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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:59 pm
: biggrin ay 18 ~ 6 June::I guess it's about time I get around to posting some information with Shux. I have decided that to get to know her, I will expose her to many random things. Currently, I will choose movies, music and television. Eventually over time I plan to add other things that come to mind.
On Friday, I brought Shux with me to see Prisoner of Azkaban. I personally loved it and saw it twice. However, I don't think Shux was too impressed. She was willing to watch it fully the first time. The dementors didn't seem to have much of an effect on her. I did see a small face of fasination whenever Draco would appear on screen. Good girl, she has good taste at least. However, when I went a few hours later to see it again with some other friends, she grew uninterested fast and stayed asleep in a small nook of my neck.
Yesterday, I tried a bit of music. I've decided to stick with one band at a time. So, all I played was Everclear for her. Overall reaction was favourable. Oddly enough, she really fancied "The Honeymoon Song". Not one of my personal favourites, but I think she liked the slow rhythmic sounds it gave. I could see her tapping her left foot along with the song. "Amphetamine" wasn't as a great response. It is a faster song after all. She mostly frowned during the whole song. She looked like she wanted to stick her tiny fingers in her ears, but wasn't because she was going along with my testing.
Today, I happened to show her a couple of episdoes of Hellsing. She seemed extremely favourable to it. She was glued to the screen the entire time. She whined a bit for more than the three episodes I showed her, but I told her I didn't want her getting overloaded with too much. She gave me a slight look of disgust and flew off into a small cubby hole I cleared out for her to live in. I think she will get over it soon enough.
: biggrin ay 23 ~ 11 June::When I was getting ready for work this morning, I happened to wake Shux. Surprisingly enough, she wanted to tag along with me, even thought my shift began at 4 am. I worked in the Bakery department, so I decided to add "Tastes" to my testing. And do we have plenty of tastes. I decided to stick soley with sweets. Shux didn't seem to mind too much.
Usually my first hour as a baker is spent alone, so Shux spent it searching the back of the department. She found the cake decorator's sprinkles and such. Shux didn't seem interesting in eating them, but instead making patterns out of them.
Taste Test #1: Chocolate vs. Maple vs. Glazed Covered Donuts.
Shux didn't seem to favour the Maple donuts. Possibly the more syrup tastes was displeasing. She was neutral to the glazed, but I don't think she enjoyed how sticky they were. Chocolate was definately her favourite. She asked for seconds, so I had to wait a bit longer before starting the next taste test.
Taste Test #2: Brownie Bites: Plain vs. Powder vs. Sugar Covered.
Sugar covered was the one out of the three Shux did not take too. My guess would be it was too grainy in comparison to the other two, which she took more too.
Over all I think Shux really has a soft spot for chocolate. This may be handy information later, but I doubt it.Shux I figured I should write a bit meself, since I finally have something to write. I did happen to tag alone with my human to what she calls a 'job'. Doesn't looks like any fun, but still something other than sticking stuck at home. I did get to eat a bunch of sweets, even though it seems my human wanted to use me as her subject. Hopefully this will wear off, but it's still a bit charming.
I did happen to finally meet a bunch of others like meself. Very exciting. I shall write up a couple of thoughts on those I have met later on. Hopefully, I shall be able to make a few friends, but for now I shall just get use to being around other feiens.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:00 pm
: biggrin ay 26 ~ 14 June::Shux A lot of busyness for the past few days. Loads of new feiens. Each more different than the next. I enjoy spending time at the shop. Although today I did seem to give many a bit of a scare. I don't seem to fancy being around crowds of feiens. One made the mistake of quick movements around me when I was already having a panic attack. Poor thing got a telling off by the feien he was attempting to hide from. I embarressed meself badly.
A couple of nights ago I met Arith. She's very sweet, I hope someday we will become great friends. But for now I guess I still need to get comfortable with the shop.
I had a great conversation with Aileron tonight. He's easy to chat with. Shame he doesn't come around the shop more due to some of his relations to other feiens. Hopefully I will not be driven away from the shop like he has.
I guess that is it for me tonight. 
: biggrin ay 30 ~ 18 June::Rushing around, dirty clothes flying everywhere, Lori's temper began to rise by every passing minute.'Gah! I'm such a ******** tard!'
Shux loked up from her small room, which was just a cubby hole Lori cleared out from her shelves.'Why would you say such a thing about yourself?'
Stopping abruptly with a tank top hanging from her left ear, Lori sighed and answered, 'Because I always misplace my car keys.' She gave a disgusted look as she pulled the tank top from her ear andflung it aside.
The black feien put down her pain brush. 'Where are you going?' A smudge of paint on her nose showed she was painting a mural. She decided to do so on one of her walls to practice her motor skills and creativity.
'To Talia's. You know I go every Tuesday.' She returned to rummaging around.
'It's Tuesday already? Can I tag along? I really don't feel like being stuck here.' She flung her tiny legs over the edge of her floor, swinging them to and fro.
