Isolated Child

[All that can be heard in the background is the crackling of flames and low hisses and whispers, and distinct voices speak out. Morana is silent in between...for the moment.]

It is time to end this, our people have suffered quite enough hardship and fear at your hands.

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We tolerated your presence only because we are merciful, but you have spat in our faces at our kindness.

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Now, after this horrific crime, we must do what is right, what we should have done the moment you came into existence fowl beast.

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Thus, we shall sentence you now to-...

No.

What?

...wrong.

How is it talking?!

...wrong. This is...

You're wrong, you're wrong YOU'RE WRONG!

I honestly thought once my...reading skills got better I would...understand such things more. However I'm still confused....just like last time this happened.

Well, I suppose this one can be at least...ignored, unlike that odd body switch business. That was baffling...

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I thought I should...well give warning in advance just...in case.

If anyone hears a...pitched noise or feel a little bit of shaking, that's me practising in the training grounds. Don't worry....I have control so nothing...bad will happen. I never want that to happen again...

[ooc: I'll probably be dropping off to sleep soon so if I don't catch tags I'll get them in the morning. Also felt like doing this since newer members of Heaven wouldn't know much of her powers and she doesn't talk about them much anyway. ^^]

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[ooc: Sorry if the post seems pointless guys but considering Morana never said a word till she came to CU, expect very little communication from her child self.]

Hmm, it h-has b-been some t-time since I sp-poke thr-rough this. Per-rhaps it shows I am g-getting b-better at t-talking face to face. Then ag-gain it has bec-come quieter around here.That s-seems more like how m-my world was, f-for me at least. I guess b-being h-here for ov-ver a year has d-done me some g-good.

I'm c-certainl-ly not so conc-cerned ab-bout the an-nivers-sary of the ec-clipse this year, th-though I st-till think of it.

T-Time seems to have done m-much for me.

[ooc: She has been around, maybe just been busy training, and it shows in how she is stuttering a lot less.]

Noisy nuisance...making all this fuss. Is it too much to ask to keep such squabbling out of range? Some people would like things quieter than you. 

Can't expect much from anyone who holds value in these belief systems I suppose. All they do is delude themselves into how they will be rewarded if they offer their souls in servtitude while extinguishing those who don't fit their mould. Nature forbid anyone question the all knowing will of the divine. Those who are different, they cannot have been blessed, it means they must be wicked. 

Any such people, or people in general...I'm not wasting my breath further. Got to get outside...I need to get out of this infested crawlspace.

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I am...s-sorry to have w-worr-ried an-nyone. 

Y-Yes, it's t-true, I w-was att-tacked outs-side the gr-roun-nds d-dur-ring tr-rain-ning, I s-supp-pose th-they h-had been watch-ching l-long en-nough t-to kn-now when to ex-xp-pect me, and p-pick-ked th-there and th-then f-for an amb-bush. 

B-Banr-ru an-nd T-Tailyp-po w-want-ted an eas-sy t-tar-rget, t-to g-give a m-mess-sage t-to us all. St-till, p-perhaps I d-did surp-prise th-them a b-bit, j-just a little, b-but it is bet-tter than n-noth-thing. Oth-therw-wise it could h-have been worse.

It's n-not that bad, ph-physic-cally I mean, s-so n-no c-conc-cern is n-needed there. Pl-lease, no has-ste is needed on my beh-half, I...

...I...do not...want...anymore...pain to...to be felt...by you all, not...because of me...at least.

Saying...Saying that...was not as...hard as I thought...

[OOC: My bad guys, been busy helping gran who broke her shoulder, but I'll be keeping up better now. And just to clarify, at the end she is referring to managing a whole sentence without a stutter, even though she had to do pause quite a bit. She wanted to show she is serious there.]

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It s-seems s-so q-quiet. P-Perhaps it is all the t-tension with the tr-rials. M-Maybe I am st-till n-not used to r-room-ming b-by mys-self...Odd, as I used to b-be s-so ac-ccustom-med to it...

