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Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Azazelle - 05-17-2017 As they had stood there, side by side, their world had crumbled behind them. The oceans waves grew to monstrous heights right before their eyes. Fear gripped her once again, twisting her insides. Without thought the salty droplets gathered at her sides - much quicker this time - and instantly she knew what for. Effortlessly they formed moldable appendages at her withers and she forced them to her will. Just as the waves came crashing upon the wastelands of Pangea. Swallowing it whole with a single turbulent wave. From her ariel position in the skies she hovered where they had just stood. Dark eyes wide in disbelief as she looked for her company... He was gone. Azazelle Radar... Feel free to time lapse this as much as you'd like RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Maugrim - 05-20-2017 m a u g r i m. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Kharon - 05-20-2017 kharon He'd been much smaller when Ischia had been invaded and they'd been forced from their home, but he remembered it clearly. So he was immediately uneasy when two new presences came to mind. One was simple enough to greet; a wayward traveler, a curious wanderer. But two, at once, worried him. The invasion was still fresh on his mind, and he sure as hell wouldn't lose his home again. Two could quickly grow to three, and four, and more. The fear gripped him and he hurried. "Hello," he said to the girl as he came within earshot, his voice tight. Slender as teenagers often were, he stopped a ways before her. The carefree, young man he usually was seemed to be gone and in its place was a sober protector, adorned with a strong medallion around his neck that glinted in the light and an armor of feathers at his sides. His gray eyes hardened to wary steel as he turned his head and directed his next to the boy. "Where are you going?" Lavender-marbled wings ruffled, unsettled by this encounter and the boy's intention to disappear within their home. Green and white, like Minerva. But the white was almost a shade different, nearly lavender if the light caught it just right. His eyes narrowed. The invaders had been purples and lavenders, too. "You can't go further," he warned, brows pinched in a hard frown. Should he call for Father? Or Reilly? Not Mother, she was still weak. The damned invasion and then those thoughtless bastards of Pangea made her travel in her state when she should have been resting before the baby. His muscles were taut across his back as he looked between them. They were together and yet were not. It was confusing, but didn't make him feel any more comfortable with them showing up so suddenly. "Are you here to see someone?" Father hadn't mentioned guests were coming. Nobody had. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Azazelle - 05-23-2017 Without a moments hesitation she was alone, then not. The sudden appearance of another startled her to say the least. Ebony dipped ears twisted back as a greeting was brought to her upon the breeze. His voice said one thing and his body another. The tension he held radiated from him as she was a tad put off. Attempting to settle her racing heart she breathed deeply. He wasn't threatening as Maugrim had been, more weary and cautious. As if she was to be blamed for something. Steele eyes examined him. His light coloring and feathered wings folded at his sides. Azazelle Will you catch me if I fall? RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Maugrim - 05-23-2017 m a u g r i m. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Kharon - 05-26-2017 kharon Neither one of them answered his question. It irritated him further and made him more adamant that they did not belong here if they weren't willing to answer a simple question from someone who does live here. He remained steady and still, though, his eyes pinned on the boy. The girl was silent. In her silence, he learned she was pleased, possibly relieved, to see the other male, and confused at his own response to a band of strangers traipsing in yet again like they owned the place. She was easily dismissed by both males. The boy didn't seem to like the heat of their island. Nor their wildlife as he crushed one beneath his foot. So why did he bother wishing to stay? And he growled. Like a beast. It reminded Kharon of the bone man and the merciless glint in his eyes before he dispatched someone, always running wild with that temper of his that made him so powerful. It was a shame he had gone missing since the invasion or he would have called for him. Perhaps they'd seen his value and took him for themselves. This stranger stared at Kharon's chest, eyeing the gift from his father hung about his neck and shoulders, before finally speaking. "So you're the one in charge, then?" Sarcastic and taunting. Little king. Kharon said nothing in response, though he was tempted to point out that both his fathers ruled this island paradise, as well as his mother. He hoped she would not come looking for him. Instead, for now, he only listened, still glaring at this unwelcome invader. It seemed the boy was glad