[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair )

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Sept 28, 2015 18:16:23 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Sept 28, 2015 18:16:23 GMT

Arriving at Iadlain felt like a chore and nothing but a chore as everyone around him either ignored him or couldn't answer what he was asking for.

And that alone frustrated him to no end.

The day passed pretty quickly and walking around in this maze of a city was exhausting enough and the food wasn't as great as he thought it would be, but never the less, he ate them.
Sometimes as he passed by some by passers, he would ask out of necessity and every so often some would answer. Some would tell him that they had heard of this author but had no clue that he ever left the area.

He felt exasperated as he sat down against a wall , probably a building he figured, letting Cellius walk around a bit as he contemplated on what to do next.
He felt like the moon was out that night and he couldn't help but hum a few lullabies as he had nothing better to do on his own and eventually he began singing an entire song just to let it out of his system.
Let out his stress that's been building up all day. His innocence would show when he sang as if the boy he once was returned for that moment in time.

Only for it to return moments after.

When he was done, he let out another loud exasperated sigh letting himself fall on his back to the side of the wall, letting the ray of the moonlight bask on his pale skin. " I hate this place already. " he moaned to himself.

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Sept 29, 2015 5:11:20 GMT

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Post by number11train on Sept 29, 2015 5:11:20 GMT

Cassair had been sitting atop a low, stone wall, legs dangling freely over the side facing the street, for maybe half an hour when someone abruptly slumped down next to it. Hidden behind his usual layers of invisibility, he peered at the newcomer only a few inches away from his feet and considered them in silence as they sang. He did not know this person, meaning they were an outsider. The way they were dressed and coloured hinted at Song-Lu, and it was curious why they would choose to keep such a large familiar out on these narrow streets, but none of these were that odd by themselves so he shrugged them off after the first observations.

When the stranger's song suddenly ended in a sigh and complaint, Cassair simply laughed, allowing his glamour to disappear at the same time so the sound rang out audibly. Visible now, he didn't add any words to that and just swung his feet slightly, playfully, so his heels tapped against the wall. This was neither an uncommon nor particularly unwelcome remark from foreigners in Iadlain.

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Sept 29, 2015 11:29:38 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Sept 29, 2015 11:29:38 GMT

He froze at the moment he heard a strange laughter that sounded like it was very close, almost far too close... He lifted himself a little as he listened to the tapping and he figured that the stranger was actually right next to him. How did he not notice it ? Even if he was incredibly quiet, the smell would have given it away.

It did disturb him a little at the thought but eventually he just brushed it off with a shrug. He placed his hands on the wall and skimmed it upward to realize that there was an edge to it.

Ah....so they were sitting .... right -

Ebony stood up, brushing off any dirt that came on him and faced towards the stranger. He couldn't help but approach, just taking in whoever this person was by smell. " Fragrant smell. " he noted mostly to himself. " Flowers....grassy...maybe...forest-like ? " he continued while he back away a little. " And a hint of blood here and there. "
He crossed his arms. " Who are you ? "

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Sept 30, 2015 11:09:32 GMT

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Post by number11train on Sept 30, 2015 11:09:32 GMT

Cassair watched with new curiosity as the stranger skimmed his hands along the wall, tracing its edges as if mapping it with his fingers. Oh? He tilted his head and looked unabashedly at the stranger’s face, where glimpses of pale eyes showed them as blank and unseeing. Blind.

Content with this observation, Cassair leaned back a little and then went still as he noticed the stranger questing subtly at the air around him like an inquisitive animal. Remaining politely unmoving so as not to interrupt him, Cassair looked over him some more in return – the pattern of moonlight on his hair, the differing gleams of gold and jade – and then smiled when the other made his comments. Yes, blood and forest. This was nice.

“No one, maybe,” he replied, his tone too balanced between airy and sincere to tell if he was teasing or not. But only a short pause passed before he added, “My name is Cassair. What are you?”

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Sept 30, 2015 16:51:04 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Sept 30, 2015 16:51:04 GMT

Cassair ? What an odd name...almost sounds posh..and if that's the case...well ...great another rich kid to deal with.

Ebony shook his head and smiled hopping a few steps back, bowing theatrically at Cassair. As he was about to speak, a fairly large object hit the back of his head, bouncing off of him to the ground with a thump. The boy yelped and crouched while he held his head with a groan. He turned to meet Cellius whom chuckled as he approached them. "Ow... Bud - that was so unnecessary...." he grunted, scratching his head.

