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Post by Leera on Jan 21, 2009 13:09:35 GMT -5
No books for reading, no people to fight for, no friends to chat with. All of these were a cause of boredom, all of these made Xanra a very bored girl. Of course only two of the three were practiced by this sprite, the last one on the list was not really something she carried with her. Normally this information is not something that is needed to be known, but it is exactly what led up to the reason Xanra chose the place that she currently stood in. There was just one problem, Opera Garnier's next show was not for an hour.
As problematic as it was, Xanra was not going to complain. The place was beautiful enough for a small amount of exploration before the show, and with a little gold thrown the way of the owner, Xanra was able to get the ability to see the entire place with out an escort.
Walking through the hall, Xanra made sure to take in everything. The arch of the building, was what garnered most of the girl's attention. The decorations were also an attraction for this place; the potted flowers, the paintings, and the unique windows. All added to this places enormous beauty.
Along the walk, Xanra came across the main show area. Of course her pink eyes found the stage first, not wandering to anything else. Without noticing, Xanra's feet guided her onto the stage, once on top she seemed dazed almost. The place had been larger than she could have ever imagined, and really she had no clue why she had never come here before. The only answer she could come up with, was this place was more like a date place, than just a place to come by herself.
Not wanting to have date thoughts, she shook her head and put them aside. With thoughts gone, the wonderment soon wore off. Leaving her bored again, and still forty-five minutes until the next show.
"Should have dragged my feet a little," she said with little to no care. There was really nothing else to do in this place, except wait for the show to begin.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 6:59:03 GMT -5
“Excuse me?” Despite the grand vaulted ceilings made specifically for carrying sound and song it was doubtful such a softly breathy voice would have carried very far, except this girl had no trouble ever being heard, be near or far it always sounded as if she was right next to you. Dark brown hair framed her face brushing her shoulders, at present it bore the slightest confusion as if silently disappointed and then it was gone. Still though now unreadable, it was far from impressed.
The cloak round her sheltered most of her form rendering nothing but her head and her heeled shoes visible to the eye. She moved away from the door beginning her approach once she was noticed an almost haughty rigidity to her frame. Stopping a few steps from the stage she fumbled for something and then withdrew a piece of paper, a small, gilt-edged affair. She looked briefly at it turning it almost contemplatively in long elegant fingers and then back at the girl as if trying to associate one with the other. “I’m sorry but you do not look at all like one with ‘ultimate power’ to give” She shrugged “perhaps it could have been put a bit less over overzealous manner, I do not pretend to believe such a thing is possible but nonetheless I am here to at least find some truth if any in your words.”
Heaven sighed mentally. Perhaps it was unwise to have bothered, still if there was really a place in this game that could fuel her desire to become stronger even if the quest gave nothing more than a handful of levels she wanted it and any information she could find. But it didn’t seem she was going to find that here. She looked at the girl again, quietly taking in the soft white hair and contrasting pink gaze.
“Mind you the location chosen is…beautiful.” She added grudgingly looking for all the world like a child who’d walked into a candy shop…under the guidance of the world’s most strict parents. "However I am scarcely here for the building, did you leave me this?" She said holding up the peice of paper between her fingers.
She’d been wandering about previously unsure of where it was she was supposed to meet the stranger that had left her the note. It hadn’t made mention of any specific location, just the building’s name and at this point before the start of the next play that was it. She checked and double checked, this was definitely the right time frame and the right building. It was more perfect for her because it was virtually empty.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 7:50:10 GMT -5
Still standing in the very same spot she had been for the past couple of minutes, Xanra had lost herself in thought. For once these thoughts were simple, actually there was but one thought. She was contemplating on whether or not to start dancing, she wasn't the type to, but she knew how and boredom was really setting in right about now. It seemed as thought this boredom would end soon.
Though lost in thought, Xanra never let herself get caught of gaurd. So once the intruder had come to speak to her, she snapped immediately out of her thought bubble, it was not as if she wanted to dance anyway.
Pink eyes wondered up and down the body of the new girl, trying to read her as she spoke. The words that came from her mouth were more than irritating, for they were rude. Rudeness was not something Xanra liked in people, but it seemed as if most people these days carried with them just that.
"Miss, it is not only rude to bother someone without introducing your. Itis also rude to insult them, when you in fact know nothing of them." Xanra said, closing her soft pink eyes for a brief moment. She needed to contemplate on something else now. What is this 'ultimate power' she speaks of? Why am I being confused with this person? Maybe I am just in the wrong place at the wrong time. That of course was what she settled on. No one hated her, they may not like her, but they did not hate her. So there was no one who would want to pull a prank on her.
