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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:59 am


Long ago when magic still existed and myth was fact, a great magic was released into the world and transformed some people into animals. These people were called echoes, as they were only seen as an echo of a full human. Based on the person's personality and other deeper things, the echoes could turn into one specific animal. However, the regular humans, or omegas, became tired of the echoes and their freakish nature, so they sent hunters, both magic wielding and non-magic wielding out to get rid of the echoes and drive them back. Angry, the echoes fought back in an attempt to stay alive in an ignorant world.
 
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:01 am


Rules

~You may be more than one character, but don't go so nuts you can't control them all.
~NO GODMODDING! You WILL be hurt sometimes or I will kill your character and you will be banished
~Be nice to each other.
~Keep it PG-13, but romance is encouraged. But you know when it’s not appropriate in a roleplay.
~Semi-lit to lit roleplayers only. I don’t want spelling errors in every post.
~At least 3 sentences every post. I understand if you’ve got writer’s block, in that case, tell us, but don’t make every post a one liner.
~NO text talk. Don’t use *this* for actions. You know how stories are written, write like it’s a story.
~To talk in OOC use ((this)) or [[this]] or something.
~Pm me profiles and title them, 'Echoes' if you are an echo, or 'Omegas' if you are an omega. And include a roleplay sample. Just like 4 or 5 sentences or something. If you are rejected, it’s because I don’t like how you roleplay. Sorry, I said it. I don’t like crappy roleplayers. But don’t be intimidated by that. Most people I accept.
~I reserve the right to add rules as I feel necessary.
 

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:03 am


Profile Skeleton for Echo Resistance

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Profile Skeleton for Army/Hunters

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:04 am


Echo Resistance


Leaders:

~ Amaya {Maya Freana}
~ Ensis {yoshehiro}

2nd in command:
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Spies:
~ Fudraria {what_lurks_in_the_dark}
~ Auburn {Mouse - TM - 2010}
~ Jennalin {Mouse - TM - 2010}
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Members:
~ Xavier {what_lurks_in_the_dark}
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Note: If you have ideas for more positions than the ones I have here, include it in rank.
 

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:05 am


Humans

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:11 am


Accepted Echoes

Maya Freana

Name: Amaya
Age: 20
Birth date: December 31
Gender: Female
Distinguishing marks: a scar of claws across her right shoulder.
Good personality traits: Very loyal and intelligent girl. She can be very kind and protective if you are lucky enough to earn her trust.
Bad personality traits: She holds a deep hate for the omegas. Very quiet and solitary.
Greatest fear: Echoes being wiped out.
Soft spot: Young children
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: Yes
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: A scar in the middle of her shoulderblades from being burned
Biggest regret: Not being able to save her parents.
Darkest secret: She enjoys seeing omegas in pain after what they did to her parents.
Does anyone else know?: Yeah
Favorite Color: Purple
Least favorite color: Orange
Most prized possession: Her mother's necklace.
Rank: Leader
Type of Animal: Snow Leopard
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Confident
How does the character think others perceive him/her: Depends on the side.
Opinion of other people in general: Again, depends on the side.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: Yes, except rage.
Love interest(s):
Siblings: None
Appearance: Amaya
Weapons: Twin Scimitars
Bio: She was taught all the ropes by her father, the last leader before her. So she has grown up around the resistance her whole life. Amaya hates Omegas with a passion, since they were the ones who killed her mother, and eventually her father. After he died 6 years ago, she took over as the second leader. She was captured one day after a mission went horribly wrong and tortured for a while. Amaya was never quite the same after that, though she never talks about it.





