Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 3:57:44 PM)
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Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:01:52 PM)
*in lupus, in the umbra, after sidestepping in the packhouse's bathroom mirror. He pads toward the kin house with a mind to play a practical joke on his love. The familiar leggy wolf slinking about the shadows of the structure idly, though of course Kaia had no chance to detect him here..right?*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:04:28 PM)
::Kaia had the boys down for a nap in the spare bedroom, in their playpen, nice and warm. Kaia was working, feverishly, on a new sketch of Souls Eyes, her fingertips were shaded with a bit of color from smearing them lightly over her drawing. Her hair was pulled back lightly, strands of hair escaping and falling down her shoulders, and framing her face. Wearing a pair of snugly-fitting jeans, ripped at the knees, she was barefoot, but wearing a Henley, the sleeves rolled up. Perched on her stool at her tall desk, she leaned back a bit, appraising this picture, in color this time, deciding the blonde wasn't the right shade. Fingers selecting a new pencil without even looking as she stared at it, focused. Littering the room were other sketches, some half-done, pencil, charcoal, paints, pretty much any medium she used aside from glass and metal now used. The surfaces had scattered pictures of the klaive hammer too, that drawing was the only other one she was more obsessed with::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:17:52 PM)
*in the umbra, Lukas can't really see any of the pictures..but he does stop and stare for some time at the spiritual reflection of his mate-to-be. He's not an idiot. He's also not the sort to jump to conclusions, so he spends some time sniffing around and even nosing through the ghostly image of Kaia in the spirit world..brown eyes wide. When he finally steps through in the process of shifting to homid behind her, he's to shocked by what he'd seen to remember he was going to sneak up on her. His voice comes out roughly as his vocal chords reassemble* Kaia... You have a spirit.. f... *blinking at the sea of blonde men on the pages around her, the hammer gets notice of course, but it doesn't have the inflammatory effect of the others. The Modi's hackles going up as his statement changes tracks mid-thought* Who is -that-?
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:22:13 PM)
::the reflection isn't very strong (gnosis 1 currently), but it's there. And he's -positive- he's never seen it.. or heard about this. The image is most assuredly Kaia, and attached to her, and it's something that appears to be relatively recent. As a note, there's nothing sexual about the pictures she's drawn, but both the blonde man and white lupus have quite a showing in here. Tacked on the wall, on her desk, even a few notebooks spilled on the floor. Kaia, not having expecting Lukas, and in her 'zone' of concentration, jumps a bit, hearing Lukas behind her, half-falling off her stool, she steadied herself before looking to him and his scattered statements. She glances around the room, raising a brow:: Souls Eyes...
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:22:58 PM)
::quiet respect in her tone as she mentions his name::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:27:58 PM)
*black eyes sweeping over the assembled pictures around her, the muscle in his jaw slowly clenching to stop the nearly involuntary growl from escaping. It hadn't helped that he'd just been mentally prepping himself for a conversation about how they needed to be mated officially..SOON..after what he'd seen in the umbra. Fixing on one of the images nearby..he works on getting a deep breath instead of lashing out at the sketches pointlessly* .... Who? *trying for curious, only managing terse, which frustrates him more*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:32:30 PM)
::Kaia had always found her obsessive nature when a subject enraptured her to be her version of "creative"... her muse visited her and wrapped her up in a project or thought or direction until she got it out of her system, or found a happy medium. Currently, the muse had only had a week of this particular viciously creative streak, and the luxury of -two- obsessions, the papers were strewn about, not as neat as Kaia usually was. Watching Lukas and sensing the anger, but still in 'creative' mode, she had no designs on the attractive wolf, other than respect, mild reverence for his saving her, and a damned curiosity that was making her mildly crazy:: I... he's the wolf. From my dream last week... the prophetic one. He saved me. ::it blurted out before her inner voice stopped it::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:39:50 PM)
*oh yes, a flash of indignant rage that anyone else should need to protect Kaia, Lukas closing his eyes on the instinctive response and rubbing his knuckles over his stubbled cheeks. Both hands up to do so until he drags them off his face and knits his fingers, forcing them down before they seperate and ball up at his sides* I.. need to talk to you. I think though..you aught to start at the beginnin first. There was a dream?
