Winds of Change [Liooon!] [M]

Rhindeer · October 08, 2015, 05:14:09 PM

Ancestors help her! Jayari shot him a look, caught somewhere between mortification and exasperation, but forced herself to bite her tongue. It was too late, now. He'd said the words and given her a look of his own, but she still hated this. Hated it. And she hated the way everyone was looking at her now, with shock and pity alike.

She hated feeling victimized, and she hadn't even been hurt! But they looked at her like a victim nonetheless, and she grit her teeth. She hated this. Hated accusing him of such a horrible crime, even if it was what he wanted.

Aharu looked at her, face going pale, and then at Ki'adan with fresh fury. "Is that true, Jayari?" he asked quietly, and looked at her again, softening his expression as he did. There was real worry there, and it hurt her all the more, twisted her gut up into an awful knot. Ki'adan was asking her to lie about a very real thing that happened to other people, and yet her story had been much happier. She'd wanted it. She'd loved it. It felt cheap to lie about something so real, something others in her tribe had been through, and she could practically feel the weight of her ancestors watching her and judging from the grave.

"...Y...yes," she managed to say, voice a little choked as though her very body was trying to hold back the lie. She lowered her eyes in shame, and it worked in her favor, lending credence to her acting. "He...he did..."

There. She'd said it. And there was no going back.

Her father snapped a look at Ki'adan, fire in his eyes. "Take him away," he snarled. "Geld him, cauterize it, and throw him into the field. If he tries to return, shoot him."

Lion · October 08, 2015, 05:27:49 PM

[There's no worse punishment than being judged by the dead. Poor Jayari.]

Ki'adan turned his eyes away. And when the soldier's dragged him off, he walked with his head held high, straight, prideful. Although he was not entirely thrilled at the thought of being gelded. Was it a fairer punishment than his own tribe? Would there be war? Would Dujarik even care? Oh, he would, in the sense that his action would threaten the future of his tribe. However, would he give a damn as to the fate of his own son?

He swallowed, realizing now the fear that lingered in his belly, and the regret. Was this the right decision? Perhaps not...but why should he ruin Jayari's life in the process of all this? What if, even after all they discussed, he still did?

Rhindeer · October 09, 2015, 12:37:10 AM

[Them and their judgy eyessss.]

Oh GODS.

As i it couldn't get worse, now they were going to...going to...

Jayari went pale as Ki'adan was dragged off, feeling ill even as her father drew her into a hug and told her he was sorry, so sorry for his harsh words the night before, sorry for making her face her attacker like this. She reeled, feeling a little dizzy--stress, no doubt, the weight of her deception laying heavy on her shoulders along with the knowledge of what was to happen to Ki'adan. He was going to be mutilated because of her.

Gods, why was she so stupid! She'd ruined his life for a few minutes of pleasure!

Just because she liked him, and still had a dumb childish crush on him, and look where that got them both.

She was surprised when she found herself crying against her father's chest as he consoled her, not quite sure when that had happened--and the shame only intensified her when she realized he was comforting her for all the wrong reasons, comforting her over something that had never happened.

Gods, she was such a fool.

Meanwhile, Ki'adan's guards were busily dragging him off to the edges of camp, to conduct business somewhat discreetly. They were rough with him, and extra rough now that he was a rapist in their eyes.

"You filthy sack of goat shit," one growled as he hauled him along, half by the arm and half by his hair. "You got off easy. Usual punishment lets you bleed out after your dick's cut off, but we'll make up for that. We'll make it nice and slow. That's more than you deserve, doing what you did!"

Lion · October 09, 2015, 10:04:29 AM

As much as Ki'adan thought he could just sit by and take it, it was a notion that immediately started to break down after the meeting with Aharu. And if these men thought they could get the best of him, they were going to see it shortly. Ki'adan growled as they dragged him off, his hair almost tearing out at the grip of one of their hands.

He howled with rage, and slammed his shoulder hard against the first guard's ribs. With the wind knocked out of him, he released his grip and staggered backwards. Still, he was not alone. The second man had his arms around Ki'adan's neck. Ki'adan choked, but flipped back, throwing all his weight into the hold that the second guard stumbled backwards.

He released the prisoner to catch himself. Ki'adan tumbled forward, coughing hard. There was only so much that could be done with his hands bound behind him. And there was little time to do it in when the first man recovered and kicked him hard in the ribs. The air was thrown out of his lungs, Ki'adan coughing harder than before.

Rhindeer · October 16, 2015, 09:11:17 PM

"Get a hold of him! Let's hurry it up!" the first man growled as he slammed a knee into his back and shoved him to his knees. But from the way he panted it was clear he was not fully okay yet, though anger lent him strength.

The second drew a sharp hunting blade from his belt, and then wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Why do I have to do it?" he grumbled, and flicked a glance down at Ki'adan's groin, then back up. Despite his bluster as they'd hauled Ki'adan away, it was...fairly clear he wasn't all too keen on the actual act of slicing off another man's genitals.

