Deep Breaths (Arty!)

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] Lithe and white, Kai lengthened her steps even further as she quickened her trot into a three step gait rather than a two. Her blue tipped paws blurring into white as she ran for no apparent reason, she hummed out loud to herself. Having no second soul like many others around her, she was quite lonely. With no siblings, Kai frowned while running thinking of that fateful day, and no parents around to play with, she was bored, and alone. Kai, being quite young she needed to have some sort of physical exertion very often in order to not combust. But today Kai had a plan! She was going to travel down the canyon, and into the river to play with her ability. How lucky she was to be in one of the hottest places ever, and still have a huge river to mess with? The white female slowed her pace down to a crawl as she approached the edge of the canyon, and she looked down warily over the edge. Now Kai was not one to be afraid of heights, but it was so high! It would be such a big fall, that would probably kill her, if she stepped wrong. She lifted one blue tipped paw, and her pupil-less eyes widened as she prepared to step onto a outcropping. Kai gasped and drew her foot back in so quickly as if she had been burned and she whipped around, looking for something. When she was satisfied that it was only a Juniper bush moving in the hot wind, she stuck her paw back out again and stepped onto the teetering rock, holding her breath the whole time.

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[RHIANNON !]

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] The sun was bright that day, perhaps brighter than most. Rhiannon had spent her time on the cliff top, her paws sore from the heat of the sun and the rock. She had been hunting that morning, and after killing one jackalope and devouring most of it, she was now carrying the carcass back to the canyon. She'd bring it to Forte, which meant carrying it down the canyon wall. Sighing, she focused her attention on tearing off the antlers, and the extra bones and skin. Finally when it was just a small mass of meat, she picked it up in her mouth, ambling towards the side of the cliff. But her eyes caught something else, and she veered her path away from the rock staircase, her hazel eyes narrowing. A white female, it appeared, was standing just before the cliff's edge, at one of the more precaurious outcroppings. Well, most of them were, despite the staircase. She sighed, dropping the piece of jackalope behind a bush and licking off her blood stained muzzle. She moved quickly towards the female, her tail held high behind her in a clear stance of dominance. Rhia finally neared the female, emitting a low growl before stopping a few metres away from the female. "I wouldn't step there if I were you, wolf." Her voice was heavily weigehd with her accent, her ears pricked forwards. She was in no way standing aggressively, but she was ready to spring into action if this female chose to attack. ------------------------------------- OOC ;; sorry it's kinda short. D:

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] Kai steadied herself on three paws getting ready to step out onto the rock, and then she heard a voice. "And why not?" Kai heard her own voice snap back as she turned to face the female that had spoken. Bright and white, Kai gave this female a once over, her tail held high, as her head was too, showing her obvious dominance. Kai's bright blue eyes narrowed, and she held her tail higher still than normal, and picked her head up slightly. To dominant females...lovely. This was going to go great. And Kai wanted friends...Maybe she should submit... No, that wasn't how Kai operated. The female sighed and held her stance with her back to the cliff side, which wasn't smart on her side, in case the female got hostile and decided to push her over, that would suck... "I'm Kai." Her musical voice came again, louder this time rather than the muttering she had said before, "And you are..?" she trailed off leaving the question in the air. She bowed her head slightly in greeting but not submissively, she wouldn't show weakness, or hostility. Maybe they could still get along. -------------------------------------------------------------------- It's alright, mine is pretty short for me too, I'm used to having to post 250 words per post, it'll be nice to be able to post as much as I need to without using crappy filler.

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[RHIANNON !]

