IC: Through the Mists

[Karate McNaughty]

The power of the King could be felt almost everywhere. King Calder stood from his crystal throne. He threw on the clothing of an average wanderer. The real Calder was far different from the one portrayed in the dream. The real Calder would appear to be nothing more than a humanoid mage. Calder allowed himself to rift in the same manner as the wolf rifted the two men. The King met the wolf right at the entrance of the mists.

Reita tensed immediately. He reached over and grabbed Adio's hand. "Oh..he's here.." Reita muttered. Reita pressed a hand against his forehead. "Uh..I have a headache." He whispered. The wolf gently tugged against Reita's jacket.

Calder smiled. "Greetings. How nice it is to finally meet you both."

Reita muttered something that sounded like a greeting. It also sounded like it could have been a string of curse words, too.

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[Aoi]

[align=center]Eyes shifted up toward the king as he made an entrance,he'd jump slightly as Reita grabbed his hand..He looked over.



"It'll be alright Reita-kun.''



He whispered Gently to Reita looking down as the wolf tugged on Reita's jacket before he himself would look around the area..The trip through the village had stirred so many bad memories and the people still hated him there.[/align]

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Calder smiled slightly in greeting. "I suppose we'll be on our way. Faelan, you have done well. If you wish to leave to join your pack, you may."

Faelan lowered his head. "If you ever need anything, you know who to call, King." He said before trotting off.

Calder made a motion with his hand. "Shall we? Oh, you must be Satoh Reita...and Adio. I trust that Faelan has found you both well." He tilted his head, then motioned for the two men to follow him.

Reita frowned. "Yes. I should be fine. I hope. Do you think we can fix the village?" He asked softly. He was trying to keep his mind from the sharpening headache.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio followed the king along with Reita as the wolf left Reita spoke,Adio's ambers eyes going to him as he listened.


"Theres no way to fix those kinds of people..When this is all done with,and your safe I'll tell you the whole story..alright Reita-kun?''


He said with a smile then spoke to the king making sure he'd give a responce so he wouldn't sound rude.



"Yes sir he found us quite easily.''[/align]

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"What is peaceful is actually full of turmoil." Calder's voice was flat and monotone. "I hope that we do not find any interruptions. I have my doubts that we will." He gestured with his staff towards a grouping of mountains. "When the sun sets or rises, that is the only time that we can travel extremely quickly towards the castle. The castle is just over those mountains."

Reita frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that." He mumbled. The pain was charging through his brain, then stopping at the base of his neck.

Calder turned towards Reita. "I must warn you, that this is a land devoted to Order and Reason. I know you must be in pain, but I cannot heal you until we get to the castle. I wish I could be more hospitable, but even I have my limitations."

[Aoi]

Adio looked at Reita with a worried expression,seemingly rather quiet now he didn't talk unless he was spoken to..looking back toward Calder he'd sigh some and look off to the side now wrapping his wings around him,claws gripping at the wing as to share some form of a security blanket with himself.
Amber eyes peered out over the clearing,he felt uncomfortable here for what reason he'd never know or ask of but to some look he seemed tired his eyes themselves seeming strained..He remained quiet as he stood by Calder and Reita.

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Calder sighed softly. "So, tell me a bit about yourselves. How did you meet? I think I've heard of you. You're in a band right?"

Calder wasn't exactly the most worldly person, but that's not to say that he was born under a rock. Or that he had never travelled.

Reita smiled. "The Cold. Yes, we are in a band. I don't remember exactly how we met. I remember, sitting there, trying out for the band. I knew that I would get my position. I sat outside, listening to everyone else play, but no one had the skills or the ability to adapt like I have. That is when I met Adio. Everytime I saw him, I had to look away. I would become some fumbling sort of idiot with the guitar."

Reita glanced at Adio, despite the pain that he had held. "When I saw him, I thought he was cute. Cute in the way that high school boys are attracted to the hot cheerleaders. But, this was just..all preliminary."

[Aoi]

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Adio looked up and to Reita as he spoke,when Reita would look at Adio,he'd imediantly blush badly and smile some.


"It was such  a hectic day that day but we were all trying to make the best of it Gabriel and I had just welcomed in our two other members Gabriel and Darius..Our Drummer and our bass player..We were trying to let them get in on how we'd pick out the last person and to understand that it was more so how the person treated their instrument when they played..Like with Gabriel he got into his drumming and it wasn't choppy,very smooth and to the point and to what he had him play to,basically me on my violin and Darius on his bass and it worked nicely,we knew we needed another guitarist though since I was more inclined to play my violin with the others then my own guitar..With Darius I had to play solo with him since we had just been starting out..And so with him I sang and it worked nicely so he became a member too..''


He'd look down with a smile.



"Then Reita-kun came in the next day,we thought we'd be put up without a guitarist but he started playing..It was like poetry in motion the trueness of how to treat his instrument as a part of his body when he played he looked so beautiful when he danced with his guitar I imediantly fell for him but it took us both a while before we actully confessed our feelings for eachother.''



Adio would blush a slightly surprised look on his face as his violin gave off a rather happy sound..He had never heard the violin play such a sweet tune...




"He was the piece to my puzzle,my true happiness and to think I had found someone with the same talents in instruments as I did,I didn't think anyone else had that sort of ability..Reita-kun is so accepting of me..he's been there when other's wouldn't and bared through alot with me since I came back after loosing my memories from god knows what..He's helped me alot and I love him with all my heart,I couldn't ask for anymore.''



