The Night Before…
The Players:
Spaceghidorah: Trajan
Des: Gogar, Gaiganny

<Trajan> *Slowly makes his way through the jungle and enters a less
wooded area, he's higher now, the air is better*
<Gaiganny> *they fly together over new grounds. There are lots of cracks
and crevices in the mountains. Lots of prey*
<Trajan> *fresher*
<Trajan> *good for thinking...*
<Gogar> look down there. some of those small things again, split up
and we can sneak up on them.
<Trajan> *clearing his head. They assault his mind relentlessly, but he
finds the new area comforting. He heads for higher ground*
<Gaiganny> *she smiles, and flies toward the sun as Gogar flies around
the other side*
<Trajan> *soon hey are not as strong in his mind, but they are still there,
hounding him, telling him to kill her*
<Trajan> *concentrates on ridding them from his mind, they will not
leave completely...*
<Gaiganny> the small creature is perched on the rock sunning it self.
Little does it know death will come from the sun. She dives sun to her
back to conceal her*
<Gogar> *comes around the other side*
<Gaiganny> *she's almost on it, when a small cloud passes, she's
spotted and the animal makes a run for it*
<Gaiganny> No!
<Gogar> *he's prepared for this, which is why they separate. the
creature runs right at him. lands opens his claw to stab it but what he
didn't see was that Gai hadn't pulled out*
<Gaiganny> eeeeeeeeeee look out IN COMING!
<Trajan> *the words become a jumbled collage of indecipherable
babble, it becomes stronger, despite his attempts to push them away...*
<Trajan> *he walks on*
<Gogar> *looks up* oh no. ((BOOSH)) *she slams into him and he falls
to his back her on top of him. the food scurries off into a crevice*
<Gaiganny> ohhh. Oh I'm sorry did you get him?
<Gogar> no but I got you. oh, he went in there!!
<Gaiganny> *they get up and run to the little opening, both looking in*
<Gaiganny> *sticks her hand in, but she can't reach it* I can't get him,
can you?
<Trajan> *the voices slowly ever so slowly, lower... he can think more
clearly now...*
<Gogar> *sticks in his claw trying to impale but, but still nothing* No
Gaiganny sorry.
<Gaiganny> eeeeeeee!!!!!
<Trajan> *the subside, he's left alone, able to think, able to-*
<Gaiganny> Lets dig him out!!
<Trajan> *sense?*
<Gaiganny> *she starts punting the rocks with her claws*
<Gogar> heh heh sure thing my pretty girl if you want him that bad
<Trajan> *a light growl, now that the voices are one, he continues
walking*
<Trajan> *and sees..them*
<Gogar> *he starts to poke at it too*
<Trajan> *senses her, but it's too late, there they are, huddled over a
rock of some sort*
<Gaiganny> *looks into he hole* I think we can get him!!
<Trajan> *Gaiganny...*
<Gogar> yeah just a little further
<Trajan> *with...him...*
<Trajan> *is unaware as a low growl starts to rise in his throat...*
<Gogar> *they both look now to see how much deeper*
<Trajan> *the ground shakes a little*
<Gogar> *ears perk up a little, but they keep searching*
<Gaiganny> come out you. I WILL eat you!!!! hee hee
<Gogar> *smiles she's so cute*
<Trajan> *moves to take a step forward, the sound of his foot landing
echoes... *
<Gogar> *ears jerk up in a reflex action* Did you hear something?
<Gaiganny> *hits her head on the rocks as she stand* OW!
<Gaiganny> yeah my head ouch.
<Trajan> *doesn't know why he's advancing, takes another step,
keeping them both in sight*
<Trajan> *another footfall, he's now in plain view*
<Gogar> *turns and sees him*
<Gaiganny> ow*she turns to see what he's looking at
<Trajan> *sees the two of them and watches, remembers...*
<Trajan> *thinks of the red one who attacked him...*
<Gaiganny> eep
<Trajan> *tilts head, eye flashes once*
<Gaiganny> *she turns to look at him now, nervous*
<Trajan> *watches her*
<Gaiganny> Trajan
<Trajan> Gaiganny.
