The day the Sky fell (Open to all)

[Shadow De Vaezai]

Shadow smiled as he walked along the dusty road. It was a great day; balmy skies, no clouds, gentle breezes, warm sun, low humidity...

He was dressed plainly, his heavier leather clothes left at home. He was wearing a leather vest reinforced with steel ringlets, and the two exterior pockets each had three small throwing knives sticking out of them. A crimson red cloth keeping his hair into a ponytail matched his loose, cut off pants which ended above his knees. The belt around his waist held a half empty purse, three more throwing knives and his long knife, the magical chordia. on his feet were a simple pair of leather boots, light enough for the warm weather.

Feeling lazy, and not in the mood to lighten other peoples purses, train with his throwing knives, or practice his magics, He decided that it was time to go fishing!

"Come on Chao, We're gonna go fishing!"He said this to the fox-sized creature on his shoulder and turned around, almost crashing into someone who was walking behind him.

The flame orange creature gave Shadow a confused look. But you don't eat fish, idiot. and neither do I. Why the hell are we going fishing?" Knowing he wasn't going to get an answer, Chao shook his head and resumed people watching as Shadow moved about the street and towards the lake.

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In about half an hour, the pair reached the shore of the lake, where Chao promptly jumped off of Shadow's shoulders and grew to his normal size , up to shadow's shoulder height. Shaking out his mane and three foot whiskers, Chao layed down next to Shadow who was setting up the fishing hook and line. After a moment of fiddling, Shadow twirled the line around his head and cast it into the lake.

Sighing, Shadow looked around. "Maybe something interesting will happen today, Chao. Maybe..."

A few hours passed, and Shadow hadn't caught anything. Chao had given up laughing at him and was curled into a ball, fast asleep. Shadow looked up into the sky and saw something strange. He roused Chao and pointed at the falling, flaming object hurtling across the sky.
"Uh... Chao... is it just me? or is the sky falling?"

Chao looked up and growled. "for once Shadow.... You're absolutely correct. It's current trajectory has it heading towards the ruins of Aesir... What are you doing?

Chao looked over at Shadow, who was pooling magical energy into his hands. Shadow grinned back at Chao. "I want to bring it over here. It isn't too big, and it's coming from the sky. Maybe it'll fetch a good price in the market!"

Chao shook his head and watched with mild interest as Shadow used his magic to catch the falling object and direct it toward the area where they were. "By the way it feels, i think it is one of those meteor things that the star gazers are always talking about. It's about as big as a curled up fox, and it is going really fast. but i've got it coming this way now..."

Shadow stopped and released his magic, eagerly watching the object. to his dismay, the object disintegrated as it traveled toward him, and the particles burned up before he could catch and preserve one.

"Aww... it looked like it was headed here too... maybe another one will fall over here!" Shadow scanned the sky with an eager expression. His red eyes flashed with frustration after a couple of minutes, as no more of the strange, fiery objects were to be seen in the sky.

Shadow went back to his fishing line to see something curious. the spool was slowly unraveling, being pulled into the lake. Sending a magical investigation down the string, he realized that it was no normal fish. whatever it was, it was pretty big.

So he started to reel it in, his curiosity getting the better of him.

[Tiy Lockheart]

[ooc: props on the post! =)]

Tiy had had a long day and it was about time that she just stopped and had some time for herself. As much as she loved sitting in her garden accompanied by her large wolf, Jez, she needed some time down by water. And judging on how hot the day had been, she knew that it would be a warm evening and she could probably take a swim. She walked into her room and pulled a simple purple summer dress and grabbed up a bag with a towel in it and headed to the lake. Jez came up behind her and bumped into the back of her knee. Tiy looked down at her and smiled, "All right, you can come. But you have to behave, all right?" she laughed lightly as Jez's tail beat against the ground and they headed out, locking the house behind them.

She had left a note on the table for Zeion telling him that she went to the lake for a swim and would be back later that evening. She knew that he would worry about her if she were too late or he would simply come down to find her, but she was sure that he would be all right once he knew that Jez was with her.

She made it to the shore and set her things down on a rock as she kicked off her sandals and then stepped into the water. It was cool, but not cold. She smiled and waded out into the water and then waved her hands at her head and her hair tied up with a black band and she dove into the water. She swam around for a bit and then came to the surface silently. She looked around and could see someone a ways away fishing. She would not bother him, but she swam a bit more and then felt a tug on the back of her dress. She looked over her shoulder and saw something tugging at her dress. She looked and laughed lightly as the young man that was sitting on the shore with the large animal was pulling pretty hard on it. She pulled the hook from her dress as she walked towards him and smiled lightly, stepping out of the water and standing next to him.

