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[Livalathia]

The new vortex had been silent, but it sputtered a bit and began to dance soon after the newcomers arrived. It swirled and twisted, showing off a rampant display, almost as if it too was celebrating the move of Ahzen. As it swirled, a rich shade of brown began to fill in, almost like the color of hot cocoa. Soon, thin streaks of lighter, orange-brown snaked into the soil-brown color, curling and coiling in the swirl. The vortex flashed copper once, then an Ahzenai leaped extravagantly from the twister. Her fur was dark brown with elegant swirls of copper in them. She has moose-like, curled horns and shining, wild eyes. As the vortex began to settle, the Ahzenai grew hyper, all of her senses on overload.

The new ahzenai's fur was fluffed out, her copper eyes shooting from person to person, from ahzenai to ahzenai. She noticed she was surrounded by water and crouched down defensively, her tail curled around her feet. Glancing up, she noticed Valcyon. He gave her a rather sympathetic look and indicated to the path that led up to the vortex. Jumping to her paws, she rocketed down the stretch, kicking up a trail of sand behind her. Nearly running into a person, she skidded to a terrified halt and looked around at all of the people. Her heart hammered in her chest, her element swirling nervously above her back. Lashing her tail, she looked for an escape. The ahzenai noticed a tree nearby and clambered up it, with squirrel-like grace. Huddling on one of the branches, her eyes surveyed the area around her like a watchful lion. She didn't know what was going on or where she was.

"Aresann!" Valcyon called, a hint of sympathy in his voice.

Aresann curled her bushy tail around the branch and allowed her muzzle to rest on the rough bark, a copper eye focused watchfully on the crowd. Aresann was rather feral, but she had a good heart. She needed someone who would be patient with her as she learned the ways of society, but also who had a lot of tenacity to put up with her boundless energy. This ahzenai was well-adapted to the outdoors, so she would not put up with being stuck inside.

"Me no... know..." Aresann began awkwardly, "What do... but hope... some creature help." she spoke in broken English.

Note: Aresann cannot speak in full english. :B

Created by Onyxwings- Written by Ikarin.

Judging will occur on Oct. 1st.

