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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 16, 2015 21:39:50 GMT -5
Ethan very much enjoyed seeing the look of surprise on Ethar's face when he mentioned that he was the one who founded the organization, and more so liked that the other was impressed. It was however true that Ethan didn't see himself as a leader, but someone had to something and there was quite literally no one left to lead but him. "Yeah, well, there weren't exactly a lot of volunteers. I farm out as much of the work as I can though." the boy replied as he still held his hand out.
Then Ethar gave him a odd sort of look, not necessarily uncomfortable, more confused. Ethan himself was confused now, what was wrong? All he'd done was offer the older male a ride and explained to him that he needed to hold on. Then finally Ethar asked a question that brought a huge, amused smile to the blue haired teen's face. In truth, the option wasn't wholly unconsidered. While Ethan's knowledge of physical love was virtually nonexistent as evidenced by his knot knowing what Ohkara was doing to him on the beach, he did understand attraction and Ethar was quite attractive. "Hehehe!!! Well... I was originally just offering the ride... but that all depends now on whether guys go for other guys where you come from." the shirtless teen replied, his bright smile turning to a sly grin as he hand remained out for Ethar to take.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 11:38:24 GMT -5
"I see. Well, you should be careful as to the people you meet up with. An assassin could easily pose as a potential ally... Heck, even Akassa could disguise herself, surpress her powers, and spring a terrible trap right when you least expect it." He said, with a geniune tone of worry for the blue haired surfer. Ethan was one of the few dear friends that Ethar would depend on in life or Death situations. Which was something not to be taken lightly of.
Gently taking Ethans hand, the surfer boy could feel that not only did Ethars skin look naturally refined, but it felt very smooth as well. Which would be strange for a warrior to have. "it is possible for Male-to-Male relationships to form on Nor, but its not very common... Pretty rare infact. Though in case it does happen, we do support those individuals, since love in any form is still a pure act of the soul. We even have potions and spells only known to a few priests in each court, that actually allows same gender couples to have a child. Its a bit complicated to tell in short form. Though, Luckily for me, I excelled at Alchemy in my teachings, so I know how to brew such a potion... Though Earth lacks the.... environments to cultivate the herbs I would need." He said, as he would follow Ethans previous instructions and wrapped his arms around Ethans waist.
"My Home is the small, isolated log home at the base of Mount Pazou, Near the waterfall that falls into a small lake that overlooks a small town. Its cleverly hidden in the forest, but the cabin is in a small clearing with a spent campfire pit."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 19, 2015 20:53:03 GMT -5
"Oh don't worry, the possibility has occurred to me and that's why I take a lot of precautions before agreeing to a meeting and even then I make sure to scope things out and have an avenue of escape. That was the whole reason for the fog bank after all." Ethan replied with a smile as Ethar finally took his hand. "I do however insist on meeting potential new members, Mr. Brown though puts them through rigorous background checks first before a meeting is set up, it wouldn't do for the head of the organization to go missing."
With Ethar's hand in his, the blue haired teen held the board steady as his brown haired companion stepped aboard, Ethan's energy transferring to Ethar through the skin contact and allowing his feet to take purchase on the ethereal craft. Once Ethar was aboard and slid his hands around the boy's midsection, Ethan could finally notice and appreciate the smoothness of the other young man's touch. The hands resting against his skin were supple and gentle, the kind one would least expect to belong to a fighter. Granted Ethan's own features weren't exactly hardened either, the boy did after all pride himself on his looks and to have calluses simply wouldn't do. Beyond the utilitarian need though of having Ethar hold onto him to remain on the board, Ethan was in fact enjoying the close contact, he perhaps did like the other young man more then in just a friendly way so when Ethar mentioned that his people did involve themselves with both genders the teen's hormones momentarily jumped into over drive.
"Mmmmm. Well with a touch like that I'm surprised you haven't been snatched up by anyone... yet." Ethan replied with a smirk Ethar couldn't see. He let his mind wander for a moment, comfortably embraced by the other man's strong arms, at least as far as he dared before he got too excited. Teenager's bodies though don't exactly come with an off switch when it comes to hormones so once the thoughts were on, the result was inevitable. Realizing this too late to stop the physiological manifestation Ethan cleared his throat and jumped to the important topic at hand. "Oh...ok, got it, next stop, secluded cabin in the woods..." Ethan only hopped Ethar didn't reach lower and realize himself what was going through his teenage mind. With that the shirtless boy and his riding companion were off, the energy construct beneath their feet propelling them a few hundred feet up and whisking them away with sufficient speed to get them to their destination within the same time frame his passenger had mentioned.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 10:44:30 GMT -5
Fortunately for Ethan, Ethar had no reason to reach any lower.
Unaware of the other teens 'reaction' to his touch, Ethar listened to Ethan as he joked around that he hadnt been 'snatched' up yet since he had such a smooth touch. Unfortunately for Ethar, it brought some uncomfortable memories back to Ethar as they took to the air towards Ethar's home.
