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 Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:27 pm
Teiluj shifted from her sleeping place. Glancing towards the doorway nervously. Memories had yet to return to the man on the other side of the door, it pained her a little, she felt like she was betraying him this way. Pulling her cloak off the rack and moved from her room down the hall to the kitchen to poke her head in. "Mamma, I'm going to pick up a few things," she said. Motioning to a tiny Radaku pup to follow her. Starline would likely already be flying about outside. The large bird was already nearing it's full size. Maya glanced up from where she was currently feeding the nameless Janarim and nodded. "Alright dear, be careful." Teiluj grinned and hurried outside before her smile faded. Trying not to think of Nkole and the recent circumstances, Teiluj ran down the steps and onto the path that lead to the center of the small village. There was an expanding market that came once in a while, it was the most opportune time to gather information. Today however she wanted to seek information about healers, her mind lately had become firmly set on that path. She also wanted to pick up some supplies, as there were some interesting meats and other delicacies that didn't often arrive except by these traders that came.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:51 pm
Virain looked around, eyes wide and tear filled. Straight white teeth nibbled on a dark lower lip as he frantically looked around for something or someone familiar. He'd lost his Mamae shortly after they'd entered the market, and he only knew that she was here looking for healing items. Probably food too and clothing. Tweet chirped unhappily from his perch on Virain's head, wings flapping to help keep his balance. The kinfa was a bit too small to try to find Mamae on her own, else Virain would have asked the bird to help him.
Whimpering the youngling tucked himself away from the general milling crowd.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:11 pm
Isaris had left Issaly to his preparations. The youngling brother of his off wandering with Sauron for a final farewell. The male rose his arms to stretch out and smile to himself. They had a Father figure again. He chuckled as he remembered their Uncle who would most likely be excitedly yammering on about one thing or another. Right now Isaris held up the list of things he would need to buy in preparation for leaving Ast.... Now how the heck was he suppose to find all this?
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:25 pm
Teiluj made slow progress as she moved along the path towards the market. She knew a brief overview of the items she would need, she had been learning slowly from one of the shifters in the village about the items needed for healing. Running her fingers through her loose hair Teiluj tugged a ribbon free from her bag. Biting on it to hold it as her fingers continued to work through the strands. Pulling them back into a loose ponytail before tying it all back with the ribbon. Her yellow eyes watched the growing crowd as she approached.
It was obviously a great day to be at the market. There were more stalls than usual. Teiluj couldn't help but wonder if any of them carried the books she wanted. She had been warned that they would be a costly adventure for her, and due to their rarity not something she would be able to find easily, if at all.
Starline swooped overhead with a happy chirping sound. Alighting Teilujj to the birds direction. Following it's gaze Teiluj smiled. Ahead of her there was a youngling with a small Kinfa of it's very own. The Prentice couldn't help but smile brighter, Starline loved the company of other Kinfa. However that didn't mean that the growing bird wouldn't not cause fear in the younglings that hadn't seen her before. Dashing to keep up Teiluj called out. "Hey, youngling! Don't be scared, she only wants to make friends with your hatchling." Teiluj yelled holding out her hand as she ran forward. Not watching where she was going, the young mixed blooded woman ran face first into someone else, a powerful shifter.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:40 pm
Virain looked up, head craning as he tried to find the source of the voice, and who they could possibly be trying to talk to. He'd heard the sound of another kinfa, the voice louder and deeper than his own Tweet, but he'd never thought that the bird would be headed towards him. He eeped and ducked down, dislodging Tweet who then took to perching on a support pole of the shop next to them. His hatchling scolded the older kinfa, voice agitated as he flapped his wings twice before settling down. The colorful yellow and green feathers still fluffed up.
Virain peeked through his fingers at the familiars, and after a moment of fright remembered that the other kinfa was probably only there to try and make friends. He straightened, sure his cheeks were purple with the blush that he felt growing on his face. The girl had tried to warn him, but seeing an almost grown Kinfa swooping down like that....
