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8:21pm Jul 21 2012
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Ooc:// Eden is going to look at the chicken broth, and try to ignore the fact that she feels like a cannibal. XD
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Eden took Lynda's hand and followed her as she showed her her room. The color scheme was blue, like the outside of the house, and the smell of the food had carried it up into the room. It smelled like chicken. Though Eden felt like a bird at times, given that she was around them so much, she didn't mind eating avian meat. So long as it wasn't a bird of prey.
She listened as Lynda talked about the room, and told her where various things were. It seemed that there were clothes there, too- they were in her size. (Mind if they're Nicholas's wife's old clothes? XD That would be interesting.) Though, her clothes weren't dirty just yet.
When she had gotten the lay of the room, she walked back down with Lynda still leading her, though she'd released her hand when they got to the room. She looked at Nicholas and smiled, taking a random seat at the table, not sure what to do next.
When it came to human etiquette, Eden was as clueless as it got.
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8:47pm Jul 21 2012
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[[ Good idea! That can make them talk more, if he sees her wearing Sally's shirt or something.
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"Nicholas, are you sneaking a bite out of the pot again?"
I jumped up when I heard Lynda's voice come in the kitchen and I looked up to see Eden already at the table. I smiled back at her when she smiled at me before giving Lynda the same crooked grin.
"You know I can't help myself when it's chicken broth."
I said before finding a seat at the head of the table, Lynda sitting across from Eden once getting the pot in between us all on the table so we can have as much as we wanted in our bowls.
It was after I had eaten my first spoonful of broth that I saw the empty seat at the other end of the table. My cheeks paled slightly bu I immediately looked back at my bowl. To keep myself from having negative thoughts - I always tried to be as optimistic as a man can about a wife dying - I looked back at Eden.
"Is everything to your liking upstairs? I work by the shops close by here, so if you need anything, I'd be willing to get it before coming home tomorrow from work."
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8:55pm Jul 21 2012
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Ooc:// |D He'll be all reminiscent and sad and junk. And Eden look to Lynda and be all.... ???
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Eden laughed as Lynda startled Nicholas away from the pot. So it wasn't acceptable for humans to eat directly out of the pot. They had to put it on a plate, and then eat it. It was strange, but Eden had done it before- not very often, though. She winced slightly as she felt her wing grind against the back of the chair. Chairs weren't meant for winged people...
She scooted forward in her chair, making sure that her wings wouldn't scrape against the chair. She was sure that the blood from the wound was close to leaking through her jacket. It wasn't a comforting thought. The sooner these people found out what she was, the sooner she would be hunted again.
She was in the middle of putting the broth into her bowl when she heard Nicholas speak from beside her.
She looked at him and waved her hand dismissively. "I'll be fine. You don't need to go out of your way. I won't be here for too long," she said. As soon as she was able to fly again- when she would be able to, she didn't know- she would leave. The issue was that as long as the bullet was in her wing, the wound wouldn't heal, and she would be grounded. Literally.
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9:00pm Jul 21 2012
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[[ It'll be so awkward. |D Again, I'm not good with small talk. When will be the best time to time skip? ]]
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9:06pm Jul 21 2012
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Ooc:// I think that Travis should go in his room and Eden would eventually be unable to stand the pain in her wing, and she would have to ask him to get the bullet out and all that junk. Cause she can't access her wings very well.
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9:11pm Jul 21 2012
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[[ Alright, so time skip to when they all just kind of head off to their rooms to get ready for bed? I can do that. One sec. ]]
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9:41pm Jul 21 2012
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I trudged up the staircase to my room at the end of the hall. I get by easily by the day, the sunny weather always brightening my mood, and my all together happy personality keeping my mood up. But, once its dark out and all I have to look forward to every night was an empty bed, my heart sank with a pain I wished time will have pass.
I came to my door, my hand holding the door knob. But, instead of going in, I pressed my forehead against the wooden door, my eyes closed. When will the loneliness subside? I hated to sound harsh, but the pain wasn't just for Sally's passing. She's passed almost a year now, I'm finding a way to move on, no matter how much I loved her.
But, now I felt this loneliness, reminding me every night when I slept by myself in bed. Or when I wake up with out the heat of another body enveloping me every morning. The weeping in my pillow every night has finished but will the weeping in my heart ever be appeased?
The question has always crossed my mind through out the day, especially when I'm on the ship by myself, just wanting a place to think with out any noise other then birds chirping and the water rocking the ship. Except for today.
My thoughts went to Eden, wishing I could somehow make her feel safe. I liked the idea of another woman in the home. Lynda needed the company. There had to be something I could buy her at the town's shops. But what did she like? She had no toiletries, though Lynda probably took care of that.