'Sure, if you like. Might be a bit boring though. Scott is very addicted to playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. He might be dominating with that.'
Shux thought on this. 'What's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles?'
'This a video game. But I might try and get them to watch 'Escaflowne' instead. Talia is more likely to agree to that.' Lori sat frustrated on the verge of giving up.
'Sounds like fun. By the way, your keys are on the computer monitor.'
Within fifteen minutes, Lori and Shux were on their way to Talia's. Popping in Matchbox Twenty's cd 'More Than You Think You Are,' Lori began to sing along to 'Soul.' Shux looked upon her human, wondering why she was signing outloud while the music is doing fine on its own.
'I can't enjoy the music when you sing!' Shux yelled.
'What?!' Lori could hardly hear her.
Shux rolled her eyes. She flew up to the volume knob and turned it to the left. 'I said,' when the volume was at a reasonable level, 'I can't enjoy the music when you sing.'
Lori frowned. 'Why? I can't sing?'
'You're horrid.' She flew onto the dashboard, lied on her stomach, and tapped her feet together in beat to the song the rest of the way to Talia's.
When the two companions reached their destination, Lori snatched up Shux and headed to the front door.
'Hey! Watch it! I"m fragile!' Shux' hair got disheveled when Lori grabbed her too quickly. She managed to escape her grasp and flew to the nook of Lori's neck, attempting to fix her hair.
'Sorry, in a bit of a hurry. I'm late.' Lori reached her hand up to knock on the door.
The door opened slowly due to Lori's friends being too lazy to get off the couch to open it properly.
'Yo,' Lori stated. She shut the door behind her and took her place in her round chair.
'Hi,' Talia replied. 'Scott couldn't wait so he started playing FFCC without you.'
Scott, too involved in the game, made a noise which could have been taken as a greeting.
'I've brought someone for you two to meet,' Lori indicated to the feien on her shoulder.
'Cute!' Talia exclaimed.
'Thanks,' Shux blushed a little, but hung a little closer to Lori. She coud feel panic set in again.
Scott peeled his eyes away from teh screen at the sound of a new voice. 'FAIRY!' he yelled and pointed in excitement.
'Shut the ******** up! You'll scare her!' Lori smacked Scott against the head. By this time Shux id herself in Lori's hair. 'Shux, it's alright.'
Shux untangled herseld from the purple hair and flew down to Lori's open hands. She waved timidly at the two new humans. THey waved back sa interested of what Shux was consumed them.
'Who is she?' Talia asked.
'Her name's Shux,' Lori replied.
'Ha! You named her after your FFCC character,' Scott proclaimed.
'Yeah, well I don't get the play FFCC much, so I wanted to put the name to some good use,' Lori remarked bitterly.
'What is she?' Scott questioned.
'I'm a feien fairy. We grow from blooms,' Shux meekly squeaked.
'Yup. Got her from a Norgie,' added Lori.
'Norgie?' asked Scott.
'I'm not going to explain that to you again. Anywho, Shux is my feien and she came along for something to do,' Lori adjusted in her set and continued. 'I brought along Escaflowne. We should watch.' And with that, Lori turned off the GameCube ('Hey!' Scott whined.) and popped in the first DVD.
Lori took note of Shux' reactions to the anime.Lori's Notes At first, I didn't think Shux was too excited to watch Escaflowne. She was yawning and her eyes were drooping every few minues. However, when Merle, the annoying cat girl, same on screen, Shux grew interested. She found Merele humourous when fighting with Hitomi. I could also tell she grew a crush on Allen, which disappointed me, since I prefer Van. But then again, she is not me.
'Guys. I gotta leave.' Lori picked up the now sound asleep feien from the chair cushion.
Both Talia and Scott nodded and the three said their good-byes before Lori headed out the door.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:01 pm
: biggrin ay 31 ~ 19 June::Shux sat on her bed, back against the wall, red eyes staring blankly at the wall opposite her. That wall was filled with her attempts at painting. But the longer she stared, the more she wanted to do something with it. But what? I have not seen enough to paint anything worthy of my wall. she grew frustrated as she sat there.
Elonas' tail swished back and forth as he look upon his owner. 'Something on your mind?'
'I want to do something with that wall.' A mixture of boredom and restlessness forced Shux to begin pacing around her room, glancing at the offending wall from time to time.
Curled up on a pillow, Elonas' eyes followed Shux as she paced.
Giving up to temptation, Shux grabbed the white paint and began coverning all her previous paintings. This took her over a hour. But when she finally finished painting over the entire wall, she fell alseep on her bed immediately from exhaustion. Elonas purred softly, while he made his way over to lay down on Shux' stomach and fell asleep himself.
: biggrin ay 35 ~ 23 June::Shux found herself alone, once again, in her human's room. Of course, this was nothing new. Lori had a job and summer school to deal with, so much of her time is consumed by these two obligations. Shux didn't mind much. Being alone was just as comfortable as being around another being.