this girl was here as well, but not in the way she had been. He was more concerned with her usefulness to speak for him since he couldn't manage to do so on his own. Amusing considering she was struck silent thus far. Azazelle, he'd named her, before imagining Kharon's head beneath the water. Kharon was already glaring so his face didn't change, but his heartbeat quickened with the threat the boy didn't realize he was sending. He knew what it was like to be trapped under the water, and certainly wasn't impressed with the way this boy thinks. He sure as hell wouldn't be nearly drowning again any time soon, and he was already reaching for Father with his mind. Father? ..Strangers have come. He flicked a brief image and explanation of where they were just as the boy spoke again. Fresh water. Kharon gestured with his chin to the South without breaking eye contact. "That way. Across the sandbar and to the land beyond." Out into the world and off their island. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Azazelle - 05-28-2017 Steel eyes fell upon the light indigo and cream colt. Falling upon his jewelry then back to his face in question. He acted as though he knew something they each did not. Maugrim was short, as always making the lavender Pegasus even more uneasy. Quickly she decided to salvage the situation... Azazelle Will you catch me if I fall? RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Maugrim - 05-30-2017 m a u g r i m. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Reilly - 06-09-2017
The Irishman had been lazing about one of Ischia's meadows, grazing and sunning his back. A back permanently pale, but details. Lace was nearby, with her little one, Kali. Precious little thing, she is. So small and delicate. A little gray and lavender flower. Soft and shy. He loves her to pieces, that one. Though he does not wish for the twins to feel left out. He tries to spread attention equally between the three young ones, as well as the new boy Kirby had brought to them to tend. Strong little tyke. Already independent, Badden seemed to prefer solitude over spending much time with the family. Reilly supposes he could understand, for the boy had only recently lost his own family. Accepting another so quickly was perhaps not such an easy task. Today, at least, the creamy red and violet-edged boy remained close. Laying off in some shade not far from Kali and her mother. He had barely finished lunch, about to go over and interact with the young ones, when his partner emerged from the treeline. The sun bright against the metallic sheen of the man's lavender skin, Kirby's jawline was tight as he approached. Reilly paused at the gleam in those slate eyes. Upon reaching him, the other spoke to him quietly, so as not to let on to the family what he was to say. He told him Kharon was at the southern bank of the island, concerned about strangers on their shores. Reilly frowned. Visitors to the island weren't all that uncommon, and generally were not much cause for concern. However, for Khari to seek help and for Kirby to feel strongly enough to come tell him about it.. Well, it was worth checking into, anyway. As Kirby turned to leave, Reilly moved to Lacey's side, nuzzling her cheek and letting her know he was going to check on the twins and would be back soon. He then walked over to nuzzle baby Kali and then ruffle Baddie's hair, before he turned south and set off at a brisk pace. Along the way, he mulled over what Kirby had told him. Kharon had to have reached out to the man somehow, telling him what was happening, when Kirby himself had been nowhere around or else could have handled the matter himself. He had thought nothing of it at first, but now, as the broad stallion trotted through the Jungle of their home, he added together the pieces of a puzzle he'd been collecting where the winged lavender boy was concerned. Ah, it makes so much more sense now. How Kali and Khari were so close immediately upon the girl's birth. Why he was always attached to Lacey's side during her pregnancy. Why he sometimes seemed to be staring off into space, 'listening' to things that none of them could hear. Quite the gifted little lad, isn't he? Wings, water-walking, and telepathy. Among the things they know of already. Reilly wonders why he hadn't spoken of it. Least not to anyone except Kirby, and Kali. But it was clear who the boy's father was. Undoubtedly. So, he guesses it's pretty typical. Still, it stings a little. Somewhere deep down. He would have to have a little chat with Kharon, Kylin too. Let them know they could talk to him about anything. He was always here for all of them. Reaching the southern coast in little time, the red-headed man slowed his pace as he neared the trio of.. children. He was in time to hear first the girl apologizing for intruding. The ocean had brought them. This, he could see, as he looked over the disheveled appearances of both the filly and colt. The colt, whose green and faintly lavender (really, he'd never realized how much lavender there could be. Was this a son of Kerberos too, then? Or perhaps a child of the late invaders. Ah, that could be just the reason for Kharon's discomfort. That, and