Lilias

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

[irisbeckett]

Cabin Fever || Iris & Lilias

[irisbeckett]

Going on long walks had always helped to clear the jumble of thoughts that crowded her mind after being cooped up for too long. An unfortunate side effect of being able to focus on the things rattling around in her mind was the fact that she became blissfully oblivious to her surroundings, and it sometimes led to her walking into trouble without even realizing it. Her feet dutifully carried her farther and farther from home, staying on the winding path until she found herself deep within the forest of Hallowed Oak. Coming back to reality and seeing just where she was, she was about to turn around and head back to the safety of Night Haven (just how many people could utter that phrase?) when something jumped out from behind a tree. Iris nearly jumped out of her skin, doing a double take at the blonde woman who looked perfectly at home in the dark, twisted forest. Her smile was broad, and seemingly genuine, as she rushed forward to greet Iris and question her on the appearance of her hair, only then remembering to introduce herself.

This girl didn’t seem like much of a threat, but Iris knew better than most that appearances could be deceiving. However, it was hard not to smile at the girl’s blatant enthusiasm. “Well met, Lilias. And I’m glad you like it.” She wasn’t sure what possessed her to do so, but she decided on the spot to have some fun with the wide-eyed girl. “I’m not really sure why it is the way it is. I just wake up some mornings and it will change color. Red, blue, green, violet, white… I never know what it’s going to be next.” She did her best to keep a straight face, although the smirk tugging at her lips was hard to suppress. 

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Lilias watched as the girl smiled, which made Lilias happy. She was glad that she hadn't scared the girl off, because she tended to do that to people at times. She then nodded as she listened to the girls words. "What's your name?" she then asked her soon after before the girl's next statement caught her off guard. Her hair, changed color? Lilias' eyes widened as she spoke. She was in awe. Lilias was easily placed in a state of awe, but Lilias thought that it was the best thing ever, even though she could make her hair do that sometimes as well. "That is amazing!" Lilias then said as she bounced around on the balls of her feet.  She was excited to see what this girl was like. Just from the state of her hair, Lilias already wanted to be friends. She was excited. "What's your name?" she then asked her, since she never caught it. She didn't know if it was because she had never told her, or because she didn't catch it, but nevertheless, she needed it again. "And how does your hair do that?" she then asked her. She knew that her hair did that because it just happened sometimes when she changed into human form, but she was still curious about the girl. She wanted to know how her hair did that, and if Lilias could get as many colors as she could. 

She then watched as the girl started to smile again. Smiles were nice. Lilias liked when people smiled, so she just waited until she would smile again. Lilias was like a small child wherever she went, so she didn't even know if the stranger she just meant would find her annoying or like her. She was used to people finding her annoying though, since no one ever really stuck around with her. 

[lilikenzie-blog]

Graveyard || Lilias & Victoria

After her encounter with the Ice King, and mini lesson, Lilias found herself at a graveyard. She figured that it was because of the dead thing that she watched him kill. Lilias didn't normally like dead things, but remembering the dead was a little bit of a different story. Especially because there was a chance that her parents might have been in the graveyard that she was standing on. Lilias walked from grave to grave as she looked at all of the tombstones. She was looking for Mckenzie, because that was her name, and that would help her see if her parents were there. 

She hunted for a while, before Lilias decided to sit for a while. Her eyes caught a large tree  that was away from the graves and decided to sit on it so that she would not be sitting in the snow. Lilias walked up to it slowly, as her eyes kept looking across off the gravestones that were close to it. She wanted to make sure that here parents weren't dead, but she figured that it could wait for a little while. 

When she reached the tree, she was about to climb up it, when she was greeted by a being that seemed to have already claimed the tree. It was a girl with blonde hair, darker then her own. The girl was also a lot shorter, which surprised Lilias, because she found herself to already be quite short. "Did I bother you?" she then asked after she realized what she had done. "I can go, really.." she then said as her eyes widened. She didn't want to disturb anyone, since she didn't enjoy seeing people upset. "Also, my name is Lilias," she then said shyly as she looked at the small girl. She didn't look scary, but Lilias had always made sure not to judge a person by their appearance. 

[shilohgarrett-blog]

Don't Hide Behind that Smile | Shiloh + Lilias | Flashback

[shilohgarrett-blog]

Shiloh stood, legs crossed at his ankles as he leaned his full weight against the door. Athoria was filled with so many different people, a melting pot of creatures, and humans, that England seemed to lack. Maybe it was because this was a refuge of sorts, allowing the wayward ronin to make a new life for himself among others who needed a fresh start at life. Two weeks, it had been, and the scar that ran down his back still burned hot. Feeling his maker’s claws tear through his flesh in a flash of blood and silver. 

He shivered, eyes distant again, and he swallowed thickly as the bouncing child came back to view. Her bright innocence dancing around her like a hazy green aurora of happiness, and he was envious of her having a childhood, which wasn’t fair in the least but felt nonetheless.

"You said you are good to get home? You seemed hesitant there, are you sure? I don’t mind helping you get there if you are worried about telling me, we can get close, and you can run the rest of the way without me," Shiloh said gently with a kind smile even though he could feel the panic swelling in him again. He needed a distraction now. 

"Ever been fishing?" he asked, and immediately turned to grab the two rods resting by the door to his house. "Its pretty easy, I could show you?" Shiloh should be disappointed in himself for wanting the small child’s attention, but he was feeling desperate, that if she took away her innocent smile and curious eyes that he would crumble into a heap on the dock floor. 

"You put a little piece of food on the end, I like using leftover meats, you get fish faster than bread and stuff," he plopped his large frame against the dock and let his feet dangle over the edge and offered the rod to the girl. "Then you hold it here, and throw the line out and wait," he chucked at the entire situation and rod towering taller the the girl herself. 

"Here," he said, and snapped the wood in half and offered the smaller piece back to the girl, "the waiting is the best part, cause you have to stay focused or you will miss the fish, plus you can tell stories." He smiled a warm smile her way, feeling the sea breeze kiss their skin. 

