ORIGIN - Written on the Bull's Horns

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wake up from your reverie
a light year from reality

Expression morphed into something that could be considered unhappy; however, it was not towards the reasoning for scoping the place, rather the thought in which carried after. Knowing that he held nowhere to call his own, it was somewhat nerve-wracking to think options would be buried at this time. Though why was he worried about that when form was likely to young to even consider a permanent abode? The pup shook his head and drew out a hum while listening onward. That is when hearing a group they were gathering made him snort. Hm, so others were behind them as well. Another twist to the core, but he settled when told the flaws of this room. Too much water and too warm had not seem to be reasons to take fully, but thinking of others was not something he truly knew how to do. "Yeah, I guess it wouldn't be really beneficial, huh?" He said, turning about and sauntering back over to water's edge and seating self within liquid.

Thoughts churned around more and more for the beings they were holding for this "following". It was hard to think much on it but perhaps he was digging a bit too deep. "Why a following?" He asked, looking to gain understanding as to why others were tagging along. Something had to have happened while he was gone; something serious, maybe? His mind turned to the task of likely searching throughout the caves to see what was happening. Until then, however, it seemed keeping here was best but self would try to look otherwise.

Ears perked at what the smaller figure asked, viewing up at the ceiling of this area, also wondering what it may be called. It was strange how it felt like form had been everywhere yet knew nothing of this cave. He splashed about the water with mild interest, putting his intentions in order.

"Kyo Speaks"

@Ghanyarah @Lituus

(so sorry for the wait!!)

Virtually blind as he was, he tried to look towards the pup but couldn’t see too much past his darkened silhouette. Ghanyarah settled back in the ground, content to believe that the creature before him was no threat. If he was, then he was an awfully insidious one. Above, Lituus exclaimed that the place was too warm and too wet. Ghanyarah wouldn’t have minded the wet, but the heat - that was almost too much for him. And it only got hotter the further into this room one traveled.

Even the other Gembound agreed that so much water might not have been too beneficial, but even then Ghanyarah would argue that it wasn’t the water that was the issue. Then again, he might be one of the few creatures he knew that preferred water to dry land. “No, although personally, I wouldn’t mind.” He added tongue-in-cheek, flicking his tail. Lituus questioned the name of this place. What was it again? How long ago was it that he had even spoken of it? “Fornax, I believe. The Great Furnace. For its heat.” He pointed out, gesturing his nose in the direction of those vents in the far corner.

Then the child echoed his sentiments of a following with inquiry. Ghanyarah grinned. “It is not so much a following, I suppose, as it is simply a… family. This world has been dark for so long.” He said, and though at first he hadn’t meant physically, he guessed that that had become true as well. “I seek to make it brighter. More alive. More wondrous. I have been afflicted with love,” he explained modestly, “and I seek others who wish to share theirs alongside mine.”

“Curious minds, creative hearts, artists, singers,” He added, glancing up at where Lituus sat. “This cave needs more of us to bring love into it.”

@Lituus

The name of the furnace is repeated on her tiny tongue- "... Fornax." A powerful name, one as strong a sound as the heat assaulting her. A single wing extends to her side and gingerly rotates to and fro, trying to generate a small current that will cool her down. Her other wind clings to him as she does so, and altogether must have looked like a small moth trying to right itself after a tumble onto its side.

Ghanyarah's words were certainly giving her the impression that he preferred water. It would have made sense, giving his chosen home in Cetus. The swampiest, boggiest place there ever was. Though the Great Furnace took the cake for the most amount of water she had ever been in the presence of. Part of her wondered what it looked like, and she lets a thought sink into the back of her mind; that she would return here when the lights came back on. Perhaps then she would even be able to fly!

-- and then he continues to speak. He speaks so fondly of his ideal, in a way she had not heard before. "It's only been dark for a little while, actually.." was she trying to be cheeky? In reference to the overall lack of light in the cave, of course. Part of her knew to what he was referring. The eternal battle of light in dark, though without one, there could not possibly be the other. Compliments to a greater whole. The flow of the universe.

