Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 17:21:30 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I nodded. "Yeah, I guess I remember hearing something like that when I was younger...I never really paid much attention, though," I said, glancing away from Azen. I was still trying to figure out where he was going with this, but I had yet to come up with any ideas.
I leaned back against the dais //stage// and stretched my legs out in front of me. "By the way...what did you do to me?" I couldn't resist asking him what he had done; I wanted to know. It was weird how this guy just showed up and started quizzing me about the legends I'd been hearing all my life...I stared off into the distance, trying to figure out why he was here.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
"Well, that's sort of where I'm going with this..." By now I decided that I pretty much reached the point of no return, so I might as well tell him everything. If he was the one who had sent me here, he was most likely the one I had to count on to get back.
I sighed again as I prepared my explaination. I don't really like talking, and I've never really had to on the island. So I never had much practice. I suppose I'd have to wing it (um...again, figuratively...). "Well, see, when Keisha and Maeve were lovers, this creature named Leben appeared. He wanted both of them, along with many others, including falcons, to worship him, and not the gods Ahnmik and Anhamirak. Leben was powerful, so in the end Maeve seduced him, which made Keisha really angry" There really wasn't much point to telling this part of the story, but I figured a snake would relate to it better if more emotions were involved.
"Leben taught Maeve how to spin sakkri, dances that can foretell the future and relive the past. Through sakkri, Maeve found out that Keisha's serpent magic was going to be split. In order to save the Ahnhamirak magic from dying out, Maeve got Keisha to trust her again, and together they wove as much magic as they could and combined it into one form, which eventually turned into one being."
Now was the hard part. Jaydn didn't seem to care much for the old stories, so there was no telling how easily he would believe that the one being was.......me.
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 17:50:01 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I listened to what Azen was saying, trying to look interested. Actually, now that I thought about it, some of this stuff was kind of interesting. "They made another, like, person? Out of magic? How does that work?" I said, making a face.
I waited for him to continue, but he didn't. I turned my torso towards him, waving my hand in front of me. "And that 'being' was...?" I was trying not to sound rude, but I probably did.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
"Well, I'm really not sure what the finer points of the actual ritual were...." I said, trying to avoid that last question as long as I possibly could. "THe being that was the end result was actually a child, a male child." Okay, now that confused even me. THe child thing I understood somewhat; I've seen magic to some pretty incredible things, and making a child seemed...in the very least, understandable...but how two women, even with magic, end up with a male child is still beyond me.
I swallowed, choosing words carefully. "Well, since they had to combine their magic, the child himself carried attributes of both of them." I was looking at him, and now I dropped my gaze to my knees, which were pulled up by my chest. "Like.....he carried a cobra's hood and eyes but......he had white scales..."
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 18:24:46 GMT -6
[Jadyn:]
After it seemed like Azen wasn't going to speak again, everything clicked together. Did he mean that he was the kid?! Wow. Talk about weird parentage. "Do you mean you're their child?" I asked, just to be sure I had that right. I was pretty sure I did, but, y'know...he might...uhm...just be albino or something...
I shook my head slightly, trying to take that in. My ancestors were seriously messed up. [How did they end up with a male child?!] I glared at the ground as I tried to figure out what I'd just been told.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
"Yeah..." Strange, he didn't seem to be freaking out like I thought he would. "I was never close to Maeve, after Leben she kind of fell apart. But Keisha..." I felt my eyes narrow. "Keisha was always my mother. When Leben gave the falcons their forms, they started to build their white city in the name of Ahnmik. All of Anhamirak's serpents were quickly driven out."
I snorted at all these memories. Jaydn actually looked interested now, and that was different, because most people find it weird that I'd experienced all of these things personally. I SAW them happen. "Keisha and I didn't leave. The falcons hate queamk, or mongrols, and Keisha stayed to defend me to save the magic. In the end Cjarsa, the falcon Empress, sliced Keisha's magic in half and gave it to the first hawk Alasdair. Which left me the only one able to weild Anhamirak's fire, and I still am."
I sighed and rolled my eyes a little. "After that Keisha and I tried to escape. Keisha made it, I didn't. And the Mercy locked me in the Halls of Shm'Ecl with all the other crazies. A few centuries later one of Keisha's decedants Anjay came to the city, he helped me escape, and from that point the story gets a little hard to believe." This was probably the most I'd ever talked to anyone other than HAli.
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 19:09:59 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"They locked you in a tower with a bunch of insane people? Isn't that kind of...over the top?" I asked. It seemed kind of cruel that they had just locked him up like he didn't matter. "Wait...you knew Anjay?"
Anjay...I'd heard so much about him from the time I was young. I knew he had gotten to the White City, but how he had gotten there puzzled me. I'd been told that he didn't even come back to the Serpinte Palace when he got back...he'd got straight into Avain land and tried to attack, which had resulted in his death.