"My family use to live in a massive forest, in small little cabins, about twenty or so, but no one had their own space, we all shared and could sleep and live where ever we wanted," his eyes look out to sea, the shade from the sun crisscrossing shade from the upper docks along their faces. "I had many brothers and sisters, but I was closest to my older brother, his name was Cenric. He looked like a hero would, you know like from your stories? Dark hair, brown eyes, and a smile that would make any princess melt. If any one of us were to be a knight or of royalty it would have been him.” He smiled sadly at the thought.

"Loyal and playful, but stern in his teaching.." Shiloh paused and took in a deep breath feeling the weight of his story want to lift off his shoulders but instead sinking deeper in his chest. "Well, one day Cenric and I were tracking a bear migrating south for the upcoming winter, and we were running through the woods, trying to find its trail and out of no where the entire tree line fell off the face of the earth and we slid to a halt at the top of an enormous cliff!" He glanced over to the girl, gesturing with his hand as he spoke. 

"The cliff dropped down into a pool of water and Cenric turned to me with this huge smile and jumped!" His rod tugged suddenly and he pulled it with one hand lifting a fish from the water. "Ha! now we gotta wait for yours," he said tossing the fish back into the water. "Well, the moment he jumped I naturally followed, and we fell screaming like kids until the cool water exploded around us, then we proceeded to dunk one another under until we were both tired," the memory was a fond one of Shiloh’s, days of happiness, peace with his pack and the weight slid back on his shoulders at how royally Silas fucked everything up. “How about you? Have any adventures worth telling?”

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Lilias watched him as he leaned against the door frame. It made him seem like he was hurt, and Lilias didn't like that. She didn't like seeing anything hurt, because she didn't like seeing anything unhappy. Lilias then began to continue to rub the towel all over herself, since she felt like she had been staring for too long and that she really needed to stop doing that. She didn't want to make him uncomfortable or angry, since he had the strength to most likely tear her apart.  

After his question, Lilias nodded. "I'm pretty sure," she then told him with a small smile. She was almost sure. It just depended on if the orbing would work or not. If she was able to too, then she could head home really fast. If it didn't however, she was kind of stuck there until it worked again. Home was too far away for any other kind of mode of travel. 

"Yes, I'm pretty sure," she then repeated. She wasn't even lying. She could have said that she was sure, but then that would be lying. Lies never came out of her mouth that easily though. She thought about them sometimes, but for some reason she could never utter them out loud. She didn't quite understand it.

His next question caught her off guard. She had never been fishing before. Lilias didn't even know what fishing was, since she only ever played with the other kids when she was near the docks, and never payed attention to much else. She then nodded. "I would love to learn," she then told him as she smiled back at him. His smile was contagious like that.  She felt like maybe "fishing" would be useful in the future. Plus, Lilias didn't really know how to do much, so she would take what she could get. 

Lilias then followed him to where the dock was before sitting down next to him. She then listened as he talked about placing a little bit of food on the end of something. She had never seen a fish rod up close before. Lilias then analyzed the strange contraption when it was handed to her before she held what she told to hold. She then attempted to throw get the end bit out into the water, which didn't really go very far. 

She then shifted her rod into her other hand as she took the piece of wood. "What is this for?" she then asked as she tiled her head. Lilias then looked at the difference in distance before laughing a little. The rod was much taller then her, and his meat bit went a lot further then hers would ever go.

It took Lilias a little while to finally realize that the story was about his own family.  She liked the sound of that family. He had a lot of brothers and sister, and it seemed so nice, since Lilias didn't know of her own family. She only knew of the humans that took her in.  Lilias just kind of figured it out when she realized that she didn't look like anyone in her family.  His story made her wish that Lilias did know her real family though. When he got to the part about  his brother, Lilias' cheeks started to flush. She really did like the stories of heroes,  and maybe read them a little bit too often. She then saw that his smile faltered a little, and it made her wonder what happened to his brother. She hoped that him and his family were still speaking to each other, despite the fact that it seemed he lived in his house by himself. 

Nevertheless, Lilias listened to the story with her full attention. It seemed so wonderful. It seemed like something that would only come out of a book. An adventure about hiking up a mountain after a bear? It sounded so exciting. Lilias wanted to have these adventures as well. The way that he also spoke with his hands made her really happy,  It made her feel like he was excited to tell her story to her, and it caused her to trust him  a little more, despite the fact that he had the stature to scare away anyone. Lilias was glad that she met Shiloh, because he was exciting and was nice, despite the fact that he looked scary. That was why Lilias never wanted to judge anyone. After all, if she did, she probably would have never met Shiloh. 

"That sounds like a wonderful adventure!" she said excitedly as she bounced around in her seat. Soon after, his rod caught a fish. Lilias looked at the fish in awe. He caught a fish by himself. It looked like it was difficult, but it wasn't! Her line had not gotten very far when Lilias attempted to throw it, but she just nodded. She didn't think that she would be good at catching fish, but she decided to just leave it be. Lilias soon went back to listening to his story about jumping off the cliff. "That sounds so exciting!" she then exclaimed. Lilias wanted to do those things. She wanted to go on adventures like the ones he had. She would do it one day. Her orbing would help her. She was sure of it.  "Me?" she then asked as she thought about it. She then shook her head. "I don't have any adventures like that, yet," she then told him calmly as a grin crept onto her face. 

[lilikenzie-blog]

ATHORIA CHALLENGE 003 || BUT WHAT OF THE DRAGONS, TRAVELER?

I have always had a fascination with books.  I love how they can take me places that I have never been before, and make me feel things that I don't think I'll ever feel. Days have past since the blizzard, and I have decided to take time time to read some books. After acquiring some help from a few strangers, I managed to find a quaint little bookstore on the edge of town. There, I began to search for a book to read. I looked around until I found the biggest book in the entire store, and dragged it to an empty table in the back.  I don't have anywhere to go after all. Adventuring at my own pace is what I do. The cover read, "DRAGON FOLKLORE" in large block print, and I was instantly drawn in. I had never really heard of these dragons, except from the murmurings of children when I was too a child. I read the first few pages, and learned that, "Dragons are said to have been the first animals to inherent the Earth when the beginning of the world came."  I soon begin to devour the pages, and learn about these beasts as time passed. I also have become determined to meet a dragon myself. I believe that I can do it, seeing that I adventure out more then many of the humans in Athoria. Soon enough, I was taken out of my trance by the humble shopkeeper, who said that it was time to close for lunch. He had lunch in the back, but he explained that he always closed up shop for an hour or two so that he could take a break. 

