~|The Darkness Rises|~ (Rise of the Guardians RP)

[SmaugTheGolden]

>>> I know what you mean, I picked it as the day to try and update my fanfiction.... bad idea

Nera could hear something behind her, she turned around and watched as Sorrow was rolling about on the floor,"Sorrow? Are you alright?" she asked, worried for her friend's welfare.

[pugshark99]

Joshua listened to their back and forth exchanged with an amused smile finding its way into his lips. Sighing and shaking his head slowly, he chuckled, glancing up at Ignis. "I was worried you took me as a complete fool," he joked. "You know, if a person were wishing to make honest, friendly conversation, I have enough sense to know that they wouldn't do so by discussing a war," was his reply, laughing once again, in the back of his mind, wondering if this "Joshy" nickname had set sail. Not that he had any complaints about it, it was just new to him. Well... Almost new. "Do you want to tell me why you really asked?"

[XxPhantomCryxX]

Baby Tooth

I smile, and nod, telling her it's okay.

[~NeonTanzy~]

((Heads up, I'm not really in a writing mood... Bad post is bad. -_-))

Sorrow gasped as the memory faded, his breaths short and ragged as he opened his slightly dazed eyes. It was all so vivid now, the beating, the culprits themselves... Well, it was a bit much to take in all at once. Though, now he hurt much less and instead felt the constant small ache since the attack, breathing out shakily in relief. He looked up to see Nera's face in the centre of his vision, concerned. Oh, I'm fine. Just on my knees in pain... What do you think? is what he wanted to say, feeling rather irate. However, he simply slowly stood himself up with the support of a tree trunk and wiped the sweat glistening on his scarred forehead. "I remember everything," he croaked. "I, um, remember the... I remember what happened... earlier today..."

***

"Yeah, why not," Ignis said, shrugging.

Bozo snorted. "Well, I'm sure he would 'ave a problem-"

The elder girl patted her friend on the back, her hand radiating heat which made her friend grunt and promptly shut his mouth. She then hummed, thinking what she could say. To be frank, she wasn't too bothered about Joshua and knew he wouldn't go tell on the Guardians... well, she hoped not. She was the most confident and arrogant person you could ever meet but this immortal appeared to be an enigma. She was most intrigued by him. Besides, if he did get suspicious and go and gossip she was sure she'd have no problem setting his very striking green hair on fire.

"Well, for starters it's the most interesting thing that's happened in at least a century. " she said light-heartedly, chuckling. "I just wanted to get an idea on your character. You see, if you're not a complete idiot then you have the idea that there are good people and bad people according to those stupid Guardians." She smiled brightly, but it did not reach her eyes. "Basically, they don't like us because we weren't born good. Truly, I wanted to see if you're like at, if you're with them. I suppose this doesn't make much sense, though... Have you heard of centers, Joshy?"

***

Spike stretched her hand out further to find that it went through the dog, retracting it immediately. She gasped and then the corners of her lips curled into a small smile, young eyes filled with wonder. Turning her attention to the creature, she gestured for more illusions, thinking the idea to be simply brilliant.

[pugshark99]

"Yes I suppose not too much that's exciting happens," Joshua agreed with a chuckle matching her persona for the time being. Pulling his hands out of his pockets, he crossed them over his chest and nodded expectantly with a tiny smirk that knew more explanation was coming. "Sure, in theory there are good and bad people. Or so the stories say. But all the stories have stories within them," he said broadly with a shrug. "No no, it makes sense quite well. You were basically testing me, yes? Seeing how I would react to knowing where you stand? Seeing if I'd run off to tell the 'authorities' about your strange conversation starter?" Josh grinned and shook his head, before tilting it to the side, as he clearly often did when he thought about something. "Centers... Yeah... I've had an introduction to them... From a friend..."
(What are you talking about? It was a good post you silly goose )

[XxPhantomCryxX]

Baby Tooth

I smiled wider, and tapped the golden case of teeth again. This time, Spike and I were in a fancy restaurant with fake people all around us. The girl with freckles was seated at a table with many grown-ups, and waiters brought a cake to the table, singing to the girl. It was her birthday. I looked at Spike, wondering what she would think.

