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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:01 pm
A grouping of pale yellow lights flashed in the darkness, hovering silently above the grasses that swayed in the wind's kisses. Suddenly they were brushed aside by a glowing blue that failed to flash but still moved swiftly and seemed to glow as if they were a part of the night itself.
It was only when the moon came out from behind a cloud that the faint form of a Soquili came into view. Her violet main and tail streamed out behind her and her hooves seemed to be edged in a blue fire that matched the glowing aspect of the spots on her back and sides. It was the spots that gave off the illusion that she was nothing more than a cloud of fireflies floating across the grass at a speed they should never have reached.
The mare was running, though to where was unknown. Truth be told she'd been gone for the longest time, a wraith that only appeared when needed. Her heart was still gaping with a love lost and her eyes seemed deadened, though they held the spark of wildfire that they'd always had. The flame that burned deep within her and told her to run, to fly as her sister might despite her lack of wings.
The spirit burned inside her, but Yasei was in a terrible position to answer it with the state of her mind and heart. If the wound to her heart were anymore severe she'd ben laying on her side dead right now. After Shizuka, she'd dissapeared.
At one time she'd wondered why her mother Death had dissapeared when Yasei's father and brother had left her, now she understood the heartbreak her mother was going through. Shizuka had fallen for another female, had loved her instead because she had more fire, more attitude to her. All Yasei was to him anymore was dead grass. She could have been a tree for all that he even cared she existed.
The thoughts had been running through her mind for months now, the questions and the demands that she would never get to ask him because of his perfect life now.
But where was she? All she was now was a pathetic little firefly, cursed to mourn a love lost for the rest of her life if something didn't happen to change it. And nothing had happened for so long.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:17 pm
A slight frown curled upon his maw as he tucked his wings close to his body- his white and red tainted mane swaying about as a brisk breeze wisped through them. As unsettled feelings stirred within him he could feel nights cold, caressing kiss grace itself against his face as if mocking him; trying to soothe and give the stallion comfort with an icy sensation which only elevated his nerves. Turning around so the wind was at his back and his face turned away from the moon that began to loom high within the strung tapestry of deep navy and scattered scars, Kidono began to wader.
His mind was restless as was his soul. He needed answers, something, anything or anyone! Loneliness had made him keep to himself yet a plethora of kindness and compassion for those in these lands remained instilled in him and giving him the odds and ends of hope that all would be well and that this horrible situation would soon turn around for the better. Yet even optamism found its opressor as, from time to time, doubt and second guessing often nipped at his heels and never strayed too far. But the nightmares still haunted him and the horrible possibility which could very well be the outcome weighed itself upon his shoulders and he knew that such a thing would never leave until he found the answers which he was searching for or until he found his brothers.
Nights current silence left him silently pondering to himself- leaving the stallion deep within the confines of his own mind as he grimaced. A breath exhaled from out of his nostrils with a wreath of fog disapating into the air. Kidono turned his head back and glanced at the moon as his ears flicked backwards. "Duzi, Raiju, I'll find you. You're out there somewhere," he whispered, nodding his head to himself in comfirmation that the search would press onward.
Yet before he could even take another step the sound of foot fall caused the stallion to tense slightly. His ears perked upwards as his eyes glanced across the plains and in every direction. It sounded as if it was coming closer and closer but with all of the light nearly receeding into thick darkness the stallion was left a little disoriented and confused. Even as he seemed to walk in a small circle he was left to play a guessing game of who or what was closing in on him or passing by. Was it a kalona looking for an easy meal? A skinwalker? A scary monster? His mind was begining to rile up his fears within him and caused the wings upon his back legs to flutter nervously.
This was not good, not good at all!
The stallions posture stiffened a bit more as he swallowed, his chest muscles tightening as he unfurled his wings and hoovered them above his body. He was ready to take fight within a moments notice yet even so could it be his silly imagination playing a horrible trick on his uneasy mind?
