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Post by The Jenn on Jan 14, 2009 13:49:01 GMT -5
((OOC: Done with permission. <3))Dreadful people, but such a beautiful place! Dorian was both repulsed and fascinated by the Highlands. The residents were lovely, yes, though not nearly so lovely as him. It was the sheer abundance of the plant life that really got to him. Flowers, bushes, trees, fields of waving grasses, hills and mountains... such a stunning place. He would never wish to live in the region, but he wanted to get at least one more casual visit in before he reached an age that made it necessary for him to begin his own warren. He'd been walking for about two hours since his last rest and was just beginning to feel fatigued when he heard voices off in the distance. Damn it, those were probably more pesky Cards. He wore a jacket while on the road, in part to keep himself warm at night and in part to further conceal his beautiful body from meddling travelers - such a shame! He refused to bind his hair, though, and it spilled out like spun gold over the smooth fabric. Really, he would have to get away before they got any closer. His eyes flicked around and he sprinted off in a direction away from them, passing through a field with knee-high grass and cursing his luck. The area didn't really have much coverage within a mile or two. Ah, but there were stray trees, and they would have to do. He quickly approached one, intending to attempt to climb it, when he noticed a... body. Sleeping. Beneath the tree. And weren't those the most gorgeous flight feathered he had ever seen. He stared for a moment, part of his brain telling him in no uncertain terms to get out of there, however close to maturity he may be. Another part insisted that those feathers were simply the most glorious things. He had to have them. Tossing back his hair, he crouched and snuck up next to the prone form. His hand gently reached out and cradled the feathers, collecting four of them in a very slow and gentle hold together before he viciously yanked at them.
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Post by Satra on Jan 14, 2009 14:14:47 GMT -5
Andrei had managed to slip away from the rest of the group once again. Hadrian was freaking out somewhere in the background. He thought an open field would be safe considering he could just use the plants around to wrangle them all back in. Eventually, Andrei exhausted himself and decided to nap under a tree, too tired to climb or fly up to hang upside-down. He let out a sound somewhere inbetween a shriek and a squawk when he received his rude awakening. His wings flapped, trying to get him away from whatever was hurting him. He put the sore tip of his wing in his mouth as he stared, hurt and insulted at the other figure. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" he yelled at the Rabbit. Oh, ow, that smarted. Sure he'd been hurt in the past from doing stupid things in his games, but that was completely different. "Well, let's see how you like it!" he huffed in a somewhat bratty voice and spread his wings out as he activated his pain ability on the creature. He just stared at the Rabbit, waiting for him to hurt. Strong Magical Ability 0:
When activated, he can inflict mental pain on another card of any suit, once per day. The degree of pain is akin to having the skin slowly peeled off your back. Cards ranked Six and lower will pass out from such torture after five minutes.(so not going to work. x3 ) |
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Post by The Jenn on Jan 14, 2009 14:23:18 GMT -5
Dorian danced backwards with his four feathery prizes when the creature awoke with a hideous squawking shriek, immediately stuffing them into his jacket possessively. They were his! He'd taken them! The Card... thing wasn't going to take them back.
The creature stared at him in evident incomprehension about his species, which was quite fortunate. He hadn't thought far beyond acquiring his soft, pretty prizes. Why was he just looking at him like that, though? And what had that obscure challenge meant?
He stared back for a few seconds in silent confusion, wondering, before he shook his head and took a few steps back. "Look, you. Little thing. You'll grow new ones. You're small and healthy-looking enough. Stop with the nasty shrieking, though. You sound like an aggravating woman." Quite the insult for a Rabbit. He expected the creature to be quite affronted, even if it didn't understand the finer points of society. What an unpleasant voice.
Shouldn't he think about running, though? Yes, he should.
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Post by Satra on Jan 14, 2009 15:06:43 GMT -5
Andrei's jaw dropped at the Rabbit. At first one would think it was over what he said, but the boy was far more concerned with the fact that his magic wasn't working. "Why aren't you hurting?!" his voice was edged with frustration. Hadrian head snapped to the sound of the shriek. His heart raced as he sprinted to the sound. God, not again. He really did hope one day he did not become a parent, he would be an absolutely abysmal one. He growled when he caught sight of a standing next to a pair of ears and wings poking up over the grass. Suddenly, the grass around the Rabbit shivered then wrapped around him, holding him in place. Hadrian arrived on the scene. "Andrei, are you alright?" he asked... nothing looked hurt... Andrei pointed. "He took my feathers!" then he showed Hadrian the victimized wing. Hadrian turned back on the Rabbit, hackles raised and teeth bared. "Who the HELL do you THINK YOU ARE?!" |
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Post by The Jenn on Jan 17, 2009 17:00:59 GMT -5
Dorian wasn't quite sure how to respond to the strange staring creature's question and was preparing to bolt away when suddenly the grass around him trembled and then gripped him tightly. He shrieked, a most unmanly sound, and thrashed for a moment before he fell over on his rump. That one bruised his tail. He hissed in pain and stared as a large, hairy brute of a Card ran up to them. For all that he was nearly a grown Jack, this thing was... ugh. All that hair! Disgusting.
