Date sent: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:18:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Philip J. Moyer" To: John Biles , "Amy \"General Chaos\" Borden" , Chris Angelini , Alan Harnums Subject: [Amber/TAMD] Corrine, Juri of Avalon -- Concerned thoughts at the Keep Corrine OOCly says, "Anyway.. I see this taking place a week or two, Keeptime, before Our Heroes return for the Final Battle (with Shizu having gone and come back with his patternblade books), in mid-evening, opening at Juri's lil's suite there, likely -without- Roderick around. *wg*" Juri of Avalon says, "OOC: If Roderick is around, he gets kicked out for girl talk. :)" Corrine OOCly says, "(well, I mean, week or two Keeptime -after- Corrine's brain got back together.)" Space Cowboy Biles says, "OOC Oh, so he can't get in on the nookie? :)" Corrine OOCly : snrks, and then slaps John around. =============================== =============================== Late night at the Keep of the Five Worlds. And in one partuclar suite, a certain expartiate Avalonian is doing what she would normally do at around this time of night. Gabrielle asks, "OOC: Intense Shiori Masturbation Fantasies?" Juri of Avalon says, "OOC: Hush, Peanut Gallery." Juri of Avalon is currently playing with her miniatures, actually, in a fairly extensive mock-up of the tactical situation of the final battle that Roderick Conjured for her. Trying out different scenarios and possibilities. There comes a rapping, a soft soft tapping, upon Juri's chamber door. Juri of Avalon says, "Come in." Corrine pokes her head in, and smiles slightly. "Hey, Juri..." She says quietly, and slips in, closing the door behind her. She's looking at least healthier than the last time she's really been seen, and her hair's longer than before, but still uncharacteristically short for her usual hairdo. However, the dressing gown she wears over her nightgown, and the Red Knight plushie she holds under her arm, rather kills any parallels to Darako that might even close to come up. ".. working on stuff for the final countdown?" Juri of Avalon nods and moves some tiny little figures around the tiny little stairway to Tir Na Nog. "It's nice having a magician for a boyfriend. You get lots of toys like this." Corrine giggles a bit, and moves over to look closer at the setup. "Yeah, I noticed the two of you had started hanging around each other closer than before... neat." She sits down, still holding her plushie close, looking at the figurines thoughtfully, a somewhat mixed expression on her face. Juri of Avalon chuckles. "I suppose you don't remember how he confessed his love for me in front of everyone, do you?" Corrine blinks at Juri. "Um... no." She sighs. "Wish I did, it must have been something..." She quirks a slight smile, which then falls. She squeezes her plushie of the Red Knight close, looking small. "Go ahead and have a seat," Juri says with a comforting smile, indicating one of the chairs near the desk. "Something you want to talk about?" Corrine nods, moving over closer to Juri. "Yeah... it's just..." She places fingertips to forehead in a familiar gesture. "It's just so damn -odd-, Juri! If it were not for you and Shizumaru and Gabrielle and Gideon and the rest telling me what's gone on in the past several months... returning to Amber from Ember, and then marching on the Keep after removing the jamming... I may as well have not -lived- them at all! Because I -don't- remember them!" She looks up at Juri, eyes wide. Juri of Avalon shrugs and smiles, then reaches out to take Corrine's hand. "I suppose it depends on whether you think we have any true existence outside of our memories. We can tell you all we want about the deeds you did during the missing time, but does it have any meaning for you if you don't remember?" She suddenly sticks out her tongue, looking like a little girl made to taste something sour for a moment. "This is why I hate metaphysics, you see, and generally just stick to hitting soft things with sharp things." Corrine grips Juri's hand, gently but firmly, nodding. "I look at those notes and papers in my room, done in my handwriting... and I can see how I could have thought these things through and planned to do them, given the circumstances... but to have actually -done- them and -not- remember them... it's very unsettling." She blinks at Juri's funny face, and giggles despite herself. "... that works, I suppose. Good unicorn and pyricorn. I'd always thought myself more on the practical end of things, and left the philosophy to sis, but after -this-..." She sighs, but manages a smile. "I live, I exist, and I'm not going to start going all gothy on folks.. but I think this is going to take a long time for me to get fully comfortable with. If I ever do." Corrine says, "And I'm still wondering why I've got this sheet music for duets and guitar adaptations from Mikage; I mean, I hardly even -know- the man." Corrine says, "Good adaptations, though, I'll admit." Juri of Avalon pats Corrine's hands. "Live, exist. Good advice. There is such a thing as thinking too much. I used to flatter myself by thinking I was a complex person; then it turned out I was just a fairly simple person with too much