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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:08:42 GMT -5
Kyuukon sat down under the shade of a lone tree in her backyard, waiting for Michelle. She was taking a few pictures out of her folder: the wolf-hyena, the kyuukon sitting with the sunset in the backround and the most recent one, and a paper with three jukain scetches.
She waited for Michelle, eyes wide open to look for any golden wild African cats... Still, Michelle wouldn't be one if she was trying to hide her secret (if she had a secret), so she stayed in the shadows to hide.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 14:12:00 GMT -5
Michelle knew better than to turn into an animal, so instead she yelled, "Ky, where are you?!"
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:15:18 GMT -5
Oh, well, thought Kyuukon. "I'm over here, Michelle!" she called, waiting for her to come over.
"Hey, did you bring any of your drawings? We could like...comment on each others! Artist to artist, you know?" She moved out of the shade and picked up her pictures, dusting off some dirt.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 14:20:17 GMT -5
[Strains eyes to see tiny font]
"I brought a few, but they arn't too good," Michelle responded, she brought some of her drawings of Servals, Cheetahs, Ocelots, Fennecs, Sand Cats, Africon Wild Dogs, and Dholes, her favorite animals.
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:23:55 GMT -5
OOC: Yikes, sory! I didn't know what that one looked like. It was like, preformated text...
Kyuukon smiled at her friend. "No, they're fine," she said. She gave her her pictures and studied Michelle's.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 14:25:23 GMT -5
"Erm, what are these creatures?" Michelle asked as she looked at Ky's drawings.
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:35:09 GMT -5
Ky grinned and pointed to the firey, golden fox. "That is a kyuukon, named after me. Basically a beautiful, fire-breathing fox."
She pointed to the green reptile. "A jukain. It can also slither along on all fours. It heals trees."
She looked next at her unamed beast. "It has no name... I'm still trying to figure out one. It has slight shadow powers but usually fights with its powerful teeth." She said this all very casually like it was no big deal she made up such odd animals.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 14:36:51 GMT -5
"Okay...." Michelle said, looking at the unnamed beast, "My drawings are of real animals, wild cats and dogs, but these are cool."
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:44:25 GMT -5
"Uh...thanks. That fennec is cute, and so is that serval!" Kyuukon said.
Sighing, she added, "Yeah, what was with you today? I think I was loosing my mind, but you always come in with your hair...err...different, and your hands looked funny when you got sick... I just want to know, but if it's a secret, I understand." I hope she has the courage to tell me, then I can tell her about my powers.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 14:49:49 GMT -5
"Ummm, well...... don't tell any one, not even Sarita or Faith, not yet at least. But, I can turn into animals, and sometimes it happens when I get mad, like when I got 'sick' today. Not all animals, only cats, dogs and their wild forms, and I can talk to animals. I know how freakish this must sound to you, but it's true," Michelle was releived, she had finally told someone her secret, yet now that she had, she wondered why she did it.
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 14:58:48 GMT -5
Kyuukon sighed. "No, I think it's pretty cool! Thanks for telling me, Michelle."
After a moment's hesitation she said, "I...I have powrs, too. Changing into almost any animal I make up, as long as I know everything about them. Like the kyuukon and jukain. And...as soon as I get this guy a name, I can change into that too." There. Her secret was out, and she as well was feeling a lot better. The only other person who knew was her brother, and he was good at keeping this secret, at least. She stared harder at the hyena, trying to think.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 15:01:28 GMT -5
"Really!? So I'm not that weird afterall, is that why you invited me over, because you guessed I had powers too?"
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 15:06:33 GMT -5
Ky laughed again. "Well, with you looking...odd...so often, it was kind of hard for me to not guess that! No offence meant, though."
She looked around for a while. "My brother won't be out of school for at least another half-hour, and he already knows about me anyway; my mom called earlier and said that she would be a little late home. Do you think you could...show me...if you wanted to? No one's around, it seems." Even if Michelle did show her her powers, Kyuukon didn't know if she would be able to. She had been protecting her secret for a very long time, and it seemed odd to reveal them to anyone.
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Post by Animal Guardian~Ixion~Michelle on Jan 14, 2006 15:13:09 GMT -5
"Sure," Michelle said, she wasn't to protective of her secret, "What animal should I turn into?"
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Post by ||The|White|Owl|| on Jan 14, 2006 15:21:43 GMT -5
OOC: Oops, I've been misspelling Kyuukon, I think. Perhaps it is really Kyukon... Hehe...
Kyuukon shrugged at her question and then was hit by a spark of creativity. "Turn into whatever you like, perhaps a domestic animal, so it doesn't look as suspicious. But...I have a name for the hyena thing! Guraena!" She got out a sheet of paper with a lot of writing on it and began erasing furiously and writing the name in different parts.
It now read:
"Guraena looks like a large gray wolf or hyena with large, powerful claws and teeth. When preparing an attack, Guraena starts to growl deeply and flattens its body. If further provoked, it will bite savagely fangs. When captured however, it will always obey its trainer's commands. In the wild, Guraena travel and act as a pack and it never defies it's leaders orders. Their teamwork is what helps them win in battle. The memory of its life in the wild compels the animal to obey only those trainers that it recognizes to possess superior skill."
She gave this paper to Michelle. "These may seem odd, but here are some summaries. I add in the details in my head, but these are the basics to the wierd things I make. These are what I'm really working on when we are at lunch, not the essays..."
"Kyuukon is very intelligent, but vengeful; Kyuukon have been recorded going to extreme lengths to enact complicated revenge on those that offend or harm them. They have good senses of smell and hearing.
Kyuukon is the longest-lived of most mortal animals; it can live well beyond a thousand years. Gender may play a role in this; three times as many females are born than males; in most species females outlive the males.
Its signature attacks derive from two flame sacs located in the neck, which project from two ports on the back of the mouth. Although its flame is not as hot as other species (such as a dragon), it can project flame for a longer period of time than most species (save the dragon). If these flame sacs are punctured, the animal suffers a fate similar to liver failure if not quickly treated.
Kyuukon, as a species, have a weak point when it comes to young; in the universe, tales of Kyuukon helping children (and their parents, if present) out of blazing buildings or through harsh winter climates are common. They also perform the same courtesy for baby animals. However, they do not raise animals of other species, nor humans, any more often than a normal animal.
According to legend, 9 noble saints were united and reincarnated into this creature. Some legends claim that each of its nine "spirits" has its own unique type of special power. They are attributed with many mystical powers: laying curses, mind control, the ability to control fire, invisibility, and more. However, these reports are only sporadically reported, if at all."
Kyuukon laughed. "Long; you don't have to read all of it..."
"The leaves growing on Jukain's body are very sharp-edged. This animal is very agileāit leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.
Jukain has seeds growing on its back. They are said to be bursting with nutrients that revitalize trees. This animal raises the trees in a forest with loving care.
In the jungle, its power is without equal. This animal carefully grows trees and plants. It regulates its body temperature by basking in sunlight."
Kyuukon sighed. "I'll turn into Guraena to test it." She watched Michelle, waiting for her to change first.
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