I took a deep breath. "You've been alive for a while, then, huh?" I asked, realizing how long ago Keisha and Maeve had lived.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
"Yeah well, to them I was less than nothing." In fact, the old language word for mongrol was treated as a curse word on Ahnmik.
"And yes, I have been alive for quite a while. The falcons used their own magic to stop my age at a certian point. Hali, the girl who started Outcast Island with me, removed parts of it, but she could only make me look a little older." I shrugged. I really didn't mind being this age, or immortal for that matter. It ensured that the island would keep running if not forever, then at least a good long while. Hali was immortal too, but she would never tell me how she got that way. She'd known Keisha and Maeve, and even Leben, or so she claimed.
"Did you know Anjay?" Maybe Jaydn was originally from Anjay's people. If so, it would give me a lot better clue as to where I was.
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 20:14:42 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
"No, but I've heard a lot about him; he sounds pretty cool," I said. "I've heard people say the Cobriana line is related to him, but I don't know if it's true," I said, silently adding, 'or if I'm of that lineage.'
I found myself wishing I knew who I really was. I mean, yeah, I know who I am, but I wasn't always the person all the other dancers know. One of them found me wandering around when I was little and brought me back to the Dancer's Nest. I hadn't known my own name, or where I was from. I had hardly known how to speak. Thinking back to the way I had felt then, it seemed almost strange now. I had been scared of all the people; now I felt odd if I was alone. It was kind of funny how different my opinion of the Reptile Kingdom was now. The corner of my mouth turned up in a half-smile.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
"Yes...he was of the Cobriana line..." I saw a smile creep onto his face and I wondered what he was thinking about. Of course, I could easily find that out but...again with the rudeness.
Which reminded me of something. I stood up smoothly, and looked at him again. "Okay Jaydn, this is probably going to sound really weird and I know you may still be a little tired, but...I need you to dance with me."
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 20:40:42 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I stood up slowly, unsure if the dizzy feeling would come back. It didn't. "Uhm...okay," I said, wondering why he wanted [needed?] to dance with me. "Is there some significant point to this, or is it just recreation?" I asked, wanting to know what his motives were.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
Again, he surprised me with acute calmness. "I need to know if you called me here or not." I began to think out loud and started to pace in front of the dais. "A calling is similar to a sakkri. except for where falcons normally dance a sakkri, the followers of Anhamirak dance a calling. It's not a versatile as a sakkri, as it can only communicate with spirits, but with a calling you can bring a spirit to you and talk as if the person was still alive."Sakkri were hard to do, and callings were just as much so. I hope it didn't wear him out too much, like he was.
Throughout this whole comtemplation, I noticed that he was carrying a scar of his own. "What happened to your arm?" I asked, guestering (sp) toward it.
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 21, 2008 21:06:46 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
I stiffened as he mentioned my scar. As he asked what had happened, the scene seemed to play before me...I shuddered slightly at remembering how painful the attack from the white viper had been. "It's not important." I walked past Azen and climbed up onto the dais, keeping my back to him for a few more seconds to make sure I had control of my expression. I took a few deep breaths and turned my torso so he'd see the profile of my face, making my back crack. "Are we going to dance or not?" I grumbled, waiting for him to get up onto the dais.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
His defensiveness preturbed me, but I decided not to press the subject. I followed him, stepping onto the dias myself.
"Okay, before you can call any spirit, first you'll have to call your magic. You can do this simply standing still, or take a few steps of any dance, whichever is easier for you." Usually I could call upon my magic without even thinking about it, but since this was an unfamiliar atmosphere and dias, I quickly pranced a few steps, and sure enough, I felt my magic cloud around me.
I'd always been confused when this was concerned. I knew Ahnmik magic was invisible (meaning you could feel it, but not see it), but I never knew if Anhamirak's was or not. I mean, I never looked behind me when I was dancing...in fact, I usually kept my eyes closed throughout the whole thing. I've heard other people on the island say they could see my magic make images as I danced, but I never saw any... I wonder if this could I was making now was visible.
Some say the world will end in Fire Some say in Ice My World? It's already ended. But that doesn't stop me. What about you? And your world? Take care of it. And don't let go because it's easy Ecl is not worth it For Mehay is the center of all and all is the center of nothing
Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on May 22, 2008 15:52:58 GMT -6
[Jaydn:]
My eyebrow went up as he told me to call my magic. Did I even have magic? I shook my head slightly as he danced a few steps to 'call his magic'. If you ask me, this entire thing was absolutely ridiculous. When I looked up again, there was something that looked almost cloud-like floating behind Azen. What in the heck was going on? Maybe I was just dreaming...
"What the heck is that?" I asked, pointing to the cloud.
There's a time for compromise; it's called "later". JAYDN HAS A HOOD! Meet Izzy.
