<Gogar> morning this time he awakes first
<Gaiganny> mmmmm
<Gaiganny> she curls up in a fetal position.
<Gogar> *he's healed up nicely. and this time he will be the one to leave
early. He looks at her and smiles*
<Gaiganny> mmm My dark angel *in her sleep*
<Gogar> she's so pretty. He thinks.
<Gogar> He walks to the edge of his territory and takes flight. Many
things on his mind as he flies on.
<Gogar> Why did that Trajan fellow attack me? I hadn't done anything.
<Gogar> grrrr. *sees a nice patch of land in the distance*
<Talon> *head bowed*
<Gogar> *without thinking about it he stops and lands*
<Talon> *meagerly rubs claws together.*
<Talon> *thinks of her*
<Gogar> The only thing I've done is be good to my Gaiganny what's so
bad about that!?!?
<Talon> *whispers* she was so pretty...
<Talon> *hangs head lower*
<Gogar> Gaiganny. she's so pretty. OOOOO I think I'll get more territory
for her!!!!!!
<Gogar> *this troubles forgotten*
<Gogar> *he walks through this land excited and again happy*
<Talon> *whispers* I should have been there for her...
<Gogar> hum, this isn't too bad. She'd like this. It's far away though. My
patches are becoming too spread out.
<Talon> *becomes a little agitated, but it quickly passes* I ONLY I'd
stayed here a little longer.. gotten back just a little sooner...oh God...
<Gogar> *sees claw scrapes on trees. This territory is owned*
<Talon> *thinks of the way he found her, her broken bloodied body flat
on the ground*
<Gogar> hum. *holds claw to beak* So where is the owner?
<Talon> *her assailant standing over her, his claws dripping with her
blood*
<Gogar> *hops on a rock. Playful*
<Talon> *remembers trying to decide if he should pursue the killer or
stay with his mate. He chose to stay and watch her die in his arms*
<Gogar> hummm. This is getting annoying. I've been walking long
enough where is he? I'll let out a challenge.
<Talon> she.. she couldn't even speak...
<Talon> *shudders*
<Gogar> RRRREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHH
<Gogar> Rrrrreeeeaaaaahhhhhaaahhahaha
<Talon> curse that wretched beast... CURSE him....*angry but it dies
almost immediately*
<Talon> *hears the call*
<Gogar> *listens for a response*
<Talon> *sighs*
<Talon> *ignores it*
<Talon> *thinks of the past few days*
<Gogar> *waits* What the?
<Talon> *the stranger who came, the stranger who batted him away like
he was nothing*
<Talon> *the stranger whose only words to him were 'this patch of grass
is not WORTH owning. Why would I want it?*
<Talon> *whispers* it just doesn't matter anymore...
<Gogar> *walks a little more. Raises head in the air so sound would
travel farther*
<Gogar> Rrrrrrreeeeaahahahahahhah
<Talon> *listens, maybe the other gigan went away*
<Talon> *hears the roar*
<Gogar> RRREEEAAAh ah ah ah ah ah ah
<Talon> *meagerly raises his head*
<Gogar> Sigh! *keeps walking*
<Talon> graaaaawwwwww....
<Talon> *it's soft, but travels*
<Gogar> huh? *ears perk up. Eye brightens* YES a response!!
<Talon> *hopes the other gigan just goes away*
<Talon> leave *he whispers *just leave...
<Talon> *bows head again*
<Gogar> *travels in the direction of the sound. He's excited he hasn't
challenge anyone since..since...*
<Talon> *sighs*
<Gogar> *no. He doesn't want to think of that. Not now he wants to have
fun. He runs into a clearing, leaps and lands hard in it.*
<Talon> *hears footsteps* great, now what?
<Gogar> *sees him. The owner? He's sitting on a rock not moving.*
<Talon> why can't they just leave me be?
<Gogar> Hello. Are you this land's holder?
<Talon> *barely looks towards Gogar* does it really matter?
<Gogar> *cocks head confused* well yes I issued a challenge to him.
<Talon> *stares at the gigan, he's a spritely fellow, very full of life*
<Talon> *turns away from Gogar* Then take it.
<Gogar> What? Just like that? You ...you...won't fight...for it???? *he's
really confused*
<Talon> *sighs* I don't care anymore, I just don't care. You want this
land? fine, it's yours. It's not worth having anyway...
<Talon> *starts to rise*
<Gogar> *but can't help himself despite it his confusion and takes his
claw and slashes a tree to mark it*
<Gogar> Wait there a second! Are..are you alright?
<Talon> No. *starts to walk away* Enjoy your land.
<Gogar> Da? Uh. *shakes his head* WAIT! At least tell me your name.
