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November 13, 2006
OH YEAH
11,413! After a weekend of ZERO words. Go me. Crossed 10k and everything. Rawk. 'course, I'm not terribly excited by most of what I wrote today, but Oh Well.
It was a miserable, rainy day, and Jaspa and Roarian were holed up in Jaspa's room with their familiars, trying to study. It wasn't easy, though, because the weather was making them feel as dull and gray as the sky outside. The quiet sound of the rain falling on trees and grass and the roof lulled them into a torpor, and they wound up sprawled, Jaspa on her bed and Roarian on the floor, staring at the ceilling. The white plaster was crisscrossed with marks of age, from water marks to faint burns to unidentifiable splotches, lines, and spots. It made for interesting gazing when one was bored.
"You know what I miss most about before I came here?" Roarian asked.
"What's that?"
"Curling up with a cup of cocoa and a good book of fairytales with my Mum and reading by the fireplace on days like this."
Jaspa sighed. "On days like this I usually had to stay inside and help with handicrafts. Blech. At least we had a nice fire so we were dry. But my brothers were jerks. i was terrible at sewing and knitting, even at making baskets. Bleh."
Jaspa rolled onto her side and looked at her friend. Roarian came from a privileged background and even though she was just another student, her family connections still showed. Her robes were made from deep blue material that was incredibly warm and soft. Her cloak, currently hanging on a hook by the door, was warm and lined with lambswool. Jaspa had perfectly decent robes and a good cloak as well, but she had to work for her money. Roarian just got presents from her parents and cousins. Roarian hauled herself up into a sitting position and pulled out a comb to work on detangling her hair.
"I wish we didn't have homework. I mostly just want to take a nap right now."
"Yeah. I want to sleep until this damn rain goes away," Jaspa moaned, rolling back onto her back and staring up at the ceilling some more.
Posted by Ealasaid at November 13, 2006 07:10 PM
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