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Post by soulknight18 on Jan 17, 2013 18:14:01 GMT -5
As if a fragment of her memory just flashed before her, she remembered that name and an image of a younger version of Katra stamped in her mind and she realized, that this girl, was her friend from before she was alive. with the expression of shock suddenly switching to a sharp glare, she suddenly swiped the top of Katra's head with a bonk, and shouted, "The hell yer a professor, ye dork! Cant even recognise yer own friend!" She then flipped her hood off, to reveal her face more clearly, her skin was more pale than before, but she still retained beautiful maple eyes and glimmering raven black hair.
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Jan 18, 2013 10:00:38 GMT -5
"Raven? I thought you were... how..." Katra was quite confused at this, but to hell with it! Raven was here.. how she didn`t care, just that her old friend was here now! "Holy shit..."
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Post by soulknight18 on Jan 18, 2013 10:56:15 GMT -5
Raven, as if the warmness came back into her beatless heart, gave her old friend a long overdue hug. "Its a long story, But Im glad that I was able to remember you...I cant believe that you actually made it. They took yer whole mythology obsession seriously and made you a teacher?"
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Jan 20, 2013 8:50:57 GMT -5
"I know, me either... and they sure did, a professor ,for this college! Kind of cool actually. And somewhat hilarious," katra smiled.
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Post by soulknight18 on Jan 24, 2013 14:42:11 GMT -5
Raven cracked a small smile back, it was rare, she couldnt remember the last time she smiled back down in that bleak Purgatory. It seemed that Katra was the only person that was able to pull such a miraculous phenominon. Then she remembered her task and glanced down at the soul, still clentched firmly in her fist.
"Im afraid I need to leave now, kitty..." she stopped herself, realizing what she had just called her. "kitty?" Oh, thats right, it was the nickname she gave to Katra, her name always did sound like a feline...The more she remembered Katra, the more warmth that seemed to seap back into her body, like the chilling winter had finally thawed over and she could finally feel the rays of the hot sun bask over her skin. but it was only a fleeting feeling, knowing that she must return to Purgatory...
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Jan 25, 2013 20:50:56 GMT -5
Katra chuckled slightly," all right, just don`t caw along for too long. Hopefully I `ll see you agian, old friend."
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Post by soulknight18 on Jan 31, 2013 15:26:53 GMT -5
Raven nodded, but before she walked away she remembered to ask one more thing, "How did you manage to get that papyrus you used? Did you even know what it is?"
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 2, 2013 2:54:32 GMT -5
" got it during a trip to Egypt a couple of years back. Found it with an old archeologist from a find he had dug up recently and he gave it to me, not knowing what it was. I truthfully didn`t know what it was until I opened the scroll after seeing that it`s wax seal was broken once I got back to my hotel to take a look at it. After doing so, I knew exactly what I was looking at, after all I`ve seen other pages other archeologist and mythologists had gotten in obsure ways," Katra told trutfully.
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 3, 2013 4:29:53 GMT -5
Raven contimplated for a moment, she wasnt aware that such scriptures existed; partchment to summon the forces of Death. She wasnt sure whether or not to report this. However, her time in this world was running short and had to return before any more demons come prowling along. With a single glance at her old friend, her eyes saying enough for a goodbye, she then turned and ran off, vanishing into the mist.
(how interesting would it be if Katra had a scripture on hand that could Summon Raven?)
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 3, 2013 12:13:55 GMT -5
(hehehe... if you want her to, i`ll give it to her... how would you like it to look?)
A few minutes later, Katra had gotten helped up and went back to her class. Back to teaching her love and giving a test to them as well.
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 3, 2013 14:17:47 GMT -5
(well, to review real quick, Raven is a Reaper of the Scarecrow, that would imply anything with crows, ravens, or any kind of black bird. Also, it would have to envolve some kind of religion or mythology referring to the concept of fear and paranoia. Perhaps the best kind of culture that would be best suited to this concept is a Pagen origin. Lots of stuff originated from the Pagen beleif. Try that.)
It had been almost a month since that fateful incidant, and Raven had yet to speak about what transpired in the process of retreiving the soul. But it would have appeared to be a trivial matter concidering the black hound that was summoned on that day has yet to make any mention of that as well...but than again Reapers from that district were usually always exclusive; never really interested in cooperating or sharing with others.
But for now, all she could do was wait until she was needed again to collect another pour soul from oblivion....though deep down, she thought about seeing Katra again, no matter how, or in what way, she would love to see a much more, well, lively face.
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 10, 2013 10:28:05 GMT -5
( hmm... so maybe the trinket is a norse coin made specifically for Odin, or so she thinks??? that or a small cheee-like piece statue made out of a stonehendge stone for the Goddess Morrigan. Which do you like??" Katra had left the school to find more trinkets ater getting a call form one of her arecheologist friends about a new dig close to ( either a Norse temple or stonhedge). She had told her Dean about the dig and what she hoped to learn from it and possibly evenv bring more knowledge about the myths back with her from the trip.. which wa s doubtful with howmuch she knew,but it wa sbetter than telling her dean the full truth , that she collects trinkets involving the myths... but he gave her the ok, so Katra got ready for her qucik trip in a hurry.
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 10, 2013 15:12:19 GMT -5
(hmmm, either one will work, just as long it revolves around the concept of both death and fear. just as Egyptian papyrus you used worked with a black hound reaper because the Black Hound is also known as the Jackel, in other words, it could have a connection to Anubis. But if I had to choose, go with Morrigan, the Norse gods are basically war gods, almost everything about the Norse was about fighting and facing death, so paranoia didnt have a very significant role in the mythology.)
