A dragon, then. Huh. "Phineas. Hm, I guess we're due for a round of introductions then." Ari said, offering a small smile at the dragon-child. "You can call me Ari." ((Woot, one line reply.))

Kira raised an eyebrow at the boy's name, wondering how it would be spelled. "Phineas", it was fitting for him. "Yeah, like Ari said, we ought to introduce ourselves. My name's Kira." She had a small smile on her face, trying to seem friendly.

Shira sighed as she raised a hand to her forehead to block the blinding lights of the ever-glowing sun. Her expression was far from amused, since Shira was able to manipulate nature she had an easy time telling where she was and where she had been just from looking at the trees. Shadows from the leaves danced across her face as a cooling breeze swept by.

Shira decided to just keep going, eventually she had to find her way out. ironically the thought of climbing one of the tall trees to the very top and looking for a way out that way never occured to her... alittle while past and Shira shouted in frustration " DAMN IT!! I"M GONNA BE STUCK IN THESE STUPID MOUNTAINS FOREVER!!! " Shira's angry voice echoed across what seemed like the entire forest.

Ani went third in the introductions, "Ani." She said simply with a warm smile. She had crouched down on her heels to be eye to eye with him in Shans arms. "How are you feeling Phineas?" She asked worriedly. He was a dragon, a mistrustful and unforgiving race. She encountered an old one a long time ago and it was a brutal battle. She folded her arms across her knees and rested her chin on it looking at him. She turned the name over in her head, Phineas...Phineas...it was the right name for him. It was beautiful even in the humanoid language, she bet it was something musical and ear soothing in Draconian.

"Um... my name is Yuki," said Yuki with a small wave of his hand. Introductions were not his forte.

Shan smiled. At the very least, things were going well than she had hoped. It was rarely in a Dragon's nature to be trusting; hopefully the friendliness around Phineas would help him warm up to people. As the others introduced themselves, though, she couldn't help but feel as if she'd heard something. She looked deep into the forest, where she thought the noise had come from. She avoided calling out just then, but she would if she heard something from that direction again.

Shira sighed and decided to rest " good lord, i'm soo helplessly lost... but that's what i get i suppose, curiosity did kill the cat after all.." she stated out loud but more to herself than anyone in particular. Not that there was anybody else in this forest, to her knowledge atleast. She started to hum a sweet little tune, which was answered by a couple of nearby bluebirds. Shira laughed and smiled, Shira continued on her way, she was coming closer to what looked like a cave...

She tilted her head and wondered what might be in that cave... but decided againt it, afterall ebing curious is what got her into this rotten mess in the first place. But how was she to know that she was just about to pass what might be the only other people in these mountainous woods

Ani had heard the sound as well. She closed her eyes and dugg her hand into the ground, the rich dirt filling her fingers nails, encasing her hand. The spirit within her flew itself out ward, like stretching fingers underground, like she would do when growing food. Ani stood up, her hand coming impossibly clean from the ground and resting on her sword hilt, the other hand seconds away from a dagger. "Someone is near us." She said looking from the direction to the others and last to Shan.

Shan raised an eyebrow. She was sure she heard it this time. Her son had heart it too, apparently. He had looked in the same direction she had. Shan turned her head towards Ani for a moment, then turned to Yuki. "Yu-chan, will you go look for me?"

Yuki nodded, then headed in the general direction of the voice. Curiously enough, he ended up right in front of a girl he had never met before. She was carrying a blade, but she didn't seem like she would attack anything. Not that the moment, at least.

Much to Shira's surprise a boy appeared before her. She blinked her eyes and stared at him for awhile before a huge smile creeped across her face."huh?! your a boy!! Oh!! so i'm not the only person in these woods Ohh!! Yay!! i'm soo happy.." she said smiling and throwing her arms around the kid. As she snuggled him, she laughed. It was good to have some human contact after days of being alone, though quite possibly this boy wasn't human...Oh but that didn't matter right now. Shira was just too happy to have somebody,anybody to be talk to right now..

Yuki's face at that very moment was comparable to that fine red color of a juicy red tomato. He was so surprised that he had become stiff as a board, unable to do anything except remain standing, nearly rooted to the spot. He wasn't sure he would stay standing if the stranger let go, though.

Shira eventually let go of the poor boy, seeing as though her chest was of ample size if she kept snuggling him the way she was the kid proabably would have ran out of air. She drew back and rubed the back of her neck slightly " heheheh... i'm sorry, i guess i got alittle excited there for a moment... it's just that i've been lost in these woods alone for a few days.....oh by the way what are you doing all the way out here?" she asked placing her hands on her hips and looking at the kid.

Shira peered over the boy's shoulder for a moment, to notice a group of people, without really giving the boy time to answer she waved " HEEEYY!!" she called happily...Shira was never on to be shy, she loved to be around people so she was very outgoing and it showed.

Kira glanced at the mountain side, hearing a faint voice somewhere. Another person wandering here? She waited for Yuki to go look for them, picking up a rock idly in case that it happened to be someone bad rather than good. She didn't let the rock go, tossing it in her hand. She set it down, looking for any sign of the two coming back. She looked surprised to see the new comer arrive. She was pretty outgoing as far as she could tell and decided to at least be polite in return. She waved to her silently.

