A starless night.

Subject: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:49 am

It was around the medieval times when Dragons, shifters and all manner of mythological and even some unknown creatures roamed the planet. Where kings and queens had armies of foot soldiers and heavy cavalry, where they used the sword and shield to dominate the field of battle. The tales of all beast and animals had been circling around and soon there were hunters for everything imaginable, with the creatures openly hunted this was when they had to start to hide and be careful of there movements least they have an army of hunters and the army their selves alike, where Kings and Queens would pay fortunes to have as something as exotic as a shifter or some mythological creature on display.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:06 am

Deep within the heart of the forests, trees seemed to still engulf the world though people were becoming common, more common than animals and this brought fear among the beasts alike. However deep within this one forest is where one of thousands upon this earth start their journey, the journey to survive and remain free, to keep the "mythological" creatures alive and forever real. Except this may be harder than once thought.

A woman slipped out of the branches of a tree overlooking a lake. She had a pale complexion however with a frame of feathers outlining her face and running down her head. She had great wings folded, stepping on the moist grass with her bare feet. She was known as a bird woman with peacock's colors, but her people were properly called Hagles, human and bird hybrids. She was one of the few not caught by the royals. Her flock, before they had become less and less named her Avis. Gray eyes scanned the lake sparlkling in the columns of sunlight partially blocked out by the tree tops. She dipped in one foot and then eased the rest of her body into the water, slipping into bliss.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:15 am

As she sat there relaxing in the lake she would have heard a strange high pitched whistling noise coming from some where in the sky, flaming parts of what looked to be a flaming metal catapult volley was shooting straight for the center of the lake. it burnt up and spun but its trajectory remained the same which was straight into the lake its self.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:43 pm

(Hey i didnt see this on the plot thing can I join just tell me the rules)

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:11 pm

(will have to ask Toby as well as this is a shared joint roleplay thingy thing thing thing thing, we are still working out a plot I believe)

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:26 pm

She screeched, sounding like a painful sound of a hawk. Avis unfurled her wings and soared out the water, heart thumping as she flew out of the lake into the sky, watching the large rock--whatever it was--plunge into the water's depths causing a giant wave to splash about the land and flood the perimeter of her home.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:35 pm

As the Rock his the water it would stay afloat a little bit as if it had air in it, she'd see through cracked up glass which they didn't really have back then a eighteen year old was in the ship as it started to sink into the lake, he would seem to be unconscious for the moment as it starts to very slowly sink.

The man would look at her with half closed eyes with a small smile smile on his lips and he mutters something. then falls silent.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:56 pm

Avis remained looming in the air for a little bit at first she wondered if it was the humans that had shot it into her home and was angered. She wanted to beat the human lying out there, smiling at her in a mocking manner that sent her blood ablaze. She zipped down to him and saw that he passed out, of course Avis was part of a peaceful tribe and wouldn't harm him while he was down but he was different. He had an odd smell that was unlike the humans however he resembled them so much that it frightened her. Instinct told her to take him and dump him off a cliff while he was down but tradition of her people told her to take care of him til he would wake then leave.
She obeyed her tribe's teachings and scooped him up into her arms. She left the floating shining rock where it was for it was too large and most likely too heavy for her to take out, she then flew to the nearest land that wasn't soaked by water.
She lied him on the cool grass and grabbed the nearest pieces of wood she could find that weren't wet. She rubbed them together, occasionally blowing, and finally got a small fire started. She prepped it, slowly blowing and slowly adding sticks to make it larger until it was a decent sized fire.
Avis sat there, watching over the oddly smelling human that didn't smell like human, and waited for him to wake. Once he would start to twitch his eyes she would depart not wanting to get caught.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:21 pm

As she started to fly away she would hear painful yelling, with the fires warmth to his skin it would feel like someone had a red hot iron and stuck it to his hand. he quickly got up surprisingly fast and hopped in the water which at this time would be cold he would see the creature, still in pain from the heat of the fire. she would feel something near the side of her ear and the whisper of the voice straight into it. ~You trying to kill me with fire or something!~ He would stay in the water, if she could still see his eyes she might notice they were a solid black the only white being outside the retinal.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:43 am

Avis froze where she remained, suspended in the air, shocked at hearing the sudden voice that snapped by her ears. She wondered where it had come from she whirled in the air until she saw the man standing in the water glaring only at her.
She wondered if it was he but she brushed it off and backed away a litte.
She landed on a nearby tree, watching him, eyes wide sensing the anger radiating off from him. She noticed the black eyes and this frightened her but she remained where she was waiting to see what he would do next.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:09 am

