| "Life, is a constant transformation." she is saying to Count Yorga.
"Since the Gods and Goddesses ordained life to reflect the world around
it and vice versa, it stands to reason that sometimes life's path will
lead to events that will reshape a person's body. It's a lesson of sorts,
and not a cruel one at that. Demifox Fred and Demifox Astra are comfortable
enough as they are now, for instance. What arrogance on my part can argue
with lessons that They grace to the rest of us?"
Before this discussion, they had all agreed that the business with the
Red Pyramid and the Unseelie Curse was an exception to this view......
Yorga looks at Queen Astra strangely, then decides to drop it.
He himself was a staunch believer in his faith, but he also saw some wisdom
in what Astra had said. Perhaps God's will was being reflected through
those who'd been transformed (and were rather comfortable with their new
forms). Heck, until recently he'd been a vampire, and now had been transformed
back into a normal human (and boy was it nice to be back)....
"Also, there is the fact that with the massive release of mystical
energy used by copies of this Crystallic on both Terra Prime and Earth
Prime," Dragon Synizn 2 (who'd decided just recently to add the number
after his name....after seeing the results he'd gotten from a mystical
ritual earlier with his Orb of Nominus, privately) sighs, "Could
well be that in addition to the will of the gods, whichever religious belief
you have.....well, there is going to be darn odd circumstances, situations,
and twists of fate coming from that for centuries to come! Including strange
meetings like this. Hideous amounts of magic were unleashed in putting
the world's ecology back to right! These ‘side effects' could well reach
out and effect analogous folk in other worlds, easily."
He waved at the gathering of Freds, Astras, and associated people
around the table.
And to us all, for those who'd been exposed to a tremendous
extent to the Atlantian artifact, Demifox Astra sighs contentedly,
cuddling one of her demifox kits, Can't say that I can really object
to all of it.
She smiled over at Demifox Fred, who smiled back.
"Yes, but I still believe we have on last item of business to
attend to," the blue haired fairy woman, Ama'lis says, pointing to the
various infants being attended to by doting parents. "Now that we have
some relative peace and sanity, should we now get to naming the darlings....as
well as some other business?"
"Indeed," Queen Astra says, standing, "That of naming the newborn....as
well as joining the loving parents together is very important. While some
have said that those of Terra Prime may have different moral standards
than those of other worlds at roughly the same point of time in their timelines,
duty to family is very important....in Aqualaria, Ethiopia, the Manimal
Nation, and various other nations as well!"
With much discussion it was found that to a person, the parents
haled from worlds were it was a terrible thing to have children and be
unwed, to be blunt about it. If something wasn't done soon, then it would
be (in their book) an insult to their various gods and such (not something
easily to ignore). Thus, in an open field Queen Astra performed an impromptu
wedding ceremony, with Frank Marn and Marion Alston being drafted to act
as witnesses and give away the various brides and grooms. Any complaints
about this being beneath their station in life to be wed in such a manner
are put aside when they remember that this is a QUEEN who's wedding them
(i.e. very special).
Parents will be vastly disappointed do not be here to witness
this in person, but customs are customs, so they'll understand. Besides,
the wedding is being recorded on the PDAs (basically Star Trek PADDs with
a bunch of extra features).....
"I just wish that my PDA had a current listing of names......to
help with the naming," she mutters, looking down at her PDA, "We have enough
children running around with the same name as it is."
She then has a thought that could both solve this problem,
as well as perhaps speed up the healing process on Susannah Dean to something
faster than a week. The elves were renowned in the school of magic of bodily
healing, especially with that of the young and unborn. Developed in large
part to trying to saving each and every infant born to them despite their
declining numbers and their sapped vitality in the regards of reproduction.
There was one young elfin girl in particular who'd been studying under
their emperor (the oldest repository of magical knowledge alive on Terra
Prime).....
As fate would have it, though they had the very magical artifact
to fix up Susannah Dean and her unborn child to make it safe to travel
on to the Dark Tower no mages available to do the fixing around here. Dragon
Synizn 2's magical expertise in this field of magic wasn't fine enough
for the job, despite being an excellent mage. The other magically inclined
members of her party are too new to their powers to feel comfortable in
attempting this healing. The other mages were either too exhausted from
the strain of breaking free of the Red Pyramid, involved in an exhaustive
search for the non-Champions around Nantucket Earth trying to find and
rescue them before they turn Unseelie, or were waiting in reserve.....husbanding
their magical energies in the desperate attempt to cure the cursed non-Champions
with the Crystallic if and when they got them all together.
Oh, she supposed she could have invoke her patron Goddess, Artemis,
the Head Deity of the Greek Pantheon (Zeus had retired in shame after discovering
his wife's role in the Hercules incident and her defection to the Titans,
and as things would have it the Virgin Huntress had assumed the position
her father had bore). However, before the needed prayers and sacrifices
would have taken too long to be of any help to the unborn (i.e the little
one would have expired before Astra could complete the process). After,
well, we know that Greek gods and goddesses hate to be bothered with trivial
things, now that Susannah and her unborn child weren't in danger of death,
now.
She made a mental note to contact Ti'mma as soon as possible about
this business as soon as she got back.....and blinked when somebody cleared
his voice behind her.
"You sent for us?" Eric Jones says softly, bowing slightly.
