oh so granular and gritty (Kyethra)

[Zareuk Valrikin]

The fox and the hound? Oh no, there was no such thing here. Now it was the fox and the raven. Oh what an odd pair they must have looked like whenever they traveled together through the countryside of Japan. Well, maybe they weren't as odd as some of the groups that he had heard of before. There was some dog demon and an imp that followed him. Then a fox and a cat as well. So nothing to worry about indeed. All would be fine here. Besides he was sure they could find for themselves out here now.

Yet, these bloodlines and races weren't what worried him now. No, what worried him was the sudden increase in attack on demons. Well it wasn't like he'd ever really cared for half demons or humans but that didn't mean they had to come after him. He'd done noting wrong but slayed a few people here and there over the years. That was just what you had to do to stay alive in the odd world that he called home. It was a matter of life and death everyday. He knew there were those stronger too.

A small black and teal figure made his way to the riverside. One paw was lifted and set upon the sandy bank. Yes, this was the perfect spot for them to stop! The fox then transformed into a humanoid figure. His blue violet gaze looked on through teal bangs at all of the sand before him. He flashed the world a fanged grin and then bent over and scooped up the small grains into his hands. With zero hesitation he threw the gains back up into the air and cheered as they spread out across the sky above him then.

It was only through a demonic magic that he was able to keep the grains levitating in the air. This was something that he loved to do whenever he got the chance for it. There was no turning back. He'd catch her if she was in the air and make her face one of her greatest fears. Oh how cruel he was indeed but it would become a matter of magic and skill. Almost like a game of cat and mouse unless the mouse in the case decided to turn around and attack back. That as never very fun.

"Kyethra," he called back in the cheerful tone. It was here that he would watch out for her. You never knew when the raven youkai would come from the ground or come from the air. It was just some weird thing that she did all the time to confuse him. At least, that was what he had convinced himself. It wasn't really his fault that he couldn't fly the way she did. Instead he'd been born the shapeshifter of the demon kind with that kitsune blood following through his veins so naturally it almost burned his body.

[Kyethra]

The wind tugged at her silver hair as she soared through the sky, her black wings spread wide to catch the air, gliding along the wind currents. She loved the freedom her wings gave her. She was able to travel to so many places and see so many things. It was hard to think of a life without flight. Whenever she saw someone confined to ground, she wondered how they dealt with walking all the time. The scenery was so boring and plain on the ground. In the sky, there were so many perspectives and so much to see! How could anyone live their life without flying?

She discretely tailed her odd fox companion from a distance in the sky, curious as to what he was up to. The river came into view quickly from her high vantage point, and she was already suspicious. She hovered for a moment and watched him play with - ugh - sand. Her sensitive ears could pick up his mischievous voice calling her name. Why should she come? He was playing with gross, gritty, dirty, annoying sand. She wanted nothing to do with that.

Kyethra had had way too many encounters with the annoying winds in a desert. Sand would blow everywhere and scratch at her skin and irritate her wings. After all that, she would feel so gross and in dire need of a bath, and even after she cleaned herself, she would always find some hidden grit in her feathers or hair. Plus, her clothes would be so horrible hard to clean. Sand was just evil. She hated sand and avoided it at all costs.

Against her better judgment, she flew toward her odd companion and his sand trap. Once she was at a comfortable distance she glared at Zareuk with teal eyes. "Put that down," she commanded, pointing a clawed finger at the ground for emphasis. She stayed airborne, flapping her wings slowly, tense and ready to flee if the kitsune decided to send those annoying grains her way.

[Zareuk Valrikin]

He only had a slight sense of a bird's eye view of the world. Other than just jumping high in the air at times he'd never paid much attention to it. No the ground was his place. It was how he was born and raised. If he flew all the time like his feather friend then we would be sick all the time. There was only so much that he would have been able to handle. The feel of the dirt sinking in between his paws when he traveled was the feeling that he'd grown to love.

A flicker of his ear would come to the sound of something interrupting the current of the air besides himself. Though this sand that he played with wouldn't do much to turn anything. Grains d dirt and sand always traveled through the wind so it was nothing new. Though this flapping sound he knew all to well. It was nothing but his best friend Kyethra. Well he considered her a best friend but never knew how she felt about him. Maybe she just had nothing better to do with her time? He could always be useful if need be.

That blue and purple gaze shifted around to look back at Kyethra who hadn't landed to far away from him. A look of disappointment was gather on his face because of the way that she now avoided him. What was he supposed to do about something like that? It wasn't like he'd done anything to her in a long time. There was no need to fear dirt or just sand anyway. It was just there and caused no harm to anyone. If it did it washed right off in the river. so what was the problem here?

Black and teal ears flickered forward to her commands and that large tail swung annoyingly behind him. "Why," he asked, curious. "It's not doing anything to you. Maybe it even love you." He looked at the sand when those last spoken words. Point up one finger, he started to draw invisible swirls in the sky, the sand making the pattern he wished come to life. He became bold and started to approach her, holding that one finger out that controlled the sand that would trail along side, in front of, or behind him. It was time for some fun.

Finally closer to Kyethra, he started to prance her, making sure to put a push in his step so he came a bit off the ground. This was only to get the sand closer to her level. Though he didn't allow it to touch her. The sand hovered in the air maybe one to two inches away from the raven youkai. "What's wrong Kye-chan? You always get so tense around such a fine... granular and gritty thing that nature has to offer.You should embrace it like you do the air, no?" He finally stopped before her.