"Yes this place is beautiful, but you did not come here for idle chit-chat, nor did I come here to grant someone 'ultimate power'. So it would seem you have the wrong person." With such simple words she twirled around, the hem of her dress twirling elegantly with her. With her back now to the rude girl she spoke one last time. "As to not be rude, my name is Leera." he hoped now she could be left alone, but that would probably lead to dancing. Not the best option actually.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 9:33:13 GMT -5
Now you see here you impudent little- She was so close to really saying it that she could taste it but she didn't utter a word her gaze burning with a brilliant but silent flash of anger. Rude? If she had wanted to be rude she would have done. She had no reason to introduce herself to someone who had left her a note obviously realising who it was it had been left for. If they hadn't it would have been customary for the stranger to have introduced themselves first. Having had her trapse halfway around the town to find the place was she also expected to then fawn at their feet for the priviledge?
But it seemed based on her words she was as clueless about the whole thing as Heaven herself was. With one difference. She knew what she was talking about. The girl however looked like she didn't understand a word of it. There was no spark of familiarity that might have suggested she had the foggiest notion of what it was she was on about. And just like that her anger simmered away and was gone. It was pointless to get into an arguement on how one was to be addressed when it was obvious she wasn't the contact she was here to meet.
Her name didn't mean a whole lot to her either even if given to be polite. The note wasn't signed off or anything so she had nothing to go on. What did mean a lot to her though was the fact that the person she needed to meet might still be here, or may not yet have arrived. Tardiness was annoying but she still had nothing else pressing and considering what she could get a few extra minutes waiting wouldn't hurt.
However, she couldn't despite the girl's belief to the contrary be rude without reason, no matter how stung she felt at the accusation that she was. She offered her name knowing it would mean equally little to her. "I am called Heaven." She said softly sinking into a nearby seat to wait pulling her cloak adie as she sat. "If it be all the same to you I'll just wait awhile and hope I haven't been set up."
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 10:00:21 GMT -5
With her back turned to Heaven, she began to think whether or not dancing would be a good idea. There was still a long time till the show began, and boredom began to arise again. What is wrong with me today? Normally I do not get this bored. Her thoughts as quizzical as always, were cut short by more words.
"Heaven is it? I will take note of that," she said, her back still facing the form of the other girl. It was nice to see that Heaven was not all rude, or maybe not rude at all. Perhaps she was just flustered by her search for whoever it was that left a note. "I do not own this place so it is not up to me on whether or not you stay, but in case you do leave I apologize for my earlier words. I spoke of out turn." Xanra could not handle being seen as rude herself, so apologizing for this was only natural.
With expected conversations done, the smaller girl decided to come to a decision to end her boredom. It would not be much, but it would in fact solve the problem for the current time. Xanra would put her dance classes to good use.
Placing her left hand on an imaginary shoulder and her right gripping a hand that was not there, she began to at first twirl around elegantly. The steps began to steadily increase, until they became a full blown waltz Her feet moving side to side, her body spinning around, and finally her body twirling at a fast pace, her dress following suit, as if someone had actually spun her around with their arm. It was a sight to behold, and looked as if it had come from many times dancing by herself.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 10:44:06 GMT -5
Heaven gave a slight nod at her words feeling a little fizzled out by the apology. "apology accepted and equally given." She said briefly takeing the rest of her words to mean she didn't mind her presence while she waited. She looked round inquisitively taking everything in even if such inquisitiveness was stifiled and restricted.
She wasn't alone but if she had been, there were so many things she wanted to do. She wanted to run her fingers over every equisitely intricate piece of carved wood, view the hall from the stage above, twirl till she felt dizzy all the while never taking her eyes off the domed ceilings or the artworks they held.
But she didn't. Instead she sat properly in her seat gaze revealing nothing of her desires. Her gaze drifted back to the girl onstage eventually choosing to sate herself with a promise to return at some point when she was alone. Instead she watched the girl on stage. Leera.
She seemed to like it there as if she were made for it. Perhaps she was one of the performers for the upcoming show. It would explain alot and more. Like why she danced as if she sailed on air itself. That Heaven felt was the way to dance, grace and elegance combined, now if only her own clumsy steps looks just a quarter bit as elegant. All else she could do with ease, even averagely at worse but that. Somewhere, someone was making a mockery of her and beside it all...she could not abide the invasion of personal space that it brought.