I allowed one tear leaving a trail down my cheek, dropping from my chin and onto my shoulder. Finally, I opened the door, keeping the bed room door open like I always did just so that I wouldn't feel so alone in the room, and started untying my tie from my neck, looping it out of my head and throwing it on the dresser close by with a anger that is so rare in my demeanor. I unbuttoned my white shirt slowly, lost in thought.
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10:02pm Jul 21 2012
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Eden showered before she did anything. After eating, she had immediately gone upstairs and showered. She was nervous to put the other clothes on, but the clothes that she had been wearing weren't exactly made for sleeping in. Either way, the clothes in the room didn't have the holes in the back of the shirts for her wings to slide through. And she doubted Nicholas would like her cutting holes in the clothes.
Still, she slid a long, white button up shirt over her frame. It was oversized, and specifically made for sleeping in, she guessed, due to how large it was. It hung around her mid thighs, and the ebony-haired girl buttoned it up diligently, leaving a few buttons open at the top so that the collar wouldn't press against her neck. The edge of the shirt hung around the middle of her thighs, allowing her long tan legs to peek out from underneath them. Still, she wore a pair of shorts underneath them to make sure she was decent if someone walked in on her and she had to move around.
She winced as she moved and the fabric rubbed against her wound. The bleeding had stopped, but with each move she made, the bullet moved around and caused the wound to bleed again. A tiny bit of blood seeped onto the white shirt.
Eden cursed aloud quietly. No, it would stain the shirt! She could blame it on something simple, like she cut herself with the razor. On her shoulder. Yeah, right. Like that excuse would ever work.
She couldn't sleep with this. She had to get the darned thing out, but she couldn't reach it....
She chewed on her bottom lip. Lynda was older, and would possibly faint if she figured out that she was a Valkyrie. Nicholas was kind and caring. He was her best bet. She reluctantly moved out of her room, going a few doors over to where she'd seen Nick heading when she entered her room.
She stopped in the doorway, seeing as how it was open. There Nick was, unbuttoning his shirt. He wasn't buff, per se, but he had long, lean muscles. She let her eyes linger a moment on a ribbon of skin exposed by the unbuttoned part of his shirt before clearing her throat, and fighting off the color in her cheeks.
"Nick, um... Could you do something for me?"
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10:19pm Jul 21 2012
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It took me a moment to realize someone was at the door. My brown eyes were looking at the ground, my fingers finding the next button slowly on their own. I was half my way down when I heard someone clear their throat. I jumped, as though I was a teenager caught doing something I wasn't supposed to do by a parent, my brown eyes widening as I looked through the doorway.
I can honestly say that when I first looked at Eden, I thought she was Sally. For a moment, I let myself believe that Sally was here to come sleep next to me again. To help me feel less lonely. But, it was just Eden. My heart ached at the thought. My face immediately turned to a smile though when I saw her. A smile could make someone else feel good. Maybe it'll do it's magic on me instead.
"Anything, Eden. Tell me what you need."
I said, letting go of the button I was unfastening and walking over to her in the doorway. When I came to the doorway next to here, that's when I realized why I thought she was Sally. "Wh-where did you get that shirt?"
I whispered, my eyes looking over the shirt, my brown eyes widening again. No, I wasn't checking her out. I was looking at the shirt. It was Sally's. It was definitely Sally's. I blinked, looking back up at Eden with unbelieving eyes. "Uh. I mean, it's fine if you wear it." Lie. "I was just curious."
I choked out the words by the end, hiding the sorrow making it's way in my heart. This wasn't the time to see another woman, living in my home, wearing my wife's shirt. Just... Not the time.
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10:26pm Jul 21 2012
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Eden immediately regretted putting the shirt on when Nicholas began to whisper and look at the shirt with wide eyes. Something was up. She'd messed up, hadn't she? He looked back up at her with disbelief in his eyes. Why was that there in his brown eyes?
Her dark eyes looked down at the ground like she was timid again. She thought it was plausible to act afraid of him in that moment. "I'm sorry... I found it in a drawer... It was... I'm sorry." She bit her lip, rubbing her left calf with her right foot nervously. All an act. She wasn't nervous at all. Or scared. Her curiosity was killing her, though.
"Um... About that think that I needed you to do with me. You're not going to believe me when I say it, but.... I got shot not long ago, and I think the bullet is still lodged in my..." My what, Eden? My wing? No. She couldn't say that. Not yet. "In the back of my shoulder," she said quickly, wincing at the sharp pain in her wing. It was starting to hurt without jarring it now.
