Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 7:56:41 PM)
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Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 7:57:26 PM)
*Perri had send word she wanted to come visit, nothing urgent, needed a break and wanted to see him*

steev (Nov 2, 2010 7:58:56 PM)
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Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:01:24 PM)
A long path of emerald green moss awaited her when she arrived, bordered with a myriad of sparkling colored flowers. It would lead her down the familiar trails that would dodge the murky water of the swamp and take her to the odd walled in lake. Awaiting her arrival, she would find Zaebos there reclining on the massive oak in the center of the pool of water. It's murky color was more green than it had been before, as if the growth of algea had been increased a hundred fold. Once she stepped into view she would find his large golden eyes falling apon her, watching her as she approached. His head bowed respectfully, slender ivory horns flashing in the moonlight that streamed through the natural clearing of the trees.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:02:57 PM)
*She was barefoot as was her habit out here, wearing a filmy green skirt and light, short sleeved sweater* Good evening my friend.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:05:27 PM)
"Your Eminence", he responded respectfully in that deep predatory voice. His long sinuous body loosened it's grip around the tree as he relaxed, her casual greeting leading him to believe it was nothing more than her seeking reprieve after all. "The humans in this place have promise, do they not? Over the past few days I have felt the air crackling with their faith."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:10:43 PM)
As have I. And I am curious. Perhaps it was the recent holiday, but it could be due to other factors as well. *She moved closer, the mreeze stirring her skirt and hair8

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:13:48 PM)
As she drew closer one of his large pale hands moved to rest on the tree. It's massive roots rose upwards, breaching the surface of the water, making a path for her out to the oak and it's surrounding bolders in the center of the lake. "I am led to think the former, your eminence. The only other such burst of faith I have witnessed could be attributed to the defiler who resides at the edge of my territory."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:19:16 PM)
*she hopped lightly to the tree trunk and made her way across to where he reclined on the tree. She stopped just out of reach* Do you see them often?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:21:17 PM)
Standing at the tree she would be practicly surrounded by his reclining form. Scales the color of powdered snow were wrapped and draped across the many thick limbs at the base of the tree, his eerily human upper body propped against the largest of said limb just above her. He watched her closely with those calculating golden eyes, but did not seem uneasy with her nearness. "No. Even on my rounds through the city itself I rarely see any unafiliated with your court, your Eminence."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:29:21 PM)
That might be comforting, then again, it might should make me worry that they are too good at hiding, hmm? *she leaned against teh tree, facing him, a bare foot, drifting closer*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:32:55 PM)
She could feel the unatural heat that radiated from his powerful form, even see the feint hints of steam that rolled off his shoulders and scales into the cool night air. That steam would only add to his otherworly appearance, catching the soft white glow cast by the moon off his white marble-like skin and armored scales. "There are many things in nature good at hiding. Though only prey choose to remain that way for long. If they are predators, we will see them soon enough....", he remarked, his tone making him sound almost eager. She could see it in his eyes, the lord of beasts, Throne of the scaled ones, had been dorment far too long. Even his patience seemed to have it's limit.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:35:19 PM)
I agree. *She nodded slowly* I have been thinking on one of them since my last visit here. I was willing to cut him a little slack, as he did not harm me. BUt of something happens again, I will not be so next time.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:39:10 PM)
He nodded appreciatively of that sentiment. Shin himself had been ready to devour the other being himself that night. In reflection of those inner thoughts she would see the coils of his body tighten around the tree, cutting deep furrows into the bark. It was a testament of his returning strength that the oak tree still lived, and a sheer miracle that a few fresh leaves had sprouted from the smallest limbs near the tips of his far reaching branches. "He over stepped his bounds. For that, he should have been destroyed. But I shall not question the edicts of the Lord Tyrant."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:46:11 PM)
*she noted the tension and now moved forward to touch him, resting her hands against him* I walk a fine line. I need to deal with those who casue trouble, but I cannot be see simpyl as one who strikes down any who speak agaisnt me. That leads to peopel thinking I have no confidence. Still, I will be explaining to the Lord General why this man still walks. I have no doubt he will make another move and when he does, he is ours.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:51:28 PM)
He grunted quietly but said no more on the subject. She could feel the powerful muscle shift beneath his scales where her hand touched, like cords of steel slacking but no less solid. He apparently made a great effort to relax under her touch, as if he did not want her to think that she was the cause of his unrest. "My house is not as foolish as many would think of us. Yes, we live by sword and claw, but only after carefully considering the cause to which we apply them."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 8:54:36 PM)
I know. It is why I chose you for the position you have. Juhani, as well. He may be fearless and willing to move but he is not foolish.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 8:58:42 PM)
Again a grunt would escape him but he didn't comment. His eyes only narrowed slightly, the golden glow now mere slits between soft white lashes. "Changes are coming, your Eminence. I feel my power returning more and more each day....", he said crypticly as his gaze flashed over the surroundings of the small clearing, drinking in each and every little nuance of life. Picking out even the tiniest of creatures in the dimness of night.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:02:44 PM)
And harder to reign in?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:03:54 PM)
A thin white brow rose behind the dangling golden chains strung up between his horns. His gaze returned to her curiously, gazing down at her even though his expression maintained at least a modicum of respect for her position. "Reign in?"

