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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Jan 31, 2007 21:23:57 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
The shopkeeper muttered angrily, dipping under his shop's desk to find the coins he kept there. I winked quickly at Ailiana, spinning around and slipping behind the man. He fumbled noisily as he was bent over, half-way under his stand as he looked for his coins. They had, surprisingly, gone missing. I wonder who took them.
I slipped off my gauntlet, not bother to unlace it first. I didn't have time anyway, as the shopkeeper began to bark angrily inside his little hole as he reached further and further back in search of the missing coins. I lifted my left hand, and intricate design on the palm of my hand which had previously been covered by the black gauntlet. Whispering a few words I tapped him lightly on the back, which startled him greatly and caused him to leap upward into the wooden top of his shops' counter. He backed up quickly rising to the sunlight and revealing one of my more unique spells. His face was a stunning shade of bright green, a color I though suited him very well.
Swearing loudly he noticed his own green hands, and with words so foul even I wouldn't dare repeat them, he turned around to me and lifted his fist, threatening to strike me over the head. Thinking quickly I uttered another spell, which turned his hair a humorous shade of pink. Now that was a good color combination, don't you think?
A rather high pitched scream broke from his lips, and he reached out for he, grasping my shirt as spittle flew everywhere. He was yelling rather loudly now, something about "thief" and "you useless little..." oh, dear, that wasn't a very nice name.
With a snap of my fingers his words turned to gibberish, and a sentence along the lines of "Flade hish giddre tery ling houwdy nou pootley" came from his lips.
Slipping out of his grasp, I reached for Ailiana's arm, sprinting away from the booth as fast as I could. The spells would wear off soon, and I feared If I didn't disappear sooner, I was going to be in for a world of hurt.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Feb 1, 2007 20:58:59 GMT -5
A snort of laughter escaped me as the man's face turned a darker green in anger. His customers were as stunned as he, though slow smiles were growing over their faces to smirk and chuckle at the man who had cheated them out of their money. "Serves you right," I taunted the shopkeeper as Kakashi's hand wrapped around my arm and I joined him in running away.
I was still laughing as my feet pounded against the wooden boardwalk and I finally had to stop and hold my side, not even bothering to contain my laughter. "That... that was fun," I finally managed, my eyes glittering with jocose merriness.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Feb 12, 2007 20:26:22 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
I laughed lightly with her, sliding down along the brick wall to sit on the wooden walkway. I hadn't done something fun like that in years, it felt great to totally screw with someone. I usually spend so much time doing something serious or trying to kill something I forget that I'm young.
Wow, is there, I don't know, anyone else you'd like to exact some revenge on?
I asked, pushing up off the earth and taking my new cloak from Ailiana. I tossed it over my shoulders, and realized with a frown I couldn't really do that with a sword on my back. After a few modifications, the cloak rested on my shoulders, and the sword hung oddly from my hip, feeling like it was going to pull me over.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Feb 28, 2007 17:57:14 GMT -5
((*eeps* okay. apparently, the weather has changed since I left. should the snow continue or is a mutant hurricane going to arrive suddenly and unexplainably?))
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Feb 28, 2007 20:36:47 GMT -5
ooc: ((the weather is weird already, snowing at the beach and all. I don't think a hurricane is going to hurt. Well, um, you know what I mean.))
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Mar 1, 2007 19:03:42 GMT -5
"Not really," was my immediate response. But then I started to think. Surely there was someone... Suddenly, a sharp wind pulled at my hair and dress, and the snow was blown in a different direction entirely. I frowned up at the sky. It was darkening now, into a color I had never seen the sky turn. A muffled roll of thunder announced it's pending arrival from far across the ocean. Judging by the skies, though, when the storm did arrive, it was going to last a while.
"This... is so weird," I muttered, glancing around me as the last few open shops immediately closed up and the rest of Sienen's residents ran for cover.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Mar 2, 2007 22:13:23 GMT -5
=Against my will I stand beside my own reflection= =Its haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again=
I simply laughed, lifting my hands and letting the wind whipped snow fall on them. It felt great, the wind on my face, until I realised something. There was a storm coming, and by the strength of the wind, it was coming fast.
Uh, hey, do you want to find an inn or something to stay at?
I asked nervousely, glancing up at the dark grey sky. Ah, this day seemed to be bringing out all my bad points, shinning a light on them, and putting up a nice, glimmering sign that said "look, he's a dork!"
Yeah, this is why you shouldn't try to explore my inner thoughts, it gets dangerous in there.
