<<bonnie! i am the same age as you are muppet!!!>>
Lyn woke feeling slightly better. The throbbing had stopped but been replaced by a distant buzzing. She sat up stiffly realising she was still fully-clothed, then swung her legs off the side of the bed and yelped in pain.
'owwwwww!!!' The second she had sat up the buzzing came back, louder this time and making her feel seriously dizzy. She squeezed her eyes shut, clenched her fists and begged for the noise to stop. To her great suprise and relief it did. She opened one eye and glanced around the room, then slowly opened the other, half expecting it to start again. She stood and walked over to her wash basin, and began to scrub her face with a cold flannel. Once this was finished she stripped down to her petticoat and pulled and deep blue day-dress out of the closet. Thankfully she had maneged to persuade her mother to let her dress herself, a long time ago, despite her protests. She tiptoed downstairs, expecting to be late for breakfast, but to her astonishment, found it was past lunchtime!<<sorry about warp!>> She wandered into the kitchen to find someone, luckily a kitchen maid was drying the luncheon dishes.
'excuse me? Why did no-one wake me up?' When the maid did not reply, Lynikaru's face darkened.
'I said. Why didn't anyone wake me up?!' To her amazement the maid didn't even look at her, just continued drying. Lyn stared, hastily she wandered round the house, strangely not bumping into Kazuko, but the same thing happened several more times. Everone was ignoring her! Confused she wandered into her uncles study, where a gathering seemed to be going on. There was a doctor and a policeman, also upon the table was a strange shape covered by a cloth.Her parents were in here, but what was stranger was her mother was crying, whilst her father was reasuringly patting her on the back. The thing that happened next, shocked Llynikaru to the bone.
The doctor stepped over to the strange shape on the table and pulled back the sheet. Lyn gasped, though no-one could here her, her mother started weeping uncontrollably and her father had tears in his eyes. The policeman tutted and the doctor shook his head sadly. On the desk was Lyn's body. Her eyes were glassy and her skin had a blue/purple tinge to it. Lyns jaw dropped. This wasn't possible. She was here, so how could she be there. In shock she fled the room, straight through the opened front door and out into the streets. She ran towards the city centre, her boots making no noise upon the cobbles. before she knew it she was in Regents park. She flung herself down on a bench, and stard gormlessly at the ground.

Kazuko watched the strange London girl with the odd accent wander inside.
"How foolish you are, Kazuko. A magician never reveals her secrets," she said aloud to herself, and then turned away, going back into the house, back into her room, to continue with her sewing, as if nothing had happened. Maybe she would pretend nothing had happened as well, so that little girl wouldn't know whether or not she had been dreaming. A cruel trick to play, perhaps, but it would stop the child from blabbing.

Lyn tried as Kazuko asked, but could not do it.
'i'm sorry but i cant do it.' She looked saddened.
Her ear started that srange buzzing noise again.
'oww' She gave it a scratch but it wouldn't go away.
'I'm terribly sorry, and i hope you dont think i'm rude, but i'm getting the most deadful headache, and do believe i must go and lie down.'
She gave kazuko a sorry smile and wandered indoors. She sat down on the polished oak bench in the hallway and put her head in her hands.
The noise was louder now, with a more sturdy noise to it, She listned intently, tring to make it go away.
A hand touched her sholder and she jumped suddenly.
'm'am, are you all right?'
Lyn stared into the eyes of the pretty kitchen maid.
'uh..um, yes thankyou, i was just heading to my room, could you tell me where it is please?'
the little maid smiled.
'of course m'am right this way.'
She led Lynikaru up the luxurious staircase, along a corridor before stopping at a set of large double doors.
'Here we are miss, opposite teh Masters peculiar visitor. I think he reckons you'll get along just fine.'
'Um, yes, well thankyou..and um, Goodnight. She closed the door upon the smiling maid, and wandered in to the vast room.
Her head was throbbing now, and she couldn't focus properly. With a silent thump she flopped onto the king size four-poster, in a dazed, half-unconcious slump.

"Apart from the fact I am female," Kazuko replied, smiling wryly, "Yes, that is true... But perhaps I shall teach you. Breathe deeply, through your nose. In, out. In, out." She watched Lynikaru, and then smiled again. "Good. Now, concentrate on the... element, let's say, you wish to control. In my case, it would be water. You can choose whatever you like... I guess it should work for any element, anyway," the woman spoke, concentrating doubly hard, for she was to speak as well as act. "Think of the element you have chosen... Think of how it feels, of why you chose it..." Kazuko could already feel the rain peppering her skin lightly, and it gave her more strength. "And then... If that element is present, long for its power, feel its power being lent to you... The rest you must learn yourself."
Kazuko brought her hands upwards, sending the puddle up with them, and then brought her hands together, rolling the puddle into a ball, and sending it flying up into the air.