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:42:35 PM)
::Kaia, quickly realizing that Lukas was -not- in the know, comes out of her halfway-fugue and blinks, then nods. Talk. That.... was -never- a good sign. Hell, she knew that when -she- used it with guys it was -bad- at least 99% of the time. She was still as she watched him. She took a breath and began::
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:44:55 PM)
Yes, Grandmother Hilma came here last weekend. She brought a flask and told me to drink from it, just a sip, and lie down. I did so and lay on our bed. ::oh yes, encouraging soothing words slipped in their purposely:: and a few moments later, I felt a really sharp pain, on my head. I was bleeding profusely, and I.... I lost consciousness. I woke up to laughter, it was Stefan and I.... we were little, I was maybe 4 or 5. We were running to the creek to play with Petur. Mama....told us -not- to go.... and... we went. My... ::her fingers trailed up into her hair, fingers slipping in to rub the scar now that she knew it was there:: My hair was blonde. Blonde with pink ribbons, and it was Mama's color of blonde.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:47:44 PM)
We ran to the creek to play, Stef jumped off the bank, and held his arms out for me, and I jumped. I.... Big Kaia... was watching this scene, like a movie. Stef and Petur went to look at something in the water, as I watched little Kaia climb back up the bank... calling to Stef, and then jumping... into the water. There was no possible way Stef or Petur could've gotten to me, and there was a rock, a sharp jagged rock. My head cracked on the rock. Stef went running for Mama, and Petur held little Kaia... I could feel my head hurting there too... blinding, horrible pain. I could see her blood in the creek, there was a lot of blood, and little Kaia was unconscious..
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:49:10 PM)
Mama came running with Stef... she blew the Horn of Distress... always over the mantle. And.... little Kaia was pale... too pale.. and still. She wasn't moving, and her lips were turning blue. ::Kaia's eyes are glazed over as she tells the story, spilling out rapidly, seeing it clearly in her mind all over again.::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:49:29 PM)
*he works on calming himself as he listens to the story unfold, of course.. the tale of her injury doesn't help much. His subconscious picking up on the reassurrance she snuck in though. His hands don't unclench, but his breathing settles obediently*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:52:56 PM)
A white wolf came running, it took about 10 minutes or so. He licked over my wounds and they closed, but I didn't wake up. Mama was crying, begging him to help. He... he went into the umbra... and he came for me. He was looking at -me-, and walked to me... he shifted... ::a hand gesturing to her drawing without taking her eyes off Lukas:: He came to me, concern on his face, and he said "Honored Lady Vangelis, what are you doing? You cannot be here, and it is not your time." Around this time... I noted that I looked maybe.... 5 or 6 years older.. and... I looked.. amazing. Like.... really. ::it wasn't conceit or pride, it was -fact-, an artist's appraisal, not bragging.:: And in my hand.... I had.... -that-. ::absolute reverence and even love in her tone as she gestured to the klaive hammer.:: It was -mine-... and it felt... perfect.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 4:55:14 PM)
*his brows furrow at that, studying the picture as she indicates it. Her "name" though gets his eyes back on her in a hurry..and the hammer barely earns a glance*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:56:54 PM)
I... wasn't... um.. sure who he was meaning, so I asked him. He said that I was not to be here yet, that I wasn't done with "changing our world". He didn't... mention how... or when. Or why... he just said I have to go back to our world, because I'm not done, and I'm needed there. I asked his name, why my family never told me this. Lukas.... really. I -seriously- never -ever- saw a picture of me with blonde hair, my brothers, my father, my mother.... -none- of them -ever- discussed this, even mentioned it. Ever. I didn't know about my scar until last week. ::she reaches her hands down, both her hands gently urging his fingers to uncurl, and she raises his hand into her hair, sliding it against a ridge of a scar, it was deep, a serious wound, and likely one she should have died from. No question on that. Kaia -should- be dead.::
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 4:58:35 PM)
He urged me to come back.... and I agreed. He shifted back, and waited, and I knelt near little Kaia. She was completely pale... she was lifeless, cradled in Mama's arms. I reached down, and stroked along her face.... and... and she started breathing again, her hair turning instantly ... my color. The one it is now. I woke up after that... on our bed. I wasn't bleeding, but I could feel the scar. From the clock... it was only about 5 minutes... but... I don't know.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:00:51 PM)
::she finished, looking at Lukas, taking a breath, as she had all but stopped when she told him the dream. This dream is not like her nightmares, but it has stuck in her mind. It's likely near all she's been thinking about the past week::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:06:05 PM)
*he'd allowed her to show him the scar, feeing the severity of her injury as his furrowed brows now hover over a concerned gaze* How could I have missed that..? *quietly, calloused fingers stroking along the breadth of the ridge. He drops his hands somewhere in the ending, looking back to her face and searching it for something. The almost-jealous anger finally releasing from his frame as he reaches to pull her into his arms and simply..hold her close*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:12:17 PM)
::Kaia shook her head:: I never knew it was there either... but I can't deny that it is. ::the scar was wicked, reminiscent of the one across his throat, any deeper, any more, and she'd never have had even a chance. If anything, from her story and what she saw, she -still- shouldn't. She shouldn't be holding him now, her arms wrapping up around him, leaning in against him. Her face wasn't scared, but she was confused, concerned, and there was mild anger there as well, frustration::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:13:42 PM)
*He colors a bit, misreading her expression. Speaking a little roughly, though his voice is soft* I'm sorry.. for the. Um.. knee-jerk reaction. I mean.. *freeing one arm just to gesture around the room's drawings* Seein you obsess over some magazine model here, just..
