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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:51 pm
This is an RP for Cihiru's Ti'ran, and Angie's Ris'hin. <3
It had been a long journey for him by hoof. Ris wasn't the type to complain though. Pretty scenery, a few pretty faces to woo along the way, certain hadn't been a wasted trip, that's for sure. Even if his brother wasn't anywhere to be found, though it was likely Ran was more than just around, the trip hadn't been the worst. Black tipped muzzle reached for the skies in a challenge, the noise bursting past his lips even more of one. Rearing up on his hind legs, the stallion pawed at the air, rather enjoying the crisp air in this new place he stood in. When he came back down to earth, his blackened hooves shook the ground around him ever so slightly, a small vibration, nothing more. His braids tumbled around his neck, dropping every which way. Icy eyes scanned the area around him, looking for any signs of life. Now would be a fairly decent time to find Ran. Now or never, right?
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:36 pm
Never would have been too soon for Ti'ran, had he a say in the matter. To say there was no love lost in the brothers' separation would have been an understatement to the third degree... But as life would have it, it didn't stop and ask for his opinion. It rarely did.
And for the most part, he was content with that. Though young by a unicorn's standards, the stallion was old enough to know his lot in life, and jaded enough he had long grown past rejecting it. That didn't mean he wasn't willing to reject everything it managed to throw at him though.
Including his dear, lost brother, if only he had seen him coming. Or heard him, for that matter. But he didn't. Or he wouldn't have, if not for the piercing neigh. Ran tipped his ears at it, velvety lobes flattening against his skull. What foolishness was this, to cry out to the unknown and beg for all its misfortune?
Ignorant creature. Ti'ran snorted his dismay, the breath leaving his muzzle in a near-silent puff. Were he less of a cultured stallion, he might have had half a mind to run the stranger off himself. He refrained though, thinking it part uncalled for, and part inappropriate. It was, after all, perfectly within the individual's right to be a fool. He'd met more than one or two in his day.
It was also in his right to tell him so, and today, the unicorn was feeling at least a little confrontational. It wasn't every day he got to stretch his legs - metaphorically speaking. With no A'ier about to tell him otherwise, the stallion pushed himself toward the challenger with a self-assured stride.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:58 pm
Ris'hin reared up again, pawing the air once more before coming down and whirled around in a circle before heading off, coincidentally in the same direction as his brother was coming from.
While his brother may have hoped that he would never have to lay eyes upon his pristine white hide ever again, Ris had been plotting and planning, hoping for just such a thing to happen. Who wouldn't want to keep in touch with their literal other half? Especially if it was almost guarenteed to cause as much havoc as possible in the other's life?
While his brother's pace was likely more reserved than his own, Ris'hin ran without abandon, running full tilt until his eyes met a darken figure nearing. Could he possibly get even more lucky than he already was? Careening towards the other figure, the lighter stallion ran halfway towards the figure before sliding to a flashy stop, his hindquarters shifting under him to help the braking processes. He snorted and tossed his head, eyeing the darkened figure up before raising his voice. If his eyes didn't decieve him, he was sure in who this was, and addressed him accordingly.
"Well well well, have the mountains ice caps finally melted? I do believe they're close to it, if that is truly my beloved brother coming out to meet me after such a long and tedious journey." With an amused snort, Ris pawed the ground before calmly advancing towards Ti'ran. "After all this time. Hello my Brother." If he knew Ran, this was likely not to be a tear-jerking reunion, that much was certain. How he would receive Ris, was questionable, although Ris very much doubted it was going to be with much pleasantry.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:27 am
Who wouldn't? Ti'ran wouldn't have. Especially knowing Ris'hin. No good could come from him, he was sure. It was with that knowledge he had left his brother (and his herd) years ago, never bothering to spare him in particular a second thought or glance.
As fate - or Ris - would have it though, he'd have to spare him audience. A most unfortunate occasion.
The flash of ivory did little more than p***k an ear at first, but as it drew into plainer sight, expression fell from his features. If there was one thing the unicorn could manage without fail, it was stoicism. That, he could do well, and this would be a good time for it, if history was anything to judge by.
And history was likely a pretty accurate guide, considering circumstance. Ris'hin... Here? Why? No, he knew why. The tensing of his shoulders was an instinctual reaction, conditioned by years of agitation. The other had no business here besides him.
