spilling blood in the night

[Amaryllis]

Bindikaei looked rather amused all of a sudden, and Kael couldn't help but groan. Here goes the nutcase, he thought, not caring very much whether or not Bindi 'heard' him. As fond as he had grown of the eccentric subconcious over the weeks she had been living at Falichesco, her habit of using others' internal thoughts for conversational topics grew rather bothersome. 'Rather bothersome,' in this case, meant that Kael wanted to go over and claw her eyes out whenever she decided to do it.

After glancing breifly and arily over at Kael, Bindi spoke up, her voice faint and light to the point of being rather eerie. "Bindikaei, also a puppeteer," she smiled. "I think Kaelije already informed you of my type. I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable," she added, genuine concern in her voice. "I can't help the way I'm born. I'm sure you probably understand that."

Kael gave Bindi a glare that was clearly meant to inform her of what he would do to her if she made Bikeana upset. He had already calmed her down once, and it had not been enjoyable in any way. He did not want to make either of them go through such a thing again.

(( :< Poor baby Keana. *snug* ))

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(Keana:poor me. ~innocent~)

Keana seeing everyone's reactions, knew something was going to happen. "I never met a subconsious." she said softley, curiousity in her stone cold eyes.

With a warm smile she said "Oh its ok. Yes, I do understand." With another thoughtfully pause she continued. "so how exactly does you powers work?" she said batting her eyes trying to look innocent.

Keana began to look around the room again, her theater wasn't as big or nice. For one, it wasn't complete. The roof of the stage room had been torn down. A giant storm hit the place, it was on the outskirts of town also. The theater was a big mess after that. The shelves where ripped out, there was books on the floor. There was claw markings everywhere thanks to yours truly and euclides that inhabited it before. This place was much more better taken care of.

[Amaryllis]

Bindi smiled. "I can't quite explain it," she admitted. "It's never easy to explain something that you've known how to do since you were born. But I'll try." Bindi paused thoughtfully before continuing. "It's like ... imagine your mind has a door. Beyond that door, you keep all of your thoughts and emotions in little stacks of books. My powers let me go through that door and look through those books without any effort at all. Does that make any sense?"

"Kind of creepy, Bindi," Kael said haltingly, staring at her awkwardly.

Bindi turned to Kael and blinked her eyes rapidly. "I'm sorry, Kaelije, I didn't mean to frighten you, I was only trying to answer --"

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it," Kael said quickly.

Both Euclides followed Keana's gaze around the theatre. "It's not for everybody," Bindi murmured, "but it's nice. Yes, Kael, the upkeep is absolutely awful, but it's worth it."

Kael scowled, and put his thoughts away for the moment. "Is there any way, Bindikaei," he asked shortly, "to lock the proverbial door?"

"I'm afraid not," Bindi said lightly.

Kael glanced over at Keana, clearly longing to ask 'Are you hearing what I'm hearing?' Instead, he smiled a bit. "You see what I live with," he said teasingly. "No wonder you like to stay on your own."

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In a lost gaze she finally replied to her. "Wow, Bindi, thats amazing. Can you tap Kael's one sided empty mind?" She giggled. Bikeana didn't think of it as 'creepy' frankly, she thought Kael wasn't thinking outside his mind.

Bindi seemed so nice and kind, Keana like her. She didn't feel as treatened as with Sibine. "Its better than my puny cottage of a theatre." she chuckled. Bindi probably could see her theater from where she was standing, Keana was thinking about it.

"Yes, lets go explore more." She said and nodded to Bindikaei. "Its a pleasure dear." she saidin a warm smile.

(Bindi is so sweet! I thought of a different personality when I saw her pic but this one is better.)

