Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]
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				Title: <strong>Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>10-08-2009, 07:03:43</strong>
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				Solitude.<br><br>Peaceful, unending, and slightly bleak, her solitude stretched from one moon passing to the next, with only the dour, dull and uninteresting servants that served her to keep her company. Well, not always, at times she could commune with the spirits of the Earth, speak to the gnomes and trolls and mythical beasts and birds. Her animals, kept within her gardens, guarded from the dangers of the traps laid around her temple haven, were her solace in her immortal imprisonment. Most people pined to be immortal, to be young and beautiful forever, many human girls would likely literally kill to be in her place. But they weren't and she was and she was restless. While her powers could reach beyond her temple, she was trapped here by Mangus, and not too happy about it. There were parts of the earth that needed her and she was bound to her hallow mountain. <br><br>A sigh parted the lips of the olive skinned beauty as she left the temple palace proper, straying from the neater paths, into the thick of the woods she had grown here in her 'gardens'. It was more like a forest, wild and lush and full of lowers and sunlight. Birds flew from tree to tree, calling to each other, song birds and predators alike. She had a particular fondness for eagles after all. Perhaps it was that they could fly so high and free, free of this hidden hallow mountain where she could not, but then to wish for flight was not in her nature, she just wished for freedom. As she was sure all of her sisters did. If after centuries it was wearing upon her, the most staid and at ease with staying in one place how must Kastha or Lyuli feel? Lyuli had been born to dance upon the winds, from one place to the next, never stopping, always moving. Kastha to burn out brightly and spark the world's passions. No, it was not right for them and Talise and herself to be sealed away. <br><br>Her hands gripped into palms as she moved through the trees, stalking through them with all the lithe and deadly grace of a great feline. And there was a slight cast of that to her face, the upward tilt of her vivid moss green eyes, the pertness of her lush mouth, a rose bud in the pale peru color of her skin. Mahindra's hair fell in full ways to past her waist, thick locks of deep chocolate, russet and auburn, the colors of trees was the color of her hair. She was the Earth. And she was not in a good mood. The earth shifted beneath her, responding to her aggression, and she heard the birds let out calls of warning to each other. They may have adored her but they weren't very happy at the times when her temper got away from her and shook the trees, disrupting their nests. A slight smile tugged on her lips and she murmured faintly "I am sorry my friends..." before focusing inward, meditating upon how to calm herself down. <br><br>She reigned in her temper and sighed, shaking her hair back over her shoulder, her emerald green chiton shifting over her body as she moved, the silk a whisper of sensation she focused on. Silk always felt good. However the drapery of her garment wouldn't distract her for long, and so she wove her way through the gardens, deeper, to the secluded pool of water where even her servants knew not to bother her. It was her true haven, a place all her own, a place she had crafted with her own powers. The glade around it was shaded by the high reaching of the few pecan trees she had chosen, large, spreading branches catching the sunlight and turning into a dapple to play upon the ground as the leaves stirred with the slight breeze that floated through her home. But from ten feet away from the waterline forward there were no trees, just rose bushes and other smaller foliage. The pool was fed by a waterfall she had created, and the sweet, rich scent of the roses filled her senses as she inhaled and undid the fastenings that kept her simple dress on. She stripped from it and walked straight into the water, having no fear of being seen. There was no need for modesty when there was no one to see you, and she enjoyed swimming nude. The cool water felt good against her skin, but it made her long for Talise all the more. A sigh parted her lips as the brunette Elemental stood half in the water, turning to gaze at her domain. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>10-08-2009, 07:38:10</strong>
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				Noteh was a thief. It was what he did. He stole things. He was not a bored gentleman thief or some lowly pickpocket, he had risen to the status of a great thief who robbed houses of nobles and embarrassed guards. He wasn't the cool, self-confident stereotype, though, because every job was different and had a very real chance of failing. He always had as much of a chance of coming back as not on any job. And if they caught him, he would be killed. Or lose an arm. Or have the letter S or T burned onto his face. These thoughts ran through his head as he set out to steal from one of the Four Immortals. Nobody who had ever tried to claim her had returned, but he wasn't interested in her, just her loot. Besides, things were getting more than a little tense with the local authorities and the outlying towns weren't worth stealing from.<br><br>So, with his dark cloak and clothing he had moved around quietly, stealthily. Social stealth did nothing against trolls, though he could use it normally. His face, not quite clean shaven, with marks from beatings he suffered at the hands of stronger adversaries as a child and now barfights today but not battles, had a sort of roguish charm to it. He was slightly taller than average and had the muscles of an acrobat in some places, which he was, and a laborer in another, which he was also. He was never sure if it was coin or his face that was popular with many of the desperate ladies, though. And all the poor were desperate. But, if the legends were to be believed, then he would come back rich and a hero. If not, he might well end up dead and he berated himself in his mind again for his stupidity.<br><br>As he walked up the winding paths of the mountains, dodging trolls and other nasty creatures with every reason to hate a Human. He slipped along until he came to an entrance which he slipped down, though the creatures became less and less common down the path. The place was easy enough to find, what with the giant archway and thousands of altars that surrounded it, put there by the trolls and gnomes and other creatures. Then he found himself in an underground garden. As grateful as he was for the cover, he felt that he shouldn't have been there. All the same, he pressed on, he had come this far and an unnerving garden was not as much of a threat as a raging troll.<br><br>As he walked he came to a stream that ran into a waterfall which in turn emptied into a basin. He began to descend the slope, hoping to go around the basin. As he came closer and closer a woman stepped into the water, he remained silent as he moved and she apparently didn't notice him. He looked at her, not sure who she could be except, perhaps, the immortal. Her skin was beautiful, unblemished, her hair clean. His hair was matted and knotted and a dark black. His skin had been turned away from its natural state to a somewhat darker complexion of a worker. His eyes were an unremarkable brown where hers were a brilliant moss green, he had caught as she stripped and entered. She was lovely, but Noteh had enough self control not to let the woman perturb him too greatly.<br><br>Then his foot stepped on something. He looked down and nothing was there but the tell tale signs: a ward. How had she managed to put a ward up? He hadn't detected it? Of course he hadn't, she was an Immortal, one of the most powerful beings on the planet. His hand shot to his knife in anticipation of her retaliation but he did not draw it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>12-08-2009, 08:06:31</strong>
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				Her solitude was threatened, her secret place invaded. Irritation and anger coursed through her as the earth quaked with it, her powers reacting to her powers. It was not often that she actively was angry, but to have her waterfall compromised, to have someone come to the place where she was truly alone put her beyond frustrated. It put her into a lethal mood. Her hands snapped together, the earth rolling and responding to her direction. A ward of hers had been set off, alerting her of the invader.<br><br>The earth of her hallow mountain was as known to her as the flesh of her own body and so she turned, her eyes glowing slightly as her powers set off the nasty spell to trap those who thought to get to her too easily. The earth itself, the ground parted, opening to suck down the legs of the trespasser and her eyes sought him out, locating the human male upon the slope beside her waterfall. There was no thought for her nudity, for her modesty as she glowered, her beautifully exotic face set in lean, somber lines that promised little good for those who had caught her ire. She moved then, calling the earth up from beneath her pool to move her toward this stranger, her power over plants summoning her chiton to her and it draped itself over her body, covering her. It was like a second thought, as easy as breathing. <br><br>But then she was Earth personified. <br><br>"Who do you think you are and how dare you enter my home without my permission!?" her voice cracked out like a summer thunderstorm, but the husky sound of it could only be a woman's voice. The moss green of her eyes were intense as they regarded this stranger, this impudent human who had come to where no other living being had been allowed outside of her and her animals. If he was one of the foolish heroes here to try his luck with the Earth Elemental he would not find an easy job of that, and indeed, she almost wished he was, so that she could show him just why one did not invade a haven of another. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>12-08-2009, 09:28:07</strong>
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				Noteh looked to the ground that split open and swallowed his feet. He could, however, still feel them, so they were still in place. He took his hand off his knife, it would do him little good in his estimation. At best he might give her a small cut by throwing, and either way a very angry Immortal would then come at him with all the powers of the Earth. She strode at him, paying no attention to her nudity and giving Noteh time to appreciate her body even as she advanced. Then plants draped her body and covered it, and Noteh was slightly disappointed even as his mind ran through lies that he could tell her or possible ways to escape. He knew that he could work his foot out of the ground, for example, but not in time to get away from her.<br><br>She demanded who he was and why he was here, her voice angry and he had to fight to wince despite having lived a life which included flagrantly ignoring those who yelled at him, such as thief catchers. But there was something different about her voice, which&nbsp; made sense to him seeing as how she was an eternally young Immortal with complete power over the Earth. Though he realized there was no direct correlation, he felt that she was entitled to a voice more authoritative than that of the local magistrate.<br><br>After a moment to regain his composure, Noteh looked at her and talked fast, moving effortlessly from one subject to another with little time between. "I take it you're Mahindra. I'm a big fan of your work. Very... solid. And I've got to say you have one of the more beautiful bodies I've seen. You age very gracefully. Anyway, there wasn't a door so I couldn't really knock. Besides, didn't you kind of send an open invitation for anyone to come who wants to?" That wasn't why he was here, he was here to rob her blind, but she didn't have to know that. Besides, he had the feeling he was about to get forced into the challenge. He said, "I think, by the way, I am Noteh, though the great Immortal Mahindra may deign to correct me." <br><br>After a pause he said, "Well, this is uncomfortable. I don't suppose you're going to let me move again? If you want I'll help you escape from here. Though I don't really understand this whole thing, but most of the information I've got is second hand. I do know that after this point I'm not likely to return home." Then he smiled at her and asked cheerfully, "Are you going to kill me?" It was an act, Noteh didn't want death, but he didn't feel immediately threatened yet.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>16-08-2009, 03:40:19</strong>
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				Her eyes showed a burst of flame that would have not been out of place in Lyuli, ire and annoyance warring for control. He spoke her name with little to no respect and the earth shifted around her, around his foolish mortal, grumbling its protest at its mistresses distress. She was the earth, and it her, and those who trespassed here learned that all too well. Vines crept over him, twining up his legs, securing him further then just the earth that held him, though with a single thought she could easily turn it into quicksand beneath the impudent male. <br><br>"I do not take being mocked lightly and I did not give you leave to address me so familiarly. Do they have no manners where you come from mortal?"<br><br>He either had a death wish or a very strange sense of humor indeed, she had a beautiful body? She supposed, but then she was Immortal, made by the God and Goddess before men ever walked the earth. Her earth. <br><br>The anger in her moss green eyes died down to disinterest as he introduced himself and showed a sycophantic side. The great Immortal Mahindra, she would toss him out on his ass before 'deigning' to correct him. However now that he had spoken of the challenge he had placed himself in it, that was how the magic worked. And so she would be plagued with this annoyance of a mortal for a month. It mattered little, even though the moon would pass through the skies and return to what it was this night before he would be able to leave he would not win the test set to free her. He would merely be as a knat in her ear to disrupt her solitude. She hated the heroes that came down into her hollow mountain and sought to win her and her treasure. <br><br>"Noteh, very well. You should know, now that you have spoken the worlds of the invitation the only way to leave my lands is to win the challenge you mentioned. The mountain is bespelled to keep those who enter from leaving unless they win...you are caught worse in your own words knave then my earth could do." Her fingers snapped and the vines retreated the earth spit him back out and she turned her back, letting the earth take her back to the edge of her pond. <br><br>"You have the passage of one moon cycle. I can not escape, nor can you unless you solve the puzzle." Her head tilted back for one last, direct and frank gaze "I would not waste my powers to kill the simple beast of a human." <br><br>And with that the Earth Immortal was gliding away through the forest, not waiting for him, uncaring of the human man now in her domain, only incensed that he had trespassed. Now not even the uneasy of her animals and birds could sooth her enough to keep in the slight rumbles her displeasure sounded through the mountain, though with each step toward her temple she pulled her composure around her and then the forest garden quieted and was at ease again. The silk of her emerald chiton lay over her like her composure did and she seemed the lush visage of earth that was presented in many nations above upon the surface. The Earth Goddess, as she was sometimes called, was rumored to be the most sensual and lush of the four sisters, and in body she was; in manner and mood she had little joy or seduction to cling to her, only the somber annoyance of her chains. <br><br>She moved through the white marble of her halls, vines, flowers and leaves flourishing everywhere, the white and green soothing and earthy. At least, for now, her servants knew to avoid her, yet they would probably find the poor mortal man sometime and have him to contend with. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>16-08-2009, 05:03:47</strong>
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				Noteh saw her anger and felt the vines, but it didn't seem to affect his disposition. When she asked if they had any manners where he came from, he gave a simple "No" for an answer. It was true his nation had manners, but not where he had grown up. He had grown up as a pick pocket, manners were the least of his concerns. He continued to look at her, when people were going to kill him he tended to seem unafraid of death. It unnerved them and made them less likely to kill him, in his experience, because they thought he knew something they didn't.<br><br>Then her face changed and she told him that he had to fulfill a challenge and that he couldn't leave and that he was caught in his own words. He started at her for a moment and said, "Caught in my own words? I'll just have to win, that's all." The vines retreated and he was on his feet, and he picked them up and started to bounce from one foot to the other to shake off the feeling of being trapped. He jumped a few times. Agility was one of his few strengths and he always hated being denied it.<br><br>He followed her to the lake and she said he had a month and that neither of them could leave until he had completed the puzzle. He was about to assure he would and then she would be free, even from him if she wished. He always figured those knights who chose a wife based on whomever the dragon stole must have had unhappy marriages. For all they knew, the two could be completely different. Then she said she would not waste her powers to kill him. That changes his attitude and he said, "I'm a Human, perhaps a beast, but I'm not simple." His statement was completely serious, in contrast to his earlier statements.<br><br>Then she glided through the forest. He immediately chased after her. She pulled away from him slowly but he managed to get in view of the white marble halls before he stopped and coughed and hacked up due to the stinging in his chest. Meeting this one Immortal had given him enough trouble, he wasn't about to risk meeting another and he still needed to know the challenge. He walked into the halls, until he was behind her and he whistled to get her attention. "You do look pretty." He said, as if distracted, then added, "I don't know what this challenge is, remember? I can't very well solve it if I don't know what it is. Do I have to retrieve a magical key to some mystical chains of yours or something?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>28-08-2009, 23:57:03</strong>
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				Why did he have to follow her?<br><br>Mira breathed in deeply, making sure to keep herself half calm as the mortal man followed her down the hallway of her home, inwardly wanting to smack him, or to bind him in a room far from hers with vines. He would be able to move but never allowed to come too close to her. She had done that once, to a absolute worthless male who had tried to all but rape her on his foolish quest, believing that if he took her over and over and 'planted his seed' within her body the flower would bloom. Why did such idiots have to try and free her? They only found themselves bound to her home, creatures made of earth and tree and stone, no longer human, though some looked closer to human then others, but all clearly given way to the element of earth. <br><br>She had little pity for most of them, and more pity for herself for having to put up with them. <em>Just breath</em> she told herself, her moss green eyes flashing to the man with ire sparking in them <em>In a months passage he will be....here, just one more burden, one more bother. No true companionship, merely a encumbrance.</em> Her thoughts were not making her feel any better but all the same she drew up short, stopping at his compliment as she frowned eyeing him warily. <br><br>"Compliments will not win you this challenge. And honestly, after centuries I doubt anyone can win." She glanced at him, handsome, rakish, mortal, and shook her head inwardly. She had learned not to hope after the fiftieth failure. What was he? The 243rd 'hero'. She sighed, her anger bleeding away and replaced by apathy, nothing would ever really change, she was bound here for all time now. "You should not have come, but as you will, follow me." <br><br>She turned her back to him again, leading the man deeper into the temple palace, toward the most center of her home, the garden at the core, and the paths there all led to one flower bed, squarely at the center of the garden, in the center of the palace, in the center of the mountain. It was the heart of her home, and in an odd way her own heart. The flower bed was well tended, but nothing flourished, though green sprouts appeared now. It always started to green the moment a challenger appeared, but would the flower that would grow at the center of it all ever bloom open? Most likely not. She gestured to it in a elegant wave of her hand. "You must make the flower bloom, before the month has passed."
