The Silence of Rebellion - Semi-lit (Accepting!)

[hdmwolf]

(Rocket, you really do spoil me with your nice compliments xD
I'm going to be poofing again though guys.
As you heard from one of my previous message things...
I'm going to be gone for four days to a cottage, which probably has no internet, and does not have a computer
This morning is the morning we leave, and I'm only able to type one or two last posts since I did all my packing last night.)


/ Aulis /


The two brothers, through sputtering, cursing at each other, and trying to do a team effort but only ending up in hurting one or the other, had found a small bit of shelter. It wasn't very helpful, but a four-foot high fern offered the least bit of dry space underneath it's widespread leaves. Crouched uncomfortably underneath the fern plant and in human forms as well, it was very tight and hugely uncomfortable for the two brothers, since neither was used to trying to sardine into a specific tight place with each other. They had always had lean tos for sleep and shelter under, not plants. They stared at each other, in dumb silence, not trying to make a conversation, as both of them were frozen to the bone and were starting to feel numb. "Sooooooo..." Zayn started to say, but all he received from his small little conversation starter was a hard slug in the shoulder from Aulis.



/ Aella /


Aella nodded her thanks to Jack as he started to make the move for them to walk into one of the small, somewhat curious buildings. Aella knew that it'd be hard at night without the wind, and these small... branch structures made with leaves made her miss the large hollow caves. Freya stayed where she was, and Aella stared at her, her eyes glimmering in a question. Freya grinned widely. "I like the rain. It's nice and open out here, so I figure, why not enjoy it while I can?" Shaking her head, Aella walked into the den, Rue following her.

(Sorry for the short post, it's just that I have to go D:
Bye guys.)

[intriguing]

((T-T Why must you leave us? We will miss you and your writing skills. I hope you have a lovely time though, despite my overly soppy goodbye))

~ Jack ~
Jack smiled and nodded sarcastically at Freya, "Have fun with that," he said, giving a thumbs up to her, but he was only teasing. He followed the others inside, leaving the door ajar in case Freya decided she wanted to come in soon. He sat on the floor, his baby sister toddling over to him, her explosive hair now completely flat from the rain,, as was Jack's, though his was beginning to return to springy coils. Ginger curls bouncing back up every moment or so. He had placed himself on the floor, as there were not enough seats to go round, there never had been even without guests. His family made do though, even though the village shared things their family had to be the poorest one, the ones with less than everyone else. Even their hut, which contained so many people, was smaller than the majority of others.

[hdmwolf]

(I see that you did not hold back against waiting... xD
I was expecting at least a few pages, but one post is fine.
*less for me to read*
I have the huge urge to work on a large post, but there's not much for me to build off of.
We'll see how it turns out. Prolly will be filled with a lot of fluff just to vent out my writing urge.)


/ Aella /


Freya eagerly stuck her tongue out at Jack because of his mild most likely jesting comment. Aella shook herself briefly, her hair catching in her eyes as she ran a hand through her hair and tousled it, trying to dry the thick roughly-cut brown hair. Turning back towards the small home displayed in front of her, she felt that she had to at least give the Fox Tribe points for engineering their homes. The lean-tos were stable, Aella found out, as she gripped a branch framing the doorway and shook it gently. It barely even budged, even underneath Aella's sinewy strength. Turning around, she noticed Jack sitting with one of his sisters. Strangely, to Aella that is, she suddenly felt a pang of homesickness for the mountains. Sure, they were barely here for more than a few hours and the trip had taken around six or seven, but it was enough to make the hawk-winged girl long for her home. The unfamiliar silence of the surrounding areas rang deafeningly in her ears, and the heat was terribly lacking in any breeze.

Glancing outside, she felt that Freya was actually being smarter than her for what seemed like the first in a very long time, enjoying the rain, as it was almost the only cold thing here in this heated place. Turning her attention once more to the smaller hut, Aella walked in a somewhat hunched position from her tallness in the smaller dwelling, minding her wings, and sitting down against a wall, staring around expectantly. Rue was sitting down close to the entrance, glancing outside uncomfortably at Freya, whom she probably thought was crazy by now. The girl's eyes had unnerved her from the start, the deep golden pools seeming like they didn't miss anything. Aella wasn't too sure about the Fox Tribe though in any certain way. Most said they were quiet, smart, calculating, shy and also very elusive. She guessed that a few were wrong though, as a certain selection of the Tribe's members were not at all like that. Jack for example. He seemed to have warmed up to Aella and Freya almost immediately, except for Tempest, as it seemed he was more wary around him.

