From: Save Address Block Sender Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 16:27:15 EDT Subject: post: who's in my room?! Estela jumped out of bed as Wataru crashed through her door and grabbed her sword from next to the bed. Holding it in front of her as threatening as she could manage, she shouted, "who the hell are you and what are you doing in my room in the middle of the night?!" "I'm Wataru." He stumbled over something in the darkness, and banged into her, narrowly missing her sword. Her temper snapped, her anger flipping from simply being normally upset to something ice cold. "Get off," she told him. He suddenly flew backwards, and in that second Estela felt power flare through her, like black fire. Wataru cowered from her, thinking she'd used some sort of sorcery against him and afraid she might use a fireball next. "I just tripped! I'm sorry! don't kill me!" "Why should I bother killing you?" she asked, though from the sound of her voice she might as well have asked for one good reason not to. "I...I don't k-know...." "And I'm supposed to?" She moved to grab one of the candles from the hall, using it to light her room's lanterns, every movement bespeaking anger. Drake walked in. "Is everything ok?" "Wataru here crashed into my room. I'm trying to decide whether or not to kill him for it." Drake stared at her. For some reason she looked way taller than her actual 5'4". She flicked her gaze across him, just for a split second, and he nearly fell over, suddenly very scared. "Maybe you shouldn't do that...I don't think he had anything in mind...." "Hmm, yes, maybe you're right. Very well, Wataru....you may go...but you are going to speak to me and Chuin at breakfast." "Chuin?" "I'll explain later. Now everyone get out and let me sleep!" The two men and the inn's other patrons who had gathered to see ran, and Estela lifted as much of the door back into place as she could with her new-found ability, then stuck a table up on it's end in front. About two seconds passed before she realized what she'd just done...and she droped to her knees in shock, power vanishing. *the power of my true heart. the east road. in anger...I used my power in anger...what if it is something like that? I felt...that sense of cold fire...and Drake paniced when I looked at him...* she remembered something like that happening once before...but she hadn't had any power then. She was terrified...and she wanted the power back, wanted to feel invincible again. She curled into a ball, shaking, on the floor. *no...please, no. I won't give in to that darkness I won't Iwon'tIwon't....* Not until the light of false dawn came through her window did she manage to stand, badly shaken. She washed her face, put on fresh clothes, and moved the table and shattered door aside with an effort, not daring to try using power again. She found Wataru's door and pounded on it. "Get downstairs, pronto," she told him, and went down herself. Chuin looked up as she came in. She didn't look like she'd slept at all. "um, good morning," he said, "I didn't order breakfast yet." She sat down. "I don't want anything....just a cup of tea. You can order what you want, once Wataru gets here." "Wataru?" She pointed up the stairs as Wataru thumped down them. "Him." "You w-wanted me to eat breakfast with you, Sorceress?" "Sorceress?!" exclaimed Chuin and Drake at the same time. Estela sighed and layed her head on her hands. "no...no. I'm no sorceress...call me Estela. I think I may have some sort of telekinesis, but last night is the first time I saw it. I haven't tried it since." *I've been too scared to.* "Chuin, this is Wataru...Wataru, this is Chuin. Please, both of you get whatever you would like for breakfast...on me." She started to regret the "on me" when she saw the amount of food they ordered, but then decided it wasn't really that important anyway. "Chuin...I know I said last night that we would take the East Road...but that's no longer necessary. since I no longer have a destination, it's up to you...or if Wataru wants to come with us, to the two of you. Wataru, Chuin and I were planning to travel together....you can join us, if Chuin doesn't mind." *was that really only last night? it sure doesn't seem that way. are they really going to want to come with me, after what I nearly did?* She suddenly realized what she had almost done. *I nearly killed him. ohmygod I nearly killed him!* "Hey, Estela, are you ok? you look like you're going to faint. Are you ok?" asked Chuin. She forced herself to breathe. "Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine." Chuin looked at her. "Did you even sleep?" "Wataru slammed through my door at maybe two in the morning...and I..um...did something...that telekinesis thing I mentioned. I didn't really sleep after that." *two in the morning? I just...lost?...four hours? and I still feel like I'm gonna be sick over what happened...* "Um..Wataru...do you want to come with us? And do we want to just go East, for lack of anywhere else to go?" [[from here on it is up to you two to decide if you are coming with Estela and where we are going....if you need to work out conversation with me, that's fine. you should know I promised to pick up Watts's Bubbles next post though. All players: my group is likely to hit four within one post...unless we later split up, I think I'm gonna have to set that as the limit for now, for us...I'm calling rank as the Earth-member of this group ^_~...so anyone else will just have to join up with another group...sorry.]]