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Name: Xavier
Age: Mid-Twenties
Birth date: Unknown
Gender: Male
Distinguishing marks: Xavier is coated by a great many scars, his body seems to have been carved up for some one's enjoyment. The most immediately visible set of scars overlay a curled up wolf on his right cheek.
Good personality traits: Xavier is sweet and protective when you get to know him. He is very intelligent and a great companion... but only when you get to know him.
Bad personality traits: Xavier is not all together there with you. If the situation is not personal then he does not make the effort to understand and simply reacts to what his broken mind perceives. It makes him very dangerous and difficult to deal with. And often without his sister it is completely impossible to do anything with him at all.
Greatest fear: Losing his sister.
Soft spot: His sister.
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: Incredibly.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: It cannot be expressed enough how over protective he is of his sister, who is not a fighter. If you want to incapacitate him, deal with her.
Biggest regret: Losing his mind.
Darkest secret: This is something only Xavier knows, and he only knows it subconsciously; His mind may be shattered, but he could put it back together. It remains so that he could piece himself together and join the sane once more, but he fears doing so because of all that he would have to remember...
Does anyone else know?: No.
Favorite Color: Gold.
Least favorite color: Green.
Most prized possession: Ummm... Xavier does not place any value on material things really.
Rank: Xavier is merely a member, but he is one that is well known by the leaders and it is only his broken mind that keeps him from joining the higher ranks.
Type of Animal: Xavier morphs himself into a massive wolf, lean and white he does not bear the scars of his other form, but his paws and ears and the tip of his tail are all died a deep bloody red.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: There are moments in which Xavier is confident and the most in charge person in the room. There are moments when he is a powerful leader, sure and intelligent... But for the most part Xavier is shy and uncertain.
How does the character think others perceive him/her: Xavier does not think much on what others may think of him. It simply does not enter his realm of thought.
Opinion of other people in general: He does not much care for other people, but at the same time he wishes them no ill.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: No, not really.
Love interest(s): Xavier does not really have any love interests. He loves his sister, but his world has become very simple and thus a love life is quite beyond him.
Siblings: Fudraria
Appearance: Xavier looks much like this, only with much shorter hair and not a vampire.
Weapons: Xavier doesn't often carry weapons. His fist are wrapped for fist fighting, and he can use a blade if he gets his hands on one, but he doesn't carry one regularly.
Bio: Xavier's past and Fudraria's are closely intertwined, so much of this will not be repeated for Fudraria. They were both born Echoes, in a village full of people who were not. They had no others with them to protect them from their fate for their parents swiftly grew fearful of the strange things their children did. With Xavier, they were fearful. His other form was a wolf, and any time he shifted he became as wild and unmanagable as one, but they tried to love him. Fudraria never got to know her parents for when she was born they left. Xavier grew up fast in those first few months. He learned to hunt for and care for his baby sister, neither of them knows how he managed, but he did. He was only five, but he was strong and he was intelligent.

After Fudraria was older though, Xavier felt it was time to leave. They had spent so much time in the cabin by themselves, far enough from the village that the people there didn't bother them. They didn't help them either.

Xavier found them a village in the mountains. A place where there was nothing but other Echos, trying to live freely. And they did for a while, but one day the Omegas came, as they were bound to. They killed so many, but Xavier, his sister, and a few others managed to get at least part way away. That was when they were caught. Xavier changed fast, and attacked with ferocious and deadly intent, him and a few others, but Fudraria was only four and her other form was no good for fighting. She and the rest fled, but at a terrible price. Xavier and one other survived the fight, Xavier's fur stained red as he panted. His new found buddy in arms and he were captured just seconds later. The Omegas figured that if he was so intent on living, they could sell him and make some money and their lives easier.

Xavier was turned into a slave for the rich, dragged along at the end of a leash and made to do tricks with the bite of the lash ever present. To have an Echo in your house hold was considered a mark of status, and to have such a wild one was dangerous. So they broke him. They beat him, and they tortured him, until his mind was broken and he went insane. He became like a dog, like a wild animal that had been stripped of all that it was. He gained his many scars during this time, these ten years of captivity. And as he aged he became less interesting to the rich, and they were beginning to see less and less purpose for him. he was no longer a cute wolf puppy, and they were going to end him before too much longer.

That was when Fudraria, through the organization of Echos, finally managed to rescue her brother. He recognized her easily, even if it took her a few moments to do the same, and when she got him back at last, she wept to find that he was so disturbed, so unwell... And they have been in the organization since.




