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Rishi	By day, the Temple is still a gruesome mess. Hauling out all the bodies and putting them to rest is hard, tough work. But it needs doing. It has been a grizzly, busy morning with a promise of yet more horrible business in the afternoon. But, for now, you are all taking a noon rest. Those who have the stomach for it may even be eating. Rishi, annoyingly, still looks like she just came from the salon, clean and perfect, not a hair out of place and is munching an apple, while looking at the temple. "....It is really making you think. What things do you want to be doing, to be leaving after you are being gone? What things are you wanting to have done before you are going?"
Amethyst	Even with substantial pacing, Amethyst is still tired from burning body after body, plunging her searing hot athame into each and setting its ghost free, saying a small prayer to the deceased in high realm after each one. But after hours of working on it, she takes a short rest and looks up towards the sky. "I'm hoping I'm having the years to figure out what I wanna leave behind. Right now I just wanna try to figure out who I wanna be." She tells Rishi. "What about you, what do you wanna do?"
Raullaur	Raullaur and some of the other lionmen have been there helping to clean up. And, used to the aftermath of conflict, Raul at least is eating, while for some of the younger ones, this is their first taste of the aftermath of war. Raul himself has neither arms nor armor this time, and an outer layer of clothes is removed and set well to the side. "I want a place to prosper. To protect my people...but it wil take years and wars before we would be safe, so...learn. Fight. Triumph."
Fudou the Mountain	The Mountain shows little interst in preserving anythng of this place as it once was and his help with the bodies has been limited for the moment. Instead his mind has turned towards excavation and management of the debris. The maiu entrance that he had previousy opened up for the others to enter into has his current attention and he eyes a large slab that looks as if it could lead to another section of the collapsed ruins. The slab itself dwarfs him, however. Flanked on either side by towering pillars of stone that may have once had art worked into their forms but have long since lost their detail and luster to the decay of the elements. And again, The Mountain does not care. He spreads his massive arms wide and then flexes. Muscles pile ontop of muscle as if literally growing larger. His garments, already tattered and nearly lewd in their barest efforts of containing him, begin to strain and pull apart as he pumps up and then heaves. The earth begins lurching and shaking as he grunts and then lifts. Even considering his size..this is impossible. Akin to wrestling with a Yeddim or pulling a guild wagon. His fingers grind into it as he plies it up and up and pries it loose, gradually revealing another cavernous entry way that likely leads to a blocked chamber. He says nothing in answer to Rishi yet. Focused instead on the here and the now and his brutal act.
Rishi	Rishi was about to answer Ammy when Fudou goes into his lifting pose...and blushes a little as she stares. "....I am thinking that my next goal is being getting Fudou some of the new clothing." She coughs a little then turns back to Ammy. "Well, I am being working on helping Raul and Bright to be finding their Mates, helping you with your plans to be going to the Wyld, studying the ...various things, and..." She tilts her head to the side in her thinking pose. "Well, I am not being unknown in this city, so being suddenly as I am being now" she waves a hand up and down her body, taking in her wings and paws and everything "would be the problem. It would be lighting up the signal that is saying 'Here I am!' for the Hunters of the Wyld. It is being the problem because this is being much more of the comfort for me. But! I am hearing of the little gods that are choosing their own champions! And I am being thinking, well, 'what if I was being one of those Champions of the Little Gods?' It would be the nice trick, yes?"
Amethyst	"I wonder if I could get away with looking more like a dragon." Amethyst considers, but then her train of thought is interrupted by Fudou just /happening/ to the pillar. This gets the exhausted dragon onto her feet and over looking. She blinks and her eyes are now slitted to better look into the dark. "...You guys don't think there's a part two to this place do you?"
Fudou the Mountain	A thunderous crack occurs as the stone slab sunders, bunches up and then collapses in on itself from the pressure of Mountain's grip. The act is deliberate. A show of his brutal capabilities if the fact that he just lifted the slab to begin with, or his prior movement through the ruins where he simply shoved aside trees, stone pillars and other things in his way. So yeah, it's overkill as he folds the slab in two and sends its pieces blasting ot to the ground with a series of earth shaking thuds. Despite this, he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head so he doesn't see Rishi's blush or even process that he could have such an effect on any who are present and instead is pretty much all business. Dust and debris litter the ground around him and cover the front of his massive body and as the ground ceases its trembling he reaches up and brushes himself off and then peers into the revealed depths."Hmm?" he rumbles, finally, in answer to Amethyst as he leans forward and peers into the revealed chambers depths. "..I do not think so." his too deep voice rumbles, "But I was curious and so wanted to take a look just to be sure. This place may be collapsed further in..." He turns, finally, looking towards the two ladies with a grin on his features that puts one in mind of a smiling siaka, "So who knows?!"
