Introductions.

[Nandon]

Aystens breathing increased and he shoke his head at the repeated atempts to ask what was wrong. Sora watched her rider in alarm as she landed and tried to speak with him only to find him nonresponsive. She looked at heron and anira before speaking "he is having one of what I have come to call his memory fits..."Aysten she said showing them both the memory that orion had planted in her riders mind.

"This appears in his head and then several emotions that come with it return reducing him to a wreck." Sora said sadly sharing her riders pain.

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Anira pulled herself up, staring down helplessly at the figure of Aysten writhing occasionally on the ground as he was having what Sora was called as one of his "fits". A flicker of worry emanated within her, not even bringing up the memories from her time at Uru'Baen. "Have no worries, Sora, I'll keep watch over him for the time being."

Herion worriedly sniffed the air, willing to challenge anything that dared to attack the two with a puff of smoke that fluttered up from his nostrils. "Alright, are you sure he's going to be fine Sora? Does this sort of thing happen often?"

The elven pushed back a strand of hair, laying her hands on her lap with her palms downward.What have I done?

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Aysten sat in his own misery as he lay on the ground it killed him on the inside, but slowly the emotions hwere receding.

Sora looked over her rider and then at heron and anira "not that often no....mostly it happens when he sleeps at night...that is one reason he hasnt bee sleeping lately" sora said watching her rider with a hint of worry still. Sora didnt understand that the person in the memory was anira. As every time she discovered it the memory had alredy begun to fade into a area sora couldnt find in her riders head

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Anira carefully observed his eyes readjusting back to normal, a wave of relief washing over her as she announced,"He's doing better it looks like. What is the cause of these fits?" She scooted back, rising to her knees and taking a hold of Herion to pull herself unsteadily to her feet. Herion reached over, sustained her with his neck while keeping a watchful eye over Sora. He knew that there seemed to be more than she was telling him. Though what it was, he wasn't sure of at the time.

She quietly took a step outward, almost collapsing underneath herself until she swept a hand downward to sustain the fall. "I'm fine." Anira quickly responded before anyone could ask, pulling herself up with a gentle push from Herion who alertly stayed by her side until she was fully steady.

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Sora looked at anira and then her rider "i told you... the memory is the cause...it is some woman kissing a man and the woman saying 'I love you' but i cant see the memory...it is always fuzzy to me...."Sora said looking at her rider as he cautiously stood.


Aysten cast a gaze around him. He became slightly embarassed as he noticed sora heron and anira all gathered around him and he quickly stood. "I am fine...Just a bit shaken up..."Sora he muttered meetings anira's gaze for a moment before droping it.

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A sad frown quickly appeared, realizing what the memory must be of. Was she still causing that much grief and pain? Anira stared at the ground silently, starting off her speech slowly and controllable,"This is all my fault, I apologize Aysten. I thought you knew already." She opened her mind to his, combining thoughts and memories as she brought up the moment that really happened. The real moment, where he had forced it upon her, though the memory was blind and colorless since she didn't have any sight at the time. Her memories at the time of the moment played through their mind, and then she relived the part where he sent all these other false memories to her, draining out the ones of Aysten and telling all the lies of him using her.

It took a lot of energy out of Anira, quickly mounting Herion hastily. "We should go." Herion was about to protest before he denounced the thought, cast an apologetic look at Sora, and turned and took off into the horizon. What was that all about hatchling? The past. Nothing to worry about.

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Aysten frowned and tried to pull away for a moment before the memories came. He sat there a frown overtaking his face as they flowed through his mind. He watched as anira walked away quickly and mounted heron before they flew away. Aysten then quickly moved over to sora and mounted her saddle before flying back to his house in chase.