Rue was an odd sort to Aella, and was someone that she was not totally feeling comfortable around. She was silent for most of the time, and didn't seem to really trust Aella at all. She was mysterious all right, and absolutely calculating, also terse in most situations, quick to react. For example, when Aella tried to step forward, Rue's knife was drawn in the split second after. She hadn't tried to make any conversation with her either, and often gave her glances when she thought Aella wasn't looking, that were confusing to read. As if she knew something that Aella didn't. It didn't make Aella feel good, and often glanced away uncomfortably. "It's like a hurricane out there!" a loud voice broke Aella out of her thoughts as Freya walked in. She glanced around excruciatingly, frowning. "It's kind of small in here... But THAT'S OKAY!" she finished with a ear-to-ear grin. Aella placed her head in her hands and shook her head, peeking a glance over at Rue, whom was staring at the ground in what seemed like deep concentration.



/ Aulis /


"Listen, we have to just get back to the camp through this rain. I don't care if it's wet, I want to get home."
"Hah, lissen t' yourself. 'I wan' a get 'ome.' I swea', you is turnin' inna a whinin' pup mor' an' mor' evr'y day."
"In case you can't see through this rain, I'm glaring at you right now."
"Aaahhh, the brother'ly luv. Can't y' feel i' in th' air?"
"Shut up."
"Yup. It's reeeaalllyyy thick inna air."
"Seriously, shut up."
"I've nevah felt so loved in all o' my life."
"Shut UP."
"Ayagha!"

Aulis had sent a hefty blow to his brother's arm, and Zayn cradled his arm to his side, sending a sizzling glare at his brother. "Why d'you hafta do tha'?" Aulis shot a glare back. "How else would you be quiet? Next time you talk about me loving you like that, it'll be the other arm. Or worse, you're jaw." Zayn rolled his eyes. "Oh pish an' posh an' all that stu'. You kno' y' like it whe' I bothah you like tha'." Aulis was silent and stood up, staring down at his brother who was still sheltered underneath the large fern. "Listen, I'm going to go back to camp." Zayn spat in the dirt, shaking his head. "Y' won' lasst a seccind wi' out me." Aulis stared hard at his brother. "Is that basically your way of saying that you want me to guide you?" Zayn said nothing. "I don't need your help." he said, and just as he planted his foot forward, there was a large lightning bark and thunder as a flash of brightness hit a tree not too far away. Aulis was underneath the fern instantly, his tail tucked between his legs, his ears flat against his head. "O...or I could just... stay here?" he whimpered, staring unhappily at the ground. Zayn grinned, rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet. "Tol' ja."

[Rocketai]

(( Ottyyy, you're back! 8D
Haha, I decided to not post 'till you were back. Now that you're here, let's continue! ))

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The half raven boy gave a slight chuckle as he nodded "I'm with you. Anywhere away from Elders." he spoke and went foward. His wing started getting very tired of being held above his head so he decided to let the rain wash him, which wasn't that bad actually. It was a good refreshment. Only problem is, is that Ruor wears heavy clothing and when they get wet, they turn out much, much heavier. Carrying his own wings, a sleeping Blair and now wet clothes... This wasn't a very good way to flee from the rain.

The boy in Ruor's arms started to mumble some things as the cold raindrops would fall on his pale face. He slowly opened his dark eyes with difficulty as the water would enter in it. "Wha... What the..." he grumbled, looking around and then looking at Ruor with a confused expression. Since when do Ruor would carry someone? Especially Blair? "Uhh..." before the silver-haired boy would speak, Ruor growled "Don't get any ideas, you twerp." and then he threw him on the floor, making the wet leaves splash water at them. "Ouch!" he mumbled as he pat his own butt "Now I know why people call you Ruor." the black-haired raven was curious as to what kind of assumption Blair would take "Because you're rude."

