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 Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:27 pm
A Soft Dream Imena's Dream RoleplayBegins: Page 565Skyefenyx (( This is merely an idea of mine. Because Imena's goddes is the one of Dreams I though maybe I could make her dreams more...special? Like, when she falls asleep she is mentally transported to a land where my avatar character and my other pets live. It is only an idea. If no one likes it or they find it against the roles please tell me and I won't do it again ^^ )) Imena wobbled down the steps, her energy spent. Being around the temple was hard. She was only a baby, so even simple things, like walking up and down the temple steps, was tiring. She tottered off the bottom of the steps and plopped onto a tiny sand pile, resting a bit. Tired she thought sleepily, Gotta find shade. She got to her feet with effort and wobbled forward until she finally collapsed under the shade of a little tree and instinctively curled up, falling into a deep sleep.Skyefenyx Imena awoke in a strange place. Everything was green, the ground was covered in strange fluffy substance and there were trees everywhere. The air itself seemed to be filled with life and an array of new scents. Imena stood up, and found herself to be not tired at all. It was as if she had been fully energized for some strange unknown source. She leapt forward, trotting along the strange path where no trees seemed to grow onto. She came to the edge of the forest and peered through the opening in the trees. The sight she came upon stunned her. A beautiful house stood in the middle of a small meadow, indeed, it was a mansion in the middle of a huge forest, with many of the trees towering over the structure. The structure itself was made of some strange white stone and had many windows, as if whoever lived inside couldn’t bear the thought of not looking out to see the beauty. It was about three stories high with large windows on each of them. It seemed to be able to hold many people and was almost as big as the temple she had seen in her home! She stepped forward into the meadow and gaped at the building. She moved closer, finding no one to stop her. She stared at the intricate designs that seemed to wind all over the building itself as if an artist hadn’t been able to bear the thought of leaving the stone unadorned. Turning a corner, she peeked into an open doorway, a new, delicious scent floated in the air and she wondered what could be that lovely scent? Skyefenyx A young woman stood at the counter already biting into a small bit of a chocolate chip cookie. She turned around, chewing contentedly and caught sight of Imena in the doorway.
“Oh! Hello there!” She greeted enthusiastically. Imena tried to shrink back, not sure of the woman, “No wait! Please!” cried the woman, moving forward. Imena paused, indecisive. She couldn’t help but feel strange content in this place and even more so in the presence of this strange woman. Her hair was a strange purple color and was styled in a very strange way, two little tails framing her face. She smiled comforting at the little Malu, “Hello little one. You may call me Skye. Would you like to come in?” She asked gently, holding her hand out.
Imena moved a step closer and sniffed her hand, the scent of coconut and campfire smoke swam through her senses and she found herself leaning into Skye's touch. Skyefenyx Skye smiled and gently led the little one into the home, “Hello, Imena.” She greeted setting the young Malu onto a small, pillow-covered stool, “I was wondering when you’d come.” She chuckled sitting down across from her at the table in the room. Imena blinked, “How…how do you know my name?” she asked hesitantly.
Skye smiled, “Well, because I named you.”
Imena blinked and stared, “Huh?” she replied, dumbfounded.
Skye smiled knowingly, “Yep. I found you and I named you. Imena. It means dream.” She smiled and reached over to touch Imena’s cheek with a finger, “You’re a part of our family now.” She told the little one softly.
Imena’s ears perked forward, “Family? But…I don’t know what a family is, let alone if I have one!” She didn’t register the fact that she was a lot better at the art of speaking as she spoke.
Skye smiled at her, “Of course you are. You’re a part of my family, along with Zaishade, Sage and Ryuune and sometimes his mate, Mysidia.” She grinned, “I’m hoping for another little one from them soon.” She pressed a finger to her lips, “But it’s a secret! Okay?” She grinned mischievously at the little Malu. Imena nodded, happy to be included in something with her new family. Skyefenyx “So…what do I call you?” she asked finally, wondering what to call this new person in her family.
Skye waved her hand dismissively, “Just Skye, please don’t call me ‘mommy’ or something. I’m not that old.”
A mixture of a chirp and a warble made itself clear in the kitchen. Skye rolled her eyes as another strange creature leapt onto a stool at the end of the table.
“I am so glad you can’t talk yet.” She chuckled as the little creature bit into one of the cookies that lay on a plate near him.
Imena stared at the new creature. Skye noticed Imena’s staring and smiled, “That’s Sage. He just grew from his medallion, isn’t he cute?”
Imena blinked and looked at Skye while Sage chuffed in annoyance. Skye stuck her tongue out at him defiantly. Sage rolled his eyes and munched on the cookie in between his paws.
Imena turned and looked at Skye again, “So…where’s everyone else? This place is huge! There must be a lot of others around here.”
Skye cocked her head at the little Malu, “Not really. We don’t have a big family here, yet, that is.” She grinned, “There’ll definitely be others soon, and you’ll be a big sister!” Skyefenyx Skye blinked and stopped talking, “Oh, my dear, it’s time for you to go.” She told the little Malu sadly. Imena blinked, “What? But---why? Can’t I stay here?” She asked frantically. Skye reached over and gently cupped the Malus face in her hands, “Listen to me, little one, you will always, always have a home here. And whenever you feel that you need to come here you can. Just close your eyes and wish with all your might to come here and you will.” She smiled at her, “But this isn’t where you really are. You’re asleep, little one, and because of who you are you can come here and be with us. But only as long as you’re asleep. When you’re not…you have to go back to your world.” She leaned over the table and gently kissed her forehead, “Go and have fun over there and when you feel like it, come back and we’ll have some more fun. We’ll always be here, Imena, and we’ll be waiting for you.” She smiled and faded away as Imena awoke with a jerk. She let out a heart-broken whine as she saw she was laying into the place she had falled asleep in. "S-s-skye!" she wailed, tiny clear drops falling from her eyes and leaving little trails down her cheeks. Suddenly, she felt an overwhelming sense of love and affection as if she was in the arms of someone who loved her, We'll always be here, Imena whispered a voice as a faint breath of air tickled her nose, Come back soon
Sniffing in dejection, Imena stood and shook her tiny body. She couldn't go back yet, but when she was able, she would definitly return.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:09 pm
Ashura and Imena Meet for the First TimeBegins: Page 826 Skyefenyx (( I'm going to RP Imena and Ashura meeting ^^ )) Imena stepped out into the courtyard, her little bright blue tail held high. She was older now and definitely felt much more in power. The sun was just beginning to come over the horizon and it painted the earth in a multitude of vibrant colors, splashing them over every surface. It was her favorite time of day, when most of the other malu were asleep and she was free to roam about as much as she wanted, in her constant effort to tire herself out. She glanced through the large arch that opened into the desert as she trotted past and saw something that made her pause. Something was coming over the horizon, something that looked like a malu. Imena had no cause for alarm, she had seen others before and there was never any one who had been actually out to hurt her so there was no reason to be alarmed. She paused and watched as the malu got closer and blinked in surprise. It was a male by its proportions and he had wings. Large wings, big enough to fly with.Skyefenyx Ashura's dignity would not let him plod through the sand, he was far too prideful for that. Now, slowing walking through the sand, hiding his exhaustion with a regal bearing, that was okay.
He had been traveling for several days having left his old Clan behind long ago, at least mentally and now physically. He was tired from so many days of moving, and his travels were almost over for the day. He was going to find a place to rest while the sun rose in the morning. He glanced up to look for a good spot, when something caught his eye. It looked like a big building with many trees around it. He let out a joyful sigh and forced his body to move faster. Dignity could wait, he needed to get water and rest. Skyefenyx Imena watched as the male malu came closer and then suddenly seemed to leap forward, using his wings for momentum. He skidded to a halt, barely two feet from her, panting, his wings half-open and drooping in exhaustion. He glanced around him as if looking around to see if anyone was watching. Imena took a careful step forward, ears peered and eyes alight with curiosity.
"Who are you?" she asked softly, her head cocked. Skyefenyx Ashura glanced sharply up at the little female, still panting and out of breath.
"H-hello li-little one." he gasped, attempting a smile and straightening as he pulled his wings closed. What are you doing here?" he asked, taking a better look around the place. There were trees large enough to provide shade anytime of the day and a huge temple stood in the distance, it's looming presence more for comfort then foreboding. He could even hear the sound of running water and that made his already starving need for it suddenly become almost overwhelming. He looked down at the little female, her question finally registering in his mind. He coughed apologetically.
"I apologize, little one. I am called Ashura," He gave her a lopsided smile, "If I may, would you mind showing me where I can find some water? I'm afraid I am in dire need of it." Skyefenyx Imena stared at the red male for a minute her mind whirring. Finally she smiled at the older malu, "I'm not sure exactly where it is, but I'll show you where we can get to it." She stepped forward, looking back at him and jerking her head forward motioning him to follow her. She moved in a kind of slow but fast movement, something in her mind telling her that the older malu was exhausted but needed to get to water, and get to it fast. Skyefenyx Ashura followed the little female, immensely grateful that the little girl was showing him the way, even if she didn't know exactly where it was. He was desperate enough to help her find it, if it meant lowering his dignity enough to break out and run across the courtyard in desperation. He thanked the gods when he heard the rushing sound of water but even then, his pride wouldn't let him run ahead of the little girl. She stopped at a break in the wall where the rushing was loudest. She looked back at him over her shoulder and smiled. Carefully, he stepped forward, glancing at the little girl for permission. She nodded encouragingly and he stepped through the hole and saw the river. He barely held back a joyous yelp and rushed forward, plunging into the water. Skyefenyx Imena watched as the older malu leapt ahead of her and plunged into the river itself. She watched him as he drank deeply from the river and then began washing all of the sand out of his fur. She giggled as he shook himself as he climbed out of the river. He looked up at her and she smiled, bounced over to him, "Did you have fun?" she asked, eyes sparkling and smiling up at him. Skyefenyx Ashura chuckled and bent down to lick her cheek, "Thank you, little one." He straightened and flicked his wings, splashing droplets onto the sandy earth. He cocked his head down at her, "I don't remember catching your name...?" he asked, already fond of the little girl. She seemed like a kind one and generally innocent and honest, not like where he had come from... Skyefenyx Imena looked up at the older malu and smiled, "I'm Imena. Auntie Skye says it means "dream"." Her smile faded as she saw his expression change to one of distant pain, "Huh? What's wrong, Ashura?" She cocked her head, wanting to make the red male feel better. Skyefenyx Ashura caught the little female's expression and roughly shook himself out of his reverie, "I am fine, little one." He smiled at her, his own orange eyes glittering in the morning sun, "Imena, was it? A beautiful name." He stretched, loosening tired muscles in an effort to prevent them from cramping. He hid a yawn and looked at her, a little embarrassed, "Do you happen to know where I could rest for a while? I'm afraid I am exhausted from my journey." Skyefenyx Imena blinked and nodded enthusiastically, "Uh-huh! You can come to where I sleep, it's pretty big so we can both stay there!" She grinned up at him, her innocence radiating from her in waves. She spun around and leapt away before suddenly skidding to a halt and looking back at him, "Sorry! Do you want to come with me? I think we can find another place for you if you like..." she trailed off, heat flooding her cheeks. Skyefenyx Ashura stared at the little female, she was so energetic and active, and it was really quite amusing. He chuckled and wearily walked up to the little black and blue malu, "How about we see where you sleep, and we'll make a decision from there?" He suggested. No, he wasn't even considering sleeping in the same place as the little girl, but he didn't want to disappoint the little one and, he was fond of the little girl already. Perhaps he could be a sort of big-brother figure to her, if she didn't have one already that is. Skyefenyx Imena led the way back to her burrow. It had been a abandoned a while ago and she had found it near her favorite spot under a palm tree. It was large to her and was quite comfortable after she had filled it partially with sand. She had a few trinkets scattered around the burrow, a few feathers and some pretty stones. She skidded to a halt in front of it looking back at Ashura expectantly, waiting for him to comment. Skyefenyx Looking at Imena's sleeping place, Ashura chuckled, while the burrow was large for her after she grew to her full height there wouldn't be any room for anyone else. If she ever took a mate, she would have to move. He sighed and looked down at the little black and blue malu, "Sorry little one, I won't fit in there. Is there any other place you could show me where I could sleep?" He asked gently, not wanting to hurt the young malu's feelings. Skyefenyx Imena's ears drooped a bit at hearing that she wouldn't have a friend to help keep her warm during the night but brightened at the thought of what she had discovered only days earlier, "Yes! I know a place right near here!" She leapt away, running around to the the other side of the tree and stumbling to a halt, "Here! Is this good? It's too big for me, but maybe for you?" She asked, her head cocked over her shoulder. Skyefenyx Ashura followed after the little ball of energy, her excitement making him weary for her. He looked into the large burrow, it was spacious and just large enough for him to spread his wings out to their full length if he desired. He turned and smiled at the female malu, "This is perfect, Imena, thank you very much." He shook his head trying to clear his eyes of sleep and cover a yawn, "Do you mind if I...take a bit of a rest?" He asked, unable to help himself. Skyefenyx Imena nodded, understanding that the older malu would be exhausted after his trip and his drink from the river. She smiled at him and mumbled a "goodnight" before pattering off to go explore some more and let Ashura get some well deserved sleep.
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:47 pm
Elu'ituha and Aion Meet [Private Guild Thread RP]Tirokio "Another one, my lord..." Aion smirked, placing his paw onto the cold dank slab of wall before him. Deep in the heart of the sublevels lay his shrine to his god...one which seemed to be empty minus a light which filtered in from the celing as well as a crystal. Turning his head back to gaze at the small rock in the room, his paws lightly treaded towards it as he gently pushed it under the light; illuminating the room. Almost like from a scary story, the walls were covered in pawprints of blood, there had to be at least fourty, with one standing alone from the rest.
"See...I told you, You have no reason not to love me..." Aion whispered, placing his paw over the singled out one on the wall. Smiling almost sadly, he turned around and kicked over the crystal - casting the shrine into darkness.
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Stepping out into the cold night air outside the temple, the ebony malu strode in silence, brooding about his thoughts. Often he walked outdoors for miles, and hours on end untill the early morning when he would return to the sublevels and sleep the day away. Scowling at the ground as he walked, the male huffed as his body flowed as he walked...obviously in good shape for being someone whom seemed to like doing nothing. Skyefenyx Elu'ituha strode throughout the temple grounds, calmly inspecting the area. She and her sister had recently come to the temple and it was far different from the heavily forested area they had come from. Taraneh had headed off in one direction while Elu'ituha went in the other. They were searching for a place to rest for the night, and maybe a place to stay for good.
