Completed [Kabrin Road] Road Terror (Xiulachu)

[Akilia Dosert]

Akilia Akilia raised a eyebrow at ghost friend. Kouri seemed to get more psychotic and crazy with every passing hour. She recalled that Kouri was sane or a least more so when Akilia met her than the ghost was now. Was this the one drawback of being a ghost? To balance out they're cool perks? She wondered. They turn into nut jobs? Maybe turning dead-ish meant you lost a conscious? Maybe not? Eh whatever... As long as her moods aren't aimed at me, I don't really care...for the most part. Then there was the matter of killing the merchant, which got Akilia thinking on whether or not to tell Kouri that most wolves didn't find a fat dead merchant very appetizing. Jerked out of her thoughts after Kouri went after the rabbit. Akilia watched her friend both amazed and jealous at the ghost's flawless hunting technique. With Kouri chasing the rabbit, Akilia focused on the vegetation around her not totally convinced that she was the only one here. She listened intently catching the sound of someone breathing almost immediately, the sound was followed by a soft rustle, probably made by something brushing a bush. Both sounds where faint but determined she breathed in then out catching that unmistakable stench of a human, the smell was odd though, it was mixed in with the forest and...bird? Akilia blinked in confusion tilting her head to one side, she was almost certain it was... "I got it, Akilia..." "Wha?" Akilia jumped at Kouri's voice. It was like the ghost had come out of nowhere and brought the little chill and smell of blood with her. The blood overwhelmed both the faint smell of bird that mixed with the fresh human scent in the area. Noticing the struggling rabbit in Kouri's hand Akilia laughed forgetting about what she had smelled a few moments before. She reached out a nervous hand to pet the rabbit, she was a predator yes, so she never really had the chance to actually touch the prey she saw unless she was killing it. The reaction the rabbit to Akilia's attempt was obvious, it opened it mouth, readied it's sharp incisors and chowed down...on her finger. "Ahhh!" Akilia screamed, itmediatley thrusting her poor bleeding finger into her mouth and sucking on it. Pulling her finger out after a moment, she growled glaring at the rabbit, "treacherous thing. I'll kill you and eat you fur and all if you so much as squirm the wrong way." And on that note, the rabbit's eyes rolled back in its head and it passed out...or died. Akilia poked its soft white belly and smiled, well at least she got to touch it with a good chance it was still alive. "Hmmm? A human snooping around? Is it Sir Xiulachu? Heh... hehehehe... tell him to come out... I won't do anything~" "Oh the human?" Akilia replied, taking a whif of the air before saying, "Yep he's still here, hiding over there I'm guessing." She pointed in the general direction behind them where Xiulachu was hiding. "I think he's been hiding in there for a while." Akilia shrugged in sort of an apology to Kouri for not narrowing down Xiulachu's location earlier. "But its not like he could of heard anything we were saying after all, human ears-" The soft rustling that Akilia had heard from Xiulachu shifting around in there, turned into loud, very obvious racket so much so that Akilia began to doubt that Kouri wouldn't be able to hear it. "Maybe Xiulachu has very good ears..." She commented, noticing that the man began to move around once she pointed out his location. She turned her head her body following the direction that it turned as Xiulachu continued to move about. Then Xiulachu stepped out quickly, and Akilia smirked and said in a smug voice, "I told you he was here." To Kouri who was on Akilia's right. "Just so you know, I am no knight and I care not for any merchant too rich to understand the basics survival. Xiulachu announced to the two who were less than twenty meters from where he stood. And Akilia, I know very well how to track people who need to be found." "Just so I know," The girl snorted, "You smell too much of the forest to be a knight, not to mention you don't talk very much." Once again Akilia shifted into a guarded but lazy fighting stance, though this time she made it pretty obvious. She didn't exactly trust Xiulachu, he seemed too shady which gave off the impression of being unpredictable. "Tracking people who need to be found you say? Why indeed do I happen to be in need of being found? My trail was so sloppy even a child could follow it..." She furrowed her brow in thought, "...maybe...but that's besides the point. The real question is what are you doing here?" The scent of bird and human radiated off of him to the point where she just had to ask, "Why do you smell like a bird? Do you have a chick in you pocket or something?"

