Topic: Painted Emotion

Merahsha Belicandruse

Date: 2010-04-21 17:39 EST
She painted like one possessed by their emotions. The desire and hope, the possibility of a change to her future and the opportunity to perhaps heal left the paintbrush flying against the canvas. It would paint such bold, brilliant hues radiant as a blood moon against a night sky as the little Slav painted her emotions out on canvas.

He had seemed with his power, his nature, and his ways to be a king, deserving of the title of Ulfric even though he claimed himself as nothing more then a soldier. He would know of the scars, would find them on her flesh within their walk within the forest as they spoke in hushed tones about their pasts. Such quiet tones to make certain that such confessions of their lives would not disturb or disrupt the night.

The night would always have ears, hungry predators to wait for the weak. His touch had soothed her as it traced patterns at the raw marks at her throat. His blue eyes something so fierce with hunger for the same wish of release of pain and sorrow. His eyes seemed like the doorways of a escape from all the pain and torment her life had known.

She painted every emotion out on that canvas even as exhaustion and tears blinded the alchemy of her silver-gold eyes and the vision of the image before her began to blur.

So many times Merahsha had wondered about the workings and wills of fate, the cruel device and decisions the hands of destiny would make. Were they all nothing more then pawns in this great game of life" She wondered so her place upon that board if she was nothing more then a game piece.

After all she had been a pawn and token between the vampires and the Neverwhere pack in London as a territory promise of alliance that there would be no blood shed between the two races for she would be their Blood Doll.

To a moment of a scarred tree that bore the initials of those budding into a wild romance only to watch the great tree left as nothing more then a stump when rage and insanity won out over love.

To the time where she could find herself lost in the night where one believed as beloved and one never to harm would leave scars and bruises upon her flesh as his own rage took him from her.

Her beloved mates, ever lost to the Wild Dark of their own minds. Would he end the same"

The little Slav had to wonder if perhaps she was their curse, the reason for their madness as the final brush of paint completed that masterpiece.

She would sink down to her knees as the exhaustion overcame her and she found herself staring up into the still wet depths of painted blue. Like glaciers and frost that could become so warm, his eyes would blur as the tears blinded her again and she turned away from the vision of all that was quickly becoming her heart's desire. Alastor.

Alastor Kaldaka

Date: 2010-07-06 07:34 EST
~Eastern Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1338~

He surveys the army under his command, a tall and powerfully built man of great stature, dressed in his blackened armor with its wolfskin belt, a beast he had killed while his army had camped shortly after this campaign had begun, sitting atop his white war horse. His men, the knights and soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Good, strong men, the strongest of the realm, men of indomitable will and fierce fighting spirit. King Gediminas himself had charged him with driving the Mongols from the lands that were rightfully theirs, and he had been, for the past two years, unerringly successful. A good commander knows that he is only as good as the men under his command, and he is proud to fight alongside these.

A look in the opposite direction shows the force arrayed against him, an army as massive as his own behind him, and smiles. He had driven them before him without fail for the past two years, his men achieving victory after victory. Today would be no different.

He turns back to his men, and he sees every eye turned upon him, their expressions eager and ready. The long,broad sword is drawn from its sheath as he turns his horse and addresses them, his voice ringing out loud and clear across the field to even the furthest man, triumphant and strong.

"Knights and soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania! See those men across the field, waiting for their death! See them tremble at our appearance, knowing what we come for, knowing what awaits them! I have heard men say that it is I who am responsible for these victories, that I must have been blessed by the gods themselves! I can take no such claim, for it is not I alone that have won our many victories!" The men are still silent as he raises the sword over his head, then brings it down point first, sweeping it from one end of the army to the other as he raises his voice louder, a triumphant note of praise in his voice. "It has been all of YOU!"

The cheer that resounds form them is thunderous, shaking the air as they raise fists and swords to him and his words of praise. When they quiet down, his voice rings out again through the air. "Let us show the world, men of Lithuania, that YOU are the reason they should tremble to invade our lands, that it is YOU that they should fear!"

The cheer this time is a tumult of noise that seems to rock the earth to its core as he turns his mount towards their enemy. Even from here, he can see the fear on their faces as he brings his sword down to point across the battlefield. "Men of Lithuania: FORWARD!"

No, he had not been a simple soldier. He had led men, had rode with them at the head of the battle, the conquering hero.

But still, he had served, even as he led. And he had been content with that, to be the leader, watching over his lands, his country, his men.

He remembers that night, the tales that were told, the scars on her he had seen. He has his scars, but they are badges of honor, proof of battles fought and won, a hard, honorable life of victory that he had been proud to be a part of. The life of a man named Vytautus Juodavilkas, a man long since dead, torn from his life by circumstances that had conspired to rob him of all he had held dear.

He remembers her scars, though. Her life, by comparison, had seemed to be a never-ending trip through Hell's very depths, a life of pain and betrayal, followed by more of the same.

What he would not give to be able to show the dark-eyed, raven-haired beauty he had walked through these very woods he rests in now a tiny portion of such a life! Of a life where love and and pride and honor all came together in perfect harmony, such a life as he had known, all those long, long centuries ago.

The primal fury of the beast inside, when compared to the things she had been through, seemed such a small thing by comparison. His only thought was that she deserved something more, a taste of the life and love he might have died knowing, had it not been for the gods stepping in and shattering all of his hopes and dreams.

Not to be a tool, a sacrifice, a thing to beat upon and turned away when it had served the purpose, but instead to be a mate, treasured and cherished.

Loved.

Here in the home he had made for himself in the wild lands of the Glen, the simple, cozy cave that man and beast call home, he hopes to find her again. The trail had been deliberately left, the path walked over and over until his scent was a permanent stain on the earth, waiting for her to find her way to a place she might one day call home as well.

Merahsha Belicandruse

Date: 2010-07-06 19:58 EST
She wandered the forest like a lost vagabond, memories of other forests and other homes pouring through her mind to coat her senses in nostalgia. Laughter in the trees, playful swimming in the lake. An unexpected kiss in the water, becoming only more intimate when they surfaced and headed to the tree. Their tree. The tree later in a fit of rage he had cut down. She never had completely trusted him, believing that despite all his words he was in love with the other wolf he looked after. Then again she couldn't blame him when she loved Vladimir.

Vladimir. The thought brought another flash of memory of the bonfire burning in the forest. The remains of her best friend and his mate becoming nothing more then munin to them.

Munin that would haunt Vlad and drive him mad. Sometimes she wondered if it had not already disturbed Mera's mind as well.

His scent was everywhere.

As she wandered the forest she could smell him to the point she felt she was hallucinating his scent.

Her steps were light and quick, graceful and nimble as she went deeper into the forest.

Finding the cave she paused at the mouth of it. Uncertainty in those silver-golds.

She couldn't help but wonder if she would lose him to madness as well.

Drawing in a breath she stepped within the cave, her voice a soft caress over his name.

"Alastor?"