Malevolence

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

There was something wrong with this picture. A large bright ball was in the sky, the wind barely ruffled the golden leaves, and everything was so… bright… and colorful… and… there was a soft tune that came on and off. She noticed it came from flying things with wings. They weren’t like her wings, though, nor were they that of a bat. They had these strange things she believed she had once heard as of being called feathers. If so, then these were birds. Then… these things were making the pretty noises… well that was… odd.

Wait a second… the big thing in the sky… was the sun!

Daylet looked around at everything, amazed. So… this was what others called daytime… She had a small recollection of being out at this time before, but… that was only a vague memory. It must have been hundreds of years since she’d ventured outside during the day. Either that or she hadn’t been in a place where the rays of light reached… Well, one way or another she’d simply have to stand this disgusting light. Daniel came out at this time so she should learn to love it.

A shiver ran down her spine. Love it? Nooo, she’d never love it. Tolerate it, yes, but this light was just too… harsh. Maybe she could learn to live in it. Most the creatures here weren’t nocturnal like she was. They were day-dwellers like those humans.

She squinted at her surroundings. Maybe if she changed her eyes… she blinked and then looked around normally. So… this was how others saw the day. Maybe it would be best to keep her eyes this way whenever that stupid yellow ball was in the sky. She sighed and began walking again. The ocean was out this way, wasn’t it? Maybe she should visit the waves just for a few minutes…

[dahliablackwood]

Lyle hadn't flown with such a feeling of freedom in a long time. he felt relaxed as his massive griffin form soared though the wind like a dove. he could have been mistaken for a large swan or something known for its pure what feathers with his snowy body. he quickly became tired though as he hadn't flown since he was 6-7 with such carelessness. he quickly landed on massive paws, though it was a bit of a rough landing as he almost tripped over his front feet. he regained balance though as he took on his human form. he didn't know why per-say he would keep this form on land but he always did.he combed his fingers though his bi-colored hair before noticing a girl standing close to where he landed. he froze up some but gave a weak smile accompanied by a wave just as weak.
"H-h-hello..."
it was pretty good of a greeting coming from Lyle considering it was a total stranger he was talking to.

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

A sudden sound caused Daylet to turn. It had sounded like those strange birds that flew around but much, much louder. As she turned she saw a white creature with long wings and short fur. It was beautiful, in a way. It reminded her of an albino bat, but much much bigger. And its two front legs weren't attached to its wings. And... it had a tail... Oh! that was right! This type of creature was a Griffin! That meant he had feathers! She wanted to see them, know what they felt like!

Her eyes lit up as he landed and said hello. He seemed like a nice young man, maybe a little flustered, but that was alright. With that kind of landing it was understandable. Certainly, a lion/eagle couldn’t be expected to have landings as wonderful as a moth. After all, moths had six legs, griffins had only four. That and moths tended to be smaller…

Trotting over to the young man, she took his hand excitedly. “Could you switch back?? I really really really want to know what feathers feel like! I’ve never been close to one, you see! So could you show me your wings?” Her eyes carried a hopeful glow and a bright smile covered her face. He would show her. He definitely would show her. There was no reason he wouldn’t! And if he liked her, which she was sure he did, (as she was sure everyone did) then he would be more than happy to oblige!

[reynard]

Reynard flew around the Twisting Range speeding along close to the ground dodging any obstacles at the last second. He had barely woken up ten minutes ago and had decided to go for a fly. What better way to wake oneself up then by dodging trees during a high speed fly. It was good exercise, training, and fun.

Reynard flew lost himself in his thoughts for a moment as he went over a slight outcrop of rock. A split second later he had to jerk his wings up to avoid colliding with a young man standing a couple of feet away.

Reynard desperately stopped himself and managed to land at a run about five feet behind the teen. He looked around to see that there was also a girl standing not that far from the other teen. He had better apologize so they didn't get mad at him. He was still new here and didn't want to make any more enemies."So sorry" Reynard said apologetically. "I was trying to improve my flying. Sorry for almost hitting you."

[dahliablackwood]

his body instantly locked up as the girl took his hand and began to talk rather enthusasticly. His eyes held wide as she wanted to see his true form again and touch his feathers. If it was even possible his eyes became wider as he pulled his hand away and backed up. He was shaking his head 'no' as he was about to voice his objection when he was narrowly crashed into by a fast flying creature. Insantly he screamed a horrid screech and got down on the ground curling his knees to his chest. His Fear was skyrocketing as his human guise disappeared and exposed the white fluffy Griffin he was. He was laying down with his human like fore feet over his ears. His wings wer folded close to his body as his whole being whimpered and shivered. Izt seemed he was having a relapse of a time he was beaten.
"P-please d-don't hurt me! I-I didn't m-make mama l-l-leave!"
One would not believe even with their own eyes a majestic creature like a griffin so broken as this.

