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Post by Jay on Apr 23, 2011 12:58:52 GMT -5
[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Chii was a tad surprised to have someone following suit but didn't seem to mind in the least (or if he did, he certainly didn't show it) and simply continued back to the machine before giving a few short instructions on what they were doing and why.
Despite his efforts not to smirk at the fact that the rat was leaving, Yue did end up smirking at the end of it. As they both had started walking and Kali asked the question on being ready to go, Yue paused a moment. That... could work well enough for what he was still having to plan on a quick note. "Hm..." he had started before catching sight of Ven*resistingchuckleofHippodamnit*geance as she asked where they were going. "Out for the day," he answered rather simply with an easy smile before then looking back up the stairs again before fishing out a pokeball and releasing Happy.
Happy blinked upon being released but offered a light smile and a 'biss' note of sorts. "Happy, we're going out for a bit, but can you check on 90 for me?" he asked with a light smile. Happy blinked a moment rather slowly not fully getting it then and there till her eyes grew and she nodded before starting off to what appeared at least to be the shadowing room. Yue watched for a solid minute before looking back. [/scrolly] |
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 23, 2011 17:19:03 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali was rather pleased when Leon spoke up, but a touch disappointed when he didn't say why. ..Eh, just as well. She liked to brag anyway. As he was messing with Happy, then, Kali continued to Vengeance, "Mm-hm~ It's my birthday, so Leon wanted to take me out." Because my man is awesome and better than yours so there dammit. On that note, looking over the woman, Kali was a touch disappointed to see her still in her usual outfit, though it didn't surprise her. As long as she took her advice when Jack was around.. ...Actually, looking again, she realized Ven was all but dripping sweat, and did her best not to turn up her nose. Yeah, actually she was quite glad she wasn't getting Kali's close all disgusting like that, so this was good after all. She had only vaguely caught what Leon said, and as such passingly wondered what he may have been referring to, but paid it little mind.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 24, 2011 2:12:37 GMT -5
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Vengeance nodded when Leon said they were going out for the day and chose not to question it, in fact she rather preferred that he didn't tell her. When Happy was released, Vengeance watched as Leon said something to the Blissey until she heard Kali speaking and looked back at the girl. It was her birthday....the words seemed to echo in Vengeance's mind for a time before she blinked and pushed the thought away. Why did it matter anyway...?It's April..."but then that didn't mean...could it? No...it couldn't possibly have been her...stop...that was years ago...there is no way that little girl could have...this was pointless...if she had lived she would be older than Kali for sure. "Happy Birthday..."she replied, more to keep up appearances than anything else,"How old are you..."
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 24, 2011 2:24:02 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Some bit of Kali half-expected Leon to pipe up with some smartass answer along the lines of 'twelve right?', but when he stayed quiet she just shrugged and answered, "Seventeen." That was probably still going to get a look for being a 'kid', but ah well. Kali really didn't care much what anyone here thought save for Leon, maybe Kaito a bit. But not Vengeance. So she could go right on her way and let them get back to planning.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 24, 2011 3:34:40 GMT -5
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Vengeance stared at Kali, mind racing now as she tried to force down the sudden....emotion inside her. Kali was seventeen....Lily would be that age....and she had the same color hair and-. Vengeance nearly deadpanned but managed to regain control...for the most part while in reality her mind raged with the implications of what this meant. She had left her baby sister for dead...had thought she was dead...how did...that didn't matter but then why wouldn't it? This was...impossible...and yet the chances of anyone having the same color hair, eyes, and age of her...would be slim to none at best...perhaps it wasn't true. Vengeance had believed that her sister was gone for...well fifteen years now, to believe that it was true would be foolish. Even still....perhaps it was true and that meant...no...it couldn't possibly be,"What's your full name...?" Vengeance asked quietly, almost as if she was afraid...but that couldn't be right...surely Kali would say something else after all.