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] Rhiannon watched as the female made a motion to step down. Her death, she murred in her mind, the red panda scoffing at her nonchalant attitude. 'Stop being a bitch Rhia. Be nice for once,' it hissed in her mind. She growled lightly, closing her eyes for a moment and ignoring her second soul. Then another voice, distinctly female reached her ears, and she realised the female was talking to her. And why shouldn't she? Rhia was the one who had addressed her. Snorting lightly, she took a step forward, looking over the female. Rhia's first impression of the female was not a nice one. Yeah, white, female, a little bit of blue, whatever. But that was not what caught Rhia's eyes first. Her tail, raised high, was what caught Rhia's gaze. A sheer display of competitive dominance. Rhia's lip curled, her hackles raising slightly as she heightened her tail. The other female, for once, wasn't much taller than Rhia herself, so she hardly had to look up. Her nose twitched with utter distaste, and she circled a little bit until she faced the female head on. The other didn't exactly look like she was going to back down, and if it came to it, Rhia would attack her. She wasn't just about to let every little bitch who came her way disrespect her. Either way, she had the upper hand. She knew the terrain, and she had the other female with her back to the cliff. Not exactly the smartest move. "The cliff side is treacherous. If you don't know where you're going there's a good chance you'll fall to your death. As fun as the raging river looks, I wouldn't suggest trying it," she replied, with slight edge to her voice. The other female spoke up again, her voice much louder than her previous statement. Introductions? Really? Rhia sighed and shook her head. 'Rhia, calm down. Not everyone's just going to bow down before you. Especially since you're so damn small. Suck it up for once,' the voice caused Rhia to hiss, mentally slamming the other soul into a small crevice in her brain as she heard the female state her name and then ask for her own. Only out of the corner of her eye did Rhia see her nod her head in greeting - no hint of submission or anything. Finally, sweeping her gaze back to the female, she stared at her oddly pupil-less eyes. Strange and disconcerting, they were, and Rhia merely blinked, lowering her nose a couple inches in a nod of greeting. "Rhiannon," she said, continuing to hold herself with the regalia that she believed she demanded. "So why are you trying to get down to the river? Trying to off yourself?" ------------------------------------- OOC ;; Rhia's a bit of a bitch. Ignore her. <3

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] Kai didn't back down at the red females obvious displeasure at her raised tail. 'Sorry, that's just me, you'll have to get over it, there can be more that one dominant female in the area, jeeze. Oh look a butterfly...' Kai giggled mentally at herself, it always amused her when her ADHD made itself known. Kai didn't lower her tail any, but when the other female raised hers even higher, Kai still kept hers at the same height as before. She wasn't MORE dominant than this female, she was a TEENY tiny bit less, if not the same, and she wasn't in the mood for a battle. "Thanks for the warning," she said a little curtly, she had to admit she wasn't very happy at the tone this female was taking, it made her...sad. 'I just wanted to be friends..' the childish thought shocked her. "Can I call you Rhi?" It was hard for her to say such a long name, no matter how much she tried to hide it, Kai was still just two years old. It had been only 1 year and four months ago that she had lost her whole family, the math brought a burning to her eyes, that she blinked back covering it quickly by swiping her paw across her muzzle as if dirt had found its way up off the ground and into her blue eyes. "I like the water," she left quite a lot to be imagined, why she liked the water, it was her power...duh, "Do you know a better way down?" she asked, wagging her tail slightly from side to side in a friendly manner so that she might not be seen as too much of a dominant figure to be attacked. She was young, like above stated, but she was dominant after being on her own for so long, and she wasn't going to lower her tail or head from the height she always carried them just because some female was more power happy than she. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OOC; Sorry, it's so repetitive, I was trying to get the point that Kai was dominant, but only slightly less than Rhea, and that she was younger, and such like that. Hopefully you got the point, if not let me know and I'll try to explain better!

