Nekodora Doors (Tiaan & Arlyn)
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				Title: <strong>Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>27-07-2009, 20:39:27</strong>
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				The day sure was strange.&nbsp; First it was raining, and then it jumped ten degrees within an hour.&nbsp; If Ian didn't know better, as the temperature dropped thirty degrees while some of the darkest clouds he'd ever seen clustered in the area and thunder and lightning played in the skies, it was almost as if this was a sign of some strange change coming.&nbsp; The young man had at least gotten back indoors after a day at school, wet umbrella set to the side as he started a pot of water on the stove and set it to mid-high to get it to boiling as quickly as possible.&nbsp; With a sigh, he broke out the package of ramen, setting it off to the side before taking off the drenched jacket that he'd been wearing.&nbsp; His t-shirt clung to his body, the rain earlier killing off any water-resistent property the jacket may once have had, soaked through by the almost painfully cold moisture that had been in the air.&nbsp; And still was, as far as he could tell, though the heat within the apartment was up just enough to make him feel comfortable.<br><br>Taking the t-shirt off as well, he tossed it into a clothes hamper on the way to his room to get a new shirt.&nbsp; Shivering in the somewhat cool air, his skin cold from the moisture that had remained on him from the soaked shirt, he grabbed a towel from the bathroom before wiping himself down.&nbsp; Even his pants were soaked, and as he got to the bedroom, those came off as well along with his socks.&nbsp; At least his boxers were basically dry, he found, before he went to the dresser and started pulling out drawers to pick through them for something to wear.&nbsp; Eventually, he found a near-perfect replica of what he'd worn earlier, pulling out and on a white t-shirt and then finding a pair of black jeans that he quickly slid on as well.&nbsp; A new, fresh pair of socks finished it off, and the young man walked back out to the kitchen.<br><br>Looking back out the window, it was easy to see the gigantic treeline not too far away.&nbsp; The redwoods were amazingly huge, even this close to civilization.&nbsp; In fact, they were part of the reason that the rent at this place was so cheap- civilization kept expanding and even now he knew that his place was less than a mile away.&nbsp; With a nod, he told himself that he'd go into the woods later on today, after lunch.<br><br>Fourty minutes later, the clouds had dispersed somewhat and the rain died off again.&nbsp; Now with a full stomach and dry clothes on, Ian walked out the door with a backpack on.&nbsp; Inside were a few items, like a towel, his second umbrella, and other odds and ends that he kept with himself whenever he went hiking.&nbsp; There was even a light blanket and some trail mix and jerky, though he doubted he'd get hungry any time soon after eating a meal of ramen and chicken breast.&nbsp; Walking down the street, he soon was off the beaten path and trodding through mud and tall grass to get to the redwood forest along a shortcut path that was walked along fairly often.<br><br>Another twenty minutes of walking got him to the forest and he walked in, looking at the rain-slick trunks and the otherwise sparse undergrowth in between the mammoth-huge trees.&nbsp; He smiled.&nbsp; "Glad I moved here." he commented quietly.&nbsp; There probably weren't any others in the forest, or so he figured, as he walked along the beaten path towards the larger trees that were semi-hidden in the distance, behind numerous younger and somewhat smaller trees that still grew and called this forest home.<br><br>The 19-year old smirked when he remembered his friends asking why he had decided to move to what they called the 'sticks'.&nbsp; They couldn't understand why he'd move out there, even after he had told them that it was the view and the rent that had decided it for him.&nbsp; Ian glanced about as he took in the beauty of the redwoods in the forest, unaware that his feet had come upon an unusual path that seemed to go downhill, rather than on flat, even ground.&nbsp; It took a moment for him to realize the change, and he blinked as he looked ahead for a moment to make sure where he was going.&nbsp; Oddly, his feet wouldn't stop moving at all, and soon enough things just seemed to... change.<br><br>To his eyes, it seemed as if the trees were merging together from all around him.&nbsp; Instead of many trees, their height grew upward and he couldn't see the tops at all. This was normal for redwoods, but the huge shade that came from them was strange even for this type of tree.&nbsp; There were no sporadic openings of light.&nbsp; And there was something more than just moisture in the air... something he had no way to describe.&nbsp; It was akin to awe and power, odd though the thought was to the young man.&nbsp; Majestic?&nbsp; That was the word, he thought to himself.<br><br>Quietly, he walked to the nearest tree trunk, which continued to rise up before him with each step that took him closer to it.&nbsp; Eventually, he put his hand on it, the smallest palm one might imagine compared to the massive tree itself.&nbsp; And then his eyes widened.&nbsp; Something seemed to 'spark', but it was something he never would have thought he would feel by touching a tree unless he managed to somehow jab something in his hand.&nbsp; He looked at his palm... no, no slivers or anything like that.&nbsp; Swallowing, he placed his hand on the tree trunk again.&nbsp; Again, the same spark and a feeling of heat and warmth engulfed him.&nbsp; "What is this?"<br><br>In the back of his head, he couldn't help the nagging feeling that swam about.&nbsp; There was something... odd here.&nbsp; He couldn't place it at all, the feeling was too strange and it wasn't familiar in the slightest.