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				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>01-09-2009, 02:32:23</strong>
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				Noteh saw the anger in her eyes and her reaction to him but he seemed like he was oblivious or simply didn't care.When she said compliments would not win him this challenge Noteh's immediate response was, "Then what will?" If she knew what wouldn't win the contest it stood to reason that she knew what would. Then she continued on and he responded, "Well, I'm the only me I've got so I better win. It's the only chance I get." After a pause of a few moments he asked, without his cheerfulness seeming to have dampened, "What happens if I lose?"<br><br>He followed her and through the gardens, looking around and finding them quite pretty. He noticed that they were well tended and noted that she must like plants quite a lot, but also noted the flower bed she gestured to absolutely lacked any blossoms. She gestured and said he must make it bloom. He stared at it for a few moments and said, "How? Do I just have to be a really good gardener? Can you give me any gardening advice?" He walked over and squatted, examining the sprout.<br><br>He looked at it from a different angle, examining it from all sides, and after very careful consideration he came to the conclusion which he spoke, "It's a sprout." It was, at least to him, just an ordinary sprout with nothing peculiar about it, but he knew if it was connected to her there must be something different about it. Particularly if so many people had failed to make it bloom. Then he reached out his hand and touched it gently, feeling, trying to see if anything was different about it. After a few moments he spoke to it and said, "Well, I don't suppose you'll bloom if I just ask you nicely, will you, Mr. Sprout? Come on... you know you want to, don't you want to look pretty? Why do you want to keep this pretty lady trapped here in this cold old mountain? It'll be a win-win, you'll be a beautiful flower, she'll be free, I won't fail. Come on.." He tried coaxing it, having no better ideas.
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				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>11-09-2009, 03:30:22</strong>
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				Men always attacked a problem straight forwardly, in amused her at times, after all that was part of her nature to, to try and solve the issue at hand with the simplest way. She was not one much for opulence outside of certain areas, her clothing, though of incomparable quality, was simply in design and functional. Yet as his annoyingly overly cheerful demeanor was replaced with thoughtfulness and intelligence with his questions she had to admit he was not as bad as some of the previous 'hero's'. Mira's green eyes focused on him as he looked at the flower bed. <br><br>"If you lose, you become enslaved here, caught for all time or until someone does succeed in freeing both myself and the previous heroes. You may see some of them if you like, they are the servants here. Earth elementals now, not human, no emotions, no desires, simply composites of dirt and plant life. Nearly like living statues. And sadly, its too late to back out." <br><br>Her expression was closed off, she had seen many rage at their fate if they did not win, not at first, no at first all young men were so utterly confident in themselves, in the fact that they would win. But as the days passed and they grew desperate, they cursed her, begged, pleaded. And she could do nothing. The first few heroes she had gotten to know, she had tried to help them, but then they had lost the challenge. And she would forget about them, simply have another servant, forgetting until a new hero came to try and win, and then the memories of the others would come rushing back, no true memories of days or times spent with them, just that knowledge, and the memories of being cursed and begged for her aid. Her heart clenched and she hardened it, as she had learned to do over the years, to stone, forgoing emotion, hope. She couldn't bare to loose it again. <br><br>"I can not give you much advice, it needs water and nurturing, to be watched and made sure no weeds interfere with it." Her eyes widened as he touched the bud itself and her heart gave a jerk, no one had ever touched it like that before, she didn't think at least. Her memories were so broken, so played with by the god who had sealed her here. But was the flower connected to her heart? Perhaps. Her eyes, the deep green hard and angry, softened slowly as he spoke to it, he seemed so different from all she could remember of man, of human. <br><br>"I'm sorry...for being so rude at first. I...its hard sometimes." Her words came awkwardly, the proud beauty clearly stumbling over them, she did not apologize often. Mahindra's gaze swept down and away. "I will leave you to explore, when the light dims and the torches light simply find a servant and speak my name to them, they will follow you." <br><br>Mira turned on her heel then and swept out of the center garden and away from the human male. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-09-2009, 04:15:51</strong>
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				Noteh simply nodded as she spoke, still looking at the sprout, but in his mind he was taking in everything. He had guessed he couldn't just back out, and the fate sounded worse than death. When she said he would be her servant when he failed, all he could think was that he'd stolen from every master he'd ever had. He didn't know if he could do this, and to be honest he didn't think he could, but in a way Noteh had never expected to grow old. He was a thief. If he was lucky, he expected to end up a one handed beggar on the streets. He just hoped that the Earth elementals involved him dying, that he would not be trapped within the Earth elemental unable to act or think but still alive. A fate worse than death.<br><br>He nodded again as she spoke of what he needed to do. He could do that, diligence was a trait of success even for a thief and that would be no problem. He didn't see her soften as he was watching the sprout. However, when she spoke, he turned, somewhat surprised but obviously happy. He said, "No problem, I'd be cranky too if I was shut up in this mountain. I'll get you out of here, I promise. And thank you." As he turned around he said, "Everyone is a victim down here." It was a phrase that carried connotations she couldn't know, connotations of the underworld. Everyone was a victim, robber and robbed, criminal and innocent, were all victims down there.<br><br>She gave him instructions which he nodded to, indicating he had understood, and waited for her to leave. Once she had, he waited for quite some time and thoroughly established he was alone. It was then he dropped his facade. He cared for the sprout and looked after it and thought, and tried to think of what he could do. Nothing came to mind, he continued to talk to the sprout as if it was something sentient. He didn't give up, even when the lights dimmed he didn't seek to leave but still talked to the sprout though there was more tending to do. Soon enough he was talking to himself, really, cursing himself and declaring his situation increasingly hopeless.<br><br>In the end, he reduced himself to tears in the end, a feeling of despair and hopelessness overtaking him that had simmered under the surface his entire life bursting forth. Noteh had convinced himself of the entirely probable end that he would fail and die. Shortly thereafter he ran himself down and felt empty, as he always did after such sessions, and leaned over the plant. He said, "Hey, I'm leaving for now. But... well, you know now how little my life is. But it's mine. I want it. If you can give it to me... please." A tear dropped from his cheek onto the flower. Then he stood up, looked around, and smiled, returning to his usual happy demeanor. He found one of the servants elementals, a young man with a scarred face and a soldier's build, and said, "Mahindra." It stopped walking around turned to face him. He said, "Take me to her."<br><br>The elemental lead the way and he hoped his eyes looked normal now, after crying. He felt better, like he was ready to face this now, though he knew that would be tested in the future that was distant from him now, at least emotionally. He approached her and said, "Well, it hasn't bloomed. So, what do we eat around here? I haven't eaten in forever and if I'm going to fail I might as well do it on a full stomach." He was still happy, it appeared, though his eyes were still somewhat red.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 07:34:40</strong>
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				She had gone to the depths of her own chambers, yet outside them as well, to her own private garden, the small little slice of lush forest just outside her bedchamber, on the edge of the swell of a hill that looked out over the rest of the hollow mountain. The path was made of white stone, glittering in the dimming light as the flickering torch's flames danced light across the glossy surface. Her emerald green gown clung to the lush curves of her body as she laid draped over a lounge chaise made of curving rosewood as a base, springy moss and other plant life to cushion and drape over it. In one hand she held a scroll as she rested her back against the curve of her plant furniture, humming softly to herself as with a quill shaped from a reed, though the most elegant reed in the world perhaps, she slowly marked down things. Though magic could and did sustain most of her realm she directed her servants to tending different parts, and the animals within them, it kept them busy, out of her hair and it was less likely she would see them once she set the spell to direct them to this schedule. <br><br>Granted, now that there was a new challenger around she would have to keep at least one close to him, to serve him and make certain he had whatever he may require. Unless of course she wanted to perform such service for him herself. Her lips compressed wryly at that thought and Mira shook her head, neatly finishing off her work and laying both the quill and the scroll aside. That done she stared out over her mountain forest, taking in the beauty of her verdant home, of her prison and temple. A sigh parted her lips and she felt the melancholy seal in around her again, pressing like a smothering cloud. Yes, she was trapped here, for eternity.<br><br>Unless of course this Noteh could actually free her.<br><br>No reason to hope for that though, not really. Mahindra lifted one hand, the olive fingers playing through the depths of her chestnut hair as her moss green eyes fluttered shut and she relaxed, sinking deep into the empty places of her mind, where thought, hope, fear and depression could not touch her. She glowed faintly with a soft green light, embracing the magic that was elemental to her very nature, her hair shifting slightly on an invisible wind. Which would be why when the human hero approached her and spoke she jerked and nearly swore, her eyes fluttering open in shock before narrowing in annoyance.<br><br>She did not like her quiet moments to be disturbed. Yet the look in his eyes stayed her from snapping at him, he had no doubt come to realize the gravity of the situation he had all but waltzed into. Instead the Earth Elemental sighed again and snapped her fingers, focusing her will on the servant who had led Noteh to her. She spoke to it of bread, cheese, meats, fruits and wine to be brought, and it moved off quickly enough, no doubt to return with one or two of its fellows with the feast for the night. Her hand moved, waving in a quick flutter of fingers, shaping runes the human wouldn't know, using the plant matter around her to create a chair for him, though not a lounge couch like her own, and a slightly raised table between the two.<br><br>"The servant will return with food in a moment, but sit then if you are so weary."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 00:36:07</strong>
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				Noteh looked at her questioningly, "Weary?" But he did not hesitate to sit in the chair. He had reservations about sitting in the same plants she had used to trap him but made no show of them. He had seen her annoyance but she had held her tongue, which he took as a good sign. Or perhaps she was just obligated to treat him nicely. Regardless, he enjoyed the respite and used it to look over his host since she was, for the first time, sitting in front of him and looking at him instead of turning away or angry with him or any other number of things that had plagued their getting along from the start.<br><br>His initial assessment remained: she was beautiful, though the moss green eyes marked her apart from most women. Her hands were soft and sensuous beyond what he was used to, her figure was right and she had generous proportions, though he found himself focusing on his hair. The chestnut hair which blew ever slightly in the wind, he wondered if it was vanity on the part of the Goddess that caused her to cause the winds to blow so. But she more deserved to be proud of her looks, he knew. The hair was, for the moment, what he wanted to touch. Regardless he shook his head and said, "You know, I'm not a flatterer, you really are exquisitely beautiful." After a short pause, "Actually, I am a flatterer, but I mean that. I really do."<br><br>After a few moments of awkward silence he returned to conversation, and said, "Just so you know... I mean, fair warning. I'm a horrible servant. I've stolen from every master I've ever had. In fact, I'm down here because I was trying to steal from you. Course, I don't intend to fail or be a servant. I don't think I can succeed, but I'm never going to admit that. But... something did strike me. I thought that when I fail, I should leave behind anything I discover so that the next poor fool who stumbles down here. Then I thought that... I'm not so smart and I'm certainly not very unselfish, so someone else must have had the idea and done it. Did anyone? I mean, I want to win."<br><br>After he had added that, he looked her over again and said, "I do want you to know something, too. I'm not a violent criminal. It doesn't make me a good or even tolerable person, but I like to think it's something. I only attack when attacked, and I won't try to force myself on you. That means after all this is done, too. I expect the treasure to be my reward, I'll take you out of here and set you up with a fair portion of it and you can marry whomever strikes your fancy. I mean, I'm guessing you haven't been given much of a choice, so I'm giving you one. I couldn't live my life with a woman who didn't choose me." He sat back and waited for her response, he hoped she didn't think he didn't like her or was rejecting her. He had read the stories and this had never happened, but he always figured if the hero really cared he would ask the woman he rescued if she wanted to marry him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 17:59:52</strong>
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				As the human sat in the chair she had created she found herself examining him again, this time in a slightly more friendly mindframe, admitting to herself that he was handsome in his own way. Certainly his build and manner were not those of the hero's she was use to seeing, no, those men had tended to be huge warrior of men. Mira shifted on her couch, idly tracing lines on the silk of her gown that covered her leg, listening to him but not paying too much attention, it would never do to give him reason to hope for anything that she would not give, nor that she would fall so in love with him that she would reveal the secret to winning. After all, she didn't even know the answer to the challenge herself. Her lips thinned as she stifled the urge to rail at Mangus again, the prick of a god who had sealed her away here.<br><br>When Noteh spoke she glanced at him, her brows drawing together and her gaze wary as he complimented her again. The words that followed made her lips quirk slightly, the closest expression to amusement she had and this was wry amusement as well. "At least you speak truth that you flatter where it will gain you something, but I suppose here there is nothing to gain other then my favor which will not do much to aid you. I know as little as you about what it takes to win, merely that no one else ever has."<br><br>He thought her beautiful? Well she was, she knew she was, the same way her sister's were. They were the elements personified, of course they were outwardly beautiful, striking, exotic. But inside? She wasn't so sure. She had not had any sort of fun in longer then she could remember, the last time she had laughed had been....light, when she and her sisters had still been free. Living in this hollow mountain had robbed her of her mirth, once she who had laughed so easily, now utterly somber. Even those men, the heroes who had come before and professed to love her, they never thought to make her laugh, only to focus on the challenge and on getting free. None of the heroes had ever truly focused on Mira as a person beyond her Elemental powers and beauty. <br><br>She roused from her straying thoughts, paying attention to the human as he spoke again. "Even if you had tried to steal from me it would have turned to mere dirt the moment you were out of the hollow mountain again, nothing here may leave until I am free, the magic is so bound." Her lips thinned at the thought of theft, but his other words drew a shrug from her shoulders "I do not know, if they did none of them confessed such to me."<br><br>The servants appeared then, two of them, carrying what she had directed them too and laying it out on the table she had crafted for the moment. She used her will on one to pour her a glass of a sweet raspberry wine, accepting the golden goblet into her hands and sipping from it, listening to Noteh absently. He would likely stop talking to her once he realized she could honestly do nothing to help him in this task, over half the others had after all. Mira frowned, trying to remember more details, but all she could remember from the other heroes were the first handful of days and then the horrible end to each. Everything between was lost, glossed over. Mangus interfering again. <br><br>"If you win, this would still be my home, I would merely be allowed to leave it. I like it here, it is my domain, the only issue I have is being restricted from leaving. To live out in the world? With heroes and the like to try and win me all the time if I am unattached? No, I would rather keep my solitude and my gardens and animals. Freedom I do wish, but this will always be my haven, it was before the uppity God who dared to bind the Elements sealed me within here, and I refuse to let him drive me from my home." She flashed him a wry smile at the mention of living together "Besides, you might not want anything to do with me, give yourself a choice, do not simply take the bride fate seems to push upon you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 01:42:18</strong>