Cellius walked next to Ebony with his own type of grin then turned to face Cassair with intrigue. He slowly advanced towards him until his nostril was inches away from the stranger's nose. He sniffed and bellowed a few times until he decided to lick the boy's nose in satisfaction. It's as if the lion smiled once he was done and walked away from the two roaming on his own to the next street ahead.

Ebony sighed taking the piece that the lion presumably threw at him and snuffed it and assumed it was a loaf a bread. " Right.... " he turned to Cassair with a grin. " My name is Ebony, I can only assume you live here, ye ? "

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 1, 2015 16:36:26 GMT

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Post by number11train on Oct 1, 2015 16:36:26 GMT

Cassair blinked in mild surprise when something seemed to hit the stranger suddenly in the head. Though he didn’t offer any concern or assistance, he did watch the other’s reaction attentively and then turn his curious look to the approaching familiar.

He didn’t move from his seat on the wall at all as the familiar came up to stand right in front of him, offering it the same polite stillness as before while it sniffed him. When it opened its mouth to bellow, he simply tilted his head in response, as if listening to words but unable to understand them, and briefly took in the interesting view inside its jaws. Tongue, throat, plenty of good teeth.

Then he blinked in new surprise when the tongue suddenly came out to acquaint itself with his nose. Oh. A small smile alighted on Cassair’s face, which he offered to the creature like a nice to meet you too as it finally stepped back.

“Hello, Ebony,” he greeted now, his attention back on the person. “Yes, I live here. And you do not.” The last statement was spoken simply, a fact. “What are you doing here?”

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 1, 2015 16:56:14 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Oct 1, 2015 16:56:14 GMT

Ebony chuckled. " Clearly I'm not from here, this place is like a maze. " he commented. " It's so hard to map things out when one comes to a new place for the first time. Only natural."
Ebony sat on the floor, crossing his legs.
He quickly cleaned the loaf of bread and began eating with a smile that only seemed to get bigger per bite as he thought about his last question.

"Why I'm here ? I'm here because there is a guy I'm looking for but apparently he's not here anymore. " he added, munching away.
"You don't happen to know a man by the name of Dale Reese right ? He's an author for a children's book. " he stated finishing the last of his bread. He then leaned on his right palm, his eyes closed and smiling towards Cassair, contently figuring the contour of said person every time he spoke. Definitely male. Definitely young, like him perhaps and definitely strange by the sounds of it. Doesn't matter the boy thought, the weirder the better. One thing that still bothers him how he hid from Ebony's nose like that... Was it an illusion ?

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 2, 2015 7:45:17 GMT

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Post by number11train on Oct 2, 2015 7:45:17 GMT

Cassair continued to watch Ebony as he sat on the ground and began to eat, expression still mild as if none of this was out of place. A guy he was looking for...? Named Dale Reese. Hm. A thoughtful look crossed Cassair’s face as he turned the name over in his head.

“If there was someone like that by that name here once, then they have not been seen nor spoken of for several years,” he replied, simple and certain. Iadlain was not a huge city and over the years Cassair had become acquainted with most of it – no one with the surname ‘Reese’, as far as he knew, had any connections to writing books.

But names could lie and so could books, so he queried, “What book is this?” While Cassair’s knowledge of books was far sparser than his knowledge of the populace, he figured there wasn’t any harm in asking.

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 2, 2015 11:13:12 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Oct 2, 2015 11:13:12 GMT

The boy giggled. " I'll pretend that you hadn't noticed my clever little pun."

Ebony sighed deeply soon after looking to the side. " Figures. Luck doesn't seem to be on my side. " he chuckled.

The boy jumped on his feet when Cassair asked about the book and bounced his way to his bag that was sitting neatly on the side of the wall and took out a fairly large book with engravings on it, suited for the blind. He then sat next to the stranger with a eerie smile and showed him what it was all about. Ebony seemed rather pleased that he could show his curiosity with someone else.
He opened it to the first page, placing his hand on the braille and tracing over with his fingers. " It basically talks about familiars, monsters, legends and more...simplified in a sense...." he said, his eyes slightly open following the movement of his fingers. " He knows more than he lets on in this book and I want to know more. Much more. " he added with a giggle. " I had information that he lived here...so I came. " he sighed.

