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[Lady Ditto Armunn]

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Was someone smothering her?
Someone is trying to kill me! Ditto gasped for air and swung her arms out to ward off her attacker. She heard a shout from somewhere far away it seemed.

"Sirrah, she's awake!"

Ditto could hear Juju's voice shouting, but the words were too garbled. Was there a battle going on? Was it an assassin holding her down? Someone had to be holding her down because she couldn't seem to move. Couldn't even sit up. Why couldn't she open her eyes? It was if her eyelids were sealed shut, or simply refused to obey her wishes. What was going on?

Juju gently placed her mistress' arms back down upon the bed and watched Ditto's face closely for any further sign that she was conscious.
Another gasp for air and her eyes opened at last. She was more aware now that her would-be assassin was her own imagination. She was in her own room, with her devoted servant woman, Juju. She coughed and it felt as though someone were slicing her flesh from the inside out. Her throat dry, and swollen, she managed at last to speak, "Juju? Where's--"
"The mistuh is downstairs," Juju volunteered. "He don't be knowin' yous all awake yet. There be time to let him know. You jus be quiet now an' give them herbals a chance to work".
Ditto disobeyed, "How long..how long have--"
"You been sleepin a long time, missus. Long time." Juju reached to smooth the covers over her mistress but Ditto only jerked them back down defiantly. "Shh now. Jus' rest."
"I killed --"
"Jus be quiet now a little while, den you be talkin' with your mistuh."
Ditto shook her head, gasping once again for air that seemed so thin. "I killed Imy."
Juju threw her head back and cackled in her insane way, then became serious once again as quickly as the snap of a finger. "No, missus. You came close, but she's not dead. Why she just be alive as much as me. She ain't here doh. She be off schoolin' herself."

Could it be?. She remembered the spell she had used on Imy. The very same spell that had put her in this condition, whatever that condition was. She saw her daughter drop to the floor. There was no heartbeat. She had heard Juju say that to Tarothin just before Ditto slipped into unconsciousness. It had to be the truth or else Juju wouldn't have said she was off at school. Off at school? Imy? What school? Why? "Did Cloudster send her away?"
Juju suddenly scowled terribly. She moved her face down close to Ditto's and tilted her head, still scowling. "Who dat be?"
Either not catching Juju's sudden discontempt, or choosing to ignore it, she spoke slowly in answer. "Tarothin."
The old crone stood up and began making her way toward the door. "No, missus. Young miss Imy done sent herself away." Her tone became stoic as she opened the door, "But you need to rest some. I'll inform da lord you be awake and fetch you some warm tea. I be bringin some meatpies too but dat be more for da lord as it be his feedin time. Er, dinnin' time."

After closing the door behind her, Juju paused a moment to think. She'd not heard her lady refer to Lord Armunn's boyhood name since they'd been married nearly three decades ago. Somehow she doubted that it had been a simple, ill-placed slip that was so common for Ditto. She just had a nagging feeling that there was some intangible meaning behind it that maybe Ditto herself was unaware.
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Dark Lady Ditto Armunn
~ D|O ~

=Left Hand Suzuki Method=
ICQ: 617689603 Twitter: @Ody0
Quote: "Oh Great! First I get stabbed and now I'm bleeding!" - Ditto
Tarothin Armunn Quote: "I know and I have mood swings like a pregnant woman at times. :/ I'm very random."

[Lady Ditto Armunn]

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It had been just a couple of months since Ditto had awoken from her coma state, and already she'd caused a countless array of problems. Not only her normal sort of mischief making, but odd things even for her. And her temper-tantrums seemed frequent and severe. Several months of inaction and lack of stimulus from being in a coma had caused her inner chaotic nature to emerge full force, and she was beginning to feel claustrophobic. She wanted adventure. New faces. Parties. Something fun to do. Living with Tarothin Armunn wasn't exactly dull. It was he that kept her half-way sane..at least for her. But now, she seemed to be putting a strain on their relationship. Her husband, normally patient when it came to her, was becoming more and more agitated, and frustrated at her actions. Normally finding her childish behavior endearing, her utter rage at him lately, when she didn't get her way was, quite frankly, getting on his nerves.

Juju, had already had it with her mistress' antics. Just today she found yet another stray duck in the house from last week's "Fowl Only Tea Party", when Ditto had filled the manor with hundreds of chickens, ducks, swans, and turkeys; then demanded that no one was allowed to enter the house until the birds were ready to leave. The party was over once the Lord arrived and found he'd been locked out of his own house. Most of the guests did not survive. And Ditto's wrath was extreme. This time, the Lady hadn't stayed in the bed chamber to break things. Most of the windows did not survive.

It was this night that Juju, half up a ladder, trying to clean the 'Taro is a fowl murderer' grafetti off the wall, overheard a strange conversation between her lord and lady that led to Ditto's departure.

Ditto strided across the hall floor and was about to knock on her husband's study door when it opened unexpectedly. Unbalaced, she fell forward slightly, but Lord Armunn's well muscled arm caught her to stand her upright. It was something he was use to, since his wife, graceful as she was, also seemed to be rather clumsy. As soon as she was standing right, Ditto looked up into his blue eyes adoringly and announced, "I think we should divorce."
Instead of anger or hurt pride, Tarothin looked down upon her in amusement. Glancing Juju, he firmly pulled his wife inside the room to discuss the matter further.
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Dark Lady Ditto Armunn
~ D|O ~

=Left Hand Suzuki Method=
ICQ: 617689603 Twitter: @Ody0
Quote: "Oh Great! First I get stabbed and now I'm bleeding!" - Ditto
Tarothin Armunn Quote: "I know and I have mood swings like a pregnant woman at times. :/ I'm very random."

