Flash_Guardian bursts into the area, racing through the trees at a dangerous speed for someone who was on foot. He expertly dodges rocks, and trees, leaping and tumbling over small shrubs, completely lost in the rush of speed. Those who manage to catch a glimpse of his face see an immense grin and twinkling eyes before Flash whips past them to veer precariously around another thick tree trunk in his path.

Agnorak spits at his feet "dont even try to lay that at my daughters feet. you will be married and married soon, dont even try to weasle out of it. You have my wife to thank for not killing you out right for impregnating my daughter before you were properly married, you had best thank her and you had better mean it. She is even less of a push over then I am." he will then turn and storm off, the sight of this person sickened him to no ends.

WinterWalker gazes sadly to his feet and raises his head to watch Agnorak storm off, "I will sacrifice my valuables, my reputation, my honor, and my life to ensure her happiness... If I am to be hated by her father, then so be it... The only one who could change his mind is nobody else's decision but his own." He took a deep breath and leaned back again, tapping one finger against his Holy Book, "The value of love is comensurate to its difficulty of attainment... It only makes her worth that much more to keep..." he sadly smiled and whispered to himself.

WinterWalker wiped a tear from his eye and put back on his glasses, "Self-pity is the scrourge of zeal and compassion... I must do my best to keep moving forward," he said reverantly, again opening his book to write more within it.

Flash_Guardian continues his rapid, random path through the wild. He darts left around another tree, then springs right to avoid a small boulder, running up the side of a leaning tree and along one of its outstretched branches. Reaching the end of the branch, he squats and leaps off of it, using it as a springboard to propel him further up into the air. Tucking and rolling into a front flip, he begins to fall toward the earth, his arms in front of him, opening up into a graceful sort of swan dive as he does so. Using his arms to cushion his fall, he springs back off the ground, tucking and rolling for a few more feet before at last coming to a stop next to the teary-eyed Blue.

WinterWalker doesn't seem to notice Flash as he records his personal thoughts into the ledger he carried. His expression was sad and one would wonder it he were actually writing, looking more like he would move his hand about to help him think.

Flash_Guardian holds his knees, collapsing into a fit of heavy panting, but seems rather pleased with himself. At last he notices Blue nearby, looking over at him with an exhausted grin ... which quickly becomes a look of tired concern, seeing what mood he is in. He tries to regain his breath so he can ask what might be the matter.

Flash_Guardian speaks between gasps. "Blue ... hey ... what's ... the matter?"

WinterWalker glances up to see the man he had encountered only yesterday. Again wiping on last tear from either eye, he look over and masks his somber attitude with a smile, "Greetings Sir Flash... Is there something that I may help you with?" he asked, hoping to get his mind off of his own problems.

Flash_Guardian manages to bring himself up to a kneeling position, using his right elbow braced against his right knee to help hold him up. "No, no ... I'm fine, just ... gimme a minute ... I was ... going to ask ... you the same ..."

WinterWalker releases a light laugh, "No, it is not something I would ask you to concern yourself with Sir Flash... Please pay no mind of it."

Flash_Guardian straightens up a bit more, and his breathing calms somewhat. He closes his eyes, and nods. "Fair enough." He looks the man over silently, giving a curious glance to the book which he is holding.

WinterWalker scribbles a few indecipherable letters onto the snow white pages, "I must do something about this..." he whispered to himself. Blue felt like a speck of dirt right now, thinking to himself that he were perhaps worth less than nothing. He looks up and clasps his hands together, "~Lord... Please give me the strength to find an answer...~"

little_half-breed_kodora :the rest of the food that she didn;t like she dropped onto the ground. not realy careing if it would hit any body or not. she leans against the tree , sitting down. she looks at the skywishing she coudl see her parents once more.

Flash_Guardian seems a little surprised and amused, watching the man fold his hands in prayer. He hadn't taken him for a holy man at first, but now it seemed quite obvious. He hears something swish through the leaves of a tree nearby, followed by an audible thump. His sense twitching, he casually looks over in that direction to see what had fallen, but can't see it through the thick foliage.

WinterWalker sighs and looks to a piece of food that drops down beside him, "Kodora..." he mutters, still looking to the piece of fruit, "Please, tell me. Why are you in such pain? Why do you torment yourself...?" he asked with sympathy.

Flash_Guardian moves slightly so he can see where Blue is looking ... at a piece of half-eaten food. He looks back and forth from Blue to the food, wondering why he was speaking to a piece of food he had apparently named Kodora ...

Flash_Guardian slowly looks up, and sees the form of Kodora sitting up in a tree, answering all of his questions.

little_half-breed_kodora she jumped lower dfrom the tree and onto Blues head and then to the ground, rummaging through his bag for anything, she wanted shiny right now, maybe he had somthing. she opend up his bag and dumped everything out, finding coins. they were shiny. she stuffed them into her haori and quickly jumped back into the tree, getting rid of the ones that were dull, throwing them ont othe ground.