&nbsp; Closing his eyes helped to stabilize his mind as it ran through the different things that he knew about the redwood trees, about large trees in general.&nbsp; In the end, however, he suddenly had a strange feeling that something was looking at him.&nbsp; Eyes opened, and he started walking away from the tree quickly, back the way he came<br><br>But no matter how far he walked away, he never seemed to get anywhere.&nbsp; The path that he had gone down hill on was still going downhill in a manner that he couldn't understand.&nbsp; Eventually, when he finally turned back to look at the tree, he was shocked to see something that he... could not truly understand.&nbsp; How far he had walked should not have taken him far enough away to see what he saw now.&nbsp; And nothing could've prepared him for this sight.<br><br>Each redwood stood tall, but there was no top to them now.&nbsp; Instead, they looked more like roots than anything, attached to the largest tree he had ever seen.&nbsp; Jaw-dropped at the sheer size of the tree, he scrambled backward and then turned around to run, only to slam his body into a tree that he had not been expecting.&nbsp; Groaning, he looked back to that giant tree as he turned again... but it was gone.<br><br>Glancing about, he found that even the redwood trees that he remembered hiking among were gone as well.&nbsp; The roots of that gigantic tree, and now the tree itself, missing!&nbsp; Sighing, he looked about slowly, trying to get his bearings.&nbsp; But it was no use.&nbsp; This area of the forest didn't look familiar at all.&nbsp; The air was different yet again... fresher by far than the air he was used to breathing at home.&nbsp; Ian grit his teeth as he looked around- no paths that he could see.&nbsp; No stream.&nbsp; Just lots of trees and forest in the nearby vicinity.<br><br>"Shit.&nbsp; I'm lost."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodoro Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 07:28:50</strong>
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				Tanuki stepped lightly along the tree branch gazing around absent mindedly at the forest around her. She enjoyed being this high up in this part of the forest. The trees in this particular area were deemed to be sacred so she could be sure no one would be coming be collect any building materials for the village. There were also much more widely used animal trails nearer to the village so she also knew it was unlikely to encounter anyone out this far hunting. She had her arms spread out to her sides in a mock tight rope walker pose although she only needed her tail to keep her balance, she did it more to put her slightly off balance and she would lean out from side to side with each step, off balancing and leaning to one side, then angling her arms the other way to bring herself leaning over to the other side.<br><br>She was bored, and frustrated, and very angry. "Why must it be this way Kupipi?" she said. Kupipi was her guardian spirit revealed to her on her 13th birthday. It was a sparrow apparently. She had never seen Kupipi and Kupipi had never spoken to her, she had her doubts as to whether Kupipi even existed but it gave her someone to talk to when she was on her own like this. Someone she could voice ideas and feelings too that could get her in a lot of trouble if she were to repeat them to anyone in the village.<br><br>The branch she was slowly walking along was starting to thin out so she went down into a near crouch and sprang forward off the branch, clearing the 5ft gap to the next tree along and landing lightly on a thicker branch.<br><br>She resumed her mock tight rope walking and sighed loudly. "All I ever wanted to be was a hunter... or at the least a herb collector, but an earth mother..." She wrinkled her nose up in disgust. "That merchant that passed through last year from the cities explained to me that they had different name for earth mother... he said it was similar to what they called "whore's."<br><br>It was nearing Tanuki's 19th birthday, the age at which their place in the tribe was established. The ceremony takes place 6 months prior to a Neko's birthday in order to give them time to learn their 'trade' she snorted at the thought that her role could be called a trade.<br><br>It was the old mothers' position to decide the role of every female Neko in the tribe. Male's were born so rarely their roles were always decided from birth. They would remain in the village protected from any dangers that might be on the outside and their role would be to procreate... she sniffed again at that prospect. They basically just strode around the village doing whatever they wanted. The rest of the girls in the tribe revered these men so highly... it made Tanuki slightly ill to think of the excesses they would get away with in the name of tribe survival.<br><br>An earth mother's role was to bear children for the tribe. Not just once, but continuously. It wasn't even that that got her down so much, although she could think of nothing worse than being impregnated by that excuse for a man. What scared her more was the prospect that the tribe believed that after bearing a child a Neko was no longer capable of performing any of the useful activities out in the forest, among the trees, on the hunt, she looked up through the branches at the blue sky beyond wistfully.<br><br>She was destined for a life as a 'whore' then after her first child was born she would remain within the village for the rest of her life. She sat down on the branch dangling her legs and started to sob, at first she wasn't really crying just overwhelmed at the prospects but the gentle sobs turned into huge racking wail and she cried and cried and wailed and howled, her upset eventually giving way to anger and she started to howl and dig her claws into the large Branch she was sitting on and raked up huge sections of bark with her claws until finally the fit was over and she sat very still, her claws dug deep into the wood, her eyes screwed up tight and she made a resolution to herself. She would. not. do it!