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Topic Started: Mar 2 2013, 11:40 PM (354 Views)
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Aevia
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Mar 2 2013, 11:40 PM
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It was another early morning for the monk. She trotted out to her normal training spot and began with meditation, she hummed and began her meditation. Sitting cross legged across from Ziah, their minds in sync. The mother and daughter's spirits 'breathed' together.
Both of their forms rose off of the ground, Aevia's eyes closed in concentration and thought. A faint blue aura grew around the two and slowly turned green, gathering the earth's energy then suddenly exploding the faint green aura out from the two. The earth and trees and bushes around them shone brighter, their colors were richer, a near by shrub grew and inch taller.
Aevia had been studying more herbal and nature books and tombs and learned of this incantation and decided to try it out before her physical training began as well as to heal any wounds she could have and did cause.
She stretched her limps, time for balance. Ziah stuck her self into the earth below, while Aevia, on all fours, readied herself. A red form shot up into the air and landed on the staff's other end. She stayed there one hoof on the staff, her other back leg bent at the knee, the hoof attached to the said leg was contacting the other back leg at a right angle, while her front hooves were straight up in the air, exalting the sun.
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Mar 6 2013, 05:43 PM
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Heart sat by the bedside of her patient, carefully monitoring her vitals and stats. Her heartbeat was normal, that was good, but a score of other things were still below average. However, her condition was steadily improving, a sign that she would soon return to full health. Heart looked at her patient, a small white filly pegasus with an electric blue mane.
Heart brushed his mane out of his face before getting up. There was something she could retrieve to help her patient's condition. However, it required her to find more than a hooffull of medicinal herbs and flowers. It wasn't hard to prepare, only hard part was gathering the herbs and flowers required to make the potion.
Heart prepared her standard illusion, a small yellow earth pony filly, and trotted to the door. She turned back one last time. "I'll be back in a few hours. I'm going to make you a special potion that tastes like cotton candy! Seeya Moon. " she told the somewhat conscious pegasus.
Several hours later, Heart had gathered all the materials to make her potion, all but one. It was the leave of a very particular shrub located somewhere in the whitetail woods.
Another hour of searching layer, she spotted the shrub. Heart approached it relieved that her search was over. However, she heard somepony nearby and immediately cast and invisibility spell over her. Heart crept up silently on the other pony, hoping she wasn't hostile. It was something sort of mink, balancing on an odd looking staff. She stood there, curious to see what would happen.
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Aevia
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Mar 8 2013, 09:35 AM
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The red Monk's ears twitched. "We have a visitor" Ziah said to Aevia. With out moving a muscle, Aevia said, "We know you are there."
The monk hopped down from Ziah and sat on her haunches, Ziah followed suit and waited. Aevia started to meditate and felt the other's presence. "Hmm.. Interesting you must be...a unicorn because I feel the magic aura present...interesting...why must you hide?"
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Mar 8 2013, 09:48 AM
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Heart silently panicked. Her mind raced with thoughts, each one some variation of a 'fight or flight' mentality. However, she just froze, unable to move. Heart still had her illusion up, but even that was unsteady. The mare began to slowly back up.
"N... No one's here... " she barely spoke.
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Aevia
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Mar 8 2013, 01:07 PM
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Aevia remained calm and didn't move a muscle except for the ones needed to speak. Meanwhile, Ziah decided to rest.
"Lying now? Hmmm.. Usually means your are hiding something." She assumed. The stranger's aura was yellow, meaning fear...but there was something weird about this one's aura. She could sense this stranger was a smaller pony. Must be a filly, a scared filly.
"It's okay. I won't hurt you, little filly. Come on out." She said in her sweetest voice.
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Mar 8 2013, 02:19 PM
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Heart walked nervously forward, ever knowing of the possible risk of discovery in the forest. She had already taken her illusion down in the forest TWICE and she was determined, at all costs, not to be discovered again. Besides, she always knew that the worst of the worst ponies hid out in forests, something that was easily provable through her past.
Eventually, Heart peered here illusionary head through the bushes. It was a small yellow filly with a crimson mane. Her big blue eyes peered right at Aevia.
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Mar 8 2013, 03:30 PM
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Aevia opened her eyes and smiled the cute yellow filly. However, she still could feel a strange aura coming off of the filly.
