Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:00:14 PM)
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Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:04:52 PM)
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Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:05:20 PM)
Anahita is sprawled out on her couch, a laptop computer flipped open in front of her. Her chin is propped in one hand while the other floats scross the pad-mouse, occasionally tapping out something on the keyboard. She is clad in a pair of dark green velvet sleep pants and a white baby-doll teeshirt. Her hair is gathered up into a sloppy bun with a dark green scrunchi.

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:06:56 PM)
He knocks politely on the door. Because that was better than scaring her by popping out of her bathroom. He chuckles at the thought and sweeps his hair back from his shoulders as the chill breeze dances across his bare chest, fluttering his vest with its caress.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:10:08 PM)
Lifting her head, she peers through the screen door curiously, then plucks her earbuds out with one hand, the other groping on the floor for her glasses. Slipping the latter on, she blinks at the door again. A small cry of glee escapes her lips as she scrambles to her feet, lurching to grab at the laptop before it clatters to the floor. Closing it carefully, she lays it back on the couch and holds her hands out to it in the universal symbol for "stay", then scurries on barefeet over to the screendoor, pushing it open with a breathless smile. "Hi."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:12:40 PM)
He chuckles as he watches her scrambling about for that moment. When she opens the door, he bends down to take her into a hug, kissing her brow gently. "How's my baby?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:14:45 PM)
Sliding her arms around him with a small sigh, she cuddles in close, her eyes slipping closed for a moment as her hands fliter through his hair and brush against the fabric of the vest against his back. Leaning back, she smiles up at him. "So far, we are both doing fine. The doctor says that I'm healthy as a horse." She giggles at the joke, then turns to hold the door for him to come inside.

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:18:16 PM)
He chuckles, his mismatched gaze dancing as he looks down over her and nods. "I'm glad to hear it. I hope I'm not intruding? I really shouldn't have come, the moon..." He shakes his head, grinning crookedly. "I was eager to see how you were doing. Wanted to know if you needed anything?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:20:16 PM)
She beams up at him. "No, of course not. I was just..." She gestures to the scattered papers on the coffee table and the laptop on the couch. "I was just...." Sighing softly, she shrugs. "Honestly, I have no idea what I am doing." Stepping back and into the living room, she hugs her arms around her waist. "My mother is still talking to me, and she said she would break the news to my father and grandfather, but I do not know how they are going to react. I am scared, not for me, but for you."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:23:22 PM)
"I'm a big boy, Anahita-dear." He chuckles and strokes her hair gently. "I may not have considered wholly what the ramifications of my actions may be, but I've got the honour to face what will come of them."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:24:39 PM)
Leaning into his hand, she nods. "I know. But my mother said the tribe may kill you for what you did. She had to go before them when she married my father and be accepted, even though she is not one of us."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:28:07 PM)
"That is quite rare, usually when kin take human lovers, they are not involved in any way. There is a slim chance their children won't even be kin, if one were to believe the stories. You are quite the surprise in that regard."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:30:23 PM)
She blushes faintly. "My grandfather said that he made a bargain with the spirits to help us continue the line. There are no other females from his line, and all of my father's former wives could not carry a child to term. My mother is the first who was able to, and even then, just barely." She pads over to the couch and starts gathering up papers, stacking them on the coffee table into neat little piles. "I do not know if that is true, but my mother is still very young, and she had not had another child, even though she has tried."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:34:30 PM)
"I can believe it. One of my ancestors made deals with the spirits so that her wives could bear children." He chuckles and dances around the open room briefly. "Though even those secrets I am not privy to, her mind is elusive and unwilling to reveal the bargains made."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:36:17 PM)
She looks up at him with a faint smile. "Some secrets we are not meant to know." Shifting the laptop off the couch and onto the table, she smiles and pats the seat she just cleared, curling one leg up underneath her with her foot tucked behind the opposite knee. "Was she right, though?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:38:02 PM)
"Right?" He chuckles and takes a seat beside her with a laugh. "I don't know if it was right or wrong, but she did have children to keep the tribe strong."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:39:25 PM)
She shakes her head with a chuckle. "No, not that. My mother. She said she was accepted by the tribe. I have been trying to find more information on them, but..." She glances at her laptop. "... nothing. It's like we don't even exist to the rest of the world..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:41:13 PM)
"Of course you won't find anything out there." He laughs, shaking her head. "Do you know what the world would do to us if it knew there were monsters amongst them?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:42:10 PM)
She blinks curiously at him, then blushes. "Knowing humanity as I do, and our penchant for hunting down and either killing or enslaving that which they do not understand..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:44:15 PM)
"Bingo." He chuckles, shaking his head as he reaches over to wrap an arm around her. "Do you know the Litany?" He says softly, and glances over to the open door. Suddenly he hops up and bounds over to close the door securely, to prevent any casual eavesdropping.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:46:10 PM)
She watches him, then shakes her head, her brow furrowed. "I know of several, but I am betting that the one you are talking about is not one of them."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:49:23 PM)
"The Nation has a set of laws by which we must abide. This is called the Litany in common parlance." He chuckles and resumes sitting next to her. "The first law is 'Garou shall not mate with Garou'. The reason being that any children we might produce will be mutated and sterile, and the mother more than likely won't be able to bear any more children."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:50:34 PM)
"Mutated? What do you mean?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:52:38 PM)
"Deformed or mentally instable in some way. Most albino Garou you meet will be a metis. Others are particularly puny, or have no claws, or show a human face in all their forms. Some have siezures, or horns, or any number of unusual physical and mental characteristics."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:54:12 PM)
She blinks, then her face crumbles as he continues, one arm curling around her abdomen. "That is... horrible. Why would anyone ever willingly do that, if that is what might happen to their child?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:55:57 PM)
"You know the Curse? You can feel it when you around one of us. The undercurrent of murderous energy which allows us to fight for Gaia, and is affected by the shift of the moon's phases?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:56:54 PM)
She nods faintly. "That crawling feeling I get when I am around some... I still get it with you, but it is not nearly as bad as others..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 12:57:01 PM)
[my english, it sucks.]

