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Post by irishredhead on Feb 7, 2006 20:49:23 GMT -5
((i kno!)) Brooke wrapped her arms around him back and kissed him passionately back. When she finally pulled away, he just stared at her for a moment. Brooke contemplated what had drawn her to him so quickly. 'He's sweet and perfect.' she decided.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 7, 2006 20:53:02 GMT -5
Ajax, suddenly shy, looked away and got up creakily to start unrolling the bedrolls, on opposite sides of the fire. He hadn't talked so much in years.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 8, 2006 16:36:55 GMT -5
Brooke sat in somewhat shock as she watched Ajax unroll the bedrolls on opposite sides of the fire. She got up and helped him unroll them. "What's wrong?" she asked quietly. "Did I do something..." she trailed off.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 8, 2006 18:09:51 GMT -5
"Nothing," he said, wondering why she'd thought so quickly that she'd done something. "But it's getting late.. we should get some sleep. And don't you have school tomorrow? In any case, I have to get back early for chores." He rubbed her back. "It's getting pretty cold, too."
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 8, 2006 18:12:12 GMT -5
Brooke blared up the fire and wondered if she really had done something to make him walk away like that. She wrapped her arms around herself and went over to her bedroll. "Nite." she said, pulling it up over her head, feeling slightly confused and wondering why Ajax had pulled away.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 8, 2006 18:51:11 GMT -5
Ajax, noticing Brooke's confusion and realizing what he hadn't before-- that she felt like he'd voluntarily left her side-- crouched next to her and delivered a kiss right on her lips, lingering a bit after the kiss ended right above her face. Then he said, "Good night," and started to pull out of his crouch.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 8, 2006 19:16:49 GMT -5
Brooke fizzed with passion and sighed contently. "Good night." she replied. She watched him walk to his bedroll, take off her jacket, and climb into it in only her pants that he had borrowed. She fell asleep with him in her mind. She knew he was still awake. Right before she drifted off, she made the fire more tender and loving colors and gave it orders to burn in that spot until she told it otherwise and that it had better burn all night or all the fire in the world would have issues with her.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 8, 2006 19:44:36 GMT -5
Ajax watched Brooke sleep peacefully until he finally got up and told a few squirrels to watch her carefully and alert him at any disturbance. Then he woke up the wolf gently and changed into his own wolf form. The two of them trotted off to rejoin their pack.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 8, 2006 19:55:11 GMT -5
Brooke felt something clawing at her face. She figured it was Ajax. "Stoppit..." she mumbled. The scratching didnt stop. She finally sat up and came face to face with the meanest looking bear she had ever seen in her entire life. She screamed and scrambled out of her bedroll, frantically looking around for Ajax. He wasn't anywhere around. She stared back at the bear, forgetting all magical powers and becoming paralyzed with fear. The only animal she had ever been afraid of was bears...and this one was the biggest and meanest of them all. Brooke stood rigid and watched, silently screaming, as the bear came closer and closer. She could tell it planned on eating her. The fire that was still blazing could not come to her aid because she had ordered it. She looked over at the fire temporarily and remembered her power. She flung a lightning bolt at it, but the lightning bolt passed through the creature. 'It's not mortal.' she realized in fear.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 8, 2006 21:44:32 GMT -5
Ajax howled in shock as he felt the squirrels perish with fear as an unearthly being approached Brooke. He quickly turned on his heels, and feeling his distress, his pack followed at top speed. He blindly rushed through the forest, prodding the bear's mind to distract it, although it was intelligent and he couldn't quite get through. Finally he arrived in the clearing and sprang at the bear, going for its throat. It easily cast him off, smacking him against a tree. Ajax got up and lunged again but was caught in a giant paw. "What do you want?" the bear roared. "She is my prey!" Ajax snarled and mindspoke to him that she was his prey, trying to play the bear's game.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 8, 2006 23:17:37 GMT -5
Brooke stood still, watching what she hoped was Ajax and trying to figure out how to defeat a spirit bear. 'Wind...' she decided. 'No, ill just run. FEA!!!!' she called frantically. She felt the horse gallop towards her then pause at the edge of the clearing, deciding whether or not to flee. He came to her aid. She leapt on him while he was running by and saw the bear fling Ajax out of his way and chase her. She momentarily paused and looked back at Ajax...he was still. "NOOOOOO" she cried and spun Fea around, charging right back at the bear. It paused, surprised and waited. She ran right around it, scooped up Ajax onto the horse, and Fea took off at a full gallop with the bear and the wolf pack right behind him. Fea was running for all his life was worth and Brooke was using all of her power with wind to try and push the bear backwards towards the wolves. still, it kept up. Ajax began to wake up and change form back to human. He was naked. Brooke looked down at him, blushed, and continued working on her plan and trying to cover her fears, trying to resist temptations as well.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 12, 2006 14:47:07 GMT -5
Ajax moaned and quickly stopped when he awoke, not wanting to worry Brooke. He looked back at the bear and the wolves, who looked like they were having fun. They hadn't had a chase like this in ages, and this was much more challenging than a moose, even a bull. Ajax grinned, canine teeth starting to show, and despite cracked ribs, changed back to a wolf while hopping off of Fea, and went in for another run. This time he made his wolf shape different from normal-- it was large, too large for a real wolf, and bulked up. He lowered his sleek black-furred head and rammed his whole body straight into the bear's stomach, knocking it down. This gave the snarling pack of wolves a chance to catch up, and they lit on the bear, teeth bared. It roared and from its body emitted a flash. The wolves, with bear blood on their muzzles, were all flung back except for Ajax. They got on their bellies, whimpering, except for the alpha female who came up to stand next to Ajax, growling from her belly. The bear stood up and roared deafeningly. "GET OUT OF MY WAY! She is mine. I have come for the one named Brooke Starlett, and I was instructed not to leave many bodies, but I will if I must!" The bear's eyes burned with anger. This was supposed to be an easy job. The countless wolf bites over his body disappeared, and he changed into an insanely tall, bulky man. Ajax growled,"So the gods hired a fallen. What business do you have with Brooke? And is the reward a place with the gods in Fylendal? You have stooped to lower levels than I thought anyone from the realms would." Ajax hardly knew what he was saying, but his lost memory stirred inside him.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 12, 2006 14:50:38 GMT -5
Brooke whispered in Fea's ear to stop. he stopped suddenly and she was flung off him. He walked over by a tree and waited. She started to walk towards where Ajax was talking to a man. The man's gaze flickered over her and hardened. 'What do you want with me?!?!' she shouted at the man with her mind-voice. She knew he was a powerful being, but she didnt care. All she knew was that this thing was after her and she wanted to know why.
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Post by Cubi on Feb 12, 2006 15:06:32 GMT -5
All of a sudden, both Ajax and Brooke felt a burning in their minds. He shut his eyes tightly against it, throwing up blocks around himself and Brooke.
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Post by irishredhead on Feb 12, 2006 15:14:04 GMT -5
Brooke pushed on through Ajax's blocks and through the burning pain. "I said, WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME!" she grimaced and set her feet, waiting for the reply. She forced roots of lightning into the ground and into the sky to hold her in place. Her hair flew scarily around her, sparks shooting out of it. Her eyes were a glowing whitish-blue. Her voice was suddenly different...raspy and filled with power. All kinds of weather was suddenly making its way towards her.
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