The Mark of A Furyan (Full Part)
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(Roleplayed with Elpis)


As Ryan lay sleeping in his crib he was dreaming but not of colorful shapes or faces of his family but a lady with braids in her hair. She was beautiful and she held her hand out for Ryan on placed it on his shoulder  "This mark carries the anger of an entire race... but it′s going to hurt." she spoke and Ryan′s eyes fluttered back and forth sleeping in his crib he felt much to hot as flashes of light emitted from his crib pouring around the nursery he didn′t cry out until he noticed all the flashes of people laying bloody on the floor not understanding any of it.

Soon the pain set in and he cried out and his cry not of one of hunger of or being wet but of pain radaiting through his entire little body. Pain and deep sorrow washed through him as he watched the woman whom held a hand to his shoulder. As he woke up his eyes still held large tears and he looked around in his crib as light was glowing from his shoulder where the hand mark Shirah gave him.

 Elpis had the babies resting in their crib, while she was trying to tend to some of the business of Lyonesse. Lately she had been torn between living in Hy-Brasil and the workload that came along with tending to the ever growing Library. She would desperately need more librarians to help her deal with the amount to tasks and relics that flodded in each day. She heard Ryan′s cries and felt something was awry. The boy usually just let out short cries of discomfort, but these cries were painful and full of signs of distress. She slammed a book shut and tossed it onto her desk, then hurried to her child. Big tears rolled down the soft, plumb litte cheeks.

Ryan, her otherwise happy little son, looked scared and confused. His little body shaking from sobs and pain. She lifted him up and craddled him in her arms, then she saw the mark on his shoulder. It was glowing and hot. Elpis tried her best in soothing her son with a little sing song and rocking him in her arms. But she felt helpless. She needed to ask Riddick and she would need to search for scriptures in the library. She was certain there was something about this mark and what came along with it in the library. After all, part of the library had been built by Furyans.

Ryan still cried against his mother′s chest resting his head against her shoulder his eyes closed and he saw the woman who gave him the mark again she was smiling and he sniffled opening his eyes to look up at his mother as he cuddled into her still crying softly.

Elpis held the little, warm body closer to her chest and ran her hand over the soft, little head to comfort her son. His bright blue eyes looked up at her as if she would know the answer, but she was lost for the moment. All she wanted was to soothe her son′s discomfort. So she softly sang to him, like her mother had done for her whenever she was sad or crying. It was a soft, soothing tune and she rocked him gently. A skill like her mother′s to soothe pain and to calm people would have come in handy right now, but she knew she was lacking such a talent. All she could rely on was that the song and her touch alone would help Ryan relax.

Ryan sniffled a few more times but he was listening to the song his mother sang his eyes drifted close once more and the woman appeared once more to him and he shuttered as if he was cold but his little body went limp as he fell into a deep sleep this time one much more peaceful thanks to the soothing voice of his mother and the warm smile coming from Shirah in his dreams.

Somehow the song her mother had taught her did the trick. Ryan seemed to relax. Elpis watched him and held him close even when his little body relaxed and his breathing became deep again. His eyes fluttered under his lids in a dream, but otherwise he seemed content and happy, with even a smile on his little face. Elpis sighed deeply and slowly relaxed herself. The uncomfort and pain of her child had made her tense. Now he seemed at peace and she relaxed too, sitting down in the rocking chair by the window to hold Ryan a little longer.

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