Rishi	Rishi finishes her apple and tosses the core away before coming over to look for herself. "I am just hoping that it is not being full of more of the bodies."
Fudou the Mountain	"What she said." rumbles Fudou after finishing dusting himself off with a final flick of a pebble from the mass of hair gathered on his chest. "Not looking to handle any bodies though good job on doing so.. But I suppose taking a look is fine. I doubt ay danger persists here..." He ducks his head, looming hs monstrous warform down abit and then straightening up once inside to move through the revealed opening. Even still, his vast shoulders seem to fill it up from wall to wall until he moves further ahead towards a larger chamber sporting additional fallen pillars and sundered walls and more collapsed pillars and slabs of stone. Perhaps once upon a time some sort of elaborate above ground antechamber. "To answer your question.." he says, slowly, as he looks around the room, "..Should we not be about the work of our peers? The end of the Realm and a push to a new age?" he grins slowly, "..Course...I'm interested in a little more fun and a touch of hedonism before business truly takes over.."
Amethyst	"Defeating the realm and creating a place where the various sorts of Exalted can live together in peace would be nice." Amethyst says, "Not that I think it'll happen easily, if at all. At the least I'd like somewhere to live with my loves and not worry about us one day being hunted by someone because they happen to be Lunars." Amethyst looks into the chamber, and shrugs a little bit. "But I'm thinking that maybe we should focus less on what we'd like to eventually do and more what we can do right now, aside from dealing with more bodies."
Rishi	Rishi sighs. "I am not being much of the interested in fighting the world. I am currently being the reasonably safe and happy and the Realm is being most far away. If Ammy is truely going to be seeing it....well, maybe we can be breaking it then, or maybe we will just be the surviving it, I am not knowing. Either of the ways, I'm happy to be staying here. Being the "Chosen" of the local god is being...enough for me, I am thinking. Though...I am supposing that I could be using a bit of the moonsilver."
Fudou the Mountain	"I am afraid that..uh..the definition of 'live together in peace' may..not be as 'peaceful' as you may first think nor is the 'defeat of the Realm' something that would come bloodless and without much loss.." The thinking of it seems to damper Fudou's rising cheer and he dips back into more somber thoughts. "Raksi would be..disinterested in some sort of utopia of equalty, I'm sure.." He pauses and then wrinkles his nose in mild annoyance at Rishi's words. His body visibly tenses up a touch and then he says bluntly, as is his way, "Basing what you are to do as a chosen of Luna on what Amethyst is happy doing seems..counter intuitive to being Chosen, no? I have my own vices but..I was given to understand that it's against our very nature to just sit and be content playing 'house' for trinkets, Rishi.."
Amethyst	"I'm positive that there's Lunars who would have us Dragon-blooded completely eradicated if they could." Amethyst sighs. "It's easy to talk about grand ideas but much harder to actually do them. For now I'm going to worry less about the Realm and more about just trying to make things work around here. It's not like the Realm ever had any particular sway over the Scavenger Lands anyway." "All I know is that I wanna make some sort of difference once I'm finished pulling myself together. I'm still young and I think maybe, just maybe learning a bit more and getting more experience actually adventuring might teach me about what I really want in the long time."
Rishi	Rishi's wings flare open, her own muscles bulge, and claws lengthen as she gets a dangerous glint in her eye. "I am not playing house for the trinkets! I am having the people that I am loving! I am having the territory! I am having my Holy Mission, which, as the 'chosen' of one of the little gods, I shall be able to be progressing much of the easier! Do not question the One who is Many's decision in the Choosing of me, simply because I am not wanting to be fighting in a far off war that is not being my own!"