Flash_Guardian feels a celestial presence nearby, and glances in the direction for a moment curiously. Seeing Night Angel, he smiles politely before turning to watch the antics of Kodora once more. "Friend of yours?" he asked Blue casually.

WinterWalker pays little mind to Kodora's actions, still sitting motionless upon the moss-covered stump, "Something to love... Something to cherish. Everybody needs something to care about in order to live one's life... For one to never experience such emotions would be an impossibilty. Something lost, someting special gone from one's life... Such a tradgedy would make one feel alone," he recites, looking to his visitors. "A broken heart..."

[little_half-breed_kodora] " friend? i don't need them. " :she said ".. people stabbed me in the back so i'll stab them in the gut" :she said angrilly. such a hostile child. so young, such a pitty

Flash_Guardian hears the words of Blue, and they find home in his heart, stirring up an array of bittersweet emotions. He gazed back at Blue in understanding. "Well spoken, friend," he said softly, with a tender smile of sympathy. Looking back up into the trees, Flash gave Kodora a curious look. "Who is 'people?'" he questions.

PhorenNarqu perches amongst the trees, as that damned raven with those unnatural blue eyes, watching silently but for the rustle of feathers when it occasionally shifted around

WinterWalker leans back with his arms placed within hi s lap, "All upon this earth need someone to call a friend. Denying one's self of a persons companionship and compassion can only lead to a life of sadness..." He looks to Kodora, "Although trust is something you would not easily give, I would glady give you mine if you would take it." He glances to Night Angel for a moment or so before looking back into his lap.

Flash_Guardian chuckles politely at Blue's comments. "Sounds like so many others that I know ... from 'work'," he smirks. "Glad I didn't turn out like them." He glances back to Kodora. "Why wouldn't she take your trust? After all, she's already taken your money ..." He eyes the spilled knapsack.

Flash_Guardian smiles and closes his eyes, listening to the angelic music.

little_half-breed_kodora wit hthe word of friend behing heard. she slammed her right hand into the trunk of the tree, going in to about elbow deep and pulled it out. her had bloodied, and mostly likly a bone or two broken. she licked the blood off. " mmm.. such a sick, twisted t aste" :she hissed to them. " i trust no one. i am better off without trust. i am better of fwithout friends. they jus tstab you in the back. hurt you. lie. cheat. steal. it;s not worth the bulls***"

WinterWalker smiles as he hears Flash's optimisim, "She is just too spirited to need to accept anybody I suppose, but that is the path that some people travel on."

Jordan_Fire-sphere walks in from deeper in the forest, his tail swishing bak and forth

Flash_Guardian watches the girl punch her way through the tree, his eyes going huge as the girl pulls out a bloodied appendage. His first instinct, of course, was to leap into the tree and offer to heal her ... but based on Blue's description of the girl, he decided it probably wasn't a good idea. Besides, he remembered all too well how others had turned down his offers before. He sadly looked away, deeper into the woods. "Love is a peculiar force. It can be a man's greatest weakness, and yet his greatest strength."

little_half-breed_kodora it's not that she didn't wnat friends. oh hel lshe wanted them bad. but every time she had tried, the demon children were cruel to her, the human children ran for her. she soon found happyness in being alone, that is untill she found this place, people everywhere.

WinterWalker glances up to Flash, "Love is a divine force. It can make kingdoms rise and fall as well as make the most timid of men do heroic things in its name."

Flash_Guardian watches Aravan tear through the brush, just like Flash had moments earlier ... though Aravan seemed to have some purpose to his running. Still, his tree-dodging skills caught Flash's attention. Not bad, he thought.

Flash_Guardian understands the latter all too well ... his hand unknowingly finds its way to the pendant hanging from his neck, fingering it thoughfully. "So what has love made you do lately?" he asked, bemusedly.

WinterWalker sighs, "But it can also drive a man mad..." He sits back and looks up to the night sky, counting the dots that lie within the sidereal display through the foliage of the tree beside him.

little_half-breed_kodora she layed down on the branch, watching the people below her, tears slowly forming in her eyes, rtolling down her cheek and fallign to the ground. yet she stayed silent

PhorenNarqu cawed now, finally making a sound, a little irritably, and shifted yet again

Flash_Guardian leans back against the nearby tree that Kodora was in ... he felt a small splash on his foot. Was it raining? He looked up ... just as another small splash met his forehead. The girl was above him, laying flat out on her branch ... were those her tears? Seeing the girl in this state, he simply couldn't bear it. Glancing back to Blue once more, he slowly began to climb higher up into the tree, stopping at a branch next to and slightly below Kodora.

WinterWalker watched Flash follow Kodora up the tree, feeling again useless that his words seemed to have no affect on the child. "Truly... What is it all for? Why do we breath? Why do we live...?" he asked himself, expecting no answer.

