Subj:	 [ffml] [HD] Another summoner.. 
Date:	01-01-03 23:11:55 EST
From:	aramarth@home.com (Drew Woolley)
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Okie pyx, Im writing this one :D

Just to recap, remember that my last post happened a few days ago, just
so you can keep things straight. Shouldnt be much of a problem cuz
nothing that involved anyone else happened ^^;;

Anyways, here goes ^_^

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Rydia woke slowly with her mothers voice in her ears.. Something that
had not happened for so long that she had thought she had forgotten what
her mothers voice sounded like.

She found herself under several layers of blankets and among piles of
pillows. 

*So Im back in my room.. I wonder who picked me up?* she thought, and
with a quick motion pulled her necklace out of her shirt to look at it.
Seeing immediatly the white stone in the center of it, she sighed
happily. *It wasnt a dream after all!*

Hoping out of bed, Ryds wandered over to her closet and started going
through it, trying to find an outfit that would show off her new stone
in its best light. Finally settling on a pair of black pants, with a
dark forest green tunic, followed by her everpresent green cloak, she
quickly dressed and tried to remember the dream she woke from.

She quickly remembered not the dream itself, but the feeling of power
that had permiated her sleep. Something powerfull was in the Harem
building.

She ran from her room, looking from side to side to see if she could
discover what it was that was setting off her internal alarms.

From room to room she wandered, finding other members of the harem
completely unawares to the feeling, some of them even making slight
jokes about her imagining things, but she went on  nontheless sure that
her feeling was correct.

Finally getting to the main meeting room, the one they used for
important meetings, she slipped into one of the side doors only to see
the last few moments of the meeting between Arcanis and her Lady Pyxie.

Concentrating on Arcanis, she knew that his was the presence she had
felt. Slightly different then any of the summoned monsters she had ever
come across, she knew him to be somewhat related to them, in the same
way that Men are related to the great apes.

After several minutes the usual meeting party was under full swing, with
various entertainments being offered by the Harem membership.

Blushing at some of them, she made her way through the crowd to get a
closer look at the newcomer. He and Pyxie were still talking, albeit in
a more relaxed format.

The young summoner sneaked up behind Pyx and peeked her head out from
behind her, almost instantly she saw Arcanis' eyes buy open slightly,
then a slightly defensive scowl cross his face.

Pyxie turned slightly to see what the cause of the look was, only to
find the child Rydia standing behind her.

'Uhm..' she began, 'whats that look for? This is one of my Harem
members.. Rydia'

Rydia decided that that meant she had to be sociable, so stepped out
from behind her and bowed slightly.

'Maybe this is what made you call me a Summoner earlier,' Pyx stated,
quickly getting back to her usual confident self, 'Rydia is the last
Summoner of the Tribe of Mist, her mother and village was destroyed
quite soem time ago, and Ive kidna adopted her as my own.' Pyx gave a
quick grin, and pushed Ryds from beside her towards Arcanis.

'Perhaps...' He stated quietly, 'Summoners are rare.. Specially
nowadays. Forgive me for my reaction those who can control even my kin
and I are something to be watched, and sometimes guarded against..'

He noticed the stone on her necklace and his eyes widened perceptably.

'Where did you find that Magicite?' he asked, trying not to give away
his feelings on the subject.

'Magicite? Whats that?' Rydia countered, 'I guess you could call this a
gift from my mother.' She giggled slightly. 'It acts like a focus, so I
can call my moth.. _late_ mothers' she corrected himself,' mist dragon.'

With that Rydia was starting to feel uncomfortable, and deciding that
the game of 20 questions was over, and more importantly that the harem
was safe, backed away, bowed slightly to Lady Pyxie, and headed back
towards her room. 'Im sorry,' she said to the pair as she was turning,'
I think Im still tired from the other day.'

The green-haired Summoner <there seems to be a lot of them recently>
Looked back over her shoulder before she exited the room towards the
esper and muttered to herself, 'Its strange.. the aura you give off is
almost like King Leviathan and Queen Ashura..' Shaking her head, she
finished the walk to her room, falling asleep the moment her head hit
the pillow.

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