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 Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:06 pm
White wings flicked gently as Death lifted her head up from the ground and blinked her eyes blearily. It had been a long day, she'd been taking Banhi flying every day and now she was increasingly tired.
A black mane and tail were brushed back as the small female Soquili lifted her head into the wind slowly and sighed in her ghostly voice to the winds all around. It wasn't just that it was a long day it was that she was completely overly stressed. Standing slowly, the ghostly mare trotted along the ground of the forest slowly, her mane and tail brushing out with the wind with every motion.
Large white wings spread out in a large stretch as she stopped and leaned on her front legs, her rear end in the air as she let the wings brush almost to the ground. Truly a Soquili with wings was a strange thing, but no so strange in the type of things that had popped up in the recent years. But one as ghostly pale as her was rare, with every step the tranquil female made it was as if she weren't even there.
It wasn't just that Death was a sprit of the dead or watched them, she was tranquility and peace itself. This was why she was with Banhi of course, the girl was peaceful herself, though a little strange.
Yawning up to the sky above, Death swished her tail gently and walked down to the stream she'd known so well in the past. Dipping her snow muzzle into it she smiled as the water cooled her throat down and she sighed quietly pulling away. Debating laying down for a few moments, she scuffed a hoof against the ground in faint irritation, ignoring the call she felt from her female.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:48 pm
It was evening again. Already the stars were showing against a changing sky, the sun only now slipping beyond the darkening horizon.
Khairi sighed deeply and stood, . Pale lavender hair, long and unkempt, swept across ice blue eyes. The stallion ignored it and stared out across the shadowed fields as though uncertain of his next move. What was there to do? Another long night, another long day.
Perhaps... perhaps a run would be good. Ha. Khairi snorted doubtfully. But irritation gave his limbs energy, and he couldn't stand still any longer. In a burst of speed the stallion took off, hooves digging deep into the soft ground. Rythmic pounding filled his ears until it was all he could hear, all he could feel.
And suddenly, the irritation just... melted. A fierce joy took its place, strengthening him. The stallion stretched out his legs, heart pounding and lungs straining in time to the beat of his hooves. Around him the world was a blur, green-grey-black-blue-silver...
Nothing mattered! He was free...
Nothing mattered. Nothing...
Not even loneliness.
Joy faded just as quickly as it had sprung up and his rythm failed, slowed. He came to a faltering halt at the start of an old wood. His lungs heaved and his legs shook, but nothing had changed. Strength sapped the power of his irritation, leaving behind a faint, resigned sadness.
With a heavy tread the stallion picked his way between the trees, following the path he knew well. Perhaps a night by the water would be nice. Calm, cool, relaxing...
Khairi grinned wryly at himself and continued forwards.
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:51 am
Death's sharp ears flicked forward as she heard hooves in the distance, it was strange but she'd thought she was alone. Of course it didn't matter to her if someone came around, Death was content with being almost anywhere with almost anyone, she hadn't really met a mean Soquili or human yet. Though she was sure they existed.
Twisting her head in that direction she watched, her wings flat on her back and her legs straight, waiting for whomever it was to appear finally so she could go back to relaxing. Of course she wouldn't mind the chance to talk to another, it was simply that she was so tired that she was slightly irritable, it always happened this way, or at least it always had.
Though Death's version of irritable and the version everyone else had were much different, it could be said that she didn't appear at all angry, rather that she seemed just happy was all.
Sighing a little, the white wind Soquili looked down at her hooves and flicked her tail against her hind legs. Whoever it was needed to get here sooner, she was going to simply fall over soon if she couldn't lay down.
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:16 pm
His legs shook, flanks still trembling with exertion. His breathing, however, was calm, his heartbeat strong. Soon the strength returned to his limbs, but still a soul-deep weariness clung on. It was something sleep could do little for, as he'd found these past few days. It wasn't too bad though; dawn was nearly as beautiful as sunset.
His eyes were on the ground, unfocused and nearly unaware as he turned his thoughts inward. His body knew the path well, in dark or light; he wouldn't trip. Overhead the trees were still wreathed in purples and reds, pale orange and maroon. But beneath the higher branches the world was cloaked in darkness, in blues and greys. He liked it better here.
It was nice here. Nicer than the bitter northern coasts, or the hot desert sand... but even those held a hidden beauty, especially when you'd grown up there. Sometimes... well, sometimes it seemed a foolish decision to travel to these soft lands. He'd considered more than once just leaving...
Khairi's eyes flickered open in startlement and he slowed to a halt. On the path in front of him, barely noticeable in the descending gloom, were fresh hoofprints. Small, like a mare's.
A soft wind rustled through the ferns along the side of the path and set the trees whispering together. However, the colder weather had chased the crickets and frogs away and left the woods eerily devoid of animal life.