Jordan_Fire-sphere walks up to the tree half-breed-chan is in, he climbs up and sits next to her "uuuhhhh...........hi"

PhorenNarqu hopped down suddenly, landing on Blue's shoulder, that voice like a whisper on the breeze, more easily audible to others than the last time "We don't need a reason.... We just do..."

Flash_Guardian looks over at the crying demon-cat-girl ... then at the younger boy who has also climbed up into the tree next to him. He decided that two against one wasn't being very friendly, so he backed off slightly and let the other child have the floor, watching with care lest things go horribly awry.

WinterWalker looks to the bird, "I can not accept that... It would seem pointless then..." he exclaimed sadly.

[PhorenNarqu] "It is pointless... Except that our souls need to manifest themselves after a time... So we live..."

Jordan_Fire-sphere pokes at half-breed-han with a stik of ice "are you ok??"

little_half-breed_kodora she saw him get closer and claser to her. she growled lowly, then louder as he went to the branch below her. she jumped into the next tree, awya from him, and curled up into a ball, tears dampening her sleeve .

Jordan_Fire-sphere shakes his head his ears and tail reappearing, he jumps after half-breed-chan " is this a game I love climbing trees"

WinterWalker smiles to himself, "Cultivation of one's soul..." He leans back and looks up, "Perhaps I should let him spill all my blood... To be the object of one's hatred, I would no longer wish to be..."

[PhorenNarqu] "Bah."

Flash_Guardian sighed as the girl jumped away from him. He was about to follow when he caught wind of the conversation below, and decided to interject. "That's no easy question you pose, Blue," he states. "For the most part, your bird friend is right ... we are alive for whatever reason we make of it. But, on another note, each of us does have some purpose in this world ... but each has his or her own, no two are alike." He smiles down at Blue ... then notices a chase developing. A look of sudden panic crosses his face. "Uh oh," he mutters, quickly leaping into the nearby tree behind the cat-boy.

Jordan_Fire-sphere pokes at half-breed-chab with the ice again" why did you growl at me? I didn't hurt you did I?...............this is confoozling"

Flash_Guardian arrives in the other tree just in time to deflect the incoming icy poke.

[PhorenNarqu] "We must save my hat."

Flash_Guardian gives the small cat child a stern look, coupled with an expression that clearly read as 'I wouldn't do that if I were you.'

Jordan_Fire-sphere swishes his tail bak and forth nervously "who are you?"

WinterWalker sighed, "In my beloved's father's eyes, nothing is more sickening than my visage..." He clenches his fist, "It would seem that the road to heaven is filled with sacrifice. Perhaps it would be better to sacrifice my doubts instead of my hopes." He smiles and sits up, holding a small book against his chest. He looks to Phoren with somewhat of a confused look, "A hat?" he asked.

PhorenNarqu nodded a little, before jumping off, flying a few feet away, to retake his elven form "Well... Not really. I don't have a hat."

[PhorenNarqu] "But if I did, we would have to rescue it."

WinterWalker grins, "I see. Not having one would make it very difficult to save," he replied in a sincere tone of gladness. "If it would be no bother, I would like to request a leave from this journey for a day or so."

[PhorenNarqu] "Go. And don't come back."

Flash_Guardian shrugs to the cat-boy. "Just some guy who likes jumping around in trees," he answers quickly. "Now I have a question for you. Do you remember what it's like to be sad?" he asks the boy, gazing at him as a parent gazes at a still-learning child.

WinterWalker doesn't argue and nods, "Of course this doesn't mean that our paths won't cross again. I would like to travel with you on occasion if you would wish it," he spoke hopefully, packing his things into his sidebag.

[PhorenNarqu] "That would be good. Besides, I'll be following you."

Jordan_Fire-sphere climbs over ohalf-breed-chan......"are you ok.......youseem hurt.........I have bandages and stuff if you need them."

WinterWalker smiles and nods, "Very well. I would appriciate that." He glances around for the correct road to take, "I believe it is this way if I am not mistaken."

little_half-breed_kodora she looks to the boy with a cold stair and growls lowly, and, with the language of a sailor-m,an , out come the words " get the F^# away from me!!": she reaches her broken hand out to scratch him across the face. this chold needed taming . she needed somonelike her, who knows what it's like ot be her. if she were to ever get help

PhorenNarqu shrugged, walking over to a tree and sitting down underneath it "I have no idea. Just don't kill any ravens that are following you."

WinterWalker nods and looks to the others, "Please forgive me, but I am off. If you would wish to follow me, I would have no objection but I must make haste."

Jordan_Fire-sphere 's form blurs as he ducks half-chan's swwip, he spins and stiks a band aid on her hand "you are hurt"

Flash_Guardian reached out a hand to grab the cat-boy ... but too late. He sighed in frustration. There are three kinds of kids ... those who know better, those who don't, and those who have to pee on the electric fence for themselves ...

little_half-breed_kodora she growls nd hisses ripping the.. thing off her. " stupid idiot" :she growqls at him, jumping far far off to another tree. she wanted to be alone right now

WinterWalker waves to the group and jogs down the road, moving with enthusiasm that was not common to his character.

