<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://s300.photobucket.com/user/SociallyToxicBeauty/media/5d741913-5214-4aef-8677-bf3a2c5711a8.jpg.html"></a><a class="postlink" href="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/SociallyToxicBeauty/5d741913-5214-4aef-8677-bf3a2c5711a8.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><span style="color: #408000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Alida</span></span></span></div><br/><span style="color: #FF0000"><br/>"So that's what your jealousy feels like, huh? Powerful stuff," </span>Izu prodded with a slight chuckle. She could easily see, even without their bond, that he was very entertained by the strengthened connection. She gave a bit of a pout, trying to deny to herself that she was jealous. She couldn't help it though. Being in Izu's world had totally changed her perspective on how partnerships functioned. Izu had never given her any reason to doubt him and she knew that she had his full attention. Logically she understood that in her world she would still have Izu's full affection--emotionally she was having a harder time.<span style="color: #408000">"I am not jealous,"</span>she muttered to herself. After all, she thought to herself, how can you be jealous of girls who Izu hadn't even met?<br/><br/>She snapped out of her thoughts when Izu was suddenly taking a very exaggerated step towards her, before winking and making his way over to the bed. The jealousy she felt slipped away as Izu's own essence reflected his attempt at trying to comfort her which, as usual, worked with his silly actions. The tall man tried to lay seductively on the bed, giving it a pat--to which Alida gave a solid snort at, covering her mouth in embarrassment at the noise. Izu didn't seemed to mind, though, peering over his shoulder and attempting to stretch one of his wings out in a come hither fashion.<span style="color: #FF0000">"You know," </span>he admitted,<span style="color: #FF0000"> "these things are a lot harder to use than I would have ever imagined possible."<br/></span><br/>The green haired woman gave a slight nod accompanied with a soft smile,<span style="color: #408000"> "That is because, silly man, our people have their whole lives to learn. It will take you a moment, I promise you."</span>She took soft steps towards the bed and joined Izu on the overly large pad, curling up in a slight fetal position facing him. Her eyes looked up at his and she wondered what things they should talk about first. Izu's reactions to her world were much calmer than her own reactions to his.<br/><br/>Alida was still dressed in her clothing from Izu's world, but she did not feel so inclined to remove the garments quite yet and Izu still had his own pants on. She wasn't sure how he would handle it once he realized they would likely adhere to her world's customs rather than his own conservative world's. Izu seemed to be handling things rather well, so perhaps her concern was for naught.<br/><br/>She supposed they could come to a compromise if he was too seriously bothered by being naked around others---after all, her people were probably a bit more accepting of someone wearing strange garbs than his people were of someone being naked. All in all, she decided, that wasn't a serious pressing issue at the moment. What did matter, however, was how this had happened (not that she was complaining). She knew her brother was currently investigating, so all she could hope to do was prepare Izu for the possibility of never being human again.<br/><br/><span style="color: #408000">"My brother went to consult with some manuscripts to figure out why this happened...It may be a permanent thing...If that is the case, we may have to stay in my world. It was easy for me to hide away---I do not think it would be as easy for you."</span>