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"You need love too." She reached up a bit and kissed him.

2016-02-01 10:01:40

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"Mmm...." He kissed her back, pulling her closer to him.

2016-02-01 10:02:35

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I had no idea what would happen when I went to sleep again. Would I end up over Beckett's fireplace? Do I even /have/ a body anymore? I was excusably worried when I went to sleep and found myself in darkness. ....what? My hands were in something soft and cold, slightly damp. My knee felt like it rested on flattened grass, and all around me were the scents and sounds of a forest. But why is it so....oh, I get it. My eyes are closed. I pried them open, expecting to find myself woken up in bed again. I can't close my eyes here, after....all? I was still in the forest, staring down at my gloved hands resting in the dark soil. I'm back where I started. But something's very different. I tugged them out of the ground and stared at the protruding fingers. Flesh. Stained, with dirt under the nails, but no wooden joints or dark grain. I leapt to my feet, ankles and knees not buckling underneath me as they usually did, and checked myself over. I poked my stomach, craned my neck, and wiggled my toes. All soft, all flexible, but not to an inhuman extent. I stuck a dirt-stained finger in my mouth and tasted earth. I spat it back out and laughed loudly to no one, grin spreading across my hingeless mouth. And to think, all I had to do was die!

I took inventory. My axe was still gone, I was barefoot, and the key I'd kept as a memento was missing as well, but everything else that had burned with me remained on my person. That must mean the rest is still at Beckett's place. He didn't lock Ivory back up, did he? I can't survive another sword through my body now. I ran through the forest towards the town, yelping as I stepped on rocks and twigs, but too high on humanity to care. People still stared as I ran through the streets, but for completely different reasons, and some asked where I was going and if I needed to buy shoes. I blew them all off for now. His front door was still smashed in and I carefully avoided large splinters as I entered. I went downstairs to find an open cell door, a sleeping Ivory, an unmoving Beckett, and my other things. I pulled my scorched boots on over bruised feet, strapped on my axe, and pocketed the key before I picked her up carefully, wrapping her arms around my neck. When she was secure on my back, I took her back up the stairs and out of the house. Looks like he hasn't been able to recover enough to do anything else to her. I guess I did something right for once.

2016-02-02 00:42:58

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The first thing she heard was someone walking. Her feet were far from the ground. The softness of skin felt warm on her fingers. Where was she go-Beckett! She grabbed his shirt and started to freeze it before she opened her eyes.

2016-02-02 00:49:21

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"Gah--Ivory! Calm down, it's me!" I shivered, but managed not to drop her. Fortunately, the vest I had on took the brunt of the ice, so none of it reached my skin.

2016-02-02 00:51:01

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...Madison? She opened her eyes. Sure enough. It was him. Bright purple eyed and...human? Oh shit, /human./ She immediately started to melt the ice. "Sorry, sorry!"

2016-02-02 00:52:57

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I laughed. "It's fine. You okay?" He might've done something I missed.

2016-02-02 00:55:14

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"Yeah I'm fine, but..." She put a hand to his face. Soft, warm, and not wooden. "When did this happen?"

2016-02-02 00:56:18

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"I have no idea. I showed up here this way, back in the forest where you first found me. Isn't it great?"

2016-02-02 00:57:41

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"Seeing you this happy is even greater."

2016-02-02 00:58:31

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"...that is pretty great too. I'm finally a person."

2016-02-02 00:59:42

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"I told you already, you've always been a person. Just with some 'enchantment'."

2016-02-02 01:00:16

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"...either way, people aren't staring at me anymore. Well, they are, but that's mostly because I've got the queen on my back."

2016-02-02 01:01:52

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She couldn't help but smile. "Thank you." She hugged him as best she could from this position.

2016-02-02 01:03:37

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"You're welcome," I said with a smile. "But did you seriously expect me to just leave you in there until he woke up?"

2016-02-02 01:04:40

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"No, but...I didn't expect to be here for while either."

2016-02-02 01:05:51

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"Good thing you were. I would've missed you."

2016-02-02 01:06:42

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"Well I'm sure carrying my body wouldn't be /that/ bad."

2016-02-02 01:07:58

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"Only as long as it was asleep and not /dead/."

2016-02-02 01:29:01

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"Trust me, if I die it won't be by his hand. I can assure that."

2016-02-02 01:29:52

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"It better not be. In fact, don't die at all, please. Should we go back to the castle?" My feet hurt from running around barefoot, but I can manage it.

2016-02-02 01:30:59

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"Do you want to?"

2016-02-02 01:32:41

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"I don't mind wherever we go, so long as it's not back there." I tilted my head towards Beckett's house.

2016-02-02 01:33:01

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"Yes, lets go back to his place. Have some tea. Water his plants."

2016-02-02 01:33:52

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"Replace his door. I broke that, by the way."

2016-02-02 01:34:19