Because of my new found fascination, I could not bear to let go of my newly found treasure. I pulled out all of the coins that I had in my satchel and gave them to the slender man, so that that I would be able to keep the large book. I then took the book and left the shop, so that I would not bother the shopkeeper any longer. 

I walked until I reached my new destination, my home. My home is in the surrounding area of Brailston city, and I figure that I will not bother anyone there.  I walk through the white blanket of snow that covers the grounds to reach my house. The book is bundled up in my arms as I take care not to drop it into the snow. 

When I reach my house, I open the window to let in the sunlight and the fresh air. Once that is done, I take a seat at my small table and begin to read again. I read from where I left off, right up until I am interrupted by a small boy tapping at my window. 

"Lilias!" he calls. 

I remember meeting this boy once before, near a lake. There is where I found out that he is a Faerie, like me. The boy has medium length blonde hair that is somewhat similar to mine and a very friendly face. 

"What are you doing here?" I then ask as I break out into a smile.  I then watch as he climbs in my window and runs over to where I am sitting.  

"I wanted to ask you, if you--" he then began before he stopped due to catching the cover of my book. "Did you see the dragon Lilias?" he then asked in a more excited voice. He had seen the dragon.  I am sure of it. 

"When did the dragon appear?" I then ask him. I'm not quite sure what he meant either. I have been to a lot of places, even if I was only to count the places I have been in the last few days. 

"During the blizzard!" he exclaimed energetically. "It was so large, and it was as white as the snow! The people are saying that it was the one to cause the blizzard!" they boy called Rayne then continued to tangent. However, I had been lost after his first statement because I started to daydream.

I remember one of the days during the long blizzard. I remember it specifically because it was one of the only days that I actually stayed in my home. The kettle had been brewing to make some tea, and I was waiting for it while looking out at the snow. That was the moment that I heard those strange sounds.They were noises that I had never heard in my entire life.  I remember pressing my nose against the window as I tried to get a glimpse at what was creating the noise, but caught only a glimpse at what looked like a beast made to look like ice. 

I was tempted to go after after it. I figured that I could just orb out my window and follow the dragon,  but then I remembered the tea. I could not let it go to waste, so I stayed, but I knew that I would go and find what ever that creature was one day. 

"Well? Did you see it?"  the boy then asked as he nudged me. He was so childish sometimes, but that action caused me to come back to reality.

I then took a moment a as I thought about his question. I believed that it was a dragon, so I nodded my head. 

"Yes! I saw it, Rayne. Did you see it as well?" I asked him

[levistus-catavian]

On Ice || Levi & Lilias || Para

[levistus-catavian]

Levistus smirked as she asked how he got the name “Well it is a long story but lets just say I earned it. through much work and great intelligence I took leadership from another less worthy than I, and now it is I who they call the King In White.” he said smirking as he recalled his battle with the Blue Tyrant who ruled Stygia before him. But such stories were for another time.

As she agreed with him he nodded and smiled warmly to her “Good, I’m glad you agree. Let’s hope that with my help you can learn, then we can go from there.” he said twirling the snow again with a lazy hand movement.

However she became very scared after the reaction to their hands touching. Not that he could blame her, it hurt him, and the effects would indeed appeared scary to one so sweet and fragile as this creature before him. As he reassured her he listened to her story and nodded understandingly. “I see, well I would apologise for her but I don’t really speak for my kind. All I can say is that she was her and I am me. It would seem that this woman you encountered has rather a different temperament than myself wouldn’t you agree?” he asked as he pulled a small handkerchief from his coat pocket and offered it out to her, careful not to do so in such a way that would cause her to accidentally touch his skin again. “Dry your eyes now my dear. Such a pretty face should not be made less so by unnecessary sadness and worry.” he said with his usual smirk on his face

[lilikenzie-blog]

"That sounds like it's out of folklore," she then told him as she listened to him and nodded. Even though she hadn't known the man in front of her for very long, Lilias still believed him. There was a level of trust that was formed a little too quickly. "I like your name," she then added as a smile crept back onto the girl's face.  She rubbed her eyes, as she did her best not to start crying again. The fact that he was similar to the one that beat her up terrified her. Lilias did not enjoy getting hurt, nor hurting others. 

Lilias took the handkerchief, and started to rub her eyes with it. Lilias knew that she needed to calm down, so she took deep breaths as she started to calm down. Lilias then held it out to him once she was finished. "Do you want it back?" she then asked before she shut her mouth and listened to him speak. He seemed so wise, so Lilias had no reason to not believe him. She nodded at his questions before a small smile crept back onto her face. "I still would like to learn," she then said as she fixed the hair that had fallen in front of her tired eyes yet again.

Lilias shut her eyes as she took a few more deep breaths. She was just settling down. She felt odd crying in front of a person that she hardly even knew. Lilias hardly ever cried either. More often then not, Lilias got upset. She then remembered that she couldn't touch Levi, so she went and placed the handkerchief on a patch of snow that he had created, so that she wouldn't hurt him. "There you go," she then said as she walked back over to him and looked at him carefully. She didn't really know how to act around Levi anymore, seeing that he might hurt her. However, she wasn't going to let it phase her. He said that he was going to teach her Magik, and that was what he was going to do. 

[irisbeckett]

Cabin Fever || Iris & Lilias

The blizzard had been devastating to everyone, immortal and mortal alike, and had seemingly reached to all corners of Athoria. Iris was more than grateful for the fact that she’d had shelter from the storm, but once the snow had started to melt, she felt as if she was ready to burst at the seams if she was stuck inside for one more day. Being snowed in with the usual clientele at Thirst hadn’t exactly been the most pleasant experience, especially when they couldn’t go anywhere else to hunt and the supplies had started to run low.

The first day when they could finally open the door without being greeted by an eight foot high wall of snow was literally like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. She clawed and dug her way out into the sunshine and sprawled over the melting snowbank, drinking in the warmth of the sun’s rays on her body. Unfortunately, the abundance of melting snow turned into obnoxious amounts of mud being tracked into the tavern, so her workload just continued to pile up until she couldn’t take it anymore.