Name:
Fudraria
Age: About twenty.
Birth date: Again uncertain.
Gender: Female.
Distinguishing marks: She has a light dusting of feather markings over her arms and down to her hands.
Good personality traits: Fudraria is very shy and kind in the first, but mess with her or especially her brother, and she will turn vicious so fast you won't know what hit you before you're on the floor dead.
Bad personality traits: She is often over protective of her brother, and will ignore everything and everyone else until her brother is tended to. She is also very strong willed and tends to act first and ask questions later.
Greatest fear: Being separated from her brother again.
Soft spot: Her brother.
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: Yeppers.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Fudraria has excellent sight, but she is very sensitive to the light. Bright flashes nearly blind her, and explosion all but cripple her.
Biggest regret: Leaving her brother that evening when they were separated.
Darkest secret: Part of her resents her brother for allowing himself to be broken and beaten like he was.
Does anyone else know?: Absolutely not.
Favorite Color: Fudraria loves blues and reds.
Least favorite color: Yellow.
Most prized possession: Her talon hands.
Rank: Fudraria is a spy in the Echo resistence.
Type of Animal: Fudraria changes into a Barn owl.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Fudraria is very confident in herself.
How does the character think others perceive him/her: Fudraria figures that most people think her weak and eccentric.
Opinion of other people in general: She likes most people, but only if she's not around her brother. Then she is constantly suspecting them of thinking bad things about him, and thus is very anti-social.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: When she likes them no, when she's suspicious of them, yes.
Love interest(s): Fudraria feels she doesn't have time for a love interest, taking care of her brother.
Siblings: Xavier.
Appearance: This is how Furaria looks.
Weapons: Fudraria uses a sort of glove, that when triggered becomes a set of metallic talons, very sharp and deadly.
Bio: For the majority of it, you should look at Xavier's profile, but for those years they were separated, Fudraria has her own history. She spent a long time traveling with the other Echos that escaped with her, and she missed her brother very much. She thought him to be dead though, and spent much of her time crying or simply passing the day by. Until one day they were spending a little bit of time in town and she caught a glimpse of her brother, three years later. He had a cruel looking lash mark on his cheek, his face and body so changed by his captivity that she barely recognized him with his empty eyes, but when she knew him, she knew him.

And then she began to train, knowing she was not strong enough to free him. She began to train and found her way to the Echo resistance, joined their ranks and bid her time, pressing the need to rescue her brother. They did, but too late to save him from permanent damage. She and the small team went in and found him curled in a cage in the greeting hall. A nineteen year old man with nothing on but trousers, a heavy collar about his neck and chained to a post. She knew it was him, and the sight wrenched at her heart, and she and the others released him from that. It still took him a moment to recognize what was happening, even though he had been smiling like a fool since he first saw Fudraria.

It was an easy rescue because of all their careful planning, and when they were a safe distance away, Fudraria attempted to speak with her brother. It didn't take them long to realize that he was just barely understanding their words, that he didn't seem to understand much at all. It was a few weeks later before they realized though, how well and truly broken he was, and Fudraria wept for days knowing that he was only in this state because he had stayed behind to give her a chance to get away.

She managed to bring herself together tough and pledged to take care of her brother. She began to integrate him into the rest of the resistance, and helped him to learn how to function on his own, and now they are both useful to the organization.




