Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 19, 2015 5:56:16 GMT
Zona didn't exactly freeze but she wasn't exactly moving either as a small knife was held against her neck. "Whoa now. No need to pull a knife on me hun." Zona said as she relaxed some, not letting her guard down but not sitting there all stiff and what not, after all she had her fair share of knives against her neck and she knew how to deal with them. "I don't want anythin' from ya, I just wanted to help. What, I can't do that?" Zona asked as she flopped down on the ground. Even though the woman had her hands pinned to the ground that didn't stop Zona from moving backwards to just lay at the ground. She looked up and sighed some, "It's too nice a day to spill blood don't ya think?" She said as she looked up at the sky through the trees. With the leaves changing and some falling it was a rather nice sight to see. Then a thought hit Zona, "Hey tell me about yourself!" She said with a smile as she pushed herself back up and off the ground some, throwing her neck right back in the line of the knife, "I think it would be interesting to know more about ya. Ya know, so we could be friends or whatnot. And hey if ya got any other questions for me I would be happy to answer." She added with another smile. Something was a bit off with Zona today, but for some reason she didn't really mind it, or care.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Woman leaned back, spoke, ignoring knife, unfazed. Mala tilted head, confused, pouting. Sat on top of the other, watced the woman stare at sky. Looked as well, but woman sprang up, almost touched knife. Invited knife to lodge into throat as neck moved, blade, hungry. Wanting flesh. Mala drew back, face, scrunched, confused. Woman talked too much. Invited Mala to talk, to engage. But to talk was dangerous. Other could draw her in. Could threaten to consume.
But Mala broke bone. Crumbled it into dust by side. Had to be careful—to tread carefully, but knife, useless to strong woman. So leaned back. Continued to sit on top of the other, hand bound one arm, the other, free, cautious, yet aware.
“Leg. How?” Mala asked. Glanced at metal. Could feel under bones, under dress and cloth weight of metal.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 19, 2015 15:31:56 GMT
Zona flopped back down on the ground as the woman asked about her leg, figures she would do that rather than say something about her, but hey, it was a smart move that anyone would do. "My leg?" Zona restated the question, "Well... Long story short the guy who killed my parents came back and tried to kill me, but he kind of failed at that, though he did get my leg." She said as she moved her free hand and rested it behind her head as she looked up at the sky, watching as the clouds as they moved about. Zona would have asked her own question but decided against it, let Mala ask what she wanted first and then go from there.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Mala nodded. Listened faintly. Fire explosions, long distanced echo. But earth, earth whispered. Wind carried, shade, changed as sky moved. Ran hand across silver leg. Felt warm, under touch, like silver always did. Continued until touched skin. Warm, but different. Soft. “Why kill?” Mala leaned closer, looked at marking across stomach. Reached down other leg, and fingers followed, tracing reds and greys, up stomach, up toward face. Curious.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 19, 2015 23:45:29 GMT
"Your better off askin' him..." Zona said as her smile faded off her face. She ignored the hand that traces her tattoos, after all with all the exposed skin on her nearly all her tattoos could be seen, "He used to be a family friend. We did trust him with out lives... But I guess that played against us." Zona said as she watched the clouds. "He said he had a thing against what me an my family are. Like, he disliked our kind and well... He decided to do somethin' about it." She added, letting a sigh escape her lips. Her mind wondered as she felt Mala's fingers run along her leg. The feeling felt familiar, yet distant, like something that happened but a long time off. "So..." Zona began as a smile appeared on her face, "Ya like 'em? The tattoos I mean." She added as she continued to stare up at the sky.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Mala nodded. Traced the tattoos alongside woman’s abdomen, circling the silver jagged spheres. Almost wanted hand to melt, to be asorbed by red lines. Pulled her in deeper, warmth, consuming. Getting too close, but didn’t want to let go.
“Powerful.” She spoke. Bending forward, she laid her ear against other’s stomach. Listened to the other breathe. Felt muscle press against, stomach, clicking as other’s body worked. As other lived.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 20, 2015 15:53:33 GMT
Zona closed her eyes some as Mala spoke. Though what Mala was doing was a bit strange Zona just pushed the thought into the back of her mind, after all it was too nice out to do anything... And she really didn't want to move right now. Though she did nod her head some at What Mala said, "They sure do." Zona said as she thought about the story her body told. She wondered then... "What story do you think mine tells?" She asked. Zona wondered about Mala's story but figured she wouldn't say anything, at least, not yet.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Woman’s voice echoed through body. Mixing with sounds of stomach, of breathing. Heart, calm. Body, stiffening slightly with touch, but overall, calm. Indifferent. “Body…. Hard to explain. Has feel. Not like touch. Emotion.” Leaning up, Mala stared down at other, at how eyes flickered when closed, then moved, staring up at sky. “Ordeal. Pain.” Mala began. Traced the silver leg. “Happiness, oneness of self. Knowledge.” Fingers ran across the red lines, circled the gears, only to touch, linger, on stomach. “Strength. Beauty.” Folding back down, Mala sat next to Zona. Grass touched bare leg, dirt, crunched under weight. Placed arm on other side to look over other. “Dangerous. Hunter. Protector.”
