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 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:11 am
"There's no such thing as more trouble than I'm worth. you just don't know a good time when it bites you on the a**, literally, in a few cases."
Moonstone was looking at teh map, and glanced at Emmie when he asked questions.
"Ask her, she's the one who knows this place."
He went about the outskirts of town, randomly just picking on drunks, taking thier bottles away and cracking them on teh head with them, more for his own bored amusement. like his brother had mentioned, he was looking for a fight, something to ease that growing tension in the back of his head about the concequences of his actions concerning his folks.
Truth be told, if there was one thing that scared the hell out of him, it was his father when he was mad. and he was liable to be furious when he got his hands on them.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:36 am
Moonsotne held his head high. "I maintain that Morelle biting me in his sleep is not catargorized as fun, even if you did goade him to do it." And sayin such he grabbed his brother by the ruff to keep him from knocking another drunk out. "They are quite out of their minds without you to help them, Onyx."
"Seems like you're getting to know this place all to well, too."
They found themselves beside a large...well it looked like a lake. But the soft rippling clearly said "undertow" due to some great river. High cliffs surrounded them on all sides it seemed. And there didn't appear to be a shore on the other side. Moonstone turned right and started walking his way along the beach, noticing some little foort prints, but not mentioning them.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:55 am
A snort was his response.
"Sure they are. but maybe one of them will show some spine.."
Before getting dragged off behind his brother, and growling lightly about it, before tracking after his brother, picking up rocks and skipping them on the water.
"Who's tracks are these, you think, oh wise one?"
A smartass comment, yes, but a valid question none the less, glancing at Emmie, looking at her feet, and then back at Moonstone.
"I don't think the femme fatale made them, her clunkers are too big."
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:22 pm
"Honestly Onyx, one would think you spent no time at all in the forests at hme." He shook his head, though his eyes never left the map. "They are fox tracks."
He turned the map sideways for a moment, looked around. Yeah okay, he had a vague idea of where they were going. Mainly, he was going for scent. People walked this way frequently enough.
Looking around, he saw boats, mostly canoe types with large, flat bottoms. "Maybe if we took a boat, we'd move faster. And we could cross at the same time..." But he was hesitant, he didn't know how to steer or paddle a canoe.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:05 pm
"Fox? Son of a b***h. you don't think that little familiar of Mom's is here, do you?"
Wouldn't that put a damper on things. once Morelle found them, Mom and Dad wouldn't be far behind. or Uncle Elias or Aunt Niah. Peachy. Of course he should have known that, where was his mind. he knew where, imagining fights agasint great warriors and odds and getting paid and getting some damn respect.
"Well neither of us know how to operate a boat. think there's a ferry? I mean that damn lizard mount thing he was on had to get across this somehow. unless it swam with him riding on it."
A smirk lightly, watchign the water and checking at the tracks. He really hoped it was a fox and not a foxsquirrel.
"What about you, my big strong brother, just carrying our cousin over the water."
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:53 pm
Moonstone shrugged. "I said fox, not foxsquirrel. Though I'd assume they were pretty close anyways." He wasn't really concerned with that. If the familiar had been here, he hadn't found them yet, cause ma and pa woulda been here in seconds.
"Yeah, we could fly over. But I'm concerned. There don't seem to be any updrafts here, which means all the wind must be right near the cliffs. Get to close to them and bam!" He punched his palm with his fist.
He looked around, and across the water. "Well, that over there seems to be the split in the cliffs, and there doesn't seem to be a ferry, or any boats for that mater." He tucked the map into his belt. "I guess we'll have to fly," He gave Onyx a cross stare. "But carefully. Cat Spice?" Moonstone's word for "understand?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:05 am
"Yes yes. I understand, I'll be careful."
Onyx rolled his eyes, and gave his twin a smug little grin.
"Besides, you need to be more careful than me. after all, you got the girl to carry, her outfit clashes with my fur."
A small chucled, and a look aroudn the cliffs. didn't seem like it woudl be too bad to get off from there to wherever that map his bother had would lead. but just in case, he retied the leather and denim straps that held it securely to his side.
"Well this better be worth it. and next time we ask for a ferry."
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:19 pm
Moonstone rolled his eyes. He had been the one to caution against updrafts after all. He scooped Emmie up, held her tight and spread his wings. With one powerful thrust of his hind legs had propelled himself into the air. Wings flapped hard a moment to gain hieght, and then he was flying over the wide river-lake, carefully staying away from the cliffs.
