Anria is lonely, you meet Anria, yes? Yes
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Post by Anria Liana on Sept 19, 2017 3:20:12 GMT
[googlefont="Griffy"][googlefont="Abel"] SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS WE ARE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT RUNNING FROM THE DAY Again, Anria narrowed her eyes. It was a habit she had developed and was still unaware she had. She used to put on a front of being audacious and overpowered, but there had always been a sense of caution and reservation that had never let her really develop a relationship with someone, not since her family was murdered.
Of course she was cautious. He was a stranger. She had nearly killed someone hardly weeks ago without even using her full might. What would happen if she and Luke fought? She would certainly kill him, Anria believed, and it would be far from pretty.
Yet he was clearly and honestly confused and had little to no concept of who or what or where he was. So Anria let her guard down; just a little, barely anything, but enough.
Anria raised a groomed eyebrow at him. "You're a therian," she began, somewhere between amusement, horror, and shock. She'd never met someone who sincerely didn't know about therians. Even the general human population was aware of the existence of Therians, and she knew from experience that was often how the HBES was able to track them down. She couldn't help but wonder how he was so utterly in the dark.
The red head paused, then stood and paced to the edge of the gazebo. "Like me." Then, gently, Anria extended her large white wings to show Luke. "I have the ability to turn into a hawk as I please. If you are really a therian as your friend claims, you should have a similar ability."
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Post by Luke Stewart on Sept 22, 2017 2:54:31 GMT
Luke thinks to himself that this seems unfair. how was he supposed to just become a cat? he opened his mouth to speak but his question was already answered. luke spontaneously transformed into a jet black panther in front of Anria. Luke walked around for a few seconds and turned back towards Anria. he asked "how many therians are there? where is this place and where did we come from?". Luke turns back into a human shape shaken with awe.
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Post by Anria Liana on Sept 22, 2017 3:03:22 GMT
[googlefont="Griffy"][googlefont="Abel"] SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS WE ARE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT RUNNING FROM THE DAY She watched Luke's face with a keen interest as his gaze shifted from confusion to frustration. There was a moment of hesitation, during which Anria folded her wings away and leaned back against the gazebo railing, crossing her arms.
It was at this moment that Luke shifted into a panther. Of course, it was a touch sloppy, but to be fair he'd never rehearsed it before, as far as either of them knew. She couldn't help but smile as he paced around on awkward legs, getting a feel for this second body.
"How many therians are there? He asked, "Where is this place and where did we come from?"
Anria shrugged. "Haven is entirely composed of Therians," she stated, and of course that first part was a lie, as far as she knew. But Luke didn't need to know that right now. "No one really knows how many Therians there are in existence because, besides the ones in Haven, they're all hiding from prejudice. And as for Haven itself... Well we also don't know exactly were it is. That shimmer in the air you walked through? That was a portal that sort of jumped you to where ever you appeared."
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Post by Luke Stewart on Sept 22, 2017 3:22:02 GMT
Luke paused for at least 15 seconds and passed around. in the 48 hours, he's been alive his body was of little concern to him and only now he began to notice odd characteristics on and around his body. he takes off his gloves and reveals 1-inch white claws in place of the fingernails he assumed he had. He then notices something shaking the back of his trench coat back and forward. Luke reached his hand back slowly and grips a tail sticking out of the small of his back that was tucked into his pants. Luke is overcome with this new discovery and goes and sits on the bench in a defensive pose with his arms crossed. he asks Anria shily "am I a monster?"
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Post by Anria Liana on Sept 22, 2017 3:32:14 GMT
[googlefont="Griffy"][googlefont="Abel"] SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS WE ARE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT RUNNING FROM THE DAY Anria sighed sympathetically. She understood how it felt. For those years leading up to her discovery of Haven, she had lived presuming that the reason she was being pursued was because she really was an anathema like the media and the government claimed. This was a sinking feeling, not one that overruled the violence and sharp wit of those days, but always something she felt uncertain of.
