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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:28 pm
Umbra shifted her weight taking in her surroundings the forest was quiet for all but their conversation. "Spur of the moment. I can understand, free flow thinking and actions." She nodded softly she would have liked to pride herself on acting that way though she was too cautious with stallions.
"Your mother sounds quite the opposite of mine, she is weak and lowly. She is why my father left. He was a skin walker, displeased. I held no pelt nor Pandora. Pandora showed promise... not me." She shifted looking away. "My father was fierce and strong. Magnificent and beautiful, but judgmental." She turned her head to gaze up as if in contemplation. "I'd give anything to have my sister back." She sighed shifting one more.
As he moved forward she moved away. He was talking about blood. She was fairly certain it was her blood he was referring too. "Why does blood appeal to you so?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:19 pm
Karloff watched her a bit interestedly, "And your sister, does she want to take that mantle?" He remembered his own indecision, his own fear of what the future would hold. The reasons he had taken that path wasn't out of destiny, but of the necessity to not feel...but it would never make him not feel, it would just make him not feel guilty.
This humanity that was left him, it was what gave him a reason to be. Despite wanting to forget and not to feel, he had found experiences that had changed him. These experiences had stopped him from committing to a disastrous path. "Is she capable of that?" He watched her reaction.
"My mother fought till the moment she died...." He remained quiet for a moment. "Blood repulsed me after her death, but as I grew...my scars faded a bit, but the hunger...the urge for blood became...overwhelming. But the taste of flesh to get it, is repulsive." He shook off snow from his back and took a tentative half-step forward.
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:50 pm
Umbra frowned in contemplation. "I know not what my sister desires, I hope she does not seek the mantle for I'll lose her, even though I didn't really have her to begin with. " She felt saddened that her sister might take up the mantle. Become a skinwalker to prove her worth the Einar. She could she her sister doing it though. She'd said she'd prove him wrong and that indeed would prove her father wrong.
She kicked at the ground a mix of dirty snow and rotting leaves tossed up. "I'd imagine she is capable of going the full distance to prove him wrong. She said upon leaving that she'd prove he was wrong." She sighed once more her sisters last look of sorrow back at her, a look that said I'm sorry, you'll do fine though. It had stuck to her like cold syrup from trees.
Fought till she died. It sounded amazing to have a mother like that. One that would fight. Angeetia wasn't like that no... she was insane. "I'm sorry you crave blood. I'm even more sorry your repulsed by flesh. The worst of both worlds it would seem." This time she didn't not mimic his movement but stayed still not paying much mind to his half step.
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:22 am
Karloff tossed his hair. "I know that path, it leads to destruction." The path was one he had not chosen in the end. No matter how much he hated it, he couldn't be offended at those who did chose that path. There were reasons, there was trickery...there were a thousand situations he couldn't understand. Only that, you couldn't do it for someone else, you had to do it for yourself.
That's what had brought him out on his path to learn and understand. He needed to find himself, to find out what was left of him. To find the one that did this to him.
He sighed, and took a few more steps toward her. "Maybe there is reason left with her still. She has family, that can't be easy to lose."
Karloff licked his paw again and chuckled, "It is. It's very interesting. But I promised myself long ago, no one would get hurt no matter my craving."
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:08 pm
"I dare hope it's not one she will choose. I fear for an even further loss of her." Umbra shifted unaware that she'd just basically repeated herself. She drifted into thought about her sister, and then her mother. She was alone in her family. Her mother insane, her sister gone, her father didn't even exist.
She shifted again something stirring her into an unease about being so still. Her shadows moved but she'd had become mostly still till she shifted.
She sighed as he mentioned family. "I don't know if that would be enough to still her determined nature." She frowned shaking her head. "Our mother is not fit to be called a mother by any means, and our father is null and void." She excluded mentioning herself fore she felt it was unnecessary. She was nothing important, her sister had never even seen fit to come back and visit her.
She shifted again looking at him realizing that he was closer again. "Tell me, why do you approach me? You seek not to hurt anyone for your craving but Words do not ease all nerves."
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:13 am
"We can only hope for their path. We cannot chose it, I almost took the path, but something called me back." He watched her for a moment. "I'm sorry, but are they better than no one at all?"
He put his hoof down, "I'm intrigued by you. I must learn to tolerate the pleasant smell of blood without being overwhelmed." He assessed her for a moment, "I want to prove that you should not fear me, what can I do to assuage your fear?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:43 pm
Umbra sighed looking off into the shadows in the distance. Her sister wasn't to be lost. Blood and flesh was fine enough as she were but to go all the way into sheer blood lust, a desire for power and killing maiming. No humanity. She shuddered. She'd no long be her sister. " I don't think there is anything that would be able to call her back if she was set on proving our father wrong. A back bone of steel. Sheer will of power and determination. She's the type to run a point into the ground till she's right. Our parents are meaningless. Einar just the driving force to her point. Our mother the cause of it."
She watched as the shadows in the distance danced. Everything danced the shadows were always in constant motion. You'd have to focus on them or understand them to see it. The were subtle when moving. While she watched she grew very still, almost statue like. As well as quiet. She was talking herself into acceptance. Each time she spoke of her sister she found her point being to that of her sister most likely taking the mantle. She would be truly alone within her family then. Unless her mother somehow managed to have other kids with a Stallion. Frost Feather and Aarushi were all she'd have. Two childhood friends she saw little of. Alone...
