Wandering Man [OPEN]

[Oki]

Patience my young Padawan...patience

With how many stories he had Graal speak of and he was sure he missed quite a few that he told to others, he was set upon the fact that he just hasn't mentioned Cercius. Scratching at his thigh, it was then Cercius mentioned his connections with Graal. Well, he could see how, being that he has wandered out this way towards Shinkou and doesn't speak of his old ways much other than through stories, nor care to return. It still was saddening to hear such and he couldn't help but tilt his head to the side as Cercius stated a reason why. Glancing over his way, he spoke in a softer and hesitant tone, "Did you kill them?..."

Though before the man could answer him right away, the female that was some distance away just slid to the opposite side of Cercius of Oki. Demanding both of their attentions, Oki sighed with an exaggerated blink. Keeping them closed, he moved from his crouched position to where he was sitting on his rear, having his legs crossed. Placing his paws on his knees, his eyes re-opened and looked over as Cercius began speaking again, answering his question. "Liiru...Gouru...", he sounded them out himself quietly. Thinking, he tried to remember if heard those words before. Though, the female named grace spoke before he could. He had also heard of the term werewolf before, though he regarded them as humans that had a deranged form that looked like an anthropomorphic wolf, but bigger and taller. He nodded when Cercius mentioned it was hard to control for him. "I'm going to assume as well that either Liiru or Gouru mean you have a ...werewolven form and one that is more like a true wolf?", he felt redundant asking again, but he needed clarification, "And hearing that you can't control them, I'm also going to assume your true form is the one you have taken currently, correct?", eyes glanced over at the male once more, brows raised in wait for the answer.

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"I just wanna talk..." she says, resting her head on her hands, looking like a sulky teenager.
He almost felt bad for her.
"Does she even have a pack to talk to? To teach her and guide her?" he wonders, curious of her upbringing.
"Wait, does that mean your like, a werewolf?"
Now that caught him by surprise, alarm bells sounding off in his head as he glances surreptitiously towards her, giving her a once-over, but Oki's question had to be answered first, such an inquiry had to be quelled before false conclusions could be made.
"No, Dragga, I did not kill the pup. I was not myself, and it attacked her, had I not come to my senses, it would have snapped her neck, but I stopped it and all she got were some scratches on her neck, her friend healed her and I excused myself to clear my head, and apologised with gifts, I think she understands now. Graal will tell you the same if you ask." he says, candid with each detail and action, hoping that dropping his pack-brother's name, he'd discourage more questions.
"I regret it happening, but I am proud I came to that early, it's faster than I have in the past." he thinks reassuringly to himself, his gaze swinging back to Grace,
"And aye Drappa, I am Vulfen, I'm more surprised you didn't know that the instant you met me, have you not a teacher? We have three stable forms, Man, Gouru and Liiru, meaning human, hybrid, animal, in that order." he says, his face kind and open as he offers the knowledge that any child should have.
"Oh well, never hurts to refresh the memory."

[Midnight]

((Would it be ok for me to join now? Ps ill delete this once i get an answer. (; ))

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"And aye Drappa, I am Vulfen, I'm more surprised you didn't know that the instant you met me, have you not a teacher? "Oh, um..." Grace felt her face heat up and lowered her eyes to the ground. "I knew you smell similar to wolves...but you're a human...I wasn't sure what to make of it." Grace eyes dropped. She had a wolf and human form... did she had a hybrid form as well? No, if she did she would know. Right? She shook the thought out of her head.

She didn't have a teacher either. She had been kicked out of the only home she knew. Torches and pitchforks... Grace choked back a whimper at the thought of the day her life fell apart. The day she had to leave behind everything she knew and had to survive in a wild land she had never stepped in before. The day her family and friends tried to kill her because she transformed to a wolf. "I don't have a teacher...In all honesty, I don't know much about anything really."

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(( Midnight or Oki, either will do, just post! XD ))

[Midnight]

((Ok ok! Sorry ^^;)

Midnight laughed coarsely from under the bridge. "You sure left some scars though." She said, stepping out from under the bridge. She nodded to Oki before sitting between Cercius and him. She looked at the female, having never seen her before, and said, "I'm Midnight, what about you?"
After she got an answer, she would turn and listen or answer whatever was said.

[Oki]

Cercius spoke in an odd way, being more specific than Oki had anticipated. He was just curious if he was the one guilty of killing Graals family. The tone he held before when Oki had first inquired about Graal led him to ask such a thing. Though, the man went into detail about Graal's sister. He wondered what exactly attacked his sister. As Cercius continued to explain, Oki slowly nodded in acknowledgment and came to understand that Cercius isn't too bad of a person and seems to quickly apologize for things he does wrong, much like himself. At least he knew and recognized it, he thought to himself. Pulling at his goatee, he continued to nod, "I see..., his eyes looked forward as he processed what the man said. He refrained from trying to pry more details out of him, but said this, "Does Graal hate you or resent you because of his connection with you and his family or are you two mutually fine with each other?", he felt that now knowing both of them, he needed to know how they felt about each other so he didn't cause more tension because of ignorance.