[Fubuki Kouri]

!? When the rabbit bit Akilia's finger, Kouri's eyes flashed a dangerous red glow and stared murderously at the poor bunny. It didn't last long though as Akilia finished the rabbit's broken psyche with her glare and threat, it rolled its eyes and fell limp; most likely unconscious. Hehe... Akilia... Kouri's adoration and respect for her friend reached new heights because of her act, Akilia was definitely a girl you would not want to mess with. "I'll just put it here then..." Kouri put the rabbit on top of a flat-top rock on the clearing. "You can eat it later... too bad I can't..." As much as she wanted to feel the taste of food in her mouth again, Kouri couldn't do so... the last time she tried, the food merely went through her body as if she was air. *Sigh*... She heaved a heavy sigh at her condition. "Hehe... he's still here?" Kouri looked to the direction Akilia was pointing, her hair lashed the air like serpents, ready for battle. "Will he come out?" Kouri asked her friend, not caring in the slightest whether Xiulachu heard her or not. Then... he came out, the man with the dagger finally showed his face. "Yeah... you're awesome, Akilia..." Kouri complimented her Kelvic friend's sharp senses and intuition. Xiulachu, who was now standing before Kouri and Akilia, told them he was not a knight and didn't care for that merchant. He also told Akilia he was tracking her. Akilia returned his statement with a statement of her own, but what Kouri found interesting was when Akilia said he smelt like a bird and human. A bird? Wait... A bird huh... it can't be... hehehe... one way to find out... Kouri suspected something from Akilia's statement, but it was a wild guessing, a guessing she determined to prove. "Well... we'll find that out..." Kouri lowly whispered and vanished from her location, instantly appearing directly in front of Xiulachu, materialized herself, and hugged him; sucking his warmth and transmitting her frost touch in return. Her hands hugged his neck and her feet hugged his waist while her child body was pressing tight to his chest. She touched their foreheads together and spoke in an interrogating tone. "Why... did you disturb me?" She wanted to see if Xiulachu would transform to escape her hold on his body. Now then... are you really a Kelvic like Akilia... but you have a bird form? Kouri's father, Taka, told her that Kelvics can be animals like wolves, leopards, mouses, birds, etc. She wanted to know if Xiulachu was more than meets the eye.

[Xiulachu Falliron]

Xiulachu Falliron Xiulachu knew that the situation would turn ugly any moment yet he could never have predicted it would catch him off guard. Xiulachu heard from Akilia that she had already figured out that Xiulachu was not native to any city which only made him wonder why she called him a knight; something Xiulachu had no dreams of becoming. She was mocking me. Xiulachu concluded after he had all the information he needed. Some people only recognize what’s on the outside, they never truly look at someone. Xiulachu muttered under his breath. If Xiulachu noticed that Akilia was in a fighting stance, which he did, he didn’t show any change of expression. I didn’t come here to fight though I will defend myself. He said after removing his hand from the pommel of his razor sharp dagger. Xiulachu knew this would come to a fight which he doubted he would be able to win, though he wondered if either of them had seen a man turn into a hawk owl before. She’s able to smell bird on me? Xiulachu wondered after Akilia asked him why he smelt like a bird. She’s defiantly not human if she can smell me like that. he thought just as the phantom girl somehow vanished out of nowhere. Before Xiulachu could even comprehend how or why she had vanished from his sight, a blurry object that was red all over the place appeared out of nowhere directly in front of him and began to hug him with a strength that was not human. Only after hearing her dead voice did Xiulachu realize that the phantom girl was the one hugging him with an inhuman strength that he had no chance to break out of. "Why... did you disturb me?" The question seemed to block out all other thought as he wondered exactly why he was here in the first place. Probably to find out why this all happened and who these strangers are that walk in my forest. He answered in his mind. He knew he had a small amount of time left before the girl either sucked his life force out of his own body or crushed him to death; neither of which he wanted to experience. Xiulachu tried to wiggle his way out and even tried to power out by attempting to spread his arms out to either side yet Without any other option that would allow him to escape this death clutch that the phantom girl seemed to have him in Xiulachu had no choice but to do the only thing that would free him. He knew he would have to do this sometime which is why Xiulachu made his clothing so that he could carefully and easily transform and not be bogged down by the clothes he wore allowing him to quickly fly away from his clothes without getting tangled. Xiulachus body seemed to shrink and in an instant in place of a man was an owl that screeched and quickly climbed out of his clothing to fly away.