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

Before anything else could happen, a gust of wind hit the two creatures. A closer look revealed a Kludde that seemed to have barely missed hitting them. Daylet would have been thrilled at seeing another winged creature, but the griffin in front of her took her attention. He was… crying? Begging? What was he doing? He was mumbling… something about his mother… but… Daylet stood there for a second, not sure what exactly was going on. The griffin was crying, the kludde was apologizing, and there was so much confusing she wasn’t sure what exactly she was supposed to be doing…

”Um… uh… I guess it’s not a problem… um… do you know what’s up with him…?” she asked as she pointed to the thing at her feet. ”I think you scared him, but… um… you wanna help me pick him up?”

She bent down and put a hand on the griffin. ”Its alright, it’s okay… we… we don’t blame you for… um… making your mother leave…?” Daylet wasn’t sure what exactly she was supposed to say to this creature… he was… strange… maybe she shouldn’t say anything. Maybe she should back up and see if the kludde knew what to do.

[reynard]

Reynard maintained his apologizing look as the Griffin he had almost hit suddenly collapsed onto the ground and started crying. Reynard wondered just what memories his almost hitting the griffin had triggered. It was the only explanation for why the griffin was acting so strangely.

Reynard's first thought was how could he use this to help him. He needed more connections and this seemed like a perfect opportunity to try to get one. Mentally unstable people were the best followers if you were patient enough to get them to follow you. He waited until the girl's pitiful attempts to comfort the griffin were finished before he walked over.

Speaking smoothly and confidently Reynard said "Don't worry nobody will hurt you here. Your safe. Do you understand?" Leaning down he put his hand on the griffins wings trying to comfort it. "We won't let you be hurt okay. Just take a deep breath and regain control of yourself."

[dahliablackwood]

He flinched away from the girl's hand and whimpered more. thoughts of being struck ran though his head as a somewhat comforting voice reached his ears. his body relaxed some as he opened his eyes to look at the source of the voice, but tensed again when he felt a hand touch his wing. the voice sounded reasonable and strong, but something in him still wanted to be afraid. he slowly removed his human-like talons from his ears and fully picked his head up. Large eyes were watery as he nodded his head and stood up. he looked to still be shaking as he cleared his head and turned into his human form. he was already chewing on his pinky as he stared at his feet. he was still shaken as he spoke up in a weak voice.
"S-sorry....i th-thought you w-were someone i kn-kn-knew...."
he felt bad now as these people meant him no harm, but he couldn't help his constant fear of his dad coming back to kill him. such a heavy thought always in the back of his head.

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

Daylet looked from one man to the other. Aaaalriiiight.... everything seemed fine now! Hm... maybe this new guy would let her touch his wings. The other one seemed too shy, and that was okay. If she was him, she would be shy too! But this other guy seemed less... emotional. Daylet liked that! She skip-stepped over to him and took one of his hands in both of hers.

"Hey, can I touch your wings?" She smiled sweetly and innocently, by no means realizing how flirty she was being. She made a teasing pouty face. "The other guy, the griffin, is too shy but I really want to know what feathers feel like! So, can you let me?" Her face brightened up as she said the last bit and she squeezed his hand slightly. This was how a girl asked a guy for a favor, right? She'd seen other girls act this way and it typical worked, so why shouldn't it now? Exactly! It couldn't fail! He would definitely show her his wings!

And if he didn't... she cold always make him. Brute force worked too! She'd seen rough girls make grown men scared of them because they were so strong and smart! Daylet herself preferred that they willingly complied to her wishes but sometimes they were just so shy that she couldn't do anything about it! Other times they probably knew they weren't worthy to have her ask such a thing so the refused, but Daylet always got what she wanted in the end. They never had a choice, really. The sooner they learned that the better, because then she wouldn't have to ask so many people the same question. [/color]

[reynard]

Reynard paused for a second as the girl came up to him asking if she could touch his wings. He was taken aback by her straightforwardness. Most people didn't just walk up to you and ask to touch you. Not only that but she squeezed his hand as most girls did to their boyfriends when they wanted something. There was something wrong with this girl.

