|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:21 am
If there was one thing Morana was good at, it was doing what others wanted. She squealed a small 'eep' and went slack, staying perfectly still. There was no way she was going to wriggle after what her companion.
She opened her eys open a crack and gasped. She wanted to start clinging on madly all over again. Then came the giggles. Morana couldn't stop giggling. She was flying! "I'm actually flying" she giggled, like to make it feel real she had to state it. "Best. Day. Ever!" Morana exclaimed, and for once her smile was all her own. "Is flying as fun for you as it is for me?" she said, trying to shoot the daeva a questioning look, she couldn't though, not without endangering his grip on her.
(( *sniff* moments like these make me feel all fuzzy! *glares at Deimos* i know what your about to do!))
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:37 am
((XD What do you think he's plotting?))
"Flying is a part of who I am," came the surprisingly serious and calm response. Deimos had flown with kills before, so Morana's extra weight didn't through him off as much as it could have. He did have a slightly akward moment of slowly shifting his legs, trying to get Morana into a position more comfortable for both of them without making it seem like he was fumbling.
"Let me put this in comparitive terms. For me to be unable to fly would be like for you being unable to walk." Sure, he could always walk everywhere after that. But suggesting that would also be akin to suggesting a legless fox could roll where they needed to go. It was all an integral part of who he was, something you couldn't take away without drastically changing him.
A bit more sure of his grip now, with a good wide under his wings and enough height to allow a decent glide, Dei cast a glance downwards to see how the little vixen was doing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:10 am
(( I'm scared to say, lest it give him any ideas! eek ))
The longer Morana satyed in the air, the more comfortable and relaxed she became. She closed her eyes for a moment, enjoying the feel of the wind in her face. Still, her gut did drop a moment when he'd shifted her.
"Hey, walking can be fun...especially if you run. " She said with a mock-scowl. "I do understand what you mean though. What would you do if someone told you about something amazing, but you had to give up flying to do so?" Morana said, concerntraiting more on the world below her than the actual question. Wow, everything was so small from up here. She wondered if he planned on going higher.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:39 am
Dei snorted. "How silly. Someone telling me I could see something amazing if I gave up a piece of myself. The fool who did that would be lucky to escape with only scorch marks!"
He banked a little, riding a thermal in a loose spiral upward. The trees below slowly dwindled away until they were the size of twigs. This was actually a fairly average height for him, though perhaps Morana might feel it was a bit too high. Ah well, her fault for asking him to take her flying.
"So, is this measuring up?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:01 am
eck! Now they were getting even higher! "O-kay, we're getting a bit high now aren't we?" She said "It's going past measuring up, It's great!"
Morana was getting nervous, one slip and she'd go splat. "You must really love flying if you'd respond with violence."
She tried to keep her tone light and non-plussed, but they were awfully high. "Did I mention don't drop me?" She said with a small smile. She forgot she was flying with a daeva, and they didn't exactly have a nice stereotype. She hoped that stereotype was false.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:13 am
"Hey," Deimos said, seeming to completely ignore everything Morana had just said. "Don't struggle and try not to tense up. And for the love and hate of all Deities will you please not scream like a rabbit dying."
Having said all that, Dei folded his wings.
Momentum carried them a little further, then came the inevitable dip, then the plummet. Dei made sure his grip on Morana was firm enough that she wouldn't be snatched from his claws by gravity. What seemed like falling was actually a carefully controlled dive.
Then, at the very last second, Dei snapped his wings back open. He grunted as the muscles protested. Generally this hurt a bit even when he did it for fun, but it seemed the extra weight made a difference. He still had a firm grip on Morana, and for a moment her toes skimmed the leafy tops of the trees as he glided, then found a new thermal to help take them back up again. Not as high, there was no way Dei could manage that trick a second time! Rather, he took them to about the height birds normally flew at.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:30 am
"Wha-" Morana began. Too late. She let out a small scream as the world came rushing towards her, but then remembered the request her companion had given her before they began their decent. She was afraid to close her eyes, but the sight of them falling horrified her.
When it was all over, she was panting and her heart felt like it was trying to jump out of her chest. "You- you jerk! Why'd you do this?" She said, pretending to be furious. The she laughed "That was awesome! So terrifying, yet so exciting! I've never felt so alive! Thank you...but don't do it again" She added the last bit on, just in case he was tempted to make her go through it all over again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:53 am
Deimos just made a humming sound. "Couldn't, even if I wanted. Controlled dives, especially from so high up, take a lot of energy and wing strength. If I tried again my wings would give out, and we'd probably end up quite mangled and wishing we'd died on impact."