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Lyn stopped, her eyes fixed on the moving water.
'It was you! I knew it'
She raised her hand to her ear adn shook it.
that was a strange buzzing noise she thought.
She smiled at Kazuko.
'How do you do it? Its amazing!' Her eyes twinkled with longing.
'Never mind, a magician never reveals his secrets eh?'

"Well, okay then, Lyn. I'm Kazuko by the way!" Kazuko replied, and then shrieked loudly and playfully at the handful of muddy water which came her way. She put her hands out to stop it, and it halted in mid-air.
"Now who's laughing?" she giggled, twisting the water around and around, until she lost concentration and it fell to the floor.

Lynikaru giggled happily.'If only my mother knew...ther'd be murder!' She had hysterics again and grinning picked up a handful of muddy water with her white gloves and flung it at Kazuko, running away from the outraged shriek that was followed by laughter. 'whoever said this wasn't fun!' She held her hand out to Kazuko. ' i'm Lynikaru, but you can call me lyn...if you like', she added shyly.

"Well, okay," Kazuko smiled. She was barefooted, and as they stepped onto the cold cobbles she shuddered in delight at the dampness of it. She leapt into the first puddle, almost slipping but righting herself at the last moment.
"Hey, come on in, the water's... well... wet," she giggled, her easy-going nature starting to shine through from her quieter, more grumpy self that she'd acquired from London. When Lynikaru paused, Kazuko slid her bare foot through the water, spraying up muddy water onto the posh frock. Laughing at the girl's shocked expression, she sat down. Right in the puddle. Leaping up again, she saw Lynikaru laughing back and gave her a wry smile.

'Um... Outside i think' She looked down at her own clothes, thinking how annoyed her parents would be if she got wet and muddy.' Do you want to jump in puddles?'She laughed and lead the way downstairs, and out through the kitchens backdoor, despite the cooks best efforts to stop them.

(( Just getting this the other side of the spamming... ))

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"I made it," Kazuko replied, not sure how to take Lynikaru's comment. "Oh, and would you like to come outside? It's really nice... Kind of just drizzling... I just need to get changed into something more... suitable... for the outside. You can come upstairs if you like."
Without waiting for a response, Kazuko tore up the grand staircase, turned a sharp left and ran into her room, tearing off her gloves, and more gently taking off the silk kimono. She slid the pearls off her neck, and then quickly put on her short red and white yukata, editted slightly to have red skirts cascading from beneath the waist-line, putting her obi sash on just as Lynikaru entered her room. Kazuko pulled on her blue finger-less gloves, and then slid her katana into its sheath, hidden beneath the skirts. She let her long, indigo hair fall down, swooshing liquidly.
"So, are we going?" she asked.

"The whole world is my playground; Until the day I die; And as I look out overhead; That day does not seem nigh," Alexander sung to himself as he walked down the street. It was a good thing he had had the sense to buy an umbrella when he had come back to England. That was the trouble with his gift, you forgot things so easily. Living on and on until someone shot you or thrust a spear into your gut. A talent he was quite proud of, since it meant as long as he played it safe he was pretty much immortal. Of course his acts often were misunderstood by the people around him. Immortal or not he still had to make a living.

<<bollocks, sorry, about copy!>>

<<go ahead!>> Lynikaru stepped out the bathroom, and shut the door with a click, the noise of someone coming up stairs made her turn round and bump into Kazuko." Oh.., hi there. ...umm.." She looked around stuck for something to say, "...I like your dress, who tailored it?" She waited for a reply but Kazuko reamained silent as if thinking of how to answer, her expression one of dreaminess.<<lol>>

<<go ahead!>> Lynikaru stepped out the bathroom, and shut the door with a click, the noise of someone coming up stairs made her turn round and bump into Kazuko." Oh.., hi there. ...umm.." She looked around stuck for something to say, "...I like your dress, who tailored it?" She waited for a reply but Kazuko reamained silent as if thinking of how to answer, her expression one of dreaminess.<<lol>>

(may I join?)

"Where's the other one?" Kazuko asked, tilting her head a little, "She looks like she needs a friend."
"Madam, what utter nonsense!" Her cousin replied, and she narrowed her eyes at him. He could see the dislike in her eyes so clearly now, and he was so startled by it he fell backwards. Kazuko laughed openly, turning her head away. She was already bored of this get up, so she trod up the stairs as quickly as she could to get changed into her red and white kimono. She was going outside, and she'd take the other girl with her, maybe show her what she's just learnt.

Lyn left the table quietly to follow the visitor, who she found outs name was Kazuko. She went upstairs but before she could do anything she heard Kazuko's door open and hurried footsteps. She dived into the nearest room and landed ungracefully on the floor. She peered around her eyes getting used to the dark, and realised she was in somekindof bathroom. She pressed her ear to the door, and made out the sound of Kazuko being congratulated on somthing downstairs.

(( -.- Why don't you post, someone? I'm getting bored waiting!! ))