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Lion

Jerec set everything down on the floor and watched through the darkness, his eyes adapting to the shadows, as she crawled closer to him.  Something was the matter with her.  She wasn't acting normal.  But really, he didn't know what normal was to a wild girl like her?  Did she always act so weak and delirious?  He set his jaw a little irritated, but he wasn't going to scream at her or eat her.  She'd already proven herself, but this—this was just pathetic.

"Hey, Owl.  What's the matter with you?" he inquired.  Not really expecting a response, his hand reached down to grasp the offered moss, thick with water.  He squeezed it and drank what it offered and picked up her head to lay in his lap.  Careful not to jostle her too much, he took off her head piece and inspected her head and soon gasped as he found a bloodied spot that marked where her head had made impact with the ground.

"Owl, can you hear me?  Do you know where you are?" Jerec asked softly.  He felt around the tender spot on the side of her head, not pressing it too hard, but knowing he ought to find some way to seal the wound.  He carefully laid her on the ground again and started to make work on the fire.  She didn't have the fur like he did to shield from the cold, so it would only be logical to have such a source of warmth.  After several tries and several failures, cursing vile words all that time, until, at last, he had light, and put the tinder together to keep it going.  The fire was set away from them, to let the heat bounce off the walls and surround them.

"Owlet, you hungry?  Want something to eat?"  He skewered one of the squirrels on a stick and held it over the fire.  The silence was starting to get to him.  "Say something, won't you!?"




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GoblinFae

From her spot on the floor Ariel made no sound, ignoring Jerec's words in order to focus on soothing the roiling going on within her belly. She only began to react when he poked and prodded her tender skull. Later she would take pride in the fact that she did not scream or cry but her knuckle did manage to find its way between her teeth to bite out the pain.

She hated that he left her and took his warmth with him and mewled slightly in protest before curling up again. Her hands came up to cage her head out of view. Jerec's persistence in speech annoyed her as his voice seemed to grate against her sending sharp knives of pain into her skull through her eyes. 'Food?' The very thought of it made her dry heave and then go back to biting her knuckle to silence the pain the movement had caused. "No," she at last replied meekly.

Lying on the floor, Ariel noted that while she could not see any definite shapes, her sight was returning as she could now make out the light of the fire even if it was very dim. But, its heat brought no comfort to her fevered mind and body. She was too delirious to know that even with the fever rising she would chill herself with sweat. "It hurts," she moaned, wishing she knew a way to stop the pain.
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Jerec has at a loss.  He'd never had to care for another before.  Certainly not out here in the heart of the wild.  But he knew that if he was going to do something, he had to do something fast.  He stopped working on the squirrel, which was previously skinned and now taking its time to cook, and then thought back to the vegetation around the den whole.  Jerec patted her shoulder lightly as a brief farewell as he exited the den opening.

Out in the rain, even he shivered against the wind and began to forage through the bushes, looking for the right plant.  It was a reddish shrub with black, dotted berries that grew on its branches and he was a half a mile away when he finally found it.  He had no name for it, no documentation as to what it really was, but he knew that it could help relieve her pain, help her get some rest if she didn't fight it's qualities.  Plucking some leaves from the edges of the plant and some berries too, Jerec soon returned to the den, and not a minute too soon.

The squirrel was more than well-done by then and he set it off to the side, taking it from the fire.  He really didn't want to move her again, but he knew, it was probably for the best.  He removed the moist shirt that clung to his body, wet from the rain and he knelt down by her.  "Now, I know you don't want you.  But you have to," he said in a gentler tone than before.

Jerec took some of the leaves and rolled them up and chewed them up before spitting them out.  He gave no thought or care that he shoved something into her lips, that he'd just pulled from his own mouth, but he gave her one simple command.  "Swallow that.  It'll make you feel better," he said, before pushing the half-chewed leaf into her mouth.  Chewing another, he did the same again.  "It'll relax you.  Let you rest," he whispered.

With that he forgot about his hunger and lifted her up to lay against his chest, using his balled up wet shirt to cool her forehead, which he found was growing alarmingly hot compared to moments before.  Please be okay.