She rounded a corner, and looked around again, tossing her head to get the flop of hair on her head out of her eye. She caught sight of a black and white form striding across the soft sand in her direction. A handsome creature, he seemed to walk without a purpose but it wasn't her right to question him. She smiled gently and continued on her way, if the male chose to speak with her that was alright but if he didn't...well, it didn't matter what happened anyway. Tirokio "You're so consumed with pleasing a god which isn't your own...why waste your time with this hate and regret..? The Male's cheek gave a soft flinch as the words still rang fresh in his mind as if it was just yesterday. Exhaling deepily as the cool desert air altered his breath into mist, it was on nights like these where he could really dive into his own subconsious and think without interruption from those other obnoxious malu. Listening to the sounds of his own paws shifting in the sands, it had an odd calming effect on the normally tempermental and cunning male. Aion lived for nights like this....its what made him believe that he still had a shred of humanity left in his frozen heart.
Tilting his head skywards as his face basked in the moon's glow, an object caught his eyes a small distance ahead of him...an immediate frown settling on his face. Great, who on earth would be stupid enough to continue on the same path as he? However, as he neared the Malu became more visible to his eyes...and discovered this was a Maluess. By the time they were mere meters away and her body was fully visible under the white blue glow his heart and body stopped at the same time. For once, a look of disbelief and almost hope sparkled momentarily in his eyes. It couldn't be... "Nilakaee?" He spoke out, just barely hanging on to his deep smooth vocals to keep them from cracking. Skyefenyx As Elu'ituha neared the other Malu she heard him speak a name. She didn't speak as she neared him and caught the name he had spoken as he stopped, his black body softening to a deep silver in the moonlight. "Nilakee?" She heard, and paused herself, the name seemed vaguely familiar...but then she continued toward him and stopped barely three feet away, "I am sorry, but I am not 'Nilakee'. I am called Elu'ituha." she told him softly, looking at him solemnly, and paused again. Unsure of what to say next, which was strange for her, she was usually more adept at things such as this.
The brown Maluess looked at the male with soft eyes filled with a queston and waited for him to make the next move and respond. He seemed...almost sad and terribly unsure and nervous. She didn't understand why, but she wouldn't pry into it. It wasn't her business after all. Tirokio Aion blinked, in that instant it seemed his eyes lost all the emotions that they held but a moment ago. It was uncommon for him to keep his feelings on his sleeve, or to even pretend to have them in the first place. Yet when he had seen this Maluess, his frozen heart had cracked as he thought it was that beautiful soul from his past. Yet she, and this would have been too good to be true...which it was. Drawing back up his wall to keep others out, the male dipped his head slightly, gave it a moment shake before lifting his head high.
"Oh, I assumed you to be someone else. No matter....although you do look almost identical. Good evening then, Elu'ituha." Walking in his continued direction, he blinked and glanced back. Had he just been nice...and even called her by her name? Weird. That never happened....perhaps....it was because of her uncanny resemblance to -her-....which made him act so weird. Skyefenyx Elu'ituha blinked at the male who had suddenly seemed to close off. It took only a moment before she stepped forward slightly, "Are you alright? Is there something wrong?" she asked softly ,her dark brown eyes filled with concern, "And please, Call me Elu, it's far easier to say then my full name." She moved a bit closer, "Please, sir, if there's something wrong you should talk about it."
Her long ears suddenly dropped back against her head as she realised she had been prying into something. She didn't know what was coming over her, such things had never happened since she was a small child. "Ah--I apologize." She hung her head slightly, "I don't know what came over me." She glanced away, "It really isn't my business to ask." And yet somehow, she didn't regret asking him to tell her. She didn't know why but there was something that kept her there and had her prying into the males business; which was quite trying as she thought about it. Tirokio For the second time that night, Aion was stopped dead in his tracks. Had she just...asked what was wrong? Did she have concern over him? Turning around fully to set his orange orbs on her sad form, something just...creeped him out when he looked at her. It almost literally sent shivers down his spine, yet the male kept his cool. "If you hang your head, people will think you're pathetic. Keep your head high, its a better...look on you." Aion huffed, turning his head to the side to gaze off into the desert before continuing.
"I'm...a little....flustered, at how much you look like her. You...even act like her...its a little disturbing." Of course, he didn't mean it to sound so crude, yet that was the life of Aion, one huge misconception and many masks as if it all were some vast play. "That...is what's bothering, Elu." Skyefenyx Elu's ears perked a perked a bit in response to his explanation and she raised her head, "Ah, I see. And I apologize again for prying, it wasn't my business but I thank you for telling me what was bothering you." She cocked her head at him, a bit of her hair falling into her eyes, "If you like, we could take a walk together. I wouldn't want disturb you at all, but I am new to this place and it would be nice to have some company while I embarrass myself with my ill-knowledge of these things."
She smiled gently, "That is of course, if you're willing to come with me, if ot I understand. You have a right to your privacy as I do of mine, I just thought it might be pleasant and maybe bring your mind off of things that may upset you." She stepped back a bit and waited for his answer, hoping that he would say yes, despite what had happened. Tirokio "Mhnn." Aion nodded lightly, folding his wings against his back as it almost seemed the merge together if it wasn't for the smll orange stripe on his wingtip. Taking a glance up to the stars above as she spoke, he mentally debated going with her, or do be in his way. Returning his sights to her, that gentle smile seemed to get to him...god...he was turning into a blubbering idiot like that Justice fighter Amadeus. How pathetic.
...Yet...his lips wouldn't allow him to say no. It was beginning to become a bother, really. "Yes...as you wish. It would be my luck you'd get mauled by some predator, I don't want to take the chance that I might feel guilty about it." Aion huffed, turning around to the direction she had been walking in the first place. Mentally cursing how his words didn't seem to hold the same leg trembling terror they did before, he shrugged lightly. One night wouldn't kill him, he supposed...and she really did seem helpless...if it wasn't him, something else would have surely done away with her. "It's Aion...by the way." Skyefenyx Elu chuckled, "Mauled? I doubt something like would happen, but" She smiled at him, "Thank you for accumpanying me and for the protection." She stepped forward slightly and looked at him sideways, "Aion is a good name, it fits you well." She laughed softly and moved along the hallway.
For some reason, the way he was acting was funny to her, it seemed that he usually didn't act the way he was right now and that fact was amusing to her. She made her way forward and glanced back at him to see if he was following her. This expedition was turning out to be quite interesting, perhaps she and her sister would stay here for a bit longer. Tirokio "Hmph. Others need protection from me, not the other way around I assure you." A most familliar smirk crossed his lips as the pair neared the temple. "Did you know...Aion was the name of a Manipulative demon long ago...its rumored he got a demon to kill a million of his own kind." He stated almost darkly, but with an odd sense of humor trailing on his vocals...the same deep and smooth tone which had cause few to shake at the knees.
"Since you are new....let me show you around. I'll show you one which is fond to my heart..." Oh ironic. Oh well. Taking the lead now as his masculin height advantaged allowed him to take longer strides, he dissapeared into the shadows of the temple...the only visible aspects of his body being his striped front legs and of course his illuminescent orange orbs. "This way..." he spoke, like a dark unseen spirit as he turned to look down what seemed to be a secret passage down a level into pitch black...worse than it was already. At least a small ammount of light filtered in from a distant doorway here...yet down there....light didn't seem to exist. Skyefenyx Elu raised a single brow at his almost sudden change in attitude but she followed him just the same. She was 'new' here and that was an indisputable fact and the way he acted was intriguing to her and she didn't know why. She too faded a bit into the darkness, but not nearly as well as he did. "A demon, you say? And that he manipulated another to kill their own kind? How terrible." She spoke softly as she followed him, "But there's always a reason for doing such things, no matter how...pathetic the reason is."
She quieted as they traveled farther inward and began to wonder where her was leading her, it was clearly not something incredibly pleasant, e wouldn't have shifted attitudes if that was the case. Tirokio "I assure you....his reason was well justified." Aion chuckled, taking a glance over to Elu before continuing into the darkness below. It would seem that he was well adapted down here in the depths of nothingness, and knew his way around quite well. It was a good thing that there were no lights down here...as what littered the floor and walls were something that even made his own stomach churn. When his God showed him the light in the darkness, Aion for once in his life had been sick from the mere sight; now used to it yet she would definately be not.
"This way..." He coo'ed, turning a corner which what seemed to be a room from the feel of it. He could tell it was a room by how his hoofs clops had less space to echo. Moving to the center of the room, he paused for a moment, for the first time...doubt clouding his senses. Do you want this to happen again....don't show her. Its but a repeat... No...She needs to know, its only fair to see the real you. You're going to k- NO! That wasn't going to happen. Not this time, not this one....if the case was different, then yes. Yet not this time. Giving in slightly, he moved the crystal under the small beam of light, suddenly casting the room into light as the bloody paw printed wall cam into view. Aion kept his back turned to her, rather not wishing to see her run out of the room as he trailed his eyes along each pawprint...remembering the face to each and every one.
Skyefenyx Elu followed the black male into a dark room and silently wondered why he had stopped moving, she was about to ask why he had stopped when she saw a crystal illuminating the room. It was horrible, bloody paw prints covered every wall, some clear imprints as if carefully placed others smudged or smeared across.
It was horrifying, it was inexplicably disgusting and half her mind screamed at her to run to get away and never look back. To never even think of this place again. And because of this, she took a single step back. But the other half of her mind was suddenly filled with an overwhelming concern and sympathy. Before she knew it she was beside him, "Did...did you do this? Or was it someone else?" She asked, it was a critical question. Tirokio Well, she certianly was doing much better than he would have thought. Last person he had brought down here had left in a hurry and got lost....he found her a few weeks later yet would not be running away anymore, or at all. Taking a glance back, he nodded quite solemnly, a small smirk on his lips as his eyes once more trailed the walls. "Yes....these are all from me. Each pawprint is my own..." He took a few steps foreward and placed a it over one of the prints...a perfect match.
However....he did not seem to mind her reaction, instead, moving over to the singled out pawprint, placed exactly in the middle of the stone with much care...having no other prints around it at all. Placing his paw beside it, that sad smile returned as his eyes seemed to cloud up in memories. "I have no remorse...I am loved, and each print is my proof that I am capable, and worthy for her love. Its what I was promised....My god told me such." He spoke solemnly, giving a sigh. Skyefenyx Her ears flattened at his response, minutely she had hoped that he had just found the place and had not done all this but she knew he had. Still, she watched as he placed his paw on another and spoke. She stared at him, Love? How could something such as this be love? How could he do such a thing to other creatures? She knew she should be outraged but something held back back.
"...God?" She asked quietly, "Her love?" Her eyes were filled with confusion, what kind of female would make someone else do such a thing? What kind of God would be vile enough to say that path was right? She stared at Aion and looked at him with questions in her gaze. Something that had started out so pleasant was no turning into something she was beginning to fear. Tirokio Looking at her strangely as if she grew another head, he often forgot that no one knew him...or knew of him for that matter. Well, a few did who were now terrfied of him, which served them right. Shaking his head lightly, he sat down, his gaze still looking distant as he began to speak slowly, almost painfully...
"Yes. My mother told me so...Her god does wonders. He gave her such strength to love my father completely...she showed me how to love Nilakee...." His eyes casted a glance to the singled out pawprint, and smirked in triumph....yet it was a hollow attempt. "With him at my side...I can gain the strength my mother always wanted me to have, yet never could be. Once this shrine is complete...she will change her mind, Her and Nilakee with accept me once more." Aion confessed, it seemed to easy in his mind....to be with the one he loved, who was taken away from him...to be loved by his mother...all he had to do was sacrifice, like his god told him to. Skyefenyx Elu shook her head, unbelieving, "No god should be able to do that." She said, eyes filled with concern, "No god should tell you that to love someone you must kill another. How is that love? How can that possibly be called love?" She shook her head violently, "I don't know your mother and I don't know Nilakee but no sane creature would harm another and call it love!" Her voice grew hard, "Something like that isn't love, don't call it that. Love is when you care for someone. Love is when you care enough for someone that harming them doesn't even factor into your thoughts when you think of them." She stepped forward and moved until she was directly in front of him, "And no one should have told you that love is like that. I don't know who your god is and frankly, I don't really care. Such vile a creature shouldn't even be named, to have taught someone that hurting another is love."
She turned her head to the side and bared her teeth at a bloody pawprint, "Such thing should never have happened." She looked at him again, dark brown eyes filled with determination and a touch of concern, "Didn't you ever question it?" She asked gently, "Didn't you ever question why? Why inflicting pain and harming another would be called love? Do you know what love really means?" She demanded. Anger stirred within her, not at Aion but at this God this god and his mother who had fallen victim to it. Tirokio "I...." Aion for once in his life found himself at a loss for words. It wasn't due to avoidance, or rage....it was purely could not formulate a response to fool even himself. Listening to her angrily talk and preach about love, it was nothing he had ever heard before. "I..felt it once. About Nilakee, she was my everything..." Once more his eyes shifted to the pawprint...yet his eyes filled with rage as he stood and took an angry swipe at it, tearing the concrete slight as it made a sickening sound. "She left me, on the eve we were to run away together for my brother. I went to confront him...to found he had...killed her. I did upon him the same fate he deserved!" Aion hissed, his voice taking on a more axicid quality as he placed his now bleeding paw on the ground.
"I wasn't strong enough to have her love, same with my mothers. My brother was more fit for that, which is why he received Nilakee, She told me her god would show me the way...and it did. I thought at one time love was devotion, and the wilingness to do anything for that person. Yet love is only deception and pain, given to those with the strength to keep it as their own. Why would I question the one thing which had brought me acceptance all of these years? Kept me alive when i've lost everything close to me, all of my dreams and desires!?! he might be the God of Sadistic Corruption, yet he is the closest thing i've ever had to hope. if I give that up, I will have nothing! You might as well add my bloody pawprint on this wall!" Aion hissed, taking a dominant step foreward, eyes slit with an odd mix of emotions; rage, malice, scorn....and sorrow. Skyefenyx Elu refused back down even an inch, she wouldn't take back what she had said, it was the truth. "If she left you, how could she have truly loved you?" She asked, eyes sparking with a miriad of emotions, sympathy, concern, and others. "I know what that is like. I know what it is like to be betrayed like that but you don't see me killing others and calling it 'Love'!" She shook her head vigorously, "It was never that you weren't strong enough for love. It never is. It's the fact that the other person doesn't feel what you do. They can't understand how you feel if they don't feel the same way. The fact that they don't makes them unable to help stop what they do!"
She looked at him intently, "You never failed anyone. Not truly. And to question such a God you should! Gods like that pervert the truth, they manipulate it to thier own gain and twist it around their victims until that person can't tell which is right anymore." Her eyes softened, "I should know. Such things have happened before..." She shook her head again, evaporating her old memories, " Tell me, Aion, do you really think that love is only for deception and pain? Is that what you think of it deep in your heart?" Her raised a single paw and touched his chest, "Will you really have nothing if you free yourself from him? Do you truly think that way?" She stared into his eyes, "Tell me." she whispered. Tirokio "She...loved me. I know she did...." Aion spoke, although seeming a little dazed. Why was everything she said making sense, everything he had experienced showed him otherwise. How was it that someone like her had gone through what he had...without taking the same course of action after? Had she no pain? Did she not want to find a way to make things as they used to be? Shaking his head roughly, he couldn't shake the conflict in his mind no matter how hard he tried.
