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Faith and Dreams [Lynx]

Postby Meredith on August 30th, 2014, 9:03 am

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60th of Summer 514AV

The sun was going down, and Leth’s light would soon be shining down upon him. He couldn’t believe he’d been here all afternoon. Work had just been tough. He’d found himself so out of it, and had managed to jab himself with the needle far too many times, and he’d made a lot of clumsy mistakes. He did love his work. It was surprisingly artistic, making garments. Especially for women, they could get away with so much more. He’d crafted a simple long sleeved Shirt that he’d left hanging on a rock while he’d swum earlier. It was too simple for his liking, but he didn’t really want to wear anything that would make him stand out. But the fabric was beautiful and soft, and it breathed. It was lightly reminiscent of what he used to wear when he was with his family, if a little duller.

His bad mood wasn’t because of anything in particular. He just had bad days. Everyone he worked with knew this, and were fairly nice about it, as long as he did eventually get the work done. Sometimes he could just picture his pod members, or his Tavan swimming up to meet him. The illusions were so real that they actually brought tears to his eyes.

His hair was still wet from swimming, and he still had his shirt off. He sat in the mouth of a shallow cave while he dried off and watched the sun go down. Swimming was always nice, but only when he could be alone with Laviku. He’d command small schools of colorful fish to swarm around him and swim with them. Sometimes he’d just face his back to the bottom of the sea and float there. He used to swim everyday with Yarrow. It was his face he remembered most from his last few days at sea. He had faith that they were all alive. Laviku wouldn’t have let them die. Afterall, He’d saved the most useless of them all.

It was exhausting, remembering all of this. Meredith could feel himself slipping away against the cool cave wall. He was falling asleep, where he could be with his loved ones. But dreams turned sour for him most every time he fell asleep. He was the only one he knew of, apart from Ana, who cried while they were unconscious. The skinny young man looked so pitiful laying there in the cave, tears leaving trails down his cheeks.

His scars were on full display because there was no one to gawk at them. Laviku’s mark was on his right wrist and seemed to be moving in time with the waves that crash upon the shore. In his dream, all he ever saw was the moment everyone he loved disappeared. He never dreamed of when they were alive. So he was restless when he slept, crying, clenching and unclenching his fists, grating his teath, and saying things like “Laviku… save me… Laviku…Save Yarrow…I love…him” Then later, when he dreamt of Ana, his face grew angry “How could you… just give up…”

These dreams were going to be the death of him, and they were getting worse again. Though in this case, it might just be the place he’d decided to fall asleep was too reminiscent, and far too uncomfortable. “Save me” He muttered in his sleep. The sun had gone down completely now, yet still he slept on.
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Postby Lynx on August 30th, 2014, 1:08 pm

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The sun had set and Leth’s guiding light was well and truly high in the sky, the half-moon seemed to smile in a crooked way and Lynx couldn’t help but think that this was Leth’s way of having fun. The very thought made her smile as she wondered as to what Leth and Syna got up during the times where the two would meet during the sunrise and the sunset. Both were just an absolute perfect display of colours as they decorated the vast sky above their heads. Drawing in a deep breath, a simple sigh of content fell onto her lips as her violet hues took in the waves as they gently rolled in onto the surface of the beach. Tonight she enjoyed a walk along the beach, because the puppies simply enjoyed it, they loved picking up the driftwood only to play tug-o-war with it and Shadow would occasionally snatch it from his brother only to run off with it and Snipe in tow. Such a thing should be enjoyed and the young ones certainly did add that special something that she had previously been missing. Snipe came running back to her and she giggled softly as she moved to kneel down upon the sand, a hand lifting to gently stroke the pup’s head, occasionally rubbing the puppy’s ear in between her fingers.

