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* SR: Harun x Nisha [Self] [Done]

Postby Shieba » 01/01/2015 12:13 AM

(Using my initiator and participation slot for this, as well as my Charcoal Tonic. Posting both pets here since Harun appears a bit later: This is Nisha (female). This is Harun (male).)
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It was cold, so very cold, and Nisha still didn't understand. What in the world had happened to her and why? Breathing was difficult, given how high up she was in the Fe'gan Mountains by now and the cold, snow-clad ground hurt her feet. As a Soveris, she wasn't meant to walk, but to fly, but the wounds on her wings had still not healed enough to allow her to become airborne again. Yet, she had already made the now-difficult journey back to this forsaken, cold place where it had all began; a place she had just passed through and which had then cursed her with... whatever had happened.

'There's magic in this place and it the lights that shine at night', the old man at the Inn near the Basantha Shrine, Dan, had said. 'But they would have never wanted anything like this to happen to you, I promise. Especially not the girls, I don't know the rest very well, but they're all kind.' Nisha hadn't known whom he had talked about - mages, maybe? - but he had given her a direction to walk into and maybe, she would finally find answers about what had happened a month ago.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/04/2015 11:31 AM

But then again, what kind of mage could live so high up in the mountains? Nisha looked towards the snowy peaks. Now, during daytime, the sky was clear and the mountains grey and white. But when she had flown through the area a month ago, it had been nighttime and the aurora borealis had lit up the sky. And not only that, but some of the ice fields high up in the mountains had also shimmered in different colors, as if some magical beings were illuminating the whole region. Nisha, who had only meant to pass through and who had been affected by the cold nighttime air, had actually hurried a lot during her flight, but had stopped for just a few seconds to look at the beautiful and mysterious phenomenons.

If it had happened during these few seconds - if she could have avoided it if she had just flown through - or if she had been doomed anyway as soon as her wings had carried her through the area, she didn't know. She hadn't felt anything odd, but then again, a lot of her body had been pretty numb thanks to the temperatures.

The only thing that she knew was that everything had been different once she had landed and had been able to see more in the illuminated city.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/04/2015 1:39 PM

Nisha had never thought of herself as stunning, but neither as ugly. Her markings and feathers had always had nice hues - brighter blues on darker ones - and while there had been more beautiful females around, she had never made some strange wish for greater beauty which whatever god might have felt like granting.

So when she had landed in the city and the streetlamps had made her feathers sparkle and shine, she had thought that it had been nothing more than a slight layer of ice and snow from her long, cold flight which would melt in a matter of minutes. She hadn't paid more attention to it but simply went to sleep in a park, glad that it was a much warmer night in the city.

But in the morning, after waking up and strolling down to a lake, she had seen her reflection in the water's surface. Had seen her new coat, full of stars and different hues of blue and green, shining just like the phenomenon she had flown through. More confused than anything and still thinking a mere bath would fix whatever this was, Nisha had gone for a swim in the lake, but nothing had changed.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/04/2015 2:42 PM

Worried, Nisha had then visited her family, wondering if this was something that sometimes happened to Soveris, but no one had ever heard or seen such a difference before. A lot of the other females were jealous, though, and asked how this had happened. Nisha refused to answer and, very soon, was glad that she had made that decision.

Returning to the city and visiting doctors and mages alike, no one could tell her what might have happened, but she got a lot of attention. At first, she was slightly bothered, but then she wondered if maybe she should just accept this weird gift, if it would even last. By now, she was slowly starting to accept the change, even though she still didn't feel pleased by it since she felt not like herself anymore.

Three days later, the poachers came.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/09/2015 4:59 PM

In a time where pets and humans and all the other beings lived together in Evelon peacefully, Nisha hadn't even known poachers hunting pets for pelts and other, sick trophies to keep or sell still existed. While her family lived a bit outside of the city, she had never had any trouble or bad experiences with humans before, so when someone had talked to her and asked if she could help him by flying something onto a building, Nisha had seen no reason to deny the request. In fact, being asked about anything besides her new feathers had been nice.