angst." She smiles. "We all got to know each other much better in the time at Keep, and on the way to it. I still don't like his attitude very much, but he proved himself during the battle." Corrine hehs a bit, and nods. "Well, that's good." She smiles a bit. "And, I guess so. I try not to over-think things -too- much, but on the flip side, there's such a thing as thinking too -little-..." She mmms, looking down at the ash-brown 'hair' of her Red Knight plushie in her arms. Juri of Avalon nods at that. "That, too. Striking a balance is hard. And sometimes it hurts too much to really think about the things you should. So you convince yourself you feel differently than you really do. But it always comes back to bite you, in the end." Corrine nods, quietly, and murmurs quietly. "Yeah. It certainly does." Juri of Avalon looks melancholy for a moment, then asks, "How much do you remember of when we went inside your head to reconstruct your memory as best we could?" Corrine says, "That... I remember, oddly enough. It was... well..." she looks up at the ceiling, brow furrowed. "... like, say, watching a performance you've been in that's been recorded? If you've ever done theatre? A kind of.. double vision. A bipartate awarness..." She shakes her head. "I mean, when I went to rescue Sparkles, I wasn't found until the next day by the chefs." Corrine says, "But ... I can also remember you and Tess rescuing me." Juri of Avalon nods. "I've got something similar from my days at Ohtori. Two sets of memories, each equally vivid, each equally true." Corrine blinks at that. "Oh?" Juri of Avalon nods. "There was... a lot of memory manipulation going on. One set of memories in which I Dueled for the Power to Revolutionize the World, and another in which I had a normal enough existence. And in the first set, there are two sets--one with Mikage and Nemuro Hall, one without. It's very complex." She scratches her head. "I try not to think about it too much, as it makes my head hurt." Corrine nods, and moves over to hug Juri with one arm, the other arm around her Red Knight plushie. "Ugh. Sounds like it. Trying to resolve things...." Juri of Avalon hugs Corrine back. "It was a long time ago. I've got more important things to angst about. So..." She shrugs. "It's like I said to Rod. Most of the time, I go on, not thinking about it... but sometimes I do, and it goes right through me like being stabbed. Dar, I mean. And everything that happened with Brand." Corrine nods. "Yeah." She sighs. "Or the Cimbri and the Alans, and what happened to sis..." She looks up at Juri, and quirks a wry, almost sarcastic smile. "It's amazing that I've turned out as centered as I have, given all... that." She then sighs again. Juri of Avalon says, "When you're immortal, you learn how to deal with these kinds of pain early. Or you go mad." Corrine mmms, quietly. "Only immortal as long as you can dodge the bullet, though. Or crossbow bolt, or what have you." She hehs a bit. "At least we -did- have times of peace between everything. It -wasn't- wall to wall warfare. And there was a big chunk where I was just wandering Shadow the first time. To put it mildly, I needed the vacation." Juri of Avalon nods. "After Ohtori, things were comparatively placid for me for about seven centuries, until we got hit by a half-dozen crises at once." Corrine winces at that. "Whee, crisises." She then looks somewhat rueful... "For myself, went to military school with the rest of the family, just in time for the second Cimbri War... that's when I'd met Harold... then after that, I secured Arden during the Social War, though that didn't help for the Day of Darkness. Then things were pretty much copacetic for me for a couple centuries... until mom was killed." She then sighs, leaning back in her seat. "Things at that point were... well, they weren't pleasant. Then I got exiled, and didn't come back until the second Alan war was almost done. After that point, I pretty much stayed in Arden supporting folks whenever something broke out down south. Pretty minor stuff." Juri of Avalon shrugs and smiles. "Everything I've fought for is more or less to ensure that I and those I care about can have a stable, peaceful, boring life." Corrine chuckles a bit at that, and nods. "Yeah, that sounds about right." She lets out a long, heartfelt sigh. "And wonders of wonders, sometimes we actually -manage- it." Juri of Avalon nods. "Hopefully, once we finish off Annadil and prevent the Gate from being opened, things will calm down for you for a while." She makes a sour face. "And Gideon and I can go home and find out what's happened in our absence. I just hope the time differential works out more in our favour than it did before." Corrine mmms, and nods. "Well, I suspect it'll take a -little- bit to calm down.. I've read the reports from Ember and around Amber. But yeah... damnit, I hope so." She reaches over, and hugs Juri again. "After all this, you don't -deserve- having missed out on everything that's happened back in Avalon." Juri of Avalon chuckles dryly. "My real fear is that I'll come back and find nothing left. For want of a nail, and all. Then again, I don't really believe in that, no matter what Tess said to me." Corrine hehs