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Post by Ghost on Apr 7, 2013 19:38:19 GMT -7
The law machine was silent as they ate. Examining the decay around the area at first, then turning its attention to the beasts they had brought with them.
Legion ate without really minding the fact the food was still scalding, he didn't percive the heat as pain as another creature might. He didn't mind eating now, when they had first met, he hadn't really eaten befor that he could recall, at least not in the way that she did. Not by preparing the items to be consumed.
"So you are made of many?" The Law Machine seemed to be speaking now to Legion though it was also looking at the sky examining the stars.
Legion was silent setting aside an empty plate, surprised really that he had eaten everything on it without realizing it...perhaps he had spent a little more energy today then he realized. When he answered it was in a different language entirely from those he had used around Takara thus far. "Ensla bleph imute non glasc."~We are one and many.~
The Law Machine was obviously surprised despite that it had no facial expressions what so ever it was still vary apparently surprised.
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 7, 2013 19:53:31 GMT -7
She continued slowly chewing her meal glancing at the machine fascinated how it seemed to move about without the strange plugs she noticed on so many things, that where attached to the wall he had told her was a outlet to plug them in so that they might run. She pulled the flask from under her cloak uncorking it she took several sips then offered it to Legion, a half smile on her face when she noticed he finished everything upon his plate. "So you do require more food when you use your magic. you should eat more. We have plenty of dehydrated food stuffs in our bags. Or I...."she forgot what she been about to say when she herd Law the machines words, and looked towards Legion confused to suddenly arch a brow when she herd him speak in a strange tongue, not seeing the laws surprise or hearing it. her food now completely forgotten as she waited.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 7, 2013 20:19:26 GMT -7
"We/I will be fine now." Legion told her simply about the food. "Have you have enough?" He inquired as he took the flask from her and took three deep swallows. "We/I will filter us some more water tomarrow." He did not elaborate on the odd language, though he did take note of the shocked Law machine, he had not been aware that they were capable of surprise.
The Law machine was still watching Legion intently now. "The water filter system inside the library, should still be functional...Thier are even showers and a laundry station in the master binders office. He rarely left durring high sessions, the books would need to be adjusted and rebound many times to keep the library up to codex."
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 8, 2013 8:17:19 GMT -7
She finished her food nodding."If your sure. Myself content......What is a shower? and laundry station? would that be of any use to us? their is no one to trade with." She wrinkled her nose at washing their clothes. Yes she done it many times sense they been together with no one but the two of them, but it was something she found no appeal for. Yes Legion always had on hand a cream to sooth and quickly heal her hands after such a chore, but never the less it was chore she hated. She much preferred tending to their beast no matter the smell and the work in tending to them.
Why her thoughts circled around on how to get out a chore she detested her mount had silently walked up behind her unnoticed to suddenly huff lightly in her right ear causing the curls that had escaped her braid to fly as decided to rest his head on her shoulder. She reached up to stroke his snout even as a small gasp of surprise escaped past her lips." You my highness......I swear you know my thoughts at times, let alone enjoy catching me off guard far to often. If I did not know better I think you knew everything was going on.' She placed a light his on top of his long forehead pulling him. he did not resist back accommodated her from where she still sat his green eyes flashing again with some secret humor that he kept to himself.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 8, 2013 18:27:04 GMT -7
A laundry station....in a library? Those of this city were obsesive workers obviously. "Very useful to us." Legion commented rising to his feet. A hot shower instead of a cold river bath would be quite soothing, Takara would enjoy that. If she wasn't to busy trying to figure out how the pump system worked.... "A shower is a place to bathe though it is done standing up usually. The temperature of the water can be controled with levers or dials, rather then by manually heating the water The water falls from a fixture in the wall overhead. A laundry station is an easy way of cleaning and drying your clothing. Come, We/I think this will be a learning experience worth enjoying."
The Law Machine was quite, contemplating that this girl was unaware of the use of such simple devices. The world must have taken a very violent upheval to end up here.
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 9, 2013 5:42:44 GMT -7
She nodded, Scratching his forehead as his eyes closed enjoying the moment, she stopped. her forehead wrinkled with the explanation. She lightly pushed her hoofed friends head aside, as she sat her plate beside standing. "mmmmmm a hot wash and a machine that washes our garments? And I don't have to spend hours hours heating water for all this?" Tat thought brought a delighted smile to her lips causing to almost dance in place at just the idea of hot water and it not having to be heated over their fire.........let alone not having to wash in a cold running stream. She thought.....would it be bad of her just to enjoy such a thing? she was sore and tired. She could try this shower and....thing that cleaned their clothes. Tomorrow was a new day and she didn't see them going any where for a while with all these new/ old things Legion spoke of as if it was the common. and would this not make things a bit easier for the people if she learned as much as she could and present it to their king? Plus this machine seemed strange as if it had feelings? that confused just a bit, Legion never once mentioned such things being able to feel needed or wanted. Well she could find out as she spoke with it and learned as much as she could. she knew eventually they have to return home. They worry.if this happen what they kept hidden from the Legion of the cross might be found if they dug to much with a excuse to rummage to find answers on where she had vanished to. She shivered in dread at the thought. She didn't need them finding of what she hid or the king kept from them. could make things very difficult for all them or worse. She refused to even contemplate that. She not let it get that point.
