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Post by Admin on Sept 16, 2007 15:49:30 GMT -6
Deep in the Market behind the statuesque walls of the Library, The administrator and her assistants prepare her first day of a very special school year with love and utmost care.
As the newly appointed Lady Ciel and the regal Administrator, Lady Tre'Maya prepare for the days first tasks, a familiar voice can be heard approaching the Gate.
One that they have been waiting on for nearly a week now. As the tingle of hope and excitement mount, all eyes turn toward the Library's Gilded Doors.
All are steeped in eager anticipation as Professor Vetli's voice can be heard allowing entry, the grand door unlocks and the door begins to open slowly to reveal the one they have been impatiently waiting for.
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Post by Thane on Sept 16, 2007 15:57:28 GMT -6
Thane pushes the door with his free paw and the large door opens painfully slow to grant him entry. Over his shoulder is a large pack containing his personal gear and supplies he needs for an extended stay. His lumbering frame enters with out a word. He approaches the head mistress, sets his pack on the floor, draws back his hood slowly as his eyes drink in her soft beauty. He then kneels swiftly before her. A large and deep booming voice fills the grand hall. "Elite, Commander Thane, reporting as ordered... M'Lady."
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Post by Tremaya on Sept 19, 2007 14:42:56 GMT -6
As Vetli makes their new guest known, as well as Thane's self-introduction, Tre'Maya (back in her normal attire) stretched her wings behind her and patted Ciel's head. For now my dear, go to the task I have set for you for now. And continue to try until you can master it.
She watched the Devilcat curtsy deeply and saunter away to do as she was bid. Tre'Maya's black eyes then glided down to her Ratchet guest at her door. She felt happy to see that he was willing to come to her, knowing full and well that his stay would not be the easiest of all stays, or that his stay wouldn't rip him apart at some juncture. And on a deeply selfish level, she was overjoyed that he had come to be with her. She felt an upsurge of feeling watching him kneel before her. She had a thought to go and lift him from his kneeling and kiss the life out of him...but she quelled said thought and merely glided over the floor to stand before him.
I am pleased that you have made it to my halls to grace them once more with your presence, Master Elite, as guard and student respectively. She placed a hand behind one of his great ears and began to rub and scratch softly as she continued.
Though I know that you will succeed greatly in the quest to be the both , have no doubts that this will not be the same type of tutelage that you received at my hands and in these halls before. These will be much harder trials and much more strenuous guardings than before. Although, I have the utmost faith in your renewed and constant ability to do so.
She leaned down close to his ear, her soft whisper flowing to his ears like a lover's caress. And if I may say, I will expect you to take the grand tour of my quarters at some point. I will do my best to make you very glad to have accepted orders here.
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Post by Thane on Sept 19, 2007 16:17:41 GMT -6
Thane can't help but to lean his head onto the scratching claws of the lady before him. He tries not to let his leg twitch as she does so. Thane remarks to her words. "Guard by will... Student by direct orders." Thane's red eyes smile though he does not.
"I am under no such illusion my tutelage will be brief or lenient, as Lord Regent has made that very clear to your servant M'Lady." Thane says as he rises from the floor and places his giant paw over hers. "I shall strive not to disappoint. My life is forfeit in M'ladies protection. Renewal in my duty for such a task is all I should ever dream for." This time he actually smiles, though briefly.
As she whispers to him his eyes flare as the surge of emotion charges him to the core. "Has M'lady renovated? I shall look forward to your tour... But, first I fear duty must prevail as our Chancellor has charged me with these dispatches with orders for 'Eyes-Only'." Thane then pats his tunic where the private messages reside safely beneath the ever wary guard of Malice the great chain.
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Post by Tremaya on Sept 23, 2007 13:45:38 GMT -6
Tre'Maya's face has been a picture of amusement and happiness since Thane had begun to speak, though it was mostly in her eyes as well. As he jokes about renovation, she nods. Yes, I have changed a few odd things in my rooms as of late. I am sure that you will be very interested to see what I have done. But, you are correct. She swept aside, her hand still in his giant paw. Orders are more important. Go to the Grand Viewing Hall to await me. I have some things of interest that are for only your eyes and my eyes to see.
