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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 1:35:14 GMT
"That would be great. Da is great and all, but sometimes there is more to talk about in life then strafed and weapons." link said with a laugh. "where do you want to go?
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 1:43:03 GMT
Emily turned onto her side, leaning on her arm. "EVERYWHERE. I want to see the world outside this castle! I want to see everything Aunt Kiara and Phoebe talk about. I want us to do the things they do."
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 1:53:44 GMT
"Could be worse. They could have said no completely." Link said. "I'll talk to Da about it." Just then a familiar face appeared.
"Aunt Genny, what are you doing here?" Link asked sitting up in surprise.
"I ha e a private matter I must discus with you." Genny said to Link. She turned to Emily. "would you mind terribly of I borrowed your friend, princess?"
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 2:03:22 GMT
Emily rolled back on to her back.
"Okaaay but don't borrow her for too long. Never know when she's going to leave again," she said with half a smile, before closing her eyes to the bright sky.
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 2:09:05 GMT
It was half an hour later, when Genny was done with a very upset Link. She was so distraught that when Tylir waved at her from his ladder she had to resist the urge to push it down. What was she going to tell Emily? Did her father know about this? How could he just agree?
Link let out a frustrated scream.
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 2:13:23 GMT
Emily frowned, sitting straight up as she looked in the direction of Link's scream and got to her feet. It was probably one of the boys playing a prank, but she wandered in that direction anyway, her face creased in concern.
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 2:34:40 GMT
Link's hand itched for her sword. But no weapons inside the palace residence made that impossible. She desperately need to think, but there was no way she would be allowed out for a ride right now. So instead, she used a high kick on a topiary. Unfortunately, it was a trap plant. her foot was now trapped and she was stuck balancing with one leg in the air.
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 2:45:30 GMT
Emily rounded a corner and raised an eyebrow, uncannily like James, at the one-legged Link.
"So... Wanna talk about it?"
She said, smiling a little and reaching to unwind the plant from Link's foot.
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 2:48:45 GMT
"Not really. It's nothing good, that's for sure." Link grumbled.
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 2:55:28 GMT
Emily frowned and gave Link a serious look.
"Come on, talk to me."
She gave her half a smile.
"Pretty sure I can fix it. I am the princess."
She winked.
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 11:10:31 GMT
"Does that top the High Priestess?" Link muttered as she was able to lower her foot.
"Apparently, I'm being shipped off to the temple for the next three years for training. I don't even want to be a priestess. But I don't get to make that decision for another three years." Link's voice was harsh and bitter. "If that weren't enough, I only get to see Da on the high days. My future is not of my own making."
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 17:07:11 GMT
Emily stopped, suddenly dizzy. Her heart was racing; it was as if someone had torn the very world out from under her feet and now she was just falling.
She looked at Link, face rigid and serious, afraid that if she untensed her facial muscles she would cry.
"They can't take you away for three years," she said, speaking quickly. "That isn't fair. They can't just tell you what to do."
Emily's mind was still running at a thousand miles a second. What would she do without Link around? She'd have no one to talk to, to confide in, to share secrets with. She'd be alone save for the younger children. And she would be trapped in this palace come prison for the next three years.
"No," she said, more determined as her voice wavered. "They can't have you."
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 17:14:26 GMT
"I don't think it works like that." Link said sitting on the ground and then punching it. she shook her hand. "I'll at least make sure you can go with Da to take me. Then at least you'll get a break from all of this. But you have to look after Da for me. You have to promise. I don't know what he'll do without me." she couldn't look at Emily for fear of tears. "I'll write you everyday. I swear."
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Post by Mr Spock on Mar 6, 2013 17:35:20 GMT
Emily looked straight at Link as she sat next to her.
"Do we have to accept this? Because I don't want to," she said, eyes brimming with unspilled tears. "I would go to the ends of the universe with you if it meant you didn't have to go away."
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Post by Taya on Mar 6, 2013 19:42:45 GMT
"What other choice do we have, Ems?" Link asked taking Emily's hand in hers and looking at it. "I don't want to leave you, either. Just tell me what to do and I'll do it. Maybe I can still talk to Da out of it, High Priestess Staris was quite insistent." Link couldn't bring herself to call her aunt. Not after such a betrayal of trust.
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