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 22, 2015 15:52:11 GMT
"Hmm... Interestin'." Zona said as she watched the sky. she could feel the girl was moving about but she was a bit unsure of what exactly she was doing, either way her eyes stayed staring up to the sky. "What makes you say happiness? And that oneness of self?" Zona asked, unsure as to why the girl said that, after all she didn't see that at all. "And beauty? I find that a bit funny to be honest. Most run off or say I'm a despicable person for defiling my body with all these tattoos." She added as she clenched her fist. No one should tell anyone something like that. It was her choice and one she would do again if able.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Mala looked to clouds, lowered eyes, breathed. Listened. Other’s voice calm, but grew angry, body, tensing. Speaking of bad times. And Mala peered down at other. “Proud. Show skin. Not ashamed.” Again, Mala traced tattoos, out of habit now, no longer curious. “Beauty. People don’t understand. Mala understand. Not despicable. Strong. Powerful.” Pausing, she pulled away, slowly. Listened to world around her. “But accept body. Embrace body. Not happiness? Or happiness?” Above, clouds moved, drifted. Ran. "Strength of self. Oneness. Happiness."
Last Edit: Nov 22, 2015 21:27:11 GMT by Mala Lelik
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 23, 2015 3:50:02 GMT
"Ya... If only everyone had you way of thinkin'... The world would be better off..." Zona said as a mortal flew though the sky. Though the sound couldn't be heard due to the trees it could still just barely be seen in the sky. Flying high, free for the moment, it didn't have to worry about anything. Not what would happen when it landed, not where it was going to land, not even about who all it could destroy. No. It didn't have to worry about anything. Not for the moment anyway. Zona let out a sigh as she closed her eyes. It wasn't so bad here, even if she was still pinned down by the girl, she seemed to know more than what she let on. That intrigued Zona some and she genuinely did want to get to know the girl more. It could be fun after all. A small bit of time passed as Zona opened her eyes, "So." Zona began, "How long have you lived in Lodan?" She asked, might as well start with some small talk.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Mala shrugged, froze, looked at sky. At fire, lighting clouds. Black smoke, trailing behind. Glowed brightly. Like ember, caught in water. Never going out. Ever flickering. Woman became quiet, perhaps, asleep. Breathing slowed, but never faded. Not asleep. Waiting. Spoke again, inquired about Mala, and Mala dug her hand into the earth. Picked at grains, shrugged.
“Didn’t live until older. Stayed, perhaps. Unsure. Since child. Stayed in black room. Didn’t know much about Lodan.” Crawling away, Mala crouched near Zona. Watching, wary of earth, at how grains escaped palm. She buried her hand. Pulled it from the mass. Repeated. Until grains dug beneath fingernails, caught.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 24, 2015 3:53:20 GMT
"Really..." Zona said, somewhat surprised though it didn't really faze her, after all everyone in this city seemed to have a horror story to tell and Zona was no exception and it seemed like Male wasn't either. "It sucks to be locked away in a place you can never get out from. But hey, at least ya did. You survived right." Zona added as she let a smile creep over her face some. Memories came flooding back in as she thought of what happened all those years ago. Nothing seemed to go her way ever since she was small, at least up until now that is, but still... She was missing a leg after all. "Do you mind if I ask ya more questions or do you want to ask me somethin'? After all you seem like the type of person that would do that, the whole give somethin' get somethin'." Zona asked, wanting to make sure she wouldn't be stepping on the girls toes for asking a bit more.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Mala shrugged at Zona’s comment. Being locked up wasn’t bad in beginning. Strangers gave food. Gave candy, but only when good. When didn’t struggle. They didn’t hurt- not when young. Sometimes. But only when she was bad. When she bit. Tore. Then they got mad. Got angry. But older, they hurt more, for no reason. And that’s when Mala ran, when she broke free.
Woman inquired more about her. Mala tilted head when other questioned. Didn’t want anything in return. Words didn’t hurt. Only when action is behind them. If woman acted upon words, then cautious. But until then, questions depended. Not all questions, two way street. However, the woman offered. Yet, what could that mean? If Mala did not satisfy with answers, would she owe? Didn’t want to owe. And so, Mala shrugged again. “Questions alright.” Getting up, she itched at clothes while walked. Glanced at Zona. “Will consider. Then answer.”
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 24, 2015 20:36:08 GMT
"Ok. I can understand that." Zona said as she stayed where she was, not moving and not caring to move. Zona paused a moment and thought about what she wanted to ask, "So what happened in the black room?" Zona asked curious about what happened, but having a gut feeling she knew what the answer was, "Oh and do you have a place to stay now? Since your not in that place anymore?" Zona added as she turned her head some to look over to the girl before turning it and staring back up at the sky, watching as a bird or two flew by.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
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