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 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:48 am
She had told Backus, Cael already knew. Now what could she do? How could she free herself from herself, was it possible? Would anyone understand? Rage wondered of confronting them internally, or asking another for help. Amelie perhaps? No, wait, too much going on in her head, it might confused or scare Amelie, what could she do?
She needed help, surely there had to be someone that survived one of the generations before, someone who knew how to separate souls that tormented each other internally every waking moment of her existence. But who? She remember a tale of two wolves, two of the greatest guardians the Valley of the Wind ever had, they knew things. They acted as if they were shamans and seers but were not, they were intelligent beyond anyones imagination.
Rage sat, watched, listened to the ocean and its waves beating upon the shore. Who could help her, who? She doubted anyone could save her from herself.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:51 am
Daemon sighed deeply as he went along. Stretching his forelegs his paws were upon the sand of the beach, his seemingly blind eyes scanned the area, no one seemed about at this time. Was it too early or too late in the day? He couldn't remember, what had happened recently had been fuzzy, and overwhelmed his senses.
Lately he had had dreams he could not explain. Strange dreams of splitting beings, eating one's brother or sister, tearing families apart, but then, then there was hope, utopia in a place so vague yet so familiar. Home. Though this was home now, here was alright, accept of course for his brother being present, his brother abandoning his niece. Katana was like his child now though, Daemon would protect her as if she was his own.
He tilted his head, approaching someone else now, Rage, was that the girl? She had grown so much since he had arrived here, into a beautiful wolfess, however, she seemed to be in turmoil. "You alright?" he asked in approaching, settling himself next to her in the sand.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:54 am
"No," she said mechanically, turning to have her eyes settle on Daemon. She smiled, she remembered him, how he had come with that other wolf Logan, had kept Arguin from her. She smiled, he seemed to smile in return. She shook her head, "I'm not, no, such things inside my head, in me...its too much, I wish they would go away..." she said, rambling on. But perhaps he would understand, after all, Daemon's own brother Arguin seemed to have an alter, just like she did..only she had two.
"What would you do Daemon, if you didn't want to be yourself anymore, wished to have thngs, others taken from you, so you could be free...would you stay the way you were, always in arguments and disagreements with yourself, or would you find another way out?" she asked, watching him, waiting, she wondered if he knew anything she could do.
"Do you know another way out...how to be yourself but be what you wanted, not what other voices wanted, do you Daemon?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:58 am
Daemon blinked, turned his eyes towards the waves that lapped the shore. He remembered home, the stories of wolves who had internal struggles with other 'halves' of themselves. It was said to be a test, and only the strongest of wolves would survive, the weakest ones would give into the voices, and go insane. Rage seemed to be going through that test now, the test he was sure his brother had failed, and that Croanyl, the darkness, had overcome, but in the darkest of ways.
"Long before you were born, when I was a mere pup, the elders told stories of tests of souls, how more then one could live in harmony, or turmoil, depending on the wolf. It was a test, I don't know if I could live with more then one inside myself...I would probably search for a way out...however, the only way out that I heard tales of, was when the grand two elders said what to do, pleaded to the stars to save a soul in agony...though I'm not sure if you would need them present to do such a thing Rage."
Philokiss and Philophran, Daemon remembered them well. Philokiss, at one moment in time, had been his mentor, Daemon still believed both to be alive somewhere, hiding together in the safety of one another's company.
"They bother you, don't they? What're there names...?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:02 am
Rage listened intently, he knew of them too. Though she wasn't sure what the guardians names had been, perhaps the names were meant to be known later when you met them. Hmmm, though Rage wasn't particularly sure. "They do, they never let me rest Daemon..." she said, trying to focus on the water for a moment. How is changed and moved, never ceased its movement, never stilled. It was like her, her mind, her soul that seemed to be split in two, or three, depending on how one viewed the situation.
"Ryu...and Ano..." she said softly, not making eye contact, moving herself then to lay on the sand, watch the sun's rays flicker off the top of the moving water abyss. "Do you think I could be free Daemon? They fight so much, its so hard to keep going, Cael and Backus know...since Ano loves Cael, Ryu loves Backus, but now...where do I stand Daemon? What should I do? How will I know if I can plead to the stars to take them away...where would they go?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:08 am
Strange names, but if combined with hers in certain ways, it made sense. A light and dark he assumed, since battling souls usually were the opposite of one another, at least, thats what the stories told. "I think you could be free Rage, you just have to fight for it, not give in like Arguin did, he still is fighting to be what he wants, though since he gave in once before its hard for him. Croanyl, he gave in, but did not go insane like old stories prophesied, he just became somehting no one believed could come to exist..."
He watched her then, smiled, lay with her then, letting his tail lay next to hers, this was nice, he would tell her how beautiful she looked, if it hadn't been for the conversation they were having with one another. Love? Well then, seemed like she was being tortured after all, having her two alters love someone, and she didn't know where she stood with the emotion. What was love anyway?
"You are where you want to be, you can be with, and love who you want, who you choose, they may love others, but its your choice in what happens with you..." he said giving her a reassuring nudge, and a chuckle, trying to lighten the mood. It was only the beginning of this for her it seemed, to fight for her freedom from herself, just the beginning. "I'm not sure how you'd know, but I can try to help you..if you want...there was a rumor of the alter would be delivered to you, by another soul in turmoil...it was said the alters would go into different bodies, that might have been dormant somewhere, just coming to 'life' when the alters were free..." he said, trying to give her something to look for, to hope for.
"I can help though Rage, I'll help, and stay, if you want me too..."
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:11 am
Alters being delivered? That was...interesting. She smiled though, he said he could help. He was mysterious like Backus, but caring like Cael. Had she found her own medium in Daemon? She looked at him, smiled, lay her head upon her paws and closed her eyes. "Then stay, and help me then Daemon, stay here with me now...help me be free..."
She was tired, she had been up for a while, not being able to sleep, the sun was in the middle of the sky, the middle of the day, though a nap sounded like heaven now. Perhaps she could have a moments peace with Daemon at her side. "Stay here with me..." she said again, tiredly, her mind drifting to sleep. She dreamed of things, Ryu, Ano, Backus, Cael, Nix, Cellen...and Daemon.
Yes Daemon.
This seemed like the beginning of something huge.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:13 am
He smiled, curled his large frame around hers somewhat, as if to keep her from the world, from herself, enclosed somewhere safe. he wondered if she had other things to worry about, if Arguin might attack her again, if Croanyl would return. Only time would tell. Though this was nice, for once he felt he had something else to do, something to help with, something to fix. "I'll stay," he said softly, soothingly, a smile on his maw as he watched her drift off to a nap, to hopefully a sleep that would be calm and almost silent. So that she could rest up for what would come her way.
If only he knew if Philokiss and Philophran were alive still, where they were, he'd plead with them to help her, plead with them to plead with the stars to set her free. No one deserved such torture, and he would stay until she was free.
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