Jungle
The Players:
Spaceghisorah: Trajan
Des: Gaiganny

<Trajan> *stands facing the sun as it starts to lower in the sky*
<Gaiganny> *she's out flying and enjoying herself again. Diving and
gliding along*
<Gaiganny> Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
<Trajan> *watches the sun in the sky. Remembers leaving a planet
once in a similar condition*
<Trajan> *the planet exploded when he was at this distance from it*
<Trajan> *A magnificent sight...*
<Gaiganny> *looks down and sees familiar grounds*
<Gaiganny> It's so nice today!!!! WEeeeeee!!!!!
<Trajan> *feels the familiar sense of destruction caused by his own
hands*
<Gaiganny> *sees a sandy clearing and does a fancy slide landing.
Dust kicked up in front of her*
<Trajan> *a sense of death*
<Trajan> *and*
<Trajan> *rebirth?*
<Trajan> *thinks* She's near.
<Gaiganny> koff! koff! koff! Eeeww.
<Gaiganny> *flaps wings to clear the air but only succeeds in making it
worse*
<Gaiganny> ((POOF))
<Gaiganny> GAck koff koff
<Trajan> *focuses on the sun again*
<Gaiganny> hee hee haa haa
<Gaiganny> *regains herself somewhat and starts walking down the
path*
<Gaiganny> hum I've been here before
<Trajan> *the sun is turning reddish, his eye flashes once*
<Gaiganny> a grass area oh, this is where Trajan usually is. I wonder
<Gaiganny> *walks across the grass*
<Gaiganny> *hops on a log and sees him*
<Gaiganny> *walks up behind him*
<Trajan> *knows she is there*
<Gaiganny> hi!
<Trajan> *urns and looks at her, says nothing*
<Gaiganny> *she's covered in dust*
<Gaiganny> grrrr well? I said HI
<Trajan> You are dirty.
<Gaiganny> hee hee yeah
<Trajan> *just looks at her*
<Gaiganny> I had a bumpy landing dust EVERYWHERE!
<Trajan> *says nothing*
<Gaiganny> um...it was funny
<Trajan> I see.
<Gaiganny> uh *rubs her head with her hand. Smiles*
<Trajan> You are alone.
<Gaiganny> yeah
<Gaiganny> *sees flowers and starts to look around*
<Gaiganny> *looks for small creatures to catch*
<Trajan> Good. *Runs his hand over his scythe, she sees a small line
of scar tissue from the cut she gave him with her wing*
<Gaiganny> um why?
<Gaiganny> *finds a reptile like thing and squishes it*
<Gaiganny> HEy I caught something!
<Trajan> *looks at her again* You have to ask?
<Gaiganny> I can travel alone of with friends
<Gaiganny> look what I got!
<Trajan> He is not a friend.
<Gaiganny> huh? who? what?
<Trajan> *glares at her*
<Gaiganny> *looks at the smooshed thing*
<Gaiganny> food it is
<Gaiganny> *feels his gaze through her*
<Gaiganny> uh, you hungry?
<Trajan> *says nothing*
<Gaiganny> darn it! *throws the food*
<Trajan> ...
<Gaiganny> HEy quit ignoring me TALK already!
<Gaiganny> Grrrr *begins to open her wings*
<Trajan> I was not aware you wanted anything to do with me.
<Gaiganny> well you're one of my friends to right?
<Trajan> Am I?
<Gaiganny> *looks down* I'd like to think so
<Trajan> (question, this IS after the first meeting between Trajan and
Gogar right?)
<Gaiganny> (yeah looks like)
<Trajan> (was it meant to be?)
<Gaiganny> (yeah lets go with it. I don't want this to a just because
game)
<Trajan> (no, I just wanted to see if you planned for this to be before or
after the Gogar incident. If it's supposed to be prior, then I'll adapt it to
that.)
<Gaiganny> (Ack you think it would be better before?)
<Trajan> (well, from the way Gaiganny's acting it's before the Gogar thing.
She's acting like nothing happened and everything's hunky dory. If it's
before the Gogar thing, then that's fine, and I can fiddle with Trajan a bit.)
<Gaiganny> (Hum, I didn't want her tie to him to be totally severed right
away though)
<Gaiganny> (ok before. He'd be more playful with her then huh?)
<Trajan> (neither do I, but she's still acting as though nothing happened.
If they're going to continue any kind of relationship it has to be
addressed somehow.)
<Trajan> (it works either way for me, but if we're doing this after the
Gogar thing, there's got to be some kind of acknowledgement of what
happened earlier.)
<Gaiganny> (well she does look up to him as a mentor.)
