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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:41 am
Nori had been happily curled up against him until he'd asked. He turned his eyes to the floor, finding it suddenly interesting. "Do you really want me to answer that? Or would you rather I lie? I will admit to lust, attraction, affection, like, preference, anything else to do with the topic. But that word itself is warped. If love exists then it is an evil and cruel emotion and I wish rather to not experience it, instead of doing so and either harming you or having you harm me. The former master who carved into my foreleg... he loved me. Loved me so much he scarred me and burned them in so that all would know ever after that I was 'owned property' using the very runes I had cast in reading for him... I am already yours, body and now appearantly soul. Do I have to tear my heart out and give it to you now too?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:00 am
I rather prefer your heart exactly where it's at right now. Nick reached up, licking his cheek softly, before laying back down and looking for all appearances asleep. He was close to it, but was reluctant to give in so quickly to his body's needs. Thought I'd like you heart, body and soul, I'll be content to spend the rest of my life teaching you exactly how much I love you and care. I'd never ask you to go through the horror that your previous Master did, but I'd of done it in your place if I had known you. There is always a certain risk when giving your heart to another, but the thing is, I'd go through hell and high water just to ensure your happiness because there is nothing more dear to me than you. I dread putting you through the third exchange simply because of how much pain it'll cause you, but unlike the Master who carved those runes, I promise again to make it as easy for you as possible. I will one day earn your love....it is my quest....even if it takes forever and a day.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:29 am
He nuzzled him with a purr, almost needing the contact. It's not like we don't have the time. And while I dislike, even fear pain, I know when I must bear it, and can do so under tremendous amounts thanks to the circumstances of my life. He shrugged and lay his head on his paws. He was tired from being up all night and part of the day. ....Not to mention certain activities that they'd done.
A teeny little part of the back of his mind was now constantly flailing about in glee going "EEEEE, I can't believe I can actually enjoy this!" Meanwhile, the rest of him was apprehensive. Soulbound! You're actually soulbound! What the hell does that even mean?! Then there was the tired part which was currently telling the rest of him to shut the hell up so he could get to sleep.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:57 pm
There is that... Nick mentally chuckled at the mention of time, because if there was one thing they had alot of, it was most certainly time. After all, they were pretty much damn near immortal, his race, so time was never truly an issue in most things. Purring, he pulled Nori even closer and finally let his body take over into a dreamless sleep. This was the happiest he'd ever felt in his life, and he looked forward to the day he could one day ease all of Nori's fears entirely...but he was right. They most certainly had time.
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:35 pm
Purring, he let himself drift off to sleep laying next to his master. His dreams tonight now took on his worries. Living in endless darkness, draining victims of their blood... But for some reason each fear was turned over. The night was not all cold and unfeeling darkness. It was alive and a world unto it's own. Why would he have to drain his victims of their blood? He could easily partake of a portion and move on... Vampire bats did so... Besides, since when did killing his prey matter so much to him? He hunted his prey down and ate them. This would probably be better in the long-run. Soon enough his fears of what was coming gave up and let him dream something sweeter, mostly involving warmth and safety and a certain lion who was currently beside him.
He slept most of the day away, waking late into the afternoon. Just enough time to hunt, though he wasn't all that hungry despite not having eaten the day before. He mused over this for a moment or two before stretching out and giving his master a nuzzle before walking off to find himself some food.
After all, who knew if maybe the first exchange had messed with his appetite?
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:10 am
When Nick awoke, antcipating a very fun night ahead, he was content to let his mind wander for a bit in a sort of daydream before realizing he was feeling slightly colder than usual. Stretching out a paw blindly to where Nori had laid when he fell asleep, he intended to bring him closer again but soon realized he wasn't there. Blue eyes flashed open as he lifted his head and looked about, taking in the empty cave. For the first time that he could remember since they'd been together, Nori wasn't there and his mind filled with alarm and concern that perhaps he'd changed his mind and left brought him to his paws, and warily looking out in the very late afternoon light. Nori? he asked tentatively on their mental link, his concern for the other very evident.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:44 am
He immediately stopped, mid-step. Master! You're awake! I am coming. Forgive my lateness... The mental link was both happy and sheepish. He hadn't noticed how long it had taken him to actually get around to hunting something suitable. His prey, a large rabbit, took the chance to flee into it's burrow. He didn't bother with it anymore, simply returning to the cave at a quick gait. His pace only slowed as he entered the cave, lest he smack himself on one of the rock walls.
With a wiry smile, he moved directly over to Nick, lowering his head but looking up at him. "I'm late... I'm sorry you woke alone... My prey proved elusive..." That and he'd been hunting only half-heartedly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:53 pm
While Nick was both happy and pleased at the reply, he couldn't help but feel guilty for doubting Nori's word to continue by his side. He waited till the other, laying his head on his paws and daydreaming a bit about the future. He was still puzzling the whole sex issue (he wasn't complaining in the least that Nori was male, just wasn't sure how that could happen with lifemates since the stories all said it had to be a psychic female, but...what was true couldn't be argued) and it wasn't until Nori's shadow touched his face that he withdrew from his mental wanderings.
