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 Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:41 pm
Warm sunlight beat down on Udi's wings as he rested beneath a large tree. It had been a few days since he had informed his father of his visit with Bastet. Aquila had come home and he had been able to give her his greetings before he vanished. He hadn't traveled very far yet. Less than an hour for sure. However, the warm sun had been too good to pass up and a rest was quite welcome to the golden tailed Jala.
He let out a deep sigh as he tried to sort out his thoughts. Ever since leaving him he had been alone. Sure there was his family, but they never traveled with him. He didn't have a partner. There were plenty of mares in the herd, even some beautiful and caring ones. However, Udi had never felt any attraction towards them. Had he been born into any other family it is possible he would have thought himself an outsider. His mother, though, knew what he was going through and helped him. At a very young age he had known he was different, known that he was not attracted to the young fillies, rather the colts. He also knew that none of them had ever been attracted to him and most would be rather nervous if they honestly knew what he was like.
Well, he was alone. That wasn't the worst thing in the world, but other than family he had had very little company. And there were definitely no chances to flirt. If he could at least find someone to toy with, it might help his mood a little. Nothing harmful. Just a little bit of fun. With that in mind he lay under the tree and searched the area for some company.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:59 am
The orange and gold stallion shook his head to himself; no matter who he had asked, or perhaps interrogated would be a better word, nobody had heard of the place. Well, whatever. If it existed, word would come his way in the end even if it took a lifetime or so to get around to it.
Giving a horsey sigh, the Ichsa stallion slowed his walk and lowered his head to crop at the grass underhoof. It wasn’t all that good, winter scrubby and bland, but a body needed feeding if it was to continue to walk, fly, quip and possess the ability to produce flame. Perhaps, the red-eyed creature considered as he grazed on dubious blades, he would go and get food from the humans later on. They always were glad to see him, and that meant brushing and fruit and other good things. For luxuries such as that, it was worth not setting fire to the bipedal things if the started to annoy him.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:52 pm
Ah! There, in the distance, not too far away, he spotted an odd looking Ichsa stallion. Oh yes this one looked like fun. Carefully he collected himself and set off at a light trot to try and intercept the stallion. As he aproached he studied this one. His markings, mane, tail, well, just general appearance were all quite odd looking. Though, Udi must admit, he was very handsome. The only thing he could regret was that this stallion would probably have no interest in him whatsoever. Well, he could at least have a little fun with this unsuspecting Stallion.
In a few moments the golden tailed Jala was within a few yards of the other. From here he could see the coloring of the wings and body much better than he could from afar. He seemed to have a beautiful body with gorgeous wings, a flowing mane and tail, and.. wait, was that fire? He looked closer and was quite taken aback. It was fire. Was that even possible? He had never heard of it before, let alone seen it. Then again it wasn't all that suprising considering some of the stories he'd heard about other creatures.
When he came within a decent talking distance he slouched down a little. In reality he was begining to wonder if he had made a mistake. It seemed that this one might be powerful and, if Udi pressed him too much, he could be getting himself into trouble. Well, either way it was too late to turn back now. He had obviously come up to him and would only look foolish to turn around. "Hello!" He said quite chearfuly. "How would you be on this fine day?" Then, after a short pause, "I'm Udi. You?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:27 am
Fawkes had been aware of the other’s approach, and as such he had allowed fire to lick up and about him in the hopes of dissuading the company of idiots. Well, complete idiots anyway. The tall stallion sighed and drew the fire back within himself, becoming merely a handsome creature of orange and gold; there was no point in wasting what little power he possessed by remaining fiery any longer. Snorting, he turned his blood red eyed onto the creature who had spoken to him. He gave another snort, one of amusement, when he took the Jala in. All purple save for his tail, which was a starkly contrasting gold and not at all becoming.
“Fawkes,” he responded blandly, “and what, pray tell, is so fine about this day in comparison to any other? I don’t see anything special about it.” Still, at least this feather-winged thing was funny to look at; golden tail indeed. Folding the tendrils of his wings down next to his flanks, the hornless Ichsa awaited a response.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:05 pm
The golden eyed Jala curiously tilted his head to the side as he studied the ichsa before him. He had been able to pull the flames back inside his body, that had suprised Udi. It hadn't been anything that he had been expecting, then again if the Ichsa stallion had fire in the first place it really shouldn't have been anything special for the stallion to be able to control it. Even without flames licking at his feet he was quite handsome. This Fawkes with his proud manner and his orange and gold body. Though he did seem to be grumpy, that was a shame. Well flirting could still be fun. Especially if it annoyed this one. It had been quite some time since Udi had actually had any real fun.
