"Tell me about it - I couldn't teach him to dance to save his life," Devlyn says, shaking his head as he kicks out some chairs for them to sit down. "And gods know, Allura and I tried," he laughs. ;DShe laughed. Though she had been in constant motion for hours she wasn't sweating at all,and the air immediately next to her is surprisingly cool.
"Thank you. I don't get to do that often. LK thanks you too. Poor boy has two left feet and absolutely hates to be dragged onto a dance floor," she said, grabbing a pitcher of something off a passing tray and draining it.
"Hey!" [i]He says indignantly. "I'd dance just fine on four legs if it didn't always turned into a fight!"
"Hey!" He says indignantly. "I'd dance just fine on four legs if it didn't always turned into a fight!""Tell me about it - I couldn't teach him to dance to save his life," Devlyn says, shaking his head as he kicks out some chairs for them to sit down. "And gods know, Allura and I tried," he laughs. ;DShe laughed. Though she had been in constant motion for hours she wasn't sweating at all,and the air immediately next to her is surprisingly cool.
"Thank you. I don't get to do that often. LK thanks you too. Poor boy has two left feet and absolutely hates to be dragged onto a dance floor," she said, grabbing a pitcher of something off a passing tray and draining it.
"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling.
"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling.
"Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling."Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
"It's not the dancing with wolves that's the trouble. It's the dancing with wolves that step on my feet." ;P
A hand taps Devlyn's shoulder.
"This dance taken?"
Devlyn turns, a wide smile across his face as he wraps his arms around Allura.
"Only by you, love. I thought you'd never get here. C'mon..." he says as he leads her out onto the dance floor. ;)
"Hey!" [i]He says indignantly. "I'd dance just fine on four legs if it didn't always turned into a fight!""Tell me about it - I couldn't teach him to dance to save his life," Devlyn says, shaking his head as he kicks out some chairs for them to sit down. "And gods know, Allura and I tried," he laughs. ;DShe laughed. Though she had been in constant motion for hours she wasn't sweating at all,and the air immediately next to her is surprisingly cool.
"Thank you. I don't get to do that often. LK thanks you too. Poor boy has two left feet and absolutely hates to be dragged onto a dance floor," she said, grabbing a pitcher of something off a passing tray and draining it.
"It's not the dancing with wolves that's the trouble. It's the dancing with wolves that step on my feet." ;P"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling."Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
"That just means you can't dance with a wolf." He remarks.
"It's not the dancing with wolves that's the trouble. It's the dancing with wolves that step on my feet." ;P"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling."Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
A hand taps Devlyn's shoulder.
"This dance taken?"
Devlyn turns, a wide smile across his face as he wraps his arms around Allura.
"Only by you, love. I thought you'd never get here. C'mon..." he says as he leads her out onto the dance floor. ;)
"Sorry for the delay, but our latest stray was causing trouble again. All better now, and I'm finding that this place being back is bringing back all sorts of memories....I wonder if all the secluded spots are just the same," she said, eyes twinkling with mischief as they danced.
"That just means you can't dance with a wolf." He remarks."It's not the dancing with wolves that's the trouble. It's the dancing with wolves that step on my feet." ;P"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling."Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
"Exactly. Because your rhythm and the rhythm of the actual music are on two different planes. It's okay, LK. You can't be good at everything," she added with mock sympathy.
"It's not the dancing with wolves that's the trouble. It's the dancing with wolves that step on my feet." ;P"Yeah, but it's practically impossible for anyone to dance with you that way too," she said, giggling."Not my fault no one dances with wolves anymore.." He mumbles.
Alaina talks with the older gentleman, Irv
"So now that you have arrived. do you have any plans? I can give you a suite if you wish to relax here. Everyone of good intent is welcome at my temple."
I'd like that please; although, lately I've come to notice not all my intents were good.
"Sorry for the delay, but our latest stray was causing trouble again. All better now, and I'm finding that this place being back is bringing back all sorts of memories....I wonder if all the secluded spots are just the same," she said, eyes twinkling with mischief as they danced.A hand taps Devlyn's shoulder.
"This dance taken?"
Devlyn turns, a wide smile across his face as he wraps his arms around Allura.
"Only by you, love. I thought you'd never get here. C'mon..." he says as he leads her out onto the dance floor. ;)
"Ahh - well I guess it wouldn't be a normal day without that, would it?" Devlyn replies with a chuckle, then looks thoughtful as he gives Allura a quick twirl around.
"Now that's a very good question. I'm sure we could make some time to go find out," he says with an equally mischievous grin pulling her back close.
"Sorry for the delay, but our latest stray was causing trouble again. All better now, and I'm finding that this place being back is bringing back all sorts of memories....I wonder if all the secluded spots are just the same," she said, eyes twinkling with mischief as they danced.A hand taps Devlyn's shoulder.