Virain rubbed at the back of his neck, bare toes scratching at the ground. Another glance around showed a girl, probably the one that had tried to call out to him, who had collided with a shifter. Biting his lip again he debated on if it was wise to go and try to help them, either of them. He was just a youngling after all, and who listened to them anyway?
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:21 pm
In one moment Isaris went from thinking to holding a female flush against him. A blink then he let the female go, the male's shifting gray eyes were thoughtful; "Your alright."
His manners were only out of memories which translated into reflexes for him. As he looked around for a sign of perspective family he spotted a youngling alone. The odd markings told him that the child must of been one of the Water tribe. He was hearing rumors about them now. Why was such a small one out on their own?
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:34 pm
Teiluj's eyes widened as she felt warm caring arms wrap around her. Pulling her close towards his fairly muscular chest. She couldn't help the heat that erupted in her face. She had never been this close to anyone ever, and it didn't help that her arms were tucked up against his chest. Part of her wanted to resist, to push away, and yet there was something oddly comforting about the way she was being held. A moment later and one arm drifted away while another stayed around her. What was going on!? How did she end up in a situation like this. Swallowing nervously Teiluj took in what she could see. Dark Shifter skin, her fingers twitched against his skin only sending her face into a deeper red. She had to see who it was she was looking at. Raising her eyes to look up at Isaris Teiluj opened her mouth to speak but found her voice had been trapped moments ago.
She couldn't see past the male shifter to where the youngling she had been running to earlier was standing. From the sounds of the familiar chirps from her female Kinfa Teiluj could only guess it was happy to see another of it's kind here in Ast. She felt a little relief at that and let her breath slowly work it's way out of her body. Her eyes focused back on the shifters face. "Wh-wh-who are y-you?" Teiluj stuttered nervously, her bright yellow eyes searching his face. Determined to lock eyes with him in order to determine if he was friend of foe. Unsure of just how to react in this moment.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:43 pm
He couldn't meet the eyes that were boring into him and so Virain turned to his companion and softly scolded the Kinfa. "Tweet, Tweet no, it's trying to be friendly." He said, standing up as tall as he could. He raised his arm and wiggled his fingers but Tweet refused to come down. Instead it seemed as if the two had moved on to other things. Gossip most likely. That is, if birds could gossip. He hadn't had Tweet for too long, roughly a month as he'd been a gift for his naming day.
Frankly Virain was surprised that his master had remembered it. On bad days he was treated much like an object instead of a person, on good days he was little more than a pet.
He wondered where his Mamae was and if she'd realized that she'd lost him yet. He scratched at some of his markings and turned back to the two adults, maybe they could help him find his Mamae? But the shifter was still looking at him and it made Virain nervous. Did...had he done something wrong?
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:38 pm
Feeling the female still in his side the youth quickly remembered his manners. Stepping back he let her go compeletly. With a semi-bow he spoked, "Isaris." he then glanced down to the child. Wondering if the small one would scream if he picked him up. Most likely that would be a yes, but he was the same size as Issaly and the male didn't want him to get trampled on. He was back far enough the female would see the child now. He sighed as he crossed him arms, "Little one...where is your mother?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:27 pm
Teiluj was all to aware of the man pulling away from her. Tilting her head in a puzzled manner as he bowed. This wasn't a normal greeting. Not to her anyway. Did that mean that Isaris was his name? She wanted to reply in kind with her own but his attention was no longer on her. Following his gaze towards Virain Teiluj darted towards the child. She couldn't stand when someone was in need of help but no one was willing to do anything about it.