=There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface, consuming, confusing= =This lack of self control I fear is never ending=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Mar 3, 2007 12:05:50 GMT -5
Figures. I go to the beach to relax and let down some barriers, maybe make a decision about whether or not I was going to return to Nicondae or not. And when I arrive it starts to snow, followed by a hurricane. Talk about mutant weather.
Needless to say, though, this certainly wasn't natural. I couldn't think of any reason why something or someone would want to destroy Forinasi through natural disasters, or for whatever twisted reason. Nothing added up, really. The only war Forinasi was experiencing was a war within itself.
"Yeah," I muttered, though it wasn't with any thought. Wait. What was I responding to? Did I know of an inn? "I mean, I'll take you to the inn I'm staying at," I corrected, snapping back to reality.
I paused, and what came out of my mouth next wasn't something I'd expected. It was a term I hadn't used since I was roughly seven years of age. "First one there wins."
And just like that, I sprang into action, sprinting off. It didn't occur to me that Kakashi didn't know the way, and that if he happened to overtake me and snatch the lead away, he'd have no idea where to go, most likely. But the idea of a race was a temptation I hadn't even dreamed of turning down, I thought to myself with a smile on my face.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Mar 3, 2007 12:32:43 GMT -5
=Against my will I stand beside my own reflection= =Its haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again=
Wait, what?
I watched my companion sprint down the street, leaving me alone in a swirling torrent of snow with a hurricane at my back. I blinked several times, trying to rearrange my thoughts into some kind of recognizable pattern. Let's see, what to do first? Stab? No. Scream? Maybe. Fireball?.... No, no, not that... Ah, that's right, run.
I started after here when I remembered something, causing me to slide to a stop. After a few moments of concentration, I removed my gauntlet, lifting the hand and whispering a few words.
I then, conveniently, appeared right in front of Ailiana, who I then proceeded to out run in any direction available. Left looked good, I figured that it would take me to a main road.
=There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface, consuming, confusing= =This lack of self control I fear is never ending=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Mar 3, 2007 19:48:09 GMT -5
"Hey!" I hollered after him, trying to quicken my pace. "That's cheating!!" My stride widened, and I focused on what was ahead of me instead of the biting cold and snow that was gradually being melted into rain.
"Go right!" I yelled upon seeing his about to turn left. "Right!"
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Mar 5, 2007 22:00:48 GMT -5
=Against my will I stand beside my own reflection= =Its haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again=
Right?!
I cried out, slidding to a stop. I turned on my heels, gripping the building corner and swinging myself around in the right direction, watching Ailiana's receeding form. Not fun.
You do realize it might get dangerouse running around like this if it starts to-
There was a great thunderclap, and rain came to replace the snow, falling from the sky in torrents.
-raining
=There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface, consuming, confusing= =This lack of self control I fear is never ending=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Mar 11, 2007 16:07:55 GMT -5
It was true. But I didn't have time to care, I was so wrapped up in our race. Turning around, I made a big show out of sticking my tongue out at Kakashi, knowing it was miserably immature but doing it anyway.
Through my running, I tried to find dry areas that would be less prone to become slippery through the wet weather. The tangy smell of salt that I had grown used to enjoying was now lost, replaced with the scent of... wet. Damp. There was no other way to describe it.
Suddenly, though, I felt like I was being dunked into cold water. I felt my hand grope for something to hold onto, and it connected with the wooden post of a building. My senses were blotted out, and I felt like something was dragging me to no where.
And then all I saw was a man. He was running same as I had just been. He made a particularly foolish move and decided to seek shelter in a rickety building. There was a strong gust of wind, and he paused for some reason I couldn't tell, turning to look at something. Just then, a plank of wood flew forward, knocking him savagely in the face and slamming him into a wall. The sound of his skull against wood just managed to have itself heard over the howling wind. As he fell to the ground, blood slowly dribbled out of his ears.
With a deep breath, everything came back to me. First that I was wet. Then the cold, and the feeling of sharp, splintery wood being poked viciously into the skin of my palm. Looking up, I saw that there was no injured man.
But there was the old building from my premonition. And there was a man who was running. He veered to the left and began to enter the rickety structure. My eyes widened as I felt the sense of deja vu. I knew what happened next.
"Don't!" I tried to yell. But then, to my horror, he stopped to stare at me. I began to open my mouth. "Get--"
And then the board came of flying. I quickly looked away, knowing that what happened next wasn't something I wanted to see. I forgot all about the race, about Kakashi. I only thought about my stupid premonition and how, even though I had tried, I had failed to save a victim. Why did I even have this power? Whenever I tried to do good with it, I did worse.