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				When she said she couldn't help him again, he seemed somewhat annoyed and said, "I meant that. You're right, I know there's nothing to gain. I'm not flattering you. Can't I just tell you you're beautiful? Do you have to contest it, believe it insincere?" But he did notice she had smiled ever so slightly and that was something new and a good sign. Her mood seemed much improved since he had stumbled upon her. His annoyance seemed to vanish as soon as he wanted it to and he said, "Besides, I'd value your favor for the month I'm alive. And the many months afterward if I win."<br><br>When she mentioned that it would have turned into dirt he said, "Hey, could you put up a sign or something outside saying that?" He would have added it would have saved him but he held his tongue, he didn't want her to think he didn't want to be down here with her or to be negative. When she said none of them left anything behind, he said, "Well, unless something actually stopped them, I guess the heroes before me were either really self assured or pricks. Or both, one tends to follow the other, I suppose." He shrugged and laid back again.<br><br>When the servants set out the table he took a pitcher and poured something into a cup. He grabbed it from the side before looking up. He took the cup in both hands and lifted it up towards her before taking a drink, it was obviously an unaccustomed gesture but he was attempting to be polite. He said, "Thank you for the meal." Then he drank again, draining the cup and refilling it. He hadn't drank anything in quite some time and he had been surviving on rations so he began to eat somewhat ravenously, his manners failing him. Or rather, his facade which attempted to make it seem like he had manners dropped. All the same, he was a neat eater and no mess was made.<br><br>When she said he might not want anything to do with her he said, "The bride fate pushes on me? I should be lucky were she to have anything more than a large chest and a job as a serving girl at some pub. It seems to be the type I've attracted so far. Or maybe they're the only women that I've run into." He thought back to the many nights he'd spent sleeping in bad hotels full of booze and whores but dirt cheap. "I can hope for more, and I'm not ready to marry you at this point. That's no insult, we've known each other a day." He made no comment about this being her home, he supposed she would not have many visitors but that was the only mark he could really find against it since she had magical powers to manipulate it.<br><br>After he swallowed something he looked at her a few moments and said, "Are you doing anything tomorrow? If I'm going to spend tomorrow trying to get a plant to grow fruitlessly I might as well have some company. Besides, if I'm going to fail and become a servant or whatever it is, I might as well spend my last days with a beautiful woman whom I can make smile. If I'm lucky, this dead man might even get a chuckle out of you by month's end."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>02-10-2009, 20:12:53</strong>
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				The human male seemed smart, but did he truly not think that all the heroes before had not complimented her? Had not tried to win her love and her heart, believing that she could help him. And the other side of her disinterest in his compliment to her looks was simple, she was one of the four Elementals, how could she be anything but beautiful? She was immortal, a demi goddess nearly in her powers. Yet his word of wishing for her favor beyond just the month they would both be 'trapped' here surprised her. None of the others had seriously wished to talk about an after besides bringing her home to their country, showing her off and earning delights and the such. She was no trophy bride, that was for weak, pallid princesses, she was a force of nature. "Would you truly desire such? If I were to favor you, to wish for you to be with me I could keep you trapped here by my own will. Elementals do not like to be confined or denied...."<br><br>Perhaps she was trying to scare him, to make him less interested in her. It seemed the logical course, to make him loose interest in her, in being with her before she became attached to him. Her heart had long ago learned to harden into a stone as hard as any of those in her temple palace. She remembered once, Talise saying that her heart was like a blossom, blooming, soft and with gentle strength. Those days however were long gone. At the word outside her eyebrow raised, her expression amused and slightly annoyed. "Outside, oh yes, if I could go outside I would love to, however I am stuck here...so foolish thief's will just have to learn their lesson the hard way apparently."<br><br>"As for the heroes before you....there is a magic, that erases what was with them, what was here with me. I can hardly remember the men outside of the first few days they were here, and the horrible wrong one, I forget about them until a new hero comes. It is the magic Mangus put into play. His is the hand that keeps messages from staying." Mira shrugged then, sighing to herself as she moodily plucked a cluster of grapes from the table to nibble on, one at a time, her eyes focused off at the landscape of her home. <br><br>She didn't really pay attention to him eating, though her own was like that of a bird, or a gazing fawn, light, delicate, almost absent mindedly as she glanced away, her moss green eyes full of thoughts and emotions, none of them overly happy. When he brought up marriage again she glanced at him idly, breaking pieces of flat bread up and laying slices of cheese over them to take small bites as she let him speak, not offended, but not overly interested either. A tavern wench? He would prefer one of those to a immortal Elemental? How strange a man he was. Her lips thinned slightly in contempt, just about to dismiss him from her thoughts and presence again when he surprised her yet again by asking her to spend the day with him. For several long moments she just stared at him, shock in her gem like eyes, her lips slightly parted. Finally she recovered herself, shaking her head slightly as she frowned at him, trying to assess him and understand. "I suppose I could spent part of the day with you, since there is a decided lack of servant girls here. However I do have duties as an Elemental to perform, even trapped here there is still things I must do." Her gaze moved back out to the wild landscape of her haven and prison, thinking of all the secrets its shadowed depths held. <br><br>"I however, do not laugh. Ever." With that she stood, leaving her couch and the food, shaking her long hair back over her shoulders. "You are free to eat as much as you like, the servants will clean once you are done. You may find a place to sleep on your own or ask one of them to lead you to a bedroom. I have things I must attend." <br><br>And with that she let the wind take her, her physical being dissolving into a cluster of flower petals upon the breeze, blown out away, over the landscape. This was one of her favorite ways to travel, unseen, unnoticed, for it was nearly impossible to follow flower petals in the dusk. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>04-10-2009, 03:36:56</strong>
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				Noteh shook his head, "If you truly favored me you wouldn't trap me. You would want me to be happy, and would let me leave from time to time. Not that I wouldn't mind living here. It's not so bad, though I must admit I would get lonely with your habit of disappearing so often." He smiled, for him there was no thoughts of bragging or showing her off. There was no chance of fame, notoriety at best, so the idea of gaining it did not cross his mind. And all that aside, he had no desire to show her off. Well, he did, but in the way his friends showed off their brides to their friends and later swooned about her over some booze. But he could go without that if that was her wish.<br><br>When she said foolish thieves would have to learn by themselves he simply shrugged and raised his cup in acknowledgment then drank. "The Gods love fools, after all, there are so many of us." He put the cup down again. When he heard there was a magic that would erase what was with him and keep her from remembering he grew a bit somber, that meant nothing would remain of him. Not even she could remember him, as anything more than another servant that would mindlessly follow her around. He took another sip, this time in silence.<br><br>After he asked her to stay the day he saw her staring at him, as if trying to determine something, he just smiled at her. When she accepted but said she couldn't spend the entire day with him he nodded. He was about to speak when she said that she didn't laugh and he said, "Well, I'll appreciate whatever you can spare. I don't know about you Elementals, but we Humans get lonely. In fact, we get so lonely we open up to complete strangers just because they're there when no one else is. Then we get hurt and withdraw and don't let anybody else in, deciding it is better to be nothing than to be sad, even if it means never being happy." He drained what was left in his cup, "I speak from experience, but you might know something similar."<br><br>Then she disappeared, and Noteh slumped back in his chair. He stood up and finished eating quickly, then went back to the flower, beginning to get his bearings of the place in some degree. He looked it over once more, gently touching it again as if he could caress it into blooming, then he gently told it good night and asked it to bloom again before curling up next to it and falling asleep. Maybe his presence would do something, and even if it didn't, the dirt was softer than the cobblestones he was used to but firm enough that it was what he was used to. As his eyes started to drift close he whistled and said, "I don't know if you can hear me, Mahindra, but good night. I'm holding you to that promise. Tomorrow!" Then, the last of his energy having been expended in that, he fell asleep.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>07-10-2009, 07:57:17</strong>
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				Wild magic swirled around her body, coursed from her very veins. Her hair lifted upon the invisible wind that came with the use of her powers, flaring out to dance as it she lay in a pool of water, flower blossoms cascaded down through the air, shifting on the currents as she worked her magic. Hot and deep, strong and firm, earth magic was such an elemental part of her, she was one of the Elements, and this was one thing that centered her, that got her through the endless centuries of her imprisonment. Her hands flowed, moving from shaping one rune to the next, her feet moving as well, in the maze dance in the north point of her home. She had four points of magic working, north, south, east and west, all carefully crafted with hidden mazes spread into the earth, and from them she worked, sending her powers out through the earth, tending to it even as she was kept inside her hollow mountain. <br><br>Mahindra worked slowly, steadily and reveled in the power that poured up through her, that echoed back to her element. It was a co dependant relationship, she gave, it took, it gave and she took. The balance came to a rest, if she did not perform her duties she would not feel well, rather drawn, obsessed with the need to do her dances, and when she did them, though exhausted she felt at peace and happy. Or at least as close to happy as she came in this exisitance. The Elemental moved faster, her body swaying, limber and lither, whirling faster for the ending movements of her dance. Finally she came to a halt, poised right in the center of the maze, the power flooding through her and she channeled it, weaving it into the earth's core and sending it out with all the expert deftness of a master weaver. <br><br>Finally she broke the magic ties and slumped into the ground, breathing heavily even as the wind stirred in truth around her, her environment reacting to its mistress, cooling her down as she lay, looking up at the few faint stars that shone down into her mountain. Her breathing was labored as it lifted her chest with her inhales and exhales, her lips slightly parted and eyes half lidded. She enjoyed the afterglow of handling pure earth energy in such a raw form, though in a way she was always handling it, always touching it. She was always a part of it. She heard a whisper on the wind, from Noteh of course, the impish air spirits here would do such a thing, carrying it to her and she dismissed it, not wanting to think of mortal men tonight. Instead she snapped her fingers, working with some of her personal magic and creating a bead just where she lay from the earth and plant life, forsaking the comfort of her temple palace for the untamed wilds of her true centers of power. <br><br>She wanted to be free, but Noteh, and all those who had come before him were juts a reminder of how entrapped she was, and of the guilt she bore for others being caught in her home. The morning would come soon enough and she wished only to sleep and for a little while...forget everything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 00:04:25</strong>
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				Noteh woke up late the next day, having allowed himself the luxury of sleeping late. Normally he would have woken up early and planned, but he was never going to steal anything again no matter how this went and he decided he might as well die comfortably. When he woke up he looked over at the sprout and identified it as the source of all his troubles. For some reason he didn't blame it and greeted it as he stood up. He took care of his cleanliness as best as he could, which was to say not very much, but his morning routine had never been very good. Still, he made sure he didn't smell at all, that was something to identify someone with, something that a guard could notice.<br><br>When he returned he looked around, he sat down and said as loudly as he could, "Mahindra! I'm awake." He was going off the assumption she could hear him even though he had no evidence for any such fact. He looked down at the sprout and thought for a moment. He said, "That crazy man said nature was to grow and bloom, and that we poor failed to bloom due to our corruptness and that we were a perverted form. So... something's perverted here. And it's not me, this time." He couldn't resist adding a pun to the end of his somewhat serious contemplation. The crazy man he referred to was a preacher who wanted to reform his entire slum.<br><br>Noteh was not sure if that was right, but the crazy man was the wisest person he had ever met insofar as having gotten an education which no one else he knew was. "But this is the very height of nature in that it's Mahindra's... so how can anything be unnatural? Perhaps the crazy man was wrong and the order of things is that certain flowers simply do not bloom." He had just brought himself into a loop with a depressing conclusion. He sunk his head and sighed, well that had been a waste of time. The only possible answer that crossed his mind was that Mahindra herself was unnatural and preventing the bloom, but that was getting into divine forces he was ignorant of. Besides, he had very little power over the matter and might as well assume the entire thing was not doomed from the start, and thus that she was good.<br><br>He stood up and thought of Mahindra, and she in turn reminded him of a serving woman who had told him that happiness was natural. They were not connected by this sentiment but by their similar hair color and ample proportions. Regardless, it reminded him of her declaration that she did not laugh. There and then Noteh decided that he would get her to smile, even if he could not get her to laugh, and maybe it would be something to leave behind. If he could not survive, perhaps Mahindra would become a smiling Goddess and happier for it, his unremembered legacy if nothing else. Besides, a happy Mahindra would probably make better company. He smiled himself and whistled, deciding to wait until Mahindra came.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 05:00:38</strong>