"Your hook got caught in my dress..." she smiled and she looked down at him. "I'm not much of a fish," she laughed lightly.

[Shadow De Vaezai]

Chao's head lifted when he sensed someone else heading for the lake. Shadow, who had been absorbed in his fishing, payed no heed.

As he reeled the line in, Shadow's attention was drawn to the other person in the lake. At first, he was slightly upset, because he knew that the presence of a swimmer meant that the fish were going to be on the other side of the lake.

When the swimmer came closer, he noticed that the woman seemed to be heading right toward him. Chao looked up with mild interest. Look at that! Shadow didn't catch a fish, he caught a woman!

Shadow glared at Chao and looking past the woman saw a large black creature on the bank where the swimmer came from. it seemed to be a dog, but shadow wasn't sure. He just kept reeling in his line, until suddenly the woman was standing in front of him, holding the hook.

Shadow immediately stood up. "I'm incredibly sorry! I did not mean to hook a person!" He smiled back, and shook his head. "No, you aren't. but that's only because you're a human."

Looking at the young woman again, he realized that he had absolutely no clue who she was. Chao didn't either. He came up, curiously sniffing the air, trying to get a feel of who she was. Shadow laughed. "Stop it Chao, I'm sure she's harmless."

Looking back at the young woman, he bowed with a flourish. "By the way, My name is Shadow DeVaezai, and my companion is Chao. Who might you be?"

[Tiy Lockheart]

Tiy smiled as she saw that the animal that was with him looked up at her. She nodded lightly to it and then as she reached the man, he stood up abruptly and apologized the hooking her. He did not mean to. She laughed lightly and shook her head gently. "I'm sure you did not mean it, accidents happen." she smiled again. His large animal stepped up slowly and sniffed her and she held out her hand so the creature. She smiled at the man again as he bowed and introduced himself and his pet. She nodded to him, noting his bow, and then introduced herself. "I am Lady Tiy Lockheart. But you may call me Tiy. It is very nice to meet you Shadow. And you too, Chao." she whistled over to Jez and she came bounding around the edge of the lake to her side.

Jez sat down, her head coming to Tiy's breast and Jez looked over at Chao, wagging her tail lightly. "This is my wolf, Jez."

'Nice to meet you' Jez spoke to Chao telekineticly.

"I have not seen you around before, Shadow. Are you new to the Kingdom?" Tiy asked. It was true, she had not seen him before, even though she made it her business to know everyone in the Kingdom.

[Shadow De Vaezai]

Chao was startled by the appearance of the large wolf. it was easily as big as Chao was, but he nodded in return to the greeting. Quite a pleasure.

Shadow laughed. "Ah me, No I am not knew to the kingdom. This has been my home for the past thirty six years!"

Chao snorted. Shadow... you're only 34 years old. and you've lived here for twenty five years.
Shadow nudged Chao, and continued. "OK, so maybe I'm only 34. Point remains, I've been here all my life, when I'm not off on an adventure. But you wouldn't have seen me much, Lady Tiy, unless you happened around that old thieves guild, or had corrupt and fat men around you, which you still wouldn't have seen me." Shadow sighed. "this, sadly, is because I am a master thief, assassin, and an aspiring magician!" Shadow snapped his fingers and a small jet of flame erupted from his thumb. Snapping again, the flame disappeared.

Turning toward the wolf, Shadow nodded and telepathically spoke to her. a pleasure to meet you and your companion.

Shadow quickly looked to the sky, as did Chao. there was a small glimmer in the distance. Shadow, shading his eyes with his hand, smiled. "Hey! another one of those Sky rocks! and this one IS headed right toward us!"

turning to Lady Tiy, Shadow smiled mischievously. "Do you know anything about the heavens, Tiy? Do you have any knowledge of the stars? Well, if you do... " Shadow pointed at the glimmer. "Then that's going to prove interesting to both of us."

[Tiy Lockheart]

(ooc: Yay! you replied! i like this thread =))

She smiled as he said that he had been here all his life and that he was not seen very much because he was a thief, assassin and magician. He snapped his fingers and a fire appeared above his thumb. Tiy laughed lightly and ran her hand over the flame before he put it out and tossed the flame back and forth between her hands and then threw it up in the air as she pointed at the water and raised a ball of it up to surround the flame and then douse it as the water fell to the ground again. "I am a Mage, from the School of Magic and a Professor there as well." She smiled.

He looked up in the sky and then asked her about the sky rocks. She turned and looked up to where he was pointing. "Oh. I do know of the heavens and that is a space rock. They sometimes are able to fall through our sky and land on our world..." She said to him and then turned towards him again, a light smile on her face.