[Akilia Dosert]

Akilia Akilia licked her lips uncouniously at the dead, or seemly so, rabbit. She saw Kouri place it down telling her that she could eat it later. A snack which Akilia intended on munching on. "Thanks." She chripped. A bright smile came to her lips, just what she needed, food. It's not like she hadn't eaten today, she had, multiple times throughout the day and she averaged about five pounds of meat daily, more of half of which she caught. She was a growing girl after all. After Kouri mentioned loss of consumption, Akilia patted her friend's ghostly arm, distraught. Poor Kouri. She thought pitying her friend's lack of ability to eat. "Awe...I'm sorry Kouri." The Kelvic girl said. She imagined what it would be like to never eat again and shuddered. What a nightmare that would be, Akilia had a love for food and no doubt would have been a little fatty if she wasn't required to catch it. Not eating for Akilia was almost the equivalent to not running. It would be a awful situation to live with, therefore the Kelvic vowed never to eat around Kouri. Starting with the rabbit. "I'm not hungry." Akilia lied smiling, willing her belly to stay quiet. She failed, it rumbled angrily in protesting against her words to not feed it. Xiulachu exiting his safety of the woods, and Akilia still locked in her fighting stance beamed at Kouri's praise. She was happy to be needed. The Kelvic girl's arms dropped lazily to her sides and she relaxed her combat stance a little reluctant. She was hoping for a little fight, if only to test out her skills in unarmed combat. She had the nagging feeling she'd gotten rusty. All of a sudden, Kouri was no longer by Akilia's side but rather, her ghost friend had latched herself onto Xiulachu like a monkey held onto a branch inside down. So surprised and impressed at Kori's swift move that proved effective on Xiulachu, Akilia missed the first words the ghost shared with the man before the two lapsed into mental conversation. Akilia blinked her eyes not believing what she'd seen. Xiulachu, went poof. Into thin air. Or not, her sharp eyes caught on the moving figure struggling through clothes, followed by a little screech. A screech of a bird, an owl, she recognized climbed out of the fabric surrounding it and Akilia finally understood. Xiulachu, was a Kelvic. Akilia wasted no time in taking quick steps towards Kouri and Owl Xiulachu. When in range, she dived for Xiulachu, hoping to catch him before he had the chance to escape. She wanted to know about her race, and Xiulachu was the first Kelvic he'd laid eyes on since her mother.

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri *Wooooosh!* With sounds of quiet flapping wings, the trademark stealth flying technique of owls; the owl that used to be Xiulachu took off to the sky. Kouri tilted her head upwards and slowly grinned. Her prediction was right after all, there was no way a normal human could have such acute hearing. He was either a mage or well... something else, but it was clear to her now that Xiulachu was a Kelvic. *THUD!* The sound of a rather large object falling to the ground was heard and Kouri could only sighed as she saw Akilia landing on top of Xiulachu's empty clothes. It seemed she tried to catch the owl, but she was too late. It was rather unlikely she would cross that much distance in time to catch a bird in take-off, especially since owls are quick and agile; Akilia couldn't blink after all. "Don't worry, I'll catch him for you~" With a nod, Kouri shot to the sky, chasing Xiulachu. As her ghostly form took off to the sky, Kouri couldn't help but wondered. Oh hey... his belongings were left behind... Hehehe~ He will come back... Kouri's urge to kill Xiu was diminishing. The man proved too interesting to just be murdered, it's not everyday you could encounter a man who could transform into an owl after all. "Hey!" Kouri blinked twice and appeared beside the owl Xiulachu, flying beside him. "It's okay, I just want to check whether or not you're a Kelvic... it seemed I was right!" Kouri beamed him a gentle smile, trying to put him at ease. "It's okay, I'm not angry anymore. You can come back down now, your left your belongings after all." Again, it was rather eerie on how fast the ghost girl could change her mood. A chime ago, she was thinking of murdering a man; but now she was genuinely intrigued by him. "Please... come on down, okay, Sir..."

[Xiulachu Falliron]