She blinked and a shiver rolled down her spine before she turned toward Karloff. She had vaguely heard him say she intrigued him in her staring off however it had yet to bounce around her head and get back to her that she had heard it. Spacing she had come back to 'what can I do to assuage your fear?' She stared at him turning her head a little. She was sure she'd missed something, but did not worry overly, knowing she'd eventually come around to what all he'd said. "First and foremost you are a stallion. And as the saying goes play with fire you'll get burned. I"m not willing to get burned again so to speak. Second you are a stallion. Need I give you an additional reason?" She flicked her tail a little not in agitation but rather just for the sake of moving it. He sought to ease her fear, that was a good sign. Not a sure sign that she was in safe water but a good one none the less. She examined him from where she was. He'd not taking any chances when she'd approached, which meant he was cautious or something alike, smart worked as well. He was like her father but proving to be unlike him. Wearing a little costume of sorts, similar to a mockery of of hey I have this but unlike you I'm sane, and can take it off. Least that's what she got out of it, in addition to it covering his scars, and as a reminder.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:57 pm
Karloff watched her anxiety, her lost feelings manifesting on her face. "Once, I was lost...Once I wanted to take this path. To be this stallion that forgot. It's allure was wonderful. Can you imagine the freedom of not having to feel pain? But then..." He shut his eyes for a moment, and then he smiled. "Then I remembered what she smelled like. My mother had loved me, but she was gone. I thought that I couldn't live with remembering her blood splattered on me as she died trying to protect me. But then I remembered what Ailbhe smelled like. My first friend, the only one who ever watched out for me. She helped me to realize that I couldn't be like that. That I had someone to be good for, if she will have me. And if she won't, I'll protect her."
Licking his paw again, he looked at her. "She's my family now. If you lose your family, you find new family. Sometimes better family if you look."
For a moment longer, he stood still, "You still fear me? Because I'm a stallion or I wear the mask like your father? I'm not him."
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:07 pm
Umbra shifted her weight from one hoof to another. He spoke of pain and not feeling it anymore. She wished she could feel that way but she would not be so fortunate. She was elaborate and not so secretive. Her emotions were bared for all to see in such a raw state. Her feelings flowed so fluidly that she bet she could never throw them aside. Though as he continued she smiled, it was sad what happened to his mother but the mare he after spoke made her smile. It sounded nice, such a feeling he held. "You truly care for her then yes?"
Losing family find new family. He made it sound easy but she knew it wouldn't be so. Mayhap for him but she knew she'd not have it so easy finding others to trust. Frosty could be her family though. {b]"I would say I don't fear you as much as I may have at once." She inclined her head a bit. His little bit about his childhood friend had softened her fears of a stallions cold harsh judgment at least where he was concerned. "Though it is that you are a Stallion, I'm sure mask or not all stallions are just the same. Though you appear to possibly be an exception like my best Friend Frosty."
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:10 pm
"I love her more than my own life. For so long I was afraid I'd hurt her by staying, now I've realized...I've hurt her by leaving." He watched her for a moment, seeing that she was more at ease. "At least, I'm not so bad to you then. I've done something right to be perceived that way."
Her best friend, an exception...That's what it was. The one who meant the most to you, they were the exception to everyone else. They didn't fail you or hate you for things others would, they trusted...they believed. The exception...he had never thought of it that way before.
"Tell me about him, what makes him the exception?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:45 am
Umbra stared wide eyed at the Stallion as he explained how he felt for the other mare. He cared, something she really didn't know about. He was definitely an exception, she was sure that was so. She nodded at his comment about doing something right. He'd allowed her to be slightly at ease. A minor ounce of trust had surfaced to allow her to relax around him. "Frosty? Well Frost Feather to be exact."
She thought about what to say. He'd become her friend before she'd learned how harsh stallions were. They'd gone on adventures. He'd accepted her. "Frosty is my best friend. I met him when we were foals. I hadn't met my father yet so I didn't know how stallions were." She nodded absently think about it all. "He never changed even after my fathers reaction. We continued our adventures and I escaped from it all with him." She nodded again absently. "Everything is good with him. He's just a good guy."
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:16 pm
Karloff licked his paw again for a moment, before putting it down. Letting out a soft purring sound, he spoke. "Frost Feather. He sounds like a good friend." Maybe he was more to her one day, there was a seed planted at least.
"He's your exception, I'm glad you've found one. Maybe...your father was the bad one. Maybe..." For a moment, he thought what to say, "My father left me too. I don't understand it. I just know. That I could never be him."
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 4:12 pm
Umbra nodded her head slightly "He is my best friend." She was pleased by him, he made things a little clearer. Frost Feather was a excellent friend, she knew even more now that it was such a precious bond.
She nodded once more glad such a bond had become so clear. "Maybe my father was the exception. A bad apple spoils the bunch." She shifted she would not let it be so easy for them, it would take more then frosty and this one encounter to change her opinion.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 2:27 pm
Karloff shrugged his shoulders, "Bad choices make bad stallions just as well as bad mares. You've just got to...toss out the bad ones. If you keep them, eventually they rot at you, and that's no good."
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:05 pm
Umbra nodded her head. it cantered to the side as she drifted off into thought though she quickly shook her head as if to clear it and looked at the Stallion before her. "I do wonder if perhaps you are an exception however rather then my father."
She shrugged her shoulders thinking it over. Who knew who was right in the matter of it all.
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