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 Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:29 am
A woman stood in the grasses once more. It seemed that she had only been here a moment ago, but it had been somewhere near a week now. It was good, really, that their forces were rebuilding so quickly. Soon enough they would amass an army able to take on that dreadful Sun Court and win.
She turned her companion, a woman named 'Sizzla',
"You should feel a tug at your soul," she informed the other,
"It will direct you where to go if our calculations are correct and you are indeed a kithain."The shapes of the courtyard were dimming in the evening light, and Sizzla looked around in awe, taking in everything around her. The past couple of days had truly be the most strange of those she had spent in Gaia so far. Though she was half-fae, Sizzla never knew of the ties to her past. She had not known why she had been born with the wings of a fey, but had come to accept it as a natural part of herself.
She had been drawn to the woods, seeking out a faerie ring that would transport her to the world of Tir Nan Og, a land that she had little knowledge of. She had been informed that she was potentially related to a fey, and that she would need to come to the Tir Nan Og to claim her ancestry. Though it seemed a bit strange, she couldn't resist the call of her past.
She had walked into the woods as a person with a happy demeanor and cheerful outlook on life. When she found the faerie ring, her stomach twisted into knots, and her demeanor changed. She was suddenly serious, curious what may happen as she stepped through the ring.
But she had arrived here. This mystical and old looking place that looked rather untouched. Though there were some reminants of life scattered around the courtyard, it remained as it had for many years.
The woman who had appeared next to her was dark, and beautiful. In fact, she had a presence that drew Sizzla to her. She couldn't help but have a deep respect for this woman, who seemed to be the one who was in charge.
"A tug at my soul?" She questioned, wondering where she was going to be headed. "Well, I suppose we should get a move on then." She walked toward the large wooden doors of the castle and pulled them open slowly, the hinges creaking under the weight and years of unuse.
The hall was dark, but the last bits of sun shone in through the windows, casting an eerie light upon the floor. She followed the hallway down, and did feel pulled by a strange force. It was calling to her...She nodded, and they moved a bit until finally the other woman stopped, her feet taking her to to a beautiful stained glass (or so it appeared) window.
 Sizzla tried to calm the strange urges that were pulling her down the hallway. She had never felt anything quite like this before. The dark woman followed behind her, letting her lead the way. Sizzla breathed in the musty air of the castle, wondering what may lie ahead. It was strange, because 50 feet or so down the hallway, the tugging at her soul stopped. Though she had passed many other colorful stained glass windows in the castle, the one now on her right was particularly intriguing. She turned to look at it. The greens, blues and purples of the window were the first thing she noticed. They were her favorite colors after all. But then she looked closer. There was an animal's figure put into the window, and upon closer inspection, Sizzla saw that it was a raccoon.
"A raccoon?" she whispered to herself, being pulled ever closer to the window. She lifted a hand to touch the panes of colored glass, her fingers feeling the texture of the glass. It was cool to the touch, and Sizzla's eyes grew wide.
"This must be it..." She turned to the scantily-clad woman behind her, a questioning look on her face. "But now what?" Her wings flittered behind her, and instinctual reaction to the situation. Sizzla's powers didn't seem to be working in the castle, as she couldn't read this woman's mind at all.A voice chimed in her head..."Do you, Sizzla, give freely of your spirit and essence, to free Procyon, of her dread curse?" The words seemed to reach out and grab hold of her, binding her...The voice in her head rang loud and true. Though she couldn't use her telepahy in the castle, someone else certainly could...
Dread curse? These two words dropped into Sizzla's stomach like a large heavy lump. What could cause such a curse? What was going on here? Nothing like this had ever happened to her...but she then remembered the purpose of her visit. To reclaim her history. And this was a large part of it, she thought, her curiosity bubbling to the surface.
Though typically cautious in new situations, Sizzla pushed her fears aside, and in a shaky voice, answered the call.
She held her head high, looking at the window. "Yes, I do." Her voice was filled with sincerity and hope. She was ready to know about the past.There was a bright light, which quickly coalesced into...a small child.
Sizzla squinted as the window lit up with a bright, blinding light. As the glare faded, she opened her eyes to see a small child sitting at her feet. The little girl looked just like a raccoon, rings around her eyes, and a bushy striped tail. Her eyes were intense, burning into Sizzla's. Perhaps it was the rings around them that caused them to be so...knowing. But Sizzla looked into them without fear. She was just a child after all.
"Procyon...Well look at you...My little darling." She picked the child up off of the floor and cradled her in her arms. "Well, this should be interesting..." She smiled at the child, who was grasping onto her arms tightly, seemingly not wanting to let go. She turned to the woman behind her, and asked the question that was burning in her thoughts. "Now what?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:18 pm
When Sizzla had turned to address the gorgeous half-naked woman, she was amazed to see no one there. Just a few seconds before, Sizzla could feel her presence in the room. But She was gone. So quickly.
