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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 4:14:34 GMT -5
Astafy quirked slightly at that, sending Mozer a swift sidelong look. So that's wot happened. Wotever had just occurred, Mozer noticeably relaxed again.
I thank you for your advice, the Dark returned quietly. So far gryvern seem to need someone else to make the connection; all attempts for telepathy have failed among us. And that, as they say, was that. The Mindspeech explained why Angelus was here and knew of Astafy as well as about Jaradka's choice. The sudden decision to be mates wasn't unheard of to gryvern, though it was a bit unusual. Of course, Mozer mused for a moment. Because gryvern mated for life, you wanted to be certain you had your match before settling down.
"Are you and Jaradka good friends?" Mozer asked easily. "You answered her call very quickly."
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 4:39:59 GMT -5
Angelus performed a half bow to mozer, then began scanning the area... Heh, too bad he didn't started answering the questions in mindspeech earlier, because now he actually did need some water now. He knew there was some around here somewhere... "You should be able to do it yourself, it's probably just more difficult. Eh, mind if we walk while we talk? My throat is getting dry." He was surprised that Astafy had not reacted to him patting her on the head, he wondered when it would set in...
He stood all the way up, and nodded in the direction that he knew there was water. "Me and Jaradka get along pretty well, I suppose it is because we both have a similar problem with meeting new people... And if you can understand her she's alot smarter than most people think." he grinned at the question of why he came here quickly... "I answer any call quickly, or simply refuse it..." he thought about when the first met then grinned "Heh, Hunter Angelus... Have either of you challenged her?" He asked with a wide grin appearing, His teeth stood out very well against the black of his body...
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 4:53:04 GMT -5
Mozer gave a small, rolling shrug. Perhaps it was as Angelus said, but Mozer believed they simply didn't have the skill of reaching out mentally like that. Not yet, at least. He grinned inwardly. This sort of thing was why they were encouraging inter-species breeding. To develop new abilities and skills, to bring in new traits while finding a way to still keep themselves gryverns. He was very excited about their breeding project and was more than willing to step up and do his part.
Mozer recalled seeing a stream in the direction Angelus had directed them in and rose to walk along with the other. Astafy followed after them, but she had suddenly gone quiet. In fact, she'd gone silent about the time Angelus had boffed her on the head. Maybe she was just thinking about it.
"We haven't challenged her on purpose at least," Mozer replied lightly. "We did have a game of chase, but I dropped out after being dropped by a tree." He gave a small, comical grimace. "So you made hunter status; by challenging her?"
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 5:12:23 GMT -5
He nodded "A tree? heh she probably got frustrated or something... The only way to get her to stop refering to you as prey is to Beat her... It's not too hard though, She really doesn't want to hurt her friends, so she goes pretty easy." he says with a small chuckle... He barely had to do anything in the fight except knock her around a little bit.
He continued to grin widely as he walked, it was refreshing to meet new things that had a rather open mind, although he thought mozer did have an awful lot of questions... Maybe he was planning on being a scholar? That was an interesting thought... Maybe he should lend him some of his books or something. His train of thought was ended alittle early when he realized that Astafy was lagging behind...
"Astafy, Is something wrong? You are being rather quiet." he said while motioning her to walk more beside them rather than behind... he didn't like it when he felt that he was leaving them out of something, or letting them drop off behind.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 5:22:58 GMT -5
"I'll keep that in mind," Mozer replied lightly. Though he still probably wouldn't challenge Jaradka. As long as he was friend prey he probably wouldn't be expected to be overly adept at protecting himself. As long as he didn't have to, he could spend more time observing things. A bit convoluted, perhaps, but there was more than one reason why he often ran around with Casimir in attendance.
Astafy eyed Angelus carefully, something in her eyes. Maybe it was suspicion. However, she did as she was bid, lengthening her stride so she was moving alongside the pair. She didn't actually say anything in response, simply moving to do as she was bid.
Her complacency caught Mozer's attention and he tilted his head at his long time friend. His long ears flicked briefly towards her as he tried to ask if she was alright with his eyes. She averted her gaze, refusing to meet either of their gaze, simply letting herself think. Wotever it was, she didn't seem to want to share the thought or talk about it. After a few moments, Mozer let it slide for now. If it still bothered her later he would make an issue of it. He was rather in charge of their exploratory forces, and he wouldn't let something explode because he wasn't paying attention to the emotional health of his group. He tried to get the pressure off of her for now, however, but diverting Angelus. "So, how many books do you have?" he asked lightly.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 5:40:04 GMT -5
Angelus nodded, only half listening to what mozer had said, Hmm... He had hoped that he didn't accidentally do something that had really offended Astafy, but if she didn't really want to talk he did not have the right to try and force her to it... Not that it mattered, Mozer was doing enough talking for the three of them. He looked back over at Mozer and payed little attention to the pouting female, although he did still listen to make sure she was still with them and everything.
"I can not keep track of my little library, I destroy, replace and get new books so often I doubt it'd be useful to try and remember them all." he said before looking up ahead once more, and nearly stepping into the river that he had been heading towards... Unfortunately he was still unprepared for the slightly muddy ground and after a moment of hesitation and attempting to pull his legs back to more solid ground before he slipped and his front half landed in the mud and water with a loud Splat!.... Graceful.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 5:49:19 GMT -5
Astafy stopped before they actually reached the mud, even in her deep thoughts apparently unwilling to get dirty. She sat a ways back on the bank, curling her long, thin tail around her legs, the white tail tuft draped gently across the grass. She watched the pair with deep green eyes and thought. Or sulked. One or the other.
