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Oasis of Eden
DIR By: Minyaagar
Date: February 18, 2026, 12:43 am
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It was another morning at the Oasis of Eden. Enon woke up in the
near dry place.. the oasis showing signs of it attempting to die
off.. the large tree itself seemed beyond saving. His parents
were one of several older Terranians that had given up
themselves for the sake of keeping the oasis running after all
these years.
Ever since the invasion of the fae kingdom-they were left in
ruin. He learned that his brother was meant to keep the oasis
thriving and his sister was the hero that had come back. While
he didn’t have the favor of the gods in such a way- he was meant
to be a priest. His head moved from his parents chosen home. The
apple tree left untouched hoping it would take and flourish
again- the waterfall barrier becoming the family’s space.
He got up, and went to the water that poured from his parents
abilities to make sure they would have a comfortable home. The
water poured over as he cleaned up and got dressed for the day-
his stomach growled at him to sigh.”best find food..” he said as
he went to move for the hunt- so they’d have food for the
morning.
-----
Before The sun had broken the horizon, Aziz was awake and going
about his morning routine.being one of the few who knew how to
make staples like bread and other baked goods so he was tasked
with making enough for the tribe.
A heavy sigh left the terranian when whe realized he wouldn't
have enough water to finish his last batch of dough for the
morning, he went to the nearest water source, putting his
massive empty jug on the ground on the shore of the water and
used his Tuning to gracefully draw it from it's source and
guiding the water into his jug until he had it full and capped
it before trying to lift the heavy container.
-----
Elior stirred from his own slumber a few moments after Enon had
left their shared space and yawned as he slide from his own
furs. He moved slowly to check in on Ezma his younger sister.
The young girl on the cusp of becoming a teenage terror was
still asleep in her furs, getting a relieved sigh from him.
Elior leaned down to brush her wild red hair from her face
before he went to gather what he could for a quick breakfast. He
had far too many responsibilities in the small terranian
community to take time to actually cook something.
After his parents and the elders of their clan had given up
their lives to keep the oasis from dying, a great deal of the
responsibility's had been put on his shoulders. Sometimes it
felt like too much to deal with, given he also had Ezma to
parent. At least Enon was a big help with that.
"Elior..the tree is getting worse," one of the few female tuners
told him worriedly when he came through the waterfall.
Elior sighed heavily. "We may need to add in a few more exchange
sessions with the earth tuners. The ground isn't giving off
enough nutrients anymore,"
Soon enough Elior was too busy dealing with the daily problems
that he dealt with everyday. A part of him wished he could take
a break and just go off for a hunt like Enon liked to do.
------
Enon had his spear to sling it on his back. His feet carried
him to see Aziz working on getting water where he could. “It’s
starting to dry again isn’t it?” He asked the other tuner.
Little did most know Enon held a crush on Aziz. He never acted
on his feelings given he wasn’t sure how the others would feel.
He knew at some point females would approach him on the prospect
of having children- though he wasn’t interested, the idea that
the gods let his siblings get stolen. Made him not want kids to
suffer the same fate.. that and the fact the oasis was dying.
His masked eyes looked the man over and was fairly obvious given
how their ways were.
-----
"The oasis is always drying," Aziz complained as he looked over
at the redhead, noticing the look the man gave him to give a bit
of a smirk. He had noticed the man giving him looks before.
"You... free for a sparing session later?" He offered as he
lifted the jug onto his shoulder.
"Should be done with my morning chores by the time you get back
from hunting... maybe even have breakfast together..." He
suggested as he began walking towards his home.
---
A new day in a new Oasis and Nabil was up to greet the rising
son. He went about getting a few things done and helped a few
tribe members before he settled down after having a small
breakfast of the rations he had in his tent, he began to
peacefully play his flute for all to enjoy, perched on a rock.
-----
The morning was starting to get moving, Ezma had woken to an
empty home, finding her brothers had started the day without
her. It caused the child to huff and stomp her foot before going
to retrieve a list of chores she had assigned herself. She was
constantly told to go play, but she didn't want to play, she
wanted to become stronger like her brothers so they could stop
worrying over her so much. She began her morning by giving the
family quarters a deep clean before collecting any and all wild
fruit she could find. She then started on her morning practice
routine with her Tuning ending with a meditation before
breakfast. This would be how she would spend the rest of her
morning if it weren't for the boys her age that loved to pick on
the serious child.
"Thought we might find you here, come one come *play* with us,"
taunted the ringleader.
"No thank you, leave me alone," she said simply before one of
the boys went to grab her and drag her along, resulting in a
fight where the tiny girl pummeled all three boys, sitting on
their stacked bodies to resume her meditation.
---fin---
Elior was quite grateful for Nabil's soothing playing. It often
eased the headaches he got from dealing with everything going
on. He had just finished dealing with an argument between two of
the women and started to head up to join Nabil when another
tuner arrived to report his sister was doing her meditation on
top of the three young boys of the clan.
With a long sigh, he headed off to rescue the boys from her. It
was more than likely they'd tried to get her to play with them,
only for her to beat them up.
"Ezma, come on, let's go have a talk," he said in a calm voice
when he found her sitting on top of the three boys.
-----
It had three weeks without his guards and Shaddin had
progressively grown more and more on edge. The desert was
supposed to have been a haven for him after escaping the coupe
that had wiped out his family. Instead it had become a living
nightmare for the pampered former Prince.
His once beautiful hair was a tangled mess, his clothes tattered
and his body covered in small cuts and bruises from the
encounters he had with the animals and the crazed people that
kept trying to attack him.
At least his djinn magic seemed to be enough to keep him safe,
but he hadn't been able to rest to restore his core in the past
week. He was starting to hallucinate and grow dizzy. Shaddin
knew this was partly because he was limiting his water intake.
He hadn't found a water source and only had a little left in his
water skin.
"Keep moving, don't stop, just move Shaddin," he ordered himself
through his dry and cracked lips.
------
“Mm totally I have nothing better to do…” said enon as his face
dipped down a bit more when Aziz walked by. His face trained
clearly on the man’s ass.”mmhmm breakfast totally.. and then a
spar?” He said to follow the man a little bit. “Oh since I’m
going out there- anything you want me to try to hunt?” He asked
as his want to grab ass came in a form of the man’s hand flexing
a bit.
-----
"I've been craving pheasent actually, think you could nab a few
while out? Have a good breakfast and a good fight is a great way
to start the day properly," Aziz mused as they reached his tent.
The blonde put the jug of water down before he began to process
of making more bread. "See you when you get back, stay out of
trouble would hate to have to go and save your ass," the man
teased with a smirk.
Once alone and had the last of the bread made, he found he had
leftover dough and decided to make it into pancakes, even
finding some honey to put on top, having it ready by the time
Enon returned.
---
Hearing the sigh of Elior's exasperation behind her had Ezma
sighing herself and hopped off the pile of boys and went to walk
with her big brother who had become a parent when their original
mother and father died. This had done a number on the young
Terranian and in some regards not accepting her brother as her
new parent.
"They wouldn't let me meditate!" She protested before her
brother could even say anything.
---
The morning had been quite fruitful for the lone mix breed as he
enjoyed the spoils of his morning hunt from the confines of his
burrow he had made under a rocky outcropping. A strange sound
caught his attention drawing him out of his hiding place to see
a man who looked quite unprepared for the desert looking a
proper mess.
The foxkin watched for a long moment before he grabbed his
waterskin and headed out towards the stranger. "Hey there!" He
called out on his approach.
"You look thirsty and sunbaked, why don't you take a rest in the
shade and drink some water?" He suggested with a friendly smile.
---fin---
"I'll talk with them about that later," Elior told his younger
sister calmly, knowing how easily frustrated she became with the
younger boys constantly bugging her.
A lot of times he felt she had to grow up far too quickly and
he's tried to encourage her to play. However that didn't seem to
be helping any.
After being forced to grow up far too quickly himself, he'd only
wanted her to get to be a kid for as long as possible.
"How about we start practicing tuning every day? I know you've
been wanting to start more focused lessons." He added and snuck
a longing look at Nabil as they passed the older man.
Maybe later he could pick the older man's mind if he ever got a
free moment. It was likely not to happen until much later in the
day. Everyone always expected him to solve all the problems that
arose.
------
The voice coming out of nowhere had Shaddin freeze, his eyes
flickering around until they fell on the strange looking gray
skinned man that was approaching him, a water skin held out.
While the language wasn't one he understood, the friendly smile
eased his suspicious paranoid mind enough to grab the offered
water and he hurriedly guzzled down a large mouthful. He let out
a gasp and fell to his knees and emptied a bit more over his hot
head before taking another long drink.
*"Thank you,"* he exclaimed in his own tongue shooting a
grateful look at the other man. He wasn't sure if the other
understood his words, but the look would more than likely convey
his feelings well enough.
----fin----
Enon chuckled “I can try if they are around.” He said as he
watched the man get back in the process of making more bread.
The guy knew how to make the fluffiest bread Enon loved.”haha-
me trouble? Yeah right.” Teased back the red head.
He went out to canvas around for what would still linger-
getting lucky for a pheasant or two. His displeasure showing on
his face of just how bad things really have gotten with the lack
of animals. He was beginning to think their oasis was on its
final leg. Without its guardian it would wither away- and
without their hero, it was vulnerable. Some of the monsters he
had beaten himself to keep what young they had protected.
He came back after a little scouring to find water.
He passed by some others that were talking about leaving.
“We can’t keep living like this!” Said one.
“It won’t be long till this place dies out..” said another.
He sighed as he pushed himself to the tent for him to bring it
in.”hey there handsome. Got some meat!” He said to grin.. till
the smell of pancakes hit his nose.”that smells amazing!!” He
said as he smiled.”let me get this all plucked and we can cook
this.” He said as he went to do just that.
----
When Enon returned, calling him handsome, Aziz's fair skin
turned quite red, grinning with the redhead complemented how the
cakes smelled.
"Sounds good, we can eat these while we wait for the pheasant to
cook." He told the man. Having Enon compliment him in such a
way, made this, vague, silent courtship the pair had seemingly
been preforming seeming more real. He tried to mentally justify
why he made a sweet treat for the man. It made him realized that
he was actually courting back. He deeply enjoyed the man's
company.
---
When Elior had said they needed to talk, Ezma had been sure she
had been in store for a lecture so her brother saying he would
told to the boys *and* start doing daily training had the child
grinning ear to ear. "Yes! I would love that! But.... will you
have time? You are always so busy, I bet I could get Enon to
help do it!" The redhead chattered excitedly.
When Nabil caught that longing gaze, the man gave the tribe
leader a flirtatious wink and smoldering gaze as he played his
song.
---
Seeing how the man desperately dowsed himself in the water after
drinking it before speaking funny words had Omar deciding he
would take the man with him out of the sun. He scooped the now
wet man up into his arms and carried the guy to his den, easily
slipping into the hole and set the man down on a bed of furs
before miming a sleeping motion easily realizing they didn't
speak the same language.
He then offered a bowl of dried fruit and meat and more water,
carefully watched the ragged man.
-----
Elior grinned, pleased to see his sister so happy. Her question
of him having time had him sigh as she quickly moved on saying
she could get Enon to help with training her. "It wouldn't hurt
to have him help train you as well. I'm going to find someone to
split up the leadership role with. It's way too much for one
person. I should have realized it sooner. "
Elior felt his face heat up at the wink and smoldering look
Nabil gave him. It made his step falter for a moment before he
recovered and then hurried to catch up with Ezma.