He looked up at Reita still blushing badly.[/align]

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Reita laughed. "What about you, King? Tell us something about yourself."

Calder paused for a moment. "Well, my name is Calder. I've been ruling here for about 20 years now."

Strange, Reita thought. He doesn't look much older than 20.

Calder laughed. "I'm a fae. I'm old. Well, actually, by the standards of this place, I'm still considered a teenage boy. I used to be married..to the most heavenly fae in this realm, which, by the way, you are no longer in the realm you were in before. Recently, this realm was torn apart in a war. We are in a fragile period of peace, being governed by the God of Medicine and Light."

Reita smirked. He grabbed Adio's hand. "What is it that you were fighting?"

"They are called The Host. They are foul creatures that can use mind control and manipulate others. Plus, they have tentacles and so far, only one of my court has found that out for himself."

Reita's face paled at Calder's explanation.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio giggled softly then blinked as Reita grabbed his hand he blushed still giving Reita's hand a light squeeze before listening to what Calder had to say..Only twenty,it didn't really surprise him he didn't seem very human to some point to begin with..Eyes moved looking at Reita as the monsters were mentioned.



"Reita-kun are you alright,have you heard of these things before?''



He asked with a light cant of his head.[/align]

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Reita nodded. "Yes, I've heard of them. I've never seen one of them." He sighed, then turned towards Adio. "If there's one thing that I have a problem with, it's being probed by tentacles..in the not-so-feel-good-way."

Calder huffed. "Tell me about it. I was this close." He held up his fingers together to measure exactly how close he was. "I was lucky to be saved. After the Queen was killed, they came demanding that I give them an artifact that I don't have. But, luckily, a dragon on a different realm had the artifact and that saved me. They didn't want the God of Medicine and Light to find it. They wanted to keep it hidden. As long as the artifact was hidden, they'd be able to run amok, raping and pillaging as they do best."

Reita laid his head on Adio's shoulder. He closed his eyes slowly for a moment, then opened his eyes once more. The world was beginning to blur. "I..I.." He opened his mouth to say something more. "I am so glad that you are here, Adio."

[Aoi]

[align=center] Adio used his free hand to stroke Reita's head gently,his claws gently raking through his soft hair as he listened.



"A tentacle beast,akward..Do they pose a threat to us at all Calder?''



He asked before Reita blurted out that he was glad Adio was there.



"Of course id be here,I told you I wouldnt just let you do this alone,Ill do anything for you.''


He smiled faintly..before he questioned.



"Reita are you feeling okay besides well..Um what your supposed to be feeling I guess?''


He blushed slightly embarrassed to be at a loss of words..Adio's features still seemed to be strained,small specs of neon green showing up in his amber eyes his stigma possibly acting up slightly.[/align]

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Calder turned his head towards Adio. His voice grew very serious. "Keep him awake. He must be awake for the ritual. This..land is causing him pain because this entire realm is mostly ruled by Order, with the exception of those tentacle monsters. They are still here and the danger is still real, but it's quite a bit of a lesser threat."

Reita closed his eyes once more.  His head felt like it was going to explode. He placed a hand to his forehead. Calder began to walk, through the trees. Reita stumbled after Calder.

"I don't want to sleep." He said in a shaky voice, after the King. "If I sleep, I'll miss..everything." He muttered. Reita was beginning to behave like someone who had the flu. "It's all getting blurry." He stated.

Calder paused, then turned around to face the couple. His eyes moved towards Adio.

"That taint is deep. So deep that even I can feel it." Calder frowned. "Are you ready?"

[Aoi]

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Adio followed after Reita quickly after Calder's words Hands seizing Reita by the wrists from behind he'd draw them back and out stopping Reita steadying him no dought.


"Calm down,you'll trip and hurt yourself the way your walking trust me you wont miss anything just keep yourself awake even if it means going through all of your memories just for the mere visual stimulation of it..Just stay up Reita-kun.''


He helped Reita follow along behind Calder his arm easily keeping ahold of Reita's forearm to make sure he wouldn't fall and hurt himself somehow..Amber eyes looked up at Calder his own stale normal serious look surfacing.



"Yes,lets get this started.''


The small flecks of neon green in his eyes seemed to be spreading out more but at a rather slow pace the green highlighted by his pale white skin..His breathing had become ragged but he pressed on,he wouldn't let the stigma slow him down..[/align]

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Reita just muttered something. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Doing exactly what he was told, he remembered.

Gabriel was the last to leave him. Gabriel had his doubts that Adio would return, mostly because it had been years. Reita wanted to hold out, but after being called a child, he was silenced for about a month. That hurt him, beyond words. Reita grew secluded, even more so than before.

He remembered one night. He was high, and so obviously so that he couldn't even speak. He laid on his back, staring up at the sky. He wondered when the band would be reunited.

Reita was snapped back, when Calder had paused to look up at the sky. "You are in luck. It will be an hour before the sun sets. We can't make much progress walking, but we'll be able to travel easier once the sun begins to set."

Just an hour of this agony...?

Reita turned towards Adio, then he smiled. "Adio, remember the one time I saw Darius making fun of you?...I got so angry.." He laughed.