Welcome to Gaia! ::

Kyol chuckled at the novelty of being called sir, and replied, "My name is Kyol Twinner, it is a pleasure to meet you Reaper." He almost started a bow, but he didn't realizing the futility of the gesture. He glanced up at the man in the tree, "May I ask your name sir?"

*to Kyol, glares down at Kyol, smiling showing his fangs*

He automatically bowed in return, ingrained habit he supposed as he thought about the futility of the gesture. "What am I doing here? Hmmmm......" he glanced up towards the sky, seeking he answer there. "I have been a wanderer for most of my life, perhaps part of me wants to have a home for a bit. I was told of this place some time ago by a person I was working with, he said that they would welcome me should I ever decide to join. So I came here to see how it would turn out. I was indeed welcomed which, to a person who has been run out of several towns in his life because of his talents, automatically puts a few points in their favor."

It had been a bit since he experianced telepathy. He blinked, and looked up at him, raising an eyebrow at his fangs. "It's nice to meet you as well." he said, a slightlly ironic and sarcastic undertone in his voice.

*he smiles at her then at Kyol*

"Hmm..I was an outsider. I have been since the tender age of eight." Reaper said. "Would you mind telling me what a ShadowDancer is, sir? I myself have never heard of such a thing. It sounds interesting."

Reaper responded.

"No, I wouldn't mind at all." he said as he slid down the trunk of the tree to sit. "What is a ShadowDancer....That depends in truth, upon who you ask. Every story has many sides, but I shall give you mine, and with it any biases that I might hold." he said, pausing for a moment, staring off into space before continuing, "A ShadowDancer is a wandering entertainer in our basest form. We travel in troupes, usually about 10-30 people in a single troupe. We use a form of magic that is partly hereditary, and partly training. It allows us to use shadows to our advantage. I can meld with a shadow to hide, teleport from one to another I can see, and use them to power small illusions. We would go to different towns and set up a large tent and perform, using our talents. We would tie in acrobatics, dance, and our magic to entertain the people, it was a decent way to make a living. However, sometimes after we had been to a town, the younger children would be so obsessed with us that they would try to run away to join us. We always escorted them back, but it fed rumors that grew and grew. After a time we began to be threatened, and accused of stealing children away. People claimed our magic sprang from evil, and that we were trying to entrap them into evil." Kyol sighed, "We tried to ignore it best we could, but one time it came to a boil and my troupe was attacked in a town. We at first fought back, but then had to flee, sometimes numbers makes the difference. Since then I have wandered alone, there might be a few more troupes still intact, but I haven't run across any of them. In fact I haven't found many people who know what Shadowdancers are in this part of the world." He stopped now, chuckling, "I rambled on there I guess. I hope that I answered your question somewhere in there."