Kidono wasn't sure nor did he know what to expect but if anything he wished that his life wouldn't come to an end just yet; there was so much left to do! It couldn't end here!
Standing stagnant for several moments, the stallion listened as he walked backwards, not realizing that whatever was coming his way was heading in the direction which his back faced.
The stallion certainly was in four a surprise!
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:17 pm
Blue seemed to spark on the grass, setting it to flame, though it was cool and only breif, lost in the swirling vortex of the night before it could even be seen by an eye untrained. Untrained to attempting to find her in her motions, untrained to seeing a firefly's motions.
She was lost, lost in the forest of her mind. she didn't even really see the male before her until she was nearly upon him, almost running into him. In all her time, Yasei was used to things moving out of the way for her. From butterflies to fireflies to birds to rabbits to foxes. As if they all could sense her, they all moved away before her, skipped out of the way, flew out of the way.
Instead this male was stock still. Both of her violet eyes flew open wide and Yasei let out a shrill whinny before jerking out of the way and falling, her body rolling across the grass at such a high speed that she screamed in pain as her back and ribs cracked against rocks and holes, her hooves scraping against the ground. The last time Yasei had taken such a spill was when she had been a mere filly, one with gangly legs and a body of steel. Years had passed, now she was a mare that was built so thin and lithe that her skin was almost stretched across her bones rather than muscle, that her legs were made thin and strong.
Now she was laying on her side before a soquili she'd never met before, but that had gotten himself in her way and caused her to fall for the first time in the longest time. It was almost laughable, almost annoyingly laughable.
Rolling her sore body over, Yasei flicked her mane from out of her eyes and rose to her fire-marked hooves stiffly. Both of her burning violet eyes were focused on the rather... huge... male that had gotten in her way. That had made her fall to the ground.
He was huge... he was larger than any male she'd ever seen before in her life. Wings, the color of sky and blood, the colors that her eyes sucked up in awe, huge wings. Hooves full of fluff, a tail full of fluff. A horn, a horn the color of blood.
He was gorgeous.
"I'm sorry about... that." Yasei bumbled over her words, unsure of how to get herself out of this situation as fast as she could. Shizuka was suddenly far out of her mind, suddenly lightyears in the past, gone from memory and thought as she stared at this stunning male standing before her with a worried look parked on his face.
Yasei felt ten kinds of an idiot. She'd gone and worried him because she'd been running full tilt, why didn't she watch where she went?
Why didn't she ever sense anything in front of her? Was she that spoiled by things getting out of her way that she didn't even notice when someone was before her that wouldn't move?
Or was she simply that lost in her own thoughts of lost romance?
"Why're you standing in the middle of the field looking around?" Yasei said suddenly, the fire deep within her chest seeming to explode a bit as she realized that maybe she wasn't totally at fault despite how pretty he was. "I could have run into you and knocked us both to the ground instead of just me."
Of course she was still sort of stiff from being knocked and rolled about on the ground, but that was her fault and she wasn't going to let on that she was in any more pain than she had to show. She didn't feel like getting in more trouble than she must already have been in.
What if he was mean after all? She couldn't very well get away with what she'd said to him if he was as cruel as a Kalona.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:47 pm
His brows wrinkled slightly as the sound became louder and the exact location remained such a blur to him. Kidono could hardly think clearly as his mind was so cluttered with thoughts that centered around his brothers and the fears that circulated within his train of thought.
Though as he stood still and his ears swiveled, something seemed to click within his mind and that sudden realization of where the oncoming individuals direction was caused his eyes to widen while his head turned back slightly. It was within that instant that a shrill shriek broke through nights solace and a figure suddenly jerked out of the way with a tumble, rolling motion. It screamed while hooves clopped and clipped against rocks and the unleavened ground which caused the stallion to tense slightly, biting on his lower lip. As the unknown individuals momentum decreased, Kidono hurried to rush towards the figure although keeping a considerate distance between the two of them as if to not intrude on his or her personal space.
