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Melody's arms went limp from Holden's neck for a minute before they tightened again. After he had shut the door, her arms feel completely, her head falling back causing her to start to roll from Holden's arms.

Azriel glanced over, hearing faint yelling. She tilted her head at Mystic, "What? Oh shit! Melody!" She quickly teleporting to Holden. "Melody!" She jumped forward, catching the girl as she fell from Holden's arms, "Gah, I'm sorry about Mystic not answering. Poor man's unconscious right now." She gently lay Melody on the bed, placing her hand over Melody's 'heart'. She closed her eyes a bit, manipulating more Ethereal energy into the girl.

[Bovice]

Holden pinched his nose when Azriel caught Melody, "It's fine Azriel. And I am assuming that you took care of the shop keeper." He said placing the bag next to the bed. "Well if I was turned I would of been able to contact you." He said with a sigh. He saw a piece of paper sticking out from under his pillow, he grabbed it and looked at it. "Finally." Holden said with a smile.

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She looked up after she had finished, "I'm sorry, I didn't think the bum would work himself into a coma..figuratively speaking. I've been meaning to talk to you anyway, I think we almost have a solution for Melody. I can tell you're tired, so I'll leave it at that for now." She looked back to Melody, moving the bangs from her eyes, "She'll be asleep for awhile yet. I will monitor her energy levels while Mystic rests himself. Oh," She quickly, but gently, established a telepathic link with Holden, "If you need anything, we now have a link."

[Bovice]

"Again it's fine. It's not like there is anything I can do about it." Holden said crossing his arms. "I am tired but I wont be able to sleep yet. Solomon's gonna want me to eat again." He said with a small sigh. "Can you tell me anything about that solution?" He asked with a smile. "But if you can, can I go and change into something more comfortable? These damn pants are cutting off my circulation." He said unbuckling his belt. "Thank you for the link." Holden said with another smile.

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She nodded, "I thought you'd like to sleep first, but I can tell you. Go change, I need to monitor her for a moment anyway. Thanks to Mystic's carelessness, she almost separated." She looked down to Melody, analyzing her Ethereal energy.

Melody cracked open an eye, jumping a bit and scooting up against the headboard. After she realized it was just Azriel, she relaxed. She crawled over into her lap, resting against the woman's armor, 'Does this..solution involve me becoming 'normal'?'

[Bovice]

Holden nodded and grabbed one of his bags. He went out the door and to the bathroom. He came out five minutes later in a pair of blue lounge pants, and a white tee shirt. "Much better." He said as he entered the room. He shut the door and started folding the clothes he was wearing. When he was done he walked over to the bed and sat down. "So what is the plan Miss Azriel?" Holden asked looking at her.

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She looked to Melody, then to Holden, "Well, it's basically going to be a routine reattachment, once we get the finagling done. First off, she has to die but we can't just..rip the doll apart and expect her to die, or allow her energy to deplete. We have to use a spell to kill her; that's how I designed her attachment...and..that's as far as we got so far...until we reattach her. It's just the middle that's being difficult. We can't just take her spirit and slap it into another body, it just doesn't work that way. Her Ethereal make-up is already altered compared to a normal spirit, giving us further difficulties. I've only done a doll attachment once, with Ariel; and I never intended to attach her to a real body." She leaned back slightly, closing her eyes, "I suppose I could try to restore her original Ethereal make-up after we kill her..but..I haven't done that before and I don't want to mess up..that's what is really taking us so long; we're being extra careful to get the details right."

Melody frowned a bit as Azriel talked, 'I don't want to 'die' again. It was rather unpleasant.'

[Bovice]

"I see." Holden said pondering for a moment. "You and Mystic will figure it out." He said with a smile. "Now I should probably go and track down Solomon." He said looking at Melody. "Do you want to stay with me or do you want to go back with Azriel?" Holden asked biting his lower lip.

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Azriel stood, "Do you want to stay Melody?"

She nodded, knowing Azriel didn't know sign language.

She nodded, "Well Holden will call me when you're ready to come back. Alright?" After the girl nodded, she disappeared.

Melody smiled, jumping off the bed, 'I'll help you find him. I'm good at finding things.'

[Bovice]

Holden waved to Azriel, 'He shouldn't be far.' He said picking Melody up. "Especially since Hayden has that bird." He said with a chuckle. "I'm not going to be awake much longer." Holden said yawning.

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She blinked, 'Bird? What bird?'

Suddenly Hayden yelled out and there was much squawking in the room. She could be heard trying to calm it down. After a minute or so, the bird was silent. She smiled, petting it gently and smoothing it's feathers down, "Shhhh it's okay."

Melody sat there in his arms, staring flatly at the wall, 'She has a bird....why?'

[Bovice]

Holden shook his head, "I don't know, and I am not going to even try getting into Hayden's mind." He said with a shiver. "Solomon is probably up in the study." He said turning to the stairs. He walked up them and turned to the right slightly. He knocked on the door, "Solomon? I'm back." He said noticing that Solomon wasn't in there. "What the heck? I can't believe he isn't in here." Holden said closing the door and looking at Melody.

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Solomon appeared behind Holden as the boy was turning around, "Yes Holden?"

Melody jumped a bit, glaring at Solomon, 'You scared me.' She smiled a bit, 'I hope it's okay if I stay a bit longer?'

Solomon shrugged, "I don't care."

[Bovice]

Holden jumped and sighed, "I just wanted to tell you that we were back. But you already knew that." He said with a smile and then looked to the floor. "I was going to go to bed shortly. Is there anything you want me to do?" Holden asked looking to Solomon.

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"I want you to eat something, but if you're really tired, you can just have an extra large breakfast tomorrow."

[Bovice]

"I will eat, because I don't want to send Melody back yet." Holden said with a smile looking at Melody. "Lets go love." He said wrapping his arm in Solomon's. He started back down the stairs, and leaned his head on Solomon's arm. "Can it be something small? Like a sandwich? I'm still full from the soup." Holden said with a content sigh.