"This dance taken?"
Devlyn turns, a wide smile across his face as he wraps his arms around Allura.
"Only by you, love. I thought you'd never get here. C'mon..." he says as he leads her out onto the dance floor. ;)
"Ahh - well I guess it wouldn't be a normal day without that, would it?" Devlyn replies with a chuckle, then looks thoughtful as he gives Allura a quick twirl around.
"Now that's a very good question. I'm sure we could make some time to go find out," he says with an equally mischievous grin pulling her back close.
"Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)
"Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)
"'Great minds' and all that, love," he says with a wink. "Shall we?"
"Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)"'Great minds' and all that, love," he says with a wink. "Shall we?"
"We definitely shall. I wonder if that area behind those trees still has that little hot tub? Too bad I forgot a bathing suit..." she added, with a wink, taking his hand and heading for the trees.
"We definitely shall. I wonder if that area behind those trees still has that little hot tub? Too bad I forgot a bathing suit..." she added, with a wink, taking his hand and heading for the trees."Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)"'Great minds' and all that, love," he says with a wink. "Shall we?"
"Damn my enhanced sense of auditory perception... Eww, I need mind soap."
*bangs.. head.. against.. table*
"We definitely shall. I wonder if that area behind those trees still has that little hot tub? Too bad I forgot a bathing suit..." she added, with a wink, taking his hand and heading for the trees."Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)"'Great minds' and all that, love," he says with a wink. "Shall we?"
"Damn my enhanced sense of auditory perception... Eww, I need mind soap."
*bangs.. head.. against.. table*
"Ummmm....LK? You okay?"
She sighed in exasperation. "That always sounds so dumb. Sorry about that."
"Er, you can stop banging your head on the table any time now. You know that all you get from it is a headache."
"We definitely shall. I wonder if that area behind those trees still has that little hot tub? Too bad I forgot a bathing suit..." she added, with a wink, taking his hand and heading for the trees."Mmmmmmm. I like the way you think." ;)"'Great minds' and all that, love," he says with a wink. "Shall we?"
"Yeah - I've had no luck digging one up around here for myself either."
"Damn my enhanced sense of auditory perception... Eww, I need mind soap."
*bangs.. head.. against.. table*
"I guess we'll just have to keep that hot tub to ourselves..." Devlyn says with a chuckle suddenly, looking pointedly back over to the teenagers' table for some reason before he and Allura disappear into the trees. ;P
"Ummmm....LK? You okay?"
She sighed in exasperation. "That always sounds so dumb. Sorry about that."
"Er, you can stop banging your head on the table any time now. You know that all you get from it is a headache."
"I think I'm fine now, I just heard something from someone I didn't want to hear it from. I think I'll go for a swim or some-"
"I guess we'll just have to keep that hot tub to ourselves..." Devlyn says with a chuckle suddenly, looking pointedly back over to the teenagers' table for some reason before he and Allura disappear into the trees. ;P
"AH!" *almost breaks table*
LK turns to the trees and shouts.
"Wolves in the hot tub, yes, that will do.."
He is snapped out of his revengeful thinking by the look Arielle is giving him, and he goes red from embarrsment.
"Um.. yeah, I'm fine now. Just need to get some mind soap is all. Ah, there's some now!" He says as he grabs a Dark & Stormy from a passing tray. "Thanks! He says, truly meaning it, as he chugs the drink.
He is snapped out of his revengeful thinking by the look Arielle is giving him, and he goes red from embarrsment.
"Um.. yeah, I'm fine now. Just need to get some mind soap is all. Ah, there's some now!" He says as he grabs a Dark & Stormy from a passing tray. "Thanks! He says, truly meaning it, as he chugs the drink.
She laughed and grabbed another couple of drinks for herself as well.
"You're impossible. What am I going to do with you, anyways, Canis? Woops. Ummm....misspoke......shouldn't drink and talk.....really shouldn't drink and talk..."
She laughed and grabbed another couple of drinks for herself as well.
"You're impossible. What am I going to do with you, anyways, Canis? Woops. Ummm....misspoke......shouldn't drink and talk.....really shouldn't drink and talk..."
"Canis? You mean that guy who taught me the Pack Magic? I'm nothing like him!"
"You repeat yourself when you drink and talk too."
She laughed and grabbed another couple of drinks for herself as well.
"You're impossible. What am I going to do with you, anyways, Canis? Woops. Ummm....misspoke......shouldn't drink and talk.....really shouldn't drink and talk..."
"Canis? You mean that guy who taught me the Pack Magic? I'm nothing like him!"
"You repeat yourself when you drink and talk too."
"......Uh, right. Sure."
"Good thing you don't own a mirror."
