Elisa-garg's reality. Castle Wyvern. Alone on the battlement the day after halloween.

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Icy shivered slightly as the cold autumn rain pattered down on her and trickled down her back, though she was oblivious to the chill. Her large eyes tracked the lights of the cars far below, then turned up to watch an airplane go over before closing as she softly murmured a prayer in the language of her birth. "(Master, keep my friend. Please help her to return to her roost soon. And comfort her mate and her clan.)"

She sighed and looked down again, her fine hair clinging sodden to her head, then unfurled her wings and poised to leap.

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[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

Upon entering the TV room, Guinevere gave the tv and vcr a critical look.

"Ah... I am not certain how to work these machines."

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"Nash showed me." Icy found the tape that they wanted and studied it carefully to see if it was rewound, then stuck it carefully into the slot and pressed all the right buttons.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

Chiyoko has no idea what was going on, so she settled on a chair and stared at the television, waiting.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

Guin settled back in a chair of her own to watch.

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Icy came to curl up near her sisters' feet, her hands busy with her own bowl of foods.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

Chiyoko blinked, staring at the screen, concentrating intensely. Her english was bad enough, but the way these people spoke... she hardly understood a word.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

Guinevere watched the screen with interest, amusement, puzzlement, and an occasional flash--quickly covered--of contempt.

At a saloon scene, she asked, "Why do these women debase themselves for the entertainment of men?"

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Icy looked up at her, not really understanding the question.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

"It is tradition?" Chiyoko guessed, though this looked differant than the Geisha and other women of her own culture.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

"I suppose..." she considered. "Humans are strange creatures. Modern times have only made them more so."

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Icy nodded agreement, then dipped a pickle into a blob of peanut butter and munched.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

Chiyoko watched the movie in interest. So this was the culture that bred the white man of this region. She suddenly understood a bit more about the country she was in.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

"Very strange... this old west," Guinevere commented, taking a few bites of her sandwich.

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Icy contemplated her pickle, then looked up with dismay as the blond-haired lady announced that if her husband went and got into the gun fight that she'd leave and not come back. "Oh!"

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

"Are the women here always so loud?" Chiyoko frowned.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

"It has been my experience that human women are often prone to hysterics," Guinevere said.

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Icy just glanced at them and kept very quiet, lest they remember who else was prone to hysterics.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

"Are you alright, sister?" Chiyoko frowned at her.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

Guinevere looked down. "Yes... are you all right?"

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"Yes, of course." She offered a slice of pickle garnished with peanut butter to each sister, then looked at the screen in time to see the lady who'd angrily denounced killing shoot the bad man who'd been about to kill her husband.

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Chiyoko took it and sigh. "These women seem... inconsistant."

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

Guin, however, applauds. "Finally, she shows some real spirit!"

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Icy squealed softly and hugged herself as the husband and wife hugged one another, her big eyes shining.

[sunstonewing.livejournal.com]

Chiyoko just shook her head and turned back to her food.

[wingsofdestine.livejournal.com]

"A bit too sentimental for my tastes," Guinevere said, "but enjoyable all the same."