Sayuri_Nitta
If Yzma was right...Izusa stumbled around, her wings hanging limply as if she had injured the both. Her tail dragged behind her as well as she wandered in a zigzag fashion towards the spot - well where it happened basically. She hadnt seen Guilian since then, and despite her mixed up feelings over him, and over what they had shared, had forced herself not to look for him.
But now..she had become more hungry during the past few weeks and although her bouts of insanity had lessened, she found herself more emotional, and was prone to feelings of loneliness, and was disliking her self imposed solitude. And when her familiar commented on how she had seemed to be gaining weight around her middle she had reluctantly sought out the human, standing under sufferance whilst Kaliska felt and probed her belly carefully.
In shock after that, she had staggered up here. She blinked, dragging her wings up, folding them against herself as she swung her head around, trying to catch his scent.

Cajmera
One might not expect a player to keep his word; one might, in fact, doubt that such characters even had one. However, Guilian was not most players.

Ever since that fateful day when he'd managed to truly tangle with a kalona, he had stayed in the gneral area. He hadn't been celibate, of course, but that hadn't been part of the agreement and so he felt no qualms about taking advantage of feminine company as the mood took him and the situation warranted...

But today, neither was the case. Today, he was enjoying the simpler pleasures; specifically, he was lounging quite peacably in a mossy hollow, nesting fresh roses into his mane and tail.

Yes, life was good...

Sayuri_Nitta
She could smell him now, his scent bringing up memories..pleasant ones. Izusa shook her head savagely to dislodge them and stomped onwards, finally coming across the stallion, who was looking quite the dandy, relaxed and tricked out in flowers;
'The thorns shall p***k you, and bleed you - but not enough to stop me from having that pleasure.' she said, the words coming out harshly.

The idea that their enjoyment had resulted in offspring had been a crazy thought - so she had supposed. But she was faced with the reality of her - their! situation. She was carrying his foals. And they would be half-breeds..

Cajmera
"I assure you, Chica, I know how to protect myself from thorns." The reply was absent, spoken with virtually no inflection; in fact, Guilian didn't even raise his head, interest focused almost exclusively on the flower he was fiddling with.

However, that disinterest lasted about as long as it took him to realize the significance of what was being said, or rather, who was speaking. Raising his head rapidly in surprise, taking in the mare's prescence and the angry twist of Izusa's face. Beyond that...

Perplexion was evident on the stallion's face for a long moment as he rose to his feet, looking at Izusa as though she had finally gone mad. "Chica, I'm not sure why you..."

He trailed off, eyes widening in disbelief as his new angle brought to light a distinct change in the mare's body shape; gone now was the lithe and lean form that had so intrigued him, and instead was a swollen and somewhat cumbersome looking belly that seemed all too reminiscent of...

"Chica, please tell me what's going on." He had a hunch, an terrifying hunch, but until he heard it, he could hope!

Sayuri_Nitta
'Do not "Chica" me!' she growled, her voice becoming louder, as she moved restlessly around, her tail lashing at each step, whipping out dangerously close to Guilian at each lash of the tendrils.

'You said this would not happen! I never, should have not let myself feel and now I have a belly full of your seed!' her wings trembled, anger running through her..fear as well, she was a first time mother after all and she had no idea what to expect.

Cajmera
She'd said it; said it and confirmed his fears, which at the moment even outweighed the fact he had a furious kalona seemingly intent on his blood. That was a less distressing than the realization that was washing over him like an icy wave.

A belly-full of his seed, huh? She was CARRYING HIS FOALS, something that had NEVER happened in the history of his debauching, and that had been quite some time. Not once had any of those unions resulted in offspring, so WHY now? Why?

Almost mechanically, he dodged away from the tendrils and lashings of the mare, an absently mullish and concerned expression on his face. "I don't understand. NEVER before has anything like this happened, and logically it should not have happened! There is no precedent, no reason, no NOTHING!"

How could this be happening to him?

Sayuri_Nitta
'Well it has..' she said firmly, in no mood for him to deny how she looked, or her condition. Did he think she had merely put on weight? He was just heaping pain upon pain, making her more furious with everything he was doing - and saying.

She blinked at his words - could he have said anything worse?
'I am NOT YOU!' she ground the words out between gritted teeth, a wing flashing close to his face, whipping it near him in her fury.
'I have not mated with anyone but you..'

Cajmera
"No one is saying you are me, Chica! I make no accusations, draw no defenses. I am merely baffled."

