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 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:55 am
Kazemira watched over the fight as Duna and Lia took care of Chiku. Using her telepathy, she focused her thoughts to Duna.
Duna, I think you have realized what we need to discuss. You have realized whom Rey is fighting down there, have you not?
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:11 am
Impossible! - Rey said, as he stopped in mid-flight. - My mother! No! You're not my mother! She's more than just a face and a voice! Your cheap tricks won't work on me! - He said, tears flowing from his eyes. He was suddenly overcome with grief, sorrow...and anger. - You! How dare you use the image of my mother! And why would you think it would work?! She's a murderer! A witch! - The glow that emanated from his eyes enveloped him as he talked. Parts of the stone wall covered him, blocking the way between them. - I won't fight you now. - He thought, oversome with grief - I can't. I'm...not ready for this. But I won't let you seal me!
Mother Nature!
Help me become one with you,
so that I can become stronger and defeat my enemies!
Stone-Body Meld!
Even if he did destroy the wall between us, he'll never find me! - He thought, as he retreated deep into the tower, making his way back to the top. - Mother...
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:25 am
"So he chooses to back away? So be it. I suppose I'll let him be." The black stuff receded and Kuro fainted, in the woods once more.
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He slowly opened his eyes.
"Where am I?" he murmured. Everything seemed unfamiliar. Thinking harder, he realized something else.
"Who am I?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:55 pm
Duna looked lazily and somewhat annoyed at Kazemira. But then again, Duna always looked somewhat annoyed...
Do you not think that I would be intellegent enough to figure it out? he retorted back I am not a long-lived Cat for nothing. Even I, who can weild Chaos majick could fight that ...thing...and perhaps end in a stalemate. But it is not the time for the fight. My blood can feel that it is not right, or it would rise to the surface and carry me to battle. Shall we stop talking in each others' heads and just go to another room? I am quite in need of some fine cream and a bit of red meat.
Aloud, Duna said, "My catling, will you take care of Chiku? I will ask the head maids to send up food and drink for the both of you, as well as salve for any bruises or wounds. I need to talk about a few things with Senor Kazemira here, and I will return to you when he is finished."
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:00 am
Kazemira followed Duna into the next room.
"I shall have the servants come with your requests. But what is more important is that thing. I could not sense any desire to act in such a way from Kuroshi the elf. You have realized that it was some sort of possession that caused him to do that. Do you know from what this could have come?"
The servants came in and placed two bowls on the floor.
((BTW, Kazemira is female. sweatdrop ))
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:37 pm
"I don't find it that puzzling at all," Duna replied, "It is Shadowlinge that causes such destruction, yet hides in a pure body. Haven't you heard of them before? They aren't supposed to exist in this land, but I've been scenting strange creatures as of late, and I feel that these creatures are only the first of an ill will that will grow if we cannot stop it. Shadowlinge do not exist without masters, for they are concentrations of the despair and hatred in people's hearts. They must be drawn out of many people in order to create such a high-level Shadowlinge as the one that we just saw. And the person carrying it must have much sorrow, yet much purity in his heart."
Duna yawned, a huge cat-yawn, and then looked up at Kazemira.
"So, I'm tired of all this talking. Where's the cream and meat?" He licked his chops and was silent.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 5:09 pm
Lia had done as Duna asked. She sat next to the she drag-brid's bed, stretched across a rug next to the fireplace. She could hear the female's murmings in her sleep, but paid no attention. She could hear a steady heart-beat, normal breathing for her state of being, and smell no infection nor bleeding. Her knowledge of surroundings and the different creatures was great and vast for one her age, but not her empathy.
Being both in and out of the world, as a cat's life is, she showed no affection or true feeling. Sinical, some may call her, but histerical emotions were not her forte.
Aurelia was purring as her belly warmed. She had watched a part of the fight between the male drag-brid and the strange elf. She could smell the evil in him, but had mentioned nothing. It was not in her nature to interfere with such trivial things.
Their world is small, and the universe vast. The waves of change and time are ever changing and only the ripples of my lifetime in the universe are my concern.
"Yes, ripples." Her instincts told her of the changes ahead.
Duna and the Lady Dragon are the source as well as the growing evil in the back of my mind. It's closer than the others expected. Ah, well, until it's true nature is discovered, the dragons can bother with it. Duna may involve himself, but he already knows his part, and shall play it, as shall I...
Lia stopped her musing as the she-brid's breathing changed, and her conciousness was regained.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:48 am
Rey had arrived to the room where the group had arrived earlier by going through the floor. He was still shedding tears, and a rage overcame him. He spread his wings rock and dust, and having no more current need for them, dispelled them. His tail spikes, having no one to slash or stab, were also dispelled. He was still thinking of his mother, and he hated it. He sat on the floor, and tried to calm down. He thought that if he didn't, he might start breaking things, and the people here had no fault in the matter. His fists were clenched so hard, he cut himself with his claws. At the moment, he didn't care.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:45 am
Kazemira nodded slowly.
"Chiku has the intent to summon an angel. You know of the effect the summoning can have on the chosen young, innocent one. Which brings us to the real point of this. Would we once again allow for an angel to be summoned, despite the suffering we know will be caused? In the past, we have simply dealt with problems as they come, but this is clearly no ordinary problem."
