Completed A Mistaken Port [Ximal]

[Ariann]

Ariann watched as the man drew his hand over his face in an exasperated manner. She tilted her head to the side and nodded softly, "I have seen neither the figure of the male land-dweller nor the figure of the male Charoda." She says, a light blush upon her cheeks, "If you are offering, I would be happy to say yes." She said, looking away shyly. Then he asked about the shriek. "Yes and no." She states, with a frown, "I shrieked because you touched my too close to my special spot, which Mother said I should keep sacred for the one to be my mate. As for the second question, no. I am..." she paused, "Attracted to you." She clarified.

She watched him for a moment. Her eyes trailed over his chest, from his pecs to his abdomen. Her eyes trailed along his finely chiseled arm muscles and then to his finely sculpted hands. He had the looks of a true master of the arts of fighting, but Ariann was afraid that he was too violent for her. She was one of peace, a follower of Rik'kiel and graced of her gnosis. The mark on the back of her hand began to shine lightly as she thinks of Rik'kiel. She lets out a sigh, her eyes returning to his as she stood and approached him, leaning over his chair and getting close to the man, so her lips sat only a few inches from his. "But your heart is too violent." She stated, "And for that, I worry."

[Ximal]

Xi closed his eye's and leant back in the chair, letting out a slow exhale of breath not quite a sigh but close enough. So she's never seen a nude male. Means she's probably never been in this sort of situation before. Xi kept his eye's closed and listened to her continuing on about if he was offering she'd be happy to say yes...How did i get into this again? "Well if your going to be staying here with me then yes you're going to see that whether you like it or not." Though she continued on about the shriek she gave off. So it was half about him grabbing her backside by accident and half about him being too close to that. Well at least now he had an answer regarding that. And she was "attracted to him." Xi kept his eye's closed for the moment He then felt warmth. Like another person before him, and when she spoke again her voice was louder. His heart was too violent ? It wasn't like he could dispute that fact. Xi sighed lightly and opened his eyes to see her mere inches from him. "And the fact i'm built more like a man of war than a man of peace bothers you ? How do you know i'm a violent person? Other than what you see. Some choose violence. Some have violence thrust upon them...I'm the latter." Xi's eyes fixed into her green ones. He took in another deep breath slowly. "Maybe you should worry about me being violent. I mean i am a fighter...But if that really stopped you you never would have come with me. Never would have agreed to stay here. So dose me being violent worry you? Or does how you are thinking right now worry you ?" Xi's heavily layered bravado was now appearing as more of a wall than anything else, even as she was mere inches from him. "So tell me, is your worry enough to deter you? Or is it enough to cause you to merely hesitate?"

[Ariann]

Her emerald eyes watched him, waiting for him to cringe or show weakness, but he didn't. She frowned slightly when he spoke of his build and how things are thrust upon others. "The build of one man's body does not mean anything. It is the intention of the heart and the clearity of the soul that matter." She said, leaning in closer until her nose touched Ximal's nose. "I don't think you could be violent towards me. But it is those who you do show violence to that I worry about." She blinked when he suggested that her own thoughts were what worried her. It was partially true.

She drew back from Ximal, frowning again. She had no defenses besides words and a bit of healing from her gnosis. Oh, and her teeth. She had her teeth. But other than that, she was unable to protect herself if she was attacked. "My worry is enough to make me second guess myself, nothing more. But you are of the land and I am of the sea. I doubt you'd be interested anyhow." She said, walking back over to the bed and laying herself down on the far side, leaving enough of the bed open for him to get in when he wished to sleep. She curled up, facing the wall and facing away from Ximal. "The Charoda are dwindling. And I believe with certain magics it is possible for a human and a charoda to produce kids. That is why I am searching for a mate. She paused with a frown, "After I can learn the appropriate magics, I will test my theory on myself and see if I can bear a child for a human." She says with a slight frown, one that Ximal couldn't see.

[Ximal]

Xi's eye's hardened. It was true the build of ones self did not reflect the soul that lie within...He only need look at zandelia to see that. Xi didn't move even as her nose pressed against his. Xi smirked though. "Your right odds are i wouldn't hurt you, but those i do, it's only because the only measure of power that violence understands, IS violence. The truth is that, i am a violent man. Though i never wanted to be. I have to be." Xi sat up as she drew back from him. She continued on with her thoughts voicing them now. She was of the sea he was of the land. She doubted he'd be interested. She continued on with her thoughts voicing her concerns about her people. She was going to test her theory on her self after she learnt the appropriate magics. Xi smirked. "Y'know, your pretty brave to be talking about magic around a stranger you dunno. Thing is though...I don't mind magic..." Xi sighed as she lie on the bed facing away from him. Xi brought a hand to his forehead and pressed his fingers into his temples. What should he do? What was he supposed to do? In the end he let his head finally decide on something. He rose from his seat and knelt on the edge of the bed before rolling her back over so she was face up. His blue eye's now leering into her green ones. "If it's that much of a problem, then try to stop me." Before she could react he leant down ad kissed her, his mind still being weary of the fact of how sharp her teeth were. Eventually he pulled back up and looked down at her. "If you believe in your course of action follow it. Even if it leads you down the path of violence. Eventually you will have to fight for your beliefs...It's an undeniable fact of life. You will have to gain the strength to stand up and fight for what you believe is right. I learnt that long ago, so yes, I'm a man of violence, and one of my own choosing. But i chose to fight for my own freedom, and the freedom of others. That's what i believe, every person should have the right to be free. And i fight for that belief. If you want to prove your belief, eventually you'll have to have the power to defend it."

