Posts by SorAmaterasu

The ancient station, bearing the gold-to-white emblem of his former union, adorned with the black form of a scorpion's face and claws, with scarlet eyes... It was familiar.

Oddly enough.

but on each Union's emblem was a small box, upon which rested their mask. Within, one could only assume their former robes rested. It seemed like Luxu often came here to reminisce about the old times, as the box and mask on his emblem were the least dusty. He was there now, as well, though... Perhaps not entirely. It was him, in the form he had been in prior to his Union's collapse-- dressed in a darkly-colored set of Foreteller robes, black and blue adorned with crimson and gold, with no mask hiding his face. The former version of Luxu seemed to notice Kara's suffering, and approached, only for the illusion to wear off.

In reality, what was there was still Luxu, but with his normal outfit(which was still mostly black) and the jackal mask. He crouched down in front of Kara, moving one hand to either of her shoulders.

"...You idiot. I told you not to follow me," he whispered, shaking his head in disbelief before repeating the process he had used on his leg. This time, he pressed the misty essence against Kara's forehead, hoping it would actually do its job for this issue.

Really, there was no need to make more. It wasn't like Taka would be participating in any meals that day-- it typically took about a week to recover from the hold of a Seeker. It sometimes took a year, but the week-long stasis was what would happen. It would give Hikari the chance to become part of the family, if nothing else.

//To be honest, I don't mind either way.

//They could come back when she's allowed to talk again, just to make sure they know her a bit?

Luxu found himself sitting beside her, holding her against his side and quietly singing to soothe her. He knew this sort of thing would hurt, but it had to be important, right? It... it had to be.

Why else would it come back here and now?

Let's be thankful that Luxu was a patient man, willing to wait however long for her to be okay.

Beep.

After what we discussed, where are we 'starting' the new idea off?

Hey, Taka would let anyone come closer to him if they saved his life. Let's be honest here. What, wouldn't you? If someone saved your life, you wouldn't just shut them out, right? Seriously...

//Practicing how, exactly?

Luxu moved one hand to cover her eyes. "Hush. Yes, it's me," he replied, waiting a moment before moving his hand again. He was still wearing the mask, the mask that had caused everything to happen to the union. "Are you okay?" he then asked, concern evident in his voice.

//Sounds good. Who starts, then?

//And either way, we need to make something happen. But what?

//I see... That has to be post-voice return, though, since... vocal answers...

//Is that where we're starting? Training before Visit 2, or Visit 2 itself?

The male let out a sigh. "After what happened, I'd be shocked if it didn't," he admitted. "Other than that, are you feeling okay? You were down for quite some time..."

Of course, Tendaji was more than used to making long treks by now. Mostly due to endurance training with one of their omnivores. She'd make a nice predator. Wait... was that foreshadowing?

Maybe.

Either way, the woman was gathering supplies for the trip, almost a little TOO excited to be traveling. She... didn't like being stuck here. She was going crazy, stuck inside or in the dino enclosures all day... At least the lab had stuff to do, places to run. Here? Here, there was nothing. Nothing at all.

So of course she'd go out of her way to prep for their trip-- summons or not, it was time for a status report.

//Another thing relating to Taka's darkness? Maybe?

//Alright. And who starts?

Luxu let out a sigh. "Well, stop remembering, if it's causing you pain like that," he scolded. "It's only causing problems. But... I'm surprised you actually forgot that. Does it feel better, having part of your memory back?"

Exactly. And Tendaji, for one, was more than willing to leave this place. The only nature she had access to was the enclosure, or even just sand. It was bad. And honestly, to her, this was the best thing to happen.

She had missed being allowed outside their home, and missed being around people. After a while, she had 'everything' ready, including food and water for the trip. She had at least two tote bags sitting near the front door.

After checking the status of the bags, the raven-haired woman made her way to her partner, intentionally approaching on his blind side. She prodded Cross's shoulder lightly. "Hey, you about ready?" she asked, a grin on her face. "I've got stuff prepared. And are there any clues in the letter, as to what we're being called back for?"

//Well, it could always require Hikari's help to bring him out of stasis. Say she's integrated into the family after two weeks, and Taka still hasn't awoken, so she goes to help out?

//I don't mind at all.

Of course, it had been a short while, at least a month. Closer to two, really. Dyani had ended up recovering from her temporary loss of voice, the coughing fits having ceased, but the level of her voice had deepened. It wasn't too big of a difference from normal when she was just speaking, but her singing voice? It had taken a dip. But again, she was still recognizable-- gradual vocal editing would solve it.

As of right now, Dyani was attempting to make a snack platter that Shane's parents would approve of. This meant little pinwheel rolls of lunchmeat and cheese, diced ham and turkey, some pieces of steak she had dried two days ago... And in a bowl, some tomatoes she had picked from the garden that morning. Yeah, she knew they were mostly carnivores, but who doesn't like a good cherry tomato, grown just out on the back porch? Honestly.

"The Master must have felt it hindered you," he replied simply, shrugging. "He erases all memories if he feels they'll hold Wielders back from their purpose. I don't understand it. But at least you remembered it, right?"