Author: Aegis, Posted: Sat Jun 4, 2016 6:48 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

“A style I wish I did not have to have, even before meeting you,” He stated in response as he stared up to the ceiling of the wagon. How he hoped he could just settle down and just live, but the consequences always catch up to you. “Lead me to you though, so how could I possibly think of it as sour?” He chuckled as she mentioned the chains. “Sanctioned mages couldn’t hold me still, what makes you think that you possibly could?”

He knew what she meant by the words and was glad she had said them.

A slight chuckled escaped his lips and he shook his head a little. “You had everything planned out accordingly didn’t you? I am scared what is going on in that head of yours…and how you keep the thoughts organized.” Who knew maybe she was the one who could keep the chains on him, which any crazy scheme she was brewing. Never underestimate a gypsy, something he should’ve remembered.

“My looks and your attitude eh? I honestly don’t think the world would be ready for such a child.” He joked with her turning his head to look at her. He had never even thought about being a father but with her speaking about the vision of their son he couldn’t help but to wonder. Would he be a good father? A Mercenary for hire, and with a non to good past at that.

“You’re right though, let’s just live here and now in the present. I am liking the current,” He smiled his violet eyes meeting her amber. “The night is still young, who knows what type of trouble we could get ourselves into.” He winked at her before leaning in and giving her a soft kiss upon the lips.

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Thu Jun 2, 2016 7:22 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

Kalyani let out a laugh and shook her head. “I would say I never lie but I did cheat at cards to get a hag’s wagon. So I suppose that makes me a liar and a thief.” She whispered up towards his ear. “Oh the things I could steal from you.” She teased him gently before he kissed the top of her head.

Wrapping her arms around him she stared up at him and thought on it. “That’s always been your style.” She pulled the blankets up onto them and sighed a bit. “Always moving and wandering about even before you met me.” She chuckled and kissed his neck. “I’m not letting you too far out of my sight even if I have to chain myself to you… Or you to this wagon.” 

She slid herself up and laid her head next to his. “I can come with you. I would be with you and Sehr is fast at pulling the wagon. You wouldn’t ever have to leave me or worry about what I’m doing. I could do tarot readings for extra silver if needed. It would be like old times and we wouldn’t ever have to worry about anyone else. When the time is right we could dive into whatever Angela’s place showed us. For now though, let’s live in the present.” She caressed his face and smiled. “I wish I could have shown you what our boy looked like. Gods he had your hair.” She stroked his hair and smiled. “My attitude for sure.”

Author: Aegis, Posted: Thu Jun 2, 2016 6:50 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

“Seems like I got lost in the moment, come on then work your gypsy magic on me.” He said in response to her taking control. He just looked over her body; she was still just as beautiful as he remembered. He had also forgotten how strong the woman could be for something that she wanted to do. All of it was what attracted him to her.

The night had come upon them at last. He could tell by the sounds of the night animals coming through the silence afterwards. The swordsman was just running his fingers up and down the curve of her body as she lay on his chest. She teased about his heart rate and he couldn’t help but to chuckle at it as well. “What can I say, you promised and it was well receive.” He kissed the top of her head and just laid in the silence.

It felt like time was just still for him as he lay there with her, it all just felt so surreal. Maybe it had just been his time in the cell and wasn’t use to actually having someone there to care for him. The look on his face though was of peace and one he didn’t want to lose ever again.


“I didn’t tell you what I have been doing other than looking for you have I.” The silence finally broken, she had spoke of herself but he never said much before they lay together again. “I feel I must tell you. I work as a mercenary, so I may be called away for work.” He paused trying to think of what to say. “So will I have a place to call home again once a job is done? ‘Cause I miss this…I missed us and our travels.”

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Thu Jun 2, 2016 3:22 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

That was something Kalyani had needed to hear. “I’ve always been here.” She leaned over and kissed cheek. “I’ll be by your side for however long you want.” She reached up and stroked his hair. The halfling stayed close to him before moving up to the room.

