From the darkness into the light.

[Caine]

Caine had wandered the lands for what seemed like weeks. Though really days in the heat of the sun one could feel that the seconds turned to minutes. The minutes to hours. Hours to days. Days to weeks. It was all a blur of time and hope that one would find their way to some sort of salvation. Caine had at first thought the place a mirage, as the heat was known to do, but upon further inspection he realized that it was far from that. His skin was sensitive to the heat of the sun, though he could walk in day and night as any other, it still pained him to spend to long within it.

After an exhausting walk of but two days Caine was growing weary of the sun. Hungered, needing the nuroushiment that fulfilled his life, and hoping that there was a person in sight to obtain it from. Caine was not without his resources, but another day' s travels like that would make any of his kind wish to sleep. Cain walked through the courtyard of this place, that was unknown to him, and hoped that he would be so lucky as to stumble upon an unsuspecting victim. However, that was not yet the case, it seemed as emtpy as the vast destert just yet.

Due to this, Caine decided to take a small rest. Sitting upon the base of one of the large statues. He himself seeming almost statuesque in the way he leaned to the statue and rested his eyes. His long silver hair flowing over the pale white robe he wore. his pale skin nearly matching. His bright green eyes, the only source of true color, where closed beneath those pale heavy lids. The pale color of his lips seeming almost to have been lost completely upon his skin. As if the lack of blood consumed took the color away from them.

[Seth]

The drone of his life had grown into a busy bustle with no time left to his own. Seth had been scrambling about the palace all day to keep away from the Pharaoh and fulfill his duties as a slave all at once. His thin muscles ached and screamed for a break, but all he could do was continue on with his "job" and hope that no one would ask more of him. It was a delight knowing that his next job would take him to the small patches of flowers within the courtyard; a gardening job of some sort. All he needed to do was tend to them with care and be on his way once again.

Pallid flesh reflected the sun's rays as he stepped from the shade of the palace and into the courtyard. The spellcaster halted for a moment to survey his surroundings for enemies. Nothing more than a few statues, sand, wanderers and the flowers. A relaxing sigh escaped his lips and he made his way toward the patches of flowers. The first patch seemed rather dehydrated and Seth knew that the bucket of water he currently carried wouldn't suffice for all of the plants.

Setting the bucket down, he knelt before the first patch and held out his hands, palms facing the drying petals. Sapphire eyes closed and a gentle stream of water erupted from his palms and trickled all throughout the stems of greenery. It didn't take much to cast such a small spell, thus Seth kept his eyes shut and found himself relaxing a little more now that his excess energy had been thrust into a water spell.

A soft humming sound came from his throat; a song that his mother would sing to him as a child. Oh, those days were missed so...

[Caine]

Ah the sun had grown the most vile of Caine's enemies on this day. As he rested within the shade of the large statue he could not help but to feel much of sloth. The silence was a perfect addition to the depths of the sleep he was allowing himself to fall into. That is, until it was that a sound came to his ears, a gentle beautiful hum. It did not disturb him truly more so arouse a curiousity within him. The bright emeralds that where the orbs of Caine slid open and they stared searched for the source of the distant melody.

Across the way he noticed a man there. One seeming weary of a days work as he himself was of a days travels. The sloth was broken and he slowly slipped away from the base of the statue. his slender form raising from it's slumber to an awakened state standing just before the statue. Like a fly drawn to the light he made his way towards the creature. The hands that tended so nuturing to those flowers and the beads of water that adorned them drew such a curiousity.

Then the sight of the vein upon the man's wrist would catch his eyes. The slender wrists did not much a thing to hide the beating pulse there. Even if it had Caine could see clearly the pulse rate that was so elegantly increased by the hard work the boy that did so well. Caine's delicate seeming form made graceful path to stand just behind the boy within moments and there he stood for but a single glimpse of time. "Ah must be such a pain to work in such weather as this. " he stated with a voice that was both seductive and somewhat haunting.

The pale fleshed boy standing behind would seem and odd sight amongst those of sun bathed skins that would pass. His body adorned in robes and a his silver hair hidden beneath a sheer cloth that protected from the sun's rays what one could. his hand raised allowing his delicate digits to remove the cloth enough for his face to be fully seen. "And how is that such gold is made to do the workings of a tarnished metal? " [/size]

[Seth]

The water was at its end as he felt the limit of the spellbind upon his wrist begin to shock ever so slightly. Stopping he heaved a sigh only to hear the strange voice coming from behind his form. Pulse rate increased, body tensed and Seth found himself springing to his feet from being startled. His breath hitched in his throat as he saw the stranger before him and the spellcaster couldn't help but wonder if the man was of a different species. His right hand lifted to his chest to check his heart beat; Ra knew he couldn't over exert himself too much due to his bad heart.

"And how is that such gold is made to do the workings of a tarnished metal? "

The words hit him with an explosive air that sent his cheeks into a light crimson shade out of embarrassment. "O-oh no, sir." He stumbled and bowed his head to keep from making eye contact; everyone thought his eye color was strange enough already. "I am but a slave to this palace and am no where near made of gold." Good ol' Seth could never take a compliment gently from anyone. Compliments were considered weird to him and it did him well not to allow anyone to boost what little ego he had.