Dodging the wing yet again, Guilian began to pace, his own surprise and shock at the whole situation likely earning him no brownie points; then again, this was in a way as new to him as it was to her, only moreso!

However, now that the realization was starting to sink in, his old aura of charm and common sense were starting to make return appearances. Glancing at the kalona, he gave her a look both rueful and resigned. "You say you have known none but me; I KNOW you knew none before me, and I have no reason to doubt you, so I do not. But this is a novel thing for me, so please refrain from trying to kill me for my shock."

A reasonable request, right?

Sayuri_Nitta
'The accusation that the fault lay with me was in your saying it should never have happened!'
It was a good thing that Izusa was very lucid right now, his way with words might have confused her more then anything. She slapped the wing back, folding it so quickly that she inadvertantly hurt herself and she grimaced a little.
'If I killed you it would be sustenance for your children..' she sniped after listening to his pleadings. She sniffed the air.
'However, what you did to me back then twisted my insides..I could not, although I wish to.'
She backed up a little, tail still twitching like as though she was an infuriated feline.

Cajmera
Guilian didn't usually have a temper, but when his nerves were acting up as they were now a little bit of annoyance was probably entitled. "And it SHOULDN'T have happened, because it never has before and not through lack of opportunity! That doesn't change the fact that it DID happen, and since it DID happen..."

Fire danced in Guilian's black eyes, albeit briefly, before he realized just how ridiculous this particular arguement was. Shaking his head at his own behavior, he managed to give Izusa a wry smile. "So nice to know that you're thinking maternally, Chica, even though the details still leave a bit to be desired. And my thanks for your consideration; my spirit would weep were I unable to see my first ever foals."

He was starting to calm down now; put a bit of space and a little time out there, and he was fine. Shell-shocked, but fine.

Sayuri_Nitta
This was getting hurtful..and she knew hurt.
'So because it was me, it shouldnt have happened? I am such a nothing to you..spiky thing to do and discard.'
Izusa turned away from him, looking into the distance. Why did his shock hurt so bad? It was hard enough for her to know that she was carrying his children but his reaction was difficult to bear.
'Are you sure you have a spirit..' she muttered.
'You should have been a Kalona.' she injected an amount of the emotion she always kept hidden away; if she was going to do this mothering crap, he had to do the fathering stuff as well, and she knew he would feel guilt if she sounded wounded enough.

Cajmera
"It shouldn't have happened because it has never happened before, Chica! It doesn't matter if you're horned and spiky or wingless or fluffy and pink, a kalona, a unicorn, or a cuttlefish!" She was missing the point, and this was insane enough without adding confusion to the mix. But something far back in his mind, something he'd once heard about pregancy and hormones, was nagging at him. Maybe he should just calm down.

Taking a deep breath, he exhaled it rather pointedly, willing himself to calm down. All this was accomplishing was...well, nothing, to be frank.

But he certainly felt better. Or at least, sort of; her words were a bit unsettling, but he'd deal with that as best he could.

Smiling a bit, he stepped forward, taking the chance that she WOULDN'T try to kill him as he moved beside her and gently, gently nuzzled her stomach. "Never to discard, Chica. I am still here, am I not? Though I suppose that I'll have to get used to being around here, for if we are to be parents then these foals will need their father. Who else is to teach them how to handle the trials of the world?"

Sayuri_Nitta
'Something not happening before does not mean that it will never happen. I have never before thought I would roll around with a feathery winged stallion..' Izusa said dryly, tired of trying to argue that particular point with him. Did he think it was her fault? He kept going on about how 'it had never happened before!'. She rolled her eyes before turning to face him once again.
She let out a long warning noise as he approached her, her body stiffening, unsure as to what exactly he was about to do.
'Teach them what? How to find their place in the world when they are neither one nor the other?' her ears went flat.
'I did not ask for this..' she muttered, still freaked out by the whole thing herself.

Cajmera
And he had? Hardly; children meant a commitment to one place, to keeping another fed and watched and provided for...and a distinct wrench in his lifestyle.

On the other hoof, though, he knew that many mares were attracted to the virile sort, and with a child or two, no one would ever doubt his virility! Not that they had ever had of course, but this could always be considered a bonus.

Having kids might not be so bad, really; getting to influence little minds, shape beliefs...and he was CERTAIN that any child of his would be gorgeous, which was another plus.

All of these things passed through his mind as he listened to Izusa, his cheek still resting against her belly. She didn't sound too delighted either, but then...