Agreeing with Cercius as he questioned the female, if she truly could shift between forms, she should know how to differentiate them between normal humans or normal wolves. As his assumption was correct, he nodded to his satisfaction. Tilting his head to the side a little, he looked over in Grace's direction, "No one cared to teach you about your born 'gifts'?", he asked, then slowly came to realize as the thought more about it, "...Because no one wanted to?" He knew quite a bit about humans, sometimes observing their cynical and selfish ways, casting away anyone who was different.

"Ah Midnight...I was wondering when the troll who lived under the bridge was going to show herself", Oki chuckled playfully. Truly he didn't know she was there, but decided to welcome her with his usual crack of a joke to those he knew previously and those who knew him in return.

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"Oh, um... I knew you smell similar to wolves...but you're a human...I wasn't sure what to make of it..."
"Oh, the poor girl, she really hasn't been taught anything of our kind..."
She choked back a whimper and Cercius couldn't help but feel sorry for the child, he reaches out a hand and places it on hers subtly, giving a soft, understanding nod as he withdraws it once more, his eyes showing concern and care.
"I don't have a teacher...In all honesty, I don't know much about anything really."
"Should I teach her?" he wonders, "She looks so lost and she knows so little of her heritage! She deserves to know that much!"
Oki cocks his head to the side a little, looking over in Grace's direction,
"No one cared to teach you about your born 'gifts'?", he asks,
"Is it a gift, or a curse? Surely her form is no curse..." Cercius muses, letting Oki finish, 
"...Because no one wanted to?" 
"Oh come now Oki, no need to interrogate her now, is there?" he says quickly, interjecting with a proposition of his own,
"I can teach you what little I know of your kind, but Ryleigh should really be your first go-to, because she's the same as you. Would you like that?" he asks, smiling softly.

Meanwhile, Oki slowly nodded in acknowledgment having thought over Cercius' previous words and was pulling at his goatee as Cercius turns back to the anthro.
"I see... Does Graal hate you or resent you because of his connection with you and his family or are you two mutually fine with each other?"
A pained look crosses Cercius' face as Oki asks his question. He knew why he was being asked, but that didn't make answering it any easier.
Mmmm." he begins, raising one hand and wobbling it side to side in a rocking motion, "Hard to say how he feels about me really, I still regard him as my pack-brother, but he seems to have severed that tie, and he seems to think I left our brother to die in Ashory, our homeland... And I DID attack Midnight, though I hasten to add again that I wasn't myself, you understand?"

A laugh echoes from under the bridge, making Cercius jump almost imperceptibly.
"You sure left some scars though." Midnight said, stepping out from under the small stone. She nodded to Oki before sitting between Cercius and him, stinging his pride a little as she didn't nod to him.
He wasn't too surprised that she had popped out of nowhere, as he had felt that odd buzz in his head at her approach.
"I can only wonder if you're in my head again, can you tell me if you are?" he thinks silently to himself, then nods to Midnight.
"Midnight, Grace, Grace, Midnight." he says introducing them to one another.

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Grace nodded to Cercius's question. She would like to know something, other than the fact she could change into a wolf. But she didn't know who Ryleigh was. She would have asked, but then a new member joined their group."You sure lest some scars, though." Grace hadn't smelled her under the bridge and was caught of guard by her appearance. She would have introduced herself, but Cercius beat her to the punch, something she didn't mind. Grace assumed a smile and set her mind off of the dark path her "gifts" as Oki it, often brought her to. She instead ventured into small talk. "So, Midnight, any reason you were spending you're day under a bridge?"

[Midnight]

"Hello Grace." she said, smiling at the teenage human. She had heard what she had gone through, and also that the girl knew next to nothing about herself and what she was capable of. For her sake, Midnight hoped Cercius or even Oki would help her out.
"Well, a troll can't live under her bridge forever." She said, flicking her tail at Oki's leg.
'Oh yes, I'm always in your head. I gotta know when the killer comes out so I can run.' She said to Cercius through her mind. To show there was no insult, she moved a bit closer and shouldered him gently.
"Well Grace, I suppose I was waiting for a couple of deliquents to come along, so maybe I could have a little fun today." She said last, smiling.