"I can sing!" she chimes in, for no other reason than to remind them that she was still there. Hooked thumbs curl beneath her body and lift her up. "Love, love, love, love~ la la love." she murmurs in a melodic lilt. "Like the drawing tree, and the singing tree. And Ghanyarah. And--" the bat inhales quickly. What other things could she list that she loved? That tiny snout points in the direction of the canid once her sonar locates him again. "You should come with us! Help find a new place. Help Ghanyarah see in the dark." Though it is what she has been doing- the Rudolph to this scaly Santa's sleigh- but this heat and humidity made her want to nap.

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tags: @ghanyarah @kyorai

wake up from your reverie
a light year from reality

Paw ceased its splashing to hear out the name of this water dominate room. Fornax was what it was called, crooning out the name to get self used to the ending in which tongue to could not simply get right. Apparently, its rather high temperature is the reason it bears the title: The Great Furnace. The pup had not payed much attention to the heat surrounding this place and it certainly had not bothered him enough to make him want to leave; likely from being the first thing he was exposed to in a while. Giving wetted coat another shake, Kyorai listened along to the explanation about a following he questioned earlier. Nose wrinkled up when he caught "family" to be within statement, not finding it to be enjoyable in terms of hearing it; seeing it slightly on the offensive side to be honest. The thought of those being close together always gave him a feeling he could not describe. Mind would not know of a family nor would it know what to do in one. It stood a bit on the discouraging side when self considered the lack of understanding for said thing, but he hung still as he remained aware of their other statements.

Head tilted to the side and eyes looking forward in a way that spelled distress; though the male was merely more confused than he likely should be. There was not much he had seen wrong with the caves which was why he sat baffled. "What love is there to bring? I see no need for it." He inquired in honesty, in need of knowing the significance of doing so. Perhaps he was blind—which self definitely was back then—as there was no problems he could instantly put out there to say it was in need of "love"; however, thoughts had the knack of wandering farther than wanted.

Hearing cancelled out the singing of the other, not seeing it as the most pleasurable thing at the moment. Although a small, crooked smile would lightly cross itself onto face for a second before returning to a frown. Unsure of what to make of self, before deciding to distance himself by going deeper into water, a question sprung his way from the little stranger. A hum found its way from him, watching the small ripples of water while in thought. From what he has heard, it was dark, not just eyes being faulty as always. With that, these strangers could not see, however, he could see about the room just fine save the dark figures here and there. Turning around and hopping back out of water, he got close to the large lizard again, still holding onto his note. He wasn't sure if he could really be of help, not with how complicated mind was being. Though he could not turn down task when he had no other. Hum finally flattened once he came to a decision.

"Perhaps I should! I guess being someone's eyes would not be too bad. Besides, this heat is probably starting to get to me now."

He admitted, letting out a chuckle followed by the shaking of his head.

"Kyo Speaks"

@Ghanyarah @Lituus

As Lituus atop his head began to sing, reciting the word over and over again, the komodo found himself smiling. The other creature observed that they couldn't see the need for love. Ghanyarah blinked over in his general direction, but he wasn't sure what to say. He didn't feel it was right to lecture the youth on love and other emotions, especially since Ghanyarah was hardly an expert on them himself. He had only recently began to accept them, having shut them out of his mind for most of his life until he'd grown desperate enough to embrace those feelings that he craved. Perhaps the child merely had to learn. Perhaps they could show him.

With a suggestion for the babe to come with them, to find new places and help Ghanyarah to see, he laughed quietly, "Two sets of eyes would be far better than none. And I, it seems, am the one that has none," the reptile pointed out. He still counted Lituus as being able to see even if she might be just as blind as he was - at least she could feel for the room. Ghanyarah had no such opportunity with his flat feet and his own poor hearing. He relied on sight for everything.

"We have only just begun our quest to examine the other rooms, but I would not mind if you joined us." Then the reptile paused, realizing that he still didn't know what the youth's name was. "Oh, I apologize for not introducing myself earlier. My name is Ghanyarah. This is Lituus," he explained, tilting his head though he knew the action would be slightly futile, even if he meant to gesture to the bat.

@Lituus

The bat only giggles at the canid's uncertainty. What love is there to bring, he says! She clings low to the bridge of Ghanyarah's snout and just lets a warm grin sit across her face. The others converse, and soon, names are exchanged. "Aye, that I am! Bat I am!" Was she trying to be punny? "What other neat places do you know of, little fuzzy, dark thing? Where next shall we go."

