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I'm Here for the Dead - Gigatsuhali - Jan 11 2016 @Hasira RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Hasira - Jan 11 2016 Resting, that's what he did a lot of nowadays. He hardly had the energy to get up and even see about his city which was a shame because little King told him that everything was growing. They were gaining new members, loyal little followers that would ensure the clean takeover of the cave. The carnivores would tremble and he would launch the first attack on Arkrael's home base. As soon as he was ready to fight he would lead them with King at his side. His son was young but he was the spawn of a Goddess and a Lord so there was no doubt that he was a strong one. His position was adventitious today. When normally he could be seen near his throne the stag was now in the lee of an old dilapidated building. Sitting in the shadow as he was it was probably hard to see the weathered stag with his many scars but he was there. Ever watchful of anything new in his territory. He had mostly faded into the background but even then he always watched and always listened to the progress. It was because of his ever watchful nature that he saw the tiniest flicker of movement. A tiny bird come to eat at the remains of some dead gembound. It disgusted him, this little carrion-eater. It was probably too weak to kill anything on its own so it had to feed from what the other carnivores left behind. It was like the Carrie of its own species... but because of that it was probably better. It didn't kill on its own, it waited until something was already dead. Even feeding on the carnivores. It was a decomposer of the caves, disgusting and yet necessary all the same. But he still hated it. Slate gray eyes narrowed as he peered at the thing. He was too weak to assault it so he simply sat and after he'd gained enough energy he spoke. "Carrion-eater, why are you in my lands?" He wheezed, voice not nearly as strong as it once was. "Did you follow some disgusting carnivore to my realm? Or are you just as ignorant as those you must beg for food?" His voice was peppered with barely tempered anger. She'd better have a good reason for being here or else he'd do something about it. If she had been a true blue carnivore he'd have chased her away or had someone else do it but since she was simply a half step below an omnivore in his book --despite his hatred- he allowed her to explain.
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This is how I think! RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Gigatsuhali - Jan 11 2016 @Hasira RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Hasira - Jan 11 2016 What? Her heart to him? His eyes narrowed suspiciously, not wanting to believe that there was a sincere kindness in this carnivore. No... Not carnivore, carrion-eater. Not exactly a carnivore. Not as bad. Still, he guarded his heart... Too many times had he been burned by those that were like her kind... the decomposers. He said nothing else as he listened to her, the words soft and kind. Something he sincerely hadn't heard in a while. They were not like Carrie's words who speak in the way that a coward would, nor were they like Yarrow's who was far too timid with the world. The other herbivores in his lands were harsher, crueler, more keen to the harsh way of life. Just like he'd raised them. This one... she was not a coward but not harsh either. She was a strange mixture of... something. His tattered ears tilted towards her as he considered what she said. He was so used to navigating landmines that he knew not what to do with a field of flowers. "Thanks... decomposer." It was not exactly spoken in an insult but more just naming what she was. He debated, gauging, and then finally nodded his head. "Fairy. You speak like an herbivore yet you are not. You only take what is already dead... that is necessary I suppose. I would like to believe what you say but carnivores are careless in their killing and manipulative in their words." He tilted his head to the side as he peered at her shrewdly before narrowing his eyes. "Let's hope you are not trying to dupe the Lord the of the Herbivores." That was his first and only threat. A series of coughs wracked his frame at the expenditure of words. This was wearing on him severely but this decomposer had piqued his interest. She spoke of being a healer, he had none of those in his lands. "If you speak truly and if you are not some emissary from my enemies your services could be useful. You would be welcome in my lands if you are a healer as we have none of those here." He seemed to be considering something before he spoke again. "Heal me? Nothing in this world could heal me... Nothing save someone that could turn back time." Something rasped from his throat. It might sound strange a mixture of wheezing and a harsh bark... The tired old stag was laughing. It went on for a few seconds before he shook his head and fixed the bird with his eyes again. "Save your pity. It only will only help if you are true to your words and are not into killing like the carnivores." Because that at least would be a good thing.
