Lullaby of Bones [Finished~]

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

The sun barely reached the dead grove. On the edge of Faron woods and the Sacred Grove, there was said to be a dead tree, rising from the ground, having corrupted the things around it. The sense of rot and death was stifling and yet there was signs of life, as twisted as they were, and pure life, shown by the few green trees at the furthest edge of this grove in the land. It was the perfect border between the two areas, as a swish of green showed in yellow dead leaves. A place where no one but the lost visited, due to the eerie path that led from the bright side to the marshes : a old, beaten path, slowly being reclaimed by moss : once a trade route perhaps? The trail of green was mysterious as it led up the tree : a vine curled, as a small animal was trapped in the noose of the vine. It was just a small rabbit : barely a baby. It was squeaking, and twitching, so cutely and so heart brokenly. Because anyone that had been here before knew the chain. With a tightening grip, the vine curled back up the tree, where a small squeal and a sick crack was heard. But that was a normal occurrence for this part of the woods. Things were eaten, as a shape shifted in the yellow trees, green eyes staring down at the dirt path. Life continued in this world, either death struck it or not : taking only what was necessary and keeping at bay gluttony.

Would an adventurer cross her path today? The child of the tree was rumored, but not quite known : after all, those that crossed the old route were said to go missing. But it had been a long while since anyone dared : even her own kind muttered away, talking about the eccentric child living in a tree. The pure fact was that this tree took her in, raised her and cared for her, like no other living being : and that made Ziva content, as she smiled slightly, and yet a part of her was wishing for something new, and beyond the usual. Something to break the circle of fate that inhabited her, something to change life. Maybe that something would come down the road.

Maybe not today but tomorrow. Maybe not now, but later.

But it was coming.

Hopefully.

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot!
-- Song! :: Potato Head in Wonderland!
-- OOC! :: First Thread!

[titania]

Almost as if she was brought about by premonition, Titania was drawn to the dead woods. They were something that others were told to avoid like the plague, which meant she had to go there eventually. 4 years on the throne and she had never ventured to this part of the woods. But with her new outfit and items she had a renewed sense of adventure. Even though she left the adventuring outfit behind and was bearing her royal regalia in full, she felt like she was gallivanting again, because this was new territory. But she had to come here, it was part of her realm.

When she arrived, she realized why she had been to avoid this area. It looked so dead, so sad. Even the animals knew there was something dangerous here. She wasn't sure if there was some sinister force at work, cursing the forest to be a realm of death instead of the life that permeated the rest of the sacred grove.

She examined one of the dead trees. These trees had no voice, not like the other trees. They were gone, separated, lifeless. She ran a hand along the tree, feeling its bark. And almost immediately, she recoiled, as if the tree had bitten her, caused her pain.

"What has happened here?"

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

Change.

It does happen.

The figure that was approaching was unique : dark red hair and slight dark skin, with a robe that seemed to be made of leaves. The eyes in the largest tree, the one in the center of the dead grove, was watching carefully. With a slip, the figure was on the ground, as this woman touched one of the trees. She seemed almost pained, as Ziva tilted her head. ''What do you mean? Can you not hear them?'' said the girl, almost curiously, tilting her head the other way right after. Hidden in the foilage, she now moved from the shade : and as she stepped, it may be surprising. Considering that from what the trees told her, she looked like a slim child : a small, cute body, with a long trail of green hair, and strange emerald eyes that showed a childish innocence and yet swirled in the darkest manner. It wasn't necessary evil : but it was definitely not all rainbows and butterfly. The young girl was curious : this was unusual, and from what the trees whispered, she was important. ''You don't look like a poor traveler. And you don't smell like one either : who are you?'' asked the girl before letting out a light grin, as those green eyes took in the figure before her. She looked meaty enough.

Now would she go good with the rabbit she had caught, or would it be better to scrounge what plants were edible? Poison mushrooms seemed too rough for the quiet elegance that this woman seemed to have, as the girl came fully in the light, specks of blood on the top of the rag that was serving to cover her body, because she had a guest, and her face, particularly near her mouth, was covered with it. There was a bluntness to her voice, as she gave a soft chuckle. ''You look delicious, so I think answering first would be best, hm?'' said the small hybrid, blinking very slowly. Who knew how rotten this person was : after all, people were dead in the heart, so the girl was ready to scamper up her tree again should a threat arise.

