((This coincides with some of the other RP I've been posting in this thread, starting with the departure from Gridania after picking up Tahj))
Night in the Shroud was cold, and K'luha's body upon him was warm, but K'ile Tia just couldn't hold her all night. As soon as he fell asleep, he gently placed her on the bench that ran along one side of the carriage, letting his hands linger on her a moment. She exuded an air of tormented warmth, of metal heated and bent so that it was on the verge of tearing apart. K'ile's skin was warm where she had lain against him, his chest and shoulders, the feeling of her lips on his face.
He watched her sleeping, thought it looked pained, and wondered what kind of person it would take for K'luha to let herself be weak. It certainly was not K'ile Tia, and though he thought he might be able to be Nunh for her, he wondered if it would help her at all. She wanted that, and he did not. Did anyone really need it?
K'ile stood and looked briefly at K'tahjha, who slept on the opposite bench. The girl was the spitting image of her grandmother, K'thajon, K'piru's sister. K'tahjha was K'thalen Nunh's grandchild. His brothers blood had been deluded in her by the patronage of K'yohko Nunh, but K'ile had thought he liked the girl anyway. She was smart and witty, clever, smiled easily, loved K'luha within moments of meeting her. There wasn't very much of K'yohko in the girl, and there were so many beautiful things.
If K'ile were to become Nunh, he would not have a child like that. He would not be so lucky. He would not be a good father.
The Tia walked to the tail end of the carriage and sat with his feet and tail hanging off. The Chocobo that followed the carriage, Rhiki, gave him a blink and clicked its beak at him, so K'ile shared a knowing look and smirk with it. Yeah, the bird had no idea, but that was fine. He reached out and poked its beak, and the thing squawked.
"Quiet, Rhiki," K'ile chided. "Everyone's asleep."
* * *
His dreams were getting disturbing in ways he would never admit to. Rhiki stood on the moon and let out a vengeful yell, and K'ile shouted up through the Shroud's dark boughs, "Rhiki, get down from there! Do you have any idea what Tahj will do if she catches you up there?"
"Oh, let him be," the phantasm said, shining bright white in the center of the road. The specter was a man, blond-haired, with ears and tail perfectly groomed. His eyes were blue, but a softer blue than that which ran in K'ile's family, and his thin lips smiled. "He's an old Chocobo. Let him have his fun."
K'ile pointed at the phantasm, "Stop following me, Fect. I've told you a hundred times: I don't want to be one of your women!" The Tia turned and began to walk down the path away from Gridania. The carriage that K'luha and K'tahjha rode on seemed to be getting further and further away from him.
The glowing phantasm floated alongside him, reclined, stretching to display its perfectly muscled body. "You're such a tease, K'ile. You're just teasing me. You'll give in. A tribe with nothing but Tias and Nunh? Women are irrational. Who wants them?" The glowing man unleashed an animalistic purring sound, "The Purr tribe is your true home."
K'ile was ignoring the phantasm. He was no good at lucid dreaming. Knowing that one was dreaming was supposed to put one in control of it, but K'ile's dream-self was too stupid to take control. Even when he thought of it, he didn't act on it.
The luminescent, floating Nunh gave him a small smile. "When you finally give in and join my tribe, our coupling will be exquisite."
"Ugh," K'ile reached up and lay a hand over his ear. Then after a moment, he cast a glare at the man, "How's a tribe without women supposed to work anyway? How do you have children?"
"Oh, it's great!" The man smiled hysterically, "For Tias that are into it, I ahve a special spell where we cut of your penis and then you grow a va-"
"NOPE!" K'ile broke into a run.
Laughing lightly, the phantasm stopped, floating in place a moment as he called, "Run all you want! It just makes you more beautiful in the eyes of Purr'fect Nunh!"
The Tia came to a stop and reached for his lance, which found his hand almost on its own. "Okay. What if I just do this?" He spun and threw the lance overhead, aim perfect, directly into the phantasm's chest.
K'ile's chest burst open, tatter bits of lungs handing from hsi rib cage. he couldn't scream. He fell to his knees and listened to the gore of muscle, heart, fluid, splattering to the dark earth beneath him. He could feel air rush inside the open cavity, hot air, burning him. His eyes were alight with fire, and when he looked up, he saw the phantasm writhing on the road, the light about him turned red. The man's perfect flesh was turning black and burning.
The forest around him had turned to stone, black and greay. Above him, the moon was on fire, and Rhiki had turned to bones and cinder upon it, yet he still stood and cried silently in fury.
"Small." The road echoed from behind him.
K'ile spun, looking, and saw the carriage that contained K'luha and K'tahjha had caught fire as well. In between them, though, was a dark specter. Something inky and bestial, translucent skin, and he could see the bones inside of its body, the pumping, brown organs. Its great claws tore at the ground, and its maw opened. It hissed at him, "How could you?"
"What did you see?" K'ile heard himself say, his tone grave.
The thing laughed, and then belowed, "K'ILE!" and pounced at him.
* * *
K'ile awakened with his face in the dirt and the unmistakable feeling of a chocobo's beak pulling on his tail. He stirred slowly, looking around, and found himself still in the shroud. In the middle of the road. His tail ached, and he realized that he was moving. K'tahjha's chocobo was dragging him down the road.
"Rhiki," K'ile groaned. "Please stop."
The Chocobo continued.
With a sigh, K'ile lay there and watch the dirt sliding away from his face. He must've dozed off and fallen off the carriage. He wasn't sure which was more humiliating: being dragged down the path by a chocobo, or having nightmares about some supernatural, perfect Nunh that wanted to turn him into a woman.
