*Hidden Nature* A Shapeshifting RP

[StarrNico]

Racine quietly cursed and looked down upon the landscape before he dared to answer her evasively, "Oh, I found it in one of my spell books. With all this talk of inopportune twirls, I just thought it was worth looking into. How truly tragic for the pair. They must have been truly desperate." He brought his eyes to the back of Sorcha's graceful dragon neck. He fought the urge to brush his hand along the base of her neck and down spine. He instead fisted his hands on the meat of his thighs, using the pain as a distraction. To his amazement, it worked. The tickle in the back of his throat subsided. He opened his eyes and exhaled softly.
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Avalon smiled warmly and said, "You are entirely welcome. I had the Balor's traditional tea made for you. Would you like to try some? " She asked as he picked up the crystal tea pot with the various flowers within it. She looked to the elders with invitation as well.

Maxton shrugged and stated, "I'm not quite sure which it is. Perhaps a mix of things. I believe he's interested in Princess Sorcha, but she's a well respected member of queen Avalon's court. Where he's just returned from exile. But I have been noticing his territorial proximity to Princess Sorcha. Nothing has been declared just yet. It's pure speculation at this point. But there is one thing that stands out, King Racine has never apologized to anyone, in all the time I've known him. Until now, that is, which is quite profound."
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Garmr nodded as she thought about that. "He's new to the black arts. But I do fear for what he has done with my blood. I have been pitted against some of his creations. It was heartbreaking how to slaughter infants who only hate and cruelty." She said with a hollowness.
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"That's only wise to be prepared for every eventuality. I respect your strategic mind. We can practice after my shift tonight, if you wish? We have converted a whole apartment into a training facility/ gym." Sandor glanced to the others as they tested the accuracy of the arrows, before he returned his gaze to Rana. He smiled softly with simple happiness. He looked forward to spending more time with her.
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Cadeon grinned widely and handed back the knife to Ember. "Enough play, we better get back to work before the wolves box our ears for wasting their time. " He said with humor.

Sorcha nodded then sighed and glanced back to him again though she still spoke through their bond "You have to keep in mind that I was a child then, so they could have hid some facts from me. It could have been a mis-spoken spell or any number of other ways to make it go wrong, but what I heard was enough to scare me." She said then looked to the Balor to keep herself from staring at him. It wasn't long before the balor started to go down for a landing.
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"I have heard of that tea, but I have never had the chance to try it before" Nabal said with a smile "I would like to try it as I am certain my elder councilers would as well." She said without having to look back at them. They came forward, dipping their heads to her again "Ettance is rich in many things, but not our tea flowers." One said as he came to them. "If you do not mind, we will go and collect some to take home while you talk."

Turoc nodded as he listened then tilted his head "So both are trying to deny a forming bond for political reasons. That's a bit sad. I hope they can work things out eventually."
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Anna reached over to touch her arm in sympathy. "What he does is cruel and heartless. He doesn't see us as people, but as animals to be used as he wishes."
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Rana smiled and nodded "Alright, that is a date" She said then chuckled and looked to the wolves who were waiting to get the arrows and put them in quivers before replacing them with normal arrows to hone the skills of using a bow or fix any arrows that went wrong.
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Ember chuckled and glanced around before taking the knife and sheathing it so she could work on the other handles.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Morgana hid behind the tower and whisled.
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Maggie and Caroline clapped there hands making a loud noise to draw her out.
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Raina ran toward the noise, owla followed her.
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Ginger spotted her and lept up and climed up to the platform.there she shifter and let out a ear splitting yowl.she hissed.
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Raina saw her."Owla, you get the girl, ill get the catttt...."she hissed.rina climped the ladder and stared at the cat,"hello, kitty, kitty!"she said joyfully.
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Ginger arched her back and hissed.she yowled loudly and started to claw and shred Raina's feet.
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Morgana started to shake the platform hard.
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Ginger yowled as she was almost trown off the platform.she jumped of and landed with a thud."rrrooowrro!"she hissed at morgana,"I'll get you back!"she yowled and ran to the bushes.
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Morgana stuck her tounge out at her and shook the platform hard.
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Raina screamed,"AHHHHHH!"she gasped and fell into the water below.
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Morgana smiled.she dashed to the big lake,"caresgoloso markenkeno"she whispered.
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Raina screamed."what's happening to me?!"she cried as her arms started to turn gray and rock hard.
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Owla hid.
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"What you deserve"morgana replied and crossed her arms,"to be banished from this world and never destroy a human being again"
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Raina opened her mouth into a slint cry and she turned to stone, sinking to the bottom of the lake forever.