Illidan_the_Dark_Paladin melted out of the shadows, shimmering on the edge of sight, drawing attention of nothing, and everything in all the same time. His body rippled once or twice like water before becoming solid again. Not bothering to lower the hood of his cloak, he begins to observe the other beings scattered around the place. A slightly sardonic grin spreading over his lips, not that it could be seen. His eye color wavered between a deep, almost bottomless blue, and a stark, glaring red. However, this went unseen, the shadows cast by the hood hiding his face. Nothing sparked his interest, so instead he turned his attention to finding somewhere to sit, so he could observe these beings in quiet. However, that quiet may not last long…

Jordan_Fire-sphere jumps after her "you need first aid! slow down!"

Flash_Guardian grabs at Jordan before he can attempt to follow the girl.

[little_half-breed_kodora] " P*&^ OFF OU LITTLE ANKLE BITER!!" she roars angrilly " GET AWYA FROM ME. I DONT CARE!!!" :she cotinues to run in the trees. now away from them. " god d&^ 28 hate people."

Jordan_Fire-sphere gets snagged by flash just enough to throw him off ballance, he falls out of the tree landing in a heap on the ground "ow....gravity is not your friend. "

Jordan_Fire-sphere takes off after half-chan staying abou five feet behind her the entire time

Flash_Guardian grumbles loudly, not looking amused. He brings two fingers on his right and left hand together, then points. Light flashes as an impenetrable wall of pure yellow energy springs into being just in front of Jordan.

Testament strolls quietly through the forest, bare feet making nary a sound as each long and confident stride carried him along some less beaten path. Deep brown eyes turned slowly over his surrounding environment, before his gaze was drawn towards the chase between Kodora, Jordan and Flash. Tipping his head lightly to the side, he'd allow the softest of smiles to curve at his full lips, just barely gracing his hauntingly attractive features. Grace unbecoming of a creature his apparent age was positively flaunted in every movement as he strolled over to the nearest tree, and went to simply lean against it to observe the chase.

Jordan_Fire-sphere continues to run and brings his arms up to break through the wall,chunks of ice bracing his arms.....but he bounces off, the ice shattering aas he hits, he falls to the ground long gashes bleeding on his fore-arms

Illidan_the_Dark_Paladin stepped out beside Jordan. “Leave the girl be, if she is foolish enough not to take help then too bad for her…”

Flash_Guardian quickly shuts his eyes and folds his arms tightly to his chest; he blips out of existence, reappearing similarly standing over Jordan an instant later, small white streaks trailing through the air behind him. He does not look amused in the slightest. "You didn't answer my question," he says, stopping himself to glance over at the figure of Illidan.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] lifts his arms so he can see the wounds, he licks some of the blood off before digging out some bandages and wrapping the wounds

Testament watched the little boy careen head long into that wall, and he gave the slightest shake of his head before his gaze indolently wanders back towards the Hanyou's figure. ".. Hm."

Flash_Guardian closes his eyes in deep concentration, splaying his flat, open palms out in front of him. He breathes deeply, and a soft white glow envelops his hands. He attempts to lay his hands gently on Jordan, near where he is injured.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] finishes wrapping his arms "yes, of ourse just because I'm 12 doesn't mean I'm stupid, plus I had clowns to keep me happy"

Jordan_Fire-sphere rolls away from flash

little_half-breed_kodora she heard a voice in her head. she growled angrilly, slapping her hands to her head holding them there tightly, her claws almost punturing her skin. sitting on her kneese, crouched over them "GET OUT!! GOET OUT GET AWAY!!" she screams out "STUPID f***** GET AWAY!!" her voice echoes through the forest

Flash_Guardian opens his eyes, his hand only brushing air. The white energy fades back into his hands, and he looks back at the boy with a sharp look. "Would you like it if other people bothered you while you were sad?"

Testament remains leaning casually against that tree, arms rising from their idle resting at his sides to cross over his bare chest. That hauntingly faint smile remained upon his lips as he watched the half-breed, and he gave another gentle shake of his head. ".. Silly creatures." he mused to himself quietly.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] geez trying to help half-chan is like playing tag with an axe murderer

Flash_Guardian shakes his head at the young boy. "That should tell you that she doesn't want your help."

Jordan_Fire-sphere growls under his breath "people really aren't as nice as they used to be"

little_half-breed_kodora she loosens her grip on her head as the voice stops. she covers her head with her arms, rockking back and forth, her bod trembling, her voice whimperig as she began to cry, rather heavily.

Flash_Guardian glances nervously in Kodora's direction ... as much as she didn't want help, it was clear that she would need it before long. Flash doubted that he would be able to help her ... but felt that he had to try. But first he had to make this boy understand ...

Illidan_the_Dark_Paladin heard the sound of tears and simply melted into the shadows again. In the same second, he had appeared sitting beside Kodora. He said nothing, just sat.