Silver was back in Ahzen and Solaris and Zeoryler were with her, along with a new comer; her brother. Chase was new to Ahzen and at first he didn't want to come, but of course his sister would have none of that and dragged him to the place without talking to him about it first. To make things worse she had decided to bring him on the day where they switched into a new part of Ahzen, marking the beginning of the 'matter' cycle as Chase had heard. The huge Ahzenai named Valcyon had lead them into this part, and now as they waited Chase didn't know if letting his sister drag him here was such a good idea. Nothing was happening and he was starting to feel edgy with all these people around with there companions.
Although he was patient, now was not one of the good times for him. He hated being around so many people, much like his sister but he was worse. It made him feel edgy and he tended to pace a lot; which was what he was doing now. Walking back and forth behind Silver and Zeoryler while Solaris watched him tired trying to figure out how many more times Chase would pace. But soon the vortex started to whirl indicating a Ahzenai was about to come out and Silver stood up from where she was sitting on a tree branch. She looked over her shoulder at Chase who was still pacing and she smiled "An Ahzenai is about to come out." Chase looked at her confused then fallowed her eyes to the vortex that was swirling quickly and then flashed a light copper color and then something spectacular happened that he had never seen before.
A beautiful brown creature looking quite a lot like Zeoryler and Solaris jumped extravagantly out of the vortex. Chase looked at her curiously and he noticed the beautiful swirls the color of copper on her dark brown fur. She seemed to have floating matter above her back and Chase looked at Zeoryler sitting down beside Silver; he had the same type of element on his back as well. This was all quite new to Chase so he stood back and just watched as other people around him seemed to get excited and move a little closer to the female. He noticed however that the female didn't look to happy to be seemingly surrounded by people, and she looked a little frightened of everyone. He knew how that felt to a point. He was always the one who got bullied at school when he was young and when he moved to France, he was the frightened kid that didn't know the language and didn't know what most people were saying to him. Half the time the kids would insult him in their language and he didn't know what they said. It was pretty horrible for him.
Chase watched as she ran down the stretch of land that lead to where they were and then as she almost ran into someone she stopped dead, then seemed to decided to run up a tree. To him she seemed like a squirrel more than a graceful cat leaping up a tree and that made him smile to himself. Soon he heard Valcyon's voice boom over everyone.
"Aresann!" Valcyon called, seeming to have a hint of sympathy in his voice for this beautiful female.
Chase watched as Aresann looked around the crowds of people and then finally after a while spoke in broken English and a pang of sympathy ran through him. That was what it was like for him when he moved to France and had to speak a totally new language; he had picked up a little and tended to speak in broken french like this female could speak broken English. Silver turned to her brother and smiled at him "She seems a lot like you. Boundless energy and the way you were in France makes you have a bigger connection to her...maybe you should try to woo her instead of me. It would be a good learning experience for you" she said calmly and Chase stared at her.
He had no idea what he was doing when it came to 'wooing' an Ahzenai and that made him slightly nervous but he nodded and sighed stepping forward and around a lot of the people lining up and talking to each other about the pretty female. The funny thing was that Aresann had no idea how to do this and neither did he, and Silver sat back down which made it perfectly clear to him that he would be doing this all on his own. So as he walked he held his head up a little and when he finally made it past everyone and stopped in front of the female he gave her a small smile and bowed his head to her for a moment before raising it and looking at her. She looked so much more different up close than she did from far away.
Chase didn't know what to say at first but then he settled on first saying his name; "Hello Aresann, I'm Chase..and the funny thing is that this is my first time here as well, and I have no idea what i'm doing, so i'm going to be winging this a little." He figured that was a good enough start, and as he turned out all the people around him he got more comfortable with being in the center with the female. "I can tell you don't know much English...I was in the same boat once. See I moved to a new country and I had to start to speak a different language and I was always the outcast for a while. But then I got some help from my friends that I made and I got better at it" he said slowly trying to think of what to say. Chase really didn't want to look like a fool in front of this Ahzenai but he was patient with himself so he just took things slowly. "I don't know anything about Ahzenai, and I was thinking that...if you chose to travel with me I could teach you about my world and teach you the language and you could teach me a little about this place" He said confidently as he looked up at Aresann. He was running out of things to say but then he remember what Silver had said about this girl seeming to be hyper.
"I can tell you have a lot of energy, and so do I which means you would get out a lot and you wouldn't be stuck inside. I actually hate being inside myself and when I can get out of the house its better for me as well as it would probably be better for you as well huh?" Chase was winging it now and running out of anything logical to say so instead he took a step back from the female and smiled again. "I don't really know what else to say so ill leave you with that. Just know that if you do chose me ill definitely make a point to teach you about all we have in our world..no matter how long it takes." With that Chase gave her an extravagant bow and smiled brightly at her before returning to Silver who looked at him and smiled "How did it go? It was kinda short..." she said quietly and Chase shrugged "I think I did alright..but i'm not much of a good talker like that" he laughed. "Now we wait" Silver said slowly and Chase smiled "I have enough patience for this" he said happily before finally sitting down beside Silver.

[ToastWhisperer]

The new vortex had been silent, but it sputtered a bit and began to dance soon after the newcomers arrived. It swirled and twisted, showing off a rampant display, almost as if it too was celebrating the move of Ahzen. As it swirled, a rich shade of brown began to fill in, almost like the color of hot cocoa. Soon, thin streaks of lighter, orange-brown snaked into the soil-brown color, curling and coiling in the swirl. The vortex flashed copper once, then an Ahzenai leaped extravagantly from the twister. Her fur was dark brown with elegant swirls of copper in them. She has moose-like, curled horns and shining, wild eyes. As the vortex began to settle, the Ahzenai grew hyper, all of her senses on overload.

The new ahzenai's fur was fluffed out, her copper eyes shooting from person to person, from ahzenai to ahzenai. She noticed she was surrounded by water and crouched down defensively, her tail curled around her feet. Glancing up, she noticed Valcyon. He gave her a rather sympathetic look and indicated to the path that led up to the vortex. Jumping to her paws, she rocketed down the stretch, kicking up a trail of sand behind her. Nearly running into a person, she skidded to a terrified halt and looked around at all of the people. Her heart hammered in her chest, her element swirling nervously above her back. Lashing her tail, she looked for an escape. The ahzenai noticed a tree nearby and clambered up it, with squirrel-like grace. Huddling on one of the branches, her eyes surveyed the area around her like a watchful lion. She didn't know what was going on or where she was.

