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livingmyths ([personal profile] livingmyths) wrote2008-12-30 09:04 pm
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052: Accidental Video Post

[Rain is singing very quietly as she straightens things in her house and then goes about the process of making tea, obviously making an effort not to make much noise - not that she usually does anyway.

As the tea brews she goes to the open front of the house to wave to the crows and squirrels. "Hello, ones!" she says softly.

She hesitates for a moment, clearly considering something, then goes back for her tea and a blanket, which she spreads out in the large patch of sunlight at the front of the house. She retrieves her book off the counter then settles herself on the blanket to bask in the sun like a particularly contented cat.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Having heard Rain moving around, Mat gets up out of bed. He's still limping but he's starting to get used to that. Quickly, he does some Network checking before heading outside where he heard Rain go.

There he finds her and smiles. Limping over, he settles down next to her.]

What are you reading?

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles over at him happily and offers him the book.]

It's the one Silk gave me for Christmas. He says it's the biggest book of myths and fairytales he could find!

[Rain looks at him seriously.]

How are you feeling? I didn't want to wake you. I tried to be quiet.

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Looking at the book, he decides honesty might be the best approach here.]

I'm still hurting a little. But, the medicine Anita gave me is helping.

[Mat hands the book back to her.]

I'd been sleeping long enough anyways.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Honesty's always best with Rain. Especially since she'd know if he wasn't telling the truth.

She nodded solemnly.]

If you need help putting it on, I can do that.

Can I make you tea or something? The water's still hot, I'd bet.

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Tea would be nice.

[Shifting a bit to make his leg more comfortable, he smiles at her.]

Thank you.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Rain set the book down and touched his shoulder gently, then hesitated before leaning in to kiss his cheek.]

Do you like anything in your tea? Sugar or milk or honey?

[She was walking towards the kitchen to pull down another cup and pour him tea.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Honey. That's what they put in tea back home.

[Turning a little, he watches her go to the kitchen.]

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Rain got honey from one of the cupboards and added a generous dollop. She smiled at him over her shoulder.]

You don't drink coffee either?

[ooc: VERY rough sketch of what Rain's home (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Maisfeeka/RainsHomedrawing.jpg) looks like.
Edited 2008-12-31 04:15 (UTC)

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I've never had it before actually. I don't think we have it in my world.

[Mat shrugs as he takes a deep breath of the outside air. This is much better than being stuck inside all the time.]

[ooc: Very nice!]

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rain brought the tea back over to him and settled down again in the sunlight, stretching contentedly.]

The very best thing about my home is that it's almost just like being outside. And you can be right outside if you want!

[She turned and smiled at him.]

Are you comfortable here? I want you to be.

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Using the tea to warm his hands first, he smiles at her.]

I'm comfortable. This is a nice place and I like getting some sun.

[He shifts again to make his leg more comfortable before sipping at the tea.]

This is good.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She sipped at her own tea or a moment, content just to be there in the sun with him, then her eyes went wide and she set her cup down abruptly.]

Oh! I forgot!

[She got up and hurried back into the bedroom area.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Surprised, he follows her with his eyes trying to figure out what she forgot. And comes up with nothing.]

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rain returned quickly with a carefully wrapped package which she set gently in front of him.]

Your Christmas present! [She beamed at him.] I keep forgetting to give it to you!

[When unwrapped he'd find a beautiful hand-carved wooden secret box. Inside that are 'Rain gifts' - a beautiful feather, a dried flower, a small colorful stone, a shell, small pieces of paper with carefully copied quotes from her favorite passages, etc.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh. The Christmas present. Carefully, he opens it to find the box. Smiling, he opens it and starts looking at all of the little treasures inside.]

Well Light. I like it already.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[She was watching him intently, smiling, but looking a bit uncertain.]

I wasn't sure what to get for you. But I thought even if you didn't like the silly things you could still use the box for something important.

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laughing, he leans over and kisses her.]

I like the silly things too.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I'm so glad! I didn't know what to get and then I found the box, but it didn't seem right to leave it empty so I prayed and asked the ancestors and all I could hear was to listen to my heart and I thought, well... those are the special things I would keep - if I had room in my backpack - so maybe... you'd like them too.

[She smiled at him shyly, but there was a look of relief. He'd gotten her such a special thing, that she'd been even more nervous about this.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
And I like them all very much. Do any of them have stories behind them? If they do, I'd like to hear them.

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiled at him. He'd said exactly the right thing. Which he seemed to do a lot.]

Everything has a story! [Her voice was light and teasing.]

[She touched each item gently, telling where the feather had been found and what bird it was from and what it meant, showing him the small fossil in one of the stones and the story she'd imagined about it, explaining about how the pebble fit so well into the palm of the hand and was so smooth and oddly shaped that it made her feel calm and better just holding it. There was indeed a story for every one if he cared to ask.]

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
See? I would have never known any of that.

[Grinning like a fool, he looked at each thing she showed him. Each story was listened to and finally he pulled out one of the quotes.]

Where did you find this one?

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her eyes shone at his smile and interest and she bent over the quote he showed her.

I wonder, I wonder, why lightning bugs don't thunder, she read.]

I found that in a book about poems. Someone wrote one about a lightning bug and someone else said that and I thought, 'how funny'. And then I wondered if there shouldn't be thunder bugs, too, and I liked it so much I wanted to remember it so I put it in my journal.
Edited 2008-12-31 18:41 (UTC)

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder, I wonder, why lightning bugs don't thunder. Now I'm going to starts wondering that too.

[He laughed.]

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[identity profile] livingmyths.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rain smiled up at him, laughing a bit herself. She was so glad to hear him laugh. Despite his reassurances, she worried about his injuries.]

See! Maybe in the spring we'll have to go on a thunderbug hunt!

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[identity profile] bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[This time he laughed harder.]

With my luck we may find some.

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