[IC] Of Monsters and Myth

[DarkStarLove90]

"Oh okay. Yes your assumptions are correct, I have been alone most of my life now. And I am Araile a dragon shape shifter." Araile looked at Darrken and wondered, maybe this Remes was right, maybe she should stick with Darrken. At least until he wanted her to leave? She was having a conflict inside her head now, she didn't want to bring any harm upon him should she run into the wizard again, he was probably a hell of a lot stronger now than he used to be, and the crazed maniac lusted after more then just Araile's blood, he lusted after her shape shifting ability. She wasn't even sure if it was a possibility that he could take it from her, and she didn't intend to find out either.

[DarkStarLove90]

*my bad double post*

[fer1323]

Seeing the face of Araile, she has a serious past of which Remes feels is too personal for him to ask and Remes can see the worry on her face for him. It seems fate has sowen the seed of love into them. It makes sense as both are probably the only ones of their kind and both have been living isolated lives for a long time.

Remes thinks back to why that he is alone. He can not bring forth the answer. The earliest memory is that he was laying on a bank of a river. A hunter found him and nursed him back to health. The hunter taught Remes all the things he uses today to hunt. The hunter was killed by a bear that Remes , in anger, vowed to kill it and did so. That was ten years ago.

Remes still did not know who he was before or where he came from. Solitude was okay but Remes had a void that needed filling. It seems the past encounter and this one arose this feeling of needing a pack. A family. Remes was going to the pub every week or so, to check if a beast folk like him arrived in town. Remes had no luck so far.

[DarkStarLove90]

Foiend was angry, but then again he was always angry, he had searched and searched for the dragon shape shifter known as Araile for years, to no avail. He swept a hand across his brow, he was drenched in sweat, these were modern times but he had never quite learned the skill they called driving. For years after Araile had escaped him he hid in his cave on the island of Temult and planned. He planned out the hunt of her, her capture, her slow and long torture, the blood he would harvest from her body after he had killed her, oh and his favorite part: ripping out her heart while she still lived so that he could eat it while it still beat. That was the only way he had ever managed to find that he could steal her shape shifting powers from her, and he intended to do so. The blood he harvested was for a bath that he would have to take after he consumed her heart, he was to completely submerge himself in it after a day of his body digesting the heart. Normally things like this would disgust someone, but it excited him. Foiend was a nasty wizard, a downright evil being. He might have once been good, but he had long forgotten when. There wasn't a shred of who he was once left in his heart nor his brain. He strode to the end of the path he had used to cut through a neighborhood, he looked at his map, according to this he was about 3 days from a town called Hooveville. He would stop there, and rest and eat. He decided while there he would try to pick up on Araile's shape shift aura. He hoped he would finally get a ping, and that she wouldn't feel his presence till he had her heart in his hand.

[Nyther]

@fer1323 @DarkStarLove90

As soon as the beast-man started talking about love and compassion, Darrken stood up and walked over to him. "Just because I'm laughing and talking with" He started turning to Araile. Yet, when he looked on her his lost his train of thought. He turned back to Remes. Even though he had forgotten what he was saying, he knew he was trying to put up a tough front. So he continued on where he thought he left off. "I am a great warrior. I don't need" He trailed off as he saw Remes smirking slightly. Darrken tried his best to hold it together, but all he could muster a small huff of exasperation and he went and sat down.

Darrken knew Remes meant well, and he was pretty much right. Darrken just didn't want to admit it. His demon side was yelling at him. Telling him he was a demon first and foremost and he needed to kill and pillage, and it was his elven side that made him soft. To this his elven side came over and kicked his demon side in the face. To which his demon side punched his elven side in the gut. A small fight ensued. After which was a small intermission, in which both side watched a movie. Darrken shook his head. He watched as Araile and Remes talked and thought maybe it was about time to admit he could still be a big bad demon and have some companions.

Darrken came over to where the other two were sitting and smiled sheepishly. They were both mildly amused at his small tantrum and he was thankful they didn't take him too seriously. Darrken addressed Remes: "I didn't know I was being hunted, but that would explain the past few days. It seemed like everyone capable of carrying a sword had come after me. But, it's getting late." He began to look at the smoldering embers of the fire. "I've been just sleeping in these woods and you are both welcome to stay. However I assume you have a cave to go back to." He looked at Araile. He realized what he said. "Not that you live in a cave. It's just you're part dragon and dragons sleep in caves. So if you live in a cave that's fine, but I don't assume you DO live in a cave." Darrken looked at the ground. "I'm going to stop talking now."

