forum "I'm scared to live, but I'm scared to die." // One-On-One // CLOSED

Started May 26, 2019 by Deleted user

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He gave one look at the girl in front of him before finishing off his drink. He slouched back down in his seat, letting his mind take over and fill with thoughts.

A commotion sounded outside, and Kallista whipped her head to see it. A look of panic flashed across her eyes, but she remained in posture. The men came inside. "We're looking for the Paradenian Kallista Marsdenia!" It was clear that they were Arapazia's men.

It wasn’t the commotion that caught his attention, it was the name. That name belonged to the girl in front of him. She was the girl from those wanted posters from around the village. He leaned forward, keeping his voice low, whispering to the girl. “Do you know the Paradenian Kallista?”

"I am the Paradenian Kallista," She whispered back in a hiss. "But I haven't done anything wrong. Arapazia just wants to be the last one left." She pulled her hood furthur over her head, hiding her face.

“I’m willing to bet that you have a big reward for turning you in. Whether you’re guilty or not.” He sat back in his seat as the men who were looking for her walked by.

The men saw her trying to hide her face, and they stood in front of her. "Miss, I'm going to have to ask you to remove your hood." She was silent. "Miss, if you don't co-operate, we will arrest you for obstruction."

He lightly kicked her leg under the table, discreetly mouthing the words ‘trust me’. “Sweetie, don’t keep these men from finding that criminal.” He turned to the men, “Pardon her, she’s always been a stubborn soul, don’t know why I married her.”

Kallista slowly worked up a disguise under her hood while the guard was distracted. She changed her hair from it's mousy brown and platinum to a very dark brown, and her magenta eyes to a dull brown. She wasn't able to remove her scar, but she was able to manipulate her skin pigments to make it appear less like a dark magic scar and more like a port wine stain.

He slowly reached down to grab a dagger, which so conveniently hidden against his leg. He was ready to pull it in case things went south. “Well I mean I do know why I married her, she’s just perfect for me, ya know?”

Kallista pulled her hold down and faced the guard. "Sorry, sir," She said politely. "I'm just very self-concious of my port wine, and I don't like strangers seeing it. You understand, right?"
"Of course, miss. Thank you for your co-operation."

He watched as the men walked away to another group of people across the room. “You should be more careful, you could have been killed. Besides, you shouldn’t be in a place this populated when you’re wanted.”

_{(I saw Aladdin today)}

"I have to go out in populated places, otherwise I can't get around," Kallista replied, pulling her hood back over and returning to her original pigmentation. "Thanks for saving my wings, though."

Taking his empty cup in his hand he stood up from the booth. “No problem,” he said and walked over to the bar, finding a crack in the people to the actual bar part.

Kallista finished off her drink, standing up. She left a coin on the table as payment and then walked outside, wanting to get away.

Once at the bar he grabbed a cup of water, downing it in one sip. He went outside, trying to catch a break from the crowd. He spotted Kallista and slowly headed in her direction.

She walked into the darkness, stopping to look up at the stars. She wanted to open her wings and fly away, but she was too far out into the open.

He walked up to Kallista and looked up into the night sky. “Cody.” He paused, “That’s my name.”

Kallista looked a him, then back at the sky. "Did I ask?" She questioned. "Look, I'm not in the need for a relationship of any type right now."

“I can still get those men and turn you in if I wanted.” Cody pointed back toward the bar. “There was a reason why I didn’t turn you in.”

"And what was that?" She turned to look at him sharply. "Because I'm pretty? Because you want me? I can look after myself. You wouldn't do anything."

Cody let out a laugh. “My reason wasn’t because you’re pretty, not even close. I didn’t turn you in because I figured you wanted to get away from here.” He motioned to the people that were in the nearby town. “I’ve been waiting for someone determined enough to leave. I know of some place, far away that’s hard to reach, for people like us.”

"And you think that Pazia won't find it?" Kallista asked, talking about Arapazia. "You don't know Pazia like I do. She was fine before the ceremony. And then the magic took her."

“Ah, but she won’t. You see, this place doesn’t exist, at least to the magic world.” Cody lowered his voice as he explained. “It’s been cursed, long before we kept any form of records, it’s unsearchable. You can’t find it on any map, magic or not. When you’re in there, you don’t exist. At least that’s what the myth says.”

"So it's a myth. I don't put my faith in myths." She looked around to see no one near them, and she took her cloak off. It revealed her dark blue wings, almost flat against her back.

“What’s the harm in searching? If it ends up not truly being there, then at least you’re far away from whoever is searching for you.” He took a step back and looked at her wings pressed against her back. “Your wings are quite pretty by the way.”