[Amaryllis]

(( ^^ Yes, she's very innocent with absolutely no ear for sarcasm. *giggle* ))

Kael blinked and then laughed. "I knew I shouldn't let you meet Sibine," he teased, "she's giving you all sorts of bad ideas." He had the feeling that he had said something wrong a moment ago, though he wasn't sure what it was - he did find Bindi a bit awkward, but that was only because he had conversed with her quite a lot and had heard some things about the workings of the mind that he hadn't wanted to know about.

"Actually," Bindi said, her eyes bright and innocent, "Kael's mind isn't empty at all! He's not nearly as silly as he looks, sometimes. Though, Kael," she said, sounding a bit worried, "you seem to have met a lot of unpleasant women. Where did you find all of them? None of them were very nice to you."

"Thank you," Kael said shortly, "for bringing that up, Bindikaei."

"You're welcome," Bindi replied, looking confused. Kael turned to Keana and gave a very subtle eye-roll and shake of the head. The truth was that Kael did his very best to avoid the very topic Bindi was so innocently bringing up. Talking about past 'romances' of his was like bringing up Keana's family again. It seemed, sometimes, like Kael was a magnet for the sort of female that you really didn't want to attract.

"Ooh, your theatre looks lovely!" Bindi chirped, snapping Kael out of his reverie. "I don't think it's a cottage at all! I'm sure you must love it there. It seems very cozy."

"Exploring," Kael chirped, nudging Keana's shoulder with his muzzle. "I'm glad you two get along so well, but there's so much more to see. Bindi, you seen Isi anywhere?"

"She's down in the changing rooms, exploring the costumes," Bindi replied, opening her book again.

"Ah, great, that's always a fun place," Kael smiled, somewhat glad to be leaving Bindi alone before she could bring up any more awkward things. "Follow me, Keana, the door is right behind the main curtain." Leaping delicately onto the stage, Kael walked past Bindi and slipped behind the red velvet curtain.

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A giggle excapt her clutches. "Prehaps, although, she was lovely." she said thinking of Sibine's velvaty blue. She was happy to finally meet her, Kael told much about her. Then focusing her attention to the pretty figure of Bindi she considered her answer.

"I was kidding dear." she said lighting considering what Kael had been through. A jenuine worried masks Keana wore. "Kael, beleive me you didn't deserve that." she said very sad for him. "Your sweet, kind, much better than any of them." she looked down hoping to forget about it for him. She found herself surprised what she said and was too embarresed to face them. Bindi was probably picking up that she was thinking about Keal.

Then, happy that the subject was changed she repleid Bindi. "It would be cozy, if it wasn't so lonely."

Custumes! One of her favorite places at her place. She tried them on all the time. She loved to be a doll for herself, having the costums bend to her every curve. The delicate fabrics were unwordley, a true master of the arts.

"its nice meeting you Bindi." She said smiling. With a flick of her tial, she muscled her way through the poppy red curtain.

[Amaryllis]

Kael cleared his throat slightly. "Ah, thank you much, Keana," he said, and he meant it. "It's in the past, what're you going to do?" Not obvious through his speech, Kael was longing to rant and rave about wretched women of his old home. Stuff like this that made him dislike womankind with a vengeance. Well, he thought, most of womankind. He distinctly avoided looking at Bindi when he thought this, lest she giggle at him.

Bindi, however, was looking with interest at Keana's retreating form. Though she knew better than to say anything, she was distinctly amused and puzzled at the same time. After a moment of this, her eyes drifted back to her book, and she was soon lost within the words.

Kael, meanwhile, nosed around until he found the small trapdoor that lead to the wonderful world beneath the stage. He nudged it open with his shoulder and, taking a deep breath and glancing to see that Keana was watching, lept down into the blackness.

He landed lightly on his feet in the middle of a large room. The entire thing was full of glittering, sparkling, delightfully designed costumes, most of which Sibine had found and restored herself, back when she was the only Euclides living at the theatre. There were masks, gowns, and all sorts of other accessories hanging amongst the dresses and suits. Yes, it was the perfect place for little Isi to get completely and utterly lost.

"Come on down," Kael called. "Everything's fine."