 

[Bantambird]

"That it is. You are right. There is a common enemy. A fae demos and a madman by the name of Markus. Any help would be appreciated, I'm sure." Ackley said with quiet resolve.

"That is usually what brings so many different sentient beings of so many various backgrounds together. So, I've got a little ways to go to get back to my hotel room, it's a ways from here."

 

[NickyKnack]

(since we aren't tied to other storylines with the black dragons, we get to skip a few months ahead. Yay! So now, we are skipped several months. Just Slygotha and Reaper and their brood. Plus, one more egg hatched, a male named Trogdor.)

Gugol poked her snout from the wyrmling dogpile, squealing as she shoved her way out. Once she extricated herself, the others grumbled and shifted around to make themselves comfortable again, while she snorted and made her way to the meat pile. The wyrmlings had grown quite a bit, and their wings had shown explosive growth, allowing the young dragons to fly. Being small, they were able to zoom about the cavernous expanse behind the nest proper, where the hoard lay sprawling in a slight upward slope from the mucky den to keep the treasures dry and rot free. Here the little ones could practice before going out into the big world, and Slygotha could be sure they had the aerial skills to evade capture in most cases. She was much too big to fly indoors herself, but she gruffly corrected them, patiently tutoring the wyrmlings as they practiced. Gugol tried to eat quietly so as not to wake anyone. She had grown a bit bigger than the others, due to her gluttony.

Nevitha caught the movement of Gugol's tail as it swayed from side to side, while she ate. She silently crawled off the wyrmling pile and stocked her sister. Just as she was gathering herself to pounce, Razeth tackled her. She hissed in surprise, but went with his momentum to the cave floor. Folding her wings in tight and kicking her brother off with practiced finesse. She then stood up again and shook off the mud on her wings.

Razeth growled with indignant annoyance as he righted himself and squared off with Nevitha with renewed vigor.

But Nevitha snorted with laughter as she trotted over to the food and just out of Gugol's snapping radius.

Unfazed, Razeth looked for another available target and smiled as he saw Trogdor. He crouched and pounced, waking him from a sound sleep.

 

[NickyKnack]

Sorcha nodded then sighed and glanced back to him again though she still spoke through their bond "You have to keep in mind that I was a child then, so they could have hid some facts from me. It could have been a mis-spoken spell or any number of other ways to make it go wrong, but what I heard was enough to scare me." She said then looked to the Balor to keep herself from staring at him. It wasn't long before the balor started to go down for a landing. 
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"I have heard of that tea, but I have never had the chance to try it before" Nabal said with a smile "I would like to try it as I am certain my elder councilers would as well." She said without having to look back at them. They came forward, dipping their heads to her again "Ettance is rich in many things, but not our tea flowers." One said as he came to them. "If you do not mind, we will go and collect some to take home while you talk." 

Turoc nodded as he listened then tilted his head "So both are trying to deny a forming bond for political reasons. That's a bit sad. I hope they can work things out eventually."
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Anna reached over to touch her arm in sympathy. "What he does is cruel and heartless. He doesn't see us as people, but as animals to be used as he wishes." 

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Rana smiled and nodded "Alright, that is a date" She said then chuckled and looked to the wolves who were waiting to get the arrows and put them in quivers before replacing them with normal arrows to hone the skills of using a bow or fix any arrows that went wrong.
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Ember chuckled and glanced around before taking the knife and sheathing it so she could work on the other handles.

