Re: Runic

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne stuck his tongue out at Xyriel because he was still a child like that sometimes. "We don't any watermelons Xyriel. I didn't want to carry it back." Wayne sat back down on the couch and pulled his knees to his chest again, falling into a deeply illogical puzzle of logical arguements in an attempt to corner himself into a circular arguement. With himself. His face went blank and it was clear he was in deep thought to anyone that looked at him.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Yes, please!" Xyriel moved up near the stove, wanting to watch Sam cook. She got on her toes, as she was too short to see the top of the pan.

Isabella got up and sat down next to James. "So, what happened?" she asked quietly. "And what's with that weird mark on your neck?"
Although Isabella could see the crown-shaped mark very clearly, it would seem as if it no one else could. In fact, if James looked into a mirror, he wouldn't see any mark, at least on his neck.

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam smiled and started scrambling the eggs in the bowl. She washed her hands before going back to the fridge to retrieve shredded cheddar cheese and dumped it in the bowl. The frying pan was set on the stove with a pad of butter on it and the eggs were mixed with a little bit of milk. The bowl of eggs was dumped into the pan and she started stirring it with a spatula to keep them from burning. They soon solidified, covered in gooey cheese, and were cooked well enough to eat. They were forked on a plate and set on the table for the little girl to eat.

[Book the Hero]

"What?" James asked. "What are you talking about?" He asked, rubbing his neck before looking in the mirror, and seeing nothing.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Yay~" Xyriel cheered, before digging in. Welp, it was better than the crap her mother fed her. "Tankkyu~"

"...Never mind," Isabella said, shaking her head. "Must be seeing things." She couldn't see the mark in his reflection, but she could still see it on his person. It looked an awful lot like the Runes on his arm, except slightly larger and much more detailed.

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam laughed at her vigorous eating. "No problem. At least you're not starving." she said. She then wandered into the living room and sat down next to Wayne, who looked deep in thought. Very deep in thought. She had no idea why though.

[Book the Hero]

James was silent, before turning back, and starring at Isabella. "...Can you see anything?" He asked. Something in his gut just told him something wasn't right here...

[blackoutEquinox]

Waynes little bubble of thought was interupted when Sam sat next to him. She smelled faintly of eggs and cheese. "Did I miss anything good?" he asked Sam without looking at her. Before she could answer he looked over at Xyriel who was munching down on eggs. Now should probably be the time to talk to her. Wayne got up and walked over to Xyriel. "Do you have anyone who could come get you? Or someone I need to call to let them know I have you?"

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Y-yeah," Isabella said, unable to keep her eyes off the mark. "It looks like a tattoo, but it's kinda faded."

"Um..." The little girl paused to think. "I think Mama's still in the alleyway, or in the hospital. Ate Elise's right here." She pulled a small, dull red orb out of her dress pocket, the one that the Madness Runic from earlier dropped.

[Book the Hero]

James frowned. "That's strange..." He said, rubbing his neck. He believed that Isabella was telling the truth, but he couldn't really see it himself. "Any idea on what it means?"

[Shadoe Mayari]

"I dunno..." Isabella reached out to touch the mark, but it disappeared when her finger was inches away from his neck. She withdrew her hand and fumbled around awkwardly. "Um...It's gone, now..."

[Book the Hero]

"Oh?" James asked, rubbing his neck one last time. "...That was certainly strange. Do you think it had something to do with my runic powers, or yours?" He asked the girl, worried about what just happened.

[blackoutEquinox]

"Okay. Can you think of anyone else? You could stay here with me I guess. Sam stays here too so you won't be lonely. Finish eating first though." Wayne made a mental note to ask James about more details later. He walked back over to Sam and sat next to her, pulling his knees to his chest again. It looked a little strange but he didn't care. If he sat normally he couldn't think or probem-solve as well as he could sitting like this. "So what are we going to do tonight?"

[Shadoe Mayari]

Xyriel nodded and continued to stuff her face with eggs, trying think of people who would let her in. That nurse lady was nice to her, even when she turned into her water form. In fact, she knew a lot of nice doctors and nurses, since her dad was a doctor himself. Maybe she could go to one of them.