"Just hurry up and get it over with! And you, don't struggle. You struggle, and he might cut off more than you bargained for!" Another look at his friend and he growled, "Hurry up, Nashoba!"

Lion · October 16, 2015, 11:17:17 PM

[Don't forget Jayari has to have a change of heart D:]

Ki'adan wasn't keen on becoming a eunuch, or having his manhood sliced clean off. They would have to kill him to keep him under control, he determined. And despite being kneed in the back and gasping for breath, Ki'adan screamed again and tore away from the guard's grip.

"Karim hold him still!" Nashoba griped, trying to center the blade.

Ki'adan threw his body backwards and kicked at Nashoba's hand. The knife flung away in a shining twirl into the tall grass. A minor distraction when a fist came flying into Ki'adan's face.

Rhindeer · October 18, 2015, 09:56:09 AM

[NOPE. HE'S LOSING HIS BALLS, SORRY KI'ADAN. 8D]

It seemed to Karim and Nashoba that they would be having to do this the hard way. One way or another, Ki'adan's punishment would be carried out, whether he was awake to feel it or not.

Karim shook his hand out after slamming his fist into the guy's face (a prince, at that! He could hardly believe it, for all his vileness!) and growled out, "Nashoba, forget the knife. Help me subdue him." And from the way he cracked his knuckles, it was pretty clear what that meant.

At least it would be a small mercy, knocking him out before they gelded him. It was a mercy he didn't deserve, as far as Karim saw it.

The two rounded on Ki'adan, blocking off his escape paths, and looked about ready to grab him and wail on him when the sound of frantic footfalls made Nashoba look up past Karim--and blanched.

"STOP!"

"What're you doing here?"

"It doesn't matter, just stop!" Jayari yelled, and she'd almost made it to Ki'adan, but Karim reached her first.

"What's the meaning of this?"

"Oh gods, you didn't do it, did you?" Jayari gasped, panting for breath, and shot a panicked look at Ki'adan, her own face pale. He looked pretty beat up, but he wasn't...gushing blood down there, so she let out a shaky sigh of relief. "Thank gods. Listen, please, don't do it. It's a mistake, it's all a really bad mistake, you gotta let him go, please!"

Lion · October 18, 2015, 11:28:23 AM

[Ki'adan: NOooooooooooooOooooOoo!]

Ki'adan was dazed, bloodied, and struggling to keep up his fight. But even two to one was trying. He growled, fighting against the bonds of his own, hoping to free at least one hand to fight back. He looked up, vision blurry when he saw Jayari, or a blob that looked like her.

Rhindeer · October 31, 2015, 11:41:19 AM

[MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!]

At the very least, Jayari's sudden intervention had startled the two men into inaction. Karim released Ki'adan, shoving him away from him with a derisive growl. Jayari was quick to take his place, though, pushing past the man (who wouldn't dare touch her to stop her, anyway) before dropping down onto her knees beside him.

"Where's your father?" Karim demanded, but Jayari ignored him and instead reached a hand out to Ki'adan.

"Oh gods, I'm so sorry, I didn't...shit...I'm so sorry."

Lion · December 10, 2015, 12:08:19 AM

Ki'adan barely stirred as he heard Jayari's familiar voice. His head pounded heavily, and he felt skin parted somewhere on his scalp. If he wasn't bleeding his last now, he was sure it would happen sometime soon. He would rather die than allow them to do this to him. Eyes blinked hard, trying desperately to focus. "Jayari!" he coughed, spitting up blood.

"What the hell are you doing?" he hissed, surprised that he was capable of anger even in this state.

Rhindeer · December 18, 2015, 01:28:48 PM

"Saving your balls! And your life, probably!" Jayari snapped back as she grabbed his shoulders and tried to steady him. She tossed Karim and Nashoba a look, eyes narrowed to slits.

"I'm letting him go. And if you dare touch him again, I'll have the hand that touched him. Ki'adan!"

She looked at him again as those words still hung heavy in the air, bringing her face down to his level. "Ki'adan, can you stand? You need to leave, now."

Lion · December 18, 2015, 02:46:54 PM

It wasn't because she was saving him. It was because she was throwing away her entire future for his sake! Ki'adan felt his face grow red. He frowned and jerked up when his strength returned to him. He stood, holding onto her, or leaning rather, and whirled around on her.

"Don't be stupid! You're throwing your life away!" He hissed. But already the men would be on him if he didn't act fast. He base her to untie him and when his hands were free, he snatched her by the waist and bolted off as Karim and Nashoba see what he was doing and would not allow him to escape.

Rhindeer · December 21, 2015, 09:45:41 PM

That was unexpected.

The plan was for him to run away while she served as the distraction!

Not for him to haul her along with him!

"Whoa! Ki'adan! Wait!" she yelped as he pulled her along, surprisingly strong even injured, and she stumbled along after him as Nashoba and Karim realized a second too late just what he had done. With angry shouts, they took off after them at a run, and Jayari's heart sank as she had no choice but to run with him.

