| Jon | Date: Friday, 2010-02-26, 0:29 AM | Message # 1 |
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| Since he had been cursed, Oni knew that he had forgotten much of what he had once known… knowledge, power, ability… it had all been ripped from him, like his true shape.
All he was now, to the people of the lands, was a monster… yet, not one that spread fear or terror… but one that simply looked different from everyone else.
And he hated that. He hated how he had lost everything, he hated how even his friends and family had begun to shun him… but in truth, he only had himself to blame. He had tried to defend his master from the witch… only to be cursed with this form, and then banished by his master… who had, in turn, been transformed into a pig-like humanoid.
Sighing, Oni looked up at the sky as he sat with his legs folded in the middle of the forest. His sword was laid besides him, his hands resting at his thighs as he relaxed, reaching into himself. Even his ability to sense the auras of other near him had been lost… He could not remember when he last had possessed a level of power this low.
But he could not let it deter him… and so, he focused. He knew it was all just a matter of focus. Of reaching into himself… and then reaching out for whatever else was out there, to try and sense it. The wind rushed through his fur as he sat still in the forest for hours… only just beginning to feel the presence of other living beings. Of course, nothing exceptionally strong lived in this area… But the forest was filled with animal life. Life that he had to reach out to and feel, if he wanted to regain his old abilities.
And so, he remained, sitting in the exact same spot for days, not sleeping, not eating, not doing anything but searching inside himself for the focus that he once had. Searching for the lost ability, for the lost power… for the lost him.
The first time he had done that had been tough enough… oddly, knowing what he had to do did not make it easier in any way.
It only made it harder to have knowledge of what he once had, but now had to fight to regain…
The wind rushed through his fur, playing lightly with his tail, a fact that thoroughly annoyed Oni… he did not want this body. He did not want that damn tail… he just wanted to be himself again… he just wanted to feel everything around him, as he once had.
Days would pass again… and finally, he begun to feel it. Begun to feel the inklings of the beings around him… begun to feel the animals that ran through the forest. He knew that he could not do much more, at this point… but he had to try, at the least…
Still, he opened his eyes. He would regain his old strength yet. All he had to do was to be patient. --- 507 words
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