Lore: Behind Stone Walls

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:07 pm

Adonis turned his head away from her dully, ignoring Laya.

"Uma!" the boy cried again, and continued his nonsense prattling toward the new animals in front of him.

Telanis looked back at the house and walked back almost to the door. "Maybe we should enter," he said longingly, his unicorn nature begging him to go to them.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:10 pm

"Go on in," Laya said. "I'll be fine out here. I'll keep the kid occupied so that he doesn't attack Adonis with love and affection."

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:28 pm

Telanis reluctantly left the others outside to see what was happening in the house. He opened the door and walked in, approaching Neko and Kratos from behind. He could feel their expressions even though he didn't see them yet. He looked past them at the person who must have been their mother, stopping in place to consider the situation.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:56 am

Neko had broken out into sobs, reverberating into the Ongorethian tounge as she could not believe what her mother had told her. Kratos, the ever strong man who tried to keep his emotions in check, prodded his mother in Ongorethian of how, and why.

Their mother affectionatly held Neko as she sobbed into her shoulder, with sad eyes she told them how their father had fought against the War Lord who had come to take over their village since the Shogun had gone. He, and many had died in the effort. The War Lord had won.

Kratos cursed in his native tounge and closed his eyes tightly against the onslaught of tears that waged its on war on his eyes.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:47 pm

Laya laughed as she sat the little boy down on the ground. He said something to her in a foriegn language, he poked her and ran a short distance. Laya laughed, she looked so different from the person who had gotten on that boat... From the one Adonis had spoke to. She didn't look as if the weight of her past held her down. She looked free.

Laya ran around the war horse and tried to catch the little boy, he was so fast!

The boy giggled at her and she smiled. "I've got you! You just wait!" she said with a smile. She loved children. She wanted some one day.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:59 pm

Telanis stepped forward quietly, the sound of Neko's tears blending with the sound of Kratos's unshed ones in his inner mind. He touched his hand gently to Kratos's back as he came up beside him, choosing him because the pain radiating from his silent form was perhaps even stronger than that coming from Neko, who was already in her mother's arms. He didn't ask what had happened; that was not the kind of thing he thought about at these times. He only knew to provide support in what small way he could. His eyes crossed to their mother and met her eyes briefly. Her eyes seemed gentle and wise. They weren't so different from his.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:09 pm

Their mother looked up from Neko and watched Telanis carefully before realizing that he was good and turned away to take neko to the couch. She was soothing her daughter in their own tounge, singing a lullaby that she always used to sing to Neko. The lullaby was actually a magic spell, to put people to sleep, and slowly, Neko fell asleep on the couch. Her mother settled Neko down and placed a blanket over her.

The song had soothed Kratos as well, but not having a sleeping effect like it did to neko because she wasn't singing it directly to him. Kratos said something to his mother before turning around to face Telanis, his eyes were red.

"Telanis.... my father...is dead.... A warlord took over and my father along with others tried to stop him. They failed..." Kratos' voice was strained. It was hard to believe, the man who had taught him everything he knew, and the man Kratos had once believed invinicible....was gone.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:34 pm

Telanis's eyes softened with compassion. As a unicorn, he wouldn't need to clutter this moment with words, but in the form of a man, it was necessary. "I'm truly sorry, Kratos," he said quietly, looking into the man's eyes. Without any hesitation aside from his careful monitoring of Kratos's psychological response, he drew Kratos gently into his arms. It was nothing like the embrace of a lover, though there was true compassion in it that was rare for even a friend to express in such a raw form.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:43 pm

Kratos stiffened in Telanis' embrace. It wasn't that he didn't like it, it just threw him off. He normally didn't go into someone's arms when he was upset. This was knew, but he didn't push Telanis away because he understood, and it felt good. Hugs really did make everything just a little better.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:54 pm

Telanis finally released Kratos, unaware that what he'd done was even slightly awkward, except that it felt strange hugging the human way instead of his own. The meaning of the words Kratos spoke earlier only now began to register for him. "Then those soldiers outside represent the one who has taken possession of this village?" He didn't understand human politics at all, but seeing was understanding, and he had certainly seen the way the current government demonstrated its power during their brief time so far in the city. "Someone should speak with him. He needs to know what his people are doing," he said, as if assuming the leader must be unaware of what was going on.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:59 pm

Hearing their conversation, Kratos's mother turned from the slumbering Neko and began to speak, but not in Ongorethian.

"Your friend does not understand, son." She said in the best she could of the strange universal tounge.

"I know mother." Kratos felt a little deafeted and really wished now he could be sleeping as well.

"Strange man," his mother was talking to Telanis directly. "You new to human ways yes?" Telanis' demeanor had given it away, anyone could've noticed that Telanis didn't really act human, but many choose not to see it. It took people who understood the odd in the world to catch something as trivial as normal behavior for a certain race of people.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:01 pm

"Yes," Telanis murmured, still not understanding.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:06 pm

Nodding, she looked towards her two children and directed Kratos to sit down. When he oblidged she began to talk to Telanis again.

"The Lord know perfectly well what his men doing. He tell them to do it." she was angry now, she clenched her fists at her sides. "Take my husband, many husbands... War is happening, Ongoreth is also in the fire of the Queens. The Warlord was sent to take over Ongoreth, my village was the first strike. They be attacking others soon..."

Post by **Emora Deen** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:11 pm

Laya chased the boy back around where Adonis was and he playfully clung to the horses leg.

"Ah..." Laya said and smiled as she came up next to the little boy, poking his belly.

Yet, the boy still wouldn't come away from him.

"No, we musn't play with the mean horsey, he might kick us," Laya said, glancing up at Adonis. She smiled back at the child and said the word that in her language stood for "tag" in the game they were playing. She poked him again and the little boy giggled before he ran under Adonis's legs and out the other side towards men in black armor.

"No!" Laya said, fearful he might get hurt. She ran after him and caught him, lifting him up into her arms just as she was about to reach the soldiers.

"Uh... Horsey!" she said pointing at a horse. "Er... Koru, kacho.... kuro?"

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:48 pm

Telanis stared at the woman, finding it hard to believe that such a thing could happen. He knew nothing about war, or politics. But at the same time, he had to believe what she was saying. He could think of no reason she would lie to him. "Perhaps...it would be safest for you all to leave this place," he said.