Be Not Fearful

Jaden Ohanzee · 11-10-2011, 03:30 AM

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The lack of music which Jaden’s eager dance partner moved to continued to be apparent but very quickly became unimportant. As he watched her sway and felt her pull, he didn’t care about the non-musical chatter around them. Her beat was easy enough to pick up. Whether it was easy to follow or not was difficult to say. The ebony male realized that his paws were rather unruly. Though too distracted to now continue drinking, more than half his bottle was gone and the warm liquid sat heavily on him. Worries melted away and the wonderful allure X’yrin usually had seemed to be unfairly multiplied. Her movements and their beautiful rhythm didn’t help either. And that smile! It flashed repeatedly though shrouded by an unkempt mess of auburn locks. Why hadn’t he noticed it before? Perhaps he wasn’t doing enough to make her happy during their time together! The thought alone was alarming and would be incredibly important to recall later, or at least he thought it to be...

As the brute tried to recall the few jokes he knew, a new voice demanded attention from every Ichikan present. Jaden’s eyes pulled reluctantly from his friend and scanned for him. A coyote! Nonsense. Why should he give this man his attention? He didn’t even recognize this man. His form was too blurry. Damn coyotes, can’t even be clear and easy to see. Jaden stayed oblivious to the collecting and entertaining effect Razekiel held on most others in the crowed. He was more interested in how he had managed to hold onto his bottle of wine throughout his dance with X’yrin and looked at it suspiciously. He clicked his suddenly dry tongue. No need to keep hold of it incase he was needed to dance once more.

Jaden was determined to finish that third of a bottle with a single breath. Unfortunately, the moment he tipped his head back was the exact moment Razekiel decided to throw out his bark masks. One struck the intoxicated wolf’s raised bottle and caused the man to sputter and cough. The contents of the bottle not in Jaden’s lungs ended up all over his broad, crimson chest. He stood there for a moment poised as if the wine on his fur was searing acid, empty bottle still in hand. The wooden projectile used to assault him was retrieved by wet claws and an embarrassed and aggravated Shishen searched for the coyote culprit. He intended to send the empty bottle his way. That would teach him to throw things at festivals.

Luckily he was drunk enough that he hadn’t the coordination to throw objects and at that second the pack around him began to sing. His pack. Despite his agitation, he couldn’t help but give in to the song. His brassy voice was a fine addition but it didn’t sing for the past dead. People he’d lost where exactly what the man avoided thinking about regularly. His lightened mind would most certainly not have it now. His song was for the sake of song and he enjoyed the chorus of Ichika.

When the call came to an end and X’yrin’s attention finally turned to him. She flashed her wonderful smile and even laughed which righting all that had been previously wrong. Jaden dropped his bottle as they neared and he began to read her noiseless beat once more. He regretted having lost the possible projectile when Razekiel, who Jaden still hadn’t identified yet, pulled his females attention away again. Another call was started more energetic and boisterous than before.

This time Jaden savored only one voice and kept his quite. He waited patiently for his partner to expel her song and watched as she put all her might into it. When she fell, he was there. Stupidly out of place worry greeted her first but was replaced by a grin of amusement. He reached for the woman’s hand and pulled her body up into his arms before he could think better of it. The grip he offered was firm and his steps amazingly stable. You dance wonderfully, He murmured softly into the woman’s ear. They spun off into a new dance, one Jaden led and hoped she would follow.

Jaden does. "Jaden speaks." Jaden thinks.

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