As he slid to a stop, Ran shook his head dismissively, and pulled himself to a steadfast pause. "Wasted no time with learning wisdom or decency, I see." He fixed his brother with a pointed stare. "Spare your pleasantries. To what do I owe this occasion?" His distaste was blatant, despite his deep, smooth tone and even expression.
Tear-jerking, likely not.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:34 am
Ran was right on one thing. No good could come from Ris. Only trouble, torture, flared tempers.... among all else. In the eyes of Ris, this couldn't be a more perfect setting. Rolling hills, trees in the distance, himself framed by the mountains behind him, Ran framed by the... well there wasn't much behind him that Ris cared about.
While Ran was able to remain stoic, Ris couldn't help but let a bit of a smirk control his own features. He knew just how to push Ti'ran's buttons and would be sure to push them as far as he possibly could.
Tossing his head a couple of times, Ris'hin chuckled. "Wisdom and decency. I have them both, I just choose not to show it the way you do, dear brother. I prefer to have a bit more life to my personality than being a stump waiting to fall over and rot." Amusement flashed within the lighter stallion's eyes, knowing this could be quite the interesting encounter.
"Do I really need a reason to come visit my brother? We are siblings you know, ir you haven't forgotten and all with your new friends and all." That, he knew, was likely to elict an interesting response. As long as Ti'ran hadn't changed, it was likely no one truly considered the darker of the two a friend.
Tears of joy? Perhaps not. Tears of frustration and irritation? That could be negotiated.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:10 am
With any luck, and a hint of adeptness, none of those would be his. Ran's skin was thicker than that, and his patience more resolved. His brother had his work cut out for him, that much was sure.
"What good are possessions you make no use of?" What an outrageous claim. If Ris'hin was decent and wise, Ti'ran was outgoing and imprudent. One thing was certain: he was not a stump. "I wasn't aware lecherousness and deceitfulness were required personality traits, lest someone confuse us for 'stumps'." The stallion snorted and idly shifted his weight. "Nor was I aware you are unable to make the discernment. I suppose I should have had lower expectations."
Where was he going with that, exactly? Ran wasn't about to deny it, and he was secure enough in his voluntary isolation not to be bothered. If he wanted to annoy, he'd have to find a different facet. "I only wish I could forget you." His frown deepened a little. "You may not need one, but I am certain you didn't drag yourself all the way out here - seasons after - for greetings. Nor did aimlessness tell you where to find me. I don't think fate favors you so fondly."
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:53 am
As luck would have it... Ran's words gave Ris a clear shot for fun. Oh yes, he'd enjoy this, but he'd draw it out, confuse the poor boy in front of him a bit, run him around in circles before it came down to the true matter.
"Dear Brother, Fate favors me more than you'd dream." With a wink the stallion bent to nudge at an itch on his foreleg. "Besides, you're like an old stick in the mud. Didn't it ever occur to you that I'm comparing you to the likeness of a stump, and not actually calling you the stump? Or would you rather I just shrug it off and call you the stump since you act so much like one? Besides nothing with being a bit lascivious from time to time. We're STALLIONS for crying out loud. Even you must have a bit of a drive to go after a mare from time to time." Pawing the ground, Ris rolled his eyes at the thought of his brother NOT wanting to tag after a mare. Hmm, he wondered what kind of rep Ran had around here, especially after that one night...
"Besides, I had a few ideas which direction I'd find you in. And followed my nose from there. Met a few pretty faces along the way, enjoyed the scenery. Quite the place you've got around here Big brother. Not bad at all." Bobbing his head, the ligher stallion stepped past Ti'ran, checking out what lay behind the darker stallion. "I don't suppose you're going to escort me around, so I'll do that myself later. How have you been doing? I can tell your personality still lacks, though that's not a surprise, to be honest."
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:27 pm
The unicorn was content to let him overestimate his fortune; it was no concern of his. He didn't even see fit to dignify it with a response. "You do realize the difference is negligible." Ran's frown creased. "Calling yourself a stallion is no excuse for philandering, but foolishness and disloyalty are your prerogative. I won't argue that." He shook his head, disturbing wavy locks.
Luckily for him, Kali kept mostly to herself, and she and her children dwelled in the village, away from the herds and gossip on its outskirts. As such, Ris would have found his reputation near spotless, were he to ask around - if only due to a lack of one.
