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 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:00 pm
The young dragon lifted slowly, spreading her many wings some to stretch.. though maybe she got a little too beastly in that she let out what could only be called a roar before crouching and lifting off, her mighty wings letting her hover for a moment before she flew somewhat lazily. Though the speed was still something to take note of, the dragon didn't seem to be in a rush to depart from her lover.. and mostly glided once she reached a comfortable speed. Aurum did try to be a little more conscious of him though, far more careful in her maneuvering now.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:33 pm
The time seemed to fly by for some reason as they flew towards their destination. As they touched down just on the outside of the boarder of Aurum's cave and the forest, Kaelthas hopped off when they came to a stop. Looking back towards the cave he waiting for the girl to transform back, if she would. In some time he hoped, they would again be able to see one another. Till then, the star crossed lovers would soon have to part.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:45 pm
Aurum was never one to enter her lair in her human form, and this was no exception. The dragoness changed back and gave a little crack to her neck, but moved closer to her lover and wrapped her arms around him, head against his chest. She let out a sigh heavy with the thoughts in her mind, and she embraced him just slightly closer, speaking gently, "I want to see you again as soon as I can," It was a murmur, but she was honest and open. Aurum was a soft soul deep down.. once you got through the teeth and claws - both physical and verbal - she could be quite the charmer.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:09 pm
Holding Aurum, Kaelthas rested his chin on her head. "Don't worry. I will return as soon as I can steal a moment away" he said to her as he lifted her face up to meet his own. As he did he planted a soft kiss on her lips that seemed to be held forever. After some time holding the kiss, Kaelthas broke it and slowly unwound from Aurum. "You have my word, my honest word" he said correcting himself with a small smirk as he turned away from her. If he didn't put his back to Aurum, he would never want to leave her and looking back would only make them parting harder.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:27 pm
The world had passed slowly and leisurely during flight for Aurum, but the goodbye felt too short.. everything just took too little time. The dragoness watched for a moment but grabbed up her pack and moved toward her cave, going into it with a quick levitation and tossing her pack into the pile.. but covered it with some treasures just in case. If anyone saw it, it would be nothing compared to the things that topped it. She did cast a few spells just in case, one masking that her cave held books, a few traps here and there, mostly fire triggers and a few nasty earthly spikes.. and as she left, another to mask the cave in itself. Moving away from her cave, Aurum shifted once more and continued on towards her home.. at a much faster rate than she had to her lair. She wondered just how much they had already learned.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:33 pm
A few days had passed, by the time Kaelthas had returned to his home. Unsurprisingly he was met with worry and anger on his fathers part. He was a decent man but his over protection of the prince at times greatly got on Kael's nerves. His reward for returning home safely was being confined to a part of the castle under round the clock guards supervision. The king was going to be assured the prince stuck to his royal duties and was not out galavanting around who knew where. Much to Kaelthas's relief unlike what was the case in the kingdom of beasts, the king of man had not found out about his presence in the other country.
Days turned into weeks, as the prince continued his duties. Many a female suitor was brought before him. Scholars, Entrepreneurs, and many another held jobs by them. Princesses of different barons within the Kingdom. Each brought forth to try to be offered as marriage potential for the prince. Each one being denied by that very person. None of them caught the princes eye. His heart already taken by another that none of these women could hope to hold a candle to. His disapproval was another further spine in his fathers side. He was at an age where he should have long since taken a bride but, he spent much of his time studying magic. A mage was one of the few female suitors the King could not produce for the prince.
Weeks turned into well over a month. Time for the prince had gone slowly by in his forced seclusion. He had been let of the castle a few times, simply to be allowed to show his face within the kingdom or at social events. Otherwise he had been under watch in his half of the castle. He had tho not been spending his time in vain. In his time he had been working more and more with several of his illusion spells. It had taken him some time to finally fully perfect it, longer still to cast it's enchantment upon a piece of jewelry. Now tho, he had finally been taken from his lock down. Which was deemed to be long enough for the man. He was free again, a fact he would soon exploit as he had made a friend in the guards.