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"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

She gagged slightly as the leaves were stuffed in her mouth but obediently swallowed. Her only act of defiance was to glare over his shoulder, still not quite able to see where exactly he was. The second time he went to feed her, she compliantly opened her mouth and swallowed it easily. Her stomach fought at the little bit of food it had been given, but she forced herself to keep it down.

Ariel was surprised to be picked up and moved again. "Not a ragdoll," she mumbled even as she nuzzled closer against him and got comfortable. There was a sense of security and comfort that she managed to receive from Jerec that made her feel safe and able to rest and not resist him. Her jumbled mind wondered if it was because he was wild like her or because he was the first person to show her kindness in as long as she could remember.

The coolness of his wet shirt made her sigh in relief. Her body felt heavier and numb and for a moment she fought the need to sleep, ignoring his words. But, as the pain was washed away the weariness took its place and she gave in. Her final words to him were a soft, barely intelligible "thank you," before she returned to the dark world of sleep.
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

If Jerec ever prayed in his life, it was now.  But he did not pray to any god, for such a thing was unknown to him.  He did not pray to the weather or wind, or the forces around him.  He prayed only to the hope that this girl could cling to life long enough for both of them to survive the hunt that he knew was coming.  But he could not project his mind to the matter for it would only make him angry, and he didn't need to be angry now.  In fact, he was quite tired himself.

He sleepily pat the moist shirt against her forehead to keep her cool.  The way he was reclined against the wall put a cramp in his neck and he grunted uncomfortably.  His back was crooked and his legs were inclined out towards the fire, so at least his feet were nice and toasty.  His sleepy eyes glared down at his dirt-ridden feet, looking no better than the odd girl he held.  A part of him detested the fact that he still had any sympathy for these creatures of the human coil.  For so long he'd gone his own way, lived where there were no rules but the rules of survival, and to be so near one now, cradling one against his chest, he felt disgusted with himself.

"I should leave her hear," he mused to himself.  "She can take care of herself.  After she wakes up of course.  I can just leave the fire burning to keep her warm and I can be on my way.  She doesn't need me.  She'll be fine..."  But even he knew he was lying.  Damn her eyes!  He felt more irritation rise in him, not just at her for the burden she so abruptly became, but also himself for being stooping so low, to this – this! – this sense of compassion!  What kind of man had he become?

'You are one that will inhabit two worlds,' he recalled his mother's voice.  'Stick with your own kind, and you will prosper.  But be wary of those you encounter as you search for your own.  Even hunters become the hunted.'

What could she have meant?  Was this girl one of his own kind?  Was she deserving of his kindness, something no one else earned or saw without due process?  Jerec bit his lip in hesitation, afraid of the answers to his own questions.  But one thing he could not doubt: his mother was right.  He did inhabit two worlds, though the humanity was covered in dust and had lain dormant for so long, he was so sure that it had been dead and gone.

But with this contact now, as unnerving and unsettling as it was, it was starting to emerge again, and he wasn't sure if rejecting it was the best possible thing.  So, as he felt himself, he lay his chin against his chest, and falling asleep himself, the den reeking of dead squirrel.




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

Ariel woke slowly, coming into conscious awareness just before the coming dawn. The piercing pain in her head had dulled but was still ever-present and sight had returned to her eyes. She woke disorientated, unsure of her surroundings and skittish of the warmth she was laying on. Warily she began to stir and sat up.

Curiosity overtook the young woman-child as she stared closely at Jerec. She had never really noticed his appearance before now. His maroon hair confused her but his scar entranced her. Hesitantly, as if possessed her hand came up to gently trace it, her head tilting as she followed it with her eyes. Flinching away like a guilty child she lowered her head and raised her shoulders expecting to be hit. Peeking out from underneath her fridge she was relieved to find he was still asleep, or at least pretending to be.

Not wishing to be caught staring, she tried to extricate herself from his lap. She had just managed to do so when her world suddenly tilted to the right and she landed hard on the floor with a loud slap. Groaning, Ariel tried to rise up again and found that she kept listing to the right. Even on her hands on knees she could not manage to move far.

Halfway between Jerec and the fire she gave up and pouted. Every so often her body would start to tilt the right as she sat there and she would put her hand down to steady herself in her sitting position. Deep within her mind she was trying to piece together what was going on with no success. She remembered so little and what she did made no sense to her.