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:17:05 PM)
::she looks to him, her brow furrowing, it wasn't he that she was angry at. She shook her head:: No... ulfur. I'm not mad at you. I... I probably should've explained it before... but... we've both be running around, and... I'm still trying to work it out in my head. It's... it's my family. They never said a -word-. Not even my father. ::she looks around the room and then looks up to him, a soft smile:: It's not... a romantic obsession. He saved my life, he may have answers I'm looking for, and he may be out there. Andy said he'll help me look for him. If... you're ever concerned with how I feel ... about you.... and don't want to ask, try there... ::gesturing to a small book case, and about 4 or 5 notebooks... all appearing to be full and finsihed::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:21:12 PM)
*he swallows the rest of that thought* So he saved you when you were a kid. That's good. *nodding to her continuation, and reassurrance...he eyes the bookshelf in confusion for a moment* ...Aren't those your sketchbooks?
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:21:58 PM)
*something clicking, he focuses on her again, sharply* Look. Yes. Kaia..I have to tell you what I saw on my way in.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:23:13 PM)
::she nods:: Those are my completed sketchbooks. You can see what else I obsess over. :: smirking a bit, she colored pink, but then hearing him speak next, she stiffens in his arms. Oh yes, those words set her on edge, and she remembered his first words when we came in. "We need to talk."::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:24:43 PM)
*releasing her just enough to guide her back to her stool to sit facing him* In the spiritlands, I was on my way to see you just now and you have a reflection. I mean a spiritual reflection. *his dark eyes earnest, and she can see this is not in fact a BAD thing..he's stunned and impressed, and just a little on edge himself about it* It's not something normal people have. Hell, you didn't have one till just recently, I'd have seen it before now. It's a sort of power..like a little shadow of what the Trueborn have.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:27:13 PM)
::she sat, but her back was straight, shoulders a bit stiff, obviously expecting the worst. Her brow furrowed as she looked to him, not quite understanding what he meant... or... what was meant by this new "reflection".:: What do you mean... normal people don't have them? ::flicking her brow upwards, still stiff:: I'm.. part Trueborn? ::trying to piece this together::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:30:13 PM)
Not.. Okay. Remember what I was teling you about Luna's changing gifts, and Gaia's gift of the soul? You have a glimmer of that same..soul.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:30:36 PM)
::she frowns a bit:: Why?
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:31:07 PM)
and How? You said you didnt' see it before... the last time you would've... it was... at the ceremony. When.. I ran off, right?
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:31:50 PM)
Yeah..I haven't really specifically checked you out since you asked then. Hrmm.. *reaching to snag one of the pictures of the hammer* Here.. this looks like a Fetish to me. A klaive hammer, honestly. I was researching them myself a bit ago. That soul I saw in the spirit world, would allow you to use something like this.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:32:50 PM)
That... is what I need to forge klaives? Lukas, that is the one from my dream. I had it.... it's going to be mine someday. I -know- it will be.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:35:49 PM)
Well..I don't know for certain that's what it does..but there aren't many fetish hammers an Aetling would be carryin around. Usually the -weapons- are pretty zealously guarded by the Trues. And ..you -know- this? Hilma tell you this was a prophecy? *narrowing one eye*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:37:30 PM)
::she nods:: I know it. I felt it... in my dream. It was mine. The hammer was mine. It fit... perfectly in my hand. The weight was right, the handle fit against my fingers like an extention of my body. I haven't spoken with Hilma since. I haven't seen her. Whatever she gave me to drink... I think that's what gave me the dream.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:39:27 PM)
Sounds like a fetish all right.. *nodding* Okay..so yeah. Let's say that's my best guess. *eyeing her a moment longer and taking a deep breath* So..that brings me to the other thing. You know what addin this to your already long list of accomplishments and assets means..yeah?