Fudou the Mountain	"I am sorry Rishi." Fudou seems sincere in his apology at causing her angry outburst. His smile becomes less siaka like now. More close lipped and his eyes hooded as his figure relaxes, "I don't question your wortiness. I'm only saying that we can't be content to just build fortresses and sit in them... It's fine to want to defend the ones you love but we all deserve more then having to hide our nature just to survive and be happy behind closed doors.. I was not Exalted for that. Eventually..we will have to fight and force change because change doesn't come by simply asking for it and there's people who don't want change.."
Amethyst	"Even if we do want to change things, where should we start?" Amethyst asks. "The moment our activites gain too much attention, we will have to be prepared to fight a Wyld Hunt. Especially if we do it somewhere in the scavenger lands. The Realm may be in chaos but Lookshy is still strong." "As far as posing as an Exigent, do note that it is not perfect armor. According to orthadoxy the Exigents worked along side the wicked anathema, but when the Dragons attacked, some switched sides and thus aren't considered quite as wicked. But should their interests threaten those of the Realm or the Immaculate Order, they will be hunted just as any anathema." "So be warned that Exigents are not particularly well liked by the Immaculate Faith either."
Rishi	Rishi sighs and relaxes too. "In Great Forks the Gods will not be letting the Wyld Hunt be coming after the Chosen of the Little Gods easily, and I am not planning on 'rocking the boat' as they are saying. I am just wanting to be helping people become who they are being inside and then I am wanting to be going home to be snuggling my Dragon and my Unicorn. Is that really being too much to be asking?" She's actually close to tears at this point. "I am having to be settling for pretending that just one of the One who is Many's forms is being the totality of their being! I am still having to hide my full power! Is that not being *enough* for the World to be asking from me, that I should be having to be fighting the wars and killing the people too!"
Fudou the Mountain	"Rishi.." FUdou's bluntness returns although he makes deliberate effort to temper it with some empathy, "That is our lot. We ar The Chosen. And we are not just The Chosen but CHosen of the Incarnae. What is it that makes you different from a mere mortal sorceress or priestess who wants to protect hearth and home? The deeds you can peform far outstrip them? But..Luna does not hold our hands. But I believe our shahan-ya's are examples worth studying and The Silver Pact is not in error in its goals. We are among The Chosen and Creation is cruel.. Even if you were to do the things you say you wish to do ...do you think it would last? Our very nature supposes that it would not." Fudou frowns and then shakes his head, "I will pursue my own vices and lusts for battle and pleasure but I must do so with my eyes open to the real world and that to be truly free to show my power I have to reshape the world around me and face the truth."
Amethyst	Amethyst goes over and takes one of Rishi's hands, wrapping her smaller hands around her larger one. "Rishi Fleshweaver, your intentions are as noble as they come. But even us Dragon-Blooded, admittedly having a much easier lot in life than many, often find death before they've lived longer than a mortal's lifespan. I won't ask you to fight in a war you do not wish, but I will say that you will need to fight for what you are, and possibly fight for my sake or Hoarfrost's. We may one day face an army of highly trained mortals lead by Dragons who want us dead." Amethyst then looks over to Fudou, "I am curious though of what the Silver Pact actually /is/ and what their goals are, if such a thing could even be told to an outsider, let alone a Dragon-Blooded such as myself."
Rishi	Rishi pulls Ammy into a hug and just holds her for a short time, before letting her go and drying her own eyes. With a sniffle, she says, "The Silver Pact is being a 'mutual aid society' for all of us Silver Chosen. The main focus, I am being told, has been upon the destruction of the Realm since before the Realm has even existed, but, other than that...Well, we are being Chosen from among the free thinkers and rebels, so there is not being much of the harmony among us."
Fudou the Mountain	"There are shahan-ya's..mentors. Luminaries who are figures from the ancient world." says Fudou, slowly at first but ultimately opting to reveal more as his words continue. "You could say they ...constitute the 'leadership' of The Pact but it is not as if they are some sort of city council making decisions but rather are Lunar elders who are greatly respected and who mentor many of us or serve as guides. There is no..single viewpoint on what to do or how. Just that ..we know The Realm must fall as it represents the treachery of the Dragonblood and the world lies oppressed, broken and fallen from the old days." Fudou considers matters and then says, "This is why the Solars are important to so many.. " He looks at Rishi and Amaethyst as they embrace and his eyes narrow in thought but his lips press tightly and he holds his peace.
