Completed [Daniel's Apartment] Far Away From Home (Daniel)

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri 44th of Spring, 19th of Bell, 513 AV "Heeeeh..." Kouri sighed in frustration as she sat beside the walls outside Syliras City. The gothic lolita ghost girl was feeling empty tonight. It's one of the frequent mood swings she often got as her ghostly mind wasn't exactly... 'stable' and 'normal' according to human standards. Aaah... I'm tired... I want to have some fun... Kouri hugged her knees and looked straight ahead to the wilderness surrounding the city walls. But I left all my dolls back at Avanthal... so I can't have some fun... but I want to! I wanna play... Her random illogical train of thoughts kept spiraling out of control. "I wanna play... I wanna play! I want to plaaaaaaaaaaaay!" She shouted at nothing in particular, her hauntingly eerie voice echoing by the walls. "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh..." She gave a very long sigh of boredom, frustration, and depression mixed into one. I wonder if Akilia want to play with me... naah, she's probably busy... Master too, he's busy... Madame Vaspira? Busy too... busy busy busy! Everyone's buuuuusy! One could only guess how could she justified her statements just now, but then again Kouri was in the early stages of insanity. It was already good by ghosts' standards as most of them are rather downright insane or mindless. "I know... I knooooooow! I know how to have fun today! Ehehehehehehe~" Kouri suddenly became cheerful and creepily giggled. She slowly stood up and faced the city walls. "Ready or not! Here I come! Haaahahahaha!" With that declaration, Kouri quickly floated forward, phasing through the walls. "Uhehehehe~ Ahahaha~ This is fuuuun~" Kouri was doing a very strange activity that could only be described as 'what if someone were to travel in a straight line without giving heed to obstacles'. She kept floating forward, phasing though various objects, people, and crossing through various areas of the Fortress City. She kept her eyes shut all the time, not caring where was she headed. After fifteen chimes, Kouri finally stopped and slowly opened her eyes. Hehehe... now... where am I? She found herself in a... room. A small closed room with a single door, no windows, and torches on the walls. She looked around and spotted various household objects such as tables, chairs, beds, a hearth, etc. "Oh!" But what caught her eye was the presence of a white wolf. I wonder why's there a wolf in this... uuuh... small closed place? Wolves usually like the forest... Hmmm... aaaah! Like I care... but... It would be fun to have some 'fun' with it... hehehe~ Kouri found no solution to her question and decided to just annoy the wolf for the heck of it. She blinked all over the room to startle the wolf and extended her ethereal black tendrils to tickle the wolf's underside. "Ahahaha~ Come on, doggy~ Come on! come on! Bite me~!" She taunted the wolf, her face flashing a wicked grin.

[Daniel Connor]

Daniel trudged back to his apartment, barely aware of people passing him and the lute being played in a nearby restaurant. Sweat covered him, and his cloak was bloodied and dirty. His last job had been more trouble than he had anticipated. His arms ached, he had used Flux too much, and now he was paying the price. At least Sylk would be there to massage him. He smiled. Such a good companion she was. He pulled out his coin purse and recounted the coins. All there. 200 silver. Cold cash. It was always good to have money in his pocket. He greeted the guard near his apartment’s entrance with a hello, and he nodded in return. He fished out the key, from his concealed pocket, and turned it in the lock. The door opened with a soft creak, followed by the scuffling of claws on the wooden floor. When he turned from retrieving the key to see a wolf lunge at him, tongue lolling out of her mouth. He was showered with golden sparks as Sylkra shifted back into human form, pulling him into a deep embrace. His face colored slightly, still not used to Kelvics’ nude tendencies, but returned the embrace with just as much warmth, his irises turning pink. Daniel pulled away after giving her his greeting. Then he noticed the ghost from the woods, Kubu, floating above them, gaping at him, whilst giggling creepily. “Hello, Kubu! How have you fared in your ambitions?” he greeted her, his eyes turning a grey blue, but with swirls of purple.

OOCDid my best to act for Sylk, shall I continue to do so?

[Sylkra]

The room was dimly lit, for various reasons. Sunlight had almost no way of getting in, as the windows were small and translucent. Candles that littered the room were a poor source of light. But, the light was no matter for a Kelvic with wolf blood. Wolves have a fair ability of being able to see in the dark. Sylkra was no exception.

Sylk laid on the bed lazily, sleep drifting on and off. It was quiet in her home, in the apartment of Syliras. Quiet was the way Sylk liked it. After a while, Sylk decided she was unable to sleep and, frustrated, leaped off the soft, warm bed and onto the hard, cold floor. She padded over to her water bowl, and lapped the water. It was then, did she feel something odd touch her stomach.

She jumped high into the air, and yelped while doing so. What just touched me? she thought. Sylk sniffed the air. Nothing was out of the ordinary in her sense of smell, but there was another odd feeling, something was in the room that Sylk couldn't see.

Before she could investigate, the door opened. The one man that Sylk cared about more than anyone else was standing in the doorway, smiling down at his Kelvic. Sylk's vision went slightly blurry with tears. She leaped onto him, almost crashing him onto the floor. She shifted, into a beautiful woman, with a slender build and delicate blonde hair that tumbled down her back past her shoulder blades. Her eyes were like lightning igniting the sky, a bright yellow.

