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[JUDGED] It's Like Chasing Lightning

Kaj The Aurelight Posts: 381
Hidden Falls Conscript atk: 4.0 | def: 9.0 | dam: 7.5
Stallion :: Pegasus :: 17.2hh :: 8 Years 9 Months HP: 69.5 | Buff: ENDURE
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{the stormbringer}
every day I'm cast away, a vagabond
battle born
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Reluctance was not appropriate enough a word for the emotion Kaj was feeling. Resplendence had long since expressed her desire to learn the art of war, but Kaj had selfishly hoped that she would not approach him as her mentor. Though the two had grown apart due to life and love, Kaj still regarded the meek mare as something fragile and precious to him. Breakable, perhaps. Still, she had sought him of all others out, and he was helpless but to agree. Remembering Phaedra and the dagger Resplendence once carried with her (religiously, really, considering her paranoia) had been his breaking point. With a sigh as great as the northern winds, he had relented. It had led him to the sands of the arena, where he had faced Bronze not long before. Snorting, he recalled the sting of flesh on flesh, the turmoil of his own emotions. It had not been a very good night, in all.

The air is turbulent, tossing about his locks until they sting the flesh of his neck and hocks. Pale eyes squint against it, a frown drawing his brows closer. Not exactly amenable weather, but Resplendence would have to learn that battle did not always occur in favorable conditions. He could not coordinate their spar around the weather, after all. Snorting to himself, he shuddered against the brisk spring wind, wings drawing tighter reflexively. Lightly feathered legs kicked out against the sand, watching it spray with forced disinterest. Anything was better than the worry that gnawed at his insides, the anxiety that plagued him. What if he hurt her beyond the physical realm? What if he scared her, made her fear him permanently? Would her reactions follow her off the battlefield? Kaj was beyond reluctant, but he had already worn out that train of thought earlier.

Large body turned in a slow circle, surveying the arena he had previously fought in. The day was bleak and new, dawn forcing pastel colors onto the canvas of the sky. The beauty of the scenery did little to calm his palpitating heart, but at least it was a drastic change from his fight with Bronze. Kaj wanted no reminder of that fight to bleed into the one with Resplendence. His spar with Bronze had been more like catharsis, mindless rage and pain that had exploded out of him and onto the nearest target. Even the thought of treating Resplendence like that, of losing control like he had when Aurelia had challenged Kahlua, sent a shiver of dread down his spine. Closing his eyes, he sent a brief prayer to his patron Goddess, for control and patience. It was the best he could to.

Cold wind sharpened his mind, and the sting of his own tresses brought him to the present, the minor pain a promise of what was to come in far more serious measures. Kaj’s eyes opened, and he turned to the mouth of the arena, trying to still the queasy turn of his stomach as he awaited Resplendence.



Setting: Caela Insula, dawn, heavy turbulent winds. Lighting will improve throughout the spar as the sun rises further.

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Messages In This Thread
It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Kaj - 12-25-2014, 10:59 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Resplendence - 12-26-2014, 09:04 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Kaj - 01-02-2015, 07:48 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Resplendence - 01-04-2015, 01:32 AM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Kaj - 01-12-2015, 11:12 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Resplendence - 01-13-2015, 11:15 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Kaj - 01-22-2015, 11:45 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Resplendence - 01-24-2015, 11:14 PM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Kaj - 01-25-2015, 02:59 AM
RE: It's Like Chasing Lightning - by Official - 02-07-2015, 10:02 AM

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