<br><br>She didn't know how but somehow she was going to get out of her chosen role. "I will not do it Kupipi..." she hissed out of clenched teeth.<br><br>She continued to sit there in silence, thoughts going round and round in her mind, she could run <br><br>away? surely not... she knew nothing of the outside world apart from what the passing merchants would tell her, and she was smart enough to know that the majority of what they said was just an attempt to get you to lay with them... <br><br>Demand the Old Mother to re pick her role? But how to make this happen? It had never been done before but then, she wasn't aware of anyone ever asking...<br><br>While she was thinking these things something on the ground far below caught her eye. It was a male, a human, but the strangest looking one she had ever seen! He was wearing clothes made of a very unusual material. He looked mildly distressed. Her problems forgotten at the prospect of a new encounter she decided to watch this strange fellow and see what he was up to. She lightly and silently swung herself lower down in the tree until she was about 15 feet up from the ground and laid on her front along the branch, her chin resting on her hands and her elbows resting on the tree limb. She wasn't particularly trying to conceal herself since she knew she would be able to escape very easily from here if she needed to, although she didn't make her presence known right away. She wanted to watch him for a bit first...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 20:18:30</strong>
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				The trees... he could hardly recognize them, and for good reason.&nbsp; They were not the kind that grew near where he lived.&nbsp; "Crap.&nbsp; Where am I?" he muttered, the young man taking a good look around.&nbsp; The place was more densely forested than anywhere near redwoods could be- the large trees had equally large root systems after all, and therefore the forest floor beneath them were rather sparse.&nbsp; Few other trees or plants could grow in a place that had no room for them, after all.<br><br>Completely unaware that he was being watched, he did become aware that there was something on the ground.&nbsp; Scrapes of leaves on the ground suggested tracks to him, but he just smiled.&nbsp; Thinking that maybe someone had come this way not too long ago, the young man started following the tracks as best he could... unaware that unlike the world he had come from, wild threats here were still plentiful.&nbsp; Still, he knew better than to yell out for help, just in case there was something mean and hungry nearby.<br><br>A few minutes would pass as he walked, before a loud howl erupted from just a bit further along the 'path' he had chosen.&nbsp; Ian froze, eyes widened in fear.&nbsp; "Shit."&nbsp; Quietly, he backtracked, hands starting to shake as he looked around again.&nbsp; He couldn't tell where the howl had come from, but it was something that sounded a little like a wolf... though it was louder and deeper than he'd ever heard on a TV show.&nbsp; Mentally, he was kicking himself for somehow getting in trouble now, but at the moment he knew for a fact that he simply had to find some way to escape before the wolf thing found him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 21:25:24</strong>
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				Tanuki continued to watch the strange young man from her elevated position. He seemed slightly distressed. She heard him curse and ask aloud where he was... presumably this man had a guardian spirit too. She idly wondered if he could hear his communicate back to him.<br><br>Her eyes widened as she saw he had examined and was following a Cancouerls' tracks. She knew this particular Cancouerl was with cubs and already being a formidable opponent on its own, a mother protecting her cubs would kill on site anything that was even half the size of her own offspring, and this boy was many times larger!<br><br>She decided she had best keep an eye on him and silently followed him traversing through the branches up above. Why didn't the idiot turn a different way! Very well he might be hungry but he was no match for a Cancouerl and you would have to be crazy to attempt to catch one by walking straight into its lair! She heard the howl and realised that it would have scented him and be approaching looking to size up any potential threat. She swung down to a lower branch and unslung her bow and knocked an arrow into place with one fluid movement. She kept one eye on the boy and one eye in the direction of the Cancouerl's lair and waited.
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				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>28-07-2009, 21:38:20</strong>
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				The boy that was being followed quickly changed tactics- the wolf-thing was probably very close and knew the area.&nbsp; So why was he traveling on the path that it had made before?&nbsp; "Stupid." he muttered this time, and got off the path, heading away from where he'd heard the howl come from.&nbsp; A minute passed, and then two, as he managed to find a new route to take, but when he heard that howl again the young man knew he was in trouble.&nbsp; "It's following me."<br><br>With that, he picked up his pace.&nbsp; Not running, for that would give the animal that was trailing him a sound to go along with his scent to follow.&nbsp; But a brisk walk, oddly in the direction of the stalker's village, though he didn't know that.&nbsp; There was a growl from behind him, and he couldn't help but to look over his shoulder to see what it was.&nbsp; But whatever it was wasn't there where he could see it.&nbsp; Frowning, he turned, and hurried away... in his head, he had a feeling that he wasn't going to be able to get away.<br><br>(Also, I don't know what a Cancouerl is, so if you could provide some information about it or a pic or something, that would help.)