She kept him close and kissed him again. “Of course,” she laughed and leaned her forehead against his. “Gypsy magic.  It’s powerful and loving. Kind.” She giggled as they began to undress. “That’s the fun part isn’t it?” She joked with him as he kissed her neck. It tickled her as he kissed but as she helped undress him as well.

It was more primal than anything else but still Kalyani was a tad stronger than him. “I’m suppose to be making you feel better.” She chuckled and gave him a gentle push to the bed. She took him from there and made sure he didn’t have to do any sort of work. He was suppose to be the one feeling better after all.

It had to be night now. She could hear the crickets outside of his breath. It was quiet and she swore she could hear Sehr munching on grass outside of the wagon. She leaned up and kissed his neck softly. She laid across his chest and listened to his heart. It was trying to calm down and she chuckled a bit. “You should calm down. It’s not healthy to basically have your heart coming out of your chest.”

Author: Aegis, Posted: Thu Jun 2, 2016 10:23 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

“You already have made me feel better, just by knowing you are alive and here with me again.” He stated to her, he was already ready to live again and knew the wounds would heal slowly. His major journey had come to an end at last. “You need not do such a thing, all I want is you to be by my side again.”

Rest, he couldn’t help but to chuckle a little at the word. For both knew there was not going to be any resting being done in that room. He got up with her and followed her into the main bed room; it was a colorful little room. It suited her and her lifestyle quite well. He returned the kiss after she had pulled him down. “Oh I don’t know..can you really?” He teased with a slight grin.

He got back up to his knees and undid his sash and took his shirt off before leaning back down and kissing her once again. “Maybe dressing up, was a bad idea, more work this way.” He whispered in her ear jokingly as he was already beginning to undo the corset she wore.

He lightly kissed her neck as he finally got the corset undone and threw it gently off to the side. Water of the lake both still on their skin, glistening in the candle light. His hands moving up the sides of her body, pushing her arms above her head, primal urges already starting to come a light in his eyes. He moved back and kissed her upon the lips, his lust dripping from the gesture as his hands caressed her body.

He slid down and kissed around her navel as he started to work on getting her skirt off. He grabbed both that and her undergarments and pulled them off, aside they went. Fair was only fair as he started to get the simple slacks he wore off. His hand moved softly up the side of her leg as he leaned in to kiss her once more.

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 7:51 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

She heard it in his voice and frowned greatly. “My heart hurt. I couldn’t believe you would leave me in the burning wagon unless you did die. I was in denial about it and I lost myself. I wandered as a shell of myself and allowed myself to lay with a murderer because it filled something in that hole. He took care of me but only because I grounded him. I feel like he would have killed me if I wasn’t a source of entertainment.” 

She looked away and shook her head. “I needed help so I sought Bryony out and asked her what to do. Bryony who lost someone she loved once told me to take any opportunity to heal. Even after a thousand years she had mourned and she didn’t want that for me.” She frowned deeply. 

After she laid his hand on her heart she gave him a smile. “I’m sorry I didn’t worry more and search for you. I should have asked my tarot cards but… I know my cards were burnt and the only one who could tell was Bryony, and she wasn’t speaking.” 

She listened to Zanar for a long time before she closed her eyes. “I’m so sorry they did that to you.” She took his hands again and held onto them. She had forgotten just how much bigger his hands were than her’s. It was odd to look at. “I’ll take care of you until you feel better and after that we will continue to live.” She kissed his wrists again. “I’ll help you too. I’ll make up for not looking I swear.”

Taking her cup of tea she took a sip of the drink. “Maybe we should go rest up in the room?” It was the one place she could try and make him feel better, well unless he liked the table. She chuckled a bit.

She got up and pulled him to his feet easily enough. Up the stairs and into the main bedroom. It was brightly colored just like the outside of the wagon. She pulled him down and kissed him gently at first. “I’ll make you feel better I swear.”