Sizzla looked down at the little raccoon-child who was tightly grasping her arms, her little fingernails digging into her skin. She was obviously scared, and Sizzla cradled her closer, trying to calm her down.
The little girl looked up to her with bright golden eyes, a tear forming in the corner of each one. "Where Mama?" She looked as if she was desperate for an answer, just waiting to hear what Sizzla had to tell her.
Mama? Oh no. Sizzla couldn't help but feel her stomach drop out. Her mother had died long ago...Sizzla wondered if she even realized what had happened. But she was trapped in the window, awake, watching the court crumble with time. She had to know what had happened to her mother.
"I'm so sorry Procyon. I'm afraid your mother isn't here. And I don't think you'll see her again while you're here..." She was alluding to the afterlife, but Sizzla wasn't sure if the little child understood. She looked to be about two-years-old, and the reality of life hadn't yet sunk into the little girl's mind. "But, I will be here for you, whenever you need me. It seems we have a bond..." Sizzla smiled down at the little girl, whose eyes were dripping with tears. She wiped away the drops, and kissed the little girl on the forehead, hoping it would be of some comfort.
Procyon stopped crying and shook her head lightly, as if she were refusing to give in to her emotions. She was to grow up and become a thief like her mother after all, and she couldn't let her emotions flow freely any longer. She was going to fulfill her destiny, and this woman was going to help her, just like her own mother would.
As Sizzla kissed her, she cooed, happy with her situation. This would be a good person to know. She would take care of her, and help her...And Procyon believed every word that she said...
She squirmed a bit, wanting out of Sizzla's arms. It was time to find her old room. She would need a place to stay in the castle. Somewhere comfortable. She wanted to stay in her mother's chamber. Sizzla set her down, and she began walking (teetering really) down the hallway and to her old room. She hadn't seen it for years now, but wanted to know if it was the same...
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:15 pm
Procyon's New FriendsSizzla Walking down the long, dark hallway, Sizzla could hear her feet echo in the distance. Up ahead, Procyon was half-walking, half-prowling on all fours, moving ever closer to her chambers. Sizzla could tell that the child was tired, but she remained focused and quick, even though her body was wearing out.Procyon lurked along the hallways, cautious to anyone who may be around. Then she heard it. Voices. She stopped dead in her tracks, listening to what she was hearing. Were they Fey? She turned to Sizzla and motioned for her to follow behind, and then scampered on into a large room off to the left.Sizzla trusted Procyon's sense of where she was and what was going on. Finally, she too could hear the voices up ahead. She heard what was definitely a human voice, and then two more child-like voices. As she caught up with Procyon, she was standing in the doorway of the Inner Sanctum, it's walls lined in stained glass, each window containing a totem, like Procyon's raccoon. She saw the other woman standing there, looking a bit confused. Then, she saw the two Fey children. "Hello there!" she called out into the half-darkness. "I'm new around here, and I'm glad I've finally seen someone!" She wiped the sweat off of her brow, and moved farther into the room, holding Procyon's hand as the pair walked in together.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:17 pm
Lucifer Force Turning her head, suprised, Lu sniffed the air again. Two more, and one definately had fur. Some small rodent, she thought. Turning her body in the scent's general direction, she managed a blind wave. "Hello! I can't see you, but you're more than welcome. To me, anyway..." Dionaea's ears perked. She heard someone else, very small, coming into the Inner Sanctum. Were those wings fluttering? She got the distinct impression that another Fey was here as well! More people to meet, and more stories to tell! The Venus Flytrap was very happy, indeed. "New Fey!" she cried happily.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:21 pm
Sizzla "Oh good, I felt so lost here all by myself..." Sizzla shuffled toward the voice, her hand gripping Procyon's. She was a little afraid of what she'd find when the others came out of the darkness. She hadn't know what to expect since arriving at the Castle.Procyon heard the little voice call out, and she couldn't help but respond. She could hear the slight fluttering of wings, and knew that it was another Fey. A huge smile broke across her face, as Procyon was happy for the first time since the curse had been broken. Her normally happy demeanor had all but faded since she had been trapped by the curse, but now, she was free to be herself again.
"Hihi!" she shouted into the semi-darkness. "Pro-cyonnn! Who you?" Her sentences were simple, but they did get the point across. Procyon pulled her hand from Sizzla's grasp, and she ran on all fours toward the voice, wanting to see who was there. Sizzla followed behind her, ready to see the faces behind the voices...