Her eyes sharpened. The servants came in with the cream and milk.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:12 am
Duna gorged himself while the elder dragoness was speaking. When she was finished, he still had half a mouthful. He looked up, realizing that she was expecting him to speak.
"Ith-ithnt thrareal" he said, and then swallowed.
He noticed that he was getting a confused look from Kazemira.
"I meant," he said, "It isn't Zazthriel that she hopes to call, is it?"
"I would not mind calling an angel, as long as it is not Zazthriel," he continued, "We know what that would mean, now don't we? Let us have her call a lower-order angel first, either way. She must prove her merit. And she must find the spell to summon her through a small test on your Howling Grounds. It will be a group endeavor, and all of our other friends [he smiled toothily] will have a chance to work together for we need a real team here, not just a ragamuffin group. I trust that they're still kept up, right?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:45 am
Kazemira laughed slightly.
"Chiku has never researched enough to know about the various types of angels. I think she really just seeks to summon one, no matter what it is. I suppose, then, we shall just see what she is capable of summoning, since we inevitably have reason to summon an angel."
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:27 am
"Hmm," said Duna, "I don't know if there is a true cause for an angel to be summoned. Let us see how she and the others fares with our little test. I shall accompany them just in case...oh how I hate that phrase 'just in case.' It implys that something bad that we haven't counted on is going to happen...as it most likely will."
"Let us all rest a day, though, and mingle. Chiku may heal quick for a drag-brid, but she is in no shape to fight today. Let them all be ready by tomorrow afternoon."
He paused.
"After milk and tea have been served, of course," he added sheepishly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:32 pm
Lia rose from her spot, stretching to her full length. She had lost track of her thoughts when the drag-brid had stirred.
"Oh, well," she yawned to herself.
She slunk into the shadows and into the hallway, summoning a nearby maid to look after the guest in the room behind her. After the made shuffled through the door, Lia continued on her way.
"Achoo!"
Lia wiped her muzzle with a paw. The magic in this place was almost tangible, and a deep breath of it caught her off guard with a sneeze.
Lia sniffed the air again. Leaping onto the banister of the stair case, she spied inside a room, seeing the male drag-brid that had fought with the Elf. With a graceful dive to the first floor, Lia landed on a podium near by. She jumped down and trotted in.
"Such a mess you're making on the floor. Besides I do not think it wise to let the smell of blood linger in this place," she gently touched his hand to open it, and licked clean the wounds his claws had caused. Her saliva helped to form scar tissues within seconds. Lia stared into his eyes, her own dilating with an other-worldy glaze.
"Evils come in many forms, but the most dangerous are the ones we hold dear to our hearts. Trust is an illusion, as is revenge. Seek neither in yourself nor others."
She grinned a cat's grin.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:58 am
Rey was slightly surprised by the Cat-brid's appearance. He didn't move, but diverted his eyes to his hand. - I know this. I don't seek revenge, you know, but it's hard not to trust someone who gave birth to you, cared for you and raised you. The enemy...is my mother, and I can't bring myself to even thinking of striking her. I'm not ready to let go of that bond just yet. It's a lot harder than I thought. I could compare it to my wound - he said, looking at it with a deep concern - It can heal, but the scar is still there, the wound will be remembered, and the pain, even though it dissappears, it can come back.
He gently pulled his hand away from her and stood up, facing the windows, looking at the horizon. - What really consumes me is not revenge, or even sorrow. It is anger. Anger at myself for not being able to do what must be done. Also, uncertainty, for there is something within me that pushes me, spurs me on to do, and even enjoy things that I normally wouldn't. It's an itch, a craving for battle, and it frightens me. There are many things about myself that I do not know or understand, and the only ones who could answer my questions are either banished or bent on destroying me.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:58 am
Lia had been waiting patiently for him to finish. The sun was setting over the horizen, and her eyes were lost in thought as well as its colors.
The sun. Dragon-brids. This one's emotions. This place. It all seems surreal. Perhaps that was it's purpose, perhaps it isn't real. It is a good thing I am not fully of this world, she looked up at the Drag-brid, for it seems those who are are consumed by it.
"Anger. To a degree, I find it to be one emotion that does not seem to be an illusion. It can be more real than love or sorrow, but all of these feelings are intertwined with another. Love and Jealousy. Jealousy and Anger. Anger and Regret. Regret and Sorrow. Sorrow and Hope. Hope and Happiness. Happiness and Love. So many more connecting webs, that one would think it were all the same thing, one body with many limbs."
"All have hidden meannings within themselves, as we have hidden emtions within ourselves. Funny...Though we hide them so deep within our own soul, it requires help from another to uncover them, even if the remain hidden to ourselves. Your feelings are what one would call normal. At least, they occur in every thinking organism. Hmm, that seems to be the only definition for normal, mutual feelings among the majority."
"The feelings within will be uncovered soon enough, so be wary of yourself. Follow your instincts. These cravings mean you are in need of something, and I would suggest following through with them. If you are to bottle them up, they might be released by another at a most unwelcome time," Lia yawned and began a trot towards the door.
"And remember, " she called over her shoulder, "With the answers to the questions, only more questions will need answering. What a never ending task..." se sighed.
Pausing at the door, she looked back at him with her golden eyes.
"I am Aurelia the Golden, Lia if you will, and I must go now and look for Duna."
Lia turned and trotted up the stairs to the room Kazemira and Duna were in. She pawed gently at the door and waited.
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