Irsire Xion's Story

Irsire woke from his night terror with droplets of sweat running from his forehead down is brow. Another dark dream of his past haunted him while he slept. He pushed himself from off the bear pelt he used for bedding and observing the lush forest around him, lacing his boots and reattaching his cloak. Irsire was ready to depart in search for Lady Talos, snatching his blade from the stump he buried it with ease. He swiped it through the air, and practiced his form and composure continuing his morning routine. After sheathing his silver crafted long sword, Irsire began to cast simplistic lightning elemental spells. Slightly changing the weather in his area and blackening tree bark with swift lightning strikes. The powerful blows ripped through the tree bark with a bang, scattered wood chips flew in every direction. Once Irsire was fully wake He pressed on into the vast forest looking for Lady Talos.

He joined her cause not to long ago in attempt to stop the demonic dragon from ruling the world and enslaving all living things. He was appointed a higher position in her organization, in oversight of what will come next for recruitment and training. Irsire didn't think much of his rank, he thought of himself to be much more powerful than the second in command with nearly 200 years of training and work. Most living beings were just naturally weaker in Irsire's mind, that didn't mean that he underestimated his enemies. Irsire still fought with full fighting force no matter what. He drowned out his last thoughts and continued to walk nearly aimlessly in the forest using his sense of smell to track Lady Talos through the forest.

He watched Lady Talos extend out her arms to the downed fox, Irsire was a bit to far to hear exactly what was said but Ren looked slightly worried about the Lady's situation as he returned with the buck hanging from his back. Irsire pondered if it had anything to do with the fox, and made his way over to Lady Talos and Ren. He pushed his gray hair to the side and fixed his blade slightly beckoning out to Lady Talos "I am sorry my lady, I got lost and had to depend on my sense of smell to find you. I hope everything is alright, you look a bit shaken up Ren."

Yokio hissed at the wood-elf after he was released after being attacked from nowhere. One of the reasons he hated forests, his pelt was worth ALOT of money, and being attacked was not new, but in this case, he couldn't turn into a fire breathing creature. Keep a leash on your wood-elf He barked at Mhisty Talos in his head. He suddenly realized that she didn't want him to attack, and could use that against the wood elf.

When she first offered her hand for her to carry him, he wanted to reject, but seeing how he was still weak from his power and being attacked had drained more from him, he climbed into the Elf's arms. She was warm, and his tails wrapped around her chest and arms to gather heat. In total he weighed 9lbs, some figured this elf could carry him. Being part storm spirit had its advantages.

He scowled when the wood-elf returned with a buck, and wanted to do nothing more than wrap his tails around his neck, but doing so would look bad, not to mention he was still tired. He had managed to stop crying, if only,to be replaced with white hot anger, but nothing for nothing.

He then noticed the new player that entered. He seemed to know Mhisty, and he looked strong, probably the muscle or hgh ranked.

Looking up at the Mhisty Talos's face, he took in how young she looked to try and fight Fume. He decided that he should talk in as sweet of a voice possible. "I'm Pionee." Not entirely untrue, it was his third name, "Thanks for helping me. Who are you and where are you going?" Playing dumb, not a new skill he had done, best for them to not even think he know about Fume or anything of the like.

Mhisty tilted her head, having heard the fox's words. How could the fox think that Ren was someone she controlled? Oh well, but she better keep an eye out. When the kitsune crawled into her arms, she stood up, gently holding him. His weight surprised her, to be honest. When she had asked earlier, she was slightly afraid she may tire out too fast, but with what he feels to be... around maybe ten pounds, this was no problem. Her hands touching the soft fur of the fox were like silk in her hands, plus she didn't care that those many tails wrapped around her.

Not wanting to move from her spot, in fright that she might actually lose Renth, she stayed where she was. It didn't even take that long. When Renth returned, she noticed the buck. In truth, she was curious as to what he would do with it, but decided not to ask. In her mind, she was thinking food. Just as she was about to agree with leaving, she heard footsteps from behind. She pursed her lips and turned around, adjusting her grip slightly on the fox.

What she first noticed was the gray hair and the musculature. This told her it was Irsire. She was wondering where he had went to. She smiled, "Sorry about that, Irs!" Another nickname, for another of her friends. "I'm glad you found us. We were just about to head to the nearest town, try and gather some recruits and sorts." When Irsire hoped that everything was alright, she tilted her head, unsure of what could be wrong. Her mind flickered over to the fox. Maybe she should be a little more wary than she first thought about.

She felt eyes upon her, and swept her purple gaze to the little fox in her arms. She smiled, "Pleasure to meet you, Pionee. I'm Mhisty, we're going to be headed to a town about two miles from here, so then you may go and rest as you please." She decided it would be best not to ask this fox to join; he seemed still shaken up.

