It's another bad dream, Poison in my blood stream I'm dying but I can't scream, Will you show me the way? Warmth. That was all he could remember until there was nothing but cold. And wet. The boy gasped at the air as he slid onto the wet ground, his breaths ragged and heavy. He was sprawled out on his side, front paws close to his body and hind legs stretched out towards the hole in the mineral he had slid from. There was a strange feeling on his face, a rythmic tap that annoyed the boy. His eyes opened hesitantly and he would begin to move. slowly at first, the boys limbs were new and thus difficult for the pup to use. He managed to lift himself up enough so that he was sitting on his left hip, eyes wide as he looked around the semi-dark hall he found himself in. scared, the boys tail instinctively curled up between his legs as he scooted backwards to press himself again his pink spinel. Why did he have to come out of that rock? He was perfectly fine in there. Safe. Ghost didn't feel safe here. speech table code © rasta 2015

Life is precious.

It had been about a day since her spar with Leon and though it felt slightly better the wound on her chest, four deep claw marks that still felt like they were burning with heat, still caused pain when she walked. However, she couldn't bring herself to stay put. The little cub still had a heart for exploring and besides, she felt it would be better to show Leon just how much the wound didn't bother her! Maybe that would make him feel better. He hadn't meant to hurt her and she felt no ill-will to him for the wound. After all, hadn't she been the one to instigate the fight to begin with? Wounds were bound to happen when you got into play fights. She had no regrets.

Now, she and her friend were traveling a little ways away from Pisces. It wasn't too far as to aggravate her wound but it was far enough to sate her thirst for curiosity. Doggedly she tried not to limp as she leaned into Leon's side, sapping warmth and support from his form as they went. It wasn't until she saw in the distance a white and pink shape did she step away from Leon. "You see that?" She questioned before going up to the new creature. It was obvious that he'd just hatched and the friendly lioness gave a smile.

"Hello there. I'm Makyna and that's my friend Leon. Do you have a name?" Her voice was quiet and kind as she looked at the other creatue, waiting to see what or if he would say anything. She always liked meeting newborn gembounds. You never knew what they were going to be like.

"Speech." || "Thoughts."

table by lisa

words: 282
tagged: Ghost, Leon
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muse: 5/10

Ever since the accident at the crux of their spar yesterday, Leon had been torn. He felt ashamed that he had let such a thing happen to Makyna. He wanted to hide his face; from her, from Cancer, from everyone. He didn't want to be around her for fear that he would hurt her again. At the same time, he wanted her to know that he was sorry. He was so terribly sorry for what he'd done. Did she know how guilty he felt? Leon wanted to wrap her up in himself and say sorry a million times, and do everything he could to comfort her. It was a constant battle between his desire to heal her and his desire to keep her safe - he was too dangerous. But who else could he trust to keep her from harm?

He was lost in his internal struggle. Though Makyna adhered to his side loyally as any best friend would, he cast a few glances at her every now and then just to make sure she was okay. Or just to make sure she really was still there. There was nothing that suggested there was anything wrong - she seemed to forgive him pretty quickly, but Leon's paranoia was desperate to act against that. Then, when he'd made sure she was alright, he would lose himself in his thoughts again. Only her voice had torn him from them, asking if he saw something. The bear blinked and tried to peer out down the tunnel. Sure enough, there lay a white body and a broken pink chrysalis nearby.

Leon followed her, coming up behind the lioness as she approached the hatchling. He sniffed at the wolf, finding that he looked oddly similar to Rohan - even down to the eye colour. Rohan! Leon blinked and furrowed his brow. Where was his other best friend, anyways? No, it wouldn't do to be distracted like this, despite how easy it was due to his guilt. The bear huffed and moved up beside Makyna, silently peering down at the canine. Focus time.

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It's another bad dream, Poison in my blood stream I'm dying but I can't scream, Will you show me the way? His back was pressed into the wall, eyes frantically trying to see anything but his vision was crap. He didnt know this, but he was partially blind and this was probably going to be the best he could ever see. Any darker would be too dark and any lighter would hurt his sensitive, pale blue eyes. Those eyes scanned the place the best he could, but he heard them before he could see their blurry figures approaching. Ghost could only manage to press himself harder into the wall, even turning himself sideways some to hide even more, ignoring the girls words. g-go away! the sound that came from the boy surprised him and his eyes widened at the apparent vocal reflex. These things that he could not see scared him; one was a large, in comparison, brown monster and the other a slightly smaller monster, but scary nonetheless. Surely they were going to eat him. speech table code © rasta 2015

Life is precious.

The reaction she got from the white wolf was something that she wasn't expecting. Unlike all the other newborn gembounds instead of being curious about the new creatures he was absolutely terrified! He turned away from them and looked like he was afraid that he would be eaten! How terrible! Makyna felt awful sorry that she had frightened him so much and after she gave a little apologetic look to Leon. Not apologetic to Leon but for the fact that the little one was so frightened. She backed up a few paces and lowered herself down to the ground, nonthreateningly. If she wasn't so sure that the wolf's words were from fear she might have been offended at the "go away". She was rather sensitive and those words out of context could hurt.

"I'm sorry... We didn't mean to frighten you. Please, we won't hurt you, little one." Well, she was little herself but this one was even smaller so she felt that it would work just fine in this context. She looked back at Leon, wondering if she was doing the right thing to make the little wolf feel better. Leon was older than her so she always looked up to him to see if she was doing the right thing.

