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Who: Noric Pellaeon and Xavier Elder
Where: the Sacred City
When: Year 199 - 20?
What: The End

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Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[well, following and shutting the door quietly behind him]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[rakes a hand through his hair, casting a glance around at everything, before turning back to him.]

Pack up your essentials - we have to go.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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Going? Going where?

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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To the Sacred Mountain, in Pyxis.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[swallows]

What's going on?

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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The Gods are working to soothe the Old Woman's wrath, but you know the heat is still increasing.

[limps over into the kitchen, starts opening drawers and rummaging through things.]

A shelter is being built. To give us sanctuary.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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I... I'll go get my things.

[jerky nod, as he heads to his room, his fear creeping out]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[it doesn't help that Noric's already afraid, a fear he's keeping locked down under his faith in his Goddess, that they will survive. but he knows what it means that they have to do this at all.]

Remember... it might be a long time before we can come back. You can't bring everything here, but anything important to you...

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[like what? Xavier almost laughs. Instead he just stuffs his clothes into his travel bag and opens the door]

We can go now.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[stares at him for a long moment, eyes flicking to the books all around them. then turns back to the kitchen, dumping whatever preserved goods Xavier had into a bag, before gingerly going into his own room.]

Yes, soon.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[looks at his books, trying to breath normally]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[sounds of clothes being upended into a bag.]

Take some. You've done it before.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[smiles weakly]

It's a terrible decision and you know it.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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I know.

[it's all he can really say. comes out again, slotting his old Orion knife into his belt alongside his Ophiuchus one. from his own books, he takes only one.]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[eyebrow]

You're taking a book?

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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...

I like this one.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[okay, now I can't help laughing]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[mildly embarrassed]

It's your fault and you know it.

[opening the storecupboard, skimming the contents.]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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Yes... [and he's pleased] I'm aware.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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I can take some for you as well.

[pulls out a hammer]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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I've read all of them anyway.

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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Take one or you'll be miserable.

[hammer in bag, spare blanket in bag...]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[he hesitates before grabbing the Cetan Traveller's Tales]

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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[shuts the cupboard, straightening.]

Ready?

Re: [Year 199, late summer, Lepus]

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Yes.