I'd like that please; although, lately I've come to notice not all my intents were good.Alaina talks with the older gentleman, Irv
"So now that you have arrived. do you have any plans? I can give you a suite if you wish to relax here. Everyone of good intent is welcome at my temple."
Alaina laughs
"Whose attentions are ever all good? The trick is balancing the impulses."
Alaina looks over the crowd
"Not a bad turn out. Hopefully we can regain the old magic this place once had"
She looks wistful as she scans the throngs of partiers. The intricate tattoos visible at her neckline and up her throat seem to move of their own volition.
She laughed and grabbed another couple of drinks for herself as well.
"You're impossible. What am I going to do with you, anyways, Canis? Woops. Ummm....misspoke......shouldn't drink and talk.....really shouldn't drink and talk..."
"Canis? You mean that guy who taught me the Pack Magic? I'm nothing like him!"
"You repeat yourself when you drink and talk too."
"......Uh, right. Sure."
"Good thing you don't own a mirror."
After a couple minutes of reflection she grinned evilly.
"It's a good thing you're nothing like him. I mean, I've had a crush on him since, like, forever," she said, winking at Keehaar.
After a couple minutes of reflection she grinned evilly.
"It's a good thing you're nothing like him. I mean, I've had a crush on him since, like, forever," she said, winking at Keehaar.
*chokes on a Dark & Stormy*
*coughing*"Wha..? I never would have thought.. I mean, you only saw him what, two, three times?" He manages to say as his lupine blood runs cold.
After a couple minutes of reflection she grinned evilly.
"It's a good thing you're nothing like him. I mean, I've had a crush on him since, like, forever," she said, winking at Keehaar.
*chokes on a Dark & Stormy*
*coughing*"Wha..? I never would have thought.. I mean, you only saw him what, two, three times?" He manages to say as his lupine blood runs cold.
"I don't know what you're thinking, LK. I met him for the first time when I was only two days old. And I've seen him practically every day since," she added grinning.
She finally took pity on him, seeing the look of panic on his face. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
"You really do need to invest in a mirror, LK. And maybe a true seeing spell or two."
"I don't know what you're thinking, LK. I met him for the first time when I was only two days old. And I've seen him practically every day since," she added grinning.
She finally took pity on him, seeing the look of panic on his face. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
"You really do need to invest in a mirror, LK. And maybe a true seeing spell or two."
*panic*
*confusion*
*face reddening*
*more confusion*
"Uh.. the Club should have restrooms with mirrors. I'll just, um, go look in one now."
He dashes off to find a restroom, where he leans against the wall trying to calm himself by counting ceiling tiles.
After having a few moments and learning this particular bathroom had 58 ceiling tiles, LK goes over to one of the mirrors and looks in.
Arielle can hear a familiar, if muffled, yell.
There, in the mirror, was Canis. LK knew he wouldn't look the same as he did when he was a kid, but to not recognize himself all those years ago? He's still staring when a hand on his shoulder startles him.
Arielle jumped up when she heard LK's yell.
"Blast it. He's in the men's room. I can't exactly go check on him there. I hope he's handling this okay."
She sat back down. "I probably shouldn't have told him like that. But, damn it, it's hard keeping a secret from my best friend. Especially a secret about him."
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He's still staring when a hand on his shoulder startles him.
"You finally figured it out, huh? Took you long enough." Says his father as he smiles down at his son(though not nearly as far down as he used too).
"Well, I won't pretend I know exactly why you came back, but I'm glad he did now. You and I weren't exactly father-and-son, you know? Now, why don't you think about what Arielle's been saying(yes, I still keep an eye on you) and go back out there? You seem to be the only one who doesn't know, so think hard."
Kiba heads for door, but looks back at his clearly confused son and chuckles before leaving. He waves at Arielle before shifting and running back into the forest.
Arielle waved back at the departing Kiba.
"Well, that should be all right then. I'm sure his dad helped him calm down."
LK spends the next few minutes looking between the door and the mirror, trying to make sense of his thoughts.
"Okay.. Canis was me from a future.. That means I came back and taught myself the Pack styles.. Arielle has a..
Realization settles deep in LK's mind, piecing together clues that were so obvious now. He sees a wide grin in the mirror, a devious, prankster grin...
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A gray wolf bursts from the restroom and dashes off into the forest, head hanging low and dejected..
A portal, glowing purple, appears and two youths step through it looking around.
"I can't believe it worked." The young man with blond hair(with black and purple streaks) says.
"Why not? You spent a month looking for the magic that made the wards, and an hour after that to decipher the spells themselves so we skip. If anyone could get through a few million year old wards, it would be you!" Replies the brown haired young man. "Besides, we're here, so you have to believe it! It's not like you're going to be bored here.."