Xiulachu Falliron Xiulachus enhanced hearing coupled with his extremely enhanced sight that could catch the slightest movement from many yards away allowed him to see Akilia racing towards where he was still struggling to get out of his own clothing. The clothing felt like vines that had tightened around Xiulachu in his true form, a Hawk Owl. Though it only took a few moments to get out of the tangle of clothes, he was able to escape any injury that Akilia would have inflicted on him had she caught him in time. Though when Xiulachu was able to get some air he saw that Akilia would have needed much more speed and agility to catch Xiulachu before he took off from the clothing that was now falling to the ground from the embrace of the vanishing girl as she seemed to shoot up towards where Xiulachu was, which gave Xiulachu quite a freight at seeing the face of the girl as she flew towards him. Xiulachu quickly swung around in an attempt to catch some air that would boost him up into the sky and away from the deadly phantom girl that seemed dead set on catching up to Xiulachu which Xiulachu figured was not a good idea. Xiulachu could never have known that the girl would be fast enough to catch up to him and he knew of only a few beings and birds that could match him in speed once Xiulachu caught that burst of wind that would boost him to speeds that would make the ground look blurry. Though when the phantom girl seemed to appear out of nowhere and fly with him he expected an attack which was why he was prepared to dive into the trees that were speeding past below where both Xiulachu and the phantom girl were flying. What came out of the girls mouth felt like she was screaming in his ears yet he knew she was just speaking normally a few feet away from him. "It's okay, I just want to check whether or not you're a Kelvic... it seemed I was right!" The entire statement seemed to throw Xiulachu off and as a result he fluttered his wings in an attempt at stopping which made him miss the smile that the girl had, which would have unnerved Xiulachu greatly. "It's okay, I'm not angry anymore. You can come back down now, your left your belongings after all." Though Xiulachu had his doubts he still had many questions that he had not answered yet which would bother him for many days to come if he just left and he really had no fears of loosing his material items. "Please... come on down, okay, Sir..." Xiulachu had no ability to speak the human language in his true form so he relied on body language and if you could see Xiulachu now you would see a owl that looked as though it was frowning and ready to fight to the death if necessary. Slowly and without making quick movements Xiulachu clapped his wings three times to gain the altitude necessary to go into a dive that would give him enough speed and allow him to stay around the same height as the phantom girl and after turning himself upside down in an attempt at coaxing the phantom to follow. It seemed as though only a few minutes passed before he reached the clearing again and when he spotted his clothes on the ground Xiulachu went into a quick dive towards the clothes. Xiulachu had always loved the feel of the wind against his feathers and the wind that was created by him diving forced him to squint to keep them from drying up. The force against his wings when Xiulachu came out of the dive felt as though his wings were going to tear off which was the only part about flying that Xiulachu loathed. Xiulachu caught a hold of his descent a couple meters from the ground and slowly glided down softly to land not too far from his clothing. He had no worries about letting anyone see any part of his body so when he transformed back into a human he didn’t feel embarrassed or anything for that matter though he did feel uncomfortable by the staring that accompanied being naked. Though not walking in any fast motion Xiulachu seemed to glide over to his clothing and quickly put on his clothes one at a time and lastly put on his cloak. Xiulachu never seemed to initiate a conversation and in this circumstance he felt it necessary for the phantom girl or Akilia to initiate the conversation that was sure to follow his return to the area where he was attacked to show his true form by the phantom girl.

[Fubuki Kouri]

Fubuki Kouri OOCI think we better wrap up this thread as this is Summer already, Xiu. I think this will be my last post, your last reply will end it and I will then post it for grading Kouri followed the owl Kelvic down to the ground and landed just a few feet from him. He noticed he was naked and Kouri could feel herself blushing, she immediately turned her head away and closed her eyes; waiting for him to finish dressing up. It was at this time that Kouri truly acted like a true little girl. "U-uhm... are you done yet?" Kouri dared herself to take a peek and found the man was done putting on his clothes Woah... that was fast... Kouri didn't notice Akilia's absence of words as she was truly intrigued by the presence of an owl Kelvic. She also felt guilty of threatening the man, it was very impolite of her; she bowed to the man and voiced her apology "I'm sorry, Sir... It was very rude of me... I shouldn't have done that". Her insane side had died down due to the lack of aggravation. Kouri then decided the least she could do to make up was to introduce herself, she curtsied to the man and spoke in her most polite tone "My name is Fubuki Kouri, Sir. It's nice to meet you, once again, I'm sorry for my uncivilized actions earlier". "And I uuhm... I dwell here in this Woods because, the city people seemed to not accept me... and I uuh... understand if you would like to take your leave... I will not ask for your name if you don't want to tell me, Sir" Kouri was embarassed to socialize with the man further, not after threatening him for completely absurd reasons.

[Perplexity]

Riddled With Rewards Fubuki Kouri Experience Skill XP Earned Materialization + 2 EXP Soulmist Projection + 1 EXP Lores • Lore Earned • Bright Idea: Dark Fun on a Dark Night • Scare Tactic: Broken Neck Routine • Blink! I’m over here. Blink! No, I’m over here… • Terror 101 • Kelvic take on many forms. Xiulachu Experience Skill XP Earned Observation + 2 EXP Rhetoric + 2 EXP Socialization + 1 EXP Running + 1 EXP Stealth +1 EXP Lores • Lore Earned • The Benefit of Safety in Numbers • Awkward introductions are…awkward. • Close encounters of a ghastly kind. • Enhanced hearing is quite useful! • Eavesdropping For Beginners Notes : Well done ladies and gentleman! I tip my hat to you all. If you have questions regarding your grades feel free to PM at your earliest convenience. • | Akilia: I will post your grade as soon as your character sheet is up to date.