Purple Honey

[Baka]

Akkedia noting Dominique's unusual hesitance and such movements; furrowed her brow gently as she took hold of one of his arms. "Dommy, are you sure you're alright? You did have to go through alot these last few days..." She paused slightly because she had been one of the very things he'd had to go through, before a rather contemplating sigh parted her paled lips.
"I just don't want you to get hurt, alright...? After all that's happened, I would probably be out cold for a full week or something if it'd all happened to me...." Slightly lacing the bat's words was a trace of guilt, that, and worry that the young Kivi mutt tried to prevent spiting him.

[santingo]

"...I know," Dominique exhaled loudly, jagged patterns evident within his tone. When Akkedia did grab hold of one of his arms, the hybrid did not protest. Actually, he was quite grateful considering he was beginning to loosen his grip on his sense of balance. Every footstep he took forward, ended with a tumble as every individual muscle and joint in his sore body twitched painfully. Ignoring his agony for now, it would have been better if Dominique reached their secret cottage before he fainted completely. Slowly and subconsciously, he placed his weapon back into its sheath before stopping completely, glistening eyes flickering to where they met her eyes. "I know you don't want me to-" Then it happened right in the middle of his sentence. His vision had blurred, surrounded with darkness and filling his vision like pouring rum into a mug. Even with the support from her grip, he collapsed onto the ground; falling onto his knees before falling onto his chest.

"Ragizere," Aurara called gently, arching her great neck to overlook the panther and the chimera. "We have yet to find Dominius." She reminded the female who emitted an inaudible whimper. She knew she had to go but she didn't want to leave Laboris.

"But we'll return right?" She asked innocently, golden eyes glistening.

"But of course but within several hours," The great dragon insisted.

((Great. Out of all moments, I have Writer's Block. *cries*))

[Baka]

Akkedia started quite soundly apon his sudden collapse, almost being dragged along with him since her grip had been so firm to try and keep him stable. After regaining herself from a short pause of thought she carefully climbed to her knees and flipped the young Kivi over onto his back, so she could check his vitals- by pressing concerned fingers to his jugular and such. A shudder trembled down her as a thought of violence made her practically see red, how vulnerable he was, and how hungry she was getting from a lack of sufficient meal for several days. Even so she merely gritted her molars together to distract her hunger with pain as she tried to deduce what was wrong with him. Usually she'd go search for help, but she thought very much against this considering the last few days events.

"Only several hours...?" Laboris breathed in disbelief, after all; he'd thought that searching for Dominius would take a long time, there was a number of candidates to choose from, after all....

[santingo]

Currently walking as a bat, Alzon silently slipped away from the rest of the gathering to recap what had happened. Utterly confused to what had been happening, he can only guess that the rest of his life would never be the same. Even if no one informed him on the subject, he knew both Hiraru and Krystobel crossed into the heavens and something had been suspicious about the fancy collar around his neck. Elivre and her nasty crew of Kivi seemed to devise a well organized plan to trick the leader and manging the accessory around his neck. Lighting himself into a tall tree with a mighty pump of his developing wings, Alzon perched himself within the thick branches of the trees. Forming his lips into an 'o' shape, he released chirps and clicks via clicking his tongue against the rough interiors of his maw. The new sounds resonated through the entire forest, just over where Dominique had fainted due to massive loss of blood. But what was this series of clicks and chirps about it? It had been a code developed by the thieves to communicate with each other, even if they had been miles apart. Invisible eyebrows furrowed in confusion once he did not receive a call back from Dominique. Once again, he released another collection of whistles, clicks and chirps into the air to receive silence. "Strange.." The Gonbe whispered to himself, surprised and unaware of what happened to his partner.

"If you had the task of finding Dominius thousands and thousands of times, you'll eventually get better thus shortening the amount of time you spent looking for him," Aurura explained, avoiding looking into his eyes. "Besides, I have a strong feeling that he's in the village. And plus..there is that ceremony.." She replied, earning a glare from Ragizere.

[Baka]

Akkedia's sonar readings weren't neccesary to hear the chirps and whistles and such; though she didn't understand when she got them. They didn't sound like a distress signal or anything of that sort, so she didn't know what they meant. Even so, after the second time she sent a few expirimental chirps and such herself, as if trying to make a copy of what she'd heard. Meanwhile she looked down at Dominique, and added a note of concern to her sounds.

"Ah... I see....." Laboris muttered softly, eyes glistening as they narrowed and a soft shift in the wind ruffled his thick and considerably wooly coat. "Do you need any assisstance in finding him...? I'd be glad to lend a helping paw, if it's neccesary..."

[santingo]

Emitting more clicks and chirps, the sounds continued to resonate throughout the entire forest, being able to be picked up by those with sensitive hearing. Alzon remained completely still before his large ears picked up the other Gonbe's response. Tilting his furry head to the side, he listened carefully to her message which seemed to be just a copy of what he said until he heard the set of concerned notes. Emitting another series of clicks and chirps, Alzon bravely jumped to the forest floor below. Landing safely due to fully stretched wings, the brute quickly returned to his human form, sprinting towards where Akkedia and Dominique were. "Are you both alright?" HE asked in concern, frowning at his unconscious friend.