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Name: Ensis Lupus
Age: 21
Birth date: January first
Gender: male
Distinguishing marks: Tattoos of black pentacles on his wrists and a scar across his throat.
Good personality traits: loyal, sharp, protective over his allies, kind at times.
Bad personality traits: Keeps to himself, hides his pain and past, Cold, distant, cruel to his enemies.
Greatest fear: being unable to protect Amaya.
Soft spot: Tears.
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: No.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Was born with incurable heath problems and doctors say he wont live to see thirty. If he over exhausts himself, he cant breath and becomes paralyzed.
Biggest regret: Not living life to the fullest.
Darkest secret: He killed his entire family.
Does anyone else know?: Only Amaya.
Favorite Color: Crimson.
Least favorite color: Pink
Most prized possession: A small gray box filled with rare gems.
Rank: Second in command.
Type of Animal: Snow wolf
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Unsure
How does the character think others perceive him/her: Doesn’t care.
Opinion of other people in general: He has a mix of envy and hate for everyone, even other Echoes, for having good health.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: Yes.
Love interest(s): Amaya
Siblings: Older brother- Deceased.
Appearance: Ensis
Weapons: Ensis can fight with almost anything he can pick up or grab, but he prefers swords, knives, and hand guns.
Bio: Ensis grew up in a very abusive family, they’d tell him he was worthless because of his health all his life. He became cold an heartless because of this, and he wanted to prove them wrong and get revenge. He met Amaya later the day his family died, and decided to stay by her side till the day he died. He has trained endlessly to be able to protect her, while battling his fatal illness.



Mouse - TM - 2010
Name: Auburn Lexis
Age: 16
Birth date: January Seventh
Gender: Female
Distinguishing marks: A birthmark on her thigh that looks a bit like a snake.
Good personality traits: Auburn is hyper active, and loud spoken. She can command attention in an instant. Though when it is necessary, she can be sly and sneaky, and makes for a great liar.
Bad personality traits: Tends to be too opinionated, and will not give up on her opinion. Of course, this tends to create a lot of enemies for her.
Greatest fear: Losing Jennalin
Soft spot: Her Twin, Jennalin
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: Not exactly.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Her central stomach.
Biggest regret: Running away from her parents
Darkest secret: She stabbed one boy for mocking her hair
Does anyone else know?: Yes; Jennalin
Favorite Color: Bright, vivid orange
Least favorite color: black
Most prized possession: A pin that resembles hawk wings
Rank: Spy
Type of Animal: Cobra
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Confident
How does the character think others perceive him/her: A confident, stealthy girl that can do whatever she sets her mind to.
Opinion of other people in general: They tend to be way too serious...about everything.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: Nope
Love interest(s): None at this moment
Siblings: Jennalin (her twin)
Appearance: Auburn
Bio: Auburn's family lived remotely for one reason or another that she was never able to determine. When she was about six, she begged her mother to allow her to dye her hair orange, and they gave her permission. The only thing was, the dye she used rooted into her scalp, and somehow continually dyed her hair all of her life. Her parents gave her sister and her lecture after lecture about never leaving the house, to allow only their tutors in, and no going outside. They never questioned their parents, that is, until they discovered what their parents had been doing, and they themselves became echoes.

Why did they question it then? Well, their parents were Omega agents...maybe low level ones, but they still were. As soon as they learned everything they could about what was going on, Auburn convinced Jennalin to run away, and to find other Echoes. Before that, however, they began sneaking out of the house, day after day, to retrieve whatever information they could secretly. At some time during that period, a boy began to mock Auburn and her sister, so Auburn grabbed a nearby weapon and stabbed him.



Name: Jennalin Lexis
Age: Sixteen
Birth date: January Seventh
Gender: Female
Distinguishing marks: A birthmark on her thigh that looks sort of like a bird.
Good personality traits: Jennalin is mild, and knows when to be quiet. She is highly intelligent though, and retains almost everything she hears. Sneaky, much like her sister. Though she isn't as good at lying.
Bad personality traits: Jennalin is a horrible liar, and she will just go silent if she is afraid that she might get caught telling a lie. Most of the time, she will remain silent and shy and allow her twin to do all the talking.
Greatest fear: Losing Auburn
Soft spot: Her twin
Is this soft spot obvious to others?: Pretty much
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Her arms. If either is wounded even slightly, she loses a lot of her stealth and abilities.
Biggest regret: Running away from home
Darkest secret: Witnessed Auburn stab a boy...for no reason that was obvious to her.
Does anyone else know?: Yes, Auburn
Favorite Color: Blue
Least favorite color: Black
Most prized possession: A pin that resembles a cobra
Rank: Spy
Type of Animal: Hawk
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?: Unsure
How does the character think others perceive him/her: A shy, quiet, person in the background. Stealthy, and hides behind her sister.
Opinion of other people in general: Well...they tend to lie too much. People need to stop lying.
Does he/she hide their true opinions and emotions from others?: Yes
Love interest(s): Not currently
Siblings: Auburn
Appearance: Jennalin
Bio: Jennalin's family lived remotely for one reason or another that she was never able to determine. Her parents gave her sister and her lecture after lecture about never leaving the house, to allow only their tutors in, and no going outside. They never questioned their parents, that is, until they discovered what their parents had been doing, and they themselves became echoes.