Racine knew where the spell could go wrong. For one ingredient had two look alikes. One deadly, the other coma inducing. If he were to ask Sorcha if he had the right specimen, she'd surely know why he need that plant. He pushed it from his mind for now. He'd found a temporary fix. He held on as they started downwards.
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Avalon smiled warmly and poured each of them a glass, starting with queen Nabal. As Avalon moved to take her seat at the table, next to the Balor queen, Ender and Spyro stepped forward to assist them by pulling out the chairs for them. Avalon then moved for the others to have a seat if they wanted. But she knew they were anxious to explore and hunt tea flowers. "If you desire assistance in the harvesting, I have eager helpers as well as baskets to carry your flowers in." She offered pleasantly.

Maxton nodded agreement. "Yes, love is a complicated thing. Take my intend for example. She spares no love for me and I for here. Our whole relationship is a business transaction. It does me good to see others find what I myself will never have." He said with utmost sincerity. He looked to Turac curiously and asked, "Does your your people mate for love or convenience? In fact, are you mated? "
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"Oh, I assure you, I know that fact well. I have no illusions on that front. The cold calculation in his eyes as they look towards me." Garmr replied honestly as she covered Anna's hand with her own. Drawing comfort from the simple gesture. For not many willingly reach out to touch such an abomination that s/he was. "You are very kind Anna. Like your brother, you aren't judgmental of my mixed sexes."

Luce stepped out of the bathroom to find Jason looking for her. She didn't know why he was upset, not that he showed it to anyone. But she saw the tightening around his mouth and knew he needed some comfort. So she walked over to him and silently offered a hug.
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Sandor nodded happily and smiled softly. "That it is." He said in agreement. He looked to Rana again and stated, "If you don't have any sweats, I can hunt you some up. You want to be able to move freely." He then handed over the bow to the ones who were waiting to practice and moved out of the way.
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Cadeon followed up after Ember. By putting them into the sheathing the finished knives. He had no set skill to help and it was far important to have the hilt applications done right.

 

[NickyKnack]

Morgana hid behind the tower and whisled.
~
Maggie and Caroline clapped there hands making a loud noise to draw her out.
~
Raina ran toward the noise, owla followed her.
~
Ginger spotted her and lept up and climed up to the platform.there she shifter and let out a ear splitting yowl.she hissed.
~
Raina saw her."Owla, you get the girl, ill get the catttt...."she hissed.rina climped the ladder and stared at the cat,"hello, kitty, kitty!"she said joyfully.
~
Ginger arched her back and hissed.she yowled loudly and started to claw and shred Raina's feet.
~
Morgana started to shake the platform hard.
~
Ginger yowled as she was almost trown off the platform.she jumped of and landed with a thud."rrrooowrro!"she hissed at morgana,"I'll get you back!"she yowled and ran to the bushes.
~
Morgana stuck her tounge out at her and shook the platform hard.
~
Raina screamed,"AHHHHHH!"she gasped and fell into the water below.
~
Morgana smiled.she dashed to the big lake,"caresgoloso markenkeno"she whispered.
~
Raina screamed."what's happening to me?!"she cried as her arms started to turn gray and rock hard.
~
Owla hid.
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"What you deserve"morgana replied and crossed her arms,"to be banished from this world and never destroy a human being again"
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Raina opened her mouth into a slint cry and she turned to stone, sinking to the bottom of the lake forever.

( That will teach her. Arbus was smart to get away from them. )

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

( That will teach her. Arbus was smart to get away from them. )

( That will teach her. Arbus was smart to get away from them. )

(He new what morgana could do Raina didnt )
Owla screeched,"I will get you!"she growled and ran away.
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Ginger leapt out of the bushes and lashed her tail and yowled happily.she shifted to a human and ran inside to her room."number, number.AH HA!"she said pulling the pice of paper with carrows number.she dialed it and waited.
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"Thank you, Maggie and Morgana"Caroline said.
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Morgana dipped her head,"No Problem"she said quietly.