She was currently practicing with a rapier as she had seen Van do on Escaflowne. Shux obviously could not weld the weapon at all, she kept tripping over her own feet or dropping the rapier during an attempted move.
A rustling came from across a room along with another loud noise Shux had heard before. She held her rapier in her hand and flew to the noise.
'What ARE you doing?' Elonas called after her.
Shux flew next to an animal cage. She had briefly seen the animal inside before when her human was introducing her to the room. What did she say your name was?...wait, I remember! 'Peeves.' she called out. The gray rat jumped up to the top shelf and sniffed in Shux' direction.
Shux realized the cause of noise was the rat drinking water from the bottle.
She reached her hand in between the cage bars to pet the animal, but Peeves mistook her for food and tried to bite it. Shux’ quick reflexes allowed her to not be bitten, but her feelings were slightly hurt to be thought as a meal. Shux retaliated by whapping her rapier on the large rat’s head. Peeves squeaked with shock, while Shux glared at the animal.
She looked around the room looking for the rat’s food, but found some honey yogurt treats instead. She flew up to the treats and reached inside for one. However, the box was close to empty. She shoved the box on it’s side, then crawled inside to pull out one treat. After flying back down to the cage, Shux squeezed the treat between the cage bars. Peeves took the treat happily which allowed Shux to pet the rat.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:02 pm
Nerpin -A flutter of wings can be heard, and for a breif minute, a wee little white feien is seen at the open window of the house. Holding a little wicker basket, she looked around for any sign of life.
With a shrug, She sets something down in a bundle, and a note, and flies off.
In the note, it reads, in pink paintwriting:
Dear Shux:
Cause your such a sweet Feien
I have made a little present for you.
You can wear it in your hair, or keep
it somewhere safe.
I figured red and black were good
colors for you, because that's your
colors and eyes.
Hope you like it.
--Arith.
Within the bundle is a little hairclip: [ ninja Wanker]
She carefully picked up the note from the bundle and read it. Aww, Arith is so sweet. I should get her something in return.
'What is it?' Elonas called from the bed.
'It appears to be a gift from Arith.' She took off back to her room and sat on the bed ready to open. A small hairclip rolled onto Shux' small hand.
Elonas got up and sniffed at it. 'That's quite beautiful.'
'Yes indeed.' Shux got up and flew to a nearby mirror. She carefully placed it on the left side of her head, near the pony tail. It blended perfectly with her hair. She smiled, returned to Elonas' side and cuddled him.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:03 pm
: biggrin ay 36 ~ 24 June::Shux could be found sitting in a maple tree, with nothing but the worries in her head. Although, she really had no events to be worrying over. Her human had been busy with her own life, therefore many hours were left up to Shux to entertain herself.
A slight breeze blew her long white hair across her face, as she watched two squirrels bicker over some food. Food must be scarce here. Shux seemed to see most things differently than many. Most of the time her thoughts has been proved to be either wrong or uniformed.
Elonas laid curled up on her lap. He felt like taking a break from being stuck inside all day. Shux had brought some paper and a quill, but what to write was the challenge. What does a fairy with no worries, no qualms, no enemies write about? She sat there for a few hours and the paper continued to be blank.
Shux decided to do the boring. Write about her experiences in the shop. She figured she may want those memories in solid form, since she feared that she might change from who she is now.Shux’ Journal My time in the shop is much les compared to many around me. So I have to take most of my observations not as seriously as I would like. Much of what goes on is misery, sadness, mistrust, hate and many other emotions I myself have not felt. If age causes these emotions, I grow fearful as my time alive continues.
But I shouldn’t be so depressing of the other feiens. There is till happiness and youth that live within some. Tosten, for example, keeps his personality of a child. He seems satisfied this way.
I still have much to consider upon this subject, whether I will fully understand, only future knows.
She placed the quill and paper in a small hole within the tree. For now, life was simple to her and she preferred to keep it that way. But a gut feeling told her she will be forced to work hard to keep her life this way.
She stroked Elonas and continued to stare aimlessly at the ground below her/
: biggrin ay 36 Cont.::Lori entered her bedroom, with a slight smugness to her face. Shux looked upon her human, wondering what she was up to.
'Why do you have that face?' Shux questioned.
'Me? Oh well, I have just gotten you a new roommate.' Lori smirked.
Elonas leaned close to Shux. 'Something tells me this might not be a good thing…'
Shux nodded in agreement.
: biggrin ay 37 ~ 25 June:: 'You’re not trying to drown yourself out there, are you?' shouted Elonas by the shore. Shux brought him along upon his request when she announced she anted to go to the river. Shux was currently floating stomach side up in the middle of a still section of the river.
'What possible reason would I have to drown myself? It would be illogical!' she responded with eyes closed. For some reason the river kept it’s warmth even this late at night.
Elonas moved from the rocky gravel over to a grassy area. 'Yes, but unpredictable.'
