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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:11 pm
 Saphira soared in the sky, letting her crystal scales illuminate the blue around her. The wind was calm today, aiding her through her ride, and it was very enjoyable. She danced happily through the clouds, making cicles and turns throughout the white fluff. She was doing playful techniques that she always did when Eragon used to ride her...
It was something she wasn't completely used to yet, and the solitute of being alone was starting to get to her. Though in a sense, having some alone time was also enjoyable. She was able to do much more internal thinking than when she sat and listened to Eragon's thoughts.
Making one last swoosh, she lowered herself until she was closer to the ground.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:34 pm
 Oba was out wandering this new land the sun had begun to warm the
earth and the bright colors that Zira had spoke of were starting to show.
This land was so different from the desert and he was thankful for the flowing rivers and the lack of a dry throat.
Oba would be an odd sight to see his head held low to the ground when he wasnt moving. Long curly mane drapped on the ground as he flicked his long tail eyeing his surroundings, he hadnt really met that many soquili since he had come here and he was eager to meet the soquili of this land and perharps recruit someone for the cause.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:52 pm
A dark figure appeared in the distance, and Saphira was of course interested in such. She increased her speed, letting the wind tripple down the claws on her back. Once she was closer, it was completely apparent that the figure was a dark stallion. How interesting he looked, and Saphira let her eyes glow at the site.
Letting him pass her underneath, she landed a few paces in front, giving him time to catch up. She didn't want to startle him, though she made sure to make it noticeable that she was around him. Once her claws touched the ground, she let her tail knock into a nearby stone naturally, and breathed in deep out of slight excitement. She was thankful to run into someone new.
"Why hello there." She said, in a gentle tone.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:14 pm
Oba blinked at the shadow that passed over he growled slightly at first assuming by the shadow shape it was something on the hunt. As he soon came face to face with the creature that had landed he stopped growling and eyed her with curiousity. She had spoken to him softly so he relaxed in his odd pose head low to the ground.
Such a soquili he had never seen before in the desert he had only really seen regular soquili most tan in color.
"Hello." Oba replied before walking closer trying to look at her wings better.
"Im not intruding in your territory am I." He asked not willing to get into a fight with a creature of likes he had never seen before and where he came from territory was a very big deal.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:39 pm
Saphira eyed him curiously again, and smiled at his response to her. "Territory? There is no such thing in this land, everything is free and bound to us through nature. One who claims something as territory must have a pretty good reason in the end." She giggled to herself, and turned back to him, letting her wings fold comfortably to her side.
"My name is Saphira, what is yours? I hope you don't mind my intrusion on your daily activity, I saw you from afar and decided to see who was here." The stallion's hair fell all over his face, and he quite certainly must of been hot in the sun's heat. His eyes were facisnating to her, so she continued to gaze at them.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:52 pm
Oba lifted his head from its low position to return her gaze.
"In the lands of sand soquili claim territory to live. Unfortunatly there is not enough food and water for everyone so only the strong survive."
Oba watched her amazed by the way she looked so interesting so different.
So...not boring like everything else he had ever run into. He blew some hair out of his eyes and tried to control an odd habbit of his he could feel stirring up. It only happened when he was really interested in something
or excited.
"Abo Gnaynef.......I mean Oba Fenyang. I dont mind ta...at all.
I was was only exploring this lush land. ...Ive never seen a soquili like you before."
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:52 pm
Compelling in a sense, Saphira cocked her head to the side as he spoke, taking in his words quietly. "The strong would survive, the conditions are quite frightful. I can see you are strong, and would survive."
Hearing him state two names make her a bit confused, and she wondered why he would do such. "So, Oba then? I wonder what both names mean." She giggled, playfully stating the words over in her head again.
"That's because I am a Dragon." Her tail swished behind her, clearing its own path of rocks. "Dragons are quite rare, in this land and my homeland. We are a species that always strives in survival of harsh conditions as well." Him stating that he had survived, made her realize they each had a connection in the sense.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:31 pm
"A dragon?" Oba seemed to be trying to wrap the concept in his mind.
"I see, but you are still a soquili sey...yes?" Oba swished his own tail and flicked his head in the never ending battle agaisnt the hair in his face.
"Well some of the greatest things in life are rare....in places, and yet like the water is rare in my homeland it is pleantiful here. Perhaps you are just not where you belong? Perhaps out there, their is more of your kind?It would be a shame if such a creature would no longer exsist."
Oba wasn't really trying to offend or compliment but as his mind flowed so did his mouth.
"I was lucky and I am strong. I had no family, but they told me what I should do. The herds." Oba was reffering to the herd that had taken him in as a foal, but being so low in status he had been told what he could do to survive and left mostly on his own.
"Im just a soquili,though Ive yet to meet one like myself,nor mental or phisical. We are a like in ways arent we?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:37 pm
"I am a Soquili in this land, dragon by heart of course. I come from a land that used to have many dragons, though now I am only one in a few." She sighed, and looked back towards him, listening to his story.
