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 Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:46 pm
Clorogne sealed himself up into the cabin once more.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:53 pm
 The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera hurried off to talk to Markus. Once she'd confided everything to him, she returned to the Inn, back in her human form again. She knocked lightly on Akila's door, rubbing at her chest again. She could still feel the knife there, though she knew it was just a phantom pain. Her body was perfectly sound but her mind remembered the pain.  The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:11 pm
"Come iiin." Akila sang, sitting on the ground as she re-collected all the yarn back into a ball.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:16 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera entered the room, chuckling as she saw Akila. "Finally got bored of it?" She asked with a smile, moving to sit on the bed. "I hope your lucid and not loopy, cause I've got some....interesting.....news." The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:25 pm
"I'm good." Akila looked up, "What is it?" she smiled.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:35 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera looked pensive for a moment before speaking. She glanced at the door, wishing she were a mage and able to cast spells to keep people from eavesdropping. "I think......I think Clorogne isn't pretending." She said in a low voice. "I think he really is the king's twin brother." She watched Akila to see what the girl's reaction was. The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:53 pm
Akila froze a little, confused, "What do you mean? That sounds crazy." She made sure to fit 'sounds' into that statement.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:13 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... "Think about it!" Aleera insisted, ticking points off on her fingers. "The king suddenly changes in personality. Seems like a whole new person but looks the same. Burns down the castle for no reason." She was fairly sure it was Clorogne that had ordered the burning of the castle. "Comes back claiming to be his own twin." She paused, taking a deep breath. "It sounds crazy until you really think about it. Think about everything, all at once." The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:48 pm
"But there's only 1 thing missing....where is the real king?" She asked quietly.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:06 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera frowned. "That's what Markus said too. But I thought of something. That body in the castle ruins that they thought was Clorogne's? What if that was the real king? What if he's been dead for awhile, since that weird change? Wouldn't that make sense? I think. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid and weird. I don't know." She played with a pleat in her skirt, folding and unfolding the material. The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:11 pm
"There's no such thing as paranoid in these times..." Akila stood and put the yarn on the bedside table, "Wouldn't someone have seen the body in his room? And ..." things suddenly made sense, "and everyone in the palace knew we left to the dessert."
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:33 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera nodded. "See? The pieces seem unconnected, until you view them all together. Then things start falling into place." She said in a low voice, glancing towards the door. "I want to know for sure though, and I think I know how. I need to be careful though. I don't want him to kill me again." The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:34 pm
"Again!?" Akila asked in alarm, leaping forward, towards her friend, "Are you alright?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:44 pm
The tiger that shouldn't be....is.... Aleera waved her off. "Akila, I am either dead or perfectly fine, never really in between. And seeing as I'm not dead, that means I'm fine. I just had a close call earlier. Don't worry about it." The tiger that should be....isn't....
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:49 pm
"What happened?" She asked quietly, sitting on the bed.
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