Shux laughed at the thought. 'When have you ever known me to be unpredictable?'
Staying quiet, Elonas choose to not continues this subject. Instead, he yawned and rested his eyes.
Lifting her left hand, Shux watched as the water drizzled down her arm. She found this place peaceful, perfect for an escape, if she ever needed one. Shux spent most of her day searching the grounds of the world while her human was busy with her own life,. So far, she had only discovered this part of the river, where she could swim or float without the rapids of the other sections. Maybe someday she will journey upstream to see where it begins. For now she was content with her current knowledge of this land.
Shux rolled over within the water and stood up on her feet. The river reached a little above waist high, so the tips of her hair still touched it. She reached her hands back to grab her long ponytail, twisting it to rid the white hair of the excess water. To prevent her hair from sopping up more liquid, Shux twisted it up and tied a know in it. Now the end barely reached mid-back. The black wings on her back shot out and shook off what water stuck on. Shux flew over to the now asleep Elonas and carefully picked him up. She smiled down at him, stroking the top of his head. She could feel him purr against her chest. Figuring this was enough time to spent away, she spread her wings and returned home.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:04 pm
: biggrin ay 38 ~ 26 June::Elonas yawned from the pillow on Shux’ bed. He had been watching Shux draw on her room wall for the past hour. It appeared she finally was hit with inspiration on how the offending wall should be decoracted. The wall was slowly becoming covered in odd shapes and lines.
'Does this represent anything?' Elonas questioned.
Shux stepped down from the soda bottle cap which she was using for a stool. 'Not really. Just what I feel at the moment.' She sat on the cap, stretching out her left hand, sore from all the sketching. 'Do you like it?'
'Well….' Elonas paused, choosing his words carefully. 'It’s definitely interesting.'
Shux threw the quill straight at Elonas’ forehead, however he was too fast to be hit. 'Watch it!' he snarled.
'Don’t insult the one who feeds you!' she roared back.
'Gah! Shux! Be quiet! I’m sleeping here!' Lori had another one of her four am shifts the next day and needed all the rest she could get.
Shux didn’t feel like being near Elonas at the present moment, so she flew over to Lori and made a bed of her own on one of Lori’s many pillows. Shux curled up and braided a strand of hair before slowly drifting off to sleep herself.
: biggrin ay 40 ~ 28 June::Plunk! Plunk! Plunk! ’Oi! Why won’t this work?’ a female feien whined.
’Maybe you’re doing it wrong.’ the small pixacat responded.
Shux closed her eyes in frustration with Elonas. ’Yes. I do believe I have come to that conclusion already.’ She reopened her eyes and bent down to find more suitable pebbles.
’No need to be snippy.’ Elonas sat on his usual knoll. They had returned once again to Shux’ favourite spot by the river. Shux was attempting skipping rocks, but as usual with most new things she tries, she failed miserably at getting them to skip even once.
: biggrin ay 42 ~ 30 June::Shux laid on her bed, stomach side down, kicking her legs back and forth. With a quill in her left hand and paper in front of her, she was ready for some writing. But as usual, she was lost for words. She ran her quill tip over her nose while she thought.
Elonas lay asleep upon the small of her back. His purrs vibrated on her spine.
Now absentmindedly doodling on the corner of the parchment, Shux’ eyes were fading in and out of focus. She thought of what Lori was to bring to her. Maybe she should write on that topic.Shux’ Journal My human tells me we are to receive two more feiens into our home. One should be an ancient feien. I’m not quite sure what she means by this. I assume that maybe the feien is old. But she made it seem like it would bloom, so that would make no sense. It’s all confusing really.
And what about the second feien? It’s bad enough I have Elonas bugging the snot out of me. Adding two more feiens could quite possibly drive me over the edge. I’m not sure if I can handle that much company. Shux’ Journal Something has bee worrying me, other than what Lori is up to. Arith has been much more depressing than I normally see her. She’s usually very happy and cheerful, but whenever family is mentioned, her face grows sad, even with the fake smile.
I must find something to cheer her up with. But happiness isn’t really my thing….
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:05 pm
: biggrin ay 43 ~ 1 July::Shux paced back and forth within her room. Her mood had not been good for the past hour or so. She thought it might be best to write it all out.Shux’ Journal I’ve always thought I could be understanding, until -he- came to the world. Who, you may ask. Talonfaust. That boy had been asking for trouble since the first minute I’ve seen him. b***h b***h b***h. I swear that is all that comes out of his ******** mouth. ‘You don’t know what I go thru.’ ‘You can’t understand.’ ‘I’m all alone, feel pity for me.’ -Please- I’d rather stab my eye out. Shux’ Journal I still think this whole situation could have been prevented if he wasn’t such a wanker each time I saw him.
: biggrin ay 44 ~ 2 July::’Do I really have to learn how to use these things?’ Shux held up a fork in her left hand and a knife in her right.
