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((this entry, as much as possible, is written in a timeline order. Its hard to do when coordinating matching stories. Gah!)) ((as a further warning, there is a little skipping around here between characters))

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Se'rox, and Being Mistaken

As Rose came walking in, and Zuchax III made the comment about Se'rox being mistaken about her being on another planet. She blushed furiously.

She smiled though, and read Zuchax III's face as he spoke to Rose.

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Rose: Box of Worms

Rose saw the man with Ser'ox wave back, and heard him compliment her garden.

"That's fine. You're welcome anytime. And, yes, it practically does tend itself." she called back. It had better, I'm never home anymore!

She had turned back away and was near the front door when he called out for her to be careful, about the people inside.

"I appreciate it, but I should be fine. ANTIE-D would have taken care if it was a problem." she said, and opened the front door. She could have sworn she had just heard someone yell, and she didn't believe what she had heard...

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Se'rox, Being Mistaken; continued

Turning to Zuchax III after Rose had declined his offer, she smiled.

"You know, she can handle herself pretty well. You don't think I'd be half as good as I am if she wasn't as strong as she is, do you?" her tone was curious and a little admonishing, as well. But her smile was serene.

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Taran: Losing Your Cool

As Lord Avondale was calm after Taran's falsely innocent denials of his ability to be helpful, he thought for a moment that it had worked. But, as he turned away from Lord Avondale, the Dragon jumped up and yelled at him.

"TARAN, DRAGOON OF LOFWYR, ARE YOU A COWARD?!"

Unable to believe or possibly unwilling to accept such an accusation, Taran spun to face Lord Avondale. Lightening flashed in his eyes, and little sparks trailed along his clenched fists.

Lord Avondale continued to explain what he needed, in a completely calm voice. Taran grew calmer as he recognized the ruse. He let go of the electricity, though a lightbulb in the corner did spontaneously explode. He ignored it.

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Rose: Box of Worms, continued

Closing the door softly behind her, she started tapping away at the panel almost immediately. She heard something shatter, from inside the study.

Mere moments later, ANTIE's panel readout displayed what she needed to know. She was in the foyer, there were 20 animals in the living room with ANTIE-D (at this Rose sighed), and there were two people in the study.

She already knew one was Taran, by what she had heard. Who is Lowfyr, anyways? she thought distractedly, but had to get back to the moment. The crash meant that, despite the quiet, there was trouble.

She was just about to turn away from the panel and go break down the study door, when a message from ANTIE-D came across the system.

"Taran in meeting with Lord Avondale. He requested not to be disturbed. Video surveillance in the room is off as per the request."

Raising an eyebrow, she tapped a few things onto the screen, and was soon watching live feed from the room.

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Taran: Losing Your Cool, continued

"If that is all you needed, then why overreact? I am no coward, and if you know enough of me to know who I serve, you should know that above other things. No decent dragon would abide by a cowardly dragoon, so how can you expect a dragon God to do otherwise? I can help you, if that is all you need. Your first pretenses to a request made it seem as if you needed the help of a God, and that, I can not provide."

Taran turned, and looked up. He felt electricity running, right into the cameras in the corners. He snapped his fingers, somewhat quietly, and they were fried.

"However, I do want you to remember one thing. A Dragoon to a Dragon is a hard life. But to be widely known as a Dragoon to a Dragon God is to become a target. It is part of my oath to God Lofwyr to do all I can that does not jeopardize my missions to keep secret whom I serve. Mention this again, or to anyone else, and either I will be killed, or you will."

"Now. Where do you propose we take them, and where are they now?"

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Rose: Box of Worms; continued for the last time.

Dragon God? He, wait, what? as Rose tried to make certain she had just heard what she thought she had, the entire feed was lost, from all three angles.

"Bloody Hell!" Rose cursed under her breath, and then quickly covered her mouth, when she realized she had just cursed in her own home. She hadn't ever done that before, not here. More than that has changed in the last months she thought.

Another message from ANTIE-D came across the screen. "What shall we do about the extra... potential tenants?"

Rose shook her head, and locked the front door. She tapped on the screen a bit more, ensuring no one would be leaving the house without her access code. Then, she went into the living room....