"Aresann!" Valcyon called, a hint of sympathy in his voice.

Aresann curled her bushy tail around the branch and allowed her muzzle to rest on the rough bark, a copper eye focused watchfully on the crowd. Aresann was rather feral, but she had a good heart. She needed someone who would be patient with her as she learned the ways of society, but also who had a lot of tenacity to put up with her boundless energy. This ahzenai was well-adapted to the outdoors, so she would not put up with being stuck inside.

"Me no... know..." Aresann began awkwardly, "What do... but hope... some creature help." she spoke in broken English.

Note: Aresann cannot speak in full english. :B

Created by Onyxwings- Written by Ikarin.

Judging will occur on Oct. 1st.

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I weaved my way through the crowd, pushing infront so I could watch the vortex. I watched as it lazily appeared, seeming dormant for the moment. Within the next few seconds, though, it began to buzz in excitment. Eagerly, I watched. A rich brown color swirled about the vortex, a lighter shade of brown soon twisting iteself within. The mixing colors reminded me of food. Hot Chocolate, and smores. I heard my stomach grumble, but shook the hunger away, trying to focus on the new Ahzenai.

The Ahzenai lept out from the vortex. It dissapeared behind her like mist. My jaw dropped slightly. She was beautiful. My eyes followed her every step, watching as Aresann nervously jumped around, as if she didn't know what to do. A worry line creased my forehead. Poor thing. She hardly knew how to speak! I watched her scurry up the tree, with about as much grace as an ostrich. I stepped forward slowly. I didn't want her to feel alarmed. "Hello." I said, offering her a reasurring smile. I looked up at her in the tree, taking one more step towards her. "I... can... help you..." I said, spreading my words out so she could process them easier. "My... name is... Halei. I will... help you..." I gave her another smile, and held my hand out, as if asking for friendship.

[meveh]

A flash of blue at my side told me Onidoron was keeping up fine. Our pace was brisk as we followed Valcyon to the new vortex. It had taken time, but my eyes soon adjusted to the dark tunnel that the immense crowd from the Old Ahzen was being lead through. The faint glow coming from Onidoron's element had assisted my eyes a little, too. Excitement boiled deep within my stomach as the tunnel began to widen, revealing light at it's end.

"This is it," I murmered to Onidoron, "The New Ahzen!"
We had yet to learn what exactly this new place would be called, but most assumed we were still in Ahzen. We reached the end of the tunnel, and those who had already exited had begun making their way to the lake-like body of water. In it's center resided a pale island, which held the Vortex. A smile grew on my face as I laid my eyes on this marvelous place; it seemed where ever you went in Ahzen, you were met by beauty and tuanted by it's stunning looks. It's... Amazing.

Turning to Onidoron, I saw that he had been looking at me for some time, a hint of excitement dancing about his mischievous, pale eyes. He had been surprisingly quiet; perhaps, holding something back? No, I corrected myself, Onidoron doesn't hide anything from me. I smiled and rubbed under his chin; he responded by closing his eyes in satisfaction. I grinned, pausing from petting him. "You ready? I asked him simply, my energetic smile unfaded. That mischievous look returned to his eyes as he paused, then nodded. "Course. Always am."

We made our way downhill, not reaching the lake until a good 10 minutes. Around us were other humans; some who were alerady companions to Ahzenai, others whom were still looking to get their first. We weaved our way between them, and I could see Onidoron's bright, curious eyes darting about, collecting information from his surroundings. Not long after everyone had settled in to the new location, the iridescent Vortex sputtered about, twisting and dancing in such a magnificent way that it almost seemed unreal. Shades of rich shade of brown began to seep into it's twists and turns, and it was soon complemented with magnificent swirls of copper.

The new Ahzenai emerged seconds later. Her sleek brown pelt held the delicate swirls of copper we had seen in the Vortex just moments ago. Her bright, golden eyes darted nervously about, and there was some sort of crazed, wild look to them. The moment her eyes hit the water that surrounded her, she crouched down defensively, muscles tensed. Seconds after, she shot herself down the stretch of land that connected the Island to the Main Land, kicking up sand as she went. She nearly ran into a suitor as they attempted to get closer to her. She lashed her tail, head darting viciously to all sides; it was obvious she was looking for an escape. She then darted to the nearest tree, gripping its bark easily as she clambered up it's trunk. Finally free from the crowd, you can tell she allowed herself to relax just a little, though she was still tensed and ready if anyone tried something funny.