She grabbed her patchwork coat and stomped toward the door. "Hey! Where do you think you’re going?" Gage shouted at her back as she gripped the door handle. She turned back and said with the sweetest smile she could muster, "Nunya." Without waiting for some smart ass remark, she opened the door and walked outside, taking in a deep breath as she stood on the porch, watching the sun start its descent below the horizon. Putting one foot in front of the other, she started walking to nowhere in particular. She just needed to get out for a while.

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias wasn't much effected by the blizzard. Sure, it was very, very cold, but Lilias still enjoyed heading out during the time that most people were snowed in. She did it by orbing out through an open window, so she could just go and see everything that had been covered in a thick layer of white, fluffy snow. On that day however, it seemed that people were starting to head out of their homes. As Lilias flew about, she saw more and more people walking down the cobblestone streets of the cities, as well as a few more in the forest as well.  Lilias found that to be amazing. She loved people, and even though the scenery without the people in it was quite appealing, nothing compared to watching people wander about.  Everyone seemed so mesmerized, and for once, Lilias felt like some people were starting to act like her. 

Due to more people heading out of their homes, Lilias decided that she would finally be able to walk on the ground like the humans were. She flew to the Hallowed Oak, before hiding behind a tree and changing back into her short, platinum blonde headed self.  Once she had finished, Lilias heard footsteps coming from the path.The initial emotion that overtook her was fear, so she pressed herself against the tree as she peered out to see what it was. Her eyes then caught sight of a unique looking girl. The thing that captivated Lilias was the color of the girl's hair. It was a strange color, one Lilias didn't really know how to define, and a color that she didn't normally see on humans. It made Lilias want to go up to the girl and ask her why her hair was that color, so that was what she did. 

Lilias walked out from behind the tree and walked up to the girl. "Hi!" she then said excitedly She was an out-going kind of character, that wasn't very good at social norms. "I like your hair," she then told the girl as her smile got wider. "Why is it that color?" she then asked as she examined it from the new distance.  "Oh, um.. My name is Lilias," Lilias then added as she started to fix the hair the fell in front of her face once again. 

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias then continued to fix herself up in nervousness before she looked at the man again. “I-I um.. Was I staring? I-I didn’t mean to stare for so long.. I didn’t! I’m sorry.. I really am sorry..” she then rambled Lilias used her hands while she spoke before a lock of her hair came out of her tie and fell in front of her face again.

[shilohgarrett-blog]

Don't Hide Behind that Smile | Shiloh + Lilias | Flashback

[shilohgarrett-blog]

The young girl was soaked through and Shiloh couldn’t help him self and barked another laugh, “names Shiloh kid, and that,” he glanced up to the beam, “was a work out, a pull up to keep me strong.” The young girl kept apologizing and Shiloh shook his head gently brushing her arm, “hey, you’re alright, not a big deal I am a huge guy. I’d stare if I was in your shoes.” He reached down and threw on an abandoned shirt, not wanting to be so half naked in front of the human girl. It was a human custom he was still getting use to, and mostly overlooked around the Ports when he was working, however, with kids it was a different story and he didn’t need trouble.

"That beam? Its pretty easy you just grab it and lift yourself up," he smiled gently, "you are soaked through, you’re going to catch a cold or something." A chuckle escaped him and he shook his head again that she had made him smile so much in one day. "I heard all these kids playing around the bend, were you guys having fun? I am new here, haven’t had a chance to fully explore my new home yet." Shiloh actually only stayed around the docks, thankfully his home was right here as well, because the was all a bit of a shock to his system.

He plopped down on the edge of the lower dock, the slots of the upper dock casting shade on the pair. The view was beautiful down there, overlooking the sea, the bowels of the ships coasting lazily by to be tied in and unloaded. Shiloh actually couldn’t have landed anywhere more different. The Forest of Dean was beautiful, its branches low and roots tearing from the ground to create a web of wood to run through. It was quiet too, the wildlife keeping to the outer territory line knowing the wolves would hunt them down if they wandered too close. The Ports were loud, constantly loud in his ears, and he had to train himself to tone down what sounds to pick up and even still it was a skill he was embarrassed at surrounded by so many humans at once.

That was what was interesting the most to him, the word humans. He himself was a human once upon a time, three hundred years ago actually. That life didn’t simply just vanish, it was apart of him more then even his Alpha had realized. It was that life that caused everything to fall apart, for his hatred to darken his heart. He glanced up at the girl still standing there realizing he had lost himself in her presence. “You live here kid? Know anything good to eat?”

Living on meat was pretty much their entire diet in RADULFR, alongside fruits and veggies everything was grown or gathered and fresh. Smells were another sense he wasn’t prepared for being overwhelmed with, the food in the Ports made his stomach growl, and not having eaten much since his transformation he was more or less curious about the variety of foods they made. “Shit, you really are soaked through, can I walk you home or something?” He got up and walked into his home leaving the door open slightly to grab a dry towel.

"Here," he chuckled at the bouncing girl, "my conscience is clear now." Handing her the towel before leaning against the doorframe of his home. He never thought about kids before. RADUFLR was strict on mating, most of his pack were male wolves, and those few female wolves had already had their children hundred of years before Shiloh came along. Silas wasn’t interested in having a large pack, and Shiloh came and went the baby of the pack. Now seeing this cute kids drenched though, the laughter of the other kids singing in the air from around the bend. He could see himself raising a few pups, and the thought brought a sad smile to his face. "Better?"

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias watched him as he laughed before trembling some more. He was large, and she was not. That posed an issue. That also meant, that she could get beaten up, if he so chose to do so.  "Shiloh?" she then repeated as she mused.  "Shiloh.. Isn't that a name for women?" she then asked as she looked up at him again.  Lilias swore that it was a name for women. She must have heard it somewhere and just forgotten. Lilias did that quite often. "Well, um.. my name is Lilias! Lilias Emilia Mckenzie," she then told him confidently. That was the only thing she was sure about after all. The rest, it was all fuzzy. Lilias couldn't remember anything past being raised by humans, so she believed that she was one. However, she couldn't say that for some reason, and she was confused by that. 