In the middle of the night, as before. Kaelthas had fled the kingdom, his path the same as before. Cloaked under a glimmer, the prince had this time left something in his wake that would ensure his disappearance would not be noted. A guard, his friend he had made, now wore the jewelry he had enchanted. Upon it, both the man's likeness and voice had become the prince's. It was not hard to convince the guard to take his place. He would be able to partake in all of the royal things he had since only seen from his post. Kaelthas on the other hand, was on his way towards the border. The cave, and one who had preoccupied his thoughts awaited.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:33 pm
The dragoness had not been so lucky. When arriving to her home, she found something that was never a good sign - her mother, father, and siblings - minus one - awaiting her in their dragon forms.. discussing how to find her and bring her home this time. Lucky her, they could call off the search.. but her form was small even to them, and they reprimanded her with booming roars and towering bodies. Aurum tucked her wings and bowed her head low, trying to at least show she was at least frightened if not sorry. This seemed to still them and they one by one returned to their human forms.. only to reveal just how upset her father was with her for her actions this time.
The lectures were never the end of it, and she was stuck to her room for quite some time, for a few weeks even being required to have a servant stay with her at all times. This proved discomforting, as by the third week the dragoness woke each morning with the absolute need to purge and by the end of the week, convinced her father it was the servant that got her sick. Testing her limits, even being so bold as to ask to leave, the dragon was shot down with each request and eventually pouted in her room for a long while.. though without the servant perhaps she could enjoy herself. She wrote down the guard's shifts, made sure to ask any servant she saw to do a request for her, and made note of when her parents mentioned they would be leaving.
Of course.. they did try to convince her to take a mate, but only for their own sake. They brought her dragons, demons, even tried to have her marry to some old wizard that wouldn't even tell her what he was. Aurum turned away every one, and they gave up with her in the first two weeks.. they would just have to convince her to go claim her own land or deal with her forever, they decided. When the third week hit and she claimed the servant caused her sickness, they planned a trip for themselves, feeling as though the young woman had perhaps learned her lesson - after all, she hadn't tried to escape yet, and it was a record for their daughter. They would be gone for three weeks - traveling by sea to a faraway kingdom to visit her sister Fawn, who had married a king in a distant land and lived happily away from the war and strife. Knowing they would be leaving before the end of the month only meant Aurum had to act fast.
By the beginning of the fourth week, the dragon had suspicion that her sickness - which always seemed to fade around midday - was far more than just some servant's fault.. and it was a worry that only made her know the need to get out of the castle was heightened. By the middle of the fourth week, her parents had gone and her siblings were now in charge of making sure the young woman stayed put.. and to put it simply, they weren't very good at it. Aurum made sure to leave early, though her stomach churned when she flew and she had to make frequent stops on her way to her cave. On her first trip back, she noted some of her more "shiny" objects were gone, but the books were intact and her pack - containing the stone, wand, and flask from their trip - was still there, minus her dagger. She waited for Kael through the day, but by the end of it returned home. She repeated this for the rest of the week.. and then for another, and another. Each day the flight was harder to complete, the dragon weighed down by what she knew by now was not a simple bug. She worried he had forgotten her, and laid in her dragon form in her cave, eyes closed as she fought off sickness she didn't want to face.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:00 pm
His trip to the border had taken longer this time. The guards of the realm seemed to have been increased dramatically. They were gearing towards an all out war it seemed by the sheer numbers he had seen in his travels. It was not a good sign, and the possibility of them moving from the direction he was heading into the kingdom of beast brought him dread. While Aurum likely could handle herself, with a larger force, he didn't want to think about the outcome should they find her. The town's Kaelthas stopped within he stayed only long enough to purchase some supplies for. He kept his pack light to keep his movements quickened. While it was taking longer, he didn't want to let himself time to delay returning to the cave.
It took another day to finally reach the cave that Aurum called a second home. Standing just outside it, he wondered if she had sensed him coming this time. His work on his glimmers over the time apart had been focused only on hiding both his scent and any traces of magic's he might have given off. It had been in many ways something to focus on to keep himself from being bored during his isolation. "Areo Latvian" Kaelthas muttered as he jumped up, a boost of wind propelling him up to the cave opening that he landed in front of gently with a flip. Even from the cave he could see a form from within. A soft smile came to his face as he walked slowly towards her. Unsure if she had sensed or heard his presence he gave a loud tap of his feet to announce his presence as the glimmer he had up slowly started to fall away.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:24 pm
The day passed like any other for Aurum.. slowly, without adventure or event, and hope faded day by day for the woman. Her parents would return in a week's time and her heart ached to know he had not yet returned before she would have to leave more often, possibly missing him. The young dragoness found herself busy with feeling rather ill, and while her sensed were piqued, most of anything just made her feel nauseous these days.. but it seemed Kael was rather talented, and she did not sense him.