"But I suppose I missed him entirely... missed him years too late. " he smiled turning the page again until he ended up the page he was the most interested in. Izanami. The page showed a rough sketch of what the beast looked like but nothing more as everything else was in braille. It seemed large and it looked as if it had wings of that of a crow. It looked fierce.
His hand hovered over it for far too long as silence befell him.

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 3, 2015 16:48:42 GMT

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Post by number11train on Oct 3, 2015 16:48:42 GMT

Cassair simply blinked as Ebony bounded away to his bag and brought a book back with him like it was some special prize. Oh? He folded his hands in his lap and crossed his feet at the ankles, as if settling for a story, while the half-elf sat and turned to its first page. Obligingly, Cassair looked down at the embossed patterns in the paper and listened.

Monsters and legends. There were many such things in Iadlain and, unable to read this book’s text himself, there was little else for Cassair to say about this. However, when the pages finally stopped at an image that his eyes could trace, he tilted his head in consideration.

Parts of the creature’s shape suggested many things but, altogether, it said nothing at all. This was not something from the woods that he knew, and he did not know anything more about the vanished author either. But Ebony was silent and seemed to linger on this page, as if something needed to be filled in now, so after a moment Cassair offered,

“It is pretty. What is it?”

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 3, 2015 17:22:32 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Oct 3, 2015 17:22:32 GMT

Ebony bit his lip while he tapped on the page with his right index finger, the one where the glowing mark kept radiating at and thought about what to say.

"Pretty ? Maybe.... I don't know. I don't care. It's not the elegance that I care for. It's the power this monster holds. " he giggled softly.

He lifted his right hand and hovered it for a moment before drawing a sigil in the air, the same sigil that corresponds to the monster in the book. It glowed blue and it sparkled like stars in the sky. It was intricate and complicated and if Ebony had enough power and enough time he could finish it but every time, like always at the same spot of the drawing, would reject him by zapping him out of the summoning.
Ebony let out a small groan, shaking his hand as it sizzled from the burn. The rejection is clear how little energy he had and how the demon seemed to just linger like dust but it felt like it wasn't rejecting him like before. Now it felt like it was intrigued by the summon but still....unable to connect.

"Now that's what I call pretty. " he chuckled putting his finger in his mouth to cool it down.
He went back to the page when his finger felt better and tapped once again like it was irritating him, almost like a tick on your neck that never seems to go away. It almost made him forget that someone was right besides him.

" I always wonder why it's a family heirloom. I didn't care for such things in all honesty. I love freedom and exploration, traveling. Not this. " he stated clearly with a creepy smile that seemed to widened as he continued. " But that was before someone changed my mind and made a very good point and now...here I am. " he turned to Cassair with a grin. " It's fascinating how things turn out, right ? "

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 6, 2015 5:09:38 GMT

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Post by number11train on Oct 6, 2015 5:09:38 GMT

Power was an elegance in itself, in Cassair’s opinion, so this worked just as well. He said nothing on this though, remaining quiet and curious as Ebony started to draw a summoning sigil in the air.

When it seemed to reject him, he blinked but still made no remark, waiting to see if the other would offer further explanation. And one did come, of sorts, though it traced the edges of a story rather than telling it. Smiling simply in return to the look and grin Ebony gave him, Cassair decided to voice as much. “You speak in shapes with nothing inside them. But yes, Ebony is here now and it may be fascinating,” he agreed, in a slightly disconnected but nevertheless politely conceding manner. The airiness of Ebony’s story meant that Cassair was not certain what the ‘fascinating’ thing was, after all, but if it made sense to the half-elf then that was fine.

Pausing for a moment, Cassair considered the rest of Ebony’s words carefully, as if choosing where to pull on a knot. “Does Ebony enjoy this now then, more than freedom and travelling?” he queried, and slanted his gaze down to where the half-elf’s finger tapped against the book. Reaching out curiously, he ran a finger along the page too, tracing the bumps in the paper around Ebony’s hand.

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 6, 2015 14:48:14 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Oct 6, 2015 14:48:14 GMT

Ebony lingered at the thought. " Nothing inside them....." he repeated.
For a moment he said nothing as the thought of emptiness felt heavy in his heart, it felt too close than he had previously realized. He only now realized by a stranger no less that he wasn't whole anymore.
"You speak as though you know from experience what it means to be empty. " he finally replied feeling the vibration of the boy's hand on the page besides his.