"Let's find a quiet spot to get started," he suggested and led
the way to a secluded spot he often used when he needed time to
think over matters of the clan.
Once there he gave her a knowing look. "All right, show me how
much you've progressed on your own,"
She might have thought she was sneaking around teaching herself,
but Elior has been very aware of what she'd been up to.
---+
Shaddin hadn't been expecting to be suddenly scooped up and let
out a startled sound, struggling for a moment against the
stranger. He was too weak though to do much and finally settled
with a long sigh once they were in the strange underground
space.
When he was set down on soft furs he felt his body start to
relax even more.
*"You want me to sleep here? I won't argue, I am very
exhausted,"* he muttered back, though he realized the stranger
couldn't understand him.
Shaddin eagerly accepted the food offered, and tried to eat
slowly and pace himself. The last thing he needed was to throw
it up. He stopped after eating about half of it and laid back in
the soft furs.
*Thank you for your kindness,* he signed, taking a shot in the
dark that the other might understand it.
----fin----
“Sounds good!” Said Enon with a grin that crossed his face, the
idea of having the fluffy cakes drowned in honey was a rare
treat indeed he took a bite to groan into the taste.”geeze you
really are the best at these!” Said Enon with a grin.”if I could
eat like this everyday - I would.” He teased to give a soft
nudge to the man in a flirty way. Times like this he cherished.
He knew there would be a time to call for more to give
themselves to the oasis.. praying another Eden would come to be.
Their hope was dwindling..so it became more of enjoying what
time was left.. or what felt like it to Enon.
-----
Seeing Enon enjoying the pancakes had Aziz grinning quite wide
as he ate his own. The rouges heart fluttering at Enon mentioned
he could eat them every day. It caused images of the pair
sharing a tent and much more. "I mean... that... could be
arranged," mused Aziz as the blonde finished of his food before
fussing over the meat.
Soon the meat was done and their bellies full. "Ready for that
spar?" He questioned with a smirk as he stood and stretched.
------
Hearing Elior agree with her had Ezma grinning ear to ear as she
went with her brother to a secluded area. She gave a smug grin
when the man told her to show him what she had taught herself.
The cocky preteen did a rather extravagant display of just how
much control she had over three of the element, lightning being
her strongest element with fire and wind being close seconds.
"How did I do? Good? Bad? I *neeed* feedback!" She pestered
excitedly.
---
When the man seemed to be trying to thank him, Omar gave the
man's head a pat before sitting back and watching over him. When
the guy fell asleep, the foxkin went hunting for fresh food and
water to have ready for the man when he woke up, and even dug
out an old brush he had gotten so long ago he no longer
remembered how he had obtained it.
------
Elior was more than a little surprised by the control that Ezma
had after only a short amount of practicing on her own.
"You have a great deal of control so far. A bit more focus and
you'll be able to pull in stronger winds, creating sand storms
or even bringing in rain clouds when they're far off. As for the
lightning, you and I will concentrate on how to focus a single
strike on targets. On the fire, it did get a bit on the wild
side. You need to be more cautious with it. Enon will have to
help you with that element. It wouldn't hurt to work on healing
too. Every Terranian is able to heal themselves to a certain
degree. You did very well Ezma," Elior replied encouragingly.
"Let's set up a target and we'll start with the lightning
exercise first,"
Elior found a good sized rock nearby and set it up a good ten
yards away, and explain how to focus lightning tuning before
building up a surge in his right arm before pointing and hitting
the rock with a single strike that barely scratched the surface.
"A stronger bolt would shatter the rock. Those should be
reserved and used to kill monsters that are dangerous. The
lighter strikes can shock or stun people you don't want to
kill," Elior explained.
----
Shaddin blinked at the head pat and sighed. It seemed the
language barrier wasn't going to be solved all that quickly.
After the food and water, laying on the soft furs was enough to
have him relaxing and falling into a restful sleep.
After being so wary and too paranoid to sleep, his slumber
lasted the majority of the day away. He finally stirred in the
early evening and rubbed his face as he sat up and stretched
out. He blinked up at the stranger and smiled seeing the brush
in the other's hand.
"*Bless you! My hair must look terrible by now,*" he said taking
it and started working on the huge rats nests it has become.
He finally had to douse the brush with water to help work out
the mess.
----fin----
Enon heard the man telling him about how that could be arranged-
his mouth moving before his mind would process.”really? Would
love to get up and smell all the good stuff you make…” his voice
faltered a bit to blush at himself- “more than ready!” He said
as he got up to roll an arm. “Don’t cry if I beat you.” He said
flashing a smile- his cocky confidence of his own fighting
skills his pride.
He got a pole to give it a spin.”I’ll avoid using fire.” He said
as he got ready.
Once the sound of go be uttered the two would clash, Enon using
the advantage of a pole keeping their distance. A few times his
blood tuning would catch Aziz in a hold, to slip due to his own
feet being thrown underneath him by tuning.
He laughed as it would echo through the oasis. The few lively
voices that still filled the barren place that once thrived with
life and prosperity.
——
Eden who had ran off in a hormonal rage after being told that
they could not find Skoll had gone on her own, she had left when
she was nearing her last few months. The size of her, would have
caused profound shock of her moving about.
Her hand ran on the top of her belly. Unsure of which way was
back again.
“We shouldn’t have ran end..” said Eden a touch of her own
emotional state sliding out.
“We had to! I know he’s out there!” Snapped end, her head
turning the other way.
Their belly hardened causing a groan. Eden making a worried look
before her head should shift left as end said.”it’s okay..
maybe it’s a false alarm again..”
“We are making what’s left of our mates worry..” said Eden
reasonably. “We should… stay put..” she would feel end deep
inside shudder softly.”I know.. it’s our fault skoll is
missing.. and I refuse to think he’s gone too..” said Eden
feeling her other side’s slow soothing feeling before feeling
the pain again. Eden gasped a little. The searching had been
going on for months.
>>>
^^^
That’s when Eden looked up to see a dried dead rather large
tree. “Looks promising..” she said softly.
End scoffed.”it looks dead! Let’s just hope we can bring water
up.”
The large tree was rather deceptive in how far away it looked..
but by the time they managed to reach the outskirts.. looked
tall, and despite looking dried up- impressive. “You think
there’s people here?” Asked Eden as end sighed.”hopefully good
ones and not the-“ end started to be cut off by another round of
pain.”oh boy… I think… our kids are saying their coming.” Said
end. Her masked eyes looking for a place to be sheltered.
The place looked large as she went in to pause at the sight of a
purple flower on its last leg. Eden’s hand softly touching it to
see it drop.. it looked saddening to see it in this state.
That’s when she heard movement to hide a little her jaw flexing
at the next round of pain. To see two men sparring it looked
like. While the red head was dressed differently.. looked so
much like her twin Ezra.
The woman uncertainly wandered out, enon who was about to win
about fell over his feet at the sudden appearance of a red
headed woman heavy with child- to spit out dirt and shook his
head.”Ezra… “ she mumbled”I’m sorry I ran.. where’s snow..” she
asked before her head went to the more unfamiliar person
Aziz.”who the fuck are you?” Came out before she’d lean on a
boulder like rock nearby to gasp in pain again.”and find fucking
Ocea..” said the more scared side.”they’re not going to wait..”
she said in a softer tone.
-----
Hearing Enon so readily take to the idea of moving in together
had the blonde blushing dark. Were they really ready for next
steps? Maybe they were? They had been subtly courting for nearly
two years now, what were they waiting for? The oasis was dying
and they didn't have a lot of time left together. "Riiiight,
because I am such a sore looser," Aziz said sarcastically in a
chuckled tone.
"Suppose that means I can't use explosives, fine fine I'll still
kick your ass," he teased as they began their fighting. The pair
well matched but Aziz often couldn't match the tenacity of his
shorter companion, soon finding himself pinned after several
attempts to pin Enon. Their laughing and play fighting was
interrupted by the sudden appearance of a woman, causing Enon to
be distracted enough to flip them over before he heard the name
to let go and pull away from Enon to look at her fully,
especially when she asked who he was.
"Isn't your missing brother named Ezra?" Question Aziz with a
raised eyebrow looking to his companion. The blonde's eyes
widened in recognition of not only who this woman was but that
she was actively in labor.
"Look, that is Enon, not Ezra, we don't have a Snow or Ocea
here." He explained matter of factly. "I'll go get Elior and
whoever else, you get her in my tent and comfortable... sounds
like she is expecting more than one..." the rogue said before he
was rushing off, not answering the question of who he was,
finding that information irrelevant at the moment. If he was
right, Eden was back.
After a bit of rushing around he found Nabil who had seen where
Elior had gone, rushing into the secluded area and almost
getting hit by Ezma's lightning.
"Elior! There is an emergency. A woman just arrived and she is
in labor... and I think she might be your missing sister." He
explained getting a shocked expression from Ezma. "Eden? She,
she is back?! I get to meet our hero?!?!" The preteen asked in
pure excitement.
---
Seeing the excitement over the brush had Omar grinning wide
before the smile faltered seeing the man struggle with the rats
nest. The foxkin snatched the brush back before settling behind
the man to gentlely brush the guys hair for him, causing far
less pain had the man tried to force it the way her was.
"Beautiful," mused Omar when he finished and pulled away and put
the brush away. "Eat," he told the stranger as he as he gestured
to the food before pointing to himself. "Omar," he said trying
to explain his name to the man given they didn't speak the same
language.
---fin---
Elior was rather startled by the sudden appearance of Aziz and
managed to pull Ezma's lightning strike off course at the last
moment.
"Watch out! You should be more careful than that!" He admonished
then froze as the man started explaining why he was there. His
eyes widened, his mouth falling open in shock.
"My ..my sister? Eden? Is here?"
Elior reached out to grab Aziz and Ezma and tuned the wind to
lift them and sweep them to Aziz's tent in half the time it
would have taken on foot.
"Wait out here for now Ezma, if she's in labor we should give
her a little space until after her baby...no babies are born,"
he corrected as he felt the connection to the unborn almost
instantly.
Elior shot a look at Aziz. "Get one of the females to come,
whoever is available. We'll need assistance," he ordered before
moving to go into the man's tent and moved to look over the
woman Enon had gotten settled inside.
The air left his lungs when he spied the familiar red hair and
the features Eden shared with their dead mother and with Ezma.
"Eden...you're alive," he exclaimed a look of amazement and
relief filling his face. "and about to give birth as well," he
added and moved to take her hand, brushing her hair back off of
her sweaty forehead. "How can I help?" He asked, his focus now
completely on what his long lost sister needed.
-----
Shaddin was a bit shocked that the brush was snatched back. Then
flushed when the gray skinned man moved to sit close behind him
and ever do slowly and gently began to work out the matted nest
in his hair.
It had been a *very* long time since he'd gotten any sort of
pampering like this. Shaddin let out a long sigh at the care he
was being shown and relaxed under the other's tender
administrations.
He blinked and turned to eye the stranger as he spoke. The
admiring look made him think the man had complimented his now
sleek wavy shiny hair.
His face flushed again and followed the man's gesture to the
food that had been set out nearby. He reached to grab the plate
and then glanced up catching the man pointing to himself and
saying what sounded like a name.
"Omar," he repeated slowly then gave his rescuer a bright smile
and pointed to himself. "Shaddin Aamel," he said slowly. "Call
me Shad," he added.
