Do you remember when
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
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#1
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
It's the middle of they day and you ought to be working, but here you are instead: lying on a sandbar underneath a sky of rainbow and crystal, watching the sky change and thinking about nothing.

No, not nothing. But we don't need to talk about that.

"Gonna be winter soon," you say to the ceiling, as though perhaps the building has somehow forgotten how seasons work.Your'e wearing canvas sailor's pants, and you right arm is wrapped in a swath of blue cloth. The tan lines will be terrible. "Storms'll sweep through. Boats'll stay in harbor. Everyone'll get drunk."

You reach up and tap on a dangling crystal. It clinks merrily. "How'd'ya do it, eh? Standin' year after year, storm after storm? Never once sayin' ya know what? Maybe this'll be the year I give it up. See how they feel without ya."

You shake your head and drop your hand. "Nah, you ain't never said that. Y'know we'd miss ya, even if y'are just a pretty thing with no real purpose, sitting in the tide." The little house sparkles, but says nothing in reply. It's just a building, after all: an empty shell where people sometimes stop, but no one ever stays.
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
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#2
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
It’s a rare sight indeed when someone simply just… Sits within the cathedral of coral and speaks to themselves. And yet, Sunjata shouldn’t be entirely surprised. He watches in his macaw form, navy feathers spread and circling above before drifting closer to hear the words that are offered, the questions that run through his head. The face is familiar, in a way. Not that he’s spoken to this man but likely seen the guy around a few times…

And he’s the Arbiter now, so it would make sense wouldn’t it? To stop by and see what the man was like?

He drops lower, landing on the sand with a slight thump, tucking feathers in tight and letting his yellow ringed gaze inspect the man within. “Hello.” Sunjata croaks toward the stranger, not at all uncommon for a macaw to say – let alone one of the parrots here in Torchline. And then he waits, watching curiously, working his beak ever so slightly.
SUNJATA
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Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#3
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
Sure enough, you're interrupted. It's not like you didn't see this coming; but damn, you hoped it'd take a bit more time for someone else to show up. At least they could have waited until you'd finished talking to yourself. At least.

Lifting yourself up on your elbows, you peer out of the house for the source of the voice. Poor fucker sounds like a sixty year old chainsmoker, you think, squinting against the sun.

That, or a bird.

You might've come out for a person, but now you stay firmly in place. "Awful rude t'spy on people, Birdy," you drawl. You're not entirely convinced the bird is an Attuned, but neither are you convinced it isn't. "Lemme guess. Polly wants a cracker?"
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#4
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
He stays within the coral building, and Sunjata hops a bit closer – a navy wing extended and brushing along the sand as he gathers his balance to better investigate this man when he speaks. “Oh?” He replies in that very same croak, though there’s a bright amount of amusement that lingers within him. He wonders if he’ll be able to play at it long enough to get the man to think he really is a bird, and how long he can get away with it.

The next question strikes a memory in his mind – that polly wants a cracker comment. He remembers Nate mentioning it in the Fingers when he’d arrived and dug his talons into the Ascended’s shoulder. So he hops nearer, ducking under it and lowering himself along the sand as if he’s being quite inquisitive. “Cracker.” He replies back, cocking his head curiously, still trying to pretend and hoping he’s doing okay.

It’s at least quite a bit amusing.
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Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#5
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
Oh, so it's playing this game. Peering through only one eye now, you glare a moment at the bird as it hops its way closer, now thoroughly convinced it isn't a simple bird. Or maybe it is. Fuck if you know. Animals are weird.

You sit up, stooping forward just a little to keep from bumping your head. "Cracker it is." Digging into your pocket you produce a rather unfortunate bundle of carbs which might, if you're being generous, be characterized as a cracker. "Here ya go, birdy." Holding it out on the palm of your hand, you wait for the maybe-not-a-bird to have a go at it.
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#6
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
He watches, curiously, as the man begins to sit up somewhat – cracking an eye open at him. So far so good, Sunjata thinks, watching as the other man sits forward and hunches his shoulders a brief amount to keep from hitting his head against the ceiling of this little makeshift windchime on the best of days. The answer is received with a few more hops forward, eyeing him curiously, watching and waiting to see what exactly the man produces from his pocket.