They landed and aysten noticed his house door open with heron outside and he quickly entered the house "Anira! I just want to talk!"Sora aysten said searching the house

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Anira sat cross-legged on the middle of the small cot-like bed fumbling with one of the edges of the blanket. The distant cries trickled in her ears smoothly, letting him take the time to find her himself in the room he had selected for her to stay in. An invisibility spell was placed upon her, making it seem like the edge of merely floating by itself.

Herion, on the other hand, was in one of the rooms that had been specially added to house dragons. It was quite roomy, though when he was questioned, he merely shrugged and responded,"I don't know myself."

She crossed her arms staring at the door with a raised eyebrow for she could hear the commotion outside. Hm, rather just wait for things to chill down a bit. Who was he to say that he'd even believe the memories, especially if he had been getting such vicious fits over it. A hint of anger flickered inside of her, directed only at herself and setting the blame weighted along her shoulders.

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Aysten walked into anira's room and took a glance around not even noticing the floating blanket. Sighing he moved into the room and sat on the cot, by chance not in the spot ocupied by anira heron didnt know where she was and now neither did he.

Placing his hands under his face he sighed. "I'm sorry..."Sora he muttered looking at the floor.

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"You have no reason to apologize." She muttered quietly, glancing out the door at the questioning glance of Sora who seemed slightly relieved at the reveal. It seemed the Herion was informed later on, sensing a hint of relief from him through their connection at the time. Anira twisted the blanket between her hands, scooting back to lean up against the wall to silently observe Aysten. Was this whole setback really that enduring for the two, knocking them down as if they were mere pieces of dust. She had no idea she was such a nuisance, though the breaking of the bond of names and the truth of Orion had made her unsure of who she could trust. It didn't seem safe to trust either opposing side. At least she still had the memory of the tree, before all of this.

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Aysten jumped slightly as he heard the voice so close to him then he spoke. "Bevause this is my fault....if i hadnt come to try and rescue you he never would have gotten into my mind and discover my feelings and then from there go on to replace both our memories...." aysten said sighing as he turned and leaned against the wall that served as a headboard.

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"Do you not remember what I said about right intentions? It's all over now, everything will go back to normal if said possible." Anira pulled back her hair, separating it into different strands while her hands quickly weaved them into a difficult fishtail braid down her back. She ended the plait with a small purple ribbon for the night. "There's nothing left to speak about. You know the truth, that is all that needs to be said." She was reluctant to speak further, an edge getting to her since she just wanted some alone time for the night -- giving her mind time to rest and comprehend everything in a better standpoint. Tired, hurt physically, and hurt mentally made her, and mostly anyone else she knew of, snappy and given the possibility to make things worse than they were.

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Aysten nodded taking the hint before standing up and walking out "if you need me. I shall be across the hall."aysten aysten hollered back shuting the door behind him

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Anira nodded, laying back with an exasperated sigh before closing her eyes to much of her relied. Pulling the blanket she was fumbling with up over her, she quietly wished for the world to disappear before she plunged into the depths of her mind and into the hazy half sleep that most elves acquire. Herion rested his head down on the soft carpet-like texture, soon falling into a deep rumbling sleep when the commotion seemed to die down for the night. What would happen in the morning though? Everything forgotten, or would someone mention it again? Anira herself rolled and twisted slightly in the uneventful type of "sleep", annoyed an exasperated for a while till it seemed to settle and calm.

-skip to morning?-

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((Ya skip to mroning))

Aysten slept much better than night and then by extention, sora slept better. But none the less aysten woke up in the morning early and went downstairs... and got to cooking breakfest. (( almost said bacon and eggs befpre i realized elves ))

He decided then against making breakfest and just sat at the table, sora was still asleep and anira wouldnt be up for awhile. So he sat there letting his thoughts fly through him, then he stood up and walked over to his oven and prepared a pot of coffee.

When it finished aysten grabbed a mug and sat at the table taking a sip before his own thoughts took over

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Anira blinked awake for the abnormal sleep technique of the elves, letting her colorless optics adjust to the dim light filtering in through the window. She quietly sighed, reaching back and redoing an elegant French braid with a neater collection of plaits and ending it off with the same violet ribbon. She quietly changed into her regular green outfit, one that had been replaced with a green cape lined with gold trimming for the one that had been burned during the torture.