She inhaled, the oxygen filling her lungs quickly, before she exhaled and she angled her head just slightly, as her black locks spilled over her shoulders. Her horns were the colour of green, starting from her temples before curling back and the tips would then tilt just slightly upwards. Tonight she was dressed in a simple white dress, the hem brushing the grains of sands as she moved, her bare toes also curled up, feeling the sand shift underneath them as she moved to stand. Indeed, she wasn’t wearing any shoes, for Lynx preferred to enjoy the full experience of the beach, minus the swimming of course. She hadn’t gone swimming in the salty water ever since she had fallen to Mizahar. It wasn’t as if she was against it, she had just simply been busy trying to sharpen her mind to be a useful tool. She had also found out that perhaps she should be doing more physical activities as well as sharpening her mind. While neither had unlocked any of her memories from her previous life, she knew that she just had to exercise patience and believe that one day they may come back to her.

It was in this point of thinking that Shadow and Snipe crouched down low before the mouth of a cave and she angled her head to the right, briefly wondering as to what the little devils were doing, that was until she spotted the slumbering man against the cave wall.
Oh dear Leth, she thought to herself as Shadow lurched forward, jumping onto the man with a yap and a wag of his tail. Snipe soon followed suit and they were jumping up onto him before they jumped off. A laugh fell onto her lips as she called to the pups, making her way towards them. ”Shadow! Snipe! Come back!” A shake of her head as given as the two returned back to her and she approached what was now an a wide awake male, an apology upon her lips as she tried to push back the laughter that wanted to keep bubbling forth. ”I am terribly sorry about that, they love to do that, I think it’s because they are practicing hunting of some kind.” She paused in her steps just before him as she brushed back her black locks, ”The name is Lynx by the way.”
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Postby Meredith on August 30th, 2014, 2:28 pm

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The dream was interrupted harshly and Meredith’s owlish blue eyes flew open in shock. He let out a rather undignified yip of astonishment and threw his arms over his face to avoid being licked by the pups that had suddenly appeared on top of him. A female voice called to the puppies and they thankfully listened to it, jumping off of him and returning to the side of their owner. He looked up at the woman who’d called for her animals, and tried to get over the shock of his abrupt awakening and focus on forming words with his tongue. He’d forgotten what a state he must look: Half dried hair sticking up stupidly, skinny chest on show, slightly puffy eyes. He looked ridiculous, and the lady who’d spoken was lovely, so that didn’t help him.

After staring stupidly for a few seconds he finally found his voice “Oh, that’s okay. I guess IIt serves me right for falling asleep here” He replied hoarsely “I’m ah, Meredith” He introduced himself, using the cave wall to support him while he straightened his stiff back and stood up, a sort of half-hearted smile on his lips as he looked at her.

He’d met a Synafal, now it seemed he’d met a Lethafal. Her hair was as black as the night sky above, and her eyes a beautiful purple. Her lovely crown was emerald in colour and her smooth skin seemed to shine in the moonlight. Even her laugh was magical. The horns always fascinated him, he wasn’t sure why he liked them so much, but they were always the first thing he studied upon his brief encounters with Ethaefals.

With a yelp, he realized he was half-naked and turned to grab his shirt, quickly pulling it over his head to hide his scrawny and scarred torso. His ears grew hot “Sorry…” He muttered feeling thoroughly humiliated, and self-conscious. He looked like such a twig compared to… well pretty much every man in this City… especially the blue ones. “I um…” He trailed off… not sure what he’d even planned on finishing that sentence with. He clasped his hands together because they’d begun shaking. Another superb side effect from his social anxiety.

What a night this was. He couldn’t help remembering how good at this he used to be. He was never self-conscious as a teen, now everything he said and did was analyzed and fretted over in his head making normal conversation near impossible, especially with beautiful strangers. “I don’t usually fall asleep in caves, promise” He told the daughter of Leth with a nervous giggle. The two faiths were both respected in his days on the sea. Leth was their light in the darkness. He wondered how long it had been since her fall, but he didn’t like to ask such questions.
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Postby Lynx on August 31st, 2014, 2:06 am

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Her violet hues flickered over the form of the waking male his light brown hair seemed to stick up everywhere and his blue eyes were puffy from sleep. Her gaze even lingered a little upon the scars that showed upon his chest until he introduced himself as Meredith. Ah such an interesting name, she thought to herself as her head angled slightly to the right watching the male standing up and noting the half smile. He seemed to then realize that he was half naked still and she heard a yelp pass his lips before he went to slide his shirt back on. Was he ashamed of his body and his scars? Was his scars born from shame? It was never something that the ethaefal ever understood, why hide try to hide something when it will only come out into the light eventually? He wasn’t like most of the people that she had met so far in Riverfall, in fact he seemed to be quite the opposite. He was far skinnier, almost as if he wasn’t eating properly and he seemed nervous, anxious maybe? Shadow circled the male for a moment, sniffing at his feet before the youngster scampered off to catch the small rolling waves, snapping at them almost as if he could catch them in his teeth. Snipe followed his brother in this endeavour, jumping on him before he too tried to catch the waves.