The crowd seemed a bit stunned from her response to the large number of humans. Some looked to Valcyon, and he raised his voice above the murmers of the crowd. "Aresaan!" He called, his voice hinted with sympathy.

Aresaan huddled together on one of the tree's limbs. She seemed to gather her composition, planning out her next words. "Me...no...know..." She began, her speech slow and dragged-out, "What do... but hope... some creature help." Each word she breathed seemed as though it were painful.

People began to merge toward the tree, taking slow steps as though not to spook her. I waited behind, knowing I wouldn't be able to get my woo in until much later.

Time passed, and the crowd around Aresaan began to disperse. I stood, and in doing so woke Onidoron from lazy day-dream. I smiled, and beckoned with my hand for him to follow me. He obeyed, and we walked slowly to the tree. Looking up through the branches, I could barely see Aresaan as she looked down on us; the sun shining directly above her made her face dark and shadowed. I craned my neck back, squinting in order to see her. I moved into a position where the leaves covered the sun, relieving my eyes from it's bright rays. I looked back up to Aresaan, giving her a friendly smile. "Hello, Aresaan," I began, slowly, "My name is Waffle." Her expression was unchanged. "I understand you have difficulty comprehending Engli--" I cut myself off. Simple words. Simple. I reminded myself. "I mean-- I know you can't really tell what Im saying." I finished, akwardly. "Me and Onidoron," I gestured to him, and he nodded in a friendly manner, "Travel all over the world, looking at -- and making -- Art. From what I can tell, you must be having a hard time understanding our ways. If you joined me and Onidoron on our journies, we could teach you all about our culture, through art." I tired explaining as simply as I could what I was offering her. As I was talking, Onidoron had been using his forepaw to draw in the dirt. His sketch depicted me, him, and Arenaan, walking on top of a sphere that represented the earth. "We can teach you what our culture means through these drawings," I explained, bending down and motioning my hand around Onidoron's drawing. At that point, I didn't really feel the need to say any more. "Good luck, Aresaan, with whatever path you choose."
With that, me and Onidoron stood and moved back to our former waiting-spot. And we did what our spot had intended us to do; We waited.

Sorry for my small amount of talking in the actual story. I wanted to keep it simple for Aresaan... Okay, that, and I was rushing to finish. xD

[Azure23]

Username: Azure23
Ahzenai you're wooing:

Woo:

*Note: This is in the eyes of Angel, a very pale and quiet boy.

Angel balanced precariously on a rock as he tried to peer of the crowd of people. A buzz of excitement whipped through the crowd, causing every to speak in hushed quite tones. What was happening? The boy craned his neck trying to see, his pointed, elven ears perked trying to catch the smallest clips of conversation. He frowned in frustration when he failed to catch anything, everyone was talking too much and too fast, but he guessed it was something pretty important. His eyes widened when he noticed the vortex dance to life. Something was there! His eyes lit up with wonder and excitement. Something was coming! He bounced excitedly, his snow white wings flapping slightly. "Hey!" Someone hissed at him and he calmed down, mumbling a soft word of apology. He heard a gasp and turned quickly back towards the vortex. He too sucked in a quick breath of awe.

She was beautiful. Her dark brown fur flowed over rippling, strong muscles. Her wild eyes, full of life, darted around with fear and uncertaintly shining in their depths. He could almost feel his own heart hammering along with her panicked beats. Her heard darted around looking for an escape, for a sanctuary, for anything. Her powerful paws scored the ground as she rocketed towards the crowd. Fear rolled off of her in waves. The terrified Ahzenai suddenly bolted for a tree and scampered up it's gnarled and aged trunk before perching on a tree. Valcyn called out to the skittish Ahzenai and Angel finally learned her name. Aresann. Angel looked towards Aresann, his wings fluttering slightly. His heart skipped a few beats when she spoke. Her English was broken and it took a few beats for Angel to comprehend what exactly she said. He smiled slightly, all she wanted was a friend. He puffed up with happiness at the thought of being her friend. He didn't care if she couldn't speak well, he could teach her. She could have been a mute for all he cared and still he would take care of her and run wild with her. He locked eyes with the Ahzenai briefly and in that small glance, he tried to convey all the emotions he felt. All the happiness, reassurance and excitement he felt right then and there.