Her mount nodded his head his head agreeing. She shook her head as she caught the action as it agreed with her thoughts, again adding to that list of hers she needed to purpose do a double take even on her mount as past events came rolling cross the surface of her mind. how she aquired him and been hers sense the time she found Legion. It was like so much happend in that time frame it almost ran together and blended so well was almost impossible to pick apart. The one major finding / rescue? Her big secrets perhaps two now. She never spoke about either one in detail. But she was a female and exceptionable to let her slide on such matters especially sense she helped so much which was a oddity but helped the people so she was told...the king perhaps meant but the cross? now that was something else. Her mount nodded in agreeing again."You and I sir, need to have a real conversation I think tomorrow, even if I appear silly speaking to you." He made a snort and huffing sound as if saying it was about time, then turned and walked away.
"Thank you law......being clean and sleep........sounds like a plan I can not even argue with as it grows late. Legion be ready for tomorrow? I will keep you both busy with questions on these machines AFTER I have a conversation with my four legged friend. Now please can we go and do this......shower and wash?"
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Post by Ghost on Apr 9, 2013 19:36:27 GMT -7
The Law Machine paused looking at their camp fire. "You should extinquich the fire before leaving." It was a funny precaution since the machine itself had built a substantial border around the fire pit Legion had constructed. Laws had once dictated however that burning with in the city limits was prohibited, and even those who obtained a permit could not leave the fire unattended. It perhaps didn't matter now, but the machine could not really get past the fact that the fire was there burning openly...the fact that the alchemic creature had left it here un attended earlier was another matter entirely, that it could not figure out an according method of approch it.
Legion stood looking at the Machine a moment before oblidging it with a nod, he scooped the fire out with his gloved hands and absorbed the energy it produced, it raised his body temperature a bit but nothing drastically different. "Shall we then?"
The Machine turned heading into the library without any further complaint leading the way to the master binders office on the second floor. The door was blocked by a shelf which had been throne onto its side some how and the books piled out onto the floor. The LAw AMchine went about picking these up and neatly organizing them nearby while Legion took the less methodical road of just shoving the shelf out of the way so they could get to the wood cut door, emblazoned with silver etched orange letters that could not be distinguished a any known language on earth. Inside the lights had to be turned on by turning a little dial next to the door that brightened or dimmed the glow of the well hidden light lamps of the room. This was a lavish little office with a couch in pushed against one wall and a huge desk and many cabinets and shelves full of all manner of devices for the pourpose of rebinding a book cover. Across the room was another smaller door, and through this was a lovbely tile walled room with a textured slidding glass covering the front of a comfortably sized shower stall, and then pushed into the wall next to it was a stacked metal rectangle shape with two rounded bubble like glass windows, one above the other both seated next to a small ceramic looking desk.
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 10, 2013 10:43:23 GMT -7
after Legion had put out the fire.used to seeing how he did it but, still found amazement in what he seemed to do, as a simple every day chore. She had followed them up in silence, worried the stairs might not hold their weight but nothing had happened, just a bit of shaking barely felt. She at first she tried helping clearing and picking up the books, but paused still holding one in her hand when she saw the beautiful writings?/Markings on the door even as her focus was quickly redirected, to the now open room. She now stood inside the master binders office and looked at how lavish it was compared to even her private rooms, when she was back with her father. Slowly turning once standing in the middle of the room her eyes took it all in. She herd a few stories about such things here and there, but nothing in the stories or her finding could have prepared her to such wonder. Her eyes try to take in every detail as if starved and dieing of thirst, her steps not of her own. she laid the book she still held upon the desk so her hand could caress each piece . Her heaven and she enjoyed the moment until she recalled Legion and The Law machine. Turning her direction towards yet another door she walked slowly towards it, then grasp the handle. she turned the knob and slowly pushed it open peering inside and looking in every direction. She again noticed the beauty of the smaller room, before she spotted the odd contraptions. She let her steps take within her focus leading her first, to the machine she wasn't sure what it would do, She leaned forward trying to peek inside it, peering threw the glass to only shrug she stepped back seeing nothing, to turn and examine the sliding glass. Sliding it open she looked inside her eyes catching sight of the knobs and the thing with tiny holes poking out.she thought to herself: this must be what they call the shower he spoke of. She turned one knob then the other till she herd pressure and suddenly the shower burst to life and you herd a gasp and choking soft sounds then sloshing stumbling. Gasping she shivered half soak her hair making her now appear as a drowned rat dripping in her face shivering."I found the shower...and the stream is much warmer then this. dry clothes..I don't think I want a bath tonight. far to much a fantasy. I'll bath in the stream not far from here come morning." She stepped back into the room for them both now to see her half drenched. She shivered wrapping her arms about herself as a tingle drop of water now dangled off her nose.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 11, 2013 22:53:13 GMT -7