Phineas was basking in the glow of his newfound family. With a dragon's memory, he would never forget this moment, a shining pearl on a string of dull river stones that had been his life lately.
Suddenly the atmosphere changed as the group became aware of a new presence. The hair on the back of neck wanted to stand up. He gently slid out of Shan's grip and stood on his hands, his body hanging down between his arms, looking like a strange bird. A heron, perhaps. He was prepared to attack... somehow... if needed.

Shira noticed the dragon and her eyes widend and lit up. In fact they could easily be compared to jewels " Oh wow!! Omigoodness !!! a real dragon, How cool is that..." She stated. Shira quickly approached the dragon " My name is Shira, it's nice to meet ya.." she said with a big grin on her face.

Shira culdn't tell wether it was from finally being with other beings besides herself or something else entirely but she was unusually giddy and happy right now.

Ani placed a hand on Phineas's shoulder. "Its alright.." She said as the newcomer approached. Ani was not used to such outgoingness. She stood silently by Phineas as the girl went on. She just stood wide eyed watching the whirl of it all.

Yuki wandered into view meekly, unsure of what else to do. By now it was obvious the group had noticed the girl.

Shan stared, waving mindlessly. Her son was alright, although the resemblance to a tomato was rather striking. The girl near him was quite.. energetic. "Hello, miss Shira," Shan said when she finally overcame her surprise. She hadn't quite expected someone with such a bouncy personality. Not in this place. She then looked over at Phineas with a more reassuring expression. He always seemed on guard.

Phineas's eyes widened as the girl approached, but the hand on his shoulder stopped him from running away. The girl was showing her teeth excessively. Phineas looked up at her from his lower position and returned the favour, smiling uncertainly. "Dragon, yes. Phi... Phineas." He could learn to live with the bastardization of his name. Until such a time that he could say it again.

((I can tell we're going to have some fun with our opposite characters.))

Shira laughed alittle.. " So what are you guys doing out here? are you lost as well cause if you are that's great!! i mean no uhh that's not great but what i mean is we can be lost together...." Shira said resting her hands behind her head casually.

A nice wind blew by making Shira's hair flow gracefully behind her. " i'm a wnaderer kinda, but it's always nice to meet new friends.. dont'cha think?" she asked

[[LOL!.. I feel like drawing Mr.Tomato-face. He actually gets it from his mother.. XD
But I'm sort of switching between IM, RP-ing, and my HW, so I can't. Otherwise I'd draw a whole bunch of pieces from this RP XD]]

Shan kept looking at Phineas, with unfitting thoughts floating around in her mind. For whatever reason, she felt that at that very moment, Phineas should probably take a bath. He looked like he was coated with a layer of dust that would not go away without a good wash. She momentarily blinked those thoughts away. This was becoming quite a lively bunch of people. For better or for worse, she couldn't quite tell yet. So that she wouldn't seem rude, she agreed with Shira's last statement.

((Who is mister Tomato face? O-o Confused.))

Phineas COULD probably use a bath. Not that he knows it. He settled back down into a sitting position, keeping his focus on the exuberant newcomer. He scratched distractedly at one of his scabs.

((sorry for the delayed response working on HW anyways i'm heading to bed so i'll post tomorrow it's like really late here anyways G'night ))

[[it's okay XD

Oh, and Mr. Tomato-face is Yuki XD]]

Shan noticed as Phineas scratched at his scabs, and this made her nervous. She took his hand, telling him, "Please, don't do that." She knew that sometimes, scabs were very tempting to pick at, but in Phineas's state, this was definitely not the right kind of scab to scratch off.

Yuki, on the other hand, was still too occupied with keeping an eye on Shira to pay any mind to scratched at scabs. He could not rid himself of the suspicion that he would be jumped and hugged again.

((I'm at work now... XD expect delays. The hot chocolate here kinda sucks.
Oh, and I get the tomato face thing. I was thinking on the lines of Mr. Potato Head, so... totally confused. But I get it now! All good.))

"Hm? Oh." He stopped scratching at it, suddenly self-conscious. Dragons don't usually have pickable scabs, so it must have been one of those ingrained human distractions. Phineas focused again on Shira and hazarded conversation.
"You are lost?" He asked, concerned. Then, with a sense of pride, "I ares lost, not now! Found!" The childish grin on his face made him look even younger than he already did.
Blinking and thinking through the previous day (He'd been found! ...and other stuff happened, too), he finally realized that something was missing. He looked down at where his new legs had been and stared at the ground where they should have been resting, his brows furrowing in concentration. All that had been real... right?

I'm at school, in my digital imaging class, but the period's almost over, so I won't have access to a comp. until I get home XD;; Or maybe in two hours or so.... depending on what I have to do today XD; ]]

Shan had laughed at Phineas's newest statement, but she now looked down at his legs, dismayed. "I'm sorry. Your legs disappeared when you fell asleep. I don't have the right kind of magic to heal you." When she couldn't look at him anymore, she looked down down. She could see part of her wings. How would it feel if her wings were suddenly cut off? She almost shuddered, but stopped herself beforehand.

"I'm sorry" he echoed, sounding like he really meant it. His mouth twitched at the corners, attempting to smile again, but his heart was more into the apology than the expression.