Author: Aegis, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 7:32 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

He sipped on the tea as he listened to her story of her other lover. On the inside he couldn’t help but to be furious. He had searched and searched, without stop when he escaped to get back to her and yet at the same time she stopped and took in another. He also felt like she probably had made the right decision for herself, and he was just too stubborn to do the same. He had plenty of women thrown at him from happy father’s trying to wed them off to a strong swordsman….and every time he denied them and went on his way if he heard anything.

“You did what you had to do for what was best for you. Your happiness has always been my top priority..and if this man,” the hesitation and slight frustration in his voice was made apparent as he said the last part, “helped do that for you..then I should have nothing to complain about.” He sat his cup of tea back down on the saucer that it was carried on. His spirit was lifted again once she had told him about the vision of the trial again. “A goddess’ magic..it’s almost absolute by nature. Though only Yggdrasil knows absolution.”

He laid his hand upon where her heart was, when she brought it up to there and turned slight to face her more. He closed his eyes and felt her lips on his cheek, telling him all that he needed to hear and feeling the beat of her heart. “I will always worry about you…until death sweeps me away to the afterlife. Hell even then I think my spirit will.”

He drew his hand away and just held onto her hand as he looked at the energy above him. “As you know from my past, I was far more attuned to the mana in the air. I was more a sword wielding mage than anything. They knew that..and they used that to torture me.” Unintentionally his grip tightened on her hand, yet he managed to undo it before he hurt her.

“Little by little. They either sealed away the magic I once knew, and as a mage that is your lifeline. But if they wanted info..or just to please themselves on that damned airship, they would do far worse.” Looking back towards her eyes. “We all are connected to the mana in the air, ground, and water. Invisible channels in our body draws it in….they would overload them, and cause them to burst within my body.”

A cold shiver ran down his spine as he remembered and even felt the slight twinges of pain. “I maybe damaged more on the inside than what I know, so far nothing wrong has become of me…but losing that connection…that life surge. Its pain is unimaginable and lingers.”

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 7:04 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

“She needed a mobile torture chamber unfortunately. It had body parts and other shit in it.” She sighed a bit and frowned. “It took a lot of cleaning and I even had to tame Sehr. He was really wounded by her and had a bad spell on him but I managed to get the curse off of him. It was a lot of work, I promise.”

She sighed at his words and waited for the kettle to boil and blow. Pouring the hot water she made their  tea and carried it over. Pulling a chair by him she sat down. “There is more for me to tell you as well.” She appeared nervous. “Why I originally stole this wagon… You should know.” She leaned back and held onto her cup tightly. “I waited for a long time and I wandered. Until one day I met a man who tried to fill the hole. We were together for a while but when the tears opened up and we fell in… I lost him and I made at both of you.”

Her fingers tapped against the cup. “Maybe because I was always by myself. So I stole this wagon and horse to find Sirian but I couldn’t. No matter where I looked on Canelux all over for him.” She appeared more upset. “Then Angela’s temple happened and I didn’t see his child, I saw your’s, I was so confused. I was sad but also happy because in the end I was just trying to fill a hole that you left.”

She set the cup down and took his wrists, kissing the marks. “You don’t have to tell me right now. I may have questions but it hurts to even think about it, I can tell just by looking at you. Whatever they did to you, I am sorry.” She put his hands up by her heart and gave him a smile. “You don’t have to worry around me. Just try and relax, alright?” She leaned over and kissed his cheek. "You can tell me whatever you are alright with telling me. The rest can wait until you are strong enough."

Author: Aegis, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 6:52 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

As he parted to go get his things, he couldn’t help but to smile a little and enjoy the moment of happiness that he had. Sure he had his fun doing his jobs, and making those that he did help have a moment of respite in their daily lives, this was different though a feeling you just couldn’t replace. He got to his things and put on the simple grey tunic and pants. He made sure the tunic was tight around him with a dark green sash. He cared not to put the rest of his attire on and just threw it over his shoulder, the loud clank of the clawed plate gauntlet ringing out in the night.

