Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:01:29 AM)
No. *She shakes her head a little, taking a moment to consider the question as it is posed to her, something of the sprite about her as she speaks.* But I find this world with all it's sensations and images brings a lightness to me that calls for play. *Her eyes drift back to him in question.* Are you always so serious Zeebos?
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:03:52 AM)
"I find that this world and all of it's polution and bitterness brings a seriousness to me", he said in a hissing rumble. He would not repeat his warning, he had said as much. If she took this mischeif to the point of dishonoring him, he would address the issue when it came. His sinuous body carried him back into the clearing beneath the full light of the moon, coiling upon itself as his torso lowered to settle upon it.
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:06:03 AM)
Then perhaps I should promise not to return and leave you in solitude to your serious reflections. *She watched him leave, having not moved from the moment she stepped upon dry land. She pauses for a moment, a small frown coming to her forehead before she finally admits her understanding.* There have been times when I have been the same when faced with the oceans as they are now.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:08:06 AM)
The violent red swaths faded away, his skin and scales paling until reflecting the pure white of the moon once more, a statement of his cooling temperment. The long lengths of his body shifted amongst themselves, growing tighter as he grew more comfortable. "There is much work to be done, if anything is to be saved....."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:09:25 AM)
They failed us... utterly. *She steps forward her hand reaching up to pluck a deep green leaf from a passing tree.* Then they covered this planet like locusts and destroyed that which we had created. Yes. There is much work to be done.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:11:43 AM)
His eyes, already half lidded, snapped open for a moment, his attention focusing on her as soon as the leaf was plucked. The thin slit of a pupil expanded for a moment before he looked away once more. "You failed them. Their lessons did not stick and so they wandered off the path and the world was the payment for your sins. Now, it is only a question of whether or not you've maintained enough honor to take responsibility and do something about it."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:13:16 AM)
*She twirls the leaf in her fingers and meanders towards the clearing as she watches him curiously, debating whether or not he was seeking a conflict with her.* You seperate yourself from us all so quickly? Have you nothing of the love you once shared with your brothers and sisters?
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:16:10 AM)
A brow arched, causing tiny chains that hung from his horns to dance quietly. He was a killing beast, his body seeming on the verge of lashing out at any moment, but for now he seemed peaceful enough. He was still, quiet, his coils tucked too tightly to unleash quickly enough to strike out across any real distance. "I have no love at all, but I will return any honor or respect offered in turn. I have always been seperated from you, since my very creation, it is not a task I took upon myself but one formed alongside my nature."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:19:29 AM)
We can change. *Another step was taken towards him and with that step she shifted, and the unearthly breathtaking beautify of the elohim was directed solely at him. The red hair sparkled like spun rubies, her eyes shifting like the oceans themselves seem to pierce through him and see to his very soul while that compelling voice became choral in tone and spoke promises of another more majestic time in which great heroes had walked the earth.* We proved that we are more than we were created to be a long time ago.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:22:11 AM)
Those golden eyes remained focused on her, watching as she changed. His nostrils flared slightly and the flick of his tongue could be seen passing his lips as he tasted the air, but they were his only noticeable response. "A fact I would not argue. But none have fully realized their potential, not then, and certainly not now. In these times, a bit of humility will go further than a mountain of pride."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:24:58 AM)
*The leaf continuing to twirl between her fingers picks up on the light she casts in the clearing and shimmers in her presence, the water droplets that still fall from her creating a rainbow of cascading colours and lights as she moves. Her entire presence intoxicating she continues to watch him as she moves forward step by slow step.* You seek humility then and would forgo your pride?
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:28:10 AM)
She could see the knot of coils begin to loosen, easing apart so slowly it was difficult to say they moved at all. His skin darkened feintly before his scales became like emeralds, each one accented with the azure reflection of the sky. "I seek to offer the land and life that serve me the means to protect themselves."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:31:14 AM)
*She nods though her movement is pauses as something catches her attention, and with immense grace she crouches the tips of her hair pooling upon the ground as a striking counterpoint to the soft green grass. A flower seen she smiles at it, fingertips reaching out to touch the delicate small lopsided bloom.* As do I with my water, they need one another. *Her attention seems to drift away momentarily as she looks at the bloom, that gentle smile lingering on her face before she looks back to him.* Noble Zeebos I have a proposal to put to you.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:33:34 AM)
The movement of the coils beneath him were no longer so subtle, spreading out in a loose circle around him, it's length suddenly between himself and her. His hips tilted, the pale green tinted underscales shifting forward as if he were a cobra about to strike. "A proposal? For me?"
