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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 4:27:29 GMT -5
Wotever it was that descended, it wasn't familiar and that meant he did NOT want it touching him. Mozer twisted abruptly, feet clawing the air and one hind caught a nearby tree, ripping slighty through the bark as he used it to twist around in the air. Wotever that was, it almost got him; he could its movement pass a bit too closely to one leg, thent here was a clashing directly ahead of where he was heading, and he would just bet it was Jaradka. So, instead of dodging around the next tree, and likely right into her clutches, Mozer caught the plant with sharpened claws and climbed abruptly upwards. Muscles screamed angrily at the sudden stop and subsequent movement into another direction. He had sacrificed most of his speed for that move, and hoped it would pay off as he scrambled upwards then leapt back out into the air and started off again.
Astafy, however, was sadly unaware of the shadow. At least. . . at first. She felt a sudden shiver dance along her spine and whirled. Green eyes scanned about. . . just not the ground. Nostrils flared as she searched the skies and trees around her for wotever was setting off her concerned sense.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 4:41:59 GMT -5
Unfortunately Jaradka not about to let him get away so quickly and using her incredible wit and cunning... Hit him with a tree... Luckily it was not a very big tree, but she had not fully realized the possible consequences of chucking a newly uprooted tree at someone who was basically a sitting duck as he tried to change direction...
I guess that is what they got for trying to make it complicated, she got angry when confused and stopped paying attention to those little inner voices that told her what would happen if she did things like this...
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There was a strange sound like electricity crackling, and ice breaking as a large shape suddenly came into existence, obviously the owner of the shadow. But what he looked like was NOT good. Sure he was pretty, but judging by the black fur, red scars collar... Shackle with a broken chain around one foot, all in all not someone you wanted to meet alone. The only thing that did not fit with his appearance was a small book that was hooked onto his collar, with a thick leather exterior, that held many small claw marks.
"Hmm? Are you the obnoxious Astafy that I was supposed to meet?" a rather rough, but not really evil voice asked as his black eyes gave the impression of staring down at the other, when infact he was actually admiring her scarf XD
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 4:50:03 GMT -5
Mozer didn't expect a flying tree, especially not in a "friendly" game of chase. Well, he wouldn't have been expecting it anyway. Jaradka had excellent aim and, for the second time, Mozer headed downwards. This time it was sort of a slithering fall. He let himself lay there, watching the cute little stars dancing around his brain. Next time they played games with Jaradka, he was going to borrow a helmet from someone.
Casimir had taken advantage of his head start and was now rather vanished from sight.
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Finned ears went flat and Astafy showed her fangs at the new large scary monster that wanted to eat her. "GETAWAYFROMME!" Obviously she was growing used to these new creatures just popping up behind her and looking scary. <<;
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 5:00:05 GMT -5
Jaradka watched as he fell from the air then blinked... Did she just throw a tree at that little prey? that was not a good thing for a friend to do... She wasn't a very good friend now was she? that made her alittle sad... But decided in order to keep herself from being really bad, that she should go and make sure he was ok.
So she bounded over and chucked the random debris off of mozer before checking if he was still consciess. "Mozer prey, is it hurt? Jaradka is sorry... Jaradka forget Hunter Jaradka's strength." she says with a semi normal sounding voice, except it was pretty sad. she first made sure that there were no obvious broken bones then began to check... Lightly, and carefully.
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Angelus shrugged, checked what was behind him then took afew steps back just as she had commanded, then sitting down and stretching his arms "It is impolite to yell." he said with a sigh, why did he have to baby sit? it's not like ba- oh wait... No many horrible creatures came here, this was probably a good idea. "I'm Angelus, it's nice to meet you." he said with a small bow, before offering a hand shake... He picked it up from his friends who insisted on such weird things...
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 5:19:57 GMT -5
"I'm. . okay," Mozer answered just a bit dazedly. "I might have a slight concussion, but I've got a hard head." He was also making a review of himself and, after a long moment staggered up to his feet. "There, see? Nothing broken, just a little banged up." He gave her a careful grin. "Next time we play, how about no throwing trees, okay?" He grinned at her again, then, "Now you'd better head after Casimir. Who knows where he might be now? I'm going to see if Astafy will help me get rid of this headache."