She turned to Irsire, "Also, please just call me Mhisty. Lady Talos is just so formal." She giggled and turned to Renth, "Let's get going!" She began to walk in a northern direction, Pionee in her arms, sure that Renth and Irsire were following her. She was just so happy now, sure wasn't sure would could quite kill the mood she was in. Further ahead of the path, she noticed a slight figure walked towards them. She focused her purple gaze on this figure, who appeared hooded. Friend, foe, or a person who just wouldn't care?

(( Another post for Fume will be up soon. I have to get to work on an art project of mine for school x.x ))

A gust of cold wind swept the forest where the Shira-Yuri were gathered. A second swept through them, then a third, fourth, fifth, and so on. From the skies above them descended a mighty ice-blue Dragon, whose wingbeats had whipped up the icy winds that swept the forest. As he neared the canopy, the dragon began to glow blue, shrinking in size and taking on a human form. The boy flew down, landing gracefully beside Mhisty and giving her a playful grin.

"Hope I'm not late to the party!" The boy said, grinning cheerfully. If it weren't for the slitted pupils, clawed hands, mighty wings, sharp teeth, dragon tail, and scaly, clawed feet, he would have seemed harmless, but the frigid air surrounding him like a biting aura would have quickly dismissed the notion. The boy was Leden Senka, a former spy and now high-ranking officer of the Shira-Yuri. Despite his carefree demeanor, he took his duties quite seriously, but nobody would have known that unless they had seen him when he was working.

Mhisty's cheerful demeanor calmed Irsire quite a bit, the charm and calmness that she displayed made him much more comfortable at the current situation. She stood proudly with the fox she held lightly in her hands, comforting it with her soft touch. She called out to him with her glimmering beautiful smile, "Sorry about that, Irs!" Mhisty told him. Nicknames where not really his thing, its not like he hated to be called "Irs" he just felt it to be incomplete. Irsire thought about why he was left behind, coming to the assumption that he was left behind for some reason unknown to him, or she just forgot he tends to slip between realms when asleep. He all negative thoughts vanished while he refocused on her. The news of finding new recruits was a bit unsettling, although fresh faces would be a good tactical move.

But still even with the foxes calm and kind looks, Irsire was still set off by its presence maybe Ren was on to something when he pounced but if the Lady was fine with the fox he would hold is tongue. It introduced itself as Pionee, and conversed with the Lady shorty before the Lady turned back to Irsire. Mhisty's request to die down the formality's was accepted by Irsire, he assumed the normal elfish custom of addressing members respectfully by last name." Understood my lady, if Mhisty is fine to address you by then I shall." As they continued on the path, a dragon hovered above the four slowly descending and landing beside Mhisty. It was the ice dragon the joined up with the group not to long ago, he was a bit to playful for Irsires taste, but he was a hard worker and a damned good fighter. He respected him tremendously and addressed him as so "Sir Senka, pleasure for you to join."

Irsire braced himself for the figure the mustered ahead in the forest. It kept quiet but it was obvious it was lurking in the shadows, "Who are you," he bluntly asked shrugging his shoulders and holding the hilt of his long sword.

"Sir?" Leden said, laughing a little. "I've never been 'sir' to anyone, and I don't very much like to be. I thought I said that? Anyway, it's nice to see you again, Irsire. Glad you've been keeping well." Leden gave Irsire a broad smile. The smile quickly faded as an all-too-familiar smell reached his nose, and he flared out his wings. The air around him grew colder as he searched for the source of the stench. Realizing it was the small fox held in Mhisty's arms, he relaxed a bit. Harmless little thing, really.

"Hey, fox pup!" Leden said, his icy glare certainly not helping to calm poor, terrified Yokio. "Clean yourself up. You smell like Dragon shit." With that, the jovial attitude returned as he ruffled its head fur in a friendly manner. It was cute, really. Just like most of the other things he ate for a snack. Too bad he had just satisfied himself with a wolf cub not long ago, because the fox certainly made his mouth water.

"Ah, but I shouldn't eat so much." Leden said, thinking aloud. "I'll probably get indigestion if I eat more. Besides, I need to stay fighting fit, not fat. So don't fret, fox pup, you're safe from my stomach for now."

Vee neared the group a few minutes later and now watched them with a small amused smile. Only the bottom half of her face could be seen due to the shadows of her hood. What a strange group of people. Seems to be a couple of elves, a kitsune, a dragon boy, but the gray haired one... I don't know.

"Who are you?" The question was blunt, but Vee understood why he asked the question. The middle of a forest wasn't always the safest place.

