Recognition
author's note: recognition is easiest explained as love at first sight. two elves of the opposite sex see each other, suddenly know each other's soul names, which is the key to everything about them, make amazing love, and have a child in two years. recognition is undeniable. if an elf denies it, he or she dies.
recognition between two elves of the same sex is not technically possible, because of the whole procreating bit. recognition guarantees a child. two elves of the same sex who have figured out each other's soul names from that sudden eye contact are called Soul Siblings. an elf can willingly give his or her soul name to another elf, but that is a different experience. and that's all you really need to know here.
oh yeah. you should read this before you read this entry.
Alyial sighed, sitting at Allegro's side. The dark elf couldn't even remember when her white lover was awake. Last she recalled, she fainted at Rock Water. Now, at least an eight of days or two later, she was here, in her new, unfamiliar tree-den, surrounded by caves, trees, and beach. The land was beautiful; the water stretched as far as the eye could see, like a blue fabric with glitter all over it. The sand was white and soft, the caves were dark, secretive, and simply amazing natural wonders, and lush trees surrounded this new oasis. But Alyial had no energy or will to enjoy it. Her only concern was Allegro.
When Alyial woke in that cart, Allegro was already down. Her skin was deeply burned, and she still hadn't recovered. Healing her drained the healers, as Allegro's burn was not the only problem. The white elf had been sacrificing her share of water, food, and shelter for Alyial and their daughter, Darkfox. The cub was fine, and out with the tribe, playing with other elves or splashing about in the water. Alyial sat in the dark and watched over Allegro. Ribs were plainly seen on Allegro's dark pink, dry skin, and the hand Alyial clutched in hers was thin and bony. Allegro was also tormented by nightmares, asleep and calm at one point, groaning and crying the next. No one knew what to do other than let her heal.
Allegro started to twitch and tremble, quickly escalating to groaning and violent shaking. Alyial cried frantically, ~**Kaisa, Kaisa! Wake up, please!**~
Kaisa screamed at the sound of her soul name. She wanted to cry out to the strange, dark figure in her mind, wrongly using her real name. *Stop...don't say my name! It's my name, you have no right!* she yelled in her head, forgetting about Alyial, L'ren.
The dark elf crumpled over Allegro's unstable body, sobbing. "Kaisa...come back to me!"
The white blur chased the black shadow with the leaf-green eyes. They stared at her teasingly, playfully, cruelly. Just as they came within her reach, they disappeared. Kaisa collapsed on the floor of her mind, defeated. "Who are you...who am I? Why do you keep torturing me like this!?" she screamed into the white void. The shadow's voice started to gently echo around Kaisa, making the very air throb. It pleaded, begged, screamed, becoming louder and louder. All the words were jumbled together, making a desperate, very familiar but somehow alien sound. Kaisa covered her ears as the voices became louder and louder, more and more desperate. They pushed her in. The void was now a forest. A den. Beneath a fur. Kaisa curled up into the tightest ball she thought possible, afraid the decreasing white would squish her. It only got smaller. The voices echoed off the barriers, searing through Kaisa's head. Her entire body throbbed. Pulled together and ripped apart at the same time. The white closed in. She felt its barriers. Smaller. Tinier. Echoing. Pop.
The bleached elf's eyes snapped open, and she gasped as if she had just spent the last few minutes without breath. Alyial's emerald orbs went wide, and Allegro's gaze pierced through them like nothing, seeing past the green, looking straight into the black shadow that teased her so mercilessly.
L'ren. L'ren. L'ren.
It should have hit her all at once...the starvation, the burn, the incredible thirst. But Kaisa's only hunger was for L'ren. L'ren...a name she had known for so long, but now, she knew differently. L'ren and Kaisa had been together for many turns...both were comfortable using their soul names, and had desperately hoped for this day. L'ren now KNEW Kaisa, more than she ever had. With a shaky hand, Kaisa stroked L'ren's pitch cheek, wet with tears, while L'ren, who's stomach was twisting into all kinds of knots, rested her equally shaky hands on Kaisa's burned face. Both knew that to say anything would be the ruin of everything. Both felt that they were unable to move. Both felt that they would shatter into pieces at any moment.
Kaisa sat up slowly, under L'ren's careful, concerned gaze. She gently wiped the tears from her lifemate's green eyes, and wrapped her arms around her waist. L'ren's dark hands found Kaisa's shoulders, and she clutched them desperately, resting her head on her lifemate's shoulder. The white elf gently pulled L'ren down to the furs, kissing slowly all over her face. Black hands rubbed a white back, trailing down the curve of white hips, wrapping once again around her. Kaisa held L'ren close, and the two caressed each other tenderly, kissing and nuzzling slowly, weakly, shakily. The hunger was strong, stronger than either of them could handle, a deep ache spreading all over the body. L'ren and Kaisa looked desperately, passionately into each other's eyes, almost overwhelmed by sudden knowledge and feelings, and kissed deeply, holding each other with every ounce of strength.