The stream had likely moved by now, unless she wanted to bath in the fountain, thought Legion as he walked across the dust covered and neglected carpet, a lush and luxeriouse deep red wood color. Unbuttoning the clasp he then removed the grey over robe he wore and drapped it over her shoulders Without the robe to cover him the tight fit of his leather ridding pants acentuated the movement of his mussels as he walked, the delicate looking rings of shoulder mail shifted more freely over the sleeveless, padded, faded black, tunic . His arms covered by what he called under plates, a thin layer of his black luster armour, patches of hsi bear skin showing through the almost tribal like rendition of the plates, the shifting of his mussels like an organic machine under neath the dark metal. "Disrobe befor you drench the floor...You won't want to walk through the mud tomarrow." He then moved to the round portals in the wall pulling in it at first then tilting his head a moment befor pushing on the rim instead, which made the door click and swing open. "Put your wet things in here." He looked at the dails frowning then. "Law Machine....We are/I am not totally familiar with this model."
"I would suppose not, it was a small release run of the Exstile 342, individual, private use model with personalized settings. Their was a recall on the 343's released after marketing picked up because the laundry folders were missing the safety instructions informing users not to sit on the unit while in use." All the while it was spouting the technical jargin the machine floated over and was turning the small dials and pushing the little flat pad of black hex markings set against the peach tials of the bathroom. "Their is no need to add any supplies at this time, the unit is fully stocked. Would you like your things pressed or simply field appropriate and folded?" While mentioning the supplies it pulled open a small panel compartment full of green powder, orange pellets, and what looked like glittery lint. He then losed the little compartment again.
Legion was nodding. "We understand..." It was a odd slip to not hear him say We/I. "Field appropriate will be fine...these threads are not meant for pressing. Towels?" He inquired next and the law machine was obliging as it left to fetch dry and clean towels from the main room cabinets. "We/I will release the outside systems...the exterior lights, and fountain pumps are not nessicary at present."
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 12, 2013 10:17:03 GMT -7
She pulled his cloak closer around her as she looked down and quickly stepped back into the bathroom now seeing the carpet that spread across the room and the small muddy puddle she had made. She turned then to watch the law machine walk over to the empty box where Legion now stood, and she had only a few moments ago peered in, now frowning wondering what they were talking about and curious, on just how the empty box with the tiny strange grains of color were suppose to wash and dry her things. She remained silent as she listened to them both speak about it, her nose now itching she reached up to wipe the drops off her nose to suddenly sneeze. Seemed Legion was sure the box would do everything he spoke of and the Law machine acted as if what he said was common knowledge. a slight shrug what could it hurt everything he told her in the past had been true even when she found the idea stretched beyond the limits of the imagination. His cloak covered every inch of her and had there been any passer byes they assumed she was a child playing dress up in one of her fathers cloak. So she snapped the top button turning away to kneel and first remove her knee length leather boots. Struggling for a moment with the now wet leather ties. Took her a moment longer then it normally took, but after a couple moments you herd a soft thud as she removed them from her feet to toss them to the side and behind her as she stood again removing the split skirt pants she wore. unbuttoning them you herd as they slipped from her torso. a wet mess now in a pile on the flood hidden by the cloak as she delegently worked on trying to unbutton the endless pears on her top and tug lightly at the strings. At last she slipped out of it to let it fall with her bottoms leaving her now covered in her under things. Shiver as a chill slipped beneath. "Legion mmmm our other bags...I have at least one clean outfit in there. seriously ism far to cold to even attempt that thing......you call a shower. The water is far to cold." She turned now to face him her hair still braided wet and tide behind her.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 12, 2013 10:54:07 GMT -7
Legion closed his eyes a moment as he altered the power flowin from his bosy, the outside lights blinking out all at once slowly and the fountain ceasing to pump water through its broken pipes and into the concreat basin. He smirked ever so slightly when he opened his eyes once again as he moved toward the shower. "We/I promise to not wash anything till your done." He examioned the knobs a moment the removed himself from the aim of the shower head, he reached over and turned the nob away from the center befor pushing it inward and up. The water came cascading down as befor, he reached up adjusting the metal ring around the head and the sprey seemed to change the stream widening and thinning with each turn. A moment later the blast was a medium sized burst of little streams and steam was beginning to rise from inside the shower. Legion looked at his gloved hand a moment and then slowly began to work the black, lustery , metal banded, leather from his fingers untill he could pull the glove free. Underneith the skin was an arrangment of silver and red glyphs over tan flesh with black inset claws on the tips and again on the base knuckle. HE flexed the fingers a few times and this secoond knuckle claw seemed to retract away vanishing under the surface, he then placed his hand back under the water adjusting the nob which had turned the water on a few degrees in one direction then slowly back to the other till he was satisfied. "Here....Try that, If this suits you I/We will go get our bags."
