What Lie in Shadow (CA - Saber)
Quote from Skyelre on September 1, 2023, 6:34 pmNow it was Saber's turn to cross his arms. His brows were still furrowed, but his anger was down several notches.
" Are you?" he said simply, watching her with an almost blank stare.
Now it was Saber's turn to cross his arms. His brows were still furrowed, but his anger was down several notches.
" Are you?" he said simply, watching her with an almost blank stare.
Quote from Kaqurei on September 1, 2023, 7:54 pmShe stared back for a while. Then she just clicked her tongue and shook her head. "There was a chance just now. You missed it. How unfortunate for you."
With that, she shifted forms and slammed the door shut so that he couldn't leave.
"Here's the choice you didn't have: leaving the pack. Here's the choice you had: whether you and I were going to be friends or enemies while you're here. Getting to know each other wasn't for my sake, it was for yours. You want to be enemies so badly? Wish granted. Your little midnight jaunts? Over. And these?"
She pushed him against the wall and reached for the pocket he'd shoved the phone numbers into, daring him with a snarl to stop her. "History."
She stared back for a while. Then she just clicked her tongue and shook her head. "There was a chance just now. You missed it. How unfortunate for you."
With that, she shifted forms and slammed the door shut so that he couldn't leave.
"Here's the choice you didn't have: leaving the pack. Here's the choice you had: whether you and I were going to be friends or enemies while you're here. Getting to know each other wasn't for my sake, it was for yours. You want to be enemies so badly? Wish granted. Your little midnight jaunts? Over. And these?"
She pushed him against the wall and reached for the pocket he'd shoved the phone numbers into, daring him with a snarl to stop her. "History."
Quote from Skyelre on September 2, 2023, 12:09 amSaber's body grew tense with Sabrina's shift.
He watched her closely, that fear in his eyes returning but not nearly as intense as before. She pushed him against the wall again, as he turned away from her.
His heart was pounding rapidly.
When she reached for the papers, he moved his hands out of her way. " Fine, take them," he said quietly, but his voice shook. His breath had grown shallow, his skin now ghostly white.
Sight and sound soon became disoriented- he knew in a moment he was going to faint.
Saber's body grew tense with Sabrina's shift.
He watched her closely, that fear in his eyes returning but not nearly as intense as before. She pushed him against the wall again, as he turned away from her.
His heart was pounding rapidly.
When she reached for the papers, he moved his hands out of her way. " Fine, take them," he said quietly, but his voice shook. His breath had grown shallow, his skin now ghostly white.
Sight and sound soon became disoriented- he knew in a moment he was going to faint.
Quote from Kaqurei on September 2, 2023, 5:05 pmSabrina took the phonebook pages. She tucked them into her own satchel before returning her gaze to Saber.
She scoffed when she noted how he'd paled. "You know the one thing I can't stand?" she asked rhetorically. "Bark that covers weakness. You either have the bite to back it up or you don't. And so far, I don't think you have it in you."
Let him faint. She would just carry him back to the cabins. She'd had enough of being bitten every time she reached out to him. He reminded her of... Of a cat she used to have when she was a girl. Well. It wasn't hers. It was a stray she started feeding. It wanted love. It purred and meowed and stroked its body against things when she was near, when she brought it food. But it would never let her touch it. It would always run. And one day it ran straight into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
She snarled softly at the memory. With any luck, maybe Saber wouldn't have the same fate. But see if she cared if he did.
Sabrina took the phonebook pages. She tucked them into her own satchel before returning her gaze to Saber.
She scoffed when she noted how he'd paled. "You know the one thing I can't stand?" she asked rhetorically. "Bark that covers weakness. You either have the bite to back it up or you don't. And so far, I don't think you have it in you."
Let him faint. She would just carry him back to the cabins. She'd had enough of being bitten every time she reached out to him. He reminded her of... Of a cat she used to have when she was a girl. Well. It wasn't hers. It was a stray she started feeding. It wanted love. It purred and meowed and stroked its body against things when she was near, when she brought it food. But it would never let her touch it. It would always run. And one day it ran straight into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
She snarled softly at the memory. With any luck, maybe Saber wouldn't have the same fate. But see if she cared if he did.
Quote from Skyelre on September 2, 2023, 6:34 pmOnce Sabrina moved away from him, the moment passed. He breathed. He was still light headed but the noise in his ears quieted and his vision found some clarity. He didn’t move. He didn’t speak. He simply stood still like stone.
But his stare was not blank like before- he was mentally there, yet he did not respond.
Once Sabrina moved away from him, the moment passed. He breathed. He was still light headed but the noise in his ears quieted and his vision found some clarity. He didn’t move. He didn’t speak. He simply stood still like stone.
But his stare was not blank like before- he was mentally there, yet he did not respond.
Quote from Kaqurei on September 2, 2023, 9:23 pmShe snarled, showing the curve of her canines for a moment. It... It actually wasn't a snarl. It was a nose wrinkling in disgust, though on a wolf's face it looked like a snarl.
Then she turned her back on him and sat down, her ears flattened back against her head. He'd gotten what he'd come for, and she'd taken it. What on earth was he going to do now?
That was one of many questions she wanted to ask him and wouldn't.
She snarled, showing the curve of her canines for a moment. It... It actually wasn't a snarl. It was a nose wrinkling in disgust, though on a wolf's face it looked like a snarl.
Then she turned her back on him and sat down, her ears flattened back against her head. He'd gotten what he'd come for, and she'd taken it. What on earth was he going to do now?
That was one of many questions she wanted to ask him and wouldn't.
Quote from Skyelre on September 2, 2023, 11:13 pmSaber remained silent for what might've been several minutes. Then the silence was broken.
" ...I'm going back to the cabins," he said quietly. But he was slow to move, as if worried Sabrina would try and stop him again.
Saber remained silent for what might've been several minutes. Then the silence was broken.
" ...I'm going back to the cabins," he said quietly. But he was slow to move, as if worried Sabrina would try and stop him again.
Quote from Kaqurei on September 3, 2023, 8:19 amSabrina turned her head back to him, her golden eyes flashing in the dark. Her breath came thick, like a tiger's before growling. But her words were simply, "Go ahead."
She had no intention of stopping him.
Sabrina turned her head back to him, her golden eyes flashing in the dark. Her breath came thick, like a tiger's before growling. But her words were simply, "Go ahead."
She had no intention of stopping him.
Quote from Skyelre on September 3, 2023, 10:14 amSaber slowly departed out of the old town hall. He didn't speak on the way back, and avoided looking at Sabrina.
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While the scars of flesh were worn openly for others to see, the wounds of the soul were an entirely different matter. Both Saber and Sabrina had the opportunity to see those wounds the other bore that night, and yet, neither could acknowledge it; For what lie in shadow cannot be seen.
Saber slowly departed out of the old town hall. He didn't speak on the way back, and avoided looking at Sabrina.
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While the scars of flesh were worn openly for others to see, the wounds of the soul were an entirely different matter. Both Saber and Sabrina had the opportunity to see those wounds the other bore that night, and yet, neither could acknowledge it; For what lie in shadow cannot be seen.