"The more help the better," Ragizere smiled happily. "Not only we have to track down Dominius but it's very hard to convince him that he's actually Dominius. Right Aurara?" She lifted her head to earn a nod from the great dragon.

[Baka]

"I'm fine, I think all of this has been more taxing on our friend than I'd been originally lead to believe, Alzon..." Her voice held a particular affinity towards the younger bat, though in their human forms they looked about the same age, she had a few good centuries over him and in gonbe ranks therefore held superiority over him; though her soft gaze glistened with the respect of one that could consider themselves in the pressence of a savior. "I think he'll be fine, but one can never be too sure given the circumstances...."

"Ah, I see. Well whether I can help or not is to be seen, but even so I would like to attempt it, if only to help you out.... I like to prove useful and go where and when needed. I'd be rather honoured if I could help in some way.."

[santingo]

"What happened to Dominique?" Alzon questioned inquisitively, bright eyes keeping their gaze upon the unconscious hybrid. "And better yet, what happened while I was gone?!" He asked, eyebrows furrowing in mere agony while both corners of his tan lips curled downwards into a heavy frown. Exhaling loudly, he walked towards a nearby tree, overflowing with thoughts. "I'm starting to regret having decided to leave at all." He stammered, slightly avoiding Akkedia's glance for a brief second while he lowered himself onto the roots of the aging willow tree. "But I needed to find a cure for Hiraru..and yet, I'm starting to feel it was pointless since now two of my brothers are dead. If I would known that Hiraru and Kryistobel were going to be killed, I would have just stayed here." He exhaled bitterly, crossing both front arms over knee caps which were pulled towards his chest.

"We need all the help we can get," Ragizere smiled confidently. "We're both positive you'll be of some help, Laboris." The panther persisted.

"She's right," Aurara nodded her elegant head slightly.

[Baka]

"Dominique's just.... Had it quite rough, one could say... As for all that's happened..." Akkedia sighed, a rather melancholy sound if there ever was one. "I'm still trying to sort through it all myself...." She glanced down, eyes fixating upon the unconsious Kivi hybrid, how peaceful he looked when he sleeped... But how much pain must he have been in for him to so suddenly collapse like that? She only wished she could fathom. Swiping a few strands of her bangs irritably out of her eyes, she finally shot a glance to Alzon, and listened to him solomnly. "You couldn't have known, Alzon. You wanted to help your brother, it's not like you could have predicted any of this...." A tug of guilt pulled at Akkedia's heart strings, obvious by the somber look she cast as she furled her arms and crossed them over her chest.

"Well I'm glad you both think so, I'll try my best and help however I can!" The almost phantom Laboris puffed all up in a sort of pride from the reassurance of his two friends.

[santingo]

"I hope he'll be alright," Alzon stammered quietly, eyes flickered towards the unconcious hybrid who looked content within the realms of his dreams, despite the pain. "But like you said, one could never be too sure. Speaking of such, why did Dom faint? As thieves, our lives are already filled with dangers and such, but something extremely must've happened during my abense." He exhaled loudly, bright eyes flickering towards Akkedia and back at Dominique.

"She's right Al," Drakmur called as he walked through the thick bushes, dark blue eyes glistening brightly in their darkness. "If we chose to stay, Hiraru would've died without medical help." The nightmare pointed out, keeping a decent distance from the two.

Ragizere burst into giggles at his sudden boost of confidence. "Well, let's get going everyone," Aurara gestured with lavender eyes. "Dominius can't summon himself by himself after all."

[Baka]

"Oi though..." Akkedia mentioned when he spoke of the something extreme. "You've no idea, we've had encounters from my older sister, and from some of his fellow Kivi even! And then that Volgai...." She continued slightly incoherent sputterings, now and again containing a fragment of one of the encounters. However in a whole it was difficult to determine exactly what she was saying too. Then she stopped, after having seen Drakmur and his entrance. "Y-Yeah.." She mused quite numbly after his small input, slightly taken aback by his few words, for sentimentally they spoke volumes really.

"True indeed...." Coughed Laboris softly and he pawed the ground excitedly, a soft grin parting his split lips.

[santingo]

"Your older sister?" Alzon inquired, lifting a single finger to his chin. "Oi, was she that vampire bat that I've encountered earlier?" He questioned himself, trying to recall his previous experiences. "Speaking of such, tht stupid carrot-top placed a collar around my neck." He gestured towards the stylish collar by tilting his head to the side. "Well, that's no surprise." He exhaled sarcastically but indirectly to his fellow Gonbe. "Uchindu and Chatiot devoured Dom's mate in front of his own eyes. Since then, both bastards are persistent to kill Dominique for unknown reasons. Then again, he isn't welcomed in the Gonbe society either." He rambled before arching a narrow brow. "Volgai? Chatiot's nightmare?" Drakmur remained silent, walking up to the two before settling onto the ground.