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile sat quietly watching Darrken struggle with his inner demon, literally. She knew that it would be hard for him to accept her fully into his life, just as it would be her. She was already so afraid that if she did that the evil Foiend would find her and kill them both. She could live with her life being taken but not his, her stomach didn't settle well with someone dying for her. When Darrken started talking to her, she snapped out of her thoughts and smiled at him. "I have a vehicle that I do need to get off the road, I have some money if you guys would like to sleep in a real bed tonight I could get us a hotel room? I only have enough for one but they have double beds, so one of us would just have to share? I used to live in a cave a long time ago, when I thought it was safer to stay in my dragon form and not appear human. But I almost lost my human side because of that, so I tend not to do that anymore. Besides caves are dark and dingy, and the bed rock is hard." She laughed and looked down at her clothes again, "That and I could really use a shower and a change of clothes. Lord knows I probably stink by now." She didn't want to alarm them that she was just eager to get out of plain view, Foiend if he was any where near her would recognize her by sight, even without feeling her aura. She looked a Darrken who happened to be sitting pretty close to her side of the fire, the fire illuminated his face making him almost seem scary. She smiled, she liked the way it made him look, scary was good.

[Bluebe123]

After a few hours of taunting the bartender, Xanti got tired and bored, "...Screw it. I'm going home." He walked past a gas station, noticing a car there, "Hey, there's a coat hanger in there. I need it for some pseudo-masochistic cosplay... But I don't want to break the window, it's not that bad a car." He scratched his fuzzy chin, "Guess I'll camp out, jump the owner, and take the hanger. Or just ask."

[Nyther]

@fer1323 @DarkStarLove90

Darrken was glad Araile didn't take offense to his cave reference. As she talked about a bed and her car, Darrken had almost forgotten what century he was in. He hadn't ventured out of these woods in he didn't know how long. He turned to Araile, she seemed a little nervous about something. Darrken just assumed it was because he was a demon and she thought him unstable. That's usually what most people thought, and they were usually right.

"You don't stink." Darrken said to Araile. "But if you're worried about money I could 'convince' the innkeeper to provide us more rooms." Darrken grinned evilly. Even though he was horrible at reading people, he sensed that wasn't what she wanted. At her mention of sharing a bed he eyed Remes. He couldn't figure out why, but whether he shared a bed with Araile or not, he didn't want anyone else sharing her bed. "Well since I'm used to sleeping on the ground, I can sleep on the floor." He stated. The way he was acting was if someone else was speaking though him. He sighed to himself. "Anyways." Darrken started. "Let me walk you to your car. From what Remes said, there could some more of those crazy men coming after me and i wouldn't want them to have a search too far for me would I?" Darrken laughed as he stood up offering his hand to Araile.

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile took his hand, and smiled at him. She looked around the woods, they were dark and inky almost and she was glad to at least have the two companions following her through the woods to her car, she was getting better over the years about sensing him when he was around, but it was always when he was already too close and she had to nearly lose the skin on her hide to get away. She laughed at Darrken "I don't mind sleeping in the same bed, I don't move around a lot so I wont smack you or kick you in sleep. I would love for a shower though, it really does help soothe nerves, and mine are on high alert right now. But we mustn't speak of why, out here in the open...too many things can overhear." She glared at the trees and the wildlife she knew hid in the forest, for all she knew they were already tattling on her to their neighbors spreading the news of what she was around half the country side already. She motioned for the two men to follow her, she would put them all up in a room tonight, and discuss plans, if they were really going to all team up then they both needed to know what baggage she carried.

[Nyther]

@fer1323 @DarkStarLove90 @Bluebe123

Darrken perked up at her mentioning sharing a bed with him. His demon side scolded him. "You're not some high school teenager. You need to stop acting like one." Darrken pushed these thoughts out of his head as he followed Araile to her car. As the forest broke to reveal a road and her car, Darrken put his hand up. "Wait." He whispered. "Something is here." He said turning his skin to iron as he walked to the car. "Come on out!" He yelled circling the car.

