[Jungle Wilds] "Reunion" (Oryani)

by **Xen** on July 4th, 2014, 4:25 am

“Xen sighs.

Another stranger would go about the world, knowing his name while he would not know theirs. Well, at least this stranger was sociable and normal… in a good way! Oryani, in this vast and strange world called Falyndar, did not try to eat him or spit venom at him. Xen was thankful for this and Oryani’s normality . Well, if he took her eyes into consideration then he couldn’t call her entirely normal, could he? They were pretty cool, if only he could have eyes like those. Wait a second… he could morph his eyes to the likeness of Oryani’s eyes! She would probably find his act interesting, fascinating and or terrifying but either way he would have results.

Xen changes the way he sat to be able to assume a cross-legged sitting posture. The way he fixed his legs beneath him was as though he was about to undertake a session in meditation. Xen sets his full attention onto Oryani’s form, his silent, analyzing gaze met with her eyes. He empties his mind to allow the color and image of Oryani’s eyes to settle within his thoughts. Xen uses the emotions he felt when he first witnessed Oryani’s eyes to fuel his djed, as it flows through his eyes. The visage of two black eyes levitates within his mind, resembling two black holes in the expanse of his consciousness.

Xen then commands the djed within his eyes while saying the word ‘change’ in the ancient-tongue. The silent command he gave seems to echo from his mind into and throughout his entire body, as a chill runs down his spine. The process started slowly, as Xen anticipated. The djed tasked with changing these eyes was his after all; his lax nature and inexperience showed during transformations. Xen could feel the corners of his eyes tingling and sensation of change coming over them. Upon feeling this, he deepens his concentration and in-tunes his mind to the flow of his djed.

In these short ticks the corners of both Xen’s eyes had blackened. The blackness that occupies his eyes could be seen spreading, branching across the whites of his sclera. Xen was trying his hardest to avoid blinking but the many chimes going without so made his decision difficult to fulfill. He could feel his eyelids wanting to close and relieve his eyes of the stinging. Xen ends up blinking in the end but continues to concentrate on his djed. He keeps the flow of djed he maintained calm, as overgiving was one of his many do-not-wants . The very thought of overgiving gave him the chills and was one of the many reasons why he limited the use of his magic.

Xen casts the thought of overgiving in the back of his mind, he needed to remain unperturbed. In the five chimes that passed, his eyes were almost entirely black. Xen inhales and then exhales calmly to keep himself in self-possession. The process was almost done, he could sense it and all that was needed was patience and time. The Gecko that had flown into his face just minutes ago had eaten and was now ready to go. The Gecko that had appeared from nowhere, jumps from his hair, glides through the air and lands onto the trunk of a nearby tree. Xen heard a little squeaky-chirp from the Gecko and smiles, it was like the little reptile was saying thanks .

Xen then closes his eyes, believing it was safe to do so and raises both of his hands to massage them. He rubs the thin layer of flesh with his fingers to try to alleviate the stress. Xen stops and removes his hands from over his eyes. He didn’t feel different but kept the djed flowing into his eyes. Xen wasn’t entirely sure but he believed his eyes were entirely black now.

“Okay, you’re sstaying in Taloba because you were a sslave on a Ssvefra boat but then the myrian’ss helped you by killing the sslaverss?”

Xen uses more of his precious brainpower to decipher Oryani’s story. He figures the full details were to be expected some other time, believing that if Oryani lived with the myrian’s then her distrust towards dhani was probably the same. Xen’s suspicions return, his mind back at unease. He hoped that his guest’s hatred towards the dhani did not rival the myrian’s or was equal to theirs. This would sadden him; he was beginning to like Oryani and believed they could have become friends.”

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by **Oryani** on July 6th, 2014, 4:27 pm

Oryani watched the snake carefully, awaiting a reply to her statement. It didn't come for quite some time, unless you counted a sigh as an answer, but something else happened during the time in between. Xen adjusted his position and began staring, just... staring. His gaze caught hers and she stared back, a little confused, but her expression was more blank than anything. Her mouth twitched into a frown for a tick, but no more, before she continued simply looking back, getting as good a look at his eyes as he was getting of hers.

They were such a strange color, now that she got a good look at them. No one she knew had such dark eyes that weren't brown, or, of course, black like her own. They were dark... but dark and colorful, a blueish-purple that one only saw in flowers and butterflies. She'd always thought the snakes would all have snake-colored eyes, yellow and stilted. She'd been proven wrong on two accounts, though... first with the female, who had shocking red eyes... and second with this male, who's orbs were almost normal, but... not quite.

Slowly, slowly... something changed. The whole thing darkened bit by bit, starting not at the iris... but at the corners. She watched, in mixed fascination and horror as they slowly changed color, over an incredibly long and painful period of time. When they were halfway there she understood... he was turning his eyes black, pitch black, like her own. Was it some kind of magic? It had to be. She hadn't seen it before. It was... scary, almost. Being able to imitate another's features. Was it only for Dhani? Was that the reason they could all turn into snakes, because of this strange magic? She shuddered at the thought, and let pure shock into her expression.

After closing and rubbing his eyes, Xen continued the conversation as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened... which was a complete lie, of course. The man's eyes had just changed colors... so she continued staring for several moments after the question had been asked until she remembered the context.

"Uh...What?" she said instinctively in Pavi, before remembering that the conversation was in Common. "Oh, yes," she added several moments later, after roughly deciphering the snake's statement. That was just a repeat of what she'd said, wasn't it? "Yes," she repeated, more firmly and sure of herself this time round. To enhance it, she added a nod, finally dragging her eyes away from those strange and out of place orbs, staring straight at the ground where there was nothing strange and offensive. There was only grass... and she liked grass.

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by **Xen** on July 15th, 2014, 6:41 am

““So tired now, sorry mysterious young lady. I will be heading out for sleep now!” Xen thought

That was an ordeal!

Xen slumped slightly, morphing was a tiresome magic. Every detail had to be accounted for during the transformation and patience, also memory, were benefits of the morpher: a kind of driving force. Xen knew he could hold his transformation for a few chimes but would never maintain a transformation for more than three chimes. The idea of exhaustion wasn’t very good, especially in the jungle: where many beasts lied in wait. Xen exhales a breath of air as he releases his transformation. This was enough for now. He could perform transformations later in the safety of his home.

A tingle like a spark of electricity graces both of Xen’s eyes as they return to normal. In this slow and tedious moment: where his djed returns to its unchanged state, he looks at the starlit sky. The set of indigo eyes captures the visage of the sky like a mirror casting the form and beauty of an object before it. This had been a surprising day: one that was quite long and eventful, if he had to admit wholeheartedly. Xen then looks down again, returning his tired eyes to the world below the stars.

He sets his eyes on Oryani and stands to his feet. This would have to do for now since it was getting late crazy fast. Xen gently lowers his head in Oryani’s direction and places his right fist into the palm of his left hand—a gesture of thanks. He now owed Oryani a favor and if it was within his power, he would go about doing it with honor. However, as long as this favor did not go against the codes he followed or led to death, it would happen. Xen then walks into the jungle after waving farewell and allows his form to assimilate with the darkness.

“ Until next time mysterious young-lady. ” Xen thought

In the dark and damp jungle, he lingers two meters away from his mate, Aka, and lies down in the undergrowth to conceal his body and scent. He would take his mate and eggs away from this place to celebrate the birth of their children in Zinrah. Xen then allows his eyes to close and his body to rest—another day had now gone by.”

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oocThis will be my finale post for the thread
it was nice typing/writing with you!

by **Voodoo** on July 25th, 2014, 5:50 am

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