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 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:24 am
  Rayne heaved a short sigh. Blinking, she looked sadly into the river that wound into her territory. "Why so glum, Rayne?" She asked her reflection, making herself smile despite herself, and shake her head at her foolishness. No. She wasn't upset at Ashy. The cub needed Fa more. She was more ******** up than Rayne, afterall. That put a twinge in her heart and she rested her head on her paws. It was her fault...."Momma....I can't do anything right. My own...sister. I couldn't....feh." She scoffed, zipping her head to the side, "Some big sister I am." She snapped, followed by another sigh. Her wings flexed themselves, before folding back at her sides. Her nose touched the chain-link bracelet just then. Him.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:10 am
  Hearing a soft, depressed sounding voice in the distance, Reaper paid it no mind. He would merely listen. Though what she'd said seemed almost like a distant dream to him. Like he could remember his dreams, though. Sitting proudly like a black stone on a rock, his scythe lay next to him. It wasn't boring. The forest was alive and bouncing - it spoke to him in whispers. As if it knew some secret that he didn't. Reaper didn't mind though. Resting his own head on his paws to listen and be more relaxed, he felt the cool metal of his bracelet. Why did he have it? And what...did it mean?
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:20 pm
She wondered momentarily where he had went, with a soft sigh. "You abandoned us." With a soft tone, though warm. "So why do I miss you?" A soft sparkle of a tear made its home in the corner of her eye. The forest shot her a whisper, and Rayne narrowed her eyes. "Who else is here?" Voice hard, she was not a force to be reckoned with. A small snarl could be felt in the back of her throat as she glared out into the forest, where she felt an almost invisible presence. How much had the other wolf heard?
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:51 pm
Reaper began to feel the soft tug of a frown on his own lips. It sounded like the young female had had a very terrible memory burned into her brain. Better than none at all, he supposed. Then he tensed, and his ears flicked - her voice turned harsh and growling. Regaining his calm quickly, he stood to his feet and slowly padded out to face her. Despite her obvious hostility, he smiled brightly at her. Her wings, however, caught him off-guard. At her very sight, flashes of purple fur and warm milk flooded his mind. Her again. But why he got these images, were shrouded in mystery.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:47 pm
The apparent calmness of the other wolf set her at discomfort...was she...not intimidating? Then, he smiled at her, to further her confusion. Assuming that it meant he came as a friend. Just after the smile, he looked baffled, dazed or...she couldn't place it. Almost lost. So she asked, "Um...sorry. You startled me is all. Are you lost? Oh, and I'm Rayne..." He seemed so oddly familiar...except that he had a scythe and patches of blood all over him. She didn't smell anything, though, so Rayne guessed that they were stains. She was oblivious as ever to his chainlink bracelet that mimicked her own.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:59 pm
Reaper thought about that for a moment. Was he lost? Then he shook his head, "I'm a wanderer. No getting lost if you have no place to go." He was so cheerful and nonchalant about it. This fact made his life simple. For once. "Shadow Reaper." Her replied, but the name Rayne brought the pictures on again, stronger than the last time. Just being around this female seemed to make him reach for a memory. Agonizingly close, but just out of reach. "What are you doing all alone?" He inquired, a glint from her paw catching his attention briefly. With a tip of his head, he looked down at the bracelet, and flicked an ear. It was just like his! What did that mean? Coincidence?
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Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:17 pm
Still, that familiarity about him set her at unease. What was it that made her think she knew him? "Really? Don't you get lonely?" She asked, ignoring how lonesome she herself was. "Oh, me? I'm just...thinking." She replied, a hollowness in the undertones of her voice. Catching his gaze, she looked down at her bracelet and smiled. "My Mother gave this to me. Me and my brother both have one." She informed him.