<Gaiganny> (ok. Its just I didn't mentally prepare I can do it though hee
hee)
<Trajan> (true, but when you scream in your mentor's face and slash
him, you can't come back in a couple
of days and expect everything to be forgotten and forgiven.)
<Gaiganny> (heh heh)
<Trajan> (he's still pissed.)
<Trajan> (and I imagine she still is too, to an extent.)
<Gaiganny> (Oh, she's not sorry at all for one)
<Trajan> (she doesn't have to be sorry, but she can't act like nothing
happened.)
<Trajan> (Trajan isn't sorry either.)
<Gaiganny> (you are right, its that whole frame of mind thing again)
<Trajan> (ok, so what's the plan, before or after?)
<Gaiganny> (after)
<Trajan> (alrighty.)
<Gaiganny> (OK)
<Trajan> You did not answer my question.
<Gaiganny> What?
<Gaiganny> *crosses her claws*
<Trajan> Am I?
<Gaiganny> grrrrr. I thought at first, but now I'm not so sure. Friends are
understanding.
<Trajan> And friends act as you did earlier? Abusing a power you were
not meant to have?
<Trajan> Attacking the one who sought to correct a mistake?
<Gaiganny> Yes not meant to have. Whose fault is that?
<Gaiganny> Mistake? I have not made a mistake!
<Trajan> Mine. And who abused it? You.
<Gaiganny> Why was it abuse. I used it for a good purpose!
<Trajan> I did not give you my blood so you could squander your gifts.
They were meant to enhance your life, not make it more painful than it
has to be.
<Trajan> That is why I brought you back knowing you would face
hardships. But never did I expect you to add to them yourself.
<Gaiganny> Seems ever since you brought me back, it's been more
painful. What I found was my completion!
<Trajan> What you found was not completion. He is a complication.
<Gaiganny> He is MY mate!
<Gaiganny> Why can't you accept it!
<Gaiganny> grrrr
<Trajan> He is dead.
<Trajan> And revived for the wrong reasons.
<Gaiganny> and what am I?
<Trajan> You were revived for the correct reasons.
<Gaiganny> what was wrong was my killing
<Gaiganny> oh because you too went too far???
<Trajan> Because you wanted to live. You did not want to die. Gogar did.
<Gaiganny> No he did not, I have never met anyone as lively as he
<Trajan> Tell me Gaiganny, what did you gain by reviving Gogar?
<Gaiganny> *smiles* love
<Trajan> And now tell me, what have I gained by reviving you.
<Trajan> You have to think about that, do you not?
<Gaiganny> some one to beat around
<Gaiganny> Now that I think about it..
<Trajan> Your answer proves my point.
<Trajan> *turns from her*
<Trajan> Follow me.
<Gaiganny> I think it matters not who I chose for a mate. you would not
have liked it
<Trajan> That is untrue. You will never know. You have chosen. Now
follow me.
<Gaiganny> grrrrr*opens her wings*
<Trajan> Do not use your wings.
<Gaiganny> What? But....
<Trajan> *starts towards a small patch of jungle*
<Gaiganny> *folds them and follows curiously*
<Trajan> *looks back at her, then enters*
<Gaiganny> Where are we going?
<Trajan> You will find out when we arrive.
<Gaiganny> rrrrr
<Gaiganny> *pushes the leaves aside and enters after him*
<Trajan> *it's like walking into a wall of flora, huge solid trees grow
everywhere, vines snake their way up trees*
<Trajan> *pushes a small tree over, continues steadily*
<Gaiganny> woe! I've never seen this place!!
<Trajan> *pulls a vine, it resists, then snaps with a thick crunch*
<Gaiganny> *plants everywhere. She struggles to get through them but
manages*
<Trajan> *walks steadily forward*
<Trajan> *doesn't look back*
<Gaiganny> *her legs are whipped by flapping branches. Now she has to
move a little faster to keep up*
<Gaiganny> *foot gets caught in a vine* EEP
<Trajan> *sharp vines with thorns course their way over plants and trees
alike, they try to dig into his skin but snap*
<Gaiganny> *she falls and keeps pulling until she is freed and runs
again to catch up*
<Trajan> *thick brush and brambles sick to him, they fall off when the
larger leaves of bottom plants whip against him*
<Gaiganny> *the terrain becomes worse. The plants get taller nearly as
high as her*
<Trajan> *he moves steadily forward, pushing a little more against the
unforgiving trees and bushes*
<Gaiganny> *she pushes and they push back. Its wet and slippery.*
<Gaiganny> Ack, stupid plants out of my way!!!