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] Rhiannon of course could not hear the thoughts of this female, but if she could, the red panda soul inside her would be nodding its head vigourously. Caedmon was rather pissed, curled up in the back of Rhia's mind, upset that the wolf refused to listen to his wise thoughts. Rhia though noticed the female didn't challenge her dominance again, as she kept her tail at the same height. Well that was acceptable. She relaxed her body, her tail twitching idly. Thanks for the warning? Well that was interesting. As much as this female tried her dominance, Rhiannon finally bothered to give her another look. She was visibly younger than Rhia herself, which helped her a bit. Her challenge could be attributed to ignorance, that was it. She was young though, and that sparked Rhia's interest. Under three at least, that was the easiest, right? She almost purred in delight, as she heard the red panda soul sigh in her mind. 'Corrupting today's youth, Rhia doll?' he said, but Rhia merely ignored him, much too fascinated with this younger wolf now. Rhiannon heard her next words and shrugged slightly. "Sure, doesn't bother me," she said, her voice much sweeter this time. She took a few steps towards the female, her body language clearly non-threatening and glanced down the canyon's side. "Well, I suppose this is a good place if you like the water. I wouldn't suggest going for a swim though, the current's very strong," she replied, then veering her body and turning around. "There's a staircase a little ways away. Let me grab the jackalope I caught earlier. You're not hungry are you? If you are, I might as well catch another one, there's only enough here for one," she said, glancing around the shelf top, finally setting her eyes on the bush she had seen before and trotting towards it. "Forte's down there already, I'll lead you down if you want. Just stay away from the griffins," she replied, picking the jackalope meat up in her mouth and ambling back towards Kai. ------------------------------------- OOC ;; Teehee. Oh, would you be able to italicize her thoughts or something? It was just a little bit hard to discern from her speech, unless I looked at the apostraphes. xD

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] Kai stood with her head cocked to the side in slight curiosity that is a main characteristic of her youth, her ears prick forward, and her tail still swishing in the air she smiled at the red wolf, obvisouly older than herself. The white female saw Rhi relax, and so her muscles, which she didn't even notice were tense, relaxed as well. Kai blinked at her sweeter tone, surprised by the nice-nes she was now portraying, and her eyes narrowed slightly in suspision. Kai's ears flicked back in apprehension 'What if she's going to push me off...?' Kai stepped foward at the same time Rhi did and almost bumped into her, though Rhi's body was unthreatening, and she looked nice enough, Kai knew that appearances could be decieving, so she took caution while being friendly. "Oh yeah, I didn't plan on it, just wanted to play around, you know...?" she didn't know if the older fae knew, or not, she just trailed off into the air. "No I'm fine, and that sounds lovely," and she followed the red fae to her meal, almost too close, but Kai liked her, and she had no idea why, they had almost gotten into it, and she was intimidating, but Kai liked her. And that's all that matters to a young female.

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[RHIANNON !]

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] Rhia wouldn't dare think of pushing such a useful asset off the side of the canyon. True, she wasn't exactly the nicest wolf, but she wasn't a murderer. Not unless there was a good reason. She didn't expect the other female to move forward as she moved towards her, and they almost collided. This didn''t really bother her and she merely nodded. "Well then, alright. You're welcome to join Forte and my little band. And I mean little. There's only two of us right now, but I intend to start a pack here. Get a few more members, and what not. You're welcome to join if you wish. Perhaps I can take you under my wing, teach you a thing or two, eh?" she purred, her voice a little muffled by the meat which she now held. She moved quickly towards the stair case. It was a bit to the north of where they stood, and her steps were quick. The sun was scorching, despite the autumn temperatures made the rock beneath her feet hot. Finally though she stopped her pace, looking behind her to make sure the white female was behind her. "Now you need to step exactly where I step. The rocks here are solid and secure, but if you make a wrong move, you could go tumbling," she replied curtly, looking down and then bounding onto the first step. She had to make little bounces down them because of her height, but it didn't bother her. ------------------------------------- OOC ;;

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] Kai nodded her head, and smiled at Rhi, "Rhi, is Forte nice, you keep mentioning him, so I figure he's your mate or something...?" Her head cocked to the side again like before in curiosity, and her smile widened good naturedly. Kai's jaws opened up in a big yawn and when she was done her jaws snapped back together unattractively. Kai's pupil-less eyes widened in surprise at the fae's next words, she wanted to take her under her wing? 'AWESOME! the white female couldn't contain herself, "Really!?" Her voice was excited, as opposed to muffled like Rhi's, "We can be great friends, in fact we are, I can feel it." Her eyes blinked at herself and she laughed nervously hoping Rhi didn't think her a little pup who gets excited about everything, which she kind of was... Kai hopped down the first step, exactly where Rhi had gone, just like she had advised, and yelped when she lost her balance slightly, but smiled when she regained her balance and 'stuck the landing', and she bounded down the rest after Rhi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OOC- Sorry I took the lead there, but is Forte going to be in this thread? Or no? ..