What can be so bad you'd give up with out a fight??
<Talon> *slowly stops, turns towards Gogar* Talon. My name's Talon.
And I have nothing worth fighting for anymore...
<Gogar> *Poses* I'm Gogar. And I'm also confused. *comes out of his
stance* I think this is nice or I wouldn't have challenged you
<Talon> *looks at the rock he was just sitting on* This was our favorite
spot, now even THAT'S worthless now...
<Talon> *looks around him, get angry* It's ALL worthless with out her...
*whispers* without her...
<Gogar> *swallows hard. ears slightly down walks over to him* Who if
you don't mind. I'll listen to you Talon.
<Talon> *looks at Gogar* Have you ever... lost something so dear to
you, you wanted to die?
<Gogar> Yes...
<Gogar> once I thought I had lost something.
<Gogar> hum and again as well now that I think about it
<Talon> I lost my mate. She was everything I ever wanted, everything I
needed. She made me whole... and now...*shudders* now...
<Talon> She was my everything, EVERYTHING!
<Gogar> *eye goes wide. Can't stand the though of losing Gaiganny*
<Talon> She was my little angel, I would have done anything for her...
<Gogar> *Then thinks of his best friend* Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
<Talon> But I wasn't here when she needed me... I wasn't here the ONE
time it really counted!
<Talon> I thought I'd keep this land, we had so many good times here...
<Talon> but...
<Gogar> *tilts head* But?
<Talon> Less than a week ago, someone came through here. *thinks*
He was big, abnormally big for a gigan, and I tried to fight him...
<Talon> It took ONE blow from him to knock me out... ONE blow...
<Gogar> Gasps *ears go down more and has a flash back of being
slammed by Trajan. Holds his chest*
<Talon> *looks down* before I blacked out he said he didn't want this
land, said it wasn't worth owning.
<Gogar> One? I think I can relate. Sorry to hear that
<Talon> When I came to I realized he was right...
<Talon> What good is this land, our memories, if I'm unfit to defend it..?
<Gogar> Grrr well he's wrong. I like it!!
<Gogar> *sees he isn't helping*
<Talon> *voice wavers* She LOVED it here...
<Talon> Loved it so much...
<Talon> *eye starts to flash* I swear by all that exists, if I EVER catch her
killer...!
<Gogar> um, uh look. I can in a way relate to you. I too have lost
someone close, and I can't help to think it was partly my own fault
<Talon> If I EVER get my claws on that wretched bastard!
<Gogar> Killer?
<Talon> *calms himself, looks at Gogar* My beloved was murdered.
<Gogar> That's...that's terrible
<Gogar> *thinks of what he would do in Talon's place. Looks down as he
remembers his lost friend too, the memories come back after all*
<Gogar> sigh
<Talon> *becomes agitated again* a filthy, skinny gigan came here
while I was gone. He attacked her. She was defenseless and he
attacked her! She never fought before, she hated fighting. And he killed
her.
<Talon> She-she bled to death in my arms...
<Gogar> *still looking down* I'm sorry to hear that. I too have lost
someone close to me...
<Talon> *closes his eye* I swear if I EVER see his dusty hide again...!
<Talon> *sees her killer in his mind*
<Gogar> He was...
<Talon> Thin, almost bony...
<Gogar> my best friend...
<Gogar> we grew up together...
<Talon> Four bent horns on his head...
<Gogar> met as chicks...
<Talon> a dirty scythe on his right hand...
<Gogar> he was the funniest looking gigan you ever saw...
<Gogar> prickly tail hee hee....
<Talon> and...and FINGER claws on his left. I've NEVER seen that in a
Gigan before... Never...
<Gogar> *looks up at him tilts his head*
<Gogar> we played all the time...
<Talon> And he cursed a lot...
<Gogar> what?
<Gogar> that's funny...
<Gogar> well not funny but....
<Talon> I heard my beloved screaming and his yelling obscenities at
her...
<Talon> He didn't stop until I showed up, then he ran like a coward...
<Gogar> my best friend was pretty bad about that actually...
<Gogar> his nick name was Skinny Boy...
<Talon> ...
<Gogar> I...I miss him...
<Talon> .......
<Gogar> we looked for land together...
<Gogar> I liked shoving him around because he wasn't as good as me
and he was smaller...
<Gogar> oh silly me I never told you his name did I?
<Talon> ......
<Gogar> Talon?
<Talon> *thinking, looking at the rock*
<Gogar> I wish he was still around. his name was....
<Gogar> Theromin
<Talon> *snaps head towards Gogar* WHAT did you say?
<Gogar> uh my best friend. I lost him
<Talon> His name was WHAT?