On his way back to the wagon, it occurred to him that he did not have his blade in his effects. It must’ve still been down in the drink. Quickly he made it to the water’s edge and once again snapped his fingers and the black wisp came rising from threshold. “So sorry about that friend,” he said to the cloud and returned over to the wagon.

As Kalyani opened the door, he was just expecting a more spacious wagon interior but instead was blown away buy what his eyes beheld him. It was about the size of a double story cottage, and he was struck back by the magics that bound the interior to this wagon. “Dear god…who knew hags could do something like this. I always thought their accursed blood magic was just meant to torture.”

He laid the rest of his clothing down by the door and took a seat at the table, yet he also noticed how her face contoured into a frown as she said that. This he knew would happen, being gone for so long would cause a tad bit of distrust and distain between them…so it would come to be expected.

“What do you wish to know. I know there is more on your mine than you let out. Even though I was gone I do still know you and your signs.” He said to her. He wanted to hear it from her, though he was sure he knew what she wanted to ask. He was unaware at the same time he was rubbing the scars on his left wrist. It was a habit that happened when he got nervous, anxious, and afraid all the same.

The pain still affected him to this day. The seals and the torn mana channels were still healing..

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:38 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

Kalyani seen the pain in his face and it made her feel terrible. She reached up and stroked his cheek. “We’ll get you through those memories. The best way is to do it together.” She leaned his head down to kiss his forehead. It was a sad feeling around them even if it was a happy moment. The rage had subsided and she felt all eyes were on them even if it were just the two of them.


“Yep, I could tell because he had your face and hair.” She gave him a chuckle and shook her head. “He just told me I would know and that was it. I thought Angela was messing with me.” She repeated herself and knew that someday she would have to apologize to the goddess for being upset.


“Oh, he is and he knows it.” She stroked his mane. “I sort of stole him and my wagon from a hag. Though if you were following the rumors I’m sure you heard quite a bit about that one.” She winced a bit as she thought about what Bryony was going to do to her when she got caught.


Pulled out of her own thoughts she smiled up at him and returned the kiss. It was happy and short but she left off with a laugh. “You are right. Go get your clothes and I’ll show you the wagon. You won’t believe it until you see it.” It took her seconds to get dressed while she waited for the man to show back up.


“I told you I stole this from a hag. The amount of cleaning that bitch made me do was horrid.” She opened the door and the magic of the wagon expanded. The cottage on the inside was bigger than they ever had before. “Our wagon before was just a closet dream compared to this.” She offered him her hand before leading him inside.



“Find a seat at the table and I’ll make us some tea. You must be tired from all the running around.” She frowned a bit.

Author: Aegis, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 11:26 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

He didn’t want to reply to her, he didn’t want to bring back the memories of his imprisonment. Even throughout the years he had tried to make up for the wrongs he did, people still held grudges and they still wanted him to get his just desserts. He got them and more..so much more than he could handle. “There is no way you could have found me..they were always on the move.”

As they exited, she spoke of hints that he was still alive, hints that she received from the goddess Angela. He had heard her name spoke by Kalyani before, and from others. He somewhat knew what the trials of her temple was…of course they were just hearsay from others, but to know that even Kalyani has the same visions. “A son…” It was hard even hearing the words come from him. He doubted himself “I do not blame you, maybe it would’ve shown me the same…I probably would have felt the same.”

Pulled out of his thoughts by the sudden yank of Kalyani, he having no choice but to follow her, came up to a large white horse. Another white horse he thought to himself as he was introduced to the horse. He could feel the warm breath come from the horse’s nostrils as he got his scent. “He is a beautiful one, I’m glad you find a new companion to keep you company” he smiled as he ran his hand up the horse’s snout gently. “Thank you.” He said to Sehr softly.

Retracting his hand he turned to face Kalyani. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her gently towards him. “Now I don’t really mind this, but I don’t think we both want to be standing around in the nude for much longer…just in case.” He teased her, as he was sure she forgot in the midst of the rush of things.

Before he left to go get his belongings, he did one thing he had been waiting to do for what felt like ages. He kissed the one woman who he had searched high and low for, working as a mercenary just to get by and travel. He felt like he had finally found his home once again.