Mozer tilted his head at Angelus' words, but any thought on the library was flicked away, at least for now, as he gave a loud laugh, before carefully stepping out into the mud to offer the tsume aid in rising. "A bit slick, huh?" His claws were carefully clenching to help him keep his balance, though there was an equally good chance that trying to help Angelus would end in his own fall into the mud.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 5:58:03 GMT -5
Angelus looked over and up at Mozer before grinning, "It is a bit slick now that you mention it..." He said right before he swept one arm up parallel to the ground towards mozer, and reached over him with the other one and grabbed on... With the two movements put together he simply attempted to sweep mozer off his feet and then basically toss him into the water... Well, atleast he'd be kind of clean... Cleaner than Astafy will be anyways when angelus finds a suitable time to remove the mud from himself...
Luckily the water was a very tolerable temperature... Since It was very unlikely anyone would be getting away unscathed from this place.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 6:03:56 GMT -5
The toss went alright, but only one foot actually dipped in as Mozer reacted by flying up and away. However, he was laughing when he danced back down to the other shore, now a bit muddy from the 'attack.' He glanced at his darkened sides and grinned again at Angelus. "Perhaps I should have just taken a dip anyway." At that he leapt for water, hoping to at least somewot cannonball the water at the other two. Angelus was a bit more of a joker than he had expected, but that was fine by Mozer. He enjoyed a good time.
Astafy leapt up and back at the water that flew towards her spot on the shore. Her ears went back and she flicked her tail a bit irritably at her friend.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 6:23:02 GMT -5
Angelus laughed as mozer managed to catch himself in mid air, giving him a small round of applause "I haven't seen many things do that, It looks pretty impressive." he said just before he had to shield his eyes from the 'cannonball' it was kind of scary when Angelus jumped into the water since he moved somewhat like a bear, and at first looked like he was going to maul Mozer, but instead just landed all the way in the water, sending large waves in both directions along the stream.
Somehow it appeared that his book had amazing come unhooked and was dropped on the ground a ways away from the river... If anyone happened to notice, which was unlikely right now... However if someone were to look they might see a corner of a picture that had been placed in the back, protruding somewhat.
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 6:30:12 GMT -5
Mozer ducked his head as the wave washed over and across him. All of this water was one thing he loved about these new Realities. No water rations and the ability to just be IN it, to have it all over himself and not to have to worry about it being dirty from others bathings, not to have to think of getting in and out while there was still water to be had. He shook his head, dispelling the dark thoughts so he could splash some more, skimming the top to send sprays at Angelus.
As long as the boys stayed occupied, Astafy had a good chance of noticing the book; well, now that she was slowly retreating away from the river further. Like Mozer she was amazed by water one could just jump into, but she felt heavy with thoughts just then and didn't want to play.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 6:43:25 GMT -5
Angelus snorted sending a water spray out of his nose, then pushed himself up and rose up out of the water for a moment before splashing back down and forward to try and dunk mozer beneath the water... He did always like wrestling in lakes, rivers or whatever, it was so much easier to do things that would normally really hurt the other person. He wondered if Mozer would try any fancy moves to try and knock him down or something...
As he went forward to dunk mozer he had a rather bad flashback, and had he more expressive features it probably would have shown up but as it was he just appeared to become momentarily more vicious looking.. Sometimes he wished he actually felt bad for killing all those people or something...
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 6:56:23 GMT -5
The dunking was a little bit of a surprise, but Mozer moved with it, sinking beneath the waves with Angelus' sudden angry expression. That didn't change his plan, though. Mozer waited till he was beneath the water, then squirmed suddenly and abruptly. It would be like trying to hold an eel beneath the water.
Astafy retreated a bit further from the sloshing waves of the river, finally noting the book lying on the ground. She glanced at the water, but the boys both seemed very distracted. She gave a small shrug and padded to the book before noticing the corner poking out. She quirked at it then carefully nosed open the book so she could see wot it was.
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Post by Thalron on Jan 15, 2006 7:06:49 GMT -5
Angelus wasn't really interested in holding the other underwater for very long anyways, and he let him squirm out of his grasp (although he would have anyways) then he tried to look around to see where Mozer was planning on coming back up, although planning on letting him do one thing atleast before he 'attacked' again... But he didn't want to be completely unprepared so he kept looking..
In the back of the book there was indeed a picture, it was laminated and not too old... It showed him and some sort of furry serpent like creature (a tsume?) wrapped around him, all in all a rather cute looking picture. It looks like it's been taken care of alot better than the book...
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Post by sera on Jan 15, 2006 7:29:11 GMT -5
Mozer shot forward then looped back around. He slipped swiftly closer, snatching at Angelus' left hind and swimming hard, hoping to jerk his leg out from underneath him. Whether it worked or not, as soon as he had pulled, Mozer released and kept swimming by. He needed to come up for air pretty quick and hoped to get away from the tsume before he did so.
Astafy curiously yet almost dispassionately examined the strange picture, still managing to be surprised by it. Perhaps there was more to these tsumes than killing things and insanity. Then again, perhaps not. After another moment of study she carefully nosed the book closed again. No point in ruining something that obviously was important to someone else. She was still confused by the tsume. They didn't seem very stable, yet would randomly turn around with some sort of reaction that was. . . . -normal-. She just didn't know wot to make of them.
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