A small gasp escaped his lips for the first time that he could ever recall as she placed a paw on his chest, his eyes immediately looking down at it. Now that was a first, he was touched without being inflicted with pain, as the fur under her paw became warm in a comforting heat. How strange indeed, as it was much different then the sting of a smack, or a kick. he had thought about her question hard, yet frowned as he gazed back up into her eyes. "I don't know. I don't know what to think. He's not speaking to me...." He shook his head slowly...feeling and looking like a lost lamb without anyone's guidance. "I haven't used my heart for as long as I can remember....but I will not have anything If I lose him..." Skyefenyx Elu shook her head, "She didn't. Not if she left you for your brother." She looked at him closely for severl seconds, "Do you...know what my god is?" She asked softly, she continued before he could speak, "My Goddess is of 'One who Stands Tall no matter the Hardship'. And I chose her because of what happened to me."
Her eyes glazed over as the memories swam to the surface, "His name was Soren and he did much the same thing that your brother did. He took my heart and when he was assured that he had me, he killed my brother and tried to run away with my sister." She hung her head, a single tear trailing down her cheek, "I saw him do it. I saw him kill my brother and I saw him try to take my sister. I couldn't let him take her." She looked back up at him, her expression fierce. "So I made sure he didn't take her." She shook her head, "No, I didn't kill him. I made sure I didn't kill him. So he could live and know the wrongs he had done."
She pressed her paw into his chest, "Do you understand? I lost someone too. I lost two, the one I thought I loved and one of my own family, but I didn't give in to my pain. I didn't let it control me like you're doing. You're letting the thought of losing something control you, but it's only one thing. Haven't you ever thought that maybe there was more then one thing waiting on the other side? That you weren't alone over there?"
She stared at him, dark brown eyes glinting, "You'll have something if you leave him. You'll have people who care about you. People who really care about you. Not creatures that just want to use you for their own gains." She smiled at him, "Don't you want to be loved for who you are?" She asked, "Not what you are, but who?" Tirokio "Don't you get it?" Aion spoke quietly, his head slowly moving back to take a glance around him on the walls even though her paw applied more force to his chest. "I now know you do share some of the same fate which was delt to me, I am...sorry for that. Yet I don't posess what you are...what makes you, you. I would have enjoyed killing him, like I did my own brother. I have gone for so long being this way, it seems who I was born to be has slipped away into the darkness." A small huff of sad irony escaped his lips as he closed his eyes and shook his head. "The monster I have become must have killed me long ago."
"I may have desired love and acceptance, yet I thank you for showing me that light. Its impossible not, for who I am is inlovable, and who I was is gone. I'm simply a what, now." Aion, turned, placing his own bloodied paw on the wall near the one he destroyed, smearing it slightly with an odd look on his face. "Befitting." He spoke, before taking a few limped steps towards the enterance where they had come into his hellhole. "I will lead you out, I would hate for you to end up like so many down here..." Skyefenyx Elu let out the faintest of sighs. It didn't matter what he had become, he wasn't a monster. Had he been, he would have killed her himself. Suddenly, she leapt forward, careening toward him and colliding with him, forcing his body to the ground. she stood over him, breathing heavily, "Idiot!" She shouted, her eyes glittering with annoyance and anger, "You're an idiot!" She shook her head and glared down at him, "Can't you see? You aren't a monster! You never have been! What you are now is merely the shell of a creature that has been hurt too many times to really understand things anymore!"
She bared her teeth at him, "Don't you get it? You can't be a monster. It simply isn't possible." She huffed, "A monster wouldn't have told me he'd lead me out. A monster wouldn't have let me see his secret place and let me live to tell about it. He would've killed me as soon as I entered the room." She looked down at him fiercely, "You. Are. Not. A. Monster." She enuciated each word carefully, making sure that he understand her perfectly. She stood over him and glared down, waiting for him to deny what she said. Tirokio Moments after his offer to lead her out of his shrine, Aion was met with the cold hard concrete. A low growl emitted from his throat as his head throbbed, yet this died fairly quickly as he looked up to see a rather angered Elu towering above him. This shock was shown clearly in his eyes...if felt as if he was in the same position that his countless victims had been in. Was this the last thing they experienced before he had ended their life? Aion did not like this feeling one bit as the remorse began to bubble inside him like acid.
Aion couldn't place such an emotion which coursed through his veins at this moment, yet if he had to take a guess this would be the closest thing he'd ever felt to fear as she gave him a look which could kill. So, he listened, watching in almost a fascination how she had become so vivid and strong in a matter of moments. He was about to retort, opening his mouth to let forth an array of angered words...yet they never came. Instead, he chuckled and shook his head. "I.....am an Idiot." How ironic, as since day one that was what he called everyone else... who was the fool now? "Yet why isn't a monster better than being a useless shell...its more of an existance anyways. I could at least be feared rather than pittied..." Skyefenyx Elu set her jaw, "Who said you were going to be pitied?" she asked firmly, "I don't recall ever saying that. And" She bent down until she was inches from his face, "I never said there was nothing inside that shell. After all..." She grinned at him, "Perhaps there's someone in there I haven't fully met yet." She stepped off him and sat down next to him, "Perhaps this person inside is just waiting for a chance to get out and show himself. Afterfall," She shrugged and winked at him, "I never said there wasn't anything inside." She waved a paw about, "How am I to know what kind of person is inside the shell, if he never comes out? The person may be a monster, but he may be different."
She gave an exaggerated shrug, "How am I to know that unless he comes out? If he doesn't I'm stuck with a shell, and how is a shell going to protect me? I do recall you talking about protecting me from something..." She tapped a paw against her chin, "Or was I imagining that? I don't think so, but my mind might be a bit muddled from everything that's happened lately..."
She grinned down at him, "Are you sure you wanted to leave a little helpless female malu all alone to face predators and the like? Only a monster would do that but we've already discussed that you are not a monster so that option is out..." She shrugged and smiled mischieviously at him, "Am I going to get an answer or are you going to keep staring at me like that?" She asked playfully. Tirokio Aion could not believe what had just happened....had he been dominated, scolded, and told off in under five minutes? Blinking as if it was a dream, it seemed to be untrue as she was -still- standing above him. Frowning, he shook his head as a smirk crossed his lips. "You know, you're just as bad as I am..you manipulative Maluess." He scoffed lightly, turning his head away as he struggled lightly to stand with his forepaw still bleeding. Why did he wish to take on stone with his claws again..?
Pausing, he turned with an almost comical look of suspicion on his face. "You're stuck with a shell? And I said You needed protection from me! Maybe you should listen instead of preach sometimes..." Aion huffed lightly, tilting his head as he could not believe how bold she was being at this little game of chicken they were playing. From all that had happened tonight, Aion was not going to lose again....for he may have a wavering view of his god, and himself....yet he would not be shown up twice. "The only predator here....is me." Walking right up to her, he did a move quite unlike himself, directly kissing her without any notion or signal ahead of time. Parting, he smirked with confidence and abruptly turned and walked to the enterance once again. "Now come, get the hell out of my shrine before I change my mind about bringing you back." Skyefenyx "Manipulative what are you--?!" She suddenly found herself being kissed and the next moment he was walking off, leaving behind an extremely flustered female. "Hey!" She scrambled after him, "What was that?" She demanded, as she caught up with him, her face still heated, "Where did that come from?" She couldn't look at him correctly now and she glanced away from his eyes.
She pouted a bit when he didn't answer but an idea came to her as they walked toward the entrance of the temple. When they reached the great doorway to the outside revealing a sun just beginning to shine over the horizon she turned around at him and gave him a smirk of her own, "You think that's special, huh?" She asked and before he could retort she nudged his bleeding paw out from under him and slowly licked the congelling blood from it. With a merry smile she skipped out onto the front landing of the temple and looked back, "You do you like that?" She asked coyly, winking at him. Tirokio Smirking as he decided to leave her flustered questions by saying nothing at all, he squinted his eyes disdainfully at the mornings sun. He hadn't seen the light of day in a few weeks now, and it burned his retina's, or so he liked to think. Casting a sideways glance to Elu, he raised a brow at her question, not enjoying that smirk of hers any the better. About to inquire what the hell she was thinking about, when he watched her head dip down and....lick his bloody paw!!?!?!?
Eyes shooting open, he looked at her with his lips partially agape as if she had just grown another head. "What the hell was that!? That was blo- dirt-...That was....You're crazy." Aion finally settled on an answer, frowning lightly as he sneered in almost a playful mannor. "Don't be expecting me to touch those lips for a looooong while." Shaking his head he looked at her with a raised brow, still in disbelief. All of this over a walk.. Skyefenyx Elu blinked innocently, her tail swishing back and forth, "For a while? You mean, you were going to do it again?" She grinned at him, "And who's the crazy one here? The one who thought he was a monster or the one who licked a paw? Tell me, which one is crazy?"
She trotted back over to him and circled him once, "And tell me, Aion, what are you thinking about me?" She smiled at him, entirely amused by this and past events, "When you figure it out, I'll be waiting." She turned and slowly flicked her dark brown tail under his chin before trotting off a ways, a distinct bounce to her step.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:42 am
Elu'ituha and Aion [Private Guild RP "I like where we are....Here."]Tirokio "Why does she think she is..." Aion grumbled, pacing back and forth as the sun began to set in the distance. The grass under his paws had been torn and flattened from his pacing...which he had begun early this morn. Frowning into the ground, his mind misted in confusion as his god was not speaking to him anymore...he had no clue what he should do; Aion was on his own. He had not felt this way about anyone, when he was a child all of this had seemed an easier process...perhaps because he was not burdened with the process of pleasing his god and knew whom he was? Kicking up a rock, the male continued pacing as vigorously as the moment he started. "I'm crazy....she's crazy...its like a disease she's infected me with here.." And what about that kiss? What was he thinking? Now he couldn't think, he didn't know if his own thoughts were right or wrong, or how to even express them! Finally pausing in his pace, his heart ached dully...proof that it had begun beating again last night. Sighing defeatedly, Aion slowly began walking away from his spot and walked back to where Elu and he parted in the first place. When you figure it out, i'll be waiting. Her voice echoed in his ears as he came upon that spot again, casting a glance around the area to see it was deserted. Dropping to his haunches, Aion began the process of waiting; for he would never call out for her like most would. Tilting his eyes up at the night sky, an amlost miniscule smile crept over his muzzle as he observed the stars in the sky.
Skyefenyx Elu sauntered about the grounds, still in a delightful mood, though it had been slightly diminshed. She had finally met up with her sister, long after their agreed rendezvous time. Her sister had been understandably angry, and had lectured her on the importance of being on time, the Taraneh herself had no right to preach such a thing.
When Tara had finally allowed Elu to leave, on the sworn promise that she would reveal whatever had happened when they both returned from their search for food, Elu immediately set off to search for food...but mostly to check in on Aion, to only check that he was alright. Afterall...he was really conflicted about himself right now, and there wouldn't be any harm in checking up on him. With that thought she trotted toward that large temple, a smile playing across her lips.
She reached the bottom of the steps and trotted halfway up with before catching sight of a familiar black figure. He was far easier to detect in the sunlight then the darkness. She grinned and moved forward until she was only a few steps away from him, "Morning, Aion!" she laughed, flicking her dark brown tail once.
Tirokio Perking his ears up as he could hear the distant clopping of hooves on stone, Aion didn't turn around however. Waiting untill he heard her familliar voice, his muzzle turned so he could glance at her and gave a soft nod. "'morn." Was all he simply stated, his wings giving a light ruffle before dissapearing back against his black pelt. Often of not many didn't even know Aion -had- wings untill they saw them move. Turning his body sligtly as to not crane his neck just to look at her, a grin crossed his maw as his head tilted ever so lightly to the side. "What are you doing here? I don't remember you saying you would come find me..." He notioned, clearly remembering her line of he was to find her....not the other way around. Although inwardly, he was curious to why she had retuned to this spot...surely different than his own excuse.
Skyefenyx Elu shrugged, "My sister sent me to look for food," she told him nonchalantly, "So I am." She looked at him sideways through her flop of hair, "Mostly." She sighed and settled down next to him, "But Tara can do things on her own and I have time."
She looked at him, smiling knowingly at his last remark, "I didn't say I wouldn't find you, I said you would have to find me when you figure it out." She grinned at him, "Have you found it out yet?" She grinned at him before looking around where they lay. It was a pleasant place, deep in the shade, though still revealing much of the courtyard around them. She smiled, it was nice and cool here, unlike the unwavering heat that true sunlight would shine on them. She looked back at Aion, dark brown eyes shining with pleasant emotions.
Tirokio "Hmn..." Aion vocalized, nodding as he was left once again to try and figure out just what the hell he thought. Frowning lightly, he let his head fall to the side with a sigh....why was this so stupidly hard? Opening his mouth, words lacked to emit once again, as the dark Malu shook his head and stood. Digging his left paw into the ground as his right was just starting to heal, he turned away from her with a snort. "Tell me...when you look up at the sky at night...What do you feel?" The question was rather random, yet he refused to turn and aknowledge her untill she had told him his one simple request .
Skyefenyx Elu cocked her head at the sudden, out of the blue question and then she smiled faintly, "I feel...wonder, I guess you could call it. Awe at the thought of what could be up there and what it sees every day. I wonder what it would be like to be up there looking down on the world, and I wonder if my brother is up there looking down at me. I hope he isn't disappointed by what have done."
She glanced away, "It may sound childish but, I think of the sky like that and it's truely beautiful." She smiled at him, though he was turned away from her, "Why do you ask?" her eyes glittered as a ray of sunlight glinted over them and strands of dark hair, trailed down her face.
Tirokio Glancing back for but a moment, the male sighed before turning his own head up to the sky. Perhaps his family was up there, as well as Nikalee....yet he knew they would not be proud of him like Elu's brother would be of her. "He would be proud." He said simply, before turning around to face her, yet kept his head at an angle as he found a rock on the gound very interesting off on his left side. "I asked, because now you know what my answer is." This was all he would give her, never being one to confess such emotions openly...hell, he didn't even know the words to use. Aion knew he probably could never change fully who he had become, the roots too embedded in his mind and body to ever be fully put to rest. Yet, if he would alter enough to allow himself to be tolerable to at least one person...perhaps he wouldn't mind being a shell over a monster.
Skyefenyx Elu looked at him and let a silent sigh fall from her lips, "Aion..." the next instant she was in front of him and on her back, her head under his and making sure she had direct eye contact, "You're thinking monster thoughts again." She told him solemnly then suddenly laughed, "Well, not monster thoughts, but you're certainly acting depressed. What happened to the maliciously evil yet strangely nice Malu that've I've come to know and love in the last meeting?" She asked playfully, eyes sparkling with amusement, "And honestly, Aion, there's nothing wrong with you! You are yourself and no one else, you just aren't sure who you are anymore." She smiled up at him gently, "So tell me Aion, tell me something about you. Not the monster that you thought you were, but you."