"Master!" she shrieked, pulling Daniel close to her. She pushed her lips onto his, inhaling his rich familiar musk. "You were gone for long..." she muttered, pushing hair out of his eyes. In reality, she had not seen him last since earlier that day, but to a Kelvic, that seemed like years. When she finally relinquished her grip on Daniel, she turned towards the entity that he was talking to.

"You!" she said. "You're the one who touched my stomach!"

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri "Ehehehe~ Come here, Dogg- Huh?" Kouri's taunting session was disturbed when the room's door suddenly opened. "....." Kouri went cautious and fixed her gaze to the figure opening the door. It was a man whom face Kouri can't help but felt familiar. Hmmm... I've seen him before somewhere... Hearing her name being mentioned, though a bit butchered in the first syllable. "Kubu? No... my name is Fubuk-.. oh?! Sir Daniel? Ahahaha~ Long time no see!" She waved her right hand at him. He was Daniel Connor, the Vantha man she met back in the Bronze Woods at the 10th of Spring, 513 AV. "Sir~ Is that wolf your pe-waaaaaaaaaah?!" Kouri's eyes widened in shock when the wolf transformed, transformed I say!, into a human female. A human female with slender build and long blonde hair. Ooooh... she's a Wolf Kelvic? Just like Akilia... Kouri still stood there in awe, she thought the wolf was an ordinary wolf. Knowing that she's a Kelvic rewired Kouri's standing towards her. She now saw her as a human, not as an animal. "U-uhm... I... I'm sorry..." Kouri slightly bowed to the female Kelvic. Then she slowly lowered herself to the ground, stopping just a few inches before actually touching it. "Uhm..." She fidgeted with her hair ribbons, her need for pranking was suddenly gone when she knew that this room belonged to a man she knew.

[Daniel Connor]

“You! You were the one who touched my stomach” Sylk accused the ghostly figure. Daniel could see the annoyance in her face and his eyes turned back to a grey blue. “"U-uhm... I... I'm sorry..." Kouri said apologetically, bowing slightly as she did so. Then it occurred to Daniel, how did Kouri find him? He had not told her his address in the woods, could she have followed him? Daniel’s curiosity got the better of him, and he asked, “Kouri, how have you come to be in my apartment? What brings you to Syliras?” He looked at his bondmate affectionately and explained, “This is the ghost I told you about that I met in the woods.” He then turned back to the ghost, who was now hovering just above the floor, and introduced, “This is Sylkra, my bondmate. She is a wolf Kelvic, as you may have gathered. Kind of like Akil from the woods. Our bond is a strong one. And what provoked you to poke her in the stomach?” Daniels eyes grew a deep blue color, lost in thought, and he moved to put another log on the embers that remained from the fire. The room seemed colder with a ghost present, so he thought a fire was needed to warm the place yup. It caught the flames quickly, and sparks flew up into the chimney. The fire cast a warm light around the room, making shadows dance, as if performing for the flames. He then rejoined his unexpected company, waiting for the conversation to continue.

[Sylkra]

Sylk eyed the ghost with suspicion. Daniel seemed to have a fondness towards the ghost, and so Sylk would tolerate the ghost only for him. Curious, she strode towards the entity, nose sniffing as though a wolf again. There was nothing she could smell, nothing, that announced her presence. Sylk could only tell the ghost was there because she could sense it through her sixth sense. Color blind as she was, she couldn't see the ghost either. But she had a fairly general idea of where it was. And she could hear it.

“This is the ghost I told you about that I met in the woods," Daniel told her, obviously reading through their bond Sylk's confusion. "So...." Sylk said, lost for words. "Hello, Kouri," she said, as she heard Daniel call it. Still sniffing, Sylk stopped and sneezed. She backed away, back to the fire, where Daniel was feeding it logs. "Are you sure it's safe?" Sylk asked in a whisper. She didn't like it too much. She couldn't see it and it cast an unnatural presence.

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri "Uhm... eeeh..." Kouri couldn't find the answer to Daniel's question, both of them. Heck she didn't even know how could she ended up here in the first place, here as in Syliras and his room. "Well uuh... uhm... for the first question... I was uuuh..." She pulled off one of her hair ribbons and fidgeted with it. "How should I explain this... I was bored and decided to run in a straight line, going through the city walls and just kept going oooon and ooooon and oooooooon~ with my eyes closed. When I stopped and opened them... I was in this room... that's pretty much it" She hoped that her explanation would suffice to satiate Daniel's curiosity. "As for why I'm in Syliras... I... I have no idea... I... after... after it killed me, Papa, and Mama... I can't... I can't really remember.... I only know that I was somehow alive... and... and I just kept walking forward... I kept..." Her past memories came back to haunt her. In truth, she came upon Syliras merely by aimless wandering. Back then, she had no idea that she was a ghost and her state of mind was pretty messed up. "I... I'm sorry, Sir Daniel... I can't remember..." She decided to just let it go. I hope he's not angry... Then Daniel explained to her that the wolf Kelvic was his bondmate and the had a deep relationship with each other. He asked her why did Kouri poked her. "W-well... uhm... I... I just want to have fun, no reason really... I thought she was an ordinary wolf..." She sheepishly answered to him. Kouri couldn't help but notice the strange attitude the wolf kelvic gave to her. She cocked an eyebrow as the woman seemed unable to see her, only feeling her general location. Why couldn't she see me? Sir Daniel and Akilia could do just fine... hmmm... oh well, perhaps each Kelvic is a different person... well then... Kouri materialized herself, her form appearing clearer and more substantial, she now should somewhat looked like a normal human when looked from afar. I think I'm getting better at this... I should train more... Kouri could felt that her skill at materializing herself strengthen if she used it often enough. "Madame? Could you see me now?" Kouri then extended her right hand and grabbed the woman's left hand. "Heeeey~" OOCSylkra now should smell a faint smell of blood emanating from Kouri due to her Kelvic acute smelling sense.