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:18 pm
Shadow Reaper just smiled with a shake of his head, "Not really," His soft voice chimed out. "Thinking too much can be bad for the heart, and the soul." Reaper said poetically - as if quoting some philosopher. After hearing the story about her mother and the bracelets, he looked down at his own, and raised up his paw, to show it to her. "...Rayne?" He had asked, with a new recognition - some surprised emotion showing in his lax voice. A flood of memories washed over him - how he had disappeared right after leading her away, and he had a look of daze across his face as the visions were happening. Flying lessons, too. His smile has faded, and was replaced with shock. He didn't know just how to react.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:59 pm
At hearing the wise words, Rayne couldn't help but smile at him ever-so softly. It eased her mind to hear something like that, even if it shouldn't. It reminded her of her mother. "True," She added gently. Upon seeing the bracelet around his paw, Rayne recoiled. "S-shadow?" She wanted so badly to rush upon him and embrace him in a nuzzle, but....he didn't look like Shadow. Her ears flew back and she hunched her shoulders instead. "Y-you're not Shadow! You must have killed him, and taken the braclet! My brother would never kill anyone, and yet you have blood stains covering your whole body! And what's with that scythe!?" She demanded, interrogating him. The fact that this might actually be her brother sent a pang through her heart at how she was yelling at him....but, she had to be sure.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:30 pm
At a loss for words, Shadow dropped his head sadly, "I...I...don't know.." he stammered, his heart breaking at the words his newfound sister was sputtering. "But...for some reason, this scythe is bound to me. I've tried to get rid of the thing, but...I can't. It must be responsible for the blood, but...that's strange. Not everyone can see it." he padded forward, but her defensive stance made him recoil as quickly as if she had been a burning flame. Taking his gaze to the ground again, "Perhaps I did kill him. Perhaps I stole this bracelet, and the sudden flash of memories are all fake...learning from a puprle and black wolf to use these wings.." he looked at her again, and winced, "fighting with a wolf that had towered over you menacingly..." he trailed off, "The fire.." he kept remembering things as he spoke, but it was obvious from his lifeless tone that the memories brought him no joy had they been revealed as false. Pressing his paw against the bracelet, he slid the accesory from his paw and left it on the stone where it had trickled onto. "Perhaps you are right. I'm...sorry to have bothered you," his sad face looked back at her once, before he turned, his heart shattering with each step. Fake....Fake....Who was he? He looked to the sky, as if that was where all the answers lied.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:06 pm
"Not everyone!?" She scoffed, "They are stains!" Then it occured to her, that they didn't bare the colour of dried blood, and she dropped her ears for only a moment. Though as she watched him, as sadness enveloped him, she could feel the sincerity, and couldn't bear to see it, just as she could never bear to see her brother take a beating for her. "But...My brother..he was killed, father killed," tears filled her eyes as she shook her head in disbelief. Watching as he discarded the bracelet and apologized, Rayne quickly bounded after him, sat right in front of him, and nuzzled his chest, "Shadow...it is you..." she sobbed, "You might not remember anything..but...it is you. There's not anyone else it could be that speaks like you do, or has those memories. You see....while the clothes we wear hold memories, that bracelet holds his. Holds yours. It's special - it wouldn't give the memories to anyone else." Then, she laughed, and laguhed loudly, "The irony, that the shadow that helped me escape all those long years ago...was actually Shadow!" racing around to grab the bracelet tenderly in her jaws, she dropped it on his paws, "Put your bracelet back on. I know someone...who can help you regain your memories....do you remember how Mother was always talking about...her Mother? Well...She sent an Angel to us." Rayne was excited for her brother, to finally understand who he was again. She nudged his chest with her nose, "C'mon, let me take you to her!"