<Gaiganny> *smiles* we were looking for food
<Gogar> yeah almost got one too
<Trajan> *looks at the hole, then back at them*
<Trajan> *growls at the sound of Gogar's voice*
<Gogar> *tilts his head and just looks at him* she wanted it really bad
<Gaiganny> well I'm not hungry anymore
<Trajan> ...
<Gaiganny> sigh
<Gaiganny> *whispers to Gogar* he's gone silent again
<Trajan> *watches them, half glares at Gogar*
<Gogar> so who are you this fine day?
<Gaiganny> we're doing well, fun stuff
<Gaiganny> eeee
<Trajan> *growls at him, then looks at Gaiganny*
<Trajan> I see.
<Gaiganny> yeah
<Gaiganny> um *puts her hook to her beak*
<Gogar> sorry to hear you are not having a good day
<Trajan> *eye flashes, he glares at him again*
<Gogar> is something wrong?
<Gaiganny> mmmm
<Trajan> *Looks at Gaiganny* Ask her.
<Gogar> *looks at her concerned*
<Gaiganny> grrrr it's not fair...
<Gaiganny> I know what's wrong, he just doesn't like you
<Gogar> sorry to hear that too
<Gogar> but at least you like me
<Gaiganny> more than like!
<Gaiganny> *hugs him*
<Trajan> *he's had enough of them, looks down towards the woods,
thinks about returning*
<Gaiganny> eeeee he wouldn't understand anyway
<Gogar> I suppose
<Gaiganny> nope
<Trajan> *takes a step away from them, turning his back*
<Gogar> I don't see why not, though. I'm so good, and good to you
<Gaiganny> eeee aw and so sweet
<Trajan> *takes another step*
<Gogar> I don't get you Trajan, why can't you see she's happy?
<Trajan> You really do not understand, do you?
<Gogar> no enlighten me
<Trajan> *remains with his back to them, but he's stopped*
<Gaiganny> I don't get it either
<Trajan> You are dead. You were meant to die by her hands. And you
did. There is no reason for you to be here now.
<Trajan> You had no wanting to return, no reason to come back to the
living.
<Trajan> *She* did.
<Gaiganny> oh but I did, I returned for her. Do you not think if I had not
will to go on that I would have stayed
<Trajan> You are here because of *her* will, not your own.
<Gaiganny> and I because of yours
<Trajan> You are weak. You were meant to die.
<Gogar> you do not know that
<Trajan> You returned because of your own love of life Gaiganny. You
were not ready for death. He was.
<Trajan> *slightly turns his head towards Gogar* Yes, I DO know that.
<Gogar> and you think I do not have a flare for life?
<Gaiganny> he's just as lively as me
<Gaiganny> something you do not have
<Trajan> Having a flare for life, and not having the will to return to it after
death are two very different things. But you do not seem to understand
that.
<Trajan> You are dead. Gaiganny is not.
<Gogar> no we are the same, we have both returned
<Gaiganny> I say its perfect we're two dead gigans that love each other
<Trajan> you are not the same. I revived Gaiganny because *she* was
not ready to die. You live because she was not ready for *you* to die.
<Gogar> I did not want to die. Its not something one would want Trajan.
<Gogar> Does it bother you that you have to share her?
<Trajan> Your words show your ignorance.
<Gaiganny> you don't want her to know anyone or any friends
<Trajan> Her friends are not my concern. It is the ones who would bring
her harm that concern me. Like yourself.
<Gogar> I would never hurt my pretty girl
<Gaiganny> no he wouldn't!!!
<Trajan> You would like to believe that.
<Gogar> I don't believe I know
<Trajan> I would like to believe it myself.
<Gogar> I do not see what is so bad...
<Gogar> I love her...
<Gogar> I'm good to her...
<Trajan> But it does not matter, you have already caused her pain.
<Gogar> I make her happy
<Gaiganny> what pain???
<Trajan> And you will cause her much more.
<Gaiganny> nothing like you
<Trajan> *turns towards them a bit more*
<Gaiganny> What pain??
<Gaiganny> you think everything is pain because that's all you ever see
<Trajan> Caring for this corpse will bring you much more pain than joy
Gaiganny.