Atra looked up at her for a moment his anger seeming to only be kept by the red skin which was noticeable as it was almost down the middle it almost looking raw. The waters cooling started to sooth him as he stayed in there for a while before moving into a windy place to further cool him. when he was done his skin would be back to normal and he would take his shirt off being that it was starting to get hot with his body heat radiating again. he looks up at her on the tree. "Sorry I'm not going to become your snack food." he formed a fist with his hand but the color in his eyes would be a black and golden color seeming to have a smile on his face. "I don't have to kill you so I guess, if you want you can go away, if you persistent on trying to kill me then I suggest you should have made sure I was dead first." his scents would change as it would change to a more reptilian type of smell.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:20 am

The bird girl in the tree understood his words and listened to each one of them intently. She, although curious by this man, considered him a threat she also wanted to know more of what exactly he was. Avis had seen other creatures like her but not in a very long time and it was beginning to seem bleak in these times among royalty taking her people among other races into captivity where they didn't belong.
After seeing his reaction, watching his eyes change and the scents change from a different scent to another, Avis was convinced he wasn't human and couldn't be part of the royals.
She then wondered if he was hungry and pulled an apple from a tree where she was sitting. She gently landed into the water and waded towards him, her pace becoming slower as she was keeping a decent distance. To the man, she held out the apple, if he was even the slightest bit if hungry he would come towards her and take the apple from her grasp.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:29 am

Atra would narrow his eyes but not in a bad way more in a curious way as he tilts his head as if it was what a canine would do. "I'm a meat eater but I can eat such... things very rarely." looked up and down at her slowly, as he reached forward to take the apple but he would stop as if he would hear movement and look at her questioningly. Soldiers would slowly come from the forests along with archers. "Friends of yours?" he asked seeming a little surprised, it would be apparent that he didn't know about any of the going on's here and the large fire ball that went throug the sky attracted some attention.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:35 am

Avis noticed them too and gasped in immediate horror. She knew what to do and gesture the man to follow her quickly. She dived into the water swimming and kicking her feet her destination on the other side of the lake where they couldnt see them escape.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:43 am

He followed her as she went to the other side of the lake seeming to understand enough that something was wrong and she would see was that he moved cautiously, unsure of her but as she tried to raise full out of the water he would stop her pointing to the one over looking the lake. she would then hear the whisper in her ear. ~Birdie, watch for a moment I'm about to open up.~ she would feel what would feel like a presence pass by her as she sees a golden mist move towards the men none of them seeming to notice it as it took up behind a tree forming what looked like a man with golden energy waves coming off him.

Atra smiled as he used his Aura form to make the guards see a perfectly normal man in front of them, which looked like the copy of Atra him self. it would get on its knees as if begging and after a moment the 'spirit' of Atra would start to lead them away but one thing was obvious he never let any of them touch his presence.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:47 am

Avis felt herself being dragged into the water, she smacked his hand away angered that he touched her, but when she heard the voice rise into her head again she was overcome to listen. She watched the man turn into golden stars before her, she was stunned and was expressionless, truly speechless as she watched Atra work his magic.
She watched him distract the soldier men and was grateful that he did. But her mind couldn't help but keep questioning, What are you?

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:00 am

As the guards moved away he would taking his hand off her shoulder as the guards don't return and the mist doesn't either. He would quickly move on land and she'd see for the first time why she thought he wasn't human, He shape shifted into his flying form which he would then draw his head back a little as a projectile comes from his mouth hitting the metal scrap blowing it apart the soldiers would have been to far away as he would have taken them riding as the soldiers would have been on horse back, the strange mist coming back and absorbs into his body for a moment, Atra would look hesitant to leave but he would then kneel down so she might get on. ~I can fly fast, may faster then you.... but I would rather have some one navigate me.~ his mouth wouldn't move though it would sound as if it was coming from his mouth

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:13 am

Avis watched the men disappear, shocked that his plan worked and that he had so much magic pent up that she couldn't even grasp onto what other secrets he had. She observed him blowing up the shiny rock, then turned her attention back to him listening to the voice--which she had figured was his by now--and was already becoming quite used to it. She stared at his black scales how they shimmered in the sunlight as his eyes pierced at her.
She nodded and tentatively climbed onto the back of his shoulders, she held on tight to whatever she could and waited for the rush.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:50 am

Though that rush never came as there was not use for it. He took her up into the sky and into the clouds keeping down low enough so they could see the land below and they would fly over one of the castles which he seemed to do a few laps off seeming unsure of what was down there but later on he carried on. when the day light or what was left of it slipped away into black she'd notice that he blended in with the night being almost un-see-able as such was with all his forms being they were all black and suited for the night. after the hours of flying he would find a hole a high cliff face near a mountain. He took a little while before he circled a few times.