[jern.]

Reserved for story

;A; a-a-a-a-a-amazing

[Kat.]

Dear lord please let this not be spam. But I wanted to let you {Onyx, Noc, Nikki, whoever} that you have to add this link instead of the one already to the Ahzenai stamp, or else it just leads you to the locked thread:

viewtopic.php?f=58&t=793666

I already fixed mine :3

[NuttyMuffins]

The new vortex had been silent, but it sputtered a bit and began to dance soon after the newcomers arrived. It swirled and twisted, showing off a rampant display, almost as if it too was celebrating the move of Ahzen. As it swirled, a rich shade of brown began to fill in, almost like the color of hot cocoa. Soon, thin streaks of lighter, orange-brown snaked into the soil-brown color, curling and coiling in the swirl. The vortex flashed copper once, then an Ahzenai leaped extravagantly from the twister. Her fur was dark brown with elegant swirls of copper in them. She has moose-like, curled horns and shining, wild eyes. As the vortex began to settle, the Ahzenai grew hyper, all of her senses on overload.

The new ahzenai's fur was fluffed out, her copper eyes shooting from person to person, from ahzenai to ahzenai. She noticed she was surrounded by water and crouched down defensively, her tail curled around her feet. Glancing up, she noticed Valcyon. He gave her a rather sympathetic look and indicated to the path that led up to the vortex. Jumping to her paws, she rocketed down the stretch, kicking up a trail of sand behind her. Nearly running into a person, she skidded to a terrified halt and looked around at all of the people. Her heart hammered in her chest, her element swirling nervously above her back. Lashing her tail, she looked for an escape. The ahzenai noticed a tree nearby and clambered up it, with squirrel-like grace. Huddling on one of the branches, her eyes surveyed the area around her like a watchful lion. She didn't know what was going on or where she was.

"Aresann!" Valcyon called, a hint of sympathy in his voice.

Aresann curled her bushy tail around the branch and allowed her muzzle to rest on the rough bark, a copper eye focused watchfully on the crowd. Aresann was rather feral, but she had a good heart. She needed someone who would be patient with her as she learned the ways of society, but also who had a lot of tenacity to put up with her boundless energy. This ahzenai was well-adapted to the outdoors, so she would not put up with being stuck inside.

"Me no... know..." Aresann began awkwardly, "What do... but hope... some creature help." she spoke in broken English.

Note: Aresann cannot speak in full english. :B

Created by Onyxwings- Written by Ikarin.

Judging will occur on Oct. 1st.

(I'll be playing myself as a thirteen year old.)

I sat by the edge of the water and just stared at myself through the reflection. My fingers twitlled with my simple heart necklace. I heard a noise and a freezing chill ran up my spine, straightening my back as it crawled. My eyes slowly started to look forward. There was a brown reflection in the water and I quickly shifted my focus to the Vortex. The new brown seemed to match the color of the ground making it hard to tell if it was spewing forth dirt, or creating a new and beautiful creature. Lighter brown swirls seemed to dance around the shapes, and slowly die down until they seemed to want to stay put and become forever lasting markings. Before long, the joyfully spinning vortex slowed and a Ahzenai emerged. I stayed sitting, and just watched in awe as the mighty creature stood there. And suddenly, it looked stressed and terrified. Her fur seemed to frizz out, and she stared at me intently with shining copper eyes, as well as everybody else. I had butterflies as she stared into my eyes. Something was wrong. She lowered herself and looked straight up at Valcyon. Within a couple moments she darted down the path just a foot away from my left, kicking up an unimaginable amount of dust. I coughed from all the dry powder entering my mouth. It stung. And she was so close to me to, I felt the wind almost knock me over from where I was sitting. I turned around and looked to where she was running. When I saw her, she was halfway up a tree. She sprawled herself across a branch. She looked tense, and very confused. My heart sunk, as she looked frantic and unaware. A mighty, and almost sorrowful voice echoed in the cavern. "Aresann!" Valcyon said her name.