Astra looks blankly at Jones for a moment, then remembers Eric
from the wedding that she performed for Jarlath and his brides. He'd been
a wedding guest in the background......
She also sees that Ti'mma is with him, but had expected her parents.....not
these others. This was something that she'd ask about as soon as a discrete
time. Right now, there was work to be done.
First, the naming process was needed. She takes the needed Aqualarian
documents to make this ritual official and proper, nods to Eric....blinks
again when she sees.....something about him that hadn't been there before
at the wedding (and adds one more question to her list of questions).
Terra Prime (As the Fur Flies)
Children of Ke'lan and Li'reth D'Honaire - Radrieril, Eärur
The Children D'Honaire (Manfox Fred & Shefox Alicia) - Chayton and
Elu
The Children LaPost - Allen, Pattrick, Merideth
The Children of the Griffins - Chaitanya, Lalitchandra, and Kailash
are the child names of the male griffin children. Abhilasha, Jayanti, and
Yashila are the child names of the female griffin children.
The Child of Rift - Gloria
Terra 2 (Walants 2)
The Children Thessamer - Ronald, Adam, Alexander, Judith, Meliena,
Patricia, and Sabrina.
Terra 3 (Walants 3)
The Children D'Honaire - Thomas, Richard, Harry, Elizabeth, Elinor,
Theresa, and Melisande
Terra 4 (Walants 4)
The Children D'Honaire - Think the children of Fred 3 and Astra
3 except that (you guessed it) they actually made it to Atlantis. And they
even share the exact same names: Thomas, Richard, Harry, Elizabeth, Elinor,
Theresa, and Melisande. Just put a 2 after their name (they've grown to
actually LIKE that idea)!
The Children Vulpine - Adriel, Enyeto, Ohanko, Sahale, Tadi, and
Wakiza are the male demifox kits. Angeni, Cocheta, Nita, Migina, Kitcheka,
and Orenda are the female demifox kits.
The Child of Carradene - Ralphiel
Terra 5 (Walants 5)
The Children Thessamer - Arnold, Jonathan, Erin, Sylvia, Helena,
Janicesti, and Sigourney.
Terra 6 (Walants 6)
The Children D'Honaire - Think the children of Fred 3 and Astra
3 except that (you guessed it) they actually made it to Atlantis. And they
even share the exact same names: Thomas, Richard, Harry, Elizabeth, Elinor,
Theresa, and Melisande. Just put a 3 after their name (they've grown to
actually LIKE that idea)!
Terra 7 (Walants 7)
The Children Thessamer - Ian, David, and Celesti. They had died
when born prematurely due to injuries received by their mother but were
resurrected due to a synergistic reaction between the small portion of
the Crystallic that had filtered down to them when their mother drank it
to cure her demifox condition and the Crystallic that had brought them
to Terra Prime.
Terra 8 (Thaobath)
The Children Thessamer - Jessica, Kayla
Terra 9/10 (Anina, Astra, and Temporal Paradox)
Child of Fred 10 and Astra 10 - Lydia
Terra 14 (Alternate Manimals Universe)
The Children D'Honaire (of Malachi D'Honaire and Dragon Fred)
- Olivaw, Elijah, Klorissa, and Delmarre.
The Children D'Honaire (Manfox Fred and Shefox Alicia 3) - Sahale
and Aponi
Terra 17 (Hannah, Village Lass)
Children of the Unicorns - Tyrik, Kiele, Sherrell, and Kymberlyn
Terra 26 (Betrayal at Bookpoint!)
Child of the Ogress - Jack
Terra 28 ("Balancing Act" or "Time Anchor Lost!")
The Child D'Honaire - Ti'mma D'Honaire
Earth 32 (Kitsune)
Children of the Kitsune - Moe, Sam, Godfrey, Kirsten, Tess, and
Angie
Eddie Dean looks at the long list of names and shakes his head.
"Lotta kids there," he comments to nobody in particular.
"Agreed," Alston says from the side, remember her children from
her failed marriage who'd she'd left behind due to the Event and the divorce
settlement (her husband had hinted at what would happen to her and her
carrier if she'd pushed matters).
She wondered what the future would bring, suddenly, and wondered what
could have been....if things had worked out differently. One person in
particular actually knew one possible outcome, but Frank Marn had been
rather tight lipped about all of the details of what he'd read in Island
in the Sea of Time. Alston, after all due consideration, decided to
leave matter lay.
"Nice names that they'd used for the newborns....don't you think?"
Frank added, smiling at the newest part of the documents.
Alston coughed, a bit embarrassed by it all. So would the Chief,
when he heard about this.....
Terra 31 (Denom, Better Known as Fred)
Children D'Honaire (Fred 5a and Astra 5a) - Jared, Franklin, and Marion
Terra Shard (From Reality Shard to Reality)
Children D'Honaire (Fred 5b and Astra 5b) - Ryan, Andrew, and Ashley
Terra 33 (Lord Fred and Princess Astra, Demifoxes)
Children of the Demifoxes - Brion, Westin, Marcus, Jana,
Adalyn, Keona
As the impromptu wedding witnesses talk about the fast weddings and
christening of the children (who are now being taken to various religious
folks to be baptized)......
-
 "Now, Eric......when
did you become a Champion?" Queen Astra asks the proud father of
a elfin son, "And while we're at it, I was rather expecting Ti'mma's parents,
not you. No offense."
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