Why did they question it then? Well, their parents were Omega agents...maybe low level ones, but they still were. As soon as they learned everything they could about what was going on, Auburn convinced Jennalin to run away, and to find other Echoes. Before that, however, they began sneaking out of the house, day after day, to retrieve whatever information they could secretly. At some time during that period, a boy began to mock Jennalin and her sister, so her sister grabbed a nearby weapon and stabbed him.




 

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:13 am


Accepted Omegas








 
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:55 pm


She rolled over and groaned, a thick lazy sound as one arm fell from her cot, feather dusted limb swinging too an fro. She lifted her head, the short golden hair mussed from sleep and blinked groggily, her deep green eyes bleary in the midday sun. She glared at the window that so cheerily let in the sun that disturbed her sleep time.

All her moaning and groaning drew the attention of another in the room. A man with deep black hair, strips of dark bloody red interspersed within it. Just long enough to be pulled back into a pony tail. His gaze was bright gold, but seemed to be strangely caught within a haze. His face was marred, lash marks criss crossed on his cheeks, obscuring the marking of a curled up wolf.

He seemed to start at the stirrings of his sister, rising from the table where he had been diligently doing the work he had been asked to do over to the kitchen they had in their rooms, and set about preparing breakfast.

His movements were sure in this, but his face held no emotion except concentration, as if he were making considerable effort to be there in the moment, cooking.

At the smell of food, the ruffled blond stirred more quickly, rising from her bed sheets at last, stretching herself to the ceiling, skin rippling with feathers for a moment. Following this she dressed and put her talons in a pouch at her side, ready for use. She did her morning things, and after she was ready to greet the day she exited out to the kitchen where the other was setting out breakfast.

She smiled down at the plates of food, then back up to the man who shuffled to his own seat, not bothering to glance up at the woman. "This looks really great Xavier." She smiled, her voice kind and patient. like she were talking to a child. Xavier sort of bobbed his head, but said nothing and did nothing else, staring at his own plate.

Fudraria continued to watch him, smiling, like she was waiting, hoping, for some kind of response. She didn't get one. After a long awkward silence, she finally faltered and ate her food. After she started, so did Xavier, and any time she stopped, so did he. When the meal was finished, Xavier shuffled to wash the plates and Fudraria watched him with a strained smile.

Her brother. Her strong, capable, broken brother. Finally she couldn't stand it any longer. She left without a word, and Xavier didn't even seem to notice her leaving, very intent on cleaning up the mess.

Instead Fudraria took to wandering the halls of the Echo resistance. She was currently between jobs, and though she cared for her brother sometimes being near him was difficult.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:41 am


Yawning, Amaya opened her dark grey eyes and sat up, getting out of bed and walking over to the door as she stretched and brushed out her long black hair with her fingers. It took only a moment for the young resistance leader to get dressed, and when she was ready, she went out into the halls to see who was awake, and possibly retrieve some food eventually. Anything really. It took a little more to wake up and she cracked her neck, grinning at the sickening sound. Since she had been captured her humor was very dark and cynical. When she was alone at least. Even though the woman was in her human form, she was still ready, with all the senses and reflexes of her animal form and she sighed hearing and smelling Fudraria approaching. When she finally found the spy, she silently fell into step next to her. "Good morning Fudraria. How are you and your brother this morning?" She asked softly. She knew about Xavier and she felt much sympathy for the two. Amaya cared for all the Echoes, but she couldn't individually talk to all of them all the time. Still, she did the best she could to make sure that everyone knew she did care. It was after all, harder for her to connect. She was a snow leopard, and by definition, they are very solitary creatures. Becoming a leader all of the sudden was hard for the young woman, but she didn't want to let her father down or any other echoes.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:17 pm


Fudraria turned, her own acute hearing alerting her to Amaya's approach. She smiled, waving in greeting to her leader, but the smile became strained when Amaya inquired after her and her brother.