With a rock fact like this he looked for the tell tail signs of where a cave might be and after a while he found the edge of one setting atop of the cliff face, here it was colder then where they were but his heat seemed to suffice for the both of them. He took to more searching until he scratched away with his claws bits of dirt, the entire time he would have had a bag with him but it would only have a few basic things. two swords, three sets of cloths and a compass everything else had been lost.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:10 pm

Avis felt the wind rush at her face, not too fast but enough for her eyes to adjust to the speed of the wind. She held on to what little of skin she had but if she angled her wings just right she was perfectly balanced as he flew smoothly through the air. She felt the clouds--almost like mist--breeze through her as they swooped past a castle. She didn't know who it belonged to other than the royals and this made her shudder on Atra's shoulders.

When they came to a hole in a cliff she shivered, although she had avian blood within her she was still partly human. She had thin bones, small figure, so not much fat to insulate her and not too many feathers to keep her warm. Avis tolerated the cold, wondering if the cave would hold any heat and if not she'll go scout for some branches to keep her warm. Although, she noticed, the strange shape shifter she was with was plenty warm. Now that she thought about it, if she curled her wings around herself properly tonight, she could keep herself warm and live to see the next day.

Avis made sure, as she felt around on the clothes on her, feeling the belt that held a small dagger, one arrow that she found one day when she was searching for berries, some small amount of flint, and a bad smaller than her fist that had a few chunks of fish from the night before. It wasn't much but she could get more. She heard the crash of the ocean near them, she could fly there and get some fish if needed.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:35 pm

Atra would kneel down when they were enough in the cave. He looked around a bit with a smile and noticed her figure. "Don't worry about the cold, it might be cold now, but that's because there has been no heat source in here." He looked around her belt to see the danger and seemed more alert then he was before. "The cave will heat up pretty fast and I believe the ocean close by, might have to fly a little to get anything real good." He felt a little uneasy about her weapon not having one himself, he looked pretty happy when he was more in the cold temperatures. the sound of the silent humming going through the cave though there would be a little hole in the side where they could see out looking as if it was easy enough to break. Atra was tired and exhausted. Although he knew what he was and what he could do, but he had slowly started to forget how he got here and what exactly his past was as it slowly continues to become a haze. "Hmm I'm Atra." he would have forgotten ever telling her his name if he did.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:34 pm

Avis nodded as she got down from his shoulders. She didn't go near her dagger nor anything just observing the cave and growing familiar with it. She tried to plan of what to do next, she guessed she should stay with this man until he got used to her world, she didn't know where he had come from but judging by how many forms he could take-nothing like she had ever seen before, she accepted that he was from somewhere else, somewhere she was confident in assuming no one had ever gone to.

He introduced himself, Avis listened and gave a polite curtsy. Except she realized she couldn't tell him her name. She let her expression fall as her eyes became distant and sad. She looked at Atra and pointed to her throat, shaking her head indicating she couldn't speak.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:12 pm

Atra took a moment as he looked around his claw letting go of the cloths he had with him along with the bag as his form took that of a black wolf. He looked more at peace in this form seeming to forget about the knife being he was more agile like this and it was natural to him, this was his base form. Small flame like energy of gold would be radiating from his body being that he was immensely happy as his body had recovered from the burning he had received from the fire.

He took a while before he slowly padded his way to her cautiously still unsure of her still having a weapon some of his memory registering it as a danger. “Feel like hunting, what about you tell me about this... well planet of yours and ill see if I can get us dinner.” He tilted his head in a questioning sort of way.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:22 pm

Avis still stood dumbfounded as he took another form!
She gasped and when he padded up and spoke to her she just figured she had seen everything.
Avis pointed to her throat,and shook her head indicating she couldn't speak, so she couldn't tell him about her planet.

Subject: Re: A starless night. Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:44 pm

Atra saw her motion to her throat and tilted his head before nodding getting what she meant by it. "You are a mute... or have something wrong with your voice box's that prohibits you from speaking?" He asked questioningly but his eyes every now and again would be on her dagger. He stand in front of her for a while before thinking a little bit, she understood words so she could speak if she tried. he took a moment looking at the ground as he let his claws come out pawing at the ground a little bit. His claws were denser then the rock underneath and after a little while he started to freely dig against the rock, not making much progress but he would get out a little rock then pick it up in his mouth. Atra moved to where the wall was then writing the words 'Hi' on the wall before placing the rock in front of her then nuzzling it towards her. He was trying to test if she could write.

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