Navigating the divide was a bit more tricky then expected. Wind swirrled and eddied inside it like so much water. It pulled on way one second, and pushed the other the next second. Twice he almost dropped Esmerelda, though he wasn't afraid really of her hitting anytihng. She had those wonderful portals after all. In the middle of the divided cliffs was a calm, where they wind simply did not reach. Here, Moonstone glided a moment looking back at his brother to see how he was doing.
"A ferry would have taken much longer then this. We will surprsie the king with our speed, methinks."
"They are like mountain lions with wings, Sire."
"Mountain lions? Those large cats from the children's fairy tales?"
"Exactly, Your Magisty." The wizard bowed. "And they are comming, One will be...easily manipulated. The other not so much."
"If they truly are brothers, as you say, then all I need to do is convince one. The other will follow."
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:31 pm
Flying was the easy part. and without baggage, he was faring better than Moonin teh eddies of wind. He did get a bit close on several cliffs, but not enough to cause major alarm. Why did his wings have to be weaker too than his brother.
"Either that, or they'll see us coming and shoot us down..either way we make an impression."
A few hard flaps to get himself to a gliding height so he was about even with his brother once they balanced out.
"You know, I have been thinking. what in the world is down here that they think they need us for if they got wizards. I mean..Dad was wary of people that used magic, and he was alot stronger than both of us together."
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:42 pm
"Wizards aren't all-powerful." They glided along the calm for a while. "Some have very specific abilities. Or perhaps teh wizards here are simply not that strong."
He pondered that for a long moment. Emmie hadn't said anything during their ride, and Moonstone was hoping that she wasn't frightened..or worse getting air sick.
"As for needing us...I mean come on. Look at us, we're frightening, we're large, we're new and different. Better to make friends with us then enemies right? Plus, in comming through mother's void, there is a very good chance that we landed in a place that is of a different time stream. There may be magics here that don't even effect of. Magics that we could walk right through, and not even see."
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:53 pm
"I didn't think about that last one there. I mean a wizard isn't all powerful of course. Dad used to talk about them..I mean he's even eaten some. but I was only concerned that you know..fur and feather is rather flamable. if they can use fire, they got us at a disadvantage."
Okay, so Onyx did have a more intelligent brain than most thought.
"But this could be a big break. so a little headbusting, get some authority, and then live like..well..Uncle Elias."
They glided along for a bit in silence, and Onyx fared a glance at his brother a few times.
"So..you think Father's gone to Aura or Elias yet?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:32 pm
"Well, we'll see how things work out. We don't really know all that much about this world yet. Flamable? Everybody is flamable Onyx. Father is, but he was never afraid to go after a wizard because he might get burnt!. So if you see a fireball comming your way, dodge it."
A glare sent his brother's way. "No offesne to Emmie here, but why would you want to live like Uncle Elias? He didn't exactly have a fulfulling life as an assasin priest thingy.
"I'd assume He'd gone to either of them a long time ago, if they hadn't already figured out how to get here."
They were comming out of the calm, hitting the wall of wind again. Turbulence, how nice. "Watch out, this end is narrower."
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:48 pm
The thought of Cymarron, Rand, or even at this point Elias ebing there and comign for them was not a pleasent one for Onyx. So he stayed quiet, giving his twin a nod at the narrower area. as before, he gripped the little statue in his hands, holding it against his chest protectivly. It was a bit worse here, with the narrower area to work in, but he was doing alright. He kept himself lower to the water, not quite high up but under a good portion of the eddies of wind. He might have to work harder, his wings needing to flap a lot more to keep himself airborn, but he wasn't quite so strong as his brother to fight the wind in this much tighter confine.
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:02 pm
Moonstone chose the higher road, nearly brushing his head on the cavern cailing. Here he was almost completely held up by the wind. It was a little slower going, and at some points he really had to force his way through but it saved a lot of energy.
As they exited the divide and hit open calm waters, they found nothing but more water and cliffs.
"Map says to head left, and in a little while we should be able to turn a corner and find some place to land. You tired yet, Onyx?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:09 pm
"Not that tired yet. I can make it there if you can."
He could be flat out exhausted, and he'd never give his brother the pleasure of knowing it. But his wings were a bit sore. he'd had to work a fair bit harder than his sibling and then he'd had to do some heavy flapping to even out with him again. but glading took most the stress off.
"Is the landing like a rest stop, or is it the place were going? this guy must be real paranoid the live out this far and claim to be a king over the area we came from."
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