ORIGIN - here i am

This was home.

Or at least, as close as she'd get, anyway. Secluded. Quiet. Lively, despite its deathly aesthetic. She'd grown up here. She'd sheltered here. This had been her sanctuary...

...and her father's crypt.

It had been her reason for leaving, for disappearing into the darkest corners of the caves as easily as she'd taken to life the same way. So many cycles ago. A lifetime ago. She'd perhaps grown bored of her isolation, or perhaps lonely and remorseful, she sought to rekindle the flames once smothered by death. She'd come home either way, and now approached the cave's only entrance, its mighty gate, to seek its sanctuary once more.

The tunnel had never felt tighter, nor more inviting, all at once. She'd not realized how much she'd missed the browns and dreary grays of the bone-scattered hall and its chambers ahead.

She stopped at the gate, as if burdened by some invisible force. There, she squared her shoulders, rolled her wings and heaved a steadying sigh of breath. It's now or never.

That sing-song cry, more music than roar, lifted across the space of the cave and summoned any who'd recognize it. Family. Friends. Forgotten foes, perhaps- though she knew none by heart.

Either way, Remedy Kartata had returned to Canis.

He'd been away for so long, hiding from his father. He could hardly face him since the day he'd falsely called him Carcino and reminded him of so many memories that weren't his. Every time he met someone new, he felt an odd sense of deja vu, like he'd seen them before.

Like right now.

The gryphon-esque cub was shaping up quite nicely, finally growing out of his cub fat and into his wings quite nicely. He had begun to practice gliding on his own, though his first few attempts weren't the most successful. Actually, they'd been far from it. He had ended up just hurting himself in the process and leaving a little bruise on his shoulder where he clipped a rock. Today was a practice day.

Spreading his wings, Eythan jumped off of the stone he was perched upon and tucked in his legs for a better flight position. Flicking his ears forth, he noticed a creature he hadn't seen before. Curiously, he adjusted his wing position and felt a bit of pride as he successfully turned and didn't crash. Now... it was a matter of sticking the landing. To his luck, he managed to this time. Sticking his forelegs out like boards and landing on them first and flapping his wings to allow his hind legs to find purchase on the earth, he landed.

"A-ha! I did it!" He crowed in delight before turning and putting on a sudden air of composure as he sized up the "intruder". She smelled of The Bonebound, although it was faint and muddled. Something about her, though... was familiar. "H-hello?" The cub whispered, ears lowering in slight curiosity. "Who are you? You look... really familiar..."

@Remedy

The rustle of feathers and the shift in the air brought her gaze instinctively upward. Her heart stuttered for a moment as she reigstered the shape of the creature moving towards her from above- and for a moment, she saw herself. He landed awkwardly, new to flight. She adjusted her wings as he celebrated the feat. Very new.

Then, he looked up and seemed to actually see her, and Remedy straightened- posture proper, assured, despite their similar size. He called to her, and in his words were confirmation, as far as she was concerned.

This awkward cub with fur and feathers, spots and horns, was too obviously kin, if not another sibling. Her father had been unstable in his final days. Perhaps he'd forgotten this one.

That certainly looked like his stone upon the cub's skull.

"..." She responded wordlessly, a faint rattling in her throat as she stepped forward. Ears angled forward, she regarded the younger hybrid openly, but without judgement. "...you look like him." She sighed and sat though, wings slacking at her sides. This kid probably had no idea.

"I'm Remedy Karkata." She greeted, a little formally. "What's your name, cub? Where are Amaria or Aza'zel?"

As he composed himself, he noticed the newcomer (or, rather, his long-lost kin) sizing him up. Or, well, it seemed. Those heterochromatic eyes of her were flicking all around his own icon. Eythan knitted his brows in naïve confusion, tail flicking. The cub found himself staring at Remedy, curiously staring at her horns. They were almost like his. They shined in reds and greens and sometimes even blues. His mind immediately flashed back to the image he'd seen of a room full of waterfalls of feathers flying, of three stones clanging on the floor. Could this hybrid be one of those stones? Did she know Scarborough?

There was that odd pang of familiarity, as well... like deja vu.

When she saddened visibly, however, Eythan knew there were connections. Slowly, he took a step forward, ears lowered in submission and head lowered. "What do you mean? Who? Is it..." slowly, he teased the thought of saying it. Shaking his head, he mewed a quick, "nevermind," before trying to compose himself again. "Karkata? I'm Eythan Karkata-Vita."

At Remedy's question, Eythan's ears drooped. "Memaw's been gone for a really long time and... I'm not... talking to Dada right now... or ever a-again. "

@Remedy

Amaria

You fell away,
What more can I say?
The feelings evolved,
I won't let it out,
I can't replace...
Your screaming face,
Feeling the sickness inside

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Long had she been away. Even longer had she been lost to her ownself. Paws moved silently across the barren stone, pulling her towards a scent she had not scented in such a long time. Not since then. She had only herself to blame for her solitude, but she knew it was for the best. Slowly her draconic tail swayed with her movement.The Karkata family had to deal with things that most families did not. Gentle blue eyes searched the area before her as she drew closer and closer to where she knew her adopted daughter would be. Remedy was home, cycles after Cure had left, the little hybrid her mate had bred with a certain bird had returned to what should have been their home.

Amaria, having dealt with her own inner problems, was ready to return to the life of living with others. And to find that it was the same day Remedy returned as well was just...soothing. She had silently kept a watchful eye on Cure, staying in the shadows and allowing Cure to deal with her sorrows as Cure saw fit to, but she would never step in knowing that Cure had wanted to be alone. Probably just as much as Amaria had. It broke her heart, honestly, that both her daughters had chosen to seek solitude. Alas, she could not blame them at all, nor would she harbor any ill-thoughts towards them over it.

As not one, but two little hybrids came into her site a warm smile pulled across her features. She caught the last words of Eythan, but she did not let off a sound as she came closer towards them both. The moment she was behind Eythan a soft, deep rumbling errupted from her throat as she dipped her head down to nuzzle it along the hybrid's back and up towards the top of his head where horns that used to belong to someone else sat proudly. She had no words to give the cub, knowing it was her own fault to have gone away even though she knew of Eythan. She would make up for it as best she could, but for now her gaze lifted to Remedy's.

There was a solemn, quiet acknowledgement before slowly a warm, affectionate smile crossed over Amaria's features. "It's good to see you, Remmy," Her voice was just as full of affection as it normally was when Amaria would speak to the hybrid. Though Remedy was not her true child, Amaria would always see her as such. Amaria very much so wanted to go up to Remmy and just give her a hug, but she also did not want to push affection on the gryphon just yet. There would be time for Ammy to be motherly to the girl, but first she wanted to make sure Rem had been fairing well. For a moment Amaria wondered if Remedy had come here first, or if she had sought out her twin first. She supposed she'd find out eventually.

"Speech" 'Thoughts'

Tags: @Remedy @Eythan
Words:
OoC: OOP HAVE AN AMMY

Keep on trying I’ll not die so easily
I will not die…
Why is everything so fucking hard for me?
I will not die…
Why is everything so fucking hard for me?
I will not die…