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Lion

"You're in a hurry to leave?" Shana asked curiously, turning over to look at Emrys, kneeling before him.  "You must stay.  This beach will be shone upon by the great Moon Spirit.  We will dance and honor her.  We offer food and drink, and music.  Stay and be merry."

Akash smiled to Emrys, nodding to him that it would be all right.  What could possibly go wrong?




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DragonSong

"I- But-" Unable to come up with a good argument, Emrys tried weakly, "Are you sure you want a foreigner here?"

Lion

Shana laughed.  "Of course! Your skin is beautiful alabaster.  The Moon Spirit will be very pleased," she said, lingering in close and brushing a stray hair of his behind his ear.




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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

DragonSong

Emrys flinched back, doing his best to hide any important bits from sight as he pulled his knees up toward his chest. "So...we're here until moonrise?" He glanced at Akash again, "Help me" written plainly all over his face.

Lion

Akash could take joy out of Emrys' fumbling and blushing, but he didn't want the man to lose wit over the whole thing.  Truly this was a ritual that Akash had participated in before.  It wasn't that bad.  Sure they didn't have their clothes, but it was little more than dancing and chanting.

He gestured to the young man to breath, waving his hand over his chest to relax and smiling genuinely.

Once they were oiled and painted along their bodies, Shana gripped Emrys' hand and tugged him along again toward the fire where a feast would be had to share between them all.

"Pale one, what is your name?" she asked, taking a small carved out melon with juice in it and offering it to him.




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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

DragonSong

"Um, Emrys." He took the drink reluctantly and sniffed it before taking a sip. His magic felt like it was crackling just beneath the surface of his skin as her nerves wound ever tighter.

Lion

"Drink and it will soothe you," Shana said, reaching down and gently running her hand down his chest.  She smiled sweetly before moving toward Akash.

She could recognize a Thanati native when she saw one and knelt before him, pressing hand prints against his chest.  "You are his protector, yes?  Do not worry.  No harm will come to Emrys.  Please, drink, both of you.  We will begin dancing shortly," she said.

She looked to Emrys, "You may pass him the bowl when you've had your fill."




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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

DragonSong

He flinched back from her touch, curving his shoulders in and taking a quick sip of the drink before passing it along at her direction. He was still scowling, folding his arms over his chest as he tried to make himself as small as possible.

Lion

Seeing the man tense, Akash frowned, making a grunt and sitting closer to Emrys.  He set the half-melon down and criss-crossed his legs.

He tapped Emrys on the shoulder, gesturing for him to take a deep breath.  He remembered the charcoal he palmed, and raised his hand to trace a figure in his palm, a stick-figure of a man in a seated meditated position.  And wrote beneath it.  "Relax.  We are guests."




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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

DragonSong

Emrys jerked slightly, startled, and watch Akash's gestures with narrowed eyes. He snorted and arched an eyebrow. "Easy for you to say. You're from here, and you look like- like that!" He waved an exasperated hand at him, indicating the warrior's build.

Lion

Akash srhugged.  He smudged his hand until it was clean and rewrote.  "It is important not to be rude.  We are guests," he said, smudging again and rewriting some more.

"You live here, it is good to assimilate."




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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

DragonSong

"Yeah, well, where I come from, this is hardly considered hospitality," Emrys muttered petulantly.

Lion

"Then why leave home?" he asked in his scribbled palm scrawlings.




Like to kill mages?  Join the Order!
The Order of St. Agratha

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Jump in the water's fine!
Desert Valley Nights
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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

DragonSong

"I-" Well that was a loaded question. "It's...complicated," Emrys muttered eventually, scowling and crossing his arms over his chest.

Lion

"Complicated?" Akash scribbled a little more in his hand scrawlings.




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The Order of St. Agratha

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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

DragonSong

"Yes," he huffed, "complicated. Let's just...leave it at that, alright?"

Lion

Akash nodded, not wanting to frazzle the young man any further.  It was one thing really since already he was embarrassed as it was.  The dancing was to begin soon enough when Shana returned and put wreaths about their necks.

Akash smiled and stood up as soon as the drumming started and the sky was beginning to turn a deep red and purple.




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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

DragonSong

"W-wait. Um-" Emrys looked down at his wreath, then up at Akash. "I- what's going on now?"

Lion

"Dance!" said another woman and offered her hand to Emrys.  "Come.  It is very easy.  I will show you."

Akash watched his charge from the corner of his eye as he was led to the fire by Shana.  As the music started, Akash followed along with ease, stepping in time.




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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

DragonSong

Emrys had never been blessed with any particular amount of grace, and his embarrassment certainly didn't help matters as he attempted to follow steps he didn't know, cursing softly under his breath all the while.

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