"Oh! Are- are you alright? I apologize for not quite moving out of the way! I'm just a bit disoriented, really. Let my mind get the best of me when it shouldn't have," he apologized quickly, not wanting any trouble as his wings tucked against his side slightly hesitantly.
Vibrant, blue eyes glistened as rays of moonlight filtered over him while concern knitted his brows and made his maw fall open slightly, only praying silently that no harm was done. Kidono watched closely, eyes drawn as moonlight seemed to unveil the mysterious figure before him. It was a mare. She was nearly just as dark as the tapestry of the sky above yet there seemed to be spots of cerulena hue that dabbled at her side and hooves. Even her hooves seemed a fiery, blue hue and her mane was light much like a soft purple with a luminous tint.
Deep down he was a bit shy- stubborn in thoughts as he hadn't met many mares before nor many of those who called these lands 'home'. Though he tried to hold himself up as best he could and not feel like such an idiot. If only Raiju or Duzi were here! They certainly knew pointers about mares that Kidono himself still had yet to learn. Nervousness caused the large stallion to shift from front hoof to front hoof- continuously biting upon his lower lip as his white and red tainted bangs swayed in front of his eyes as if trying to shield him away or somehow make him invisible.
For a moment his eyes fell to the ground as she spoke, his tongue feeling heavy as he tried to come up with a reasonable reply although the only thing he was capable of doing was gritting his teeth and trying his hardest not to look stupid or too ridiculous. Kidono intook a deep breath and exhaled softly, a cool wreath of fog disappating into the air as his tail curled around one of his back legs.
"I...I was just thinking. I heard you coming but I didn't know what direction. I got spooked, really." His voice was soothing, meek but held a rather relaxed and pleasent tone. The stallion twitched his muzzle slightly as he managed to smile.
"Sometimes I think my thoughts just run off with me- I'm a bit of a stubborn day dreamer."
From the once tense and stiff posture, Kidono began to loosen up as he took a single step forward towards the mare, tilting his head as concern returned once again to his maw. He had seen the whole situation unfold and the nasty spill which the mare had taken and it was hard for him to imagine that it didn't hurt. From observation it looked incredibly painful!
Kidono furrowed his brows. "Are you okay though? Is there anything I can do? I didn't mean to make you get hurt..."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:09 pm
Slowly, despite being shy and upset about nearly running into this hulk of a male that was suddenly proving himself to be rather kind, Yasei swished her tail against the sore spots on the back of her hocks. Brushing it back and forth as if to give herself something to do that would distract her from looking at him.
She'd never considered herself a flighty thing, getting crushes from one stallion to the other like some mares did. She had always shown interest in one male that had broken her already wounded, uncertain heart into shattering shards that had impaled her in more than a few places. Left her wounded and broken so he could go and play around with a mare he'd known longer with a fiery personality that far eclipsed Yasei's own.
The effects of years, the wearing of her soul, of her mind, had taken their toll. No longer was she a fiery mare that would challenge others to races under the silvery light of the moon every time she met anyone. She was broken, she was hurt and she was afraid.
Despite everything Yasei knew... she was afraid of contact with stallions now. She was afraid they'd leave if they got close enough. Afraid that they would hate her and call her all sorts of lovey things before they left her in shattered shards again, picking up the pieces of her broken heart that wouldn't heal.
But this one seemed nicer? Of course none of these things meant anything currently. None of them meant a red cent.
"Try to think next to a tree next time. I'm not the worst thing out here, though I apparently was at this moment. Skinwalkers and Kalona hang around these parts as well. Imagine if you'd met one of them given that you're an angeni, you might not be here anymore." Yasei said to him, trying not to seem like she was still worried about the impression she'd gone and made on him.
What a fool she was. Here he was being nice and she'd almost hurt him. No more running that fast with her mind running away with her. If she was going to hurt someone it might as well be herself.
