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 Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:03 pm
 "Ohhh.... my head..."
The wingless lioness brought one hand up to rub at her aching skull, getting in a few motions before stopping in shock and jerking her paw back, long, soft fur strung between her toes. Since when did she have long fur on her head?! AND WHY WAS HER PAW SO MUCH FURRIER AND MISSING IT'S
".... HUH?! W-WHAT--?!"
She jumped up, though it really wasn't quite so simple as that, feeling so disoriented. She gave a turn, trying to get a look at herself in the meanwhile. Her tail-- it was bushy, like a wild dog's! Her markings were gone! Was she wearing a necklace? And was that a mask on her face? She recovered enough to bring a paw up to check, and sure enough it was. Pushing the mask up away from her face she began to moan nervously.
"Oh god, oh, god, what happened?" Don't panic, don't panic! Stop. BREATHE. Okay, check. Now that she was in no danger of running out of air the confused lioness... wolf... was free to have a look around her surroundings. "... Where am I?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:13 pm
 “God’s Haven.” A voice spoke up from nearby and the goddess of stars ambled into view, her body language curious, her wings half raised as if poised to fly and tail tip lashing behind her. The draconic looking being might have looked scary, if you weren’t used to such things. And most creatures weren’t.
“Forgive me, I saw the signs of a rebirth and I headed over to see…” The lioness – least, that was what she thought she was still, despite all the scales and her horns and /wings/ - apologized. Huruma took a step closer and offered a fey but friendly smile. She felt like she’d intruded on something but at the same time, such a short time ago, she’d been exactly the same position.
Newly reborn and confused for it.
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:35 pm
It was enough to get Kairi to lower her paw and whip her head around in the direction that the voice had come from. She had seen a small handful of gods in her time thanks to her travels with Samsara...
Samsara! Where was he? Why was she alone? Why couldn't she remember?
"I..."
Her expression betrayed her worry, not just for herself, but for the god that she had been accompanying, why were they separated?
"Gods' Haven? But I'm--"
Rebirth. Rebirth-- HER rebirth?
"I don't understand, how did this happen?" She couldn't help reeling a bit, taking quiet, deep breaths.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:47 pm
"Were you a god or goddess before? Do you remember?" She asked, sitting down.
From what she'd been able to gather while stuck up here, gods were usually reborn when they died into a new life but could sometimes remember their old ones. If they did remember rebirth was less scary since they'd probably been there before. But if they didn't remember or if this was their very first.
"Or were you a mortal or a ghost before and you traded with a god or goddess? I'm afraid I won't be much help since I was only just reborn myself. I was dead then a ghost but I traded with a god to switch our places."
I was dead then a ghost. She was very practical and didn't believe in making it sound nice. She'd died, she'd been a ghost and now she was back. Sugar-coating didn't help anyone.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:50 pm
"I... don't remember. I remember that I was norm-- mortal," She corrected herself quickly. "--but I don't know how I ended up like this. I was traveling with Samsara, and... everything is a blank after a certain point."
Of course, her companion here wasn't going to know who that was, more likely than not, but it didn't seem to stop her from saying so, half to help herself think.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:52 pm
"Don't worry dear, I'm sure you'll work things out in time."
It was odd. She both felt like her old self and yet also not. She was sure that the old her would have felt more... empathy perhaps? Not that she wasn't sympathetic but something was different about it. The great horned head lowered in thought for a moment, trying to remember what it was to be small and red and different. Then it clicked. She wasn't automatically trying to mother the other lioness and instead was approaching the matter as if they were equals. Interesting.
"Who is Samsara? Because we could try to find them, perhaps."
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:53 pm
She could really feel the panic ebbing, and relaxed more as the moments passed, nodding slowly.
"Samsara is the god I was traveling with... he's the god of Karma."
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:55 pm
"Try to stay calm... I know this is a lot to take in but it'll be alright." See, the old her would have made that sound much more soothing, grandmotherly, and she couldn't help comparing herself with her old self. This other lioness might know that that was like eventually.