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 24, 2011 3:45:45 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali stared as Vengeance seemed to be going through some private conundrum over the simple answer, and after a moment sweatdropped lightly. Well.. Ooo..kay then? Yeah, Kali was just gonna go ahead and- Just as she began to turn, however, Ven asked the oddest question. Kali turned back, then, staring blankly and blinking several times. Had she heard that right? Now why would her age prompt-... "Why?" she deadpanned. Arceus she swore she was the only sane person in this lab. Except-... Well... No, never mind. Except Kaito, actually. She really didn't blame him for having been so work-absorbed lately... Eh, what the hell.. Sighing heavily, Kali droned, "Kalista Sabela Vincent. Why?"[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Apr 24, 2011 15:27:47 GMT -5
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 24, 2011 19:01:26 GMT -5
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Vengeance deadpanned when she heard Kali's answer and looked like she'd just seen a ghost judging by how her face had paled considerably upon hearing Kali's full name. That was....Lily's name...well, the name her mom had given her....after all these years how did she...? Vengeance didn't know how she had even managed to survive...she had seen what had happened...and-. Wait...the last name was different...wasn't the last name supposed to be something else? That made sense then...perhaps she had been taken in. "You were...adopted then...?"Vengeance asked after having somewhat regained control of her still raging emotions, though she still looked rather pale.
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 24, 2011 20:21:20 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]And now Kali was scared. Before she was just being an annoyance, asking seemingly pointless questions, but this-... Leon didn't keep records on them, did he? Even if he did, how would Vengeance have gotten ahold- and why would she have asked her name in the first place? Was she turning into fucking Nathan or something? (Somewhere in the world, a Gardevoir exploded something before realizing the intended usage.)
Of course, when Kali got scared, Kali got pissed. All-but-hissing as her eyes narrowed, she stepped back behind Yue, clinging to his arm as she lashed at the woman, "What the hell is your problem!?" For all the defensive anger, though, she couldn't hide her shaking. "How could you possibly-...."[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Apr 24, 2011 20:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 24, 2011 21:40:22 GMT -5
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When Kali had stepped back and more or less confirmed her question by being defensive, Vengeance paled even more and took a step back. Her own hands were shaking now at this realization and she shook her head, trying to clear her head when Leon spoke now. What had she been doing...it was obvious...Kali was...but the chances were...she wouldn't have the same name as her...that wasn't a common name...not even then. Closing her eyes, Vengeance breathed out and seemed to regain some control although very little truth be told...this meant...fifteen years...trying to forget...was a lie. Lily was...here...and...Vengeance didn't know what to do.
"Lily I..."she began, shaking her head at the name...Kali couldn't possibly remember the nickname...she had been little more than a baby when-. No...don't think about that now...it doesn't matter but then...Leon wanted to know why...they both did. But Vengeance had been hiding from her past for so long...should she...could she? Vengeance didn't want to but...one look at Kali shaking while clinging to Leon...she could...try...
Taking a deep breath, Vengeance closed her eyes before taking one hand and removing her eye patch, revealing the ugly scar before looking at Leon and Kali,"I got this fifteen years ago...trying to protect my sister Lily...no...Kalista...but...I was...too late....she was gone..." Vengeance said in a quiet voice, obviously rather shaken,"I thought..."she continued before a knot formed in her throat, cutting off her voice entirely.
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 24, 2011 22:03:39 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]For all the time she spoke and almost half a minute after, Kali simply stared with a look between disbelief and disgust, though the longer it went on the more the prior overtook the latter. At being called 'Lily' some very tiniest something in the back of her mind twinged, but before Vengeance had even continued it was gone. Now as she finished, Kali just tried and tried harder to wrap her head around all that came out of her mouth. She'd seen that scar before, if not long before, but all that had been said about it was it should be covered with something more appealing than an eye patch. Now as she explained...
Was Vengeance saying-... Was Kali supposed to be this-...? That was ridiculous! Kali was-..... an orphan.. and didn't know what had happened to her family, did she? Then-... Ugh, no. Even if there was anyone, what kind of sick joke would it have been to throw them right in the Lab with her of all places even in Orre and Era, let alone the whole world? It just wasn't possible. ...It just wasn't probable. ...FUCK LOGIC. It was impossible, and that was that. What proof could she offer, anyway? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! "What the hell are you getting at!"[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Apr 24, 2011 22:17:45 GMT -5
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"You're saying that.... Kali is.... your little sister...that you somehow lost?" he finally stated raising one eyebrow and staring at Vengeance. "Now why didn't you speak up about this earlier? Instead of waiting so long?" he asked trying and failing to keep the edge out of his voice. If this was some sort of joke or something, he was going to kill it now. That... family twitch... was working itself in Yue, and he hated it... possibly because the only thing he could really compare it to was if a woman came up and told him that she was his mother, and though he still wore a smile, Yue was mentally fidgeting rather irritatedly.