Jordan_Fire-sphere stands up pulling out a small blade of ice, he climbs nto a tree and begins picking away at the bark "baka people"

Flash_Guardian waves a hand at the wall of yellow magic beside him. The field shimmers and fades, its energy dispersing into the air around it. "Not everyone has clowns to keep them happy," Flash explains, his look finally beginning to soften. He kneels low to the ground, watching the boy. "And some people need more than clowns and band-aids."

little_half-breed_kodora she sniffed the air, she knew Paladin was beside her. she was out of energy, she was tierd and cranky, like an infant. she simple hopped down to lower branches. didn;t anyone get it? JUST LEAVE HER ALONE!!.. she contoniued to cry. she just wanted to be alone

Illidan_the_Dark_Paladin merely shrugged, and stayed where he was. He offered help only once. She rejected it and he would not push the matter.

Jordan_Fire-sphere looks down at flash "yeah I gt it we all got our problems thats still not a reason to make walls of light right in front of me", he throws the knife at flash it's traveling point first

Flash_Guardian was about to approach Kodora once more ... but saw that once again, someone had beaten him to it. He shakes his head, coming to the realization that this simply wasn't his task. He had done enough here, and started to walk away in search of lighter moods. Abruptly he stopped, looking back to Jordan with a much softer, more apologetic look. "I'm sorry if I hurt you," was all he said, before moving off to another part of the woods.

Illidan_the_Dark_Paladin lost complete interest in the events occurring around him. Perhaps he didn’t care, or maybe just had better or more urgent things to do with his time. He had pulled his hood up and drew his cloak around himself. Illidans body shimmered once or twice as it took a dark and translucent form, he moved over to the shadows, stepped into them and disappeared, leaving only the memory of the man standing there barely a moment beforehand.

Testament continued watching the little half-breed, entirely amused by the sheer number of people trying vainly to help her; though one couldn't tell from watching him. The vampire couldn't help but feel the slightest connection with the little girl, understanding her desire to be left to her own desires; but it seems no matter where you go, there was always someone trying to interfere in your business. Speaking of which, a semi-familiar presence made itself known to the man, and he averted his lingering gaze from Kodora to glance off in Aegian's direction, not quite able to make her out through the dense foliage.

Flash_Guardian deflects the knife casually with his hand, knocking it away harmlessly.

Jordan_Fire-sphere lays back in the tree and sighs "geez, helping people sucks."

Flash_Guardian was rather gloomy, his thumbs tucked into his belt sash as he walked, staring at the ground in front of him, oblivious to the lurking Aravan watching from close by. Perhaps the magical wall was a bit rash ... he could just as easily have teleported directly in front of the child ... or even outrun him with the great speed he possessed ... he shrugged. The wall had served its purpose, and the child had bandaged himself. It would all work out eventually. He continued onward, not really knowing who or what he was looking for.

Jordan_Fire-sphere sishes his tail back and forth then jumps down to morgana "howdy, you the seond angely person I've seen tonight"

little_half-breed_kodora she needed help, badly. she wanted a friend. she wanted to be held and to feel safe. but she was so scared. scared of getting close , scared of being betrayed, and anything that goes bad .she continued to cry, to hold herself. wishing that her parents were alive, so she could be happy again.\

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] hangs his head down "this is going to be painful" he jumps over by half-chan and lays a hand on her back "are you sure your ok?"

Testament arched one brow skeptically as the saiya-jin's presence faded away. ".. Uh-huh." Pausing, he'd continue scanning the area about himself, before his attention flickered back up towards Kodora, surprised to see she wasn't being hassled by the trio of males. Had he not just been privvy firsthand to what comes of trying to help the girl, he might have tried his own luck at assisting her. Alas though, he had enough enemies as it was, thus he remained leaning casually against the tree.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] if it helps at all I didn't even know m parents, at least you have memories

Jordan_Fire-sphere shifts his stance getting ready to get out of the way if he needs to

little_half-breed_kodora she moved away from jordan. hissing like a frightend cat.

Flash_Guardian stopped, suddenly getting an idea. He glanced around and above him, searching for something that suited his interests. Finding a sturdy branch, he proceeded to crouch low, then spring up into the air, landing shakily on a branch some seven feet off the ground, wobbling slightly with his arms to either side, trying to regain his balance. At last he does so, carefully sitting himself down on his chosen branch.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] flips to the bottom of the branch and crawls behind half-han before going bak to the top (held on with claws) "you see mto hiss alot"

WinterWalker walks slowly along the pathway, carrying his bag and a book beneath his arm. Strangely, he wasn't wearing his usual mix of blue clothing, dressed in a white and sky blue robe instead of his normal apparal. He glanced to the chaos ahead and continued to march forward, his featureless expression not changing.

PhorenNarqu walked after, brow furrowing. This was unusual... Blue didn't normally act so impassively

little_half-breed_kodora poushes Jordan off the branch .