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 12:57:28 PM)
((internal spellcheck, ftw ;) ))

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:01:43 PM)
He nods, a haunted look in his gaze as he looks down on her, stroking her hair gently. "Yes, that's the Curse. Everyone is subject to that terrible dread, with the exception of other shifters. Combine that with our driving need to have the companionship of a pack, and how close that pack becomes... Well, I could tell you so many stories about the tragic loves which have developed between Garou. They are all heartbreaking, whether they contained their passions and pined away without physical expression of their love or whether they succumbed to their passions and bore the fruit of such forbidden coitus."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:04:08 PM)
She smiles, then crawls closer to him and rests her cheek against his shoulder with a sigh. "Even if I get the same crawly feelings with you, I would welcome them, if it meant to spend more time with you without the fear of death looming in the background." Looking up at him, she continues. "Julia wants me to go meet Conquers Luna's Ferocity. She says that, because I am one of theirs, I have to go meet with the elder."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:09:10 PM)
He chuckles softly and holds her loosely. "You really ought to have met him already, Anahita-dear. The tribe should have taken steps to ensure that you were properly greeted and taken care of when you arrived. It is really quite unusual that nobody has taken any interest in your presence. There's another Litany law which I think applies here, 'Respect those beneath ye, for all are of Gaia'. It seems that whomever should have greeted you as a tribemate has neglected to consider this in regards to your needs."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:11:50 PM)
She settles against him with a comfortable sigh. "To be fair, I did not exactly know who I was looking for when I came here, or how to locate them. And then my father called me back home for half a year to help with the breeding."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:15:48 PM)
He chuckles, shaking his head as he looks down to her with a croked smile. "You went to the plantation looking for answers, they could have stepped forward and taken care of filling in your questions with proper answers. Anyone who had taken a good look at you would have recognised the signs of your high breeding."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:16:49 PM)
She smiles up at him. "Maybe. But how were they to know that I needed questions answered when I was not asking them?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:17:58 PM)
"You were, I remember quite clearly the questions you had, and still have."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:20:32 PM)
She blushes faintly. "Maybe I just was not asking the right question. And it is rude to interupt so many men in the same room."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:21:54 PM)
"Perhaps it would have been rude, but don't you think it's rude of them to have seen how lost and uncertain you were without taking interest and working to clarify things for you?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:23:06 PM)
"Well, the large gentleman was talking with the young girl, and everyone else was in the kitchen eating. I do not remember much of it, but I remember him. Just being near him made my skin feel like it was trying to peel off and run away screaming."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:24:27 PM)
"That's the Curse." He frowns and holds her quietly a moment.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:26:54 PM)
She snuggles closer to him with a soft sound of contentment. "Like I said, yours does not bother me so much. At least, not anymore." Sliding one arm free, she lightly plays her fingertips over the nearly-invisible hairs on his forearm.