Vengeance certainly wasn't getting any points in his books even if she did know how to work the machines in the lab, and if she didn't say something quick.... [/scrolly] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 24, 2011 23:10:39 GMT -5
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Vengeance put the eye patch in her pocket and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath as she tried to regain control once again. Looking at Leon and Kali again, this time with a more stoic expression, though there were still traces of fear and regret on her face...it seemed she was still too shaken to even completely block off her emotions this time. Hearing Kali yell at her and Leon's rather sarcastic sharp remark, Vengeance looked at both people, voice clearly shaking even though her expression remained rather calm,"I spent fifteen years trying to forget...there was so much blood...I thought she was...Lily was...dead..." she replied before kneeling and removing something from her shoe, a picture that had seen far better days, and held it out to Kali,"I took that the morning of her...your...birthday...before it happened...I came back and he was...-"
Vengeance stopped mid-sentence as the memory threatened to resurface and exhaled slowly, shaking her head as she sealed the memory once again...the past didn't...shouldn't matter any longer..."I called her Lily...but...her name was...Kalista Sabela Slade..."Vengeance replied, closing her eyes as another memory surfaced...her name...what was her name...even as Vengeance tried to remember, Nathan's words came back to her causing her eyes to open with something akin to alarm and fear. How had he....Nathan had known...but then...she didn't even know...not then..."Victoria Mabelle Slade... that was my name...Victoria...Mabelle...Slade. Nathan.......knew.................."
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 24, 2011 23:31:49 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali's eyes grew wide and all breath left her as she stared at the photograph. It was worn and wrinkled, but the image was still clear enough. It... It was a bit younger.. which only supported the story... But the picture looked remarkably like those Ardos had of her shortly after her adoption. That... This was...
For a few moments, Kali tried to fight back the tears welling up before finally exploding into an all-out bawl. "What is wrong with you!?" she cried, voice horribly strained. In another moment, she was suddenly halfway up the stairs, and a few seconds later, the sound of a door slamming echoed back down the hall.
Burying herself and huddling up in Leon's bed, Kali let the tears cascade. How could... What was she... Why was this-!! Kali couldn't seem to gather her thoughts. She just kept crying, angry and hurt and confused and everything else she hated to be.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Apr 24, 2011 23:47:53 GMT -5
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"Do. Not. Move," was the order, and in another moment, Yue had turned up the stairs and was moving rather quickly towards his room. Taking hold of the door handle, the white haired man pulled said door open and stepped inwards before finding that he had no idea what to say. After a few seconds, he simply breathed in and allowed himself to take on a more composed look. "Kali...." was finally what escaped Yue's mouth. [/scrolly] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Apr 25, 2011 2:16:52 GMT -5
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The picture had fallen to the floor when Kali rushed upstairs but Vengeance made no move to retrieve it...just watched as Kali yelled at her and raced upstairs. She was taking a step towards the stairs to follow when Leon turned to her with that hate-filled look in his eyes and ordered her to stay. Vengeance froze and watched as he walked up the stairs after Kali, all the while trying desperately to remain calm. Bending over, Vengeance picked up the picture and replaced it in her shoe; it would be safe there until she was able to put it back in her bag. Suddenly feeling dizzy, Vengeance walked over to the wall leaned against it, sliding down it until she was sitting and placed her arms on her knees with her head resting on her arms. She was shaking...Vengeance realized that now but she refused to give in to the raging emotions within her...Lily...was alive...but...Leon hated her for it.
The memory of that day tried to resurface again...her dad standing over Lily with the knife...the metal started to burn like fire against her skin...a constant reminder of what she had done. Fumbling to retrieve the knife, Vengeance threw it across the room, watching it hit the wall and fall rather noisily to the ground. For a moment Vengeance stared at the knife before resting her head on her arms once again as a wave of nausea and dizziness hit her, shaking once more. Pain...rejection...things she had tried to avoid all this time were now coming to the forefront of her mind...Vengeance was alone...and the still quiet of the hall didn't help matters...it just reminded her of what had happened.
Vengeance closed her eyes and tried to block out what just happened, to forget the pain just as she had many times before...the pain went away, and with it gone, Vengeance could breathe again...but the memory still remained. Exhaling slowly, Vengeance thought back about what she had just told Leon and Kali...perhaps her outburst could have been avoided...there might have been another way...but...Leon had asked why and she had told him. Her memories had chosen that moment to come back...she had remembered her given name...and with it Nathan. Vengeance shivered at the thought...he had known...how had he...it was no use...it was past...resigning herself to remaining in the hallway, Vengeance sighed and waited for whatever fate would bring her.