[SmaugTheGolden]

Nera's eyes darkened, physically changing colour to a midnight black. "Those jokers won't be attacking you and time soon," she assured him, glaring at nothing in particular, "If anything like this happens again I will make sure of that," she growled, running her thumb over her nails soothingly to calm her rage.

[~NeonTanzy~]

((Thanks! ^^ And, of course, sorry sorry!! I've had a hectic week to then make a post and then stupidly decided to close the internet. Yay for coordinated Issy.))

Ignis nodded, slightly irritated by the ambiguity in his statement. She always preferred to get straight to the point when trying to discover something new about an immortal but was overall comfortable with the pace with the conversation, deciding that she liked Joshua far more than she usually would with strangers. Unlike Bozo's constant dependence and Queenie's uptight and snobbish persona, Joshua seemed fairly laid back and confident. She admitted that she needed someone like that at the moment with the whole "Pitch taking over the world" thing she'd joined, the Nightmare King's minions all being too gloomy for her. She was more than curious to find out what made Joshua come back from the dead, what defined his character. "So, do you know what yours is?" she asked, folding her arms.

***

Spike jumped, starting at the sudden change of scenery and crowd of people, before reminding herself that it wasn't real. The memory before her seemed almost fantastical; she'd never seen so much love and warmth before, especially towards a mere child. Where she came from- from poverty- as food was scarce within the community children were considered weak and needless, a waste on precious resources. To see so much happiness was disconcerting, eyes wandering across the many content faces lit up by the flickering candles than stood upon the cake. The girl couldn't help but let tears of longing and envy cloud her eyes, trying her very best to not let them fall. The girl in the memory smiled warmly at the closet adult whose expression was not short of the fondness that the onlooker craved, and Spike felt a tightness in her throat. Unable to observe any longer, she let her eyes fix on the ground and hugged herself in comfort.

***

"Mm," Sorrow grunted, moving away from the tree trunk. He then winced, gently probing the most tender bruise that lay just above his brow with a finger. He glanced back at Nera and could only gawk at the change of his friend's eye colour. He knew that the darkness within her had resurfaced in anger and protectiveness but still felt fear reside within him at the sight of such darkness. Deciding not to dwell on it, the young man cleared his throat and attempted to smile, though it looked more like a grimace. "Well, doesn't matter now. Suppose we better keep looking for the owner."

((Please tell me I'm not the only one who's FREAKING OUT for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ASFGFKHNOIFNOISGOIBGOIBHOINGODIHOIFOSIJFHGIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))

[XxPhantomCryxX]

(Lol you're not the only one. Observe. TFDHUBKTDJKIBSGKOHVFHINVGAK) Baby Tooth

I flutter up to Spike and lay a tiny hand on her shoulder. I churruped and chirped, asking her if she was ok.

[pugshark99]

Joshua squinted in thought and watched Ignis while she thought of her next set of questions. There was a way of knowing when someone wanted to figure you out, see if you'd be useful to them, or a good companion, even if you're someone worth trusting; but it wasn't completely clear to him what use he'd have to this pair. Sure, he could heal, and if fighting was part of their plan sometime in the future, it would be of help to them. Anyway, something told him that they weren't the most open to most strangers, so if he'd gotten this far, it must mean something. "Mine?" Joshua repeated, sighing softly. "Well it seems the Man in the Moon has a certain sense of humour, because mine would be Forgiveness," he replied, wringing his hands together. "The irony in that might not be apparent, but I'll just say, that when the cause of your death was leading up from a quest to avenge the death of your loved ones, the concept of carrying on forgiveness to the living is almost humourous. I guess that Man just wants to show immortals where they went wrong in their lives and prevent others from doing the same."
(I can't wait!!!!!! )