Lori nodded. ’Think of it as helping your motor skills. It could improve your writing and painting.’
’Forgive me, but you are insane.’ Shux prodded her fork in the bowl of fruit Lori was using as her next taste test. She managed to capture a piece of strawberry and brought it over to the plate in front of her.
’Now use the knife to cute the chunk to biteable pieces.’ Lori directed.
’I know, I know.’ Shux rolled her eyes and attempted to cut the strawberry in half. She was failing because she was only pressing down on the knife, rather than sawing it back and forth.
Elonas jumped up on the small table, sat oppposite Shux, tail curling and swishing as he watched her attempted at eating properly. ’Makes me glad I’m a cat.’
’Shut it!’ Shux snapped.
’Now, now, Xaria. There is no reason for you to be testy.’ Lori smiled at Shux. She found it funny how much Shux was like herself when it came to things she didn’t want to do. ’You must saw the knife. Otherwise all you do is squish the fruit.’
Shux frowned at Lori, but did as requested. Her right eyebrow raised as the fruit was splitting into two much easier. She smiled up at Lori, who also was returning the smile. Shux returned to the fruit, not cutting it into fourths. She gave a piece to Elonas and took one for herself.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:06 pm
: biggrin ay 46 ~ 4 July::Shux walked into Lori’s room rubbing her temples. Gah! I didn’t think a headache would be this bad. She reached the base of the bookshelf and flew up to her room. Sitting on her bed, she found her quill and paper to write down what had happened to her at the shop.Shux’ Journal And here I thought Tahki was hyper active. Maybe I should start from the beginning.
This evening I decided to take a usual trip down to the shop. No real reason, just something to do. Shortly after I arrived, plenty of other feiens had come to the shop as well. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t come over with a panic attack. Maybe I’m getting over my fear, maybe it was just cause Arith was there as a comfort.
Back to the point, I suggested to Arith that we introduce ourselves to the new arrival. That being my first mistake. She looked calm since she was looking at the items in cabinets and such, not talking to anyone. But the second I said hello, that’s when it wouldn’t stop. The girl cannot make a proper sentence. She does not stop once from start to finish. Oh did I mention her name is Aquaphina? ‘Cause she definitely told us that was her name once…..twice….a second.
Oy, my head hurts. I think I need some more rest. Shux’ Journal Took another trip to the shop when I woke up. Arith was there again, but it was just us this time. I asked her if she wanted to play hangman, a game the Lori had shown me a while back. Lori thought it might be helpful in getting me to think more. I do have to say, the game does get me thinking a lot, but I wanted to play cause Arith seems really down a lot still. The game definitely cheered her up a bit, which makes me happy as well. My word was ‘Mastermind’, cleaver little me. Arith’s word was ‘Friendship’. She almost got them with that one. But once I guessed N, I started to figure it out much easier. Anywho, spending time with Arith has definitely become one of my favourite things to do when I’m not in the mood to be alone. She’s more interesting than stupid Elonas, who constantly nags me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:07 pm
Axeonos footsteps can be heard by any one around as giggling soon follow, a small feien carrying something about her hieght comes into focus, leaving the flower on the ground with a note attached Aquaphina hello
i saw this and immediatly thought you might like it i hope you do if not im sorry and if so im pleased hopefully i can see you and Arith soon and we can talk about anything and everything you want to talk about and maybe go shopping together like OH MY GOD i love to go shopping with all the stuff out there and the cloths and the shoes oh i like to go see what they have in the department stores and the purses oh i love purses and i like the food courts granted everything at the mall is entirly too tall and big for me but i love to look at things and imagine them on us feien you know what i mean i mean you and i are really cool with the black wings and everything but you have white hair but i like white you know what looks good in white is Arith doesnt she look pritty and i love her hair isnt it so nice and her eyes are pritty and my god her wings are beautiful i mean your wings are pritty too but i like white well i like pink more than i like white but i dont know maybe im just being silly and oh my gosh look at the time i got to go.....
just a little note!
Aquaphina  as quick as she came in shes gone again
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:08 pm
: biggrin ay 52 ~ 10 July::
Scatter the clouds that hide
The face of heaven, and show
Where sweet peace doth abide,
Where Truth and Beauty grow.
~~Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) Chapter One
When I hold you in my arms, and I feel my finger on your trigger, I know nobody can do me no harm
'That’s bit of a depressing song, isn’t it?' a black feien commented from on top of the refrigerator. Music playing in the back ground, currently The Beatles 'Happiness is a Warm Gun', while the feien watched her human washing the dishes.
'I don’t think it’s -that- horrid.' the violet haired human retorted, scrubbing a particularly stubborn spot. Giving up a few seconds later, Lori tossed the plate aside.
'No, I wouldn’t expect you would.' jumping down to the counter, Shux rolled one of her smooth pebbles back and forth over the knuckles on her left hand. The feien grew still, listening for an odd noise. Water running, dishes clanging, brillo pads scrubbing. She closed her eyes, willing to listen harder.