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				She was jolted awake by the the sound of a hawk's cry.<br><br>The Earth demi goddess blinked and shifted upon her bed of foliage, her long chocolate hair tangled around her body and in the plants beneath her. The female pushed herself up slowly on her arms, glancing around her to try and place where she was and what exactly was happening. That was right, the newest hero, the most unlikely of them too, had come the day before, catching her in her bath in her haven. She had danced the maze in the North the night before. With a sigh she got to her feet, shaking out her long hair, little white flowers woven into it, having grown there during the night. She left them, it was the earth's way to bind to her, to remind her of its love for her. Infact it nearly made her happy, or as close to happy as Mira got. <br><br>The brunette beauty snapped her fingers, her emerald gown from the day before adjusting to fit her again as she wove her way through the trees of this part of her realm. She reached a small waterfall, not like her haven, but there were pools of water, falls, rivers and such woven all through her home. She snapped her fingers again, dismissing her gown, and her hair lifted on invisible hands, arranging itself in an updo even as she walked into the water. It felt just slightly cool against her skin, rinsing off the dirt and sweat of the day before. She lingered in the water, smiling to herself as little white blossoms appeared to float in the water. The earth itself was trying to sooth her and reassure her, she wasn't completely alone during her captivity, and the heroes may come and go but the Earth remained constant, just as she herself did. <br><br>Finally clean and refreshed the immortal beauty left her bathing pool, the air whispering around her as it dried her off and a new gown, freshly summoned from her rooms in her palace appeared, the chiton wrapping itself around her neatly. Today she had chosen a soft cream color, that played up the gleams in her hair, tying to the white flowers and flattered her green eyes. She made her way slowly through the North part of the hallow mountain, checking on plants and animals, tending to them as was her joy. When she reached the white stone palace she summoned a servant to her, instructing for a breakfast feast to be laid out, in the courtyard with the flower. That done she made her own entrance into the heart of her realm, her green eyes not hostile but not overly friendly either as they set upon the thief who had stolen his way into her hollow mountain.<br><br>"Good morning Noteh." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 00:08:20</strong>
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				Mahindra came to him more freshened up and done up than the previous day but no more happy or sad for it. He wondered if she was using him as a sort of social event since she had nothing else she could go to. He returned her greeting with a smile and said, "Good morning, Mahindra." as if she were just a normal good friend of his and not a Goddess who he was trapped in a competition to free, and whose same competition might kill him, but simply an old friend. The truth be told after last night with its emptiness and the time before that with its sadness, Noteh's emotional state was bound to drift somewhere good simply because it had nowhere else to go.<br><br>He walked up and took her hand, kissing it lightly before releasing in what had been a gesture of the aristocracy where he came from, and he was attempting to use the full breadth of his vocabulary. It was more extensive than one might guess due to his attempts at charm, "You look lovelier than you did yesterday and that is no mean feat, Mahindra." After a moment he said, "You know, I've always been a city dweller and these plants all around me are a sign of wealth and aristocracy where I come from. I always reflected it was one of my culture's oddities that nature became something we strived to grant ourselves as a luxury rather than the default state." This thought had occurred to him just now as he saw a fern that reminded him of one he had stolen and sold.<br><br>He continued, "However, on to you. You told me last night before your exit that you never laugh and I cannot help but think that is a sad existence to live." He relapsed, "I think I'll get you to laugh if I can, or if not that then at least a smile. It will make you feel worlds better." He offered her his arm, which she would either take or leave, and said, "You're the Goddess of this place, aren't you? Would you mind showing me around? I figure you're the best to do it and I'd like to know what I can about this place, it might help me. And I certainly won't mind the company one bit." He smiled at her appreciatively despite the fact she had yet to accept either his arm or his request for a tour.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 00:47:04</strong>
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				The Earth Elemental was surprised to see the human smile and welcome her so nicely, she hadn't been overly polite to him the night before, and yet he was polite to her. Perhaps she should try to soften her temper some at moments, but then she was what she was, there was no need to hide it, not here in her own home. She wondered for a moment from the way he looked at her if he thought the flowers and her hair left up was for him, when in truth it simply struck her fancy for the day. Mahindra blinked in surprise as he took her hand and kissed it, a single dark brow lifting in silent question. It was unusual for a mortal man to assume such liberties with even a lesser goddess and immortal such as she. <br><br>"Please call me Mira, Mahindra is a bit of a mouthful." her voice was still the husky earthy sweetness that marked her as an elemental of earth, but the razor edge that marked her anger. It was a more neutral tone, though, to her annoyance it was near impossible for her to not sound on some level inviting. <br><br>His compliment echoed her earlier thoughts and she felt her lips twitch, ever so slightly, the bare tease of a smile that was her smile before any but her animals and the earth itself speaking to her. His words struck her, making her heart touch with sadness and her lips flattened, hiding their lushness even as her green eyes showed her concern and sorrow. "It pains me to think that nature is bought and sold, that it is not as it is meant to be, for all. It is the world around us, the mother that birthed us from her womb and shelters us through life." Her eyes trailed around the courtyard that was the heart of her realm, eyes caressing the plants and white stone with all the tender maternal love she held for her element and her sisters. <br><br>"What purpose do I have to laugh? I have my duties, I live, laughter is wasteful." she nodded slowly to his question, her brows slowly drawing together as he asked for a tour. "Perhaps after breakfast, I instructed the servants to lay out food to break our fast. If you come from the city I am not sure you will like the wilds that is my home."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 16:40:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When she told him to call her Mira he nodded and said, "Mira's a lovely name. Foreign to my language, but lovely still." This comment had been prompted simply by the fact that he had known a Mira, though she was a foreigner who couldn't speak his language. Actually, he didn't really know her name was Mira, but she pointed to herself and said several phrases linked together by Mira, so it was Noteh's best guess. He wondered what had ever become of her but moved on, such was his life. Still, he took it as a good sign and a response to his friendliness rather than a matter of simple convenience. It made them more like friends which was nice.<br><br>When he caught the faintest trace of a smile he couldn't help but smile fully in return as if to encourage her. But when she expressed her sadness, he said, "I don't know about lofty ideals like that, to be honest. I'd like to think its right, but I only know the ways of the city and I cannot imagine another way sustained by humans. Perhaps in a world of magic, but what may be considered a natural right here is bought and sold there in all things, not just nature. Water is priced, freedom, housing, clothing, anything and everything." He bowed his head thinking of it but soon rose again, "But let us not think of such things for no matter the outcome neither of us shall be dealing with them again." He smiled at her as if this was the silver lining of the cloud and noticed her eyes scanning her realm.<br><br>When she asked what purpose she had to laugh, he said, "Laughter is medicine, not wasteful. Don't knock it till you've tried it, Mira." He became more colloquial than he had been. "A chuckle or two does wonders, believe me. It's a part of living." He said this all with a smile on his lips. When she talked about breakfast, he nodded and smiled and said, "Thank you, that sounds lovely." He held back the fact he was not quite used to eating with regularity and gestured for her to lead the way. When she said he wouldn't like it, he said, "If these are the last days of my life, isn't it time I try new things? If these aren't, then I believe you were the one who talked of trapping me here out of the desire to have me." He grinned at her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 17:47:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahindra watched the human thief curiously as he spoke, noting that he held out his arm to her. She as a rule did not touch others, she had avoided touching the other heroes from what she could remember after all a touch would imprint some part of them upon her, and her upon them, it was some form of bond. And one she wasn't sure she could bear when the hero's month ran out. Her green eyes held a wealth of sorrow and resignation, this was her life, caught in a repetitive existence, afraid to touch, to grow to know someone. In many ways...afraid to live. Her dark lashes fluttered down as the olive skinned beauty took a step further into the courtyard, moving toward the middle bed and then tightly closed bud. Her fingers went out, softly caressing it, her gaze dark and full of emotions and feelings no thoughts or words could be put to.<br><br>"Everything, even here must come with a price, I suppose that is life...." she sighed, though the thought of having to fight to water, for clothing, such simple basic things struck her as wrong. She had been sealed away too long, the world outside had changed drastically. Did farmer's still worship her? Invoke her name? She hoped so, she hoped the elemental power that she channeled each night, sending out, aided them. If she ever was free what would she do then? Most likely stay here outside of brief visits outside to tend to things, after all she wasn't ready for such an altered world as Noteh described. Perhaps she should just accept her fate, stay here and let the ages pass. It would be fairly easy to seal off all entrances but for the top of the hollow mountain. Yes...if Noteh failed that would be what she did, mortal men did not appear able to free her. <br><br>At his teasing words she roused from her thoughts, a frown marring her brow. "I was not speaking in serious meaning, I would never trap someone here, it was simply an explanation. After all the immortals do not often surrender that which they enjoy." The brunette moved away from the flower bed and him, gliding toward the far end of the courtyard as servants began to appear, carrying a cloth to layout for the food to rest upon, pillows to lounge against and trays of food. Eggs, bacon, fruits, breads, juices, a feast, though it would not go wasted when they had finished, for the food went first to her and then to her animals, and of course the servants. Nothing went to waste in her realm. The demi goddess sank down into a lush pile of pillows, her cream clad body lush and womanly as she arranged herself comfortably, taking a goblet and instructing a servant to pour orange juice into it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 23:48:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh saw how she looked at his arm and the way she took it and he realized she had just given him something of profound significance and smiled. Not in the way he had before, not in the forced way, or the mischievous way, or the toothy grin that obviously showed that he was thinking of something he shouldn't. This was just a soft, warm smile. It was happiness. Whatever she felt from touching him he felt as she caressed it and his arm felt hot, not burning but that heat which seems to warm one to the bone and is never unpleasant and his skin tingled slightly. He could not say if it was Mira, if it was how she was touching him, or if he was just not used to such innocent contact. He felt an urge to do something more but could not yet quite say what it was.<br><br>When she frowned he just smiled at her and said, "That's good, I think I'd rather miss the outside world. But it'd be a double bind, I'd miss you too if you stayed back in the mountain, I think." She glided off as she commonly did and when the pillows came forth he slumped back into them. It wasn't graceful but it wasn't clumsy. After lying back on them he sat up and began to serve himself, he seemed to favor the more exotic or heavy things such as meet or flavored breads, he rarely had access to these thing so masterfully made back at the city. He ate some and then ate quite a bit more, obviously liking it quite a lot. He stopped for a moment and thanked her before continuing as if he had never eaten in his life.<br><br>After a short time he stopped and looked up. He stood up and moved over to her side and sat down near her, though they weren't touching, on her pile of pillows, and said, "You don't mind, do you? I feel more comfortable this way. Just tell me if you don't." Then he starting to pull his things across the table towards him, shooting her a smile every now and again. His manners, while not impeccable, managed to avoid the most irksome things, the disgusting and annoying noises were absent, he chewed with his mouth closed, and so on, but he ate a bit too readily and he was quick to reach and seemed to not care the servants were there to help.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 04:26:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The woman relaxed on her cushion pile, sipping from the goblet at Noteh moved toward her. He seemed more agile then some of the other heroes from what she could remember, but then that was what he was suppose to be after all, a thief had to be quick on ones feet. What prompted a man to steal? She asked herself that just as he spoke again, her eyes darkening in confusion. He would miss her? Mira hadn't expected him, or anyone except perhaps her sisters to say that, most men took for granted that she would simply give up her home and her haven to be with them, to be the mindless trophy. In her mind there were plenty of princesses that were better suited to that task then she herself and for them she had only pity. <br><br>She chose not to speak and instead plucked at the fruit and eggs laid out for them, nibbling on a piece of bread as well, if he paid attention to her eating it was clear she did not appear overly fond of meat itself, though it was there. Mira took note of what he chose to eat, forsaking fruits for the more filling, sturdy things, he must have starved a time or two, the way he attacked his food, yet at least his manners weren't horrid, though they could use some addressing. When he glanced at her she blinked and froze, watching him move closer to her before slowly shaking her brunette head at his question. She didn't mind that he was closer to her, at least not at the moment. If he tried to touch her she probably would, at least at the moment, she didn't know enough about him to allow such familiarities. <br><br>Mahindra observed him, just nibbling at her food here and there, he ignored the servants, getting what he wished for himself, and yet he made sure to smile at her often. The female's green eyes were sharp and considering as she finished her part of the meal and waited for him to do the same. "You wish a tour? Are you certain you don't wish to stay here with the bud?" She asked, though the idea of showing someone else her beautiful home did please her. Many of the others had, from the faint memories, been caught up in the palace, in its grandeur and beauty, yet she cared little for it, her heart lay with the actual land&nbsp; and wild parts of her haven. How strange that it would be a city bred thief who would first ask to be shown those very things.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>22-10-2009, 02:40:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh ate heartily and when he was finished he stacked his plates and gathered what he had used in such a way it would be easiest for the servants to take it away. He didn't seem to be particularly taking notice, it was obviously a habit. Regardless, he finished shortly after she did, though he had consumed a great deal more than she had. When the servants came to clear things he began to hand things to them, again, as if forced by habit as his attention was obviously on her. When she spoke he simply nodded and said, "I want a tour. And the bud has survived a long time, I think, so it won't wilt if I'm not here. Besides, if I'm going to die I might as well die having seen something new. And if I'm not going to die, I suspect I'll be here quite some time." After a moment, he added, as if releasing something he usually held back, "And perhaps I'll find a clue or two, though that isn't the purpose of this request."