And well, isn’t that a sorry excuse for a cracker.

He holds it out toward Sunjata and Sunjata hops closer – head cocking as he inspects it, reaching forward with a dark foot to try and grip the makeshift, crumbling mess of a cracker and picking it up between a few of his toes. It crumbles further into nothing. Well… He lowers his head to brush his beak along the cracker mixed with sand now, trying to pick at a piece that might still hold up true – cracking it between his beak before it falls and makes a mess as most bird meals did.

And he hops forward, foot tentative as he reaches out for the hand again, to try and apply his weight and clamor up on him.
SUNJATA
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Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#7
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
And now there's a bird crawling its way up your goddamn arm.

Well then.

"Friendly little fucker, ain'tcha?" Honestly now that the initial shock is worn off you're growing somewhat fond of your squawky companion. It's less annoying than a lot of people at least, and you're pretty sure you could bury it in the sand if it got to be too much. "Guess there's room enough for both'a us, so long as you stay that size."

Leaning back on a wall of the castle, you regard the bird thoughtfully for a moment before beginning to pull a selection of small shells from your other pocket. If he lets you you'll begin to stack them absently on his back, seeing how much of a tower you can build before he moves and sends it falling down.

"What's a bird doin' out here, anyway? Dontcha know that birds who try t'fly too far over the ocean wind up fallin' in? That's where rays an' skates come from." It's an old stupid story that you used to tell to a much more eager audience. You told a lot of stories here, once upon a time.

But that was another man ago. You tell few stories, now.
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#8
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
Why hasn’t he thought of this sooner? It was surprisingly easy to simply give into the instincts of this form, to pretend and not try and calculate too much of anything else. And he manages to clamor up on the man, hearing the comment of so long as he stays this size, wondering if the man has caught onto the trick or not. His wings spread out a bit as he tries to balance, losing a feather in his wing as he attempts it, before stuffing them across his back again and he looks up toward the man with another cock of his head.

Rays an’ skates.” Sunjata repeats, as innocent as any bird would that listened and repeated the things told to it. Really, he knows what a ray is, but a skate? That was news to him, and he’s not entirely sure whether or not to trust him or not either. But perhaps if he goes along with it for long enough he might come out with something interesting. So instead, he tilts his head toward the lighthouse in the distance, a bob of his head. “Home.
SUNJATA
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Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#9
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
"Rays an' skates, that's right." Too smart for a bird, you've (almost definitely) decided, but maybe a companion of some sort? Or one of the water spirits playing a trick on you, planning to lull you into the sea. Well if that's the case it's going to have to try harder. You've clawed your way through life too long to give it up for a damn bird.

He doesn't seem interested in you using him as an avian go board, so you give up your rock stacking in favor of the long blue feather he's left lying on the sand. Twirling it between your fingers, you almost miss the direction the bird is indicating as it mentions home. "Aumakua? Ain't that where the new governor's livin"? Oy-"

Turning abruptly, you fix the parrot with a somewhat suspicious eye. Then you turn away, attempting to seem casual with a surprising amount of success. "Y'know, I hear he's a right moody little prick. An' a shapeshifter to boot. Wonder if he's spyin' on us right now, eh birdy?"
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#10
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
Ah, he thinks he almost gets away with it, almost - as the comment of rays an’ skates gets reached and the other man abandons the attempts at stacking things along his back. His navy head tilts toward the stranger, cocking slightly as he focuses on the feather within the mans hand. And the answer given from the man, the look he’s given, has his feathers bristling slightly with amusement.

He’s certainly not the governor, though he did try.

