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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:44 pm
If there was one thing that drove Trickery crazy it was being entirely idle for too long, bound up indoors with no task to be done; it tended to make her more dangerous than usual, which some of the residents of Mystery's quarters could very well attest to with all the random pranking going on. At least her brother found it amusing, anyone else might have put her and her aoidei out on their asses for it. Since it seemed no new "adventure" was immediately forthcoming this seemed a good a time as any to get out and take care of something a task that probably should have been done weeks ago, simply because it seemed like the right thing to do. That and because Enjiron had asked for it to be so, he had asked to see the one who he had to thank for her.
The problem was she hadn't the faintest idea of where to begin looking for Creation at this point or whether he could be found at all. So she and her Hawke could be found wandering the more open parts of the pantheon- places she often neglected in favor of going straight out to the gardens instead.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:13 pm
Enji glanced around at all the people. "Seems to be more and more each day. Of course, " he grinned widely, "it's not like we didn't bring more back with us too. It amused the hell out of my father to find Kevin, Kaylin, and Brendall. Hopefully gave him someone else to pick one instead of focusing on us."
Eventually they would find someone, he was certain. "Although I guess he might be busy with the baby coming soon and all. I wonder if it really is a girl. Ophidia seemed to think so.We are probably moving out at the right time." A grin crossed his face again. His wings were folded away as they moved thru the crowds. Too noticeable. Although he had resorted to wearing a vest again since it was easiest to remove if he needed to and that made his tattoo all the more noticeable.
"So you think we will find Him? Then again, maybe he's hiding because you are looking for him, meh'shu." He stopped her, pulling her back for a quick kiss.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:50 pm
Returning from procuring a delectable bite to eat from some of the various stalls in the mortal-run marketplace, Yu Five Claws meandered slowly and without purpose- yes, upright and on two legs, like the humanoid beast he truly was - back towards the inner Pantheon proper. A face in the ever-moving crowd struck him as oddly familiar and a twinge of memory flickered in his brain. “And I am a twin, so if you do happen to see another who looks like me, but does not seem to know you, it is likely my brother Enjiron.” - was that not what the host, Tristan had bespoke? Valor's vessel had spoke truly; the resemblance was quite uncanny as it tended to be with twins.
Enjiron felt god-touched, but closer to the magic found within Aoide rather than hosts...but he wasn't always. Of that, Xia Lu Ling was absolutely certain! There was a...scent or something, perhaps just a magical marker that tickled his senses and told him that this fellow had not always been connected intimately to a god or goddess. "A Goddess, it seems." Words spoken to furry self, Yu chuckled to see the now-Aoide with his arms and lips upon a pretty goddess with an energy to her that was faintly familiar but not quite identifiable at that time.
Knowing no intimate details for either of the pair the darkly-furred Dragon King changed his trajectory and came close, closer. His long hair remained unfettered, but as he was walking bipedal today around his waist a wrap of blue and green started about his hips and fell downward, skirt-like in the way it covered his lower torso in varied lengths, textures, patterns and hues. Patchwork, but effective., From velvet to cotton scraps with lengths of sinew or dyed leather thong(s) holding it to his bulky form; there were also expanses of dyed leather and un-dyed animal fur helping to complete the look.
"You must be Enjiron." Rumbling hellfire and horrorshow, deep and with an air of one used to being listened to. Blood-red teeth bared only slightly, he waited to see (hear?) what the Goddess and her supplicant would say. Did they know him - or of him? Yu and/or his devilish children, the pardmentlings Joss and Dan, having become something of a fixture in and about the Marketplace over time). "You bear remarkable resemblance to one I know."
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:19 pm
"That could very well be, I would not put it past him." It would not surprise Tien if that was the Twin Crown's way of teasing her. She had not seen him in years and the last time it had been with the company of Shkhin. That time felt strangely farther away than that, probably due to all that had happened since then. The embrace and kiss were a welcome distraction from her thoughts, by the time their would be company got close her arms would already be twined around Enjiron's neck and the outside world mostly forgotten for a few moments.
The dragon's voice brought her back to reality but it wasn't until she got a look at the source of it that she truly reacted, one that would qualify as very nearly jumping out of her skin. That was like some creature out of Morgan's nightmares!
"What the ******** Trickery finally got a handle on her near panic she would realize something. This being was another god...not only a god though, one of the dragon kings. "You know Tristan?"
Dragon King. The thought was directed at the one beside her. This definitely was not one of the kings she had met before.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:17 pm
Enjiron laughed, then blinked in surprise when Tien reacted as she did. Her 'what the ********?' caught his attention immediately and he was already standing slightly in front of her. His first thought to protect her. But when Tristan was mentioned, Enji sighed. "What the hell has my brother been up to this time?" he winced. "I swear he gets me into more trouble..."
