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]

"Oh?" she chuckled softly.

* * *

::...that...would not have gone well,:: she admitted quietly. ::All the courts are death walkers. The colors shift where they may work....here.:: Yes, what temples and the like. But...

...she had no idea how to handle having slept with someone who wished her blood.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I don't restrict my people. I do make normal humans feel a bit... wary around my borders. There's rumors sure but it keeps humans from coming in and causing as many problems. We don't attack them indiscriminately, we appreciate the same consideration."

---

Jaeger... wilted quite dramatically yes. ::I... see. We're... not but if that's... truly how you feel... I will, ah... leave you be. I am... sorry.::

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Yes, that is what I mean by controlled area?" she blinked. "I just recall Ana enjoyed shopping and cafes where she could people watch," she chuckled.

* * *

::...what did I say wrong?:: she sighed. ::That is the term here. That is...truth?::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"There... really aren't those things here? We... try."

---

::No, but I understand why people think that. There's very large differences. Hell, some reds are healers even. Whites are more into... mutual pleasures and can actually poison themselves if its not mutual.::

::I should have told you... then you wouldn't be feeling... I don't know I can feel... I don't know. I'm sorry... then you could have avoided … soiling yourself with me... I'm so sorry...::

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Yes, but mingling and people watching," she chuckled softly. "Do you take trips?"

* * *

::No, no, they chose the term? Blacks speak with the words of Anubis, shadow walkers. Reds hold life and death entwined, White accepted the prices of life?:: Um?

::....no. I...I just thought it was....nice. not a meal, I am sorry to be foolish.::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"We do yes." He nodded.

---

::It wasn't a meal... its... so much more than that.::

He was shaking now.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"I'm glad. Markux worries," she chuckled softly.

* * *

::How...far away are you?:: she asked softly. ::Please, I can tell you're shaking.::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I'm sure. I have... odd memories from your son."

---

::I'm in Japan.::

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"...anything I can explain?"

* * *

::...ah.:: Quite...far. ::Stand in the rain?::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Just odd things that should be the future."

---

::I'm sitting out in the rain.::

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Mmmm, things change," she noted simply. "As long as the events of sending her back remain the same, and I shall, and in event of my death, have other things in place to ensure it."

* * *

::Stand,:: she chuckled softly. ::Please?::

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"I don't know what I'd do without her."

---

::Okay...:: He noted standing.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"...be tenser. Unhappy, and different. It's too long a life to be alone."

* * *

The small vine in his hair shivered, dropping a second vine to the ground that drank up the rain and stretched upward into a delicate arch of a door, reaching toward her garden? "...come? Talk?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Yes. It is." He agreed. "I am glad to have her."

---

He nodded stepping through looking rather pale and shaken.

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"And she loves you," she smiled. "That was the only uncertainty factor but...she does. I'm glad to see that."

* * *

She let the vine shrivel behind him, then reached out to touch his cheek gently. "Talk to me."

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"She does." He nodded. "Thank god."

---

He shook staring at the floor. "I fucked up and I"m sorry..."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Indeed. Hmmm, Jaeger left again," she mused, glancing toward the door.

* * *

She...reached out to cup his face, kissing his forehead, "that is not talking. "Please just...explain?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"... So he did. Went back where I collected him from."

---

"I don't even know where to start... I'm a vampire... and I need blood to live. You don't... seem to like that."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Mmmhmmm, his mate," she agreed softly. "Let's give them a moment."

* * *

"...foreign deathwalkers try, often, to feed on deities. It is...stronger than the general populace? We are...what we are." Strong. "Do you need MY blood to live?"

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Alright, if you'd like."

---

"...No."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Mate bonding is...critical," she pointed out.

* * *

"Did you come to me intending to take my blood?" Just...baselines to rule out?

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"It is. His mind is in a great deal of turmoil at the moment."

---

"No..."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"Well, he did get pulled away before she was awake and it was...their first meeting."

* * *

"Why did you come to me?" she asked softly, kissing him.

Re: Egypt

[code_jaeger]

"Something went wrong I think."

---

"I was drawn to you. I've never felt this connected to anyone before."

Re: Egypt

[petal_storm]

"No, some things just take time to cement," she countered.

* * *

"And you...wanted to stay?" she asked.