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This is how I think! RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Gigatsuhali - Jan 11 2016 @Hasira RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Hasira - Jan 11 2016 He blinked slowly, still turning over her words and actions in his mind before he finally nodded. If there was one thing this almost-carnivore was it was respectful. Usually he received the ignorant act or outright defiance but she hadn't objected to anything and was polite to boot. If she was trying to fool him then she was doing a good job. The stag snorted and shook his head, the great antlers ripping through the air at the motion. "I will believe you. Do not stand with the carnivores, do not kill for food, recognize that the Lord and his kin are the leaders of the herbivores. That is what is needed to be the Lord's ally." She was still young, perhaps she was impressionable as well. Maybe that was why she was so willing to listen to him. In any case, perhaps she didn't even have the inherent darkness in her heart that all carnivores had because her nature was not to kill but simply to recycle. At her next words he was silent as he thought about it. Wouldn't it test her true intentions if she did this thing? In any case if she were trying to kill him he didn't fear death and it would also help him see if there was any true darkness in her heart. "Practice, Fairy, but be careful with what you do. If I find you are trying to harm me..." He let the words in a wheezing growl. He didn't need to finish that sentence to get his point across.
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This is how I think! RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Gigatsuhali - Jan 11 2016 @Hasira RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Hasira - Jan 11 2016 The little bird leaped and landed on top of him causing the injured Lord to flinch slightly with displeasure. It felt weird to be having its sharp talons against his sensitive hide but she seemed to be moving gently just for him. What a strange thing... It reminded him of what the Plague God had said. To search for the warmth if he lived. He hadn't lived... had he? He'd died and had only been brought back because of the Goddess. It made him question why this bird was being so nice. Was she sent by the Plague God to help him go to the light? If she was it was too little too late. His course was set, her kindness did not matter. The carnivores must be stopped because they had come to him and mobbed him. Stinking cowards. The stag sneered and looked away over the buildings in front of him while the thoughts twisted around over and over in his mind. Something began to tingle along his body where the wounds were. For a moment he tensed, feeling like the bird had tricked him but... no. He could feel the wounds being cleaned, the bad being fleshed out by the good. A sense of relaxation and relief washed over him. One tattered ear turned to Fairy followed by a slate gray eye as Hasira focused on her. "I half expected you to use your magick to poison me." What game was she playing at? "Thanks." It seemed like an after thought forced through clenched teeth. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this bird other than the fact that it ate dead meat. It was infuriating and relieving all at the same time. He sighed. "Why do you help me when everyone else wants to kill me? It is not enough that you are just kind... no one is that kind. Kindness gets taken advantage of by carnivores, it gets you killed... like my brother..." It sounded like he was rambling but really it was a warning. Not about him but about... them.
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This is how I think! RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Gigatsuhali - Jan 16 2016
RE: I'm Here for the Dead - Hasira - Jan 17 2016 Hasira's gray gaze followed behind the bird as she hopped to the ground, never missing a beat as he stared t her. At her words he seemed almost confused. Kill her? Why would he do that? She wasn't a carnivore and even if she was she was one of the most respectful ones he'd ever met. Not speaking a single foul word and aiming to help him without being asked to do so. "No, of course not. You have not wronged me. The carrion-eaters have not wronged me, therefore it would be wrong of me to kill you for nothing. I only speak of others that would kill you, the carnivores who would trick you then turn around and kill you for your troubles." He shook his head, eyes closing briefly before he spoke again after her. "Until the evil is cleansed from this cave... then, yes. It must." He'd told himself the same thing over and over again. He was the goodness in this cave... He was what would cleanse it. First he and then his son, just as he'd spoken many times over before. "Some simply cannot be healed." He spoke, of course, about the meat-eaters... but who's to say that was all he spoke about.
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