Flash_Guardian brings his right hand across his body, palm up. Slowly he drags it through the air in front of him, back across to his right side, bringing it up near the end of his motion in a sudden flourish. There is a sudden bright burst of brown light as he snaps his fingers. There is a sudden crack, and a rather plain looking guitar appears in Flash's lap.

WinterWalker glances amongst the group to Jordan's lethal situation. Although he it wasn't visibe who was causing such a surge of power, he could feel the malevolent intentions of the person executing the murder attempt. "What has he done do deserve such a punishment?" he asks the group, looking into the trees/

Jordan_Fire-sphere swishes his tail and places another hand on half-chan and shakes her alittle "hey, ould you at least tell me whats wrong?"

PhorenNarqu sighed, still walking

Flash_Guardian opens his eyes again, looking up into the brilliance of the night-time sky. Slowly, he placed his fingertips upon the strings of his guitar, and began strumming away, a simple melody that the more modern characters would recognize as three-bar blues.

WinterWalker looks over to Flash with a stern look, "Flash... Did you witness this?" he asks.

little_half-breed_kodora she whacks jordan away. yawning tierdly. she cried all she could cry for today and she was tierd, cold, and hungry. it looks like she would be alone tonight .. again, she hated it, but it was comferting.

Jordan_Fire-sphere sits cross legged about two feet from half-chan

little_half-breed_kodora she sighs. standing up, walking off the branch. falling to the ground. not caring what happens after tjat

Flash_Guardian blinks, abruptly ceasing in his playing. He looked down to Walker, his brow wrinkled. "Witness what? Did I miss something?" He looks back toward the place he had come from, where Jordan and Kodora were.

WinterWalker nods, "Hmm.. Never mind. Where is Kodora?" He sets his bag down and looks back up to Flash.

Jordan_Fire-sphere jumps down and lands next to kora-chan "you ok? that was kinda clumsy."

little_half-breed_kodora she lays unconscience on the ground her comeply right arm broken, a trickle of blood coming from her forhead. she breaths. but other than that looks almost lifless

Flash_Guardian sighs sadly. "Oh," he says, seeming somewhat sad at that. "She ran off into the trees, that way," he tells him, gesturing toward the place where she currently was falling out of a tree. "I never managed to try to talk to her, I kept getting interrupted by others who were trying to help as well," he said, shaking his head.

Flash_Guardian snaps his eyes open, suddenly much more aware of his surroundings. THe sound of Kodora's landing did not sound good at all, and there was another man on the ground, also not moving. Snapping his fingers again, he returns the guitar to where it had come from, quickly jumping out of the tree and moving quickly to the place where Kodora had landed roughly.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] feels for a pulse then gentely takes hold of her broken arm "this might hurt" he twist the arm resetting the bone with a snap

WinterWalker immediately starts to head in the direction Flash had pointed him in, his eyes darting back and forth in search of little Kodora. Given a moment of searching, he finally spots her lying on the ground. He moves over to her and kneels, "Kodora. Do not act so foolishly... It pains me to see one so young already on the path to her own self-demise." He glances to Flash, holding her in his arms, "Flash, I would ask a favor of you. Please hold her up." He looks to Jordan, "Do not do that," he warns, the first time his voice carrying sincere annoyedness.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] winces at the sound the quikly begins to splint to arm, he also sticks a baand aid on her fore head

little_half-breed_kodora she wakes up, screaming in pain. panting for air. so remains silent, pain rushing through her body. tears forming in her eyes. "THAT STUPID MOTHER F***** " where the first words out of her mouth

Flash_Guardian does as he is told, holding the wounded girl up ... until she suddenly is rudely awakened by the cat boy.

WinterWalker looks to Kodora with a calm face, "Kodora, I must ask that you calm yourself... Your wounds can be healed but only if you can give me your trust." He glances to Jordan unpleasantly.

Jordan_Fire-sphere stares at winter-cchan "what?"

little_half-breed_kodora she sees the people around her. touching her. wrapping her arm. without a word she begins to squirm out of their arms trying desperatly to get away. feeling crowded, tense, to omany people

Flash_Guardian clung even tighter to the girl in desperation. She may not be fond of the people around her, but her wounds needed tending to. That overrode her desire to be left alone.

Jordan_Fire-sphere just sits there "thanks winter, that went well"

WinterWalker looks to her dissapointedly and rises, "Flash, it would be best to release her. There is nothing I can do..." he said sadly. "I can not force this blessing upon her. Only one who accepts it can take any use of it."

Jordan_Fire-sphere stands up and follows half-chan "yeah thats why I have band aids" he swishes his tail as he walks

Flash_Guardian winces in frustration ... making no other motion other than to obediently release his grip on the girl.

Jordan_Fire-sphere crouches by half-chan and smiles his pointy teeth showing. "you rarms not going to get better unless I can finish wrapping it."

little_half-breed_kodora she scuttles back a little, but doesn't run away or scream. she stays silent, watching them. swhe curles herself up . hiding her arm between her and a tree.