a bit. "If not, somebody else would have filled the gap... perhaps. I dunno. Not my strong point. But... for what it's worth.. I'm glad you're here with me, Juri... sister." She blushes a bit, but smiles, her somewhat introspective expression vanished for the moment. "You've helped a lot." Juri of Avalon says, "I've done my best. Tried to do better than I did before. With everything. Not sure how well I'm doing, but..." Corrine says, "Well, we're here, we've got the Keep, we're not dead, and we're not Annadil's psychic butt toys, are we?" Juri of Avalon chuckles. "No. We ownzed them. We're l33t." Corrine giggles a bit at that. "Good." She tilts her head curiously. "Who came up with those T-shirts, by the way? I found one in my room saying 'I beat up on Corwin and all I got was this lousy T-shirt...'" Juri of Avalon looks a bit embarassed. "I did. You were pretty depressed after the battle. I thought they might cheer you up, so I had Shizumaru make them." Corrine ohhhs, and nods. "Right." She quirks a smile. "Thank you." She moves over and hugs Juri again. "I must've needed it. I looked at the reports... owch doesn't even begin to cover it. At least our plan wasn't to use even -close- to my full military, I remember that much..." Juri of Avalon licks her lips briefly. "Losses are inevitable, but still difficult." Corrine closes her eyes, and nods. "Yeah. No matter the number, no matter the distance of seperation... they're -my- people, regardless the size of the squad." Corrine squeezes Juri's hand. "But we're here, and the survivors did good, and we go on." Kima pages, "Mike would like me to run Rake, so if possible, could we start wrapping this up?" to you. You page, "That should be good, yeah. Corrine's capable of sleep, now. *wg*" to Kima. Juri of Avalon squeezes back. "It was an absolute success from a tactical perspective. We got all our objectives completed. But... I'm sorry for your losses." Corrine nods. "Yeah. Kamidake and the rest..." She sighs. "But, Juri? I don't blame you. They knew this was a risk, all of us did; I was pretty blatant on stating it anyway when it came time to call of the troops, so... hell, with you leading the armies, we prolly came out better than it -could- have gone. And for that, I'm greatful." Corrine smiles slightly, and then -yawns-. She then blushes. Juri of Avalon smiles back. "Couldn't sleep, huh? I was wondering why you came by." Corrine nodnods. "Yeah." She tries to suppress a yawn again, and fails. "Hence all this." She gestures at her sleepwear and plushie. "Couldn't for the life of me, what with everything... But this... talkign to you... it's helped. Thanks." Juri of Avalon says, "Glad to help, sister." Corrine nods, and hugs back one more time, giving Juri a quick little kiss on the cheek before letting go and getting up. "Glad you were here, sister." She blushes again, running a hand through her shorter than normal hair. "Sleep well," Juri says softly, turning back to her miniatures and plans. You page, "debating wether Corrine should mention the Foreplay list. *wg*" to Kima. Kima pages, "Perhaps. :)" to you. Corrine glances back. "You too, Juri," she replies, and she moves to open the door to depart, then hesitates as a thought occurs to her. She turns back, looking at Juri, somewhat curiously, a little confused. "Oh.. 'n Juri?" Juri of Avalon asks, "Yes?" Corrine fiddles with fingers a bit, looking down at them before looking back up at Juri, a rising blush on her face, and looking rather embarrased and curious at the same time. "... Why'd you give me a list detailing how to pleasure women properly? In two lengths?" Corrine says, "Not that it isn't -educational- and all, but it's not quite something I'd normally see asking you -or- Juri for..." Juri of Avalon coughs and goes beet red. "You, err, asked for it. I think you wanted to give it to your lover. Umm... well... I gave it to Shizumaru first, you see, and told you about it, and... err..." Corrine blinkblinks at that. And blushes MORE. And starts giggling. "Oh good -unicorn- I wish I remembered. That." She then considers that more, and giggles more. "For that matter, I wish I remembered what likely happened -afterwards-..." She looks down at her Red Knight Plushie, and hugs it -close- to her chest... damn, that's a lucky plushie. "Well, thank you, Juri. I'm sure we'll get a lot of use out of it." You page, "'cause, yes, Corrine DID trump the Red Knight to the Keep in fasttime and they spent abouyt a week or so relatively sequestered... ;)" to Kima. Juri of Avalon coughs some more. "Err, yes, I hope so." Corrine nods, her blush going back down to more regular levels. "Well, goodnight, Juri. Take care and all." Juri of Avalon says, "Goodnight, Corrine." Corrine waves with her free hand, and heads out, leaving juri to her tactical planning and stuff. And on this scene, we fade. Philip Moyer----------------Qapla'-------------pmoyer@jurai.net "To boldly go where no one has gone before!"-Capt. J. L. Picard "Roads? Where we're going we don't NEED roads!"-Dr. E. L. Brown "If it can be dreamed, It can be done."- ReRob Mandeville "Someday we'll find it, the Rainbow Connection, The Lovers, ---------- The Dreamers, and Me."- Kermit The Frog ------------