"Not one nor the other, but both, Chica, and the best of both. There's no reason for them to not take advantage of that. And we will manage; I have supreme confidence in our ability to previal. We had our fun, now have to handle the consequences?"

That sounded very...mature.

Sayuri_Nitta
'No more mares for you.' Izusa suddenly said, having been lulled into almost a placid state by the gentle nuzzling to her heavy belly. Inside the foals shifted, causing her discomfort.
'You had your fun I seem to recall..' was her biting reply to his latter words.
'I can hardly dodge this responsibilty after all - they are inside me, not you.'
Her tail twitched as she felt the ire rise inside her. She let out a calming breath; well one designed to calm at least. If she tore him up then he would not be around to carry his share of this burden and she would be damned if she was doing this on her own. She had an idea that foals werent exactly easy to raise.

Cajmera
Guilian started, the sudden comment coming so close on the heels of his thoughts that for a wild second he was wondering whether or not she was reading his mind. However, that thought was quickly disregarded; kalonas couldn't read minds!

She was probably just being hormonal. That happened when mares were pregnant right? Or maybe it was a kalona thing. Perhaps he should ask Ariston the next time he saw the Sin stallion whether or not kalona mares were at all odd in pregnancy; somehow, he felt that having that information would be useful.

For now, though, he could at least try to enjoy the moment; after all, it's not everyday you are about to be a father!

So leaving his cheek against Izusa's stomach, he gave another nuzzle, murmuring reassuringly. "As I recall, Chica, we BOTH had fun, so there's no need to be so bitter. Truly, you have to carry them, but as I shall be around for the duration, I shall be doing my best to comfort you."

Actually, that reminded him... "Are you tired? Would you like to lie down, Chica, or perhaps have something to eat? Or drink?" Perhaos that was the root of her crankiness?

Sayuri_Nitta
Why did he continue to nuzzle her? It was a sensitive spot, moreover she was enjoying the tactile sensation of his head against her rounded belly;
'You try carrying these..' she said, her anger tempered for now by his ministrations.
'I'm not sure what you think you can do to comfort me.' she slowly folded her legs, lowering herself carefully down, but her tail splayed out beside her, the tendrils catching around his legs. He was going nowhere.
'And what about after I birth them? I am sure roses will skip far away.' Izusa grumbled a little, fanning her sides with her wings.

Cajmera
"No, but just because I don't carry them doesn't mean I cannot feel for them, Chica." Especially if she was determined to make him suffer for her discomfort, though the last thing he planned on doing was mentioning that to her and giving her ideas!

It appeared that she was calming down now, at any rate; and a calm Izusa was much better than an irate Izusa. Probably better for she herself, really, and the foals.

However, there was still more that needed to be said, and from the look of his snared limbs, he had plenty of time to say it. So he settled down on the ground as well, right next to Izusa so that she was right up against his side.

"First of all, Chica, I do not skip. Skipping is a ridiculous and cumbersome mode of transport, and even I have my dignity there. Secondly, I will not abandon my own children; there is such a thing as responsibility, after all, and I will provide that."

As he spoke, the stallion had moved his head so that he could gently nuzzle her, having determined from past experience that such actions had a habit of sedating mares when agitated. And she was still agitated, not to mention gripping his leg rather firmly.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa snorted;
'As you say.' she replied, her wings still slowly fanning her heated sides. She shifted herself a little as the way she was resting pushed on her bump in an uncomfortable manner.
She bridled a little; her tail unwrapping from his limbs before he lay down and crushed the tendrils, her whole body stiffening with his proximity.
'Literal skipping was not what I meant.' she could almost have laughed at that! Now who was addlepated?
'Prove it how?' she asked, trying not to let his words and touching get to her, but in her current state of hormonal distress, she veered from extremely belligerent..to downright evil and then to a state of lust or need.

Cajmera
"I'm still here now, aren't I? Braving the anger of a raging yet beautiful kalona has to count for something." Continuing with his gentle nuzzling, Guilian kept both his words and his tone light, unsure of what might provoke her but determined to keep his senses about him. No false senses of security here, thanks much!

"And so you say, Chica, but maybe you've decided I'm so inferior that I actually skip! It's always a possibility, so I must considerate it serious. As for the providing..." Well, that was a harder question. He wasn't exactly sure what that even all entailed, to be honest.

"We'll figure that out as we need to." A good enough answer, at least for the time being.

