Ray
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Dec 28, 2010 15:30:26 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 28, 2010 15:30:26 GMT -5
(This takes place on June 30. Anyone is welcome.)
The stars had all but vanished from the morning sky. Ray sighed as he gazed longingly at the sky. Despite his strong front, he wished he could still be with Evangeline. Ray didn't feel he was meant to be so far away from her. It was as though the world was taunting him. The past few nights he hadn't been able to see Evangeline at all in the night sky. Had she abandoned him? No... that couldn't be. She had to be there. She just had to. With a sigh, Ray fluttered down to a different tree branch that was lower to the ground, only stopping to look at the sky again. He could put up a strong front all he wanted, but Ray was just a fragile little firefly. His heart ached for his belle.
His eyes brimming with tears, Ray finally laid down on his branch and let out a choked sob. Saying he needed a hug was an understatement. He needed comfort. Someone to tell him everything would be all right. Ray didn't care who it was at that moment. He just wanted some confirmation that he wasn't alone.
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Dec 30, 2010 2:06:44 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 2:06:44 GMT -5
Alone….those were words that Quasimodo had grown accustomed to all his life, and now, just after it seemed like those days were over, here he was again. He had been searching all day--again. And he knew that no matter how tired he became, he would keep searching until he found her. Madellaine. She had shone him light where there was only darkness before. He loved her, with all his heart he did, and he always would. That is, if she was even here anymore. Hearing a noise, he frowned, moving to where it seemed to be coming from. It sounded…almost like crying. Looking at a little branch, his pale blue eyes lite up with concern at the sight of a small firefly, sobbing his eyes out. "Uh…hello?" Quasi said gently, not wanting to startle the little guy.
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 9:38:54 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 9:38:54 GMT -5
Ray almost perked up a bit at the sound of a voice behind him. Someone had heard him. Lifting his head he turned to face Quasimodo. "H-Hello yerself." he replied, sniffling a bit and whipping a few tears away. Ray was just grateful someone had heard him. He wasn't alone, even if he did feel like he was. "Ah guess y'all heard that, huh." he continued. Ray didn't particularly care if Quasi believed him when he would eventually tell him what was troubling him. A firefly in love with a star, or what appeared to be a star to everyone else, wasn't exactly an easy story to explain... let alone the fact that he felt terrible about being separated from said star.
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Dec 30, 2010 10:41:25 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 10:41:25 GMT -5
Quasi nodded slowly, his eyes showing concern. He was a bit surprised that his appearance hadn't frightened the firefly. But, (no offense intended)well, Ray was a bug. Quasimodo just supposed that things like that just didn't bother them. "Excuse me for asking, but...are you alright?" The hunchback asked carefully, biting his lip. He wasn't sure if he was going to offend the little creature by asking, but he couldn't bear to see someone crying like this.
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 11:11:16 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 11:11:16 GMT -5
He wanted to say he was fine, but clearly Ray wasn't. "It's kinda hard ta explain." he admitted. He couldn't just leave the question answered like that, though. Ray would need to explain the full story. It wasn't long before he found himself explaining how he had met Evangeline when they were young, her death, meeting Tiana, Naveen, and Louis, his own death, being resurrected, and his current situation. The words flowed out of him like water from a broken dam, and there were moments when Ray found himself choked up by tears reflecting on all that had happened, but he kept going. It was a story that needed to be explained to his sole listener.
"An' now ah'm jus' a broken-hearted firefly without his love. Ah ain't been able ta see Evangeline up there fer a few nights now. Ah... ah miss her terribly." he finished. "Ah know Mama Odie intended me ta help out here, but it's hard bein' separated from Evangeline like dis. Ah ain't as strong as ah make it seem." Ray admitted. How long had he talked about his problem to Quasi? Ray didn't even know. He did admit it felt good telling everything to someone, though. "...Sorry. Ah kinda talked yer ear off there, didn't ah?" he asked after a moment.
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Dec 30, 2010 11:47:05 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 11:47:05 GMT -5
Quasimodo listened carefully to what the firefly had to say, feeling all the more sorry for the poor guy as he spoke. It also made him forget his own troubles just a little. Shaking his head softly, he replied, "You're fine. I don't mind," he offered a sad little smile. "I'm...gosh, I'm really sorry to hear all that. But, I know how you feel about...about being seperated from the one you love." Quasi frowned a little to himself. "I...haven't been able to find my girl since I got here. We got seperated not too long ago, and now I'm just trying to find her again."
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 12:03:31 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 12:03:31 GMT -5
(ooc: I'm loving this little friendship forming between these two. :3)
It certainly made Ray feel better knowing Quasi didn't think he was crazy for loving a star. Well, he had explained her origins but regardless it felt good. Hearing Quasi's own troubles made Ray nod in an understanding way. "If y'all want, ah could try ta help ya find her. That way, we wouldn't hafta be alone no more." Ray offered. It was the least he could do after Quasi had listened to his story. He realized he didn't even know his listener's name. Feeling a bit bad about that revelation, Ray decided he would at least introduce himself now that he was more composed and now that his tears had stopped for the moment. "Ah'm Ray, by the way." he said.
