Spirits At Unrest

Aleximoonstone face turns paler than ever and her yellow eyes widen. She stands there stiff her jaw dropped and she could only say some incoherant babble "gah...ba da...ha..." she shivered now slightly and looked at the floating Karasu

karasu stared to Alexi, though he still couldn't put together who she was or why she was staring or slack jawwed. His attantion span was so short he forgot he was there every few moments and even for a breif period forgot what he was looking at and why, but didn't look away. His eyes remained coldly locked on her as though focusing through the sheen of stupidity and his dumbfounded natures in this state. A flash of memory from something sparking him he whispered barely audible ..."Doodle"

Aleximoonstone snapping out of it, she turns and hears Kaden. Looking back at him she nods "thank you for the offer" she smiles "I need to find doodle.." she felt like it was a sign maybe he was in trouble and he sent his ora out to search for her she was very mistaken.

karasu whispered again becoming very unsure "Doodle?" His whisper nothing more than an echoe of her words. "Find,..." his words only picking pieces of hers. "Thank you,I, Doodle?"

Aleximoonstone walks forward towards the tree's and looks all over for the voice "Doodle.. is that you? where are you.." she walks slowly and carefully not to make too much noise not wanting to scare him away "Do you need me doodle?" she becomes frustrated with not being able to see him at least for a good long amount of time.

Tandrall strides along through one of his favorite wooded glens, thick fur coat drawn all about him to shield him from the winter's cold. He raises his magnificently horned head to sniff the air once or twice, smiling as he does so. His eyes wander here and there to admire the winter splendor ... everything seems so much different with a dusting of snow upon it. In the midst of his wanderings, though, he comes upon a clearing which seems to be occupied by an interesting pair. "What's this?" he mutters to himself, intrigued. Cocking his head to one side, he watches from afar for a moment to abate his growing curiousity, eyes twinkling and lips smiling subtly.

karasu moves following the voice and calling with it. "Doodle?" "Doodle?" For a moment he forgets boundries of physicality and passes clean through her. Such is the cold of energy being sucked slightly from ones body to feed the existance of another. That chill one gets running down their spine. The damp cool in the air, the absence of physical life manifested through material ways by energy adsorbed into being sentience bound beyond a physical shells ending.

Aleximoonstone felt the chill of the air and she shivered becoming frightened. She didn't know what was going on and couldn't see Karasu's ghost at least not at that moment and she began to sob "doodle...where... what " she put her hands on her eyes and cries. "I don't like this.." she sniffles a bit and with all this emotion she didn't hear or see the newcomer

Tandrall smiles to see the young lady, realizing that she is wandering straight towards him. He makes no attempts to hide from her, in fact stepping out from around the next tree and into view. His voice is solid as a rock, and deep as the hidden valley. "Young lady, is something wrong?" He gives her a cheerful smile, hoping that he may be able to help her somehow ...

karasu comes to a slow halt forgetting why he walked. "Doodle." He manifested thought into a voice without so much as a twitch in his confused sentience. Turning he saw her. He though for a moment and brough himself to ask "Why are you crying" as in the brief moment his mind became focused and decisive. His body shaping from air as residual immage to what he formerly was.

Aleximoonstone wipped away her tears and looked up at Tandrall who had stepped infront of her "Hi.." she pulled her hair behind her small ear "its just that..." she turned around and finally saw doodle floating nontheless "AH!" she jumped back a bit almost hitting Tandrall but only nudging him "By the stars!!!" she watched Karasu wide eyed not sure of what she was seeing.

Tandrall sees it now ... the ghostly form that appears nearby. Tandrall's gaze studies that of the other man's, eyes narrowed and appraising. As Alexi nearly bumps into him, he closes the distance to stand tall and protective over the girl. And tall he is, standing high on his hooved feet as he does. He stands there, unsure just how to react without seeing more of the situation develop.

karasu faded from sight again loosing his concentration "Doodle?" He repeated softly staring at her as his image faded from visual sight.

Aleximoonstone began to breath rapidly watching Karasu dissappear "WAIT!!" she stood up and waved her hands "Come back.. Doodle.." she looke around to see if she could find his figure again. "He was my friend.. i... think he's..." her eyes begin to water and she looks down not wanting Tandrall to see her cry.

karasu stared at her and lifted a hand out the very arm taking form in immage before his eyes but not the rest of him. It seemed to dull in resolution and color at the elbow untill opaque and then invisible "Doodle?"

Tandrall frowns just slightly, giving the ghost a peculiar look as it slowly fades away. To the girl, he looks to her once in a kindly way, then back to the place where the ghost was last seen. "Your friend must have strong will for his spirit to linger here. Perhaps there is something to yet keep him from the other side ... perhaps it is you." He looks back to the girl just as the arm forms in the air nearby, his mind pondering the rather grim situation before him.

Aleximoonstone raises her head slowly, her left hand near her mouth her right raising to try and touch Karasu's arm "Maybe he's trying to say goodbye.." she sniffles her hand going through his arm "Are you leaving doodle.." she wonders if he will respond. Looking back at Tandrall she smiles "My name is Alexi, and his name is Doodle"

karasu his mind completely looses grasp when his hand is touched. He forgot what a touch was like and the touch itself set off the reaction of his arm fading all together since his perceptions no longer know how to react. "L... Alexi?"He pauses thinking very hard. "Running water. " he forces himself to focus as hard as he can in the moment. "Trouble. Die, Rif, Can't, no, I'm not , but there are.... I am tired." His voice cuts off exhausting his mind from the force of loose thought and concentration.