She tilted her head slightly to the side and gave Irsire and the others a friendly smile. In the villages when she had been trading in some valuable stones for clothes she had heard people telling their friends of them getting lost in the woods and being helped out by a greencloaked woman, she was curious as to why they gave her the title Tawariell. She didn't think it was such a big deal even if it was helping people out of the woods. She shook herself from her thoughts and turned her head back up towards Irsire. "You might have heard the names Tawariell or Girl of the Forest being spoken in the village though I wouldn't expect it. But the animals of the wild know me as Vee, I prefer that name to the others." She was using the same voice she used whenever she helped a lost creature or what might be a lost creature to help calm them. The voice she chose to use could only be along the lines of kind, melodic, misterious, and soft. She rose her hands in the air to show she had no intention to use weapons. "I mean no harm, I'm merely wondering if you are lost. If you are I can show you to your destination or to the right path, all you have to do is ask."

So much had happened, and Renth was getting tired of holding the damned deer the entire time, not saying a thing. The scents of brimstone, "Dragon shit", fish, and charcoal all had wreaked havoc on his nose, letting it sting as he fought back the tears that would be very questionable. He glanced at the "Fox" and centered the smell of the fish and, dragon excrement. He would have to take that dragon guy's word for it, seeing as Renth never really met any dragons before. He would say something about how if the fox was to be eaten, anybody would have to fight him for the pelt, but decided against it. There was enough testosterone in the small amount of men, and he didn't want a power struggle to destroy his home.

Then there was a new smell. Another elf? Too fair of a smell to be male, such a relief.

"Who are you" The man of ...Brimstone had asked. To which she had explained that she was THE Tawariell, she had lead people out of the forest to their safety after losing there way. He always felt guilty, not helping anybody when they were trapped, and scared, but he had never had consolation when he was lost, so it was better that she helped the travelers that strayed from the path. Raising her hands... smart move, but the fact that she might use magic instead would be a thought that some would be blind to, even if it was her. You know who she is, why do you not trust her? Oh dammit, I have a deer carcass on my back, isn't she one of those one-with-nature-nuts?
"Well I grew up here, so we are definitely not lost." The last thing he wanted to appear as in front of a dragon, Mhisty, and whatever Irsire really was would have to be a fool who didn't even know the eay around his own house. "I'm Renth, don't believe we've properly met. The only thing I know about you though Tawariell is that you have been downwind for the last few moments, and that you genuinely mean us no harm. Thanks for the offer though." Whoops, might have traded idiot for jerk there. "If you wish to keep us company though, you're welcome to. We're just making our way to the nearest town, we're we can discuss a couple of things for our...", He made a double-take of this "Multi-Tailed" Walking gold-purse. Obviously wanting to know who the group was had to lead to more suspicion of what it's true purposes are, but if Mhisty was going to hold onto that thing it was a drawn bow, he couldn't do anything about it.

"Well, shall we set off then?" He started to walk in the direction of the nearest town. West, so towards the sun? Yah, that should be it.

Yokio's heart actually stopped being for a moment when a bloody dragon landed beside Mhisty Talos, only for his anger to heat up again. "Leden Senka. Bloody turncoat" He though to himself. He was a valued member of Fumes organization, but defected, and appartly had a few secrets about them with him. He decided that the wood elf wasn't the creature he wanted to kill the most right now.

When he rubbed his head, and told him to clean and something about smelling like dragon shit, he panicked for a moment. "How can he possibly smell that on me?". He calmed down when he realized that Leden had never seen his true form, nor had he ever talked to anyone besides Fume, so there was little chance he would connect two and two together. The wood elf was more worrisome, already didn't trust him, and this might lead him to a conclusion, but that is giving far to much credit to an Elf's thinking abilities.

The other elf appeared, asking them if they needed help, and the wood elf introduced himself, but not without giving him a look that was hungry for gold. He tightened his grip on Mhisty Talos, partly because it is what his tails did when he was nervous, but mostly because it played into the cute card he was playing.

"You are a dragon?" He asked Leden in an unsure voice, " I though all dragons were evil. That's what Momma always told us." He wanted answers from the dragon, but asking straight out would cause people to raise an eyebrow at him, not to mention he could get details about the group, trying to justify why Mhisty Talos kept a dragon in her company.

Mhisty felt a breeze in the air. It wasn't exactly cold to her touch, as she purposely keeps her fire going to keep at a comfortable temperature, even if there was snow. So useful, fire is. She sighed mentally, wishing that the people of where she came from understood more that fire was not only destruction. Enough on those thoughts though. She looked up, seeing Leden. She can't thought of a nickname for him quite yet, but she would get to it eventually, she was sure.