The avian therian shook her head slightly, the corner of her lip and eye drawing up into a kind of pitying grin. "No. Of course not. None of us are. We're just... different. We're products of residual magic from countless centuries ago."
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Post by Luke Stewart on Sept 22, 2017 3:49:59 GMT
Luke had been having a breakdown until he heard the word magic. he liked to think of himself as magic. his eyes widened and he said "so you can become a hawk?" implying Anria could show him her magic. Luke looked gitty with anticipation as he stood up from the bench to watch what he assumed Anria was about to show him. Lukes tail had unraveled itself from Lukes clothes and jutted out behind him waving around in the air in the background.
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Post by Anria Liana on Sept 23, 2017 16:27:08 GMT
[googlefont="Griffy"][googlefont="Abel"] SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS WE ARE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT RUNNING FROM THE DAY Luke hadn't asked anything wrong. He was just a kid in the candy store, and he just discovered he was one of its owners. Of course he was beyond excited and starving to confirm that there really was other people like him, that this was all real.
But Anria's gaze fell to Luke's left and she fell into quiet contemplation for the shortest of seconds. She found herself reliving part of that memory, that real day when everything had run downhill. Enter her best friend, a human. Anria had, so very very long ago, finally told her friend her greatest secret: Anria was a therian. Her friend's eyes had lit up with a similar kind of eagerness, "So you can change into an animal?" But Anria should have known that that eagerness was for the excitement of exposing a therian. Anria. So the HBES came, and they killed her family, and all because she had shared a secret.
But Luke was also a therian. And he was just high with awe. He meant no harm.
Anria quickly returned her gaze and smiled warmly with a confirmatory nod. His eyes begged proof, quiet giddiness. She understood the feeling of wanting to know there was someone like her out there.
So Anria slipped into her hawk form, elegant with practice. She flew hovering in the air a second, then darted to the gazebo railing and perched there. Having alighted, she waited a moment, then returned to her human form, now sitting cross-legged on the gazebo railing with a bemused grin.
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Post by Luke Stewart on Sept 23, 2017 17:11:03 GMT
Luke smiles with gratitude, still overcome with awe. Luke tries to pinch himself to ensure this situations reality but stops himself midway with the realization that his claws would draw a much more painful injury than he was in need of having. Lukes high was stopped when he remembered what Anria mentioned a few minutes ago. that his new magic friends had been hiding from some sort of prejudice.
"you said people like us were hiding from prejudice? whats the catch? id count myself quite lucky."
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Post by Anria Liana on Sept 23, 2017 17:38:13 GMT
[googlefont="Griffy"][googlefont="Abel"] SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS WE ARE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT RUNNING FROM THE DAY Anria sighed. She knew that question was coming, but she wished he could have enjoyed a few more minutes of bliss before she instilled him with the caution and fear that had already been engraved into her skin and bones.
Her grin slipped away and she took on a rigid, somewhat hesitant composure. "Before I say anything, just know that you're safe in Haven, okay?" She pinched her lips for a moment, then with another uncomfortable sigh, continued.
"Since the general population found out about the existence of Therians, the humans have, to speak generally, been afraid and cruel to our kind. The government rallied a military operation known as the HBES. Most of the people here in Haven are victims of this organization in some way, even... myself included." She stopped, swallowed, and looked down at the ground.
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Post by Luke Stewart on Sept 23, 2017 18:46:38 GMT
Luke looked puzzled at why this fun new world was so dark. he saw Anria go from generally happy to very mournful. Luke asked "what did they do to them? to you?". Luke was hesitant to ensure he wasn't crossing any lines with his questions. Lukes tail wrapped around his waist and he crossed his arms. he had been on a roller coaster of emotion from being unsure about haven to being in aw about Anria to being ashamed of his form to then being proud of it. now he was unsure if he should. or if he was in danger.
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