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				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 11:12:56</strong>
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				She watched as he changed direction and moved off in the direction of the village. She decided that maybe he wasn't stupid but just wasn't familiar with the creatures of this forest, for all she knew there might not even be such things as Cancouerls outside of this area. There would not be enough time however for him to make it there before the beast spotted him. It would surely attack without hesitation. <br><br>It was time to formulate a plan. She would be happy about killing the beast, they were a menace in this forest and more than once had tried to enter the village proper and on one occasion successfully managed to ambush a Neko as she was distracted by a hunt.<br><br>Although being confident about her abilities to take down the beast with her bow, she wasn't confident about being able to do so before it had pounced on the boy; he had no weapons on him that she could see and if he had anything concealed it would be far too small to be able to fend off this creature with its long reach. There was also this feeling she had in the pit of her stomach, she felt drawn to him, there was something about him and she knew she was destined to meet with him. Maybe Kupipi was finally talking to her… <br><br>She nimble leapt from branch to branch holding both bow and arrow in her left hand, no longer caring to conceal her presence and when she was just above him she called down <br>"Psst! Up here, can you climb up? There is something very big and defensive about to come through those trees over there. I can help you but you need to get off the ground to give me time to shoot at it.”<br><br>(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x253/Jojax_2007/Coeurl_model.jpg)<br>Adult Cancouerl Picture
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 16:31:48</strong>
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				The young man blinked as a whispered voice came from above him, though he was uncertain as to the where it had come from at first.&nbsp; Looking around, it wasn't until he didn't see anyone around him that he bothered to look up, and was surprised at what he saw.&nbsp; Jaw-dropping a little bit, he could easily see the odd woman in the tree on a fairly large and oddly stable-looking branch.&nbsp; He listened and then nodded, looking for a way to get up into the trees.<br><br>There was a tree close by that had branches low enough that he could reach, so he was quick to go over there.&nbsp; The human rarely had cause to climb trees, and not since he was a child had he actually done so.&nbsp; Nevertheless, he took to it quickly enough, hands dragging him up one branch which he then pulled himself onto, kneeling on the lower branch to get on top of it.&nbsp; It wasn't very strong, but held long enough for him to reach for another branch, careful and somewhat slower than he bet the woman would've preferred.<br><br>Within a minute though, he'd be above the reach of whatever that monster was that the woman had made reference to.&nbsp; He hoped.
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				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 19:50:50</strong>
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				She watched as he started to climb up, and felt a strange need to protect him, she desperately wanted to help him out of his current predicament. Keeping watch for the Cancouerl she kept flicking glances at the boy, for a human he was not half bad at climbing, most who passed through here wouldn’t have been able to spot a way to get off the ground.<br><br>She could hear the beast approaching, not in a rage but cautiously. Of course as soon as it spotted him it would charge immediately. Hopefully the height he had got to would buy her enough time. She did feel slightly guilty for using him as bait in this way but there was no time to explain so she started to move through the trees to get in position covering the back of the trail and called out to him as she started to spring along “That’ll do! Stay where you are but hold on tight in case it manages to jump up and grab onto the branch!”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 05:34:17</strong>
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				"You want me to stay here?" he asked, and he glanced from the woman to the beast that had come into view.&nbsp; The beast saw him- and their eyes locked for a moment as Ian shivered.&nbsp; Cursing mentally as he looked at the beast, the odd monster dashed at him, and he could only hope he was high enough.&nbsp; Alas, he was not, as the beast swiped at his leg, which Ian barely managed to grab a higher branch and swing himself away from the claw that had been lashed out at him.<br><br>Then a bite came, which he managed to avoid being bitten but swung his foot as hard as he could at the thing's head.&nbsp; His foot connected and the beast fell to the ground- not truly hurt, but its balance on two legs had been compromised by the kick.&nbsp; Ian grunted as he tried to pull himself higher, but that kick killed all of his upward momentum that he might've had before.
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				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 20:29:00</strong>
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				She had been expecting the beast to at least size him up before charging, it must truly be on edge. She had missed the chance at a shot and now there was too much movement for her to safely fire.<br><br>The leap, the kick, the beast fell to the ground. Now was her chance and she didn't hesitate this time, she let fly her cherry arrow and her aim was true, ripping thru the creatures throat and embedding itself in the moist earth, impaling its neck with the soil.<br><br>She exhaled and looked over at the boy hanging there, caught his gaze and giggled cutely "That was pretty intense! you're crazy!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>31-07-2009, 02:51:23</strong>
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				The boy that hung from the branch continued to try and get his ass up the tree, even as the girl fired her arrow through the creature's throat.&nbsp; It wasn't until the monster gave its death cry that Ian glanced back down again, to see it feebly moving its claws in some sort of attempt at movement while its ability to breath bled away from its body, just as it's ability to live did the same.&nbsp; Sighing, he glanced down to the branch he had left, and carefully put his foot back onto it in an effort to at least stand somewhat again.<br><br>He blushed when the girl called him crazy, and grinned back.&nbsp; "Well, I've never seen anything like that thing before, ya know... or you, even." he responded to the girl, getting his first real chance to see her.&nbsp; She didn't seem quite human... but she certainly wasn't a beast of any sort.&nbsp; At the least, she hadn't just tried to kill him like that thing that sprawled on the ground at the base of the tree.&nbsp; The young man got his footing, barely, but his balance wasn't that great, so he left one hand on the tree trunk as he watched her.&nbsp; "Thanks for you help.&nbsp; But, ah... where are we?"