He then tilted his head back into its normal position and studied fawkes. "Well, the sun is out for starters. Lets see," He acted like he was thinking for a few moments. "It isn't raining and it's not too cold either. Oh yes and your handsome figure is standing before me." The Jala then batted his eyes at the stallion before him as a mare would do when courting her lover. If this one wasn't like him then it would at least make him nervous, and it would be quite fun to see what kind of reply he came up with.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:49 am
Fawkes studied the Jala long and hard after he finished speaking. Well, he probably wouldn’t have had all that much luck with mares with that tail anyway, perhaps he’d realized that at an early age and swung around the other way preemptively. That or he had some sister with a purple tail who was as into mares as he seemed to be into stallions. “A shining sun is not uncommon,” the red-eyed creature responded with a snort and a flick of his tail, “nor is warmth and a lack of rain. I’ll admit the last however; you don’t often see creatures of my quality, I suppose, but I do hasten to add that my handsome figure is little of your business, Jala.”
This said, he was a little pleased by the camp thing’s words. He knew he was a handsome fellow, of course, but it was always nice to have that fact noticed and commented on by others. It broke up the monotony of the years a little, and it pleased him to be better than others wherever possible. “Nevertheless,” Fawkes went on, rather wanting to prolong the encounter a little and perhaps pick up another compliment or two, “I will agree that the day is pleasant in weather if not uncommon, and that it must be improved for you by the sight of me. I suppose that’s my good deed done for the year then. What’s your name, Jala, I can’t just keep thinking of you as Jala if we’re going to be talking for more than a moment or two.”
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:43 pm
Udi snorted a little. Cocky b*****d. This ichsa was way too full of himself and he had only made it worse. Perhaps he could mess with him a little? He was handsome.. but Udi could always knock the ego down a notch or two. "As I said before, my name is Udi." He paused a moment, apparently the creature hadn't been paying attention before. Oh well, it was possible he had been to quiet about it.
"You may be handsome," He started. "But that attitude of yours makes me think you don't have many friends. Then again if all you do is bask in your own radiance then perhaps you don't need friends. In any case I've seen some better looking Jala males then you." He hoped that the reference to the Jala's would make a nice hit. With the way Fawkes had been talking to him addressing him as 'Jala' he had clearly felt that Udi was beneath him. He was handsome. So what? Sure he could control fire, but with that attitude of his Udi would be suprised to find out if he had any friends. Unless they were all just as self absorbed, no that wouldn't work.. they would all be fighting amongst each others. Perhaps his friends were merely admirers who loved his beauty, but didn't have much in the way of brains? In any case he doubted that this one had many true friends.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:40 am
Oh yes, the boy had said his name before hadn’t he? Ha, perhaps he was getting forgetful in his old age at last, that would be quite a thing. “You are half right and half wrong, young Udi,” the youthful-bodied stallion said with a snort. “Right in that I do not have or need friends, but wrong in that this is because I happen to be a handsome creature. People are idiots, craven fools and hypocrites and cowards in my experience. I have never found and Nequus with whom I would wish to be permanently associated.” Blank red eyes studied the purple and gold stallion before him and the phoenix wondered quietly which category of idiot this one fell into. Well, maybe he would find out soon enough, or maybe not; it scarcely mattered either way.
“As to the handsomeness of these Jala stallions you have seen, I am hardly surprised you have found some more aesthetic than I,” Fawkes went on. “I tend to find Ichsa mares more attractive than the other breeds myself. Most folk have a breed that they prefer over others to a greater or lesser extent... Still,” the gold-dappled creature gave a snort and a shrug of his wings, “even if you usually like my kind more or like all kinds equally but still found these stallions you speak of more attractive, why would I care? Your opinions, believe it or not, are not the end of the world to me. Besides, I never claimed to be the most handsome creature ever to walk Urin; all I claim is that I am far above average.”
His lack of a horn worked against him on that score, he knew. It made him look incomplete, damaged goods. Every time he noted it, or the lack of it, in his reflection the burning fury rose up within him. Redfleck. The first to betray him, the first to show him what the people of the world he had once striven to protect were really like. Low, shallow, sadistic, selfish and cruel.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:53 am
The golden eyed Jala stallion snorted a little. Apparently he wasn't going to be able to effect this one much with words. Short of knocking him over the head with a brick there really wasn't much Udi could do to irritate him. It looked as if he had chosen wrong when he had come over to greet this one. Perhaps there were others he could flirt with? Ones that would either flirt back or shy away and become nervous. Fawkes did neither. Udi didn't think it possible for him to even care. Reminded him of Sweeney in a way. That one was just wierd. Mumbled songs under his breath about some london and some judge. Who knew with that one.