'Where am I? How long has it been? Are the hunters still looking for me? Are they even alive? Why is he helping me? What does he want from me? Is he going to kill me? No, he wouldn't help me if he was going to kill me later, would he? Too many questions and no answers.'

The pounding in her head was worsening again and now her stomach rumbled demanding sustenance. Moving a hand to the wound she found it swollen and hot to the touch. A thick crusting of dried blood had formed making the area not only tender but itchy as well. Frustrated with her situation and her lack of understanding, she fiercely shook her head, rattling the beads in her hair before wincing. The world spinning again had her rolling to her hands and knees again to cough and gag as her body tried to vomit the emptiness it held.
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[O.o]
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

It was rare that Jerec dreamed.  But when he did, his mind made apparent vivid images that passed over him like the gentle ripples of a pond, and he lay underneath that glassy surface, watching these images rove over him.  Jerec was deep in this world of water and dreams as visions of blood and hunters and screams and terror and he twitched in his sleep.

His breathing hitched and he responded to nothing outside of his body, only to the pounding of the heart in his chest,  resounding like a drum—thu-thump thu-thump thu-thump...  He saw Jon and Elwyn, and he heard Emri's scream echo like thunder in his ears as he tore through him.  Faintly his mind cast itself to an image of Emri lying on a cot, nursing a bloody, dirty bandage on his shoulder.  He was sweating profusely and were surrounded by the other hunters.  Jon said something to him, and gave him a piece of leather to bite down on as Emri suffered in his pain.  That image passed over and Jerec saw another werewolf, much like himself, but bigger and fur black as dark water, roaring against the fullness of the moon.  He heard a growl resonate around him and he jerked as he awoke, body starting up from his crooked position against the wall.

He breathed hard and looked through the darkness.  The fire was nothing more than ashes and embers now, offering little more than a soft glow of light in the darkness of the early morning.  Jerec had noticed a weight had gone off from him, for there was now a coldness where warmth had preceded it and as he moved, his body creaked and cracked in protest.  His neck hurt to lift and it's ache gave him a head ache.  To the side, he heard his companion's severe coughing and gagging and he rubbed his temples to try and block the aches that throbbed there.

Groaning, he managed to get up, flexing out the stiffness in his joints and crawled over to her.  "Hey, stop!  What are you doing?" he asked, putting a hand gently on her shoulder.  "Don't make yourself puke!"  Jerec frowned at her and offered a displeased scowl.  He sniffed her for a moment and frowned, giving another displeased grunt.  "That's it."

Without waiting for a reaction, he grabbed her hand and began to crawl out of the entrance.  "Come with me," he demanded.  When they were outside, he tossed her over his shoulder roughly and began to walk through the woods heading north by northwest.  The soil was moist from the rain, and smelled fresh and wet and the air was cool against his skin.  He ignored any protest he might have received and carried her far from the den.

It wasn't long before the sound of streaming water echoed on the air.  And through the trees a pond appeared before them and Jerec sped up his walking pace as he neared the edge and without a word he got a running start before plunging both of them into the freezing depths.  He let go of her as he hit the water and gave a gasp when he surfaced, shaking his hair free from water and brushing it aside.  He swam over to her and grabbed ahold of her hair before starting to scrub it thoroughly, avoiding the tender spot on her head.

"'bout time," he murmured.




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

Ariel allowed herself to be led out of the cave. The lack of a hand threw off her balance, forcing her to close her eyes and lean against Jerec to keep from flopping about in an attempt to move straight. She had just begun to breathe a sigh of relief at being outside when he unceremoniously took off with her over his shoulder.

"Put me down, put me down!" she screeched, beating her little fists across his back and shoulders. The jostling movement of his walking was not helping with her nausea and she gleefully informed him of it. "If you don't put me down, I'm going to throw up on you!" Her defeated act of defiance once she realized he was not giving up, was to knock him in the back of the head with her elbow before becoming limp and silent.

'Just you wait! I'm going t-' her plotting was cut short as her body hit the water with a heavy splash. "Ayiee!" Squealing and sputtering she broke the surface and began dog-paddling toward the shore. However, she did not make it far before he caught her and began washing her hair. "No!" she howled, flailing. "Stop, stop, stop! I like my dirt! What are you doing?"