Then he slowly started to eat from the plate, making pleased
sounds. When he'd eaten his fill, he offered the rest to Omar
not wanting it to go to waste.
----fin----
Enon heard the name to catch his breath at the sight of the red
headed woman. Her teal mask being worn as if she wore it all her
life.
She looked so close to their mother. Granted she favored her
hair longer than what he saw.
He heard Aziz take charge to explain to her who he was, her head
tilting to the masked triplet. He watched the girl deflate and
begin to sob. He got off the ground to dust himself off to click
his tongue.
”that rude guy is Aziz…” he said softly to approach. The woman
clearly on guard with that word vomit that came out of Aziz. He
went to his cerulean mask that he wore.. he kept it that color
to feel closer to the siblings he had lost. Her head moved to
see it slid off to see a pair of red eyes.. her face filled with
confusion.”why… are yours different… “ she asked. Her hand
slowly went to her own. He let her take her time as if she was
deciding.
“Just do it.” He heard the rougher voice from Eden. He watched
it slide off.. a pair of red ones glared at him back.
His brows furrowed for a moment- but he recalled his older
brother mentioning their mom sensed two in the small girl. Two
whole people in one- but the other would live dormant till she’d
finally trigger. He walked over slowly.”what is your name?” He
asked.”sister?”
End looked at him her hand on her blade as clear uncertain eyes
looked him over- he looked just.. like her.. so what was she?
She wondered.”end..” she said before the globes would faze
through purple to the blue ones he knew so much as the blessed
mark of the goddess. “Eden..” he murmured. “Let me- get you
settled..” he said softly seeing her hand hadn’t left the hilt
and her looking just as confused.”don’t.. you feel it? Our
tie..” she heard.
Her eyes dipped a bit before she would relent, her hand dropping
off to take his hand.
She was led inside.. his mouth turned at the furs not being out.
He worked at getting it up and settled as he heard a groan to
get her settled.>>>>
He got the belts off and left the knife nearby. Seeing how jumpy
she was told him that she experienced many things in her life.
Seeing how the eyes would flicker from the soft cerulean to the
hard red.. before settling on a mysterious purple as if two
children were attempting to look through the same double
spyglass to look through at the same time.
“It’ll be okay..” said Enon.”you’re not alone.” He said softly
trying to put the nervous female at ease.
He heard the sound of his brother flying up to see her mask go
on. He had just finished getting her settled and used a cloth to
cover what was important.
He could hear the voices. Eden saw his eye roll-knowing well how
his brother might be. He saw Elior to watch as she snatched her
hand back for a moment- a natural reaction for someone that had
been touched by someone unknown.
His brush of getting her hair out of her face made her a bit
nervous.”who are you?” She asked the man that came in.
The sudden touches and affection from a family she never knew
clearly a little overwhelming.
“He’s our older brother Elior.. sorry it’s just.. you’ve been
gone so long..” she heard before she felt another wave of
discomfort to grab Eliors hand to squeeze. “My mates..” she said
softly.”they’ll be looking for me.. one’s hair is white and snow
and the other black as night.” She said.”their names are snow
and Adan.. please let them in?” She asked.“Also did you see a
mountain of a man? He’s terranian with the fluffiest ears…” she
said before her head fell back with a stronger contraction.
“You should save your strength.” She heard before being told
Skoll hadn’t been there. Tears fell silently her body wracked
with pain before a female would appear. As it seemed the men
were about to go she held fast to Elior.”don’t leave me.” Said
the frightened voice.
Enon had felt the tug of his cloak.”please.” She asked her head
moving. Her bottom lip trembled.”your my family.. you should..
stay…” she said. >>>
^^
Enon felt a soft wave of emotions. “One of us can- see.. we got
a younger sister too out there..” he told her holding her hand.
Eden’s face would flip to the brothers.”then you stay.. you look
like Ezra..” she said just wanting some semblance of familiarity
around before she felt another wave of pain.
Once alone he would hold Eden’s hand as she pushed. Her body
doing what it naturally would.. and two cries would be heard.
But what no one expected was a child that didn’t get discovered-
matching the beat of his brothers heart- and didn’t move all
that much.
Eden’s body shook as she felt a hand going in. “There’s one
still- the chord- it’s stuck!” Said one.
“Be strong.” Was all that rang in Eden’s ears before the
necessary c section came. Thanks to the amount of people around
she was healed quickly after, her little one finally crying
after Enon got involved. All three clearly had something from
their fathers.. one half human with white hair.. one with beast
in him.. and one that made enon still. The fae in the child made
him angry to know that his sister had a fae born - though the
other seemed human from how his eyes translated to him/
convinced she was used.. but he would never show this to the
young boy that wailed for his mother. He carefully held Kallios
first. “Don’t worry… mom is right here.” He said to softly hold
off one to get to Melita that wailed her own set of lungs to
scoop her up. “Blue eyes.. just like mom..” he complimented as
the other would be handed off. He went to what looked like the
smallest child.. its ears moving as it cried.”three wonderful
children…” he praised as they were gently placed on Eden’s chest
the skin to skin contact her head moved a bit to look at the
children, to settle on velvela. He looked so much like Skoll.
She moved to get a bit of help with the babies.”I’m sorry..” she
told her smallest child.”I tried.. mommy did… but.. least we
still have two that’ll be there..” she said.>>>
^^^
Her babies settled on blankets on her legs.
She heard someone ask what their names were once things were
cleaned and Her older brother and youngest sister were in.
“Kallios.. stone strong and steady.” She said softly her hands
wandering her young son’s hands. Adan weighing on her mind. What
would he think.. would he lecture her.. would he.. be angry?
It shook away as she touched Melita. “Melita.. “ she said
softly. Enon chuckled.”honey… guessing it’s a favorite?” She
heard.”mmhmm.. anytime I felt bad snow would… give me some..”
she said as his face held in her mind. She had no doubts he
probably ran right after her without thinking twice. She also
hoped he still wanted to be with her. It banished as she looked
at Velvela. “Velvela.. my little wolf..” she cooed to nuzzle the
littlest one.”least.. I have you…” she said in a tone. She took
off her mask as the colors just flickered between red , purple
and blue.”I lost my mate.. it’s all my fault.. and I don’t want
to lose no one else..” she sobbed before she’d hold the three so
close. She would feel supportive hands on her back as Enon
suggested.”we need to move her to the waterfall home.. it’ll be
hella more comfortable and when the water comes back- cooler.”
He said to his brother.”Ezra should be close if they know each
other… lemme go out and find him!” He asked his face serious.
—-fin—
When they arrived at his tent Aziz nodded at Elior's
instructions and was quick to run off to fetch the requested
female. He nearly gave the woman a heart attack when he popped
out of nowhere and urgently requested her help. This caused the
news of Eden's return to spread like wildfire through the tribe.
After that, he worked as errand boy for the nurse maid and even
having to aid when things got dicey. Thankfully he was a good
man to have in a pinch.
He stepped back when Elior and an *extremely* excited Ezma came
inside. The child's heart was pounding as she peaked around El
to look at the woman, hiding when she looked her way. Despite
her usually boisterous personality, she had never met a stranger
before. She had heard so many stories about Eden's legends,
their hero. But seeing her in real life was intimidating. She
stayed quiet and out of the way not wanting to crowd Eden as he
brother had warned her before coming inside.
When the suggestion of finding Ezra came up, Enon seemed eager
to jump at the chance to find his brother. "I can go with him, I
can make sure he isn't reckless. We can find Eden's mates too,"
he offered.
---
Hearing the man repeated his name had Omar's blue and white tail
wagging before hearing the man say what seemed to be his own
name getting Omar to smile quite wide. "Shaddin Aamel? Shaddy?"
He questioned, tilting his head to one side.
The foxkin watched the man eat for several long moments before
the man seemed to have his fill. Omar grinned and bright the
bowl outside to dry the fruit in the morning sun.
His ears pinned when he heard a noise to look around carefully
before finding the sorce of the sound the be a hare. He then
gestured for the man to follow him.
---fin---
Elior realized his mistake almost immediately, giving Eden an
apologetic look as he moved back to give his lost sister more
space.
"I'm sorry for acting so familiar without introducing myself.
Like Enon said, it has been a very long time." Elior replied
softly, reaching up to pull his own eye mask off, to show his
amber colored eyes. Unlike his siblings, he'd gotten a a less
startling color of eyes.
He held onto her hand, not complaining about her tight grip. He
felt a deep wave of empathy when she mentioned her mates and
wanting them. He could tell by her reaction to the contractions
that her babies were coming and soon.
The eldest female Riya arrived a few moments later and tried to
get them to leave, only to be vetoed by Eden's frighten plea to
him and Enon.
"We're staying, you'll be needing our help," he told Riya
firmly. "We're not going anywhere Eden," he assured his sister.
He didn't argue though when it was decided Enon should stay
close and went to join Ezma. Though he stayed close, having the
strong impression that at some point he'd be needed.
His feeling was on point when the third child was discovered and
Eden needed to be cut open for it to be delivered.
Even from the distance he could see His brother's reaction to
the baby with fae blood was easy for him to pick up on. Elior
shot his brother a look to keep those thoughts to himself.
Though a part of him ached at the thought that one of Eden's
mates had fae blood.
"Each one beautiful and unique in their own way," Elior
murmured, a surge of protectiveness filling him for his newly
born nephews and niece once he got close enough to see them.
With each name Eden shared, Elior got a rather strong sense of
each baby's father and how much Eden felt for her mates.
"Let her rest for a bit, then we can help her move." Elior
replied gently. He got a thoughtful look on his face at Enon's
request to look for Ezra. When Aziz offered to go with his
brother Elior gave a nod.
"I would feel better if you two went together. see if one of the
healers are willing to o go along as well. Be careful, if you
aren't back in a week or two, I'll ask Omar and Nabil to go
after you," he replied.
He shot a soft look at Ezma who was holding herself back from
crowding Eden. "Come a little closer Ezma, come see your new
niece and nephews," he said beckoning her over.
----
Shaddin blinked when he noticed the man had a tail when it
started wagging. How had he missed that? And the short fox ears
partly hidden by the man's white hair?
He'd never seen anyone that looked like Omar before. A small
grin lifted one corner of his mouth at the other's calling him
Shaddy. *"You can call me Shaddy,"* he agreed.
He was stretching out a bit more when Omar came back and
motioned for him to follow. Filled with curiosity, Shaddin stood
and the followed the fox like man, trying to be quiet.
-----
Enon gave his firm nod.”promise I’ll make it back- I know Q
ain’t much of a tracker- but it wouldn’t hurt to see if he
could look around another area of the desert?.” He said before
he took one more lingering look at his neice and nephews that
wailed before hearing.”how am I going to feed all of them- only
got two…” Eden clearly figuring out how to feed them. It seemed
they quelled down a bit. No one was going to steal his family
again.
His eyes went serious as he tied his mask back on. “Make sure
she gets enough to eat.” He told his older brother.
He saw how his younger sister seemed to be peeking to
chuckle.”overwhelming isn’t it?” He questioned a bit.”be a time
to ask questions.” He said softly
Eden heard her sisters name to see how sheepish she was to give
a soft smile.”it’s okay.. you can get closer.” She said in a
soft tired tone.”maybe you can help me with the babies a little
bit?” She asked.”and.. maybe tell me about mom and dad?” She
asked to try and coax her sister out of her shy nature- or what
she assumed was. End slowly slid out - seeing this young girl
looking a lot like her left questions. “I’m curious too.. you
can call me end- the ‘split personality.’ She said to touch
velvela.