Ruor almost slapped his own face and would obviously call Blair by another name, if it wasn't for the large thunder that hit nearby and made such a monstrous sound to Ruor that he whelped and ran towards a nearby bush to hide himself inside. Blair was more confused then anything else "What. Was. That." he mumbled shocked, while looking at the apavorated face of Ruor "Are you... SCARED of thunders?!" Blair shouted and then he rolled himself on the ground laughing "Oh Gods! Seriously?! You?! Scared of THUNDERS?!? Hahaha!! Ow, my sides!" Ruor was furious at him, but also red in shame. He slowly left the bush, trembling a little and holding his arm "I-I'm not afraid of thunders. I just... Got surprised. That's all." he lied, feeling an idiot all of sudden.

(( I lol'd at Zayn's dialogue. 80% of the time I don't understand what he says XD ))

[intriguing]

~ Anwen ~
"I'm with you. Anywhere away from Elders." Ruor had said, The young girl smiled in return to this comment and continued walking, despite the dicomofrt of his ruffled wings, she didn't not mind the rain. Unlike the heavy proportion of the raven tribe girls, well...and Blair, she had but a care for her hair, so rain did not negatively affect her so much. The sudden drips onto her face made the hairs on the back of her neck bristle, but she waas used to it now, whenever she walked through the terrirtory the same reaction occured, but for too many other reasons. She felt somewhat sorry for Ruor about carrying Blair, but if she had, she would have felt awkward, even more awkward than she had done when they first talked to her. Even more awkward than when Blair sarted chatting about her hair. Actually, having a boy fuss over your hair in an overly effeminate way... it couldn't get any more akward than that.

When Blair awoke Anwen turned sharply to look at the boys, only to see the younger one being dropped on the floor. She was about to comment when a conversation arose, making her chuckle, it wasn't ingenious but she had to admit, Ruor wasn't the most pleasant towards Blair. Then again, if it were her she wouldn't be either, he was rather irritating. "And you're called Blair, because you blare out silly comments all day," said Anwen, but she was teasing...mildly.

Anwen jumped in surprise, that had been loud. Scary loud, but had only caused a flinch. When she saw Ruor bolt for the bush she couldn't help but giggle as Blair was doing on the floor. She clamped a hand over her mouth so as not to make Ruor feel embarassed, but it was too late. Blair's reaction had reduced Ruor to nothing more than a blushing, ashamed boy. She smiled gently, feeling guilty now though, and looked between them both as if one were going to lash out at the other.


~ Jack ~
Jack kept twitching. It was most uncomfortable and most uncontrollable. His ears flattened against his head, and when he let them up again, they pinged back down. It felt like something was jabbing him. He looked down, the sister in his lap was sleeping, she couldn't do it. He looked to his side, his other sisters were playing string games, so they couldn't do it. Then he looked up only to get a huge splosh in his eye, leaving it bleary and blind. By the time he'd rubbed it the same happened again. There was a leak in the ceiling. He shuffled to get out the way but his tired little sister awoke, rubbing her eyes and began to cry. Wailing even, bawling loudly even of the noise of the rain.

Jack sighed, he needed t fix the roof but he couldn't when there was a grabby, crying little sister on him. "Autumn," he asked, and his sister turned around, arching an eyebrow at him, obviously irritated at being called away from her game, "Will you fix the roof please?" he asked, she poked her tongue out in reply, "No way!" she protested. "Right, then take your sister," said Jack, thrusting the bawling ball that was his baby step-sister to Autumn. She held her at arm's length like a bomb about to explode and Jack rifled around in his pockets, pulling out a thin piece of wood, some nails, and their equivalent of hammer.

He leant up to fix the hole, about to hit the nail in when Freya burst into the room, the hammer missed the roof completely and slammed the nail into his finger. He winced in silent agony. But he did not turn around, he pretended it hadn't happened whilst he fixed the roof quietly. Rosemary was chortling, apparntly having witnessed his pain, and it didn't help at all. he kept wanting to yell, but he kept quiet whilst he mended the small hole. He then turned back to the others, "D'you think I should get this checked out?" he asked Autumn as he brandished the thumb which had a nail jammed into it. She recoiled in disgust. At this precise moment he realised if he went to the med hut, he'd encounter Zylo, his least favourite person in the world, and effectively his greatest rival.