[Ariann]

His words were not comforting at all, even if he called her brave. She frowned as she lay there for a moment, thinking about the process she would need to go through to reproduce with a human. What she had expected him to do was to simply drop the conversation, but when she heard his footsteps approach, she tensed up, fully expecting him to do something to harm her. What he did surprised her utterly. Her eyes widened in shock as he placed his lips on hers and passionately kissed her. She had started to say something in protest when he had leaned down, but her words were engulfed in the kiss, lost to the wind as her eye lids began to flutter. She could feel her heart skipping beat after beat as he held his lips to hers.

"That was... my first... kiss..." She muttered, a numbness beginning to stir up in her mind, causing her to have to work harder as she tried to speak, but felt the breath taken from her. His lips were soft and warm when they touched hers. It was a strange thing, since Charoda did not show affection by kissing one another. Ariann felt the urge to slap him, but her body just wouldn't respond the way she wanted it to. She blinked stunnedly as she sat up and looked at Ximal, perplexion evident in her face. "Why...?" She asked quietly, her thoughts beginning to evade her again, "Why did you just..." She couldn't finish the sentence. She didn't know what it was, but something held the question back from her tongue, disabling its completion. She simple stared at him for a few minutes as he spoke about belief and action. He seems very wise about these kinds of things... She thought to herself as a redness creeping back onto her cheeks and she turned her gaze away from him, an embarrassed look on her face. "What are your beliefs about monsters and strange creatures? What are your beliefs about me? Why did you... do that...?" She fumbled with the end, her mind too clouded from the occurrence of the kiss.

[Ximal]

Xi wondered if he'd done the right thing kissing her and then telling her that whether she liked it or not eventually she'd have to become a woman of violence too to protect herself. And her beliefs upon what she wanted to do. Xi still caught her fumbling over her own words though. So apparently he was her first kiss as well. he didn't know whether or not that was a good or bad thing. He leant back from being over here and she promptly followed him. Sitting up to continue her words. Asking why, why he just did what he did. Xi smirked lightly and responded. I did that because i wanted too. And you seemed like you could do with the minor boost of confidence. From what you've told me, it seems like your trying to do something both crazy, and impossible...But both to do the right thing in your mind. That i can respect." He could see her cheeks flushing now, becoming a sort of strange dark purple colour with the blueness of her skin. She even turned her gaze away from him, if she was embarrassed she wasn't doing a good job of masking it. Her questions on his opinions about strange monsters and creatures came, along side a question about his opinion on her. And a re-asking of the same question he'd already answered so this time he chose to ignore it. "I've seen some strange things in my time, Some monsters that aren't exactly human but look it. Monsters that are both deceptive and awe-inspiringly strong. It's there i learnt that, strength is the only true currency in the world and that if that's the case, I'm a very poor man. And as far as my opinion on you goes, I'm still forming it, but at the moment, your a rather scatter brained person, who seems honest and overly forthright. But it's something that has a rather redeeming quality, making you seem "Cute" for lack of a better term. And i already told you why i did "that", but i can do it again if you'd like." Xi smirked keeping his eye's on hers.

[Ariann]

Ariann fell silent, thinking something over and looking back to Ximal, her heart still skipping beats at random. He didn't think much of her besides that which was obvious, which helped Ariann very little. She still felt uneasy after that surprise kiss, but she scooted off the bed and looked at Ximal as she stood up. "I... uhh... should go." She said hesitantly, moving towards the door. "I promise I will return later tonight." She muttered as she opened the door and swiftly left the room.

Her thoughts swelled in her mind as she speedily left the house-school behind her. He called me cute... She thought to herself, a redness on her cheeks as she progressed down the path, Ricky's not even said that before... Her thoughts kept her side-tracked and eventually she was far from the house, left off into the distance.

[Balderdash]

Delicious rewards! Happy days and jubilation!

Skill	XP Awarded
Swimming	3
Singing	1
Unarmed Combat	1
Seduction	3
Teaching	3
Rhetoric	3
Heartstring Tugging	5
Acrobatics	1

Lores: The Ocean Is A Harsh Mistress, Dynamic Entry: Naked Cuteness Torpedo!, Tackling The Wrong Hottie, Sailors Are Amused By Sexual Harassment, Being Groped, Sexy Men Act Alike; Are They Clones?, Justifying Naked Tackling, Rapist Checking: Vital For Residences, Weaponizing Cuteness, Hunting For A Reproductive Fix, Ximal Is Violent, Firstest Ever Kiss, Having One's Ingenue Circuits Fried, More Flattering Than Ricky, Getting The Hell Out Of There

Items and Consequences: Nil

Oh. My. Gods. I seriously think I got diabetes from this thread. Ariann is just so darn cute! Can I take her home with me?! We can have tea and she can wear a big fluffy white dress and bake cookies.

If you have any questions or concerns about this grade, please PM me. A happy you is a happy Balderdash!