I w-wish y-you all th-the b-best of luck-k, I kn-now you sh-shall all d-do y-your b-best f-for Asg-gard.

Hmm, I m-may j-just go pr-ract-tise m-more mys-self jus-st now...

[OOC: So am trying to get back into things now~ New players, nice to meet you <3 Anyone in Asgard may be able to hear her practising her voice (which she has been doing more of recently) in the Training area, and note her speech is better.]

Umm, th-this is a l-litt-tle st-tr-range, I'm n-not s-sure what-t t-to m-make of it. N-Not l-lik-ke th-this is th-that unc-comf-fortable b-but...

I h-have the st-tr-rangest imp-pulse t-to s-sing. I d-don't ev-ven kn-now if I c-can.

W-Well, I h-hope I'm n-not d-dist-turb-bing an-ny of y-you, as I'm uns-sure if I'll b-be ab-ble t-to st-top...

[OOC: For those in Asgard, feel free to say you've been hearing what sounds like birdsong or high noted singing throughout the house. Note also Morana is able to do this clearly and not fumble as much with her words, not just because of the event, but because her voice training is paying off. ^^]

I'm g-gl-lad y-you ar-re b-bet-tter M-Met-tat-tron, an-nd th-that all c-can b-be w-well ag-gain.

I...s-sup-pos-se I b-bes-st g-go p-pr-ract-tise, n-no t-tim-me l-lik-ke the pr-res-sent...


[OOC: The whole Brandy/Sal revelation has caused her to withdraw a bit I'm afraid, hence why she hasn't spoken on the journals since the truth came out. She'll be distant on the matter while trying to pretned she's okay about everything else.]

O-Oh, I h-hav-ven-n't b-been t-talk-king m-much l-lat-tely h-hav-ve I? I'm s-sorr-ry ev-ver-ryon-ne, I g-guess IU've j-jus-st b-been s-so t-tir-red, t-tr-rying t-to h-help out-t w-with f-find-ding ans-sw-wers t-to h-help M-Met-tat-tr-ron...w-well, s-sorr-ry. I'll t-tr-ry an-nd b-be m-mor-re aw-wak-ke.



[OOC: So yeah, feel free to say you called out to her and she didn't respond, for which she will apologise. You can also take note she has small bags under her eyes and yawning on occassion. Slight guilt on her part for wanting to go outside when there is work to do, but well, she is a 'wild child' as you may call it.]

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I-I'd r-rath-ther n-not th-thin-nk on w-what h-hap-ppen-ned an-nym-more w-with B-Bran-ndy an-dn F-Flaur-ros-s...A-At l-leas-st it's ov-ver, t-the wh-whole m-mess is o-ov-ver. N-No m-mor-re w-wor-rds ar-re n-need-ded.

B-But wh-what is  g-going on t-tod-day? All th-thes-se s-st-tor-ries ar-re s-st-tr-range. I b-bar-rel-ly un-nd-ders-stan-nd wh-what's g-going on. An-nd w-why d-does th-this p-pic-ct-ture h-hav-ve m-me d-dr-ress-sed s-so s-st-tran-ngely?

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[OOC: Okay, so am going to be shortly, but yes, a little warning to everyone. Morana has read the word sex in some of the fics, but she doesn't really understand it...Eh, yeah, she might ask inappropriate questions, please don't be offended, she doesn't know any better. ^^;]

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S-Seems th-that all of th-the s-st-tr-rang-gen-ness if ov-ver f-for n-now. L-Leav-ves us w-won-nd-dering wh-what t-to d-do n-now th-though...

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Hmm, seems Niflheim is one-upping us, again. 

While Lucifer is a prick, we're not exactly getting back at him for it, are we? We're letting them walk all over us. Just because we're the 'good guys' doesn't mean we have to sit back and turn the other cheek. Isn't it the point to stand up to bullies, to show them we won't be pushed around? 

It ain't that surprising I guess, I mean he knew with Metatron weakened we'd be sitting ducks. We're stupid to think they'll play fair with us, so why do we give them all this oppertunity?

