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Post by Heaven on Mar 23, 2009 3:27:02 GMT -5
She stared at the meal she was handed a long while before eating that which she'd received with a short smile and whispered thanks. She didn't touch it till Ri had started eating herself and then just awhile after. Only then did she start, quiet throughout the whole thing. Thoughtful as she watched the girl with an expression that was really a mixture of curiosity and befuddlement but instead misleadingly appeared as suspicion from beneath her lashes.
When she'd finished she simply sat back and stared some more in that disquieting way she usually did as she waited for Ri to finish. Expression unreadable again but where there was no frown there wasn't a smile either. Even as she stared she was already thinking of what might lay ahead when they eventually started off.
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Post by Ri on Mar 23, 2009 14:10:12 GMT -5
Ri finished off her own meal cleaning up the mess so no traces where left but the going fire made by Heaven, she didn't know how to put that thing out with out getting some burns in the process.
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Post by Heaven on Mar 24, 2009 5:25:25 GMT -5
As Ri cleaned up Heaven put out the fire helpfully. Not simply to be of use but also realising she wouldn't be able to. This majicked fire wouldn't simply burn out as it wasn't attached to any kind of material that would disappear and take the fire with it.
Looking towards the girl once it seemed she was done Heaven spoke voice as soft as ever but not at all curt. Instead it was gently questioning.
"Are you ready to begin?"
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Post by Ri on Mar 24, 2009 5:59:44 GMT -5
Ri nodded "yeah i am ready whenever you are" she moved to stand up stretching her limbs a bit.
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Post by Heaven on Mar 24, 2009 10:18:21 GMT -5
At the assenting reply Heaven rose unfurling herself with a quiet stretch taking pleasure in the feel of her responding muscles. Then heading towards the now not so dark path through the jagged walls of the cave she stepped through without second thought. No hesitation and not even to look back and make sure she was being followed, crouching a little as she passed a low point. Just a simple "Come on then."
The surroundings became darker after the initial trek the light from the entrance of the cave having faded out now illuminating the way for but a short while. A few minutes in and it had become dark. Thankfully it remained as dry as she’d hoped and relatively warm in comparison to the world outside. The air was filled with an unnatural greedy silence that seemed to swallow the very sound of her breathing.
Normal eyesight would have to adjust to pick out anything the further they went but it would only see so much. She was sure it must open up a bit more at some point, probably at a central section. Reaching out she searched for the other half of this expedition finding her hand and pulling her close behind with a simple mutter.
“Stay close and be careful”
Running her hand along the walls she continued relaxing somewhat at the feel of her close behind. She didn’t want any surprises. “See if you can feel for any torches on the sides? There should be some means of illumination…”
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Post by Ri on Mar 24, 2009 13:50:23 GMT -5
Ri was a little glad for the darkness that surround them hiding them from view she was sure the blush on her face would be as red as a tomato gripping Heaven's hand in her hand she began to feel along the wall only to stop when she found a spot that was a little different grinning she said "Heaven i think i found us a torch"
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Post by Heaven on Mar 25, 2009 6:37:23 GMT -5
"Oh?" she said questioningly turning in the darkness to face her; at least Heaven thought she was. Hard to tell really only working with the sound of her voice.
"Where?" she queried her hand reaching out to run across the wall accidentally brushing Ri's arm. An idea struck her then and she followed it up to the girl's hand now finding it easily even if she felt decidedly giddy despite her outward calm. Not that it meant much when it was too dark to be seen. She had no worries of it being dry enough. The place wasn't at all damp so far. Her hesitation came from something completely different. She moved to pull it out of its cradle breaking the contact.
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Post by Ri on Mar 26, 2009 15:20:33 GMT -5
Ri wondered if she would get smacked for what she was getting ready to do "Heaven" Ri whispered catching the hand before it got to far away pulling the girl close enough that her wolf eyes could see her, she wasn't all visible because of how dark it was and that Ri wasn't in her full wolf form but it was enough to see the face of the girl she cared for and loved.
Running a hand through her hair softly she let out a sigh she let some of her worries fill her heart. She knew she shouldn't do this but, Ri didn't have the power to control herself right now because she fear something.
"Heaven," Ri spoke once more her hand cressing the girls cheek "if, if i don't make it back from this quest i won't you to know, i am glad i meet you that day in the jungle, and then in the streets" she blushed a little "even though i crashed into you, i am still glad, because it let me show you how much i began to care for you,"
Ri licked her suddenly dry lips, "it let me tell you what i was, and you didn't care one bit, it didn't scare you or make you run away, you stayed with me, even if at first you kinda knocked me for a loop" Ri grinned "but the point is if i die i want you to know that i love you, and i hope you get away from this mission with your ghostly friend safe" Ri grinned a little at forgetting the name of the little ghost before she leaned in.
Gently tip Heaven's chin up Ri locked lips with Heaven and let her love for the girl before pour into the kiss while she tucked a protection charm into the girl belt with her tail as she wrapped it around her waist.
Pulling back she kissed Heaven once more on the cheek and grabbed the torch grabbing the last match she had in her pocket she lit it the tears that couldn't be seen before now showed in Ri's eyes she bowed her head "you can slap me now" closing her eyes she waited.