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				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>01-08-2009, 13:08:03</strong>
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				She stood there on the branch regarding him, idly rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet as she replied, flicking her tail back and forth for balance "We call this place the sacred forest, although it has other names for your kind. I live nearby in Kazlan village."<br><br>Standing at around 5"2' tall, with a lithe athletic figure, her honey coloured skin was a deep natural tan from spending so much time in the open air and sunlight. Her legs and feet were bare and she wore a black canvas belt with a swath of red fabric at the front and back. Her belly was also bare, the climate here being quite temperate and she wore the same red material covering her rather small but delightfully firm breasts. Her hair was a silvery white colour, rather messy and unkept, shorter than most human girls wore their hair and looked to have been just hacked at with a knife. Her eyes were a deep blue and she wore a mischievous grin that slightly exposed pointed teeth. Fluffy large ears poking out of the mess of curls right on the top of her head at either side and a red headband across her forehead completed the ensemble.<br><br>"I'm Tanuki by the way, what's your name and where do you come from?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>02-08-2009, 02:24:49</strong>
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				The human nodded slightly as he listened to her, watching the girl as she stood on a nearby branch before she introduced herself.&nbsp; The sight of her tail and ears intrigued him... wherever he was, it wasn't the Earth that he knew.&nbsp; With that much in mind, he took a good look at Tanuki, as she named herself, and he smiled back to her mischievous grin.&nbsp; "My name is Ian.&nbsp; As for where I'm from... well, I'm not even sure I'm from this world, to be honest." he replied honestly.<br><br>The young man just didn't know how to describe it better.&nbsp; In the back of his mind, he was glad that they could understand one another- oftentimes, people from different places couldn't, thanks to the language barrier.&nbsp; That wasn't the case here, thankfully.&nbsp; Ian held onto the tree with one hand as his feet and body in general slowly got used to the balancing act required to remain standing on the steady tree branch.
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				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>02-08-2009, 13:03:41</strong>
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				"Nice to meet'cha Ian." She sang as she dropped off the branch landing lightly on the forest floor. She stalked over to the dead creature drawing a knife she had secured on her back and playfully pounced on its unmoving dead body giggling happily. She set too, first decapitating it she held up the head to Ian and made a growling noise in her throat, then flung the head off into the bushes chuckling.<br><br>As she started to skin the beast she called out again "Another world eh. Sounds exciting, I wish I could go to another world..." she sighed wistfully. "Well I'm not sure whether you are from this world either. I have never been out of the forest although the few visitors we get haven't looked much like you. The style of clothes anyway."<br><br>She had separated the skin from the body and was just finishing to strip it off as she called out "Hungry? if you wanna eat come and give me a hand with the guts. They are a bit icky. Or if you aren't can you collect me some wood for the fire? I am starving!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 03:04:10</strong>
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				The young man wasn't sure what to make of this girl- she had taken the news of his being from another world almost as if it was a daily occurrence here.&nbsp; Ian nodded to her, making his way back off the tree carefully.&nbsp; It took a minute or two to get down without having to jump from a height he wasn't sure he could handle, but soon enough he was on the ground again.&nbsp; When she mentioned his style of clothes, he just had to chuckle.&nbsp; "Good point.&nbsp; Nothin' like yours, I agree." he replied.<br><br>He watched as she skinned the now dead beast with an expert touch.&nbsp; Having never seen anyone do this, he was somewhat fascinated until she spoke to him again.&nbsp; "I'll get some wood." he decided, and headed off in one direction to get some deadwood that lying not too far away.&nbsp; Several branches had fallen, likely a result of some windstorm or something, and he dragged them back over towards her, one in each hand.&nbsp; There were more, thankfully, which he'd go back to get.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 10:20:01</strong>
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				Soon enough the furry skin had been scraped and was hanging from a branch to dry out, the guts slung into the bushes with the head and the meat skewered on a sharp branch that she had cut to size with her knife. Swiftly she dug a small pit with her hands and arranged some small twigs in the bottom, Ian's collection to the side of her. Going up to a tree remarkably like a Silver Birch she ripped off a piece of its white flaky bark and moved back to the fire, tearing off a smaller piece and laying it on the twigs. <br><br>Removing a small piece of flint that was attached to the handle of her knife she struck her nails against it. They were not quite claws but very thick and strong. Sparks showered over the bark which caught instantly and burst into a tiny flame. Feeding one of the smaller twigs into it she carefully built up the fire until it was ready for Ian's pieces, which she layered on top of the small blaze. Sitting back on her haunches to admire her handiwork she looked to Ian again and grinned, exposing a small set of white teeth nearly human apart from the incisors which were slightly thinner and slightly longer.