Flying Lessons

Omenis pusts him down in the field freshly cut the stars littering the sky with their sparkle..the moon behind a dusting of cloud....moonebeams shining light paths downwards

Omenis brushes him down gently a smile curving her lips upwards....this is the man she now looked upon as her teacher....friend...almost maybe family if she had any idea what family was

Flash_Guardian mumbles something as he slowly stirs from what must have been a deep and dreamless slumber. A hand moves at first, feeling the soft grass underneath and caressing it ... next a smile creeps across his lips. And then, a look of bewilderment. His eyes quickly open, taking in the starlit sky above, hand patting the ground to make sure it was real, and seeing the young woman in blue standing over him, looking down at him and smiling. If the situation weren't so peaceful and serene, Flash would likely be in a right panicked state. "What ... where am I?" he mutters dreamily, his head rolling from one side to the other as he takes in his surroundings.

Omenis crouches down to him....a hand reaching out as a finger stretches to stroke a cheek...." A place I have found...pretty isnt it?" she withdraws her hand quickly not wanting to panic him...head tilting to watch him

Flash_Guardian lets out a breath of wonder, a subtle smile of awe lining his lips, as he looks around him. Slowly, he sits himself upright, so that he can get a good look at the scenery behind him as well, folding his legs up in a casual sitting posture. "Very pretty, yes," he says, his voice barely above a whisper. "Is this ... somewhere around the Keep?"

Omenis nods " I think so though I truely have no idea..." she looks up a kinda vague look in her eyes before looking down and at him again...." What are those..?" she points upwards

Omenis shifts slightly moving to sit beside him....whenever she had had any need of knowing what something is Flash has always been there to explain...to show...

Flash_Guardian looks up to where Omenis points, grinning. He shifts himself now, bending his legs and pulling his legs up close to wrap his arms around his knees, for warmth as much as comfort. "Those," Flash explains, "are stars. Big bright lights that are really, really far away. They're always there, even though you can't see them during the day, when the sun is shining. And that big one there, the one that looks like a circle with part of it missing," Flash says, pointing to the half-disk resting behind the wispy clouds, "that one's the moon."

Omenis tilts her head as is her habit when thinking over something...." Stars.....even the name seems to hold a touch of something special..how come they be there and not down here giving us light here" her eyes drift to the moon widening a little noticing its dips of darkness..." Why is that so much larger then the others?"

Flash_Guardian looks sidelong at the young woman, watching her scoot closer. A thought comes to him, one which causes him to ponder for a moment. His pondering doesn't last long as, of course, Omenis arouses more questions. Flash chuckles, trying answer he questions without revealing too much. Too much knowledge can be the death of wonder, they say. "Actually, the stars are so far away so that they won't hurt us. You see, up close a star is a lot like a really big, really powerful fire ... if one of them got too close, it would start blinding everyone and burning things. So you see, it's good that they're so far away from us."

[Flash_Guardian ] "As for the moon, it's larger because it's actually a lot closer to us than the stars are."

Omenis looks down and at him a moment before asking the question upon her lips..." How come they to exist?"

Flash_Guardian breaks into a beaming grin, looking back at Omenis and chuckling softly. "Ahhh, now that's the big question!" Flash tells her, holding up a finger. "You can ask that question to a hundred different people, and you'll get a hundred different answers, I can tell you that. And I don't really think any one answer is right or wrong, really." Flash shrugs, dropping his arm back to hold his legs once more. He looks up into the night sky once more. "You want to know what I think?" he offers.

Omenis nods slowly " Does anyone truely know?" her eyes watch him move once more to warm himself though she was unsure why though she could sense something....studying him a little before moving to him...unsure whether she is doing wrong she tentively puts an arm around him to give him her warmth

Flash_Guardian feels the fur of Omenis's coat brush against his back and side as an arm finds its way around him. He smiles, and shortly after the gesture is returned, Flash wrapping an arm around her as well. In truth, cold nights like this didn't really bother him too much ... not while he wore his love's pendant, anyway. "I'm sure there's one out there who knows the answer," Flash tells Omenis, the starlight reflected in his eyes as he watches the sky. "After all, someone or something had to make them, right?"

[Omenis ] " Yes....I should think there is a right explantion for them...what stops us from hitting them?" her eyes sideglance to him before looking back up...she had wished to touch them ...feel them yet no matter how she had tried she had failed..

[Flash_Guardian ] "Again, that would have to be because they are so far away, really," Flash begins, then tries to put it into distance. "You could run all across the Keep, from one side of the planet to the other ... and that distance would pale in comparison to how far away those stars are. They're actually so far away," he continues, "that the light they give off can take years, sometimes even decades, before it actually reaches us here." Flash grins and shakes his head in wonder at the very notion.