<Gaiganny> not everyone is like that
<Trajan> Already you have had to endure attempts on his life.
<Trajan> I see life for what it is. Soon you will as well.
<Gogar> life is what you make it
<Trajan> Again, your words show your ignorance.
<Trajan> *looks towards Gaiganny*
<Gogar> perhaps we have been through some hard times, but we rise
above it
<Gaiganny> I love him, but you wouldn't understand that...
<Trajan> Whether you understand or not, everything I have done has
been to spare you more pain.
<Gaiganny> I do not see hens beating down your face
<Trajan> Soon such primitive things will not concern you Gaiganny.
<Gaiganny> you have caused me pain Trajan,
<Trajan> And I returned you to fulfill the rest of your life.
<Gaiganny> you don't have any feelings, you have no idea what its like, to
feel something for some one....
<Trajan> Do you mean to tell me it is painful for you to fly again?
<Gaiganny> to have a strong connection to care totally for them to the
point ....
<Trajan> To experience the wonders of your homeworld.
<Gaiganny> that you would do anything for them, and they for you...
<Gaiganny> you've never known love like this... so how could you
understand...
<Gaiganny> have you ever loved anyone like this? then would you
know what we feel?
<Trajan> *glares at her* Perhaps you are correct. But then, how would
you explain my bringing you back to life?
<Gogar> guilt
<Gaiganny> guilt
<Trajan> It was not to ease my own conscience.
<Gaiganny> thank you and now we fly
<Trajan> I have killed entire planets without a second thought. Why would
I suddenly care about you?
<Gogar> together
<Gaiganny> *frowns and swallows hard*
<Trajan> I will tell you why.
<Trajan> Because in you I saw there was a flare for life unlike so many I
have encountered. Your flame was not ready to be extinguished. So
you were revived.
<Gogar> *puts his arms around her*
<Trajan> *glares at Gogar* But *his* was.
<Gaiganny> I didn't mean to kill him
<Trajan> Yes, you did.
<Gogar> as I'm sure you did not mean to kill her
<Gaiganny> NO I DIDN"T
<Trajan> And yes, I *did*.
<Trajan> It was only after the fact that we decided to revive the people we
killed.
<Gaiganny> *looks at Gogar* I'm sorry. I only wanted you to...
<Trajan> Except Gaiganny revived for the wrong reasons.
<Trajan> And thus, you, should not be alive.
<Gogar> so you killed her in cold blood?
<Gogar> *looks down at her*
<Trajan> Yes.
<Gaiganny> AAAHHHH
<Trajan> Gaiganny has witnessed the rage first hand. You follow
through to the bitter end before realizing what you have done.
<Gogar> *holds her close tries to calm her*
<Gaiganny> I only wanted Trajan to leave, I finished yet he still came for
me
<Gaiganny> I thought ohhhhh
<Trajan> Just as I relentlessly pursued you in my rage, you destroyed
Gogar in yours.
<Trajan> Both of us allowed an minor assault to become something it
should not have. I with you. You with Gogar.
<Gogar> *growls*
<Gogar> then you did not want to either though you say you did. You do
care as do I
<Trajan> *slowly glares at Gogar, a thick growl shakes the ground*
<Trajan> I never said I did not.
<Gaiganny> yes you did you said why would you care when you've kill so
many
<Gaiganny> I just wanted him to go away
<Trajan> The question was posed to make you understand the fact that
I am not the cold heartless monster you see me as.
<Trajan> I have said this before, perhaps you are too absorbed with
each other to understand.
<Gogar> so I have done wrong in loving her?
<Trajan> You have done nothing wrong, however your existence creates
problems.
<Trajan> You should be dead.
<Gaiganny> we should
<Trajan> Not you. Only him.
<Trajan> You simply do not understand. I am beginning to believe you
never will.
<Trajan> Until it is too late.
<Gaiganny> you would be this way with any mate I chose
<Trajan> No Gaiganny, I would not.
<Trajan> A worthy suitor would be welcome. A dead one however, is not.
<Gaiganny> seems you do not like the idea of there being two you tried
to widow the pink hen
<Trajan> Perhaps you do not realized that I was the one attacked.
