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Date Posted: 18:32:33 03/22/03 Sat
Author: Erashun
Subject: ((crimson droplets spattered across freshly-fallen snow))
In reply to: Zrego, Jysulehn, and Yoshi 's message, "Sort of Erashun's place to post next but... meeh... *peers at Kenshin again... starting the fourth repitition for the day... someone should really be pulling me away soon... I watched it in english twice, Now I'm going for japanese with english subtitles...AH! KENSHIN SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN IN JAPANESE... *SWITCHES IT BACK! SWITCHES IT BACK!*" on 16:23:07 03/10/03 Mon

((Quiet note... in this, Erashun will wait until Zrego and then Deyt move to walk beside him on either side, one after the other, before speaking. This isn't intended to be PPing, just anticipating your actions and incorporating them. ^_^))

Darkly silver eyes flick to Jysulehn once but no comment is made, nor does an expression glint from those snowy orbs. His muzzle angles at Deyt and tilts ever-so-slightly; the white examines her for many long minutes, unmoving except to softly breathe. Then, in silence excluding the silky rustle of exquisitely long fur, Erashun rises and begins his soft pace along the river once more. The slightest angling of his whitely-silver blade sends a glimmer of reflected water-light along the sharper edge - a gesture for his companions to follow him. "Zrego." The quiet summons is spoken without any inflection... or so one might think.

Once the striped falls into step next to him, the Korat speaks in a smoothly low and rhythmic tone. "Shula has plans for you, mri'fre, plans that Atumi has been told to carry out. They've not told me such in words, but the wind sang of your presence even before I recognized your blood." The white keeps his gaze ahead and muzzle straight, gargantuan form rolling gracefully with each well-placed step. "Now that I have returned, I will be asked to aid in your development." One ear-tassle is flicked to punctuate the absence of the word 'training'. "But you will no longer be the only one who requires special attention. Those behind us demand thus by their very presences."

A long, possibly over-extended pause, before the white raises his voice slightly, simply an indication that he now speaks to all three. "Korats such as yourselves are rare; you are a salute to our race and your breeds." No comment is made on Zrego's and Deyt's lack of a true breed... perhaps stripeds are considered a breed of their own by now? But that cannot be - each established breed has its own Original. "Deyt." The quiet summons is again non-authoritive, yet non-plaintive; it is a simple spoken word. When the hybrid flanks him opposite Zrego, the white continues in a minutely quieter voice, now only speaking to her.

"You may or may not doubt me, or you may or may not feel that I am inferior to you. I do not care. I know your history, Deyt." Silver eyes flick to her only briefly before aiming ahead once again. "I am willing to teach, if only to remove the scars that you have collected like treasures and that you refuse to relinquish to the blackness of the past." The slightest hint of a sigh is mingled with a measured exhalation. "You can become much more than you are now, Deyt. Whether you choose to learn from me or not, it does not matter except in this instant of time. I am not vital to your own growth; this I know as well as you do. Nor are you one to idly toss an opportunity away, but if you would only seize it this once..." Another glance, brief but profound. "It is your choice. You can find this chance elsewhere, I deem... or you can take it where it lies now, at your paws."

This time, Erashun slows his long-legged stride enough so that he falls back to walk alongside Jysulehn, leaving the two stripeds to lead the way along the riverside. "You I know less of than I would like, Jysulehn." The white angles his muzzle to look at his companion for a moment, never missing a measured step. "A story has been shared, but it is only a fragment of your own tale. You have potential within you, but it is not like Deyt's nor Zrego's." A soft smile creases the white's shaggy muzzle momentarily. "You are an enigma to me, mri'tho. I cannot place you against those I have met before. If you are willing to listen to me, then I will have my chance at learning of you - a mutually beneficial opportunity." The Korat swings his muzzle forward again, voice projecting in that slight rise that lets his companions know that they're all included in this.

"This is an exceptional pack, unlike any we have had before. Never before has Shula been graced with more than one exception. It will be the first time that this exception's training will not be in solitude. I am unaware of how this will work out... but if you are still willing to learn, then I will teach you. But not solely I. Tew's tricks will have a place, as will Shula's skills, and Atumi's talents. Your packmates will eventually benefit from the compilation of our knowledge; but for you, it will be much more immediate and breath-taking."

Erashun stops and regards each Korat in turn steadily before enunciating one last sentence. "If you will stay, then I assure you that you will become one of the elite."

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~!@#$%^&*()_+ -- Deyt, 21:55:23 03/24/03 Mon
Watching from a respectful distance, having one of those arguments -- Rachedith and Adi, 19:41:47 04/12/03 Sat