Mountains Of Bliss

Chapter 9

  Peering around, Taiya glanced back towards Kaida as he walked in, Gaila slowly waking up as the green eyed male peered around, flicking his stubby ears for a moment, but despite now clearly being awake, not protesting to being picked up. Tiaun, within a few seconds, seemed to kinda slip away, so much for being there to help out, flying children have better things to do. However, at a front desk, rather looking more like a bar of sorts. Sat an adult Terejia just sort of looking around before noticing the group walking in and stretching before standing straight up. "Alright, that'll be about a bag of silver, medium sized," The male Terejia said, not exactly needing to be told anything, his neck tattoos moving slightly before staying still, not as much as Tiaun's, clearly. "Alright, give me the silver," He said with a tone of bored mixed with annoyed. Taiya inched back "Er, I only have gold, will that work?" he questioned nervously, leaning down to his belt and opening the pouch, pulling out a ragged brown bag with heavy indents. "Yup, gold works fine," He answered, holding out his hand for the bag, his wings agitatedly flapping. Taiya smiled, extending his palm with the bag present and handing it over, before turning back to Kaida, who's gaze seemed somewhat disapproving. "That's.. Expensive, but ok.." the golden haired male muttered quietly beneath his breath. "Little village has got to pay, I guess, not really, haha, rooms are just big and nice, which means precious jewels and metals are good." He answered before spreading one of his wings in the direction of their room. "That a' way." He responded quickly before yawning, his gaze slowly wandering off from them. Taiya nodded, turning and walking towards the room, entering quietly without another word and peering around. Spotting the beds, he ran over to the nearest one and flopped atop, smiling as he leaned back. Kaida smiled, walking over to the bed closest to him before abruptly tossing Gaila off him onto said bed. With a squeal as he landed, the short male shook his head, before glaring up at Kaida "Warning next time!? I'm not a kid!" Gaila snorted, his stubby ears pointing back. Kaida smiled, walking over to one of the others nearby and sitting down "You're short enough to be one" he snickered, tilting his head and letting feathers fall from his winged arms. Taiya sat up, glancing over to the golden haired male. "Do you think Lin will come back? He seemed really angry when he left earlier" he spoke out, before lowering his head "He might've lost control, or whatever he said" Taiya added on quietly. Kaida shrugged "Probably, doubt he'd leave us just because a kid with winged ears called him an orphan" he responded casually with a flick of his feathered tail. Gaila lifted his head, laying on his stomach flopped upon the bed "Who did what now?.." he questioned quietly. Kaida smiled "Oh yeah! You were sleeping the entire way in weren't you?" he spoke with a bemused tone. Gaila slowly nodded "That's why Lin isn't here?.." he questioned softly. Kaida nodded "Yeah but I trust he'll come back" he reiterated calmly. Suddenly the sound of the door slowly opening rung out, the silver haired male himself slipping inside quietly and shutting the door behind him slowly. "Miss me?" he asked smugly, walking over to one of the 2 remaining open beds and sitting down. Gaila smiled "Heck yeah! What happened?" he asked curiously. "I told you all when we entered it wouldn't go well, not to be rude in particular, but Terejia and Darkkin never get along, and that's no different here, I had to excuse myself, lest I give Faust an opportunity to take over" he responded calmly, before leaning back "We're fine now tho, I found a raspberry bush and if that can't calm me down nothing can" he spoke with a smile, his blue eye flickering. Kaida smiled "You should've brought some back for us!" he spoke with a jealous, but happy voice. Lin smirked, sitting back up and flicking his fingers, a small, crappy quality leather bag appearing in his palm, before he tossed it towards the phoenix half-breed. "Enjoy" he spoke with a brighter smile, his blue eye flickering again. Kaida half gasped, reaching out to catch it before leaning back "No way! Thanks!" he spoke excitedly, opening the bag swiftly and pulling out a handful. Taiya glanced over with a tilt of his head "Wait, you can use magic?" he asked calmly. Lin shrugged "Alternate dimensions are a very minimalist type of magic, it comes with my abilities" he responded, glancing over. "When I turn 18, I'll get the soul affinity, that is, if I outlive Faust, otherwise.. Well magic doesn't count for much if you're dead" he spoke with a snarky tone, shooting a glance to him. Taiya smiled "Yeah I guess not" he responded, before leaning back "Gonna share any other info with us tonight?" he asked calmly. Lin nodded "Actually, I was wondering if you'd be willing to.. Take a trip, somewhere" he started, rolling over onto his stomach and glancing over at the brunette. "While on the continent, I was wondering if we could see Soultrap lake? I'd be an experience for all of you that not many people get, you can only enter the tunnel leading to the grove in which it rests, if you are accompanied by a Darkkin, such as myself" he informed with a tiny yawn at the end. Taiya smiled, shooting upward "Hell yeah! That would be awesome!- Wait, is it dangerous?.." he questioned quietly, tilting his head at the end. Lin shrugged "If you touch the water it'll be dangerous, but the grove is supposedly gorgeous and lined with runes that tell history of all species, so it's worth it" he responded calmly, closing his eyes. Taiya smiled "Yes please! That sounds awesome!" he spoke excitedly, scooting over to the end of the bed. Lin nodded "Alright then, oh, and one other thing-" he started, glancing over calmly "Can we please avoid as many villages as possible? Unfortunately there's many, and we'll certainly HAVE to cut through more, But I'd like to avoid as many as we physically can" he spoke quietly, his wings flapping somewhat before going still. Taiya nodded "Sure, but we might want to shelter at villages during the night.." he half muttered. Lin shrugged "Understandable" he responded calmly, before folding his arms and resting his face in them, still laying on his stomach on the bed. "Hey Lin, mind if I ask a sorta personal question?" Kaida spoke out abruptly, sitting up. Lin's winged ears flapped slowly "Sure, ask away" he responded casually, tilting his head somewhat so his blue eye was visible, his red one closed, face still mostly buried in his arms. "You said you had to leave your family when you were little, are your parents still alive?" he questioned with a tilt of his head, the phoenix half-breed's golden haired shifting a bit to get in his face. "As far as I know, but to be honest, I don't remember what they look like, or even their names, and it's not like any other Darkkin would tell me who they were, so I sorta don't know who they are" Lin responded casually, closing his eyes for the moment. Kaida nodded slowly "Oh, I see" he spoke quietly, averting his gaze. Suddenly, Gaila shot up "Ok, I have to ask.. Do we have to go back to our villages? I don't wanna go back to living a boring life on Pangea" Gaila spoke with a concerned tone. Kaida nodded "Yeah! I don't really want to go back either, Taiya, can we go with you and see Eyr?" he asked with a tilt of his head. Taiya smiled "Sure! Once I'm done in Eyr I'm supposed to return home, then travel the world entirely, since by then I should be 18" he responded, glancing over to Lin slowly "And you?" he questioned. "From the second we left my village, I had no intentions of going back, no matter what i'd have to do to achieve that, I won't return to that village, there's nothing for me there" he responded with a relaxed tone with the tiniest hint of spite. Taiya glanced over, turning his head "Don't like it there?" Taiya asked with a smug smile. Lin glanced over, his expression somewhat cold "I thought I made that crystal clear" he responded, yawning and hiding his face for the moment being, his winged ears coating over his shoulders and his arms somewhat. Taiya froze "Uh, ok I guess you did..." he spoke quietly, before leaning onto his back again "I'm gonna try and sleep, night" he finished, closing his dark brown eyes. Kaida glanced over to Lin "I assume you want this back?" he questioned, holding up the bag. Lin lifted up his palm, not glancing up even as he flicked his pointer finger, the bag vanishing in a tiny flash of light, before he put his arm back down. "Oh-" Kaida spoke abruptly, before leaning back and rolling onto his side. "Night you guys!" he spoke out with an optimistic tone, before going silent, something that really only happens when he's asleep, given it's Kaida. Eventually, everything went still, silence creeping through the room as everyone seemed to pass out.