Many unladylike words later Ariel became whiny but, complacent. Pouting and occasionally slapping her palms down on the water's surface to create splashes, she mournfully watched the clear pond darken with her precious dirt. "Was this really necessary?" she bemoaned, scrubbing the dripping grime of her hair out of her eyes. 'First chance I get, I'm fixing this.'
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[O.o]
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

With a grunt, Jerec maintained a hold on her hair, if a little too roughly.  But as far as he was concerned, he thought this was a vast improvement compared to the rat's nest it was before.  He thought women took care of themselves?  This girl must have been out here a long time for her to have accumulated this much grime in her hair.

"You have no idea how necessary," Jerec retorted and bore a face of concentration as he worked through every knot, tress, and tangle.  "Should I take out the beads?  Ah, never mind.  It wouldn't make a difference, but this is a hell of a lot better than before."  He continued to scrub.  "You ought to take off your clothes.  Clean yourself.  You smell like the ass end of those hunters, and that's worse off than an animal."

Already he began reaching for the bottom of her shirt and trying to yank it up over her head.




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The Order of St. Agratha

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Jump in the water's fine!
Desert Valley Nights
Wrong Turn

"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

"No, not the beads!" she cried, clapping her hands over her head. With Jerec's firm grip on her hair, there was not anywhere that Ariel could go without causing herself undue pain. "I do not and I will not! There is nothing wrong with me now stop-" she shook her head as water dripped onto her nose again. "There is nothing wrong with me, now stop!"

Ariel froze suddenly as his hand tugging on her tunic finally registered in her mind. Her eyes widened as fear set in just before the adrenaline rush of feral instinct took over. Snarling, she twisted and turned, viciously splashing about in the water as she tried to pull away. "Who do you think you are? Don't you touch me! Quit messing with my dirt!"

She was like an animal possessed as she tried unsuccessfully to fight her way from him. Her heart beat wildly in her chest as her mind flooded with past memories. "You're just like them," she accused, "a filthy human!"
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Jerec expected a fight.  In fact, he might even say he was disappointed if she didn't.  He couldn't stand the weak, the fearful and inane.  And even if she didn't have to good sense to keep herself clean.  But sometimes the only way to learn something was the hard way.  He fought back to keep her still, even going so far as to wrap his arms around her.  But she said something that made him flare up.

He did let her go and his face, despite his tan, did turn red with fury and he was about to launch a fist at her, but instead he clenched them both and let the steam come out of his ears.  "Don't you dare compare me to them, you bloody meat bag.  If I didn't tear those bastards to shreds, you'd be still locked up in that cage and getting raped and tortured and who knows what else.  So learn to show a little gratitude and respect, or else your attitude just might get you killed!

"Now, undress and clean yourself.  Hell, if I wanted my hands on you, don't you think I would have done it already.  You're not leaving this pool until you're thoroughly clean, got it.  I don't care if I have to fight you for it."




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"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

The moment she was free, Ariel fled from him, choosing flight over fight. She knew she would never win against him but, that did not stop her from verbally lashing back. "I warned you before that I am not to be underestimated. I had just figured out how to get out of the cage when you decided to play hero. I am capable of caring for myself! I have survived worse without you; I could have handled them then. I am not a little girl!"

Her face was red from shouting and her head pounded a reminder into her skull of the pain it was currently enduring. Water leaked from her eyes that she quickly swiped away, pretending it was muck from her hair and not the tears it really was. 'No one notices me when I'm dirty. But, they never forget me when I'm clean. I can't hide who I was when you get rid of what I am.'

She stood there shivering in the cold water for a moment, trying to contain the sniffles before she finally raised her gaze and stared him down. "What do you want from me? Are you planning on protecting me from now on? Because you are destroying everything I have to protect myself. I'm not big and strong and a bully like you. I can't win a fight the way you do. I have to conceal myself and hide to win. If you are just planning on abandoning me then go ahead and kill me now because at least then I know I die quickly and properly. Humans would not grant me that curtsey."

In that moment, despite what she had said, Ariel did look every bit the young child that she was. She was a dirty, frightened, hungry and lonely little child who did not know who or what to trust. She had found something akin to her own nature in Jerec yet she feared it as much as she was in awe of it. Experience with humans had taught her that they were quick to use you and then discard you. While her gut told her he was not the same way, her mind reminded her that he certainly looked human enough.

