Subj:	 [ffml] [HD] Perhaps to Dream
Date:	01-01-04 10:41:49 EST
From:	larathia@mcs.net (Larathia)
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Lia awoke to a terrific pain in her midriff, and a thudding in her brain.

Avariel didn't sleep, and she'd never fainted before, so the sudden lapse
in time - the disorientation as to what time it actually *was* , was very
disconcerting. It therefore took her a few blinking moments to realize that
the pain in her midriff was caused by there being someone's shoulder in it,
and her head hurt because she was hanging down someone's back.

This gave her a bouncing view of the Someone's ass. She would have
appreciated it more if it weren't moving; as it was, the bouncing and
swaying was making her a little nauseated.

There was a snow-lion, she remembered that. And a hulking huge giant of a
human, at least a foot taller than she...she remembered a sword, and some
muttered words in an unknown tongue.  And now she was hanging upside down,
draped over a presumably human shoulder (since elves were shorter, and
avariel wings would get in the way).

She wondered how long she had been out. She felt quite rested, so at least
a few hours had gone by. She tried to look at shadows on the ground without
moving her head, giving away that she was awake.

No shadows? But there was ambient light...travelling through shade then.
That meant she'd been Elsewhere all night. This Someone carrying her had
done so all night. Would that mean she was outside the patrol areas
already? The Someone was huge, and quite possibly fast...she could be
anywhere. Finding Elfland at this point would most likely be pointless -
she'd have to find out what she could on her own.

But first, she'd have to get off this Someone's back. He hadn't robbed her,
it seemed, and she wasn't bruised beyond what one would expect being
carried, and rather to her surprise she wasn't tied down either. But that
could be because she'd been out cold all night, and therefore there was no
need to bind her or bruise her. She'd heard Stories of the human race since
childhood, though, and had no desire to test this one's mercy. The tale of
the Betrayal was still a very popular one at home - the story of how the
avariel had come to this world to aid the humans, and had been betrayed by
the human leaders to a near-total fiery death at the hands of the moogles.

If she tried to cast a spell, odds were good the human would notice her
movement before she finished the casting. And he had a big sword - her
little daggers would do no good if she missed with the first strike, which
given she'd have to get one and stab with it while hanging upside down, and
do it all before he had time to react, was very likely.

That left the wand she'd taken for emergencies. She could get to that as
quickly as to a dagger, and it had the advantage that it didn't need the
same degree of aim to work. She focused her memory - which was mage-trained
to near photographic levels - and looked in her minds eye at the elvish
runes she'd seen on its side when she'd taken it.

Yes. She knew she remembered the word accurately. She could invoke the
wand, if she could but grab it fast enough.

Time to strike.

Using every ounce of her speed, Lia jammed her hand into her belt-pouch and
got hold of the wand. The movement alerted her carrier, who turned his head
and said something - but there was no time to enact her languages spell to
find out what. She drew the wand, poked it at the human's back, and spoke
the word that activated it.

"Gotcha!"

Pokey's forward movement was abruptly halted, and he pitched forward onto
his face. Every scrap of clothing he had on was gone, and he was snugly
wrapped from head to toe in a clear plastic wrap. Lia was thrown from his
shoulder in his fall, but being used to airborne movement managed to
perform a neat flip to end up standing on the ground facing him a few feet
away - a look of wide-eyed shock on her face.

There was no spell in the spellbooks to duplicate the effect the wand had
had. Even the Stop spell - which was the closest equivalent she knew of -
didn't stop you by wrapping you in plastic. She had taken something far too
powerful to have ever left NeuVariel - either an ancient wand from before
the Coming, or....no. She didn't want to think about it.

The human had rolled over and spat dirt, growling something. Lia, still in
shock, decided very quickly she did not want to fight a naked, huge,
pissed-off human and did the only thing that came to mind - she spread her
wings and jumped as hard as she could for the sky. She had no idea at this
point where home was, but mountains were big features of the landscape and
she'd be bound to find them if she kept looking....