[Daniel Connor]

"Uhm... eeeh..." the ghost hesitated for a moment, looking as if she was trying hard to remember something. "Well uuh... uhm... for the first question... I was uuuh..." She then took a ribbon out of her hair and started tugging it between her fingers, nervously. "How should I explain this... I was bored and decided to run in a straight line, going through the city walls and just kept going oooon and ooooon and oooooooon~ with my eyes closed. When I stopped and opened them... I was in this room... that's pretty much it" She finished with a hopeful smile, and Daniel nodded his head. Seemed good enough. "As for why I'm in Syliras... I... I have no idea... I... after... after it killed me, Papa, and Mama... I can't... I can't really remember.... I only know that I was somehow alive... and... and I just kept walking forward... I kept..." She again had a look of deep concentration on her face, her eyes pointing upwards, wispy tendrils floating out of her head."I... I'm sorry, Sir Daniel... I can't remember..." Then she glanced at Sylk, then focused back on him, chin down, looking sheepish."W-well... uhm... I... I just want to have fun, no reason really... I thought she was an ordinary wolf..." she mumbled, but he understood her. "Are you sure it's safe?" his bond asked in a whisper. He leaned over and kissed her forehead, and said, “If she meant us harm, she wouldn’t have bothered to talk to us, would she?” Kouri then became suddenly clearer, saying, "Madam? Could you see me now?" she reached out with her arm and tugged on Sylk’s hand. "Heeeey~" Oh no, this couldn’t end well. Ghosts send cold with their touch, so this would be like her hand being suddenly grabbed by an freezing wet sock. Daniel winced, his eyes turning the color of leaves in spring.

[Sylkra]

"W-well... uhm... I... I just want to have fun, no reason really... I thought she was an ordinary wolf..." the ghost said to Daniel. Sylk's instincts were going wild. "Yeah," she snapped, "we'll this ordinary wolf doesn't like it.." Her feelings felt crushed.

Daniel leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, and whispered words of comfort. She gave the ghost a deadly stare that surely wished it a painful death. But then.... It all happened at once. The smell of fresh blood entered Sylk's nose, which made her mouth water. But something hit her on the hand, it was ice cold and sent every hair on her body upward. Her legs twitched and she jumped up in terror, howling like a wolf. She growled, and backed right into the table, eyes darting around for the danger. But there was nothing but Daniel.

"What was that?" she shrieked.

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri OOC:( I'm sorry if I leave early, but IC Kouri would not want to abuse her welcome, seeing Sylkra acted like that. Kouri will retire from the thread now. Feel free to continue the thread, Daniel, Sylk. If you are finished and want me to post it for grading, just hola me a PM. "Huh? But you're not an ordinary wolf... you're a Kelvic, right?" Kouri tilted her head in confusion. Her innocent child-like mind was unable to pick up the sarcastic undertone behind Sylkra's sentence. Kouri noticed the glare the Kelvic gave her, it was clear to her that she didn't like her. I can understand her though... I intruded their home.... When she tried to touch her, Sylkra jumped like a wolf and howled. Kouri winced, was her touch really that uncomfortable? She didn't understand. "Why couldn't you see me?" Kouri asked in a rather sad tone, her voice echoing in the room. Everyone she met so far could see her, Akilia, Sir Daniel, her Master Cyrus, Madame Vaspira the Black Leopard Kelvic... everyone could see her just fine, but Sylkra. I wonder why? Akilia is a wolf Kelvic too, right? Why only you? Perhaps... there is something wrong with your sight... Sylkra's hostile attitude lit up a feeling of annoyance inside Kouri. She could only try to be friendly and be rejected so much before she started to dislike a person. Beaming Daniel an apologetic look, Kouri bowed and said "I'm sorry, Sir Daniel, but it seemed your bondmate does not welcome my presence... in fact, she can not see me... but everyone seems to have no problem with it... I do not want to abuse my already thinning welcome... so I bid to you farewell, both of you" She turned around, facing the wall and before she left, she uttered one last sentence "And Madame Sylkra, I hope nothing is wrong with your sight... I can recognize you as a person even though you were a wolf earlier, why couldn't you recognize me?" With that, she vanished, phasing into the wall.