STORIES
130 - Mine
2007
Tuesday afternoon…
The phone rings …
RACOLO:
Hello?
Hi Daprima, I had a feeling you'd call…
Yes Grace is OK ...
RACOLO:
… Io's OK too ...
We're not sure yet ...
No, you don't need to skip your class. She’s OK - I swear ...
I would but she got hit with my sleep spell and …
I’ll tell you all about it later…
OK Bye.
SYRRAH:
I know you are awake. You may as well
open your eyes so we may begin.
SYRRAH:
… Greetings Washi.
WASHI:
How do you know my name?
SYRRAH:
The genie told me.
WASHI:
Who are you?
SYRRAH:
Syrrahstanthalus, from the House of the Third Moon,
Daughter of IlluminatA. Ahhh, I see you have heard of me.
Good. Then you know with whom you are dealing.
Now, what claim have you on our genie?
WASHI:
It belongs to the Telemmaite. It is our property.
RACOLO:
Your property? It’s my understanding that whoever
possesses the lamp, owns the genie. We have the lamp.
WASHI:
Honored One, why do you allow your humans to speak without permission? I can understand not wishing to discipline a small girl-child, but this one should know its place.
RACOLO:
I’ll show you my place ...
SYRRAH:
Racolo - I shall handle this. Please sit down.
WASHI:
Forgive me, I see now that he is obedient to you.
RACOLO:
Obedient? Who the hell …? Get up you son of a ….
SYRRAH:
Racolo, I will not ask again. The chair is there.
SYRRAH:
… Washi, Racolo is the mage who put you to sleep. You will show
him respect because it is his due. Now, about the girl-child …
WASHI:
She is unimportant. Just give me what is mine and I will go.
SYRRAH:
She is most important. Her name is Grace and she is part of the
first clan here. She’s also in possession of the lamp,
which makes her the rightful owner.
WASHI:
The genie has belonged to the House of Telemmaite for centuries. It carries our mark on its neck. We are the rightful owners of the lamp.
RACOLO:
Then maybe you should’ve kept better track of it.
WASHI:
We did not misplace it. It was stolen from us. It
has been wrongly appropriated by this girl-child of yours.
RACOLO:
Grace. Her name's Grace.
SYRRAH:
Washi, surely you understand that the lamp now belongs to
her and her siblings, no matter how she acquired it.
WASHI:
It was stolen. It must be returned to us. That is all that matters.
SYRRAH:
It was a gift to Grace.
WASHI:
I care not. I only know it was wrongly taken …
WASHI:
- by HIM! There is the thief!
ZYFAN:
I … what? Washi … How?
WASHI:
… I demand he return it to me this instant.
SYRRAH:
Enough! You dare enter my home with the intention of
performing the very crime you accuse my brother of ...
WASHI:
Your brother?
SYRRAH:
And the future One, ruler of the United Elvin Nations.
WASHI:
Not the Dessert Clan. The Telemmaite will never sign an alliance with you.
SYRRAH:
We do not want you in our alliance. Your ways are obviously less than
honorable. You will leave now. Racolo, escort Washi to the door.
WASHI:
My property ...
SYRRAH:
The genie will remain with the one who possesses the lamp.
WASHI:
I will go, but I shall return with proof of my accusations. Then you will have no choice but to turn the lamp over to me, along with the thief who stole it.
Washi places his hand on his medallion and
vanishes in a burst of magic.
SYRRAH:
That was unexpected. I do not like the unexpected.
RACOLO:
I knew he wasn’t a magic user. He got in and
out using that charm.
SYRRAH:
Perhaps it is for the best. I do not think I have ever
been in the presence of such a disagreeable fellow.
Zyfan, I will speak to you … Zyfan?
RACOLO:
Let him go. I just remembered who Washi is.
SYRRAH:
Explain.
RACOLO:
Zyfan and Washi, they were a couple during your brother's military service, right before I met Zyfan. I don’t remember all the details but Washi broke it off. Zyfan was pretty wrecked after that.