Slowly opening his dark brown eyes, Taiya glanced around, Kaida was holding a loaf of bread in his jaws, his expression sorta tired still. Gaila was propped up on his bed, wide awake and seemingly kinda hyper. Glancing over to Lin, the male hadn't moved even an inch from his position when he fell asleep last night, his face still buried in the bed with his winged ears dangling to the side. Taiya sat up, glancing over at Kaida again with a soft gaze "Please tell me you got some for me too?" he asked quietly. Kaida smiled, lifting up his palm and ripping the loaf in half, tossing the other, un-tampered half to the brunette. Lifting his hand to catch it, Taiya caught it perfectly before taking a bite casually. Gaila stood up, prancing about the room "I got us just enough food to last for the day, I got some for Lin too but, he doesn't look like he's gonna wake up" he went quiet at the end, standing still finally. Taiya snickered, glancing over to Kaida "You might have to carry him when we leave, we have to go before we lose all our time" Taiya started, standing up "Besides, I don't have enough money left to stay another night.." he half muttered, looking towards the exit. Kaida smiled "I can do that" he spoke almost excitedly, having finished all the bread, lifting his fists to pound against his chest as if showing off, before walking over to the Darkkin, still out cold. The Darkkin surprisingly didn't move at all when Kaida picked him up, with who he is, you'd assume he'd suddenly shoot awake and snap, but nope, still dead asleep. Carefully holding the male on his shoulder, the phoenix half-breed walked towards the entrance, shooting a glance to Taiya. "Let's move then Ay? We don't have all day" he spoke casually, heading out the doorway, feathers dropping somewhat behind him as they left the inn and made their way out of town as fast as possible, Gaila riding on Taiya's shoulders 'casually' as they made their way out into the forest.