The red would bleed back to a purple as she looked back and
forth a bit observing who was left with her,
——-
After what felt like a good time of searching- would Enon happen
upon a large tribe he had ever witnessed to seeing. It was as if
all the races from the corners of the earth had gathered into
one large one- and at the head of it? Eden’s mates.
His head tilted at the sight of a hawk heading the man’s way to
land on snow’s shoulder as he looked from his perch on a stone
with Aziz close by, his red hair violently blown to the side a
bit.”holy hell..” slid out as he remembered a dream.. a dream of
land, sea, and air forming into one. “This.. is what the gods
meant..” he said as his face saw the amount of fae in it too-
his resentment boiling underneath. He banished thoughts that he
felt would have included his nephew that he gotten attached to-
after all he was innocent. “Well wonderful! About to have a
whole damn crowd at a dying oasis!” He snapped a little -
letting his attitude show with Aziz- least with the man could be
is authentic self. He could already hear Elior reprimanding him
for His temper to calm down. “Let’s go.” He said softly to see
khali hand in hand with a woman- seeing their kind being able to
smile like that? Made his blood boil ever the more that those
smiles were stolen.. every time their own lost someone- trying
to save their oasis. “I’ll go in first- if Ezra is there no
doubt they’ll confuse me like Eden was.. least for now.” He
grumbled before he would figure his way in- passing by scar who
didn’t blink an eye.. but the moment he got closer to a man-
Atreus- did he see him chattering with his brother- an almost
carbon copy of Enon. All sense of reservation left him as he
passed him, link , and lucas. His arms encircled his triplet
brother.
Ezra stilled his own masked face in shock at the grab to
naturally elbow Enon- “no touching Tre said-“ he started to
freeze at the mirrored smile of his own.
“I found you.. brother..” he heard as Ezra’s foot stepped
back.>>>
^^
Despite it- he felt the same strange string to the man- like a
tie he had with his twin. The man said softly.”Eden is
waiting.. she had three beautiful babies..” He said as Ezra
frowned.”your lying she only was found to have two!” He said
before he heard Enon sigh.
“One has fae in him- another has human in her.. the third.. “ he
moved his hands to his head and used his sister words.”has the
fluffiest ears like his father.”
Ezra paled as he knew that was how Eden would talk.”where is
she?!? Is she okay?”
Enons arms folded.”she is fine.. she is home and so will you..”
he said.
His hand went out.”come brother- our sister is in shambles right
now- the rest can walk their way- but we need you now.” He said
as he waited.
—fin—
#Post#: 1492--------------------------------------------------
Re: Oasis of Eden
DIR By: Minyaagar
Date: February 18, 2026, 1:02 am
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Once Aziz had Elior's approval, he slipped out of the tent to
give Enon and his family needed space to be met with gathering
of those around his tent. It only took a few harsh words of
letting the new mother settle before they dispursed, though it
made it easy to locate a healer to bring along before going to
fetch Qadir. The reclusive terranian unwilling to travel but had
a lead on a large tribe moving around.
Aziz then returned and gave Enon the information, grabbed their
gear and headed out with the healer in tow. It had been three
days since they had headed out when they finally came across the
mixed tribe.
"Well, if Ezra comes back, maybe the oasis won't die..." Aziz
commented, following after the man he adored, grinning at just
how hot the man looked when his hair flared like that. "Give the
signal and I will be at your back, be careful." Aziz promised,
waiting out of sight with the healer as Enon went into the tribe
being mistaken for Ezra.
---
Before Enon left, the man spoke to Ezma, getting a nod from her
at the prompted questioned before Elior beckoned her closer
before Eden herself gave her own permission. The little redhead
slowly moved closer, glancing back at El with an uncertain
expression before Eden spoke more.
"How... do I help? I've never... held a baby before..." She said
reluctantly before the spark of excitement returned to her eyes
being asked about their parents. Then, a slight look of
confusion came to Ezma's expression, but not for the reason one
might think.
"Split personality? No you are End. The second soul in the hero.
Mama always talked about you as her missing girls. She said you
hadn't come to the surface yet, but you would with time and that
you and Eden would both be my sister." Once the flood gate
opened, there was no going back. Like any 12 year old talking
about her *favorite* topic, Ezma told Eden everything she could
think of regarding their parents, their mannerisms, everything
save for what happened to them.
She still struggled to not cry thinking about it. Once she
finished with that, came the questions. Mostly about the stories
and legends, and when she realized Eden didn't know them all ran
through all of those as well. It was unusual to see Ezma talking
this much, her throat even getting dry as she reluctantly helped
Eden with the babies.
---
When the man followed him outside, Omar got a good proper look
at the man, he would have to go back early from this hunting
trip to the oasis. He motioned for Shad to sit on a large rock
as the foxkin got his camp packed up and then took the man's
hand to make the day's trek back to his home.
---fin---
"I know you will Enon," Elior replied and gave a nod at his
brother's as suggestion to get Qadir to look around as well. "By
all means Ask him."
The female healer gave Eden a few tips quietly about how to hold
two babies while the third waited for his turn.
"I will, no need to worry, go," Elior replied and softly urged
his brother to go on his mission.
He smiled watching the interaction between the sisters. Elior
was pleased that Eden managed to get Ezma to come out of her
shell. Usually she only chattered like this to him or Enon.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to get you some water and
something to eat," Elior said after a little while.
It shouldn't have surprised him that the moment he exited the
tent he was surrounded by the rest of the tribe, asking a lot of
questions.
"That's enough," he finally managed to get out in a sharp tone
and shot a hard look around at everyone. "Now is not the time or
place to be accosting me and demanding answers. Get to your
work. There will be a meeting in a few days and then I will
answer your questions. All you need to know is Eden is back, she
just gave birth and you will not disturb her. Do you
understand?" He asked a bit sharply. "Good," he added when they
all stared at him with shocked expressions and stayed silent.
Elior felt slightly guilty for being out of character, but he
really was starting to feel overextended and frustrated that so
much was on his shoulders.
He was soon back with a bowl of fried meat and vegetables and
setting it near Eden, along with a flask of water.
"Is there anything else I can get you?" He asked, figuring that
Eden would need a little more rest before he tried to move her
to their home behind the waterfall.
-----
Shaddin blinked at the bright sun outside, lifting an arm to
shade his eyes from the intense brightness.
Seeing the gesture from Omar had him move to rest on the rock.
He splayed his legs out, adjusting his skirt so his legs from
the knees down were exposed. He really needed clothing that
wasn't so dark. It absorbed the sun and made him overheat way
too much.
He frowned, as the fox man packed up his home. Or ..had this
just been a campsite? Were there others like Omar? Was he about
to be taken back to the fox man's tribe?
There were a million thoughts and questions racing through
Shaddin's head when Omar moved to take his hand and helped him
to his feet.
*"You don't have to hold my hand the entire way back you know,"*
Shaddin objected, but didn't pull his hand away.
After so long of being alone without any sort of physical
contact, having the huge man holding his hand comforted him.
Though it also made him feel like a little kid again.
The memories of seeing his father cut down and his mother and
sisters raped and killed had him shaking and silently grieving
over them. One day he'd make his half brother pay. He'd get
revenge for his family, somehow.
--------
Atreus was quite shocked and displeased when he was suddenly
interrupted and what he thought was another fanatic was suddenly
grabbing Ezra and hugging his mate tightly.
His face went hard, and his eyebrow twitched as Deimos let out a
low snarl.
"Back away from our mate,"
The moment the stranger calked Ezra brother, Atreus shoved
Deimos away letting out a soft curse. It took seconds for him to
reach out with his power to compare Ezra's blood to the
strangers.
"He's not lying Ezra," Tre said softly and rubbed his forehead.
"He's your brother, and I thought I sensed three. I just wasn't
completely sure,"
Atreus' eyes flashed again at the other's disregard for Ezra's
personal space and reached out to knock his hand away. "You
should keep your hands off of Ezra. You may be related, by
blood, but you are still strangers. He's not going off with you
on his own, so stop trying to grab him." He retorted and shook
his head. "you should be talking to Adan and Snow, they've been
freaking out over Eden and Skoll disappearing. They and the
search party are still out looking for them,"
-----
With a bit of help of Ezma did Eden get things settled as she
listened to her speak. Ends eyes shown a bit to hear what she
had to say. She wasn’t some manifestation… to know she was an
actual person- brought a few tears she had left. She wiped her
eyes a bit feeling like a right mess.
She listened to how her parents were- how they would hold
birthdays for their children- how they’d tune their elements.
How much she looked like her mom - but Eden was beginning to
think she had her father’s attitude- to chuckle knowing her
father was a flirty man.
She noticed how Ezma seemed to try to not cry. She wondered what
had happened.. did they die in battle? Was it illness?… she
dared not ask the sensitive question, not to Ezma.. it looked
like she wanted to break just talking about the good.
So Eden switched topics - hearing such a crowd outside with
Elior and how he got them to back off- and the events at the
oasis had her wondering.
It started off another round of chatter that Eden didn’t seem to
mind..
It matched up with the legends on the walls of the woman that
was formed from the elements, and often was associated with
storms.
Of fights against the fallen god that left the world in peace
for several years in one.
Once the talk had finished and food came did Eden think.”hand my
bag please.” She motioned to the things that laid in a heap from
having to take them off.
She dug in her bag for a small note book as she asked Ezma what
elements she was tuning- once she had her answer, she would
gently gave it to Ezma. “That’s all my notes on tuning
lighting.. I had a master teach me and well that’s everything I
have done and did- it might help you on your tuning journey-
think of it as a thank you for helping me with the babies- you
finish that I’ll give you my one on wind for the thank you for
the wonderful stories.. and my last one- fire- that’s just cause
your my little sister.” Said Eden.
>>>
^^
She saw the bowl of food to smile a bit and take it to start
eating it. She gave the water to Ezma.”you drink first- after
all the talking bet your parched.” She said with a chuckle.
“I didn’t realize how big a deal I was..” Eden said
softly.”course ha! Some of those legends prove true- made a
ripper scared enough to run away.” She said with a smile. She
heard one of her babies beginning to cry a bit- being velvela.
She began to hum a little bit, her mind on Skoll. She still
didn’t accept he was gone-she would figure out where he was
somehow and after one good smack at making her so scared.. she
would give him the biggest kiss. Least that was what in her mind
at the time.
She looked at Elior who she was told was a dead ringer for
their father. Her eyes flickered over his form. The question of
what happened to them hung inside-but for now she’d stay quiet.
All she knew is if she saw that man that abandoned her in the
desert- she was getting her answers of why they were in his
care.
——-
Enon noticed the switch of Deimos his face going serious. And
more so at his hand being knocked away. “Which one of them is
fae?” He asked as Ezra who was more shocked and out of it
murmured Adan’s name.”then I’ll talk to the snow person- but
I’ll be taking my brother- after all- he’s guardian of the
oasis..” he said as Ezra seemed to take a breath.”fine but my
mates come with.”he told him. The man sighed.”fine- but the fae
born *blood speaker* best keep his hands to himself- and that
darker one as well- after what the fae kingdom has done count
himself lucky I hadn’t attacked and just took you back.” He said
flatly.
Ezra paused “fae kingdoms? Dad said he found me in the lake
bed..”