"No, no, you were fine...it's me. I should be the one apologizing," he said, a bit embarrased and sheepish. "I feared maybe you'd changed your mind...and that's why you weren't here when I awoke. It's...the first time I ever did so since we met...woke alone that is...I'm sorry, Nori." He stared at his paws, embarrassed.
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:31 pm
His ears drooped at the admonition. "I would never leave your side, master. I am yours and yours alone. There is nowhere I would go..." He gave him a pleading smile. "You are my master, and while your kind don't seem to use slaves in the least, that is what I am. Simple as that. I would not leave your side unless you demanded me to. Please believe this." He stepped up tentatively and nuzzled his cheek.
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:34 am
Nick rolled over and wrapped his front paws around Nori's neck to bring him closer, nuzzling him as he did. "I do...don't hold yourself at fault for my own shortcomings. I may be immortal, but I'm definately not perfect and I'd be a fool to think that I was. I guess...I just half expect you to run away screaming eventually." Nipping at an ear lightly, he added in a seductive whisper, "Though...I wouldn't mind making you scream right now..."
It was sometime later that Nick was cuddling Nori close and contemplating their future together (very openly as he didn't want to hide anything from him, he felt no true need to anymore), his tail feathers brushing idly along Nori's thigh. He was wondering what their future held, and if he could every truly make Nori happy. Using one paw, he brushed a strand of blue hair from his love's face, feeling heartache at the scars that marked him both inside and out. Love had done this to him, he'd said...what he wouldn't give to kill the b*****d if he was still alive for this. Closing his eyes, he hugged Nori close until the anger had subsided, burying his face in the other's fur. Could I ever make you happy? he asked rhetorically with a mental sigh, not expecting Nori to answer this.
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:04 pm
Nori's ears drooped at the mental question. Nick was over-thinking things. Again! He nuzzled him as he stared at the ground. "I don't suppose you'd take the whole 'slaves aren't supposed to be happy' argument, will you? No...of course you won't. ...Especially since, while it may be hard for you to imagine it, this is the happiest I've been since I can remember. After all, you're not abusive in any way. And you genuinely seem to care for me." A rather deep blush set in for his next words and he fidgeted a bit. "Slaves are meant to be used.... to slake one's thirst and nothing more. But you don't do that either. I can actually enjoy things with you..." He hid his face against Nick's neck, obviously embarrassed.
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:05 am
"There's no 'seeming to' about it," Nick purred into Nori's ear, hugging him closer and wrapping his tail lightly around Nori's leg. "What I wouldn't give to kill those bastards that hurt you in the past, who not only scarred your body but your soul and your mind. Maybe I can never 'cure' you of a slave mentality, not after all that, but as long as I can ensure you're happy...." He let his words drop but did project his love to the other's mind as he nuzzled him once more.
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:41 am
Nori stayed quiet, simply nuzzling him as he thought. No, there was no real 'cure', as Nick had put it, for a slave mentality. One would always be subservient. He really had no idea what to do with himself if left to his own devices. He was simply used to being at his master's beck and call at all times. With a sigh he used a claw to draw lazy circles on the ground. "There is no reason to waste thought on my former masters. They have nothing to do with you, nor with the future. They don't matter anymore. ....Besides... I thoroughly believe that they have or will get what they deserve. There is a saying I have come to believe in... For every hurt they give they will receive threefold. And I am not the first or last to be hurt..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:35 pm
Nick nearly argued the point about the past affecting the future, but then he realized that Nori was right in a sense that he hadn't quite thought of before, his future and his fortunes had changed the day Nick saw him. Yes, their effect would aways be felt in some regard, but the past could always, eventually, be pushed past. Maybe never forgotten, but it could be accepted that nothing could be changed about it, which would allow them to move forward into a better future. There was something that Nick believed, that the world had a balance, that those who did evil would recieve the same to them eventually. All things have a balance in this world, I think...just as those who seek their soulmate will find them, those that do evil will get their due, and those who have evil done to them will find a reward beyond their wildest dreams. I'm not sure if I'm part of the reward or not, maybe a small portion, but I think you, will receive your recompense as well.
This thought brought him back to thinking about the future, about what faced Nori ahead and how things might be between them as the years passed. It's hard for me to imagine anymore how I managed to live without you before we met... He licked Nori's cheek softly, watching him with a gentle, loving gaze basically drinking him into his soul.
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:27 pm
He blushed and fidgeted under that gaze. "I ask for no recompense. Only to move on and not have to put up with any of them anymore." He flopped over onto his back and looked up at him, canting his head to the side. "It may be hard for you to imagine living otherwise anymore, but it's rather easy for me to imagine you living alone. You're powerful, confident, you need nothing that you don't already have..." He gave him a smirk. "The choice to keep company of any sort almost seems out of character..."
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