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 25, 2011 3:10:58 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]All that time.. The jumble of thoughts continued racing through Kali's mind. Just... not... So absorbed was she that she failed to hear the door for her own sobs and mental screams. How dare she.. What made that soulless bitch think she could just-...
When Kali heard her name, her eyes shot open and her blood froze. She'd forgotten to lock-... He would have had the key anyway, wouldn't he? Without even thinking, she'd gone left, not right. Leon's room... was safer, though.. Here, even when he was gone, she could remember she wasn't really....
She... didn't want to cry in front of him... He'd seen her cry before, of course. More recently, it hadn't even been such a bad thing. He'd just held her- encouraged her if that was what she needed, even. But.. Kali still felt so weak.. But she couldn't help it. She'd managed to stifle her sobs in a moment, but could neither stop the tears nor find the strength to move.
It took almost a minute to find her voice, and a bit longer to gather her thoughts well enough to verbally place what hurt so badly. After a few small whimpers, she finally managed to squeak out, "Wherewasshe.... wheniwasalone..." Hearing her own words worsened the stinging in her eyes and pounding in her head twofold. "Even.." she whimpered, all effort aside from the words being put toward not hyperventilating. "WhenIwaswithArdos..."
She swallowed hard as memories of her childhood flooded her. The housekeeper/sitter.. She was never family. Kali had been pretty certain the woman didn't like her even.. She... had had nearly everything she'd ever asked for or even thought of wanting. But Kali's clearest memories of that time were all of staring out the window on long nights, begging and praying that daddy would come home. Or sitting on the outskirts watching others at school or events, pretending she was 'too good' to ask to join them, secretly dying for someone to ask her. Or of the sheer overwhelming terror that overtook her every time Ardos left or one of the better social moments ended, for some reason certain it would be the last time anyone would ever speak to her. Never had she had a true, close friend.. someone to count on... someone who was there. Never.. before Leon...
"Iwasalways..." she whimpered, "always alone...."[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Apr 25, 2011 8:20:22 GMT -5
[atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/yuetable.png);color:#111111;width:492;height:400;line-height:14px;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][scrolly:h(230),w(271),sy,as(padding:9px;margin-top:130px;margin-left:204px;)]Yue didn't say anything as Kali composed herself enough to talk nor did he say anything even as she stopped for a moment before continuing. Instead, he was simply quiet with an almost blank expression on his face until she had finished. After a moment, he breathed inwards and sighed out killing the thoughts the name Nathan and Kali's own word had brought up. It wasn't his moment to retaliate or be angry, anyways. No... Instead, he simply stepped forwards and finally sat on the bed next to her, Kali, his apprentice who seemed to have broken hard from what that woman had done. Leon Alias knew very well that he was not apt to forgive Vengeance unless Kali did first.... But again... Anyways....
Reaching over, Yue gently stroked the side of Kali's face pushing a few of the tears away before repeating the process. "I... don't know where she was, and..." he cut off unsure of anything he could really say at that moment that would make anything better. "And... you're not alone right now..." he managed somewhat of a weaker smile before tracing his finger on the side of her face and making to push up an edge of Kali's cheek in an attempt to make her smile. "I'm right here." [/scrolly] |
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Apr 25, 2011 11:23:07 GMT -5
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:87px;width:469px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:0 black none,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/kalitable2.png,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:215;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:265;width:221;border:0 black none;color:b7b7b7;][scrolly:h(265),w(221),sy,as(padding:4px;)]Kali shuddered a bit in shock as he touched her face, but overall she calmed greatly, her heart swelling. At his final words, she did 'smile', sort of, though more as part of her crying than anything. All of a sudden, she flung herself up at him and clung tight, sobbing into his chest. "Never leave me..." she whimpered. "I love you... so much..."
All this time.. she had been fighting for... well, when it got right down to it, Ardos's attention. Kali did love Shadows, in theory, and what she'd seen of them now so far. But when she'd set out, she wasn't fighting for herself, but for him- for the battle he seemed to have given up on, the loss of which meant to her the loss of him. But... Kali didn't need that attention anymore, did she? She still loved the man and was grateful for all he'd given her and would still do her best to see his dream reborn. But it didn't matter anymore if she could or not. So long as Leon was still there, nothing else mattered.. Having calmed down significantly through this revelation, Kali finally took a deep breath and started softly, "You know... It's been a year today since I ran away..."[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,height:22;border:0 black none;] |
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