Another boom of thunder echoed through the horizon, louder than the previous. Blinking away tears, I realized that I was safe from accusation of crying because of the rain. That was good. My legs remained uselessly glued to the ground, though. Biting my lip, I tried to remember what I had been doing before the vision of the future had gotten in the way.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Mar 12, 2007 20:47:53 GMT -5
=Against my will I stand beside my own reflection= =Its haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again=
Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad... Very bad. I came around the corner just in time to see the man die beneath the plank of wood, crimson drops playing into the rain and wind. I heard the echo of Ailiana's scream. It seemed, out of place Had she known what was going to happen? It wasn't that strange, really, I had already met two people who could read minds, how much more crazy was one who could see the future? Alright, maybe just a little crazy.
I gripped her shoulder shaking her harshly. Calling out her name. But what was the use? The wind tore the words form my mouth the moment they left, and she didn't seem to be in any shape to start moving. So, she wasn't going to.
I swept her up off the floor, balancing her weight in my arms.
Which way?
I cried out, placing my head close to her ear.
=There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface, consuming, confusing= =This lack of self control I fear is never ending=
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Post by Ailiana (Onora) on Mar 12, 2007 20:58:05 GMT -5
My breath caught as I felt myself being swept off of the ground. My eyes unfogged, though it was still hard to see through the tears, which oozed down inbetween my lips.
The nice thing to do would have been to politely ask Kakashi to please put me down. The pitiful thing to do would have been to whimper and point in the right direction, mumbling something.
I did neither of these.
I squirmed, shoving him away and stumbling my way back onto the ground. "I don't need help," I snapped angrily, brusquely using the back of my hand to shove the tears off of my face, irritated that I had shown such weakness. I had to raise my voice, and I'm sure I sounded much more raged than I actually was.
"It's this way," I hollered, already sprinting away. All thoughts of a race were gone. It didn't appeal to me anymore. To my dismay, though, I slipped on the slick ground. My hand grabbed the same post as before. Just barely was I able to stay afoot. Way to look like a damsel in distress.
I didn't want to look at anyone or anything. I launched ahead, my feet pounding against the ground in a speed I was sure would enable me to outrun my thoughts. Forget the rain. Forget the peril.
Forget everything but running.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Mar 18, 2007 12:44:55 GMT -5
=Against my will I stand beside my own reflection= =Its haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again=
ooc:((I fear I have made a terribly long post for you to read, my apologies))
I watched her go, watched her run off, her voice fading back to me. There was a mixture of emotion in me, this scene was oddly familiar. There was a reason I hated the rain, I hated storms and I hated the wind.
My first emotion was sorrow. I was sad she was running, I was sad that this all brought back memories, the ones I wanted to hide, I was sad that any of this was happening in the first place.
I was also angry, angry that she was running. Why had she refused my help? Why couldn't she have just told me where to go? Why had this storm come now?.
And, overriding all of the other thoughts and emotions, coming to the front of mind, demanding all my attention was the next emotion. Fear. Not just regular fear, I wasn't just afraid I would die like that man before, but it was a fear that went beyond that, which made every fiber of my being scream for shelter, for movement, to run away from the storm, the wind, the rain. Everything. I knew which direction run, and that's all that mattered. I could see her figure int he distance, if I started now I could catch her. So, I ran.
Images came to my mind, images I hadn't thought of in a long time, images I had never wanted to see again. But they came, I saw them, and I hated them.
She slipped in the water, a wide smile on her face, eyes wide in excitement. Her hands were muddy as she picked herself up, turning back to me.
"Let's hide under that tree!"
She cried out me, grabbing my hand and dragging me along. I wanted to go home, I knew Dad would be worried if I didn't return. I knew her parents would be angry, too. They always were angry when they learned she'd been playing with me, I didn't know why they hated me so.
The wind beat against us, the rain stinging our eyes. But she didn't care, she loved it all. The blew harder and she smiled even wider at me, all of the danger excited it. But she knew I was scared, I wanted to go home, and she pulled me along with her, to one of the high cliffs. She pointed to the top eagerly.
"There's a cave up there, I bet it's dry!"
I tried to hold her back, griping her arm and warning her it was dangerous. She pushed me off, assuring me it would be fine. She told me I could stay there, she'd go check it, then call me up. I didn't want her to go, I didn't want her to leave, me, but she pulled away and climbed upwards.
She stood at the peek, calling down to me, waving me up, but I didn't move. I couldn't. So she stared down again, her bare feet, navigating the slippery rocks. I moved to the base, screaming up for her to stop. It was to wet, it was to dangerous. But she didn't listen. Her scream echoed in my mind, and as tears mingled with rain. I huddled in the rocks, watching crimson drops splatter on the ground in front of me.
=There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface, consuming, confusing= =This lack of self control I fear is never ending=
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