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Post by Heaven on Mar 30, 2009 10:28:01 GMT -5
To say she was surprised would in her estimation at least, be the understatement of the century…decade? Heaven could safely say she couldn’t recall the last time she was so dumbstruck standing there in the orange glow filling the cave. A handful of emotions were reflected on the face that usually showed little to nothing at all. Now it seemed both alive and lost this time staring fully aware that she was.
Heaven could feel the heat in her cheeks at the almost embarrassing ease in which Ri had tilted her chin and kissed her without so much as a protest from herself. If it had just been the darkness that had made her unaware of the fact that it was coming thus robbing her of the ability to refuse; how did she explain her thumping heartbeat? The action was relatively small, harmless even yet it had shattered her indifference. In the dark with just the words unmarred by anything else were a little too real and thus rather disquieting.
“…slap you…?” she repeated questioningly voice husky even as she frowned. Ah Yes, that was right; her next course would be to lash out. After all that was a lot more natural to her than to simply accept any modicum of affection. She reached out sharply fingers closing round Ri’s neck pulling her down the few inches between them. Her other lifting quickly meeting the skin of the girl’s cheek in a soft brush of fingers followed by a sweeping kiss. Part of her wanted to believe this another tit for tat but the fact that she lingered longer than she needed to said different.
Clearing her throat as she pulled away she gave one of those quiet if rare smiles even with humour tugging the sides this time "You won't get out of this that easily."
The things she spoke of...dying...they weren't even an option and thus Heaven refused to acknowledge it.
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Post by Ri on Mar 30, 2009 17:12:38 GMT -5
Ri blushed at the words but smiled remembering the kiss leaning down one more time she made sure to pull her tail away leaving the charm behind as she nuzzled the other girl affectionately pulling back her body went through a change once more. Leaning down she let her wolf body get close enough to the ground so Heaven could get on "lets us move on then shall we my lady"
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Post by Heaven on Mar 31, 2009 4:56:35 GMT -5
Heaven nodded almost curtly making sure to climb on without singeing anything as she held the torch aside. They continued down through the tunnels and for a while there was nothing more than the path stretching before them carved through the mountains.
Sometimes the path's texture changed a rise here, a gap there, a jutting side but generally it was the same dark walls that surrounded the quietly wandering duo. Heaven had remained decidedly quiet her mind strangely preoccupied with more than the search at hand.
Soon she began to notice that the path was beginning to lighten, the promise of light ahead running along the edges of the wall. She felt some kind of relief at the change. There was just something about being confined in a tunnel that having light only made marginally better. The tunnel opened up into another large cave and it was more impressive than the one they’d been in. Upwards high into the ceiling there was a crack, a tiny opening through which the light streamed illuminating some of the rough ceiling and walls. It filled the place with rendering the torch unnecessary. In front however there was nothing but a large chasm disappearing down into darkness. The light didn’t get that far.
Across it lay a thin path as if all the surrounding rock had fallen away to leave an impossibly held up bridge of craggy rock and nothing else. It didn’t fill Heaven with the greatest confidence. It was also remarkably still here. Before she’d noticed it only as a passing thing now however it made the hair on the back of her neck stand up. This stillness was too deliberate. Extinguishing the torch and throwing it to the side she got off with a small murmur of thanks preferring to be on her own feet now.
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Post by Ri on Mar 31, 2009 14:44:16 GMT -5
Ri changed back to her human form and looked down into the darkness "wow that looks like a long fall" she keep her eye on Heaven as well making sure the girl didn't fall into the inky blackness that looked like it could consume even the brightest of lights.
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Post by Heaven on Apr 1, 2009 5:36:26 GMT -5
Heaven nodded in agreement slowly pushing her hair back behind her ears. This was not a time she wanted it obscuring her view in any way. She was still unable to shake neither the unsettling silence nor the niggling feeling that something held its breath waiting.
Glancing across she thought she might be able to teleport across. However since she still remained firmly on the same side minutes later she concluded that it wouldn't be that simple. It should have been expected but there had been no harm evident in trying. Just to further test her suspicions she had no problems pulling forth a swirling ball of energy, neither fire itself. If you discounted the fact that her element simply puttered out after a handful of seconds and her energy ball set her hair on end much like an electrical field. Then too the fact that she'd got fire when she'd wanted energy and vice versa.
She turned to Ri, stoic as usual despite her shocking hairstyle and announced calmly "It would seem that there is some sort of dampening spell in here. It sets the magic awry."
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Post by Ri on Apr 1, 2009 13:13:44 GMT -5
Ri nodded and moved to stand beside Heaven smiling she helped smooth the hair back down a little "well we could always try to find another way across"
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Post by Heaven on Apr 1, 2009 14:26:26 GMT -5
"That..." she began pointing ahead as Ri helped with her hair "would seem to be the only way forward. If I can't use magic then we'll have to walk across." and that wasn't at all what she was looking forward to. By dampening the use of magic it left no other choice but to walk across and it wasn't a short distance. Heaven didn't like being forced towards one conclusion like this. More so she hated not being able to rely on her magic.
Gaze firmly directed at Ri she asked quietly looking for the first time in as far as she could remember for an answer in another "What do you suggest?"
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