Silently she wondered what scene this dance was from.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 11:06:32 GMT -5
Hearing that Heaven apologized as well, led Xanra to believe she was in fact not a rude person. Happy with that thought, and that she had taken the time to apologize, Xanra formed a very small smile.
The girl with moon shaded hair, continued her waltz. It had been some time since her last dance class but she remembered every step, every motion easily. This was not the only dance she had been taught, and without pause she found her self moving into the fox trot. Robotic yet still somehow graceful, were her feet as they made this change.
Her moves may have been graceful, but everyone makes mistakes, and doing the steps of her part, and the motions of both her and her invisible partner had caused just that. During a simple twirl her feet collided with one another, and with nary a partner to catch her she tumbled to the ground falling away from where Heaven was.
Xanra landed with her face on the hard wooden floor, her wings sprawled out flat on the ground, but worse of all, well worse for people who care, her dress had been hiked giving the world a show of her black silk panties. The world in this case of course meaning Heaven, the single person who could see her right now.
With no embarrassment of the situation, Xanra just continued to lay there. See, this is what I get for trying to allow myself even just a little fun. With that, came an irritated sigh, as she wondered whether or not she should bother getting up, or if laying there was the best option.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 12:32:47 GMT -5
Heaven sat there for a split second after it happened doing absolutely nothing but gawking incredulously. One minute the dance had been gracefull and fluid, the next a clash of feet that propelled its owner to the ground in a solid lump.
"Oh my god." The words surprised her and it took an extra second for her to realise she herself had muttered those words completely taken off guard. They certainly weren't words that Heaven said often, it was far and few between. She rose hurrying over to the girl for once her steps that bit quicker than usual. Squatting beside the girl, close but not too close as mindfull of other people's personal space as her own, she queried "Are you, injured in any fashion?"
It might have seemed like a silly question but if she answered there in would lay proof that she wasn't seriously maimed. Her pride might be in tatters but at least she wouldn't be lying there with something broken. And speaking of pride... "Excuse me." She murmured quietly as she reached out taking the hem of her dress between forefinger and thumb as if it would burn and then pulling her dress back down to save her blushes. At the irritated sigh she thought the girl might not be injured after all at most perhaps just slightly winded.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 14:13:29 GMT -5
Really, this was not something that bothered her except that it was annoying. Laying there she heard Heaven spoke, but she did not answer. She did not feel like answering while she was annoyed. She felt the hand of the girl however pull her dress back down, that was slightly on the awkward side.
"Thank you." After saying this, Xanra raised herself to her knees facing Heaven. Her face remained as it was when the two had met. Plain, as the color white. Her pink eyes stayed on the girl in front of her wondering why it was that she had come over to help her. "I am fine, no harm has been done to me."
It was now simply twenty minutes to the show, and that just would not do. Boredom would set in, even if for such a small time it would be annoying. "Did you look?" she decided the question would help pass some time, though it did not really matter to her whether or not Heaven had. Lacking care was an interesting tool indeed.
In the background, behind the stage, voices could be heard. It would appear that the dancers may be getting ready. It would make sense that they would want to get ready, and now Xanra was glad she fell when she did, had it been a little later and the dancers had seen it would not have been good. Not for pride's sake, but for the fake that the display would have been an insult towards the great dancers who used this stage.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 14:36:52 GMT -5
She moved back even further now that she was up ending up resting on one knee the other elevated staring back with that same unreadable expression she seemed to keep close. However she didn't keep staring straight at her, rather her gaze moved over her taking in more than she'd had time to before. What she thought however didn't show in those glassey eyes still far too guarded again to ever let anyone know. She realised Leera had a knack for giving nothing away too.
Then with a slow blink she rose to her feet "Good" she said simply with a small thin smile looking up as she caught the voices behind the stage. The show would be starting soon, she could hear it in the growing urgency of the bustling. Her attention was brought back to the girl before her swiftly enough at her question, brow furrowing questioningly and then slowly getting what she might be referring to she answered simply matter of fact "Not willingly."
There was no double entendre, no duplicitous tones, no irritation. Just plain matter of fact.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 14:52:47 GMT -5
Xanra felt herself being taken into someone else's eyes. Some may blush because of this, some may change there expression. Not Xanra her face stays the same. Simple facts of her life, that made here who she was.
