At the Castle (Closed) « Thread Started on Jul 31, 2008, 2:18am »
Pools and smudges of color trickled across the evening darkened sky, the sun sinking lower and lower until it was little more then a bleeding line of red on the horizon. It wasn’t long before the light began to fade and the last wavering snatches gold and orange rays reached lazy through the blackened boughs and branches of the forest foliage.
The stone and steel walls of the palace shimmered darkly shimmering darkly graced the steel and stone walls of the Palace of Immortals when the simple quiet of the light hours merged so subtly with the silence of the coming dusk. Lamirra sat in utter stillness, her thin, lithe form perched atop the vine stem-thin railing of the castle's balcony, her balance perfect and unshakable. She had there in that exact same position for the last several hours, as she did almost every night, watching, waiting. The rounded and magnificently polished metal of the railing was cold and slick with dew beneath her bare feet, and the ground below so far away that she couldn’t see it, even though her eyesight was sharp, far sharper than any mortal hunter. Even so, the notion of falling never so much as skimmed across her mind and if it had she wouldn’t have cared much anyway.
Somewhere in the distance a flock of ravens began to stir, the fluttering whisper of their wings echoing with unnatural clarity in Lamirra's ears. She cocked her head at the sound, her gaze flicking swiftly toward the direction from which it came. Already her mind was grasping an image of where exactly in the forest they were.
She called out to them silently, bidding them to come. They answered in unison, their strong, dagger sharp beaks parting as they took flight, rising higher and higher into the sky, the harrowing screech of their calls ringing coldly though the ever present silence of the forest below. Lamirra waited for them, her eyes pensive and clouded as she stared fixedly at place where the trees thinned, forming the very edge of all that was her people’s world.
Hoarse cries cut through the air, a call of greeting as the ravens swooped into view. They spiraled lower, their shadows flitting faint and cool as ghosts over stone and metal, and then Lamirra's own flesh. They cawed softly, twisting and weaving in the air around her, the feathered tips of their wings brushing against her skin as they wheeled closer and closer. Lamirra smiled as the great birds banked in midair to land neatly at her sides, the largest of them silently taking her place at Lamirra's shoulder. The bird was heavy, its talons sharp as knives against the exposed skin of Lamirra's shoulder and though the creature tried hard to keep a gentle hold, streams of shimmering, crystal clear blood soon flowed freely from beneath its grip. Lamirra paid the damage little mind, reaching up with a gentle hand to stroke the sleek feathers of raven queen’s head. Everything the forest clutched within its dark grasp belonged to them: her father, herself, and her brother. As for the land beyond… that had long ago been left for the humans to squabble over. The raven queen’s grip tightened on her shoulder suddenly, a stillness falling over all the birds as a shadow slid cold and soft over the flesh of her back.
“You frighten them, Wraith.” Lamirra murmured, knowing without moving her eyes from the boarder that the shadow belonged to her brother.
Re: At the Castle (Closed) « Reply #1 on Aug 1, 2008, 7:37pm »
“No fault of mine, is it? I am as I am, and if I am a thing to fear in their beady little eyes, then so be it.”
Wraith moved as silent as his namesake, joining her atop the railing in one swift movement that sent the ravens lunging into the air. He didn’t bat an eye as they screeched angrily at him, didn’t flinch when they dove at him, claws extended as if to tear him to pieces. He knew they would bank within a fraction of an inch of touching him but he wouldn’t have cared it they had tried to sink their claws into his flesh. It wouldn’t have done them much good because it wouldn’t have done him much harm… at least, not any permanent harm, which was pretty much the same reason that his sister didn’t bother to worry about her bleeding shoulder. With the raven queen aloft, the wounds were already closing and within a moment there was nothing left to tell that a wound had been there at all. “Father will be furious when he finds our beds empty tonight.” Wraith chuckled, his voice hollow and empty of any hint of emotion, as he rose up right with inhuman ease, his booted feet planted firmly over the thin rail.
Re: At the Castle (Closed) « Reply #3 on Aug 4, 2008, 4:49pm »
“I hate the humans. I have no wish to see their pathetic little world as you do, but I am up for the distance that must be traveled to get there and with this storm close at hand…” He smiled coldly, “Hardly a challenge, but this night whispers with promise.”
Re: At the Castle (Closed) « Reply #5 on Aug 4, 2008, 4:51pm »
“Lets.” Wraith didn’t wait for a second suggestion. In one fluid motion he threw himself off the banister, plummeting out of sight with breathtaking grace.
Re: At the Castle (Closed) « Reply #6 on Aug 4, 2008, 4:52pm »
Lamirra watched him fall until the heavy mist and shadows swallowed him from sight, her eyes alight with anticipation. Then, without a second thought, she slid off the rail.
The night air was even colder now that she was falling, not to mention louder. It whistled and screamed all around her, tearing though her clothes as easily as if she hadn’t any at all. Her eyes watered as the wind stung them, badly blurring her vision but nothing could prevent her from seeing the solid ground that was quickly rushing up to meet her. She tensed, a wild grin spreading across her face as the seconds to her splat landing drew nearer and nearer. She threw her arms back, instinctively, angling them like the wings of a bird that was preparing to bank, as if it would save her. Then, just as the ground came within an inch of her face, she relaxed, arching her back as she pulled up from her reckless fall and shot away into the night.
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