Time Well Spent.

[Xaious, Master of Time]

In his small, cluttered broom closet, the Master of Time stood in front of a mirror, fixing the ponytail in back of his head. His boots were well-polished, and for this special event, he was wearing some brand-new clothes, though still of a black-as-night coloration, pants still covered in pockets of every size-some containing knives of the fold-open persuasion-, but this time, the shirt was with long sleeves, though yet black and red. And this time, he had with him a dozen white roses, for effect. He glanced at his watch, noting the time, and suddenly appeared in front of Ayshela's door, and knocked.

 

And knocked.

 

And knocked some more.

 

Until she answered, after twenty minutes.

 

"Yes? Oh..my.....!" She had seen the roses. "Al...righ....Now? I'm not ready!" Xaious smiled, giving her the roses and hugging her into his arms.

"You look ready enough to me." He said, taking a good look at her. "But, sure, go get yourself ready, you..you...You!" He said, hugging her. She smiled at him, then ran off to her room to get dressed.He walked in and looked for a place to seat himself.

 

Having not looked hard, he took a seat on the floor by the door, back to the wall, and waited. Waited. Waited yet still.

 

Waited for two hours, until Ayshela emerged from her room.

 

"You look..."He sighed. "The same. You. Look. The same." She smiled. "You took two hours, five minutes, and 39 seconds to...to..What did you do?" He looked at her, confused how anyone could waste that much time doing nothing.

"Well, I...." She appeared to be thinking. "I stalled, of course!" She smiled, giggling.

Xaious laughed. "Well, ok, sure thing." He got up and walked over to her, then hugged her. "So, are you ready?" She smiled.

"Good, then we're ready to go!"

"Where are we going........?" She asked as he walked her out the room, to his.

"My room...There's something in there I need to d obefore we leave." Was his response.

 

They walked down the corridors of The Pen, until they finally reached his mess of a broom-closet-for-a-room. They entered, kicking clothes out of the way, avoiding piles of broken electronics from the future, and trying not to breathe in the noxious fumes from hidden, decaying ham sandwhiches, until they reached a wall into which he had carved some coordinates and runes. In other words, they took two steps into his room before a hideously ugly wall stopped them.

 

"If you have anything you might want to do right now, like, let's say, cast an invisibility spell, this would be the time to do it.

 

"Well..." She thought about this. "There is one thing..."

 

Ayshela murmurred softly for a moment, then waved a hand in Xaious' direction. She murmurred again and gestured toward herself.

 

"There, now we'll be able to see each other, even though no one else will be able to see us." She smiled, then paused in thought for a half moment, murmurred something sounding slightly different, and waved toward Xaious again. Repeating the murmurring, she gestured toward herself, then moved over to stand beside Xaious. Taking his arm, she said,

"Now, let's go!"

 

He looked at her and smiled, slowly reciting the words inscribed in the runes. As he did this, the wall began to change colors, swirling in and of itself, until it was every color and none, white, but black, and a purely solid drop of vapor, bright shining lights emitting pure darkness from the depths of the portal, until it solidified into a blue and green mirror, trees, clouds, and hills visible most everywhere. Ayshela gasped in awe.

 

"Behold, Earth. The home of the pizza bagel."

"The wha?"

"Pizza bagel. It's a tasty little treat invented in the twentieth century, AD. But here, well, We're way before then. From my calculations, the chapel's about finished in regards to its ceiling."

"But..This is a field..." Ayshela was confused.

"Oh, and..um..." Xaious walked into the wall, arm in arm with Lady Ayshela. "That portal, it wil stay opened until we go back through it, though none else but us can see it. It took a few days to make that, so, that's why we didn't do this sooner." He smiled.

"So...Why this field? Why not just go to the chapel itself" Ayshela was confused.

"Well, because, you see...That took a bit out of me, and I need to rest now, of course. We've just planewalked and time travelled. I need a rest." Xaious layed back, dozing off immediately.

"But..The spell's going to wear off...!" Ayshela frowned, leaning back on the grass. luckily, there were no villages, huts, or people nearby. And eventually, she fell asleep too.

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About 8 hours after she fell asleep, the wonderful Miss Ayshela awoke, only to find that Xaious was still asleep. Sighing, she moved over to him and shook him violently, rousing him from his slumber.

"Xai."

"Yes?"

"That was stupid."

"What was?"

"Going to sleep like that! You gave us plenty of time to encounter problems! And for my spells to wear off!"

"But there weren't any, eh?"

"No, but..still." She wasn't looking pleased.

"And relax, your spells are still on, they're not going to wear off until we go back through that portal. Don't worry so much, I had all this planned out already! No one's going to come nearthese parts for a few days." She sighed. "Nevertheless," He looked at his watch. "That painting's going to be completed in a couple of hours, so we have just enough time to walk there, and stil be able to witness the final strokes." She sighed a reluctant "Ok", and they were off.

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About three hours, thirty-three mintues, and thirty-three seconds later, Ayshela and Xaious were standing in the middle of the floor of the Sistine Chapel.

"Wow!"

"As with all things, better in person." Too late, they realized they had spoken, as the few people around them started looking for where the odd noises had come from. Luckily, no one noticed them. Xaious leaned in close to Ayshela:

"You have any fly or levitate spells?" She turned to him and nodded, as someone randomly bumped into him-this person was later executed for claiming he had an encounter with a supernatural being. "Good then, let's go take a close look as he puts on the final strokes." Ayshela smiled as she softly chanted the spell, and they floated feather-like to the ceiling, where Michealangelo was now applying the final touches. She smiled, and Xai smirked.

"Just wait until you see what's next!" She looked at him expectantly, and he dragged her along behind him, through the door, and across the sky, in an attempt to reach the open portal door before the flight spell wore off. And they made it just in time, the spell's effects vanishing right as they set foot upon the ground.

"..Is..Is that it?" Ayshela asked, a little dismayed.

"Oh, there's more, but, you see...." He idly scratched behind his head.

"Yes?"

"Well, that's for another time and date. This, well, this was just the beginning. There will be more, another litle excursion into fun, but this was the date you won. I'll be..um...Catching you another time, mk?"

Xaious hugged Ayshela, then walked her through the portal, arm-in-arm.

"Don't worry, there wil be more. But this has left me kind of exhausted."

"Oh, I see then. Thanks for the experience!" Though a bit dismayed, she was still happy. It's not everyday you see a recognized master of art finish one of their greatest works. Especially if they've been dead for hundreds of years. Xaious saw her disappointment; it wasn't the best it could have been, but he tried, so he felt good enough about it, and he had promised her more, for a later time. So Xaious hugged Ayshela snugly, and when she looked to him, kissed her on the cheek.

"Have a good night, Sweet Ayshela." He smiled.

Panicking, Ayshela pushed past him, running for her room.

Xaious stood there, feeling a bit dorry for her.

"Oh well, I'm sure she'll enjoy the next trip..."

Xaious began tracing runesand coordinates into the wall again, this time for a different destination time.

 

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OOC: This was my entry for the Date with Ayshela, which she won in the auction. I will likely come back and make a 'second date' here, but I can't be sure if I will or not, so this is it. Meh.

[Ayshela]

Ayshela laughs giddlily and tacklehugs Xaious! "Now, see hon! i TOLD you that was right up your alley! Terribly sorry to be so exhausting, but thank you immensely. *huge teary hugs*