"A work out.. to keep strong?" Lilias then repeated as she pondered it. Did everyone work out? Lilias had never stared at someone working out in the middle of the dock before, and she had been there quite a few times.  It made sense that he would be strong though. Lilias didn't think that she would be able to lift herself on that bar the same way that he did. She didn't even think that she would be able to hold herself up. "May I try?" she then asked curiously. She knew that she would probably just make a fool of herself, but she wanted to try this new thing. Lilias then continued on with her ramblings and apologies until the man brushed her arm gently. That caused her to shut her mouth faster then he was able to move his hand back. "Okay.. I-I'm sorry,"she then said again before she let out a sigh.

Lilias didn't really take into the account that the man was also not wearing a shirt. She didn't really mind it. She only really noticed it, when he went to put on a shirt. Lilias then listened to him explain the bar before nodding. "I don't think that I would be able to lift myself up like that.. "  she then told him. "Maybe, but I don't know," she then told him before she paused to let him speak. Lilias needed to learn to stop rambling so that other people would get a chance to speak after her. Lilias bit her tongue as she listened to him before shrugging. "I think I'll be okay,  home is just.. um.. just that way!"  Llilias then exclaimed before she covered her face.  She couldn't tell him about the orbing thing. He'd find her weird! She didn't even understand the orbing herself. She had only done it a few times, and she tried her best to not tell anyone.  She just wished to fly, and then it happened!  LIlias was scared to tell anyone, because she wanted to fit in with the other kids. She didn't want to be looked at differently. "And yes, the other kids and I were having a lot of fun... Though I just like to pick up the shells when I find them," Lilias then explained. 

Lilias followed him before plopping down next to him on the lower dock. She figured that it was the right thing to do, since she just followed the other kids around when they were playing in the water.  She swung her legs as she looked down at the sand below. Lilias looked away because she felt like she needed to stop staring at him, but after a while, Lilias started to feel like she wasn't looking at him enough and she sighed. Human behaviors were weird. She didn't know what was right or wrong, and she didn't have any way to find out.  Lilias then listened to his question before turning back to look at him. "Eat.. Well.. the lady that I live with makes broth, and it's tasty..  I don't really eat anywhere else," she then answered as she pondered his question some more. The people that took her in hardly ever went out, and when they did, they never took Lilias. They just left her food, and Lilias liked their food quite a bit. 

She then turned when the man got up and walked into what he presumed was his home. It looked like a nice home, at least from Lilias' point of view.  She followed him. before stopping where she originally stopped to look at him before waiting for him to come back. She didn't think the man was just going to leave her waiting outside his house after all.  When he finally came back with the towel, she took it and looked at it for a minute before looking up at him and smiling. "Thank you," she then told him as she smiled and started to dry her long hair with the towel. She then remembered his question before he left and bit her lip. "I'll be okay," she then said as she nodded. She would be okay. Lilias knew the way home, and even though she probably lived quite a ways away, the orbing would help her get home. She just had to make it work,  and she wasn't actually sure how she would make the orbing work. 

"I'm better, I'm better,"  she then quickly responded as she smiled widely at the man. He was so kind, for someone so big. She thought since he was big that he might have been scary, but Lilias knew better then to judge anyone. 

[knight-mahalath]

Trouble Finds Me || Adarna+Lilias

[knight-mahalath]

It was almost sad in regards to how helpless the little fae was. Adarna reveled in her pleas of mercy and rivers of tears. Despite how her own life was being threatened, she still continued to dwell on the filthy deer. The demoness wouldn’t say it out loud, but she would admit that her prey was quite stubborn. “You’re willful…I’ll give you that! But even tenacity won’t help you now…” Frantic fingers attempted to reach for her face, but Adarna kept out of their reach. She assumed the girl deduced that they couldn’t touch so it was possible that she used that factor as a means of defense. 

After jamming her knee into the other’s abdomen, she knelt down and clasped Lilias’ throat with one hand. The succubus squeezed hard, increasing the intensity as each second passed. Her prey managed to lift a hand but her own gloved appendage seized the girl’s wrist and forced it against the ground. Now, both of her hands were in use, but Lilias had one more and she managed to press the palm of it against Adarna’s jaw in attempt to force her off. “G—Gaahhhh!” Agony shredded across the right side of the demon’s face, causing a wail of pain to flee from her mouth. The faerie’s hand must have been covered in sweat. 

Immediately, Adarna let go and put a few yards of distance between them. The entire lower right side of her face felt like it was on fire and she could tell her skin was beginning to swell. “Dammit…you little Bitch…”

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias didn't know what to do. Everything in her small body felt like it was on fire, even though there were much closer to water then it's partner. Her abdomen was being kicked, and her hand was shoved to the ground which made Lilias actually feel helpless for once. She felt like she couldn't do anything, but that didn't mean that she was going to give up. That just meant that she was going to continue to try and reach for her goal. To touch her bare skin. Lilias felt like that would make everything better. That she wouldn't be in pain and that she would be able to escape. So that was what Lilias tried. She took her free hand, and she shoved it in the woman's face. She felt the flesh start to sizzle and swell, like she had produced fire from her hand.  

The woman then actually took a few steps away. Lilias got up and looked at the deer with one last look of longing. She couldn't save it, but that didn't mean she couldn't save herself.  Due to Lilias' focus no longer being on the woman, she didn't hear any of her words. Instead, Lilias took the chance to change into her true form and fly away as fast as she possibly could. Lilias figured that the woman would not be able to see her as she flew, but Lilias was taking no chance. Lilias needed to go home and tend to her wounds. Her body hurt, and Lilias felt like a nice wash up and rest would do the trick  The desire to head home was what fueled Lilias to fly quickly.

She wanted to get away from the woman more than anything, which was strange because normally Lilias really loved people. She loved to learn things from people, because it made everything a little better, however she knew that she wanted nothing to do with the woman that killed the deer. 

[shilohgarrett-blog]

Don't Hide Behind that Smile | Shiloh + Lilias | Flashback

Shiloh leaned heavy against the rough stone wall of the lower docks a few feet from the wooden door of his home. It was hot today, and even the mid-summer breeze from the northern sea wasn’t providing any relief. Shiloh loved it. Wearing only a pair of cropped tan cotton shorts with his bare feet crossed right at his ankles the sun shone hot on his beautifully tanned shoulders, adding to his spread of new freckles.

