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Topic: Paradise Eden - Part 17
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Eden
A beautiful ballad. It was mesmerizing. Outside. The voice sounded so much like Myria, but not. In a strange way. A strange and stunningly enchanting way. Dalon and the rest of the town had been sleeping. The town itself slumbered sitting next to the waves of the ocean. It was like this every night that he had been here. And Eden stayed awake through each of those night. He didn't need it like the others did. So he stayed awake in his room. When he heard this song. This voice. If there were ever angels to appear on this planet...
Eden grabbed his coat. It was getting chilly outside. Around that time of the year. Not that he needed the coat or anything but if he was going outside, he needed to be wary of wandering eyes. Dalon's rules.
He walked along the halls of Dalon's manor, almost in a trance. The song penetrated the whole building. The most precious thing he had ever heard. Could this really be her? It could be. She hadn't come to him yet so he knew that she couldn't possibly be asleep. Apparently, her alter ego was too dangerous to leave alone for a moment. This still confused Eden. She seemed nice enough and harmless.
He stepped out the front door and searched for the source of the sound. The front gate of the village. Over the gate was a big sign: Welcome to Lelifelt. She sat at the top of this sign and looked out at the Yterun desert. Myria was singing. She was also crying. Eden wanted to speak up. Just to say something. Or to make her tears stop. But words wouldn't come. The picture that she painted with her voice was far too beautiful to break. He decided that he would wait until she was done. Perhaps she was trying to calm herself? Perhaps it was better to not interfere. But to Eden's surprise, she stopped on her own. Cut herself off.
The town's characteristic winds brought a terrible chill with them. Eden knew this and noticed that Myria hadn't brought a coat... He leaped up onto the tall sign. An extraordinary task for any human. This sign was quite high. He took off his coat and draped it across her shoulders. Just as he had done when he first met her.
"He gave me an invitation to stay..."
"I know. Dalon told me. Don't make him regret it. He gets awfully angry." She laughed. She's been laughing a lot more often lately. But this laugh was tinged with some sadness. "What's wrong, Myria?"
"Nothing really."
"That's good then." She was having difficulties. He could see it in her face. She seemed so sad. Dwelling on something. But he decided that it was best not to pry. It became quiet as the two of them stared out at the desert together. However, he kept noticing that she kept glancing at his scar. He ran his hand along the wound. "It healed pretty nicely. It's alright." Eden smiled. However, this statement really did not disguise the fact that it hadn't healed nicely. She got him good. The white scar spread across his left cheek. It had been bandaged up until know and, for Myria, it was quite disheartening to see that it hadn't healed completely.
Myria rolled her eyes and shook her head. She wiped the tears from her face. "I'm sorry..."
"About what?" At that, Myria scooted over to the edge of the sign and slid down its pole. "Where are you going?" She turned around and looked at the boy on top of the sign. And smiled.
"Home."
Eden grinned and hopped down from the sign. "I'll follow you."
The pair entered the guest room and Myria sat down on her new bed. She had been sleeping in there for a while but this was the first time that she actually felt at home. More tears. But not sad tears. She was smiling. "This is the very first time that I've ever had a home." She looked at him and they were staring into each other's eyes. Both with deep blue eyes. "And it's all thanks to you." She stood up and hugged the boy. "Whatever it is that you're doing, please keep doing it."
Then she kissed him.
It was on the cheek. On the scar. But it was a kiss, nonetheless. Eden smiled and wrapped his arms around her. Myria felt him. He was warm. This was their first hug. A simple contact but it held so much meaning for both of them. It was nice to finally be like this. It felt right. Like a dream.
"I'll do my best."
"What?"
"I said that I'll do my best to do what I've been doing." Myria giggled and began poking his stomach. "What are you doing?" She pulled away and grinned. A different look in her eyes. The eyes held a certain innocence in place of the tears.
"Hi, boy."
Eden chuckled. "Oh. It's you again. Nice to see you."
The girl erupted with laughter at this statement, crawled onto bed, and started jumping on it. "Wait. No, don't do that. You'll break it. Then Dalon will be angry." She quit her jumping.