Twisting her head, Lori looked straight at her feien. She smirked, thinking Shux was going slightly mental.
Shux' piercing red eyes slowly opened noticing Lori’s gray ones were staring back. The black feien adjusted her weight, closed her eyes again and tried another tactic.
Feel, feel, feel. Curiosity…that must be Lori. Feel. Anxiety. That must be him!
The feien’s eyes popped back open, head jerking to the direction of the feeling. Soon a pebble could be found flying straight at a coin collection tin in the corner near the sink.
'RAWR!' cried an ebony pixacat. It had shot out behind the jar and bolted in Shux’ direction.
With a back flip, the feien landed squatting down waiting for an attack. Elonas stopped running, however the counter, too smooth, did nothing to slow the momentum of the pixacat, eventually sliding straight into his owner.
'Almost got me there, little one.' she laughed reaching a hand behind the cat’s ear. Closing his eyes enjoying the attention, small purrs emitted from Elonas. Shux picked up Elonas and nuzzled her head against his.'Lori, I’m gonna head out for a bit. I’ll take Elonas with me.'
Rinsing her hands under the running water, Lori nodded. 'Be careful, Xaria. It’s late out.'
With a sideways frown, she flew out the window
***
The water seems much colder tonight. Currently standing in the center of her still pond on the edge of the river, the water dripped from Shux’ lifted hand. The water level at waist high, continued to slowly submerge the feien.
Elonas sat on the edge, playfully tapping his right paw at the water.
Head raised, the moon‘s light shined down on the feien. But something glistened in the corner of her eye. A leaf, floating down the river, but it was glowing pink. Leaves don’t glow. Yet alone be pink….. Shux swam to the leaf, holding it in her hands. Fingertips ran over the edge of the leaf, it’s smooth surface lacked anything strange in touch. It felt like any other normal leaf. Red eye darted upstream, where the leaf had come from. She swam back to the tide’s edge, climbed out and started walking upstream.
'Uzuri!' Elonas cried 'Wait! Where are you going?'
'I found this.' The pink leaf appeared over her shoulder for him to see. 'I want to know if there are more. So strange. Is it even possible?'
Elonas frowned, thinking the leaf was too strange and that she shouldn't go looking for it’s creator. As they walked, more trees were filling the banks, casting a shadow over the river. Yet the river showed more signs of glowing leaves. This time, the colours varied. Blue, green, yellow, orange. Any and every possibility.
But the two adventurers did not find the source of the unique leaves. They reached a lake, where the river flowed from. The moon once again made it's appearance. Sadness washed over the small feien, disappointed in not finding a possibly beautiful tree. The lake showed no sign of glowing leaves. Shux began to question what she saw and held in her hand. Was she actually going crazy? But he pixacat saw the same thing…
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:19 pm
: biggrin ay 57 ~ 15 July::Chapter Two
Moonlight shined thru the shade blades covering the only window in the small room. A black marked feien could be found painting in a mural on the wall of her bedroom shelf. Carefully balancing an acorn full of black paint while her left hand held the coexisting brush, Shux slowly drew the line art to her painting. Droplets of paint covered her hands which smeared onto her face when she would wipe her brow.
Rhythmic breathing identified a human sleeping across the room. Lori had been exhausted from the daily strain of school and work. Arm hung over the edge of her bed, blankets twisted and pillows flung showed signs of a restless slumber.
'mmm' moaned Lori with a sound of discomfort.
The awkward sound caught the feien’s attention. Dropping the bowl and brush, Shux spread her jet black wings and flew to check on her human.
Beads of sweat were building on Lori's forehead. A mixture of sadness and suffering phased onto the human's face.
Grabbing the edge of the blanket, Shux dabbed off Lori's brow. She had never acted so oddly. Sure, Elonas at times would meow or growl in his dreams, but nothing of this sort. The feien grew worried and concerned since she did not know what to do, nor feel like she could do anything.
'Psst! Psst! Lori wake up.' the black feien whispered while tugging on the giant ear.
Lori twitched a bit causing the feien to jump back in fear. After bolting to her room, Shux returned with her red rapier and began prodding Lori in the face with it.
The human’s hands jerked and failed, finally grabbing the bed sheet. Her hands began pulling at the sheets, tearing a rip in the center of it. Lori's breath sped up tediously from her quiet, peaceful one earlier.
An insane, vindictive laugh busted from the human's mouth causing her feien to panic. Shux flew to the eyes, prying them open in hopes her master would soon wake.
As suddenly as it started, the human's reaction returned it's previous rhythmic breathing and slumber.
Scared and worried for her human, Shux flew to the nook of Lori's neck, curled up. Spending the rest of the night wide-eyed and sleepless.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:20 pm
: biggrin ay 63 ~ 21 July::Chapter Three
'You really should pick some things to try.'
'I don’t -need- food like you do.'
