The time will come...

[petal_storm]

Who: Any
When: The height of Egyptian civilization.
What: Saving Elora's life.

Elora stretched her wings to the sky and yawned, staring
upward; it was such a brilliantly blue sky...clean and empty of anything she was used to. This was the first day she'd managed to be on her feet; time travel was hard on a body, especially as far back as they'd gone. She was honestly shocked her mother had managed to be up and BUILD A TEMPLE prior...

...granted it was Dahlia. The woman managed miracles on short notice. It would be intimidating if it wasn't so useful honestly.

Egypt.

Land of sands and...green lush plant life. They had arrived before the death cult had poisoned the Nile Valley; all the better honestly. She wouldn't do well in a dead land. Not after her mate had attacked her no...

The scars were a silvery river down her left side. Monstrous, painful...gods it had hurt. She idly traced fingers down the scars and watched people mill beyond the walls. He was here; somewhere. Her mate. Mother had promised and it made her...breathe again. She'd been dying they said, hence the extreme measures. Sh just say it as...and extension. A brief, clean moment between nightmares. She'd had a lot of those recently. Ever since being bitten her mind was...full of darker things.

But the light didn't hurt.

Gods the sun didn't hurt and she took that as a good sign.

"We taught you the language while you slept," Markux noted softly behind her. "We all learned. Here we can...find a better way."

"...thank you father," she breathed, still staring up at the sun. "If I fail..."

"You won't child. We won't lose you."

She...really wished they'd face facts. That they'd focus on her twin yet...here they were. "I'll try. Jaeger's going to hate it..."

"So he's told us," Markux agreed quietly.

"...does he hate me?"

"Never dear."

She wasn't certain she believed him honestly but she let it go for now as she aired her wings. "People will be confused."

"Let them be," Markux chuckled softly. "We're good at making people listen anyway."

"I'm sorry to have scared you."

"Never dear, just keep breathing," he smiled, touching her hair. "And be with Corvus when we say hello to to the people?"

...ah. "Of course." How not? This was Egypt after all, animal mixes...were a good thing.

Comments

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

::Dunno, Egypt, and your sad she hasn't said the same so...::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

::Just because its Egypt doesn't mean she shouldn't get the option to say no.::

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

::Duh, which is why you talk, it opens options. I'm not saying pin her,:: she snorted.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

::Mmmm okay.::

"So uh..." He swallowed.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Hmmmm? Done speaking with your twin soul?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"You can tell?" He blinked. Distracted! He was distracted! "Uh... have you ever been with someone... intimately?"

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"You were distracted and your face shifted like you were having a conversation? Plus twin souls are halves, one assumes they'll always talk to each other?" Was that wrong?

"Rarely, but yes, it gets...awkward, bedmates being ecstatic over being 'chosen'."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Ah." He nodded. "Most don't assume we're related because she's well.. winged."

"Ah... how and why do you chose them?"

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Your mother mentioned you could channel her terror, and she was concerned for you despite public assuming a god should not worry for mortals so..."

Hmmmm? "...loneliness," she admitted quietly. "Attraction, but I am not too proud to admit it is often to feel...close to someone "

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"She was injured." he nodded.

"Ah, I used to do much the same in my time... are you... attracted to me?"

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"She still is, bleeds away at the edges," Orchid mused.

Oh. OH. "You are...quite fair, and...deeper than most in this land. Like a cool pond in summer.'

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yes, we haven't yet located her mate."

He chewed his lip thoughtfully. "Mmm," he nodded. "I am... attracted to you?"

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Did he not come with you?"

Ahhh. She smiled, reaching up to trace his cheek, "and that made you...skittish?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"he's the reason we're here, to find him before he goes... bad..."

"A little this time is... not known for its advanced treatment of women."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"...ah, and then you will...?" Leave again?

"How so?" she asked, tilting her head.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I don't know." He admitted.

"Well, in the future women are more equal to men and have more control of their own lives and the ability to say no to partners they'd rather not have? Mostly."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"...they do here as well?" she laughed softly. "Those free. Slaves are...odd. I have trouble with the law about them, free women hold balanced standing."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yeah... people take way too long to get past having slaves. Well that's not to say some wouldn't if given the chance... Though I'm told slaves here are... treated far better."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"I do not know how they are treated elsewhere..." she admitted softly. "I just fnd it....odd to own a person."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Its horrible." he nodded touching her lips absently.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

She kissed those fingertips, amused by the familiarity yes, "odd, but...it is....leveling here. Any and all can end up as such if they are unkind."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yeah... still strange.... and wrong."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"What does your time do with criminals?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Mmm.… shoves them in cages more or less. Its not ideal either."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Ah, most reform after being slavs?" she shrugged. "I do not know."