<Gogar> Theromin. Why?
<Talon> *advances an angered step towards him*
<Talon> He...killed...my...beloved....
<Gogar> Hey! *backing away*
<Gogar> *still backing away* What? Skinny boy? No!!!
<Talon> That wretched creature was your FRIEND?!
<Talon> *eye starts blazing*
<Gogar> Yes...*thinks about it a moment then realized he could have
killed her*
<Gogar> Oh my!!! NO!!!!
<Talon> That scum sent my poor mate to an early grave and you
CONSORTED with him?!
<Talon> And you have the AUDACITY to come here?!
<Gogar> Hey wait a second....
<Gogar> I...I...didn't know...
<Talon> *still advancing*
<Talon> How DARE you desecrate my beloved's memory by being
here....
<Gogar> I didn't know. Didn't know that side of him. AH! *Backing
again*
<Talon> Tell your friend how much I hate him...
<Gogar> Hold on! I knew him, but I've never killed anyone...
<Talon> *SCREEECHES!!*
<Gogar> Why? I didn't.....aaaaaa....
<Gogar> have anything to do...
<Gogar> with it!!!
<Talon> *Glares at Gogar, advancing faster than before*
<Gogar> thinks, "ACK guess I get that fight after all"
<Talon> If I can't kill him, I'll kill YOU instead!
<Talon> *swings right claw and bashes Gogar on the temple*
<Gogar> aaack. *stumbles a little*
<Gogar> *recovers and backhands him with his left claw*
<Talon> You must have known, and you come here pretending to care...!
<Talon> Gnnn!
<Talon> *rears back and stabs Gogar in the arm*
<Gogar> I knew nothing!!
<Gogar> I also don't waste my energy pretending
<Gogar> YYAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
<Talon> *swings again, misses Gogar's head by inches*
<Gogar> Knees him in the ribs
<Talon> Gaaa!
<Gogar> grrrrrr
<Talon> *grabs ribs and takes a step back*
<Gogar> *pulls away and whips his tail*
<Talon> *rushes forward and slices into Gogar's tail*
<Gogar> eeefff!!!!
<Gogar> *but still follows through and with the blade end cuts his chest*
<Talon> *pushes Gogar to the ground, leaps on him trying to run him
through with both claws. Gogar's tail is embedded n his chest*
<Talon> *his blood drips onto Gogar*
<Talon> I'll...kill...you....
<Gogar> *eye flashes he points both claws straight up ready to impale if
necessary*
<Talon> *eye flashes*
<Gogar> Why? So you can join skinny boy's ranks?
<Talon> I don't slaughter defenseless females.
<Gogar> *pulls his tail out and does a back roll to get out of his way*
<Gogar> Nor do I. there's something else you don't know!!!!
<Talon> And I don't ally myself with killers!
<Gogar> *runs at him*
<Talon> *charges him*
<Gogar> *slams into him with his spikes shoulder hard*
<Talon> gaaa!
<Talon> *blood spurts from the wounds*
<Talon> *spins and elbows Gogar in the temple*
<Gogar> gggg*stands over him*
<Gogar> GGGGNnnnnn
<Gogar> *stumbles*
<Talon> Friend of a murderer. Killing you is just as good as killing him.
<Talon> *swings but misses, hits the ground next to Gogar*
<Talon> *eye blazes*
<Gogar> *sees an opening and while claw in the ground he kicks him in
the chin*
<Talon> aaaa!
<Gogar> LISTEN YOU! I nearly lost MY MATE to him as well!
<Talon> *stumbles back*
<Talon> *blood starts to drip from his beak*
<Gogar> *Runs at him leaps in the air claws out*
<Talon> And is she alive?
<Gogar> Thanks to me yes!
<Talon> *backs up and waits for him, claws at the ready*
<Talon> Then you know NOTHING about what I'm going through!!!!
<Talon> What if she was taken from you?!
<Talon> What if he killed HER?!
<Talon> Would you still defend him then?!
<Gogar> Lands on him hard
<Talon> *falls, wraps tail around Gogar's leg and pulls him along*
<Talon> WOULD YOU??!!!!
<Gogar> No. There is no reason to kill! I told him...GAAA
<Talon> Then die!
<Talon> *slashes his chest*
<Gogar> gggaaaa!!!!!!
<Gogar> *pain is bad. Still painful from the encounter with Trajan. He
shudders*
<Talon> *lurches forward, headbutts Gogar*
<Talon> He took the ONLY thing I held dear, the ONLY THING!
<Gogar> *he's pushed back and holds his head*
<Talon> What would you do Gogar, if your mate never touched you when
you woke up in the morning?!