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:05:14 PM)
Yourself. *She paused a moment* There are times it is hard for me to do with myself too. I'd love to cut loose and wipe out our enemies.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:07:49 PM)
He would grunt, a hint of amusement coming with the gesture as if it had been meant as a laugh. His gaze drew away from her to peer out into the woods. She would see many sets of gleaming eyes reflecting back at them in the distance, standing out clearly against the black backdrop of the shadows. "To be seperated from all that I am for so very very long.... It was not without it's price. Yes. My urges can be difficult to control. But at least now the urge is not supported by my will. There are...some things...worth saving...."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:13:00 PM)
'There are. I am prone to the fdarkness and I have ot be careful. You know my past. I killed without remorse and would do so again, should I need to. *her voice was quiet but firm as she looked up at him* THe Court seems me as reasonable, balanced, fair. THey realyl have no idea of the steel that runs beneath the surface

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:16:43 PM)
"Then perhaps you should enlighten them", he said without hesitation. Rising up from his slouched position on the large tree limb he lowered himself down in front of her, leaving her nearly eye to eye with his eerily human torso. "We are not humans. We are not even beasts. Reason, balance, fairness, will only go so far with our kind, your Eminence. They must know strength if they are to know leadership. It has been this way since the Mourning Star split us into legions. Since the first courts were established all those mellinia ago."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:18:46 PM)
INdeed. *she reached up to take his face in her hands* The time is near. NO more moves against us with the intent to harm. You and Juhani are on notice as of now.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:21:27 PM)
A hint of confusion entered those large golden eyes when she reached up to touch him, but he made no motion to draw away. The unnatural heat could be felt on his skin, skin that was surprisingly soft despite the steel the lay beneath it. "I await your commands eagery, Lady Surya."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:25:52 PM)
Thank you. *she paused once more* Business done. Now, it's just us. Alright?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:27:19 PM)
Again a fine white brow arched curiously as he gazed down at her with those large golden eyes, the slitted pupils expanding as if trying to drink her in more fully. She would see the hint of a forked tongue touching the air. "Other than my children, your Eminence, it has been just us since you arrived."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:29:51 PM)
I mean Perri as opposed to Your Emminence. *She smiled., Tonight she tasted/smelled of fresh air, sun. She was relaxed and yet, beneath it was desire to be here, with him*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:34:03 PM)
He shook his head slightly, yet still he did not draw away from her. Slowly his long sinuous body had been slipping down from it's stretched position among the branches of the tree, now coming in to pile in thick coils beneath his body. "You ask me to dishonor your position, a position we have worked hard to instill. More than that, you ask that I dishonor the tradition I am willing to shed blood for. I can not do that, Lady Surya....", yet again he used her name. Perhaps preceded by honorific, but still something he had not done before this night.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:39:44 PM)
That is better. *She smiled warmly* I have been thinking about our day in the park.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:42:20 PM)
As his massive body coiled beneath him it eventually lifted him upwards, his face slipping out of arms reach.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:42:26 PM)
( oops, enter too soon )

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:42:29 PM)
( More to come )

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:44:52 PM)
His head tilted curiously as she mentioned the night at the park, that golden gaze watching her closely. His deep predatory voice lowered slightly, as if not to break the gentle silence that had come over the swamp. "What do you mean?"

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:45:57 PM)
All of it. I am still not sure what to make of it.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:53:12 PM)
He shook his head slightly, a bit of confusion coming into his eyes. "I am sorry, Lady Surya, but I do not follow."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 9:54:17 PM)
You are aware that there is an attraction. That tongue of yours knotices everything.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 9:56:55 PM)
He nodded slightly as recognition dawned in his eyes. The length of his body began to uncoil slightly, arching around her, displacing itself so that his torso lowered down to a more personal level. "I see. You must forgive me but I rarely wear the skin of my host. I find it's urges...strange...alien. While they are not all together unpleasant, they can be hard to cope with and understand."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:05:12 PM)
*She smiled wider as he drew near* I understand that. My attorney, David, has apparently carried a torch for me for years. Perri may have known but I did not.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:07:42 PM)
Again he would nod in understanding, that golden gaze never wavering from her. It's intensity was almost uncomfortable, even though there was no ire within it. "I have recently relented to my host and returned to Shinjo something dear to him. It has been....difficult....yet at the same time, somehow comforting. Still, it is very foreign to me."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:08:31 PM)
A mortal?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:10:26 PM)
"Yes", he admitted even as his long sinuous body shifted uncomfortably, growing closer to her, leaving her in it's center and bathing her in it's warmth. "It has settled his complaints for the most part and gives me some peace. But I must admit that seems strange, to lay with children....."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:14:58 PM)
That is my worry as well. David loves the woman he sees and knew. He is just now coming to grips wiht what I am. And it leaves another question. What happens to the longing for..each other?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:22:48 PM)
His shoulders rolled in a small shrug causing shadows to ripple across his skin as powerful muscles twisted beneath it. He could only shake his head, his gaze leaving her for a moment to gaze out into the forest. "My experiment with giving in to Shinjo's wants has been successful, if a bit uncomfortable. I've found that submerging myself in humanity offers a reprieve, even if fleeting, from the terrible urges left by our inprisonment. But they are children, both Shinjo and the other children of Adam, and will never be true companions for the likes of the Sebettu...."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:27:54 PM)
Or a Halaku *said softly* No matter how I may care for him