[Lady Ditto Armunn]

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Later that evening....

Ditto entered her bedchamber half dancing across the floor, and singing a tune. She saw Juju immediatly and smiled very big, her now violet eyes happy. "Oh, Juju, is it nau wonderful?"
Juju turned to her mistress, "Wut?"
"I'm leaving. I dunno exactly when but Cloudster said soon." Ditto whirled around in a circle, her arms spread outwards.
The old servant's brow went up curiously. "You divorcing da lord?"
Ditto giggled, her platinum curls boucing around her face. "Ofcourse nau, silly. I dun have to. Cloudster says I can call myself whatever I wanna and he won't mind."
Scratching her balding, dreadlocked head, Juju felt she had missed something in the conversation. "Wut?"
Sighing from having to explain herself, Ditto leapt up onto the bed Juju had just made and starting jumping up and down. "I wanted to have a much more fun name than Armunn. A fun name. Like Fuddlemucket. Ditto Fuddlemucket. That sounds fun, nau?" Not waiting for Juju to answer, Ditto continued, "Tarothin Fuddlemucket." Giggling, she nearly fell onto the floor but caught herself and continued jumping. "Cloudster....Taro says he's nau gonna divorce me and that I don't need a divorce. I need a vacation! He is so very wise, dun ya think?"
Juju, understanding where the conversation was going now, nodded and muttered, "Mmhmm"
Ceasing the jumping, Ditto ran across the room to pull the drapes open wide and look out at the sea beyond. "I am so glad that I do nau have to divorce him. I love him so very much and would be most bored without him. Most bored....", Ditto's eyes began deepening with sadness. "I will miss him terribly. But, what he must do, he must do alone. On his own. I can nau aid him with this war. Nau this time. It is most frustrating seeing him suffer and knowing I can nau, should nau do anythin to help. there is something I can do to help him with other things though." Ditto smiled slightly, a hint of wikedness played along her heart-shaped lips. "Something....covert. And something I can do much easier without him near."

Pausing her cleaning duties, Juju watched and listened, as Ditto continued,"I have to admit that I do need a vacation. Not from Tarothin, but to Cat. She is my most fun friend. My bestest friend. I've missed her terribly and I am sure she has missed me...um, if she has noticed that I even left." Ditto tilted her head to one side to wonder for a moment before deciding, "Yes, I am sure that she noticed this time." Smiling and happy once again, she ran to her clothes chest and began sorting through her dresses by either tossing them on the bed or on the floor.
Juju went over to begin picking the expensive dresses off the floor. "Wut this all got to do wid bein all covert?"
"Nuthin," she bent way down into the clothing chest to rummage further. "Taro just wants me to do a little somethin for him while I'm visiting Cat. Something that involves everyone. Well, not everyone, most, .....well not most, ....some. Xas, some. Some. It involves some people there."
"How long you gon' be der?" Juju asked.
"Nau long. A year maybe. And I'll come back here for little visits to check on everyone." At her last word, Ditto fell head first into the chest and the lid shut.
Juju began folding some of the dresses on the bed, seeming unconcerned, and was nodding when the lid of the chest came up and Ditto climbed out. "Dis all be sounding like a good idea for everyone."
"Ofcourse it is. Cloudster came up with it." Ditto said, rubbing her now bruised head.
The servant muttered something unintelligible before asking, "What about miss Imryrr?
"Imryrr is away. If she comes here, Taro....Cloudst....Taro knows how to handle her if she steps outta line. He might even send her there too, eventually."
Grabbing a well-worn carpet bag from under the bed, Juju continued to ask questions, "And miss Bree?"
Ditto stopped rubbing her head to smile, then look sad, then smile again before answering, "She'll stay here with her father. Taro is good with babies."
Juju stopped her chores abruptly. "The lord is NOT good with babies. The lord is good at spoiling them til they grow up to be a spoiled bi......"
Ditto quickly interrupted her with a shouted reminder to put her in her place, "Juju! He is your lord. Don't ya forget that!" Her tone calmed and her eyes warmed. "He does enjoy spoilin his daughters. And don't worry, Bree is just a baby still, so ya know you'll have your hands full as much as him cause you know he's nau gonna do the real work like feeding and changing her. He still worries he might break her, I think." Ditto giggled. "It is so funny to see such a well-built human man holding a tiny little baby and looking like he's scared he'll crush her or somethin."
"He do have dohs claws. Mebe he worried he'll cut her in half if'n he sneezes." Juju said bluntly.
Ditto did not look amused by her servant's attempt at a joke, and said matter of factly, "Tarothin still has things to...handle. I am sure he is most capable of dealing with both his daughters and a servant that dun watch her mouth." Ditto began walking toward the door, but before she ran out, she looked back at Juju and added, "besides, your just mad cause you have to stay and can't go to make googoo eyes at Galnor."

Her mistress' giggling trailed off and Juju stood alone in the bedchamber. She thought about what Ditto had said about 'some people' and wondered what mission Lord Armunn had put upon his wife. Sighing aloud, she spoke to herself, shaking her head, "Dey all gon' die."
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Dark Lady Ditto Armunn
~ D|O ~

=Left Hand Suzuki Method=
ICQ: 617689603 Twitter: @Ody0
Quote: "Oh Great! First I get stabbed and now I'm bleeding!" - Ditto
Tarothin Armunn Quote: "I know and I have mood swings like a pregnant woman at times. :/ I'm very random."