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Post by Lady Hammer on Sept 13, 2007 18:45:55 GMT -5
"My home is near a place called Evenia, and it's always nighttime there. Thankfully, the sun shines on the outskirts," Nycisu said, remembering the details of home, and Libra's farm. "How about you? What's your home like?"
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Post by keisha556 on Sept 13, 2007 18:50:21 GMT -5
"My home is up, way up in the clouds. We live on a big one up there. The cloud is split into two parts, Narania and Xvill. Narania is where I live," she described.
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Post by creamwolfgurl on Sept 13, 2007 20:28:13 GMT -5
Holly nodded to the others she pointed out, trying to concentrate on about four things at once. 1. What Cloverbud was saying 2. What was happening around her with the tigers. She wondered why they didn't shft back, they were scaring some people. 3. Where exactly WAS she? And 4. Who was that random who said Hi then walked off. What was with that?
Holly sighed and eyed the fox and cats'. "There is a war in my world too. Although THAT admittedly is between shifters and stranger things. I heard they couldn't shift at all, just cntrolled Nature's powers. That's not right." Not to Holly. An elemental would scare her deeply, as would the fact that most here weren't shifters.
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Post by cloverbud on Sept 13, 2007 20:35:33 GMT -5
Cloverbud blinked, cocking her head. "Excuse me, but what are shifters?
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Post by Jesse on Sept 13, 2007 20:35:45 GMT -5
"Shifters?" Kia bit her lip, thinking. "Are you..." She wondered how to put it nicely but came up with nothing, "creatures? I haven't heard of you, but we haven't gotten to the part-human creature studies yet. Those that control nature's powers, elementals, them I've heard of. You aren't supposed to be at war..." That confused her, the wars had been stopped, all of them.
Perhaps Holly too was from another world, that seemed the only explanation for the presence of a creature-war.
"Character camp? Is this training?" She asked Lady, frowning. The presence of more talking animals was only adding to her confusion. "How do you...pets I guess, exist? They were eliminated to my knowledge, centuries ago." They were definitely going to have to take a second look at what they were teaching in training when she got home if those were truly talking beasts.
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Post by creamwolfgurl on Sept 13, 2007 20:45:47 GMT -5
Holly stared forst at Cloverbud, then swung around to Kia, lip curled. "PART human? That's insulting. And we bloody well ARE at war. Live with it." Something else she'd said got through. "Wait, the elementals are real. Oh HELL. I need to tell Jakimaeus."
She slowly slid to her knees. This news- that they did't know what shifters were, couldn't be themselves, that elementals could be destroying her land at this moment- had deeply shaken her and her beliefs. "Guess I'd better show you then." Probablythe rumour about the Chosen One was true too. Cripes.
Without moving, her form flickered and a red Squirrel stood where she had, bigger than an average squirrel, but not altogether large. Her bow and quiver were the right size for her to use, she was an exellent shot even when shifted.
Then she shifted back into human. "But I am ALL Squirrel and ALL human. Half humans have tails and ears." that was what she'd learnt.
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Post by cloverbud on Sept 13, 2007 20:58:58 GMT -5
"And I also am not human, if you were reffering to us "talking hamsters" as well." Cloverbud crossed her arms. "In fact, I didn't even know what a human was until today, they don't even excist where I'm from."
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Post by Jesse on Sept 13, 2007 21:06:07 GMT -5
"Part as in not quite human, not quite creature. You can't be all human and all creature, it's physically impossible. And of course elementals are real, they're one of the most common semi-human creature races. How can you not know about them?" Her eyes widened almost comically as Holly shifted into a squirrel, "There are humans here dumbass, you can't just do that." She hissed.
One hand slipped into her pants pocket, closing around the hilt of a dulled knife. In the presence of creatures it was always smart to have a weapon on hand, especially since this one didn't seem to know the laws. "You're going to be arrested if you keep that up, especially if you talk about wars of all things. And we do not have tails! Does it look like I have a tail to you?" She spun on the spot to give the other woman a view of her butt, which was quite obviously lacking a tail of any kind.
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Post by creamwolfgurl on Sept 13, 2007 21:10:11 GMT -5
Holly stared dully, then glared. "Arrest me then." Her voice was cold, brittle, temper at breaking point. "Arrest me and bring the wrath of Zerollii on your head."
She stood up. "It would seem my learning was wrong about half humans, but do not challenge me, or indeed threaten. You would do well to remember that I am not held under laws which are not my own. I will not be held and you cannot stop me, We are here for something and I will not stop shifting just because of your so-called laws!"