Tirokio Pulling his head back a bit as he blinked, Elu was such a random Malu that he really didn't know what to expect half of the time. Shaking his head, he gave her a glare and huffed, "Don't I ever get a break once and a while?" He tilted his head slightly on her last request...something about him? "God...I don't know! I...Hmm." A smrik crossed his lips as he gazed down at her, mischeif in his eyes. "Other than finding you annoying....I, guess I enjoy the night sky? Happy?" Leanding down, he paused on mere inches away from her face as he then questioned her with, "Well...tell me something about you then."
Skyefenyx Elu chuckled, "Breaks? No, not when I'm around you." She winked up at him, and then caught the part of his sentence about her being annoying. Her ears drooped and her eyes became watery, "I'm...I'm annoying?" she sniffed at him then abruptly rolled over and grinned at him, "I'm not offended, Aion." She laughed lightly, "Hmm...something about me..." She sat up and looked at him solemnly, "Well, I like you. I like you, even if you think you're a monster." She smiled and then glanced away, a bit afraid that she had said too much.
Honestly, what had come over her? She had never acted this open toward someone else before, let alone express feelings so suddenly. She had always been the quiet one, watching her sister act how she was doing now. It was strange, but Aion seemed to bring out a more bold her. All of this was confusing, with all of the thoughts and emotions swirling around herself and Aion. To tell the truth she was a bit scared, but she didn't want to stop, not for the world, that that was what scared her the most.
Tirokio "Wait...what?" Aion blinked, spotting her eyes had gained a glossy look before turned...but then grinned like a fool she was. Heaving a sigh as an empty annoyed look crossed his features, he looked down at her laughing. "I must be cursed, then." He retorted, when all of a sudden, she had gotten serious which kinda weirded Aion out slightly. However, he was not in no means at all ready for what he heard next. Staring at her as if he waited for her to suddenly break out in laugher like before....it clicked that this wasn't any kind of joke. Luckily for him, his dark fur almost hid any blush which would creep along his cheeks making it barely noticable. About to speak, he stopped, as his whole body became rigid and serious as he stood. Slowly moving foreward, he pressed his head into her should and pushed continually with quite a bit of force. "Get out of here....now." His dark tone return once again to his smooth vocals.
Skyefenyx Elu scrambled to get a hold to the smooth stone as she was pushed away from where they had been, "Wha?! What are you doing?" Her eyes widened as she heard him tell her to get out, and inexplicably, for some unknown reason, this really hurt her. She didn't understand why it hurt so much when her told her to get out, but it made her heart ache and...it made her angry. "How about...no?" She retorted, planted all four of her feet down on the ground and pushing back until he himself was the one being pushed, "What's wrong with telling you how I feel? What's wrong with doing that?" She growled, pushing him back toward their original spot, "What's wrong with having a hope the maybe just maybe you would say something similar, huh?"
With a final jerk of her head she pushed him away one last time until they were a foot apart, "What's wrong with you, Aion? What's with this reaction? Can you not handle it or something? Then tell me! Tell me so I can understand!" She jerked her head to the side, her dark brown har hiding, eyes that now truly glistened with tears, "I don't know you well, Aion. I don't, and I admit that. But I also admit that's there is something there!"
She looked at him again, her expression fierce though her eyes were still filled with tears, "And if you don't want anything to come of it, just tell me. Tell me, and I won't ever speak of it again." She set her jaw and turned away slightly, "Just tell me first, Aion. Before anything more happens." She began to walk away, her head held high, though her heart was heavy with a despair she shouldn't have felt so deeply.
Tirokio Growling lightly, Aion closed his eyes as he couldn't bare to look at her as he tried his hardest to push her back towards the temple. Even as she had began to push back, this cause the male to push even harder against her. "You don't understand, Just get going!" He hissed, when she pushed him back a foot, and no longer could he avoid her hair filled eyes. It caused his heart to skip a beat, the same pain he had felt when Nikalee left him resurfacing twice as hard. Trying hard not to listen to her words, he felt himself straying from what was important, to each pained word which escaped her lips. So many times he wanted to speak...to deny everything she had said and just tell her the right answer. Yet he couldn't, not now. Making his face look as uncaring as he could, he hoped she would run away....yet she slowly turned and strode. Not good enough. "You're an Idiot! Run, and don't you dare look back!" Aion all but barked at her, raising his paw up to his maw as he bit down - hard. Reopening the wounds from last night, he cringed, turning around and making a sound he never thought he would hear out of his own lips. Crying out like an ingured and wounded animal, the black malu set off in a run towards the desert, and not even a few seconds later, a deep growl echoed as a large black cat lept from its hiding spot in the nearby trees to give chase to the more exciting prey.
Skyefenyx Elu froze as his words echoed throughout the halls, and she whirled, eyes ablaze, "I'm the idiot?!" she shouted, "What..." Her eyes widened as she watched the black male run away from her and toward the desert and widened in further in horror as she watched the predator follow after him. Without a thought she leapt after them.
In the back of her mind, a tiny voice chuckled in the back of her mind, Will every day be like this if I stay near him? But she didn't have time to dwell on such thoughts, she was too busy chasing after someone she hardly knew, but couldn't leave alone.
Her stride lengthened as she ran after them and she pounded hard against the soft hot sand. She had to warn Aion somehow! But how was she to do that without drawing the attention of that creature? She'd have to figure out someway to help him.
Tirokio God...I should have picked a better time of day to gain a bloody consious... Aion thought bitterly as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him through the forest and then across the hot sands of the desert. Cringing as the sand began to stick to his bleeding paw, he cast a glance over his shoulder to see the jaguar gaining his tail fast. At least he wasn't the only one with the heat absorbing black pelt. Feeling the muscles ripple under his coat as he charged up one of the sand dunes. As soon as he reached the top, the dark Malu swiftly turned and accelerated even faster on the decline towards the predator, his eyes shifting to the malicious and bloodthirsty state as his head dropped. As the jaguar lept at the charging malu, he sucseeded in embedding his claws into his shoulderblades yet was not expecting the charge to be followed through. As Aion's head collided with the large feline's chest, his motion sent the two soaring down the dune, with Aion landing atop of the large cat as it slid down on its back. Biting his lip as the claws remained hooked in his flesh, Aion snarled and used his own tiny claws to swipe at the cat's eye, earning a bellow as it removed its paws and pushed Aion away from it. Lucky for him, once his body hit the sand, it didn't drag very far due to his lack of weight. The jaguar wasn't so lucky as his weight kept his sliding trip going, heading down to the very bottom of the dune. Turning his muzzle down to watch the predator slide to the bottom, breathing heavily as he slowly got up despite the throbbing in his paw and now his shoulders.
Skyefenyx Elu ran after the two as fast as she could and she felt her heart falter as she saw bot h of them topple over a sand dune. "Aion!" She screamed, and powered foward, skidding slightly as she swirved to avoid the black creature. She stopped into front of the black malu and nudged him, "Are you alright?" She didn't wait for an answer before batting his head with a paw, "You idiot! How could you do that? Are you truly mad? Going after a jaguar by yourself?" She glared at him as tears poured down her checks, "What were you thinking?" she whispered and then shook her head, "You weren't!" She snapped angrily, "Now look at you! Not have you reopened the cut on your paw but you've injured your shoulders as well!"
She head-butted him in the chest, "You're the biggest fool I've ever seen!" she growled, though her words had begun to lose their bite. She stilled glared at him though, after wiping away her tears with sand-stained paws, which only made the fur around her eyes clot with the soft substance. She looked down at the jaguar warily, waiting for it to get up again, "I swear, Aion, if you get yourself killed, I-I-I'll never forgive you!" She huffed angrily and set her jaw, it was a pathetic consequence but she didn't really care. He had scared her almost to death with his antics.
Tirokio Tilting his head up, Aion's brow raised as he noticed another creature pass the jaguar on its way down the slope. His ears perked as he heard his name called and immediately recognized it as none other than Elu's. Frowning lightly at her stupidity, as soon she he felt her nudge, he made his annoyance known. "I'm fine, I told you to get back in the temple! What part of that was 'follow the predator out into the desert?'" Almost as soonhe managed to get that in he found his head forced to the side by a batt of her paw. Frowning, he listened to what she had to say, and shook his head. "I was thinking about you, you idiot! If you would have just left when I told you to, I wouldn't have needed to open this wound. Reguardless, I would have ran, so it didn't come after you." He hissed, taking the time to glance down at the Jaguar who was just slowly getting to its feet...struggling with its bleeding eye. And just like that, Aion stumbled back onto his rear as he was headbutted by Elu. "What the hell!?......." He yelled, yet then his words too seemed to lose their verocity. Giving an annoyed sigh at her tears, she really was a fool to come all the way out here...getting sand all stuck on her cheeks. "Idiot..." Aion spoke rather...softly as he stood, using his wing to wipe away the sand which stuck to her wet cheeks. Looking back at the jaguar as it looked to be about to get up, an odd angery rise in his eyes, a rage which was all too familiar surfacing in those orange depths. He made her cry...over you. You're bleeding, and hurt...and he's not going to stop untill he kills you both, afterall...you're too weak. There it was again, that voice that set his blood ablaze. You've never taken on a jaguar...you wont win. Its not like snakes, and wild dogs...they're designed for power and strength. Yet....to kill one...you would be stronger than any malu. Is that not what you want? or do you wish to watch Elu become some predator's lunch? A wicked smirk crossed his lips, one any Malu had yet to see, at least...the ones who were no longer alive saw it. Feeling the excitement rise in his blood, his muscles tensed as his body seemed to forget its inguries. Turning to Elu, it was as if his eyes looked right through her as he spoke with his words dripping in malice. "Don't worry...Only one will die today...and its not going to be us." Taking off into a sprint down the hill, his claws had reappeared on his paws, taking an odd offensive posture....an odd look for an animal which did not kill to eat. Eyes locking on the jaguar's neck, he knew he would be able to crush it in a single blow from his paws, as long as that jaguar stayed down for only a few more seconds.
Skyefenyx Elu growled at him, "How am I supposed to know?" she retorted, "And I'm not and idiot! I couldn't help myself! And that is not a crime!" She stopped abruptly as he brushed a few of her tears away with one of his wings. She hadn't notcied they were there, and a faint blush began to creep up her cheeks until her returned his gaze to her and his eyes seemedto look right through her. That wasn't Aion, looking back at her, that wasn't the Aion she had come to know. That creature wasn't rational, it wasn't thinking ahead.
She watched in horrow as the creature that looked like Aion made sprinted toward the jaguar and took a strange aggresive position. He'll be killed! screamed a voice in her mind, What is he thinking?! He couldn't take out a jaguar! Even one that was still stunned from the last attack She had to stop him, without either of them getting killed. But how...?
As the idea came to her she sprang into action, Aion looked like he would kill the jaguar, and in doing so, would once again fall victim to his wretched god. She had to prevent that by making sure he didn't kill the creature. But if she stopped the creature all by herself, he could be lost because of that as well, she had to get him to help her defeat the jaguar, but not kill it.
These thoughts passed in a blur as she raced down to the bottom of the dune, she skidded at the bottom, spraying sand everywhere, and directly where she needed it to go, right into the jaguar remaining good eye. Her thoughts worked frantically as she tried to think of a way to get Aion to help her but in the next instant, the black leopard raised its paw and began to swipe at her. She watched in horror, unable to move as the clawed paw swung toward her, as if in slow motion.
Tirokio Closer...closer....A wild smirk stretched on his lips as his eyes were alit as if on a high, the bloodlust instilled from his god cuasing his heart to race against his chest. That was....untill a brown blurr whipped past him down the slope which caused the male to startle and slow his run for an instant. What was she doing? His god tried to whisper sweet words to pit her against Aion, yet the male would hear nothing of it and blocked that voice from his mind. Watching as her skid has sprayed sand into the Jaguar's remaining good eye, the creature bellowed in pain....had she really done it? Stopped th Jaguar without ending its life? ...apparently not. Just when all seemed to be going well, the Jaguar raised his paw as time slowed. Rage evident in the wild cat's snarling maw, it had no intent to stop...and Elu was just standing there frozen! In an instant, Aion snapped out of his trance, eyes widenening in of all things, fear. "ELU!" he yelled, pushing his body in a raw surge of powerful instinct as he made the last few bounds towards the pair...managing to get his face inbetween its paw and Elu in the nick of time. Closing his eyes with an odd smile on his face, he suddenly felt the claws across his face as the powerful swipe had sent the malu skidding along the sand. Laying still for a moment, the black malu grunted softly as he shifted his feet under his body. Chuckling lightly, Aion forced his body to move, looking back at the Jaguar as he turned his head...four long gashes scarring his face from the top of his head, across his eye which he kept closed, all the way down to his jaw. It looked gruesome, yet Aion made it look like it was nothing as he stood, panting heavily from running so hard. "Is that the best you can do...?"
Skyefenyx Elu couldn't believe her eyes, she had seen the claw comingand had prepared herself for the pain and in the next instant Aion had been between them! He had been hit, she knew, some of his blood splattered on her head. What she couldn't comprehend was the fact that he was still standing. The four gashes on his face should've left him in too much pain to really move, and yet there he stood a strange smirk on his face balthering on about "Is that the best you can do...?" It was certainly not the best for him in the intelligence department!
"Aion!" She shouted, moving toward him, "What's wrong with you?" she hissed, but she didn't bother to wait for an answer, the creature was still trying to get the sand out of its eye and even then still try to snatch at them with a few paw. If it was so dangerous, Elu might have laughed at another time. But it was dangerous, they had to get away, fast, but they also had to make sure the creature didn't follow them back to the temple. That would be worse. It didn't help that Aion was crazed with the prospect of killing the creature. When would he learn? Just because you could kill something bigger then yourself, didn't mean that you were stronger, it just meant you were nuts enough to try. If she could've have, Elu would have sighed, but that wasn't a possibility here. She had to bring Aion back, get rid of the jaguar-without killing it-and get home. And with all the action, she was quickly losing her sense of direction. If she didn't finish everything quickly...
"Aion," she whispered, her face toward his, "Look, you may think that taking this creature down would be some sort of triumph. It's not. And I don't care what you're thinking right now. Odds are your wretched God is pouring them into you and you're believing what he's saying." She looked at him, into his one good eye, "Stop it, Aion. I don't know if you could win against this creature and I don't want to find out!" She bared her teeth at him, "I want the Aion I know to come back! Not this crazed beast, right now, you're no different from that jaguar. How can we possibly be saved if you're no better then that creature?" She couldn't help but look at his head wound, "And we have to get your wounds treated, understand? We have to get back to the temple. Right now that's most important. Not your damn pride, not your God, you."