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[KAI ♥]

Oh dear I messed up my code somewhere....Oh well, it's okay...I'll probably fix it later.

[RHIANNON !]

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] Rhiannon almost fell over in surprise, letting out a snort mixed with a choke of laughter. "Forte?! My mate? Dear, you must be mistaken. Forte's a boy. That would be a little strange, wouldn't you think?" and finally, Rhia's gender confusion has made itself known. She chuckled lightly, her ears twitching a little bit. "But I suppose he is nice. Enough." She turned around to see the female finish a yawn and shrugged a little, leaping down onto the next step. Kai seemed utterly stunned at her proposal to take her under her wing. Awesome. Rhia was just as excited as the little white female, but she kept her joy to herself, only letting a smile slip across her face. "Oh yes Kai, I'm sure we'll be the best of friends," and that was true, despite the double meaning behind it. Rhia had intents to shape this female into something more of a pawn, but friend worked too. She did usually like company, and as much as she could be useful to her, they could be friends. Rhia heard her yelp and immediately turned her body, expecting the female to come tumbling down at her. She braced her small form, her legs splaying out, claws digging furiously at the rock. But nothing came at her, save a few loose rocks which bounced off her fur. "You need to be more careful. There's little to nothing I can do if you fall. Just... take a deep breath and step lightly." She relaxed her body, turning back towards the steps and hopping down a few, looking back every now and then to make sure the white female was following her. ------------------------------------- OOC ;; I don't think so. Easty's been busy lately.

[KAI ♥]

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[atrb=background,http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af301/InFatesHands/tablebackground.png] ...Kai came as close to blushing as a wolf could in the desert air when she heard Rhi's response, "Oh, I'm so sorry, but why is it weird that he's a boy?" the young females eyes widened in curiosity, and her head tilted to the left. Kai of course didn't know Rhi was gender confused, she wasn't even sure if she knew what gender confused was... Kai had to admit she was excited to be Rhi's friend, maybe she could be in their band! She saw the smile on her new friends face, and the smile on her own seemed to split her face in two. Kai noticed Rhi balance herself, and brace as if she was going to fall into her when she lost her balance. She giggled, "It's okay, I'm good." she smiled at her reasuiringly. Kai took a deep breath just as her mentor told her, yes mentor, that's how she was calling Rhi in her head, and hopped down another few steps after her.

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[RHIANNON !]

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[atrb=background,http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/FallArrow/RHIANNONbg4.png] Rhiannon just stared blankly at the female. How could she not realise the obvious strangeness of that? She could hear the red panda soul chuckling in her mind. 'Because she thinks you're a girl. Because you are Rhia. You are a female. Get over it. You're not a boy.' As soon as the words left Caedmon's... well, mind, Rhia snapped, her jaws opening and pulling back in a snarl as she shot a stream of curses mentally at her second soul. To the white female, she probably would have look absolutely batty. After Caedmon had snorted and quieted down, Rhia turned back to Kai, blinking, and taking a deep breath. Once she had composed herself, she spoke. "My dear, because two boys don't mate. That's just... it defies the laws of nature. You see what I mean?" she purred, and then nodded her head. "Okay, just be careful. I honestly don't want to have to watch you fall to your death," she replied, turning back towards her task and then hopping down for a while. Finally she stopped, looking to her left. The waterfall was crashing down beside her and she yawned a little bit, looking up at Kai. "Okay, follow me. The ledge can be a bit slippery, so be careful. Forte isn't here, but I want to grab some things I tossed in here," she said, stepping carefully on the ledge. Rhia neared the waterfall, finally ducking in behind it and sliding into a brilliantly coloured caves. The walls were lined with quartz crystals, and despite its brilliance, it didn't seem to amaze Rhia much. She dropped the jackalope, wandering towards the stream. Taking a few laps of water, she went about, looking for the herbs she had stored here just a few days prior. ------------------------------------- OOC ;; I'm stalling time until Easty can post. xD <3 Sorry it's random.