The men on the roof of the old, secluded building had obviously been waiting, but not for the crate in her claws. When Nisha had been halfway up, they had thrown a net with stones tied to the edges at her, making her scream and fall. The impact on the ground hurt and something in her wing broke with even more horrible pain when she landed badly.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/09/2015 5:05 PM

Nisha still didn't know how she had managed to escape. Never had she been more confused and terrified and never had she known such pain. The men had attacked her and one had shot some kind of arrow at her which had made her drowsy after a few minutes, but since none of the men had dared to wound her badly - they had reminded each other of that since they wanted her feathers unstained with blood - Nisha had managed to tear the net. Taking flight had almost made her black out from the pain in her injured wing, but the pain had also kept her awake for long enough. The poachers had followed her, but she had managed to escape into the middle of the city, where other humans ensured that nothing bad would happen.

For two days, Nisha hadn't dared to move much, remaining in a small cellar of a store closed because the owner was apparently ill. The fact that she had found the almost broken-down door to the room had been the only luck she had had in these days.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/09/2015 5:11 PM

Knowing that returning to her family would be dangerous, especially since she still had no idea if this weird curse could be passed on, Nisha had decided to visit the place where this had all began - Fe'gan Mountains. Hopefully, someone there would know what was going on and help her to get rid of those beautiful but dangerous magic which had ruined her life. The idea that maybe the poachers would seek out her family regardless, searching for more Soveris with shining feathers, scared Nisha horribly, but she could only hope that they would be fine, seeing as right now, she didn't look like any other Soveris she knew or even was related to.

However, the way to the mountains was long when one had to walk, especially when walking was normally not something Nisha did often. And the poachers had not given up yet. Aware of the danger, Nisha had managed to escape and hide when she had spotted them, making the journey even longer, but her injured wing had taken too much damage during her short escape flight and now needed to heal. Two more times, the poachers came close again, giving her a few more injuries, but at last, Nisha reached the mountain roads where at least then men had to move on foot as well, making it easier for her to escape.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 6:44 PM

Exhausted and scared, she had dared to ask for help at the Inn near the Basantha shrine, taking the risk since she didn't know where to go now and how close the poachers were. The kind old man there had spoken to her while his son had bandaged her wounds. None of the poachers had come to the Inn yet, but Dan had promised to send them onto the wrong path while he had given her the directions to a small lake. It was quite a walk, though, and the air got thinner and thinner and the nights were so cold that Nisha barely slept, fearing to freeze to death and never wake up again.

Dan had told her that someone lived near the lake who could maybe help her; a Lucain named Raisun. How a Lucain could live in this weather, Nisha didn't know, but it appeared that Dan knew more than he told her. After the last few days, she had stopped trusting people for now, but even if he was hiding something, Dan had seemed like someone who wanted to see her well and so, Nisha walked on through ice and snow.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 6:48 PM

Two days later, she reached her goal. Shortly after nightfall, she reached what was hopefully the correct lake. The aurora had started to shine in the sky just a few minutes ago and Nisha eyed it warily, but it had been there during the last few nights as well and nothing weird had happened anymore. Her shining feathers were now covered in a thin layer of ice, though, and she couldn't stop shaking. She was hungry and cold and Nisha thought that if she wouldn't find shelter here, she would just die.

But there was no shelter to be seen.

She had thought that whoever lived here would have a small house; a place where she could rest and get warm again, but nothing of the sort seemed to be around. There just was the small lake and the night around her. The only unusual thing was that the lake was not frozen over, despite the temperatures, but when she carefully dipped a claw into the water to see if it was maybe a hot spring, she withdrew it with a pained noise; the water was almost even colder than the snow.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 6:53 PM

"Hello?" Her voice was shaking from the cold and the fact that she had avoided making many noises during the last few days, always scared that the poachers were still on her trail. Snowfall had hopefully covered her tracks a bit, but there hadn't been many ways to go. "Is someone here? Please, I need help! Dan from the Inn sent me!"

No one answered and all remained silent. Maybe the Lucain wasn't around at night and lived nearby? Nisha climbed a small hill near the lake and looked around, but there was no house to be seen anywhere at all. In fact, there were no traces of civilisation at all; not even lanterns. "Mr. Raisun?! Anyone?!" Nisha choked back a sob. Would she really die here? She didn't feel strong enough to walk back to the Inn and the fear to run into the poachers was stopping her from turning back anyway. But if she didn't find help soon, she was done for anyway...