She glared at him, "So are you coming with me, or not? The creature isn't going anywhere until it can see, which between you and me, he won't be able to for a long time. The faster we get away from him, the easier it'll be to get him off our trail!" She looked at him earnestly, he had to see what he was doing. He had to understand that if they didn't treat his wounds soon he either die of blood loss, or they're get infected. Either way, he'd soon be dead and she couldn't let that happen. But she'd let it be his decision. If he wanted to die, it was his right, not matter how stupid he would be by doing so. She stared at him, and waited for an answer.
Tirokio It was fortunate that Aion had black fur, even out here in the desert...as no one could see his shaking legs and how quickly he felt he would collapse. Never had he run so far, so fast, and so hard in his life. Not to mention how wounded he was...normally he wasn't so stupid to get himself this hurt....yet when it came to Elu..it turned out he was a complete idiot. He would have taken far more for her sake, it was how he was holding onto that 'this was nothing' tone coming from his lips. Turning slightly so his right good eye could see Elu as she talked...looking rather angry; yet he knew it wasn't due to him saving her. He had given in once again...he knew it too...winning against this creature would probably be the death of both of them. His blood was running too past from his trio of wounds, even now with the heat he was starting to get dizzy. Gazing down to the ground, He knew, god he knew they had to get out of here. Yet that voice started up again and it was hard to ignore...as his eyes looked up to the struggling Jaguar. Cloing then with a hard frown on his face. Aion shook his head roughly and dropped to the ground, rolling on the sand to get it all over him and coat his wounds. It hurt, and it showed on his face especially when he got sand in the gashes. Taking longer to stand this time around, Aion's chest rose and fell deeply with each breath, looking to Elu as himself. "Lets go." Was all he said before taking off, pushing himself to the last limits to get back into the temple. At their pace of escape, it didn't take long at all. Passing through the forest surrounding the temple, they came upon the coutryard, and then the temple enterance. Heading straight for the shade of the temple, Aion's paced slowed to a wobble, before allowing his legs to buckle in under themselves as he felt his body fall to nice, cold stones of the floor. Leaning the good side of his face against the fall, he could feel his body cooling immediately...the black fur having kept in all the heat of the sun as well as running.
Skyefenyx Elu followed Aion back to the temple and watched as he collapsed onto the cool stone. She walked up to him and gently nudged the good side of his face, "Don't fall asleep, okay? That's the worst you can do right now." She looked up and around the area, "I'm going to go look for something to help you with your wounds, I'll be back as soon as I can." She looked back down at him, "Don't fall asleep, okay? Don't even think of it." She gaze hardened, "And when this is over, I'm going to have a little talk with you." She ran off in search of something to help him, praying that he would do as she told him.
She glanced around at all of the plants that grew in the courtyard, she was searching for this one herb she had seen her mother use when she was a little child. A dull purple in color, it dulled pain and helped begin healing. She needed to find it fast, because the longer it took for her to find it, the less chance Aion would still be alive when she returned. She was just about to turn back, when she caught the familiar shade of purple. It was just a glimpse, nd she she stepped closer she saw why that was. The flowers lay inside a patch of thorns, protected and completely out of reach unless she allowed herself
Tirokio Cracking open his one good eye, Aion gazed up at Elu and nodded faintly at her request. Sleeping was the worst thing he could do...Aion wasn't sure he'd be able to wake up. Yet as she ran off to go look for whatever she was looking for, he found it harder and harder to stay awake. His one eyes kept trying to close, as he grunted to stay awake. "This is hopeless..." He hissed, glancing around to see that she had not yet returned. Slowly pulling his legs in under him, he stood up get fell slightly to lean against the wall. He could smell water close by, even hear the central fountian splashing in the courtyard up ahead. Taking a few steps foreward from his bloody body print on the ground, the sand ridden droplets fell behind him leaving a visible trail. Don't fall asleep....don't do it. He thought to himself, mustering his strength as he pushed his side off of the wall and walked over to the fountian, the cool mist feeling wonderful on his fur. Slowly raising his paws up onto the ledge, he allowed the rest of his body to fall into the pool as the cool, refreshing sensation washed over his body. It was heaven to have the sand out of his wounds, and his body cooled off as he held his breath to remained underwater. Resurfacing his head, he let it rest on the ledge, now able to feel the blood flowing from his wounds especially on his face. He didn't pay attention to how dirty and red the water of the fountian was now getting...figuring it would drain out in time. Closing his one eye for a moment, he kept thinking to make sure he wouldn't fall asleep.
Skyefenyx Elu returned to where she had left Aion, triumphant. She was bloody, with superficial cuts covering her legs and sides and even a few on her head and back. But she had gotten the flower and that was what mattered. She leapt onto the landing, expecting to see a half-dead but still awake black male and feared that he wouldn't be just half dead. What she found was a pool of blood.
Terror lanced through her as her thoughts careened back to the jaguar and she set her nose to the ground, frantically searching for his scent. She caught it, along with the tiny droplets of blood he had left behind and followed it at ful speed until she came upon him in the fountain. She almost fainted with relief, at least he was still alive.
She moved forward, alarmed at how dark the water had become. She set the bunch of flowers down, "Aion, Aion," She repeated, nudging his good side get, "You have to get out, I can't get to your wounds when you're in the water." She stepped back far enough so he could get out of the water, shaking her head a bit to get her own blood out of the eye that wasn't covered by her hair. It was annoying, and in the way. She nudged him again, "Come on, Aion, you have to move, the herbs won't stick if you stay in the water." She shook her head and stepped back, waiting for him to get out and ready to help if he needed it.
Tirokio Hmm...I can't feel my face. My shoulders ache, I can't believe I didn't do away with that Jaguar...its so unlike me. Yet...could I have killed infront of her? After what Elu had seen in my shrine, I don't think she could have even looked at me after all of what we had been through last night. Ugh...my face. Aion thought bitterly, able to feel where the three gashes started up at the top of his skull and ended down at his jawbone. He dare not open his eye, as he truly feared what he would find when he opened it. Upon feeling the warmth nudge of Elu's nose and he soft voice, he opened his eye and looked up at her...feeling alarmed at how cut up she was. Standing up from the fountian, he stepped down and out, unable to shake due to he knew he would probably topple over. Tilting his head to be able to see her, he gazed her over and it looked like she had a fight with a rose bush or something. Yet from the purple flowers he noticed on the ground...it seemed her price was rewarded. "You're an Idiot...like me." Aion said weakly, yet managed to strike a grin as he moved forward and gave her brow a lick to remove the blood. It was odd, he seemed to have such a bloodlust...yet hated the taste of it and often the look of it. Too bitter...as he would rather have a cherry. It was his favorite fruit afterall. Gazing down to the flowers after, his single orange orb looked slightly confused at what he should do with it...never having been healed or had to heal someone before. "So, do I eat it or something?" When she wasn't looking, he slowly slid one of the flowers behind his paw - out of view.
Skyefenyx "Mm, not an idiot." She replied as he licked her brow, Backing up another step she shook her head, "And you don't eat it, at least not a lot of it, it's not good to eat it much." She shook her head and pull a single petal off, "You're uppo'ed 'o 'ut i' on the 'ound-'et-ahnd 'ait 'or it ta dry." She told him, her words garbled as she held the petal in her mouth, "'O 'ay 'own." She ordered, motioning with a paw so he could understand it better.
That was how her mother had made her do when she had done the same thing so she assumed that was right right thing to do-which it was-but putting those leaves on involved securing them in place and making sure the bandagee didn't move until they were dry. "Unner'hand? 'O 'hou'ing." She moved forward and pressed him down with her paw on his back, "'it 'own an' het me 'elp 'ou." She stepped back and waited for him to comply. And if he didn't? Well, she have to make him and he might not like the results.
Tirokio Scowling lightly, Aion's one eyes squinted as if trying to comprehend what on earth she was saying with that petal in her mouth. As the scowl did not dissapear...it was clear he did not understand, at all. "What the hell are you rambling about?" He understood you're supposed to....and then dry...and lay down. Shaking his head, the black malu raised a brow as she placed a paw on his back and pushed down...to which he oddly complied. Folding his legs beneath his body and sat gazing at the ground. Making a small adjustment, he still kept the one flower hidden, folded under his unbloodied front paw. Cautiously Aion tried to open his injured eye, yet made a sour face and quickly shut it again. He really just wanted to see again, as trying to use depth perception was increasingly hard with one eye, not to mention how much he had to turn his head to look at things on his right. "Fine...just don't dawdle." He warned, feeling slightly better already now that he wasn't covered in sand and had cooled down his body temperature. It seemed his attitude was returning to normal.
Skyefenyx She huffed, the petal fluttering in the breeze her breath made. She carefully placed one of the petals on top of his shoulder and pressed it down gently with her nose, until she was sure it wouldn't move. "I'm afraid you'll be the one dawdling, Aion. You have to be still until the petals dry." She tore off another petal and repeated the process until all of the claw cuts wer covered in the large dull purple blotches, helping secure them more with a few licks here and there.
She stepped back for a second and grinned lopsidedly, he looked like her was wearing a purple splotched cape across his shoulders and it was quite comical looking. She didn't have time to laugh though, the cuts on his face were still bleeding, though the steady flow had tapered off a bit. She set about putting more of the petals on that side of his face, "We're going to have to cover you eye, I can't really tell if there's a cut on it, or not so I'd best do it to make sure." She lay another petal on top of it, just to make sure she got all around his eye.
Finally, she sat back and admired her handiwork. All of his wounds were covered, even that cut on his paw, which had broken open again. "There!" she sighed, a triumphant smile on her lips, flipping her sweaty mop of hair out of her eyes, "At least you won't be dying anytime soon." She lay down in front of him, "No moving, got it? This place has plenty of shade right here for you, and even a bit of a breeze." She cocked her head at him, amusement creeping into her gaze, "Or will I have to sit on you to keep you still?"
Tirokio "Ahck! Watch it, it stings!" Aion hissed lightly, taking a deep inhalde as she pressed down firmly on his wounds to secure the petals to him. Growling faintly, he sighed as he figured he would just have to live with it untill she was finished. It wasn't too hard....untill she reached his face. Gasping, his wings flared out as he squirmed ever so slightly, the open wound long gouge hurting incredibly moreso than the puncture holes. Looking up at her with the glare he mumbled something along the lines of 'are you -trying- to kill me'. Huffing as she had finished and laid down before him, able to tell from her little grin erlier just how retardedly stupid he must look. "I look like a pansy." It was a clever reference to either the flower or its offensive meaning, as Aion simply looked too moody to be wearing purple petals which enabled him to move untill the damned little things were dry. Taking note of the only two deeper cuts on her body, the one above her eye as well as two on her paw he lifted his own paw to reveal the flower he had saved. He was aware that if he didn't hide one, she probably would have used it all on him...which wasn't what he wanted. Moving ever so carefully, he ripped a petal off and placed it on his paw which he moved and stuck it onto her forehead. Continuing the motion, he pulled her paw over to him while ripping off two petals, nudging them on with his nose before gently licking the edges down so they would not fall off. Oddly silent and concentrated the whole while he was tending to her.
Skyefenyx "Well, not a pansy just a bit like a flower." She grinned at him mischieviously until the next insist when she caught a glimpse of a dull purple petal and a sting on her brow, "Wha?!" She exclaimed, her eyes closed at the slight pain. She shifted her wait to retain her balance as her paw was pulled, "What are you doing, Aion?" She blinked down at her own covered paw, "Hey! You took one of the flowers!"
She glared at him, "I got them for you, why'd you take one of 'em?" She pouted slightly, Why had he done that? He needed those flowers, it was far more logical to use them on him, and not on her wimpy cuts. Her wounds were nothing compared to his. Her eyes narrowed, he had moved too, unsetting a few of the petals.
She growled and immediately moved to set them back into place. Licking them to make sure they stayed put. "I told you not to move!" she scolded, her fierce expression completely destroyed by the large petal covering half her forehead.
She huffed and lay down near him, "Males." She chided, "Never listening to those who know what they're doing." She huffed again, and looked at him sideways, heat she hadn't noticed was there a first becoming painfully obvious to her. Silently, she thanked her goddess for giving her a dark enough coat that it wasn't immediately obvious. "Thank you for dong that." she said softly, barely audible, "You shouldn't have done it, but thank you."
Tirokio "Yes, I did." Aion spoke as he placed a final lick on one of the petals, satisfied it wouldn't fall off. Gazing up at her, he grinned faintly, as it hurt too much to shift the muscles on his face. "And if you were smart enough, you would have grabbed extra for whatever stunt you pulled getting these for me. So, I had to save one, I know you would have used them all on me. I'm covered. If I would have let you have more you would have started shoving petals in my head. Besides...turns out you needed them too." Blinking as she hissed about the petals, he retorted in a, "Too Bad!" before snickering lightly at her oh so scary face avec the big purple petal on her brow. He knew he of all people shouldn’t be laughing, yet it was something he couldn't help. "Females, always a hypocrite after they themselves do the same thing before the male do something wrong." Aion rolled his eye, smirking as he quite remembered her own selective hearing only but thirty minutes ago. Feeling her paw heat up, Aion turned to glance at Elu, seeing her glancing at him through the corner of her eyes. Tilting his head down as well, he neglected to realize he still had his paws about her own, as he muttered a 'you're welcome before returning something which had been nagging him all this time in the back of his head. "Now...what were you...talking about before all this happened..."
Skyefenyx Elu's ears twitched back toward his voice and she felt her cheeks heating more, "Ah...Well, I told you that I liked you..." She wouldn't look at him, the courage she had felt before, evaporating in a puff of smoke. It was too confusing and she had never had to deal with such things before. She had always been the one to stand back, the one to let others go on without her, hells! Look at her sister they were practically opposite in temper and yet their Elu was, acting all calm and coy, the emotions inside her mind were swirling about.
She didn't even try to understand them, they would just confuse her more. And she didn't want to stop. She didn't want to run away. But she didn't know what to do now, she couldn't look at him, and her body began to tremble slightly. She hated it. Hating feeling so shy ll the time, what had happened to her? Before she had been all confident and assured of herself and now she was reverting back to the shy her. She shifted uncomfortably and refused to meet his eyes.
Tirokio An almost invisible smile crept on his lips...one which hadn't been seen in ages. Infact, Aion couldn't remember when he smiled last...and not just because he was being cruel either. Watching as her walls broke down as she became a shy wreak, he dipped his head lightly as he thought for a moment. He could leave now, return to his shrine with guidance and a meaning in life which would be clear to him. Or...he could stay with her, face a path of uncertianty and try and figure out his own meaning. Standing up slowly, his voice uttered three little words. "You're an Idiot." Yet, he did not leave. Instead, taking a few smal steps, he returned to a laying position right next to Elu. Leaning against her ever so ligtly, his wing folded along her back as his head moved to gently rest on the back base of her neck; making sure not to disturb the petals on his face. Giving a soft sigh of relaxation, Aion knew he had made his choice, these wounds were proof of that long before his actions now.