'Why does he care? Why does he do this? Am I a toy to him, a doll? Am I prey made more vulnerable through kindness and trust? I don't understand. I'm not sure I want to.' As much as she did not wish to surrender to him, Ariel dropped her gaze to keep her pride. Tears fell heavily from her eyes, dripping to the water at her waist. 'Perhaps it is best if I was dead. No one ever wants me and its too hard to keep myself alive most days. Better indeed.'
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

"You weren't so capable last night.  I've never seen a weaker, more despicable form of life than you were, huddling in that cave, whining and moaning like a babe searching for mother's milk.  Even an ant had more strength than you.  But even animals have an instinct to protect their own.  I must admit, I gave thought as you laid there to disappear and vanish with the rain, but I knew better.  Because even if we are different, we are also alike.  We share something that we do not share with those hunters that captured us, even if we were both fool enough to get caught.

"Do I help because I want to?  No.  I help you because I must.  If we are enemies, then we can be enemies afterward.  But even if a part of me wants to rip you to shreds for your sheer stupidity, I hate those hunters more.  They come here and invade my home...your home if you do indeed live here as I think you do.  And the truth is, they will come after us, both of us, no matter where you try to run and hide.  And if what you said in the cage was true, then perhaps we have a greater chance of survival together rather than apart.  Together we're almost half a working brain right? Even if you have the greater half."  At that recollection, he actually smiled at her and gave her an amused chuckle.

"But," he began, remembering himself, "if you'd rather not, then your free to swim away.  We in the heart of the wild...survival of the fittest.  Now quite talking rot, or I'll knock you into tomorrow and you're head will really be throbbing then.  Can't survive like me?  Ha, savagery lies in the hearts of all beasts.  If you detest humans as much as you do, then you remember to become one of us, you must be one of us.  So quite feeling sorry for yourself and know there is someone here trying to help you survive a little while longer."




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"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

As much as what he began saying hurt, Ariel recognized that he was speaking pure truth. Many things including the hunters were things her young mind had not even considered. 'I am being a fool, he would be better off without me. I am more of a hindrance than a help,' she started to believe. Then, Jerec said something that she would always remember. A genuine smile lit up her face as he repeated her words said to him in the dark of the cage. 'He remembered. Someone does notice me. Someone does care.'

She did not listen to the rest of what he said on survival. Ariel had made her choice, a choice to stay with him as long as she could. Inch by tiny inch she made her way back over to him. A wary face looked up at him before she silently nodded. As quick as she could she embraced him and then dashed away with a splash. The girl knew that she would not get far if he did not want her to but, she had been compelled to do it anyway.

Looking back over her shoulder she smiled impishly and made a small shooing motion in his direction. She turned back and began to pull up her tunic, ducking further down in the water so as to not be seen. A small bit of humanity still remained in her that demanded at least the semblance of privacy. Then, for the first time in as long as she could remember, Ariel willingly bathed. Muddied hair returned to its pale white-blond hue. Grit and grime was removed from fingernails and skin alike. Even her face ashes were dutifully scrubbed away to leave behind a lightly-tanned freckled face. Pale eyes glanced back behind her before quickly facing forward again and causing the corner of her mouth to turn up in a small smile. 'It can't be a wrong choice when I feel this warm, snuggly feeling. Not that I would tell HIM that of course.'
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

For someone who didn't have much contact with people, Jerec was starting to get the feeling she was the oddest girl he'd ever met.  And he had a pretty general assumption as to what people were like.  True, no two people were exactly the same; everyone had their differences.  In the same turn, however, this young woman had the strangest quirks that ever he'd seen.

He quickly became alarmed when she actually started approaching him, and, dare he say, he was even a little fearful.  Nobody approached him, and when they did so in that cautious way he did, he felt every reason to be on guard.  People were sly and conniving creatures that would do just about anything to get the upper hand!  He held his breath; she was getting closer.  He put his arms up to protect himself!  AND!  Then she hugged him?  "What the—?" he breathed when her arms when around him quickly and his eyes were locked open, staring at nothing in particular but unsure how to respond.  And he remained frozen that way long after she departed and did as he asked—well, commanded—completely of her own accord.

