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The bell hung from the sky blue leather collar, tinkling occasionally in the breeze. It had been hung in the entrance to the small half-ruined temple to Athene Nike, from which the cloying scent of incense drifted. It was quiet, apart from that, and the sound of murmured prayers echoing from between the caraytids that guarded the entrance.

In a dark dusty corner, in a deplapitated old ruin, there lies a gleaming red and black bell. The bell is covered in a layer of dust and dirt and when it begins to tinkle the sound is rusty and muffled. Lying in the dirt the bell starts to glow, gradually getting brighter and brighter until, in a flash of light, it disappears and is replaced by a small dirty satyr girl-child. Much like her bell form she is covered in dirt and dust and is lying on the ground, curled into a ball. Slowly her eyes begin to open, blinking several times in the effort. She pushes herself up into a sitting position and slowly looks around, her red hair brushing against her fragile looking shoulders as she does. Suddenly she disappears.

Shinkan snapped out of the slight trance that he was in from staring at everything around him. After a little longer, he decided to go wander around and try to see what else there was.

A part of him had an urge to run... really fast, and he knew he could do it easily, but for now he managed to surpress that feeling. He still needed to find out more about this place, so taking it slow may be a better idea.

Once reaching the top of a hill within the area, the Satyr blinked as he saw several run-down houses in the distance. It didn't seem like anyone was living in them anymore. In general it didn't seem as if anyone else was around.

Right now, the only other living beings he saw were just some birds and a few small animals.

((short post right now before i go to bed >.<))

Dez stepped out of the building she had awakened in and looked around her. All around there were buildings that had fallen down a long time ago. *What type of town IS this* she wonders as she sits down and rests her back against the house. *There isn't another being that I can see, and from the looks of it there hasn't been any for years.* Thinking this she tilts her head back to look at the night sky. The stars shine brightly and she sighs, her whole body relaxing as she does. *They really ARE beautiful, I'd love to have a necklace with gems that bright.* She continues looking at the stars for a few minutes before her eyes slowly begin to droop. After several minutes a small satyr with red hair and black horns and eyes appears as if from no where, looks sleepily around and then curls up into a ball and falls asleep.

Sitting down onto the soft grass at the top of the hill, Shinkan continued to look around at the vast area before him. Although it was dark and hard to see things, he wanted to explore this place. But for now, he just remained where he was.

From time to time, he would look up at the sky instead of the ruined village. The stars were nicer to see than the broken down buildings, and they were also a little more interesting. But something told him that he wouldn't be able to go and see these tiny lights up close on his own.

After a little while, Shinkan stood up again. Stretching out his limbs, he ran down the hill and made his way towards the buildings ahead of him.

When he reached the closest crumbling home, he stopped to catch his breath a bit. Using his speed boosting ability was more tiring for him than he had thought, so resting seemed like a good idea for him.

The Satyr stepped a little closer to the old outer wall of the home, then sat against it. Soon enough, he fell asleep.

Slowly Dez's mind began to think and her eyes began to flutter. Finally she yawned and stretched her arms over her head, bending her back into the stretch as well.
*It's not even light yet... though why should it get light? Maybe my mind is wrong and this is a world of darkness. A whole world of darkness, with no one here but me, that would be a fine place. I could do what I want, when I want and there would always be dark to cover me. I think I will live like that, it will be simple, more so than trying to do what I do not want to. And now I want to look around.*
Standing up the Dez looks around her, trying to decide which way to go. Disappearing again, as is her custom, she heads off to the left, down what appears to be a road. For several minutes she walks along, weaving back and forth across the street in a zig-zag pattern to amuse herself. After about 15 mintues of walking she reaches the end of the road and sees what appears to be a forest in the distance. Forests do not appeal to her, even if she can easily hide in them, so she turns around and starts to circle the buildings, checking to see if anyone else is around. Then, against one building's wall there was another like her, but a boy. She stops in surprise, so surprised in fact that she reappears for a small second before recloaking.
*Another like me... but it is a boy. What a strange thing.*
Dez tilts her head to one side and slowly creeps towards the new oddity. He is sleeping rather peacefully, much like she had been just a while ago. Carefully, so as not to wake the creature with any noise she leans down and peers into his face. His hair is red like hers, but a darker red, and his horns are dark like hers as well. She stands back up and moves to stand by his legs and, being careful to stay fully cloaked, she lightly kicks his shin.

Seeing the boy get up and head around the house Dez follows him, but only so far. A few feet away from him she stoops down and picks up a few pebbles, putting them in her pocket before he notices the floating rocks. With them safely hidden she takes one out and throws it at the wall, making a loud noise.