Post by Mysti on Jul 6, 2007 7:40:56 GMT -5
One~
Atop a hill under and behind a waterfall Sai-Aisle sat. Her head laid against a very tall and broad form. The warmth of the stone she leaned against gave her comfort. And the communication between her and her friend seemed solid and the only thing real. Even the water's crash against the deadstone as loud as it was, was a far off inconsequencial thing. The warmth of the crystal form held her in its cocoon and the flow of knowledge was a comfort to her as well as an escape from what she was. No one knew that she was one of the chosen. No one really even cared. All of the well born stuck to the rigidness of thier society so that only those of that class were ever chosen to serve as ambassadors.
Sai!! Her brother called to her through thier mind link. He too was gifted but refused to aknowledge the bond he had with the Livestone. Sai! Mother is looking for you. She is angry that you have not done your duties today. Come quickly before you are polishing the deadstone along the walkway again! The frustration and worry was very clear in her brother's mind voice.
He was younger then her by two turns of the yearly sun and he considered himself her keeper and protector. No doubt he had made excuses for her again Sai emerged from the embrace of the Livestone and sat up fully. Standing and gaining her full awareness she carressingly laid her hand on the warm stone and felt the love the stone had for her. It was rare for any ambasador to have even this strong a connection. Sai knew this for a fact. She had studied hard in the classes she had taken on these subjects. Not to get good marks but to learn what she needed to know of the gifted. It had been several turns ago when the livestone began to speak to her. It had been frightening at first but she managed to keep the gift hidden. She was chosen she knew. But no one would ever aknowledge that fact. Sai knew that it would take the Crystal Form to inact her into the position she knew she was ment to have.
Sai emerged from her special place to find her brother climbing the hill below her. A frown marred her face and her lavendar eyes narrowed. How did he manage to find her. This place was well hidden and yet any time she came he knew exactly where she was. It did not matter where that it was she chose to communicate with the livestone.
There you are! Ossle said , exasperation clearly in his mind voice. I know what you do and you know that it is forbidden! What if you get caught? He was much taller and stronger then her and used that against her now by grabbing her arm to drag her with him. If you were not my most favorite sister I would tell the elders so that you would stop this nonsense of your dreamings.
I am your only sister Ossle. Sai said laughingly. Let go. I am comming and you are hurting my arm by dragging me.
Ossle let go when they were at the edge of the gates. The both of them walked into the city side by side. Sai's long robes none the worse for wear from her travels in the wildlands and Ossle's attire looked as if they had just been pressed. They had always been this way. Both held an affinity for the wildlands and were never marred by thier journies there. No one noticed thier passage as the streets were full of the bussle of the noonday activities.
Sai watched the others as they went here and there in the crystal streets. Everything hummed in normality but lately the hum had gotten stronger and more strident. But no one seemed to notice. Sai did. That was why she had gone out when she had work to do. She needed to know. As of yet the crystals knew nothing other then the vibrations of the universe where changing. They sensed no danger as of yet. But she did. A frown marred her face again as she considered it. The livestone had shown her all it knew of the reasons of the vibrational changes. It all seemed non-threatening but that did little to ease her worry. Something was happening she knew. But what? That at this juncture was unknown by everyone. Even the ambasadors didnt know. Her small hand brushed the burnished silver of her hair from her face as she stared out into the crouds of passing people as worry lit her eyes.
They arrived home and Sai slipped into the back courtyard to finish her work. The plants grew strong and healthy from her loving care. She began to sing the songs of growth and nourishment as she walked amoungst them. As her song lit the air the water from the ground poured up in little fountians to water the plants. Sai's heart melted to see the plants reach tward her. Thier loving sacrifice for the people's well being always touched her. They did not have to give of themselves but they did. Sai understood more then anyone in her family besides her brother the nature of existance on this world of thiers. Each lifeform lived for the other. Without any one of the forms the rest would die. Even the livestone was important as they soaked the warmth from the suns and directed it into the soil to warm and rejuvinate all. The livestone even cared for the people. Not many realized how important it all was or how interconnected.
Out of the corner of her eye Sai saw her mother watching her from the entrance to thier home. Her mother's sad eyes watched her with knowing. Sai knew that her mother knew. There was never any doubt. She also suspected that her mother had the gift as well.