But she doubted it.


-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: Love Game by Lady Gaga
-- OOC! :: First reply x3

[titania]

Titania looked toward the seemingly bloodied girl in the rag. Apparently this forest was not entirely dead, there still seemed to be specks of life floating around. And she could hear these trees. What a promising aspect of this person, even if the blood was a little unnerving.

"I cannot hear their voices. They do not speak to me, because I am a stranger. You, however, are familiar to them." A lost Kokiri, perhaps? One who was lost in the dead of the forest and became one with it? Or was she something more? No fairy guide to speak of either. She appeared to be alone, but with these dead woods it was uncertain. She was cute though, in a childish sort of way. Like most Kokiri were, in fact.

"These forests may speak to you, but they will protect me. I am their queen after all. Even with the decay that these trees have seen, they are still very much alive in their own way, and I intend to keep it alive. However, our information dictated that this forest was abandoned by fairy and Kokiri alike, yet I see that this not the case. Very interesting." Titania tried to get a read on the girl. Something told her this girl had been away from others of her kind for many years, and she had become attuned to the voices here.

[Ziva]

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''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

''They speak to no one else then.'' said the girl, tilting her head again, as she curled her fingers, almost as if stretching them for something. The girl's gaze was watching the other, as she claimed that the forest would help her if she was in danger. That brought a strange smile to the girl's face. ''No, not these forest little queen. It is dead and yet not : it is unlife.'' said the green haired girl, before smiling slightly. Anyone that came near these forests would become a Skull Kid : for the children lost here could never come back. Yet somehow, she, she was still alive. And it was obvious that she was a Kokiri, as the girl stared at the red-head before her. Yet the woman had commented about how this place had been abandoned by Kokiri and Fairies alike. It was true : nothing really wandered this close to the tree, for it felt really dark. Well, not that Ziva understood that, but that's what the tree told her, as those green eyes held that childish darkness, as she grinned. Because she ate mostly only meat, her canines were a bit sharper then normal, another lovely feature about the girl.

''Because you're not in your places anymore, you're in my lovely world.'' she said very softly, moving with a sinew like movement, as she got closer to the woman. There was a curiosity about her, and even though crisp fairy wings sounded good, right now the Kokiri hybrid wanted to know what was going on in her head. ''None of my kind is here.. because here is poison, a curse. They change.. and lose everything.'' said the green haired girl, only repeating what the tree had told her. ''They become like the land. But not me.'' she said, frowning a bit. She could only speak what the tree had told her : true it bothered her slightly that she was different then her kind, but in the end, mentioning makes no difference. A part of her knew more then this but.. she did not wish to reveal anything yet.

She didn't trust this woman.

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: Crystal Forest by Nox Arcana
-- OOC! :: A bit of Ziva Oddity.

[titania]

Titania wasn't sure what this girl was talking about. She seemed to be a little out there, as an understatement. Unlife? It's not these trees housed the living dead.

"This may be isolated from the rest of the wood, but I still protect it, and I am still its queen." Poison? Change? What was this girl talking about? The only woods she could be referring to were...no. Those woods were lost to legend, weren't they?

As the girl approached, Titania remained where she was. This strange Kokiri didn't faze her, although she kept her staff firmly rooted to the ground, gripping it tightly. Something wasn't right here, this forest began to seem wrong. Perhaps it was a mistake to come here.

"Why do you continue to persist in this forest?" was the questioned she decided to ask. She wasn't sure this wasn't all a trap right now, and the situation might quickly become tense.