Skyefenyx Elu began to bristle as his words reached her ears and she opened her mouth to reply when the next moment he was beside her, one of his wings on her back and his head on the back of her neck. She couldn't speak, she could barely breathe at what he had done. A wave of heat rippled over her and she could barely move. What had he just done?! She was sure someone a mile away could see her blush, "Ah...ah...Aion? Wh-what are you doing?" she squeaked, her voice breaking.
She really couldn't believe it, she had expected him to laugh at her or do something like that but certainly not anything like this. She shivered slightly and found her body naturally moving inward and she lay her head on his front legs, "I swear" she growled, a bit of her defiance peeking through, "If you go back on this, I will hunt you down and make you regret it." She closed her eyes, the exhaustion of the day catching up ith her too quickly, she tried to stay wake, just to hear his reply, she needed confirmation after all.
Tirokio "What does it look like? I'm sure even you can figure it out." Aion said rather with a chuckle, his lips turning up into a smirk. Feeling her temperature rise, he knew she was blushing even after she rested her head down on his paws. As she continued to yabber on about useless things, Aion gave a sigh and tilted his head up so he was able to whisper in her ear. "Untill today, I have a ninety nine percent sucsess rate of not letting my prey escape. I don't plan to let that happen again." Of course, this was joke that it seemed only those two would ever get, as his head returned to her back and closed his own eyes. Sleep was eminent, yet he still managed to yawn out, "Now shut up for once and sleep." Before he himself dozed off.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:32 am
Elu'ituha, Taraneh and Aion [Private Guild RP "What did you say?"]Skyefenyx Elu had been gone for days, far longer then Taraneh had ever expected her to be. Taraneh had a sneaking suspicision that Elu had found someone...and was now spending most of her time with him. Her eyes twinkled at the prospect. Elu had finally moved on from that wretched incident in the forest and Taraneh was happy for her, but they had better not have done anything. Elu may be the older sister but she should still run things by her sister afterall they were siblings.
She had only seen Elu once after they had split to look for food and she had been alarmed at how Elu seemed to be so cut up but Elu had dismissed it and merely told her that she would be busy for a while. Taraneh had let it go, Elu hadn't seemed to be stressed or otherwise distracted. But a week was lng enough. Taraneh couldn't take it any longer, the thought of her sister doing something without her, made Tara ravenous with curiosity. She set out in search of her sister, her curiosity tugging at her way too much for her to ignore it. Elu nudged Aion, "Hey, we may have a bit of a problem." She whispered, he was probably still asleep, the past few days were used entirely for recuperating. Elu had left for brief intervals, to get food and once to check in on her sister. He waited for him to wake up a bit, "You know I have a sister, right?" She continued before he could interrupt, "Well, I checked in with her a while ago and if I know her like I think I do, she's on her way here. Her curiosity always gets the best of her and she must be dying to know why I've been gone so much." She sighed and lay down next to him, "We should expect a visit from her soon enough." She glanced at him and gave a lop-sided smile, "Welcome to the joys of my family."
Tirokio "Errhn." Aion groaned as his sleep had been disturbed due to Elu's nudge. Frowning lightly, he turned his head away from her and tried to once again drift into that oh so calming slumber. Sighing as she began to talk of some sort of problem...great. There went his plan to sleep the rest of the day away...even though that was all he had been doing these past few days. Shifting his head back to gaze at her as she laid back down beside him, another, more annoyed groan escaped his lips. "Your sister? Just tell her to bug off, its not like it should be her buisness what you do." Only twice had he left the spot under the tree for one to stretch his legs and two to go and get a drink of water. Otherwise, he had been in this same spot for the past three days. The petals had dried and fallen off, having sped up the process of healing as his wounds were now scars...the ones on his shoulder and paw having healed up as if they never happened. However...his face wasn't so lucky. The three long gouges never grew the fur back, left with three hideous looking scars stretching from his head to jawline, one being right over his eye which he still had yet to open. If anything..it made him look even scarier than before. Huffing, he turned his head to the side with a moddy look, "I hate these hidden attachments..."
Skyefenyx Taraneh sang softly as she trotted along the edge of the temple, she had already checked inside it-well, most of it anyway. But that was beside the point, she still needed to find Elu and her Beau. She snickered inwardly, despite the fact that Elu had been gone for days, it was difficult to imagine someone finally getting Elu to express her feelings. Her tiny wings fluttered as she hummed, rounding another turn on the temple. He began to sing softly, in the hopes that Elu would come out from where ever she was hiding. Elu headbutted him gently at the bugging her sister off remark, "I told you when we first met! We're close, because of that reason and I've been really out of character lately, at least to her." She looked at him coolly, "You should have guessed anyway, since when does a girl come without any baggage?" She chuckled at stretched, yawning. The past few days had been...educational to say the least. She'd learned a lot more about the black male who called himself Aion and she wondered if he had learned much about her, they had been asleep most of the time. She looked at him sideways, that long gashes on his face painfully obvious. She nosed his chin, "Hey, how're your wounds?" She asked, she knew she had asked that a lot, but she was allowed to, he was still healing. She didn't care how he looked, she just wanted to know he was alright.
Tirokio "Hmph. Still. You don't see me going around with this extra bagg.......nevermind." Aion shut up rather quickly, his snap losing its meaning as he realised that he didn't have any 'baggage' of family for a reason. Shifting so lift his head off the ground, he folded one white paw over the other and sat up tall. Lowering his eyelid halfway as she nudged his chin, he tilted his head to gaze at her as she was on his right afterall. "I'm fine...my eye hurts though." He commented, get didn't seem to want to make a fuss about it. Even as his body continued to heal, his eye continued to throb like the wound had just happened. Aion dare not open his eye, for fear of what would happen if he did. Yet he didn not let any of what he felt show, as his ears perked suddenly as he looked to his left easily pinpointing the sound. Luckily for him, the enterance to the courtyard was to his left, the good side. "I think she's here. I hear singing." He spoke in those same dark tones, a hint of displeasure in their undertones yet it was barely noticeable.
Skyefenyx Taraneh continued singing their favorite song, it was a little ditty they had made up when they were still pups and no one but they knew its meaning,
"...May the shadows that sleep and dream alone...
...in naught but fear, be filled with light..."
Her ears perked as she entered the courtyard, she peered ahead of her caught sight of a familiar figure lying near an unfamiliar one. She could recognize Elu anywhere, her spotted rump was unique and was the source of constant teasing between the two of them. With a joyous yelp she leapt forward, running toward the two, though her gaze was too focused on Elu to really concentrate on the male figure, "Elu!" Elu raised herself up as her sister raced toward them, looking sideways at Aion, "Behave you, she's your sister now." she warned, amusement sparkling in her eyes. That was all she was able to say before her sister slammed into her, knocking her onto the ground. "Tara!" She managed as her sister nuzzled her affectionately, "Was that required?" she didn't really mind being knocked over, it was good to see her sister again, even though it hadn't been that long. Her sister growled playfully, "You've been gone for forever!"
Elu laughed, "Not forever, just a few days!" She touched noses with her sister and smiled, "Still good to see you though." Taraneh grinned, Yup! But why--?" She caught sight of Aion and stopped speaking, looking him over gravely. Then she turned back to her sister, "This him?" She asked, winking at her sister, "Is he the reason you haven't been with me lately?" She circled both of them, inspecting. Elu blushed but smiled still, "I guess you could say that." She laughed. Tara shook her head, "Finally, Elu! Geez, I thought you'd never settle down." She butted her sister gently and looked at Aion, "He treating you right, Elu?" She asked, directing her question at her sister, looking at him suspiciously. Those scars on his face made her suspicious, Did he get into a lot of fights? Was he going to drag Elu into them? Her tiny wings fluttered in distress at the thought.
Tirokio "Oh god..." Aion flattened his ears and winced at such a loud screech Tara made before bounding into Elu. A sigh escaped his vocals, narrowing his eyes at the ground as he decided he wasn't going to speak untill he absolutely had to. Besides...Elu told him to be nice and as the saying goes; he didn't have anything nice to say. Huffing lightly, he closed his eye and shook his head, did she not remember what he did to his sibling? He thought it would be best to just be strangers, only connected through Elu...yet it seemed he was a little too late to resign from the mate status now. Oh god, she's clingy too. Wonderful...now he would have to deal with both of these female on a regular basis, he thought miserably. Elu he could handle, yet he was positive he would surely go deaf with Tara about. Upon the motion towards him, Aion finally looked up to the bird like Maluess with a rather blank expression. Frowning lightly, Aion muttered something along the lines of 'you should be asking me that..' as he was well on the receiving ends of all the batts and headbutts as of late. He was kind of curious how Elu was going to explain to her sister about him, would she mention his god? His attitude? Or would she make him out to be a peachy-keen male who did nothing but nurture wounded animals and spread love and joy? Aion couldn't help the dark chuckle that snuck out from his lips at the mere thought of it. However, when his sights picked up that Tara was staring at his scars, her wings twitching with god-knows-what running through her mind...Aion merely huffed and turned his face away from her. Setting his head on the around between his paws as he attempted to hide his new disfiguration.
Skyefenyx Tara raised a brow, "Quite the talker, ain't he?" She whispered to her sister, grinning. Elu laughed and shook her head, "He'll talk eventually." She replied, looking down at him with a raised brow, at least he wasn't going after her. Tara still looked at him with a raised brow, "Not even an introduction?" She asked, cocking her head towards her sister. If the male was going to be stand-offish and rude her she was going to give him the same medicine. Elu sighed, These two are bit too similar in this then I think they know She tried to patch whatever hole had formed, "Tara, this is Aion, Aion, Tara." She turned and looked at her sister, "You behave, Tara, he's your brother-in-law now." Oops. Not the smartest time to say that...She smiled sheepishly, hoping her sister would disregard that fact. She didn't. For a single second, Tara thought Elu was joking and she opened her mouth to tell her that the joke wasn't that funny and then she really looked at her sister. She was far more...confident was the best word for it, as if she was home and quite content. "...What?" she whispered, eyes wide with surprise and disbelief, "...did you just--? No, you're joking, right?" She turned and glared at Aion before leadin her sister away a bit, "Elu, what are you talking about? We've only been here for a week and a half! How-how could you-? You hardly know the guy!" She couldn't believe her sister had actually gotten a mate in such a short time. Elu shrugged her shoulders, "Don't ask me, I don't know either." Her voice dropped lower and she glanced away, "I...I just want to be with him." She looked at her sister gravely, "Like how you were with Perault."
Tara let out a low hiss, "Don't speak of him." she growled, golden eyes flashing with anger. She didn't want to remember him, ever. Elu sighed and nodded, "Yes, I know. But it's the same way you felt with him." Tara's eyes narrowed, How was that possible? In such a short time...how could she know him? How could he know her? She shook her head, there really was no point in argung if it had already happened. And she stepped back a bit and gave her a lop-sided smile, "I'm...happy for you." She said, her smile turning into a little smirk, "But do think seriously about it before giving me nieces and nephews." She chuckled. As expected Elu blushed like a cherry. "T-Tara!" Tara laughed, "Let me have a word with him for a minute, okay?" and made her way back to Aion. She lay down in front of him making sure she had eye contact with his good eye, "Now you listen to me, brother," She whispered, her voice barely restrained from a growl, "I don't know you and you don't know me. Frankly, I don't care if you ever get to know me." Her lips curled a bit, "But if you ever hurt her forany reason," her eyes fairly glowed with an unspoken threat, "I will make sure you don't come back at all the same."
She smiled sweetly, "We'll just say continuing your lineage and the ability to walk will be beyond you." She rose and smiled at her sister, "Congradulations Elu, looks like you got yourself a guy." She moved until she could speak directly in her ear, "Does he happen to have a brother?" She asked coyly. Elu shook her head, smiling. Tara was always the same...
Tirokio Just don't speak. It'll work out better. Aion mumbled in his mind repeatedly, listening in on the girls chitter chatter about useless things like introductions. Aion knew this 'bird' was Elu's sister, and she was loud. Thats all he really needed to know, and she the same information as he had. Upone hearing Elu's slip up, a deep sigh escaped his lips...here it comes... ...and there it went. Studdering like an idiot, Aion kept his head down as he practically remained motionless. Feeling no need to join in with the conversation...afterall, Elu was the one that spoke first about her feelings. However, something else caught his ears...the name Perault. Scowering his brain for where he had the information, he found it when he remembered about Elu's story about a male getting inbetween those two. It seemed he was quite right when Tara got quite angered about it as he smirked...perhaps learning this little information, a name, will come in handy in the future. Yet it wasn't appropriate now...especially when she mentioned those filthy words, 'nieces and nephews.'. Shuddering lightly, Aion could barely stand the malu around here now...let alone little ones -related- to him. Yet it did cause the male to wonder....would his kids be like him? Interrupted in his thoughts as tara suddenly appeared before him, as his gaze immediately hardened. This wouldn't be anything pleasant. As expected, Tara went on as if she was actually serious in her threats...he knew like her sister she probably was, yet she did not know to whom she was speaking with. As she stood and left, a low growl and an odd look overcame the male's eye as he abruptly stood and walked right after Tara. Since he was at such close range, he overheard the whisper quite clear and smirked. Brushing past Tara, he paused when he was shoulder to shoulder to Elu before looking back to the bird femme. "Not meaning to intrude, yet I did have a brother, Tara. Yet perhaps Elu can fill you in on just what happened to him, before you start making threats." He smirked, amused as he continued walking yet dragged his wing along Elu's back before walking over to the fountian once more - now clean of his blood.
Skyefenyx Elu winced at the comment, Shouldn't have done that... Tara wasn't exactly known for being...she guessed the appropriate word to use was "forgiving". If you messed with her, hardly anyone came back in one piece. Tara stared after him, eyes narrowed, "No offense, Elu love but, your new mate rubs me the wrong way." She growled low in her throat, "And I know you can hear me, Aion darling," She called sweetly, "And I wasn't making a threat, I was merely telling you a fact. You hurt my sister and you know what will happen."
Elu sighed, she should have figured this, two strong personalities...they are a bit too alike in there combative ways and Elu briefly wondered what would have happened had Tara met Aion first...but no sense in dwelling on such things now. Besides, she had to concentrate to what Tara was talking about, something about her and the guys from their pack to go after someone...