Sai worked and sang till early in the evening and then returned home with gifts from the plants for thier evening meal. All of which were prepared with love and care. As the family sat down to eat the suns set fully on the city.
End One
Two~
Dawn broke over the valley as Sai woke to the pronounced hum of the crystal form. The vibration of the crystal form was stronger then she had ever felt it. Of course no one would listen to her fears that there was indeed something wrong within the matrix. She lay curled on her side allowing the vibratinon of the planet to calm her. In her short time of the yearly sun, she had never felt the vibration this intense. Finally, she sat up, her long white hair cascading down her back and pooling on her bed. Sai reflexively ran her fingers through her hair then, with quick movements divided it into five sections to complete the complicated braid that was so popular among the girls her age. Her mind sought out the link so familiar to her, searching for some kind of answer to her concerns. It was difficult for her to keep her anonymity this close to the council tower so she only lightly touched the matrix.
A soft rap on the divider caused her head to jerk up. Her lavendar eyes dark from the connection to the matrix.
"Sai" Ossle barged in without even waiting for permission as was customary. He stopped jsut inside her sleeping area. " Come quickly!" He moved forward to take her hand and tug on it.
"Ossle" Sai said as she faked a yawn. "Why do you barge in without even asking if I am dressed?" She looked up at him with a sisterly "Im irritated with you " smile.
"Mother needs you now. There is something wrong with the plants." he tugged once more.
"They were fine yesterday." Sai objected as she followed her brother's quick pace outside the sleeping area and into the family's main living area.
They exited the living quarters and came to stand beside their mother who had her hands outstreached and was singing. Her aging voice had a magical lilt to it but the wilting plants did not seem to hear or respond to it. Their vibrant colors seeming to fade right before thier eyes.
Sai's eyes widened in shock. Her beautiful friends that she sang to just last eve lay sick at her feet. With tears in her eyes she took up her mother's song. The connection the plants had with the matrix was fading and because of that failure, they sickened right before her eyes. Sai changed the lilt of her voice and modified her tune. She knelt on the deastone walk and placed her hands on the soil to make a better connection. When she did this she realized that all of the planet was suffering thus. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she attempted the delicat repairs all the while sensing that others did so as well.
As she entered the matrix, she felt the other chosen joining with her to mend the abnormalities that had occured over night. It seemed such a short time to actually have so much go wrong. Sai wove back the delicate strands that made up the matrix. The connections were so important to maintain and yet they had slipped so much into disrepair.
The song she sung was one of binding. It seemed energies were breaking apart.
As the chosen sang the strident hum of vibration that was there upon her waking settled down into the near normal pattern of the vibration she was getting used to. The plants began to respond and come back to the beautiful beings they once were.
Sai knew she was noticed amoung the chosen. It was no small thing that she had joined into the binding song. There would indeed be reprocussions for her bold action. Now it was a "wait and see" situation. She realized too late that she should have just kept to the healing of the plants which was her family's station.
During the whole of the day as she went through the motions of her daily routine, Sai watched warily the commings and goings of the house and when the daily sun began to set she began to breathe more easily. It wasnt until after the family finished eating thier evening meal that she relaxed. Perhaps sh had gone unnoticed. She certianly hoped so.
Sai slipped out of her sleeping camber's window and into the alleyway. A quick look up at the yearly sun, hating the fact that it was only the beginning of the year, Sai made her way down the alley and toward the edge of town. She pulled the hood of her cloak closer to her face in hopes that she would not be recognised. The edge of town loomed closer and closer as her feet quickly and softly took her along her way.
Green eyes narrowed, the man followed his assignment. It has surprised everyone to find a new mind within the matrix at the time of the collapse. And this mind had helped direct the healing. None of the chosen had anticipated the collapse of the supporting life-matrix. It had taken all they knew to do to correct it. Most of the lower life forms including thier beautiful plants, had sickened to the point of dying by the morning. The chosen has rallied but didnt know what to do. Then another mind had merged with the matrix. At first it had shyly and cautiously followed the lead of the others but when it saw that the measures were not working, had led in a different way. The song had abruptly changed and the matrix had responded. The other chosen had rallied behind that mind and just like that the healing began. It had taken him quite a time finding that mind. But finally he had tracked the energy to this one green singer. Now he followed. He needed to know how gifted she was. He also needed to know what she knew about the collapse.