Hawk.” He replies swiftly – because he’s trying to get across as an intelligent creature and yet… Not too intelligent where it becomes suspicious – though it seems his attempts are failing more and more. And he squints up at the stranger, wings flaring slightly. “No governor.” He explains, as if gesturing to himself, beak open slightly ajar in his amusement.
SUNJATA
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#11
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
Alright. Alright. This definitely isn't a goddamn bird, just some jackass playing a game and thinking himself very clever. Well two can play at that. "Aite, I believe ya," (you don't) you say, patting the parrot on the head. "You ain't the governor, just a friendly little bird lookin' for a handout." With a final pat you tuck the feather into your pocket, then scoot your way out of the coral house, expecting the bird to remain fixed to your shoulder.

An aggressive stretch of your arms above your head is a not-so-passive-aggressive means of trying to unseat your little hitchhiker. Honestly, you don't mind the weight too much - Ki spends so much time on your shoulder that you've come to feel more comfortable with someone else there. "So what're you doin' livin' in a lighthouse, birdy? Spyin' on the governor? Or workin' for him?" You stretch forward now, very casually, reaching for your toes and wondering what the bird will do in reaction as you flip its perch upside down.
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#12
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
Yeah, he blew it. But it was a good shot at the very least, and it was amusing while it lasted. And even still, his head ducks a bit, beak clacking with the pat to the head he receives. And well… Isn’t that new? He follows as the man scoots out of the coral, digging talons in lightly to try and keep himself upright. And when the man stretches his arms, it does do a good job at loosening Sunjata’s grip, wings flaring and a few more navy feathers falling to the ground, letting go as soon as the man begins to move toward the ground.

Wings flare again and he spins to land in the sand, yellow ringed eyes looking up at the stranger. “Workin’.” He repeats with a beaky grin, turning in the sand and tucking his wings in tight again. “Spyin’.” Another beaky grin to that, a clucking tut of his beak as he hops down the sand a bit more – gaining a small amount of distance between him and the stranger, waiting for the moment to shift should it arise.
SUNJATA
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Zephyr Kawaianu
Smuggler / Guildmaster

Age: 42 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Accepted | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 5 - Strg: 25 - Dext: 19 - Endr: 26 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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#13
we used to play outside when we were young & full of life & full of love
Spying and working? What an industrious little bird. You chuckle a little as it bounces away, somewhat dissatisfied with your victory in this fight. "Well ain't that a neat set of tricks. Bet I could put those talents to better use than bein' a government errand bird, though."

Following along behind the bird you aim to keep the distance the same, your strides leisurely, feet pressing contentedly into the sand. "Well then, Birdy, where to next? I've a nice gilded cage at home I think might suit ya well." You don't, of course: this is a lie. That's right, two can play the lying game, you think sardonically and ineffectually at the bird.
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Sunjata Wrenzaok
the Flood
Archon of King's End

Age: 34 | Height: 6'5 | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: King's End
Level: 15 - Strg: 76 - Dext: 73 - Endr: 75 - Luck: 79 - Int: 3
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#14
this heart is a cathedral. widows, ghosts, and lovers sit and sing in the dark arched marrow of me
He wants to laugh at being a government errand bird… But isn’t it true? Having a position in said government, being the one to do the dirty work in cleaning up the streets under the title of Arbiter? The bird pauses in his hops, pausing to glance back at Zephyr. He keeps a steady pace with Sunjata and the attuned is curious why exactly he is. So he spreads his navy wings, takes to the sky, and circles Zephyr with a croaking creak of a sound.

He imagines the game is up, however, and as he rounds behind Zeph, he shifts into himself, landing easily beside Zephyr with a rogue smirk crossing his face. “A golden cage, huh?” He rumbles with a chuckle. “I think I own too many things to fit into a cage of all places.” A huff of amusement leaves him and his steel gaze slides back over toward Zephyr with a raised brow.
SUNJATA
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.


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