((More posts coming))
Night in the Shroud was cold, and K'luha's body upon him was warm, but K'ile Tia just couldn't hold her all night. As soon as he fell asleep, he gently placed her on the bench that ran along one side of the carriage, letting his hands linger on her a moment. She exuded an air of tormented warmth, of metal heated and bent so that it was on the verge of tearing apart. K'ile's skin was warm where she had lain against him, his chest and shoulders, the feeling of her lips on his face.
He watched her sleeping, thought it looked pained, and wondered what kind of person it would take for K'luha to let herself be weak. It certainly was not K'ile Tia, and though he thought he might be able to be Nunh for her, he wondered if it would help her at all. She wanted that, and he did not. Did anyone really need it?
K'ile stood and looked briefly at K'tahjha, who slept on the opposite bench. The girl was the spitting image of her grandmother, K'thajon, K'piru's sister. K'tahjha was K'thalen Nunh's grandchild. His brothers blood had been deluded in her by the patronage of K'yohko Nunh, but K'ile had thought he liked the girl anyway. She was smart and witty, clever, smiled easily, loved K'luha within moments of meeting her. There wasn't very much of K'yohko in the girl, and there were so many beautiful things.
If K'ile were to become Nunh, he would not have a child like that. He would not be so lucky. He would not be a good father.
The Tia walked to the tail end of the carriage and sat with his feet and tail hanging off. The Chocobo that followed the carriage, Rhiki, gave him a blink and clicked its beak at him, so K'ile shared a knowing look and smirk with it. Yeah, the bird had no idea, but that was fine. He reached out and poked its beak, and the thing squawked.
"Quiet, Rhiki," K'ile chided. "Everyone's asleep."
* * *
His dreams were getting disturbing in ways he would never admit to. Rhiki stood on the moon and let out a vengeful yell, and K'ile shouted up through the Shroud's dark boughs, "Rhiki, get down from there! Do you have any idea what Tahj will do if she catches you up there?"
"Oh, let him be," the phantasm said, shining bright white in the center of the road. The specter was a man, blond-haired, with ears and tail perfectly groomed. His eyes were blue, but a softer blue than that which ran in K'ile's family, and his thin lips smiled. "He's an old Chocobo. Let him have his fun."
K'ile pointed at the phantasm, "Stop following me, Fect. I've told you a hundred times: I don't want to be one of your women!" The Tia turned and began to walk down the path away from Gridania. The carriage that K'luha and K'tahjha rode on seemed to be getting further and further away from him.
The glowing phantasm floated alongside him, reclined, stretching to display its perfectly muscled body. "You're such a tease, K'ile. You're just teasing me. You'll give in. A tribe with nothing but Tias and Nunh? Women are irrational. Who wants them?" The glowing man unleashed an animalistic purring sound, "The Purr tribe is your true home."
K'ile was ignoring the phantasm. He was no good at lucid dreaming. Knowing that one was dreaming was supposed to put one in control of it, but K'ile's dream-self was too stupid to take control. Even when he thought of it, he didn't act on it.
The luminescent, floating Nunh gave him a small smile. "When you finally give in and join my tribe, our coupling will be exquisite."
"Ugh," K'ile reached up and lay a hand over his ear. Then after a moment, he cast a glare at the man, "How's a tribe without women supposed to work anyway? How do you have children?"
"Oh, it's great!" The man smiled hysterically, "For Tias that are into it, I ahve a special spell where we cut of your penis and then you grow a va-"
"NOPE!" K'ile broke into a run.
Laughing lightly, the phantasm stopped, floating in place a moment as he called, "Run all you want! It just makes you more beautiful in the eyes of Purr'fect Nunh!"
The Tia came to a stop and reached for his lance, which found his hand almost on its own. "Okay. What if I just do this?" He spun and threw the lance overhead, aim perfect, directly into the phantasm's chest.
K'ile's chest burst open, tatter bits of lungs handing from hsi rib cage. he couldn't scream. He fell to his knees and listened to the gore of muscle, heart, fluid, splattering to the dark earth beneath him. He could feel air rush inside the open cavity, hot air, burning him. His eyes were alight with fire, and when he looked up, he saw the phantasm writhing on the road, the light about him turned red. The man's perfect flesh was turning black and burning.
The forest around him had turned to stone, black and greay. Above him, the moon was on fire, and Rhiki had turned to bones and cinder upon it, yet he still stood and cried silently in fury.
"Small." The road echoed from behind him.
K'ile spun, looking, and saw the carriage that contained K'luha and K'tahjha had caught fire as well. In between them, though, was a dark specter. Something inky and bestial, translucent skin, and he could see the bones inside of its body, the pumping, brown organs. Its great claws tore at the ground, and its maw opened. It hissed at him, "How could you?"
"What did you see?" K'ile heard himself say, his tone grave.
The thing laughed, and then belowed, "K'ILE!" and pounced at him.
* * *
K'ile awakened with his face in the dirt and the unmistakable feeling of a chocobo's beak pulling on his tail. He stirred slowly, looking around, and found himself still in the shroud. In the middle of the road. His tail ached, and he realized that he was moving. K'tahjha's chocobo was dragging him down the road.
"Rhiki," K'ile groaned. "Please stop."
The Chocobo continued.
With a sigh, K'ile lay there and watch the dirt sliding away from his face. He must've dozed off and fallen off the carriage. He wasn't sure which was more humiliating: being dragged down the path by a chocobo, or having nightmares about some supernatural, perfect Nunh that wanted to turn him into a woman.
((More posts coming))
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