<br><br>He stood up and gave her a grin, "Besides, maybe I'll get to know the great and mysterious goddess Mahindra better. And if not, I'll certainly have a lovely time with Mira." He moved over to her and gently took her arm in his, smiling at her but not actually holding it. She could remove it if she wished, but Noteh's smile seemed to grow a bit wider. He said, "So, I am left under your power, if you would be so kind as to show me this strange and vast new world of yours. And please, tell me everything, since I'm totally ignorant on the matter. I know the word tree, and the word bush, and probably not a lot more..." He seemed somewhat embarrassed at his ignorance.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>22-10-2009, 07:53:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He thought of the servants work, even though he could have lived in the lap of luxury doing nothing, indeed his conduct made the Earth demi goddess if she perhaps was too dismissive and thought too little of her servants. After all they were just earth composites now, but they had been human, mortal, like Noteh. She frowned, straining to remember names, yet not one came to her. The spell chafed at her in such moments and then he spoke and she forced her attention back to the thief. He had a point about the flower bud, still seemingly caught in limbo and she glanced at it, a sigh of resignation parting her lips, she was beginning to think she would never see it bloom. <br><br>The human did raise good points, of enjoying his time, seeing something new and a clue. Was there any clue within her realm? She did not believe so, but then who was to say, she had been within the mountain for so long and so full of her own duties and thoughts she had never thought to search for something that might lead to her freedom. But then that, she knew at least, could only come from a mortal man's hand. When he took her arm she tilted her hand, her brows drawing together in confusion. "I am both Mahindra and Mira, one name is simply easier to speak then the first Noteh." She stood slowly, brushing out the cream silk of her gown and the garment falling back into line perfectly, unwrinkled even for her lay upon the pillows as she ate.<br><br>"Come then, I will show you the wonders of my home, and pray you do not fear nor hate them. I have animals I tend, take care to not spook or upset them please, they are my friends." She gestured for him to take the south most archway of the courtyard, that would lead them into the forests most directly. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>23-10-2009, 00:00:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh simply nodded when she said her name was both Mira and Mahindra and said, "Just an expression, Mira, a joke if you will." He smiled at her, impressed that everything seemed so perfect that even her clothes didn't wrinkle. He wondered exactly how she did that or if it just came with the territory of her being a demi-goddess. Regardless, he found himself just looking at her until she was done, but averted his gaze when she looked up just skillfully enough it wouldn't be apparent he was staring. Still, a smile grew across his face, although that was nothing unusual.<br><br>When she spoke afterward, he said, "I doubt there will be much that will cause me to fear and hate anymore. And I have no idea how to spook and upset animals, so I couldn't even if I wanted to. And it's a poor policy to try and upset the policies of your host. Or a beautiful woman. Or someone more powerful than you. Let alone someone who is all three." He smiled at her and walked out through the archway of the courtyard, tarrying just inside the threshold and waiting for her to lead him. Before they left he smiled and said, "And as I said, I'm totally ignorant, so, please, tell me everything." He was interested, but he wouldn't deny a large part of why he was so keen was because he could feel that he had hit upon something she very much liked.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 02:51:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The female blinked at him, frowning as she tilted her head in confusion. "A joke? Why would one joke about a name?" There was slight contempt for the frivolousness of joking, of amusement, there was no need for that in the life that was governed by her entrapment and duties. Mahindra had lost her sense of humor sometime in the long years that had made up her imprisonment so far. So were the affects of solitude, loneliness and disillusionment. She didn't understand how a mortal man, condemned to such a short life, who had been a thief and scrapped by for everything had had ever had could be so cheerful, could smile so much. She couldn't recall the last time a true, full smile had stretched her lips. <br><br>At least he didn't seem at all interested in hunting, a few of the heroes had spent their first few days hunting for sport in her realm. They had of course caught nothing, but one having injured a particular doe she liked did not received a bite of meat for the rest of his time, though she couldn't remember that time. Three days, that was all from each hero, would she remember Noteh after he had gone? He seemed so different from any of the others. <br><br>She moved to keep up with him and then let her arm drop from his, still unuse to touching another person as she walked with a sultry sway that was innate within her body. Mira kept her gait to one he could match easily, and in a matter of moments they had left the white stone confines of her palace for the wilder parts of her realm. The forest closed in around them almost insantly, towering pines and oaks, lower maples, and ashes, birches and rosewoods, all sorts of trees lived and thrived here. It was grander then her palace, this place filled with a mystic, somber power like one could find in the great churches, and birdsong filled the air, sunlight bathed the world in a gold green glow. She moved, steps graceful over root and sod and stone alike, and it was clear that she was one with this place, that it was tied to her olive skinned beauty. <br><br>"I crafted this place myself. I found this mountain back before the dawn of man, and set about creating my home, my haven. I planted each seed that became these trees, coaxed them from their shell into seedlings and sprouts....I have watched them grow and known them to mark the years of my life. I have outlived no few of them..." she trailed off, thoughtfully regarding her home, wondering how the wild majesty would appear to a city dwellers eyes. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>27-10-2009, 23:09:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When she asked why he would joke about a name, it was Noteh's turn to be confused. All the answer he could muster was, "Because it's funny?" When he noted the contempt in her voice, he sighed and said, "Like I said, don't knock it till you've tried. If you haven't truly laughed then how do you know about it like I do?" What she was failing to realize was that it was because he had scraped by for so long, because he had such a short life, because he was constantly in danger, that he smiled and acted so cheerful. It was a defense mechanism and got people to react to him more positively.<br><br>When she dropped his arm he was about to protest when she walked on ahead. He followed behind her, more than once taking notice of the way she swayed and her perfect figure and admiring it. He figured there was nothing wrong with that. As the trees began to close in around him he looked around and felt like there should be something to steal here. That meant, mostly, that he connected it with castles, palaces, and churches. All three contained valuables and a sense of awe. All the same, he could only see one thing he could value and she was not for stealing. All the same, he remained just somewhat unimpressed, he couldn't comprehend enough to be impressed, but curious all the same.<br><br>When she began to speak he listened attentively. He said, "Well, it's more impressive than anything I've ever made, I'll tell you that." After a moment, realizing his opinion was being called for, he continued, "It's like a... city. A very beautiful one made for things that aren't human. It's just as tall, it's just as complex, and there's things scurrying about everywhere, each to their own purpose but getting things done in their own chaotic matter. Yes, it's a city." He looked up, hoping he had given a pleasing answer or at very least not offended her. He wondered if cities were older than he had thought before.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>28-10-2009, 04:30:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Why was a thief so caught up in mirth? In laughing? She shrugged off his words, not caring to understand how he felt about laughing in truth. It was just a thing to her, nothing real, nothing like the reality of being sealed away from the earth that needed her. Yet as the forest, her forest, her home, that she had crafted and loved for nearly as long as her feet had touched the mortal earth. Her earth. <br><br>When he spoke of a city she tilted her head, first instinct to snap at him that such was foolishness, but then, perhaps it wasn't. It was a large, wondrous place teeming with life, which, from what she had gathered from him and others, cities did as well. "Perhaps...perhaps thief lord, only there is more peace to be found here then in your cities I think, the laws of nature govern, not of man." Her lips touched in a serene expression, nearly a smile, but it was simple contentment and tranquility as only her forest could give to her. <br><br>She glanced around, noting that the animals did not seem to come to her as they normally did, but then she had a companion and she sighed to realize it. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 01:15:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When Mira looked ready to snap, Noteh waited expectantly, but then she seemed to calm down and tell him that perhaps he was right. He simply shrugged as to what she said about there being more peace, "I don't know any laws of nature. Truth be told, I don't know that many laws of man either. More or less peaceful, I couldn't say. But I've got to wonder where I would be in nature's laws." He looked down, as if scouring for thieves that lived in this city just like he lived in his own. He failed to find anything, and he simply looked back up at her and smiled again.<br><br>He noticed she was glancing around. He said, "What are you looking for, Mira? Some of those friends of yours?" He put his hand on her shoulder in a habitual comforting motion and said, "They don't have to worry, you can tell them I won't harm them. I suspect you wouldn't let me anyway, but I don't see why I'd want to. I mean, sure, there's hunting, but why would I do that if I don't have to? Some people say its fun, but I don't see how that's different from harvesting grain for fun." He scrunches his face, obviously trying to understand the way the minds of the rich and noble worked, before smiling at her again.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>29-10-2009, 18:46:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"You truly are odd." the words fell from her lips, in a slightly amused tone, at least as close as he would have heard from her so far. To care so little for the laws that governed life, to live so freely, he was like the hawk she so often watched circling the air above the mountain. If he were bound by natures laws she somehow sensed he would just find a way to slip through them, to avoid being contained. It put her slightly at ease, their natures were by far too different to afford any reason for him to love her or she him. <br><br>When he put a hand on her shoulder her brows drew together and she opened her mouth to lash out at him, after all no one just touched her, not without her permission. Not that he seemed to care about that, no he broke man's, nature's and even Earth's own rules. Her lips thinned and she moved back from his touch, her face inclined to appear haughty, though his words softened her temper slightly. "It is well you don't find hunting fun, for if you did I would be most displeased." to put it lightly, of course. He smiled, so easily, so often, it unnerved her. <br><br>Turning away from him she parted her lips and sang in a tongue so old no human could understand, it was a song about the love of earth for its creatures, soothing and coaxing her beloved animals toward her. A sparrow darted down to alight upon her shoulder, her eyes growing lighter at that. She took a step forward, past one towering truck of a oak and extended her hands, meeting with the supple fur of a doe who had answered her song. She caressed the elegant creature, still singing softly, animal and Immortal eyes both filled with affection. This would be where Mahindra was softest, was most at ease. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>31-10-2009, 01:58:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"So I've been told." was his only response to being called odd. He smiled at her though, almost as if he took the phrase as a compliment, "To be truly anything is unique in this world. Besides, you seem to like it well enough." He had noted the tone, and it had pleased him greatly. He understood things better than Mahindra here, perhaps, because oddity nor their different natures was nothing of a barrier to him. All he comprehended was that he had made her happy, a good first step.<br><br>Then she pulled back, somewhat haughty and merely commented on his opinions of hunting. He just continued his smile and said, "Well, then, I'm glad I've nothing to offend you with, oh great goddess Mahindra. And I hope Mira will smile. Just a little. Even just like she was before." He had switched over to the third person again without even realizing it. He had no idea that his happiness might be unnerving her, and presumed she simply didn't like to be touched. That was another thing he hoped to cure her of, not touches in any intimate way, though truth be told he would want that, just simple gestures like his hand on her shoulder.<br><br>Then she began to sing and a sparrow flew onto her shoulder as she extended her hands and went forward. It was beautiful as she petted a doe, as she sung softly. He moved forward, slowly, carefully, and put his hand on the doe and petted it gently. He put his other hand back on her shoulder and said, "What is fit for the birds cannot be unfit for me, what you give to them, can you really deny me?" Something about the scene had made him poetic. "If I can pet a doe, then surely I can overcome your skittishness. Or do you not want me to?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>03-11-2009, 00:57:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He wanted her to smile. <br><br>How odd, such a simple desire for a man to speak of to her, her who stood before him in the full beauty of a Immortal Elemental. Most men begged boons of her, but they were not so simple. Her aid, her body, her power. A smile. He was odd, but she could have more readily given the first or the last, the middle was something she was not willing to give. It would make his failure all the more painful when the moon's cycle had passed. <br><br>Her song trailed off as she glanced up at him, surprised when the young doe beneath her hand did not bolt at his touch but rather stayed and enjoyed the stroking the mortal thief gave its fur. And then Noteh touched her again, reaching for the smooth olive skin of her shoulder and her eyes widened at his words, catching in the diffused sunlight of the forest around them. Moss green, bright and unearthly, they fixed on him as his words made her pause from the instinct to simply withdraw and let her scorn drive him away. <br><br>"They...they are of the earth, I ..." she seemed nonplussed, caught at the poetic truth of his words, a slight furrow marking her brow, her expression wavering between confusion and wariness. "I give to them what they have given to me, they are my comforts, my friends." She absently bit down on her lower lip, not noticing that she did so. <br><br>"If...if you could overcome my, as you say, skittishness....what would you do then, oh prince of thieves?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>04-11-2009, 01:28:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh saw his words were having an effect on Mira, and when she said they gave him comfort and were her friends, he simply said, "I like to think I give you something too." He squeezed her shoulder slightly and noticed that she bit her lower lip. What she asked him next, he thought for a moment. What would he do? He helped her to her feet from where she was sitting so he was holding both her arms and looking at her. After a few moments of just looking at her, he said, "I can't say I'm sure. What I would say... what I would say is that I would smile in return, and declare that I am no prince. Then I would make some funny remark and you would roll your eyes."<br><br>He found himself drifting forward, if only ever so slightly, and said, "But, I have to say, if I were ever to overcome your skittishness. That is to say, if I could touch you however I wanted, then I might not be so tame." Without realizing, he was holding her too tightly for her to get away, though he had no intention of holding her there. "So, won't you smile and find out?" He gave her a smile, different from the others and seemingly containing a hint of something else.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>04-11-2009, 21:14:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Did he give her something? Annoyance at first, anger, he gave her a target for her ill temper. Last night he had given her conversation and company. This morning manners and a companion for the walk through the forests. Yes, perhaps he did give her something. However she would not let herself grew use to him, to need him in any way. It was too dangerous to do so. She let him help her to her feet and nearly pulled away when his hands took her arms but something in his gaze stilled her.