Kneeling down Teiluj reached out for the younglings hand. She had never seen a youngling with these looks before, and certainly never in Ast of all places. "It's okay I'm not going to hurt you." Teiluj said in as much of a comforting tone as she could manage. "Are you alright? Are you lost?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:36 pm
Virain couldn't help but take a step backwards as the males gaze fell upon him again, "I...I lost her." He stuttered, cringing a bit when the female knelt in front of him. Her words didn't really mean much to him, she was a stranger and he knew that adults could lie with a straight face. But he plastered a small smile on his face for her sake, just like his papa taught him. Adults were always in the right, even when they were wrong, and he had to do what they said.
But his Mamae wasn't there to protect him and he wasn't silly enough to go with them out of the market, so listening to them and getting their help to find his Mamae wouldn't hurt. Or so he hoped.
He reached out, aware that his hand was shaking, to grasp the females own much larger hand. "I lost my Mamae, she came looking for herbs and bandages." He said, "But the market is big and crowded and I lost her. Tweet is too little to find her for me and I'm too short to see him well in a crowd."
Above them Tweet let out a little chirp and tilted his head so that he could watch the others interact with his bonded.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:48 pm
Isaris tilted his head, okay no name for the female. He repressed the urge to get snippy with her. He had to respect her after all. He crossed his arms looking up to the Kinfa. He then looked around for anyone similar in appearance to the child. Seeing no one he used his height to his advantage as he rose up to the balls of his feet. He squinted glancing to the child's hair. Then back up he could of sworn he saw someone in the distance with similar hair...his eyes narrowed. He bounced back on his feet looking down at the child, "Would you like to ride my shoulders to look for her? Maybe we can check out all the stalls she would of been to."
His heart squeezed for the little one...
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:05 pm
A very worried expression settled on Teiluj's face. Why was a youngling smiling even though something bad had happened to it. That didn't sit right with her. Once his had was reaching out to hold her's Teiluj squeezed it reassuringly and gave a small tug to pull the child close to her. Embracing him tightly she rose to her feet. "This is silly I've come for pretty much the same thing." Teiluj admitted rather happily turning to look at Isaris. His idea was also a very good one. Perhaps if they wandered together with the youngling on his shoulders, Teiluj could lead them through the crowd to where the youngling had said she might be.
She wanted to try to introduce herself again, but figured now probably wasn't the best time either. She hadn't even bothered to ask the little one for his name. Figuring he probably wouldn't give it anyway if she asked.
"Isaris is right." Teiluj nodded, "if you ride on his shoulders we will have a better chance of you seeing her from above the crowd. He is very tall after all. But you have to tell us what she looks like just incase I see her just as easily from where I am." She gave him a timid smile, she was nervous in the large crowd of fullblooded alkidikes and shifters. Some of the Alkidikes were aggressive and had a habit of elbowing her out of their way. Swallowing nervously Teiluj attempted to pass Virain to Isaris.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:16 pm
"A-are you a healer too?" He asked, voice muffled as his face was pressed against her chest. He twitched and shifted and managed to remove his face from her bosom to look at her face, and then at Isaris. "I-I thank you." He said, lowering his eyes, "I'm Virain." His mother had taught him that it was only polite to offer your name to someone else, if you knew their name or were trying to introduce yourself to them.
He didn't want to appear rude or ungrateful.
"M-Mamae is a pureblood like me, but her hair doesn't have the green in it like mine. She has a purple dot on her forehead." He tried to remember what she'd been wearing that morning. "And she's wearing an orange dress." He reached out to Isaris when the two of them came closer to him, and wondered why it seemed easier to relax around them, now that they'd spoken a little.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:24 pm
Isaris easily took the child from her, smiling. Rare and actually not scary. He then lifted the boy to his shoulder, "Climb up. We'll find your Mother soon. Don't worry Virain. Its nice to meet you by the way. Wish it was under better conditions." He wouldn't move till the child had settled himself, making sure to keep a good hold on him. He was used to the pose from walking around with Issaly. He glanced to the female next to him...a child had more manners than her. He repressed the urge to comment and instead glanced up to the child; "My brother is around your age. He's somewhere around here...I hope you get to meet him. he'd like a friend..."
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