01-30-2014, 02:14 PM
Dane was confusing and frustrating for Aria, his complete sense of the obvious was a little grating. Of course he was a man of note, Alexei Sholokhov, born died and buried in a prestigious cemetery with the orobous etched into stone. Aria sighed. However his question did bring her out of her annoyance at the man.
"My headstone."
She laughed. "I doubt I'll have any say what goes on mine. I'll be dead after all."
Again she felt like sticking her tongue at the man, but she refrained. It was hardly polite to be so childlike when he thought he was being helpful. At least he felt like he was being helpful. He was still a mass of confusion when relating to Aria.
It wasn't long before he moved on to another stone and Aria started to feel another presence off in the trees. She couldn't find it, but she knew it was there. It felt hungry and it was stalking it's prey. Aria reached into her coat and made sure the sheathe to her new sword was clear and free. She wanted to be ready for anything. Hunger like that wasn't normal for any human being - ever.
Aria didn't like being beckoned but they were sight seeing in each other's company so she might as well. In all of the emotions of the prior moments, there was nothing. Aria shivered, she remember all too well the emotionless state of someone reaching out for the so-called power of the gods. Does everyone know how to do that? It was sarcasm in her own mind. She wasn't about to voice the proclamation that this man was probably a so-called god reborn. He didn't seem like a man of great evil. But he wasn't right either.
As Aria turned to join him a large barely visible creature pounced up on his back. His knees buckled and he fell into the snow below. Aria barely registered the type of monster, Ijiraq. A creature that had not been seen since the God wars so the books said. And here one was. Aria had no idea how to kill one. But the best chance she had was beheading.
It wasn't far to where Dane fell there wasn't much time or room but Aria pulled out the new sword from it's sheathe. The ring of the blade releasing from it's home made Aria skin shiver. It was death made real. Two steps and the blade was out and Aria was in mid swing by the time she reached the monster and Dane. The monster looked up with mist filled eyes that seemed to glow with power. A moment before Aria's blade reached it's target it was gone and Aria's blade sang over Dane's head with in inches of it. The momentum carried Aria around. The force had been enough to slice through a spinal column which no longer was present.
Aria nearly lost her balance, but was ready to counter with in a moment. Nothing came at her. The cemetery was empty again except for them. Aria's heart pounded but the thrill of battle was left unquenched. She sighed then offered Dane a hand. "You okay?"
She could feel what he was feeling again. But she wasn't sure what to believe. Surely more emotion for being attached was necessary? Aria knew her own emotions were a whirlwind of things. Anger, fear, anticipation were only the most present but surely he had to feel more than confusion and irritation.
Edited by Aria, Jan 31 2014, 01:53 PM.
"My headstone."
She laughed. "I doubt I'll have any say what goes on mine. I'll be dead after all."
Again she felt like sticking her tongue at the man, but she refrained. It was hardly polite to be so childlike when he thought he was being helpful. At least he felt like he was being helpful. He was still a mass of confusion when relating to Aria.
It wasn't long before he moved on to another stone and Aria started to feel another presence off in the trees. She couldn't find it, but she knew it was there. It felt hungry and it was stalking it's prey. Aria reached into her coat and made sure the sheathe to her new sword was clear and free. She wanted to be ready for anything. Hunger like that wasn't normal for any human being - ever.
Aria didn't like being beckoned but they were sight seeing in each other's company so she might as well. In all of the emotions of the prior moments, there was nothing. Aria shivered, she remember all too well the emotionless state of someone reaching out for the so-called power of the gods. Does everyone know how to do that? It was sarcasm in her own mind. She wasn't about to voice the proclamation that this man was probably a so-called god reborn. He didn't seem like a man of great evil. But he wasn't right either.
As Aria turned to join him a large barely visible creature pounced up on his back. His knees buckled and he fell into the snow below. Aria barely registered the type of monster, Ijiraq. A creature that had not been seen since the God wars so the books said. And here one was. Aria had no idea how to kill one. But the best chance she had was beheading.
It wasn't far to where Dane fell there wasn't much time or room but Aria pulled out the new sword from it's sheathe. The ring of the blade releasing from it's home made Aria skin shiver. It was death made real. Two steps and the blade was out and Aria was in mid swing by the time she reached the monster and Dane. The monster looked up with mist filled eyes that seemed to glow with power. A moment before Aria's blade reached it's target it was gone and Aria's blade sang over Dane's head with in inches of it. The momentum carried Aria around. The force had been enough to slice through a spinal column which no longer was present.
Aria nearly lost her balance, but was ready to counter with in a moment. Nothing came at her. The cemetery was empty again except for them. Aria's heart pounded but the thrill of battle was left unquenched. She sighed then offered Dane a hand. "You okay?"
She could feel what he was feeling again. But she wasn't sure what to believe. Surely more emotion for being attached was necessary? Aria knew her own emotions were a whirlwind of things. Anger, fear, anticipation were only the most present but surely he had to feel more than confusion and irritation.
Edited by Aria, Jan 31 2014, 01:53 PM.