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:22 pm
Lucifer Force Clapping, partially from happiness and partially to help guide the Raccoon, Dionaea giggled. So wonderful to meet someone else, too! Though she could not see, she could barely make out a shadow. Procyon had a wonderfully bushy tail! She would definately have to ask about that. "I Dee-oh-naya!" the little Fey explained. "Pro-cyon!" She would have to commit that to memorty. Was Procyon all fuzzy like her tail? Dionaea reached out to see. Lu stepped closer towards the human voice. Was she human? The mancubus couldn't tell just by her voice, but she sounded friendly enough. Lu hoped her horns wouldn't scare away the new kithain. She wanted to make more friends. "My name is Luciel, and this is Dionaea. It's a pleasure to meet you two." She could not see Procyon very well, but she knew the Fey had to be adorable.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:26 pm
Sizzla Procyon heard the small Fey's clapping and followed the noise, staying in the shadows until the pair came into view. She saw that they meant no harm, and a large goofy grin spread across her face. Her tail puffed up and twitched happily. "Hi Deeonnniiiaaah!" She scampered over to the woman and the Fey, and sat next to the woman's feet, waiting for the little girl to come down and play with her.Sizzla watched as Procyon greeted the other Fey and the woman. Sizzla's own wings twitched, her fae background reacting to the two girls. She was in fact half-fae, and wasn't too surprised to hear that she was a Kithain. But coming here sure had been a task. She had no idea that this world even existed.
She walked over to the horned woman who was holding a gorgeous baby Fey. "Well, this must be Dionaea. She's beautiful." She reached out to the little girl, tapping her on the nose gently. "Hello there! This little girl," she picked Procyon up off of the floor, letting her see Dionaea close up. "Is Procyon. She just came out of her window as a matter of fact. We've been looking for her chambers. I'll bet the two of you will want to be friends." Sizzla smiled, then stopped, forgetting something.
"Oh, I'm Sizzla." She shifted Procyon to her hip, and extended a hand to Luciel. "It's very nice to meet you. I didn't think anyone was here. It's so dark and lonely..."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:27 pm
Neith-Kia Pteryx followed the other ones easily, not at all knowing what the fuss was about. It couldn't be that bad in here, it was just like a dark moonless night? There were more children! Pteryx suddenly felt very out of place, they were little ones who didn't know anything. She did feel a little twitch of envy though at how carefree and uncaring they were. It didn't take long for Pteryx, who was usually very chatty, to sink into a sudden quiet mood. Pteryx read a lot since coming out of the window, seeing as there wasn't anyone to play with. She hadn't played with toys or other girls for ages, but she'd read a lot and Pteryx liked books. What if Pteryx had forgotten how to play, what if the other two knew that she'd forgotten and didn't want to play with her? They were probably really stupid games, Pteryx decided stubbornly. They were probably baby games. She wasn't a baby, she'd even gotten to speak to a Sun Court prisoner! "It's not dark and lonely, it's just night time." Pteryx answered Sizzla's comment, crossing her arms and wings just like her totem might have. She gestured upwards towards the star constellations above their heads. "See?" It then occared to Pteryx that she'd never flown up there. She'd have to go up there one day.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:28 pm
Lucifer Force Lu giggled, allowing Dionaea to slip to the floor. The tiny Fey girl reached up to try and touch Procyon. She wanted to get to know the new people! "Pwokeeon!" she giggled. The fluffy Fey's tail was very intriuging. Dionaea blinked when Pteryx began to speak again, and offered the older Fey child to come and greet them face-to-face. "Tewix! Come play!" The older Fey child spoke much more, and she wanted to hear every bit of what Pteryx had to say. Scratching the area beneath a horn, Lu nodded to Sizzla. "It's nice to meet all of you. I'm sorry for complaining about the darkness. I wish I could see in here... Luckily, though, I can smell you all just fine. Helps me not run into anyone." She gave a short laugh. She also wanted to see Ptteryx and didn't want the older Fey to feel left out. "Pteryx, are there other children here as well? Or were you all alone?"
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:30 pm
Sizzla Sizzla saw the bat Fey who was hiding in the shadows, her orange hair giving her away. "Aah, I suppose you're right," she said to the young girl who seemed quite at home in the darkness. She looked up at the sky in the Sanctum, admiring the stars. It was a particularly beautiful night for stargazing. "But it does seem a bit lonely here. It seems like this place has been untouched for centuries. But from what I've heard of this castle, many of the Fey have been trapped for centuries, leaving the castle to do what nature intended. Do you enjoy your time here?"
At the same time that the horned woman inquired about her, Sizzla did the same. "Surely you're not alone here? Where are the others?"Procyon sat on the floor, engaged in fun time with Dionaea. She twiched her tail around and puffed it up, waiting for Dionaea to play with it. Sizzla watched this smiling. It was just like how she played with her own cats at home. They loved to play with their own tails, or anything that remotely resembled a tail, for that matter.