 

[StarrNico]

Racine knew where the spell could go wrong. For one ingredient had two look alikes. One deadly, the other coma inducing. If he were to ask Sorcha if he had the right specimen, she'd surely know why he need that plant. He pushed it from his mind for now. He'd found a temporary fix. He held on as they started downwards.
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Avalon smiled warmly and poured each of them a glass, starting with queen Nabal. As Avalon moved to take her seat at the table, next to the Balor queen, Ender and Spyro stepped forward to assist them by pulling out the chairs for them. Avalon then moved for the others to have a seat if they wanted. But she knew they were anxious to explore and hunt tea flowers. "If you desire assistance in the harvesting, I have eager helpers as well as baskets to carry your flowers in." She offered pleasantly.

Maxton nodded agreement. "Yes, love is a complicated thing. Take my intend for example. She spares no love for me and I for here. Our whole relationship is a business transaction. It does me good to see others find what I myself will never have." He said with utmost sincerity. He looked to Turac curiously and asked, "Does your your people mate for love or convenience? In fact, are you mated? "
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"Oh, I assure you, I know that fact well. I have no illusions on that front. The cold calculation in his eyes as they look towards me." Garmr replied honestly as she covered Anna's hand with her own. Drawing comfort from the simple gesture. For not many willingly reach out to touch such an abomination that s/he was. "You are very kind Anna. Like your brother, you aren't judgmental of my mixed sexes."

Luce stepped out of the bathroom to find Jason looking for her. She didn't know why he was upset, not that he showed it to anyone. But she saw the tightening around his mouth and knew he needed some comfort. So she walked over to him and silently offered a hug.
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Sandor nodded happily and smiled softly. "That it is." He said in agreement. He looked to Rana again and stated, "If you don't have any sweats, I can hunt you some up. You want to be able to move freely." He then handed over the bow to the ones who were waiting to practice and moved out of the way.
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Cadeon followed up after Ember. By putting them into the sheathing the finished knives. He had no set skill to help and it was far important to have the hilt applications done right.

Sorcha landed and looked at the garden, immediately seeing why they were called hanging gardens. It looked like flowering plants were growing from the trees themselves. She waited for Racine to dismount so she could shift and take his hand again

"We call them plant trees, since the bark catches and holds the seeds of other plants then grows them. It's a unique tree found only in this one place" The servant said after shifting as well.
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"That would be most helpful" One of the elders said and bowed to her. They would stay to drink the glass of tea before taking the help and the baskets to pick some flowers.

Nabal smiled and looked to Avalon again after taking a sip of her tea. "mm, now I see what mother was talking about. This is very good." She said and smiled happily. "I am glad the flowers still exist here."

"Love" Turok said, watching the others curiously "Most of us marry only for love. The only exception I suppose would be the queen, but then again, her mother never arranged anyone to marry Nabal, so she gets to choose who to love too. And no, I am not mated to anyone" He said then shrugged lightly before looking back to Maxton "Why do you want to marry as a business transaction?"
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Anna tilted her head a little then smiled again "Why judge people on something they are born with and cannot change? No, we judge people based on their actions and how willing they are to try to be good." She said then looked away a little and frowned "We had a cousin that was both sexes. They didn't survive to adulthood, but they still taught us to be more caring to those that are born different, even if that difference is as small as the tone of skin or being born with two color eyes." She shrugged a little "Or being born with a bad immune system."

Jason saw Luce and smiled a little as he moved to hug her close to his heart. He missed his father a lot but kept pushing back the grief to deal with the battles.
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Rana put the bow she had borrowed with the others then tapped the arm guard on his arm "Don't forget to leave that. I should have sweats somewhere. Or I could buy some more here in the city if needed." She said with a light shrug,
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Ember smiled at him as she worked, glad when she handed him the last knife. "Now, we pick out the ones we want then take the rest back to the others." She said when they were done.

 

[Bantambird]

Nevitha caught the movement of Gugol's tail as it swayed from side to side, while she ate. She silently crawled off the wyrmling pile and stocked her sister. Just as she was gathering herself to pounce, Razeth tackled her. She hissed in surprise, but went with his momentum to the cave floor. Folding her wings in tight and kicking her brother off with practiced finesse. She then stood up again and shook off the mud on her wings.

Razeth growled with indignant annoyance as he righted himself and squared off with Nevitha with renewed vigor.

But Nevitha snorted with laughter as she trotted over to the food and just out of Gugol's snapping radius.