"Your nose. A scent hound now, are you?" His ears folded at the allusion, tipping backward slightly. "If escorting you also involves dropping you off somewhere, never to be heard from again, I might consider obliging. Your opinion aside, I was doing just fine until you invited yourself for a visit. I don't believe you have any more interest in my affairs than I do in enlightening you though, so spare your facade."
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:13 pm
Ris tossed his head, chuckling a bit. "You always did make things harder than they needed to be, Ti'ran. Where on earth you get disloyalty out of being a bit of a female admirer? Perhaps that's why you couldn't get a mare if you tried. Or maybe that's exactly it. You don't try. And why would that be, hmm?" Gleaming eyes glanced his brother up and down. The stallion had potential, if he ever removed the burrs lining the underside of his tail long enough to loosen up a bit.
"Yup, scent hound. Better than an old unmoving, lifeless stump, now isn't it?" Teasing, always with the teasing tone. He kept an eye on Ran's ears, always a sure sign of the other's mood, regardless of how stony his face looked. "Aww, you don't want to show me around your home? Don't worry, I won't be going anywhere for a while, so get used to it. You, better than most, should know that you can't get rid of me that easily. Come now brother. Have you really forgotten all that?"
A bit of a well aimed, though half-heartedly executed kick was launched from Ris's hind end as he circled himself to Ran's side, a bit of a shoulder nudge of sorts, certainly nothing to actually land unless Ti'ran was dense enough to move completely into it. "What's around here that keeps you here, anyway?" A moment of hesitation, before Ris added "besides the fact that I'm not here, or wasn't until now, of course." Had he not added that last comment, it was highly likely Ran would've said it almost verbatim.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:58 pm
He was making things difficult? Surely Ris'hin knew what a disturbance simply his presence was. There was no doubt of that. "I fail to see how you consider 'loving and leaving' anything but." He kept his stance firm, head lifted ever so slightly. "Have you only just realized?" And then he canted it faintly to one side. "And why does there have to be a reason? Does 'I don't care to' not suffice?" Rhetorically, of course. Ran didn't really care if his brother thought it did or didn't.
"Have you already forgotten I'd forget you if I could? I reminded you only a moment ago." The unicorn dreaded to hear it though. He had more than an inkling all along, but hearing him say it... Confirming he was here for the long-haul; that shattered even the dimmest rays of hope he might have sheltered.
It was a shame. He had actually begun to enjoy it here. But then, that had always been Ris'hin's way. Find what his brother enjoyed, and try to take it. He had always been that way, and Ti'ran was anything but surprised to see he hadn't changed.
He snapped around, side-stepping the blow smoothly and giving his tail a flick. "You deceitfully drive me from my own home, destroy all possibility of return, then barge in what solitude I finally manage to make for myself, and have the nerve to ask what it is that keeps me here?" Ran's patience was wearing thin. It was almost unfortunate A'ier was nowhere to be found - soon, there would be little to keep his temper in check.
"I still find it would be more appropriate to ask what it is to cause you to travel all the way here with seemingly so little motive. Have you run out of mares? That was, perhaps, the only activity you seemed to enjoy more than being a nuisance. Still, I'm certain there's something more than that." Lowering his head a bit, the stallion stayed his annoyance.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:49 pm
"Oh come now 'Ran. You know I don't always love and leave. I can admire from afar too you know." He chuckled, throughly amused. Ti'ran certainly had no clue about any of it, did he? Well, he could wait to find it out later. It was too good to pass up, leading the older one on like this.
"Please. Do you really still blame me solely for that incident? How was I to know that they were going to fully blame you, and forbid you ever to return? Not like I demanded it of them or anything. If you will remember, I did try and stick up for you in that situation." Just like Ran to hold a grudge. Ris, however, didn't bother with them. They led to petty emotions that the lighter colored stallion couldn't be bothered with. Why waste your life as a sour puss about something, when much better, happier things could happen?
Ris'hin chuckled, swishing his tail against his brother's flank as he stepped towards him again. "Run out of mares? My dear, DEAR brother. There haven't been enough mares born in the world for me to 'run out of' as you so delicately put it. Like I said, I came for a visit. We are family, whether you like it or not. And there's times whe someone has to check in on you, to make sure you haven't gone and jumped off a cliff to bring about your own demise..." With a gleam in his eye, Ris snickered before adding, "though I'm sure that's one thought that's crossed your mind in the past few minutes, if I know anything about you at all."