He's right about one thing, we're lambs; and we'll be slaughtered unless we do something about it.

[OOC: Oh dear, no stutter, so weird! O_O Um, following suit with everyone else, PLEASE tell me if I'm messing up. ^^;]

[OOC: Okay, she's privately rantng (so as not to worry people) but is trying to think on what she could do to be of use, so feel free to poke her since she's being a bit of a recluse while trying to think on what to do.]

Th-The s-sm-mell is...ch-chok-king m-me. Wh-Why is it s-sud-ddenl-ly s-st-tr-rong-ger? An-nd th-the n-nois-ses ar-re l-loud-der...

Th-The f-fear...m-my v-voic-ce...n-no...I w-won-n't...

S-Som-meth-thin-ng is v-ver-ry wr-ron-ng...

[OOC: Strike is a thought. And yes, she doesn't exactly realize the zombies got inside, but she know's something's wrong.]

I n-nev-ver d-did p-pr-rop-perl-ly th-thank ev-ver-ryon-ne f-for  th-their g-gif-fts. I r-reall-ly am g-grat-tef-ful, I've n-nev-ver b-been g-giv-ven p-pr-res-sents b-bef-fore. I c-can on-nly h-hope m-my sm-mall t-tok-ken w-was ap-prop-pr-riate. I r-real-ly w-was uns-sure wh-what t-to g-giv-ve p-peop-ple.

Th-Though I am w-won-nder-ring w-what t-to d-do w-with th-this...

[OOC: Happy about her gifts though she doesn't understand some of them. Banru's is the only one she's weary of, for obvious reasons. Also, a little loss of confidence, and worrying over things (like not having the will to fight back) due to what happened with Blythe.]

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I c-conf-fes-ss t-to n-not r-real-lly kn-now-wing m-much-ch ab-bout C-Chr-ris-stm-mas, b-but an-ny c-cel-leb-br-rat-tion th-that c-can m-mak-ke th-the c-col-ld of w-wint-ter m-more pl-leas-san-nt m-mus-st b-be n-nice. It c-can b-be v-ver-ry h-har-rsh outs-side d-dur-ring th-this s-seas-son. I l-lear-rn-ned th-that f-fr-rom exp-per-rien-nce.  

S-Still, it all l-looks n-nice, an-nd ev-verywh-where...f-feels w-war-rm.


[OOC: Since Morana is at a loss for this holiday, she'll be going outside, but staying on Asgard grounds like she promised, and picking whatever flowers she can find in the area, bunding them together with string and ribbons, and making them into little holiday bunches, They'll be left outsidethe doors of everyone in Asgard on Christmas Eve with a little tag wishing them Merry Christmas from her, in her childish handwriting, since she's still learning. Hope that's alright with everyone. ^^~]

W-Wint-ter h-has c-come...

T-The s-same as alw-ways...w-when th-then c-col-ld c-com-mes, it m-mar-rks th-the an-niv-vers-sary of  th-the d-darkn-ness...

[OOC: Musing over the anniversary of the eclipse, her 18th birthday, but doesn't realize it. ^^ Later that it should have been, but since game time of one day spans for a few days real time, hopefully this isn't too much of an inconvience everyone. Kinda weird how the date I picked for Morana (24th) is also Deliah's birthday, what are the odds? XD]

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I h-have s-still b-been r-read-ding, s-since th-the p-par-rty...Th-The b-books al-l en-nd w-with h-hap-pily ev-ver af-ft-ter... b-but d-does it w-wor-rk h-here l-like th-that? W-With all th-this p-pain, it s-seems alm-most unr-reachab-ble.

[OOC: She's referring the 18th anniversary of the dark day, a.k.a the eclipse in her world, a.k.a her 18th birthday!~ Only of course Morana doesn't really recognise that, since no one would have ever given cause to celebrate the birth date of the 'cursed child'. Hence, someone might have to explain things to her if she brings it up. Also, hope you don't mind she's bugging Dorian Vic. ^^]