<Gogar> *blood drips from it*
<Talon> What would you do if you never heard her whisper your name
again?!
<Talon> What would you do if you never heard her say 'I love you' again?!
<Talon> *eye is almost blinding from the light t gives off*
<Gogar> I'd....die
<Talon> Oh yes Gogar, I'd KILL for that!
<Talon> *lunges at him*
<Gogar> again
<Gogar> aaahhh
<Talon> *thinks to self* again? *too late to stop the lunge*
<Gogar> NO! Stop it! *lifts claws to meet him*
<Talon> *thinks * it's nothing, just his attempt to talk his way out of this!
<Talon> *claws meet, Talon pushes against Gogar*
<Gogar> *claws lock to...*
<Talon> *amazed he cannot move the Gigan*
<Gogar> *Looks him in the eye Gogar just holds him in place. smiles*
<Talon> *growls* You're.. a lot... stronger.. than you look...
<Gogar> *begins to push him back
<Talon> *shocked, thinks * that's impossible! I'm BIGGER than him!
<Gogar> *says nothing and just shoves him back*
<Talon> *stumbles back, starts to charge again, then stops himself*
<Talon> *growls* what did you mean 'again?'
<Gogar> *Cold look. Shoves him down with great force*
<Talon> gnna!
<Gogar> *Stands over him puts his foot over his chest and his claw to
his chin*
<Gogar> let me tell you a little story...
<Talon> *growls*
<Gogar> I found Theromin killing my mate. They were in an aerial fight
and she couldn't fly her wings were torn..
<Gogar> I flew up and attacked him. He was weak from the fight and it
didn't take much to knock him down....
<Gogar> he...died from the fall...
<Gogar> my mate never really saw me for she was unconscious at that
point. I would make her mine...
<Talon> *sees the hurt in Gogar as he speaks the words*
<Gogar> I courted her and .... and...
<Gogar> she rejected me
<Gogar> killed me
<Gogar> I let her attack me and didn't defend myself though I easily
could have....
<Gogar> in the end she killed me. I loved her from the moment I saw
her....
<Gogar> I didn't want to live with out her....
<Gogar> sigh! *takes claw away and puts foot down. Lets him up.
Gogar looks away*
<Talon> *sits up* But the big difference between you and I Gogar, is that
she is alive. *pauses* and so are you.
<Talon> *holds the wound in his chest*
<Talon> *regards Gogar a moment*
<Gogar> *looks back* yes. I was lucky I suppose. ...
<Gogar> She...she brought me back and accepted me. I.. I'd do it again
if I had to. I would die for her.
<Talon> Take care of her Gogar. No matter WHAT, you take care of her.
Our time is all too limited. *looks at the rock, voice starts to shake* I
know that now...
<Gogar> Turns to him puts his claw out to help him up
<Talon> *looks at his claw a moment, then accepts it*
<Gogar> *looks him in the eye* I..I..never knew Theromin was a killer.
Even though I saw him attack her. ....
<Gogar> I knocked him down. This hasn't been easy on me, but yes I'd
do it again for her.
<Gogar> Again I'm sorry about your mate.
<Talon> Then you understand...
<Gogar> ow. *holds his arm*
<Talon> *looks away* I should not.. have attacked you...
<Gogar> yes
<Talon> You didn't know...
<Talon> *closes eye* It just...
<Talon> hurts so much...
<Talon> *a single tear falls from his eye*
<Gogar> *turns to him* I know. I know.
<Gogar> But you are strong. you'll find your way.
<Talon> *opens eye* I guess, I guess I'll have to...
<Talon> *turns away from Gogar, starts to walk away*
<Gogar> Hey, wait
<Talon> *pauses, doesn't turn around*
<Gogar> your just leaving like that, Friend?
<Talon> *is silent a moment, then slowly turns his head* Friend?
<Gogar> *smiles*yeah. Seems to me we both could use a friend right
about now.
<Talon> *turns around and slowly starts to walk towards Gogar* I guess
you're right at that...
<Talon> *looks around* but I do think it's time I found some more land...
This is a place of hurt for me, I can't dwell here anymore...
<Talon> *looks at Gogar* It's yours.
<Gogar> You are a good fighter. I appreciate a good fight...
<Gogar> I'll take care of this land, and you are welcome to stop in when
you want some food
<Talon> So are you... friend. So are you.
<Gogar> *smiles. Holds his chest*
<Talon> Bring your mate here... I hope you two have memories you'll
cherish like I did...
<Gogar> That I shall, it is for her I've been gaining new lands
<Talon> *nods* Take care of her Gogar, *turns again and starts to
walk away* Our time is limited... so very limited.
<Gogar> *watches him go. Its time to return home*
<Gogar> .................