Enon made a face.”no you were stolen with Eden from the crib-
our eldest brother got me away before I’d become another
snatched.. they invaded our oasis and murdered wives and
kidnapped children..” he said in a tone that clearly dripped
with anger.”I missed out .. we all missed out on you.. and *our*
parents sacrificed themselves when Ezma was only 10 years old…
our little sister.” He said as Ezra’s eyes slowly went wide
behind the mask. His mouth fluctuated at what he was hearing.
“I’ll find this snow person- but be ready to go- just know
anyone with fae in them won’t be received that well-“ he
said.”only Eden’s son will ever be accepted as he is a mere
child.” He said before Ezra seeing this might be a problem took
atreus hand to follow his brother. Every pass of everyone else
would there be sudden chatter of seeing Enon.. by himself
stalking and then Ezra with atreaus right behind.
The man would pass the rather tall snow and Adan- his frown
deepening at the dark haired man.”Eden just given birth-“ he
said gruffly-“follow me and you-“ he pointed at Adan as Ezra got
between the two.
“Your telling me thunder took me and my sister?” He asked as
Enon’s head tilted as the triplet corrected himself.”general.”
>>
^^
“Elior can probably tell you more- we were real young when it
happened- but I know if we don’t move the next wave of elders
will give themselves up and I rather not see more families being
torn up like this.” He said finally in a tired way.”it was hard
enough watching mom and dad do the same two years ago.” He said
to turn and whistle shrill like for Aziz.
—fin—
Hearing the signal, Aziz used his sand Tuning to encase himself
and the healer into a ball of sand before it would go
underground, finding Enon to come up, the sand encircling them
falling away making it look like he was coming from the sand
itself. The healer clearly unfazed.
Sensing the fae a scowl came to Aziz's lips, though, it wasn't
all that different from his usual expression. He then zeroed in
on Ezra, Giving the man a respectful bow. "Your guardianship,"
he greeted briefly before turning to Enon. "Ready to go? What's
the hold up?" He questioned, clearly eager to get back to the
oasis to his long time friend, though to those who didn't know
the blonde he would likely seem irritated.
---
When Ezma had finally seemed to run out of steam, Eden requested
her bag to had the preteen rushing to grab the bag for her
sister. When she realized what the woman was giving her and why
a massive teary smile crossed Ezma's lips as she accepted the
book to give her a hug. "Thank you thank you thank you!" She
cheered. "I can't wait to try this out! Maybe when your all
better you... could maybe show me some tuning too? Elior is
already teaching me and I'm ganna ask Enon if he could help
me... would... you want to too?" She questioned shyly, how
holding the book to her chest.
She accepted the water only taking a small sip before giving it
to Eden. Watching her tend to the fluffy eared little one. "I
like his ears, of course you are a big deal! Missing daughter of
the tribe leaders *hero* of the oasis! Who wouldn't be excited
for you to come home?" She questioned, sitting down near Eden
now, "if you want, Eden and End and the babies can have my
room, it is the nursery after all," she suggested her eyes going
to Elior.
---
When the foxkin notices Shaddin start to shake, a look of
concern came to his eyes before he stopped to scoop the
beautiful man up into his arms and carried him, camp and all
back to the oasis, only stopping when they reached his home
built from trees grown into the shape of a house. His adoptive
parents home not far off.
He finally put Shad down on a comfortable couch and put his pack
away to deal with the meat he had later. He got a bath soon
going for his lost friend before offering the bathroom to the
man, a fluffy towel and fresh clothes ready for him.
---fin---
Elior shot a look over at the pile near the entrance of the tent
when Eden asked for her bag. He smiled seeing Ezma rush to grab
the bag, curiosity showing in his eyes. His eyebrow twitched a
bit when Eden handed over a note book she'd made on lightning
tuning.
He sucked in a breath of shock when she mentioned having been
taught by a master tuner. He'd heard of masters, but had never
met one before. He got a slightly jealous look at Ezma being
gifted the book, but didn't object. The gift would help her
learn faster and not suffer the same mistakes he'd had to go
through during his training. Yet...unlike Ezma, he'd gotten to
learn from their father.
"See Ezma? You're lucky to be the little sister," he teased her
gently thinking of all the times she'd bemoaned being the
youngest and how it wasn't fair.
The more his sisters interacted, the happier he felt that Eden
had come back in time to help Ezma go through her teen years.
He'd been quite worried on how to deal with talking his sister
through everything. Though he knew that Munira and the other
women of the tribe would have stepped in to help.
He smiled brightly seeing how attentive and loving Eden was with
her babies, reminded of how his mother had once been to her own
triplets. It had his chest ache at having failed his siblings
back when Eden and Ezra had been stolen. Sure his parents had
never blamed him, but inside he had always felt responsible for
not getting them to safety when the invading fae army had
attacked.
His attention was brought back at Ezma's offering to let Eden
and the babies take her room. "That's a good idea. Why don't you
go start moving your things to my room? I'll move into the den
until we can clean out the storage room. I'll stay with Eden and
the babies. Oh, ask for help moving anything big around. Would
you tell Nabil to come meet me in a half an hour? I'm sure there
are questions that Eden has for me." He finished, giving Eden a
gentle look.
-----
Atreus' eyes flashed again and let out a low growl at the man
snubbing Adan because of his ancestry. "You are not taking Ezra
against his will," he argued moving to take his mate's hand and
pulling him up against him.
He relaxed a bit when Ezra agreed to go, only if he could take
his mates along. Deimos was veering on emerging and ending the
judgemental pricks life at the threat to Atreus and Adan.
"You do realize that Adan and I were children when you were
attacked. We had nothing to do with the pain you went through.
Blaming an entire race for the evils of a handful is idiotic."
He said in a low cold tone.
He felt a slight bit of empathy for what had happened to Ezra's
family missing out on knowing his mate. But that didn't excuse
the others hateful behavior.
Atreus was more than a little pissed that the stranger more or
less said none of them would be accepted.
"That child is my blood relative as well. You best remember
that," he muttered as Ezra took his hand and led him after the
fuming triplet.
Snow crossed his arms over his chest, eyeing the Ezra look alike
closely until the guy announced Eden had given birth and then
approached Adan and nearly got into his mate's face.
Adan's face had paled hearing Eden had given birth and looked
concerned and worried. There seemed to be a bit of family drama
going on that he couldn't quite understand or fully comprehend.
The whistle had him go on edge, and the appearance of two more
strangers had him jumping back in shock.
Snow moved instinctively forwards, drawing Adan behind him
fixing a steely look on the strangers and the apparent twin of
Ezra.
His eyes flashed in warning as he moved to glare down at the
shorter men, seeming to grow even more imposing.
"The hold up is your friend just shows up in the middle of my
camp threatening my mate and not fucking explaining himself. If
you want us to go with you, start by telling us where Eden and
our babies are, right fu.cking now,"
-----
Not expecting to be suddenly swept off his feet and up into the
strong muscular arms of the fox man had Shaddin letting out a
rather startled sound, one that would never be associated with a
man. The high pitched yelp rang in Shaddin's ears as his face
went several shades darker and his ears were a very dark red for
several miles.
Though he made several protests he finally gave up realizing the
huge man wasn't about to let him go. He resigned himself to the
fact he was going to be lugged around like a newly wed bride.
Thankfully there was no one about the oasis settlement when they
arrived much to his relief. Finally he was set down inside a
rather amazing home carved out of an empty tree. He blinked
glancing around from his seat on the comfortable couch and
stroked it while waiting for Omar to finish his work.
"You have a lovely home," he complimented once Omar led him from
the main room.
Shaddin let out a pleased gasp when he saw a bathroom and a tub
filled with hot water waiting for him.
"Bless you! It's been so long since I've had a proper bath!" He
exclaimed and turned to hug Omar around the waist to express his
gratitude.
Then he was turning to strip quickly out of his clothes not
really thinking of propriety. He stepped into the tub, letting
out a pleased moan as he settled in the hot water.
"It feels so da.mn good,"
----fin----
Enon saw Aziz to smile a bit before he heard snow acting fairly
pissed off. The aura around him fluctuating.”she’s at the oasis
of Eden- she happened to stumble on us while in labor- she is in
good hands” Said Enon.”if I know Elior he’s already moved her to
the family home.” He told snow before turning to the man that
reprimanded him.
“I’ll be honest with you- it was no mere handful- it was a full
on invasion- there are some old enough from those times- my
brother one of them.” He said. “And we still suffer from the
aftermath.” He said in a rather somber tone.
“I hope you have enough water for now- Ezra is the only one that
can truly restore the oasis- so I do apologize for the sudden
rudeness and cling.. just after all he is my triplet.” He said
quietly to snow. He couldn’t bring himself to be the relaxed
face.. his frown deepening at Adan and Atreaus.”sorry for being
rude.. “ he said his body forming the way end often would- arms
folded and avoiding eye contact. Ezra sighed deeply.
“never thought we would see someone close to ends behavior.” He
muttered for the man’s head to turn.
“Tre I wanna make sure my sisters okay.. “ he told him.”snow,
Adan let’s get the tribe to move that way.. maybe if I revive
the oasis we can get some real water- I know some are starting
to ration and it’s starting to stretch.” He advised.
“Let’s see this place and if it’s not right- we can grab Eden
and the kids and leave.” He said with a head tilt.
Enon frowned at what he was hearing.. but given things he began
to wonder what was put in his head. He was beginning to feel
they were goaded into thinking that they were good? He wouldn’t
know to deflate.”oh ah.. adding Ezra.. the people tend to
crowd.. I suggest that other side of your mate stay suppressed..
I can call the crowd off- your considered a big deal there as
well as Eden.”He warned.”Elior made sure she has her privacy-
that’s why she was moved to the family home” he said quietly.
>>>
^^^
Ezra made a breath to look at Snow knowing he would move
mountains if he wanted to get to Eden, with Adan right
behind.”we are going- but I’ll make my conditions.” Said Ezra.
“My mates all three come with me- and I’ll make sure Deimos
doesn’t do anything.” He said.
“You can deal with the crowds and let Adan and snow get to their
mate.. but you better be damn politer than you have shown.” He
said crossing his arms.
Enon’s mouth went to a down turn a little.”alright.. please if
you will follow us…” he asked before his jaw would flex a sign
of not being happy. Ezra seemed perplexed at how this guy
reminded him so much of end.
He started to walk after the yell of the direction change,
heading to the near dead oasis.. and where Eden would rest.
———
Eden felt the hug, feeling such an act from a child that was
like her.. made her gaze softened. Hearing her excitement and
vigor.. reminded her of how she was when she was that age. “I
think.. that would be fun- so yes!” Said Eden with a smile.”I’m
still learning- but the older book I have is way more detailed-
Adan helped me translate what I could - so maybe you and I can
study together?” Said Eden with a wide smile.
Eden made a smile.”I do too- much like his daddy..” she
complimented. Hearing the little girls words in how big of a
deal she is.. somehow moved her a little more to want to cry.
She felt she missed out on a childhood she could have had.
When the talk of rooms came up made her blush.”is it really
okay? I’d hate to kick anyone out of their room… “ she said to
be assured and seeing her younger sisters excitement of having
her brothers room.
She watched the girl leave with some gusto and book in her arms.
Once she was gone her gaze went to her older brother. The quiet
felt deafening as she tried to find the words to ask that simple
question.
She would learn of her parents take their lives by keeping the
oasis going- and the why instead of just moving.. to know their
home was such a lifeline of a safe place.. made her think.