With a sudden grin, Enji added, "I guess he doesn't think I can get into enough on my own." He supposed he should be frightened of facing someone like the one in front of them, but her thought of dragon king made him relax a bit more. "I guess I need to go hit my pretty sister. Of course that is if Lady Phalanx will let me do so." His grin widened. Now he had something to tease Tristan about again.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:06 pm
Oh, what fun! The pretty red-headed goddess that had been twining about Host-Tristan's twin reacted in a manner that amused the great Dragon King so much that he cracked open his massive jaws, letting out a low, rusty laugh framed by blood-red teeth.
"I see my face has lost none of it's charm." Yu's tail flicked and twitched, both sets of eyes glittering with amusement. "I am the Emblem Pillar, Yu Five Claws." He didn't bother telling them his name, most didn't call him by Xia Lu Ling anyway - few did more than refer to him as Yu. "And I mean you no harm. Or trouble. I recognized Host-Tristan's face in you, Enjiron....and scented the divine on both." But very clearly more so on Tien, to whom he gave a dip of his heavy head.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:48 pm
Those were some pretty impressive teeth indeed!
Her cheeks flushed a bit when the dragon laughed at her and her hand brushed against Enjiron's arm. It was alright, she had just been quite startled is all. "It is nice to meet you, Emblem Pillar." She sketched a bow. This was a bit more formal than she would have been with the other dragons perhaps, but not knowing made it difficult to gauge this one. "I am Ti Malice." Among a miles long list of other names. "I have not seen many of your brothers in a long time I was beginning to wonder where you all had gone to."
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:36 pm
Enji laughed softly, bowing to the dragon king. "It is nice to meet you, Yu Five Claws. I am Enjiron Vryce, Enji to most. I was afraid there for a moment I was in trouble because of my brother again. When was it you saw Tristan last? He's changed a great deal lately. He's more sister than brother."
He chuckled at the thought of Tristan and Lan. "He'd probably hit me for saying it too, especially after that last challenge. I was the one who ended up wearing the dress. As for the divine..." Enji smiled, his wings appearing behind him for an instant before vanishing again. "I serve this lady." He glanced at Tien, his amusement and love obvious. "We see Lifewater quite often, but you are the only other dragon king I have met."
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:50 pm
Ti Malice, huh? Sounded...spicy. Like this one might have been quite the handful to any that made the attempt. Definitely the redhead was full of life and fire - the Dragon King could well appreciate that! With a snort and a twitch of his furry ears he committed the Goddess' face and name to memory; Enji was not one he would soon forget, having met his twin on a previous occasion and the difference in mana-signatures would further aid in differentiation. "It is good to meet one with so such vibrant life, Ti Malice. You do well, choosing your companions." Enji, at the least, was well worth the energy expenditure required when raising one to Aoide status; strong, cunning and devoted.
Just the way a servant should be.
"My Brothers lay as shadows, soaking information and seeking answers or aid." Yu rather hoped his words were true and that his brothers were not...missing as so many seemed to be. As Chien Tang yet was. But that was not a concern to bring up before this goddess and her man, no - it was Dragon Business. His business and not part of this conversation any more than Tien's breast size or Enjiron's performance in bed were. "When I last saw Host-Tristan, he was yet himself. Valor accompanied the child-host of the Dollmaker and sought rooms, wishing to give the God of Mystery his space once more." He took it that Tristan was more Valor than mortal, now.
"Brother Xun, yes...he is quite hard to miss now." Again the Dragon King chuckled, Lifewater truly cut an unique figure when walking about; those large wings were a dead give-away as to his station. He was almost as easily recognized a figure to the mortals as Yu himself had become; definitely less nightmarish and scary! "Be honored that you have met any, let alone two, Enjiron. I am sure the Lady will agree, few outside of the Pantheon ever do." Did. Before the Fading, it was mostly Mang, the Mediator, that any but the Gods - or their supplicants - came to know. It was something that Yu was trying to rectify this go 'round by being more accessible, by walking among the mortals and offering up his aid, his knowledge, to any that sought it - be they mortal, immortal or something wholly other.
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:06 pm
She grinned and slid an arm around Enjiron. "I would have no other by my side." Tien was very proud of him indeed.
"It is true, my dear. Even some of us never got to see much of them." Like herself. Though, that had been by her own choice as she preferred to linger with mortals and be up to mischief there. Yu's mention of rooms gave her an opening to ask- "Speaking of seclusion- I had heard rumor of Creation being out and about from time to time. I had hoped he might be out today, Enjiron had asked to meet him if it was allowed." Perhaps her servant's boldness would amuse the dragon king. "And I had hoped to speak to him as well."
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:31 pm
As he slipped his arm around Tien, he asked, "And how many dragon kings are there then? And are they all back now? I mean reborn again. And yes, I did ask to meet him. I felt it was important to do so and to thank him for this place as we were made to leave our own world. We owe him much."
He laughed. "So you met Priscilla then. She is very different. Always collecting things. I ended up giving her a few feathers when she understood I had wings, but she would only take those that fell. It took her several days to get the number she wanted. I saw her the other day, and she was dressed... I'm really not certain how to describe it. She said that Alfonze called her steampunked? I think that is the word she used, but she had belts and pouches and all sorts of things. Even a magnifying glass of some sort on a chain around her neck. I think the Dollmaker is likely very strange himself. She has grown taller also."