A genuine smiled tugged at the wolf’s lips, eyes shinning bright in amusement as he watched a group of older kids playing in the water around the dock bend. He could hear their laughs, and the boy’s failed attempts at showing off to the girls, that always ended in a loud shrill of squeals and water splashes of bodies falling into the water. He took a deep pull of the glass bottle of local mead, its liquid starting to warm against the heat of his grasp and frowned. 

It was easy to fake a smile around the Ports, and he grew his rep of being a quiet loyal patron with all the local businesses. To pretend to be happy was an easy feat when he didn’t have any friends. Even if it had been a solid year since he was forced out of England, he just couldn’t bring himself to make any, it was easier to just remain a friendly face. 

He finished his drink, tossing the bottle by his door, and turned to wrap his hands on an upper dock beam to pull himself up into a pull up. His muscled arms rippled tight, lifting his body easily in a fast pace movement. One year, and it still burned hot in his chest, that want to go back to England, chase down his pack in a series of claws and snarls. He wanted it, even though suicide was never his intention the want to fight was always on the wolf’s mind, had been since he was 14 and his human father put a sword in his hand. He crunched up his face in hate once again, and bit his lip trying to wave the thoughts. 

The laughter picked up and it pained him silently. His pack mates would often play by the lake, but Shiloh and his three other brother’s weren’t allowed to enjoy such simple pleasures when there was planning to do. He pulled up in another series of pull ups when a strong scent of honey reached his nose from the sea breeze and he turned to glance up at the young girl he had assumed just finished swimming with the other kids, or had stumbled upon him by accident. Standing six-two he towered over her, so he dropped down from the beam and fixed her the only weapon he could use on her, his smile. 

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias was just a small unknowing Fae at the time. She was still being raised by the humans that took her in, and all she knew how to be was human. There was no Faerie magik in her life, even though she had the blood and the powers of one. She was playing the the lake, with the other humans that her family had become friends with. All of the kids were nice to her. They asked her to join in their games, and they talked to her when she decided that she just wanted to sit by the water.  The boys liked to show her their muscles, which caused a lot the girls around her to squeal. Lilias however, didn't find them all that interesting. She was interested in a lot of other things, such as shells and the thought of far away lands,  not the physical trait of a small boy. 

After a while of these strange games, Lilias decided that she was going to head home. She waved goodbye to her friends before she got up and headed towards the path that would lead her back home. Her clothes were soaked to the core, and her long, almost white hair glistened as it stuck to her back in a way that only hair would.  She was focused on getting home, but Lilias always managed to lose focus somehow.  In this instance, it was a man that was holding onto a beam. Lilias just got caught up in all of the mystery behind the man. She wondered how he got so strong, and why he was holding onto the beam, because she thought about things in that sense quiet often. 

In this instance however, Lilias somehow managed to ponder it for so long that he seemed to have noticed her staring.  She assumed this after he let go of his beam, and stood before her. The fact that he was a rather large man, and stood at about six foot two frightened the little girl.  She wasn't quite used to talking to strangers, and when she did, Lilias tended to ramble. She tended to go on and on about strange subjects, which often bore or infuriated the person that she had come across. However, when she looked up at his face, which was hard to do because it caused the sun to shine directly in her eyes, she found him smiling. 

Smile were nice. Lilias found that when people were smiling, the looked friendlier. However, Lilias still ended up feeling quite nervous. "I-I'm sorry!" she then stammered as she quickly started to bounce around. She started to fix her hair and tie it up, before pulling her shirt that was still stuck to her soaking wet skin. Lilias then continued to fix herself up in nervousness before she looked at the man again. "I-I um.. Was I staring? I-I didn't mean to stare for so long.. I didn't! I'm sorry.. I really am sorry.."  she then rambled Lilias used her hands while she spoke before a lock of her hair came out of her tie and fell in front of her face again. 

This action often caused the small girl to get rather pissed off. No matter how hard she tried, hair managed to get in front of her face.  She pushed it behind her ear before looking up at the man again. "I'm really sorry," she then told him again. "I am mister, I-I um.. should I leave you alone? I'm sorry for bothering you!" Lilias then continued to apologize to the man who seemed to just continue to smile. "Um.. How did you stay on that beam thing over there? It looks difficult," she then commented as she placed a cheery smile on her pale face. 

[levistus-catavian]

On Ice || Levi & Lilias || Para

[lilikenzie-blog]

He nodded as she repeated the name “yes, a name I was given in my homeland, none have called me it in a while though I must say.” He watched her as she was clearly deep in thought and he nodded as she spoke “yes…it must” he said swirling the snow flakes some more with a twirl of his hand. He could tell she was indeed thinking hard as she seemed to be almost distracted by her thoughts.

As she spoke of not knowing how to practice he smirked “Well then all the more reason to find a way no?” he said keeping his charming smile on his face. “The ability to read a mind can be most useful and with my help I’m sure you will get better at it my dear Lilias” he said as he nodded encouragingly 

When she reached out and touched him she reacted how he had feared she would. She winced and drew back from his hand, as she saw his eyes she covered her face and cowered. It was understandable, his kind were not usually gentle company, nor was he if anyone crossed him. He could only imagine from the way she pleaded that she had encountered one of his brethren in the past and she had had a less than pleasant experience. He sighed as she cowered and slowly took a step forward with his hands held out non threateningly in front of him. He knelt down so that he was level with her.

"Lilias, please don’t be afraid my dear." he smiled reassuringly "I can only imagine why you have a bad impression of my kind, but you have done nothing that would incur my wrath so you need not be afraid of me. I promise." he said with a smirk. Truly Levistus was rather relaxed compared to his Demonic family. If someone crossed him his wrath could be great and horrible to behold. But this girl had done nothing of the sort and she could be useful to him. So for the mean time at least he would try to make her feel better

"Why were you given that name?" she then asked curiously. The man was not even wearing white. Lilias figured that it must of had to do with the ice and snow that he was able to create with his hands, but she wasn't sure in the slightest.  Lilias then continued to watch the snowflakes swirl around them with wide and curious eyes. Lilias wanted to know how he did that. She wanted to be able to do it too, so that she would be able to do something useful. 

