	[ wait is that vial the kind of Lacerta powder he thinks it is ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-16 09:37 am UTC (link)
	[Pulling away enough to reach for a decanter and a goblet, pouring it half-full of something just slightly too thick to be water, and breaking the vial's seal to add a single finger's width of powder. It dissolves as she sits back again, gently swirling the glass.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-16 10:31 am UTC (link)
	[ ...one might consider it a testimony to the degree of feeling he holds for certain quarters that, rather than leaping immediately to his feet and scrambling as far as possible from that receptacle, as one does from an overloading boiler.... there is merely a great stiffening of muscle from head to toe. ] ................ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-16 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	[Close as they are, it would be difficult not to notice that. she turns sideways to face him.] Chrys? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] tothelight 2011-07-16 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...it's a pretty impressive pale-sweat face of Unsure and You Can't Be Serious even for him. ] ......there has to be an alternative. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Other Arrivals] roadtothesky 2011-07-16 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	Full body straps. Restraint tables. Honeyed water for when your throat has screamed itself raw. . . . the link can only be forged while your mind is awake. But to do so when your senses are fully aware is nothing short of torture. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)