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:17 pm
He was not blinded, he saw plainly the way the red-headed goddess near-pounced upon his mention of rooms, taking that as an opening for herself; headway into a conversation she found more purposeful than idle chitchat. "Yes, He does walk these grounds in form most fair, bright and shining, but not as often as one may like. Business to attend, that keeps my Lord busy and Away."
Yu may have bespoke further on one of his Favorite Subjects, but Enjiron put forth a question. "There are Nine of us, but not all have been reborn yet." The Dragon King's tone was dark and all but dripped some darker emotion; his fur rippled in an unpleasant manner and both ears lay flat against his thick hair, close to the skull beneath flesh. He was not annoyed or angered by anything the Made-Aoide said or did, it was simply that he disliked thinking about the over-all weakness that was shown in the fact that not all of them found rebirth...nevermind their individual states.
"She asked to have some of my fur. I have never had such a thoroughly pleasant....grooming." He chuckled a bit, humor found once more as he cast off those dark thoughts in favor of returning to a different set, brought up by Tien. "Ti Malice, Goddess most-interesting...you seemed interested in speaking with Harmodius for something specific...." His tail flicked against his legs and he cocked his head at both thoughtfully, "Perhaps your quest is something I can assist with, barring His appearance?" Rooms, perhaps? Space of her own, within which to exercise the full gamut of her will and whim? He did not think he was wrong.
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:19 am
"It is good to know that there is truth to that rumor." It meant, at least in theory, that Creation's rest in seclusion had indeed helped. And she was glad that he was well.
Yu's apparent displeasure at Enjiron's question almost made her frown. Did they not all fare as well as Xun Jiang and Tian Yue? It had been a long time since she had seen the Fangbridle but surely he had ascended by now as well. Shuo Huang Zhe too, though he had been a shining jewel implanted in one of her drinking buddies at the time they saw each other last. Of the other kings she knew little, if anything, at all. Hopefully the future would treat them better than the more recent past had.
Her attention turned outward again when the emblem pillar addressed her. If reading thoughts had been in her purview she could have simply told him he was right but such was not the case. "Perhaps, assuming it is in your power to do so." Tien had no idea, so at the very least it could not hurt to ask. "I want to be able to be close to the mortals I have brought here, without having to feel like I am intruding on my brother's space." She knew Tajnevaki would not mind if she continued to stay, but Trickery wanted to build something for herself.
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:05 pm
Enji said no more of the dragon kings. It was obviously a sore subject with Yu and he preferred not to injure him with thoughts of such. It was probably on his mind more than most understood. He briefly wondered if there was something he could do to help with finding them and bringing them back. Perhaps they should look into it later.
"Taj has been a very courteous and caing host, but the Cat is constantly amused at our expense usually," Enji laughed softly. "It would be good to beat Mystery at his own games occasionally. Living so close there is little chance of such.
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 12:44 am
Was it often that he let his emotions show so easily to those numbering outside his own worship or council one could not say, but that he was clearly finding such thoughts unwelcome was apparent. Also apparent was that Goddess and Aoide-made both were wise enough to not only take this state in, but also step aside it and let well enough alone no matter how curious they each may have been regarding the subject. Xia Lu Ling appreciated it as would be evidenced in the way his thick ruff of fur smoothed, having been standing slightly up in rising ire. Of course the various members of the Pantheon wished to know about the various Dragon Kings - as Harmodius' favored sons (and daughter?) they garnered a great deal of attention and import...that was not the issue. Not the true issue, rather; Yu was embarrassed and filled with angry shame that they, his Scaled Brethren, had so far fallen extremely short of their intended glories.
"It is, Lady Malice, Enji. My Lord has granted me such abilities that I might better serve Him." The Dragon King flicked his tail and twitched his ears, not in any unpleasant manner, but in one that suggested that the ability to do so pleased him greatly indeed. His jaw cracked open widely, all teeth gleaming wet and red while a rumbling laughter came forth, clearly Enji's words regarding the god of Mystery amused him. "Should you manage, you must tell me. I hear Mystery is quite the accomplished gamester."
Yu stepped away from the pair, just a pace or two, before summoning forth the mana required to create the space required as he was able. The dragon growled out sound and syllable in a strange manner that might have been true language or might have been nothing more than sounds; fur crackling, eyes fair to glowing sapphire, as Yu finished those strange words a slight wind rose and fell, the sensation of mana being called and used dissipating.
"Ti Malice your rooms lie behind arching dual-doors, one of gleaming brightness, one in deepest onyx. Each carved ornate and elegant, but with secrets only She will know." He rumbled at the Goddess, pleased with what he had wrought; she would find the doors to suit her, with tricks and trials to be set or not, at her whimsy. "Shape you the space well, to suit your purposes, and enjoy doing so...you and your companion." He looked from Goddess to Aoide, eyes bright and tail curling back and forth.
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