"Hey, Leden, nice to see you again." She felt a greater pressure around her when the dragon had landed by Pionee's tails. She swept her gaze back to the figure that had now approached them. Irsire, so great he is, had to ask so directly. It was probably a good idea to have him around for sure, just in case she missed something. Naive she is at times and in love with giving people the benefit of the doubt. Her gaze snapped to the frigid dragon when he mentioned somewhere along the lines of eating the cute fox in her arms. She hugged tighter onto him, turning away slightly, "No one is hurting Pionee." He's given no reason to do so. She had to keep that in mind. Everyone around her was getting quite uncomfortable with this fox, either because of the fact he could be dangerous, or because she was giving him the attention. She turned her head to get a better look at this fox in her arms, "Not all dragons are evil. It depends on their character."

She was going to answer the other female elf who kindly approached them about being lost, but doing so would have only been redundant. She smiled however, towards this unknown elf. "We're heading over to the town north of here. This little fox here is so tired that we're taking him there, and we are on a mission for new recruits."

After hearing what Leden said next, about the stench of another dragon, she glanced over at Pionee. "Another dragon, Leden?" She had to trust his nose after all, a dragon knows another dragon's scent. "Do you recognize it?" She was curious. All the while, she decided she didn't want to stop walking, so she had continued onward, despite the fact there was someone here offering to show the way politely and all the testosterone around. All she wanted to do was get to this town, rest, recruit, and train there for maybe a day or so.

(( So much going on! I love it. I'm at school right now creating this post. xD It took me maybe twenty minutes to do so. If anyone catches any mistakes by me, as I'm trying to move sort of fast, please let me know and I'd gladly correct it. ))

Irsire smiled at Lenen “I guess the formalities is useless once you get to this age, it’s also nice to see you again. Had too much fun in the mountains?” He asked with a slight grin. Watching Lenen’s disposition change to something of disgust as he looked over to the fox Mhisty held gently in her arms. Irsire chuckled as he watched the dragon insult Yokio, comparing his smell to that of dragons shit. Lenen’s initial reaction was one of hate but then he quickly calmed down But Lady Talos was intent on keeping the little fox safe from the harm of anyone in the group, although he didn’t care much for the animal.

But the speech of another dragon was alarming, maybe this fox could be a problem for everyone after all. If this fox was around another dragon what could it have been doing to stay alive within its den. Irsire didn’t have such a powerful sense of smell he could only track humanoid creatures he had marked with his touch. It’s hard for him to distinguish some creatures from others.

The hooded figure that he had noticed earlier made her way onto the scene. She came off friendly at first giving the group a friendly and calming smile. “You might have heard the names Tawariell or Girl of the Forest being spoken in the village though I wouldn't expect it. But the animals of the wild know me as Vee, I prefer that name to the others." Vee spokely as she approached them.

Irsire smiled back and greeted her in the same respectable way, “My name is Irsire Xion: The lightning breaker. I’m sorry but I did not hear of your noble tales although you sound like a very respectable woman, it is my pleasure to meet your acquaintance,” Irsire bowed and then recomposed himself, Renth, entered the conversation conversing with the Vee speaking too her about the travel. Irsire didn’t have a problem with her coming with them, it would be nice to have another new face for travel. “And it’s the Lady’s choice, she wouldn’t mind you joining us for the trip.” Agreeing with Renth’s statement, Irsire gave another slight smile.

As Renth made his way away from the group holding the bucks lifeless body on his back. Irsire leaned against a tree close to Lady Talos, he awaited for words on the next move. A whole group he thought to himself, new faces and a renewed light in our possibility of winning against that damned dragon. If Irsire knew that things would get this bad, he would have killed the dragon when it was just in an egg. He wondered if the knights of the dark legion would even step in to stop the world from going to hell. Another demon realm would be very detrimental. He wondered even if he should tell any of them that he was a demon in the first place.

Pushing off the tree and following Lady Talos at a distance keeping his thoughts to himself.

(OCC: I will not be able to post till 5, I have to run track after school)

Leden smiled at Mhisty as he greeted her, responding by smiling and returning the greeting. "It's great to see you too, Mhisty. Unfortunately, no, I don't recognize the dragon's scent. I don't like it, but that isn't saying much. If I had to wager a guess, I'd say the pup's den is in another dragon's territory. Doesn't mean he had anything to do with another dragon. If he did, I could imagine it might get pissed next time he's near it. The little guy will smell like me for days, or at least to other dragons. You guys... well, I think dragons might be a bit more hostile towards you for the rest of your lives. Sorry, wish I could help more. I don't know the dragon's scent. I get the feeling I should, but I don't." Leden grinned, walking beside Mhisty with his arms behind his head casually. He was always happy to see her, not just because she was pretty. Mhisty was a nice woman, and, even if he didn't like to admit it, Leden didn't have many he could really call his "friend", but Mhisty was as close to it as anyone. Dragons did tend to be solitary creatures, and simply the word "dragon" could strike fear and hatred into the hearts of others. Unfortunately, Leden hated being alone, an unusual trait for his species. Upon hearing Irsire's response, Leden grinned, chuckling a bit to himself.