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 16:35:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ian returned with some larger branches as well, and then got to work breaking down the thinner pieces over his knee.&nbsp; Several were snapped into shorter branches, while he could do nothing about the thicker ones at all.&nbsp; The young man looked over to the pit she'd dug for the fire and he smiled.&nbsp; "Looks like you do this a lot." he commented, grinning back to her even as he got a good look at her teeth.&nbsp; A few cat-like teeth fit in with her appearance easily.<br><br>"Tell me a little about yourself?" he asked Tanuki, unsure if she'd be willing to do so.&nbsp; But he had to come up with something to do, since neither were saying much and she was the first person he'd met here.&nbsp; Wherever exactly 'here' was.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 17:34:52</strong>
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				She glanced at him suspiciously, that was the sort of thing the merchants would ask when attempting to lay with you, just before they offered you their intoxicating drinks and put their hands on your thighs. He did have a genuine look about him though so she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. There was also no sign of a flask on him. <br><br>Sitting back thoughtfully she gazed up at the treetops. Listening to the buzz of a woodpecker somewhere nearby. "Well, I am from Kazlan... like I said already. I am nearly 19. I have never been outside of this forest... and I am a good hunter. Err that's about it..." There was plenty more to her and more she wanted to get across but she was having trouble vocalising it. Blushing, she turned back to the food preparation, realising she had never been in the forest with a man before. <br><br>"Uhm... what about you? what is it like where you come from?" she said, changing the subject. Sneaking sideways glances at his face while he spoke.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 17:54:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He nodded slightly at her words.&nbsp; Kazlan... he'd have to remember the name of that village.&nbsp; When she told him that was about it, he had a feeling that she was hiding something but said nothing about that.&nbsp; Everyone had something that they wanted to hide, and he was sure that she was no exception to that rule.<br><br>When she asked about him, on the other hand, he shrugged.&nbsp; "I'm a student in college.&nbsp; Er, was, I guess.&nbsp; Dunno, I'd have to get back home to go there again, huh?&nbsp; Anyway, where I lived, there's a forest full of redwood trees.&nbsp; Biggest trees I've ever seen up close!&nbsp; Can't even climb 'em because there aren't any branches close enough to the ground, but they're hundreds of feet tall." he told her, smiling a bit.&nbsp; "Um... let's see, what's it like back at my home?&nbsp; I guess I was free, basically.&nbsp; I could get my own job, I lived by myself, I could stop going to college if I wanted to do so..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 20:59:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				A student... her interest piqued at this. She didn't know what college was, presumably the subject of his study, or perhaps the village he lived in. She had only ever heard of students in talk brought in by outsiders, a mage's apprentice, alchemy or perhaps a crystal user. She smiled as he talked about the wonderful trees and thought to herself, 'I bet I could climb them'. <br><br>What really got her attention though was when he explained that he was free. She turned to face him her eyes wide and she was smiling with obvious enthusiasm. Living by himself, no one ordering him around, forcing him into roles he didn't want to fit into. She entertained a mild fantasy of traveling with this man back to his home and living alone and free with him. She knew she was desirable for a mate, then rephrasing that thought with a bit of sadness, she knew was desirable to lay with, anything more was unknown to her.<br><br>She was not that kind of person anyway, she didn't want to lay with people just for gain. So many of the other neko's would entertain the merchants in this way in exchange for little baubles and gifts, all cheap junk in her opinion. She remembered with bitterness the man who had given her a jeweled ankle bracelet and promised to take her on his travels next time he came through. She had entertained him and then waited and waited for him to return. When he did he had forgotten both his promise and her name.<br><br>Coming back to the present she smiled again and nodded encouragingly to him to continue. "Tell me more about your freedom!" Sitting on crossed legs her elbows resting on her knees she leaned forward slightly and stared intently at him as he spoke.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 21:11:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"There's not a lot to tell.&nbsp; Where I live, all I have to do is what I want to do in order to live comfortably.&nbsp; I work, I pay rent for my apartment.&nbsp; I eat when I want, I meet who I want, I do basically what I want as long as I don't break laws." he told her,and he grinned.&nbsp; The young man chuckled.&nbsp; "There are laws, of course, but I don't break them so I'm basically free otherwise, I guess."<br><br>"No girlfriend though, been too busy with school and work to be able to go out and meet a girl my age or anything." he mused, then shrugged before looking back to Tanuki again.&nbsp; "Aren't you free?&nbsp; You're out here, you helped me... I don't think anyone else told you to do that, right?"&nbsp; Ian smiled and if he had been closer, he'd have reached out to rub her ear.&nbsp; As it was, he had to settle with leaning back and keeping himself sitting upright with his hands behind his back on the ground beneath him for balance.&nbsp; <br><br>"Anyway... I guess I'm just used to living like I have been, I haven't really thought about how to describe it.&nbsp; You know?