Lynx giggled at this before shaking her head, indeed they had been the best decision she had ever made since falling to Mizahar. She turned her gaze back to the male and she shook her head. ”Don’t worry, I spent my first night upon the sand, gasping for air, a cave would have been much nicer to lie in.” A smile curved her lips before she decided that he needed to relax a little, it would be hard to talk to a nervous being and so she drew on her DJed, lacing it with hypnotism as she spoke. The calm words generated feelings of calm and comfort with an intent for the male before her to absorbed them, while subliminal messages accompanied her words, a subliminal message that could not consciously be picked up by the male.
Trust Lynx. ”Do not worry I do my best to not judge others by their appearance, I judge them mostly by their actions.” The woman knew that he wouldn’t be able to pick up the use of hypnotism, as she had used a couple of techniques that were still fairly new to her, but were incredibly hard to pick up by the person that she was using hypnotism on.

Her gaze drifted out of the mouth of the cave and she watched the pups for a moment Shadow had pounced upon his brother and were now rolling around in the sand, but Snipe had a hold of his brother’s ear. She quickly glanced back to the male and angled her head, ”Perhaps we should go for a walk? I find that walking is quite relaxing, especially as the light of Leth shines down upon our path.” Lynx was still unsure as to what to make of the man, whether he was just like that or whether he was just naturally nervous. She had hoped that her use of hypnotism had helped to ease that, however while she had set out on a night by herself and her two pups, she didn’t mind the company of another, for they interested her. It made her curious as to why they did the things that they do and why they reacted in a certain way. Indeed, she had a curious mind.

~OOCI hope you don’t mind that she used Hypnotism upon your character! Just let me know if this is not ok.

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Postby Meredith on August 31st, 2014, 2:02 pm

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Meredith ran his boney fingers through his messy brown hair, trying to flatten it a little. She spoke of her fall and the Svefra imagined what it would be to witness such an event. As she continued to speak, he felt himself relaxing. The tremors on his hands ceased and he felt almost safe from his instabilities for once. He couldn’t place what had brought about such a change, but he didn’t want to question it. Besides, Lynx wasn’t someone to be feared. She done nothing but treat him pleasantly. He wished he could copy her, and speak with the same sureness.

She asked if he would like to walk with her and he found himself happily agreeing. Lynx had an effect on him that was soothing, he wasn’t about to give the feeling up. Not yet. “Sure, thanks” He agreed with a warm smile. He fell into step by her side and watched the canines play by the sea curiously. These dogs were pets, they weren’t like his Tavan. A wave of sadness took him for just a moment as he remembered the sleek creature jumping through the waves with ease. How he missed her. Maybe one day he’d find a new companion to guide him, but right now he wasn’t ready for that. He wasn’t ready for the change that would bring about in his life. He wasn’t ready to love something that completely again.

Love only brought heartbreak and sorrow: that was what he’d learnt the hard way. How would he ever get hurt if he didn’t love? Realizing he was staring off into space and ignoring his new acquaintance, his attention moved back to the Lethafal beside him. “I’m sorry I’m not much of a conversationalist.” He said with a lighthearted chuckle “What did you say your pups were called? They’re cute.” He said looking at them again. His voice still quiet, but without stutter this time. “It’s a good idea, maybe I should visit a pet store…” He added thoughtfully. He knew he wouldn’t. The comparison between a regular pet and his Tavan would leave him emptier still.