"What--what are you doing?!"

Lion · December 21, 2015, 11:23:53 PM

What was he doing? Ki'adan didn't have much time to think. And his actions were spured from heat, anger, and desperation where he wanted only to survive. "You're a fool, Jayari!" he hissed, panting hard as his heart was already ready to burst from his chest.

He pulled her along until he whirled around picked her up, throwing her onto his shoulder. "You wish to throw your life away? Fine! Then it is now mine!!"

Ki'adan unleashed a sharp whistle, and there was neighing echoing loudly from the edges of the Banyur camp. The horse fought hard against his captors, surging on when he broke free. Ki'adan ran alongside the steed until he was level with them. With a heavy grunt, he threw Jayari on the animal's back, and soon followed suit.

Rhindeer · December 21, 2015, 11:34:57 PM

Jayari pried at Ki'adan's arm as they ran, trying to find a way to shake him off of her so she could actually be a distraction. But his grip was firm and his voice was angry--pissed--and then...

Then the world tilted sharply and she yelped, then grunted as she flopped over his shoulder, the wind knocked out of her. It was a delayed few seconds before she realized what had happened when she suddenly found herself staring down at Ki'adan's back.

"Wh...what?!" she sputtered, gasping for breath. WHAT? Her life was now his?? What was he--whaaaat?!

She grabbed at him, squirming. "Have you lost your MIND?! Put me down! Ah!"

She got the wind knocked out of her yet again as she was slung over the back of a horse, and then Ki'adan was in the saddle after her and they were taking off through the field while her head still spun--and while the saddle drove up into her gut with the horse's every stride. She grabbed at the saddle for purchase, trying to pull herself up even as her heart raced to the point of bursting as a new sort of panic grabbed her.

"Ki'adan, stop! Let me off!"

Lion · December 23, 2015, 12:19:28 AM

Maybe he'd regret all of this later. He hadn't meant to hurt Jayari. They were old friends that had stumbled into an unfortunate scenario. Perhaps in that moment he had convinced himself that he was somehow doing this for her own good. That even if somehow he managed to get away, her life here would be for naught. It would be her word against Karim's and Nashoba's, but who would her father be most inclined to believe?

Was Ki'adan still trying to be the monster he portrayed himself as? What did it matter now that he was running hard on the horse, the steed beneath them. "You're coming with me!" he said, and remained steady, grabbing her around the waist and snatching another in the mane of the horse, spurring the animal onward.

Rhindeer · December 26, 2015, 09:44:54 PM

"Don't be crazy! Ki'adan! Lemme go right now!" Jayari snapped, some of the shock leaving her voice as it was instead replaced by incredulous anger. Was he...was he really doing this? Was he actually thinking to kidnap her?!

She squirmed, prying at the hand on her waist, but his grip was surprisingly firm and she knew it would be crazy to fight with him here, on the back of a horse, where falling off could mean serious injury with how fast he was driving his steed. And he was already badly hurt. Hurting him in a struggle would defeat the purpose of saving him in the first place!

Gods be damned!

She shifted a little to look behind them, but no one was coming yet; Nashoba and Karim's horses were likely grazing near the camp, and it would take time to fetch them, and time to sound the alarm, and Ki'adan had already gained a healthy head start.

"Ki'adan, c'mon! Just lemme down, alright? You've got a good head start, you'll be home free, just...don't do this. Don't be ridiculous! Where are you even gonna take me, anyway? I'll just leave and go back home when you stop! You can't ride forever!"

Lion · December 27, 2015, 11:00:32 PM

His balls were not feeling well with the speed of the headway we were making. But the pain down there was secondary with the one burning along his arm. Flesh was raw with friction and blood, and yet he managed to hold on. He didn't stop, only slowed the horse, long enough for the animal to catch it's breath. "Jayari! If you go back they'll kill you! You'll be a slave to some lowly chieftain for the rest of your life. You didn't listen when I told you to leave me be! If you choose to throw away your life, then I'll take you away from it."

And with that smacked the hind quarters of his horse hard, the animal bolted.

Rhindeer · December 27, 2015, 11:07:14 PM

"Kill me?!" Jayari repeated, voice rising in alarm. She twisted to look back at him, brows drawn down in a piercing glare, and shouted over the wind, "What are you talking about, kill me? My father wouldn't kill me! Or enslave me! Or...or...what are you talking about?! You're talking crazy! I think you got hit too hard!"

But even as she said it, a crippling note of uncertainty entered her voice, which got quieter with each word she spoke.

"...You're exaggerating, right?"

Lion · December 28, 2015, 12:05:28 AM

"If Duhjari are anything, they are set in their ways. I don't know if he will kill you...but it's your word against those men... Who will your father believe?" Ki'adan countered, his face was flush, exhausted, and the bruises along his face were starting to swell.