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Astafy blinked in surprise, then tilted her head slightly to stare suspiciously up at him. "Angelus? I'm. . . " She shook her head as though she thought she'd heard wrong. He was speaking in full sentences and didn't seem on the verge of gobbling her up. For all of his frightful gaze. "I hope you don't mind me saying, but your eyes are very disconcerting." She was still ready to dart away if needed, but she was beginning to think that wouldn't entirely be necessary.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 5:38:21 GMT -5
Jaradka was very relieved that Mozer was unhurt, that would have really made her sad if he broke something, breaking was very bad and well, concussions were not very unusual... "Jaradka is very sorry..." she said and sort of nudged him with her head, walking with him for a few steps just to make sure he was stable before she headed after Casimir...
She went pretty quickly, but not at a full run because she had to track him mainly by scent, which required some attention to details. but she was still hot on the track.
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Angelus gave her a sort of questioning look, when she repated his name then appeared to forget her own, probably because of his rather frightful presence... He got that alot, and wasn't very surprised that she had lost her train of thought because of it. "I have been told so, but I am afraid the only thing I can do about that is to close them." he said with a sigh, atleast it she was nice enough to just say that rather than staring at him silent for several minutes like most before managing to startle themselves out of it.
It was strange to see him talking so casually with the amount of scars his body held, and with those collars and chains... It looked like he used to be caged up or something... If she payed attention to his scars, and was a experienced healer she might notice something rather odd about them.... Most of them were self inflicted.
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 6:01:12 GMT -5
Mozer gave one more cautious shake of his head before slowly continuing back towards the clearing where they had left Astafy. Didn't want to accidentally jostle something more loose. He also knew it was going to take him a bit. Ah, well, just more time to enjoy the scenery. He was glad this Reality was so pretty. They'd trained in some rather not pretty places before, and it had always been a hassle getting back to a Healer or getting a Healer to them.
The trail criss-crossed the woods in quite a number of directions, disappearing up into the air, landing somewhere quite a few yards away, then on and on again, leading into a large stream and not picking up on the other side.
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Astafy tilted her head the other way, ears unflattening as she listened to him talk. After another moment of watching him, she let her eyes quickly scan across him. He was large and frightening and why in the world anyone would want to drag around a bunch of chains was beyond her. After a moment she came to the realization about his scars and her eyes narrowed and she looked up to his eyes again. "I am Astafy, as you already know," she abruptly announced. "Why would you injure yourself?" Concern and disbelief flared through her words. Gryvern were just a bit too self-assured to do anything like that and the idea of self-mutilation frightened her more than thought of being eaten. Okay, -almost- more than thought of being eaten. Being chewed to death was a pretty gruesome idea.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 6:17:59 GMT -5
Jaradka looked up and down the river from where the trail ended, she doubted he'd be in the open especially if he was being tricky and had all these plans laid out... She was more brute force-ish and prefered just chasing things rather than tracking them down through elaborate trails and tricks... But then she heard something that was not Casimir... It was Food prey! she didn't realize how hungry she was until she smelled it's presence and ah! she saw it! it was something like a deer, and she had been told it was ok to eat.
...She could simply leap across the river and chase after it but she didn't feel like giving it the chance to run and so, once again used her wildly unpredictable power and opened her mouth... weird lights flashed out then a purple-irredescent ball of energy flew outwards and removed the head of the unfortunate animal as if it had never actually been attached... Unfortunately that power had some backlash to it and she curled halfway into a ball as her muscles spasmed and some amount of energy was ripped away...
"Casimir prey! Jaradka have found food!" she called out then jumped in the river and pretty much just ran through to the other side to grab the kill... Remembering to also grab the head <.<;
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Angelus grinned as she seemed to relax, that was much faster than most would get used to him, but after a moment he realized she was probably a healer or something by the look of realization as she looked at his scars... Ah, he liked his scars even if they reminded him of a past not so pleasant... Some of them still hurt and that felt nice... "It is a pleasure to meet you," he paused and looked down at one of his scars "Most of my self inflicted wounds did not scar..." he said a small pause for a sigh "I'm a Pain tsume, I enjoy pain, My own or others... It's kind of like a drug, But I have been avoiding it unless neccesary." He moved one of his clawed hands up, and dragged it along one of the scars, the claws fit perfectly to the center.. But he didn't actually cut himself this time....... At this point it may also appear slightly obvious that his snout and claws were all Stained red...
