Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24736819-20141208164428/@comment-5583506-20150111171541

Zoordovahsil wrote: (You know...Kyrie and you know whom. xD) (Thought I would wait until someone returns and discovers what has happened to the Sanctum. Kyrie is still just an Apprentice and need someone to acknowledge Ran'Jinro's recommendation for her to be a Knight, before she can take matters like those into her own hands.

Beware of the sappy post below!)

The next week had been... strange to say the least... Ever since that moment in the forest she and Ra'Danji had barely been able to speak to each other or even look at each other without falling silent.

''Why did you have to do it? Now I barely have anyone to talk to! Stupid Ra'Danji!''

This day she would go out for a swim and reflect over things that had crossed her mind the past few days. During her short time in the village she had learnt of a small pond in the deeper parts of the forest where she could be left alone.

She hung her clothes over a branch of a nearby oak and entered the cool waters. It stung a bit inside her metallic hand, but it had done so ever since... well... ever since she remembered that she had one.

As she lay floating on her back in the waters, looking up at the sky, she thought of a couple of things which she seemed to have remembered these passing days. The first memory she had was that of another Khajiit; an old, weary Khajiit with a kind smile. She did not know what he meant to her, but she knew that he was someone very dear to her. The second one was that of a great palace of stone, with alcoves rising several metres up to the roof and floors of shining marble. Somehow just thinking of it made it feel like she was thinking of her real home, but her intuition told her that she was glad to be out of there.

Whatever these memories meant she had no idea, she was trying to puzzle them together. An old Khajiit and a grand structure in stone, and her in between. What would that make? So far as she knew Khajiits did not live luxurous lives in halls of stone with decorations fit for a king.

She didn't get to ponder upon the subject further before she heard the tall grass rustle. It was Ra'Danji, standing by the tree and looking at her.

She quickly dived down in the water until only her head was visible. "Ra'Danji?! What the hell?!"

"Sorry!" he said and shifted his gaze somewhere else. "I... didn't know you were here."

"Well, I am!" she growled.

He shrugged. "You see, this is awkward. You found my secret bathing pond, it seems."

"Yours?"

"Well, I don't know about mine and mine, but let's just say that I am the only one in the village who knows of this tranquil place. Well, that is to say until now."

"I see", she muttered, still not coming up to the surface. "Well, I was just about to leave anyway, so you can have your privacy."

"No, by all means. Don't mind me. I will just sit behind the tree until you are finished. You see, there are couple of things I would like to talk to you about."

As he started to walk over to the tree she got up to the surface and turned her back on him and began washing her arms. "Whatever you have to say can wait until we are back in the village."

"No. What I want to say is best if we are alone."

She remained still for a moment and waited for him to say something else. "So... what's on your mind then? Must be something of deadly importance if you even bothered to see me naked for you to say it."

He sighed behind the tree. "It's complicated, Sunshine..."

"Complicated how?" she glared over her shoulder to make sure he wasn't peeking. Luckily for him, he wasn't. "If you are going to sit there and stutter like an idiot, I am going to get up, get myself dry and head back to the village, if you don't mind? So speak up!"

There was a moment of silence. She almost thought for a moment that he had died all of a sudden, but then he spoke.

"Sunshine, do you... uhm... do you remember, if you have... anyone?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, do you remember if you have anyone you... care for? Someone you love?"

She shrugged. "Love? I barely know what the word means, Ra'Danji. The little parts I remember of my previous life surely didn't include what you call 'love', in fact I remember that I was too... busy... to have time for that sort of thing." She made a small pause. "Too busy training..."

''Training? Training for what? Where did that come from all of a sudden?''

"Training?" said Ra'Danji. "Did you train how to fight bandits then, because that would make a whole lot of sense?"

"I... don't know? Maybe?" she snickered. "And yes, that would make a whole lot of sense. Only now that you mention it I remember that I was training with a sword... in a... in a courtyard... in a palace of stone... together with... with... with my... with my father... whose name was... was..."

''Say it already. You have it on your tongue!''

"Rashka!" she exclaimed. "My father's name was Rashka!"

"You remember?!" said Ra'Danji cheerfully and peered out from behind the oak.

