((Haha alright, thanks))
Kira looked at Ari, wondering what else about him he didn't know. He didn't reveal his past or where he came from, though on the other hand most of them didn't. She turned her head to Shira who was swinging on a vine, finding that power pretty useful. She herself, didn't use her power much since she didn't exactly touch everything she saw. She shook her head, continuing to do, well, nothing.

((Lolz Steffox XD It is a real good rub for bruises, deep cuts..keeping infection out, etc. ^^ Might sting as hell from the onions and garlic, but yea. XD

Thats a good summary, thats all thats really happened. It was a fun read Cow. ^^

Credit of the poem goes to Leigh Ann Hussey))

Ani found her self humming a little tune, it was something that her mother used to sing, although she never heard her sing it, it was embedded in her memories, thanks to the earth spirit.
We praise the earth who feeds us,
and raise the Harvest home.
The stag with light step leads us
to dance the season come.
Ash links the worlds, entwining
Our realm with gods and elves.
The bonfire blesses, shining,
Our food, our drink, ourselves.
Ani looked over at Yuki and smiled. "Any kind of fruit, or vegetable can be used to prepare a good salve. As long as you know what it contains, the vitamins its enriched with, it can be very helpful." She said to him nodding. She loved to impart her knowledge on others. She felt like it was their right to know what was being done, and perhaps to gain the knowledge so that one day they may know what to do in a similar situation.
A sweet smell rose from the makeshift bowl. It was a blend of the herbs at work. She smiled at Yuki, "Want a sniff?" She asked.

[[Oh, someone explained it for me, yay~ XD

Excuse me if my mind went down the gutter, Steff 8D; I'm in one of those odd moods.. ]]

Shan looked at Phineas, realizing that for him to be properly bathed, he'd have to be undressed. She couldn't possibly do that. For one thing, he was, well, a he! A full-grown he, by dragon standards, probably. The thought of even having to look down there... She hit herself on the face with her right hand before realizing that it was covered in a thick layer of mud. The grace of an angel, indeed. Her hand left her cheek, but the distinct brown mark of a hand was still there.

Yuki nodded at Ani's question. If it smelled that good from afar, it was even more tempting to smell it up close.

Ani carefully held the bowl a little distance away from Yuki's nose. Too close and it would go straight to his head and be a little dizzying. She smiled at him, before continuing on, "Another herbal mixture for infections is Garlic, Ginger, Lemon juice, Orange peel, and Olives." She said nodding. "But that is most effective when the moon is in Cancer, Scorpio, or Leo." She said looking up at the sky. She identified the months as such. "Now Yuki, for this salve to work even better, it needs to be ice cold." She said, lightly stirring the mixture, which was now a smooth lather. It was a light brown color, could be called caramel but was too light to called so. "Do you think you can help me?" She asked setting the bowl before him. The icicles that she had seen him made earlier were going to be perfect in keeping the slave cold, as well as keep the salve fresh and ripe.

((@DustyDreamer: Thanks
@PlatinumChild: Oh great, now you have back in there too xD))
Kira stretched her arms, feeling like she needed to get a few kinks out of there. And maybe a good bath too, but after Phineas of course. Was Shan helping him bathe too? She snickered at the thought, almost falling over. She sighed, standing up, deciding to go over to Ari.

((i'm still here guys, just waiting for a place to join in ^^ ))

((Oh lovely. I hadn't really sorted out what happened to his... ahem... anatomy during the change. Kindly close your eyes while I solve the problem with all the grace of a whomping stick.))

Bubbles rose to the surface before he did, rising from another dipping in the water. Phineas was really enjoying himself. The feel of water on his skin was almost like the way the air felt on his scales, and the weightless movements he could do in the pool reminded him of flying (the loud splashing did not). He'd never really been much good at it, seeing as he wasn't a wing-bearing dragon. Swimming through the air with the power of your mind is really hard, even for a mythical dream creature.
He turned gracefully (compared to the flailing ball of arms he was when he was "diving") in the water, where he was trying to pretend like it was deeper than it actually was. His own churning of the water and movement had pretty much done the rest of the cleaning for him, although he'd have to settle down for a bit and take special consideration for his wounds, of course.
He was much cleaner than he had been in... maybe weeks. Before this he had been bathing involunarily in the rain...

((ah hah! you can look now. ^_^ ))

((Ahhh sorry Moo, I haven't been home for like, the last twelve hours!!!))

Ari couldn't help but to grin at his own success - for one thing, their joy was almost infectious, and for another... it was nice to know that he was good at what he did. He almost sputtered in laughter at such a sharp change in Phineas's attitude concerning the shower, but turned away gracefully to hide his smile from the child. While Ani continued to talk about herbs and fulfilled his expectations of her knowledge with medicine and such, he walked away and slowly dissembled his illusion to return his somewhat travel-worn, but clean appearance. He slowly walked away, fiddling idly with one of his palm-sized throwing knives as he paced the parameter of the clearing about the cave.