"Thats kind of easy really... Especially when your viewed as an outcast and a freak by everyone except your mother, and the odd person who takes pity on you..." He said, with a bit of a sad tone in his voice, though it could be hard to tell with the sound of the wind rushing past them as they flew.
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 27, 2015 19:16:22 GMT -5
Cruising a bit higher into the air to get above the tree tops, Ethan and Ethar soon left the fog bank as Ethan's board whisked them towards the mountains. The boy was really enjoying the feeling of the other young man's arms wrapped around him, a bit too much obviously, but thankfully Ethar hadn't noticed and so Ethan was free to go on reveling in the moment. Ethar unfortunately took what he said in a bad way, evidently the blue haired boy's words had brought up something painful, but it was ever said that Ethan wasn't there for his friends and with out a though the teen reached behind him with his right hand and gave the other male a conciliatory pat.
"Well can't say it was that bad for me but I used to get no end of jokes made at me because of my hair." Ethan offered, trying to comfort his friend. "Blue isn't exactly a normal color in my family. So don't worry, from where I stand, there's nothing freakish about you.." After giving Ethar's side a pat, Ethan brought his hand back around and laid it on top of the other young man's, interlacing his fingers with Ethar's to sort of hold his hand while it remained in contact with his middle. By now they were over the forest and quickly approaching the foothills and near the base of one of the mountains ahead Ethan could see in the fading twilight of the late evening, the subtle shimmering of the mist coming off of the water fall Ethar had spoken of.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 20:01:30 GMT -5
Ethar still held onto Ethan as they soared through the air as he felt the young teens hands on his, making him a slight bit uncomfortable. But he knew the teen was trying his best to make Ethar feel better, so he just sighed.
"Thank you Ethan. Means alot." He said, as he could see his cabin in the dark shadow of the mountain, and Ethar pointed to it, partially letting go of Ethan, but still keeping an arm around him.
"Down there. Plenty of room infront of it to land in. Just dont mess up my lawn. Heh." He said, with a bit of humor. He hoped his joke might make Ethan laugh, although it was only recently he heard that some humans take an abnormal amount of care for their yards.
"Sorry its not a mansion or anything like that. Not exactly needed when its just me and one or two guests."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 27, 2015 20:28:02 GMT -5
Ethan smile when Ethar thanked him for the gesture, it meant a lot to Ethan to have friends and his understanding of how Ethar felt would hopefully go a long way to solidifying that friendship even further. As they approached the waterfall however the subject of conversation changed as Ethan felt Ethar's free hand leave his stomach and saw it pointing out at their destination, accompanied by a joke about not messing up the lawn.
"Heh, how about I give it a little buzz cut on the way in?" Ethan joked back and started to descend, slowing their overall flight speed. As the cabin came into better view, not just a brown blob set against the trees, Ethan could make out some details and nodded his head in approval. "Nothing at all to be ashamed about I like it. Looks a lot better then the school did before we fixed it up." the shirtless boy commented back and they sailed in over the roof top and Ethan pulled a tight turn to bring them back out over the yard and then finally settled down vertically until the three fins of his board touched the ground.
"And here we are." the boy announced triumphantly, though he only now realized that Ethar was going to let go of him and in all probability notice what he'd been able to hide so far. Thinking fast, Ethan waited for his brown haired companion to step off the board, the would dismount it himself, but rather then dismissing the construct, Ethan kicked the board up and slung it under his arm, ostensibly to carry it but in reality to continue to hide his still excited state until he'd calmed down, behind it's distorting, translucent form.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 20:45:33 GMT -5
Ethar was happy to be back on solid land, as his feet touched the ground after he jumped off the board.
Ethan was lucky enough that it was a little too dark for Ethar to see what he attempted to hide, as he watched the teen hold the board under his arm. "Im glad you like it. Took be six months to make it by hand. Made the well and everything by hand to. But watch this... I learned to do this many years ago..." He said, as he stood infront of the small home, and waved his hand infront of it as he spoke a single word.
"Lumis."
And with that word, a candle in each of the front windows suddenly sparked to life, somewhat lighting up the areas near teh windows. A torch near the front steps also lit up, lighting up the area around it as well, making it easier to see where they were going.
"Pretty neat eh? There are simple spells all around us on simple objects to make life a bit more easier here."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 28, 2015 20:23:18 GMT -5
Making sure to keep his board positioned to his advantage, Ethan stepped beside Ethan and looked at the cabin, nodding in approval. The teen remarked to himself that Ethar seemed to be at least as handy is he was with a hammer and nails. Then Ethar went on to do something just a little strange, illuminating the little house with some sort of trigger word. The older male seemed to want Ethan to believe that the effect was produced by 'magic' but the teen knew better, magic wasn't real. Still he wasn't going to be a rude guest and was indeed impressed by the display anyway so he replied in kind.
"Yeah, that's really neat." the boy commented and looked to his host. "So, you going to show me around or are we going to stand around the yard all night? If so, you might want to get the fire going." he added with a cheeky smile.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 21:30:19 GMT -5
"Of course!, Follow me then." Ethar said, smiling as he would lead Ethan past the lit torch, up to the door.