Opening one eye slowly, the woman expected to see a critter of some sort and let out a low rumble thinking she could spook it away. Seeing her human instead, the dragoness opened her other eye and lifted her head lazily, the dragoness shifted into her humanoid as she moved in a careful walk towards Kael. Aurum wrapped her arms around him, pressing herself against him as she grinned into his chest, not speaking but turning her head up to allow him access to her lips. She couldn't find the right words, and nothing felt like it would fit just how much she wanted.. and needed to say.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:49 pm
Having been able to sneak up almost to be able to touch her. When Aurum finally noticed him she rushed to him, in a slightly awkward way. Holding his arms out the man embraced his lover. Leaning down at her motion he placed a kiss on her lips as he held her close. After a moment moving to pick her up in his arms as he again placed another kiss on her lips as he held her. "You seem to have been missing someone. I do hope eventually that person comes to meet you" he said with a small smile as he held her in his arms. He noted that she seemed to weigh a bit more then what he remembered but chalked that up to being apart for so long.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:59 pm
Paling as she was picked up, the dragon held a faraway look as she calmed her stomach mentally.. she kissed back after a moment and then smiled to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and placed gentle kisses on his cheek and jawline. "I was losing hope that he would ever return to me," She murmured gently, though her kisses began to trail to his neck slowly, "I have ached to feel you once more," She squeezed just slightly, happy to be close to Kael once again.. time had passed far too slowly without him and she only yearned for him more each passing day.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:19 pm
"I can see from your continued gifts of kisses upon my nape" he said setting her down slowly. He was not sure what the far away look at first had been but he pushed it aside. "I said I would return upon my word, and as such I have returned to see my princess." Pulling her closer to him he once again placed a swift kiss on her lips. It had felt like forever since they had embraced, but now it felt like time had stopped around them. "This time atleast, I have no time limit. I have used this time wisely to devise such a spell that I will not be missed" he commented toward her proudly. Now until they had found the book, he would be able to stay with her.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:36 pm
Aurum again took a moment to right herself after being set back on the ground, holding back a retch that would have given her away too quickly. The dragon hugged him back, smiling at his words and returning his kisses eagerly. Time apart only had her grow fonder of him, and with her current situation she only wanted to be around him all the more. Aurum pulled back and smiled up to him, holding both of his hands gently, "I have about six days before I have to check back in," She said quietly, but there was a touch of sadness to it. She only hoped they could spend it well, she didn't want to fight with him again.. and she didn't want him to run when she told him of her situation.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:41 pm
"Then, I would say that we start from where we last left off. Are you ok to fly? You seem somewhat sick" Kaelthas asked. He noticed her far away look and a few of the times she seemed to be holding herself from yakking. He had wondered what she likely ate to be feeling such a way, likely a bad leg of goat or something. "If not we can start again on foot should you want. As we for the most part know where we are heading we can at least circumvent the towns. That should shed off at least a day in returning to where we were." As was usual he was very business oriented. As Aurum only had 6 days tho, while he wanted to spend it simply lounging around with her in bed, that could wait if they hurried to find the book.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:37 pm
Knowing her daily struggle with her flight, the dragoness seemed nauseous at even the thought of flying for a couple hours to their previous stopping point.. and she shook her head. "If we go on foot we must reach a town before dark," She said, having her own reasons for needing to sleep in a bed that grew each day.. and she still didn't know if Kael was even fully human, not knowing what sort of body she was growing. Certainly not a dragon, or perhaps her dragon form wouldn't bring her so much grief. Aurum had done well to avoid suspicions from her siblings, never reaching for her stomach when feeling a wave of nausea or divulging herself in something her body commanded her to eat that was out of her usual diet. But she had stopped drinking.. mostly. A glass of champagne every now and then, something she kept from their travels and made sure to purchase again each time she ran out - from Ralph - that both held a reminder of Kael, and calmed her nerves when they were too high. Aurum pursed her lips as he continued on, all business, "You can never just relax, can you?" She teased some, giving him a smile, "At least, not without prodding," She gave a little laugh this time, some of her sickness fading a little as color returned to her cheeks.
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