As the man countered her statements, she nodded. "Yes, I think that is a splendid idea," Lilias then replied. The way that he kept himself definitely did astound Lilias. He seemed so composed, and definitely sophisticated. It made her want to act in that way as well, but Lilias had no idea where to start.  The company that she was most familiar with was the one of humans, but she couldn't act like a human around someone that clearly was not one. 

After she touched him, Lilias got very scared. She remembered what the woman said. Lilias remembered why the woman wore gloves when she was beating her up. It was because she couldn't touch her.  Lilias covered her face with her hands and started to furiously wipe her eyes. "Don't hurt me," she almost whined as she scooted away from him. What the woman did to her made her so scared. It made her want to run away, but she couldn't do that. Levi was not the woman that she had also met in the forest. He was a completely different person. Lilias watched as Levi crouched down to her level and put his hands down.

"T-There was a woman.. a-and she hurt me!" Lilias then tried to explain as she shook her head. "And she killed the deer and I couldn't fix it!" Lilias then rambled as she looked up at him. Her eyes were glossy, red and puffy as she told her story about the woman in the forest. Lilias never wanted to see that woman again, and it was one of the bigger driving forces that made Lilias want to learn how her magik worked. She needed to get better at it so that she could do things like save animals when people did them wrong. She wanted to help others, and Lilias figured that it would be a lot less frustrating with a little Magik. 

[wulcanis]

[ghostling]

[levistus-catavian]

On Ice || Levi & Lilias || Para

[levistus-catavian]

He smirked still as they stood closer and he looking into her eyes as she asked him about his tricks “Again my dear it is simply part of who I am. I am the King in White, although that’s a name I haven’t been referred to as in a while. The ice obeys me because it must.” he said smirking as he looked around at the white ice and snow he had made around them.

He watched her as she though about her own power. He had no idea if she would be able to learn his powers, or even a slighter version of them. However he was willing to try since his power was by its nature cold and cutting. If Lilias learned it then it would be useful for him if she used it. He nodded as she spoke of being able to hear thoughts. It was narrowing down his guesses at what she might be. “I see, a true gift indeed, to hear the thoughts of another. I’m sure that it is something you could hone and make more powerful if you had more of a chance to practice my dear.” he said with his usual charming smile.

As she watched the ice he smiled, it was fascinating to watch her as she took it all in. the look in her eyes was one of pure curiosity. He kept his hand still as he watched her reach for it in a curious manner like one might do if they had found a new object that they wished to view closer. He braced himself just in case his suspicions had been correct. As her skin touched his he winced slightly as pain shot through his hand then up his arm. His eyes flashed, changing for a few brief flickers from his unnatural shocking blue that he used to hide his true form, to the complete and endless black that identified him as what he was, An Ice Demon.

He gently pulled his hand away from her, not wanting to startle her, but at the same time the touch of a creature such as her was painful and very uncomfortable to most of his kind. He rubbed at his hand where the small black marks now appeared on his vessels skin. He looked back to her as his black eyes slowly turned back to the normal blue he usually held. He chuckled a little and raised a brow “It seems fate has decided that we shall be unable to shake hands at least. it seems this will have to be a contactless friendship my dear.” he said with his usual smirk back on his face. Much as she was clearly Fae and he was Demon, he would still try to teach this girl or at least talk to her. She could be even more useful than he had previously thought, for a Fae could spread his ice to places well out of his reach. Of course this depended on what her reaction would be to this recent revelation. Did she know of his kind? would she stick around after this incident? he was curious to see.

[lilikenzie-blog]

"King... of... White?" Lilias then mused out loud. She had never head someone call themselves that title before.  All Lilias knew was that there was one king, and that was the king of Athoria. She didn't know much about the wars or all of the fighting that was going on because she wasn't concerned with it. She was on the outskirt of it all, because that was all she was really good for. "It... must?" she then continued to muse as she watched the man's eyes. She didn't understand. Lilias was very confused by the man's words, but she wanted to learn what he meant. Lilias wanted to understand so that she could be included in something. 

The way that he talked soothed Lilias in a way. it was so calm and collected, which was a direct contrast from her jittery voice. The man also sounded very wise, which made Lilias interested in him. She was interested because she thought that maybe he could help her learn things that she didn't already know, which was a lot. Llias then pulled herself out of her musings as he began to speak so that she could pay attention. "But I don't know how to practice!" she then interrupted. She just concentrated on a person when she wanted to try and read their thoughts, but that only worked half the time. The other half of the time, she just stood there staring at someone and looking like a clown. 

As Lilias reached out for his hand, she didn't think anything of it. She just wanted to see how he did it.  She wanted to see where all of the ice came from. Because of this urge, she touched it.  Then when he winced, she was caught of guard. It caused her to flinch away from him and instantly look at his face. When she saw his eyes, she proceeded to cover her own. She didn't like it! Lilias had seen eyes like that before. Even though they were not as black as the man's, the eyes of the woman who beat her up with the deer had eyes that were similar to his. She pulled her hands to her chest as she looked at him nervously. She wanted to know if he was going to beat her up now because of what she did. 

The thought of getting beat up again made Lilias so nervous. It caused her to start to shake as her eyes began to water. The revelation caused Lilias to completely disregard the words that he spoke after his eyes turned to the shade of blue she was used to seeing. "D-Don't hurt me please," she then stammered as she looked at the male. Lilias really hated what had happened with the deer and she didn't go through that again. She didn't know how to fight either, so there wasn't much that she could do if the male did decided to place a hand on her. "Please..." she then whispered shakily before she rubbed the tears away from her eyes. Lilias now felt so scared around the man and she didn't know what to do about it. 

[levistus-catavian]

On Ice || Levi & Lilias || Para

[levistus-catavian]

Levistus smirked at the girl as she spoke. He could see she was deep in thought and he let her have a moment to process her thoughts. She was clearly a very curious little thing and he found that endearing in some ways. He shrugged his shoulders as she asked why, “I know not little one, I suppose that is just the nature of some things. They are dark, or light, and that is the way they must stay for the duration of their existence.” He smiled softly at the thought of it all, good and bad, dark and light. It all had its place as one without the other would simply be boring.