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:25 pm
"Just because you can doesn't mean you do. Nor does 'not always' mean you don't often." Ris'hin's laugh fell on still-folded ears.
"What, do you propose I blame myself? I had no part in it - and don't think your so-called defending redeems you." It wasn't so much a grudge as it was a persistently strong dislike. But then, it wasn't Ran's fault his brother delighted in trampling nerves. He was sure Ris'hin didn't understand though. How could he, when he was always the instigator?
And the stallion sidestepped, again drawing himself away from the attempts at contact. That had always annoyed him. "Restating your intentions doesn't sway me to believe it's so simple. It never is with you - I don't care how many times you want to repeat it." He narrowed his eyes at the suggestion though, expression steeling further still. "And you never did know anything about me."
Nothing at all. Ti'ran was far too honorable - and prideful - to throw a life away so wastefully. His own was no exception, and jesting made it no less disgraceful. It was, perhaps, the tone that gouged him more than the words though.
"Did you know, Ris'hin," he was squared off, facing the other. "That I am actually trying to decide if I care enough about your motives to entertain this meaningless banter?" Ran had been holding his tongue, and reigning the irritated adrenaline that tensed his limbs.
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:31 pm
"No, blaming yourself wouldn't be the course of action I'd take, however, your attitude didn't help, I'm sure." Pawing the ground, Ris stood still for a moment, regarding his brother carefully with an icy eye. "Half your 'problems' wouldn't be so bad if you weren't such a sour puss, you know. Lightened up a bit, it might help your whole disposition."
Still, while Ris had turned a bit serious, he hadn't lost the goodnatured wit about him. "Oh, you're entertaining? Glad to hear it Brother. Although your idea of entertaining, and mine, are completely different in idea." Ris knew he had to be close to pushing Ran's final button, and though he wasn't too worried about the outcome, he couldn't quite help but wonder how much longer it'd take the old boy to get there. 'Course, he wouldn't say that out loud. Might hurt Ti'ran's feelings, calling him old and all.
"Speaking of entertainment," he began, knowing this one particular comment was sure to annoy Ran. "Think I can find a pretty little female escort for the duration of my visit?" Visibly, Ris tensed up, almost grinning as he waited to see if the straw broke the soquili's back. He was gonna be ready for it, if Ran decided to lunge at him.
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:19 pm
That was Ris'hin's answer to everything. Lighten up; if it annoys you less, it will go away. If only ignoring problems solved them. "You didn't help." He never helped; the unicorn could have sworn it was an antonym to his very name.
"My 'problems' wouldn't exist if not for you." He should have known that; it should have been obvious. Isolationists didn't get themselves into trouble. Others dragged it to them. And it was not amusing. Was peace and quiet too much to ask for?
Ris'hin portraying himself a fool wasn't amusing either. What enjoyment did he find in that? "Haven't a clue. Why don't you see if you can find one?" No, he didn't expect the other to take him up on the suggestion, but he had nothing to lose from trying. Anything was worth a shot.
Well, almost anything. He wasn't ready to resign himself to violence just yet, and Ris'hin's blatant expectation made him cant his head to one side. Either his patience had grown longer, or Ris'hin had underestimated it. Either way, the unicorn wouldn't be assaulting him just yet... Though he waited for the remark that would make him change his mind.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:19 am
"I tried but it's not like you bothered to accept." Ris'hin shrugged, an action that was achieved by lowering his head and rolling his shoulders back a bit. When you looked at it, didn't quite look like a shrug, but the effect was the same, regardless.
"You mean to tell me you don't have a herd of mares of your own around here? Oh come now. That certainly can't be right." Ris's eyes flashed mischievously. Ohhohoho he didn't know at all did he? This was great.
Oh yes, Ris would enjoy explaining to his brother about his little 'misshap' but when it would come out was questionable. All about timing, it was. He had to wait for the right moment. The time when Ran was in the perfect position, mentally, to hear it. Right now he wasn't even truly in the moment, ready to kill him yet. No, Ris would wait a bit longer to give him his news.
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