He glanced back at her and furrowed his brows and forced his eyes away.  He wasn't in any position to be staring at her since he wasn't so fresh and clean himself.  And he cleaned himself, kneeling down in the water to remove his borrowed trousers.  He didn't have much of a care to keep them, but he knew it was going to be a long time before he was going to get another pair of pants again, if he discarded them now.

But he took them off anyway.  They were not leather pants and were easier to remove than before.  He was done quickly, and only cast back one glance at her and found she was a lot more agreeable than before.  He might even go so far to see she was pretty.  And what's more, the smell was gone.  He smiled inwardly but walked onto the short buck-naked, holding the trousers under one arm before tossing them on a small nearby bush to dry off.  He shook himself dry like a dog with a soaked coat before looking up into a tree.  There in the branches he saw a large next roosted high among dense branches.  The vertical angle of the trunk would make it a difficult climb, but thankfully Jerec had a few tools to make that task a little easier.

He grew out his claws then, both hands and feet, and stuck them into the bark, and proceeded to climb.  With a grunt and some difficult, he slowly but surely shimmied his way up the tree, using every muscle in his body to get up there, the task only getting more and more difficult the higher he scaled, but determination kept him going.  Finally, he reached the level of the branches that held the nest, and quickly plucked two eggs from the hold.  They were large from the size of it and difficult to carry.  Hell, if he thought getting up there was a pain, he had no idea he was going to get down.  With one arm holding the eggs, and the other three limbs holding him.  He whined and huffed, frowning at his predicament, but he sure as hell wasn't going to drop the eggs, not with his stomach grumbling like it was.  "One at a time," he soothed to himself, and again, the process, as grating as it was, he was making progress toward the ground.

It was a shame that he bathed so soon because he was starting to sweat from the tediousness of all this work and he felt like his claws were going to be torn from his fingers and toes.  But alas he made it to a few feet above the ground and dropped down, cradling the eggs like they were made of the finest crystal.  Jerec made it to the ground and raised the eggs in his hands.  "I found breakfast," he said, smiling.




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"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

After splashing about in the water for a while, Ariel had come to realize something. With Jerec now in her company and her wet clothes on the shore thanks to his dunking her, she had nothing to wear but the skin she was born in. Silvery eyes widened in shock. 'He can't see me! I'm ugly and scrawny. He'll only laugh at me! How can I prove to be strong and independent if I look like such a fragile child?  Oh I wish my clothes would dry faster!' Looking up at the sky did not bring her any hope of that though. The sun had decided to hide beyond a wall of grey clouds.

From her place in the water she curiously watched him climb up and down a tree. It took everything she had not to giggle at the ridiculousness of it all. Arms crossed over her chest, she smiled back and nodded her head in acknowledgement. "Sounds wonderful," Ariel called back. "Although," she bit her lip worriedly and toed the sandy bottom of the lake, refusing to look at him. "Perhaps next time I can help you? I mean I'm used to climbing trees and..."

Ariel giggled despite herself and turned away from him. She whispered a quick "sorry," not really meaning it. Her eyes darted back and forth between her wet clothes on the rocks, to Jerec, to the water she stood in. 'What do I do?' Her hand went to run nervously through her clean hair, making her frown. Several times she did this until she realized that something was missing. "My feathers!"

Forgetting about her earlier concerns she began to approach the shore. "Jerec? Will we be going back to the cave? I need my..." unable to find the word, she pointed to her head. "It's important. Please?" Ariel looked at him worriedly, fearing a rejection. 'Why am I asking for permission? He has no ties to me. I don't need him! But, I trust him, I think. I feel so small around him. It's not fair!'
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Jerec hoped she wouldn't complain about the food he kept getting them and her sudden refusal to eat.  Though, he did consider in her defense the previous time had her rolling around in pain like a pup with a sore paw.  He'd get over that, but he wouldn't take to whining.  If anything that would only be a waste of both of their own time.  He cradled the eggs under his arms and glanced over at his companion, still stuck in the water.