He smiled his usual charming smile as she looked at the snow wide eyed. He chuckled a little at her. She saw things with such fresh eyes it seemed and it was almost nice to see someone so instantly curious rather than aggressive in the face of Magik. Again he shrugged slightly as she spoke “Just another one of my tricks I guess.” he said with a smirk. As they took a step toward each other he smirked and tilted his head curiously. “Teach you, you say?” he furrowed his brow as if he was thinking hard on the subject. This girl was interesting indeed, his magic was of course dark by his very nature, but who was he to deny its chilling influence to someone if they begged for a portion of his ice powers to be theirs. It couldn’t hurt to have someone around spreading his frost throughout the kingdom, perhaps even in place he couldn’t normally get to judging by this girls traveling nature. He look up from his thoughts and smiled at her.

"Yes,……..yes why not my dear Lilias. What kind of friend would I be if I didn’t share my knowledge with such a sweet and curious lover of fine things?" he said with a slight nod to her. "So,…do you have any Magik yourself? any grasp of it that might help you to have a place to start learning the exquisite and all powerful Ice Magik?" he asked with a slight flourish of his hand causing the snow to swirl quickly around them both leaving them in the centre of a quick and beautiful, yet harmless snow twister in the middle of the clearing.

[lilikenzie-blog]

Lilias was not one to have seen such strange Magik in the past.  Even though she walked the forests, she had yet to experience anything extremely new, due to her distance of travel and the fact that she wasn’t really paying attention half the time.  She listened to his words and nodded politely.  The man that stood with her seemed so knowing which was very different from how she was. Lilias was so.,, unknowing. She didn’t know her kind, and she didn’t know her Magik in the way that she should have.  She knew that she needed to learn and that was why she was always asking and always wanting to be taught. Lilias wanted to retain as much information as she could so that she could catch up. It was so that when she did finally meet other Faerie, she wouldn’t make a fool of herself. Things would be okay. Lilias would finally not be the odd man out of every situation.

The way that he called her “little one” as well as the way he smiled at her made Lilias feel like he knew something which she didn’t. Which was almost always the case.  Then she continued to listen before nodding yet again. “Why do you have so many tricks?” she asked.  Was he a wizard? She didn’t quite know how to feel about the man who smiled at her quite nicely.  Lilias couldn’t deny that he seemed nice, but there was something that was a little off.   She pushed her hair back as she looked at him.  She knew that it was Magik, and Magik was what Lilias wanted to learn, so she was going to learn it. Plus, this man had a lot of it and could probably teach her. That was Lilias’ mindset on the whole situation at hand.  

When he said yes, the happiness spread through Lilias’ features rather quickly.  Her lips curled into a timid smile and one could see the sparkle in her eyes that he gave to her.  However, his question the caught her a little off guard. She didn’t really know how to answer it.  “I um… I don’t really know?” Lilias then stammered as she looked at him. “Sometimes, the thoughts of some beings come to me...” she told him quietly before biting on her lip. That was all that she really had, but she didn’t really know how she did it.  “I’m not really sure how I make them happen though,” she then explained as she looked at him. Then she watched as his hand moved before the snow shot up around them. She then looked at the snow with wide eyes. The snow made it seem like he had so much power.  Lilias then reached out and gently touched the hand of the man in a curious manner.

[ghostling]

[levistus-catavian]

On Ice || Levi & Lilias || Para

[levistus-catavian]

Levi continued to smile at the girl as her hair bounced about as she bopped her head, and her smile grew as they spoke. She seemed like an interesting little creature. He was getting the feeling that she wasn’t human. Not that it mattered greatly to him, for she was quite interesting. Levi rarely had problems with people when they kept him interested.

As she asked again of the creatures he looked backed to them, now lying broken on the ground “I guess I may be, or at least some form of Magik. However I would imagine it is some kind of dark Magik to have done this.” he said as he turned back to face her, locking eyes with her. He wore his charming smile still. “But that is the beauty of this world isn’t it?” he asked as he swirled his hands letting out some light mist that flew up high, as it passed the trees it spread and then it started to make snow fall lightly on the area they stood. “There are so many different kinds of things to see, and Magik to encounter.” he said as he held out his hand and caught one of the falling flakes of snow.

As she spoke of how nice the forest was he looked around again. “I must agree, it is vast and full of many thing both deadly and beautiful.” he said light heartedly. He smirked at her as she offered to walk with him one day. “yes…Yes that would be nice. You could show me some of the nicer places that I’m sure you have found in your wanderings? That’s the good thing about letting your daydreams distract you, sometimes they lead you to places of interest in the real world. Or people of interest.” he said smirking and walking a few steps closer to her so they were talking face to face rather than across this open area.

[lilikenzie-blog]

The man seem kind, which was very pleasant. Especially after the woman in the forest had been mean to her. That was the first time that she had been hurt, and she didn't even know what the woman was.  Lilias then shook her head as she tried not to think about that. She didn't want to anyway. It hurt to much.  Then her eyes trailed back to the unmoving creature that still laid in a mess on the hard ground. Was it just going to stay there forever? Lilias wished that there was some sort of way to clean it up. She didn't think that any child who explored the forest would appreciate seeing that.

"I think so, but why does it half to be?" she then asked him as she tilted her head a little. After her statement, Lilias then started to think about it. What if people could make the Magik in the creatures good? Would they turn back to mortals? Would they have special powers? The possibilities were endless. Lilias liked to look at the good in everything after all, not the bad. It made her world a brighter place. After that thought, she turned back to look at the alive male that was speaking to her. "Yes," she then said as she nodded before watching as he swirled his hands. The mist around them then started to move and soon it was snowing. Lilias' eyes grew wide. The man made it snow with his hand. How did he do that? Lilias wanted to learn all of these tricks. .

"How did you do that?!" Lilias then stammered as she looked at him. It had to have been Magik. She also had Magik, but clearly his Magik was a lot better then hers was. That made Lilias want to learn from him. Lilias then paused as he began to speak. She wasn't very good at manners, but she tried her best. "Yes," she then said as she nodded before the man moved closer to her. In turn, she also took a step closer. She didn't know what that would have done, but it was to late to turn back then. "Please teach me," she then stated as she met his eyes.