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(I will reply soon, I'm watching something and coming back in the commercals.)

[Amaryllis]

(( *giggle* No problem, I'm doing homework and coming back when I get bored. XD ))

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Dipping her maw, she knew what he ment. "Yes, I know the feeling." she said flattning her ears against her head smirking. So he was like her? A bad past. How ironic.

Oh no! She thought knowing Bindi would've picked it up. Oh please don't say anything! She prayed to, well what exactally could an Euclide prey too? When Bindi went to her book she couldn't help but think thank you!

As Keal played the role of blood hound, Keana was observing the room. Her musclan form walking slowly around the room waiting for Keal to find the thing. pad, pad, pad her paws padded around Kael, the sound echoeing around the room.

Bikeana glided down to the mystical room. All she said is, "wow." she started to dance around the room in her anthro form like a little kid in the snow. Her slender white legs twirled and spun as she was lost in her dance. "These are beautiful, like at my theater." she said finally. Her gentle hand skimmed the customes. Putting on a strange mask, that was like one of the greek mask that are on a stick, she spun around to Kael. "What do you think?" she giggled and then put the mask back. "Ok I'm done." she admitted feeling silly. What did Keal think of her antics?

[Amaryllis]

Kael couldn't help but start laughing as he watched Keana's delight. He was thrilled that she was enjoying herself, and it was a stretch for him not to twirl about himself. In fact, he wasn't sure how much longer he could resist. Ah, well, he could put something on, at least! Bounding over to a large box, he stuck his nose in and emerged with a jaunty feathered hat in his teeth. Swinging it up on to his head with his tail tip, he grinned and flicked his tail. "I think," he said, "that we look absolutely smashing."

"Aww," Kael said at Keana's decision that she was done, "that's it? There's so much to try! Here," he said firmly, dashing over to one of the dusty racks of fabric, "put this on." He emerged with a flambuoyant purple cape in his teeth, trimmed with gold and fitted with a drawstring to hold it around one's neck. Holding his hat on with his tail, he trotted to her, placing it over her shoulder before going to rummage in a large pile of various old, gaudy accessories.

"There has to be something in -- Lisibita!" Kael yelped, prancing back several paces before stopping and staring indignantly at the pile. For a moment, it appeared as though the pile had eyes; this illusion continued until a small Euclides bebe tumbled out, decked out in green trousers and loose red armbands.

"Hello, uncle Kael!" the little puppet chirped, her delight at the older male's antics dulling her incessant pain for the moment. "Why are you wearing that hat? It makes you look silly. Who's this?"

"Keana, I might have told you about Lisibita?" Kael said, while Isi giggled at his lavender plume. "Isi, this is Bikeana, my friend."

"Hello!" Isi said sweetly, absent-mindedly scratching her left paw with her right one. Kael gently nudged her tiny claws away from her pawpads, and she looked a bit sheepish, holding out the itchy paw in question to keenly inspect it. It might have been visible, in that position, that she was missing several chunks of her body already.

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Bikeana smiled at Kael. Good he hadn't been thinking of her silliness. She skipped over to him and pulledhim over to a mirror. "If I do say, I agree." she said in a english accent testing out the mask in all directions.

"I thought I was just being silly, if you want we can continue." she siad her ears leveled and in a shy pose. A curious look came upon her face as he dashed for the cape. "Oh Keal, your making me blush." She said as he put the cape on her. Again she tip toed over to the mirror and twirled around with her arms on her shoulders having them look like an X on her chest. "I.... look like royalty, I need a king!" she annouced and kissed Kael on the cheek quickly before he went through the box of assesories. She hoped he wouldn't mind it.(ooc:I had to do it.O.o I couldn't wait any longer.)

With Keal yell she ran over to him careful not to tear the cape. She could only watch as Isi raised from the mass of assesories. In a glee Keana rushed up to them. "Hello darling." She said back to the bebe. How sweet and cute she was!