"If he's a god, it's possible he knows what's happened. It's a shame I can't fly or I'd offer to see if I can spot him in the Haven from above." Of course maybe she was talking to the new Goddess of Karma? Huruma didn't think it'd help the other female to settle suggesting that.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:56 pm
It was now that Kairi got a really good look at the other, trying to take her in, she'd no idea what Samsara's domain might be just by looking, but maybe it was more obvious with others. "W... Who are you? I'm sorry I didn't ask sooner."
Stay calm, yes, that was a good idea.
"My name's Shahaab Huruma, Goddess of Stars. I traded my death with the old Shahaab Malik and was reborn...I'm not actually sure how long ago. Not very long ago."
For all she knew she'd been bound up in an illusion of a starlight cocoon for several seasons or for just a day. And night and day were very alike when you were on a mountaintop shrouded by clouds.
"Time isn't easy to judge here."
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:58 pm
"Stars... goddess of stars... I'm Kairi. Or at least that's who I used to be. What do you think I might be? Is there a way to tell?"
She looked again at her paw, then took the mask from her head completely to look at it. It was like no creature she'd ever seen before.
"I'm not sure... I was lucky enough that the old god explained my domain to me and renamed me anyway, because if he hadn't I'd have had to rename myself just in case. I had a family in my old life you see. They've mourned their mother and grandmother and I don't want to upset them finding out I've come back but I'm not the same person anymore."
Her large wings lowered, her tail stopped flicking and her ears laid back for a moment. Perhaps that was why she was obsessed with comparing herself to her old life. The differences were more and more reasons why she couldn't just go swanning back to the Bahari'mtoto and announce herself to the family members who resided there. It'd turn their world upside down if they even believed her and her old self was dead, she was so different now. Calling herself her old name would be using the name of a dead female.
"You could just keep your name Kairi if you want to and don't need a new one? It's pretty name. As for your domain I have no idea how to tell at all. You don't have any urges or feel a pull to anything or have an instinctual attachment? I know I feel some sort of connection to the stars now."
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:02 pm
"...." What about her, was the god she had replaced not around? What if...
She shut her eyes tightly and refused to acknowledge that possibility, instead focusing on what Huruma said.
"I don't... feel that differently than I did before, at least I don't think I do. Not inside. I just want to find Samsara."
Well, that, and-- but she felt horrible for admitting that she had another urge that rivaled that of finding out where her companion and friend was. Her ears rocked back gently on her head, mask at her paws.
"I do feel.... like running, or.... or screaming, roaring, I--"
If it had been possible she would have blushed right then, how silly did that sound?
"Just strong impulses?" Of varied things, nothing specific. But maybe therein lay the clue? She had heard that there were gods of emotions and drives. Maybe this female was one of them. After all if she just felt impulses -
"You could be the Goddess of Impulses I suppose or Compulsion... or if it's more of a gut feeling you want to follow, maybe Intuition, Instincts..." She guessed, grasping at the proverbial straws.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:03 pm
Kairi was extremely grateful to the other goddess, mothering or not, she was an enormous help, and being very patient all things considered. Kairi did wonder how she was supposed to get around with no wings, maybe a play on her false wing markings as a mortal?
Her ears perked when she heard the term, twitching, suddenly remembering something. "Instincts... yes! Yes, that's who I am!"
Thank the gods, at least that meant she hadn't replaced Samsara, but what HAD happened to him?
"Then greetings to you, Kairi, Goddess of Instincts." She grinned one of her new, wild grins and was glad she'd found the newly reborn goddess. She'd been of help at least. She stretched and sat down, tail coiling around her feet, her paws covered by the thick long tuft that grew at it's tip and along it.
"I'm afraid I don't know what to do about finding your friend nor how you got here to be reborn, but at least you know your domain now."
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:41 pm
((I lost the original last two posts, ;__; So I'm going to retype a closing post for it.))
"Thank you, so kindly."
Perhaps she was giddy a bit from relief, but she felt so much more relaxed now, and smiled brightly at the other in gratitude.
"It's all still a little weird, I do wish I knew what happened, but at least I know what didn't."
She looked at the mask again, resting between her paws, and gave it a curious turn.
Goddess of Instinct... I wonder what my role is supposed to be...
"So, would you mind telling me a bit more, at least of what you know?"
She was eager to find Sam, but until she could sort out how to travel at least, this would have to do.
I'll find you, Sam, just be alright, please...
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