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trippin on the constellations we see [ANY] - Tantalize - 07-16-2015
RE: trippin on the constellations we see [ANY] - Camrynn - 07-16-2015 so you wanna play with magic? Darkness. Fog. Smoke and mirrors. Some horses lose themselves forever in these, disappearing when the world becomes too much, sinking into them like an ocean only to resurface some years later, spat out like a drowned sailor onto the shore. But not Camrynn. Camrynn's whole world is smoke and mirrors, but it's more than that. She is the mistress of the mirrors, the one who started the fire that caused the smoke, the one who beckons the darkness. This is her world, her oyster, and they all walk within it at her leisure. And in this world, her world, her oyster, nothing much slips past her. Not the noise of the squirrels in the trees, or the soft rustle of the breeze through the grass, and most certainly not the inevitable ticking of destiny that heralds the return of one of Beqanna's own. Nestled comfortably within the warm sands of the Deserts, Camrynn spies on the girl in the meadow without shame. She flicks through memories both personal and communal, laying Tantalize's life bare for her to examine. With Camrynn, there is no privacy. Nothing is sacred. She can open any mind like a book, reading it or rewriting it at her leisure. It is hard to stay out of minds when you wield that kind of power. With a thought she decides to go pay the girl a visit. She has recently taken to appearing off in the distance and walking over to new horses, but she can't be bothered with that today. And so she simply appears next to Tantalize, with no fanfare. One moment she is not there, and the next she is – as relaxed as can be, as though she'd been waiting there all along. Camrynn is a magnificent mare by any definition. Decently tall, she is curvy and lean in all the right places. She's pure black, with no markings and no scars, and a black mane and tail that fall long, straight, and free of tangles. Across her chest a gold crook and flail reflect the summer light, shining brightly. On her left cheek, a trail of diamonds and gemstones drapes across the flat expanse of bone like a necklace. And her eyes – today they are a bright blue, as blue as the sky that shines down on the meadow. "Well, welcome back." she greets with a smile, her tone casual. Her voice is uncommonly smooth and pleasant, like honey, chocolate, velvet. She could add so much more, explain the power that lies behind her secret smile, explain all the things that she is and all the reasons that she's here. But instead, she settles for the first and simplest of all the secrets she knows. "I'm Camrynn." CAMRYNN co-queen of the deserts, magical, mother of badassery RE: trippin on the constellations we see [ANY] - Tantalize - 07-16-2015
RE: trippin on the constellations we see [ANY] - Camrynn - 07-28-2015 so you wanna play with magic? Nothing has changed, Tantalize says, and Camrynn smiles. Camrynn smiles because Camrynn is change. Chaos ebbs and flows around her, eddying like so many whirlpools. She marches through it, cutting like a knife through butter, a single fixed point in a chaotic galaxy. But perhaps not single – no, there are others like her (but none quite like her), others who force the world (the universe, the entirety of existence) to spin within their orbit. They are the magicians, the points of light in the darkness, the posts that hold the world afloat. This – all of this – is theirs to manipulate as they will. Oh Tantalize, no secret is safe. Hide your dreams, your diary in the deepest depths of your mind. Bury your mental filing cabinets and burn the index cards – if Camrynn wants them (and she does), she will always find them (always, always, always). "Tantalize." she tastes the name on her lips, deciding to reply to the mare's greeting before diving into her second comment. Coming from Camrynn's lips, it sounds like the most innocent sin. She grins, a Cheshire-cat smile. "A pleasure." and she means it, really she does – because it's always a pleasure. She might know you more intimately than you know yourself, she might turn you inside out in her mind, on her whim, but dammit, she'll always enjoy it. She's not cruel, although it may seem quite the contrary. She's a seeker of knowledge, more the mad scientist archetype than anything else. She pushes the boundaries of logic, reason, morality, everything in pursuit of knowing more. She has always been this way: how far can she push it? How far can she go? What are the limits of her magic? What are the limits of others' magic? This is her quest, to learn and understand, to unfold the world. She sighs. "Yes, same old same old." Her voice is light, playful. She looks out across the horizon of the meadow, briefly tempted to fade it into nothingness, or into everythingness, or into Tantalize's jungle. But she lets it remain. "Same old Beqanna…where, as you say, nothing has changed, and yet-" she pauses abruptly, her voice almost catching with the suddenness of it. She looks back to her companion. "And yet, everything's changed." her voice is softer now, almost gentle. Her smile is softer too. And it's true, the words she speaks. It's true because Beqanna is chaos, because Beqanna is in a constant state of tearing itself apart. There is nothing that is constant in Beqanna, but the lack of consistency. Even the magicians come and go, blowing in and out like so many leaves on the breeze. But at least in the inconsistency, the incredible strangeness there is a rhythm and a logic. After all, doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected…expected? CAMRYNN co-queen of the deserts, magical, mother of badassery well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart - Tantalize - 07-28-2015 tantalize |