[IC] Ink On Your Soul - New Beginnings

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Astley blinks at her and chuckles. He is somewhat relieved, yet also not. How do you tell someone whom is your soulmate that you are a creature that is thought to be fake...make believe. Or should you tell them at all. He rubs his neck awkwardly before taking a deep breath. He would tell her now..get it out of the way."Well...Not exactly" He turns and studies her. "Please hear me out" He rubs his neck again as he thinks of the words. "I am a pixie king" that sentence sounded awful and made up. He could hear it in his own words, but if not now when would he tell her? When he started shedding gold glitter all over the place on his birthday? No it was now, when she could decide to either hear him out or run. He hoped beyond all hope that she would hear him out. The original plan of the playing the human tossed out the window since he reasons that is a terrible idea just asking for trouble.

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Jaze watches Astley struggle, "Well...Not exactly. Please hear me out." Jaze is puzzled, but listens intently. Astley proceeds, "I am a pixie king." She scrunches her forehead in response, "A... Pixie king...?" Jaze questions. "I must admit, Astley, I'm quite confused, but..." She pauses, and reaches for his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze, "But something tells me to believe you. I feel as though you are telling me the truth - as crazy as that seems to me." Jaze gives a slight smile, "You are, however, going to have to explain to me what exactly a "pixie king" is and if it affects me or not." She truly wanted things to work between them, and although this is certainly not how she expected her first encounter with her soulmate to go - she was hopeful.

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Astley blinks at her, then beams a bright smile her way. "Thank you for believing me" He takes a small breath before deciding to go all out. "A pixie king is a lot like an alpha wolf. They gain more power through a pack, along with more territory and the like. Regular pixies can either be born a pixie or turned, while a king can only be born. Once turned, they will..belong in a sense to the king that turned them." He rubs his face somewhat. "Generally a pixie king gains the most power from having a pixie queen...which is usually a female who has either pixie blood in her or is stronger in a sense then others. Without either the pixie king is...like a lone wolf...unable to hold territory and does not have a lot of power." He seems to be avoiding her gaze now. "The worst part about pixies is their love from blood. Usually a teenage boy...and they uh....like to bleed them out slowly...where each pixie will take a small nip with a small amount of blood..." He looks ashamed now. "As for how it affects you...As long as you will have me it will not. I promise you that" He means it as well. "As for my real appearance....we...can take that part slow...please" He is still avoiding her gaze a bit. He hopes she can take all of that in stride...as so far she seems pretty open.

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Jaze listens as Astley starts to explain. "Okay..." She begins, "So how does a pixie king "turn" someone?" Jaze pauses and stumbles over her words a bit, "A... A pixie queen? Would you have to turn me? Would I crave blood as you do?" She stops and looks at Astley, "How do you satisfy your love of blood?" Jaze winces after she's asked the question - not sure she is prepared for the answer. This is so not worth it we can leave this creep, right? She shakes her head slightly, This guy is scaring me... Maybe he isn't good for us... disagreeing with the voices she hears. Jaze is determined to stay with her soulmate. She gently squeezes his hand again, beckoning Astley to look at her, "I want you to know that this is all a lot for me to take in... But I have no intentions of leaving you because of this, you just need to help me understand. I'm sticking around." Jaze gives him a slight smile.

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Astley runs a hand through his hair and squeezes her hand back gently before speaking again. "for a regular person it's a lot like a vampire or werewolf while for the queen.....she would have to be willing....and in that instance it is a kiss....if she isn't willing or the king isn't willing then she would not turn." He gently looks at her. [color=pink]"I do not wish to turn you. I have survived this long without anything."]/color] He sounds determined. Even though a queen would help him greatly something about the idea makes him not want it. It's odd. [color=pink{"as for blood....that would be why I work at a hospital....blood bags...."[/color] He takes a deep breath once more before fully making eye contact. "thank you...I apologize for telling you all of this now....but....if not now when?"

