Gentling
Dramatis
Personae
Laurya
Aes Sedai - A Sister
of the Red Ajah Eidheann
Aes Sedai - A Sister
of the Grey Ajah Sabine
Aes Sedai - A Sister
of the Brown Ajah ***
Laurya
grimly walked down
the hall, glowing
brightly with the
combined Saidar of
herself, Eidheann, Sabine,
and ten
miscellaneous Aes
Sedai whose names
she did not know.
Shivering with the
unity of emotion
and the familiarity
of these women, now
her true sisters...
Light, but who's
emotions were
who's?... she turned
to them, and
addressed them.
"He's not
strong, and so he'll
give us no trouble.
Ignore what he says;
it's probably true,
but it's not
relevant. He's a
channeller, and will
be gentled. Then,
he'll be tried for
what e did to me. In
that order, no
matter what he
wants." Laurya turned
again, back to the
doorway, and opened
it, starting down
the stairs, toward
the cells.
A
hair-thin thread of
earth opened the
door at the head of
the stairs, and
Laurya swept on
ahead of her
sisters, then paused
at the foot, waiting
until they
surrounded her.
Faces grim, they all
marched down the
hallway 'till they
arrived at a
nondescript cell.
Laurya announced in
a loud, clear voice, "Let
the prisoner Petron
Ekelle face the
crime of channeling
tainted saidin, and
receive his punishment
thereof."
Another touch of
saidar opened the
cell, prepared a
knife of pure
spirit, and... Laurya's
eyes fell on her
father, and saidar
winked out of her.
The shock of loss
suddenly of all of that
saidar sent her
reeling, and she
fell against the
soft body of one of
the women behind
her. Her father
glared hate at the
assembled Aes Sedai.
Hearing
an imperious voice
speak his name,
Petron scrambles to
his feet... Who in
the light is this? The
door creaks open,
and there is Laurya!
Her eyes fall on
him, then widen, and
she stumbles. Hunh.
She was surrounded
by twelve others of
various ages; surely
these were Aes
Sedai. Glaring at
them, he leaps for
the door, and out,
before they get
their wits about
them. Hopefully, he
can escape. Eidhe
was surprised when
Laurya fell back
against her, but the
surprise of that
sharpened her mind. When
Laurya's father
started to run, she
quickly wrapped him
in a tight weave of
Air just at the foot
of the stairs
Tying
the Weave off, Eidhe
hoped the other Aes
Sedai would keep an
eye on him. Kneeling
next to Laurya,
she spoke quietly.
"Laurya...
Laurya, what's
wrong?"
Sabine
had been a little
shocked when Saidar
fled from her,
jerking her head up
she saw that Laurya
had fell back on
Eidhe. Then Eidhe
yelled out
"STOP!!"
Sabine
quickly opened to
saidar again and
turned to see the
man running from the
cell. Just as he hit
the stairs he was
stopped, Eidhe had
thrown up a wall and
then trapped him in
a bubble of air. Sabine
looked to Laurya and
could tell that
Eidhe was helping
her so she turned
back to keep an eye
on the prisoner,
still holding
Saidar.
Laurya
shook her head...
Light, the shock of
Saidar leaving like
that... she stood
up, saw her father running
away. SOMETHING
stopped him. That
was odd. She opened
herself to Saidar...
and... let out a
loud wail
"GONE!
IS GONE!
STILL!"
She
drops to to the
floor, sobbing
Eidhe
listened to her
speak of her father.
Shuddering quietly,
she wished this
never had to happen. There
was not a doubt in
her mind that it was
just and necessary,
but it was caused by
such pain, she
wished she could
simply erase it from
existance.Eidhe
pushed the thought
out of her head. While
they were linked,
even non-existant
doubt could cause
distraction. Firming
her resolve, she prepared
to do what needed to
be done.
Sabine
had joined the
circle with no
problem. After
linking the followed
her down to where
they kept the
prisoner's and
listened as Laurya
briefed them on the
subject. Sabine was
a little shocked
when she learned
it was Laurya's own
father they were
doing this to.She
shivered at the
thought of it and tried
not to think about
it. This was the
first time since
being raised that
she had been around
a man that could
channel. That in its
self almost made her
sick. Not that she
was totally oppesed
to the idea, she
did harbor thought
son it. She was a
brown after all they
had to be open. She
stood waiting
with the others and
let Laurya proceed.
Sabine
looked away from the
man that was
Laurya's father when
she had about
shouted that it was gone.
She nodded to a
sister to continue
the watch over the
man and walked over
to where Laurya was.
"What is it
Laurya, can you not
open to
Saidar?" Sabine
asked with a little
worry in her voice. his
would not work if
she could not grasp
Saidar.
Something
wasn't right.
Laurya's sobs were
loud but she frowned
in thought. When
Sabine asked if Laurya
couldn't find
Saidar, Eidhe almost
commented that
Laurya couldn't hear
without embracing the
source when it
occured to her...Laurya
wasn't burned out,
or stilled for that
matter. Eidhe could see
the ability to
channel welling up
inside of her.
Laurya
sits on the floor,
holding her head,
weeping piteously
for her loss of the
source, completely oblivious
of her father, who
strains against the
wall of air.
"Sabine. She
won't hear you. But
she's not
Stilled. Look at
her. I don't know
what is wrong."
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