“The invasion.. Enon said we were taken- can you.. enlighten me
on what happened?” She asked seriously. Her anger rolled a
little knowing her parents had to do such a thing- that Ezma had
to miss out on her parents too. Her attitude clearly showing as
she tried to stay calm. >>>>
^^
The story was long- enough to pass the time- but she had learned
the aim was for Ezra.. and how the jungle was suffering- the man
that took them was the only face Elior had witnessed hidden in a
place that he could see.
Eden’s hands shook a little knowing now.. their so called father
was none- he took them for the sake of the queen and their
place.
“Funny.. he stole me only to ditch me in the sands..” she said
finally calming down.”he didn’t like how I was.. I more or less
did what I wanted.. jalal.. the one that trained me treated me
more like a daughter.. and died protecting me.” She said softly.
She heard her children begin to fuss. She would make sure that
would never happen again.. she made up her mind.. that she
wanted to stay. Her head would move with the announcement of
the available room. In her usual fashion no matter who was
present would move. She’d grab her shorts to pull them on- a
soft flinch coming on. “Hurts..” she mumbled. She may of been
healed up with no real scar but the pain with it would take
time.
She knew walking would be best to do. With some help from Elior
and Ezma, was able to get her things and her babies to the room.
“Can I.. arrange it as I see fit?” She asked softly.. when told
it was okay.. she would grab a stone she would tune enough to
get a clear view of the oasis.. the location was so high up.
She left a low wall knowing the kids wouldn’t walk off.. her
face would turn to see a tree that was carved it seemed.. with
her family’s names and dates of birth. She found her name to
write her three mates names in the stone with her tuning.. her
finger slowing in skolls. “I won’t give up..” she promised
softly.. to carve a branch with her children’s names.
She smiled before seeing things being brought in. Furs..
baskets.. little furniture.
With some help made a few beds with her babies settled and left
to her own devices as she asked for a little time on her own.>>>
^^^
Eden settled on the bed her mind wandering. Having made it big
enough for four to fit.. it was reflexive wanting comfort even
for Skoll that was missing. Her body laid back as she felt the
comfort sink in. Her eyes drifted as she would roll on her
side. Having fallen asleep before she would know it, sleeping
peacefully with her children.
—fin—-
#Post#: 1493--------------------------------------------------
Re: Oasis of Eden
DIR By: Minyaagar
Date: February 18, 2026, 1:14 am
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Hearing the giant of a man's anger and then Enon's triplet's
conditions had Aziz's eyes roll. He kept his mouth shut during
the exchange. He often had a habit of adding his thoughts and
causing things like this to derail. He and Enon could vent out
the frustration later, when the healer went to make a comment,
the blonde just covered their mouth and shushed them. To the
outsiders, it might look like Aziz was behaving suspiciously.
When his beloved redhead began to lead the way, Aziz followed,
the pair putting some distance between them and the tribe,
leaving the healer behind so they could talk. "We won't let them
take your siblings," he promised, anger clear in his voice. His
own way of comforting the man he adored.
---
Having Eden agree to help teach her and claim they could learn
together had Ezma practically bouncing in place, even more so
when Elior agreed to her idea and suggest she got started.
"Okay!" She cheered before rushing out with the book held to her
chest.
Her first stop was Nabil, relaying her brothers wishes to the
musician before going to find the group of boys she had beat up
that morning. As mean as she could be to them, they were already
extremely eager to help her any time she gave the opportunity.
Being she was the only girl their age in the oasis, the adults
certainly knew why. It was easy to convince them to help her get
the rooms ready, getting everything moved and set up in record
time. Adults that had seen her asking the boys for help came to
her aid and had the nursery perfectly set up for the new mother.
When she finished, Ezma returned to relay the news. Once she was
settled, Ezma plopped down on her own bed and stuffed her nose
in her new book.
---
When Ezma told Nabil of Elior's desire to meet, the man was
promptly waiting where requested for the man he had been
crushing over for quite some time now, eager to help the man in
any ways he needed.
---
Hearing Shad's gasp of excitement had Omar smiling when the man
hugged him, though his expression turned to one of shock seeing
him strip right in front of him and get into the bath, he
couldn't help but stare wide eyed, his body reacting quite
strongly to the gorgeous sight.
The moan had Omar bitting his lip before reaching out and slowly
closing the door to the bathroom to give the man privacy.
---fin---
Adan had never seen Snow so pissed off before and moved to put a
hand on the fuming man's arm. It was a relief to him that Enon
was able to answer Snow and explain where Eden was. "She's safe
Snow, calm down," he said softly, pressing into the other's
side.
He frowned a bit hearing about fae invading the terranian
people. "What he says is true Tre, I don't think you'd know
though. Your parents left before any of that happened. My
grandmother was grieving the loss of her daughter, and those who
took over the ruling were quite evil. There are still some in
power still today, my grandmother's still trying to ferret them
out," Adan sighed.
Snow relaxed a bit and exchanged looks with Atreus when Adan
mentioned all the unrest still going on in the fae kingdom. "We
will make sure to store up extra water so it'll last us for
awhile," Snow replied moving his arm to rest on Adan's shoulder.
"You have nothing to apologize for. We've all suffered in
different ways. The same people that went after you, killed my
own parents..so I don't blame you for hating them," Adan told
Enon with a sigh.
Atreus gave Ezra a nod, though was a bit taken back by Adan
knowing about his own family, when he could barely remember
them. He'd have to talk to his cousin about it later.
"Let's split up and pass the word along," Snow proposed more
than ready to get back to Eden and find any clues about where
Skoll might have disappeared to.
"We probably won't be leaving the other place that quickly,
especially if they have a better water system once you're
there." Adan spoke up quickly. "Just ..let's take it one day at
a time," he suggested. He didn't feel it right to separate Eden
and Ezra from the family that missed out on so many years with
them.
Atreus raised an eyebrow at Enon's suggesting he keep Deimos
suppressed. "He doesn't come out unless he feels I or those I
care about are being threatened," he pointed out. "As it is, he
only uses force and blood speaking when it's life or death.
As long as you don't attack me or mine, you will be safe," he
spoke up after Ezra promised to keep him in check.
He felt rather pleased by Ezra standing up for him and the
others, though he kept his face in a neutral expression.
It wasn't long before the camp was packed up, water collected
and everyone began the long journey following the tuners in the
trek to the other oasis.
There were a few grumbles of complaint, but the majority of
people were eager to get moving again. Staying so long in one
place wasn't the norm for the ravagers or a lot of the others
that had joined recently.
"So, sounds like your family might be wanting you to stick
around," Atreus murmured to Ezra as they walked.
"Just so you know, wherever you decide you want to be, I'm going
to be there. You're my home," Atreus said softly.
-----
Elior could see the mixed emotions that Eden was going through
at what their younger sister had to say about her being the
hero.
"Of course it's okay for you to move in. Enon will probably be
moving in with his mate soon enough. There will be more than
enough space for you, the babies and your mates once they
arrive," he reassured her.
Once Ezma was gone, Elior took a few moments to compose himself
before slowly telling Eden what they'd gone through over the
years. It wasn't easy to get it out.
"You, Ezra and Enon were only a few months old when the invaders
came. I was .. almost six. I only had moments before they forced
themselves into our home."
He told not only what he remembered but things his parents and
other leaders had seen and told him.
He grew more than a little angry hearing that Eden had been
dumped in the desert and abandoned. He thanked the gods silently
for the master tuner that had found her and raised her.
"It wouldn't surprise me if such a great man was reincarnated by
the gods." He said thoughtfully.
Elior moved to help Eden with the babies and getting her settled
in her new home. "You can do whatever you want to the room, just
take care not to overwork yourself. And rest up after," Elior
said with a concerned look.
It took a bit longer to bring in the offerings and gifts the
tribe had collected and brought over. Once all that was done,
Elior made sure that Ezma knew he was going out for a little
while. Munira arrived to help with the babies, bringing dinner
for Ezma and herself.
"Might as well take the couch, if I sleep I'll use Enon's bed,"
he told the young woman before heading out to find Nabil.
"My apologies for making you wait so long," he told Nabil and
sat down on the rock next to the older man.
"Talk about an exhausting day," he murmured and leaned against
the other's shoulder. "I was wondering, what would you think
about helping me with the leadership role? It's starting to get
to be too much for one person,"
He sighed and then pulled his eye mask off to rub his eyes. "Not
to mention if Enon finds Eden's mates, it's likely we'll end up
with more people to deal with."
------
Shaddin quite enjoyed the bath, taking his time to soak a bit
before scrubbing away the dirt and grim once he'd finished his
long hair. He finally reluctantly got out of the water and found
a towel to dry off with before wrapping it loosely around his
waist. He picked up the clothes to look them over. They were a
bit different than his normal style, but he wasn't about to
complain. The shirt was quite long, falling to his knees. He
pulled in the pants and tied them as best as he could, but there
were rather baggy.
"Might have to see if there's someone that can alter these a
bit," he mumbled and then went off in search of Omar.
"Omar? Where are you?" He called out and started opening doors
in an attempt to find the fox kin.
----fin----
Enon sighed a bit to walk with Aziz. His thoughts buried for
only but a moment when he heard Aziz.”I know.. just.. going to
be a lot to handle..” he mumbled to see just how much people
were in the tribe.
“I just hope it won’t be another fight on our hands..” he said
with a deep sigh, keeping his voice only between them two. He
peered back at snow who clearly looked mad - though he felt a
bit of a change to Adan- while he still doubted the Queen to not
be apart of it- he dared not speak of it not wishing to create
any waves.
During the time walking he learned about the few people in the
group that were considered important- his face being naturally
uncertain after learning the fanatics resided inside. Keket and
butch hand in hand.. till they finally happened upon the oasis..
the dried tree was so tall it could be seen at a distance.. by
the time they got closer- did its size really get to them. Ezra
couldn’t help but slack his jaw a little bit before he would
reach the edge.. not seeing the peepers of children looking at
the group. One of the boys rushed into tackle Ezra by the
legs.”got you this time Enon!” Said one as Ezra made a fine line
of his mouth before Enon witnessing it went behind one of the
boys.”that isn’t me.. it’s Ezra.” He said and sat the boy on his
feet to help the triplet up as the bashful boy apologized.
As he figured it wouldn’t be long as people heard of it to
gather. His arms crossed as he saw people coming over to see
Ezra as Enon got in front. “Back off.” He said with a bit of a
boom.”Ezra has indeed returned but he doesn’t need this right
now- let him have some time and we can make a time and a place
of celebration.” He said to shoo them off.
Ezra got a bit worried.”where is Eden?” He asked as Enon
pointed.”this way.. come on.” He said as they would file in. He
gave orders to some of the guard to give help no matter who it
was. Granted he knew there would need to be someone to make sure
that happened to look at Aziz.>>>>
^^^^
“I’ll be back to help- mind making sure there’s no trouble on
our end?” Asked Enon to Aziz. Once it was settled would he guide
a small group to the water fall.
Somehow.. Ezra’s presence alone was causing a profound shift as
they walked.. dried plants began to perk up.. and the waters
were starting to flow again,
Ezra felt off for Enon to turn.”catch him.” Was all he could say
before going himself.”take a minute.. had you lived here- it
would have maintained just fine- so it’ll take a bit.. “ he
said. He wasn’t sure how it worked- all he understood was Ezra
maintained the place in a way that allowed it to flourish. Once
they got inside he motioned those helping Ezra to a spot to be
comfortable with. “He will be okay- I don’t know all of how he
works.. but didn’t realize it just takes him being around..” he
mumbled.