She enjoyed the way he spoke, it strongly pushed words and yet held a confidence in truth. "Sadly, the shame has already happened. Where I am from, it is not weather that binds us down, but a man with his dragon who has slayed all of the other dragons. Absolutely horrible." She puffed out with her nose, letting hot steam quickly shoot out of them. Luckily she wasn't hot enough where it was smoke or flames.
"Ah, a herd would be nice, wouldn't it?" She smiled, remembering her only companion in her struggles. "It is nice that you acknowledge help from others, that is a wisdom many tend to forget in their life experiences." Being a stubborn one herself, it was rare for her to listen to anybody except Eragon. That was just her personal preference of trust, anyhow.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:51 am
"Aw but you arent all gone. So there is still hope for your kind." Oba twiched his ears abit and raised an eye brow to the hot steam it was to hot for normal breathing.
"Two-leggers are evil."Oba showed his teeth abit as he said this.
"And Zira says thoses whom bend to the will of two-leggers are just as bad. I am only sorry our quest wasnt completed before your race was slautered so horridly. A weeding out of the weak is truly what the soquili race needs." Oba has never personaly seen a two-legger but if lady Zira said it was so it was so.
"Not really other than survival tips they weren't much of anything to me.
Others normaly have lived a different life and seen things you have yet to see. So why learn things the hard way when you can just ask someone about what they've learned?" Oba closed his eyes for a moment this was really the most he had talked to someone other than Zira and it was sorta odd for him.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:37 pm
"No, my race is basically gone. Though Gwee is another dragon in this land, and I am lucky to have her here."
She raised a brow at his next comment, starting to get interested in why he would assume such. "Yes, two leggars are evil. But not all, of course. My strongest companion was a two leggar." She sighed, always getting emotional on the subject. "You speak of a weeding out of the weak? I don't think you understand what you are stating." Her eyes were glaring a bit at him, and the steam in her nose was getting hotter.
"Slaughter is never an option." She turned her head away from him, feeling angst at the thoughts. "My race was slaughtered only by a man and his dragon. They were both to blame, it was for a power hungry purpose. Is that what you are desiring?" Flashing her eyes at him, she smacked her tail angerly at the ground.
"It is strange to hear you say such things, especially since you are one who has lived through such harsh conditions. Do you wish that on innocent people?" Remembering the slaughter that Eragon's town went through, she growled at the thought.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:39 am
Oba wasnt sure about Saphira now He backed away from her as she showed her anger. Now he didnt mind standing up to regular soquili but the was a completly different story.
He had already started to trust this mare and now was starting to get afraid of her.
He was confused too was she right or was Zira right?
He backed up further his eyes wide and sparkling like he was going to cry.
It was just pure confusion though. He didnt say anything not that he would need to his body langue atleast would let her know her was frightemed of her tail and steam that came from her nose.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:56 pm
He didn't respond, and it seemed as if he was extremely afraid of her at that very instant. Lowering her neck, Saphira looked at him, and tried to give him kind eyes. "I.. apologize. I tend to get overwhelmed on that subject.
"One should never be afraid to speak, I am not ill tempered where I don't have humanity in a sense. I always allow words, and never strike with useless violence. It is something I despise, anyhow."
He was much farther from her now, but it was clear that it was instinctive for him. She had given him a reason for danger, and with that he moved quite quickly.
"Oba, come now, I may be a dragon, but you have shown me know harm, and I will not show you any back. I only want to show kindness."
Her voice was warm, and it was the same tone she would always use on Eragon after they would get in a fight.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:12 pm
Oba's ears twiched in an odd manner as he seemed to take in the
information and process it. His eyes returned to the normal size after a moment her tone of voice help greatly. Oba had not had a great life and
knew to run if he thought he was over his head. Not that he had run since he reached adult head but never having seen a dragon fight he could not properly gage his chances.
"You body language..." He said simply at first in every way had she shown
what he took to be aggression towards him. Flashing eyes,tail smacking the ground, and hot steam from her nose. That almost frightened him the most cause he wasn't sure how she did it.
"You...gotta think about it I rather raised myself with only advise to guide me.
I don't fully understand what you are or what you can do so my option to your aggression is to run. ..........."
Although it was clear he was clam now his confusion still lingered.
He couldn't figure out who of the two mares were right?
To slaughter or not to slaughter was the question on his mind now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:24 pm
"I guess that is true, you are a smart one indeed. You are very incentive, and know vital signs of danger. Many Soquili I have met here brush off these signs, and I notice that they end up getting hurt in the long run." It wasn't really towards her, but she always watched with other Kalona, and how some Soquili don't have a chance at all.
Something about him was still off, he looked deep in thought, and Saphira wondered what his mind was trailing off on. He was already an interesting fellow, following his nerves left and right. Though, he looked deeper in thought then before.
"Is something on your mind, Oba? It can be hard to repeat to oneself the same facts, so if you desire a conversation about something, I am happy to help out. Maybe my old wisdom will be able to help you out again.
I will also try to hold in my temper, for your sake as well." Playfully winking at him, she felt softer streams of hot air blow out of her nose only naturally now. She was comfortable, and wished him to be to.
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