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:34:35 AM)
Yes. *She stands once more the full force of her smile and voice upon him yet again.* If you would care to listen to it?
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:35:55 AM)
His eyes narrowed dangerously as his scaled darkened once more. They were still of emerals, but now the emeralds captured turbulent shadows that gave his scales the appearance of rippling water. "Speak..."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:37:48 AM)
My waters are needed for this place to live, to grow and flourish and I know that sometimes in their anger they can destroy. If you speak with your wild creatures and plants, explain that I am a friend to them, if I may come here to play when I choose... then at any time that you need water here you have but to speak my name and call to me and I will bring down gentle life giving showers. If the threat of storms and floods seem to hint at destruction then again speak my name and call to me and will shift their power elsewhere.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:40:55 AM)
His eyes remained narrowed as he watched her, a fine red trim appearing across his scales, making patterns down the sides of his face. "And if I feel the woods need to be cleansed, will the lightning come to me as well?"
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:42:38 AM)
*She takes another step towards him, those eyes as hypnotic as her voice.* If your woods have need of me you may speak my name and I shall come and the lightning does my bidding.
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:43:31 AM)
*The single leaf still clutched in her hand she watches his eyes, either unaware or uncaring of any threat he may present to her.* I too would see such beauty as surrounds us kept safe.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:44:44 AM)
His head turned away from her, though he still watched her closely from the corner of his eye. The hostile colorations across his scales began to fade, their color softening. "Speak of these things as an oath, swear that it is true. If you do this, I swear by my name that your freedom will be protected by myself and the wilds I call home."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:48:22 AM)
*She raises her voice and as she does so the enchanting beauty of it hits him with force and he realises that she has been moderating her effect upon him. The woods around them seem to hush in anticipation as the sound from her lips echo through them.* I Liaphon, The Echo of the Unsung, The Banner of Hope and the Voice of Wrath do swear that if these wilds accept me as their friend and companion then so shall I pledge to offer them my protection. When called I shall bring forth the gentle life giving rain, or I shall turn aside the storm, if others seek to threaten the beauty and tranquility of it's existence then shall I bring the wrath of my power to strike them down.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:52:15 AM)
He nodded, his eyes drinking her in with an intensity to rival hurricanes. He shifted in place, his body tracing slow wide circles through the grass around them. He loomed forward, towards her, before the sinnous scales drifted back towards the wood line, carrying him away. "Then it is done. I shall hold you to this oath, to break it would mean dire offence."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:53:51 AM)
Why should I wish to? *She watches him in completely seriousness the power of the elohim still echoing about her.* It is not only the water of this world that is mine noble one, but the beauty and the inspiration that it holds. Allow me to play within this realm, and I shall bring things to it you have not contemplated.
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 12:56:15 AM)
"Your safety comes with passage." He rose up, arching back as he looped around the limb of a large tree at the edge of the clearing. The rest of his body followed, slowly curling around limbs, across great boughs. "Do not think it gives you right to interfere in it's development. Over step the bounds of the oath, and you may find it falling around your head."
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 12:58:38 AM)
*She looks to him with a smile.* You are strange. Even now you seek to threaten me?
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Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 1:01:31 AM)
He narrowed his eyes slightly before tearing his gaze away from her entirely. His body began to take on the deep color of night, blending into the trees around him. Obviously, something provoked him, but as to what it could be was anyone's guess. "I do not threaten you. I do not want to see you invite death out of ignorance. That is all. Welcome to my land, Liaphon.... It is not the same as yours.....", his voice faded, even as he too faded into the shadows.
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 1:02:48 AM)
*She watches him curiously as he begins to dissapear.* Why noble one do I feel that your land may welcome me here but you never shall?
Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 1, 2010 1:03:47 AM)
There was no response. The swamplands around her came to life then, as if breaking some unnatural silence, or perhaps simply to disguise their true master's departure.
Sophie Willows (Oct 1, 2010 1:05:19 AM)
*She shakes her head a little before looking around at the life that surrounds her, taking a moment to soak it in before the beautiful defiler begins to run through the woods, frolicking and playing as though she were some fairy thing come to see friends.*
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