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 6:27:08 GMT -5
Casimir stopped from his place far upwind and upriver. He'd been following the stream to help Jaradka lose his scent for awhile but he just knew he'd heard her calling. After a moment's hesitation, he leapt upward, water splashing along his paws as it glinted back to earth. His flying was less erratic than Mozer's but it was still an undulating wave of movement. He backtracked until he caught scent of her before landing to one side and padding swiftly through the woods to join her near the river, where, indeed, she had a large creature, much like a deer. "Nice kill," he murmured noting the neat-ish removal of the head.
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Astafy's eyes narrowed but this time in pure confusion and her head tilted the other way. "Is that your Type or your Caste?" she asked quizzically. She couldn't imagine anyone or anything choosing Pain as a job, but she'd never heard of a Pain Type before. Her mind was so wrapped up in this anamoly that she didn't yet notice the significance of his red markings, but perhaps that would come in time.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 6:39:05 GMT -5
Jaradka looked around afew times, and had almost began to go and look for Casimir when she noticed him coming over to her, obviously hearing her call, He looked very pretty as a sky snake <3 she thought to herself before dropping the kill on the side of the river that was closer to the way back. "Jaradka share food. Is friend prey casimir hungry?" she asked with a glance towards the body... which made her almost start drooling, she was too hungry to wait to bring it back to the others so she decided she'd just eat the head... CRUNCH she bit almost all the way through the skull on the first try...
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Angelus nodded and sighed, they obviously were a very different species. "It is my type, it's the genetics that give me my abilities and effect my feeling towards pain... Tsumes do not have a caste system, for the most part we are all out on our own." he said with a chuckle, then raised a hand, moving it so it was palm towards her... Pausing as he looked at her, then turned his head to show that he was looking at his hand and... Moved his other hand and drove his claw into the center, before twisting it afew times and pulling it out... A move that, was most likely incredibly painful.
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 6:55:29 GMT -5
Casimir actually gave a small smile at Jaradka's actions, moving over to sniff at the dead animal. As usual, the smell of fresh blood quickened his own. He was rather saddened to have missed the hunt for the wotever it was, but he rather doubted this would be the last hunt for either of them or them together.
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Astafy stared at him and revised her opinion. This one was just as crazy as the last one. Now she didn't really want to meet any more tsumes. Ever. With a 'U', as Sera was wont to say. Wotever that meant.
Just about then, Mozer staggered into camp. He blinked at the large, black, now-bleeding hulk of Angelus and swayed to a stop. "Hallo, I'm Mozer."
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 7:10:50 GMT -5
Jaradka continued to devour most of what she had in her hands, giving some of the bits she thought were the best to Casimir however, since she thought he would probably like them... Since she did and obviously that meant that he also liked eating brains, cause they were saltier... "Jaradka hunt food prey lots, Does Casimir prey, hunt food prey often?" she asked in the gaps between crunching bone and such... She could definitely work on her manners a bit.
If Casimir only knew how often Jaradka liked to hunt, he would probably not mind missing a few... Had anyone been recording the amount of times she went hunting she would probably have some sort of record by now, sometimes she even hunted for other people without telling them simply because she didn't want to waste a kill.
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Angelus looked at her for several moments then laughed amusedly "Heh, you aren't as crazy as I was told. I'm sorry, I was just interested in seeing how you'd react... It was really in bad taste." he said with another chuckle before looking over at mozer, who appeared to be having difficulty walking straight.
...After a moment however, any head ache mozer might have had Vanished, sure he might still feel pretty dizzy but all the random pains and aches were gone, and Angelus seemed to shudder slightly before regaining control. "I'm Angelus, nice to meet you..." He wasn't sure if he should point out that the other was rather bruised and had a concussion... Since he was pretty sure he knew who caused it, even if it was by accident.