"Umm...Okay" Reynard said in a voice that showed he was slight creeped out by the girl. "So," He continued his voice gaining strength, "Why are you two out here? Oh and I am Reynard Halcyon nice to meeting you"

[dahliablackwood]

he was still trying to relax as he watched with curious eyes at how the girl behaved. he continued to chew on his pinky as he stared at them with owl-like eyes. he started to move his gaze to his feet when the man spoke up and stated his name. he gave a slight twitch but responded as best as he could.
"i-i'm Lyle...i j-just needed some r-r-room to clear m-my mind of things....th-this place is o-o-open enough for m-me to fly and n-n-not panic too m-much...."
he found himself giving a slight whine as he ended up making his bite ridden finger bleed once more. he stared at it for a moment but didnt want to be questioned for his freakish obsession. he quickly moved his hands away from his face and pushed his hands h=in his hoodie pockets and stared at his feet, trying not to take notice of the two.

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

Daylet's eyes lit up. He was going to let her touch his wings! She had expected this, of course, but that did nothing to lower her excitement! She was going to be able to touch feathers! Hm... so his name was Reynard... an interesting name, she supposed. His voice was different than happy but she didn't know why. She had chosen him! Wasn't that reason enough to be happy? Was he disjointedness that he had been second choice? Yes, that must be it. She was going to choose the other winged creature before he came along. But that hadn't been her fault! Reynard had come after the griffin! It was a matter of availability not of what she preferred. But... she didn't prefer him. The other one though he was unworthy and who was Daylet to force him to do something he didn't want to do?

"Well, Reynard, Lyle, you both can call me Daylet! I don't like the day, though, it's too bright outside! I can barely see a thing, you know?" She giggled. "Well, that's not true, I can see very well! It's much more fun at night though!"

She smiled at them both, mainly at Reynard. When was he going to change so she could touch his wings?[/color]

[reynard]

Reynard realized he had yet to transform back into his Kludde form so Daylet could touch his wings. She seemed like an interesting person. He wondered just what creature she was. Probably something nocturnal since she talked about it being to bright outside and how much she loved the night. Still that didn't narrow it down much considering how many nocturnal creatures there were.

Reynard leaned his wings towards her so she could touch them. As he did so he made small talk to fill up the silence "Yeah the night is pretty awesome. Its just seems so much more powerful and calming then the day. Day is all harsh light and boring work, but at night one can let loose and express themselves. Although that may just be my Kludde ancestry talking." Turning to a topic that interested him more than night he asked her, "So what are you then?"

It wasn't that Reynard was not interested in comparing night and days qualities but it didn't seem worthy of spending too much time on, however what type of creature that girl was could be incredibly useful to him. Knowledge was power, and power was what made the world go round.

[dahliablackwood]

He looked up, thinking they were focusing on something he could relate to when he saw it. his eyes went wide at the sight of such a massive wolf, but it also had wings! it was like one of his worst nightmares was coming true as he took a step back. he saw the wolf's eyes and they were the same piercing shade as the one that nearly tore one of his wings off. his body was shaking violently as he seemed to go into hysterics. his body changed back to its snowy griffin form and seemed to curl up defensibly on the ground. his eyes seemed to be showing the horrid flashback of his father laughing at him at such a small age, a pack of wolves trapping little Lyle as he couldn't fly yet. he could almost feel the teeth tear into his skin again as he screamed.
"stop them, it hurts!!!"
he ad collapsed onto the ground at this point, his body shaking worse than a leaf in the wind.he was almost wailing as his eyes shut tight. such a majestic creature should not have to live in a fear like that.

[Ωᴚԑɲ]

Daylet let go of his arm as he moved away. What was he doi—she squealed with delight as he changed into his Kludde form. She clapped her hands together like a little kid about to receive ice cream. She could touch his feathers now! This was amazing! He changed forms just for her! Oh, he must like her a lot! She stoked his wing but a slight frown colored her face for a moment. He liked her but... she didn’t like him. Well, she didn’t really like anyone but Ramier. Everyone else probably lied to her. Ramier was different than other people. Like these people…

She looked at her hands as they stroked the black feathers. Ah, the feathers were nice… they were soft and silky under her pale, thin fingers. ”Oh me?” she mused quietly. ”I’m a moth. My wings are covered in scales, so feathers are a nice change.” She picked out one specific feather and stoked it. She didn’t pull it out, she knew that would hurt Reynard and that he wouldn’t like it.

The shouting from the griffin caused her eyes to go wide, not with surprise, not with anger, not with fear. No, she was simply… well, it was loud and it didn’t quite fit the bright sun. No, screaming and shouting was for the night time. ”Could you please… shut him up?” she asked Reynard. She would do it herself but it was bothersome. If it did come to shutting him up… Well, Reynard might never want to see her again, but that was of no consequence.