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile stopped, she actually felt a little fearful waiting for Darrken to lure out whatever it was that waited for her, she was almost scared to death thinking that Foiend had finally found her for good, when she found someone she could actually spend her time with.

[Bluebe123]

@Nyther @DarkStarLove90 @fer1323

Xanti walked out of the bush he hid in, "Jesus! Can't a Bogeyman get s-- Oh wait, you own this car?" He pointed to the car, "'Cause I sorta need a coat hanger for... Things. Not alleyway-abortion things, video game convention things," he explained, "I couldn't even break into the car without a rock or something. Stop being such a pussy."

[Nyther]

@DarkStarLove90 @fer1323 @Bluebe123

Darrken narrowed his eyes at this new creature. The new creature seemed as a dramatic as the beast-man. "You know him?" Darrken asked the beast-man. The beast-man just shrugged. Darrken moved closer to this new creature. "This is not your car." He said. "If you want to see how much of a pussy I am we can go right here and right now." Darrken's demon side jumped up and down for joy as he readied himself for combat.

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile looked at the weird creature and then back at Darrken, "Its my car, what exactly were you planning to do? Jump me? That wouldn't have been a very good idea on your part." Her dragon form started to show on her face and she bared a huge set of teeth at the being now. She growled a low rumble and walked up to stand next to Darrken. Her facial features looked very dragon-y at the moment, for she was ready to turn at the slightest movement from the creature.

[Bluebe123]

@DarkStarLove90 @Nyther @fer1323

"I'd only jump someone with my bare hands if I wanted to die," he sounded annoyed, "If I had a stick, you'd have chased me out of town by now. And I wanted the coat hanger because I can't find any wire ones and that one is wire, I need it for a hat for a costume." He fixed his bowler hat, "I have, like, twenty bucks. I could pay you that for it."

[Nyther]

@DarkStarLove90 @Bluebe123 @fer1323

Darrken looked at the creature then back at Araile. He was quite confused. "It's your car, so this is up to you." he said slowly backing up. He felt that Araile could handle this creature, but stayed near in case she needed him.

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile calmed herself, and her features went back to normal. "I'm sorry, but I cant take you money for something I paid nothing for, and I really do appreciate you waiting for the owner rather than breaking in. It may be a hunk of junk but its all I have to my name." She glanced at Darrken and headed to her car, she opened the door, and reached in to grab the hanger, she then shut the door and backed up. She stuck the hanger out, "Here. You may have it. What is your name? Mine is Araile. This is Darrken and Remes."

[Bluebe123]

@DarkStarLove90

He grabbed the coat hanger, "Thanks. I'm Xanti," he nodded, "Nice to meet all of you," he sounded somewhat tired, "I gotta get home right now, so see ya. Unless I see you first." He turned around and walked off.

[DarkStarLove90]

Araile glanced at Darrken and shrugged her shoulders, "Harmless enough I guess right? I didn't feel right taking $20 for a wire hanger...you can buy them anywhere for like $2. Alright, if everyone is going with me to the hotel, climb in. Im ready for that shower." She climbed in the front seat, retrieved the keys from under the seat, and started her engine. Putting on her seat belt, she sighed and leaned her head back, she was suddenly very tired also. But she needed to sit down and explain some things to Darrken and Remes first. She needed them to know how dangerous it was to be around her, especially since she wasn't sure what the wizard Foiend was capable of anymore.

[Nyther]

@DarkStarLove90 @fer1323

Darrken watched as Araile drove to the hotel room and got a room. He was confused at the random man who left as quickly as he appeared. The three companions walked into the room. There were two beds and as soon as the door opened Remes quickly went to his bed and get ready to go to sleep, Darrken sat down on the other bed and addressed Araile.

Araile went and got in the shower. As she was getting cleaned up Darrken sat on the bed. Araile emerged out of the shower in nothing but a towel. Darrken stood up as she entered the room. He slowly approached her. "Remes is asleep." Darrken muttered to Araile slowly moving closer to her. "He's a heavy sleeper." Darken stated pulling Araile towards him. "I'm not trying to be crass, but I think he won't wake up any time soon.' Darrken said leaning into Araile and softly kissing her.