"I'm doing fine, and so is Xavier. He made breakfast this morning, like he has for the past week. It's a good sign right? I think he's getting better..." It was a lie. Xavier had been making breakfast since he was well enough to after they rescued him... There were few who didn't know why he was often up so early. He had bad dreams, nightmares that kept him from real sleep for days before he would finally fall into a deep sleep. His making breakfast was more a sign that nothing had improved.

"He should be heading to the training rooms right about now." She noted after a moment. When they had brought him back and he had recovered from his injuries, Fudraria had shown him to the training rooms in an attempt to help him get stronger. To gain back the muscle tone his body frame suggested he should have that weeks of neglect had shriveled to wires. He spent most of his time there now, working out like a man possessed. The power of his strikes, the easy fluid motions, when he changed it was seemless and straight into another attack. He used both his forms as one, shifting back and forth as the terrain demanded... It was almost scary to watch.

"So anything new with you?" She asked finally, her smile returning to actual contentment.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:05 am


Amaya smiled weakly at Fudraria, not having the heart to tell her what she already knew about her brother. He was beyond broken. Everyone knew that, but remembering her own torture, she tried to bring Fudraria some comfort. "It may take a long time for him to heal and he'll never be the same, but there will at least be a part of him that returns to you eventually." She reassured her. Amaya still woke up screaming every single night from what she had gone through, and she too was broken, but she was healed enough to continue her duties to the Echoes and lose her mind on her own time. Hearing Fudraria's question, she shook her head. "I've been about the same. Working on some new plans, but that's about it." She sighed with a shrug.
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:25 pm


Fudraria grimaced, knowing that Amaya saw through everything. She didn't want to think about it though. They had been there for years, and Xavier seemed no closer to the rest of the world than when he'd first arrived. Certain people like herself seemed to be able to catch his focus at least for a few moments, but he always wound up drifting off into his dreamworlds in the end.

"Well I was thinking about maybe going out for a small hike with Xavier in a little while. Maybe you could come? I'm sure he'd like that. He seems to like you quite a bit." Fudraria smiled again, one hand rising up to twist through her short hair. She was kind of steering them towards the training rooms with this in mind. She could already hear his steady breathing, the slide of his foot across the ground as he pushed forward into another punch. Xavier waster no time in the training room. He was there for a reason.

Sometimes Fudraria thought that he trained so hard because he didn't see what others saw. Sometimes she thought he thought he was actually fighting for his life, defending himself against ghosts from his past. It was true that any time some one, no matter who it was, tried to step in on his training that he turned and attacked the person as if he or she were merely another target.

The training rooms came into view then, and Xavier was sliding from one form into the next, seemless and easy. His massive canine form came forward in a lunging snarl, teeth snapping the thin air. A few other Echoes watched him as he shifted and moved, sliding through his forms like water. It was not nearly so easy as it looked. They all knew this. Moving from one form to another itself was rarely so smooth, and to do so in battle... Some times the others simply stopped to watch. It was liking two people fight, yet they were the same. One movement may start out as a wolf, and end as a human, or vice versa. It was unpredictable and almost imperceptible.

As the two women came to the door, Xavier suddenly came to a stop. It was not often he took note of the outside world when training, and Fudraria smiled as he padded over tot hem in his wolf form. Xavier did not seem to distinguish between the two like others did. he could just as easily be his massive blood stained wolf self as his human form. They were both his body.