Flash_Guardian sits there, idly wondering if this curious young woman would ever run out of questions for him. Thankfully, Flash is possessed of almost inhuman patience.

Omenis blinks her gaze dropping to look at him intently...her voice dropping to almost a whisper..." This....place...is a planet?....This.....year.....decades.....they are something special too?"

[Flash_Guardian ] And it's times like this that Flash is very very grateful for that patience. "What I mean by the planet is an all encompassing term used to describe the world we're sitting on right now," Flash begins. "If you took all the lands of the Keep and everything on it," Flash says, holding out an open palm to represent it, "and all the lands near the Keep, and all the other lands next to them, until there weren't any more left ..." Flash begins to move his hands together repeatedly to signify all of the lands taken together, "then you'd have the surface of planet. So if you look at it that way, the planet is everything around us. The earth, the trees, the birds, the air we breath, the water ... even both of us ... all those things make up the planet." Flash lets out a breath, hoping his explanation was satisfactory.

Omenis nods slowly....head tilting as always taking in this new found knowledge letting it sink into her mind as she dwells over the possiblities this would present...." Then what we can see is this...planet..if we move this earth...would it still be this..planet?..." glancing to the stars back to him...." Would the same...that brings them to being have brought this...to being?"

Flash_Guardian suddenly gets an idea, eyes twinkling as he looks back to the young woman. "If you'd like, I think I might know a way to give you an even better picture of the world around you. Some things are better when shown instead of simply spoken of." Flash leans away from Omenis, looking down at her intently. "I can show you, but you're going to have to trust me ... is that alright?" Flash keeps a hand on her back and waits for her answer, still smiling at the thought.

Omenis smiles this female has yet to learn the meaning of mistrust....but this is Flash...how could she not trust him...as she nods her head alittle even her opulent eyes betrayed just how much trust she had in Flash

Flash_Guardian nods, quickly rising to his feet and moving a short distance away from Omenis. He nods once to her in confirmation, then closes his eyes, resting his hands at his sides, palms up and elbows bent, feet spread apart just so. Flash leans his head forward, brow wrinkling in concentration and moving his hands to form a cup shape, almost touching in front of him. As he concentrates, shards of green light seem to be pulled from the air to gather in a small pocket of energy growing in Flash's hands, brighter, brighter until something pings softly. Flash then opens his eyes, pulling his hands up to his chest, and the energy along with it, the magic coursing through him. His cape begins to glow with that same subtle green, and as Omenis watches the shape of the cape seems to distort, thickening and dividing down the middle, releasing itself from Flash's bracers, melting and shifting, stiffening and sprouting feathers, until at last Flash bears a proud set of bright red wings upon his back.

Omenis eyes widen...in wonder...enjoying what she is seeing even though she can not explain it only knowing that Flash can.....change...add to his appearance her smile widening more at the sight of the wings....stepping to him now a arm rising as she can not resist the urge to touch...to feel

Flash_Guardian smiles and looks back to Omenis. "Alright, we can do this one of two ways," Flash tells her. "On the one hand, I can fly up as high as I can go and carry you with me. Or," he says, tilting his head the other direction, "I can give you some wings of your own, and you can follow me." Flash grins, watching and waiting to see what the young lady's reaction would be.

Flash_Guardian can't help but flinch and cry out just a little, his wings moving back ever so slightly at Omenis's light fingered touch. "Ooh!" Flash's smile brightens, though, quickly telling the timid girl that it was no bad sensation. "Careful, they're kinda sensitive."

Omenis nods not really having heard much that he had said her attention now on those suddenly attractive red wings.....fingers gliding over them...seperating feathers....as she steps closer to them...her head coming down..as yet she had seen these type of things on the small animals in the trees but never had she been able to touch them...

Flash_Guardian just kinda stands there, blinking uncertainly, Omenis's nod obviously doing little to answer his question. Flash simply shrugs. So long as she was content with her explorations ... and so long as she didn't go so far as to pull out any feathers ... Flash really didn't mind what she did.

Omenis close her eyes.....resting her cheek against a small potion of feathers.......they were so soft....so delicate..why do they exisit...she had seen....birds ..flap them madly when moving first away yet hadrly afterwards.." Why doesnt everyone have these?" a whispered question

Flash_Guardian chuckles, offering little more than a cryptic response. "Wings like these must be earned ... either by living in good faith, or by special practice."

Omenis pulls her cheek away having sensed all she needed to....these were as part of Flash as his arms and legs...." Earned.......then how do you know you've earned...enough to possess such things...?"