End Two.
Atop a hill under and behind a waterfall Sai-Aisle sat. Her head laid against a very tall and broad form. The warmth of the stone she leaned against gave her comfort. And the communication between her and her friend seemed solid and the only thing real. Even the water's crash against the deadstone as loud as it was, was a far off inconsequencial thing. The warmth of the crystal form held her in its cocoon and the flow of knowledge was a comfort to her as well as an escape from what she was. No one knew that she was one of the chosen. No one really even cared. All of the well born stuck to the rigidness of thier society so that only those of that class were ever chosen to serve as ambassadors.
Sai!! Her brother called to her through thier mind link. He too was gifted but refused to aknowledge the bond he had with the Livestone. Sai! Mother is looking for you. She is angry that you have not done your duties today. Come quickly before you are polishing the deadstone along the walkway again! The frustration and worry was very clear in her brother's mind voice.
He was younger then her by two turns of the yearly sun and he considered himself her keeper and protector. No doubt he had made excuses for her again Sai emerged from the embrace of the Livestone and sat up fully. Standing and gaining her full awareness she carressingly laid her hand on the warm stone and felt the love the stone had for her. It was rare for any ambasador to have even this strong a connection. Sai knew this for a fact. She had studied hard in the classes she had taken on these subjects. Not to get good marks but to learn what she needed to know of the gifted. It had been several turns ago when the livestone began to speak to her. It had been frightening at first but she managed to keep the gift hidden. She was chosen she knew. But no one would ever aknowledge that fact. Sai knew that it would take the Crystal Form to inact her into the position she knew she was ment to have.
Sai emerged from her special place to find her brother climbing the hill below her. A frown marred her face and her lavendar eyes narrowed. How did he manage to find her. This place was well hidden and yet any time she came he knew exactly where she was. It did not matter where that it was she chose to communicate with the livestone.
There you are! Ossle said , exasperation clearly in his mind voice. I know what you do and you know that it is forbidden! What if you get caught? He was much taller and stronger then her and used that against her now by grabbing her arm to drag her with him. If you were not my most favorite sister I would tell the elders so that you would stop this nonsense of your dreamings.
I am your only sister Ossle. Sai said laughingly. Let go. I am comming and you are hurting my arm by dragging me.
Ossle let go when they were at the edge of the gates. The both of them walked into the city side by side. Sai's long robes none the worse for wear from her travels in the wildlands and Ossle's attire looked as if they had just been pressed. They had always been this way. Both held an affinity for the wildlands and were never marred by thier journies there. No one noticed thier passage as the streets were full of the bussle of the noonday activities.
Sai watched the others as they went here and there in the crystal streets. Everything hummed in normality but lately the hum had gotten stronger and more strident. But no one seemed to notice. Sai did. That was why she had gone out when she had work to do. She needed to know. As of yet the crystals knew nothing other then the vibrations of the universe where changing. They sensed no danger as of yet. But she did. A frown marred her face again as she considered it. The livestone had shown her all it knew of the reasons of the vibrational changes. It all seemed non-threatening but that did little to ease her worry. Something was happening she knew. But what? That at this juncture was unknown by everyone. Even the ambasadors didnt know. Her small hand brushed the burnished silver of her hair from her face as she stared out into the crouds of passing people as worry lit her eyes.
They arrived home and Sai slipped into the back courtyard to finish her work. The plants grew strong and healthy from her loving care. She began to sing the songs of growth and nourishment as she walked amoungst them. As her song lit the air the water from the ground poured up in little fountians to water the plants. Sai's heart melted to see the plants reach tward her. Thier loving sacrifice for the people's well being always touched her. They did not have to give of themselves but they did. Sai understood more then anyone in her family besides her brother the nature of existance on this world of thiers. Each lifeform lived for the other. Without any one of the forms the rest would die. Even the livestone was important as they soaked the warmth from the suns and directed it into the soil to warm and rejuvinate all. The livestone even cared for the people. Not many realized how important it all was or how interconnected.
Out of the corner of her eye Sai saw her mother watching her from the entrance to thier home. Her mother's sad eyes watched her with knowing. Sai knew that her mother knew. There was never any doubt. She also suspected that her mother had the gift as well.