If Ethan was to inspect the torch, he would see it was a normal non-electrical force made of wood, some flammable materials that was on fire. He could feel the heat from the flames, indicating that the flames were not faked.
Unlocking the door, and holding it open for Ethan, Ethar said "Welcome to my home away from home." as he gestured Ethan to go in.
Inside the cabin, he was greated by a main living room that had a few shelving uniques. Many had strange artifacts that were not native to Earth, as well as many plants that looked very alien and did not look like any that came from even the native solar system.
He would also see the computer on a nearby desk that Ethar used to contact Ethan for the meetup. It wasnt anything special, just a low end computer used for documents and other light work.
Ethar then uttered the strange Lumis word again, and more lights lit in a nearby hallway, and a larger chandelier in the living room, giving the cabin the full lighting Ethan would need to see everything perfectly.
"Its not much, but it works, and its out of the way from prying eyes..."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 29, 2015 10:27:32 GMT -5
Following Ethar into the cabin, Ethan continued to look around. The place was cozy, comfortable enough for one or two people, the self lighting chandelier was an interesting touch, but being as familiar with ki techniques as he was, Ethan reasoned that the effect was achieved by that method rather then anything mystical. As the boy looked about his attention was drawn to Ethar’s computer and he gestured towards it.
“Hay, how do you keep that thing going?” the boy asked. “Have a generator out back or solar panels and batteries? I set up a pretty big battery system in the school a while back for Kit’s gravity machine. I could help make some improvements if you’re having any issues with it.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2015 10:41:04 GMT -5
As Ethan asked about the power he used for his computer, Ethar smirked and replied "Neither... I use the waterfall to generate electricity to charge up batteries in the basement. The circuit automatically shuts off when the batteries are full, as to prevent overcharging. With minimal use, the batteries can last up to 4 or 5 days. But since the waterfall is always going, I never run out of electricity really." He said, as he continued his tour of his home, leading the boy into the hallway where he saw a guestroom with bunkbeds, large bunkbeds that could sleep a full grown adult easily with room to spare.
Ethan could also see a kitchen, that had more alien/exotic ingredients on nearby shelves, as well as the master bedroom, that had only 1 small window, and another door that was made out of glass. If Ethan were to look out of it, he could see that the door leads to a deck that overlooked the area at the base of the mountain, and in the distance, Ethan would be able to make out the lights of the town where they had met earlier.
"The basement is pretty spacious to. Though its mostly utilities down there..."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 30, 2015 18:20:44 GMT -5
"Oh, hydro power." Ethan chuckled. "Now that's something I know a bit about." he added glancing around as Ethar led him through the cabin. Along the way the blue haired teen felt himself finally relaxing from their intimate flight and finally dispensed with his camouflage, especially since now that they were navigating a narrow corridor it would seem out of place to maintain the ethereal construct. Ethan particularly liked the views that every window in the place provided, even the ones out little windows in the kitchen and such as the forest reminded him of home. Granted he didn't ever want to go back there, but that was because of the crazy old man that ran the place, not the rest of his family. As they made their way back to the living area, an interesting plant caught the boy's eye, a thorny creature that he could only describe as being a collection of blue stemmed roses in a clay pot.
"That's a neat looking flower there." the boy pointed out offhandedly and then turned back to his host. "So, what now? It's a synch that you're in so I don't really need to interview you and I know you can fight." the shirtless teen added with a grin. "So, you have anything planned for you house guest?"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 22:50:15 GMT -5
"Oh that? Ya. Its a plant from my home planet, the petals are used in a few ways, but the toxin in the thorns is potentially fatal. Dont touch it. Heh." He said, as Ethan said that he was easily accepted into FREE and didnt need an interview. He wondered if Ethar had anything planned for him...
So Ethar replied "I wasnt really expecting to bring anyone home at this hour. Heh. I was gonna cook up something to eat, then head out to the waterfall for some training. You are welcomed to join me in both activities if you wish." with a bit of a smile on his face.
"Your more then likely gonna be spending the night here anyways... Might as well eh? I have a few extra sets of clothes you can ear as Night wear if you want."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Oct 4, 2015 19:00:15 GMT -5
Ethan listed as his host explained that the flower he'd pointed out was in fact of a poisonous variety, not something Ethan wanted to go messing around with. He'd had no intention of touching the plant in the first place but not made a special mental note not to do so. Following that Ethar had gone on to explain his plans for the evening both of which the shirtless teen had no intention of missing as first off it would be rude and second he enjoyed his time with his friends.
"Oh? Dinner and training?" Ethan asked rhetorically. "Sounds like a plan to me." the boy added cheerily. He paused while Ethar went on to make the assumption aloud that he was going to spend the night, to which Ethan nodded. However where Ethar lost him was at the mention of night wear. "Uh... Nah, I'll be fine. Don't usually wear anything to bed anyway." the boy replied, oblivious to the fact that Ethar might be uncomfortable with that thought.
"So what is for dinner anyway?" Ethan jumped topics again, returning them to their Ethar's plans for dinner.
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