moonlit wonderland [open]

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[attr="class","jarbbguntext"]The night's breeze was chilling. It whirled slowly and carefully through the trees, along the path, and over the roots and rocks that scattered along the ground. It barely rustled any leaves, hardly caused a single blade of loose grass to turn over. But it was cold enough to send shivers down any spine, cause rows of goosebumps to rise along the skin and make even the toughest daemon to snuggle into their clothes. Yet it's silent travel and freezing effects were completely missed by the form lying before a large Sakura tree.


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It was a full moon. It's glittery beams shining down through the tops of the trees and causing shadows to pop up in the most unsuspecting places. It caused the green leaves to sparkle, outlined in silver, like diamonds begging to be plucked from the dark branches holding them captive. The trunks of the trees were drowned in darkness, the branches above claiming all of the moon's light for themselves. The rocks, lying patiently at the trunk's feet, were lucky enough to grab some of the beams, and were painted dark purple and a few were freckled with gold and white specks.


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A few critters crawled here and there, nothing bigger then a cricket, and the couple that darted about in the air bathed in the moon's light. They flitted from left to right, seeming to dance along with the night song that the crickets sang below. But these sounds fell on deaf ears. These sights fell on blind eyes, and those fleeting fireflies and bees were missed by the one figure in their vicinity.


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Instead, the still form laying upon his back beneath a sloped blossomed tree, was paying more attention to the lightly swaying branches above him. The pink and white buds snugly tied to the tree branches above were glowing under the moon's shine. Those whom have blossomed were allowing their bright petals to sway lightly back and forth with the night breeze. Those still cuddling themselves and holding onto their youth were quite still and stubborn in allowing much more then the swishing branches deter them. But one unlucky flower, who was growing older as the night progressed, plucked itself unwillingly from it's branch and allowed the breeze to carry it away from those diamond laced leaves. It flung out into the night, disappearing from the moon's beams and floating slowly around the dancing bugs. After a few moments of flight, the small bud made it's descent towards the ground, landing, quite gracefully, upon the closed fist of the lonesome figure.


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The being glanced up. One eye covered with a small white patch, his other pale brown eye staring at the flower in wonder. Since it's beginning flight, the figure below the tree had rolled over to his stomach, grabbed the bulking bag beside him and started to work. around him were several different palates, with different expressions of colors covering them. The once blank canvas was full of dark hues with spots of pink and white in all the right places. His hands were covered in green and pink paint, the grass around him splashed lightly with several different colors, all in all, it was quite a sight to see.


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Rik grunted lightly at the Sakura bud upon his hand, as if it would quickly move from his skin by itself. After a moment he set his brush down, the rest of them scattered about the grass and roots of the tree. He wiggled his hand a bit, watching the bud twirl but never leave his hand, he chuckled lightly. "Stubborn are we?" Rik let a small smile grace his lips as he sat up, cupping the flower with his free hand and lifting it towards the tree, as if offering it back to it's home. Right then, the wind picked up and blew the flower from his finger tips, making it swirl in odd circles around the lonesome painter and bring him back in touch with reality.


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At that moment the crickets song reached his perked ears. Rik turned his head to and fro, glancing around him as he tried to determine where the chirps were coming from directly. Night already?


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A dancing firefly caught his attention, and as he stretch his arms skyward as a few more joined and danced provocatively around his spread fingers. Didn't realize it had gotten so late... A wide yawn revealed white teeth and a loud growl that seemed to scare the small bugs away. With a chuckle, Rik turned from the tree he had been staring at for the last few hours, and took in the clearing around him.


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The cold breeze flew past him, sending a chill down his spine and hugging him tightly before working it's way through the trees once more. Goosebumps rose upon the naked flesh of his chest and arms, and Rik wrapped his arms about himself as a shield. "How odd." He breathed aloud, glancing around him before returning back to his painting. "I don't remember falling asleep. I must have been very... preoccupied." He chuckled lightly, laying on his stomach and picking up his brush once more.


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Dipping his brush in a light hue of blue, Rik set the brush onto a fresh piece of canvas and with a vertical motion stroked quickly up towards the tree and off the page, "Vesi." From the blue paint that had once soaked into the white canvas before him, came a cascade of water lifting up and away from Rik and splashing against the tree, it's branches, leaves and blossoms. Perfect. The figure smiled, a dark grin that refelcted his daemon heritage, and showed his pride of the work of art he had created.


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With the newly added droplets of water, it seemed as though he had caught the tree just after a rain. Giving him more beauty to work with and add to the picture. Diving back into his painting he forgot the rest of the world again.


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He didn't notice the disappearing fireflies and butterflies.
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He didn't notice that the crickets had stopped chirping and jumping about.
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Nor did he hear the cracking of a branch behind him as another figure approached him.

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