WinterWalker sighs and walks back to the Phoren, his hands curled in the small of his back as he walked. He inspected Phoren for a moment so, trying to accurately gauge his ideas, "Your thoughts if I may, Sir Phoren?"

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] runs his touonge over his teeth relizing they're pointy, he shakes his head and his feline features fade "I kninda need your arm if you don't mind" he stick another band aid on her cheek just because

Flash_Guardian squats low to the ground, looking uncertainly back and forth between Walker and the girl. He tries to smile at the girl ... but manages little more than a look of sympathy and desperation.

PhorenNarqu hadn't noticed Blue for a while, but turned back suddenly "Tell me about your faith."

little_half-breed_kodora she looked at faith. she whimperd softly. she knew her arm needed healingshe ddidn't want to trust them, but, did she have a choice. she slowly turned around, but still held her arm, but if he were totouch her, then, she wouldn't bat him away

Flash_Guardian 's eyes looked aside as he pondered a moment, before looking back to Kodora with a look of all seriousness and sincerity. "What is it you want?" was all he asked. He bore an air of determination, as though confident that he could fulfill whatever she wished of him, but in his eyes was a look of uncertainty ... and sadness.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] pulls more bandages out of his pokets and slowly takes a hold of her arm, he stops for a moment looking into half-chans eyes before he ontinues to wrap her arm

WinterWalker nods and hands Phoren the book he had been carrying. Within the book was written all of his faith's principles and recordings, strangely all written in Blue's handwriting. "I worship an entity that needs no name. A being who would take it upon himself to guide humanity to certain salvation through music, beauty, and acts of chivalry." He turns to one side and places his hand on his chin, stroking his beard, "Simply enough, just the light of this world and the next I would suppose." His father Demitrious had also followed the same faith as Blue did, but it seemed that he took it a little more seriously.

PhorenNarqu nodded, and began to read it quite quickly "And what of elves?"

little_half-breed_kodora she stayed silent. knowing full well that no one could give her what she wanted. she didn't pull herarm away from jordan. but looked at the ground sadly. there were alot of things that she wanted. but three of those things could never happend.

WinterWalker nods and turns back to Phoren, "All beings will be treated as equals. It is their deeds that will determine what judgement they will recieve." He cracks a small smile, "He would look down upon the elves with favor, for your culture is almost the apex of what beauty and music are. Despite the dark blood that courses through your veins, it is your actions that separate you from the sinful creatures you share your heritage with."

[PhorenNarqu] "Ah."

Jordan_Fire-sphere doesn't even look up from her arm "so why are yo so sad"

WinterWalker sits down and takes a deep breath, "So it seems I have been reborn under the image of the lord." He looks to Phoren and dons a serious look, "I would like to continue to travel with you."

PhorenNarqu sat down beside him, smiling at him "You can."

Flash_Guardian droops, shaking his head. Maybe that was it ... the way of this realm's inhabitants ... others are continually reaching out hands of help, but those in need lack whatever is required to reach back and take them. Gazing around, he quickly found a tree nearby and scooted over to lean his back against it. Again, with a wave of his hand and a flash of light brown color, the same guitar appeared in his lap. He resumes his playing from before, finding himself able to put more of his feelings into his melancholy strumming.

WinterWalker nods and gently takes his book from Phoren, "Now that I am somewhat free of my curse, I should be of more assistance to you." He places the Holy Book into his side bag and folds his hands together, looking over to where Kodora would still be.

[PhorenNarqu] "Meh."

little_half-breed_kodora she stays silent. shje didn't feel like tlking. she turned her head away. breathing deeply. still no word said

WinterWalker glances to Phoren, "Do not take my words lightly Phoren... Do you doubt my abilities?" he inquires.

[PhorenNarqu] "No."

Jordan_Fire-sphere tugs the wrappings tight and secures it he bites the excess wrapping his ears and tail reappearing as he does, the bandage cuts cleanly and jordan puts whats left back in his pocket

WinterWalker sits for a moment before speaking, a little grin on his face, "That is good. Now, if you would excuse me." He starts heading back to Kodora, pretty sure that she may have calmed down by now.

Flash_Guardian continues to play, his bittersweet chords filling the night air of the forest around him, his three bar blues full of little improvisations whilst remaining in his minor key. The girl still didn't speak ... perhaps that meant she was listening, and perhaps not. It didn't matter to Flash ... this was more for himself than for the others around him.

Jordan_Fire-sphere sits down by half-chan "if you don't want to talk it ok, I just want to knwo why you injured yourself and fought so hard to avoid being patched up again......not to mention the crying"

WinterWalker kneels beside Kodora, a sympathetic look upon his face. "I am glad you have calmed down. Please, do not refuse me, I wish to help you and nothing more if only this once." He takes one of Kodora's hands into his and gently grasps it, "Please consider my plea..."

little_half-breed_kodora she sighs softly looking aorund her. tierdly , she stands up, leaning against the tree she doesn't look at any of them, yet hears and understands them. her heart lay heavy, she begins tothik of her parents. silent, still tears fall down ehr cheeks, no emotions shown other than the tears themselves, still she refuses to makea sound

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] stretches out alittle and closes his eyes, "you shouldn't be ashamed to show emotion"

Flash_Guardian pondered amidst his music ... a song that he once knew was coming to mind ... it didn't really bear any relevance to the situation at hand, but perhaps it would lighten the mood slightly. He repeated the first bar of his blues, this time beginning to hum the melody along with the playing.