She quietly willed herself to open the door after a while, heading across the kitchen to sit across from him silently. Anira caught a glance of Herion in the other room, sleeping soundly it seemed. She had caught a glance at a few strange dreams of him flying alongside Sora just like yesterday. It must have been a great day for him. Anira realized with slight contempt, leaning back in the chair to silently observe Aysten. "Good morning." She spoke after a few moments, studying his downcast stare at his mug of coffee. "I believe I owe you an apology, though I cannot make up for the pain I've caused you, but I can at least try."

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Aysten kept his eyes downcast at his coffee as anira walked past him and then sat down oposite him. He watched the steam rising from the mug for a couple moments before he responded.

"You did not cause me pain....the black rider did. He placed the memory in my mind and forced you to love him, Though in a way i feel bad for him in a way. It must be horrible to have no love and to feel you must force someone to care for you."aysten aysten said sighing before finishing his sentance "though on the other hand I am quite angry. That one man would feel such a compulsion to inflict harm. On those around them." Aysten said and grabbed his mug off the table.

Once again aysten sighed. Then he looked up holding anira's gaze quietly as he waited for her to speak.

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"Though I may have been tricked, and I'm still not entirely sure what is real and what isn't real at the moment, it doesn't mean I shouldn't at least try and make up for it." Anira glanced over her shoulder, quite sure that Sora and Herion were still sleeping away happily before she arose. She went over to the other side of the small table and stared down at him for a split second. Anira gently tilted his head towards her, and then she did the unspeakable. Hah, she kissed him. One of those real ones, unlike the forced one when she was tearing at her gauntlets under the careful insult of Orion. She felt her cheeks tinge a slight pink, embarrassed slightly after she pulled away. Anira went back over, plopped into the chair, and murmured,"I hope that makes up for most of the pain."

Herion blinked awake slowly, lifting his head and offering an open yawn followed by a casual puff of smoke. He glanced over at Sora, laying his head back down on the smooth floor and just simply watching her for a few short moments.

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Aysten let out a sigh. His own cheeks turning pink before he looked down at his mug again.

Aysten looked over at sora as she woke up. Yawning before laying her head back down, keeping one large eye on aysten the whole time.

Aysten wanted a good opertunity to phrase his thoughts but he realized he hadnt said anything for a good moment and felt he needed to say something.

"While I do thank you for attempting to make up for something that isnt your fault. I rather wish you hadnt done that....I mean...while i have kinda wished for something like that to happen....I didnt want it to happen under these curcumstances....I mean...If you do feel that way then I am fine....but I feel as if you feel you must do it....which is not what i want."Aysten said staring down at his mug once more.

Aystens cheeked held a rosey tint still and his face felt on fire.

Sora looked at him amused "my my youngling....your dreams have come true..."Sora tittered smoke rising from her nostrils in a amused fashion.

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"I did that on my own accord, no one forced me to, and I chose to." She protested silently, glancing at Herion and Sora who seemed more than amused with themselves. Who were they to be snickering when the two obviously had some relations with each other? Herion rumbled slightly which signified laughter, quite sure that this sort of thing would have happened sometime anyway. Though Anira wasn't the type to grow close to anyone, since most elves favored their personal space, she had wanted to try it anyway. The ones with Orion were fake, he did not care did he?

"Besides, I was thinking of doing that yesterday until you had that fit of yours." Anira admitted quietly, slightly amused herself that he had thought of it as something she had to do. That wasn't the type of thing she'd take lightly at all, and she had thought about it most of the night in the first place.

Anira rose from her seat, glanced at everyone in particular and spoke,"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back in a bit."

Herion butted in as well,"I need to hunt soon, my stomach grows empty."