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Post by Vatarian on Jun 18, 2014 22:43:14 GMT -5
Xena hangs from the ceiling, utterly still, for nearly half a minute before replying.
"Maybe you are prey."
She drops from above, landing easily on two feet and standing only a few dozen yards from Rumaku.
"But you helped me. No one's ever helped me...."
Xena's voice is both utterly at odds and completely fitting with her appearance. Soft and dry, it sounds like the humm of crickets and the shifting of tall grass in the very hottest days of summer. Like dead wood rubbing against stone. Like sand against glass.
She considers for another moment, head tilted.
"I will be your friend, strange prey-beast."
Xena shifts, tail flashing like a sickle behind her.
"Never hurt me, and I will never hurt you. Help me and I will do wht I can to help you. That is what I know of friendship. You'll have to teach me the rest."
It's the closest thing Xena can be to light and funny. She's opening herself up to Rumaku when every instinct screams at her to kill him and eat him. Or at the very least, to run away.
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Post by Revenus on Jun 18, 2014 23:18:45 GMT -5
"I c-can certainly abide by your code of conduct... Oh, e-excuse me, you never told me your name. I need to know it in order to communicate with you. Communication is vital in friendship as it enables us to converse as we are right now, and, without the ability to do that, our friendship will be all for naught." While waiting for a reply, Rumaka thought that he was actually happy for once during his stay as a fighter in the UCA. He had accomplished his principle goal. Since the fateful day he woke in his quarters, Rumaka wished for an ally. Now, it looked like he finally had one.
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Post by Vatarian on Jun 20, 2014 19:08:50 GMT -5
A name.... Did she have a name? A proper one? The lab-techs called her many things, but none had ever really struck her as being her proper name. She decides to simply give Rumaku the nickname she was referred to by most commonly.
"Xena."
Xena turns away and seizes one last hunk of meat, then sprints towards the door.
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Post by Revenus on Jun 20, 2014 19:40:11 GMT -5
"Alright then, goodbye Xena. Perhaps. our paths will cross again soon." Rumaka wished his friend well, but deep down, he knew that, thanks to the rules of this foreign place, they would meet again.
He just hoped that they wouldn't meet as foes.
Rumaka crawled back into his aviary, happy that he had gained an ally. He wondered though, if that was the right move. Now he knew that the people who run the UCA, who called his kind monsters, were the monsters themselves.
He now knew that those bastards were utterly devoid of hearts, and probably never had them.
For now, he would dismiss these thoughts. He needed to rest for the grueling days ahead.
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