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:39 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

His words did little to comfort her soul. After everything she had been through just to find out he was alive, it made her miserable. “I thought you were dead. Gone.” He wiped away her tears and she felt the same pulse that had awoken her that night in the blaze. She collapsed in his arms as she clung to him.


She pulled one of arms from around her and looked at the marks on his wrists. “What did they do to you.” Her free hand came over and rid herself of tears so she could look. “If I had known… If I had known I would have moved heaven and hell for you. I would have found some way to get you free. You know that right?” She was quick to try and tell him she wouldn’t purposely leave him.


She could feel herself sniffling and by the gods it had to look ugly on her. She pulled herself out of the water and brought him back out. “We should talk more… I didn’t know you were alive but there were hints.” She stopped at the edge of the water. “Angela, the ruler of the Red Court, rules as Goddess of Fertility and Earth… One of her trials…” She had a hard time telling him. “The other day I seen our son and I yelled at Angela because I thought she was making fun of me.”



She gripped his hands for a moment. “She probably had no idea what I was talking about.” Though Angela had probably also dealt with it several times from other people. “Come you must meet Sehr.” She yanked his hand along just like the old times. She took him to see the large white drought horse and smiled. “This is Sehr. He is sweet.” She brought Zanar’s hand up so Sehr could sniff him.

Author: Aegis, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 10:20 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

The bed stones came fast and furious at him, he barely had time to dodge them. He snapped his fingers and his blade from over at the tree came to him in this wispy form and rematerialized. Immediately his swordsmanship reflexes kicked in and he blocked the remaining with the sheathed blade, or so he thought. A final stone came and nailed him square in the forehead, which caused him to recoil over in pain as he held his head. Her anger was still as furious as it ever had been.

He shook his head and looked up again, just in time to see her slip off the smooth stones. He rushed to her, dropping the blade in the water. He may have treasured the blade, but to him she was far more important. He caught her in the midst of her fall. A first instinct was to back away and see if she was alright, but he knew she wouldn’t just calmly ask her. He was not that stupid. Instead he held her close, and tight, just to embrace her again and also so he wouldn’t be struck by her fists.

“I never wanted to leave you…it killed me to do so.” He replied, loosening his hold on her and actually embracing her in a true hug instead of trying to restrain. “My past, my actions I did far before I met you caught up with me. I had to leave..to save you.”
“They came in the midst of the night, I had gone out to get some air. I was captured, by official sanctioned mages.” He said pulling away from the hug and taking her hands in his. He had turned his arms up to show her the scars of the shackles on his wrists. They were deep and jagged, like he had tried to rip his whole hand off to get away from them.

“I was asked if I was with anyone else, and I said no..they had trackers and mercenaries with them…who knows what they would have done with you..or what they would do to you.” He said bringing his hand up and cupping her cheek with it, wiping away the tears with his thumb. “Of course they didn’t believe me and they set fire to the wagon, our home, and killed the horse…just to get a reaction out of me. I had to stay strong, I could not say anything…but I did do something,”

Closing his eyes he focused. It was much harder to use the pulse, ever since they sealed away most of his magic. Or burst the mana channels in his body, scars on his chest showing where they had done so. After a few moments he managed to send out the same small scale mana pulse..the same one he had used to waken her from her sleep.

Opening his eyes he looked into hers. “I had thought you dead for so long…but I heard the rumors, I read the stories. A gyspy always leaves their mark when they go through a town…the same gypsy who left her mark in me.”

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 9:45 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

Kalyani was frustrated and she knew why. Angela’s realm had the habit of getting under her skin and she wondered just what trickery the goddess was up to now. It took her a while to dip herself further down into the water but before she could fully dip a voice reached her ear. It was her own.

Whipping herself down she lost her footing as she stared at him. “Zan-” She screamed a bit as she fell completely into the pool on her rear. She flailed about in the water for a moment before she came and threw river stones at him. “You bastard! You just left me what the hell is wrong with you.” She began to slip on more of the river stones.