"I'm... fine." It was a lie. She knew it was a lie. He probably did too for all that he was trying to be kind to her. Her legs hurt, her side hurt where she'd banged off the rather large rocks and holes. Every part of her hurt like she'd been hit by a falling tree. Yasei had been going too fast. "I'll be okay. Trust me. I've gone through some nasty falls like that before.. Some of them even worse than that. I'll make it."
At this she puffed up her chest to show how strong she was, or at least to fake how strong she was with the right impression this time. In fact, Yasei was anything but strong. She rarely ate, she rarely slept. All she was, was a mare that was a ghost of her former self. A wraith that watched the land around her as she barrled by it, ignorant of anything that might be done on her part to better herself.
Anything that might get her contact with another Soquili so she wasn't so alone. So she wasn't so uncouth.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:27 pm
His brows knitted slightly, lips pursing as he tilted his head watching her. Although she seemed to divert his attention with her swaying tail honestly did little to distract Kidono. There was something about her which made him feel likened to her- perhaps it was because there was, presently, a sliver of her that reminded him of his self. Granted that the stallion didn't have the great bulk and stature of his brothers, Raiju and Duzi, he could relate to that meekness or perhaps it was something hidden deeper than what was currently showing in the mare, if not faintly. The mare before him seemed more strong willed and driven then he was and in comparison Kidono himself was meek, weak and weary. He was wounded deeply with losing his brothers and now with trying to live on his own and make sense of what had happened it seemed that it was all too much. Being the youngest of the three, Kidono was very much the 'baby' of the family. Although he had his own personal strengths he never felt that he could measure up to either of his brothers. But for the time being, he tried to brush it aside and simply do whatever he could to get by day by day.
A sheepish and bashful smile broadened across his maw. "I'll remember that," he laughed light heartedly along with a blazing sense of embarassment flushing upon his cheeks. "And yes, I've heard of those creatures. Granted I haven't seen one but I doubt I'd stand long enough to realize that I'd be in trouble."
He had heard stories and rumors of such creatures walking about in these lower lands. Granted that these lands were vastly different than his heavenly home above, unfotunately never to return again due to being stripped of his lower wings, it seemed that the greater dangers resided here. How did others put up with such blackhearted and savage beasts? Kidono himself hadn't a clue on how he would fight back or even if he would live to say that by some miraculous event he escaped the clutches of such a fiend. Such thoughts were terrifying and rather than dwelling on them the stallion shook his head, whisking the thought away. Time would only tell of when and what he'd encounter and, for now, he'd rather not scare himself. Already his tail was wrapping around his back leg while the wings upon his back shuffled nervously. Maybe once he found Raiju and Duzi then he wouldn't have to be so scared of whatever was out in the unknown or depths of darkness.
Oh god, please let them be okay and alive!
Freeing his mind and focusing upon the mare before him, Kidono flicked his ears as he wrinkled his muzzle. Fine? She certainly didn't sound fine! The stallion's brows furrowed deeper upon his forehead as he stepped a bit closer- still trying to keep a comfortable distance between them although deeply concerned.
"You're not fine," he replied. "You may have gone through some nasty falls but I do think you're better off resting for now. Why don't you lie down? If anything or anyone becomes too curious then I'll try to run them off." The stallion ruffled his wings against his back and pursed his lips although trying to not seem so bashful, he sighed. Why was this so hard? Talking to people shouldn't be this difficult but it seemed that the stallions confidence wasn't rooted on a solid foundation. Try as he might Kidono didn't want to let it show through but it was more than impossible to fend off. The stallion took a deep breath, trying to muster up fragments or a minute portion of the confidence his brothers weilded constantly.
"I'm... truly sorry. I didn't mean to injure you. I'd be more than happy to get you something to eat and let you rest- I think you could use a decent meal and perhaps some...some- uh, rest."
Flicking his plush, leonine tail behind him, Kidono tilted his head slightly and offered a warm smile, or a smile as best he could. With his tongue still weighing like a heavy rock grounded within his maw, the stallion exhaled deeply.