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

The woman seemed to be decided in her words. Ziva didn't quite understand that, but she nodded. ''Something about how the air is right.'' she said softly, looking around. Some days, it felt distorted : she didn't understand it herself, but a light smile touched her lips, as she drew closer, staring with those big green eyes of hers. Tilting her head at the question, the girl made a light sound. ''Persist? Does that mean stay? If yes.. then because I lived here. All my life.'' said the girl, staring up at the sky for a moment, before looking back at this so called queen. She wasn't of her kind, because it just felt odd. The girl was pretty sure that this was a fairy, like the tree had told her. ''You aren't one of me, are you.'' she said, curiously, tilting her head cutely. Although not meaning it, she still carried a cute sense about her. Ziva moved again, beginning a slow circle around the fairy queen. Although she was unsure of her conclusion, the girl would operate on assumption : simply because living in the wild fostered her instinct. And she trusted that instinct almost implicitly as she gave a sharp fanged grin, still iin that rag and full of blood, looking every bit the predator.

Seemingly fitting for this part of the forest.

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: Crystal Forest by Nox Arcana
-- OOC! :: Creepy cute. XD

[titania]

Titania looked confused when it came to the Kokiri. There was a hole in this story that needed to be filled in somewhere. That, or Titania had received some bad information somewhere down the road. It was unclear what the correct answer was.

"All your life?" she repeated, though like a question. "No, I am a fairy, though I have had many dealings with those of your kind in the past." Titania could tell something was different about her. Maybe it was the fangs and the blood. "Although, your kind doesn't typically have that sharp of teeth. You bear the telltale signs of a Kokiri predator, something that is unheard of in our society."

Titania looked toward the direction she came from, away from the little girl, or monster. "Perhaps I should go. The court might worry if I stay for too long. We wouldn't want that now would we?" In truth, she didn't care a damn for the court. But this girl was all sorts of creepy.

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

Ah, that smell. It was fear, leaking from the figure in front of her. ''All fifty years of it.'' said the green haired girl softly, barely audible. And yet she wasn't willing to let this person go : queen or not, they wandered into her land. Most would pay the price with a good feeding, but to be surely honest, the girl was definitely curious of things outside of her world. ''You're scared, little queen.'' said the girl's voice, almost soft and dangerous now, as if the scent of fear had been caught, and placed a target for the woman's blood. And the girl was slowly circling, completing the first axis of a surround turn, as that strange smirk was still on her lips. ''But leaving so soon? I'm not finished yet. Stay a bit longer : I want to hear about.. this court. The outside.'' the girl said, as with a light breath, she closed her eyes. From the bottom of her rags, there curled vines, forming themselves into a chair, as she took it and put it in front of her, for the woman to sit on, as she took a seat on the ground. Those big green eyes, childlike, were curious and fascinated, and yet that danger still lurked beneath the surface. But that tint of madness and danger filled the entire area : so for someone that lived here their entire lives, it was definitely easy to say that the area was tainting them.

''I want to know about the outside, about things.'' she repeated, making sure that the red head heard her, because the girl would track her down if needed. After all, she was a hunter : and she would hunt for information, as that smile displayed sharpened fangs once again. Trust was again relative : this person could stay neutral, depending on her answer. And of course, neither had shared names : and Ziva didn't mind that. A nameless prey was an easier prey to slaughter, wasn't it? The green haired girl was patient in her seat on the dirt, waiting for the so called Fairy Queen to speak.

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: Not Strong Enough by Apocalyptica feat. Brent Smith [Shinedown vocalist]
-- OOC! :: Poor Fairy queen, being creeped out XD

[titania]

Titania spread her wings to fly away from the scene, but held up before she took flight. Was it possible that this girl was merely curious? Was it possible that she would be able to stay and not have to fight her way out? Well, it wouldn't hurt to tempt fate a little. It was what Titania was famous for after all.

Sitting down on the chair of branches, it felt comfortably similar to the throne she had in the palace. It made her relax a little, and remember her role as queen.