He showed snow and Adan to the nursery. Eden still sleeping it
seemed.
Not too far off there would be three cradles..as Enon quietly
left, letting the men take their time.
——-
Enon made his way back to where Tre and Ezra would be as it
seemed the man was gaining his bearings a bit. His masked eyes
looked around.”Ezma!” He called as he went towards her room.
—fin—
"We can handle anything that comes our way, you know you have my
blade should it come to a fight," Aziz reassured before going
quiet entirely for the walk back when they slowed enough for
Enon and the healer to interact more with the people. The tribe
was massive, it had to be hundreds of people! A quite unhappy
expression coming to him hearing of all the kinds of people that
had been accepted. He knew if he spoke he would probably say
something incredibly rude, so he kept his thoughts to himself.
When they finally arrived and Ezra was tackled by one of the
children, it had the blonde snickering, grinning wide at Enon's
interaction with the children and his brother.
The smile was quickly gone at Enon's orders to oversee the
guards and making sure there wasn't any trouble. Despite his
resentment he already held towards members of the tribe, he
nodded his head intending to do his job.
The man's formal nature aiding him greatly in keeping from being
a racist ass to these people. Enon was lucky Aziz loved the
man.... though he would likely get an earful in private later.
---
The tween barely acknowledged Eilor leaving or Munira bringing
food. She took the food to her newly acquired room to eat and
read. She wouldn't come out again until she heard Enon calling
for her. A look of delight coming to her eyes as she hurried off
her bed and put the book safely in a drawer. She then rushed to
pull open the door. She froze seeing so many strangers in their
family home. Had it just been Enon and Ezra, she likely would
have been fine, but the additional *five* strangers had her
quickly closing the door back, then using Tuning to make the
door vanish. Ezma hadn't every realized she was a shy person but
this was far too many new people at once.
---
Given how incredible the sight of Shad had been, Omar had gone
into his bedroom to pleasure himself. He hadn't expected the man
to just start opening doors, causing him to be caught stroking
and fingerings himself.
He pulled his hands away and went to cover himself as his ears
folded back and an apology came from him.
---
While the dark haired man waited, he began to play his flute,
only stopping when he saw Elior's approach. A wide smile on his
lips at the man's apology. "I don't mind waiting for you," he
mused. Grinning quite wide when the man leaned on him. A gentler
expression came to his features seeing Elior take his mask off
as he asked for help.
"Of course I will help you, been waiting for you to ask for a
while now," the musician mused as he pulled his own eye covering
over and set it down.
"I can help you relax too," he mused suggestivly as his hand
reached out to squeeze the man's leg, kissing the tribe leader
when Elior eventually looked at him.
---fin---
Even with Adan there trying to calm him, Snow's anger wasn't
about to just die down. It took nearly the entire trip to the
other oasis for his fuming to ebb away. The sight of the massive
tree, even from a distance was astonishing to most everyone.
Though it seemed to excite Adan who began chattering on and on
about the first tree to have been formed and how this had to be
it.
Snow and Adan were rather amused when Ezra was tackled by the
young boy, mistaking him for Enon at their arrival. Atreus
seemed a bit amused, chuckling a bit and not the least bit
alarmed.
Though his attitude did shift to caution when they were all
surrounded. He moved closer to Ezra, but held Deimos back, not
wanting to cause any problems. He was relieved when Enon stepped
up and got everyone to back down. He stayed silent, following
behind Ezra, Snow and Adan as they were lead to where Eden was.
"Link, Lucas and I will wait out here for you," he told Ezra,
not wanting to overwhelm Eden or get between the family reunion.
Having heard Enon's short conversation with the blonde Aziz, had
Atreus converse with Scar and the other men of the tribe so
they'd police their own people as well. The last thing they
needed was any conflicts between their people. Though he knew it
was inevitable that there would be some between the groups.
-----
Adan and Snow followed Enon and Ezra under the waterfall, Snow
having to duck down because of his height. Adan and Snow pausing
at the reaction of the young girl's response to their arrival.
Then they followed Enon to the nursery to check in on Eden and
the babies.
Snow leaned over Eden, pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead
and smoothed out her hair before moving to look at the three
bundled babies. He got a soft look on his face at the sight of
his daughter for the first time.
"They're all so tiny," he murmured looking at them.
Adan nodded, with a proud smile on his face. "That's how they
start out," he teased and then reached in to lift out Kallios as
he started fussing and tried to calm him.
The baby took a few moments before he settled and relaxed
against Adan's chest. "Hey there little man, you're going be
fine. Daddy's here," he murmured a d kissed the baby gently on
the head.
----
Elior only got a short glimpse of the two that were Eden's
mates, and took a few moments to greet Ezra with a more reserved
handshake and partial hug. He didn't want to overwhelm his
younger brother too much.
"Feel free to settle Eden's mates here Enon, and Ezra and his
own. I'll look into finding more accommodations if they are
needed," he added, in passing.
Once he'd settled at Nabil's side and heard the older man's
words, he flushed a bit at the man's saying he'd been waiting to
be asked for help.
"Is it really that evident that I'm in over my head?" He asked
with a long sigh.
Seeing Nabil uncover his eyes, had Elior's eyes widen in
surprise. His heart beat rose at Nabil's answer. His ears turned
a rather bright rosey red at the hand touching his thigh and
felt Nabil's lips covering his own.
He'd dreamt of this day happening for quite some time, but his
dreams were nothing like the experience or thrills that shot
through his long kept desires being fulfilled.
Elior let out a pleased groan and reached up to grab Nabil's
shirt and deepened the kiss even further. All those pent up
feelings came pouring out and Elior was moving to straddle
Nabil's lap, his hands moving to grab the older man's face as he
slide his tongue into his long time crush's mouth.
"Fuck...I've been waiting for that for a very long time now," he
murmured as he pulled back, his eyes glittering with lust and
desire.
------
Shaddin finally found the tight room and then froze, a look of
shock filling his face at the sight of Omar pleasuring himself.
He let out a startled sound before he shut the door quickly and
fled to the living room and began pacing as he held the towel in
place.
"What were you thinking Shad? You should have knocked..now he's
gonna think you're a peeping Tom, prude, or worse," he groaned
feeling ashamed of the strange feelings going through him
In truth he had never been attracted to anyone enough to try
anything. But Omar had looked quite ..enticing and hot while
doing those things. What the hell was wrong with him?
----fin----
#Post#: 1494--------------------------------------------------
Re: Oasis of Eden
DIR By: Minyaagar
Date: February 18, 2026, 8:43 am
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Enon made a sigh, he heard atraeus letting Ezra know they’d be
outside as the triplet nodded.”shouldn’t be too long.” He had
said. As Enon went to tune the door open and went inside did
Ezra see Elior. The hug and the feeling of being missed was felt
deeply inside. He watched his older brother go after a few words
of who he was.
Meanwhile Enon went to Ezma.”the strangers went outside- Ezra is
waiting.. don’t you want to see him?” Asked Enon softly.”and
seems you settled in quick.. I know I’ll be moving out soon so
let Elior know that he can have my room.” He told her. Course
everyone and their mother knew where exactly he would be- given
he was always at Aziz’s or bringing him over for dinner.
“But I’ll still help with training and all- just want to move in
closer to Aziz and help.. with the bread..” he said and
scratched his cheek lightly.
——-
Eden who barely stirred when Enon had shown them the room, would
at the soft touch of snow, the kiss starting it. The woman was
waking up from a faint dream of the oasis empty, and a guide of
a hand, an apple flashed to her before a soft noise of kallios
fussing caused her to move.”mmmm… “ she sounded softly. She
shifted up to remove her mask a bit to rub her face her eyes
opened slightly to widen at the sight of Adan already holding
kallios.. and snow clearly gazing at his daughter. Her eyes
roamed where Vel was to feel a stir inside of guilt. “You found
me..” she murmured. She didn’t know how sorry she could convey
for her outburst. Between being pregnant- trying to find missing
skoll, and dealing with problems that threatened the tribe-
simply stretched her thin. The pregnancy nearing its end and the
desperation of wanting to find him had reached its peak.
She flinched a little as she shifted wrong. She grumbled softly
at the pain before she got to the cradle to lift Velvela.
“Kallios…” she said and smiled at Adan, her body getting close
to snow.”melita..” and she looked at the bundle in her arms.”and
velvela. The names.. felt fitting… “ she said as she saw kallios
beginning to fuss again.
Seeing how Adan was with his did she look at snow.”go on… pick
her up..” she said with a soft smile, within her eyes was traces
of guilt in them. “I’m sorry.. I … no we lost it…” said Eden.
She could feel end roll inside as if she was briefly disturbed
to settle.”end is sleeping right now.. we ended up having to aid
each other.” She said in a tired tone before feeling her fingers
grabbed to see vel nomming. She shifted him to take care of her
too to feed him.
Eden didn’t know how to breach the fact that end wasn’t just
some personality- that she was a whole another person.
She blushed a little bit wondering how life would have been had
end not been apart of her- would have they fought over their
mates or would have life been that different.
>>>>
^^^^
“I know we probably need to talk.. “she said as her head moved
to the open waterfall window. “There’s even things I found out…
I am.. still wrapping my head around it.” She said as she went
to move to sit back on the furs with velvela in her arms.
“May need you to burp vel when I feed the other two.. feeding
is.. complicated.” She said with a sigh.
—-fin—
It seemed the fae in particular could feel the tension and had
held back at first from interacting but it didn't take long
before Aziz had to break up the starting of a fight, using his
sand tuning to burry the two terranian's and the fae up to their
neck with only their heads sticking out. The blonde meandering
over calmly.
"I believe I gave you specific orders, did I not?" Aziz
questioned, behaving as the guard captain. The two terrian's
apologizing profusely, clearly scared of the stoic man. "Think I
will leave you three to cool off while I tend to other matters,"
he mused, getting a look of horror from the two as Aziz tuned
water to fall on their heads before he walked away to leave them
as is, doing this over and over, a few still trying to fight
each other. Soon the sands were littered with heads, either
pleading for freedom or yelling.
---
Seeing the door reappear only moments later had Ezma sighing
heavily, even more so when her brother came in, a promise that
the strangers were gone and getting to meet Ezra had her
reluctantly emerge from the room with Enon, though hiding behind
the man as she peaked around to look at Ezra before hiding again
when he looked in her direction.
---
A sigh left Omar as Shad ran off. The foxkin threw on some
clothes, though his hard on was quite obvious through the loose
pants before he grabbed some clothes for Shad and walked out of
the room to offer them.
He held an apologetic smile on his lips, though he couldn't help
how his eyes roamed Shaddin's near naked form.
---
The pleased groan that had escaped Elior combined with the man
grabbing Nabil's shirt and deepening the kiss had the man
letting out his own groan. He could feel *all* the pent up
energy, stress, and desire the man had been denying himself in
that kiss.
When the redhead straddled his lap to deepen the kiss even
further had Nabil's arms wrapping around the man, pulling him in
closer as their mouths explored each other.
-----
Snow turned to look at Eden after hearing her. "Of course we
did. It took your brother's help though. I didn't think you'd
get this far," he replied shooting her a worried look.
Seeing her flinch and grumble as she moved had Snow wanting to
stop her, but he held back. Hearing his daughter's name along
with the others had him smiling.
"They are Beautiful names," he said and glanced over at Adan who
chuckled.
"Melita huh? I'm not all that surprised, since you love honey so
much."