She turned her beautiful face to him and smiled softly. And that is an order, Elite.
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Post by Thane on Sept 23, 2007 14:39:09 GMT -6
Thane smirks slyly as Tre'Maya speaks of the renovations to her chambers. He feels more comfortable now that he can breath around her.
His eyes light up when she commands him to report to the viewing hall. He was always forbidden to enter there. Only the privileged and the influential were allowed there. He was moving up in the underworld... Hell... same difference.
"By your command, Mistress... I shall eagerly await you." Thane says with a bow to his new master. He leans over to quickly snatch up his pack and wastes no time beating feet to the Grand Viewing Hall.
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Post by Tremaya on Sept 25, 2007 20:33:17 GMT -6
Tre'Maya smiled inwardly as Thane hurried off to the Hall in question. As he left, she turned to Vetli and beckoned.
Professor. You are to show Lady Ciel the basics of being a lady. Please, do not go easy on her and do not allow her to slack. You know how strict training is supposed to be and I cannot have her learn anything halfway. Is that clear?
As Vetli came closer and heard her order, he bowed. His tiny wings were folded behind his back and he nodded assent. Yes Milady. I'll teach her the normal little things. I promise, she'll at least look like a real lady when you come back from your meeting with the Elite.
He smirked at that word and she threw him a playfully annoyed look as she nodded her exit to him. He bowed again and she turned to go. As she walked away, she said, Perfection is expected, but not to be overdone. I shall see how far the two of you have gotten when I return.
Vetli smiled to himself and watched her leave. He went up to Ciel and tapped her on the leg. Lady Ciel, it is time for your tutelage to begin.
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Post by Ciel on Sept 25, 2007 20:39:30 GMT -6
Ciel nodded to the tiny professor and curtsied to him.
"Yes sir. I am eager to begin my studies."
In the back of her mind, Ciel was worried. Worried that she wouldn't take to this training, that she would be so ungraceful at everything that Lady Tre'Maya would toss her out on her tush just for considering trying. She did not wish to disappoint the Chancellor...and she supposed that if all else failed, she would make a nice doormat for the castle.
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Post by Thane on Sept 26, 2007 9:45:58 GMT -6
The dark hound surges ahead like a locomotive to the Grand Viewing Hall. His steps have never had so much steam nor his determination ever been so great to follow orders before. He arrives to the doors and he stops to look at them as so often he had wondered what was inside them when he was a pup.
He takes a deep breath and a quirk of a smile twists his black lips as he grasps the handle to the grand hall with authority to trigger the latch. His heart skips a beat as he peers into the legendary room for the first time. His eyes enlarge as he can only stand and stare for a long moment. He doesn't even notice Tre'Maya glide up behind him as he gawks in awe.
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Post by Tremaya on Sept 30, 2007 1:43:04 GMT -6
Mid-glide, Tre'maya put a hand on the giant hound's arm, caressing it. Excited are we, Elite? I would never have believed, years ago, that you would find beauty amongst texts such as these. However, you have been somewhat of a surprise as of late, so I take it that I can expect things like this more often.
She slid between the mountain of Ratchet and the doors and moved soundlessly, skirts barely rustling as she entered the room. Helpers were scurrying around and she nodded to the nearest one as she reached mid-point, seemingly quickly.
Bring the secured documents to the Great Table and then clear the rest of the scribes and stackers out. These matters are for no one but a select few. Understand?
The short woman , who looked slightly like a fairy in appearance, nodded solemnly and replied, Yes ma'am. It shall be so. and took off, also seeming to glide, but with much less grace than her mistress.
Tre'Maya did not stop to make sure that Thane was following, but continued her way to a great marble table set way back in an offset corner of the room. We have a great many wonders here. I trust that once you are settled in, you will delight in them.