"Well, we all have our preferances don't we?" Udi started. At this point he wasn't quite sure what to say anymore. Fawkes obviously didn't care what he said or did so perhaps he ought to be moving along? Maybe he could send the creature towards Sweeney. That would be an interesting conversation. "I can see that you don't seem to want to linger much. Perhaps you would find better company with Sweeney Todd? He's an intersting Bae. Probably the oddest creature I've met, you ought to see those wings of his. Blades! I mean, come on is it even possible to have blades for wings? Then again I guess you can control fire." He paused a moment. He was starting to ramble on by now. It was something of a bad habit of his.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:26 am
Fawkes raised his brows at this; he hadn’t heard of such a thing happening before but lots of insane things went on in the world so he suppose it might’ve happened. “Blades humm? Well that’s a bit different I suppose. If he’s an idiot, though, any amount of difference is immaterial to me.” The phoenix snorted and ran his eyes over the feather-winged creature, a frown crossing his face. “The question now,” he went on, his voice chilling, “is why you want me to go and find him. What do you stand to gain be sending me off after some mad Bae with freak wings?”
He was slightly annoyed that some little Bae, no matter how sharp and shiny his wings, was being considered anything like as special he as he was, but then the purple did seem a bit stupid, so whatever. Besides, the Bae was not the point right now, the point was what Udi thought he’d get out of sending him, Fawkes, out to meet a mad Nequus with weaponry. Perhaps his lack of reaction to the clumsy advances of the gold-tailed fool had displeased said fool and he thought to dispose of him. Pah. As if that was going to work.
“I warn you,” the tall Ichsa said smoothly, wreathing his legs in flame for just a moment, “if your answer on this one displeases me I shall have to give you a little something to remember me by.”
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:22 pm
Udi snorted a little at the threat. Did Fawkes honestly think a little burn was going to force him into anything? He'd been beaten up and made fun of his whole life for his preferances in men. Why would it matter if he added a burn to some of his hoove scars? He then turned back to the pheonix in front of him. "A little burn can't hurt me much more than some of the other things I've been through. In anycase I've nticed that your opinion of the world and those around you doesn't seem to be one that is held very high. I only thought that Sweeney's tastes fitted you a bit better than mine."
From his observations, the golden eyed Jala had noticed that this one didn't seem to hold him or anyone else very high. So what if Mr. Todd was a bae? This wasn't another one of those with the same views as the one herd that colt had ben from was it? They were all an odd lot and he wasn't quite sure of thier opinions and beliefs. Especially when those beliefs placed other breeds beneath them. "In any case I thought perhaps the two of you could go be 'emo' together with your 'I hate the world' views. He would be much better company to you than I can be."
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:24 am
Fawkes ground his teeth together, eyes flaring up to a fiery glow. “You,” he told the Jala softly, “have made a very grave error in insulting me so, and insulting me poorly at that. ‘Emo’ implies caring so far as I last heard the term used; the sort of pathetic colt or filly stage which involves moping about how cruel the world is to you and how little it understands you.” He was fairly sure he could kill the purple thing now if he so chose, but that wouldn’t be very satisfying at all. Vengeance, after all, was a dish best served cold.
“You will be hearing from me again some day,” the gold-dappled Ichsa went on, his voice full of a quiet menace. “One day, Jala-Udi when you are old, I shall return and we shall finish this little chat of ours.” With these words and a snort, the tall stallion turned away. “Perhaps,” he added with a nasty chuckle, “I shall even look up any family you may have.” Having said all he had to say to the feather-winged fool, the long-limbed stallion broke into a gallop. The sooner that little twit was put behind him the better, and indeed the sooner he could discover whether or not he had relatives. Smiling a cold grim smile to himself, Fawkes raced onward.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:50 pm
The golden eyed Jala snorted a little as he watched the stallion run off. At least he had gotten some reaction out of him finally. Apparently he did have emotions, even if it seemed that they were limited. Perhaps he ought to have watched his words a little more. It seemed that after having wanted a little fun he managed to make himself an enemy. Maybe it didn't mean much now, but he did pay attention to the Ichsa's warning and perhaps he would come back later to finish the conversation, or perhaps the stallion would completely forget about him and they would never encounter each other again. Either way it didn't much matter to Udi.
He yawned a little only just now realizing how tired he really was. The sun was still out, though it seemed to have hid itself behind a cloud in an attempt to escape the scene the two stallions had made. Not that there really was anyone to watch it. He really did need to find himself better company, lately he just didn't seem to pick them very well. What with Dahak, Bastet, and now Fawkes.. then again Bastet hadn't really been all that bad. She just didn't have her facts straight was all. With another yawn he cantered back over to the tree he had left and once more resumed his nap.
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