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Post by Mordant on Aug 16, 2015 20:18:56 GMT -5
(Meeting of Mordant and Astrael)
The night air was crisp and the sliver of moon in the sky barely lit up the forest below it. This suited Mordant well. The wendigo was given permission to travel to the surface and hunt about in the forest for stray creatures. He hadn't been called for any clean up duties in a while and his hunger could not be ignored for long.
He reveled in the feel of the forest, the calling of his natural state. No one around to accidentally scare, his maw slipped open with a crack of bone and he ran between the trees, stalking some raccoons who were taking a leisurely stroll.
There was no blood or mess as Mordant easily swallowed them whole. Now sufficiently satiated, Mordant crept into a clearing and sat down. He stared up at the moon and thought of all the people he had met, cataloguing them in his mind. It was in this same forest he had meet someone without supervision and made one of his first friends, maybe he would meet someone again?
He thought about what his new friend would be like as he picked up a shiny stone near a stream bed, unaware of his surroundings as he looked for a new addition to his collection.
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Post by Astrael on Aug 17, 2015 0:20:18 GMT -5
"Well hello there, charming," the demon said, sneaking up behind mordant. "You've got quite the appetite I can see. I mean, swallowing those raccoons like it was nothing was pretty impressive." He mused.
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Post by Mordant on Aug 18, 2015 19:00:00 GMT -5
In his surprise, Mordant dropped the stone and fell into the stream as he whirred around.
"Iss not be mee afraid!" He sputtered loudly as he sat upright. He composed himself and tried to string together a proper sentence as he slogged out of the shallow water.
"Whoo iss? Yoou not afraid?" He covered his stomach self consciously. "Yoou see?"
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Post by Astrael on Aug 18, 2015 22:28:54 GMT -5
Astrael laughed, "If I found that scary, I'd be in big trouble trying to be in this cult." He gave a big smile, showing off his sharp teeth. "You can call me Astrael, and yes, I saw."
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Post by Mordant on Aug 19, 2015 22:03:26 GMT -5
Mordant leaned down and stared at the winged demon.
"Azztrael?"
He quickly remembered his manners and stood straight, placing a hand over his chest.
"Moordant."
Formality done he stooped down again to gawk curiously at Astrael.
"Yoou iss nice." He stated factually. "I not see yoou around here beefore?"
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Post by Astrael on Aug 19, 2015 22:12:10 GMT -5
He hummed happily at what he thought was a complement. "Well I haven't been in this place in particular, but I have been around the cult but I'm mostly in town getting into trouble. I'm assuming you just roam around, hmm?"
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Post by Mordant on Aug 19, 2015 22:25:02 GMT -5
Mordant scratched his head in confusion.
"I noot allowed outside oor with otherss without sup-er-vision." He said slowly, reflecting on how unfair it was for him to be stuck with the condition. "Foorest is ok."
Mordant tilted his head at Astrael.
"Yoou meet many people? Maybe leearning make less suo-er-vision? What iss like?" He asked innocently. He remember something he overhead and stood straighter with a slight smile in his single eye. "I know human greeting, see?"
Mordant adjusted his stance and pointed at Astrael with an exaggerated blink that was meant to be a wink.
"Hey, bootiful!"
Mordant smiled and pointed at Astrael's bottom.
"Say booty because is good trait." He explained gleefully. "Booty is bootiful."
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Post by Astrael on Aug 20, 2015 22:12:41 GMT -5
"I've met a lot of people," he started, "although, they weren't too fond of me after I stole their stuff." He said with a cheeky smile.
"Its nice in the town, at least I like it. Busy places are just so fun." His smile faded to a small frown. "Unless its a parade, then it's too much for me."
Astrael stopped talking to watch Mordant show him a "human greeting" that he had learned. When Mordant had finished explaining, Astrael grained from ear to ear.
"Y'know, I'm not exactly human, but that was possibly one of the best I've heard." He snickered. "And I've heard quite a lot of bad ones from my line of work."
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Post by Mordant on Aug 21, 2015 1:31:26 GMT -5
Mordant picked at his shroud as he watched the curious incubus.
"Iss bad ones?" He thought hard and shook his head. "I no want leearn bad ones. Yoou teach me good oness?"
Mordant gestured between themselves.
"I leearn good speech and make moore friendss. Like yoou."
He stared at Astrael hopefully.
"Yoou heelp?"
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Post by Astrael on Aug 21, 2015 14:08:10 GMT -5
Astreal thought a bit and ran his fingers through his hair, careful not to touch his horns.
"Yeah, sure, why not?" He looked at Mordant with a mischievous smile, "What are you willing to give me in return?" He asked in a sweet voice.
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Post by Mordant on Aug 27, 2015 19:58:47 GMT -5
Mordant did not think of payment and immediately felt guilty for not being fair and offering a trade. He nervously fumbled with his words as he thought of what he had.
"Ahh... uhh... I hass collection." He turned away and cracked his maw open slightly to reach inside and pull out the random objects he had swallowed to add to his collection later. He dropped the random items once he found a shiny fork he had taken on a previous mission. He turned back to Astrael and held up the utensil. "Iss nice? I giive."
He placed the fork in Astrael's hands and also reached down and selected a marble, a bottle cap, a quarter, a gilded saucer, and a few books. Mordant put them all in Astrael's arms and held up one of the leather bound tomes he confiscated. He opened it and flipped to one of the few pictures in it of an angel standing victorious over a grotesque demon beast and showed it to the incubus.
"Seee? Iss nice. Many black squigglesss, but iss this sometimess." He pointed to the angel with wings and gestured back to Astrael. "Iss look like yoou!"
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Post by Astrael on Aug 27, 2015 21:21:49 GMT -5
Astrael awkwardly balanced the gifts given to him in his arms and looked at mordant in distress. "Hey, hey it was only a bad joke, I don't need these things." He said as mordant continues to give him mode things.
He growled when he was compared to the angel but remembered that he probably had no idea what he was saying. "Not quite like me." He said through gritted teeth.
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Post by Mordant on Aug 27, 2015 21:59:20 GMT -5
Mordant was quick to pick up on Astrael's distaste and stared back at the picture. The angel was attractive and so was Astrael, but perhaps the picture was offensive? He tore out the page and put the book in Astrael's precarious stack.
"I find better thingss?" Mordant asked as he tilted his head curiously. "What iss joke? There iss baad and good?"
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Post by Astrael on Aug 27, 2015 22:26:36 GMT -5
He attempted to put down the pile of things without having anything topple over. "Uh, yeah, jokes are mostly good. I don't need anything in exchange from you, I was joking. Jokes are things that someone says to cause amusement."
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Post by Mordant on Aug 27, 2015 22:34:04 GMT -5
Mordant gingerly took back the fork and toyed with it as he considered Astrael's words.
"Iss amuuse-ment...Iss say bootiful joke? " Mordant promptly sat on the ground and scratched his head. "Iss true yoou iss bootiful. Iss amuuse-ment?"
He thought of another thing he learned and hesitated before he tried to repeat it.
"Yoou iss hot. Yoou too hot. I need take off clothess." He stared at Astrael. "Iss joke?"
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