Sayuri_Nitta
'But I know you court danger my roses. You courted me after all.'
Izusa reached around, her mane falling to one side as her neck arched. She nipped him swiftly, enough to cause a small amount of pain but not to break the skin. Even though the thought of his blood swimming on her tongue gave her a small pang of longing.
'I think roses needs to prove himself now. He planted the garden, he must tend it. Diligently. And other gardens must be neglected.'
She spoke to the air more to him, but she knew he would understand perfectly well.

Cajmera
Last time he'd felt her teeth on him, he'd gotten a few other side benefits; even the thought of those side benefits made him sigh, wondering as he was if he'd ever get to experience them again with her. A bit rough she was, but there were times when gentleness was overrated...

Not all the time, though, and consequently her words made him almost visibly wince. She didn't ask for much, did she? Get one mare pregnant, and all of a sudden she seems to think you're her's to order about.

Still...

"Considering I only have one garden, it should be easy to tend, no?"

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa smirked unseen, having turned her head away again.
'If you say so roses. I imagine you wish me to believe those words of yours?' she rested her wings, folding them by her sides and let out a long breath.
'I remember what you spoke of when we first met. Did you think that because I sometimes drift from the world in my mind that I wouldnt?'

Cajmera
Watching Izusa, Guilian smiled slightly himself. She was so strange at times, yet at others, she was so very like some other mares he knew of. How small the world truly was!

"There is nothing to disbelieve, Chica; a garden is only a garden if it's producing, after all, and you are my only garden in the truest sense of the word. And I would never impugn your memories, Chica; to assume that another forgets is to take risks that are far from necessary."

And he hated that kind of risk!

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa knew her words were reeking of insecurities, of the attachment in her heart that had grown but that shouldnt have enough started for the Casanova. She couldnt help what she said though; her hormones were playing merry hell with her everything and despite her threats it would take alot for her to harm the stallion whose foals she carried.
'And you claimed to like taking a risk in life.' she tapped him lightly with her wing edge and she moved, shifting so that she could face him without craning her neck.

Cajmera
"Ah, but there is a difference between justified risk and non-justified risk, Chica. For example..."

As Izusa shifted, Guilian shifted as well, moving to gently drape one wing over her back in a somewhat proprietary fashion. As he spoke, his eyelids lowered slightly, as did his voice, creating a perfect image of Guilian-style seduction. "Romancing you was a justified risk, Chica. You were dangerous; even without the additional facts you are a kalona, you reeked of danger. But besides that, there was something else; there was a muted vulnerability, and beyond that was a passionate soul that promised so much, should I just be able to reach it...which I did."

Guilian's smile had turned smug and slightly daydreamy, remembering how very well justified that risk was; but the mental note that he was supposed to be making a point brought him back to the here and now. In a more normal tone of voice, he gave her a wink. "Upsetting you would serve no purpose, even were I to avoid the risk of being killed. Therefore...it isn't justified."

Perfect reasoning!

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa stiffened again, the wing he draped on her sending a shiver along her spine - longing? The fear of what she might reveal when he became gentle with her.
'There are layers, and layers...and there is a part of me even I do not know. You did not reach it all..'
But you might she thought, her mind confused again. The foals moved again and she winced as one kicked against her sides.
'Pain..needs no justification.' she managed, and she levered herself up slowly, getting up onto slightly stiff legs.
'There is only danger for those who would threaten what small happiness I believe I should allow myself.'

Cajmera
"And I probably never could, Chica, but we Soquili should all be like that. Where's the fun if we all know everything about everyone else?"

When Izusa got up, Guilian pondered for a moment whether or not it was worth it to get up again; however, if he kept shifting every time she did, he'd wind up worn out in no time.

So he remained reclining, watching Izusa with mild amusement. "You know, you're never going to get rested if you keep doing that, Chica."

Sayuri_Nitta
'You try being kicked from inside you. It doesnt make for a comfortable time.' she groused a little, her tail starting to lash a little as the discomfort and hormones swung her towards 'b***h' again.
'I need a drink.' Izusa sniffed the air. She knew there was a stream not far away.
'I shall find you again I'm sure. Or you might like to stay where I can find you. Alone..' she stepped away a few paces, looking at him steadily.

Cajmera
Well, that was a sign at least. A sign that this meeting was over, which meant he had time to mull. Not always a good thing, but sometimes necessary.

Deliberately ignoring the thinly veiled threats, Guilian simply nodded his head. "I don't doubt we shall see a great deal of each other in the next few weeks, Chica; until next time, take care."

And hopefully he would as well.