"Hey!" she snarled and he immediately disappeared beyond sight. "Yeah, I do remember now. At least some things. I remember the names of people in that strange palace. Jah'Rakal, Ran'Jinro, Darik, Xander, Elen, Kyrie, Belindie, Kavari. I don't know yet what they mean to me, but I know that I used to... live there... with them."

She had not heard him approach, she only heard the sound of the splash before a small wave of water overwhelmed her and made her hair hang down over her eyes, blinding her.

"What now?!" she growled and fumbled her way through the air. "Whatever stone you were throwing in the water it was not funny, Ra'Danji! I will..."

She suddenly bumped into something hard and had to part her wet hair in order to see clearly. Ra'Danji stood in front of her with a coy smile. She just found that she had placed her hands on his majestically trained rib cage.

''Just when does he find the time to train? ''Was all she could think of. Since he is smiling like a buffoon all the time it is a wonder he ever finds the time.

"Uhm..."

She wanted to be angry at him, but when she realised that he had undressed behind the tree and gotten down into bath together with her, the situation was all too embarrassing for her to find something clever to say.

"What's the matter?" he asked. "A bath is best shared if you ask me. Helps to have someone to talk to over matters like these, you know?"

"Uhm... I don't know? I haven't really..."

He adjusted her hair behind her shoulder. "You look pretty, Sunshine. Not only are you beautiful, but you are clever and kind as well."

''Kind? Hardly how I would describe it...''

She felt how her cheeks were almost burning up. "I... I should really get up now... I am all clean and that little small talk with you really helped, so thanks..."

He leaned in closer to her, still smiling. "I want to kiss you again, Sunshine. Just like I said I would, but only with your approval."

She trembled and she couldn't really tell whether it was the fact that she was all wet and the air was cooling her down, or whether that she was unsure of what he would do if she said no.

"I... I guess so?" It was probably the most stupid response she had ever come up with and she knew it.

"Excellent", he said.

He wrapped his arms around her and pressed her close to him until her breasts hit his muscular frame. She whimpered something as their lips met once again, but this time with less struggle than the last time. To her surprise her arms automatically responded and grabbed him around his neck, pulling him closer to her.

He snickered and pulled himself away. "Your hand is cold, Sunshine."

She looked at her Dwemer contraption. "S-Sorry!"

He shook his head. "It's alright. Let's try again, shall we?"

She slowly nodded and this time everything went alot more smoother than previous times. Locked in a loving embrace they pressed against each other once again, breathing in each others scent, feeling their body heat rise to a maximum. His hands began to examine every part of her. Her neck, her breasts, her waist... and she would let him, without as much as a single complaint.

They only stopped again when she felt something hard hit against her stomach. "Eh?"

Ran'Jinro pulled himself away a second time and quickly dived into the water as she had done before him. He blushed. "Ehrm... I think it would... be best if we stop for now..." He cleared his throat. "I think we were doing a little too well, if you know what I mean?"

She nodded as if she understood, but the truth was that she wasn't entirely sure of what he had meant.

"Listen", he began. "I just wanted you to know that I have come to grow fond of you, Sunshine. Very fond. And I wanted to make sure that you feel the same as I do. Please, say that you do, otherwise..." He shrugged. "Otherwise, these coming days will be even more awkward than they were before."

This time she approached him and he discreetly swam backwards to make sure that she wouldn't feel that part of his body again. "I... I think I do, Ra'Danji. This was... nice", she said and smiled. "I can definitely not recall that anyone has ever made me feel like... like I did just now. And I want to feel it again."

He nodded assuringly. "That can be arranged. Uhm... would you... mind if I stayed here for just another five minutes or so? I need some time to... cool down."

She snickered. "I understand. I will head back to the village and help Si'Tarri prepare the dinner." She placed a kiss on his nose. "Come back soon."

She then got out of the pond completely indifferent this time to the fact that he was watching her. What was there to be ashamed about? If he enjoyed looking at her, she would let him. She redressed and tousled her hair to make it dry faster.

"You truly are beautiful, Sunshine", said Ra'Danji from the pond as he watched her. "Never forget that, because I sure as hell won't."