As he turned once again, he noticed that Kira was making her way towards him. He stopped and with a wave of his hand, slid the knife back into the broad volume of his sleeves and smiled in greeting at the girl. "Morning," he said, "it's nice to hear that they're having so much fun, isn't it?" He sounded a bit sheepish as he gestured towards the sounds of splashing water and laughter in the background. [[Omg, lol I just noticed this... but reverse Kira's name... you get Ari - k. lol!!!]] "But... how did you come to be here, in this world? Shan is here on a mission, I can see that much, but you?" Ari asked after a slight pause, looking a bit more grave than he was moments ago. "Do you think you came here for a reason?"

((XD, it's fine. Anyway, I didn't notice that LOL))
Kira waved to him, smiling. "Good morning to you too." She nodded. "Yeah I know." She shrugged. She did come to save the world and the Dreamweaver and all that jazz, but it was pretty impersonal. She wasn't really connected to them in anyway, other than wanting what was best for her family members. "I guess I'm not too sure about that. On surface it's just wanting to save the world and the Dreamweaver, but personally I doubt that this hits home. I mean where I lived on Earth had a bunch of nightmares, but it wasn't like one of them killed a family member or anything.' She shook her head. "I guess that's a no then."

Shira sighed as she swung back and forth on the vine swing, she was becoming bored from staying one place for too long. Even though truthfully it had only been about a couple hours, if that. Shira stood up and her vine swing seemed to crawl away as she did. " Yo! any of you guys hungry?" she asked, her hands crossed over her chest.

Before she could get her response however a rather loud clap of thunder boomed. Which caused Shira to cringe and tense up, she quite looked like a frightened cat with it's hairs on end.

Phineas disappeared under the water when the thunderclap hit. He rose back up a little later, when he was sure it was safe. He felt silly, hiding from something as normal as thunder, but then again, he was used to it booming forth whilst it was raining.

((jeez, your sig scared me the first time. I thought I was going insane!
This picture is rated PG ^_^))

[[OMG Hi Phinney~~

Who's sig made you think you were going insane? xD]]

Yuki looked down at the bowl of caramel-like substance and stretched a hand right above it, steadily decreasing it's temperature by cooling the air surrounding it. The thunderclap had distracted him, but not enough to break his concentration, so he kept going until the salve was cold enough.

Shan froze at the loud thunder clap, thinking that she might have caused it somehow. Reassured that she hadn't been, she looked for the source. Dark-looking clouds were coming their way; they would have to move soon.

((Doll had one for a little while... it was trippy))

((Steffox, I love your images!!! ^^ ))


Ani's eyes were drawn to the darkening sky...something was getting closer. A nightmare perhaps? She wondered if it was just the change of weather, she doubted it. Looking back at Yuki, she smiled before picking a ruffle at the bottom of her dress and pulling. It tore, the ripping sound light. It was three rows of cloth before she stopped. She stood up and picked up the cloth, her dress should of been much shorter, but it wasnt, it was as if she never torn layers from it. "Lets go Yuki, you can carry the salve. We will wait for your Mother and Phineas at the cave opening." She said as she waited for him before starting to walk. Her eyes were drawn to the clouds again, before she concentrated on the path to the cave.


The thunder boomed overhead louder and more threatening every time. Steely dark gray eyes turned upward. As if he were a puppet, he neatly sprung himself up, his dark clothes in tact. Micheal shoved his hands into his jeans pocket. He looked around at the darkening surroundings. Something was happened. Weather doesnt click and change into place. His brows furrowed with possibilities and intelligence that only comes with age, he swiftly walked away from the shelter he had made for the night. He must get to the core.

((ooooh, is this a new character coming along? XD Oh boy, this is all getting too interesting for it's own good. I am so seriously addicted to this RP))

Phineas looked up at Shan, "Done bath?" he asked. He looked pretty done, if he was in there any longer he'd start getting pruney fingertips.
He went to the edge of the pool, ignoring the thunder now that he knew it couldn't get him (even without the rain) and hoisted himself out onto the rocks lining the spring.

[[OH~ I was wondering when he would come in XD

I see three people on.. chances are DustyDreamwer will post before I do XD;;

QUESTION: Should I put in the title that the RP is full? It's moving pretty quickly and I'm not so sure if newcomers will be able to keep up with this stage XD I mean.. we've left people behind a few times o.e;; ]]

Shan looked down at Phineas, who was now cleaner than she was herself. "Well, I know you're done," she told him. The mud on her face had dripped down to her shoulder, and her legs and long hair were dipped in the murky water, so a good half of her was a light shade of brown. She would have to take care of this later, when Yuki was done helping Ani.

Yuki took the bowl in his hands and stood up, careful not to spill the contents, then followed Ani. As he did he wondered about the sudden change in weather.