The halfling found herself upset with him as he dove forward and caught her. “You are such a bastard.” He held her tightly as if knowing the woman was going to beat him with her own fists. Kalyani had tears now as she realized Angela’s realm had no trickery to them.  “Why did you leave me?”

Author: Aegis, Posted: Wed Jun 1, 2016 9:23 AM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

Zanar sat there on a log, cross legged, hands resting on his knees. He was silent as the elements around him stirred, the birds singing, and the rush of the falls in the background. It was a peaceful scene on the outside, yet in the swordsman’s mind chaos was brewed.
”How the living hell did I lose the tracks!!!” The silence was shattered with him screaming out, his eyes snapping open. He quickly jumped up from the fallen log and took a look around seeing if he could find the tracks once again, to no avail of course. The humidity in the air and the wildlife had made it impossible for him to find it.


”Right there…she was right there, and I had lost her again…Damn it all.” His fist tightening up, as he could feel the anger brewing inside him, more at the fact that he felt like he failed once again. All he could think of was how he had left her there, burning in that wagon and only could send out a slight pulse of mana to awaken her. In doing so though, the mages that had captured him tortured him even more for the disobedience.


He gently rubbed the back of his neck as he looked up at the canopy of the trees, the sun peeking through the cracks of the leaves. He admitted defeat, and would just have to pick up the trail again from any rumors he heard from the people in the towns, it was all he had to go on now. While he was in the area it was a good time for him to get cleaned up.

”Vox to me.,” He commanded and the black wisp of energy that was following him around materialized into a sheathed katana in the air before his hand. He grabbed it and placed it on the ground next to the tree, which he decided was a good place to strip down. He folded his garments neatly placing them next to his blade before turning and diving into the crisp, cold waters.
He had not noticed the presence of someone else there.

That is until he surfaced from his dive and the water had cleared from his eyes. It felt like his heart had just stopped completely in his chest, as a woman was bathing beneath the falls. Not just any woman though, she was the one he was searching for this whole time. He had remembered everything about her, it was the only thing that got him through the time spent on that damned prison airship. He didn’t even realize that he was staring…it was like time had just frozen still for him. A single word, a name came from his lips.

”Kalyani.”

Author: Kalyani, Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:37 PM, Post Subject: Our Dreams[P/R]

The visions from Angela’s temple haunted her and she was quick to have left her companion behind for a breath of fresh air. She didn’t know if she had the strength to go back there and she was sure that Angela could handle her new friend.


There was a sickening pit in her stomach as she led Sehr over to the water. “We can come here now thanks to Sebastian.” She moved the horse’s white mane and kissed his snout. “You are a good boy.” She rubbed his nose and smiled, “but I need a bath and this place has many good memories.” She untied him from the wagon and let the horse wander about. As long as she was near by she was sure he would be fine and not mischievous.

She put the break down on the wagon and began to strip off her clothes throwing them up onto the wagon’s seat. Nimbly she braided her raven locks before throwing it over her shoulder. “I’ll be right in the water so make a noise if you need me Sehr.”

The horse grunted at her and she laughed before descending into the pool. The halfling swam out into the open water and found footing on some stones. The roaring falls came over her and she closed her eyes. The visions of the child haunted her and brought her hands up and felt her forehead. “Was Angela playing a joke on me? Or…” Was it possible?

Zanar. He was one of her first loves after a long time. It stung to think about it. It stung a lot more than thinking about Sirian. Maybe it was because of how close they had gotten and the dreams they had talked about so many times before. The two of them and the road to adventure was all they had. Even in the tight space of the gypsy wagon they were happy. It stung to think it wasn’t like that anymore. She hadn’t been his prisoner, or forced companion, but his lover and friend.

What the hell was the point of even trying anymore if people just kept dying or getting lost? Her arms fell to her sides as she huffed in agitation. She was over thinking Angela’s temple way too much for her liking.


To be a gypsy was to be free and she certainly was not free at the moment.