Tandrall nods, watching the attempted connection of hands and finding the whole thing rather sad, the entire matter weighing heavily on his heart. A somber look overtakes his face, his nose snuffling for a moment before he speaks again. "The world of the living is no place for spirits. If memory serves me correctly ..." And then the ghost speaks once more. "Hmmm?" Tandrall says, tilting his head to one side again. "What's this babble? Babble from a ghost ... a ghost named doodle." And now a rather light smile. "A babbling doodle." He would continue were such word games relevant or even helpful to the situation, but for now simply waves his hand at it. This spirit certainly is seeking something ... something that needs to be amended.

Aleximoonstone retracts her hand "Am i hurting you?" she blinks and turns looking at Tandrall "I think your right...he needs rest" she looks towards where Karasu's arm is, the distortion that is left there "Doodle... if your tired then rest but i'll miss you" she sighed looking sadly at the air infront of her. She waved for a moment before letting her arm fall to her side "I hope that he didn't suffer when he left.... "

Tandrall frowns just slightly. "I would gladly help you and your friend, Alexi, but I am afraid I do not have the skills you would require. Speaking with spirits is the requisite of soothsayers and psychics, and I? I am just a lowly musician, protector and guardian of the woodlands. But perhaps I can offer you this advice." He bends low onto one knee to better reach the young woman's height, his furred and powerful leg poking forward from beneath his heavy fur coat, looking more like that of a goat's or horses than anything else with its shape and rich brown fur. "A spirit in unrest can be a dangerous thing while it abides. The best course is to listen to it, and give it what it wants. Something needs doing before it can fully depart from this world to the next. Doodle will need your help."

Aleximoonstone watches Tandrall and listens to his advice. She nods while he talks and responds when he's finished "I don't know what to do..i don't know what he needs" she turns her head to look over her shoulder towards the distortion "Doodle... what can i do to help you?"

karasu congeals a single thought replaying a moment in time through himself. "Rif Can't get away with this. I won't let him. He will die and my bloody end will asure it. " The sounds echoing from his memory stop in a sudden loud pop of what might be assumed as a shockwave or the blast of something being blown up. Very loud, but the intant it occurs it cuts off as if ending the memory there.

Tandrall raises his noble head to peer down his goateed face at the girl, about to speak when the spirit beats him to it. For now, he simply listens, wincing at the sound of the explosion. "Merciful heaven ..." he whispers, eyes wide and suddenly quite horrified. "My child, I do not believe this ghost is benevolent in its nature ... perhaps we should leave here at once." Tandrall rises quickly, making as if to leave with the utmost haste.

Aleximoonstone her hair flies backward with the explosion and she squints so the dirt that lifts doesn't get into her eyes. Once the force has subsided, she blinks and looks at Tandrall "No its ok.. he won't hurt us he's a very nice... spirit?" she had never talked to a ghost before "Lets figure out what he's trying to finish here on earth so he can rest in peace" she looks around wondering if Karasu left.

karasu cries out in many wails of suffering and gnashing of teeth. The sound as painfull as winding through a maze of broken glass on a chalk board. "grAhhhhhWghk" His spirit becomes very restless and pain filled. It begins to cry and whimper and mix noise with though.

Tandrall closes his eyes after the wailing of the spirit becomes apparent, steadying himself against the rising storm as he begins to sing in his deep voice. 'Spirit, take heed, and listen well ... the weight of this world hangs heavy ... we know of your grief, and feel what you feel ... from unrest, find rest, and serenity.' His words bring forth a subtle power as indeed such an old song bears, the power to give peace to the departed and still their anger, their woes, and their frustrations.

Aleximoonstone hears Karasus cries and frowns looking around she then feels soothed by Tandrall's singing and strangely becomes a bit relaxed herself.

Aleximoonstone moves back a bit and looks up at Tandrall "I don't know what to do to help,... maybe i can do nothing" she sighs and looks up at Tandrall "that was very nice though"

Tandrall has not the power to turn, and never has. What he does hold sway over is in the realm of emotion. As the ghost falls silent once more, Tandrall's singing slowly comes to a halt and he smiles, his objective accomplished for now. Once more he looks back to Alexi as a parent would gaze at a child. "Remember my words, young lady. If you listen well, your friend will tell you what he wishes done. Fear not Doodle's spirit ... if he is truly a friend of yours, he will not brind you to harm." He places a hand upon her shoulder, a strong and reassuring hand. Squeezing once gently, he nods and smiles to her one last time. "I must go."

Aleximoonstone nods slowly "ok.." she smiles looking up at Tandrall. "Take care of yourself hope to see you again some time" she said this hoping that maybe she would one day but in the back of her mind knowing that she probably would not see him again so it was the way of all the people she ran into. "Thank you for your help" she nodded towards him.

karasu starts a short into the last few moments of living memory he has. "Rif Coral, you stand before the council acused...." The memory cuts and fades as though it became too diced from his sudden jarring by all the events around.

Tandrall nods, rises to his full height, and begins to head off into the woods. "You will not likely find me ... most likely it will be I who finds you . Farewell, miss Alexi, and may the leaves never fall upon your path to hide your way." With that, the nature spirit Tandrall fades away into the trees from whence he came.

Tandrall nods, rises to his full height, and begins to head off into the woods. "You will not likely find me ... most likely it will be I who finds you . Farewell, miss Alexi, and may the leaves never fall upon your path to hide your way." With that, the nature spirit Tandrall fades away into the trees from whence he came.