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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 12:28 am
He laughed a little at her reaction.
"What can I say, my feet are a little chilly!"
While he watched her prepare to step out, he had to remind himself that she was nowhere near as used to this kind of thing as he was and he had to tell himself not to laugh. To him, it seemed like a child taking their first steps but he was positive that to her it seemed like nothing short of a miracle. As she took a step out, he watched the water start to freeze under her foot and then melt. He quickly knelt forward and wrapped his cool arm around her waist to pull her up and stop her from getting too wet. He stepped forward a couple paces creating a small path behind him before turning around and setting her down on it.
"One reason I'd rather be back at the castle: Salt water is hard to freeze, let alone freeze for someone else too! So for now, let's just sit here and finish the story. It won't feel cold to you, I promise!"
He sprawled out so he was laying on his side with his head propped against his arm and he patted the portion of the path in front of his stomach for her to sit on.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 12:38 am
When her foot met with a hard surface, her eyes fluttered open as a delighted laugh slipped from her lips. The risk had turned out to be well worth it, though as the ice started to melt beneath her foot, her heart beat sped up as if she was going to fall several feet when in all likelihood she would only be about ankle deep in water. Domo saved her from the water, however, and she was surprised at how easily Domo lifted her onto the other piece of ice and she shook her head. "This is absolutely insane. If only someone had told me fairy tales and magic were real..."
As she eased down onto the ice where he patted, she was wary of the bare skin of her legs meeting with the icy surface despite that her feet were not even slightly cold. When she finally made contact she was pleasantly surprised that Domo had not lied to her and she pressed her palm against the ice in childish wonderment. Her fingers spread, then drew circles to explore the surface, feeling nothing but smoothness. "I hope your story gets a little cheerier from here...?" She asked with a gentle, hopeful smile, her eyes lifting again to rest on his face to listen again.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 12:54 am
"Well, I wish I could say that it did...but it's always darkest before dawn."
He ran a hand through his hair and trudged on with the story.
"So, I wandered around the wastes for decades, learning magic, learning about myself and what was within me, I would even sit and watch the villagers from afar sometimes. Eventually when everyone I knew from the village was either dead or considered crazy, I got bold enough to venture into the village to test myself by interacting with others. They thought I was a settler from another land so I was free to come and go as I pleased, like if I was starting to lose control or something. But..."
He paused for a moment and took a breath.
"I died out there a long time ago. My physical body reached its limit and began to shut down, but the Wittigo within me simply wouldn't allow me to die. So, a thing kind of like Sandman from the Spiderman movie happened, a bunch of ice coalesced and I was given the physical form you see now. But when that happened, something else changed. Instead of the Wittigo being like a second personality I forced onto the backburner, we merged completely. So now, I guess you could say that I'm the creature. I got all of the power that came with it on top of that which I already had, minus the crazy bloodlust."
He chuckled and shook his head.
"But that was somewhere in the ballpark of 800 or so years ago. I'd been hanging around the castle since before the Order moved in, so when that happened I just kind of came with the property!"
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:03 am
"You don't look a day over 200," Sil said with a cheeky grin and a wink of one eye, as even though the news he continued on with was not the most pleasant, it wasn't as tragic as the rest of his story. "In a way you must have found balance for such a volatile thing to have merged so cleanly with you."
She turned her body to face him more, leaning onto one of her hands as her legs curved into a fold next to her. "You talk like you're part of the furniture or something! We're lucky we got a property with such a great tenant already attached to it." A teasing smile tugged at one side of her lips, but his story had indeed piqued her curiosity further. A hand lifted to tuck some of the dark curls behind her ear as she hesitated for a moment, gathering her nerves. "So... that means your immortal... or pretty damn well near immortal, doesn't it? If you don't mind me asking... what's that like?"
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:14 am
He chuckled and flicked his wrist at her.
"Oh, you!"
His smile faded a little at the thought of her last question.
"Well, it's kind of a relative term. To you, it seems like I'm all but immortal because I've been around for so long. But really I'm walking uncharted territory every day. I don't know how long I'm actually going to live and that's downright weird, y'know? And then there's the whole 'outliving your loved ones' bit, that sucks too. I guess you kind of learn to grow numb to the losses and not take the gains for granted because they're existence is vastly more fragile than yours. Anymore, I live for the experiences and the memories."
He leaned back and folded his arms beneath his head.
"I'm totally okay with answering more questions, if you've got any more..by the way."
He chuckled.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:22 am
The answer was tragic in undertone but it held inalienable truth to it that she wished she were advanced enough to live by. It was so hard to live in the moment, fully immerse herself in experiences and hold on tightly to memories. In a way she was thankful that she would not outlive her loved ones-- in fact, Sil hoped all of her loved ones would outlive her vastly. "I've been trying to follow that philosophy myself," she admitted with a little shrug, "I hope it doesn't take me 800 years to learn how to do it properly, though... I'm afraid I don't have that kind of time to spare. I'm not exactly known for my patience."
As he opened up to questions, a little electrified jolt of joy shot through her. It wasn't often that someone simply opened up and willingly gave information when she asked, so having it offered to her made her feel like she was a kid in a candy store. "Well, I'm curious as to what other powers you have, too. I mean, you mentioned cryomancers and then you have something extra from your other half, right?"
((Argh I have to go to bed. :c Stupid earlier schedule. If you'd like, you're welcome to wrap it up in your answer! If not we can continue another time c:
Sleep well Domo ;3;!! I had a good time RPing tonight... you made me feel better when I was blahhh. ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:26 am
((Aww, glad I could help! I'll continue with that another time, but I hope you sleep well also!))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:33 am
(( -pops in for 5 minutes before taking her dog to the Vet- =w= ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:41 am
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:00 am
(( Guess it's dead today. ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:13 am
(( *Scumbag Kiah* *Takes up nearly the entire bed, then kicks at whoever's taking up the rest*
What's wrong with the puppy? ;~; ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:15 am
((*Pops in between paragraphs*))
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Starisia the Shadow Demon
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:30 am
kiahpup (( *Sighs and leans closer in, closing her eyes at the warmth and resting her head on his shoulder* )) (( *ninja*!
*blinks and gently rests his chin on her head, tightening his hold as she moves in closer* ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:42 am
(( *Comes back noming on lunch unattractively* Welcome back Star! Welcome... back... Kanda... *Hides food* <3 How are you today?
*Rocks on her feet a bit uncomfortably, trying to relax her legs as much as the rest of her* Maybe we should... sit down? ))
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:51 am
(( xD I'm good. What about you? c:
..Alright... *gently slips his arms from around her, not really wanting to let go but does so they can move to the towel? Couch? Are we on the beach still?* ))
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