"Dalon?"
"Yeah. Dalon would be so mad."
She pouted and jumped of off her bed. She was just like a little kid. "Hey, Myria. Do you want to learn some more?"
"Hm? Learn?" She turned toward him and crouched on the floor.
"Yeah. Do you want to learn?" He moved to the corner of the room where a desk sat with some cards strewn about on top. He picked up a card and showed the girl. "Learn. Like the cards. Learn." She showed interest in these cards. She leapt across the room from her crouched position and grabbed the card from his hand. The cards were basic language tools. They spelled out a word of an object or an idea and had a picture of the object beneath the word. She ran her eyes over the pictures as Eden repeated the word to her.
"Chair, chair, chair."
"Share, can, chin."
"Well, you seemed to be able to get every other word right."
She just beamed.
"Okay, again. Chair."
"Care."
"Close. One more. Chair." She twisted her mouth around to get this right. He could see that she was trying which was pleasing. She wanted to learn.
"Errrrm. ...Chair."
"Yes! That's right!" Eden fished a small rock out from his pocket. He tossed it to her and she stuffed it under her bed. There was a large collection under that bed. She was fascinated with rocks somehow. He didn't know why but if it gave her an incentive to keep going then he'd supply the rocks. She wasn't allowed outside so it was the least he could do. She grinned broadly and so did Eden...
Eden was changing and it was all thanks to this girl. She was bringing something back to him that had been long-forgotten. His emotions were developing and only Dalon would see the change. And he'd welcome it. The girl rolled around on the floor and laughed so loudly when Eden brought out the next card. Pencil. Eden just smirked. Why was she laughing? He could never tell. But laughter is always good, right?
He decided that that was enough cards for the night. Eden began to pick up the cards. She helped and muttered the words as she passed the cards to him. Eden muttered as well. "Why do you like me so much?" Suddenly the girl leapt on top of him, scattering the cards everywhere. She pressed the palm of her left hand against his chest and the palm of her right against her own.
"Me and you."
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Edit: Edentaylor, Wed 2 May 12, 10:35PM
Post: #645555  , Wed 2 May 12, 9:54PM |
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So good! More!
So Myria has two personalities?
"You can't love someone as much as you can miss them"- John Green, An Abundance of Katherine's
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Post: #645583 , Wed 2 May 12, 11:11PM |
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Yep! They're more like different people than personalities though.
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Post: #645613 , Thu 3 May 12, 1:19AM |
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Hmm... So which one is day Myria and which one is night Myria?
"You can't love someone as much as you can miss them"- John Green, An Abundance of Katherine's
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Post: #645614 , Thu 3 May 12, 1:21AM |
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One shows up while the other is sleeping. If you know the story well enough, you should know. For instance, one doesn't even know how to talk clearly and the other one can...
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Post: #645622 , Thu 3 May 12, 1:28AM |
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:: AdamP
:: QA8 High Householder | |
Yay for more Myria! And I hope you're not making fun of people for liking rocks, I have a small collection haha
"There's a thin line between sanity and insanity. My side of the line has a purple sky and talking unicorns; by God do I love sanity.
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Post: #646142 , Sat 5 May 12, 2:21PM |
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No, I'm not making fun. It's just that she likes ANY rock. And there are tons of rocks... 
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Post: #646280 , Sat 5 May 12, 11:18PM |
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:: Aaron
:: QA4 A spot of tea please, Alfred! | |
I just read the story from the beginning and I love it! I is this story now stalk.
if I don't make sense that means i'm sleepy, if i'm awake that means i'm sleepy.
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Post: #646878 , Mon 7 May 12, 10:13AM |
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Oh! Thank you so much, Aaron!  ^.^ It makes me happy to see new readers!
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Post: #647090 , Mon 7 May 12, 11:57PM |
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:: Rakkaus
:: QA5 Having the neighbours round | |
Eden and Myria seem to be in quite a fun relationship now...quite a change from when it was rather violent! 
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Post: #648303 , Fri 11 May 12, 8:14PM |
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