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Dec 30, 2010 12:13:55 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 12:13:55 GMT -5
((ooc: me too : D) "R-Really?" Quasi blinked. No one had offered to help him before because...well, they weren't all that comfortable around someone who looked like him. At hearing the firefly's introduction, he smiled. "My name's Quasimodo, but my friends call me Quasi." He did find it all that strange that Ray had fallen in love with a star; seeing as how for the first twenty years of his life, Quasi's friends had all be statues, well, he couldn't really judge.
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 12:30:38 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 12:30:38 GMT -5
Ray nodded, finally getting off his little perch and fluttering closer to Quasi. "Sure, ah don't mind at all. Two sets o' eyes are better than one, no?" Ray asked. Ray had to admit it was turning out to not be such a bad day after all. It had gotten off to a rocky start, but things seemed to be going better after talking. "An' it's nice ta meet ya, Quasi." he added. The two probably looked like a strange pair; a battered up firefly and a human that didn't look particularly pleasing to the eye, but Ray didn't mind. He was never one to turn away friendship based on appearances. He could tell Quasi had a good heart.
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Dec 30, 2010 12:35:36 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 12:35:36 GMT -5
Quasimodo smiled as they walked along, well, he walking and Ray flying. Maybe, just maybe, they would be able to find Madellaine. Thinking back to her for a moment, he decided that it was probably best to explain who they were looking for. "It's nice to meet you, too, Ray. But, if we're going to be looking for her, I suppose that I should tell you what she looks like, huh?" Quasi gave a little laugh. "She's got short, blond hair, kinda tall, and she'd be wearing a green dress."
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 13:23:57 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 13:23:57 GMT -5
"Well, that oughta make her easier to find. Better than lookin' around blindly without a description ta go on." Ray said. He hoped he would be able to help his friend find Madellaine. She seemed as important to Quasi as Evangeline was to him. Fortunately, Ray didn't think she would be terribly hard to find. She was bound to stand out in the little forest.
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Dec 30, 2010 14:51:32 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 14:51:32 GMT -5
Quasi looked around the small forest. Why did he think that he might be able to find her now? After all the days and nights he had spent searching for her, what made this night any different? Maybe it was the fact that Ray was helping him...it gave him hope, hope that maybe just maybe she was out there somewhere. --- Unknown to anyone else, Madellaine was indeed waiting in the forest, and she was searching for Quasi as well. She could hear someone, or something, moving towards her in the forest, and, frightened, she moved faster, and winded up tripping in the underbrush. Great. So much for cover. She had probably woken the whole forest up with her noise-making.
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Ray
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Dec 30, 2010 18:54:39 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 30, 2010 18:54:39 GMT -5
"Hey, did ya hear that?" Ray asked. The sound of something landing in some underbrush had come to Ray's attention. Without even waiting for Quasimodo's reply, Ray fluttered ahead and began looking around. "Ah think it came from dis-a-way." he continued, pointing toward a nearby bush as he did.
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Dec 30, 2010 19:16:45 GMT -5
Post by Quasimodo on Dec 30, 2010 19:16:45 GMT -5
Quasi turned sharply at the sound, suddenly very alert. His eyes widened as Ray went off in the direction of the sound, and he quickly followed after, not wanting the firefly to injure himself if it turned out to be a danger.
Madellaine, meanwhile, was trying to get out of the bush she had fallen into, when she heard voices. She struggled to get out, suddenly frightened that it might be one of the villains coming to do who knows what in the forest. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't seem to get out. After a minute or so, she sighed, seeing that there was no other alternative than to ask for help. "Um, whoever's out there, would you mind getting me out of this bush?"
Quasi blinked suddenly at the sound of the woman's familiar voice. "Madellaine?"
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Ray
Lovebug
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Dec 31, 2010 2:17:34 GMT -5
Post by Ray on Dec 31, 2010 2:17:34 GMT -5
Ray carefully pushed through some foliage in front of the bush Madellaine was stuck in and looked over the situation. She was most certainly stuck, that he could see clearly. "Not ta worry, Cher," 'Cher' was beginning to become a nickname he used for most girls instead of just Tiana, "let's see what we can do here, shall we?" Ray asked before offering the girl a friendly smile. Judging from Quasimodo's asking if the girl was who he thought she was, Ray could probably guess this was who they were looking for. Good. Ray was glad he had been able to help his new friend find his own Evangeline without much trouble. "Now then, where is the stuck-ed-ness?" Ray asked this to himself more than Madellaine. Rhetorical questions in sticky situations seemed popular with Ray, as the situation was reminding him more and more of how he had first met Tiana and Naveen.
He carefully fluttered down and began looking for where parts of the bush had gotten the poor girl stuck. Fortunately it didn't seem to be too much of a problem, as Ray was able to begin unhooking bits of her dress from the hooked parts of the leaves with relative ease. "Don't worry, ah think ah can get y'all unstuck pretty soon." Ray told her.
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