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Post by Jesse on Sept 13, 2007 21:22:22 GMT -5
"I can't arrest you, not for quite awhile yet. You don't make sense, you're all supposed to be under the laws, which means you're all supposed to know the laws." She stopped herself from blowing up at the challenge, the fact that she could already feel anger rolling off of the other woman was a bad sign. Getting into a fight with no control over her empathy was a bad plan, she'd end up hurting herself.
"Don't stop shifting then." Kia said as calmly and quietly as she could, "But I'm not going to save you from getting shot if anyone with a trigger finger sees."
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Post by The Pilot on Sept 13, 2007 22:13:25 GMT -5
Narthas was still pondering over the situation with the wild cats when an argument broke out nearby between the rodent folk and another. He glanced over his shoulder to see a display of opposition between two of them. The elf didn't take much liking to arguments.
"Alright you guys," he said flatly. "There's really no need for this. All of us are drastically different from each other. War is what it is. Some of us are human and some of us aren't. And I highly doubt anyone will be getting trigger happy around here."
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Post by Jesse on Sept 13, 2007 22:38:53 GMT -5
"War is..." Her mouth snapped shut when she spotted something moving in the trees. Something large and distinctly Jack-shaped. If she was right it was definitely no time to be discussing war, even though he had probably already heard them. "Speaking of trigger fingers, you might want to watch out."
"Kia, I was sent after you. What did you think you were doing leaving the dragon-grounds during training?" Jack demanded, stepping out of the trees and into plain view. If he had heard the previous topic of conversation he gave no indication of it.
"I thought this was training..." She trailed off, realizing she didn't remember exactly how she had arrived there.
"Obviously not. Do you really think they would put you with possibly dangerous creatures so early in your training?" He had heard, if she was interpreting his emotions correctly. The fact that someone like Jack could easily project false emotions to a barely trained empath occurred to her but she quickly decided that even Jack wasn't that much of an asshole.
"They put me with dragons..."
"Captive dragons, Kiandra, not wild and not sentient. Not like these. We're going back now, and we're reporting this as soon as we get there." He snapped, grabbing her wrist.
"I don't think there is a way back, I can't feel one." She muttered, but didn't bother trying to resist. His bulk and strength would beat any attempt she made at stopping him.
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Post by mysteria on Sept 13, 2007 22:57:48 GMT -5
"Dragons?" Shina's ears perked up at the sound of that, walking closer to where the two stood. "Where?" Focusing, she "looked" at the energy around her, trying to determine where they were.
Shina Hashira, blind one, you are not going after a dragon.
"Yes, Wolf, I am. Why shouldn't I?" The seven year old demanded to know, crossing her arms indignantly.
Because anyone of these people could stop you if they wanted to. Wolf pushed his nose under her head, placing a paw around the girl's shoulders. Don't worry about it. We'll look for dragons later, okay?
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Post by creamwolfgurl on Sept 13, 2007 23:13:03 GMT -5
Holly back went stiff and she turned away, dismissing the girl disdainfully. But as another came and she warned her of trigger fingers she swung around again. The seventeen year old looked far stronger and war had given her power beyond her years, but her mind was that of a teenager, her proud also. "I'll watch trigger fingers but not because I shift!" Then her head turned slowly towards Jakc and her blue eyes shot sparks. If looks could kill, Jack would have dropped to the ground and started going into death throes, because Holly was throwing daggers. "I would ask you to not call me a mere creature the same way you would a thing.I don't think any of us appreciate it and you step on dangerous ground to be so rude. You are not the best race, nor is any race. Any who think so are blighted." She spoke quietly, dangerously politely, her words themselves not so bad as the veiled threat and warning behind them.
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Post by Jesse on Sept 13, 2007 23:56:16 GMT -5
"The dragons are part of a training exercise, capture and control. They're in a mountain camp, but we're far away from there now because I can't feel them." Kia told Shina. As she spoke she dug in her heels and refused to move, forcing Jack to drag he several feet while she resisted until he gave up and stopped. "There is no way back, I can't feel one which means there can't be one. Which means we're stuck here with the creatures, deal with it." She snapped at him, rubbing her wrist when he released it.
Jack's attention wasn't on her though, he was glaring right back at Holly. "You are a creature, it is not an insult it is what you are by race. Snapping at me and starting a fight won't change what you are. We are the best race, or we would not have remained in control so long, there will always be those that think differently though. And you have a right to your opinion, as long as you don't go spreading it around."
"From you creature is an insult, Jack." Kia said, "Or at least you mean it that way. You were projecting."
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