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It's been said that when the Dark comes rising that six will turn it back. Notably, there aren't six around at the moment and so Mesaana is sitting at a table sipping a cup of very strong tea calmly. She does not look particularly like a Dark Lord since she's currently wearing a blue robe over her white nightdress. Her hair is a mess and she looks a touch grumpy.
Go on, tempt Fate. If you are really good at tempting, Fate just might screw you.
Go on, tempt Fate. If you are really good at tempting, Fate just might screw you.
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Nevertheless, it is a Daria, heading back from the bar with a plate of pizza and a milkshake. Right past the Forsaken's table.
"Is it sleepover night?" she asks casually. "Because I'll go back and pack a bag if it is."
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"Yes, please go and do so. We have been waiting for you."
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"Oh, that's what all the tension was about? My mistake. I thought perhaps Hanson was threatening to reunite."
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"No one would take such a thing seriously. Not and maintain a belief in a benevolent Creator."
Not that she had much faith in the Creator.
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It may not be apparent, but she's actually enjoying herself. This woman reminds her a lot of her Aunt Amy, which can't be a bad thing.
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"Not something I am familiar with, but there are always people out there whose purpose in existence is to shatter the beliefs of others."
A pause, and very little bitterness evident in her voice.
"The education system is full of them."
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"It's good to know Lawndale High didn't corner the market on them. Although Raft's not shaping up to be much better, frankly."
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"What a surprise."
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Then, Daria's brow furrows.
"Aren't you supposed to be telling me how important it is to finish school to help prepare me for life in the real world?"
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"I am a teacher myself. I understand the value of education, but I also am aware of the ability of the education system to suck the marrow out of students."
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"You're a teacher deploring the education system? What do you teach?"
And where? she barely stops herself from adding.
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"I can teach almost anything, it seems. I taught introductory statistics to a boy here for a time. I also teach what you might term 'sorcery' to someone else, and algebra to her daughter once.."
A pause as her tone waxed pedantic.
"My actual specialty is in experimental techniques in extra-dimensional spaces."
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She has just come downstairs, looking every inch a girl of fifteen, dressed nicely. For a girl of fifteen, that is.
There's a little apprehension when she sees Lady Selae. And then she immediately feels guilty. This is her mother's teacher. Mom trusts her.
Angela should, too.
So, it is with a tiny bit of shyness that she comes over to Lady Selae's table.
"Good evening, Lady Selae," she says politely, holding herself very straight and tall.
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"Greetings, Lady Angela."
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There's an air of fragileness about Angela. She's made herself vulnerable, told secrets, and it's as if her soul is raw and at the surface, though for all of that, she is cheerful.
But still, she is careful, and fearful, at her core.
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"I am well enough. How are you, Lady Angela?"
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She sits down across from her, uncertainly. Her movements are cautious and small, played close to her body.
She should trust Lady Selae, who has helped her mother so very much.
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"It can be relieving, I know."
A pause.
"Would you like to say anything about it? Part of my role as a teacher is listening."
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"I told my mother something about my future. I am not sure it was the right thing to do."
Angela is a little afraid of Lady Selae. She knows she shouldn't be.
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"Do not worry, Lady Angela. The Mirrors of the Wheel make provisions for such things. You have not inexorably dissolved time itself or the like. It is not possible to do so in that way."
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Despite her comforting words, Angela's stomach is tight with nervousness.
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"The Mirrors of the Wheel are the worlds of if, the shades of what might have been, reflections of reality."
Pausing for a moment, she realized that it might not be satisfactory.
"They are the worlds where history took a different turn, where something was changed."
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She leans forward a little, anxiously.
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Angela adores her parents. She feels that losing them--even a version of them--would be pain beyond what she could stand.
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Angela adores her parents. She feels that losing them--even a version of them--would be pain beyond what she could stand.