the boy's less than charming attitude) coat was battered up, blood mingled in with his mane and a lovely welt on a limb. "The ocean is a thing of its own, that's for sure. Like a moody woman. Sometimes calm and easy, and at others, dark and turbulent. Murderous, even." There is a faint twinkle in his blue-green gaze and a slight smirk on his lips as he speaks, his Irish brogue thick in his words as always. The ocean had had her way with them, for sure. "Lucky for the two o'ya to have wound up on a shore and not dead and lost forever out there. The sea does love her treasures." Turquoise gaze sweeps over all three foals as the stallion came to a stop near Kharon's side, lingering most on the boy who had named himself Maugrim. There is something in his eyes, in the way he holds himself, the forced easing of his voice when he talks. He could see why Kharon was put off by this one. However, the tide was up currently, risen over the land bridge to the mainland. As it would be for sometime. Reilly takes a breath and cuts through the near-visible wall of tension that had been building upon his arrival. "Azazelle and Maugrim, was it? I'm Reilly. This is Kharon. His father and I run this island." No arrogance, his tone remains matter-of-fact. He passes a knowing glance to the boy he considers his own, expecting him not to like what he was about to say, before looking back to the two castaways. He lets his expression show his sincerity as he speaks. "The tide came in likely when the sea deposited you here. It will be a while before you can safely cross back to the mainland. You are tired, injured. Come and rest a bit. There's a creek not far from here where you can drink and wash up. We just ask you to not try to kill everything here as you do so." A pointed look at the crab still squirming beneath Maugrim's hoof, and then he turns to nudge Kharon and move off to the treeline. Amusedly, he thinks how he could give the solemn boy- Maugrim- a 'chill pill' but he will refrain. For now. He is sure to think clearly, then; how sometimes it is important to show humility, even if it is to someone you don't like. Sometimes rudeness and callous came back to bite you hard in the ass. RE: Into the Depths [Maugrim] - Kharon - 06-09-2017 kharon His jaw tightened as they explained themselves, glaring openly and tensed. The ocean brought them. All just a misunderstanding. The tides brought them. "Nobody asked how you got here," he pointed out through clenched teeth. They still hadn't answered his question, instead throwing out answers to questions never posed. The two of them had some serious listening issues among everything else stacking against them and he was beyond ready to toss them out on their asses if he had to. And yeah, injured or not, they were getting the hell out of his home and away from his family. "I'm Maugrim." Trust me. He didn't have a chance to answer as his dad showed up, and he spared a smirk to the boy who called him little king. Relief flooded him, feeling instantly supported and safe again with Reilly here. Reilly would never let anything happen to him. He would take care of them. He would send them on their way, and if he had to, he could dose them with his magic and throw them out. He would keep them safe in ways Kharon couldn't though he was desperately trying to. Kharon didn't know how to fight, didn't have a magic to protect their home with. He really didn't have a way to actually kick them out himself, not without help. And now he had it. Reilly would protect them. Kharon's shoulders relaxed, and he turned a ready smile to him, eyes shining proudly as his dad came to stand at his side. And then Dad spoke, and Kharon's feeling of security fled like an icy breeze. Or a slap in the face. Come and rest?! Startled, gray eyes reflected the betrayal he felt. "No, Dad. They need to leave," he tried, his voice firm through the hurt pinching so tightly in his chest. The boy wanted to fucking drown him! He didn't want to die again. How could Dad let them in?! How could he INVITE them into their home where his sisters and little brother were? Couldn't he see they didn't belong here? They came like invaders and tried to sneak into their home as if they belonged there. Just like the goddamned invaders! He fumed silently a few moments, trying to calm down but, fuck, it wasn't working. How could Dad do this?! His heart felt sick. He'd always thought Dad would always be on his side. What the hell was this? What the hell was happening? There was fury glinting dangerously in his eyes when he glanced at the strangers, then landed on his dad. On Reilly. It was the first time he'd felt this emotion, and it broke his heart that it was directed at his dad. At Reilly. But he swallowed and glared at him anyway as he stepped away from his side, so goddamned hurt. It was like he was a stranger to him now too. What the fuck was this? "Fine. They're your problem, Reilly," he bit out. Reilly. Not Dad. "They go anywhere near my family and they're dead. They're not welcome to stay." He turned abruptly away and stalked off, stiff and aching in a way no massage could ever relieve. The last thing he did was silently beg for rain to mask the tears. |