Learning to Talk

by **EnglishAlex13** Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:15 pm

The grass was warm and soft underfoot in the open clearing as the sun shone down bathing Jesse in it's live-giving energy. It was a calm day with no wind yet the trees and plants surrounding him still danced; each in their own time yet all in harmony. Jesse knew that this was nothing out of the ordinary however, knowing that the forest he was in was the home of many nymphs and other woodland creatures. He had learnt this about a month ago but ever since he was young he had always known there was something more to nature than you first see and it was that sense of greater being that had brought him to Demi God Academy in the first place.
He dropped his shoes onto the forest floor and took off his jacket and shirt to reveal a very pale and fairly thin chest. Dropping these on top of his shoes he lay down next to them on his back and stared up into the blue sky above. The clouds drifted lazily across it as though they too felt like it was too nice of a day to hurry or rush. He closed his eyes and let himself become part of the forest; the energy from the grass under his back flowed through him and a feeling of utter peace overcame him, he felt as though he could lie here for ever as part of nature, the sounds of the forest his lullaby and the grass and flora beneath him his bed.

by **spaceraiderz** Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:02 pm

Hmm. Must be a squirrel.

by **Hawk** Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:10 pm

Louis walked through the trees of the forest, admiring how beautiful it was today. He knew everything there was to know about the forest, he could walk through the trees with his eyes closed. Louis spent, almost all of his free time in the forest, whenever he had a break from protecting demi gods that is. He saw in the distance a young girl walking around, she seemed to be waiting for something. Louis looked in her direction and noticed a young boy laying on the ground, in the clearing. Strange, he thought to himself, sometimes he wondered about these demi-gods and their strange antics.

by **EnglishAlex13** Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:23 pm

Jesse lay on the grass and in his meditative state he started to hear whispers; but not disturbing and worrying whispers of insanity. No, these were pleasant as though a summer breeze was blowing through his mind; clearing out all of his bad thoughts and memories. He knew what they were because, like the numinous feeling he got whenever he connected with nature, he had heard these ever since he could remember. They were telling him something now though; two other sentient life forms were approaching him and neither were hostile.
This news reassured him that he was safe in this forest and he continued to day-dream in his meditation.

by **spaceraiderz** Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:27 pm

"Ouch..."

by **Hawk** Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:37 pm

"Thats what you get for killing an innocent little ant." I replied from behind the girl, as i stepped out of the shadows. "what makes you think you have the right to end the life of something that had nothing to do with you?" I questioned her, upset. I walked towards the girl, menacingly. "Honestly you people have no respect for anything, not animals, not nature, nothing. Its terrible to see people like you destroying such a beautiful thing."

by **EnglishAlex13** Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:42 pm

Jesse's feeling of tranquility and awe ended for a split second as something died of an unnatural cause; but then everything was calm again and he drifted back into his half-sleep. He felt like he couldn't get up from the soft, comfortable grass, but even if he could he wouldn't want to. His life was perfect right now; he had no problems, no worries and not a care in the world.

by **spaceraiderz** Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:06 pm

"He was ready to die. The soul had outlasted it's will, and it was disconnecting. Me squishing it was how his fate had been pre-determined. The Fates had made it so; I am merely here to carry out the menial work."

"'We people' have full respect for nature. Death is a part of nature. 'We people' have a full respect for death, and all her friends. So please, don't get self righteous before you know the facts."

by **Hawk** Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:32 pm

Louis looked shocked by the response, words seemed to fail him. "..., ..., well ive never really thought of it that waybefore. But, i guess if you think of it that way it makes sense." Louis replied after a few moments. Louis's face went red, he had just been stood up by a daughter of death about a fact of nature. Nature was his area of expertice, death however was not. Even though he didnt consider death a part of nature in the way of plants and animals, he still felt like he was stupid.

by **EnglishAlex13** Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:52 pm

Jesse continued to lie on the forest floor; he had never gotten to be still with nature for this long before, he'd always been distracted by something. But not today, today was perfection. As he lay on the spongy grass, he started to feel the smooth tendrils of the grass start to grow and cover his bare chest; it felt nice; as though someone was gently tickling him and he knew that this was what he wanted most in the world. To lie here and just be over-taken by the earth.
But no. He knew he couldn't do that. He knew what would happen if he let the grass cover him. He would become a part of it forever and his mortal body would be used as nutrients for the rest of the forest. He'd continue to live, but only as a spirt of the forest.
And it was this realisation that kick-started him to wrench his arms off the warm, comfortable, seducing ground and pull himself up into a sitting position. And the new feeling was strange and foreign to him after such satisfaction; everything wrong with the world came flooding back to him and suddenly, in the middle of the open clearing on a beautiful summer's day, Jesse was cold. He pulled his T-shirt back on and stared at the ground, thinking about how close he had just been to never coming back to reality. He sat there and let this sink in.

by **spaceraiderz** Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:57 pm

"Just because you don't think it's conventionally in your ideals about your chosen subject, doesn't mean that you avoid it's nasty bits."

I apologize for shortness, but roo is sick.

by **Hawk** Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:54 am

I am so sorry I really dont know what to post now, Maybe Jesse could get involved in the conversation at this moment.

by **EnglishAlex13** Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:47 pm

Feeling the sun start to burn his pale neck, Jesse stood, picked up his jacket and shoes and looked around into the surrounding trees. To his right he could see two figures; one human and one Satyr and, feeling no strong desire to initiate a conversation with new people, he turned and left the open clearing back the way he had come. Back into the forest.

Sorry, Hawk but Jesse wouldn't randomly join a conversation with two people he doesn't know. Sad

by **Hawk** Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:54 pm

OOC: so then what was the point of this whole RP topic?

by **EnglishAlex13** Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:00 pm

To develop my character; I don't believe you can create a character and instantly know them. That's what I'm doing differently with this one. Just creating a topic with a really long story in though sounded not only fairly boring but also I thought it would seem quite arrogant and also this way we get to enjoy each others' writing. Smile

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