<br><br>His answer was not anything she had not expected, she called him prince in part to be mocking, to push him further away from her. but it did not appear to be working, it just rolled off him with his infernal good humor. Her green eyes darkened as he moved slightly closer to her, as his hold on her tightened, he was holding her nearly to the point of pain yet she did not move, arrested by the hint of something more beneath his ever smiling self. Mira forced herself to glance away, to look down at the ground. "Then you would wish for more then I give the birds or the beasts." it was a soft murmur, a statement and yet a question. <br><br>What in the world was happening? She closed her eyes, trying to find her icy demeanor that so often held the world away from her. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>05-11-2009, 23:30:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh, unlike Mira perhaps, knew what this was. He knew the feeling of lightness, he knew the desire to stare into her eyes. He knew exactly what he wanted and exactly what he would do, and he was at peace with that. He was more than at peace with that, he wanted it, more than anything at this moment. When she said that was more than she gave the birds or the beasts, he didn't smile because his lips were doing something else, forming into a shape familiar to him, that he knew would come. And yet, it was never like this, it was never the same, it was always so intense, so desirable.<br><br>His hand smoothly caressed down then up her arm, over her shoulder, and onto her chin, though it did not move it yet. He said, "Mira, you forget that I'm a thief. I take what I want. If this is your nature, then that is mine. And you know what I want." He moved her chin gently and then came forward in a wave of passion focused on their lips. To the outside world, it would seem fairly tame, merely their lips touching and staying there for a long time while he pressed against her, but to him it was heat and warmth so great it made him light headed.<br><br>And for that moment, Noteh knew only that Mira was a woman and he was a man.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>07-11-2009, 22:06:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The Earth Elemental felt her body shiver slightly as his hand caressed the smooth olive skin of her arm, her eyes focused on the earth beneath them as she tried to still her racing heart. This was foolishness, nothing more, nothing less. That was all it could be. His words filled her ears and she idly wondered if she should be worried, that he would take, without asking, what he desired. But no, she wouldn't, this was her realm, if she wished it she could kill him, not that she wanted to, but that would keep him from doing anything too crazy no? His hand was under her chin but she didn't lift her face, not yet, she closed her eyes though. <br><br><em>You know what I want...</em> How true, and yet not, for she couldn't understand what she had forced herself to forget in the eternity she had spent sealed away in her mountain. Her face lifted when he urged it to though, she surprised that she was being do docile under his hands. And then his lips were upon hers. She let out a soft gasp of surprise, feeling warmth flare between the two of them as he kissed her, so sure and male. For moments she lingered there, her eyes shut, savoring the sensation, the feeling, wanting more, her body flaring to life with all the latent sensuality earth possessed. <br><br>But then she heard the piercing cry of the eagle she watched so often and it broke the spell of his lips. She stumbled back from him, her green eyes wide, hazy with confusion and the heat of lust that still coiled in her body. Mira gave him one last look of startlment before she gave into her clamoring heart and dissolved again into flower petals, letting the wind carry her away as she tried to understand what had just happened. He...had kissed her. And she had not thought to smite him, to curse him or sink him into the earth. She had liked it. And she had run.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>07-11-2009, 22:58:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh was in bliss from Mira's soft, feminine lips, and the kiss they bestowed on him. He wanted more, he wanted to go further without breaking this moment, this kiss. He didn't even hear the eagle screech. But Mira did, and when she stumbled back Noteh could only look at her stupidly, like a deer who was surprised at being caught. He didn't comprehend that she had pulled back in his mind though his body knew that the sensation was gone. His mind was then trapped in the stupor of trying to figure out why, what had happened. But above all else he was distraught. For just a moment, Noteh was defenseless, and all this played out across his face.<br><br>She glanced at him one last time before dissolving and floating off in the wind. Noteh wanted to run after her, as he would have if he could. He looked around and seeing nothing, felt deprived. He fell to a sitting position, then onto the ground. He recovered quickly, and he shifted into a more comfortable position but didn't get up. The animals, not used to humans, surrounded him quickly. A squirrel ran over him, the eagle examined him and passed him over. The deer, still remaining, walked up and nudged him. Noteh got up suddenly, causing the deer to run away.<br><br>Noteh retraced his steps, that was one thing he did remember, and found his way back to the bud. He sighed and looked down at it. "Well, friend, I think Mahindra is a deer. Not literally, of course, but she seems to run from anything startling, good or bad. Or maybe my lips are just bad for kissing a Goddess and suited to the well worn grooves of bar maidens." He sighed, "But I'm talking about myself only, how have you been?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>07-11-2009, 23:13:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her heart would not stop its racing, for when it did she would think about what had caused it to race in the first place, her mind straying back to Noteh, to his kiss. To the way it had felt to have his hands close around her arms and hold her so she couldn't get away, the sunlight pouring down around them and then...then the kiss. She trembled and paced, in the clearing that made the maze for the west point of her home, discarding any thoughts of dancing the hidden pattern for the moment. And she wanted more, heavens, how could she want more of that confusion? Oh that plaguing heat that wouldn't go away?<br><br>The girl wrapped her arms around herself, frowning as she sought her center, trying to push away the nerves and confusion that abounded in her. She was never nervous, never confused. To prove this to herself she started to dance, forsaking the thought only moments ago that she wouldn't. Her body dipped and swayed with all the ethereal grace of a goddess and she moved faster then before, channeling the earth energy out with a deft and sure touch. This was what she knew, this was what she was. And yet, wasn't her dance more joyous for his kiss?<br><br>She lingered there, in her hidden glade, wondering if Noteh would be interested in the mazes and how she tended to the earth. And yet the moment she thought that she dismissed it. Why should she care what he was interested in? Hours passed, it was close to dinner time now...she should go back. <br><br>Mahindra went first to the waterfall where she had first seen Noteh, stripping out of her clothing and into the water to wash herself, the white flowers still in her hair, the chestnut tresses still caught firmly up. She rinsed her agitation and nerves from her skin, scenting her flesh with the faint sweetly alluring scent of vanilla and amber. Done with her bathing she dressed again, this time in a dress such as he would likely know, with a bodice and a skirt, the same cream color of her first garment for the day, however this was something more. This actually showed her body rather then draped over it, it showed the lush curves, the earthy beauty and she smoothed the skirt a hundred times over as she walked back toward her palace. <br><br>She didn't go to the courtyard, where she knew he was likely to be, but rather back to the same overlook where they had eaten dinner the night before. The Earth Elemental summoned her servants, overseeing the placement of pillows and cushions, of the table and the food before biding one of them to go and fetch Noteh. Now she had to apologize, but how to do it?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>07-11-2009, 23:56:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh had spent the remaining time talking to the flower and trying to get it to bloom. Even Mira couldn't stifle his desire not to die, though he did find himself distracted and his thoughts drifting towards her more often than not. Once or twice, he thought he saw the bud start to bloom, but those were just tricks of his mind. In fact, when he thought back on what he saw, he couldn't remember what he had seen to make him reach that conclusion. He pondered for a short time if he was going insane, but found his thoughts leaving this as well for Mira. In this way time passed for Noteh until dinner.<br><br>When the servant came to fetch him, he went with them and saw Mira. She had been beautiful before, but now she seemed more beautiful than she had before. He smiled at her and said, "Hello Deer.", referring something she wouldn't actually know. Then he looked over her, and saw the dress and how it flattered her curves better than what she had worn before. She looked like she was all dressed up. That made him smile again, it showed she was interested in him, that she wasn't angry with him. He sniffed the air for a moment and said, "Amber and vanilla..." before realizing it was perfume and smiling again.<br><br>He walked to her side of the table and sat down next to her, unconsciously he had moved so he was closer to her than he had been before. He looked over at her, smiled, and said, "I was going to bring flowers, but then I realized that plucking them out of the ground would probably be killing them. And that you can conjure flower petals out of thin air." He let a gentle reproach enter his tone for this last bit.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>08-11-2009, 00:13:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When he said hello to her she frowned slightly, confused. Dear as in dear to a heart or deer as in the doe they had seen earlier. She somehow guessed it would be the later, referring to how she had fled so quickly. She looked away from him then, settling down on her cushions and arranging her skirts to keep herself busy. He smiled as easily as he breathed and she was starting to find it a little annoying, but perhaps that was just her temper talking again, after all when was the last time she had said she was sorry to someone? It could simply be her pride trying to rouse her temper to save itself. Perhaps, who knew. <br><br>She was aware of how close he sat to her but she didn't say anything, merely nodded her head at him when he smiled at her once more and lifted her hand to gesture that the servants could begin serving the food now. She thought, for a moment, how her servants had once been the youthful spirits of the trees and flowers, how laughter and music had floated through her home. And her spirits grew lower, her green eyes darkening with her thoughts. And then he spoke again, summoning her from her bleak memories. A smile touched her lips and she nodded "It was wise for you to not pluck them, for they are all around and I would rather them live their lives then die for a few moments. However if you have the wish again simply look for what is fullest in bloom and take that, it is like pruning and a new one will grow to take its place."<br><br>At the mention of making flower petals her cheeks colored slightly and she glanced away from him, her lips thinning slightly. "You know, I nearly apologized for that, before you thought to rebuke me.....I will do as I like, this is my home and you sir, are a guest here." Mira pushed herself up to stand, ready to storm from the overlook and forsake eating for the evening, cursing to herself her thoughts of if he would like her dress or if she should show him the secrets of her home. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>08-11-2009, 01:12:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh nodded when she gave him the gardening advice. He really had no idea about gardening but he would take her word for it. After her rebuke she blushed, and her lips thinned, and he wondered if she was really that sensitive. Then he realized she had been shut up here for centuries and that she probably was. He had erred in any rebuke, even a gentle and subtle one that she could have shrugged off at will and they could have laughed at together. She was flustered, she had to be, with the way she reacted.<br><br>Noteh caught her hand as she stood up. He said, "Mira, don't call me sir. It doesn't sound right." He stood up so he wasn't below her anymore. "Now, then, so long as we're being honest, if I didn't think you might disappear into petals again, I would have snuggled up to you on that couch. If I didn't think you might say no I'd have started to caress you. And I think you do. I think you do because you've put on perfume that smells lovely, because the dress your wearing would be divine if it did not pale in your own radiance, and... and I want to know where you've been, what you've been doing, and.." He trailed off.<br><br>"You know, we fear rejection too. But that doesn't stop us." He was referring to men. "So, Mira, I want to know if I have anything to apologize for. If you feel what I do."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>10-11-2009, 20:02:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She stilled when he caught her hand, turning to look at him with wary eyes, the deep green holding a wealth of emotions even she couldn't fully put a name to. As he stood she tilted her head back to look at him better, her expression still closed compared to what it had been earlier. She really was as skittish as a deer, but rightly so, at least in her mind. Yet his words, they made the soft blush in her olive cheeks darken, and her eyes dropped to hide her thoughts as the images of his voice painted for her. Of laying on the couch in his arms, relaxed into him. Of his hands caressing her arms, her torso, of....<br><br>Her throat worked and she shifted nervously, though she didn't pull away from him. He had noticed her scent, and the dress. Shyly she lifted her eyes to look up at him, feeling nervous, shy, all too unsure of herself. She couldn't remember ever feeling like this, not even with the ghost of the memories from the others. "I...I do not mean to reject you Noteh, merely to...protect myself."<br><br>Mira glanced away again, at the outlook, the view of her home. "I'm afraid Noteh." the words were softly spoken, a tremor sped through her, the hand he held shaking. "I...am one of the Elementals, yet I'm stuck here, mostly powerless, alone." she glanced back up at him, her green eyes confused and sad. "You did not come here for me, you came for treasure, can you blame me for being wary? For being afraid to give anything of myself to someone who soon might well vanish from my life? Eternity...so many people wish for it but to have it alone, that is a special form of torment."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>10-11-2009, 23:26:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She looked at him and blushed, and shifted nervously. Her eyes shifted up towards him and he said that she only meant to protect herself. Noteh said, after a pause, "From... what? Do you think I'd hurt you? Do you think I'd let anything hurt you? Is it that you're afraid I'll leave?" He was leaning forward without even thinking about it and said in a voice just a little too intense, "I would never do that. Never to you."<br><br>She glanced away again and he could feel a tremor when she said was afraid, she was confused and sad. Noteh's voice was low, serious, and had more than a hint of desire in it. "No. No, you are Mahindra, you are the woman standing here, and you are not alone. I'm here and here I'll be. Don't fault me what I came here for, I'd trade all the riches of this place for your company. Don't be afraid, I'll free you. I'll free you. I promise I will." He was starting to think less and less clearly as raw desire took over, this showed both in the way he spoke and what he said.<br><br>He acted on his desire, then, and one of his hands went up and ran gently through her hair. He said, "I promise..." before using the hand to take a gentle hold of her head and kissing her again. This time, he fully pressed himself up against her, not to push her down but merely so that there bodies were in contact. His other hand, meanwhile, ran up from her hand to her arm to rest on her shoulder, squeezing it assuringly. He moved the two of them to a sitting position without letting up the kiss. And, to him, the kiss was all that mattered, the taste of her lips and the tingling lightness spreading through his head.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>10-11-2009, 23:51:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mira stayed silent at his words, he wouldn't mean to hurt her perhaps, but he could, so easily. She had been about to apologize to him and then he had rebuked her and the slight trust she had been ready to offer had disappeared. Yet he had apologized in turn and caught her hand, holding her to the place and not letting her flee like she had meant to. He would never leave, yet earlier, when she had still seen him as an annoyance and he not known a bit about her he had made the comment that he would never want to remain here. <br><br>Confusion engulfed her and she didn't like it. Mahindra was the Earth, certainty in her course, that had always been hers, yet this human thief had upset that.