That is, besides the mare that stood in front of him. The blue stallion raised his head, blinking foolishly.
"...Death?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:27 pm
Soft grey eyes glistened slightly as Death lifted her head and glanced right at Khairi. It took a few moments for it to register that it was actually him, that he was actually here. Especially since she'd kept the fact that she'd wanted to see him hidden from even herself for so long.
"Khairi?" She called out in a soft voice. "I-Is that you?" Confusion wormed into her voice and she fluttered her wings as she took a few soft steps forward, her ears pricked forward as she dared for a moment to believe it was him.
Or at least to believe that it was him and he was happy it was her.
The wind caught her tail and trailed it out to the side of her as she snapped her wings close to her barrel belly, making sure that they didn't go anywhere or break. Even a little wind was dangerous for her fragile wings and their hollow bones.
But all the same she walked towards the larger blue stallion, getting close enough to smel the sweat on him and see him shiver from exhaustion, just as she herself was wobbling slightly on her ebony hooves. It had been so long since she'd laid eyes on him, that it was hard to believe that it was really Khairi.
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:50 pm
The weariness that had enveloped him, the soul-deep exhaustion, seemed to just... melt away. The blue raised his head, ears pricked, his eyes more alert than they'd been in a long while. His legs still shook and his muscles still ached, but now the feeling was sweet and reassuring. This wasn't a day-dream...
A slow grin cracked across the stallion's face. "I don't know how many blue stallions you know, but I'm the only one I've ever met."
As Death came closer Khairi's grin faded, replaced by an expression of deep concern. She looked frail, and as exhausted as he was; he wondered what she'd been doing these long weeks. With a soft wicker he stepped forwards to meet her, eyes dark with worry.
"Are you alright? You look so tired." A cool breeze whispered past, running over his sweat-damp flanks and sending a shiver down his back.
"I've missed you." His spoke softly, harsh voice barely audible.
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:10 pm
"You're the only one I'd ever want to know." Death said in her calm voice, brushing a wing against his skin as she bumped her muzzle to his neck. "I'm fine, don't worry. Banhi likes to go flying at night is all, so I'm very tired."
A smile spread over her snow white muzzle and she leaned slightly against the larger soquili, taking slight advantage of how much stronger he was than her. There was something about him that put Death at ease, more at ease than when she was with anyone or anything else. Maybe it was simply because he was the very first of her own kind that she'd ever seen, or maybe it was that... maybe it was simply that she actually liked him.
"I've missed you too. Where were you at all these months?" Death asked in her normal ghostly voice, flicking her tail against him gently and turning so her head was next to his, even if he was taller.
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:17 pm
Her words filled him with warmth, despite the sweat that was cooling on his flanks. "I've been... around. Mostly with my own two-legger, Ohanzee." Khairi shrugged as if it didn't matter. Because it didn't; not anymore.
"But I could ask the same of you, little ghost." He nuzzled her affectionatly. "I haven't seen you in a long time."
And it had been a long time; too long. He hadn't forgotten her in the least. Rather, the short time they'd spend together seemed to sharpen in his mind. Khairi sighed. It had been a while since he'd felt such... such a strong affinity for another of his kind.
It was nice to care again.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:42 pm
Death smiled gently at him and draped a wing over his shoulders because she noticed the faint shiver that had passed through him. His nuzzle made her blush, the pale pink coloring her white face slightly.
He had called her Ghost the last time she'd met him as well and it made her quiver at times. There was something about that, something that just made her... blush, she supposed.
"Banhi occupies quite a bit of my time. It's hard to find a time where I'm not thinking about her or doing something for her." Death admitted, but she had missed him and when her thoughts weren't of Banhi's health, of how they lived and what to do with her... she'd alwas been thinking about him.
Now though, now he was beside her for the first time in months and she could reach out and touch him and feel his presence beside her and a smile was spreading through her. Something was spreading through her aside from that as well, but she wasn't sure what.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:32 pm
Her wing across his back lent him a kind of warmth that he'd been missing for so long now. It was comforting...
Khairi nodded, although the care of two-leggers wasn't something that he could relate to; Ohanzee seemed pretty well-off on his own. At least he always had food, and a place to sleep that wasn't wet. The blue stallion didn't worry overly much... after all, he had come to Ohanzee, and not the other way around.
But sometimes when it was cold, or raining, the company was nice.
"Just don't let her work you to the bone all the time." He smiled. "Because I could never forgive her if something happened to you."
... where did that come from? The stallion looked away for a moment, embarrassed. But not embarrassed enough to take it back.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:10 pm
"She wouldn't do that." Death said in a soft voice, her eyes becoming distant as she glanced down at her hooves. It hadn't been a matter of one taking the other under their wing, the both of them had just come together.
Banhi showed Death what it meant to love and care for someone, Death showed Banhi what it was like to trust someone. It was a two way relationship, neither of them really overworked the other.