WinterWalker moves to her side, placing one hand on her shoulder, "I will perform this miracle for you, but it you will have to believe in me for this to work..." He closed his eyes and spoke quietly to himself, speaking eloquently the prayer of healing. Slowly, he starts to glows a soft light blue, little beams of light racing about his person as he spoke. It would be up to Kodora to do the rest.

Flash_Guardian finished another round of the blues ... but couldn't bring himself to sing the words, feeling that they wouldn't help the situation in the lightest. Instead, he tried his best to improvise. o/' Cat's in the cradle ... see her walking in a tree ... o/'

[Flash_Guardian] o/' Yeah, cat's in her cradle ... see her walking in a tree ... got no place else to go ... nowhere else is where she'll be ... o/'

little_half-breed_kodora she sighed sadly. the heakling probably wouldn't work. the only mirical that would make her believe in them would being that of her parents coming back to life. and she knew that was impossible. poor girl.

[Jordan_Fire-sphere] gets up and cimbs into the tree he was leaning on, "you'll know where to find me if you wish to talk" he lays himself out on a branch and falls asleep his tai swinging back and forth off of the branch

WinterWalker 's light dims and he releases his hand fromt the injured girl. "Poor girl..." he spoke. "I wish I could give you what you wish, but you don't believe that I can help you, do you..." He takes a half-step away and looks to her, "One can not live life alone forever... Should you have need of a friend, I would gladly offer my companionship to you..." Figuring that there was little more he could say, he moves back to his seat.

Flash_Guardian was getting rather into his music. He continued, his words slightly more strained and sorrowful ... o/' misty moon's a'risin' ... tears are fallin' in the night ... yeah, a misty moon's a'risin' ... tears are fallin' in the night ... can't we all just find some heaven ... take a break and make it right ... o/'

Jordan_Fire-sphere begins to snore softly

little_half-breed_kodora she sat back down, leaning aginst the tree. and curls up onto her side,, i nthe fetal position, listening to the music. she was cold, but ithat wouldn't stop her from falling asleep,

Flash_Guardian drove the song on. o/' You can try to change the future ... but you sure can't change the past ... Wellll, you can try to change the future ... but no you can't ever change the past ... gotta take it when it's offered ... can't move forward once it's passed ... o/'

WinterWalker sighs and gather his things, "I have much to do." He looks up to Flash and smiles, "Farewell Sir Flash, perhaps we will meet again?" he asked hopefully.

Jordan_Fire-sphere rolls over.......right off the branch, he lands several feet from half-chan "ow....gravity is not my friend,"

Flash_Guardian takes a break from his lyrics to play a quick bridge. He couldn't help but speak in time with the music, so as not to lose his rhythm. "Indeed, I hope so," he said, giving Blue a sympathetic and helpless look. "Perhaps in a better situation next time. Farewell, for now."

Jordan_Fire-sphere pulls a large rolled up blanket out of hiis pocket and curls up in it, he looks up a half-chan and then cuts off a large hunk of the blanket giving it to her

WinterWalker gives a friendly nod and walks along the forest path. (Night all. *Hugs Uni* Nighty night!)

[Flash_Guardian] o/' Sometimes all that we can do ... is live our lives the best we may ... yes, sometiiiimes all that we can do ... is live our lives as best we may ... when your road is long and tiring ... take your time and seize the day ... o/'

little_half-breed_kodora she wakes up, looking around. the forst had suddenly grown quiet. the way she liked it

Flash_Guardian notices the kids are getting sleepy ... so he tones down his song for one final, more comical verse. o/' Well I hoped you liked my singin' ... didn't think I'd make it through ... if you didn't like my singin' ... well, there's nothing you can do ... yeah, you're eyes are gettin' heavy ... guess I'll have to stop my tune. o/' He finishes with several quick, subtle notes, fading gradually in volume until the last little pluck is barely audible.

Jordan_Fire-sphere sits up and stretches his limbs, "howdy half-chan, are you all calmed down now?"

little_half-breed_kodora sh e growls at the name half-chan. but doesn't make a point of shuting him up, yet. she yawns softly and stands up, begining t owalk away from them. holding her broken,. yet bandaged right arm.

Flash_Guardian sighed, looking back and noticing that one of the pair of children was waking. He decided not to pay much mind, simply setting his guitar aside. It really was rather dark and chilly, he noticed. Gazing around, he casually remarked to no one in particular, "I think I'll get a small fire going."

Jordan_Fire-sphere 's head slumps down "great she stil hates me."