((you know, closing it up might not be an altogether bad idea... It's really hard to keep up with who we have (then again that's just me) and much less if there are lots of new people who don't post frequently and get left behind and stuff))

Phineas smiled at the dirty angel and tried making that laughing noise that humans were so good at. His laugh sounded like a large rusty hinge, a sort of deep, creaky laugh that came out like a cough.
He started using the frazzled end of the wet toga to wipe off his legs, carefully dabbing at the stitches, which now looked pretty sad, with the ends of the hair sutures hanging damply.

Even though the others didn't seem to mind the thunder or the ominous dark thunder clouds that were slowly creeping along. The cloud were soo dark that it made it seem that night was appraoching instead of a thunderstorm.... Shira didn't really mind the thunder nor did she mind the rain there had been plenty of times were she played out in a summer shower, soaking herself to the bone...But she knew where there was thunder there was bound to be lightning....and that's the part that worried Shira...not only was it dangerous to people and animals, it was espically dangerous to nature....and seeing as though shira's powers manipulated nature she felt their sorrow and pain...

Shira had taken refuge in the cave. There wasn't a being or force on her earth that could move her from that spot until the storm had more or less passed.

[[I"ll change the title in a bit~ XD]]

Shan blushed, and because her skin was white, her red cheeks were all the more visible. She must be quite a sight if Phineas was laughing at her, when he had been very dirty only a few minutes before. She made an attempt to compose herself, but failing to do so, she simply said, "we should go back now. The clouds were looking quite sinister. She stepped out of the water, dripping quite a bit. She wiped one of her hands and went to pick up the rest of her clothes, which she had abandoned the night before, and then waited for Phineas.

((EEP! Sorry, I are watching the Mist. It is so good...really emotional...the ending...ohgod..the ending..*Crys*
Anywhos. Yes yes, new person, a very hot deluded minded man. XD
We arent going encounter him until the group starts moving from the cave..
Its up to you PlatinumChild...it might be a good idea. ^^))

Ani stopped shortly by the front of the cave. She placed the cloth on the ground, and turned to Yuki, "Thank you for all your help." She said offering a smile. She didnt glance upwards at the impending storm, but knew that they would have to be moving along soon. For some reason she didnt think that rain would be falling from the sky.


Micheal left his deep footprints on the path he was making. He had his cowboy hat on that was nearly as old as he was. The trees were thick and nearly blocked out any light from the sky. That didnt bother him at all. He preferred the dark, as his night vision was startling better than any humans. He cast a glance left and right before continuing his way. His walking was fast and strong as he climbed upwards a tree shrouded hill. The thought to himself for a moment, hot springs should be what he was looking for. It was the a step closer to the core. As he climbed upwards, the sky around him darkened, the clouds had a slight redness to them, that was odd. He took a second to stare at them inquisitively. The lining was red and blended into dark gray, not as near dark as his eyes. The sun behind it was still struggling to shine through, but failing at it.

Phineas looked up at the rumbling sky and followed Shan, because although he would never admit it, he didn't want to be far from her side right now. He felt something strong towards her, he wasn't sure what it was, but it was different from the love of his mother, and he wasn't quite mature enough to think of her as a mate. Maybe it was because she was an angel, or maybe it was because she was Shan, but she made him really happy and calm, and he would do anything for her.

[[Glad you had a good time ^^

Okay, so the directions for changing the title are right in front of my face, but no matter how many times I double-click, nothing happens XDDD;; I can't help but feel I'm not doing it right, because I KNOW people have been able to change their titles D8;;

I am feeling SO SMART.. XD

EDIT: It so happens that I figured it out right after I posted this.. how did I not think of that before??? LOL.]]

Shan walked down towards the cave, holding her impractical long hair away from the ground so the tips would not drag on the floor. She stopped short of the cave's entrance, near Ani and Yuki.

Yuki, who felt his mother coming, looked up to see a blob composed of white, purple, and brown. The force that kept him from dropping the bowl of salve that very second must have been great, because he could not stop himself from laughing. He set it down near Ani, where it would be save from danger. "What happened?" He managed to ask once his laughter had subsided. His mother had an interesting look to her.

Shira walked to the front of the cave as Phineas and Shan came back. When Shira saw the large stain she couldn't help but laugh right along with Yuki " good lord woman, what did you do?" she asked, trying to control her laughter.

((Lolz))

Ani managed to keep her laughter bubbled down, a small smile escaped her lips as she looked down and then back up, keeping her wits about her. "Wheres the boy? We need to get him all patched up and move along before this storm hits. It would be terrible to waste a day because of it." She said nodding and kneeling down ladylike on the ground, she took out a long pin like thing, it was a needle, from her little pouch.

((yeah, I couldn't get it to work, either. I have no idea what they're talking about. O-o
The Mist movie was pretty good (ending WTF!), but I love the original novella and not actually SEEING the monsters lets your mind make up all sorts of horrible things.... (<--I am huge Stephen King fan.)
Wait, it worked! How did you do it?!))

Phineas followed, not knowing what horrors might await him at the hands of his new friends. Something smelled tasty.... his stomach rumbled fit to compete with the thunder. He could eat a cow. Or a few cows.