Elu sighed and butted her head into Tara's chest, "I know you two don't get along, and I doubt either of you ever will. But you're both stuck together now, whether you like it or not." She gave both her sister and mate stern looks, "So be nice." She ordered, her tone gaining a strangely firm and stone-like tone, indicating what she sad was not to be disobeyed. Tara raised a brow at her sister, had she just told them to 'be nice'? In a tone that Tara had only heard from her mother? Tara shook her head, "Jeez, Elu, you've changed." She said, a faint smile flickering across her lips, "Not sure whether it's good or bad yet, though." She glanced over at Aion and her smile vanished, "Not sure about him either." Her small grey tail flicked in defiance, "Still no chance of you leaving?" She didn't really expect Elu to agree and leave him, she was too loyal for that, a quailty Tara admired in her sister.
She sighed and shook her head, "You always were a bit unique like that, Elu." She grinned, "Let's hope the family doesn't come visit anytime soon, your mate over there might be a little...overwhelmed." She chuckled softly at the thought of how their family would react to what Elu had done. The image was satisfying to her mind, helping her lose her anger toward the arrogant male...for a little bit.
Tirokio Wincing as she called him 'darling' Aion grumbled moodily as he stalked off on his destination to the fountian. Looking up as he sighed, his paws treaded lightly to the fountian as he glanced behind him. Just who did she think she was? He would enjoy it very much if perhaps he took her for a little visit to his shrine, although different from her sister, he believed she would be just as startled as Elu was at the discovery. Aion would hate it if he had to tell Elu that he sister met the same fate as his brother so long ago. Shaking his head at another warning from Elu to be nice, his eye gazed down to the water as he became perfectly still. Gazing at his reflection...both his eyes were open...yet he could not even tell the other was open. Leaning closer, his jaw dropped as his pupils and orange hue had been replaced with an eerie white...one which he could not see out of. Slowly his head swayed to and fro as he backed up, eyes wide in shock as he suddenly let out a painful cry. Slamming his paw to the ground as hard as he could, the male's body shuddered lightly as his head hung low. Growling, he knew he had paid a hefty price for Elu...yet he wouldn't have changed a thing. However, this still did not give him any council for his loss of sight in one eye, now left with a white orb which was useless to him. "God..." He hissed, knowing this had to be the work of his god...he always wasn't one not to make angry as it was the one reason he did almost anything his diety requested.
Skyefenyx Elu's ear perked up immediately as she heard Aion's cry, instantly she was running toward him, Tara behind, though she didn't say anything, "Aion? Aion, what's wrong?" She asked, her own her lowered until it was next to his. She nudged him gently when he didn't immediately answer, "What's wrong?" she demanded in a firmer voice. Was he sick? Was he hurt again? Her dark eyes softened at him and she looked at her sister sternly when it appeared that she would make a comment about him. She couldn't see the right side of his face and had no way of knowing that her mate was now blind in one eye. Tara watched her sister fuss over her mate, making sure she was out of the way. It looked like she really did love him and Tara gave a small sigh, somewhere in the back of her mind she had hoped this was just an infatuation and that it would pass, like many of her own crushes. But this was clearly not the case. With a resigned look, Tara lay down near enough to hear everything and protect her sister but far enough that should wouldn't be in the way. I guess I'm alone again...
Tirokio At first, Aion did not hear a word Elu was saying as she ran over to his side. Consumed in his thoughts as he almost hoped that if he concentrated enough, he would be blessed with vision once again in his eye. However, he knew better to believe in foolish nonsence like that, the sound had caused his eye to form a protective shield of white to deflect infection to his open eye....he was never going to get his vision back. Feeling the gentle nudge of Elu, his eye turned to gaze at her, almost sad yet at the same time quite blank. Gazing down for a second, he sighed before turning his whole body to face her and Tara. Putting on a rather fake smirk to show that he was still himself, Aion tilted his head lightly as he gazed to the pair...yet mostly Elu. "I lost my sight. Apparently it wasn't such a good idea to get between you and a jaguar's paw. Yet thats okay...I didn't need it anyways." Aion huffed, Lifting his head up, "How it'll be easier if anything to scare others off." His gaze shifted to Tara...noticing that she actually looked...quite sad and alone. Thinking for a moment, Aion sighed...he really was being to nice for his own damn good. "I'll...leave you two be. I'll go get something to eat." Aion nodded, turning his back and wandering over to the other side of the opening to where he had seen a few fruit trees erlier.
Skyefenyx Elu may have only been with him for a few days but she could already tell when he was faking, that smirk was pathetic. "Aion..." She trotted after him and turned abruptly, head butting his shoulder, "Hey." She growled softly, "Wanna know something?" She avoided his eyes a bit, looking surreptiously at her sister, making a mental note to go comfort her after she finished with Aion, "You may have lost your sight in one eye, but the scars make you look very, very handsome." She winked at him lightly, "So don't be terribly sad, or else other females will be going after you to comfort you and I just can't allow that to happen." She gave him a quick nuzzle on the cheek, half-afraid he wouldn't accept the affetionate touch and trotted off back to her sister to see what was wrong with her. She understood he needed some alone time and was allowing him to get it.
Tara watched her sister whisper something to her mate but unlike Aion, she didn't listen in on the conversation, she was too caught up in her own thoughts. Perault... she shied away from the memories, they were far too painful to re-live especially not now. She was slightly surprised when Elu plopped down beside her and let out a soft sigh, "He'll be fine," She told Tara, knowing full well, Tara didn't really care. Tara shrugged, "Whatever." Elu shifted and lay her head on Tara's back, "Sorry, Tara, I didn't mean to bring those memories back." she apologized. Tara shrugged, "It's alright, I'm getting over it." Elu snorted, "If that's what you want to believe."
Elu grinned mischieviously at Tara, "Now, just to find you a mate..." Tara glared at her sister, "What? I'm quite happy being single, thank you!" Elu laughed, "He'll have to be strong-willed," She mused, "And handsome, you always like handsome." Tara mock-fumed, how dare she talk about her ideal mate! That wasn't even her business! "...intelligence too, don't want stupid babies..." Tara let out an exasperated sigh and allowed Elu to rattle on about Tara's perfect mate, leaving Tara very amused, like her ideal mate even existed.
Tirokio "Ack!...Seriously, you're more of a threat to my health than the jaguar..." Aion mockingly frowned at her, yet kept observing as she avoided looking into his eyes. Rolling his eye slightly, he tilted his head as she spoke, yet nodded and allowed her to continue. "Humor me." As she began to talk, Aion thanked his mother for one thing...his black coat which allowed almost any blush to never appear through. Giving a sigh, he gave her a sideways glance as he spoke, "I swear, only a weirdo like you would say something like that. No other female would be crazy enough to try the stunt you pulled, Elu." He grinned, even as she nuzzled him he did not move untill she trotted back to her sister. Tilting his gaze back up to the tree, he spotted a few apples hanging amongst the greenery. Crouching down he lept at the trunk, pushing off with his hooves to grap the branch with his mouth and hang from the branch. The motion shook a few apples off their stems as they fell to the ground, and contented, Aion dropped to the ground as well. Finding a large leaf, one by one he picked the apples up and placed them onto the leaf, using its long stem as a handle. Grasping the stem with his teeth, he proceeded to drag it over to there the two females sat as he pulled it right infront of them. Stepping around to Elu, he leaned his head down and returned the nuzzle from before...a way of thank you; for one would never hear those words from his mouth. Ever. Glancing to Tara, he seemed to notice something, then think for a moment, as if debating. Sighing, he gazed down at her with a tone which sounded funny as he tried to be 'nice'. "Tara...was it?....You have a spider on your tail." He commented plainly, before grasping an apple and laying a few meters away from the females.
Skyefenyx Elu blinked at the abrupt touch and was even more surprised to see he ad brought back food for all of them. For himself she had expected for her? She had hoped, for Tara? She was pretty sure it was a miracle. She knew it was to good to be true when he told her she had a spider on her tail. There were very few things that could scare her. Spiders were one of them. Tara leapt up with a surprised shriek and spun around letting out loud "Get it off! Get it off!"s Elu sighed and reached out a paw to frce her sister down to the ground, "It's gone. You killed it in the first spin." she giggled softly, "Though your antics are quite a sight to see." She looked over at Aion and raised an eyebrow in question. Tara glared at her sister, "You know I hate spiders." she growled, her dark cheeks hiding her embarassed blush. But she complied with her sister's silent order and lay down again, after making sure that there were no creatures with more then four legs within a twenty foot radius. She let out a sigh, "Sorry." She grumbled, "I know I was really loud back there...comes with dealing with loud brothers from an early age." She looked down at the apples and, after a cursory sniff to make sure they weren't poisoned, took a small bite of one.
Tirokio Munching on his apple, Aion drifted off in his memories to allow the sisters their own private time to converse. His one eye going distant, he remembered his own brother...sadly, they were never close like Tara and Elu was. The pair kinda made Aion jealous, to know someone so closely, to share those kind of laughs with. The black malu could not remember the last time he laughed truly, although he did remember him and his brother were happy once, as they would rough house to see who the stronger Malu. His brother always won, yet Aion didn't mind, he had more fun manipulating his brother into doing things...like try see if there was a rat in the hole or not. However, that all changed when their parents decided to pit them against one another....Aion to be the strong one, and his brother to be the smart one. That was the last times he and his brother had ever been on good terms. It was amusing to remember how the two brothers used to sing together, although horribly offkey due to their lack of actually trying to sound good. The two would often make hunting songs...yet that was in the past. He had made sure that his brother wouldn't be singing at all anymore. Glancing over to Tara and Elu, Aion wasn't sure about a lot of things anymore. It seemed since he met her, that his life was thrown upside down and now questioned everything he knew. Yet one thing kept bugging him...as his gaze shifted to his paws. Did she really need someone like him? Or was her sister right in being worried about her sister around him?
Skyefenyx Elu listened to her sister argue about not needing a mate with half an ear, paying enough attention to give a witty retort but her mind was mostly else where. She had begun to worry about how Aion felt about her and Tara. He used to have a siblings as well but his relationship with his brother was nothing like hers. She knew that he had not really killed his brother, it had been the sham that had formed from his childhood and his mind had been so twisted that could only guess what reasoning he had used, if any at all.
She looked at him sideways, throgh her peripheral vision, a faint question lingering in her mind, Would he hurt her...? She mentally shook her head, He wouldn't she assured herself, Aion isn't like that anymore, he's different She grinned inwardly, Besides, it wasn't like she could change things now. They were stuck together, through thick and thin. Something bound them together and though she didn't know what it was, she wasn't about to fight it. She knew in her heart that her goddess approved of this, for if she hadn't she would have shown a sign that it was not meant to be. She returned her attention to her sister, a lazy smile on her lips as she resumed their discussion. "...And I told you before, the guy you're talking about doesn't exist." Replied Tara exasperatedly. They had this arguement often and they each knew the others retort to the fact. It was like a small play, both of them acting perfectly in sync. Wich was perfectly fine for Tara, she could split her attention between both now. kkAnd she directed her attention to how Aion and Elu were acting. SHe still wasn't sure about him. After all, who agrees to become life-mates in just a few days? It just wasn't logical. Even Tara knew that good relationships took time to build on, how was it possible for them to already be together? Surely their Gods had disagreed...? Tara sighed, Then again, Elu's goddess is the one of "Standing Tall no matter the Hardship" it would be just like her to put Elu in such a situation. She sighed, she had even warned Elu against choosing such a god, surely such a deity would put numerous hardships on her as tests.
Tara had never seen anything to show such a thing though and that was strange. Her own goddess enabled her to tell someone's personality and heart when they sang, it was why she was constantly doing so. She couldn't stop herself when the desire to sing took her. She stopped her thoughts, she was too busy digressing and not watching what she needed to do. She watched both of them carefully, looking for signs of weakness in a relationship.
She was an expert, she'd had plenty of relationships before; relationships that went all over the spectrum and as she looked at them she could see the nervousness of those newly mated, only doubled over the fact that they didn't really know each other deeply enough to feel otherwise. There was something there though, something that inexorably bound them together and simply wouldn't let them be apart. Tara couldn't tell what it was, it wasn't any emotion she had ever seen of felt before but it was very strong and in time Tara knew that whatever emotion the bound them now would keep them together, whether they wanted it too or not. It definitely wasn't Lust and she wouldn't call it "love" just yet, it looked much more like a "need" and it was quite clear that they weren't ever going to be apart again.
Tara sighed audibly, there was no helping it and she'd just have to deal with both of them. Even if Aion acted like a pompous jerk and was incredibly arrogant. He really did care for Elu and she respected that.
Tirokio Shifting his head lightly to gaze at the two, everyone seemed to share a silent moment as if each were deep in their own thoughts. Closing his eyes slightly, he was curious to wether or not he should ask such a question. Yet his thoughts wouldn't leave him alone with not knowing the answer. Moving up onto his paws, he padded over and lay beside Elu with his good side facing the girls. Taking a moment of peace to simply embelish the warmth he felt from Elu at their close proximity, before making a small noise in his throat to draw attention to himself. "Elu told me the just of it...yet what all happened with..." He paused, remembering the response Elu got for mentioning the name...so Aion decided to go a more safer route. Looking at Tara square in the eyes, he said quite calmly "...him." For once, Aion wasn't even trying to be rude...it tweaked his curiosity that a single malu could have fallen for one of the sisters, then the other, then managed to kill their brother. It almost sounded like it could have been himself...yet since Nikalee he hadn't loved another so deeply before.
Skyefenyx At first Elu had been happy over the fact that Aion had lay beside her and she smiled warmly at him until he asked the question she had been dreading. She had hoped it wouldn't have come up for a while, if ever, but she understood that it was imkportant to tell him everything because to do otherwise wasn't the best course of action. She glanced at her sister, half-expected her to have gone into a rage, it wasn't unheard of, but the only look on Tara's face was one of pain and shock. She turned her head to the side, golden eyes clouding with unwanted memories. Elu leaned forward and nudged her sister, silently asking her for permission.
Tara turned and looked at her sister, desperation clear in her eyes, "I don't..."
Elu shook her head, "He has a right to know." she said simply before turning to look at her mate, "There is one thing that must be made clear, Perault didn't care for me, never did. He wanted Tara from the start and he may have seemed kind and thoughtful towards others but it was only to get his way." She looked over at Tara, "We didn't see it, neither of us but Tai did and we didn't believe him until it was far too late." She hung her head slightly, shamed. Tara snorted, "In our defense, he wasn't the most reliable of siblings." She shook her head, lips twitching into the barest of smiles, "Always the joker, he was." But then she sighed, "Perault was a horrible creature. And I always wondered why he wouldn't sing when I was around." Her eyes glittered as the memories flowed, "Apparently he would around the other females." a grimace, "But never around me. I guess he knew all about me." She shook herself, "Urgh, thinking about that wretch makes me feel filthy." Elu nodded agreement, "But we did show him the consequences of going against one of our Clan." She smirked, her own eyes glittering with undisguised pleasure. He deserved what they had done to him, he would never be accepted by a female again. She shook herself out of her reverie and nodded at Tara to continue. Tara sighed, "Very well. He began by inserting himself into our daily lives, always there when we needed a hand, mostly helping Elu with things but he always seemed to be loking at me. He knew my own habits and also knew I wouldn't go after someone like him." She gave a lazy smiled, "I like to be courted, good sir, just as much as courting others myself, and he wasn't very appealing at that time. Too much brawn and not enough brain for the likes of me." She shrugged, "And yet he still pursued me, silently because he acted as if he was pursuing Elu." Elu grimaced, "It's how he found out so much about you, he fascinated me for some reason-I have yet to figure out-and I told him whatever he wanted to know." She looked over at Aion, "And no, I'm not a gossip. But I couldn't refuse him for some reason." She shrugged, "It doesn't matter much now." grinning she asked, "Bored yet? Or fascinated by our tale?"