She was eager to get out of there, that much is obvious. Though her chipperness remains and her voice shows no inflection of disdain, in her mind rests a desire to skedaddle. It was hot. Humid. HOT. She would rather be in Cetus, even if it were just as wet. Well, less wet, more muck! But it was cooler there. Much cooler- under the shade of all the trees, and lacking the vents that sputtered up an ungodly heat.

@Kyorai

wake up from your reverie
a light year from reality

"Kyorai."

Telling his name, he made sure to remember the bat's, already knowing of the lizard's. Then, he was asked of any other places he had graced through. Ears went crooked along with smile as he knew how much mind lacked when it came to the rooms he had been in. "I wouldn't say anything interesting. There's a place with a waterfall and one with plants," he said, surprised how limited his knowledge was when it came to this cave. The pup only hanged around one quadrant so, what else was out there was a mystery to him.

The canine sauntered over to the opening of the passage in which led in and out of this room. A disapproving look then plastered onto his face, noting there was a problem on his end. "It seems I may stay behind though, there's a lot of water in the tunnel," he told, hearing some liquid splash about within it. Self was not afraid to traverse the passage once again, but everyone had limits for a reason. It was a sad thought that he would remain within this room for just a bit longer. Though it did depend on whether he would be up to getting pass a flooded tunnel as some parts of it would surely dominate him.

"Kyo Speaks"

@Ghanyarah @Lituus

Lituus’ cheery rhymes made him smile again, though he doubted anyone would be able to see it. He turned his body slightly back in the direction they had come, his long tail dragging behind him as he went, listening to Kyorai describe the other places he’d been. One with a waterfall - that sounded a lot like Pisces - and another with a lot of plants. That could either be Eridanus or Cetus.

He moved out after Kyorai, then paused as the babe stopped and splashed the water, voicing his concern for the flooding in the tunnel. It hardly even concerned Ghanyarah, who was accustomed to traveling in water, but he realized before long that it might not be so pleasant for other creatures. Especially those with fur - and if he was interpreting the silhouette ahead of him correctly, he looked puffy enough to be covered in it. “That should be no problem. You are welcome to ride on my back if you like,” he offered, sliding up next to Kyorai. After all, the pup didn’t look too terribly big. Ghanyarah had ferried others around before and he was pretty confident he’d be able to keep him high enough out of the water.

@Lituus

There had been a lot of water getting here. She did not know if it was normal or not, since her time in this place was so new, but there had been a small pang of fear in her gut, wading through. Even if she had her innate ability to see without seeing, Ghanayrah couldn't, and if she accidentally got swept away...well.. would he be able to help her then? Still, she tries to imagine the waterfall in her mind, wondering what it would look like. "Think we can go to the falling water?" she speaks down, to Ghanyarah's snout. That sounded exciting. Plants would be good too, but she had been plants already in Cetus.

But the canine was not so sure. He thought it better to stay, but Ghanyarah dared to have a solution. He seems so sure. "We won't sink?" she puffs up her collar and sends a few more high pitch clicks in the darker shadows direction. The pup certainly did look small.. Ghanyarah was squat, but he was long and sturdy. And a great swimmer to boot! Her senses couldn't doubt it. "Let's try it! I'll stay.. right here." The hooks on her thumbs cling to the edges of Yara's snout with her feet find purchase on the scales at the base of his snout.

@Ghanyarah @Kyorai

wake up from your reverie
a light year from reality

A little whimper drew from him when the bat spoke about sinking. He did not want to be the source of anyone's demise, even though the lizard was supposedly good at getting across and through water. With that in thought, he began noticing the fins protruding out of the reptile's skin, shooing away much of the doubts he had at the start. After some thinking, he finally decided to take them up on their offer, circling about in trying to figure out the best way to climb upon them. Although once on their back he would not be sure on how he could grip onto them but, hopefully, nails were not worn down that much to disallow a necessary hold.

Hopping onto Ghanyarah's lower back, he climbed up midway, figuring out an appropriate way in holding on. Once feeling doubtless about current position, he wagged tail ready to go forth without fault. "There! I think. The place of falling water isn't that far I'm sure." By far, such room was only straight out and through the tunnel in which connected to this room, but lizard likely knew that already.

"Kyo Speaks"

@Ghanyarah @Lituus

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