&nbsp; And then he could be so poetic. Her gaze lifted to his as he spoke of forsaking all the riches that she held for she alone and his promise to free her. It made her throat close up and she lost the ability to speak, she didn't know what to say. Others had tried to win for the power, the glory, for the treasure or the ideal of having a immortal bride. None, she was sure, had ever looked at her so passionately, for in his eyes she could see it, in his voice, the note of desire, of passion. <br><br>The brunette didn't pull away as he reached toward her, one of his hands in the rich fall of her hair, she froze, looking up at him. She didn't know what to do and so waited, deciding to let him guide it, whatever this moment so heavy with promise and passion, would become. Her head canted at his urging, tilting to welcome him to her lips and shyly she parted them in welcome, though the slight parting opened further into a soft gasp as he drew her against his body. She could feel the hard planes of him, against the soft lush curves of her own figure. Her hands lifted, shyly to brace on his shoulders as he took them both down slowly back onto the cushions, her lips clinging to his. Mira's eyes fluttered shut and she let herself sink into the moment, caught in the haze of this unknown feeling. <br><br>This time there was no eagle. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 00:13:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh didn't even the feel the softness of the cushions, he was too light headed, too focused on who was in front of him. For him, there was no moment before this and no moment after this. He was in this one moment, he couldn't not be with the way he felt. The heat he felt. He could only wonder when he had become so passionate. However, he welcomed the surprise and embraced it even as he kissed her. He had no thought that Mira was anyone other than Mira, neither as a way to power nor riches nor fame nor an immortal bride, and if his thoughts strayed from her it was only onto her body. He had no shame in being attracted by that as well.<br><br>Noteh finally ran out of breath and broke away, slowly, painfully. His hand on her shoulder sloped around so it was below her arm and around her back, in a position he knew. His other hand slowly went down until it was resting on her leg. He looked at her for a moment before gently laying her down and saying, "Do you know what this is? Tell me you want it, that you feel like I do." It was obvious he was holding himself back, that he wanted to do something. What it was, Noteh knew well but he couldn't be sure for a Goddess. <br><br>His hand was already moving up her leg, having disappeared under the hem of her dress but had not yet broached her thigh. It felt soft and smooth and warm and, he at least, felt it was inviting him farther up. But, by the same token that he wanted this, he wanted her to want this, he wanted it to be mutual. He needed her to want it, as badly as he needed her.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 00:36:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The woman clung to him, he was the anchor for her in the sea of turmoil and uncertainty, of passion that clouded her world. Noteh kissed her and robbed her of thoughts, of worries, of breath, everything was surrendered to the moment and she trembled for its intensity. When he broke the kiss she whimpered faintly, protesting, her eyes fluttering open, emerald depths hazy with her desire as she looked at him, pressing as close as she could to his body. <br><br>She looked up at him as he gazed at her, still and breathless, enjoying the feeling of his hot hands against her flesh. At his question her throat worked and she nodded slowly, she knew, she was the earth after all. Mira had always abstained from the lush sensuality that went with her nature, fearful of getting too attached. Earth committed, it was or it wasn't, and even though she knew faintly that she should fear this she couldn't bring herself to. This was desire, hot and heady and untamed, like a wild fire, sweeping through her blood and consuming her. Her lips parted to speak, but she halted, searching for the words. <br><br>He felt it, she could see it, read it in his face, hear it in his tone and it made her shiver in delight, though in part that could be because his hand was moving under her dress, on her leg. She squirmed back against the pillows, her hair coming free from the updo, the little white flowers still scattered within it, some floating to the cushions beneath them. "I want it Noteh...." she bit her lower lip nervously and then spoke again, her voice husky with the desire that filled her. "I need you." And with those three words she lay herself bare before him. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 01:24:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh heard what he needed to hear. She wanted him. She was returning what he felt. It made him so happy he was sad that he couldn't describe it. His face almost stupidly smiled with all the joy as he leaned forward, so that he was over her. His hand went further up her leg up to her thigh. He was surprised to not feel any underwear as he touched her upper thigh, but to him that only meant that she had been fully open to the idea this might happen, had planned to say yes, and had come prepared. Meanwhile, his hand traced closer to her pussy.<br><br>He came down on her and kissed her, his hand caressing the back of her head as he did so, before pulling away. He realized that he had forgotten something in his haste but there was no going back. He said, "I need you to take off my pants, to pull down what's under. Then I'll give you what we want." He could already feel hardness growing in anticipation, but he was gently rubbing around her pussy so that it would be wet and ready when he could thrust in. He returned to kissing her passionately, not wanting to let go and breathing through his nose. His tongue wandered into her mouth, seeking out hers.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 01:54:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her eyes fixed on him, taking in the face that glowed with desire for her. Her body was clenching, tight and excited, flustered and flushed and she lay still beneath him as his hand trailed further up the smooth limb of her leg. Her toes curled as she shifted on the cushions, his hand nearing the apex of her legs, so close to the aching center of her body. <br><br>She kissed him back, tender, sweet, giving and shivered as he pulled away, her lips making a slight moue of protest. Yet he was speaking again and she nodded slowly, reaching forward to pull at his pants, eager to obey his directions in this. Her eyes flickered from his face to his chest, nerves fluttering through her like butterflies. His fingers found her pussy and she whimpered softly as he stroked it, so gentle, so slow and careful, making her body pulse with need. Her hands trembled as they urged his pants down while he kissed her, her lips parting in eager welcome as she abandoned thought to respond to his kiss. Her tongue danced shyly with his, clearly shyly new to this. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 02:10:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh's hand continued to dance around her apex before withdrawing to around and grasping her from behind. He used this to move her and move himself between her legs, drawing closer to her sex and pushing the dress out of the way as he went. Meanwhile, he continued to kiss her, seeking out her tongue and taking her tongue into his, obviously trying to get her to go along and helped her as he could. He was fully ready to enter her but before he did, he gently moved her so they were both lying on the cushions with him on top.<br><br>First, he withdrew his kiss and moved lower down to her neck, but in the same moment he thrust into her. He did it with one might thrust and then slowly began to move in and out, picking up speed the whole of the time. Meanwhile, he got to work on her neck, gently nipping and kissing as they both went back and forth with his thrusts.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 03:12:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mira trembled beneath him, caught up in the way he touched her, in the slow dancing strokes of his fingers against her most intimate folds. Her breath came erratically as she clung to his lips, kissing back sweetly as he prepared her body for his. The woman shivered, mewling with protest into his mouth when he withdrew from her pussy, yet she did not pull away from his lips or speak, instead she merely waited to see what he was doing. His kiss, so sure and steadily deepening, stole from her thought and worry and she let it, relaxing into him, flushed and pliant. <br><br>She reclined backward on the cushions, feeling their plushness cradling her body, feeling the cool night air brush against her heated skin, feeling him above her. He broke the kiss and she inhaled deeply, feeling light headed from the storm of passion that had swept them up. Her eyes stared up at the sky unseeing as he thrust into her body, a cry parting her lips even as his lips touched her neck. Pain smarted inside her body, her innocence breached and she froze, her body tight yet slick from desire and now virgin blood. Mira inhaled deeply, fighting down panic. He didn't pause, no Noteh moved above her, in and out of her body and his slow thrusts chased the pain away, replacing it with faint pleasure. The quicker he moved the more friction came from their body's and soon she was trembling in pleasure again, the sweet fire tormenting her as she gasped. Her head was flung back, neck arched as his lips moved over her sensitive skin, the nipping and kissing urging a chorus of pleasured whimpers and moans from her as she rocked into him with abandon. <br><br>Her legs came up, holding him to her, taking him deeper, showing her delighted passion. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 03:38:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh couldn't help smile, that well worn feature, at the way she twisted under him and the pleasure she got. She felt hot, warming his body and drawing him yet closer. She looked hot too, flushed as the cool night air rolled over them both. And above all else, she looked beautiful. He was dismayed that her features were twisted by pain and surprised she was a virgin. All the same, he continued on, knowing it would turn to pleasure soon enough, and he was rewarded with a different sort of trembling and her head flung back as she moaned and whimpered with him. He redoubled his efforts, becoming more haphazard as the thrusting took him into its throes as well.<br><br>Her legs came up around him and he returned the gesture, his arms going around her and pressing her into him as he thrust in and out. He wanted to feel her, every inch of her, even as he entered her slick and tight pussy. He felt the softness of her curves and her tight stomach and he tasted the tender flesh of her neck. He continued to go back and forth, in and out, feeling himself building to a climax until he finally felt he could go no further and, thrusting deep inside and pulling his head away for just a moment, released his seed into her, letting out a groan of pleasure before half falling onto her in a kiss. <br><br>His arms were still around her, he was still close, and that was all he registered in the aftermath.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 18:06:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Her body was alive in a way she had never imagined, withering and rocking into Noteh above her.&nbsp; She could feel her muscles tense, relax, could feel the heat stealing over every inch of her, possessing her inside and out with each thrust of his hips into her, with each delicious spasm of friction. Her moans went higher, sweeter as she neared her edge, her breath coming in erratic bursts as he drove her higher into the pleasure. <br><br>Mira felt her whole body tense suddenly, as if preparing for some wonderful then and then it broke upon her as her lover fell over her body, his lips claiming hers just as she cried out from the pure bliss of her climax, withering beneath him. Slowly she came down off the high, her eyes shut, legs having dropped from around his waist to lay limp upon the cushions, her breath soft pants as she tried to regain it. No thought intruded, just a drowsy sort of pleasure as she lay beneath him, caught in his embrace. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>11-11-2009, 18:55:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh slowly regained his senses as if knocked unconscious. That was new, it had never happened that intensely before. All the same, he felt lazy, sluggish, and didn't want to leave the heat that was Mira. The soft, tender, loving heat he felt coming from her. He pulled her closer, snuggling her into him as if clinging to a well worn blanket, and kissed her again. This was the moment that always came, where he wanted to stay here forever, holding her, kissing her, loving her.<br><br>Soon enough he regained enough sense to talk and to remember that such feelings would pass. Even if he wanted to stay here with her, staying on these specific pillows with her in his arms forever would grow dull... even if now it was all that mattered. He said, softly, "Mira, you're beautiful. You're... Mira." He said this last as if explained everything and pulled her yet tighter, kissing her gently on her lips and her face and any other part of her that was lucky enough to fall under his lips.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>13-11-2009, 03:54:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Her breathing slowly became normal again, her eyes staying shut as she simply clung to the form of her lover, beyond thought and enjoying the fleeting moments of languid bliss. Her lips responded sweetly to the kiss he pressed upon them, a sigh of delight parting them even as her body roused back to life, under her control again. She stretched, feeling looser and more in pleasure then she could remember, and with the welcome weight of Noteh's over her she felt warmer too. <br><br>His words drew a smile to her lips, her green eyes finally opening to fix upon him as he lay above her, her lips twitching in that faint smile of hers as his lips trailed over her skin. "Thank you...I think." there was amusement in her voice, but she did not laugh, nor did she fully smile, those were still things that felt too new, too odd to even dip her toe into them. She was herself, yes, but that could at times mean demanding and temperamental, would he like those parts too? There was no way to know and even though she clung to restful feeling their coupling had given her she could feel doubts coming, could feel the automatic wariness resurfacing, and so for the moment she did not speak of them, merely lost herself to the feel of the caress of his lips against her skin. "...Noteh..."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>14-11-2009, 04:01:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh's kisses slowly grew more focused, less haphazard, and eventually ended with several directly on her lips until he stopped and pulled his head away to look at her. There was a look in his eyes, a look of admiration and wonder and love, the love that comes in the moment, rather than that cool love of long married couples but that hot love of passion and lovers. He seemed to be staring at her and indeed he did for a bit too long before he spoke out and said, "You are beautiful, I cannot say that enough, you are so beautiful."<br><br>He smiled down at her, this was one of his stupid joking smiles tinged with the feelings that had just passed between them, and said, "I want to know, my Mira, what exactly the Earth thinks of me planting my seed in her. Whether she wants me to do it again, and again, and again, with me, like just happened." He moved down and planted his lips on hers for another long kiss before removing, "Because I think I just might lose myself to this. I want to lose myself to you. In you."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>16-11-2009, 18:42:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She kissed him back, sweet, simple kisses, clinging to the aftermath of their pleasure; when he pulled away to look at her she returned his gaze steadily. But what she saw in his eyes made her nervous, for she could not understand all of it, no one had ever looked at her that way and she stayed silent, unsure of what to say or do as they lay intertwined on their cushions. His compliments drew a blush to her cheeks, for they were not speaking of the immortal beauty of the demi Goddess, but rather the beauty of she herself, flustered, spent, laying beneath him. "Thank you.." she said, her voice still breathy from their coupling. <br><br>His smile was nice, and her lips twitched at his question, mirth showing in her eyes for all that she didn't laugh. "Planting your seed...well it appears you are a sort of gardener after all then handsome..." she teased lightly, trailing off when he kissed her again, answering back sweetly. "I...I do want to do it again, but I don't want you to loose yourself, wouldn't that be dangerous?