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:41:18 PM)
::Kaia tensed up again and she watches him:: This is an accomplishment? I figured this just made the giant red target already on my head for Spirals, now in bright neon... and I assume it means that wolves will be expecting me to be even more well-behaved.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:43:22 PM)
More like an asset. It's another claim to fame..that's the point. An yeah. There's that. But it also makes you an even more valuable commodity. *pointedly meeting her gaze* As a mate.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:43:47 PM)
Ambitious sorts are gonna be on you like white on rice.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:44:56 PM)
Commodity? ::flicking a brow in annoyance, knowing he didnt' see her as such, or at least believing he didn't. It was irritating to think she was sought after as 'chattel'.:: Ambitious sorts are shit out of luck. ::said flatly::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:47:48 PM)
Till you're mated, they don't know that. *sighing out and rubbing at his face as he tends to do when he's cornered or frustrated* I know.. *forestalling her objections* that we got the wedding plans all laid out.. But how much would you hate it if we got mated beforehand? Let you have my name for an umbrella when the boys come runnin.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:50:53 PM)
Take the option out of their proverbial hands..*the unspoken concern in his eyes, obvious, given her history*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:52:02 PM)
They'll know it when I turn them down point-blank. ::she eyes him a moment:: Lukas... I -do- have your name for when they come around. No one comes to me, or near me. And I like it that way. I.... ::she pauses, looking to him:: You're... really worried about this? Someone taking me away from you?
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:53:17 PM)
*he regards her a long moment, and it's not fear in his eyes.. more of a resignation* Not in that way. I know..that you don't want it to come down to a deathmatch for your hand. And you know, well as I do, that it -might-.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:54:51 PM)
Lukas... just... spit it out. You're worried about something or someone in particular. Just... say it. This is too important to dance around.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:56:14 PM)
If it's Mark... well... he doesn't even talk to me anymore. Just kind of stares at me.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 5:56:39 PM)
Or won't even approach the porch when I'm there.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 5:59:45 PM)
Yeah, it's pretty much Mark. But aside from him..We're skatin' on thin ice already. Me bein your Guardian and gettin ready to be your Mate at the same time. It looks bad, and convenient as it is, it bothers me. More so, because it gives him ground to try somethin stupid. He wouldn't have to claim he wanted to mate ya. He'd just have to point out the indecency, and you'd end up with Jack, at best. Or Mark himself as a Guardian at worst.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:03:33 PM)
::she breathes out looks to him:: I thought there wasn't anything wrong with it. With what we're doing... we're not breaking rules. You said that before. And I've refused him as a mate.... 3 times. If he wants to go for a fourth, I can do it cruelly, rather than the gently that I've done.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:05:08 PM)
It's not a Rule. No. Or I wouldn't be doing this at all, I figure you know that. *shaking his head* Like I said, it just looks bad. And with all this attention on you, I want things nice an legal, you know?
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:06:53 PM)
I didn't know there -was- a lot of attention on me. It's not like I'm walking around "Lookit what I did!".... ::she frowns a bit:: It's... not a matter if if I want to or not... this is a "we need to do this now..ish"... isn't it?
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:08:50 PM)
*grimacing faintly* Ain't a matter of -you- sayin it. Kaia, every spirit in eyeshot of you is going to recognize you now. And spirits are like high-school girls, they never stop talkin.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:10:06 PM)
Then... they already know we're together. ::watching him::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:11:23 PM)
Some of em..ones that have the ability to notice that stuff..yeah. *wincing and dragging his hand over his features before he looks back to her candidly* Yeah, some of em already know.
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:12:24 PM)
A matter of time, till it's public knowledge. An it aught to be ..Right. When the rest find out.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:13:15 PM)
And... somehow.... Souls Eyes knew. ::said candidly:: So... if we're mated now... or in a few weeks... it doesn't change anything. ::she bites her lower lip:: So... you're trying to avoid the shit storm with the spirits, in order to rush the shit storm here?
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:15:15 PM)
Kaia, If you still want it secret long as we can manage it, I can live with that. But let me look an elder in the eyes and say "honorably mated" if it comes to that.
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:17:49 PM)
I don't want the shit storm with everything else going on. I really don't. I don't want one period. But there -is- going to be one. I'm not... ashamed to be with you, Lukas. I don't... want you to have that impression. ::she takes a breath, and lets it out, knowing he was in a stuck position as well. They both were. She looked up to his eyes, and she nodded, silently, her assention::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:19:31 PM)
((And I have to crash so this is good timing!)) *he reaches to pull her close again, stepping close to her seat on the stool to allow it* ..Thank you. *quietly, relief practically palpable*
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:21:05 PM)
::she nods, looking to him, and she sank against him, whereas he felt relief... she felt tense and a bit frustrated. She hated being cornered::
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:24:46 PM)
*knowing it..he still can't help the feeling that he's out of at least one frying pan for now*
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:26:25 PM)
((I'm crashing. Glad we finally caught up! lol))
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:26:34 PM)
(nods, you calling?)_
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:26:57 PM)
((Hubby wants some time, so noooo. lol Tomorrow morning? I'm up early.))
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:27:14 PM)
(nods, I'll be awake still, and all day tomorrow, Dariush has game)
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:27:27 PM)
((woot. Later hon!))
Kaia Skaare (Oct 29, 2011 6:27:31 PM)
(nini)
Lukas Vangelis (Oct 29, 2011 6:27:34 PM)
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