Except that all around, as far as she could see, were forests. No
mountains, no foothills, no plains...trees. Where in the Lady's name was
she?


Subj:	 [ffml] [HD] The Book and its Cover
Date:	01-01-05 10:20:47 EST

There was no help for it, Lia was well and truly lost. The Phoenix Star
mountains - heck, even the Elflands and the trading city of Tzen - were
nowhere to be seen no matter how high she flew. How the big human had got
her here was anybody's guess, unless humans had access to magic too...

That was a disturbing thought. Human mages, possibly hurling fireballs
about? Brrr. Lia looked down, where it seemed the human was still tightly
wrapped in clear plastic wrap. She was somewhat surprised; she hadn't
thought he'd still be bound. It gave her a much-needed third option - go
and find out from the human where she was and what he'd thought he was
doing with her. And if he caused her any trouble, why she could always zap
him again. Nodding to herself, she spiraled back down beneath the treetops.

The human was squirming madly, muttering to himself. It didn't sound
pleasant, so she waited until he paused before enacting her languages spell
- then interrupted him.

"Excuse me, human - but I can get you out of there," she tried.

Pokey, who was uncomfortable on many levels with being nude and tightly
bound in clear plastic in front of a strange female, was having a hard time
keeping his normal good cheer up. He settled for an "Is that so?", before
going back to his squirming.

Lia smiled, looking like an innocent child. "Well, before you get too
annoyed, remember that you *did* kidnap me. I think just being tied up is
getting off pretty lightly, don't you?"

Pokey stared, so surprised he stopped rock still. "Kidnap you? I *saved*
you, whatever you are, from that snow lion! You fainted, and you didn't
come round, so I thought I'd take you somewhere safe.  Do you have any idea
how long you've been out?"

Lia felt somewhat uncertain, feeling that control of the conversation was
starting to slip from her. "No, I don't - but that doesn't matter. Where
were you taking me?"

"Well, I was sent out to find a new member for my lady Pyxie's harem.
You're very pretty, and I've never seen anyone like you...I thought she
might want to meet you. She wouldn't hurt you, I'm sure!" he finished, as
Lia started to look upset. He tried again. "Maybe we should start fresh?
I'm called Pokey."

Judge the situation on its own merits, her teachers had taught her. Abolish
emotional concerns, and evaluate a situation on its own merits. This human,
this Pokey...his words, what she remembered of his actions, and her own
intuition said he was telling the truth; he wasn't trying to hurt her - was
trying in fact to protect her. Well and good, but this Pyxie...could he
really speak for his mistress? Probably not, but best to keep an open mind.
In the meantime, having a big burly human on her side might save her some
trouble....

"Lia of House Macaw," she responded. "I suppose I'd better get you out of
there."

Pokey watched carefully, for many reasons, as Lia drew one of her
green-glass daggers and proceeded to cut away at the plastic wrap that
bound his feet. She'd gotten as far as the knees when she suddenly looked
up and hissed.

"Um, watch it," was his first response, eyeing the sharp dagger nervously.

"Shh!" Lia hissed. "Can't you hear them? Moogles!"

Moogles? thought Pokey. Moogles weren't any danger. Why did she react so to
them?

"I'll get *you*," whispered Lia. "See if you catch *me* for any of your
kupo games!" She stood up and back, away from Pokey.

At this point Pokey could see what was upsetting Lia. A group of five or so
moogles in expeditionary gear were heading through the forest nearby,
chatting amongst themselves. He couldn't make out any of the words, but
they didn't sound angry...

Lia was chanting quietly, and moving her fingers in a complicated pattern.
At once, a horde of flying icicles appeared and were launched at the
moogles - two were speared instantly. The other three dropped to the ground
at once, trying to determine the source of the attack. When they did, they
started moving purposefully toward Lia, using the trees as cover wherever
they could. She patted Pokey's plastic-wrapped knee.