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>17-11-2009, 00:54:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh smiled at her when she took his joke and returned it. So there was something under that cold exterior. He kissed her again, rejoicing that she could actually joke with him. Then she said she didn't want him to lose himself. Noteh smiled and let out a small laugh. He said, "Mira, you're taking it too literally. Just accept the sentiment of complete abandon to you." He moved his face close to hers and smiled down at her, their noses nearly touching, "And I can't be dangerous, not to you. Not unless you want me to."<br><br>He kissed her to finish off what he said, then pulled back to where he had been and said, "I'm glad you want to keep doing this. Suddenly completing the challenge seems all the more tempting, and I'm oh so tempted to rescind my offer to let you go free when I win." He took his hand and traced down her chest, over her breast, down to her hips while still looking at her and said, "And I'll show you a few things, and ask a few things of you, I hope you'll like them. It only gets better than here."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>17-11-2009, 19:26:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mira returned his kiss, shaking her head at his laugh. To him everything was a joke, everything was teasing, earth was not exactly familiar with that. There was a confidence, a surety of what the truth was, and she sensed that their different natures might lead to issues later, but for the moment it was new, them, and they lay on the cushions beneath the night sky, surrounded by torches. She shifted on the bed of cushions, considering his words though, the sentiment, it was a nice one, only that meant she had to stay practical, with feet on the ground if he was to be abandoned of his senses. <br><br>The Elemental blinked when he looked at her, a smile on his face, but his words speaking of more. Not dangerous, unless she wanted him to. That sent a shiver through her, one she didn't pause to consider, grateful when he kissed her, able to move on from that moment. "What if I want to let go though...one of us must be sensible to what is going on..." she muttered under her breath. When he spoke of the challenge her thoughts flew to the flower bud, wondering if he really could win.<br><br>His hand tracing down her body, from her neck, over her chest and the fullness of her breast, lower to her hip made her shudder, shifting into his touch, receptive to him. "I would hope you would give me the same freedoms you expressed yourself wanting..." she replied to him keeping her, though, she didn't think she would mind being kept by him, not when he looked at her so. Her body throbbed suddenly when he mentioned things he would show her, their coupling getting better, a flush coming to her cheeks. "Maybe...maybe we should eat before we...um..do more....and, we could go to my bedchamber...if you want."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>17-11-2009, 23:14:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When she said that she might want to let go and that one of them must be sensible and Noteh heard, he kissed her again to silence such notions and said, "Mira, I'll take care of everything. I'll be the responsible one, I'll make sure everything is fine. You just focus on losing yourself to me, on smiling and loving. It is one of my great weaknesses, constant danger means I will never again be able to not know exactly what is going on around me. It's a great curse, in fact, that I stare at you and hear a cracking branch and my senses give me things unrelated to the only thing I crave." He kissed her again and, smiling, said, "Just smile, laugh, love, that will be harder for you and I will give you no excuse to avoid it."<br><br>He watched her shudder to his touch and was well pleased. When she said she hoped she would get the same freedoms he said, "A temptation only. I will never marry an unwilling woman. You may reject me or accept me as you choose," He moved closer again, "But I hope you'll say yes, I hope you'll accept me again, like you've done just now, I really do. And I hope I can convince you to." She then flushed at his mention of the sex to come and she stammered out that they should eat and then retreat to her bedchamber and he said, "A lovely idea, my beauty."<br><br>Without disentangling, he stretched over and grabbed whatever happened to be the closest fruit that could be taken in one bite and brought it back and gently fed it to her, smiling happily while he did so, his finger tracing her lips, "Hunger and then onto another appetite."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>22-11-2009, 00:05:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She accepted his kiss eagerly, listening to his words as he reassured her. He wanted abandon with her, yet he would take care of everything. The enormity of what he was offering her did not escape her mind, her emerald eyes showing shocked surprise at his words, but happiness at the same time. She was a demi goddess, an Elemental, yet when he touched her, when he was with her the part of her that was just a woman seemed to relax, to breath. The mention of smiling, laughing and loving made her uneasy, though he spoke the truth, those would be by far the hardest thing for her. <br><br>"I don't know that I want to get married..." she murmured, giving him honesty, after all she lived forever, what if he didn't? And marriage was such a foreign concept to her in many ways, before the curse of being stuck here for centuries she had always rather thought she would take a consort rather then wed. Noteh surprised her by not moving, instead reaching for fruit and feeding it to her. She didn't protest, simply accepted it, her eyes widening at his surety of her, of their coupling more later, the desire in his eyes not escaping her as she shivered slightly beneath him. Gone was the confident, angry Elemental, replaced by a surprisingly shy and uncertain woman. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>22-11-2009, 02:25:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When she said she didn't want to get married Noteh merely kissed her, "We'll see how you feel after I've won or lost the challenge. If I lose, then it's no option anyway, and being trapped down here as the only man and woman there is no reason to tie ourselves as we are bound together inextricably anyway. If I win, then we will see how you feel then." He brought over some of the food onto the cushion and fed it to her, taking some for himself, and kissing her from time to time. He was hungry, and he would get that out of the way first.<br><br>He smiled as he stared at her but his thoughts drifted to himself. She was a Goddess and he was a man, but that didn't concern him, except for the practical aspects. One day he would die, she would always have the ability to destroy him with a thought... he hoped that would all resolve. And he noticed his language getting more ornate and complex, something he could do as part of running cons was coming out in front of this woman, and it made him feel slightly like a fraud. Suddenly he asked, "There's no one else is there?" Then he returned to his normal way of speaking, "I mean, I know other's have tried. That doesn't bother me. And I know you were a virgin. But... there is no one you feel promised to, like you would rather have?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>28-11-2009, 19:39:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mira shifted beneath him, the press of his body against hers distracting, though he seemed so sure of her, of them. Forever was a long time to promise someone, she wasn't sure she wanted to do that. Yet she stayed silent and simply ate what he brought o her lips and kissed him sweetly when his lips touched hers. It was a simple sort of pleasure laying on the cushions with him like this. <br><br>At his question she blinked in surprise and then barely held off a laugh, shaking her head. "There is no one else, just as there was else in my body before you. I make no promises to anyone Noteh, I have lived too long for that." she trailed off, silently thinking that even saying that one loved another was a sort of promise. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>30-11-2009, 23:25:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh smiled, realizing his own absurdity but glad all the same and kissed her. He said, "I'm sorry, we're all silly and foolish and I am probably particularly both. But I think you may forgive that in me." Noteh, however, was not entirely void of a cruel streak, and his hand which had traced down now drifted up from her leg, passing by the place that would receive his attentions later and going up over her chest, through her breasts, to rest on her lips and trace over them before bringing up her face for another long kiss, diminished only slightly from those before by the passage of time and yet equally satisfying. He said, "Perhaps I am mortal, and perhaps that makes me shortsighted. But I want your promise and I think I might yet get it, if in a moment of foolishness like before... well, I'm rather the fool."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>08-12-2009, 01:46:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahindra shifted beneath him, uneasy with the train of thought this conversation was rousing, though she responded softly when he kissed her, unable to ignore the way his lips moved against hers. His words made her lips twitch slightly, he was silly, foolish, but he was mortal, and she was those at times as well, though not to the same extent, she hoped. "I may Noteh, I may."<br><br>When his hand teased down against her sex, just ghosting past the curls, and then up to her breasts, to her lips she shivered softly. The Elemental responded to the deep kiss with a tender passion, blossoming as she opened to him, her power stirring the air around them before he finally pulled away. She relaxed back against the cushions before sighing and shaking her head, annoyance flickering through her to ruin the moment. "I said I make no promises to anyone Noteh, you have no right to ask for more." <br><br>Her mood darkened and her expression closing off to him as she nearly went stiff beneath him, he had clearly pushed too far. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>08-12-2009, 02:09:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh looked at her, surprised as she closed and darkened, and he pulled back as she closed before shifting over her so he was behind her, and enveloped her with his arms so he was holding her tight and pressing her back into his chest. One of his hands pressed onto her breasts, not attempting to massage or arouse her but merely touching there as part of his closeness. His head came close to her ear and said, "Why are you closing to me, Mira? Fine, just one promise I want from you. A temporary one, I want you to spend this night with me. Please give me that, at least." His other hand slowly slid down and said, "Don't close, not now, not after we've come so far. I do want you, need you, Mira. Please don't abandon me now." As he took in her smell, he still wanted her, but he didn't want her to close again. He wanted this to last.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>25-12-2009, 07:21:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When he moved behind her, his arms wrapping around her curvy form she stiffened, for all that she wanted to relax, to melt into the power of his arms. It was so appealing, but that was the very reason why she did not do that, why she tried to ignore how good it felt. One of his hands cupped the fullness of a breast and she had to stifle the urge to whimper, to arch into it, her body after centuries of neglect was flaring to life and demanding its due. She was Earth, fertility, passion would ride her long and hard if it could. She must remain in control.<br><br>Yet his voice whispering into her ear, low and deep, did not help. "Because I can give no one forever, and what if you do not win? Would you have me surrender all that I am only to have any hope or affection ripped from my breast if you fail?" her words held fear, pain, the stark reality of her life, the endless days, the solitude that was her only true constant companion. Heartache was in the richness of her voice, but she was at a loss for how to put it into words to give him. A temporary promise, could she give him that? His hand sliding slowly, trailing along the satin of her skin was distracting and she shifted, trying to breath, to think. <br><br>"I will not leave you Noteh, but do not ask for what I can not give. It will only lead to pain."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>28-12-2009, 01:42:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh noticed how she was beginning to become aroused at his touch. However, what she spoke of was correct. All the same, his finger traced up and down again. He gave her a brief fondle on her breast and said, "I would think that what I give your breast could never be ripped out. That even if I'm gone it will remain with you forever. But I can see that you cannot understand that. Perhaps I merely do not know like you do, not being immortal." He sighed, but he sighed directly onto her ear.<br><br>When she said she wouldn't leave him but that he shouldn't ask for what she couldn't give. He gently began to nibble on her ear, alternating between speaking, he said, "Perhaps I should show you that pain can be mixed with pleasure, or even the greatest pleasure of all. But very well, I shall ask only for what you can give. A laugh, a smile, a night together..." He brought both his hands to her breasts and intertwined his legs with hers. "So, my fertile Earth Goddess, would you like to show me just what you are capable of?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>04-01-2010, 19:41:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				His hand moved over her breast, perhaps it was because he was a thief in his life before he had come here, but his fingers seemed so easily apt to knead, to be deft as they handled her body. She directed her mind back to what he said though, shaking her head mutely at first. Of course it could, anything could, and when he was gone she would forget him and know only a slight, aching pain that could never be described. "Its you who do not understand..." she whispered softly into the air, feeling him surround her from behind, his breath in her ear. <br><br>The nibbling on her ear, such soft pressings of his teeth into her flesh made her shiver and shift in his arms, eyes darkening and widening in surprise at the mention of pain and pleasure mixing, how could that be so? Her back arched slightly, pressing her breasts further into his hands as she shifted in his hold, blushing. "I don't know what I can do Noteh...this is all very new to me."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>13-01-2010, 03:59:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh's hands moved into the edges of her dress to move onto her breasts directly, which he worked gently at first to become more vigorous so she never quite got used to it. Shortly afterward he brought her breasts out of her dress while he moved down to kiss her neck. Then he came up from it, his hands still working on her breasts and said, "As long as you're willing to try, then that's fine. I'll show you." Then, suddenly, he pulled away and began to kiss down. Most of the time he was kissing through clothes, but he was going lower and lower. Soon, he was just above her sex. After kissing around that area for a short time, he pulled the hem of her skirt up slowly while continuing his kissing. Soon it was above her sex, and he pulled back for a moment to look at what he would soon go to work on.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>14-01-2010, 08:02:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahindra shivered softly as his hands moved to touch her breasts, his fingers teasing at them and letting the soft skin feel the brush of his nimble fingers. She shifted on his lap, biting down on her lip as pleasure thrummed through her body eagerly at the increasing firmness in which he handled her, how did the mortal man know just how to touch her? When his hands left the round globes she had to bite back a whimper of protest only to blush in shock as he pulled her breasts from the cream of her dress, exposing them to the air, to him. She was grateful for the kiss he pressed to her neck to distract her. <br><br>Her breathing was thready and quick and she nodded to his words, she was willing to try anything for him at this moment. She sank back against the pillows when he moved away, her cheeks pink but Mira did not try to pull away from him further, not as his lips trailed up her legs and then her dress was lifted above her waist to bare the apex of her legs and the dark brown curls that lay there, hiding the soaking depths of her body.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Earth's Elemental Embrace [Sure and Wistful Dream]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sure</strong> on <strong>02-02-2010, 00:37:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Noteh smiled and pulled just slightly away from his kissing, "First I will show you, then you will try me. If you can still move afterward, that is." With that wolfish grin he returned to his kissing, this time planting it on the lips of her apex, After kissing up and down it and gently used his lips to push her folds ever so slightly apart. After this went on going up and down he decided to stop torturing her and his tongue shot inside, working its way inside and trying to find just how she reacted. For now it was experimental, he was trying to see what she liked, what made her moan, what made her whimper, and what made her recoil. Meanwhile, he began to lean further in, his hands resting on her legs and using the leverage to venture deeper to see how she reacted.
			</dd>
		</dl>
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