"I won't hurt you. In reality, you really could hurt me." She said softly. Knowing that this filly wasn't just a filly.
Ziah 'woke' from her rest and did her favorite thing, she spun high into the air. Wandering the trees aimlessly.
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Mar 8 2013, 03:55 PM
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Heart tilted her head to the side. She was confused by this strange pony's statement. 'You could really hurt me...' the thought replayed itself over and over again in her mind. Could this pony already tell that she was in an illusion? Or was she just so weak that she could not hope to fight a... filly? No, that clearly did not make sense. Heart assumed the first theory and deicided to play along.
"Ho...how can you tell?" she asked innocently.
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Mar 8 2013, 05:51 PM
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"It's simple." The monk said, "its the same way I can make Ziah do this." The staff came soaring through the trees back to the pony pair and spun horizontally above them.
Aevia smiled at the 'filly'. "The question is what is so bad that you are hiding? So much so. That you have to hide."
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Mar 8 2013, 06:15 PM
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Heart stuck her head through the bushes, slowly moving towards the red pony. She was scared, not knowing what this strange pony with even stranger powers could do.
"Thats... amazing. I dont know anypony else that can do that." Heart said as she finally exited the bushes.
"I'm Heart..." she spoke quietly.
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Mar 11 2013, 02:53 PM
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Aevia smiled and nodded her head to the 'filly'. "Heart, this is my Ziah." the staff 'bowed' by halting her spinning and tilting one gen infused end to the filly. "and I am Aevia." nodding her head.
Zaih spun down and lay parallel to the red monk a soft breeze blew by the pair. "Come and take a seat Heart. You are among friends." Noting the mare's question. "You probably haven't seen anyone else do that becasue no one else can do that to this caliber. However, what I am interested in is not what I can do, but what you are hiding."
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Mar 11 2013, 03:20 PM
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"H..hh..h.h..hiding? Im not h...hiding anything!" she squeaked. Heart was staring to panic. Nopony had ever been able to tell that something was wrong with her right off the bat. It scared her, as Heart did not know what this pony was capable of doing. Even though she was covered by an illusion, the illusion was still mimicing her face, an expression of fear.
"I.....Im not hiding anything m...miss Ae...Aevia and Ziah" she replied, shaking a bit. "Im just a normal filly!" she lied. Heart didnt enjoy lying, but knew it was neccesary to avoid giving up her illusion again. This pony was dangerous, Heart could tell. Call it mares intuition but she was scared to death of this random earthpony.
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Mar 12 2013, 12:07 AM
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She sighed. "I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't lie to me, Heart. I'm not going to hurt you. I don't hurt random ponies, unless they try to hurt me." Aevia said calmly.
"I took time out of my schedule to see what you are hiding. and to help you."
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Mar 12 2013, 05:17 AM
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'SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!!!' she mentally screamed to herself as she stood there. this was bad, reeeally bad. If Heart didnt run now she may be discovered. This pony could not only tell a physical illusion, but a verbal lie as well. Heaqtr was figuratively uot of cards and seriouslly thinking about bolting and hopefully escaping. However, there was a bush behind her that she needed, maybe... if she timed it right, it may work.
But...
Somthing changed, something made her stop and utter another word, not a lie... not the truth, just a description.
"Im... hiding who I am." she replied softly.
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Mar 12 2013, 07:48 AM
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Finally a breakthrough, but she had to follow this up cautiously. Engage counselor mode.
"Heart... calm down, I can sense your, panic. I know you are scared so I will tell you a story." Ziah sent out a soothing and claming aura to the scared filly, hopefully Heart would let this aura envelop her; however, it was her own decision.
"I was raised in a mountain range to the north west of Equestria, near Xi'ban. This is my mother Ziah, the staff that lays here before you. She died bringing me to safety from a fire that destroyed my home. I was only a year old when I was brought to a monastery in the mountains, Ziah died trying to protect me. I have trained there with a specialty in Aura's and Gemcraft for 20 year. I am also an unoffical monk master. That is how I can make Ziah do all these things; however, she still has free will."
Aevia didn't utter word and only looked at Heart, hoping she wou;d open up to her.
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