<Trajan> *snaps a medium tree. It falls allowing him passage, but falls
in Gaiganny's way*
<Gaiganny> *backs up to get a little momentum and crashes through
and *
<Gaiganny> sinks into more plant as if they are water now they are
above her head*
<Gaiganny> AAHHH!!
<Gaiganny> *and now there is a fallen tree ahead?* Grrrr
<Gaiganny> *she clamors on to it, but it too is slippery and she falls on
the other side into a spiky thicket*
<Gaiganny> *these are young trees that grow close together and the
bottom branches have no leaves and are hard. all of these are now taller
than her*
<Gaiganny> Darn bushes!!!!
<Trajan> *passes through a thick setting of coarse trees, a small wave
a winged creatures rush past him, some slam into him and crumple to
the ground*
<Gaiganny> *every step she takes she's poked and jabbed, hit in the eye
and they grab at her wing membranes. She furiously slashes her hook
around*
<Trajan> *comes upon a huge rugged tree in his path. He strains
against it, eventually it creaks and starts to give*
<Gaiganny> *her horns get caught, and some how she does finally
make it out. But she's scratched up and branches stick to her*
<Trajan> *he strains a little harder, a low growl, and it cracks*
<Trajan> *it tips and wavers, falls and is caught in the thick canopy of
vines, trees and plants*
<Gaiganny> *more vines! Some she goes over some she goes under.
But she gets tangled, her tail caught. Pull and they go all around
her body, around her neck*
<Gaiganny> *has to use her little triangle blade to cut lose. Continues
on*
<Gaiganny> I can't see!! Trajan!!!
<Trajan> *the canopy holding the thick tree up starts to give, branches,
leaves and small critters rain down behind Trajan and he continues
forward*
<Gaiganny> *dew has gotten in her eye to make things worse and she
can't focus*
<Trajan> *eventually the tree itself falls free, it slams into the ground
before her, kicking up more leaves, sludge and flying branches*
<Gaiganny> *more thick bushes. She's angered and starts her saw.*
<Gaiganny> AAAHH
<Trajan> *Keeps moving, he can feel the branches resist, they snap but
more come to block his way. The litter the ground behind him in
massive piles as thick as their original condition*
<Gaiganny> *she's sticked by the debris. Again she pushes and starts
her saw, but the foliage is too thick. She doesn't weight enough*
<Gaiganny> *Manages to get on top of some of them, but she can feel
them heaving as though they are going to launch her*
<Trajan> *with a final stride he reaches the last wall of flora, he slams
against the set of trees in his way, they shake violently*
<Gaiganny> *she is flung out after all and lands in some prickers*
YYYAAAHHHHAHAHA
<Trajan> *pushes against them again, they shudder*
<Gaiganny> *Eye blazing she flattens her wings and spins to slice with
her blades, her hook out and her saw whirling mad*
<Gaiganny> OW ouw ouwch!!! ACK!!
<Trajan> *Finally, they give way, monstrous roots shoot from the ground
and tangle with the vines laying on the ground. The trees fall askew,
dragging a web of branches and vines behind Trajan as he exits the
<Trajan> jungle*
<Gaiganny> *she hears him ahead. Can't let him get too far ahead!!!*
<Gaiganny> If I lose sound of him I'll get lost!
<Trajan> *he takes a few steps beyond the lush jungle*
<Trajan> *stands and waits, turns to face the layers of abusive trees and
greenery*
<Gaiganny> AAAHHH *stands quickly and rips out of the prickers. She
finds a fallen log and hops on it, but still can't see over the vegetation*
<Gaiganny> *she knows she's almost there, if only she could see. She
hops down only to be ensnared in more vines. she hangs not having
seen the dip in the land*
<Trajan> *watches for her* Follow me. *he whispers*
<Gaiganny> Die you stupid things!!! Uses her saw again foot claws,
hook and wings and flays like an angry feline*
<Gaiganny> the thorns cut into her more, but finally the vines brake and
she hits the ground hard. Dead leaves stick to her face*
<Gaiganny> *forces herself up, the low plants slice her legs and arms.
She's wet and dirty, and still pushing against the plants. She's starting
to lose her energy*
<Gaiganny> heeeeh. Stupid trees. Stupid...
<Gaiganny> trees? She looks up
<Trajan> *watches and waits*
<Gaiganny> *notices that there aren't as many tangles in the higher
levels and the trees aren't so widely spaced apart*
<Gaiganny> *she digs her feet, hook and hand into the trunk of a tree
and ascends, her saw turning slowly helping her up too. She finally
reaches a clearing and rest a second on the trunk*
<Gaiganny> *she looks over and then leaps to the next tree. Claws
and saw dig in and she slides down it a little before stopping. She
continues on this way and finally sees the clearing. She's so
exhausted.