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:29:12 PM)
He laughs, squirming at her touch. "That tickles." He hops to his feet and dances around. "There's another few tennets of the Litany I think you should know."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:30:18 PM)
Turning over onto her stomach, she rests her arms and chin on the arm, laying her body down the seats, and watches him. "I am your attentive pupil." Her eyes travel over his form briefly before she grins up into his face.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:31:22 PM)
((afk for a sec, gotta go make a quick phone call))

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:36:17 PM)
"First, and very important for you to know especially. 'Ye shall not allow the Veil to be lifted', and this means that we aren't supposed to do or say anything that could potentially reveal our existence to the rest of the world. Anyone who is not Garou or kin is not to know or be made aware of who and what we are. It's very important for you to understand that, especially in light of the fact that you could be coerced by the minions of the Wyrm, who would do anything to undermine the efforts of the Nation to protect the world."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:40:16 PM)
She blinks at him for a moment. "Ok, a couple of questions. First of all, what is the worm? Are we talking a snake? Because I am good with snakes. Secondy, technically, did my father break that first part by inviting my mother in?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:43:17 PM)
"The Wyrm is the spirit of corruption- death, decay, dark emotions and things of that nature. It insinuates itself into the heart and feeds on the bile and hatred buried deep in our hearts. It is the toxic waste of the world, the ruinous breath of evil."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:45:07 PM)
She blinks at him, then sits up a little, crossing her arms underneath her chest to prop herself up. "You are serious about this. This thing is real? I thought my grandfather just said that to make sure I was not scared to kill snakes on the grounds..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:47:09 PM)
He nods, grinning to her. "Well, snakes aren't necessarily the embodiment of the Wyrm, though some see a correlation. Mind you, the Uktena are connected to snakes and you could easily offend them by killing snakes out of hand." He shakes his head and crouches down on the floor in front of her. "As for your father. Yes, it seems that he has broken the Litany by revealing the truth of himself and his relations to his wife. The onus falls on your Grandfather and members of the tribe who have been open and honest with her despite her status as a woman without the blood."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 1:48:54 PM)
She nods slowly. "I think I understand. From what my grandfather said, there are only him and his brother, and my father, left of his tribe. That is why they sent me away. Because his brother was demanding to be allowed to take me to wive."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 1:58:21 PM)
He looks at her thoughtfully and shakes his head. "That would have been an acceptable arrangement, from what I know of the Fangs." He fidgets with his vest, but keeps it on. "But they're wrong about being the only ones of the Tribe. They may be the sole members in your small section of the world, but there are Fangs spread far and wide. Your great uncle should take a human wife, especially if if he can change."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:00:01 PM)
She nods more emphatically. "That is what my father told him. But it seems that my great-uncle views humans as 'fodder'... or worse." She turns a little pale at some memory that flashes across her eyes, then shakes it away before shifting her arms again, resting her chin on the arm of the couch with a small smile.