LK spends the next few minutes looking between the door and the mirror, trying to make sense of his thoughts.
"Okay.. Canis was me from a future.. That means I came back and taught myself the Pack styles.. Arielle has a..
Realization settles deep in LK's mind, piecing together clues that were so obvious now. He sees a wide grin in the mirror, a devious, prankster grin...
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A gray wolf bursts from the restroom and dashes off into the forest, head hanging low and dejected..
Arielle stands up, alarmed, as she sees the dejected wolf run off.
"Damn it! Sorry, Keehaar. It's been fun catching up, but it looks like that thick-skulled wolf has gotten entirely the wrong idea and I need to go after him."
She paused only long enough to collect her hammer from behind the bar and ran off into the woods after LK.
LK spends the next few minutes looking between the door and the mirror, trying to make sense of his thoughts.
"Okay.. Canis was me from a future.. That means I came back and taught myself the Pack styles.. Arielle has a..
Realization settles deep in LK's mind, piecing together clues that were so obvious now. He sees a wide grin in the mirror, a devious, prankster grin...
*****************
A gray wolf bursts from the restroom and dashes off into the forest, head hanging low and dejected..
Arielle stands up, alarmed, as she sees the dejected wolf run off.
"Damn it! Sorry, Keehaar. It's been fun catching up, but it looks like that thick-skulled wolf has gotten entirely the wrong idea and I need to go after him."
She paused only long enough to collect her hammer from behind the bar and ran off into the woods after LK.
LK spends the next few minutes looking between the door and the mirror, trying to make sense of his thoughts.
"Okay.. Canis was me from a future.. That means I came back and taught myself the Pack styles.. Arielle has a..
Realization settles deep in LK's mind, piecing together clues that were so obvious now. He sees a wide grin in the mirror, a devious, prankster grin...
*****************
A gray wolf bursts from the restroom and dashes off into the forest, head hanging low and dejected..
Arielle stands up, alarmed, as she sees the dejected wolf run off.
"Damn it! Sorry, Keehaar. It's been fun catching up, but it looks like that thick-skulled wolf has gotten entirely the wrong idea and I need to go after him."
She paused only long enough to collect her hammer from behind the bar and ran off into the woods after LK.
"I hope she can at least follow wolf-prints on a hiking path.." LK whispers to the forest as he watches Arielle from far up in the trees. "Do you think it was mean to have the trail lead toward Devlyn and Allura?" Leaves rustle in reply. "Rhetorical question."
Arielle frowns at the path. Are those prints? Maybe...but wolf prints? She sighed. This was hopeless. She looked around and when she was sure nobody was watching whispered something in Auran. She wanders for a minute trying not very successfully to follow the trail when a breeze starts to swirl around her. Her shoulders sag in relief.
Auran
The wind swirled around Arielle for a moment longer and then took off. Arielle sat down waiting for her scout to return.
Arielle stood at the bottom of the tree looking up, hands on hips.
"So. Are you going to come down or do I have to climb up?"
"I hope she can at least follow wolf-prints on a hiking path.." LK whispers to the forest as he watches Arielle from far up in the trees. "Do you think it was mean to have the trail lead toward Devlyn and Allura?" Leaves rustle in reply. "Rhetorical question."
Drawing his hood up, LK jumps to the next tree, or rather, he tries to. He misses grabbing a crucial branch and falls to the ground.
He does not move.
Drawing his hood up, LK jumps to the next tree, or rather, he tries to. He misses grabbing a crucial branch and falls to the ground.
He does not move.
She shrieks and runs over to him.
"Please be okay, please be okay," she whispers, dropping to her knees beside him and checking to make sure he's still breathing.
She shrieks and runs over to him.
"Please be okay, please be okay," she whispers, dropping to her knees beside him and checking to make sure he's still breathing.
As she turns him over, she sees a mischievous grin flash on his face as his eyes open.
"That's for keeping a secret about me from me!"
He takes advantage of her shock to steal a kiss.
"That's for making me think you liked someone else when you were really talking about me!"
He gets up faster than he has ever moved before and runs back toward the Club screaming about a p*ssed elemental that's going to not far behind him and that everyone should be getting someplace safe.
"I am going to either die or at least be seriously injured." He thinks as he runs.
The smell of ozone surrounds her as lightning begins to spark off of her skin. She grabbed her hammer and took off after LK at a dead run. She moved with the speed of a windstorm as she chased him.
She dropped her hammer as she caught up with him on the outskirts of the club. She decked him, lightning crackling along her knuckles as she did so.
"That's for scaring me, you jerk! You asked me to keep your secret! You made me promise!"
She grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him in close and kissed him.
"And you've got rocks in your head if you ever thought there was anyone for me but you!"