Plans and Alarms ~ by SaralynArati

SaralynArati

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Thanks so much, Wren!! It was supposed to look more ribbon-y and less corset-ish, but... this is good, too, lol.

10 years ago

Wren

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This is cute - love the bodice :-)

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Story continues on this doll: httpwww.dolldivine.com/Other-Dolls/SaralynArati-2947850

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"I don't know why else the ruling family would go to all that trouble," Kanu adds. When called upon to explain, he tells Summer Wind that the region is technically, although not functionally, run by the city to the East, where there is a royal family of extraordinary height. "They measure status in inches, there. The taller you are, the more important you must be." Their caste system is not based on skin color, but physical stature, and apparently those who do not grow enough are exiled.

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SaralynArati

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Something, however, has been learned from this expedition. In the midst of all the armed teens, was a figure, very tall, and draped from head to foot in black. Perhaps there was more than one; with all that ebony shrouding, it was hard to tell, especially considering that the moon was not full. Kanu and Summer Wind are of one mind. "There has to be some reason behind that other than just to look menacing. After all, their audience is asleep," she says. "Hot!" he replies. "Camouflage?"

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SaralynArati

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When these sentinels spy the intruders, each throws his or her head back and wails like a siren. At this signal, the rest of the young people cease what they are doing and congregate in the center of the valley, as though protecting someone or something. They are, effectively, both hostages and guards, since no one wants them hurt, but they're quite willing to fight as they have been enchanted to do. There is no choice but to retreat, go back to the village, and wait until morning once again.

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SaralynArati

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Accordingly, on the next clear night, the squad of parents assembles, to be led by Kanu and Summer Wind to the training camp. Taronyu comes as well, although his daughter is safely removed from harm, because he is concerned by his wife's strange reticence. It turns out that his worry that she will need protection is well founded. As the crowd sneaks closer to the center of nightly activity, twigs snap here and there, and a few faces catch the light. Roughly one teen in ten stops and stares.

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SaralynArati

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There is a general feeling that a large party should secretly gather, and each family grab their teen and run, while Syura and her son and daughter-in-law deal with whoever the malefactors may be. Summer Wind and Kanu think this is a disastrous and, to say the least, poorly thought out, plan, but these are desperate mothers and fathers, and the young couple are overruled. Syura, oddly enough, declines to give her opinion either for or against the strategy, although Taronyu openly condemns it.

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