"No matter what you say, you're still a kid to me." Leden said. "I'm still almost eight hundred years your elder, even if you're more mature physically. And yes, I enjoyed my time in the mountains, thank you for asking." Leden laughed to himself a bit. From time to time, he would venture into the snowy peaks, away from the others. As much as he liked Mhisty, she was too hot for him. Fire users always gave off extra body heat, and warmth bothered the ice dragon quite a bit. Rolling in the mountain snow was the perfect way to cool off, taking a break from the unnatural heat. That was what he always told them, but it wasn't the only reason for it. Mhisty was the only other Shira-Yuri member who knew that he couldn't take so much masculinity. Dragons always compete with others, and a male dragon being in a group comprised mostly of males didn't help him suppress his instinctual behavior like he needed to.

When Leden heard Mhisty tell the fox pup why she thought dragons weren't always evil, he had to smile. He had to admit it was a bit naive to think that, and Leden couldn't deny the presence of his innate desire to conquer and destroy. It was just the nature of dragons; they desire to have power, wealth, and general superiority over others. But perhaps Mhisty was right. Leden had managed not to act on those desires for quite some time, and the desires were only a minor nuisance now. They didn't threaten to overwhelm him anymore, and he rarely needed to actively suppress them. He glanced over at Mhisty, grateful for the kindness the elf had shown to him. Not many would have trusted the word of a dragon so easily, let alone helped them in their endeavors to overcome their instincts. Mhisty had done both, and Leden was grateful for that. If she didn't want him eating the fox, then he wouldn't.

Any other dragon would have been disgusted by his loyalty to her, and Leden knew why. In the eyes of any dragon, even Leden's, he was nothing more than a pet to the elf, and a disgrace to all dragons. But Leden knew Mhisty, if nobody else, thought otherwise, and that fact alone allowed him to maintain that. If this was what being a pet was like, he didn't mind at all. Besides, most pets didn't flirt with their masters like Leden did with Mhisty. The fact that he had yet to do so since his arrival was something of an accomplishment for him. Flirting with girls was almost instinctive to Leden, but only because he had repressed his dragon nature and allowed a true personality to take its place. So what if he flirted with Mhisty? With her, it wasn't just flirting. Leden did it so often because she was a friend to him. It was a way he showed he trusted Mhisty and saw her as a friend. She could harness fire, and that fact alone meant she could kill Leden any time she chose to, even if she didn't mean to. He felt free to be himself around her because he knew she wouldn't, and because he didn't want her to think of him as anything other than who he was. The others, not so much. He didn't particularly care what they thought of him. As much as he liked them and wanted them to like him, they were still males like him. Dragons generally don't get along well with others of the same gender, and especially not during this time of year.

"Don't worry, Mhist, I won't hurt the little guy if you don't want me to." Leden said. "But if you're going into town, what would you like me to do? The last village we entered wanted to kill me because I was a dragon, and I don't think that would help us get new recruits." The memory was still painfully fresh in his mind, as was the scar running across his back beginning at his right shoulder and ending at the base of his tail. One of the villagers had attacked him while his back was turned, and he had flown off into the mountains to heal. The good part of being an ice dragon was the ability to heal by rolling in snow. He was glad it had happened when it did, though. If it had been a day later, there was no doubt he would've laid waste to the village. It was mating season for ice dragons, and he was exceptionally quick to anger right now. The constant odor of another dragon didn't help, especially because the fox that had covered itself in the stench was in Mhisty's arms, the smell clinging to her as well. What had the stupid thing done, rolled in some dragon's crap? It wasn't unlikely, but he didn't care what had made the fox reek of dragon to the extent that it did.

Even if he was young for a dragon, he was still fully matured. Had it not been mating season, he would've slaughtered the fox on the spot, recognizing Fume's scent. Leden assumed it was a male dragon's stench, even if it didn't smell like one- it pissed him off, like a male dragon's scent did, after all. Fume wasn't male, though, and that fact resulted in a much more mild reaction. Of course, Leden wasn't aware of this. All he knew was that the fox smelled like a dragon- a bad choice, given that it was mating season for most ice dragons- and that it was now covering his woman in the stench. Leden shook his head, chasing away the thought. His woman? Mating season could be quite the nuisance.