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:57 pm
"They are stains..." he replied lowly, before walking off. Watching Rayne stammer about her brother and father nearly tore the reaper apart - what had he done? Bringing back so many memories, he should be ashamed of what he had caused. If only, if only, some of his would return, however horrendous. You'd think he'd remember being killed. Of course not. At the strange affection, Shadow blinked, confounded. Awkwardly he draped a paw around the winged wolf's back, then scolded himself. Reaper! What is wrong with you? Has so much of your own pity, misery, and self-loathing made you lose yourself? and in an instant, still listening to her explanation, he pressed his chest into her, draping his head around her back in a protective embrace, glaring even at the bugs flitting around. At her laugh, he reluctantly released his grip to watch her. His bracelet held his memories - well that.. Makes sense. "So that's what this means. Mother..." it felt odd to be recollecting her, as though he knew her. "I wonder if she knew this would happen..." he said somberly, bittersweet. Pulling his bracelet back on tenderly, he looked at her with curiosity. Then he laughed, the first real laugh he remembered having. Did he remember? "Well, no. But I'll take your word for it, sister." he made to follow her with a brief nod. All that anger, turned into happy tears. She was a strange one. And just what was he? He wish he knew. Or remembered. Apparently, however, his mannerisms and speaking patters were what tipped her off to her identity, so...perhaps this is who he always had been.
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:34 pm
Rayne felt warmth shower through her at his embrace; it was exactly how she had remembered it. Only, this time, they weren't in the den of fire, and her father's cackle wasn't pressing in on all sides. With a shudder, she shook her head of the memories. At his musings of their mother, she smiled faintly, "I..don't know if she knew." raising her bracelet to inspect it, she shook her head, "It's just the bit of magic that is held in everything she touched..." At being called sister, she felt giddy again. She had her brother back! Her brother! "Zack will be happy to see you..." she cast her gaze down for a moment. Zack...he was such a good Fa for Ashy, but since she had her brother back, maybe she wouldn't feel so alone! She can't miss a dad she never had, right? She led him into the pack boundaries, where they instantly were greeted with Wolf.   Wolf was happy to see Rayne again, and she looked quite happy! With a bark he trotted over to greet her, maintaining a level of respect with his posture. At the new arrival, he flicked his ears and cocked his head. He smelled like Rayne, but...also like blood! He barked a few times, "Uff! Uff, uff!" he needed to warn her about him - this wolf was not right! He had no desire to meet this new wolf - he must have trailed the pack-sister here!
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:45 pm
Her shudder had caught him off guard, but she had appeared to recover from whatever unseen force had caused the movement, so he ignored it for the moment. The truth was, he was nervous. Maybe, he didn't remember for a reason...."Magic, huh?" Shadow smiled, and shook his head, "I didn't think anyone still believed in magic these days." he heaved a good-natured chuckle, "Says the wolf with wings, blood stains that aren't really stains, a soul-bound scythe and no memories." it was Shadow's turn to laugh. Although, he still took note of the sadness in her eyes at the mention of a 'Zack'. Though the emotion filtered from her maw soon as it had arrived.
Another wolf approached them, and Reaper stayed behind his sister. Was this her pack? 'Uff'? What was so dangerous about him? Pushing past Rayne, Shadow Reaper kept his posture low, tail curled underneath him. Crawling forward until he was at a safe, communicative distance with Wolf, he rolled onto his back in a little ball and whined with a friendly bark and tip of his head. He smiled a bit up at him, hoping that the gesture would make grounds for a friendship. "I'm Shadow Reaper." he remarked with a wolf grin, being sure his teeth were flashed for only a second as not to threaten the other.
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:05 pm
Rayne listened to his musings about magic, and laughed with him. What would he say when he saw Angel!? Or her puppies, or Arseus...She felt herself growing quite happy, talking about her pack, even internally. And before she knew it, she was greeted by the wanderer of the perimeter. She gave a wide wolf-grin at him in greeting, giving a short bark before beginning to walk over to him, tipping her head for Shadow to follow. Although, She winced a bit at Wolf's hostility, and held her ground. This was her brother. Though, of course, she had had the same reaction. On a whim, because she talked to wolf about him before, she held up her bracelet and barked at Shadow. She had been about to point his out, when he stormed over and began socializing with Wolf, in the way he could understand. Baffled, she stared at him. When the other wolf began to approach, Wolf looked uncomfortable. He growled a bit, scared. But, he was being submissive. Wolf quieted his growls, took in the behavior. Well, he didn't...seem bad. And he could talk to him! Wolf knew what this other wolf was saying! With a friendly bark, Wolf dropped into a play bow, wiggled his rump and raised his paw, where Torak had put the Earth Blood during his naming right.
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