Flash_Guardian has to think long and hard over that one. A slight breeze blows past, ruffling Flash's spiky hair slightly, as he looks out over the serene midnight landscape. "Follow the path of light, Omenis, if wings are what you seek. So long as you stray from darkness, you will earn wings like these someday." Flash then kneels low, turning back to face Omenis, an expectant look on his face as he returns to previous matters. "But, if you like, I could give you some wings of your own ... just for a little while. Long enough for me to show you something." Flash takes Omenis's hand in his own now, if nothing else to keep her focussed on him and his question as he waits for her answer.

Omenis tilts her head looking down at him....her fingers folding over his own as she holds them within her own.....before falling to crouch down in front of him eyes on his own looking into their depths..." For a little while...."

Flash_Guardian just smiles, choosing to take her awe-stricken words as an affirmation. "Alright," he says quietly to the girl. "Close your eyes, now, and try to picture yourself with wings. Focus on the wings, and what you want them to look like. My magic will do the rest." Without another word, Flash closes his eyes once more, releasing his grasp on Omenis to bring both of his hands together in the same bowl shape. As he concentrates, the same green magical energy swirls and grows above his palms, gathering into a sphere of potent magical energy. "Don't be afraid," Flash tells her, just after the same ping sound is heard upon completion of the spell's energy.

Omenis close her eyes letting her fingers release his own....a soft sigh escaping between lips....her head dropping forwards slightly as she does as he instructed picturing wings of opulent fire opal feathers

Flash_Guardian waits just a moment for Omenis's mental image to solidify, then slowly moves his hands over to her, carrying the hovering green ball of gathered mana over closer to her. Then, with a simultaneous flick of both wrists, he tosses the energy right at Omenis, its power quickly suffusing her. The sensation is unusual, but not unpleasant, as a pair of wings just like the ones she has pictured, sprout through the back of her garment harmlessly, the cloth simply giving way to the growing feathery appendages. The transformation is over in a matter of seconds, and Omenis quickly becomes aware of her new wings, almost as if they were naturally a part of her to begin with. Flash looks to the wings now, smiling in awe and admiring, as they were perhaps not quite what he had pictured.

Omenis eyes are tightly shut waiting for Flash to instruct her opening them.....though she could feel the ripple of magic slowly seeping and washing over her like a wave her form flickering as it seems to fade the wave clearly seen as it progresses....her own form appearing once more as the ripple effect works its way downwards.....mentally she moves the tips of the flight feathers just a tad...

Flash_Guardian chuckles, standing up now and placing his hands on his hips. "You did well," he tells her. "You have a strong imagination, it seems. Take a look."

Omenis opens her eyes....head coming up to look at him standing.....eagerly looking over her shoulders.....eyes widening as she sees wings of her own....her arm instantly moving to reach behind her to feel the joining of them to her flesh....again her mind moves the flight tips as she stutters....thus seeing them actually move

Flash_Guardian patiently waits for Omenis to finish admiring her new wings, just smiling and watching. "Let me know when you're ready, and I'll take you up."

Omenis blinks head turning quickly to look at him...." Up?"

Flash_Guardian grins broadly at Omenis, eyes twinkling with excitement as he nods. "Up," he repeats.

Flash_Guardian points up to the sky with a finger a few moments later, just in case she was unclear as to which direction 'up' was.

Omenis looks up head tilting so far back now the hood falls back revealing her white hair and for the first time her unprotected face

Flash_Guardian blinks, first at her white hair, and then at the strange symbol on her forehead that seems to resemble a tattoo of an eye. Flash catches himself staring at it for a moment, searching his mind to see if such a symbol has any sort of magical or divine significance or meaning.

Flash_Guardian just shrugs and grins, a gesture that looks rather comical while on the wing. "Nobody knows, really," he tells the young woman. "Nobody has been alive long enough to see how it all began. Nobody was there when everything came to be." So he explains, though something in his voice seems to bely the falsehood of his statement. Flash had been there. He had seen. Countless times. The simple fact of the matter was that try as Flash may, no mortal tongue could ever hope to describe such wonders as he has seen, watching an entire universe come into being. He continues to fly with Omenis through the night. They fly over thick forests, endless plains, rolling hills, snow-capped mountains, moonlight spotted lakes and rivers ... they even fly over the Keep at one point, and what a sight it is from the night sky! Torchfires burning brightly, lighting up the streets and walls like hundreds of tiny orange stars far below, the wavering fiery dots connecting to form all kinds of man-made patterns.

[Flash_Guardian ] And on and on they fly, taking in wonder after wonder, with Flash explaining each new thing they come across, answering all of Omenis's questions without fail, until at last they both grow tired.

Omenis does indeed ask him many questions....every new thing holding some form of interest some form of question that needs explaining.....as time goes on as she becomes tired the harder she needs to concentrate on keeping airborne...dipping and lifting