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Post by sera on Jan 13, 2006 7:38:29 GMT -5
Gryvern certainly have never had the problem of being squeamish about their food and Casimir accepted the pieces passed to him with a grateful thanks. It had a different taste from their own herdbeasts and it was a nice change, really. "If I were to hunt for myself alone without sharing a large kill, I would not hunt more than once a week." He wasn't a Hunter for the gryvern living in Dor'shia, but occasionally he'd lend a paw.
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Astafy nodded in agreement before she realized she had, and cleared her throat abruptly and looked away. Oops. Not supposed to agree with the crazies. Mozer's entrance took her attention however, and she bounded to her friend's side, letting him lean against her.
After a moment, however, Mozer straightened slightly and sent her an odd look, before blue eyes shifted to the black tsume. At least, he was assuming it was a tsume. "Hallo, Angelus." He tilted his head slightly, which, while lacking the pain, still sent his mind reeling from dizziness again. "Sit," Astafy ordered, and Mozer carefully complied.
If he watched her he would see a green glow emanating through her white forelock, but Mozer had his eyes closed for the length of the Healing. The burst of warmth that slipped through him like wave over the shore pulled the dizziness and bruises away and after just a few moments, he was well enough again, though quickly getting hungry. Healing took energy from the user but it also required energy from the receiver.
However, he turned his attention to Angelus curiously. "Did you do that?" he asked quietly, as Astafy looked from one to the other.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 13, 2006 16:27:14 GMT -5
Jaradka nodded, She did not normally hunt the larger prey because it meant that she could hunt more often, and also she could not stand eating anything that had been dead for too long. Only fresh prey was good. "Jaradka hunt twice in day. once in night, Small prey, prey. If jaradka finds large prey, jaradka shares." she says with a grin... If she actually had a job as a hunter she would probably be one of the happiest tsumes around, because then she could hunt as much as she wanted without wasting anything. and she would not hunt if there was nothing to do with the food.
She looked at Casimir for a moment, then smiled... They were out in the woods all alone... But maybe they should bring the food back to the others. Hmm. She would let Casimir decide.
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Angelus watched interested in what she was going to do, giving a small wave to Mozer when he said hello, again. these things were rather funny and he was not at all surprised that Astafy had been so appalled at his injuring himself... Most humans had the same reaction, or they tried to stop him. It was always kind of nice when that happened because, well... It meant they, if even for a moment realized he wasn't some homocidal monster.
When he saw the healing take place he grinned, that was almost exactly like the healing he himself could do, except his light was white and he was pretty sure she was much better at it, he could only heal a few large cuts or alot of superficial ones... He probably could have healed the concussion if he had tried though.
"Yes, I am sorry, would you like me to give it back?" He said then chuckled, he pretty much knew the answer. "I would have offered to heal you aswell, but you appear to be well taken care of." he said before turning his attention to his hand... Hmm... He should probably heal that before he forgot about it and got dizzy from blood loss or something...
At first it looked like he was simply going to jab himself again, but his claws began to glow white, and he just smoothed over the cut, removing any trace of it except for the blood that was still on his hand.
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Post by sera on Jan 14, 2006 9:10:26 GMT -5
Jaradka hunted three times a day? It surprised him to hear it, though it made more sense to learn she only hunted small prey. Or tried to. It was an interesting idea, especially if one had nothing better to do.
Casimir glanced down at the caracass before asking, "Is this a large or small kill?"
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Mozer gave th large black creature a wry grin, "Well, actually, no, I wouldn't like it back. Though I do appreciate the offer."
Astafy took a step forward when Angelus' attention returned to his injury, but hesitated when his claws went white. She recognized that energy and so simply waited as he healed himself. She tilted her head slightly as she suddenly realized that he didn't have coloured markings. . . at least, his muzzle and claws weren't a natural colouration. Her ears flicked back uneasily at the thought. Just how much damage had he been doing to be stained blood red? Her purple hide shuddered all over as she fought that thought off. "Why are you here, Angelus?" she asked quietly, having to avert her gaze for now. "Do you have business in this Reality?"
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