"Sadly," The reptilian horse emmitted a loud exhale. "And it seems our cottage was destroyed."

"Then why is it standing now?" Alzon questioned curiously.

"I guess someone must've built it again," Drakmur suggested, glancing towards Akkedia.

Ragizere only burst into another fit of giggles upon his gesture. With a gesture of her golden honey eyes, the panther gestured for him to follow, walking close to the great dragon. "Dominius is in the village. I'm sure of it this time," Aurara grinned sheepishly. "I feel foolish for thinking Dominique was one. But the Gonbe side of him was hidden. And, also, it's also a possibility that Dominius is within the relative of the previous chosen one. Hence, Dominique is Fallabour and Athena's only child."

[Baka]

"Well she is a vampire bat... Thus, it could be assumed that you encountered her, it seems like the dark, underhanded sort of thing that she would do..." Huffing softly Akkedia shifted quite nonchalantly into her bat form, as her gleeming eyes examined over the collar. With great care she arched her neck over and nibbled at it as if to try and remove it from his person. After a few gnarling snaps and grinds she let it go, and well, with little progress to snapping it. "Odd..." she muttered and calmly slicked one of her oddly fingered 'hands' over her jaws to examine her bycusbits, for a sort of searing pain one might get from chewing ice ensued, and she had to make sure it hadn't broken any of her fangs. But as the scents and sounds were more magnified in this form, a scent nearly drove her mad. The scent of blood, still lingering the air all about her, the claw that wasn't addressing her teeth scraped the ground softly to suppress the urge to tear out, the inexplicable sensation to devour flesh... She was so caught up in her moment's strife that she almost didn't listen to the rest of Alzon's and Drakmur's conversation.
"Well my nightmares had a deal of that hand they did... Yet that... That was before another conflict involving those... Those 'kivi'" -She practically spat the word as though it were poison tainting her lips.

"It explains a lot, and I assume you've little to doubt, it seemed only natural assumption after all..." Following them in that stealthy, sure-footed way of his the brute closed his eyes, nostrils contorting to compensate for a would-be sigh. "I mean, until recently it seemed he was the perfect candidate for being Dominius, I doubt you should blame yourself for this slight err in judgement.... Now I must ask for the sake of my trying to be helpful, what sort of person do we seek to find Dominius? I obviously don't have any experience in finding such indicators, if the host of Dominius passed by me right this moment I wouldn't know it was him!" He laughed a bit at that, although a doubt of embarrassment hued his leisurely tone.

[santingo]

Not helping himself, Alzon felt rather foolish about falling into a simple, and yet complex, trap like prior. How was he suppose to know it had not been Akkedia when her older sister had been sending replicas of the same distress call? Still, what was in the past should be left in the past. His mind couldn't help itself but to ponder on what exactly this collar did do. Not only to was surprisingly fashionable, but it must have served for a purpose, which it was currently unknown to its holder. Not daring to shape shift into his bat form, which did not seem threatening at all, he remained still, allowing her to attempt to remove the suspicious collar. When she had failed to remove it, he was not disappointed because something in the back of his mind told him it was only Chatiot or Elivre who could have removed it. 'Aye. Those two brutes give the Kivi a very bad name," He ranted, Drakmur just staring at the two silently.

"I can relate to that but the Council will not be happy," The dragon, Aurura, exhaled bitterly, shivering at their reactions as if they were in front of her crocodilian snout.

"Everyone makes a mistake from time to time," Ragizere persisted, trying to encourage the great being aside from her. "Whether the council accepts it or not, they should at least be grateful you're the one searching for Dominius."

"Thank you, both of you," Aurura smiled before her facial expressions stiffened.

"It's a thing only Aurura knows," Ragizere explains. "Only she knows who contains the soul of Dominius and who doesn't. We can only try to help her and to reason with his host. Then we wait until the soul overtakes the body.." She recited, details vivid on the back of her paw.

[Baka]

"I'll say, but then again, as gonbe we-- I shouldn't really be talking..." akkedia mused and cleared her throat a bit. How could it be that she had any more right to talk down about any other species when she herself was thus low on the scale of society? Shunned by the gods, some say, or rather, simply shunned by this council that decided her fate oh so long ago. But even still, Alzon seemed to be a revolution, a single shred of hope for the gonbe race. There now, she thought pettily to herself as she pondered it over more, leaving the whole future of our race to a kid, how dependant could one get? A sigh rippled through her nostrils since she dare not open her jaws any in this current condition.

Laboris listened ever so dilligently, licking his lips to keep them from drying out, as the surefooted being nodded at the conclusion of this explanation. "Well then we'll do what we can. I see not why they'd be upset with you though, lady Aurura, for you've done a great job thus far, they should feel privelidged to have simply entrusted this task to you."