Looking from side to side, he cleared his throat out of discomfort. "Is there anything that I can get you, sir? Or are you here for a meeting with the priests?" It never dawned on him that this man could very well be a simple traveler that is lost and looking for directions. Everyone always seemed to want something of him and he was always willing to give it.

[Caine]

The emeralds of Caine's eyes never fluttered from their curious gaze. The object of Caine's attention being that startled boy. his lips barely parted at the distant sound of a jumping heartrate. Yes, he could have listened closer, heard more clearly. However that was not needed, as Caine seen visibly, the start he'd given the man. The pale lips would part dropping simple apology for his startling appearance "Ah, it seems i've given you a fright. Do forgive me." he stated bowing his head only breifly but very elegantly.

Caine's eyes however, would gain a new source of focus as the crimson color stained the boy's cheeks with the embarassment that he was experiencing. However, was it the embarassment of being startled or the embarassment that could be brought on by such words spoken. "Ah, it is truly saddening when a treasure does not know his own worth. Let alone that a treasure becomes the very gem of greed's attention that it would be denied its freedom in it's place within the earth." he stated as he approached the other male just a bit closer.

The discomfort made Caine laugh very breifly and very softly. He could feel it in the tone of the other male's voice. His hand extended, then turned, so that his palm was showing. the pale silken soft surface coming to brush upon the servant's chin. Careful that his nails did not damage the lovely skin beneath his cold pale fingers. The very life within the boy seemed dulled out by his servitude. Caine almost felt it his duty to free him of it. "perhaps." he paused then at the mention of the boy's thought of him being there for the priests meeting. He laughed at the idea "i'm afraid that is not my sort of crowd. " he stated as he lifted the man's chin to catch glimpse of the other male's eyes with his own emerald orbs. "Ah, such a treasure has gems for eyes. A rarity and beauty indeed." he stated so bluntly. [/size]

[Seth]

The blush tinting his cheeks only served to deepen drastically as he felt the flesh of the stranger's finger lifting his chin to come face to face. It would be rude to pull away from the man for he was considered a slave and whatever the stranger wanted Seth would have to give regardless of what he wanted for himself. Swallowing hard he listened to the man's comment about his hideous eye coloration and nearly blanched. Side-stepping the man with a polite "excuse me", Seth turned to face him and bit his lip slightly; he hadn't been so close to another in so long.

"I am sorry for such an assumption on my part." He chose to ignore the comment regarding his eyes. "It would, however, be an honor to offer you a place to stay to perhaps rest, sir. You look exhausted and the weather does not seem to be lightening up." His soft voice rang throughout the dry air and he seemed a little more at comfort than he was at the beginning of this little session.

"Do excuse such rude acts from myself, sir. My name is... Seth." He hesitated only to think of the meaning of his own name, "appointed one" and kept the disgust from registering upon his facials. He bowed, silken blue and white robes cascading over his lanky form. He bent over to pick up the bucket, wincing from slight back pains, and stood at full height once more.

"If there is anything I may assist you with, do follow me into the palace and make yourself comfortable. I am at your beck and call..."

[Caine]

He looked to the boy for a breif moment in utter confusion as the boy turned his head away and apologized. For what the reason was for that Caine was unsure. Caine smiled a bit "I beg your pardon if I have insulted you. your eyes are far to beatiful for me not to have passed such compliments upon them." he stated with a smile "yet you seem to wish to hide them from sight. Are you ashamed of the unique gift you where given by them?" he asked quite curious of the other male and his lovely eyes.

"Do not apologize to me. You did not know therefore it is only natural to assume when a stranger wanders through that there is purpose behind their appearance there. Especially when there are gatherings of such about." he spoke elegantly to the male. "A place to rest.. Ah.." he thought the idea over. "I do suppose i am quite exhausted." he stated as he looked the boy over with a passing glance. Sizing him up perhaps? Perhaps there was more to it than that.

"Rude acts? " he questioned "I have seen none of the sort from you." he smiled then as the name of that one to which he spoke was finally given. "Ah. Seth. " he bowed slightly to him "it is quite a pleasure, Seth." he stated before standing fully once momre "The name of myself is Caine. " as the other man bent to lift the bucket caine reached out placing his hand over Seth's. slipping his fingers between the other male's hand and lifting the bucket away from his hands "Allow me. It is no bother and do not protest it because I will only argue. And an arguement against me is a lost cause." he stated bluntly.

"I will follow where it is you will lead." he couldn't help but to smirk at his last statement however "Are you now? If that is the case then I will adore resting up here quite well." he stated as he followed the other man along. "would you tell me more, about how it is that one as lovely as you has found a life here doing the work of the undeserving?" he asked as he kept up.
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[Seth]

The man grasping his bucket, Caine, seemed pretty comfortable with the words he spoke so freely unto others; Seth had to wonder where such confidence derived from so quickly. Clearing his throat and deciding to leave the decision to the man to carry his bucket, Seth stepped into the shade of the palace and turned about slowly. Biting his lip he hoped that the Pharaoh would not come around lest he be questioned about his reasons for allowing another into the palace.

He nodded solemnly, "I will explain a little more to you once you have the chance to get settled within a comfortable environment. I will lead you to a guest room near my own room in case you need anything during your stay." He looked about in case anyone was listening and stepped off toward the dark stairs leading all the way to the top.


(( Roleplay can be continued in the Bedrooms forum. ))

[Caine]

(( i'll make the next post in the bedrooms area then ))