It was then that she noticed the other Fey in the room. She waved to the girl in the darkness, urging her to come and play. "HiHi! Come here...Play!" The raccoon fey flashed a smile at her, hoping to meet yet another friend.It was then that Sizzla took notice of the other older woman in the room. They seemed about the same age, and Sizzla saw that she had horns protruding from her head. Interesting, she thought to herself. She had seen many people like her in Gaia, where wonders never ceased.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you too. I thought we were all alone here for awhile. It's good to know that there are others around. I can see some in the dark, but eating all of those carrots as a child didn't seem to really pay off for me." She laughed thinking about how she must of inherited her poor eyesight from the human side of the family.
Then she got to thinking of her arrival at the castle..."How did you find this place, if I may inquire?" She asked Lu, curious as to how others found out that they were Kithain.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:31 pm
Lucifer Force Dionaea was delighted, watching Procyon's tail puff and sway. She was a raccoon, they said? She'd have to commit that to memory and ask her Kithain to tell her everything she knew about them. Too bad she didn't have any sort of fluffy appendage. But plants weren't known for such things anyway. Procyon was lots of fun, and Dionaea decided to make the Raccoon her first friend. "Fwend!" she called Procyon. It was wonderful to meet someone knew, and she was fluffy! How did she find this place? It seemed like a dream. Leaning her weight on one foot, the mancubus began to think. "Well, I remember hearing a message. From a raven, I think. I'm not sure. But then, I was lead to this fairy ring, and I heard a voice call to me. The next thing I know, there's this all-but-naked woman standing in front of me..." Shaking her head, (as nakedness was the last thing she expected to see on the other side of a fairy ring) Lu smiled. "Sizzla, are you... You're not human. Are you a fairy too? If you don't mind me asking... I don't know much about these sorts of things."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:33 pm
Neith-Kia Pteryx blinked a few times, moving foward to sit on the floor as well. Maybe she could still play games, they were as good as books. Pteryx still had vauge memories though of trying to play some of the games and running into walls because it was all about being quiet and hiding. "There's another girl who is my age, but she isn't with me." Pteryx answered, getting another clear look of the other fey girls as she spoke. The tail interested her, Pteryx hadn't seen anything like it.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:40 pm
Sizzla Procyon watched with great interest as Pteryx sat down on the floor and moved slowly in the direction of her and Dionaea. She twitched her tail again, observant of the other young girls around her. They seemed to like her fluffy tail, and she'd use it if it meant she'd have more friends. "Come play! Like tail?" She asked the bat-Fey, who seemed to be somewhat interested.
Then she heard Dionaea's insistence of "Fwend!" and decided that yes, they should definitely be friends. "Yush, friends!" She smiled at Dionaea, clapping her hands a bit. She gave the little Fey a pat on the back, quickly observing if she had any shinies on her. She did love shiny things.Sizzla turned to Pteryx. "Well, I'm glad there are others around. It looks like these two want to be friends with you..." She drifted off, letting the bat-Fey decide if she really wanted to be friends with the babies.
She turned to Lu, giggling slightly about the naked woman. "Yeah! I saw her too. I was a bit taken aback...I wasn't expecting to show up and be escorted by a pretty...um...unclothed person. She was quite beautiful though, so I suppose she can walk around like that if she wants." Sizzla smiled at Lu, and nodded. "No, I'm not a human. Well, sort of. I'm half human, and half Fae. So, at least I've got some height to me. But I've got these wings, and I have some fae powers...but few." She pointed to Lu's horns, curious. "You know, I've seen other Gaians with horns like yours. What exactly are you, if you don' mind me asking?"
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:41 pm
Lucifer Force Dionaea was blissful as Pteryx came closer. She wanted to know everthing she could about both of the other females. Like, what animal was Procyon? Could Pteryx fly? She'd definately have to try and formulate a way to ask these things, as keeping mental note of conversations was her favorite past-time. Lu marveled at Sizzla's wings. Half-fae? Wings always fascinated her. She blinked at the mention of her horns. Other Gaians had horns like her? Were they mancubi like she was? At least Sizzla wasn't fully human - she had nothing to fear. "I was wondering why you said that other Gaians had my horns. I myself am a Mancubus. There aren't many of us, but we each have a unique genetic fluke that sets us apart from humans. My fluke is my horns." She smiled and pointed to them, out of sheer nervousness. Would Sizzla find her to be a monster once she finished explaining? "I have a bond-brother who has a scorpion's tail." After a moment of uneasy silence, Lu finished. "We eat humans."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:42 pm
Neith-Kia "It's a good tail." Pteryx answered reaching out carefully to touch the end. She didn't want to touch it too much, in case she wasn't supposed to, but it look nice.
Maybe these two could come on flying trips with her at night? "Can you both fly?" Pteryx flapped her arms and the wings on her back as she asked, her leathery wings causing the dust to rise.
...wait.
There was something good about this horned person. She ATE humans! Pteryx immediately decided that perhaps some kithain weren't as bad as the others.
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