One of the Svefra’s teaching was that if a person was not strong enough to hold onto something, then they do not deserve it. The thought that he didn’t deserve Sekka because he couldn’t keep her safe had crossed his mind many times, as did the thought that he didn’t deserve to find a new companion. He was being too silent again, leaving too many pauses before speaking. “So um, tell me a little about yourself?” He asked Lynx eventually “What do you do for a living?” He asked her. This was a safe topic of conversation, nothing too heavy like his thoughts were.
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Postby Lynx on September 1st, 2014, 3:48 am

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An encouraging smile fell into place upon her lips as he accepted her offer to go for a walk, at this point she had noticed that his hands had stopped their unnecessary shaking and she was genuinely happy with the results. Fear or nervousness, tended to prohibit some activities and while she did want to continue her walk along the beach, she also wanted to continue talking to the male, so she needed him relaxed in order to make sure that he would continue along her path with her. While hypnotism was a useful tool, it was also a tricky one. Confidence, she had found helped push the usefulness of the hypnotism itself, however, some phrases or words were not always the best to use, or so she had found out. Her violet gaze watched as Snipe snatched the stick from Shadow’s grasp, the one that he had only just gotten a hold of and his brother took off running ahead of them with Shadow quickly on his tail. It was a nice night for a walk, she told herself as she silently listened to the words that Meredith spoke. Since she had used hypnotism, his voice had taken on a lighter tone and the stutter that had once been there was not present. Perhaps some event within his life had changed him to be what he was now?

A light giggle passed her lips as she simply shook her head, ”Sometimes, one does not need conversation to tell information, rather, one need only to observe and listen, to find the answers that they seek.” Indeed, this was something that she herself had been doing, listening to the sounds and observing things in hopes that one day maybe, it will give her a memory flash that wasn’t the Konti Isle. ”The pups are called Snipe and Shadow. Shadow is the straight black one and is also the more dominant of the two, he tends to be the one that gets them into mischief. Snipe is the black one with the white blaze upon his nose and he is the quieter one out of the two, but often led astray by Shadow. Snipe is a bit sook most of the time, but can be fairly protective.” Her gaze was then drawn upwards towards Leth as she simply listened to the silence between the two. It didn’t bother her, for simply being in another’s presence and simply enjoying the things around them was enough for her, but sometimes conversation was needed, even she realized this.

”Unfortunately, there isn’t much to tell about me, for I do not have many memories to share that would be of any real interest. I am but a simple scribe at The Valkala Library, it pays well enough and I do enjoy sitting in the library. I copy texts that have been worn with age onto new pieces of paper that will be bound into a new book so then its contents can survive. Her shoulders lifted and fell in a simple shrug as she turned her gaze to her companion walking beside her, offering a smile. ”I read and I try to better myself so then I can better serve Leth, after-all I only fell during spring of the year 513. I haven’t had many adventures yet, but I have a feeling that they may still come, with what? I have no idea, but I must trust that Leth with shine his guiding light down upon the path that I must follow.” She paused in her steps as she gently lifted a hand to press to the male’s shoulder, ”Sometimes we just have to have faith that things happen for a reason and hope that whatever god we follow, will remain by our side always.” She nodded her head as she dropped her hand from his shoulder and Snipe came running back to them, his tail wagging furiously. She giggled and moved to crouch, the young pup shoving his head into her lap as she began to lightly stroke his head, rubbing his left ear occasionally, for he enjoyed that. "Tell me, what is it that you do?" She asked while her gaze was still focused upon the pup.
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Postby Meredith on September 6th, 2014, 12:41 pm

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Listening to her melodic tone of voice was both soothing and surreal. Of course he knew kind strangers existed, but very few of the people he met were overly interested in talking to someone so depressingly broken. She was nothing but warm and encouraging. Her confidence, and the calming effect she had on him was enough to make him wish this moment would last. He missed feeling confident: confident in himself, his friends, confident that everything would work out. But as his innocence had left him, so had his ignorance. She looked fond of her pups, and Meredith smiled, offering his hand to pet them every now and then, and returning her friendly smile, though his didn’t look so encouraging.

