Bewildered but alive

[fonmaster]

Who: Ion and all the people!
Location: The plaza
Time: January 2nd, morning
Style: Anything works
Status: Wide open!



...friend...

[Ion tries too hard to draw in breath and gasps, sputtering. Oh, good, he'd managed to finish his sentence after all. Wait.]

H-hello?

[Utterly confused, he pats himself. How could he be wet? They were just in a volcano!]

Anise? Luke? Tear?

[He looks around. The city is beautiful, almost unnatural. It's possible that this could be the afterlife, isn't it? But he's all wet, and so cold! That doesn't seem right at all.]

Is anyone here...?

Comments

[fonmaster]

[Ion looks curious now. He's never been one to judge someone for not being humanoid if his treatment of cheagles is any indication. He's well aware of the behavior of his fellow humans, though.]

I see. Humans can be very afraid of people that are different from them, can't they?

[The thought makes him a little sad.]

[faithfulblue]

The thing is... I'm not human. I've never been human. I've always been a dog only... I recently found out I'm part wolf, too. This -

[She pointed to her face and body]

is an illusion. It serves as my protection from humans. Only wolves have this ability where I am from.

[fonmaster]

[He smiles at her.]

I didn't say that you were human, only that you are a person. That's a very interesting ability, though! Only your eyes stay the same... is that why you are called Blue?

[faithfulblue]

I generally think of people as being humans so...

[She shrugs.]

It's the only way any wolves have survived. Most people where I'm from think the last of the wolves were killed 200 years ago.

[She ponders his question for a moment. The truth is she has never really thought about the origin of her name.]

My human - my boy - he named me 'Blue' because of my eyes, I think. He never knew I was able to appear as human.

[fonmaster]

Your boy? Hehe.

[That makes Ion smile for some reason.]

That's really interesting, though. I had no idea that wolves could use any illusory artes!

[faithfulblue]

[Blue favors him with a sad smile. She still misses Russe even after all these years. Her human - her boy.]

Most people don't. It's not something we tend to throw around. That's why I got upset when you broke the illusion.

[If felt odd to say 'we' considering most wolves would not consider her a true wolf - her blood was dirtied by humans and dogs. But the fact remains that she can use 'wolf magic' so somewhere back in her heritage there was a wolf.]