Tirokio Cautiously eyeing the two siblings, it appeared it was a harsh subject to talk about. As Elu began, making it clear he wasn't after her from the start Aion made a huff as if indicating a 'good' before he adjusted his body to get comfortable. Making a mental note that Tai must have been their brother, before listening on. Like a manical mastermind, every timbit of information was stored somewhere in his memory, a two sided attribute which brought both fortune and misfortune from its use. Tilting his head up lightly, a frown crossed his brow as it always did, yet vanished when he was addressed afterwards. "Bored...no. You should not feel shamed for Tai," Aion spoke, gazing to Elu, "its a hard thing to say, yet he could have dealt with Perault. Even the most weak of Malu can do so if in protection of someone they care about. He made his choice to keep him around for your sakes, so you shouldn't feel responsible. Sorrow at the loss and learning from mistakes is what he would want from you two." He began, shifting his paws so they lapped over top of the other before continuing. This time, his gaze shifted to Tara. "He didn't sing, I believe, because he wasn't himself. I know that every Malu can sing, it may not be trained, yet anyone can sing from their hearts...which cannot be used unless you're being yourself. I know from experience he was playing a masquerade, a twisted game indeed. Anyone can put on a mask, yet only a few can sing from their soul." Aion spoke as he looked down to his paws, it felt strange to say such words...yet they were not his own as he was told the same thing back in his own past. Closing his eyes, Aion took a sigh as his winga folded against his back. "I wouldn't know, I don't enjoy those sorts of foolish past times." He retorted in response to Tara's courting comment. In all technicalities, Aion had never courted anyone, as Nikalee had come after him, as did Elu. In all frankness, he wouldn't even know how to attract anyone even if his life depended on it.
Skyefenyx Elu smothered a grin at his silent comment after she told him that Perault had never been interested in her in the first place but sobered when he spoke about their brother, "He did fight Perault." She said slowly, eyes clouded,k "Oh, he did, but as I said before, Peraullt had more brawn then brains and he was strong enough to hurt Tai so badly." She shook her head, "He broke Tai's wings. His beautiful wings. Tai wasn't into many competitions like most males. But he loved flying and Perault broke his wings!" She bared her teeth at the memories, "The one thing Tai loved to do most, the one thing that made him especially beloved by our pack and he made it so Tai could never fly again." She hung her head, "He borke them because of me, if Tai hadn't shielded me with his wings he would have still be able to fly!" She choked and refused to let tears to fall. Aion was right and nothing could be changed in the past. But she could pretend... Tara rased an eyebrow as Aion spoke about singing, kkshe had never even thought the male capable of singing. Let alone speaking of such things with the clear tone of one who knew what he was talking about, "Indeed." she replied genially, "But I solved that quite well." a knowing smirk graced her lips, "I did indeed." She looked at Aion, "For someone who seems awfully stand-offish about such subjects, you seem awfully knowledgable." She cocked her head, eyes sparkling with mischievious intent, "You should sing for us sometime, Aion. I'm sure Elu would enjoy it." Elu looked sharply at her sister, it was a clever way to asses her mate, if he took the bait. She shrugged though, it didn't really matter to her. Taras comment about courting made her smother a laugh. Tara almost never courted someoone else. It was always another male going after her, not the other way around. There had only been a few times when Tara had done the courting but those times had been rare and.....short-lived, no one had really given Tara a chase before, and she'd much rather be the predator in the relationship then the prey. It seemed to Elu that Tara needed someone to do both. Someone who would be both predator and prey to her. If she ever found someone like that it would be very amusing to watch the chase itself.
Tirokio Aion fell silent, listening to Elu as he simply couldn't say a word at how pained her voice sounded. Keeping a straight face, his wing removed itself from about his own back and once more curled around hers....not really one to know how to deal with these kinds of emotions. Staring on at his paws, he decided not to bring the subject up again for Elu's sake. "No one has inquired otherwise for me to show my knowledge." He retorted dully, not really looking to pick a fight with this one. However, his eyes widened slightly at her request for a song. Relaying his memory back, it hurt to think about singing with his brother, even after what he did to Aion...kin was still kin. Instead of giving the females a responce, he closed his eyes and concentrated on making his deep, smooth vocals produce something musical. Hopefully after all these years he could still do it. "What ravages of spirit, conjured this temptuous rage.
Created you a monster, broken by these rules of love,
and fate has led you through it...you do what you have to do.
A glowing ember, burning hot, burning slow.
Deep within I'm shaken by this violence,
of existing only for you..."
Skyefenyx Elu closed her eyes as she heard Aion begin to sing. The song was eeriely close to how she thought Aion felt but she couldn't be sure. Either way, his voice wsn't bad the deepness making it sound quite good, but he was certainly not trained and that was completely understandable. Most males never got training in anything considered "feminine". She sighed softly and lay her head down. She liked his voice, it was quite soothing, though she doubted Aion would appreciate her telling him that. Tara watched him silently as he sang, already seeing his aura and personality. He was terribly scarred by his past and his mind was twisted so much it was a miracle that he had a semblance of sanity about him and she was suddenly terribly nervous about him. But she could sense nothing about him feeling any ill intent toward Elu and with great reluctance, she remained where she was and didn't march right over to drag Elu away from this twisted soul. When Aion finished Tara managed a smile, "Your voice is quite pleasant." she complemented softly.
Tirokio "Hmph. Now just don't ask me to sing again." Aion responded, huffling as he turned his head to look around. Already, the sky was getting dark as it set into night. Were they really here all day? Glancing back to Tara, he was well aware of how she felt about him, easily able to distinguish facial epressions no matter how much they tried to hide it from him. It was simple, Tara knew something was wrong with him, and she was spot on. Glancing to the two sisters, he was curious if Elu could sing as well. Surely from being with her sister she had learned more than he could possibly fathom to do. Nudging her head lightly with his muzzle, he asked quietly, "What about you? Are you going to sing?"
Skyefenyx Elu jerked her head the to the side, "I can't sing." she replied softly, eyes downcast, "I'm not good at all." She hoped that would be the end of it, she didn't want to show that she was no match for her sister in that area, especially in that area. But apparently Tara wasn't going to let it go either. "Yes, Elu!" she cried, eyes sparkling merrily, "Let's hear you sing! You always used to harmonize with me!" She grinned at her sister, Elu could sing quite well within the lower range it was only when she had to go higher that she had trouble. But Elu didn't even think about that, she had always thought-had always been told-that she couldn't sing well, mostly to give those who were more musically inclined chance. Their pack had been mostly animal-based so whatever you were colored as was what defined your grouping and job. When they were younger, the two sisters had snuck away sometimes to sing and dance alone with each other. Tara had thought Elu had gotten over the those notions after they had left, but apparently those ideas had stuck in Elu and she wasn't about to sing, not even in front of people she knew and loved. Elu stood up abruptly, she didn't want to talk anymore about this, it was too painful. Without a word she stalked off, wrapping the memories about her like an invisible cloak and disappearing into the Temple. Not in the irection of Aion's shrine but still going deep into the darkness of the temple.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:46 am
Elu'ituha and Aion [Private Guild RP "Well...Ah...You won't Believe...."] Skyefenyx Elu lay in the grass under one of the many trees that lay cattered about the grounds. Darkness had fallen a while ago and she stared up at the night sky, thinking. She hadn't seen Aion in a while and she didn't mind, she hadn't wanted to, at least not until...she sighed and nudged her growing belly. How ironic. They barely knew each other and they already had pups on the way.
She let out another sigh as her thoughts drifted toward Aion. What would he think? Would he reject her? She lips twisted into a growl, he had agreed to this! She be damned if she allowed him to back out now! Somewhere in the back of her mind a tiny part of herself mareled at her attitude. Maybe it was just the hormones...She turned her head to look back up at the sky, shifting slightly to get more comfortable and sunk deeper into thought.
Tirokio The night air was like breathing in a bit of heaven in his lungs, as Aion strolled casually along the grass. He hadn't seen Elu for days, having spent the past while down in his shrine debating many subjects which had been eating away at his thoughts. Turning his songle orange orb up to the stars, he sighed, not having received any answers during his time down in the sublevels. Taking a sniff, Aion could smell the familliar scent of none other than Elu, turning his body and following the scent. In moments, he came upon her and tilted his head slightly with a nod of greetings when he stopped short a few feet away with the weird frown. Even under the tree, he could still make out from the moon's glow her obvious stomach bulge which had never been there before. "What the hell have you been stuffing your face with lately?" Aion said quite bluntly, having no clue otherwise it was something else other than overheating.
Skyefenyx Elu turned as she caught Aion's scent but waited until he was closer to her before replying, "Tell me, Aion, why do usually thin and healthy females sudden being eating more?" She, her voice strangely calm. She stood up, a bit slower from the extra weight and sat down in front of him, the eye not hidden by her flop of hair glittering in the moonlight. Aion was smart enough to figure it out, she was going to let him figure it out on his own. Figure out that he was a father. She raised a single brow at him before looking at the sky again.
She was happy that she was going to be a motherk, there was no doubt about that in her mind, it wasa the fact that she wasn't sure she was ready and she doubted Aion was either, but they couldn't change anything now. What was done was done. Her resolve firmed as she thought about what Aion might do. If he rejected it, if he attacked her because of it she wasn't just going to lie there and let happen. She had a greater responsibility now. If he choose to partake in it she would be ecstatic but if he didn't and would never look at her again....she would accept it. She would still be damned if he didn't help take care of the children though, they were his after all. With a great sigh, she waited.
Tirokio Frowning, Aion gazed at Elu with an un-interested look as a huff came before he turned his head to the side. "Do you think I care about your female hormones? How would I know what's wrong that you would let yourself go like that." It was true, Aion had no clue about females, nor did he ever want to know. Growling, he really didn't know what he had to figure out, and tilted his head up to the sky. "You're impossible, you know that?" Seriously....when did he have to figure out? She was sure acting strange...so serious, and if female hormones could do that then he really, really wanted nothing to do with it. She was being stubborn like a mule, acting as if she was bloody well preg....Aion's normally ebony face took on a eerie shade of white as his eye widened. Looking back to her, his jaw dropping slightly, "No..."
Skyefenyx Elu smiled slowly, "Yes." she replied eyes glittering. Despite the utter calmness in her mind, her heart began to beat rapidly. She cocked her head at him, "So? What now?" She asked softly. Her expression was closed, she wouldn't show any emotion until he told her if he would stay with her. If he didn't, then....well, she'd move on. Even if he had promised to stay with her. He was a male and males were not the most trustworthy of creatures.
She watched his every move, ignoring the tickling of her belly as one of the pups moved about, "Tell me, Aion. What now? Will you stay? Or will you run away from your responsibilty and the one you said you'd be with?" Her heat still beat rapidly and she silently began to prepare herself for rejection.
Tirokio Ohhhhhhhhhhh crap. Aion spaces, his head peruck with his permanently stuck in a lopsided positon as he just stared. He should have just stayed with his food theory and left it at that....yet he was sure Elu would have hunted him down if he ran off. So....somewhere in this short period...he had bratty, god forsaken children in her tummy now. It was like dying and being sent to the depths of the underworld run by nothing but annoying, loud kids who won't leave you alone. "Its too late to make them go away, isn't it?" Aion sighed out, knowing such a motion was waaayy too good to be true. Damnit, and he had promised her to stay with her....he really needed to learn to be a mute, he had made way to many mistakes as of late. Watching her stern look, he coulc actually hear the rapid beating of her heart against her chest...was she really that scared? "Look, Elu. I am not one to go against my word, I may be mean, untrustworthy and sometimes down right evil....yet my word is something I live by. I'll stay, for you. Yet don't be expecting any miracles on my behalf, I will make sure they stay alive, and you're well...and that's where I draw my line." Aion huffed, god, he hated kids. Why him? Just why?
Skyefenyx Elu laughed, "Aion, believe me, it's not like I expected this to happen." She raised an eyebrow as he continued, "I hoped for nothing more." She said finally. Another chuckle escaped, "And honestly Aion, do you really think they'll be that annoying? They're half of you. At least one is bound to be like you." She turned and nudged her belly, "Besides, it's not like they're coming today, we have a while." She didn't let it show, but her heart was in the sky. He was staying! He was going to honor his promise! She was giddy with relief and happiness. Kis wouldn't be so bad, after all, like she had told Aion, it wasn't like either of them were loud and annoying. At least not overly so.
Kids usually took after their parents. Her heart stilled a bit as she thought about who Aion was. Would their children turn to his god as well? Would they kill others? She shook her head. No. She couldn't stop them if they did, but she would try her hardest to prevent it. No child should have to go through what Aion did. She shook her head, "So, will you not stay with me until they're born? Am I not attractive to you unless I'm thin?" She asked, her lips twitching upward. It was kind of amusing now and was a way to find out if he was superficial towards her or not.
Tirokio "Hmph. Good." He muttered, standing up from his spot and moving around to her side. gazing at her stomach, he raised a brow and places his nose against it...only to jump back when he felt something move. "What the hell...this thing moves??? I wasn't gone that long!" Aion hisses, placing his nose back against her stomach. Then it dawned on him....she said They're, and thats plural. "Waiiiit a minute. There's more than one? And yes, thats makes it worse! I don't want another me around, i'll annoy the hell out of myself." However, he blinked when he heard her last comment, giving her a strange look. "Don't flatter yourself. I don't give a damn about your looks, notice how I never comment? And fine...in exhance I get a break when these things come out." He smirked up at her, chuckling.
Skyefenyx Elu laughed as one of the little ones kicked him, "Yes, and they move." she chuckled, "I think there are about three or four." she told him calmly, "And having another you around would just give you a taste of your own medicine." She stood up and turned away, "I wasn't flattering myself, Aion, I was merely seeing if you only cared about looks or not." She replied coldly, oddly hurt by his statement. She turned and looked back at him, "A break? Very well, but not a long one, Aion. They're yours too."
She shrugged and walked off, wanting to be alone with her thoughts. Mentally speaking, she wouldn't alone physically for a long time. The faintest traces of a blush crept across her cheeks as she thought about what had just happened and she would have skipped about had she not instinctively known not to do so. She still grinned, knowing Aion couldn't see her expression. She continued on, not really looking where she was going and not really caring.
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