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:41:21 PM)
A soft sigh escaped him, a sound like a gust of wind from the large Rabisu, the first sound of weakness the being known as Zaebos had ever uttered before another. His gaze lingered no the depths of the swamp around them for many moments and he seemed to grow distracted, as if his mind had returned to a simpler place and time. After a few moments of silence he could only shake his head, turning away from Perri to rise back up into the large oak tree. "But perhaps that is our fate, Lord Surya. We broke the commandments of our creator and revealed ourselves to them. We stepped down into their world as if we belonged. Perhaps our final punishment...is that we do belong."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:43:31 PM)
I do not know. But there are some things that we want and need. SHould we not have them?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:45:40 PM)
Again his massive shoulders would roll in a subtle shrug as his long sinuous body began to entwine itself within the branches of the oak. His hands folded along one of the limbs, fingertips caressing the smooth worn wood as he settled in against it. "The better question, your Eminence, is do we deserve them?"

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:48:19 PM)
We do. We did what we believed right. Becuse we were punished by those who disagreed does not mean we were wrong bt any means.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:50:11 PM)
He grunted and lifted one massive hand, slowly sweeping it out before him as he gestured to the world around them. "And look what our beliefs led to, Lady Surya. We gave them tools, mastery over all that we created for them, and look what they did with such knowledge. Is it so hard to imagine that we may have been wrong? Might they not have been better off, blissfully ignorant in paradise?"

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:51:05 PM)
IT would have happened eventually either way. *She looekd back at him intently, her silvery eyes seeming to look through him.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:51:06 PM)
*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:52:18 PM)
He matched her gaze easily and shook his head. "I would not question your wisdom, your Eminence. But if they remained ignorant...clueless children stumbling through paradise....with us their invisible protectors....I simply do not believe that is true."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:55:11 PM)
Who is to say? BUt we have been through enough hell adn torment imposed by others, should we now impose it on ourselves?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 10:57:28 PM)
"No", he said softly, his deep voice causing the oak itself to quiver, sending tiny ripples across the surface of the lake. "But it is long past time we took responsibility for our actions. How we should do that, I do not know. But I will think...I will learn...and someday, I will use that knowledge to repair some of the damage we have caused."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 10:58:44 PM)
that is what most of us hope for. Maybe this time to get them where he hoped to before. *she shrugged and stepped away from the tree*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:00:31 PM)
When she stepped away Shin reached outwards, the massive roots of the oak rising up once more to breach the surface of the water and make a path to the bank, should she choose to follow it. He would not allow her to soil her small feet in the murky water if he could help it. "Thank you for this visit, Lady Surya. It calms my soul in ways you can not know."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:01:16 PM)
And mine. *She stopped to look him over, then reached out her hadn*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:02:51 PM)
When she reached out he did not hesitate to close the distance between them. His massive body still wound around the tree but his torso was extended. Her small delicate hand was taken gently in his own and he bowed his head, brushing his warm lips lightly across her knuckles.

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:04:51 PM)
*She stilled, watching him, then slowly, rasied his to her own lips, brushign it softly*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:06:21 PM)
He blinked when she moved to return the gesture. It was unecesary of course, she was Tyrant, he was her minister, yet he made no move to draw away until the silken touch of her lips had left his skin. Slowly his body drew his torso back into the branches of the oak. "If it pleases you, Lady Surya, do not let so much time elapse before you visit again."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:07:42 PM)
Next time, come to me.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:09:45 PM)
He grunted in amusement and shook his head, a haze of distraction crossing over his eyes as the plush emerald trail rose up beneath her bare feet to cushion them from the roughness of the ground and lead her through the swamp. "You Eminence, with all due respect, the mere fact that I attend your court sessions through a thrall takes as much patience as I can muster. But....I will do as I can..."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:12:59 PM)
I know. I promise to clear the hosue for oyu, not that anyone is allowed there aside from the Pentarchy, and mt attorney. Still, I can come here. I can get away, even if it is just a little while

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:14:26 PM)
He bowed his head respectfully in appreciation. "Then we shall see."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:15:32 PM)
*Seh squeezed his hand, then let it go. Moments later, she had shifted, preparing for her jaunt through the shadowlands back into town* Take care

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:20:07 PM)
"Good evening, Lady Surya."

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:23:54 PM)
*She vanished before his eyes, his whispered name lingering behind her*

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:24:02 PM)
(and off to meet Swan and Jac)

Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:24:12 PM)
( -snickers- Have fun with that! )

Perri Santana (Nov 2, 2010 11:24:19 PM)
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Tokugawa Shinjo (Nov 2, 2010 11:31:31 PM)
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