He said all this in a completely matter-of-fact way. It was doubtful Morana would fully understand, not having wings herself, but she should have been able to feel the jolt when he halted their descent.
Actually, his wings were already starting to hurt. Time to land. He chose a more leisurely fashion of descent, switching between gliding and flapping his wings. It took long enough though, and by the time they touched the ground Dei's wings hurt more than enough that he didn't think he'd be able to get back in the air tonight.
"Hmph. There, cross that off your checklist of how to get your own life."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:54 pm
"That fall was...controlled?" Morana said when they were safely back on the ground. She thought the dive was an out of control freefall, but then again, she'd never flown before. "Are you ok after that then?" She asked. Again, with her inexperience with flying, morana didn't know how much of an impact it made on the daeva.
[b"]Now, I know what's next on my checklist...finding out your name." After such a rush of emotions when she flew, Morana for once realised how emotionless and flat her voice was. Had it always been like that when she had no masks on? She hoped not, she didn't like the sound of it one bit.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:31 pm
Deimos snorted. "Of course it was controlled. A winged creature never falls. We either land or dive. To fall implies you have no control over your descent." Dei pulled himself up in a haughty pose, just in case. Emotionless doll or not, he was not going to just allow her lack of knowledge to smear the graceful art that was flying.
He toned it down just a tad when she pulled out her next request, and rolled his eyes. "Geez. This doesn't feel like a mission to discover yourself, if feels like you're trying to ask me on a date. Whatever. My name is Deimos." He quirked an eyebrow, and left off the implication that she should consider it an honor to know his name.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:14 am
"This journey of self-discovery is about doing what I want. I wanted to know your name." She replied. "Deimos is a very nice name, better than Morana"
Most foxes would have gotten offended or defensive around this male by now, from what Morana knew by watching them. But she wasn't for some reason. She guessed she just hadn't grasped the concept of hate or anger yet. Some emotions might be harder to feel than others. Morana knew that firsthand. Love in particular was an emotion she found the hardest to understand. She didn't even know why it existed, especially with all the trouble she'd seen it cause.
Tilting her head to the side in a birdlike fashion, she eyed the male. "Why would I go on a date with someone? I've seen other foxes in love, and the aftermath when that love is gone. It's probably one emotion I could do without discovering"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:29 am
"Bah. All you've seen in being in love, then, not actually love. True love is what's left over when the thrill of being in love wears off." Deimos said all this in a matter-of-fact, though slightly bored voice. It wasn't entirely obvious if he was quoting something he heard or speaking from experience.
"You should meet my family, for example. My mom and dad are just goofy in love. And my aunt and uncle!" Dei snorted. "Let's just say you'd never guess they were a couple." That was something of an understatement. Still, it made Dei seem less extreme in the mannerisms department when slung up next to his Daeva cousin and his prickly normal aunt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:51 am
"Don't they get along well?" Morana asked, confused. Wasn't the whole point of love getting along with someone? But then again there was that whole 'i hate that i love you' saying, which made no sense whatsoever.
"I don't think I could see my family again, even if I wanted to. Not when I'm trying to stop being such a lifeless doll." Mora murmured softly. No, one look in thier eyes would undo everything she accomplished. "If you came to see mine, they'd probably hate someone like you anyway." She said, trying to lighten her tone and make a joke out of it. She really needed to practice putting emotion into her voice, and what better time to start then now?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:01 am
Deimos smirked. "Well they do, but you have to know them to see it." The smirk widened a touch. "My cousins are older than myself and my sister. Hah. Only one Daeva in the bunch, and she drives my aunt insane. So do my other female cousins, for that matter, but I was wise enough to avoid them from the start." Looking at Aphrodite, Venus, and Seraph, it was probably a good thing Dei's one male cousin had wandered off pretty early.
Now Dei's smirk turned into more of an evil grin. "Oh? Wouldn't be the first time. I actually managed to piss off some of my Daeva family by just staring." Dei chuckled. "I think the blood fued between that parent/child duo and myself and my dad is still lingering even now. I do make sure to do a thorough job of things." It was honestly laughable how the whole thing started, and Dei was more amused by it all rather than treat it like a serious incident.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:31 am
Morana cracked a smile. "Is that so? You don't seem upset by that at all." She didn't expect him to be, gathering what she knew about Deimos so far.
"I never fought with my family, I just did what they wanted me to do. So I guess I can't really relate" Well, she had had a few ones when she was a kit, but in all of them she caved and gave up. Just like i always do. She thought. But this time was different, she wasn't going to cave in anymore. She was going to do what she wanted to do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