[Rocketai]

Ruor felt more embarassed now that even Anwe was giggling at him. He put his head down, making the wet black hair fall on his face to hide his crimson skin. He grumbled a little, now looking to the other side "Can we just get out of here...?" he said while walking, holding himself from drowning Blair on the small puddles that were forming on the ground thanks to the heavy rain. "Pffft! Fine, fine!" Blair said, still mocking "Let's go, Sir-I'm-Not-Afraid-Of-Anything-Excluding-Thunders."

The black-haired boy started getting more and more nervous, along with anger and embarassement. He closed his right fist very tight, making a loud cracking noise of the bones stretching, but Blair didn't seem to get the note "I mean, seriously. Who would be scared of thunders? That's like, something only a kid would!" he went on and on... "And here I was thinking you were the scariest guy on the whole Tribe, but now that I finally found your 'weak point'... Boy, I think I'll never forget this day!"

Suddenly, Ruor stopped walking and stayed in silence for a little while. "Blair..." he spoke softly "...You know why kids stop fearing thunder after a while, right?" Blair did not respond. He was waiting as to where Ruor was taking him "That's because they started knowing that the thunder shouldn't be something to worry about. It's something from the nature. And how do they learn that...? By their parents, of course. Other people nearby. Books, reading... Well." he was now staring at Blair with piercing dark eyes that looked like pits "I had NONE of those.", he simply said that and quickly continued to walk foward, without looking back. Blair was now in silence.

[intriguing]

~ Anwen ~
Anwen was feeling rather guilty, she hadn't meant to be mean but it had been quite funny. No. No it hadn't, it may have been slightly at the time, but that was no reason to be horrid, she didn't like it when people were mean to her so why shoulnd she be mean to others and expect them to be fine with it. The more guilty she felt and the more she dwelled on it, she listened to Blair's taunting less and less.

She cringed at the sound of his finger joints cracking, it always made her cringe, this was all that snapped her out of her daydream. She turned to see the boys again, this time Blair really was pushing it, a little bit of laughing was fairly harmless, but he really needed to have a little more empathy towards his supposed friend. She sighed, wondering what was going to happen, she could almost see Ruor itching to lash out, it scared her slightly, but she tried to think nothing of it and keep a level head. her gaze flickering between the two of them as Blair rambled on.

She was looking worried more than ever now as Ruor spoke soft words to Blair, it was as if... as if he was tunting the boy, she really didn't like where this was going. As Ruor talked even Anwen began to feel more guilty, she didn't know about this, to her Ruor had always just been another one of the tribe. One of the nicer ones as well, but she was beginning to feel so bad for him. As he stormed forward in front of her she dropped back for a moment, looking back at Blair with worried eyes. Then she rushed ahead to Ruor, putting a gentle hand on his arm as she caught up, "Ruor..." she began.

[hdmwolf]

(I'm not posting yet, but I'm really tempted to make a Raven Tribe character, so that I can have one in each Tribe. xD
I have a few plans that I really want to use...
What do you guys think?)

[Rocketai]

(( I think it's a nice idea! But are you sure you'll be well keeping up with all those characters? ...Don't you think it's a little too much? I already get pretty confused with two~three characters XD ))

Ruor stopped walking and felt a goosebump as someone gently placed their hand on his arm. He felt like that because no one ever did that to him. Not even his aunt or a friend since he never had one. It was a very weird feeling. Most people would place their hands on Ruor more to grab or to hold him, calling him to a fight or just calling his attention for being late at home again and not respond to anything.

He was now feeling weirder when he turned his head slightly to see who was touching him and saw that the owner of the hand was none other then Anwe. Why she was doing that? To Ruor, that kind of movement was very unusual and he only imagined someone like a mother or a father would do that to him. Then again, he never met his parents and never received a similar caress that one would give, so why he had that thought since then? Maybe because he never imagined other people would do that to him. That was uncommon. Something alien.

He was in silence for a second before looking away again "...What?" he mumbled the word, almost as a whisper.

[hdmwolf]

(I hope I can. If not, I'll possibly just drop one.
But I've had a lot of characters before, and it doesn't hurt to try.
And I still have plannnnssss >:D
And look who has an admirer!)