"Speech." || "Thoughts."

table by lisa

words: 212
tagged: Ghost, Leon
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muse: 5/10

Leon, too, was taken aback at the little wolf's outburst. To be honest, Leon had accidentally scared others with his size before. Blue was one of the few who seemed absolutely terrified of him, even though Leon was among the more docile Gembounds roaming the cave. Still, the canine's fright had caused a small frown to appear on his lips and he took a step back, lowering his head. Leon turned to Makyna, who seemed just as hurt that the pup was afraid of them. He returned her look of apology with one of comfort and reassurance - it wasn't her fault, although it probably didn't help that the two of them had come out of nowhere, seeming infinitely larger than the newborn pup.

As Makyna explained that they weren't going to hurt him, Leon opted to lower himself to the ground, laying on his stomach on the cold rock floor. His large paws tucked into his chest in the same manner that a cat's would, having observed Makyna do it several times before. "Yeah, we're friends!" He added after his friend, shifting that frown into a wide, happy smile. Maybe if he could prove to the pup that they were benevolent, he would calm down and stop being so afraid. It hadn't been hard to prove that Leon was friendly in the past, so what would make this so different?

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It's another bad dream, Poison in my blood stream I'm dying but I can't scream, Will you show me the way? The monsters sounded less mean then their blurry shapes looked, but ghost couldnt be sure. If he could see them better, maybe he could judge more, but that was impossible. Poor kid. The smaller monster spoke first and ghost listened intently as he was pressed into the wall. The larger monster spoke shortly after and when he looked over, the monster was shorter. He began to relax a little, but not too much, just enough to pull himself away from the wall a little bit. The boy sniffled then and picked up the scents of the others. Carefully he would try to walk towards the two, though his legs were new and he really didnt know how to walk yet. He made it about two steps before he fell flat on his chin, slamming his little baby teeth together and making him wimper. Ghost was quick to scramble backwards, his legs still too noodle-y to even do that much. speech table code © rasta 2015

Life is precious.

It seemed that their efforts in seeming non-threatening had worked. The wolf seemed slightly more relaxed, it was only slightly but it was an improvement. At least he wasn't yelling at them to go away anymore, instead he tried to waddle forwards on his tiny legs in an attempt to investigate further. Makyna smiled kindly at him, silently encouraging him to come forward. Until he fell on his stomach with a whimper. The lioness felt a strange instinct within her when that happened. The poor thing could barely even walk! He was so scared, so terrified, and not even able to move himself anywhere.

It was then that a new instinct was born within the young girl... One to help others and mother them.

Hardly even realizing what she was doing the lioness slowly walked forward. "Shhh... it's okay. I promise you, I'm hear to help..." Her voice was soft and soothing, she didn't want to scare the little guy again so she had to be slow and patient with him. She was still a cub herself but she was older and thus had an inkling of an idea of what to do to help.

When she reached the wolf pup the lioness lay beside him, offering him her warmth and affection. Then, she rasped her pink to over the top of his head like a mother lion might do to her cubs. "You should get up and try to walk again when you're ready. Leon's right there... Try to make it to him. We'll catch you if you fall again." Again she spoke in that soothing voice, trying to gain raise his confidence a little.

"Speech." || "Thoughts."

table by lisa

words: 276
tagged: Ghost
ooc: If she's doing too much then tell me... I can edit this post so she isn't touching him or anything :B
muse: 5/10

good job leon, way to get distracted

Laying on the ground, the bear watched the young wolf with wide, curious eyes. He had witnessed the hatching and emergence of many Gembounds since his own, but he hadn't ever seen one have so much difficulty moving. But maybe he was just different, maybe there was something about him that set him apart from everyone else. Everyone seemed to be just as different, after all. Maybe they had to find the special thing about him.

When the pup's legs trembled and he fell, Leon straightened up, as if making the move to help - but Makyna was already there, swooping in to comfort the babe. He remained silent and lowered his head onto his paws, watching, however his gaze lingered mostly on Makyna. In much the same way that he had comforted her and given her heat when he first discovered her, she laid beside him and began to lick his head, providing reassurance to the small creature after his fall. He understood that the little wolf needed some guidance - but that didn't stop him from feeling suddenly jealous when his best friend's maternal instincts brought her to showing such affection towards the pup. It wasn't easy to tell by any means, and Leon knew it was unreasonable for him to feel that way.

Maybe it was the accident. Nothing else could instill doubt in his friendship more than accidentally harming the one he loved the most - and so he found himself wondering, worrying, why had she never done the same for him? But then he would remember that he was the one that hurt her - he wasn't capable of healing her. He was only capable of destruction. His brows furrowed slightly, and his thoughts began to drift as Makyna tended to the pup. Surely, it was all in his head. Right?

It's another bad dream, Poison in my blood stream I'm dying but I can't scream, Will you show me the way? He didnt see the smaller monster get closer as his eyes were closed from his fall. So it was no surprise that when she spoke and he looked around to find her, he was a little shocked to feel her at his side. The young boy froze, pale eyes wide, but calmed a moment later when he felt something foreign on his head. She spoke soon after, encouraging him to walk some more. The last time he tried that, he fell flat on his chin! Why would he want to set himself up for failure by trying again? Certainly he wasnt meant to walk. He looked up at the monster at his side for a moment before trying to focus on the larger monster a ways in front of him. Too blind to see the distracted look on his face, Ghost readied himself to walk again despite thinking this would be a total failure. After roll edit: His legs didnt even wobble as he stood, filling his head with confidence as he began his slow venture towards leon. He was surprised when he made it all the way to the larger monster and turned towards where he came and grinned back towards makyna. i-i did it! speech table code © rasta 2015