Seeing the other girl rise to her feet, Xanra used her wings and rose herself to her feet. The voices were getting louder, and sounded more exciting now than they did a few seconds ago. The practice must be in full swing. These thoughts came and went with Heaven's answer following suit.
"We will have to take seats soon." she said her pink orbs staying on Heaven. She had to keep her guard up, so she made sure to keep her eyes on this person. "Are you staying here for the show? Or will you be leaving to find the mystery person?" An obvious question, that she did not need an answer to, but it was something else that would help her pass the time.
Like Heaven, Xanra let her eyes wonder the other's form. She probably had better 'pieces' than she did, and if she cared she might be jealous, or maybe attracted. That was the way she went after all, there was none of this not yet at least because of the cloak that blocked her vision. Her eyes quickly returned to Heaven's face, feeling that she had seen enough.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 15:23:39 GMT -5
She looked round at her words trying to see if anyone else had slipped in while they'd been talking. If she was to be meeting anyone it would have to be soon. In a few minutes the hall will fill and then she would never have a chance of picking out the right person. Her gaze skimmed the shadowed parts seeking out a form any form, perhaps a sound different from all the others. But there was nothing.
"No" she answered briefly, at least it hadn't been her intention to stay for the show. She hadn't even a ticket, she was only here momentarily. "This is the only place I can meet my 'mystery person'" she finished fixing her with a look as she used her words a small smile tugging at her lips. It was gone just as quickly as it had been. Once the show started she would leave, if she waited till the end of that window of time, she would not look back and wonder what if. Above all Heaven hated dwelling on what ifs.
"Yet I begin to feel this might be someones attempt at a bad joke." she murmured partly to herself.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 15:57:30 GMT -5
"I see," she said softly, still keeping her eyes tuned in on this person. "If you decide to change your mind, you may sit by me. Better you than someone in which I do not know." Truth be told she did not know Heaven, but she did know her more than a random person who came to watch the show.
Xanra turned on the balls of her heels, and moved towards the seating area. She wished to find a perfect seat. The front was too loud, the back would not enable her to see as good, and the middle was cliche. She decided on a seat that was six rows back from the stage. Not directly in front yet not in the middle, it seemed perfect.
Of course, with the lack of conversation Xanra instantly started to get bored again. Maybe the girl will decide to stay. If not then ah well. Her thoughts like the rest of her showed that certain lack of care.
It was about time for the show to begin, maybe finally that would get rid of her boredom. The dancing of places like this, they always made Xanra smile, even when she was in the real world where she was not Xanra anymore.
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Post by Heaven on Jan 22, 2009 16:21:53 GMT -5
She nodded a little a silent 'thank you for the invitation' and judging by the fact that she took a seat Heaven realised she had been wrong in her earlier assumption. If she was part of the act she would not have taken a seat in the audience. She looked round as people filed in and suddenly the place was getting far too full for her liking.
This was pointless. Staying here would achieve nothing anymore. The time frame was gone. She crumpled up the peice of paper and tossed it away with a small shrug and then looking over at Leera she waited till their gazes met and she simply gave a small incline of her head before turning towards the door way fishing her way through the throng. Or rather to her it was a throng.
Out in the lobby she took in her environment again, it seemed she would always be taken with this place, it wasn't as busy out here and alot bigger. The extensive walls covered with every manner of framed art. Before she left she would indulge in that one luxury a quick study of the artwork, then she would leave. She didn't think about Leera anymore even after the fact that they had just been speaking not too long ago.
It wasn't unusual for her to come and go out of people's lives without a single thought. She was either remembered or not at all, it wasn't something she pondered on. She let happen what did but at the end of the day she walked back from whence she came alone.
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Post by Leera on Jan 22, 2009 18:14:19 GMT -5
Within few minutes of Leera sitting down, the room was packed. Really she had not expected that many people to come in. It was kind of annoying, especially the fact that a girl beside her would not shut up. It was not like this in the real world, where she lived there were like twenty people who would show up and all of them were well mannered, this well this was simply just crazy.
Soon she decided that she could not take it anymore, and before the show could even start she rose from her seat, than used her wings to exit as quickly as possible. once out of the room, she was in shock to see this room had a small crowd as well. This was just getting too annoying, though she made sure to keep her stoic expression.
"This was wasted time," she said to no one but herself, walking up to a random painting to take it in. She could at least get a little beauty out of this place before she left. Leera had no idea actually that Heaven was still here, nor was she aware the two would be doing the same thing, not that it really mattered, Heaven was just another person like all the rest. except she was not asking for help which in itself was a blessing.
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