Be brave, be brave.
It wasn't that bad, really! Holding a simple conversation wouldn't bite him. Already Kidono had done a stand up job- he just had to keep it going.
"I shouldn't be so rude; my name is Kidono. And you, miss?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:17 pm
The step he took towards her made the hair at the base of her withers stand up a bit and her ears flick backwards and forwards faster than normal. It was so odd for her to be around others! She hadn't been around another soquili in the longest time, it felt as if she never had been around other soquili in reality. As if she never had a family in the first place, even though she knew more than anyone else that she once had.
Shattered though it was, Yasei had a family. Her mother was in the wind all around her, in her thoughts and in her heart just like the ghost her father had always called her. Kailash was off somewhere living her happy-go-lucky life. She'd left long before the rest of it had happened, in fact Yasei wasn't even sure if her older sister knew about the whole situation but she was sure by now, years later, that Kai would have figured it out. Both she and her mother were wind Soquili, maybe there was hope that they'd met up.
Hope....
"It's my fault, not yours. I was lost in my thoughts as I ran." Yasei felt herself suddenly pull back into her own heart in fear of letting another in. The ache was suddenly so painful that her thin legs wanted to give out under her and tears of tortured pain welled in her soft violet eyes. Her voice choked a bit as she spoke, "I'm not used to laying down and resting... I haven't done it in a long time."
It wasn't a lie, even though the large soquili in front of her would probably believe it to be so. The evidence was present in her emaciated form, in the way her skin pulled tight over her bones even though her fur shone in ways that a normally emaciated mares wouldn't. It was as if her mane and tail and all the fur covering her body were trying to keep her well hidden, to keep her secret from those around her. Yasei's body was trying to blend in despite how little she cared. It tried to keep the fact that she ate once or twice in a moon cycle a secret, and then only to keep her body going. It had been maybe two weeks since she'd crossed paths with water. The direction she was running in was taking her towards the mountains though, so she should take a swallow of some water soon.
One of her ears pricked forward.
"My name's Yasei, please don't call me 'miss'." she offered, her heart tensing at the word 'miss', though not for the same reason he might imagine. It wasn't the connotation he was using it in but it was the word all the same. "It's nice to meet you Kidono, though I wish we'd... done it under better circumstances."
A shy laugh came from deep within her barrel chest at that. Yasei always seemed to be meeting strangers under these sorts of circumstances. Under the chances that she might not get to keep them as friends.
In fact if she ran off later tonight or in the morning after 'resting' as he wished her to, Kidono would doubtless never remember that he'd even met her in the first place. She'd be a ghost in the back of his mind, never pulled up again unless someone mentioned another running idiot to him sometime in the future.
A ghost.
Suddenly a tear pooled over the corner of her eye from her dangerously welled eyes and trailed down her cheek. It left a clean trail in the faint dust that covered her thin fur. Yasei was becoming her mother, was doubtlessly headed down the same railroad-like track that had lead to what she imagined was her mother's early demise. There was no proof that her mother was alive or dead, but Yasei feverishly wished for the former to be the truth rather than the latter.
Yasei didn't want everything in her life to be stripped away thanks to her father, her wayward and abandoning father. She would have given anything to find a way to get her parents back together, to not have to hear her mother cry the way she did when he left her and took her brother with him. It was why Yasei didn't trust anymore, she had no reason to believe that what someone said would be true. Her father had once told her he'd always be there for her, but he'd lied then, just as Yasei believed that everyone would lie to her with time.
Everyone would leave someday, would abandone her once more to her darkened heart.
Her father, her mother, her sister, her brother, Shizuka.
All of them had left her, all of them were gone. Now she was by herself again, lost in a sea of her thoughts, of her wayward memories that hurt her more than the thoughts did sometimes. A stabbing feeling in her chest forced another tear from her eyes, followed by another and another until she twisted her head way from Kidono so he wouldn't see her disgrace.
So he wouldn't know.
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