Yokio was spending his time in Mhisty Talos's arms formulating a plan for payback on Leden. "Poison? Too noticeable. Death by fire? Too hard to pull off. Struck by lightning? A dragon, so no." All of the thought s going through his head, not really paying attention to those around him, his tails still clinging to the girl who got warmer when the traitor got closer.

Then something came to him! He tried to remember what time of the year it was, and when he remembered, he remembered from an old book when he was little, ice dragons go into mating season. No wonder he was hanging so close to Mhisty Talos, he was infatuated with her. Being a reader, he knew how species showed affection and mating, but was still somewhat grossed out by the idea himself.

When that revaluation came to him, he formulated a plan, and a brilliant one if he said so himself. Everyone was watching him closely, and the traitor looked angry, due to Fume's smell. He decided to shift his tails so that his face was facing Mhisty Talos's, and he whispered close to her. "I know why I smell like dragon. Don't tell anyone, but feel my stomach." As he spoke, he shifted his stomach so that very little fur remained, and the skin looked burned and appeared to have a scar running across it, as if attacked by something large that insisted on torturing him. After a time that he thought she could take in the sight, he got closer and said in a equally small voice, "I can shift myself to look alright all the time," something he could really do, "but please don't ask me to go all the way back to my true form, I can't stand how I actually look, but please don't tell anyone, they already look at me oddly, can you please do that, Miss Mhisty? I am sorry for not Telling you about my ability, but hiding is how i survive from It." He was able to make his eyes water, but not cry, as this act required very subtle acting. He decided that one final bullet was needed to the traitor, and he knew which one was needed. He couldn't attack him, but he doubted that he told Talos about mating season, so this seemed like a good chance. "I don't want to worry you, but it is dragon mating season," he paused and looked at Leden who was near them. " And that guy has been giving you some funny looks. Just be careful of him, dragons are ruthless, and you are too nice to not know about something that might affect you."

While talking to Mhisty Talos, he made sure that his tails moved around her arms and torso, giving her Fume's scent, and would make Leden go insane or make her smell too bad for him to attempt anything. "Try and mate with her now, dirty traitor. He cursed inside of his head, and then shipphifted his stomach back to normal, and placed his head on her shoulder, getting a look at the travelers behind them. He started to use his tails to rub against her, which probably felt good, seeing what he had been told about his fur, and made sure that the manner seemed caring. He did this while eyeing the others, wondering how they would each pay for going against Fume.

Vee paused when she was told she could go along them. This was new to her, she was usually the inviter not the invitee. Well, I haven't been out of the woods or to the village for a while. And being around someone that isn't an animal might be good for me. Hesitating only a minute more she caught up to the group with a smile. "I'll take you up that offer, Renth." She chose to ignore the dead animal across his back, guessing it was his way of making a living. He probably sells the furs, maybe even the meats.

She turned to face Irsire with a nod. "It is nice to meet you too, Irsire. And there is no need to feel sorry for not hearing of me, I do not feel like I am someone to be spoken of by strangers even when I helped them one time or more." She looked over and watched the dragon, the kitsune, and the elf woman speak with amusement as she continued speaking to Irsire. "I have to admit, you have quite an odd group here, no offense. What exactly are you recruiting for?"

Mhisty just shrugged her shoulder to the best of her ability to Leden, "That's okay, Leden. I was just curious." She figured that it couldn't be the demon dragon in charge of the Akashinu. No way, Leden would have already attacked, even if Mhisty didn't know. He had his ways of explaining things. She still marveled at the fact both Irsire and Leden were hundreds of years old. When he said that he wouldn't hurt Pionee, she smiled brightly, "Thanks again."

When Leden mentioned the last village, she pouted. That day was just terrible, she actually cried for her friend. She would for anyone that she cared for got hurt, actually. "I don't like thinking about that day. But you have a point. It would be best if you don't go in." She sighed, a light bulb then flashing inside her brain. She tilted her head, her face lighting up (not literally), "Maybe you could circle around the village unseen by the villagers? You could scout for any possible trouble, seeing as you know what that trouble could look like." She knew he was the double agent for them before he got caught by that disastrous leader of the Akashinu, so he had been giving some valuable information when he could.

As they were walking, she knew they were getting closer. She glanced behind her, noticing something odd. She tilted her head and turned around. "Renth is gone." She tilted her head again, "Did he lose us?" She sighed, "Can someone go back and fetch him or something? Please?" She wouldn't mind who, but it couldn't be her, honestly. She had things to do, like get this fox into the town, see if she can get any recruits, and definitely train her fire abilities.

