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 Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:52 pm
It was strange... she didn't think he was bad. Not like the impression he had left the last time. She watched him move past her and work at the shellfish. She grinned as she watched him push and pull at the morsel before he snapped it free.
A bright smile came over her face and she clapped her hands together. Fantastic! She pat a hand on his shoulder before climbing back out of his pool and going back to her own. She snapped a few more off before glancing at Anahira.
Slowly, a grin came over her face... and then a light splash of water hit him form her direction.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:20 pm
He worked contently for a few moments. Hira was entirely lost in the thoughts of snapping off these strange mussels. He'd have done it till she motioned to stop.
Until Maline decided to splash him. Hira's eyes widened, the water suddenly on his flesh making him freeze. The shetani did not like water, adding the splash was almost adding insult to injury. Hira drew in a deep breath, trying to steady his sudden fright. No such luck. He was destined for a panic attack.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:44 pm
She had no idea about Hira's fear of water; if she had, she most certainly wouldn't have splashed him. And she probably would have been carrying a pouch of water with her after the last interaction.
When she wasn't splashed back like she was expecting, she glanced over at Anahira curiously. He was completely still. Uh oh, maybe he was trying to figure out ways to get back at her? Maybe she'd gotten some in his eye; that would sting a little. Fluttering her wings a little, Tourmaline watched him nervously before getting out of the pool to go apologize to him. She hadn't meant to get him upset; she had just been teasing.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:18 pm
Hira hadn't even considered what she might be thinking. Right now, he was just freaking out about water against his skin. He'd been putting up with it to pull the mussels out of the water, but now? Now he wasn't handling it well at all. The shetani started shaking, seeing memories he really didn't want to see. He thought he'd blocked everything like that from his mind. Apparently he hadn't.
The shetani whimpered, sitting down almost forcibly. No, there wasn't any force about it, he had to. He just had to. Get his thoughts together. He kept whimpering, shaking violently.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:43 pm
The shaking hadn't gone unnoticed by Tourmaline, and she had just started reaching to touch his shoulder when he went down. 'Woah! Oh s**t!' Her eyes snapped open wide and she lunged to catch him and help him down. Worry was etched everywhere on her face as she looked over him, checking to make sure he wasn't hurt.
Her worry only got worse when she heard him whimpering, and she wrapped her arms around him to try to calm him. She had no words she could give, only her actions could speak for her. After all that she heard from him, his past, she could only imagine what was going through his mind at that very moment.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:48 pm
Hira froze again, feeling the touch of another pae. Moving would only make it worse. He squeezed his eyes shut, forcing himself to keep still. If he moved it wouldn't... He wouldn't like it. Then the direction he got moved? Away from the water? Hira's mind was still racing, trying to figure out what was going on. This wasn't the touch he was used to. The skin was too soft, the hair too long.
He tried to inhale, to catch a whiff of whoever it was holding him. It wasn't his mother. No, her skin had long since gotten tougher. After saving him and his sister, how couldn't it? Who was touching him now? His body still wasn't responding. No matter how hard Hira tried, he couldn't force his head up to look at who was holding him. His voice was non existent, he couldn't even ask who this soft pae was.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:27 pm
Softly, Tourmaline clicked her tongue to try to get his attention with some form of audio. Anger rushed through her like a typhoon and she suddenly wanted to b***h slap the man who had done such strong emotional damage to have caused this reaction far into next week.
Pulling away from him, she sat across from him and pushed his chin up to try to get him to look up. She had to find a way to snap him out of this... normally she'd use a splash of water, but considering this was the cause of it...
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:29 pm
Hira remained still, fearing whatever was to come. Sure, it wasn't his father, and it most certainly wasn't his mother or sister, but it was someone. Someone he wasn't sure he wanted to see. He whimpered a bit, allowing himself to be moved to this other pae's will. He'd heard the clicking, he'd thought it was something
But this. This was different. More different than he could take. "Please just make it quick." His voice was resigned, hoping whatever was to come of him would be swift. Hira just wanted his suffering to be over.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:58 pm
A frown came over her face as Tourmaline realized that hugs and cuddles weren't going to work... not that she was surprised, of course, but it didn't look like she was going to snap him out of it. He was expecting some sort of physical abuse.
With a snort, she stood up and brushed the sand from her knees. A frown still on her face, she looked around as her wings twitched in irritation. Then it was a like a light bulb lit itself and she stepped back into the pool and reached into the water to pull out a rather large sea-star. Pulling herself back up, she walked over to him and lightly placed the Echinoderm on the top of his head.
With a sigh, she started gathering the mussels that had been pulled off into the satchel. She could do anything else; he wasn't going to snap back to her and she wasn't really sure what else she was supposed to do in the situation. Her normal thoughts for fixing it would only make things worse considering the root of the problem.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:28 pm
Hira could feel the withdrawal of the soft pae. Something wasn't right. He gasped when something was placed on his head. It felt so weird. The shetani shuddered, finally opening his eyes. He'd snapped out of the trance he was in.
"What the hell is that?" He was shocked, trying to figure out what was on his head. Reaching up, finally he finds a starfish? Starfish. He groaned, tossing the thing back into the pool he was standing in.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:51 pm
With a heavy heart, Tourmalin slung the strap over her shoulder and cast one last look at the male sitting there in a trance. She opened her mouth, but the only thing that came out was the soft passing of air; she had no voice. Turning, she started to walk away, feeling like she'd let him down.
Hearing his question, she took a step and stopped, then looked over her shoulder. She gave him the saddest of smiles, then lifted her hand in a wave.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:00 pm
Wait, she was leaving? Hira looked up the sun was pretty low in the sky. Just how long had he been waiting to get hurt?
Maline was leaving? "Please don't go!" He panicked, rushing out of the water. She'd seen him freeze up at the water, she'd seen him completely blank out and brought him back from it. Why was she leaving? How long had he been gone?
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:41 pm
Pure surprise flashed over Tourmaline's face at the panic that sounded from Anahira, and she stared at him with her mouth slightly open. Slowly, she blinked as she came back from having her mind blown. A small, apologetic smile came over her face and she pointed at the setting sun before raising up the satchel of shellfish. She really did have to start going.
Making a 'v' with her fingers, she placed the fingers under and eye and moved it out towards him followed with pushing her flat palm forward, then waited to see if he understood she'd like to see him again later. He wasn't bad; he was a little messed in the head, but who wouldn't be with what his father had done.
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Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:59 pm
He frowned, realizing she did need to go. He'd scared her bad enough to live somewhere else until she felt safe again. She wasn't going to be safe again, but that was his fault.
He frowned, watching her hands. She was saying something about sight? That's what she meant by pointing at her eyes right? Hira blinked, figuring it was something about seeing each other again.
"Soon." He nodded, letting her go back home.
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