/ Dusk /


The rain was pelting down mercilessly, and was almost covering all of the four territories combined. Only the Hawk Tribe up in the mountains were spared from the angry torrent of water droplets. In the Raven Tribe territory, the rain thudded on the ground with a dull whump, making the whole dead forest sound like a cacophony of woodpeckers with the wrong idea; instead of pecking the tree with their beak, they were slamming their heads against the bark of the trunk. Since there was no shelter above except for the bare branches, the rain was being felt by those below full-on. Three forms were barely distinguishable through the onslaught of rain as they stumbled through the wet land of tall trees, the pair of wings on each of their back skinnier than usual from the matting down of the rain.

The three forms walking slowly forward down below did not know something yet though. Most do not know something for all their lives. For example, one person might go through their whole life without knowing that one of their friends secretly hated them. Another might go their whole life without knowing how they were secretly being stalked. For this instance, it was that the people below would probably go their whole life without knowing that they were being watched that one rainy day. At least, that would be the fact if those down below, did not notice the one above, and the one above, was very careful. High in the treetops crouched a lithe form. A pair of darkly dirt-stained feet rested securely on the wide branch below as the figure balanced on her feet, her knees tucked up to her chest as she leaned forward. One hand, the left, pressed against the tree trunk next to her for balance, the other resting on her right knee, hanging there, idling.

A sopping wet coat was worn on the figure, and hung down from the branch as if it were a tail, drooping limply like a wet rag. The figure's head was cloaked by a deep hood. Most would not know if this form was male or female. The dark clothing against the figure's bulk gave no one any coverage to the body shape, and the face of the figure was masked in shadows, as was the hair. But, for the sake of understanding, the figure that was watching those down below, was a girl. The rain did not seem to bother her at all, and she stayed immobile, a pair of black wings tucked flat against her back. Despite the way the Marquess had been able to chain wings, this girl, along with a few others, had been able to break out of the bonds. With only the slightest movement, something bright flashed in the depths of the cloak. It was a large throwing knife, flat-bladed and deadly sharp, ready for use at any moment.



/ Aulis /


Staring ahead, Aulis thought rapidly in his head, trying to think up a way he could find shelter without being cramped next to his rock of a brother, who was prattling on about good food. "I could really go for some -" he was stopped as Aulis clapped a hand over his mouth. Zayn glared at his brother, who stared evenly back. "I know it's thundering, I know that I'm stuck here with you, and I know that we should probably get better shelter than this. Who cares if we get wet?" he asked, and Zayn shoved Aulis' hand from his mouth. "I'll tell 'ja who cares! Me! Thasswho!" he exclaimed, and Aulis stared at him. "Really. You," he said, pointing at Zayn's chest, "Care about getting wet." Zayn stared at the ground with a frustrated look on his face, as he suddenly seemed to realize how much that comment had downgraded his manliness points. "I... it messes up my hair." he stuttered, and went a little red as he realized how that made him even more of a sissy. "I mean, it-" Aulis rolled his eyes. "Can it, dirt-brain. Maybe we could try to find the boundaries near the Four Point." he said, and Zayn stared at him like he was crazy.

"Th' Four Point? Y' wan' us t' go there?" he asked, shaking his head. "Uuh-uh. I ain' walkin tha' far." he said, and Aulis shrugged. "Suit yourself. Thunder or no thunder, we should get there and shelter. It's a place where everyone is welcome, right? And besides, it has good shelter, and when we wake up, we'll know where we are." he reasoned, and he noticed that Zayn's eyes flashed at the mention of good shelter. He glanced around, and seemed to stress that he was making a big decision. "Uhm... er... uh... uhm... fine." he finished, and Aulis nodded. "To the Four Point." and with that, both brothers set out in the rain.
"Uh... y'do realiz' tha' we don' know where th' Four Point is?"
"Eeexxaactly."



/ Aella /


There was an uncomfortable silence in the room as everyone sat around silently, and it was broken momentarily by Jack speaking to his sister, and then after a few more murmurs, started to work on the roof. Aella stared cautiously at Jack, whom had suddenly seemed to go very quiet. A flash on his finger caught in the light and she stifled her gasp of worry. Was that... a nail jammed into his finger? Somewhat queasy with the thought, she took a deep breath and rocked back and forth on the balls of her heels, hoping he would tell others about it, and therefore actually helping it heal.