Amethyst	Amethyst hugs and squeezes Rishi a little, then letting her go. She nods in understanding, "I guess it isn't too surprising that there's not exactly one overarching goal aside from destroying the Realm. I think just about all of my friends think the Realm should fall in one way or another." "And with the Solars comes a chance to reclaim the wonders lost in the prior ages, yeah?" Amethyst asks, "I've heard legends of incredible things from the first age, but I've never actually seen any before. When the Solars fell their wonders went with them from what I could tell."
Rishi	Rishi headtilts. "We have seen some of their works. That Library under Silk's mansion is being most impressive. This temple. Bright herself is a wonder, even if she too is keeping much of her power hidden." "That being said... I have heard much of the Witch Queen Raksi and her Wonders as well, so I am not thinking that the Age of Wonder is necessarily being entirely lost. Even without the Chosen of the Sun, cooperation between those Chosen who remained might have been keeping the ancient world intact. But...from the dreams I am seeing, and what I have been reading, the ,,,pressures between people in the ancient world.... they built until they were the breaking of everyone and the world." "And now we live in a place where the only path to happiness is being the violence." she sighs.
Fudou the Mountain	"Mm.. There are many who believe the return of the Solars is the sign of the need for changed times..." His very statement implies his lack of surety and certainity here. Fudou grunts and then rumbles, "That is one of the reasons I stayed in Great Forks. There are -so- many Solars here. I had to see for myself, learn..test them. There are questions. Many questions. Why did the Dragonblood of old betray them? There are some stories that speak ofthe end of those days and mad god kings.." He rubs hsi jaw and then shakes his head and looks at Rishi and then says simply, "What will you do when your own mate reveals themselves to you? What if the path is contrary to where you are now? When people have conflicting viewpoints and opinions....they must fibht. But fighting doesn't always have to be the fight that spills blood. But...we can't be unprepared.."
Amethyst	"I think it might be worthwhile to learn more about the First Age and what actually happened for the dragons to rise up against the Solars. I for one would like to know the truth behind the Immaculate Fables that I grew up with. Did the legendary immaculate dragons actually exist? And how do their legends compare with the legends of the true elemental dragons said to be resting at each of the elemental poles?" Amethyst asks. "There are a lot of questions that I'd certainly like answers for."
Rishi	Rishi headtilts. "From talking to those who are the looking for their Mates...I am thinking that I am not having the Mate. I am not being dreaming of the mysterious stranger or the golden lover of long ago. Just the people I have been finding in the hear and the now." And she takes Ammy's hand. She sighs. "It is not like I am being unprepared for the fighting. I have been..no, it is being better to just be showing you." And with that blithe comment, Rishi's claws extend out and sharpen and her muscles tighten and with a /slice/ noise, her fluffy tail is suddenly on the ground. However, you can see a new tail growing back from the stump very quickly. After a few minutes it is impssible to tell she was ever injured. "I have been practicing. I am now being very, very hard to be injuring permanently."
Fudou the Mountain	"I do not know if one can 'not' have a mate. Perhaps they've simply not re-incarnated yet..." offers Fudou who studies Rishi thoughtfully as she reveals her war form and readied traits. He then sighs. "..It is not physical capabilities that I speak of Rishi. It's up here.." he taps his forhead, "..This is what I speak of. I believe you can defend yourself if you are attacked and leap to the aid of those close to you but..." His voice trails off and he simply ends with, "It is good to want to learn more of The First Age. With such close connection with Solars..it would be wise to be more armed with knowledge of bygone days. Encountering that ghost should have done much for encouraging us on how that is important.." He gives Rishi another long look and then nods his head, "..Impressive.." and then nods to Amethyst before turning towards the exit of the antechamber.
Amethyst	"..I can't say that we've ever sparred Rishi." Amethyst considers, and then she grins, "I'm sure you'll be a worthy opponent. Though I wonder how you'll fair against me. Tho uh, with tricks like that." And she looks at the severed tail, "It is incredible, and I wonder how far that power can go..." She considers, shrugs and follows Fudou out. Amethyst goes and plunges her athame into another corpse, burning it from the inside out. "Regardless, we got a lot of work yet to do here before this place is cleaned up."