The Law Machine was quite the red glow of its center censor brightening and dimming at fitsr from one side then the other like a shadow passing infront of the light. It still held the towels folded neatly over its golden metalic arms.
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 12, 2013 11:50:52 GMT -7
Watching she creep ed closer then almost dived out the door when she saw a expression cross his unmarred face. Never before had he even cracked a smile, or frown and he was smirking? Smirking. She was not sure to be amazed, or annoyed and at her expense. She wasn't a shallow creature but somehow that managed to get under her skin to only be forgotten as she watched and her eyes grew large and in sudden delight as she watched the steam suddenly ride and cover the glass. She almost ran those last few steps, his cloak the only thing forcing her to slow down with it pooling around her feet. It looked for a split second like she would suddenly rip the offending thing from around her to jump in when the warmth his her fingers causing a whispered groan of pleasure pass between her lips. She never herd his words about waiting until she had finished with her bath."Soap? out now." She pointed to the door almost dancing where she stood debating on just jumping in at the point with cloak and underthings, and to hell with the both of them.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 12, 2013 12:32:01 GMT -7
Legion nodded walking out, the smirk lingered only a few moment, amusement already fading among the mixture of thoughts as he pulled his glove back onto his hand working the metal plates over his fingers slowly. "Soap is in the packs, We/I will bring it in when I get back." He took the towels from the Law Machine and tossed them on top of the towel rack. Shutting the door behind him. Looking to the Law Machine now. "Would you oblige us, by observing this place for safety while I retrive our things?"
"It is within my peramiters."
"Thank you." He offered as he moved through the room and down the stairs. He was using the extra energy already to stabalize the stairway this time as he passed, absorbing the crumbling edges of the struckture itself to enforce and strengthen the nessicary foundation, he knew this might make dating the structure a problem for Takara later, but he didn't need the whole thing falling around them. He did not alter the surface any, leaving all the lines of age and dust. His alchemy had its limits, but those limits were defined in ways that could not be quantified in words. At the base of the stairs he paused recalling the janitorial closet and moved there befor grabbing the bags, he rummaged for a minute through the room and grabbed the vaccume cleaner, mop and bucket before he came back to gather the supplies. He imagined she would be moving the center of this operation to the binding office as it had so many conveniences. It required a few extra arms mind you to carry everything up the stairs but this was not a problem beyond the width of the stairwell itself. Despite the dust and the silence he much prefered this decaying ruin to the socity from which Takara had come.
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Post by DalenaShallot on Apr 12, 2013 12:48:45 GMT -7
As soon as she herd the door close, she undid the top button letting the cloak fall at her feet and she wiggled out her bra and panties to quickly slip inside the shower. The shower doused her in the heat and warmth of its now steaming hot spray and she shivered in delight as her bodies temperature warmed back to temp. She reached up behind her undoing her now soaking wet hair opening the door enough to put the hair tie on the nearest stand. Closing it again, she untangled the braid letting the rest of her hair soak up the water, leaving it to trailing down her back, to rest on the back of her knees. after a moment, she reached up scrubbing the dirt away while she waited for the soap. She did a rinse on her body, a sigh passing her lips. she slowly turned as if in a dream and let the shower beat against sore muscles, she was unaware of, until the heat hit those muscles and began working on loosing them even as she thought of her knees might turn to jello as she relaxed.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 12, 2013 13:23:16 GMT -7
Legion made it up the stairs at last setting the vaccume cleaner down and the mop bucket by the office door. The saddles and blankets he set next to the table befor finally bringing the bags by the bathroom door, he rummaged a moment through the bags to find the soap, a home made lye, embued with Aloe to help ease the dryness of the skin caused by the long trips on the road. He ran a hand through his suddenly short hair, the taller spikes on the top fluttering and resetling in a new dishevled arayment. He knocked on the door to be sure she was still within the textured glass of the shower itself. A formality he tried to allow her was a certain amount of privacy bathin even when they were in the open, so now it should still remain. "Soap?"
The Law Machine was still floating nearby the door seemingly inactive though obviously aware.
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