'Well, you will when you grow into an adult. Might as well find out what you will like.' Lori snatched a jar of Greek olives off the shelf, examining it’s contents.
'Those won’t satisfy me.' the black feien stuck her tongue out at the human.
Choosing to ignore the unnecessary comment, Lori tossed the jar into the hand basket swinging over her left arm. Clashing, shuffling and wheels on linoleum filled the grocery aisles.
The lids cooled Shux' bare feet as she hopped from jar to jar on the top shelf. Grocery shopping, to Shux, was a nuisance she preferred to avoid, However, Lori noticed the feien spend far too much time at home lately, thus forced her to tag along.
While in mid jump, a shiver of secrecy flowed down the feien’s spine. Instead of landing properly, she tripped, fell in between bottles causing one to slip off the shelf. The bottle hit the ground with a shocking crash, splattering glass and ketchup everywhere.
'Nice.' said an unfamiliar voice. A man in his young twenties passed by the two, looking around the mess surrounding them. His piercing baby blue eyes darted in Shux’ direction. She glared in return, not liking the look of this intruder. With a small smile to Lori, he picked up a jar of Greek olives and turned the corner.
's**t, Xaria! Now I have to find someone to clean it.’'storming off to find an employee.
Shux rubbed her head where it had wacked on the metal shelving. The red eyes blinked while they shifted in and out of focus. Slowly, she climbed up the nearest jar. At the top, ebony bat-like wings shot out and carried the feien to the rafters under the sky lights. Her eyes darted around the store, searching for the strange man.
And there he was, standing in the checkout line. Straight, jet black hair that fell elegantly in his eyes. The tips of the strands match his eyes perfectly. This one needs more colour in his wardrobe. Who could wear just black all the time? The man paid the cashier, took his bag and made his way out of the store.
Shux flicked her head in the direction where the ketchup bottle broke. It seemed Lori had found someone to clean the mess and now looking down the bread aisle. Glancing at the door once more, the feien made her way back to her human, making note of the mysterious man.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:21 pm
: biggrin ay 67 ~ 25 July ::Shux' Journal I grow worrisome over Lori. Strange things have been happening when I am around her. I don't quite know what do think of it all.
First it was the glowing leaves in the river. I don’t know what those mean. How can it be possible for leaves to glow? And from no where. They exist with no source. It makes no sense.
Lori's nightmares get more frequent and worse each time. Last night, in one of her fits, she clawed the wall next to her bed. The cuts embedded are so deep, I don't know how her hands show no sign of their actions. She has yet to hurt herself by these dreams, but I think one of these nights she will. I’m too small stop her. She won’t wake when I call her name. What can I possibly do?
Then there's this man. I don’t know who he is, but there's something with him. I don’t like the feeling I got when I was around him. I fear he will hurt Lori.
I wish I knew what I should do.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:22 pm
: biggrin ay 68 ~ 26 July::((RP between Shux and Aquaphina.))Aquaphina aquaphina flys down and sits on a chair in the shop. looking around to see any other feien.... "hello?............................... anyone here?" Shux Shux looked down from her spot on the top shelf of a nearby case. She frowned as she saw Aquaphina. Remants of her last meeting with the feien seemed to spark a memory of the 24 hour headache she was left with afterwards. Aquaphina aquaphina looked about frantically. the feeling of hyperness cloaked her well yet made her increadably twitchie, "hellohellohellocomeoutcomeoutwhereeveryouare" her puntuation still not even honed on yet, she seemed very ancy "isanyonethere?" Shux Shux continued to watch Aquaphina. An inner battle of whether or not to inform this feien of her presence within the shop was battling inside her. In the end, rudeness didn't seem polite. She cleared her throat loudly and waved from her place. Aquaphina joy seemed very apparent on her face as the corner of her eye revealed someone still in the shop. she extended her wings and began to fly up until she was level with the bookshelfed feien. the memories seemed distant but she did remember the feien from the past, the first feien she talked to..... and yet something held her back.... ~i wonder if i forgot to tell her my name~.... aquaphina smiled at the black feien before her "hello...." Shux Shux leaned back as Aquaphina flew in her direction. ' Lo.' she answered, bracing herself for the worst. Aquaphina aquaphina tilts her head to the side and blinks a few times "lastwemet....did... i tellyoumyname?" she slowly lands on the bookshielf.... looking at the dark feien. pausing for the answer Shux Well, that could have been worse. 'Yes, I do believe you have informed me that Aquaphina is your name. More than once. Aquaphina ......delayed reaction! aquaphina, elated, inhaled a little ammount of air "Ahgoodthenididtellyou! hello! howareyoutoday-fineihope. haveyoubeengoodaroundyourmaster? itrytobegoodaroundminebutshesaysitalktoomuch. youdontthinkitalktoomuchdoyou. iloveyourhair! canibraidit?howoldareyou. yourpritty! canwebefriends? howisthatotherone? Arithithinkhernameis. isshewell? ihopesheis! myyourquitetoday! youshouldtalkmore. bythewayiforgottomentionmynamesAquaphina. hello" Shux Shux roller her eyes and decided she needed to put a stop to this. 