Still as he came to stop before them, from one step to the next he grew to human height. He was devoid of a shirt, the hundred of cruel whip and beating marks clearly visible on his flesh. Xavier was entirely oblivious to the appearance of his body, it was flesh, and that was all. He grabbed a towel as he walked, his golden eyes blank and distant as he approached them.

He patted himself dry because, and only because, Fudraria had told him that he was supposed to and so many others did it that the command was reinforced daily. he didn't really care if he was damp from sweat, but Fudraria knew that it would lead to quite a stench if she didn't tell him to do so. She had to convince him to bath on his own too.

He came to stop before the two ladies, chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm, his body lean and muscular were as when he'd first arrived it had been terribly thin and wiry. He looked between the two girls, curiosity coming to the foreground at last, a silent question about why they were there.

"Hi Xavier, I was going to go on a walk. Would you like to come? Maybe we could make this into a group thing and Amaya could come to." She spoke animatedly, and Xavier followed her every move and word, as if everything were absolutely crucial to his understanding. Even still it took him a few moments to piece together what she was saying. He bobbed his head slightly in a yes. Then looked to Amaya for a moment, bobbing his head slightly to her before he went to fetch his shirt.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:10 am


Amaya nodded happily. "I'd love to go with you two. I've been cooped up in here too long anyway." She told her. As they walked up to the training room, she could hear everyone training, but especially Xavier. As she watched him, she smiled distantly. He switched forms so easily it seemed. Xavier reminded her of her father. He too switched forms in and out of battle. It was almost like a dance. As Xavier walked over, she smiled to him, waiting with Fudraria for him to get a shirt. A walk would be nice, and hopefully the fresh air would calm him.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:29 pm


Xavier returned clothed and dry. He still smelled faintly of his work out, but that was to be expected and it was not very strong. He bobbed his head when he returned, still not venturing to speak. Xavier almost never spoke, and since had arrived he had still yet to form a complete sentence. He usually responded with his bob or a slight shake of his head. It seemed as if he were generally incapable of speech most of the time.

Fudraria smiled as Amaya agreed to go with them, and when Xavier joined them again, she gestured that they should get moving. It was more for Amaya than for Xavier as Xavier didn't often pick up on those kinds of signs. Ever. He simply followed and listened to what he was told to do. If he did notice something physical it was a motion he perceived as aggressive and thus flinched away from, reacting in a generally negative fashion.

Fudraria began to walk and as she did she chattered about unimportant things, keeping up an almost constant stream of talking, which Xavier seemed to like to listen to even if he never responded. It wasn't until they had left the complex and were out in the open that he seemed to actually begin to interact with either of them.

When they exited the complex, Xavier seemed to relax, like he had been tense for months and suddenly a weight he had not known was there was gone. He was a wolf and the open air was like a balm to his senses, the stifling fortress they lived in wound him up and he never left on his own, so he had to wait for Fudraria... like he was a puppy that needed to be walked.

A few minutes out and Xavier's golden eyes seemed more focused than they were within, and he began to look at both women and the surroundings. And then to Fudraria's surprise he spoke. He looked to Amaya, watching her intently for a few moments before he did so. "People say cats don't like dogs." He stated it very matter of factly, as if this common thing of the animal kingdom made their relationship strange and like a puzzle. "And that they eat birds." He did not think that Amaya was going to eat his sister, but he again found that it made this situation very strange. It was the most he'd said in the many years he had been with them.

Fudraria tried hard to stifle the giggle that bubbled to her lips at Xavier's comments. Like he expected them to all be bickering with Amaya because a leopard was technically a cat and a wolf was technically a dog. Xavier's view of the world was over simplified, but these glimpses... they were funny.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:24 am


It was nice to see Xavier relax when they left the compound. Hearing his question, she laughed heartily. "While that is true, Xavier, with Ehoes that is not exactly the case. My father was a lion and my mother was a wolf. So you could see the differences were ignored there. Besides, I'm a vegetarian, except for when I'm battling Omegas." She told him. In battle, Amaya was known for ripping out omegas' throats on the battle-field and she was usually stained with blood after that.
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