Sai worked and sang till early in the evening and then returned home with gifts from the plants for thier evening meal. All of which were prepared with love and care. As the family sat down to eat the suns set fully on the city.
End One
Two~
Dawn broke over the valley as Sai woke to the pronounced hum of the crystal form. The vibration of the crystal form was stronger then she had ever felt it. Of course no one would listen to her fears that there was indeed something wrong within the matrix. She lay curled on her side allowing the vibratinon of the planet to calm her. In her short time of the yearly sun, she had never felt the vibration this intense. Finally, she sat up, her long white hair cascading down her back and pooling on her bed. Sai reflexively ran her fingers through her hair then, with quick movements divided it into five sections to complete the complicated braid that was so popular among the girls her age. Her mind sought out the link so familiar to her, searching for some kind of answer to her concerns. It was difficult for her to keep her anonymity this close to the council tower so she only lightly touched the matrix.
A soft rap on the divider caused her head to jerk up. Her lavendar eyes dark from the connection to the matrix.
"Sai" Ossle barged in without even waiting for permission as was customary. He stopped jsut inside her sleeping area. " Come quickly!" He moved forward to take her hand and tug on it.
"Ossle" Sai said as she faked a yawn. "Why do you barge in without even asking if I am dressed?" She looked up at him with a sisterly "Im irritated with you " smile.
"Mother needs you now. There is something wrong with the plants." he tugged once more.
"They were fine yesterday." Sai objected as she followed her brother's quick pace outside the sleeping area and into the family's main living area.
They exited the living quarters and came to stand beside their mother who had her hands outstreached and was singing. Her aging voice had a magical lilt to it but the wilting plants did not seem to hear or respond to it. Their vibrant colors seeming to fade right before thier eyes.
Sai's eyes widened in shock. Her beautiful friends that she sang to just last eve lay sick at her feet. With tears in her eyes she took up her mother's song. The connection the plants had with the matrix was fading and because of that failure, they sickened right before her eyes. Sai changed the lilt of her voice and modified her tune. She knelt on the deastone walk and placed her hands on the soil to make a better connection. When she did this she realized that all of the planet was suffering thus. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she attempted the delicat repairs all the while sensing that others did so as well.
As she entered the matrix, she felt the other chosen joining with her to mend the abnormalities that had occured over night. It seemed such a short time to actually have so much go wrong. Sai wove back the delicate strands that made up the matrix. The connections were so important to maintain and yet they had slipped so much into disrepair.
The song she sung was one of binding. It seemed energies were breaking apart.
As the chosen sang the strident hum of vibration that was there upon her waking settled down into the near normal pattern of the vibration she was getting used to. The plants began to respond and come back to the beautiful beings they once were.
Sai knew she was noticed amoung the chosen. It was no small thing that she had joined into the binding song. There would indeed be reprocussions for her bold action. Now it was a "wait and see" situation. She realized too late that she should have just kept to the healing of the plants which was her family's station.
During the whole of the day as she went through the motions of her daily routine, Sai watched warily the commings and goings of the house and when the daily sun began to set she began to breathe more easily. It wasnt until after the family finished eating thier evening meal that she relaxed. Perhaps sh had gone unnoticed. She certianly hoped so.
Sai slipped out of her sleeping camber's window and into the alleyway. A quick look up at the yearly sun, hating the fact that it was only the beginning of the year, Sai made her way down the alley and toward the edge of town. She pulled the hood of her cloak closer to her face in hopes that she would not be recognised. The edge of town loomed closer and closer as her feet quickly and softly took her along her way.
Green eyes narrowed, the man followed his assignment. It has surprised everyone to find a new mind within the matrix at the time of the collapse. And this mind had helped direct the healing. None of the chosen had anticipated the collapse of the supporting life-matrix. It had taken all they knew to do to correct it. Most of the lower life forms including thier beautiful plants, had sickened to the point of dying by the morning. The chosen has rallied but didnt know what to do. Then another mind had merged with the matrix. At first it had shyly and cautiously followed the lead of the others but when it saw that the measures were not working, had led in a different way. The song had abruptly changed and the matrix had responded. The other chosen had rallied behind that mind and just like that the healing began. It had taken him quite a time finding that mind. But finally he had tracked the energy to this one green singer. Now he followed. He needed to know how gifted she was. He also needed to know what she knew about the collapse.
End Two.