"I think I can handle this. You just sit tight," she said, comfortingly.
She stood up, away from Pokey so the moogles would focus on her - and drew
her wand again. Pointing it at the moogles, she said, "Gotcha!"

The wand glowed, and that was it. No special effects, no wrapped moogles.
But while she stared at the wand in numb disappointment, one of the moogles
tried to whack her with his walking staff - and rebounded so hard he flew
into a tree. The wand had made her into rubber! Grinning gleefully, she
summoned more icicles and ignored any attempts they made to strike her -
and soon the other three moogles were neatly speared to the trees, pinned
by icicles.

She took a deep breath, and turned to Pokey. "No telling how long the
effect will last," she said, "so don't go giving me hugs or anything. I'll
be right with you, but I have to take care of something first."

Pokey watched in growing shock as Lia went around to each of the dead
moogles and carefully sliced its penis off. She wrapped them in cloth taken
from one of the corpses, and put them in her (empty?) belt pouch. Wiping
the blood off her hands and daggers, she said cheerfully, "That's one
patrol that won't be kupo-ing anybody anymore!" and walked back toward him.
If he had had the option, he would have crawled into a tree - until she
used the dagger to continue cutting him free. He didn't take a deep breath
until it was put away.

"I'm sorry I don't have any clothes for you," she said sadly. "And I don't
know how to skin these moogles to make hides that are wearable. I know the
little beasts are short, but perhaps we can use some of their clothes to
make a loincloth for you, at least."

Amazing, he thought. She has absolutely no idea what she did; for all her
manner she could have just been complimenting the postman on a nice
uniform. And while taking clothing from the dead was most unappetizing, it
was better than being around this female and her daggers stark naked. He
started pulling off their shirts, looking in their packs for spare gear
(most of it for wet weather, since moogle hide handled cold and heat pretty
well), while keeping one eye and one ear on Lia.

He wasn't sure what she meant when she looked at the wand and said in a
troubled tone, "I hope you are as trustworthy as you seem, because I think
we have trouble."

Larathia


Subj:	 [ffml] [HD] Search Party
Date:	01-01-05 12:22:15 EST
From:	jaypyx@yahoo.com (pyxie )
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Crazy!

That's the only word he could describe it.

Pokey kept silently grumbling to himself as he continued hiking back 
to the harem, the beautiful Lia following him. First the snow lion 
incident...then being embarrassingly hog-tied NAKED with plastic 
wrap. Naked for goodness sakes! If it was under the hands of his 
mistress, it would have been kinky. But with this blood-lusting lady 
it's torture! 

Remembering the sight of Lia slicing of the moogle penises made Pokey 
shudder in pain.

"Hey, what's that?!" Lia's sudden exclamation after hours of silence 
caused Pokey to jump. He tasked himself for being such a wuss, Lia's 
just a girl after all! Covering his eyes with a hand, Pokey looked up 
to where Lia pointed. He saw a splotch of shimmery purple amidst the 
sky.

"Hmmm, that looks familiar somehow," he said. Squinting his eyes some 
more, he noticed a brown spot clinging to the top of the 
figure. "Hey! It's Bix and BahamutX!!"

Shouting and hopping around, Pokey frantically waved his muscled arms 
trying to get their attention. 

Up in the air, Bix held tight onto the dragon's neck as they zoomed 
across the forest. 

"BAHA," he yelled, trying to be heard over the wind. "Look down 
there! Someone's waving at us!!! It looks like they're doing the 
chicken dance or something!"

Unlike a human, BahamutX was able to see further away and noticed who 
it was.

[Thy thought is wrong. Tis a man doing the Hokey Pokey! HA HA HA]

As Baha's body started shaking with uncontrolled laughter, poor Bix 
was thrown off his back and plummeted to the ground. Lia watched in 
confusion as the brown spot fell of the purple figure. The dragon 
seemed to not notice this, continuing to roll in the air holding it's 
stomach. Lia flexed her wings wide, spreading them to it's full 18 
inches. With an irritated grunt, she soared into the sky right 
towards the screaming Bix. 