Suddenly Death realized that her she was leaning a slight too far forward and all four of her legs crumpled from underneath of her. Landing with a thud on the ground and spread both wings out as she went, making her landing a slight bit lighter.
Grumbling and trying to get back up, the white mare found that she was stuck to the ground, none of her legs wanting to move any longer. Exhaustion had finally won at last.
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:42 pm
"If you trust her, then I have no choice but to believe you." He smiled softly, almost apologetically. It certainly wasn't his place to judge her human, just as he wouldn't expect her to pass judgement on Ohanzee. Of course, their relationship was a lot different, much less... togetherness, as it were.
The smile vanished as quickly as it came, however, as Death fell forwards. His heart lurched and seemed to block the very breath from his mouth. The blue stallion had seen this before, in his father, but it couldn't be the same thing! -They- wouldn't pull such a cruel trick!
But then she grumbled and shifted as though trying to move, and he relaxed. A little. She was alright... he breathed a sigh of relief and settled down next to her. He arched an eyebrow, a wry smile splitting his muzzle.
"I suppose this isn't a bad spot for a rest. Of course, the moss over there-" Khairi nodded towards a nearby clearing of undergrowth " - might have been a better choice." Although his words were joking, they were laced with worry.
A pause as he listened to her breath next to him, then he continued. Khairi's tone was somber. "You should be more careful, ghost." He nuzzled her, despite the blush that rose up to color his cheeks.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:20 am
A deep red blush crossed over both of the ghost's pale white cheeks, darkening her Eye of Horus and tinging her skin pink beneath her light hair. "Sorry, my legs just wanted me down apparently." Death said as she looked away for a moment in sheepish silence.
The little mare didn't like worrying anyone, she hated it in fact. The last time she'd worried someone... she'd never seen them again. That was why she was like this, why she was so quiet and everything. Once upon a time she'd been bubbly, but after what had happened she'd become who she was... taken the name she had.
"I'm sorry... for worrying you. I try and be careful, sometimes it just doesn't work out I suppose." Her ghostly laughter lit the air and she looked back at him with her gentle grey eyes. "Sometimes it's fun just to see what can happen in life though. Risks or not."
She wasn't entirely thinking straight with him laying right beside her. Maybe it was that she couldn't understand why he was this close to her when he had to have found another mare in all the time he was gone. He had to have right? A stallion that looked as handsome as Khari didn't go around not finding mares and she paled in comparison to many out there.
"So... in all this time you've been gone... find anyone special?" She asked it nonchalantly, though deep down she was scared to 'death' for the answer.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:28 am
"I don't mind worrying." The blue stallion grinned. "It gives me something to do in my spare time." He shrugged his shoulders as much as his current position would allow. "Besides, I can't help it. I worry when I care."
Khairi returned her gaze with his own pale lavender eyes, and he couldn't help but agree. His voice was soft, earnest, as though remembering something. "Yes... life isn't worth anything if you don't take any risks." His expression grew serious. "Everything I've gained and lost... everything I've learned I've learned by taking chances."
The woods tonight were silent and deep, but the stallion felt anything but threatened by the peace and stillness. It was reassuring... and the stars provided enough light besides.
Death's soft voice broke through his thoughts, and her words startled him. "Find anyone special?" He hesitated, flickering through the dim memories. "No." His replied finally. His voice was soft, almost sorrowful.
Khairi's heart sank slowly into the pit of his stomach. He hadn't even though of another special someone... he wondered if the pale, beautiful mare next to him had found someone. Surely she had... she was lovely and sweet; any stallion would be more than lucky to love her. Khairi swallowed his fear and managed a smile.
"Trying to warn me, little ghost?" The blue stallion commented jokingly. "Someone in your life I should know about?"
Please be alone... He winced at the thoughtlessness of his wish, but held to it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:09 pm
Wondering for a moment if she'd gone too far with her words, Death smiled at last and leaned her head agianst his neck gently, unsure of her movements or if he would shove her off.
"That's sad, I figured someone like you would have had no problem finding a special someone or even a lifemate by now." Death said slowly, not meaning any offense by it, but her heart soared suddenly with the realization that he didn't. It was a cruel thought, a cruel feeling, but Death blushed and looked away as he spoke.
"No.... there's only ever been one stallion that I've ever had feelings for. I don't know if you know him, he's blue and claims to be the only one that he's ever met himself. I've liked him ever since I met him..."
She trailed off and shivered at his side, she was so embarrased and so shocked that she'd just said that. Death knew that she loved Khairi, but she also knew that there HAD to at least be a mare he liked more than her, someone that he went to when he was sad. This was only the second time she'd met him, thoughts like hers were incredibly selfish... but what else could she do?
All this time she'd held out in the hopes that maybe...
ninja
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