"Well, I guess I should start with an overview. Hyrule is divided into provinces. Your whole life, you have been living in the Faron Province. The Faron Province is home to Faron Woods and the Sacred Grove. The other provinces are Eldin, Ordona, and Lanayru. Eldin is the province famous for Kakariko Village and Death Mountain, home of the Gorons. Ordona's main features are Ordon Village and the Minish Forest. Laynayru is the largest of the four provinces, encompassing the Gerudo desert, Hyrule Castle Town and the castle itself, as well as Lake Hylia and the Zora's River, the source of water for the vast majority of Hyrule. Now, did you have any questions about specifics? Races, locales, famous figures?" Titania was wondering just what this girl was planning. On the outside, save for the blood, she was an adorable looking Kokiri girl, but there was something cooking inside that brain of hers.

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

The girl was on the ground, playing with the dead blades of grass, smiling lightly as the woman, seemingly ready to take escape, decided to stay. If she had tried to run away : well Ziva would have had to do something about that. The other was speaking of areas : so the woods that she linked in between was the Sacred Grove and the Faron Woods? And all sorts of names that she heard before, but never knew what they were fell from the woman's lips. She knew what Kokiri were : she was one after all. And Fairies were now known to her : humans too, because she ate a traveler a bit back. The green haired girl mused a bit longer, knowing Deku's too, due to their casual flying around. But there seemed to be a lot that the green haired girl didn't know, as she shifted, letting her hair cover her face for a moment. ''Hm. I want to know more : about the races. The people. I've never seen anything but trees, skull kids, a few of my kind and dekus, and even a few humans. And you're the first Fairy I've seen.'' she said, her tone almost wondering, as she turned her head around before shaking it.

''But your time here is almost up : I hear the forest bristling with green. And that's not a pretty color here, not on the trees.'' the girl said, standing up. She herself was tired of the company : as good as it was, Ziva had to feed, and the longer this woman stayed here, the more tempting she was to the cannibal's tastes. A fanged smiled as the girl tilted her head, before shaking it. ''I want to know where to find you. Should I feel so inclined.'' the green haired girl said, not mentioning a who : for neither knew the other's name, as the child of the cursed meadow seemed to be antsy. Her hands were lightly shaking, as those green eyes seemed to take a glint of mania, and hunger swirling in those eyes.

''This is usually where they start running.''

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: L'Assasymphonie by Mozart L'Opéra Rock
-- OOC! :: I AM GONNA EAT YOU. X3

[titania]

Titania watched closely at the girl, making notes of any subtleties and motions that might illicit a warning. So far she seemed to be stable, just curious.

"Well, you should go out and explore the world. You aren't going to see Gorons or Zoras sitting in this part of the forest." Titania stopped as the girl's eyes began to wander and then shift.

"Bristling with green? What does that even...oh dear. I'm in the grove. Big palace. Ask any fairy for directions." Her voice sounded rushed, slightly panicked. She wasn't used to the Kokiri being like this, and normally she was pretty fearless, but this was weird, foreign, and a bit scary. She agreed with the girl, now was a good time to leave. She quickly extended her wings and took to the sky.

Note to self: Never visit there again[/color]

EXIT[/i][/u]

[Ziva]

~ ~
''It's not bad.''
I'm enjoying it

The woman said something about exploring on her own : that was certainly an interesting thought that crossed her mind as of late : she had even wandered to the very edge of her home, almost in wonder. This Fairy queen seemed to wonder at her words and then fear seemed to fill her. As she flew away, a sort of giggle fell from the girl, before a full blown laugh exploded from her. The laugh was dark in nature, almost psycotic. ''Run run! At your heels is the flames of eating!'' said the girl, her laughter psycopathic in nature, as she herself slinked into the woods, waiting for a victim : the hunger for meat was in her blood stirring like flames With a leap, she was lost into the dead yellow of this meadow, a predator in the death, those green eyes glinting like evil itself. Just a lost child, raised by the unlife of the trees around her : a creature just as distorted as this area. In the end, she was nothing but the product of what happened : as her skin quivered, the girl simply grinned again, the scent of blood filling her nose.

She would definitely take that wandering suggestion to mind to say the least.

[Exit]

-- Tags! :: Ziva, Open, Plot! Titania
-- Song! :: Black Hole Artist by Gumi+Kagamine Rin [Utsu-P]
-- OOC! :: End~

[Nightmare Darklight]

Rupees given. Thread locked and moved.