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:00:59 PM)
"Fodder?" He looks concerned at her expression and crawls up to rejoin her on the couch.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:02:04 PM)
She turns onto her side and smiles at him. "He was a very strange person. I never liked being near him, nor did my father. My mother refused to be at the house whenever he wanted to come over."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:03:07 PM)
"That could also be the Curse." He muses, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "What was he like?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:04:18 PM)
She snuggles closer to him, sliding her arm under his vest and lightly running her fingertips along his spine. "Strange. He would look at me in the most disconcerting manner. Like a jackal does to a newborn foal..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:06:47 PM)
"What do you mean that he thought of humans as fodder, though? What kinds of things did he do and say?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:09:36 PM)
"Most of the time, when he came around, my father would keep me out of the room. But I overheard my grandfather talking with my father late one night. They were saying how there was another one, and discussing how to keep it hidden. My nuncle's name was mentioned a few times, but I did not catch the whole conversation. I was about to go in and ask if there was something wrong, but my mother saw me and hurried me back to bed." She pauses and thinks for a moment. "I was maybe 8 or 9 when this happened..."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:16:29 PM)
"What do you suppose that means? And how does that imply anything to do with humans being fodder? Most everything we do has to be hidden, by our very nature. Another might think you were accusing your uncle of being tainted."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:18:10 PM)
She shrugs faintly. "I just remember father suggesting he take a human to wive, or go find someone else outside of our tribe, because he was not allowing me to marry someone like him. And my nuncle told him that humans are "fodder". That was the last time my father let him near my mother or the house."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:22:08 PM)
"You keep saying 'outside our tribe' as though that were somehow anywhere near accurate. There is no need for him to be looking outside of the tribe for a mate. In fact, there's very little evidence that any Fang will take a mate outside of the tribe unless they were somehow going to benefit the tribe through their money and influence. It's the tribe of kings, and in their eyes any children who are not finely bred are not worthy of Falcon's grace. They are very dedicated to their honour."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:25:11 PM)
"Father used to tell me, when I was little, that the reason there were only the immediate family left was because too much cross-breeding within the tribe. He showed me a diagram of the offspring of a pair of horses, then showed me another where the lines were so crossed, I could not even begin to make sense of them. He said that was why he married my mother. 'Genetic diversity', he called it." She shrugs. "I have no degree to understand that. But he is my father, and I trust his word in all things."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:28:35 PM)
"You're really stupid, aren't you?" He laughs and shakes his head. "Just because you keep breeding the same horses to oblivion, does that mean that those are the -only- horses of the breed in all the world?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:31:21 PM)
She flinches away from him for a moment before her face smoothes out into haughty lines. "I am well aware there are more breeds of horses in the world." Sliding her legs up, she turns and sits with her back against the arm of the couch, tucking her knees to her chest. "My father just happens to breed a single breed, but he is not afraid to mix in other breeds in order to strengthen the blood."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:33:47 PM)
"That isn't what I said, and if you continue to refuse to listen, I'll just be going." He hops to his feet, grumbling.

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:34:33 PM)
She turns to watch him for a few moments, then sighs. (softly) "I am sorry. I've been getting very testy lately."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:36:36 PM)
"I should be going, this isn't the right time to be talking with you alone." He sweeps his hair back with both hands. "Think about it. Just because you breed arabians, or whatever sort of horse it is, that your ranch is not the only place where Arabians are bred. Apply that to the tribes, and you can see how that would apply to yours as well as the next."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:41:28 PM)
"I understand, now, that there are others in the world. My father was the one who wanted me to leave, please keep in mind. He was against my wedding my nuncle. Regardless of his reasons to be against the match, I am here, now. And will not be returning there. My mother has already been informed of the child, and she will be telling my father about it eventually. When he finds out, I worry about how he will react." She unfolds her body and stands up, pacing a little over to the small balcony. "Fear is not an emotion that has much of a place in my life."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:44:49 PM)
He sighs, shaking his head as he dances around on his toes. "Only time can reveal what will happen next. You just need to be able to look at the world you've been thrown into without a life preserver, and realise that you must either learn to swim or be weighed down by ignorance and sink."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:46:45 PM)
She laughs softly, facing the park in the distance. "My mother always said that I ride better than I swim." She turns back to face him. "But, for your sake, I will learn. It is the least I can do, since I got you into this." She glances off into the distance, thinking. "Do you think the older gentleman, Mads... would he be a good person to talk to about this, to learn from?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 2:50:33 PM)
"He may have some advice for you, if you request it. Julia can help you understand your tribe's ways, I'm sure, maybe have some suggestion of what you can bring to your elder to appease him. Oh, and you will certainly be seen in a better light if you can provide a gift worthy of the man before you start asking for favours. We are a culture that thrives on the gifts and generosity of those who come to us. Whether we are speaking to our elders, the spirits, or our kin."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:51:33 PM)
She blinks. "A gift? For Mads or for Julia? And should I also present one to Conqures Luna's Ferocity, if I ever get to meet him?"