<Trajan> Did your friend mention that to you?
<Gaiganny> *leans against Gogar's chest*
<Gaiganny> eeee
<Trajan> It seems I am not the only one who becomes over aggressive
when threatened. Like yourself with the other hen...
<Gogar> gaiganny? I love you pretty girl
<Trajan> *eye flashes*
<Gaiganny> what? What other hen?
<Trajan> *tilts head* I cannot see her name; I only felt your rage. The
same rage you felt when you killed Gogar.
<Trajan> Perhaps moreso.
<Gaiganny> how how do you k now?
<Gogar> *looks up at him surprised*
<Trajan> We are connected Gaiganny.
<Trajan> You would be surprised what I know.
<Gaiganny> as are we
<Gaiganny> she was a threat, I could not let her
<Trajan> Could not let her what Gaiganny? Take your corpse away from
you?
<Trajan> A battle you would not have had to endure if he was dead.
<Gaiganny> NO!! I will fight for him. She would not take him!!! I'd do it
again!!
<Gogar> And she would not have me
<Trajan> And the other Gigan, the one who forced you both to hurt one
another. Another source of pain cause by this dead gigan.
<Gaiganny> He...he...was after our friend!
<Trajan> *looks at Gogar, glares* Who is less than a gigan to start...
<Gogar> we weren't just going to let him with out a fight
<Gogar> you think that. I know myself
<Trajan> And you are aware that you are more cyborg than Gigan.
<Trajan> More a machine than living flesh and tissue.
<Gogar> what?
<Trajan> And yet you have the audacity to call myself a cold heartless
being...
<Gaiganny> no no he's not
<Trajan> Tell me Gogar. Do you even *have* a real heart?
<Gogar> *looks down grits his beak hard*
<Trajan> One that pumps Gaiganny's blood through your systems
without the help of your cybernetics?
<Gogar> *chills,* I..I...
<Gogar> no... I....
<Trajan> Or will you simply admit it. You are hardly alive to begin with.
<Trajan> Much less worthy of a second chance at life.
<Gaiganny> STOP IT!!!
<Trajan> *looks at her*
<Gogar> I...I'm not a...machine *voice quivers*
<Trajan> What is wrong Gaiganny?
<Gaiganny> you
<Trajan> Does his inadequacy hurt you?
<Trajan> Ask yourself gaiganny, what have you revived?
<Trajan> A living, thinking, loving Gigan,
<Gogar> *eye flashes* I have a heart. For..I LOVE...my Gaiganny!
*barely gets the words out*
<Trajan> Or a wasted pile of circuits that thinks it is alive?
<Gogar> aaah
<Trajan> *looks at Gogar, eye ablaze,*
<Trajan> You make me sick.
<Gaiganny> *she holds him* I love him no matter what!!!
<Gogar> *heeh
<Trajan> *turns from them, visibly angry* Live your life with him if you so
desire, but understand that he is not only unworthy of you
<Trajan> He was barely worthy of life to begin with.
<Trajan> * starts to walk away*
<Gaiganny> We all are cyborgs. As are you Trajan
<Trajan> Some more than others Gaiganny.
<Gogar> no...I...I'm...
<Trajan> Some to the point where you must question if they are cyborg
or machine.
<Gaiganny> you are a machine
<Trajan> Perhaps you would think that...
<Gogar> I'm...real...I...
<Trajan> However, I am not.
<Gogar> I'm...yours...pretty
<Gogar> girl
<Gogar> heeh
<Gaiganny> grrrrrr
<Trajan> *turns to Gogar* No Gogar, you are not. You were hardly real
in your first life, and now you simply live day to day with Gaiganny's
blood, and your own cybernetics.
<Trajan> Any living part of you left with your original color...
<Gaiganny> *can barely look at him* I...I...
<Trajan> And yet you cling desperately to your so called love as an
excuse to keep bringing gaiganny unnecessary pain.
<Trajan> If love is bringing pain and suffering to the one you claim to
care so dearly about...
<Gogar> love...her....love you
<Trajan> Then you are right gaiganny, I have never experienced it.
<Gaiganny> he has the same personality, he cares about me, he feels
more than I do
<Trajan> That, I seriously doubt.