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Astley explains to Jaze how exactly a pixie king would turn a human into a pixie queen. "I do not wish to turn you," he says, "I have survived this long without anything." Jaze looks at him, "I... I think I understand. As much as I can anyway." She shrugs off his apology, "It's okay, I'm glad you were upfront about it and did not try to hide it from me. Jaze smiles at him and tries to appear calm. So much has happened today and it is a bit overwhelming for her. I can't believe you just told him it's totally fine that he drinks freaking blood! What's wrong with you? Jaze sighs... Well he is our soulmate, what else is she going to do? She ignores the voices and tries to concentrate on the current circumstances. "So..." she starts, "It's getting later, is there something you want to do? Somewhere you want to go?" Jaze smiles at him, hoping to change the awkward tone.

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Ashley smiles at her. His smile actually reaching his eyes showing he is truly happy she isn't running away screaming. "would you like to get some food?" he feels like this relationship actually stands a chance, maybe more then a chance. He didn't know quite what to think of that yet, but one step at a time right?

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Jaze tilts her head as Astley offers the idea of dinner. She nods approvingly, "I would like that. Where to? It's your choice." Finding her hand still in his, she gently rubs Astley's hand with her own. Her mind is whirling from all of this new information she has yet to process. Jaze smirks, she feels her life is about to get much more interesting. She finds herself drawn to Astley, she wants to touch him, hold him, help him, and be there for him any way she can. Weird, she thinks, I have never felt this close to a stranger before... Jaze is excited for a change of scenery, perhaps over dinner they could talk about other things in their life - things not including pixies and drinking blood... "I" she starts, "I want to know about your past. I've told you some of mine, but I want to hear about you - other than being a pixie king." Standing, she adds, "But let's not stay here, we can talk on the way or when we get there. To... Whichever place you choose."

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Astley taps his chin and smiles. "I know where we are going" he feels like he hasn't smiled or acted this good natured in a long time. He stands and offers his hand back to help her up. "I want to know all about you as well. he felt excited to get to know her, to be a part of her life. He felt the small urge to turn her, to make her his queen, but he quickly quenches the urge. Things will get interesting that is for sure.

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Jaze smiles back, "Well, then I shall follow." She takes Astley's hand as he leads them to go get dinner. "So," She starts, "Where are you from? What do you like to do? Where do you live?" Jaze is unsure of where Astley is taking her, but she trusts him - and her trust surprises even herself. You don't even care where he's taking us? We shouldn't trust him, he's dangerous. You're an idiot... Despite her thoughts, Jaze continues to follow her soulmate.

[BlackPanther]

@Willow Breeze
Astley smiled and lead the way. His destination was a small Italian place that in his mind was better then many of the larger restaurants. [colo=pink]"I was born in England after that I moved around a lot."[/color] he looked at his soul mate and smiled. "I am glad I didn't move away this time...as for where I live...it's not far from the hospital and for what I like to do...I enjoy helping people. It brings me joy to know that I have changed someone's life" partially true...most of it was the thrill of getting away with his fake life. He can affect so much without having any of the necessary schooling or documentation and he had to admit that angle thrilled him.

He opened the door for her once they reached the place. "tell me more about you...please" he was honestly curious about this girl. Why was he paired to her...what made her special.

[Willow Breeze]

@BlackPanther

Jaze listens to Astley intently, hanging on to everything he says. She wonders if she is coming across too overbearing. Shaking that thought away, "You say you like helping people, what exact;y is your job at the hospital? Are you a doctor?" They walk up on an Italian place for dinner, and Astley holds the door for Jaze to pass through. "This is a nice restaurant, Astley - I've never been here before." Her soulmate inquired about her past, wanting to know more about her. "So," Jaze starts, "What would you like for me to tell you about my life? I have talked about my homelife and the absence of both my parents. I don't really enjoy my job at the moment, but - hey, it pays the bills." She follows to a nearby table to eat.