"Hold still," she commanded, gliding right behind Bix's back and 
hooking her arms under his armpits. At the feel of her fully endowed 
breasts pressed against his back, Bix quickly shut up and turned as 
stiff as stone. Not noticing his reaction, Lia worried about their 
landing. She knew he was too heavy for her to actually carry. A hand 
groping her chest caused her to scream in shock.

"Why you disgusting PERVERT!!!" She quickly snatched her arms away 
and whacked poor Bix on the head with her wings. Knocked unconscious, 
his body continued falling to the ground while Lia jus watched with a 
scowl. Something huge zipped by her, causing Lia to quickly flap her 
wings to gain control.

"Here I cooome to save the daaay! BahaaaamutX is on his waaaaay!!"

With his snout wide open exposing his pointy teeth, Baha dipped into 
a practice swoop, catching Bix in his sharp talons without causing a 
scratch. Careful as a babe, he eased him onto the ground. Pokey 
rushed over and inspected the silent body. Lia gracefully landed just 
a few feet away.

"Mfffrg, what happened?"

"Is this THING a friend of yours Pokey?"

"Glad to see thou is well, man whore!"

Pokey took a deep calming breath, wishing he was back at the peaceful 
harem. Peaceful? What is he thinking! The harem is NEVER peaceful. 
*sigh*

"I'm ok, just got a bit sidetracked," he patiently explained. "This 
is Lia of House Macaw. Lia, these two are other members of 
AGSOSA...BahamutX and Bix."

With a stiff nod at the oggling human, Lia confused her attention to 
the dragon. She'd only seen a few dragons in her life, and those only 
from a distance. Lia was delighted to meet such a prestigious flying 
creature and give him a friendly smile.

[Pokey, we must hurry back to the harem. Thy mistress demands your 
return.]

Bix nodded in agreement, moaning when the pounding in his head 
increased. Lia looked from the dragon and back to the two men. They 
seemed to be discussing something that she couldn't hear. She noticed 
Baha turn his glassy eyes onto her.

[Will the maiden be joining us? Mind you, if Pyxie finds out you were 
traveling naked with the woman, she'll probably order me to toast 
they delectable body.]

Baha chuckled at his own joke. Bix just rolled his eyes at the 
dragon, glad they were on the ground this time. Quickly gathering his 
wits together, he explained to Pokey and Lia how the mistress had 
send them to search for the missing man whore. He also explained how 
the harem was preparing to go on an adventure with a strange man 
called Arcanis.

"Egads!" Pokey raised his hands in defeat. "Not even a peaceful break 
for me. Well, whatever our mistress wishes is our command. Let's get 
back. At least I can rest on the way there."

With a resigned sigh, Pokey climbed onto BahamutX's back. After 
securing his cane, he promptly fell into a deep sleep.

"Wow, I'm always amazed at how good he is at that." Bix observed at 
Pokey's ability to sleep so quick. Turning to Lia, he bowed his head 
and offered his apology. 

"Humph, just don't do it again or next time, you won't have hands to 
do anything with!" Looking back at Baha, she asked, "How long is it 
to this harem?"

[A half day flight at dragon speed. I would suggest that thou take my 
hospitality and ride me.]

BahamutX smiled innocently down at the young lady. Feeling her mouth 
gape open with awe, Lia hastily snapped them back shut. She had heard 
the dragon speak, but without his lips moving!

"H-how did y-you do that?!?!"

[What? Oh this?]

At Lia's eager nod, BahamutX explained his ability to speak into 
people's minds. He found it a wonderful way to not frighten people 
with his teeth and his bad breath. Lia chuckled at that thought and 
decided to accept the offer. She wanted to save her strength for when 
she met up with this Pyxie of theirs. 

And so with the three securely settled upon his back, BahamutX once 
again made haste back to the harem.


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