~**Never let me go.**~
recognition between two elves of the same sex is not technically possible, because of the whole procreating bit. recognition guarantees a child. two elves of the same sex who have figured out each other's soul names from that sudden eye contact are called Soul Siblings. an elf can willingly give his or her soul name to another elf, but that is a different experience. and that's all you really need to know here.
oh yeah. you should read this before you read this entry.
Alyial sighed, sitting at Allegro's side. The dark elf couldn't even remember when her white lover was awake. Last she recalled, she fainted at Rock Water. Now, at least an eight of days or two later, she was here, in her new, unfamiliar tree-den, surrounded by caves, trees, and beach. The land was beautiful; the water stretched as far as the eye could see, like a blue fabric with glitter all over it. The sand was white and soft, the caves were dark, secretive, and simply amazing natural wonders, and lush trees surrounded this new oasis. But Alyial had no energy or will to enjoy it. Her only concern was Allegro.
When Alyial woke in that cart, Allegro was already down. Her skin was deeply burned, and she still hadn't recovered. Healing her drained the healers, as Allegro's burn was not the only problem. The white elf had been sacrificing her share of water, food, and shelter for Alyial and their daughter, Darkfox. The cub was fine, and out with the tribe, playing with other elves or splashing about in the water. Alyial sat in the dark and watched over Allegro. Ribs were plainly seen on Allegro's dark pink, dry skin, and the hand Alyial clutched in hers was thin and bony. Allegro was also tormented by nightmares, asleep and calm at one point, groaning and crying the next. No one knew what to do other than let her heal.
Allegro started to twitch and tremble, quickly escalating to groaning and violent shaking. Alyial cried frantically, ~**Kaisa, Kaisa! Wake up, please!**~
Kaisa screamed at the sound of her soul name. She wanted to cry out to the strange, dark figure in her mind, wrongly using her real name. *Stop...don't say my name! It's my name, you have no right!* she yelled in her head, forgetting about Alyial, L'ren.
The dark elf crumpled over Allegro's unstable body, sobbing. "Kaisa...come back to me!"
The white blur chased the black shadow with the leaf-green eyes. They stared at her teasingly, playfully, cruelly. Just as they came within her reach, they disappeared. Kaisa collapsed on the floor of her mind, defeated. "Who are you...who am I? Why do you keep torturing me like this!?" she screamed into the white void. The shadow's voice started to gently echo around Kaisa, making the very air throb. It pleaded, begged, screamed, becoming louder and louder. All the words were jumbled together, making a desperate, very familiar but somehow alien sound. Kaisa covered her ears as the voices became louder and louder, more and more desperate. They pushed her in. The void was now a forest. A den. Beneath a fur. Kaisa curled up into the tightest ball she thought possible, afraid the decreasing white would squish her. It only got smaller. The voices echoed off the barriers, searing through Kaisa's head. Her entire body throbbed. Pulled together and ripped apart at the same time. The white closed in. She felt its barriers. Smaller. Tinier. Echoing. Pop.
The bleached elf's eyes snapped open, and she gasped as if she had just spent the last few minutes without breath. Alyial's emerald orbs went wide, and Allegro's gaze pierced through them like nothing, seeing past the green, looking straight into the black shadow that teased her so mercilessly.
L'ren. L'ren. L'ren.
It should have hit her all at once...the starvation, the burn, the incredible thirst. But Kaisa's only hunger was for L'ren. L'ren...a name she had known for so long, but now, she knew differently. L'ren and Kaisa had been together for many turns...both were comfortable using their soul names, and had desperately hoped for this day. L'ren now KNEW Kaisa, more than she ever had. With a shaky hand, Kaisa stroked L'ren's pitch cheek, wet with tears, while L'ren, who's stomach was twisting into all kinds of knots, rested her equally shaky hands on Kaisa's burned face. Both knew that to say anything would be the ruin of everything. Both felt that they were unable to move. Both felt that they would shatter into pieces at any moment.
Kaisa sat up slowly, under L'ren's careful, concerned gaze. She gently wiped the tears from her lifemate's green eyes, and wrapped her arms around her waist. L'ren's dark hands found Kaisa's shoulders, and she clutched them desperately, resting her head on her lifemate's shoulder. The white elf gently pulled L'ren down to the furs, kissing slowly all over her face. Black hands rubbed a white back, trailing down the curve of white hips, wrapping once again around her. Kaisa held L'ren close, and the two caressed each other tenderly, kissing and nuzzling slowly, weakly, shakily. The hunger was strong, stronger than either of them could handle, a deep ache spreading all over the body. L'ren and Kaisa looked desperately, passionately into each other's eyes, almost overwhelmed by sudden knowledge and feelings, and kissed deeply, holding each other with every ounce of strength.
~**Never let me go.**~