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 7:05 PM

Nisha didn't know what to do anymore. Looking around, she located a larger rock which would shield her at least a bit from the icy wind. Trembling, she curled up behind it and closed her eyes. Her only hope was that maybe Raisun would come during daytime. She had no idea if she would wake up again if she would fall asleep now, but she was too exhausted to stay awake. Nisha knew that she should keep moving to stay as warm as possible, but her feet just refused to carry her any longer, now that she had reached her goal and her body demanded rest. She was so very, very scared... especially when her eyes closed far faster and sleep and darkness claimed her only a minute later and despite all her fears.

"Please wake up. Open your eyes or the cold will kill you." A voice gently tried to draw her back from the darkness, but Nisha's eyes refused to open and the parts of her body which weren't numb hurt too much to move. For a far too long moment, she didn't even know anymore where she was, but when she then remembered, she couldn't even tell how long she had slept. And it then took so many, many more seconds until Nisha realized that someone had spoken to her.

Only when that realization had finally sunken in, Nisha started to struggle, at least making a small sound of pain when she tried in vain to move.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 7:11 PM

"Yes, that's good, don't give up! Here, let me warm you up a bit, maybe that will help..." Nisha suddenly felt something wonderfully warm next to her and then over her as well. Instinctively drawn to the source, she tried to roll over and while she was still too stiff for that, the warmth at least gave her enough strength to open her eyes again.

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The first thing she noticed was that it was still nighttime and that the aurora was still shining brightly. Only then did she managed to turn her head and look at who she thought would be Raisun... but instead of a Lucain, she saw a Soveris next to her who had placed his wing over her to warm her up. He looked very worried... and his feathers were just as shining as hers were now.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 10:17 PM

His shining feathers seemed to resemble the aurora even more than hers, though, and Nisha couldn't help but stare. Luckily, the male didn't seem to take offense and probably just thought it was her slowly waking up. "Are you feeling a bit better?" he finally asked when the silence stretched.

"I...yes." Nisha finally managed to say something. "Thank you so much. Are you Raisun? I was told he's a Lucain, but..." She shook her head to clear her thoughts, not even knowing what to ask first. There were so many things she wanted to know right now, but even with the warmth provided, she was still freezing and hungry and in pain and thinking was difficult.

"I am not Raisun, he's currently visiting one of his daughters, but he will return tomorrow. My name is Harun. May I ask why you are looking for Raisun? No one but a few know about him and you... do not seem ordinary. At least your feathers don't." Harun tilted his head. "But then again, you are freezing."



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/10/2015 10:21 PM

Nisha frowned. Of course she was freezing, what else was she supposed to do in this weather. But then again... Harun seemed to be absolutely fine. How strange. But at least she had obviously finally found someone who knew about those odd colors. "Do you know what is up with that?! I was having just normal, blue feathers until some time ago! After flying through the mountain area here one night, they suddenly looked like that when I landed and nothing seems to change them back!"

Only then did it occur to her to warn Harun. The cold had made her forget all about the other danger! "The poachers! You... you have feathers like mine. There are poachers on my trail, trying to kill me to sell them! It's dangerous to be around me! Dan, the man from the Inn near the Basantha Shrine, told me to find Raisun and ask him about what happened to me and promised to lie to the poachers, but I don't know if that will get rid of them for good!"



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * SR: Harun x Nisha [Self]

Postby Shieba » 01/16/2015 3:43 PM

Harun frowned when Nisha suddenly seemed to be panicking, but made no attempt to move. "Poachers? Here? That's bad... though I think that Dan is the human the girls like so much. We can be sure he will send them the wrong way if they stop at the Inn, which is what most people do. But to answer your questions..." He sighed, shaking his head. "You can ask Raisun, but I wonder if he has answers for you. As for me, I just woke up here one day, looking like this. I have no memory of who or what I have once been, but I knew my name and I knew that I should have normally been bothered by the cold when I was not. If you say now that you looked different once, then maybe I was changed as well?"

He looked up at the aurora borealis. "The lights you see - from the differently colored auroras to some of the constellations in the sky and the lights on the snow fields - are magical. They actually do have living, breathing forms, like personifications. They all are Lucain, though. Raisun is one of them - he is the reflection of the aurora borealis when it fell onto the lake. Which is why you cannot see it right now, as he is not here at the moment."



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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