Pionee's small voice caught her attention, breaking her from her thoughts. She looked with amethyst eyes towards the soft creature, curious. He had a reason for smelling like dragon? She moved a hand carefully to gently touch the mutilated tummy of that fox. It had so little fur, and she believed she felt a scar. She wanted to just hug that fox to healing if she could, it was like he got caught in a dangerous claw. She smiled softly, deciding she would speak in the fox language she heard the fox speak further back, when he had barked at her to "control your wood elf." "I won't say anything. Don't worry about keeping that kind of secret. I understand when someone needs to protect themselves." Being able to understand languages, it was possibly for her to speak them.

When Pionee spoke of dragon season, she furrowed her eyebrows. She giggled, "Silly fox. He's almost always a flirt." She lifted her gaze up, wanting to put a finger on her chin, but knowing that couldn't quite happen with Pionee in her arms. "Actually, the strange thing is he hasn't done that yet." She gently stroked the top Pionee's head to the best of her ability before placing it back onto the fox's fur someplace else. "He's shown he's very loyal, I trust him. Thanks for the concern, though."

She glanced back behind her, seeing that the elf woman who wanted to be called "Vee" was indeed following them, talking with Irsire. It made her smile, actually. It was great to see peace. Looking back ahead, she was beginning to see the the village coming slowly into view through the trees.

(( The italicized words are the ones in the the fox language that Yokio spoke earlier on. If it's not italicized, it's the language everyone seems to be speaking :P ))

Yokio was shocked to say the least that Leden had been able to figure him out so quickly. Sure he probably made it easy by rubbing Talos down with the scent, but he was smarter than he gave credit for if he could figure it out, stupid as hell for becoming a traitor, but smart.

When he was grabbed by the tails, he knew that a story needed to be made up and was able to create one while he was rambling on about him and Mhisty, "Whiney little lizard. He thought to himself as he was finishing his little monologue. When he threw him on the ground, he looked up at him with pure hatred, Time to sow some seeds. he thought evilly.

He took a moment to stare down the dragon before beginning, "How dare you accuse me of being Yokio!" He started off by screaming, keeping his angry face on, "My brother turned against our Momma and me. He turned us in for that damned dragon! And you want to know what she did to me while I was locked up!?".

He, in that moment, shifted to the full burnt clawed version he showed Mhisty before. This disguise was his favorite, and took him a while to perfect. His left ear was half gone, the only fur that remained was in small spaces with large areas of healing skin. His tails were damaged greatly, with burn mark going down, leaving a ghastly look to them.

He continued to stare at Leden, but with small croc tears beginning to form. "My pelt is gone, and I am stuck looking like a monster for my entire life thanks to my brother." He stopped, tears now flooding. "I was right to warn Mhisty about you. You are just as bad as that demon dragon, and now that a creature shows me kindness, you accuse me of wanting to kill her." He was now shaking at this point due to the tears, "You are a monster, and YOU CAN BURN IN HELL!!" He shouted at the entire group, to make the point of associating with him, before swiftly turning into an eagle and flying off in the direction of the town.

Irsire laughed off Ledens comment giving him a slanted gaze “ I wouldn’t want to be that old buddy, that’s quite a age to hit. Nearly two hundred years for me, but who is counting.” Irsire told the dragon with a smile on his face. He was relieved that there was another “old guy” in the group. Though Irsire never really dwelled on his age being about a hundred years older than the people around you was still quite strange. The early years are still stamped into his head like a fresh memory, that’s the only thing that his age reminded him of. The past was something he could never let go of completely, but joining up with Mhisty did give him a greater purpose rather than wondering aimlessly in search of knowledge

Refocusing his attention on Vee as she spoke "I have to admit, you have quite an odd group here, no offense. What exactly are you recruiting for?"She sounded genuinely curious about what exactly they were doing . Irsire smiled, and he thought quickly about his answer before he gave it. “Well exactly we are recruiting for the fighting force that would take down this demonic dragon trying to take everything over.” Irsire answered her running his hands through his short grey hair “That sum’s it up, all of us have our own reasons for fighting. But its our common reason that keeps us together. Not to mention that Lady Talos is a great leader. I would extend an invitation to you to join us, but you have a forest to tend to and people to help through it.” He finished explaining to the elf.

Stopping short as Mhisty asked the group were had Renth gone off too. From Irsires perspective he was an expert in this forest so getting lost most likely wasn’t the thing at hand but non the less he would volunteer himself “I’ll find him my Lady, would you like to come with Vee? Unlike you I would get lost here, I’m not too fond of forests.” Swinging out his hand motioning her to follow Irsire made his way back in the direction in which the group had came. As he walked away he could hear Leden yelling, but exactly about what was uncertain. Whatever it was the lady was in any direct danger from the tone of his voice, from that observation Irsire carried on walking away.

