Smoke Cat Talks Back ~ by SaralynArati

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I'm so glad that you're excited NightOwl!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, story continues on this doll: httpwww.dolldivine.com/Azaleas-Dolls/SaralynArati-2934407

10 years ago

NightOwl

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*gasps* Opium! He is definitely as evil as I imagined. I think I can see where this is heading.... but if I'm right I'm not yet sure of his purpose for such a cunning plot.

10 years ago

NightOwl

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Oh. I am so relived! Sorry for the earlier comment.

10 years ago

NightOwl

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Poison? I am dying here. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? Sorry I shouldn't shout. I am just so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"In small doses it is largely harmless, but only whitens the skin," Silver Dagger says in that silky smooth voice of his. No wonder he is so pale. There is something else in the mixture, as well, however, and it makes her feel dreamy and muzzy. Soon Smoke Cat is nearly limp with sleepiness. For the first time the girl behind the screen speaks, "She's not used to opium like us; you've given her too much." Not one to be questioned, however, Silver Dagger only smiles. "Consider it a lesson."

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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But there is still the hope of at least communicating her troubles to Jonas, by sending him a distressed dove. Dinner, however, is not yet over, and holds more surprises. "We will begin at once," her father says, "to do something about that lamentable complexion of yours." And taking out a white powder, he dusts it over some kind of treacly sweetmeat. "Eat that," Smoke Cat is ordered, and finding she has no other options, she complies. Her eyes widen. "Arsenic?" she chokes. "Poison?"

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"That... bears some consideration, my son," Silver Dagger muses. "You show vestiges of wisdom. Very well, I will decide in one week's time. Either she may remain here and be taught proper manners... if that is even possible... or she must leave and never return." Smoke Cat Watching's blood runs cold when her father uses the words "never return". She must tread warily so that he is not tempted to dispose of her permanently, for she has now no doubt that Silver Dagger has powerful magic, too.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Smoke Cat receives support from an unexpected quarter. Her brother, Silver Fox says, "And she is so disgracefully tan. She must not be allowed out of the house while she is here. It would be better if she just went away as soon as possible." At first the shaman is inclined to write the boy off as a prejudiced fool like his father, but upon reconsideration, isn't that exactly what she wants? Smoke Cat will find work somewhere to finance her Academy hopes in some other way, far from here!

10 years ago