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Post by Thane on Sept 30, 2007 12:44:36 GMT -6
Thane flinches a bit to Tre'Maya's touch as it startles him back to reality. "I... I have never imagined it would be so..." He stops his blabbering and follows her into the room. He looks about at the glorious columns and art adorning the walls and ceiling. These books smell old but they look brand new. Each contain within an aura his senses can feel. Magics and power one could never imagine. He follows the lady to the marble table and he stands quietly. "I find it hard not to be overwhelmed already..." Thane says with a hard swallow. His eyes still gazing about in awe struck bewilderment.
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Post by Tremaya on Oct 6, 2007 17:43:20 GMT -6
Tre'Maya smiled at his flinch. It meant he was at least a small bit scared of her, as well as enamored. She enjoyed that, if just the slightest bit before he stammered to her. Her smile didn't leave her face as she made her way to the middle of the great room and she turned slowly to lean back against the huge green marbled table in the center of the room.
The bookshelves in the room reached the elevated ceilings and the ancient tomes that filled them were all as old as Hell, if not older. They definitely smelled that way...being as most of them were made from human and demon skin alike.
The art was of various scenes from the first and second wars with Heaven and those were the slight majority. The rest of the art was various things that Tre'Maya had found throughout Hell and even some of the human realm. And some of them Tre'maya had even done herself, but she'd never tell.
Her smile as she turned to him was wickedly sexy and cold as ice, but twice as painfully good. She nodded. I find that to be a very nice sentiment from you Elite. However, we have business, you and I. The Chancellor has need for you to peruse some very important documents. They are here for you.
Saying this, she turned to the giant green marbled table's top and smiled as she rolled her gorgeous hands over the tomes and looked up at him. Are you ready to lay your giant eyes on things that only a fair few have even dared to read? Her eyes were glittering an evil glitter as she looked at him and her smile returned.
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Post by Thane on Oct 8, 2007 14:35:53 GMT -6
Thane looks at the large tomes and his eyes bug from his noggin. Thane's head and ears snap to attention at Tre'Maya's words. His shoulders rear back as he assumes his soldierly stance before her. "Very well, to business then. Firsly, before we begin, His Excellency has relayed a matter of urgency about these..." he produces the scrolls from his vestments still encased in the enchanted cases of three. "The first is for M'Lady, A document of state requiring your discerning eye. Second is of a personal matter the Chancellor bade urgent as well... And lastly are my orders of transfer to head security of the City Library, the surrounding grounds, as your Administrative Praetorian. Thusly seeing to your personal safety as guardian to you and the newly appointed lady Ciel."
Thane slightly bows, then holds the scrolls out for Tre'Maya to take from his large, furry paws.
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Post by Tremaya on Oct 14, 2007 21:27:48 GMT -6
Tre'Maya nodded as she watched Thane go through his spiel about each scroll, which she very well knew which was which. She smiled at his repeated almost trips and took the scrolls in her gorgeous hands and laid them on the table in front of the great sheaf of pages that sat on it.
Reaching to put a hand on his arm, she drew him around the table with her. Very well. Now that you are finished with your delivery, I am quite anxious to show you these.
She moved him in front of the great publications that he was to read and placed both hands on its great cover and smoothed it. Are you finally ready to learn to become much more than you are and ever have dreamed of becoming?
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Post by Thane on Oct 15, 2007 11:44:34 GMT -6
Thanes eyes lower to the books as Tre'Maya guides his hands down to them. His heart is pricked by the daunting task laid before him but his mind is as ready as ever.
"I am." Thane rumbles softly.
His pads feel the ruff scales of the cover as Tre'Maya smooths his paws over them. His claws retract not to damage the ancient tome as he feels the anticipation to open it grip him and swell in his hairy breast.
"What is it I am to study here M'Lady? These are old manuscripts... of battle?" Thane asks almost knowingly. "Are they really from -him-?"