<Gaiganny> *looks up at Gogar* your eye baby, your claws, I love you
cute thing. eee
<Trajan> However, if that is what you must tell him, or yourself, to keep
your belief, then by all means do so.
<Gogar> no...I...am... my...Gaiganny
<Trajan> Tell him he is real although he is not. Tell him you love him,
when in the end you only revived him for the very reason you accuse me
of reviving you.
<Trajan> Guilt.
<Trajan> Pity.
<Gaiganny> Trajan, you have ruined our hunt. Please go
<Trajan> Know that I revived you so you could live, not because I felt
sorry for you.
<Trajan> *turns back towards them*
<Trajan> NOT because I wanted to keep you as my own personal
interest.
<Trajan> and NOT to keep you from experiencing everything your life has
to offer!
<Gaiganny> *turns her back to him*
<Trajan> I revived you so you would live.
<Trajan> You revived him out of pity and self-loathing.
<Trajan> There is a difference Gaiganny.
<Trajan> A BIG difference.
<Gaiganny> he saved me
<Trajan> *turns and leaves them * Perhaps you will never understand
that, I hope one day you will.
<Gaiganny> no please go
<Trajan> You can run from the truth as long as you like gaiganny.
<Trajan> But know that it will ALWAYS find you.
<Gaiganny> GO AWAY!!!
<Trajan> It is hard for you to accept.
<Gaiganny> *her voice is a high-pitched shriek*
<Trajan> It is not fair, is it?
<Trajan> LIFE is not fair Gaiganny, nor death for that matter.
<Gaiganny> it's not fair you can't let me be happy with him. go
<Trajan> No one plans for either, nor does anyone know how to react to
them.
<Trajan> You lie to yourself if you think this corpse brings you joy.
<Gogar> pretty girl
<Trajan> Why you deceive yourself is beyond my comprehension...
<Trajan> As is this notion that you love something you merely took pity
upon.
<Trajan> Perhaps you need to think about that Gaiganny.
<Trajan> Think long and hard, because the pain he causes you has just
begun.
<Gaiganny> you don't not know what I felt, before
<Trajan> *Believe me* it has just begun.
<Trajan> Enlighten me.
<Gogar> my pretty girl
<Trajan> *ignores Gogar, he's no longer concerned with him*
<Gaiganny> I'd be wasting my breath...
<Trajan> Tell me Gaiganny.
<Gaiganny> I
<Trajan> You refuse because you know what I say is true.
<Gaiganny> did like him when he courted me
<Trajan> Perhaps your mate will tell you what you want to hear
<Gogar> really?
<Gaiganny> yes
<Trajan> And did you like him before you destroyed him from the inside
out?
<Gaiganny> you were so sweet to me
<Trajan> Killing him even after he told you it was he who saved you?
<Gaiganny> *hates to remember that* I did but something was wrong
with me. Something inside me, but yes
<Gaiganny> I'm his now
<Gaiganny> GO away please!!!!
<Trajan> *slowly shakes his head from side to side* believe what you
like, I am finished trying to make you understand. I see now that you will
not realize the truth until it finds you, so I leave you to wait
<Trajan> And truth, like pain, always find you Gaiganny, it always does.
<Gaiganny> *they hold each other*
<Trajan> *he turns away a final time and enters the woods, disappears*
<Gaiganny> Gogar?
<Gogar> ...
<Gaiganny> I love you. Everything about you. I don't want you any other
way
<Gogar> oh gaiganny. but ...I'm...
<Gaiganny> I know what you are. And I love you for it. you are my mate.
<Gaiganny> don't for one minute start to believe what he said about you.
<Gogar> heeeh. My pretty girl. You are so good to me.
<Gaiganny> as you are to me. In good times and in bad
<Gaiganny> I'm with you to the end Gogar. I love you.
<Gogar> heeh
<Gaiganny> *they lean on each other. she too is exhausted. They nearly
spent all their energy.*
<Gaiganny> my cyborg sweety, mine
<Gogar> *smiles, she's the only one that can call him that and it not
phase him*
<Gogar> my pretty little girl
<Gogar> ___________________________