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 21:54:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Huh..." she mused "Sounds like a wonderful life. I respect the laws of my village too... mostly they are just common sense things, if its the same there then I would be able to follow them without issue also." She stared at him some more, trying to work him out. He was unlike any other human she had met and she warmed to him very much. She hoped that he liked her too.<br><br>Girlfriend... girlfriend, she went over the word in her mind, human females were called girls sometimes. Not quite understanding the concept she blurted out "Well you have a nekofriend now! I will be her!" and nodded enthusiastically. <br><br>After this she felt the need to explain about her own freedom. "You can think I am free right now, I have time at this moment to be here, out in the forest, just me and Kupipi. Going where I like, doing what I like, returning to the village only when I feel like it. Which is great, I have been content with my life up until now, mostly. Soon however, after my nineteenth birthday, I will be required to remain in the village... to be a uhm, earth mother, basically I am a 'whore' ? do you know this word? and my duty will be to remain in the village always and bear children for the tribe... and <em>entertain</em> the men" she said that word through clenched teeth with obvious scorn. "No more forest... no more trees... no more hunting, no more saving strange humans from dangerous animals either!" She blurted as she burst out into tears, burying her head in her hands, her shoulders shaking as she sobbed and sobbed.<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 01:31:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The young man nodded- don't steal from others, don't hurt others, try not to destroy stuff.&nbsp; Don't go attacking people, etc.&nbsp; There were many people who ignored such laws in his world, but most people, like him, didn't have to worry about them or having to deal with those laws either.&nbsp; He smiled softly as she called him a nekofriend- something told him that the word 'girlfriend' got lost in translation somehow.<br><br>When she started talking about her 'freedom', his smile faded slowly as her words became more and more bitter.&nbsp; Ian frowned when she told him that she would be forced into becoming a whore, and at that point he couldn't help it.&nbsp; As she started to cry, he walked over to her and knelt beside her, putting his arms around Tanuki's shoulders and holding her close.&nbsp; "I'm sorry.&nbsp; I... I had no idea, Tanuki." he whispered to the neko that was sobbing into her hands while her entire body shook.<br><br>Unsure what to do, really, he just held her there for a moment before the inkling of an idea took root in his head.&nbsp; "Um... well, why do you have to?&nbsp; Can't you just leave the village if they can't find something else for you to do?" he asked her quietly.&nbsp; His arms were still wrapped around her, holding her close, even as he awaited her response.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 03:13:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She lent into his embrace and enjoyed the warmth of his chest as she laid her head there. Catching her breath through the sobs she started to tell him what had been going through her mind earlier "I have been considering my options... all of them would require drastic measures. Mostly it has just been idle fantasy but I will tell you all the same, you are the first person I have met that seems to have no desire to lay me and no vested interest of the tribe to put above me... so, yea, I considered returning to the old mother and asking her to perform the ceremony again, or reverse the decision somehow... but I am almost certain that will just end in folly, perhaps they will even detain me in the village. My only other option is... just to never return there. I would need to leave the forest, since they would find me eventually. This place is large but my sisters know every tree and bush, just as I do."<br><br>She gazed up at him longingly, feeling very vulnerable and fearing his rejection or abandonment, just as the merchant had done to her. She did however feel like taking a chance, putting her trust in someone and praying that they wouldn't let her down. What did she have to lose anyway? she would just be in the same situation she had been earlier if he decided to take off and leave her.<br><br>Looking into his eyes intently, her tears leaving a salty trail down her cheeks, she whispered to him, not daring to voice it any louder. "Ian... come with me... lets leave the forest and look for your home. Together, you me and Kupipi..." She screwed up her eyes and buried her head deep in his chest "Take me with you..." it was barely audible but she was sure he had heard it. She stayed there gripping tight onto his shoulders, her head still pushed up against his chest expecting the worst but praying for the best.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 04:34:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The young man had a soft spot for crying women... he hated it when they cried.&nbsp; Which was why he was holding Tanuki as he was right now, squeezing her shoulders as she rested her cheek against him.&nbsp; Ian listened to her while one hand rubbed her back absently- it wasn't something only for cats to enjoy, he knew.&nbsp; This was a soothing action that he'd used with little cousins that were somewhat hurt or distressed.&nbsp; He nodded slightly as she told him about her two true options, and then blinked when he felt her cheek move from its resting place, and he looked down to see her looking back up at him.<br><br>Ian's hand continued to rub the neko's back lightly, trying to reassure her as he caught the intent gaze she was giving him.&nbsp; At her words, he smiled softly, and inside he felt reassured himself.&nbsp; He'd been trying to keep positive in light of the fact that he was in a world he didn't know, but now that she had suggested that she travel with him, he couldn't help but to be glad.