Strange, while walking away there was no breathing to be heard but his own. He turned around to see the group busy talking or something, Irsire was walking towards him, and then something completely unexpected happened. The fox turned into an eagle.
Dropping the deer he fired three shots into the air, not hoping to kill it, just to reassure it that it was his quarry. He would have it's head on a wall eventually. Dumb or Demon, because that moment assured him that it was no simple talking fox with ordinarily sporting multiple tails. He was right! The happiness was soon followed with an unpleasant fact.

Wait, Mhisty didn't say anything about directions.

After picking the deer back up again, he walked towards Irsire, trying to hide his embarrassment, how obvious it may be. "I know, wrong way. Can you cover me by saying that I heard something? And then allude that it was that thing?" He forced a smile at him, hoping that it would solidify a quick friendship that could withstand pain and strife. A connection he wished to make with all the organization. Gotta start somewhere, why not with the scary demon?

Advancing towards the group he already had a line ready for this occasion that should suit his position. "I leave you guys alone for 10 seconds, and I don't get a chance to kill the thing." He bent over, rolling the deer on his back over his head, and stood upright, hands clamped together. "If half of you smelt something odd with that situation, good, glad to have you on board. For those of us who had no idea, even when we who did said there was something wrong," He tried not to look at Mhisty, as to not offend the woman who was pretty much his boss, and could roast him and put him in her fireplace for kindling, while another, probably believing themselves better suited took his place. "Listen to us. We're going to be a team, and we have to trust each other to be one. Say if I get an arm torn off, and Mhisty has to cauterize the wound with some magic. I for one, do not want that happening, but I have to trust her. I have to trust that she knows what she's doing." He opened his arms, then let his arms drop to his sides, and at last dropping them in his pockets. "So next time somebody thinks somethings fishy, just listen, and we can all make our debates from there okay?". He had finished his sermon that he had not expected to make. He was the farthest thing from a people person, and here he was helping organize a group. Maybe this was why he was second in command.
Or maybe it's because you're just a badass. Yeah, a badass who got lost in his own home.

“Well exactly we are recruiting for the fighting force that would take down this demonic dragon trying to take everything over.” Irsire answered her running his hands through his short grey hair “That sum’s it up, all of us have our own reasons for fighting. But its our common reason that keeps us together. Not to mention that Lady Talos is a great leader. I would extend an invitation to you to join us, but you have a forest to tend to and people to help through it.” Irsire finished explaining.

Vee nodded in agreement "True, but even if you did, I still know animals that I've shown how to show the people the way as well. Vee was a few steps behind Irsire when Renth had started walking back their way. She thought it was quite funny but she kept quiet only to nod when Renth asked for Irsire to help with an excuse. It seemed that Renth didn't notice her standing there but she wouldn't embarrass him if he didn't want to be embarrassed. She only watched as the fox flew away in the form of an eagle seeing as she didn't feel like shapeshifting to chase it, she didn't have her bo with her, and she wasn't going to risk throwing her knives. She noticed Mhisty's sad look and instead of going over to comfort her she sent a comforting smile seeing as she still wasn't used to being around people.

((OOC: Sorry for not being very responsive. I've been having to finish some missing assignments. I might continue being slow for a while.))

Irsire looked to Vee with a slight smile “Then would you join our cause, it would be nice to have another to speak to,” he told her as his eyes peeked up after Renth came into view. His bow was already drawn and three arrows flew out from the bow aiming for some unseen target. Irsire peered over his shoulder watching the eagle take off separating itself from where the group was stationed at. “Do you get lost easily Renth?” Irsire commented mocking the elf with a smile, he could see the embarrassment written all over his face to Irsire it was amusing to watch . “It wouldn’t be a problem for me to cover you, just try to stick with our lady closely from now on,” Irsire turned away and made his way back to the group walking beside Renth.

Irsire ignored his comments about killing the fox, if he didn’t find it to be a danger to Lady Talos then he didn’t mind the fact that it was breathing. But Irsire listened closely to Renth’s speech, carefully analyzing every word that was said. Renth proved a great point if everyone would be on this team they would have to work together and act as a unit, putting their complete trust into the one standing beside them. Irsire cleared his throat and spoke up “I agree with Renth, we are going to have to listen and trust the words of one another. We have to work fully as a unit, I trust Lady... Mhisty with my life and I trust her decision making but I will tell her if I find something wrong with the situation,” He dropped his last words along with his hood revealing his glowing red eyes.

He made his way over to Mhisty who was being held by Leden, “I will see our quest out until the end. I will serve you may Lady,” Irsire said to her with a smile. He yawned, and walked towards the town. He felt demonic energy in the area and sighed, and dozens of thoughts flashing through his head. Another demon I’ll tell the lady once we arrive, there would be no purpose to rise alarm. “Let’s go guys”