Then she spoke about herself. It seemed it hadn’t been long since her fall. He tried to imagine being thrust into this contemptible world so suddenly. Her devotion to her God was clear and pure, and her faith gave her hope for purpose. She spoke of books and of bettering herself. Meredith couldn’t apply the same to his life. So far, all he’d been doing with his freedom was moping and pushing people away from getting to know him, or his past. And sometimes he sung or painted. But even then, art was supposed to be shared, Meredith was nothing but selfish with his art. He couldn’t even bring himself to go sailing again, and even if he could, he didn’t have the money to buy a new boat.

Instinctively he jumped when he felt her hand on his shoulder, but recovered and relaxed. What she said, while she touched his shoulder though, just gave him a sinking feeling in his gut. Everything happens for a reason. That couldn’t be right. What reason would explain slavery? What reason would justify the loss of an entire family. Meredith couldn’t help it, he made a sound that was, in hindsight, a little rude “Pssh…” He muttered dismissively, shrugging away her hand “I love my God. Laviku is everything and all I have left” He muttered “But I cannot view the world like that, no matter what I do” The last part was almost a whisper, and his mood turned oddly dark.

Of course, he’d gone and made things awkward. She was a stranger, and this wasn’t fair to her. “I’m sorry, that was rude of me.” He amended and quickly took her next question as a reason to change the subject. “I’m a Semester at Thistle & Clover’s.” He told her “I mostly work in the back room taking special custom orders, or creating original outfits for the incoming seasons.” He smiled “I’m sure I could design you something, if you’d like.” He offered, hoping she’d forgive his rudeness. He didn’t want her to leave.
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Postby Lynx on September 9th, 2014, 8:49 am

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Lynx had begun to think as she listened to his silence that there was something that he wasn’t telling her and then he immediately apologized for his immediate words. To her, apologizing was a sign of weakness but with the way he had come out with the words in the first place, it could indicate that he had been a different person? Behavioural change maybe? Or was it all mentally? The lethafal had noticed that he did have scars on his body earlier, so had something within his past happen to shape his future? So many questions, but the question was, was her push for trust effective enough? Indeed, while she was confident in her gift that it would have some effect, she just wasn’t sure how potent it was. She guessed, it also depended on how open their minds were to the magic itself and also how weak their will was. A person’s will, she had found was particularly interesting, for it varied upon the influences that surrounded them, including her own. She wanted to strengthen her own will, so then it wouldn’t bend even in the toughest of situations. So she had started to develop a code, for herself to remember and fall back on should her will ever waver just a little bit.

She angled her head a little before she continued walking, her violet gaze occasionally turning to the male walking beside her. While he talked, she wondered what could happen to someone that would make them lose hope for the future, that they couldn’t believe that things happen for a reason. Snipe, with a yap, jumped up to receive a pat from the male. His paws pressed against the male’s legs before he jumped away and ran off in front of them chasing after Shadow. Lynx smiled at this before she shook her head, her hands moving to clasp behind her back. ”One needs to make a conscious decision, most of the time it has reasoning behind it. Take for example, this conversation. I wanted to talk with you, but I also wanted to continue walking underneath Leth’s shining light, so I asked you to walk with me. My question had reasoning behind it, granted there was only a small about of reasoning involved, but there was still some there.” With a nod of her head, she left it at that on that particular topic. Some things were better off not really being pushed on, touchy subjects for example. If someone wanted to push on the topic of her memory, she wouldn’t be very friendly after that.

She pondered upon the topic of outfits, she hadn’t been to Thistle’s and Clover’s, mostly because she didn’t really have a reason to go there. After all, she wasn’t expecting to get into any fights any time soon. However, her violet gaze drifted to view the running pups as they dashed around on the edges of the water, snapping at the salty water. Those pups did get dirty paws occasionally and they did have a habit of jumping up to receive pats, perhaps a spare dress or outfit wouldn’t hurt, just in case. ”Admittedly, I don’t know much about fabrics, I know a bit about the constellations that you see within the night sky, but fabrics…” She shook her head with a giggle bubbling to her lips at this. ”An elder chose this dress for me, he gave it to me just after I fell and landed into this very ocean. She held her arms out then before they fell to her sides with a smile, her gaze turning to view the male beside her, ”So, whatever you think would suit me, then please be my guest. I could probably use another dress.”
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