Unfazed, Razeth looked for another available target and smiled as he saw Trogdor. He crouched and pounced, waking him from a sound sleep.

Trogdor howled at being woken, then turned to bite Razeth's tail, attempting to catch hold of it with his claws. He tried to make up for his runt status with fire in the belly. He tucked his wings in tight to avoid getting them caught in the scrape. Trogdor attempted to worry his big brother's tail in his teeth.

 

[NickyKnack]

Sorcha landed and looked at the garden, immediately seeing why they were called hanging gardens. It looked like flowering plants were growing from the trees themselves. She waited for Racine to dismount so she could shift and take his hand again 

"We call them plant trees, since the bark catches and holds the seeds of other plants then grows them. It's a unique tree found only in this one place" The servant said after shifting as well.
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"That would be most helpful" One of the elders said and bowed to her. They would stay to drink the glass of tea before taking the help and the baskets to pick some flowers.

Nabal smiled and looked to Avalon again after taking a sip of her tea. "mm, now I see what mother was talking about. This is very good." She said and smiled happily. "I am glad the flowers still exist here."

"Love" Turok said, watching the others curiously "Most of us marry only for love. The only exception I suppose would be the queen, but then again, her mother never arranged anyone to marry Nabal, so she gets to choose who to love too. And no, I am not mated to anyone" He said then shrugged lightly before looking back to Maxton "Why do you want to marry as a business transaction?"
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Anna tilted her head a little then smiled again "Why judge people on something they are born with and cannot change? No, we judge people based on their actions and how willing they are to try to be good." She said then looked away a little and frowned "We had a cousin that was both sexes. They didn't survive to adulthood, but they still taught us to be more caring to those that are born different, even if that difference is as small as the tone of skin or being born with two color eyes." She shrugged a little "Or being born with a bad immune system."

Jason saw Luce and smiled a little as he moved to hug her close to his heart. He missed his father a lot but kept pushing back the grief to deal with the battles.
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Rana put the bow she had borrowed with the others then tapped the arm guard on his arm "Don't forget to leave that. I should have sweats somewhere. Or I could buy some more here in the city if needed." She said with a light shrug,
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Ember smiled at him as she worked, glad when she handed him the last knife. "Now, we pick out the ones we want then take the rest back to the others." She said when they were done.

Racine dismounted and looked around in wonderment. It also smelled so wonderful here as the slightest breeze was ladened with perfume scent of blooming flowers. "This is exquisite, far beyond my imaginings. I'd expected hanging baskets or pots on pillars. But to learn this is naturally occurring, is astounding. Thank you for sharing this rare beauty with us." He replied genuinely, as he glanced to Sorcha as she shifted and took his hand.
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Jackdaw had slipped out of the castle and shifted when he could. He took off into the woods to explore this strange new land. The species of animals and plants interested him greatly. He was more at home in the wilds then in court life. He took off in a sprint through the dense undergrowth.
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Avalon smiled to the elders and dipped her head as well. She then looked to Queen Nabal and answered, "Yes, they thrive well. In fact they are an invasive species. They have grown rampant in the Balors absence."

Maxton laughed despite himself, "I assure you, it was not my idea. It was my parents, they owned my intend family debt. One in which I am fortunate enough to fulfill." He said with sarcasm. He leaned in and whispered so it was not overheard, "I'm most excited about the laws being changed. I count the days until I'm free of that miserable family. " He looked to the gathering, "Don't you want some tea?" He asked in better spirits.
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Garmr smiled softly and nodded, "Hal's the only one who has ever accepted me. It is a revelation to realize that there are others with such open minds. I'm sorry about your loss. Though it was long ago." She said gently.

As Luce snuggled into Jason's warm embrace, she scented grief and sorrow. Her lovely Jason hadn't been able to morn property for his lost father. She loved the strong, brave and deeply loving male. "Thank you, I needed that." She whispered softly.
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Sandor went to help load the van with what weapons they were bringing back to the penthouse, as Rana spoke to the wolf.
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Cadeon chuckled lightly and said teasingly,"Alright! We get first dibs!"