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:53:39 PM)
((dlp sorry, misread that))

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 2:56:50 PM)
"Do you have a suggestion about what would be appropriate for a trade for knowledge? I do not even know what tribe he belongs to. I am sure that would take into consideration..." She trails off, chewing on her bottom lip as she thinks. Then, sighing softly, she walks away from the balcony and over to stand near him, her hand lightly reaching out to brush his hair away from his jaw. "This is the second time you have mentioned the moon when you have come over. I assume that when it gets full, something changes in you? Similar to the old mythology of full-moons being tied to werewolves?"

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:03:40 PM)
"He is one of the Fenrir's kin, I don't know him well but when in doubt it usually doesn't hurt to bring a simple,practical gift. Food tends to be the most universally acceptable gift, particularly if you have taken the time to find out what they favour." He chuckles and leans his cheek into her touch. "It is something like that. A garou responds most strongly to the moon he is born under, though the moon always has an effect on them. Under the new moon, it is the calmest time, and as it grows more full each phase causes a greater stirring in the soul, even when there is no moon to be seen. The most dangerous time is the full moon, it boils our blood and makes us uneasy. Because my moon lays on either side of the full one, I am subject to an extended period of aggitation without relief, unlike the other moons who have less time when the moon calls most strongly."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 3:05:54 PM)
Slipping around him slowly, she feathers her fingers through his hair, then starts to comb it gently, easing the tangles free. "Is there anything I can do to help? I have never really seen you this distressed." Her hands ease up to the nape of his neck before she reverses them and combs her fingers through the underside, knuckles rubbing lightly against the fabric of his vest.

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:13:54 PM)
He chuckles and shakes his head, looking over his shoulder to her. "I have greater control now, it is something that comes with rank, a sense of holding together better. It isn't much, but it gives me a little bit better of an edge." He settles and lets her play with her hair. "Speak with your elder, bring him the richest, most personal gift you can gather for yourself. Be earnest and sincere in relaying your desires, and no matter what decision he makes, accept it graciously. You were born with the blessings of Falcon on your brow, it would only bring shame to you and your ancestors to falter when judgment is made."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 3:16:13 PM)
She slowly slides his vest off his shoulders and nuzzles his hair aside, laying her cheek against his spine. "I hear your words, and will obey. I promise not to shame you, or my tribe, whatever the choice." Straightening, she slides his vest back into position, then walks around in front of him to look into his face. "But know, if they deny me the chance to ever see you again, my heart will yearn for you until it beats its last."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:23:31 PM)
He looks up to her when she steps around him to say such a sweet thing, and though he smiles up to her, his expression was haunted. "You are young and beautiful, and should you be forced from my side, you will have our child to remind you and keep you company."

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 3:24:49 PM)
She smiles and nods, then steps closer and wraps her arms around him, pressing her warmth against his cold chest. "Nothing will ever take our child from me. Heaven help them if they try."

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:28:24 PM)
He wraps his arms around her and holds her close, closing his eyes and breathing her in. [I really need to take a break, sorry.]

Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 3:29:54 PM)
((yeah, gotta go grocery shopping... we'll FTB this for now, bollywood style, and just pick it up later, ok :) ))

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:30:41 PM)
[*Chuckles* See yoy around]

Keening Sorrow (Jun 13, 2011 3:30:46 PM)
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Anahita Radan (Jun 13, 2011 3:30:50 PM)
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