At her urging, Snow reached in and lifted the small baby up and
settled his daughter in his chest. He marveled over how little
his daughter was and felt a surge of protectiveness and love
build for her.
Adan was pacing a bit to keep Kallios from fussing, and shot a
smile at Eden. "I'll take him when you're ready to switch," he
offered.
Snow shot Adan a questioning look. "So..you know how to deal
with babies already?"
"I've read about it, so kind of, in theory i do."
-------
Einar and Hama had tried to keep a handle on their people, but
there were far too many for them to deal with. They intervened
and stopped fights where they could, but were quite annoyed to
learn that the tuners had been forced to police as well.
After finding several of them buried in the sand, they waited a
little while before digging them out and admonishing them again.
"Keep in mind, if this happens again, we won't be as kind with
punishment,"
Einar watched the fae head back to their campsite and let out a
long sigh. "We're going to need to recruit more people help us.
I don't think Snow's going to be available with everything going
on,"
Hama nodded in agreement. "Best put together a group of guys to
help and quick."
-----
Shaddin curled up in the corner of the couch, keeping the towel
secured tightly around him, wishing he could disappear or go
invisible. He glanced up when heard footsteps and his face
heated seeing Omar standing there offering him clothes to put
on.
"Th-thanks," he replied moving to take them and then glanced
around. "I'll just go change in your bathroom," he muttered and
slipped around the tall elf and disappeared in the bathroom.
He took a few moments getting the clothes on and then emerged.
The clothes were a bit baggy on him, but at least they weren't
falling off.
"Sorry about walking in on you like that," he said softly as he
came out and spied Omar waiting.
There was a bit of a language barrier, but he had the feeling
the fox man understood he was saying sorry.
-----
Feeling Nabil's arms around him and their bodies so close had
Elior imagining all the things they could do.
He grinned a bit hearing Nabil's suggestion and leaned in to nip
the man's jaw. Then Elior got up and grabbed Nabil's hand and
dragged the man to his feet. "You don't have to ask me twice,
let's go and have some much deserved fun," he replied with a
lustful look.
He didn't really even care if anyone saw them heading off
together. Any gossip that happened was bound to happen even if
they tried to be discreet.
--fin--
Enon glanced back. He never understood how his sister could act
so shy at times and so energetic others. “This is Ezma she’s a
bit shy - but she is our little sister.” He said as Ezra saw how
she’d peek.. the girl reminding him of Eden- “why hm? Sounds a
lot like how Eden was- course when she opened up- talk about a
ball of energy.” Said Ezra as Enon chuckled.”like that too?”
Ezra sighed.”you have no idea.” He made a smile at the girl when
she peeked again. This was his family- the older man that
walked by- his older brother? … so many questions filled his
head - but for the moment feeling exhausted didn’t want to
bother with the past. “Bet she likes tuning like crazy as well?”
He asked as Enon chuckled.”more than you know- she already does
lightning and fire- first time she did fire though she about set
a third of the oasis on fire.” He joked. “What about Eden’s…?”
He started to see him go silent.”don’t know… we were separated
ourselves when we hit our teens.. “ he said honestly not wanting
to divulge Eden’s abandonment. With how Enon acted he was sure
he would use it as a reason to kick the fae out and he didn’t
want that.
Enon gave a soft sigh as he sat down to hear.”so that blonde
guy- Aziz- is he your mate?” Enon heard.
Ezra watched his brother turn bright red.”no we are not- we are
simply very close…” he said.”..friends.”
Ezra chuckled.”close as you two were on the way here - could
have sworn you two were.” He said. His eyes ran around the
waterfall caverns and watched as the water was pouring at the
entrance .
“Finally we can have a lot more water again.” Said Enon with a
satisfied smile.
“Am I really that important for this place?” Asked Ezra,
“Indeed.. you are.” Enon responded.
“After Eden was made- a guardian was needed for this place..
that’s what you are..in a way your the one that is on the
throne- and Eden is the sword and the shield.” He said as he sat
down.
>>>>>
^^^
Enon continued to speak. “Reason it’s this way is so that this
place can be safe- and rich with life- you were the one
sustaining this place-“ he said as he looked at Ezma.”mind
grabbing some water for him?” He asked her before turning
back.”just your mere presence alone is what makes it important..
the fae kingdom saw this and were dealing with a crisis.. they
did ask for your brief visit but you were only a baby- “ he said
recounting what his brother told him. “When our parents refused
they muscled in and took you- and Eden for good measure-
honestly they didn’t know which one of you sustained this
place.” He said leaning on his hand.
Ezra felt a pang of betrayal wondering if the queen picked it up
along the way or was lied to herself. If she was lied to- he
wanted her to know- but he knew he couldn’t just up and leave.
His hand went to his chin in thought.”honestly- there could be
more on the other side.. “ he said thinking about khali- he was
much older but maybe he could enlighten what details he could
remember from his own youth.
The two would talk for a time- before he would finally feel like
himself again. He would come out and wrap his arms around links
shoulders. Some how just seeking to hold or be held. If he truly
was that important why did his father throw him to the outside
patrol? He made a noise in his thought before he’d smile a
bit.”wanna go pitch our tent?” He asked as he was looking to
distract himself for the time being- he was going to let his
sister have her time with her mates before they would talk.
——
Meanwhile Enon looked softly at Ezma.”they’re home now- but..
just needed to talk to you a bit before I get maybe chewed out
by Aziz.” He said to chuckle.”they’re home now- and we got a lot
more people around. I know the other boys been under your skin-
but try to treat the kids that approach you bit more patience -?
“ he asked. “Some are pretty energetic themselves, so at least
give a warning first.”
>>>>>
>>>
“I’m only asking this since we got more kids now.” He said to
rub the back of his neck.”but just know this won’t change us-
I’ll always have your corner.” He told his younger sister in a
gentle tone.
———
Eden flushed a bit at Snow’s words.”I just.. was a little
desperate to find skoll- honestly the contractions started and
saw this place.. “ she said her face turning to the window she
tuned as the water began to flow freely acting like a curtain to
the outside- it began to feel much cooler inside.
She gave a chuckle. “What can I say.. and a sweet girl deserves
a sweet name.” She said with a smile. Seeing snow with his
daughter made her heart soar. She was happy at least to have
delivered safely.
Eden chuckled at how her men spoke. “ there’s things you can
learn by books but most will be by ear.” She said to gently rub
velvela’s cheek with her finger as he fed.
Her chuckles going quiet as she let a breath in and out.”uhm…
there’s a lot I got to say- one of them is sorry- I know I keep
running off and trying to protect people- but I just can’t turn
a blind eye.” She admitted. “… and more so with skoll.. the
thought of leaving him behind drove me crazy- I know he’s out
there.. maybe he got lost again… and hunkered somewhere after
the fight- I just…” her mouth fluctuated.
“I’m sorry …we lost him.” Said a small voice as end slowly came
out. It sounded emotional, her finger gently touching the baby’s
ear to see it flicker once vel had finished would she swap for
the fussing kallios letting Adan burp the little guy.
“We just didn’t expect to find more family- We saw Enon and
thought We managed to turn around thinking it was Ez.”
“I didn’t expect that I was a full person too.” Said end as her
head dipped. “Thought I was just something that was meant to be
absorbed down the line.” She said to sniffle a bit before
calming as Eden took over.”shhh.. end.. just take your time..”
she told her other half.
“It.. was a lot- finding out I was taken and ditched.. they just
wanted Ezra all along.” Said the woman with a sigh.”honestly… i
got a bad feeling..” she told Adan. Her face went to kallios.
The thought of another possible big fight coming on her mind.
>>>>
^^^
“In that respect I want to stay here… “ she said softly. Her
head moved to the family tree with the additional names.”this
was our nursery when we were little.. and I was told we could
stay here..” she said before she’d flip again for Melita, who
began to fuss herself.
“And in that we might want to be ready to fight.. and.. figure
out how to find skoll.. I know I can’t move for a while that
much.. Elior told me about a guy that can help- so I’m planning
on using him for skolls sake.” She said.
———
Meanwhile- across the sands and where it all started men-
dressed similarly to khali with Anubis masks had arrived. Seeing
that Adan had not come back- had been told to investigate.
Normally general thunder would half heartedly done it- his
treachery on mind of assassinating the queen to force a
reincarnation. But Ezra was missing as well. He needed him- the
man sought power to rule over Eadrich. He did often feel the
woman didn’t see his potential- and more so of the woman that
rebuffed him for a wayfare man that had produced the young
grandson.
“Sir!” He had heard as a man came up he showed the mask that
belonged to Ezra, long had been snapped - clearly deliberately.
His mouth frowned. “Zeek!” He called for the shifter, and
knowing well- meant he would get a scent and track it.
They would continue on their hunt for the two men- his mind
forming an idea or an attempt to see how to get the two to
cooperate.
—fin—
Meeting her brother who was the heart of the oasis was even more
intimidating than meeting Eden the guardian. Ezma remained
silent and timid, until Enon brought up her mishap when she
first started tuneing fire. "Don't exaggerate! It was barely an
eighth of the training ground I was... borrowing.... besides! If
I hadn't have caught Aziz's yard on fire, you would have never
built up the courage to talk to him!" She protested with a huff
before going quiet again.
"Enon *wants* Aziz to be his mate though," Ezma said in the most
little sister way, enjoying how red her brother's face turned.
The little bit of sass the tween had evaporated when Enon and
Ezra began to talk about when the two were taken by the fae. She
hated hearing this story so she went back to her room.
When Ezra was gone, Enon found Ezma again giving her the look
that he always did when he knew she wouldn't like what he had to
say.
"What did you do to piss off Aziz?" She questioned, but it
didn't stop what Enon had to say. The redheaded tween gave a
heavy sigh when her brother finished talking.
"I suppose they do deserve a warning... just hope the new kids
are fast learners... do you.... think Ezra and Eden will like me
as much as you and Elior?" She questioned. She clearly still
didn't fully trust Eden, though that relationship was already
starting to build and Ezra looking exactly like Enon unnerved
her in a way.
"I'll have your corner too!" She said sweetly, hugging her big
brother. "Think I'm ganna study the book Eden gave me more...
you should go find your *boyfriend*," she teased before
situating herself on the bed and opening her book back up where
she left off.
---
Having Ezra's long lost brother arrive had put Link on edge. He
had felt it was some sort of trap and kept looking to Luke and
Tre, seeing the latter so on edge only made the elf more
anxious. He kept his thoughts to himself as the tribe made their
way to the new oasis, finding, even with how it was dying, it
was still
The most impressive oasis he had seen in his life. Seeing the
way the children greeted who they though was Enon settled his
mind a little only to be even more anxious over Ezra going off
on his own.
A wash of relief hitting him when he heard the door open. A dark
blush coloring his cheeks when the man wrapped his arm around
the elf's shoulders. Link couldn't help but lean into it. He and
Ezra had grown quite a bit closer while Lucas and Atreus had
been reconnecting. Rather than mopping in their jealousy, they
became eachothers comfort.
"You aren't staying here?" Link questioned, though he sounded
relieved.
---
The nip to his jaw had Nabil shiver, smirking wide as Elior
pulled away and grabbed his hand to pull him along. "Good" was
his only comment as he was dragged away to his home. A rather
spacious home made out of a hidden cave. The musician pulling
Elior inside, putting down his flute before leading his crush to
his bedroom as he discarded his clothing, being bare by the time
he pulled Elior into his lap to make out with him more on the
bed.
-fin-
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