And yelling at him. He stared with huge golden eyes for a moment, brain going blank as he tried to figure out something to say to the beast. Erm, what had it been? What had his studies mentioned that they looked like to these creatures? "I, ah. I- I am a feline mustelid vermin with an ear mutation. Hisstor."
Was that it? Had he gotten the order wrong? At least he was wearing his jerkin snug over his chest, and his jacket hanging loosely over that. They wouldn't be able to see his 'ranking' one way or the other.
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Post by Satra on Jan 18, 2009 1:51:07 GMT -5
What? What the hell is he going on about? he thought. He asked who he was, not what he was.
The only two Rabbits Hadrian had ever seen were both in a quadrupedal form, so it took him a moment to realize...
"Now I may be a fool, but I'm not a damned fool," he sneered, "You're a Rabbit." Andrei's jaw dropped and his eyes went wide. But... weren't those not supposed to exist?! He turned his face with its very shocked expression to the Rabbit and stared at him. That's why his magic didn't work on him! This mysterious Rabbit must have the incredible, unspeakable powers of a Dark Lord of Evil! Just wait until Sasha hears about this!
Hadrian was too amused. He trotted around the still-trapped Rabbit to have a good look. His mohawk bounced with every step.
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Post by The Jenn on Jan 31, 2009 16:44:16 GMT -5
Ahh, even this buffoon could see through Dorian's ruse to the beautiful reality of his existence! He would have preened, if not for the gravity of the situation and the hideous greenery holding him trapped to the spot. "Damned or not, sir, you are still a fool to assume something so ridiculous about random strangers. I am merely an eccentric Card with unfortunate mutations. Really. How rude."
Perhaps insulting his captor wasn't the best way to make it through this unscathed, but the young Jack wasn't necessarily used to following conventional wisdom. It had served him poorly on more than one occasion, but he had the most horrible time learning from his mistakes. They weren't his, after all, merely caused by the actions of the people and things around him, thrust upon him by the fickle winds of fate.
"If you would stop making these bizarre accusations and let me go, I assure you, I will trouble the pair of you no longer." And as soon as he was out of their sight, run. Damn it all.
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Post by Satra on Feb 2, 2009 20:45:24 GMT -5
This one was much larger than the one's he'd met when he was a child. And bipedal as well. A frightening thought crossed his mind: Could Rabbits have a a Human form? Were their Rabbits walking around in Card society without anyone even knowing?
"Don't pull that on me," he scoffed as he continue to look the teenager over. He refrained from saying anything about having met Rabbits in the past, "Andrei, you stay away," he commanded to the boy who started to come over to get a closer look. He made a very annoyed face at Hadrian, but obeyed. "Now, tell me. Where in the hell do you get off stealing feathers from Cards?" he allowed a growl to creep into his voice. 10 minutes. He had 10 minutes before the vines would no longer hold the Rabbit in place. He had to keep staying strong, though. Despite being one of a handful of Cards who'd ever seen a Rabbit, he still knew nothing about them. What were they capable of? Which Andrei present, he didn't dare play with the idea.
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Post by The Jenn on Feb 3, 2009 13:09:11 GMT -5
Dorian wriggled uncomfortably in his grassy prison. This was terribly unfortunate, all of it. At his age, he wasn't quite old enough for the powers that may have saved him from capture, nor did he have the authority of a full Jack. Not that this Card would respect such a thing, the brute. How did they think around all that hair?
Speaking of hair, his was being mussed terribly by all the grass. It was enough to make his glare a little sharper. At least the creature wasn't injuring him, yet. Who knew how long it would take to extricate himself from this situation? "I still don't know what you're talking about," he said snippily. "And I didn't steal the feathers. I found them. It must have been quite the strong thing that plucked the little... whatever it is, right before I arrived. I thought them quite pretty, so I picked them up."
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Post by Satra on Feb 10, 2009 22:27:47 GMT -5
"Uh huh," Hadrian said in an almost bored tone. He would love to prove him wrong, but he didn't want to betray his one-time playmates and potentially get them in serious trouble.
Andrei tilted his head. That kind of sounded reasonable... Was it? Everything must have happened really fast if that was the case.
Hadrian, on the other hand, was not convinced.
"Andrei, did you see anybody else when you woke up?" he looked at Andrei. The skin where the feathers should have been was red and slightly swollen. He would've been woken suddenly since it looked like they were yanked. Andrei just shook his head, but he still looked somewhat dubious, being the gullible little child he was. Hadrian made an inquisitive face at the boy's expression.
"WAIT!" the young boy sudden cried, "I remember when I woke up 'cuz I felt something hurting me on my wing and I saw him with my feathers and I said "Why did you do that?!" and then he said "You'll grow new ones like a avreegating woman" and he didn't say he did do it when I said he did and that means he did it!" Andrei scowled at the Rabbit.
"I'm done being amused with you," Hadrian growled, hackles rising. His vine bracers began to shiver into movement, "Drop the feathers and turn around and leave now. If you don't, well," he made a rather angry smirk showing off his teeth, "I'm sure I can fetch a pretty penny for your mythical, dead ass. Now get the hell out of my sight. You're just lucky it was me you met and not my Mother. She would have you on a spit over a fire by now." The grass let the Rabbit go, but Hadrian put himself between the Rabbit and his half-Brother.
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