He softly chuckled hovering his hand over the other and softly held Cassair's hand with his right and guided them to the words in braille. " Iz-an-a-mi " he pronounced with a soft smile. He then guided their hands over a text in braille and he continued to pronounce each word he passed over. " A to-y of w-ar and su-ffer-ing. " Ebony lingered at that specific text yet honestly thinking of Cassair's question with a painful look.
"I don't know to your question. " he replied for the second time. " I just know that I want this to be done. "

Ebony subconsciously leaned closer towards the other boy and promptly retracted the moment his skin grazed on something rather sharp leading a small scratch to appear. "Ah ? " he winced letting go of the boy's hand so that he could inspect the damage with confusion written all over it.
It bled a bit yet quickly stained in black as it trailed down his right eye. " Wha-" he turned to face Cassair, his hand hovering over his head without thinking for another second touching whatever hurt him. " Thorns ? " he blinked. " You have thorns on your head ? " he blinked again, poking at it.

Come to think of it, when he touched the boy's hand, it felt prickly too....

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 9, 2015 6:42:41 GMT

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Post by number11train on Oct 9, 2015 6:42:41 GMT

What it means to be empty? Cassair almost laughed but simply ended up smiling instead. “And you speak as if you know from experience what it meant to be whole,” he rejoined, the half-playful, half-testing lilt of a riddle in his tone.

His attention moved on as the other took his hand and guided it lightly across the page. Cassair’s eyes lowered, as if focusing obligingly on a lesson, while he matched the words to the patterns. Then, at the last sentence, he paused along with Ebony, easily accepting the text itself but unsure why they had stopped there. Looking at half-elf’s face, he observed him in silence until an answer came.

I don’t know. Cassair smiled again, expression soft and opaque and unseen. “If that is what Ebony wants,” he conceded, both a non-committal agreement and an oblique question. If someone didn’t know what they enjoyed, then Cassair didn’t understand how they could decide what they wanted. But Cassair didn’t understand a lot of things, so he let it go by.

He looked back down at the book just as Ebony leaned closer and then suddenly flinched away. Oh. Cassair blinked up at him, eyes following his hand to where the red was now bleeding over his eye, and then went very still as the half-elf reached out for his head. His touch was light though and didn’t really disturb his bramble crown, so Cassair just smiled again, bemusedly this time, and replied mildly, “Yes. I have thorns.” He considered what else he could add to that. “Blackberry thorns. I picked them this morning.”

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[Le fin] When two worlds meet. ( Ebony + Cassair ) Oct 9, 2015 12:29:27 GMT

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Post by Moonie on Oct 9, 2015 12:29:27 GMT

Ebony's eyes were open blinking at the very thought. " Blackberry thorns ? "
He poked at it again before he smiled with utter joy and content. He couldn't help but laugh soon after. It sounded genuine and thoughtful as if the very thought of having thorns made him happy.

"Oh my lord that is amazing haha! " he managed to blurt out, eyes teared up from all the laughter. "That probably means your face, your poor face- " he reached out and gently touched the boys cheeks and forehead feeling the marks that the thorns had given him. " - its all scratched up haha. " he giggled taking the boys hands and feeling the scratches there too. " Oh my..." he chuckled endlessly it seemed.

" Oh man, no wonder you smell so nice haha, smell like a really nice forest. I can imagine it covered with blackberries. " he added through his snickering.
The very thought of the berries made his stomach growl and he paused for a moment before laughing again. " Too bad you don't have any on you now haha, I bet they tasted great!"

He inched closer to the boy with a joyful smile. " I bet you have some on your feet too. It just seemed logical at this point. " he giggled again.
He backed off, wiping the tears from his eyes and took a breather before saying anything again.
"Awe man...that made my day. I never thought I would meet someone like you. Everyone I have meet are so boring and tasteless yet here you stand, full of berries and thorns- haha. "

Cellius his lion returned with an apple in his mouth and walked over to them both. He slumped his head on the edge of the wall and let the apple roll towards Ebony. The lion looked at Cassair with tender eyes before shifting back to his master.
The boy jumped with a new excitement in his voice as he cupped with his hands on the lion's face and snuggled close. " Oh Cellius what a great day, what a great day. Thank you so much bud. " The boy's cheeks were red with joy, almost as if the Tar on his veins vanished in an instant. You could see the hope in his lion's eyes as he waggled his large red tail around, like a dog happy to see his master return to his former self. But Cellius knew better that it would fade as quickly as it came.

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