"Could you get it out for me? I can't reach it, and it hurts very much." She let her eyes nervously dart around.
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10:35pm Jul 21 2012
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My lower lip quivered just slightly when she said she found it in a drawer. I was hoping she would say that Lynda gave it to her, so that I would know it wasn't Sally's shirt. But, instead, it just had to be hers. I got my hopes up for nothing. I needed to sit down. I needed a drink.
I needed this woman out of my wife's clothes.
"...I got shot not long ago, and I think the bullet is still lodged in my... In the back of my shoulder."
Immediately my own lonely thoughts disappeared to a compassion my eyes held when I first met her. Gently grabbing her elbow, I pulled her to my bed - because I had no where else to seat her. If I had a chair, I would have felt so much more comfortable sitting her there.
"Why didn't you say anything sooner, Eden?"
I was too busy worrying about the bullet in her shoulder to realize that I should have seen a lot of blood by now. Maybe she cleaned the wound and the bleeding stopped, but the bullet was just still lodged in there?
"I must say, lass, I don't know how to help you. I can get the bullet out but I don't want to..." Have your shirt taken off. I pursed my lips, guessing it was obvious what I was worrying about.
"I guess I can give you one of my tank tops to change into so I can only see your shoulder. Are you alright with that, lass?"
I said, already fishing through my drawer until I found the smallest tank top I had before handing it too her.
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10:45pm Jul 21 2012 (last edited on 11:49pm Jul 21 2012)
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Eden chewed on her lip and didn't answer when he asked her why she didn't say anything sooner. She allowed herself to be dragged to his bed, but that really made her nervous. She didn't like being in his room. She'd expected to be brought to the bathroom or something.
Either way, she relaxed when he said that he could give her one of his tank tops to change into. She took the shirt he handed her, though she didn't need it. She could let her wings out without taking her shirt off. She would just have to pull the back of her shirt up.
She took the tank top and expertly slipped it on under the larger shirt, without showing anything. She winced several times due to jarring her wing, but she successfully got the thing on. The shirt was large on her, and she had pulled it so that the back was low, and the front was higher. Her wings would be able to be seen, now. All she had to do was take the shirt off.
She bit on her lip, procrastinating for a moment. She really didn't want to do this, but the pain in her wing was unbearable. She slowly unbuttoned the shirt, taking her time in doing so. When she got to the bottom, she pulled the shirt off, and let her wings spread out slightly, the tops of her wings peeking out over her shoulder, and the feathers spanning out around her.
She looked down. She really was ashamed for this. She felt terrible that she'd lied to him, and now he would learn the truth. "The thing is, I didn't get shot in my shoulder." The bullet wound was obvious against her black feathers. Some blood had dried on the feathers, and they clumped together. Upon being exposed to the cold air, the girl shivered, her feathers quivering as she did so.
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10:51pm Jul 21 2012
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[[ I don't know how he should react. D: Like. It'll be completely stupid and not fun if he was all accepting the second she saw the wings. But, by the plot, I can imagine him not helping her either, even though he a lot kinder.
D: I'm torn. Maybe he thinks she can hurt him somehow, being different and all? So he only helps her because he fears her? But, I don't think that fearing the Valkyrie is even part of the plot so I'm not sure if that'll even work. ]]
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10:53pm Jul 21 2012
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Ooc:// He could be all crazy, and be disbelieving at first. Eden will end up begging for his help. That's what I had in mind. Like, he would threaten to turn her in or throw her out, and get mad at her for lying, and then she would end up pleading with him, and possibly crying/seducing him into helping her.
Eden will get what she wants. She's quite manipulative.
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10:57pm Jul 21 2012
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[[ Lol, seducing would be hilarious. |D Alright, thanks. Post'll come. ]]
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11:06pm Jul 21 2012
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Ooc:// Seducing will be funny... XD
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2:04pm Jul 22 2012
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Ooc:// I probably won't be on for a few hours at the most. My mom decided to surprise me by telling me that I was going to help her clean the entire house. e.e
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2:08pm Jul 22 2012
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[[ D:
You shouldn't have told me that. I'll procrastinate on responding. D:
Have fun cleaning. I'll - try - to get a post up before you poof back in~ ]]
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2:14pm Jul 22 2012
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Ooc:// I take that back. My mum decided to take a nap instead.
XD
Thank god! I really didn't want to clean the house. It's a mess, and it's all her mess. And my little sis's. And my step-dad's.
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2:18pm Jul 22 2012
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[[ Lucky you. |D But that means I have to post now. D: Alright. Give me a couple minutes, I'm watching my show again. ]]
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