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Post by Tremaya on Oct 20, 2007 0:37:07 GMT -6
Tre'Maya's heart warmed as she watched him get breathless and soft with his speech. She nodded very slowly, her lovely hair barely swinging over her right shoulder. Yes. Yes, Thane. They are from him. And the Chancellor's plans for you involve great study of them. I am sure that you know exactly why. Our late ruler was Hell's greatest tactician, with very few that could be as wondrous as he. But there were quite a few of Hell's previous Generals that came a bit closer than would normally be likely.
I have great faith in you, my Elite. I believe that if you look these great tomes of knowledge through thoroughly and learn all that you can in the period of time set before us, then you too can become such. Or perhaps even better than those that came close to our beloved Sovereign of the Dark. Her cheeks were rosy as she spoke and she was very composed, yet part of her wished that she could jump for joy and tackle him with a loving kiss to show him that she was proud of him.
But she knew there was a time for that sort of behavior and she figured that Thane had enough excitement to deal with at the current moment and that she could curb her enthusiasm in front of him and be her usual stone-faced beauty for the time being. She could congratulate him later. She settled for something that she knew would move him just as much as a well placed kiss.
She ran one of her hands up his great furred arm and reached up to scratch behind one gargantuan ear as she whispered to him in it. I believe that the Chancellor has chosen wisely in you, Elite. I know that you will do everything in your power to make us all proud and keep us all safe.
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Post by Thane on Oct 27, 2007 14:11:27 GMT -6
If Thane could blush he'd be bright red. His eyes burn with excitement and his huge heart pounds in his ears. Tre'Maya always knew how to expertly poke his pride buttons. He is a hound on a mission now.
He smiles and his huge teeth flash in the low light as he takes the initiative and opens the cover of the book before him. Slowly it opens. The hand written ink on the first page of the prelude is dark and very beautifully written. Each character meticulously graven into the thin skin of the leather pages. His eyes widen as they glide over the text and he is overcome with awe. The book slams shut and he looks up to Tre'Maya.
"I will make you proud... Mistress." He says confidently though he is trembling from anticipation and excitement. Had he been a bit less seasoned as that of a younger pup he might have even wet the carpet.
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Post by Tremaya on Nov 15, 2007 13:08:27 GMT -6
Tre'Maya smiled back and scratched behind first the ear she had earlier and then his other ear as she allowed her hand to trail back down his huge arm when she was done. I have great faith that you will do just that, my Elite. Now, you stay with these tomes of great wisdom and great tactics and educate yourself. You have a great many things to learn and almost all of the time in the world to learn them in. Do not tarry. Do not waste time. Make sure to read them all and read them well so that you may one day, perhaps, be amongst the ranks of those who were not our Master but were very, very close.
She gave him a look that would have melted any man and nodded, walking as if to go to the great door. She waited for him to do something, anything that told her he did not wish her to leave him just yet. She enjoyed testing him. It gave her the resolve that she needed for...well, for having him around without actually having him.
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Post by Thane on Nov 16, 2007 13:39:30 GMT -6
Thane stares at the Tome with wonder in his eyes till Tre'Maya touches him again and he looks to her softly. His ears flatten a bit as he feels her leaving him. His large chest swells as he breathes her sent deeply.
"Thank you!" He whispers to her as he is filled with excitement and angst.
His red eyes blink at her and he sighs. His heart about to explode, all he can do is genuinely smile at her like a bashful little pup.
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Post by Tremaya on Nov 17, 2007 11:56:08 GMT -6
Tre'Maya heard all the emotion in that one whisper and and smiled. Turning back, she glided back over to stand beside him, looking into those red eyes and smiling.
You are very welcome, my dear. I would love to stay and watch these eyes of yours light up while you read these Tomes, but I need to go and check on Lady Ciel and Vetli. I hate that I am so busy, but I will make time to check on you as well. That I can promise.
She ran her hand up behind those huge fluffy ears again, in a slide down the back of his head, and kissed his giant forehead before going to walk out again.
She purred, You be good while I'm gone. I'll be back to check on you soon enough.
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