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Post by Kallen on Feb 28, 2004 3:48:06 GMT -5
She sees his movements and quickly says, "Please i promise no one will touch them no matter what. What is a bird without their feathers? And to steal them is a crime. The goddess teaches with all of her creatures you ask permission to take things. If i were to pluck a blade of grass i should ask it permission and never take enough to kill the plant. I hate people who just steal. You are safe with me my friend. No one will steal anything from you unless they go thru me." She emphisized this last part again. People who direspected the goddess and her creations like this really p'issed her off. She still managed to give him a smile although it was a bit off.
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 3:56:26 GMT -5
i glance down at her. "it is a curse im afraid, anyone who manages to get one of my feathers can have one wis, thank you, but you should get some sleep". i turn my head and lay it on my wing, the light coming from me dims and i keep my eyes open, i didnt need much sleep either
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Post by Kallen on Feb 28, 2004 4:04:13 GMT -5
She looks at his light fade a bit, "How sad my friend. I will let no one spoil your great plumage by stealing a single feather." She turns from him so he can not her or so she thinks. "To think that someone would do that to another creature. I should see if i can find a way to free him from his curse." She tries to stay awake but knows sleep will come for her. If there is trouble the forest will tell her.
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 4:09:06 GMT -5
,i glance down at her, "good night...". 'there really isnt a cure... so you shouldnt waste your time....', i lay awake on the branch, 'i wonder if swan will try... i might be able to break her curse... well, with lemminkian anyway...' .
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 4:18:26 GMT -5
I rest lightly, dreaming about the curves of the black river. I think of Alkonost, my dear friend, and how glad I am to see another mythical bird. There are not so many. I think about Lemminkainen and the curse, and also about the angel who did not know who I was....
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 4:29:59 GMT -5
i glance at the girl. the light grows again and surrounds her then dims. making her body give off a glow. i stand up on the branch and fly off towards the rebel cabin again, i land and transform in my human form; i walk in head towards swan's room, stop outside of the door. 'i wonder if she can sense me...'.
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 4:32:09 GMT -5
I wake up, startled, but realize I am in no danger, it is only Alkonost. "You may enter, did you need anything?" I sit on my bed and wonder if something is the matter.
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 4:36:42 GMT -5
i walk in and look at her, "no everything is fine, i didnt wake you did i?. i am not sure if i should hate all humans, or like a few... i would have likd to just stayed in my forest, then i wouldnt have met them....", i sigh and look at her again. "something troubling you?". .
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 4:42:12 GMT -5
"Troubling me? All that troubles me is you interupting my sleep. It seems you are the troubled one. You may take a seat beside me. I have no advice to give in regard to humans. I have never seen any reason to care too deeply about them. I am afraid of of getting attached to mortal, if you want to know the truth.....mortals die."
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 4:50:23 GMT -5
i sit next to her. "yes i know... its somewhat a good thing, mortals have to many problems, it'll just worse if they lived much longer... and sorry for waking you..." i look to the ground, "i just thought something was troubling you. it's like a sense of some sort...". i glance at her. "sure you dont have nything on your mind?". .
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 4:58:17 GMT -5
"My heart is like an iced over lake. I do not feel troubled. I do not feel anything. I assure you that at all times I am prefectly in control of my emotions and my life. You need not worry me. Spring does not come to unthaw the winter that is my life. I embrace the sterile solitude of that bitter cold." I do not smile at him, I do not do anything. I lie many times. I would like someone to challenge me. To melt the permafrost that has settled in my soul. I would like to feel love. But my life is my choosing. I like the cold. "If you have nothing more to say, you are excused."
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 5:07:20 GMT -5
i shake my head and smile at her, "you will never change will you?...". i sigh and put my hand on her shoulder letting my energy flow out of me. "dont forget that we have to work together on this...". i let my hand go back to my side and look across the room. "you really should open up more. it isnt good to stay cold all of the time". i look back at her. "sorry, it is just that i do worry about you, if you like it or not i do, and probably always will...".
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 5:11:41 GMT -5
My eyes brighten for a moment, with the feel of his touch. It is brief, the touch of a friend, but touch none the less. "I feel strange when I am in this human body. I feel more I think. I don't like it....not at all. Do you feel...different as a human....different emotions that is? Or have I gone strange..."
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Post by Alkonost on Feb 28, 2004 5:15:54 GMT -5
i laugh and look at her smiling. "yes sort of, though i could feel all of the same emotions when im in my true form as well, but i can control them better, why do you ask?" .
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Post by Swan of Tounela on Feb 28, 2004 5:20:45 GMT -5
"I was merely curious that is all. I spend so much time in my regular form, that I suppose I don't know how to act in this human one. Or maybe since it is featherless...it must be the skin. skin is more sensitive than feathers. That is why I feel more. I feel small, ugly, and naked..like a new born chick in this human form...I dont see how anyone could find it attractive. But yes, I feel very vulnerable like this."
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