&nbsp; Happy, even.&nbsp; "Only if you're sure you want to, Tanuki." he replied, and blinked as he felt her grip onto his shoulders tightly.&nbsp; Strong enough to almost make him wince, but he kept a strong mask on as he smiled and held her just as tightly as he could in return.&nbsp; "Who is Kupipi anyway?" he asked after a moment, somewhat confused.<br><br>It was good that they weren't too close already, and that she'd been crying... because if it wasn't for those facts, he had a feeling that he'd be trying to hide a bit of an excitement that would otherwise have his attention as he sat there with her almost in his lap.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 13:21:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yes I'm sure" she hissed, "I have never been more sure about anything, I don't want to go back to the village, ever." A great relief settled over her, he may not be good at climbing trees and didn't know if he was able to shoot a bow but there was a strength that she felt in his presence in front of her. "Uh, Kupipi is... my friend. You can't see him, well I can't either, but somehow I believe he is there, helping me when he can. Maybe he helped me to run into you..."<br><br>She realised that she was starving, her belly tight with that familiar nauseous feeling. All that crying sure made her hungry, so she turned back to the fire and grabbed the spit that was sticking out of the soil and started to move it back and forth over the fire. Turning to Ian every so often and smiling happily.<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>06-08-2009, 03:02:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He smiled softly and nodded to her.&nbsp; "Oh, alright." he replied.&nbsp; An imaginary friend, or maybe some sort of spirit guide, he considered, before he let go of her as she turned to the fire and began to tend to her meal.&nbsp; Sitting on the ground, he watched her as she worked on her food, smiling as she looked back to him once in a while.<br><br>"Um... Are there a lot of things like that you killed, Tanuki?&nbsp; In this world, I mean?" he asked her after a few minutes had passed.&nbsp; If there were, he doubted that he'd be the best person to be traveling with... he had no real way to defend himself, after all.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>06-08-2009, 09:43:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The meat began to sizzle and spit wonderfully, its aroma making her salivate. Licking her lips and swallowing she turned to him as he spoke, slightly abashed at his words. Turning back to the fire she considered the question.<br><br>"Hmm, do you mean in a fight? Like with the couerl? I mean I have killed plenty of things hunting with my bow, but that is the first time I ever killed anything that was so aggressively trying to hurt someone in front of me. Of course some animals we come across on the hunt can turn aggressive but there has never been any danger like that." Turning back to him she tilted her head to the side and considered him. "Why do you ask this? Are you concerned about my abilities to protect you? I can't give you my bow but you can take my knife if you prefer to be armed." Looking back at the fire again a scowl formed across her brow "Or I could get you a weapon at Kazlan. There wouldn't be any danger for me returning there, as long as they don't discover my intentions." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Arlyn</strong> on <strong>08-08-2009, 03:32:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He shook his head a bit at her counter-question.&nbsp; "I just don't want to be a burden, that's all, Tanuki.&nbsp; Besides, if we are to travel together," and he smiled to the neko at that idea of what they would be doing.&nbsp; "Then I should at least learn how to defend myself, and you, should I need to somehow.&nbsp; I don't think I'll be able to simply kick something in the head all the time."<br><br>Chuckling, he shook his head a bit.&nbsp; "No, we can go directly to the next nearest village, if you prefer.&nbsp; I'd rather not risk you going to your home village if you think they may try to keep you there."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Nekodora Doors (Tiaan &amp; Arlyn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Tiaan</strong> on <strong>08-08-2009, 11:21:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brightening up significantly she turned to him and said excitedly "You wouldn't be a burden! There is a lot of things that I won't be able to do outside of the forest, Neko who stray too close to the edge of the forest are often captured and sold into slavery. We know this since a few have escaped and made their way back to the village. You see, so as long as I am with you, a human male, I can pass as your slave and have no fear of capture, it means we can go where we please and don't need to hide from everyone." <br><br>Then regarding him carefully she said "Is there any weapon which you <em>can</em> use? If you want to learn the bow I can teach you, or we can stop at another village and pick up... a sword? maybe you can use one of those? A battle axe maybe?" she sniggered a bit as she regarded his frame "Maybe not one of those... you are a little too small for that, but there are other weapons that I don't know the names of, I'm sure we would find something you know how to use."<br><br>Leaving the spit of meat balanced across the fire she scampered over to where the couerl skin was hanging, holding it up to the sunlight she admired its vibrant hues. "We can trade with this, we could buy a lot with this thing, there is another Village on the way to the edge of the forest, its quite a way away but we can stop off there!" Clearly excited, her hunger forgotten for the moment she went down on her knees and set to work scraping the inside of the skin with her knife, looking up at him every so often and grinning.
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