[Oki]

It was easy to see that the female human was naive, whether towards herself or the whole world...or both he even considered. Of course he shouldn't berate anyone because they were ignorant of specific things. Hell, even he was still learning and had plenty to learn about a lot of things in this world and even about himself. He just wanted to know what had caused her to be unknowing about so many things. He couldn't help but laugh a little at Cercius' interjection, "No, but I was just curious...but a little interrogation never hurt anyone", he laughed again. Though what he said following caught his ear. He just remembered again that he has met Ryleigh in the recent past. He added in after the man finished talking to Grace, "Oh aye, Ry would be a great one to talk to. I can take you to her if you'd like", he smiled. Then if any of them were to ask who she was or how he knew her, he would then smile wider and happily say that she was his mate.

After Cercius finished answering his last question about him and Graal, Oki decided to end it there before pain and anger surfaced and caused tension between him and the man. Oki nodded more to show he was listening and he quickly answered back after closing his eyes, "I understand...I'm just curious how you and Graal regarded each other. If he thinks badly of you, that doesn't mean I will....we all make mistakes", he added in solemnly. A sigh escaped through his nose and then he seemed to brighten back up, not wanting to turn sour at the thought of reflecting upon his own mistakes.

It was by that time that Midnight had joined their little group. He smiled at her retort, "Indeed." Just as he was wondering why a bridge to make a home of, Grace asked a similar question. Oki found her answer quite amusing. "Aye, so you could jump out and demand the password from them to cross your bridge", he then laughed, continuing his joke about the troll living under the bridge.

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After Cercius finished answering Oki's last question about Graal and he, Oki allarently decided to end the conversation, nodding more and quickly answered back after closing his eyes, "I understand...I'm just curious how you and Graal regarded each other. If he thinks badly of you, that doesn't mean I will....we all make mistakes", he added solemnly, a sigh escaping through his nose before he seemed to brighten back up.Oki laughed gently at Cercius' interruption, "No, but I was just curious...but a little interrogation never hurt anyone", and the anthro laughed again, but Cercius' face grew sombre,
"I beg to differ..." he mutters, turning back to Grace as she nods to his question, and although he already knew that she wished to be taught, he nods as if accepting a great responsibility.
"I shall teach you then Drappa, but I would clarify only one thing: I think you and I are different, and if you do not possess Gouru, it does not mean you are failed, but it means you are blessed, but I will explain more later." he says sagely, a small smile returning as he introduces Grace and Midnight, the former opening her mouth to introduce herself, but relaxing slightly as he did it for her, a small smile crossing her face.
"Well, the least I can do is help her relax..."

He turns, smiling slightly himself, to Midnight,
"Well, a troll can't live under her bridge forever."
This continuing reference perplexed Graal, having never heard the children's story before and was about to open his mouth as Midnight's mind-speak answer came to him,
'Oh yes, I'm always in your head. I gotta know when the killer comes out so I can run.' She said, moving a bit closer to shoulder him.
"Lucky... I wish I could run from it..."

"I suppose I was waiting for a couple of deliquents to come along, so maybe I could have a little fun today." She said last, smiling.
"What are you two on about?"

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Grace openly smiled now. Cercius would teach her... Okay. But he seemed to be the one lost now."What are you to on about?" Was he lost at all the troll references? She remembered the story well enough, it was one of her favorite bedtime stories when she was very little. She ignored Cercius for now, though. Perhaps she could perplex him more.To Midnight, she asked "Were you hoping to make some billy goats go for a swim?" Midnight seemed like a pretty carefree person, and those were the type Grace loved the most.

[Midnight]

Midnight grinned at Cercius' confusion. She listened to all of them speak, saying to Oki, "And you still haven't guessed it." She liked Grace, and at her suggestion of billygoat murder she said, "Meh, I'd much rather eat them." She was thinking about Cercius and how he managed; what he went through. She honestly thought all he needed was a friend. Their little gathering was the start of bringing him out of his shell. She sat a couple inches from him, hoping he didn't take her joke personally.



((Hey I was going to put something to spice things up, like a bear or someone in trouble, SOMETHING. But I've got about as much apice as a glass of water. -__-))

[Oki]

"Aw c'mon, it was just a joke", he defensively added when Cercius seemed unamused. Albeit this, Oki was still amused by his own joke and soon dismissed it as the topic's switched gears and onto another. After the male had offered his help to Grace, Oki said as well, "I wouldn't mind helping either...Not sure of how much help I'll be, but I can help with what I can." He shrugged, emphasizing his uncertainty of his potential for helping her.

It had seemed that him and the two girls were all grinning at Cercius' ignorance of their reference. He didn't know if he should tune him in or continue it a little more for the amusement. "Be careful though Midnight...don't listen to their promises or else you'll get thrown of your bridge instead", he chuckled after. Oki was curious if Cercius wasn't familiar with the lore or he was just dense. Either way, he was enjoying the friendly taunt. If the man sill has yet to catch on, Oki would then enlighten him of their inside remarks.

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