"I-I don't know..." Isabella frowned. Maybe it wasn't their powers, maybe it was someone else's.

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam shrugged. "I have no idea. It's been a while since I was seven, I'm not sure what I like to do. She seems like a nice girl who's had a rough life, and I want to help her, but I'm not sure how." she said, hugging her knees close like he was.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne looked around the room and decided they could probably watch a Disney movie or something. "Hey Xyriel what do you think of Disney movies. We could watch one if you wanted to." It was then that Wayne noticed that Sam was sitting like him. "So do you know why I sit like this besides the fact that it is extremely comfortable?"

[Shadoe Mayari]

"I've never watched any Disney movies before," Xyriel said before finishing the eggs. "Mama didn't let me watch American movies." She picked up the plate and put it in the sink before heading into the living room.

Isabella's phone began to buzz. She sighed and checked her messages.
Just because you're not home doesn't mean that you shouldn't be studying.
"Ah...whatever." Her dad was right, even though she had a few days of school left, they still had finals. But she decided that the Runic stuff was more important.

[Rose Hathaway]

"Because of reasons?" Sam smirked at Wayne, before overhearing a startling turn of events: this little girl had never seen a Disney movie. "This is not right and must change at once. Let's see... Hunchback of Notre Dame is somewhat scary, as is Sleeping Beauty and Mulan for that matter... Pocahontas isn't accurate... Wayne, do you have The Lion King?" she asked, standing up.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne looked at Sam and rose his hand up with the index finger raised to say some sort of a witty comeback but she asked him and interupted the remark. "Uhm. . ." Wayne said as he let his hand down. The Lion King should be somewhere in the apartment. "Yeah I have it somewhere in here. It should be with the rest of the movies and if it isn't it's in my room." That movie always had a knack for not being in with the rest of the movies. When he rose up to go find the movie he muttered something about how evil parents were that didn't let their kids watch disney movies. After a minute of looking for it he couldn't find it, "Sam go look for it in my room please."

[Rose Hathaway]

"Alright." Sam said before disappearing into his room. She looked around the mess that wasn't nearly as bad as before and eventually found it under his bed. She returned with the DVD in hand and a smile on her face. "Found it. How the hell did it end up under your bed?"

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne looked at her and thought of something to say. After a slight sigh he said, "Probably due to some really weird and crazy reason. Maybe it happened when I found out that the movie is based off of Hamlet." The couch looked comfortable so he took a seat on the couch and pointed to the DVD player. "You can put it in the DVD player because I'm already comfortable now."

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam rolled her eyes and put the DVD in. She hesitated before returning to the couch. And she made a decision. She sat down next to him and leaned on his side. "The movie's based on Hamlet? Really?" she asked, getting comfortable by the warmth his body was giving off.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Xyriel sat down by Sam, resting her head on the couch arm. She held the small red Runic orb up to her ear, before stuffing it back into her dress pocket.

Isabella stood up and pulled her jacket around her tighter. "I should be going now..."

[blackoutEquinox]

"Yeah the movie is really based off of Hamlet. Magical isn't it?" Wayne said as Sam sat next to him. When she leaned on him he felt butterflies in his stomach. He threw his arm around her and pulled her just a little bit closer. Xyriel sat next to Sam as the Disney Castle came up and signaled the start of the movie. The Lion King really was one of his favorite movies as it was based on a good play. Disney sure had some good ideas.

[Shadoe Mayari]

A few days passed and quite a lot happened. Xyriel left Wayne's residence on Monday to live with one of the nurses who were around when she first turned into her water form. The nurse contacted Wayne the next day, telling him certain instructions involving a certain room in the hospital, if they wanted to visit the water girl.

Wednesday was cool and cloudy. The storm has passed, but another was coming soon.
A senior walked up to Isabella after school, asking her if they could speak in private. He was quite strange, wearing a pair of goggles indoors under his spiky red hair, but Isabella couldn't help but notice the crown-shaped mark on his neck (other Runics could see it too). She nodded and followed the guy upstairs, scanning the hallways for James or Wayne as they walked.

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