Keana, wide eyed now saw the poor things missing flesh. "Oh you poor dear." she said and rushed over to her and bent down to her level. She held her ichy paw softley, like a mother. "It looks fine sweety."

(ooc:<.< >.> sorry Kael.)

[Amaryllis]

(( Kael: ... fjdffdfewlghesilnb*#$()&*# relationships ):
Ams: BABIES!!!11!!!!1one!!!12! ))

Kael's brain had always had a habit of freezing when the opposite sex did something ... female-ish. This included anything from kisses to dramatic outbursts. While he had gotten better at dealing with the second of the two, he was out of practice when it came to the first. So he just sat there for a moment, blinking like an idiot while Keana scampered off and otherwise moved on with her life.

Maybe she's just goofing around, he thought awkwardly as Keana dug about in the accessories. Maybe it's the hat. Yes, probably the hat. Shaking himself off, Kael got up, dismissing the whole thing as something not to get worked up about. After all, she was looking for a king, and Kael certainly wasn't any king to speak of! Besides, he wasn't in the mood for any emotional stress.

(( At which point Ams has gotten confused about the whole sequencing of things, so we're just going to jump a bit. XD; ))

"Hello, Bikeana!" Isi said, wiggling her little head in greeting. She glanced down nervously at her paw as Keana inspected it, though, and she looked up at Kael for affirmation. "Careful, Miss Keana," she said. "It's stayed on so far but I don't want it to fall off yet, okay?"

"She's a torn type, and agony," Kael murmured to Keana, "You know, if you couldn't tell." Kael knew perfectly well that Keana was being very gentle with Isi. He and the little babe both were rather paranoid, however, as Kael had seen the little one in some very uncomfortable situations in the past. He didn't want her to even feel a twinge or sting on her tiny body, even though he knew he was fighting a losing battle with that one.

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(Think of the babies, they would be black with splashed of red with scar like markings. ~keeps dreaming of smexy babies~ Kael, act like a man!)

Keana looked at Keal with a blank expression. Men. That was the only thing she could think of. The frozen cofused look made her worry about what she'd done. Then she remembered what Bindi had said. Oh no! She felt so bad, one reckless move and there friendship was down the drain! Or prehaps she was over reacting.

"Don't worry I won't do anything. If you scratch it too hard, you might make it weaker." she said and gently put the paw down. "Come here little one, I have something for you." she siad and let her hand search the top of a shelf. Then she hid the item behind her. "Close your eyes." when Isi obayed, she put a little crown on her head. "You can be my little princess."

She faced Kael. "I didn't know I could be so well with kids." She smiled. "Yes, I guessed a Torn. She already lost so many so far." She said frowning but tried not to show it to Lisibita.

[Amaryllis]

(( Sibine: How can he act like a man when he's a --
Kael: *claweyesout* >< ))

Smiling in eagerness and excitement, Lisibita squeezed her eyes tight shut, ignoring the pain in her muscles at doing so. She couldn't help but be terribly happy at someone finally having a proper opportunity to play dress-up with her. Though Kael sometimes took her exploring down here, she was really enjoying having another female taking as much delight in the game as she did.

The moment little Isi felt something cold placed upon her head, her eyes shot open and she scampered over to a mirror to gaze at herself. Her eyes lit up and she laughed, prancing in place a bit and posing with her crown. "It's so pretty!" she cried. "Thank you, Queen Keana!"

Kael couldn't help but laugh in fondness for the little Euclides. She didn't often have an excuse to laugh and play, and he enjoyed letting her try things on; it was a way for her to play without running about. Perhaps, when there were more little ones in the theatre, she would have someone her own age to spend time with. As it was, Isi called him 'uncle' and spent quite a bit of time riding about with Poppy on his back.

"Well, princess, shall we find you a gown?" Kael asked, putting on a deep voice and padding over to a nearby rack, nosing through in an attempt to find something fitting.