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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:15 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:16 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:18 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:20 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:22 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:24 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:25 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:26 pm
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((This is going to kill me trying to type this with his accent...))
Word count: 451
Yabetz took a moment to smile again, pleased at her enthusiasm, then cleared his throat and started weaving his tale.
"This is from a land far tae the east. In a small village there once like a fisherman, who came upon some lads tormenting a turtle. When he couldnae make them stop he offered tae buy the turtle. The lads took his money and scampered, and th' fisherman took th' turtle and put it back in th' ocean.
The next day when the man was oot on his boat, he looked intae th' water and was suprised tae see the turtle he had saved. He was even more surprised when the turtle spoke tae him, inviting him tae the court of th' sea king. Th' man climbed oopon the turtle's back, and th' turtle took him down tae a magnificent underwater palace.
Th' man was lead in a room tae wait, when the most bonny woman he'd ever laid eyes on walked in. She was th' queen of the underwater kingdom. Tha' was then the man learned she was th' turtle, and she wanted tae thank the man f'r savin' her. Th' man fell in love with th' woman, and th' two spent three happy days taegether. Then the man began tae worry about his friends and family on th' surface, wonderin' where he might be, sae he asked th' queen if he might return tae check on them. She agreed tae his request, and gave him a wee box. She told him he was not tae open it while he was on the surface. Th' man was curious but he promised he wouldnae, and left tae visit his home.
When he got there though he was confused. Nothin' and no one was th' same, and legend told of a young fisherman who vanished three hundred years ago. Th' man sat on th' beach holdin' the box, unable tae comprehend it. There was only the palace for him tae return tae, but before he went he decided tae open th' box. A purple light rose from it and enveloped him, and when it vanished nothin' was left of th' man but dust."
Yabetz sighed softly; the end of that story was always kind of sad to him. He looked over at Yavie. "Th' lesson o' that story is time passes differently in th' faery world. Ye got tae be careful not tae get swept oop in it. 'Tis also a matter of faith, for when the fae instruct ye aboot somethin' 'tis best tae take their advice. Th' man coulda had a grand life under th' ocean with th' queen, but he didnae listen tae her and opened th' box anyway."
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:28 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:52 pm
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Word count: 511
Yabetz finally had to laugh and hold up his paws in an attempt to stem to flood of questions coming from Yavie's mouth. He was hard put to keep them all straight, and adding any more would have had them all crashing around in his head, like puppies chasing each others' tails.
"Th' queen is still alive taeday, though Ah doot she's seen much above the surface as often naow. An' time passes different in the fae world, mah wee Bumblebee. 'Tis the moral of many a story, tha' a moment of pleasure in their world means years passin' in ours. How many depends. An' the queen was always a lass, she never turned into a lad. 'Tis just hard tae tell, so perhaps the fisherman thought 'twas a male turtle at first."
He took a breath and tried to remember everything else she asked, and how best to explain it. He remembered asking a couple similar questions himself when he first began hearing fairy stories from his parents.
"Naow the fishman had no family. 'Twas a small town ye see, and in those days folks kept track of each other. Not f'r any reason in particular, just tha' most places were far away and towns usually only had each other for company. Th' queen was in love with the man, as much in love with him as he her. Imagine if Ah lived far, far away and took ye with me. Wouldnae ye want tae see y'r family after a while? Let them knoo ye be happy and healthy? Th' man wished tae do th' same sae the town folk wouldnae worry aboot him and where he had vanished. Ye'd be unhappy if I wouldnae let ya go, as th' man would have been unhappy if the queen hadnae let him go. The box was meant tae keep him alive, ye see? It held a magic that held the years at bay, for th' man was only mortal an' not a faery. Opening th' box released th' spell, an' all th' years caught up. 'Twas like aging 300 years all at once, and he couldnae have lived that long, so he turned tae bones and dust."
He smiled behind the mask. "As f'r how far down th' palace was, Ah dinnae knoo. At the bottom of the sea 'tis said, but where isnae knoon. Th' story itself isnae aboot bad fae, 'tis more a warnin' that in their world ye shouldnae take things f'r granted, f'r nothin' is as it always seen tae be."
He had to ponder Yavie's last question. It was hard to articulate why exactly it was one of his favorites. "Ah think," he said at last, "it was because the story holds true love and kindness. 'Tis only a sad ending because th' man forgot his own happiness tae remember those who might worry aboot him. If he had doon as th' queen had instructed and left th' box shut, he could have returned tae the sea and tae her tae live oot a happy life."
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:22 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:56 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:04 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:23 pm
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Word count: 172
Yabetz smiled and leaned against Yavie's warm side, resting there for a moment and basking in feelings of love and contentment. He always got a little jolt when she tried mimicking his accent, like a sense of homecoming and being back in the land he grew up in. She even knew some of the words particular to him and that area, having picked them up from his own speech. It touched his heart that she would remember some of them.
"Ay that, mah bonny heart's own. And Ah love ye. Forever and beyond, 'tis a fair promise indeed."
He straightened, brushing against Yavie's crimson fur in a gentle touch as he did so and stood up, looking over at the love of his life with a huge grin on his masked face and warmth in his chest. "Naow let's bring th' laddy his stones tae share with his own mate, and Ah think we c'n be on our way. 'Tis a large world, mah bonny lass, and much for us tae see!"
Total word counts Anrea: 574 jinxgirl5: 6396 Reoakee: 6724
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