<Gaiganny> she leaps out into the open, too tired to fly and lands hard
on her stomach on the open ground. She's a wet cut up mess.
Branches stick out of her and she bleeds*
<Gaiganny> ooooohhhh
<Trajan> *looks down at her*
<Trajan> You made it through.
<Gaiganny> *just lays a second*
<Gaiganny> I... did?
<Trajan> Yes.
<Gaiganny> g...good
<Trajan> *looks up at the jungle they just cleared*
<Gaiganny> *breathing*
<Trajan> Do you hurt?
<Gaiganny> *looks up at him* You must have more sticks in your eye
than me...
<Gaiganny> Of course I do what do you think????
<Trajan> Do you feel ready to pass out?
<Gaiganny> *sits up and starts to pull out branches*
<Trajan> Stand.
<Gaiganny> I'll be ok thank you very much
<Gaiganny> ow
<Gaiganny> poking things
<Trajan> Stand.
<Gaiganny> I'm tired you stand
<Trajan> I AM standing. Get up.
<Gaiganny> uh oh
<Gaiganny> grrrr. NO!
<Gaiganny> *wipes her visor*
<Trajan> *takes a step forward, towers over her*
<Gaiganny> *looks up at him*
<Trajan> *raises claw towards the forest*
<Trajan> follow the path of my scythe with your eye.
<Gaiganny> *she does*
<Trajan> *sees it's a straight path, can see where they entered on the
other side*
<Trajan> Sometimes you will have to battle against everything and
anything in your way to reach your goal.
<Gaiganny> *listens*
<Gaiganny> ow
<Trajan> And you must never deviate from your path. You must always
be focused. Always continue to fight against everything in your way.
<Gaiganny> *stands finally but is wobbly*
<Trajan> Nothing is as unforgiving as nature itself, and yet, there will
come a time when you cannot think of anything more punishing than the
situation you find yourself in.
<Trajan> And when everything you endure is finally over, you will find that
the hardest thing to do is get to your feet. *looks at her* Now STAND.
<Gaiganny> eeee
<Gaiganny> *stumbles*
<Gaiganny> Grrrr
<Trajan> *looks at the jungle*
<Gaiganny> are you happy I'm all cut up now? You like that don't you?
<Trajan> When everything betrays you, when even your own body seems
to be against you, you must find the strength to continue.
<Trajan> Because you will never know when or where the next challenge
will be.
<Gaiganny> *smiles thinks why she didn't she think of climbing the
trees sooner*
<Trajan> On the road to learning there will always be some cracks and
bumps.
<Trajan> This *looks at the jungle* was your road today.
<Gaiganny> hum
<Gaiganny> *gets her balance finally and turns from him*
<Trajan> You will not know why I do this to you until the time comes.
<Gaiganny> *tries to open her wings but they hurt* Ouch! eeeee
<Gaiganny> ACK I have to walk home???
<Trajan> It would seem so.
<Gaiganny> You you you you
<Gaiganny> ow!
<Gaiganny> you grounded me again!!!! hope you're happy
<Trajan> Your wounds will heal.
<Gaiganny> And now I have to go AROUND that stinking bush pile!!!
<Gaiganny> yeah they better!
<Trajan> Or you could go through it.
<Trajan> *turns from her, starts towards the jungle*
<Gaiganny> Why so I can permanently damage myself?
<Gaiganny> I say be like energy and take the path of least resistance
and that isn't always a straight line!
<Trajan> Sometimes the best way to overcome adversity is to endure it
once more.
<Trajan> You are not energy.
<Gaiganny> *under her breath* oh my its a long way home.
<Gaiganny> Humph! But I have energy!
<Trajan> *starts to enter the brush* You are free to walk home if you wish.
<Gaiganny> I do not need your permission to go anywhere!!!!
<Trajan> *starts to disappear into the brush* No, you do not.
<Gaiganny> Hey! *she runs to him and jumps on his back*
<Trajan> *pauses*
<Gaiganny> *hold on*
<Gaiganny> *holds*
<Gaiganny> you can be my tree!
<Trajan> Is that right?
<Trajan> *makes his way into the brush with her on his back* Very well,
then.
<Gaiganny> I don't weigh much
<Trajan> This time we will endure the challenge together.
<Gaiganny> *she holds on tight presses her self tight against him*
<Trajan> *disappears into the jungle with her*
<Trajan> ___________________