'Whoa whoa. Just stop. Don't open your mouth. Just listen. See how I am talking? I don't run all my words together in one line sentence. It's a bit hard to comprehend what you are saying. I mean, I can understand you may be egar to meet others and make friends. But this is not going to make you friends.' Aquaphina taken aback by this sudden shock aquaphina blinks a few times "but......isntthisthewayfriendstalktoeachother.....backandforthlike...." her eyes well up with tears slightly Shux Lifting an eyebrow, Shux relized this wasn't going to be easy. 'Yes, friend talk back and forth. But normal feiens talk much slower. It seems like you're gonna need some practice on stopping this habit. Justdon'tstringallyourwordstogetherlikethisokay? See the difference?' Aquaphina aquaphina raises a hand to whipe the tears from her eyes "slow?" her one word (granted its alot less than what shes been saying layly) still lingering on her quivering lips as she inhales greatly... somewhat effected by this suddon blow of (to her) an earth shattering realization Shux Watching the young feien wipe tears, Shux began to wonder why she would cry when it was better to have the truth be told. Would this feien choose to live in the illusion that feiens would accept her hyperness? 'There's no need to cry. Better to n** this in the bud before it become irreverable, hmm? I mean, there are plenty of other feien out there that would not only be much more harsh, but could possibly turn it against you.' Aquaphina Aqua gasped at the mention of nipping buds.... then blinked a few times to drown out the remaineder of the tears back into her eyes... her hand lowered to her waist before pausing again "so i shouldtalkslowlike this" granted no one walks on thier first time up.... but she does show signs of improovement from the harshness that is Shux Shux 'Yes, well it's a start. I'm sure once you get the hang of it many feien will warm up to you. You don't appear to have such a horrid personality.' Shux leaned against the side of the shelf, stretching her legs out infront of her. Aquaphina and theres that one spark that sets the fire.... showing that Aqua that shux isnt an evil lady but rather kind "...." silence for once fills the room again as Aquaphina sits down next to shux and swings her feet against the ledge.... looking down at her own body...then at Shux's as she breaks the silence "yourblack....whatkind offeien areyou?" Shux Shux smiled, apprecating Aqua's attempt to speak properly. 'Yes. My colouring is black, however that doesn't determine my element, which is Darkness. I haven't really learned any spell of my element. I hope to be able to sometime in the future. Just taking it a step at a time. What about yourself?' Aquaphina Aquaphina looked down "idontreallyknow... i meanim blacktoo buti dontknow whattypeiam..." she looks down and sighs.... looking at her hands "alliknow isthaticanfly...." she sighs again and looks at all the feien flowers and gems ready to be sold at later dates and times "i lookateveryone elseandwonderwhy idonthave thatkindofpower.... imnotthatstrong...." Shux 'Kind of power? You mean your element type? I'm sure you'll figure it out at some point. You have the rest of your life to figure it out after all.' Aquaphina aqua looked down at the floor and sighed "mymastertoldme whathappenedtothefeienthat turnedintoa gem.... imafriadof death. i dontknowhowlong mylifewillbe" she turns and looks up at shux "whatifweareto dietonight?" Shux Shux laughed at Aqua comment. 'You shouldn't worry yourself with such things. You're younger than I am, and you're concered with death. You have a long life ahead of you. I seriously doubt you would die tomorrow.' Aquaphina so much angst (okay none at all) so much emotion (like sailor moon on hormone pills) so much contemplation (like a brick) aquaphina sighs greatly and looks up to see golden rays touch the tips of the mounten (well where i am right now i see sun) she sighs "imust go.... mastergetsworried ifimnotathomewhen sheawakens" aquaphina rises and walks twords Shux "if you die... i will remeber you" (marvel at my spacing ability) she tilts her head to the side and smiles broadly Shux Shux smiled at Aqua, but didn't press the subject further, knowing the feien wish to return home. 'You're doing much better. Have a lovely night then.' Aquaphina Aquaphina spread her wings wide and stepped twords the edge of the bookshelf.....leaning down and kicking off the platform she began flapping... she turned around to wave and contenued to flap out the door and twords her house....
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:22 pm
: biggrin ay 68 cont. ~ 26 July::Shux' Journal Well, at least there is improvement in the feien world.
Aquaphina, the crazy, non-stop talker, finally made improvement in her speech. Not much, but it's a start. In the shop, I managed to inform her that form of communication wasn't the most pleasing to deal with. This didn't go over too well with her, since she began crying. But eventually she got the point I was trying to make. It was like a miracle was placed upon me. The girl actually use more breaks in her speech. Hopefully, she will continue to practice outside of the shop. She appears to be a sweet girl, just a tad annoying.
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