I only now stood up. I looked around and I'm sure I was the youngest human there. I slowly walked up to the far side of the crowd. If an animal is scared its best not to scare it even more by being big. And then, at least I have an advantage by being one of the smallest and youngest there. Now she spoke, "Me no... know...What do... but hope... some creature help." I sat about five feet away from the trunk of the tree, and about ten feet away from the crowd. I waited. Thats all I did. I simply sat and waited. I felt worse and worse for the poor creature as time went on. The only reason I waited, was for the crowd to die down. Either from trying to calm her, then leaving from frustration or leaving from boredom. I just wanted to approach her as one and not as another from the giant crowd. Otherwise, I'd be up that tree and cuddling that body which was bigger then mine, within seconds. The mass amount of people around the tree left, and I felt I should do something. I searched for the nearest tree to Aresann, and started to scramble up it slowly and quietly. I seated myself on a branch about seven feet away or so. Far enough away not to scare her, but close enough for me to grab her attention. At first I spoke so quietly and calmly I couldn't even hear myself. I spoke up a bit so she could hear me, and I crunched myself down to make myself look smaller. "I don't think you will be able to understand a lot of what I'm saying. So... Well. I don't know..." My heart started to beat fast, as I didn't know what I'd say. I tried to think of calming words or phrases, but nothing came to mind. I simply blanked. But somewhere I could faintly hear the lyrics of a song in the back of my mind.

Calm Down, Deep Breaths
And Get Yourself Dressed Instead
Of Running Around
And Pulling On Your Threads And
Breaking Yourself Up

My voice cracked at the beginning and I sounded off. But by about the third line of the song, my true voice came in. I paused at the end, and I couldn't remember the words. But I soon continued to hum. And started to sing words where I knew fit.

Hang On,
Help Is On The Way
Stay Strong, I'm Doing Everything

I kept humming and singing wherever I could remember words. Soon I stopped and sat up straight and firmly. I gave a long pause and started to talk. "You know, those words are the truth. If you worry to much, you crumble yourself away. If you want, I could help you. Show you the rest of the world, how to talk, and even how things work. I can't promise you everything will always be perfect. But I could teach you so many things. Please remember, I am still young, and I don't know everything. But I'll teach you all I can, I'm even learning to speak Hebrew!" I took a short pause, I wanted to show her my excitement and understanding. I took on a serious and meaningful voice once again, "I really hope you can understand most of what I say, because I mean it. I really do. I'm not exactly sure why, but it hurts me to see you so afraid and unsure of yourself." Now that I couldn't think of anything else I could possibly say, I scooted back on my branch a bit to give her some more room. And I played with my heart necklace once again.

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Item used: Shiny Rock

[Onyxeva]

Dear lord please let this not be spam. But I wanted to let you {Onyx, Noc, Nikki, whoever} that you have to add this link instead of the one already to the Ahzenai stamp, or else it just leads you to the locked thread:

viewtopic.php?f=58&t=793666

I already fixed mine :3

Whoops, I had completely forgotten. :B Thanks for letting me know, and I'll update the stamp. ^^

[Sabatea]

Moon looked around wonderingly as a new ahzenai began to form in the vortex. She watched in wonder as the browns and copper flashed and swirled in its pit.

[Sentoki]

I followed Valcyon to the new part of Ahzen, where I saw the beautiful cavern ad the vortex swirling in it. "Woah!" I gasped aloud in wonder. I started walking, a little cautiously, around the new area. When I had gotten myself familiar with the place, I went to a corner and settled myself down, patiently waiting for another new Ahzenai to appear. Little did I know that it would be sooner than I thought.

Just moments after I had settled down, the vortex began flashing like how it had in the old part of Ahzen. The vortex flashed copper once, then a female Ahzenai suddenly leapt out. I noted how she looked around warily and crouched defensively like the were creatures about to attack her. "Aresann!" I heard Valcyon announce. Aresann then bolted down the path, nearly crashing into someone before she climbed a tree. I started forwards towards her, and waited at the bottom of the tree she was in, wanting to hear her say something before I, myself said anything.

"Me no...know. What do...but hope...some creature help." Aresann stuttered. I looked up at the graceful copper-colored Ahzenai, and said, "Aresann! I am Weed-Sama, but you can call me Weed if you wish. I can tell you have trouble speaking English properly but I can help you with that. I understand your feelings, about how you feel now and when you first stepped here. I felt the same too. Please come with me, Aresann, I promise that you will find a true friend in me, if only you will come with me. I know that I cannot force you to choose me, it's entirely up to you. " I stopped, and waited, listening to others wooing Aresann and hoping that she would choose me.

~WS