She said something about her feathers, but he wasn't sure he caught it.  "Feathers?  Oh, right, you're head dress thingy.  Yes, we can go back.  Get your clothes, and if you're the shy type just keep your eyes ahead of you.  Don't worry, I'm not looking at you."  Jerec walked over to the bush that held his trousers and flopped them over his shoulder.  They were still quite wet and not yet ready to don, but they could dry along the way.

"Come on, now, don't stay in the water all day."  He motioned for her to follow and led the way back to the den.  "I left the shirt back there too.  Not that I need it, but it might be useful for some things.  Hurry, don't stay too far behind!  What?  Are you afraid of being seen bare-bummed?"  He laughed at her in good humor.




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

Ariel blushed heavily as Jerec teased her. "I'm not afraid of that!" she protested with a child's scowl clouding her face. 'I just don't want you thinking I'm pathetic and useless. Again with that. Why do I seek his approval so much? How do I-ah, that'll work.' Feeling playful, she splashed water in his direction before snatching up her clothes and bolting up a tree.

Hidden by the green foilage she scuttled along the branches as she followed him. The leaves rustled lightly with her movement like a gentle breeze passing them by. But, the only thing that really gave her away was her sporadic pixie-like giggling. 'If he left his shirt then I can steal-borrow it from him. That way he wouldn't see me as weak and it'll be try.' Her giggle sounded again as she jumped trees.

'Should I gather more food along the way? He looks big enough to eat what he gathered plus me and still be hungry afterwards.' Using her wet clothes as a sack, Ariel gathered as many trees nuts as she could carry along the way. She decided that she would just eat them if he would not. 'Although, I could always use them as projectiles too.' The thought of chucking one at  him from her place above him sent her into another bout of giggles before she thought better of it. 'He would come up here and plaster me. That is, if he could get up here faster than I can get around.'
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Jerec, for some lingering reason, could feel his patience wearing thin.  And he also had a feeling that she was no longer following him, so he stopped and looked around him.  Lo and behold he saw no one on ground level and began to feel suddenly very stupid.  She was just here a minute ago!  What was with the hug if she wasn't going to stick around?  He skewed his face in severe irritation and hollered out: "All right, Owl.  Where did you go now?"

He did a complete three-sixty turn, eyes surveying through every bush and behind every trunk he could make out, but found no sign of her presence.  And just when he was about ready to move on, his ears caught hold of her giggling.  He turned again, spinning on his heels.  "Where are you!?" he demanded, but he had a feeling he wouldn't get an answer.  "Owlet!"

He growled a little and slumped his shoulders with a sigh.  "Owlet," he tried again.  "I've just half a mind to eat these two eggs by myself if you don't show yourself!"  He heard some more giggling and turned in that direction.  A that, he raised his head to peer into the branches above him, twitching an ear to hone in on the sound.  Wolfish eyes sharpened his vision and he finally saw something move above him!  "Hey!  I see you now!  Get down here, right now!  What's wrong with you?  What are you doing up there?  Come down!"  He demanded.  Then gave a short consideration.  "If you don't come down.  I'm coming up!"




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

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Ariel was proudly gathered nuts and did not hear Jerec until his ending threats. "I'm coming!" she called back, hurrying to get that piece of food just beyond her reach. The moment her fingers enclosed around it though another began to slip out of her makeshift sack. Scrambling to capture the elusive nut, she lost her balance, causing the entire "basket" to upend on Jerec down below.

Distressed and embarrassed, the young girl hurried down the train, profusely apologizing along the way. "I didn't mean it! It was an accident! Honest!" On light feet she dropped down before him, no longer aware or caring about how small and pathetic she might look to her new companion.

Her eyes widened when she saw how much of a mess she had made and her heart dropped into her stomach. Ariel's head hung low as she hid her face behind a curtain of moonbeam hair. "I was trying to help. I don't-" A jaw clicked shut suddenly as she became angry with herself. 'I have no reason to explain myself to him. I do what I do because I want to do it. What difference does it make if he benefits or not from it. I am my own person.'

"Nevermind," she evaded. Ariel snatched up her wet clothes again. She left the nuts on the ground as a mark of her uselessness and shame. 'I shouldn't have bothered. I was being stupid anyway.' Her hands clenched tightly around the fabric as she dug her toe into the soft dirt. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid! Foolish dimwit!'
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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