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 11, 2013 12:27:52 GMT -5
(ok. The statue it is.)
Katra couldn`t wait to go back to Stonehenge. with all of it`s mystery and the myths surrounding it, the Celtic beliefs and the Pagan rituals done there. all of it was quite exciting! She couldn`t wait to see what her friend had found close by the Famous structure!
She got to her hotel in a hurry once her plane landed and put her stuff on the bed, only bring her magnifier and her wallet with her to get to where her archeologist friend awaited her at his dig site. Oh the excitement was killing her! What had he found this time?!! She couldn`t wait to lay eyes on it...
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 12, 2013 2:28:40 GMT -5
(okay.)
Raven, as she wandered through the many endless, vast drifts of purgatory, she was feeling board, wishing anything could happen, even if it meant reapering another soul. The afterlife of a Grim reaper wasnt exactly the one you would expect everyday to be sunshine a rainbows, no, just like everything else in this bleak domension, it was dull. But it wasnt like she hasnt tried to socialize with other Reapers, but they too were just following the motions of a Reaper. Even if she were to talk to another like her, either relative house or not, one of them wouldve already been tasked for a soul collect.
She sighed drearly wishing to see Kitty again...
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 13, 2013 8:11:58 GMT -5
Katra ran up to her archeologist friend with a smile and hugged him," so.... what have you found? I can`t wait to see it James!" 'James', the arechologist, chuckled," I know , I know. contain your excitement Katra! just for a second!' he said this as he put his pack down and rummaged throught and slowly pulled out a coupple of things they had found, wrapped up ,only one was wrapped in a death shroud and he handed it out to Katra after he stopped moving back and forth in excitement. " this would be the prize you have waited for." Katra smiled and looked at the shroud, odinary shroud made for those that have passed. Nothing unusual.. she unwrapped it and was surprised with what was underneath," Oh my god, James. You defiently do have a prize here." " what is it?" James asked, intrigued with her complete awe. " This ais a stuate made from one of the many stonehedge stones, probably was made from one that fell after the thousands of years it had stood. It is in a shape of some bird.. " sh eloooked clsoer as hshe hummed in concentration," a crow... this statue is not jsut any statue James, it`s a staute made for the Goddess , The Morrigan. " Katra wondered on it with excitement in her eyes, she had heard about the myth of thsi statue and it weas defiently made to it`s requirements. " it`s eyes are made of the bones of the preistess that worshiped her, to give a tie to the Crow Goddess and to, appease her." "wow... this is..quite the find.. hm?" " oh hell yeah, if you dion`t mind me taking it off of your hands, for research,Iwould gladly do so." Katra smiled, he knew she would keep it.. but she would tell of all of her findings. If he found another, he could keep it. that was their deal since the day she accidently saved his life.
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 13, 2013 18:36:17 GMT -5
back in the deep network of Purgatory, Raven still had nothing to do, but as she contimplated to herself, she suddenly felt a faint twitch in her body, like someone had tugged on her shoulder before she could notice. She glanced around, thinking that maybe one of the Reapers or souls that floated by may have just bumped into her...but still, even for a Reaper, it felt strange.
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 13, 2013 22:18:26 GMT -5
" Of course you may, Katra. How can I deny you?" James smiled. "thank you, I owe you one." Katra smiled, happy as could be. "only a drink the next time you see me." James laughed. "you never change." Katra shook her head and gave him a hug, going back to her hotel to stay the night and look at the statue closer. She was happy she brang her folder and her laptop this time, filled with thousands of Myths she had leartend about and studied over the years. Once she set the statue down close by the light of he rlaptop, she read agian on the Crow Goddess, the spells associated with her and found exactly what she had been looking for, the legends of th estatue for the Goddess. She read and looked carefully at the statue, felling it for any major cracks so she knew how much repair it neede, she was surprise dto find it needed none, seems from the instructions, it only needed a fres hsaging then. She was quite pleased and read the spell associated with the statue, the spell used to associate it with the Raven, and looked at it`s bottom for any etched symbols. She was intrigued when she found only three symbols, she read them quietly in her head, with the words, it sounded like a spell similar to the papyrus form the Book of the Dead... maybe this one would work just as that one did... only one way to find out. But the hotel was not the best place, she remebered what happeened the last time! Sh ewould try in the college gardens. Big enough for the experiment!
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Post by soulknight18 on Feb 13, 2013 23:12:16 GMT -5
It had already been many hours since that strange sensation passed, often, it would return, a feeling of some kind of force pulling and tugging her, but it remained weak all the same. But suddenly, without warning, she felt a strange and overwhelming urge sweep over her. She suddenly heard ancient words of a passed age echo in her mind, pounding into her head like hammers. In normal circumstances, she wouldnt have been able to understand the diolect, but, as if the universe was her translator, she understood it perfectly; "Come to me" is what it said, and, like a hound hearing its master's call, she took the form of a giant raven with feathers of pure shadow and launched herself through the thick surface of purgatory, phasing through as if passing through smoke until she finally reached the surface of the living world, exploding from the ground a black explosions, but leaving no dmage behind. When she returned to her original form, she found herself in the misty grounds of a all too familiar academy.
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Post by kirajadeforesyth on Feb 13, 2013 23:31:51 GMT -5
Katra slightly moved the statue with a sigh, her back to where Raven had appeared, she thought it hadn`t work, she sat on a bench her shoulders from ther happy state to hunch up, let down state. She was hoping that it would work so bad. "damn... least I can say I tried." She sighed again and was just about to grab at her crutches to leave the spot.
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