But to Me Your Were Perfect [Velocity]

[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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Masquerade tilted his crown as she spoke. The rest of the world was ... nicer than this island? So the rumors from the birds and the beached equines were true. This place had a cruel way of twisting and distorting horses into something they weren't and should probably never be. But what about those born here, like him? Yes, Masquerade knew that he had messed up countless times in his life. What it just the curse of living on this worthless plot of land in the ocean? Or was it what he made it out to be?

The masked stag shook his crown and picked up his pace to follow Lynx over to a small pond. Masquerade looked to the sky with his mismatched orbs. It was odd how the sun never seemed to shine much here. It was almost as if the island had a magical feel to it. He glanced to Lynx. This world must be so different from the one she came from.

Masquerade was quickly pulled out of his htoughts as cold water drenched his pelt. "What the...." he then saw that it had come from none other than Lynx. Masquerade marched past her into the water, turned so his hindquarters were facing her, and promptly gave the water a big kick, hoping to douse hte mare wiht water.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES asjgfkaj!
MUSE Wine ghost! D=
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

» Lynx snorted as a wave of water washed over her, getting her whole front soaked. The arabian grinned at Masquerade, letting out a cheerful laugh. She extended her neck and gave his hindquarters a playful nip before jumping away, sending another spray of water flying as she jumped out of the pool of water, soaking herself to a further extent. Lynx paused on the shore, turning her tiara to see if the stallion was following, before turning to bolt off into the undergrowth with a whinny, a grin on her maw.

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But there's no pain you feel that love can't heal at all...[/size]

ooc: whoa I actually replied. XD
muse:
song: life left to go - safetysuit
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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Masquerade's audits flicked back as he felt her nip him on the hindquarters. The Arab then splashed him again. He whirled around, a playful smirk on his visage. He snorted and stared the mare down in mock challenge. It had been so long since he had had fun like this. Last time he had, it was with Rosabella. Just htinking about her beautiful name made his heart ache. Rosabella.

The stag was pulled from his thoughts when Lynx ran to shore and bolted off. Masquerade let out a whinny, reared up, and took off after her. "Y'can run, but y'can't 'ide!" he called out as he go closer to her, just five or six strides behind her small frame.

As they ran on Masquerade noticed for the first time that Lynx wasn't exactly what anyone would describe as ugly. In fact she was quite the opposite. Masquerade was a bit shocked at his own thoughts. He shook his crown and whinned again, pushing himself to go faster.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES seton
MUSE esum
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

» The arabian continued to run through the dense undergrowth, listening to the thunder of the eboney brute's presuit shortly after. Her tiara turned to glance behind her, green irises sparkling happily, eyebrows lowered deviously. "

Oh yeah?[/color]" she called over her shoulder. Her tiara snapped back around and she pushed herself faster, lengthening her stride and flaring her nostrils, neck arched gracefully without skipping a beat. The second time she glanced back at Masquerade, he had a bit of a look of surprise on his face, which Lynx easily took as something for her burst of speed. But the stallion was quickly gaining pace with her as well, and she did not get much farther ahead than she was before.

» The fae decided to turn around, slowing her pace to a slow canter and circling two or three times around him, head held high and maw set to a triumphant smirk. "Well well, looks like I've found someone who could actually keep up with me![/color]" she said, giving him a gentle nip on the shoulder before she slowed to a bouncing stop, mane splayed all about her neck. Her ears pricked, eyebrows raised at the stallion infront of her.
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But there's no pain you feel that love can't heal at all...[/size]

ooc:
muse:
song: crushcrushfaint - paramore/linkin park
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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The stallion huffed as she pushed herself to go faster. Damn Arabians. Masquerade was a strong horse, just not very fast. Still the ebony stallion sped up his pace trying to keep up with mare who just found running around a piece of cake.

Masquerade finally halted when he saw Lynx's pace falter. He shook off his coat and took in a deep breath. He hadn't run like that in a long time. The Arab came up and nipped him on the shoulder and he actually smiled. A true, happy smile. The stallion playfully nipped her back and said "or at leas' someone who can partailly keep up." The black stag was still trying to catch his breath from the run. He walked forward a bit until he came to a grassy patch and proceeded to lay down in it. He was feeling like a colt again, and it was all because of Lynx.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES seton
MUSE esum
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

» Lynx shook her tiara, giving off another laugh. "

That seems like a better way of explaining it,[/b][/color]" she said, enjoying seeing the stallion smile for once. She had never truely seen him smile before. He was either in a uptight or depressed mood all the time, so it was good to see Masquerade loosen up.

» The chestnut watched as he wandered over to a patch of grass and layed down, chest huffing and puffing from the run. Lynx shook her head, tsking at him mockingly with a smile. "Tired already? You're lazy.[/b][/color]" she said, shaking her mane and giving him a nudge. "Guess we're gonna have to fix that, eventually,[/b][/color]" she told him, before plopping down on the ground as well, ears flicking.
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But there's no pain you feel that love can't heal at all...[/size]

ooc: -insert dummy here-
muse:
song: crushcrushfaint - paramore/linkin park
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[Vel]

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Past the point of no return.

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Masquerade smirked as she called him lazy. It was the truth though. Ever since Rosabella, he had no need to be the energetic horse that he once was. "I used to 'ave more energy than you." he stated, glancing over to the mare. It was the truth. Although she didn't need to know what he did with himself back then. That was the past, gone, over with. That Masquerade had died a long time ago, he was diffrerent now.

"I remember," he began, looking up to the sky with a small smile on his face. "Rosabella 'n' I used t'always 'ave fun runnin' around, goin' on small adventures." Masquerade sighed and his expressions changed. Why was he mentioning Rosabella to this mare? It made no sense at all. "Sorry 'bout tha'." he quickly apologised.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES I like cheese
MUSE Otay -insert dummy here-
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

» Lynx smiled at Masquerade. Sure he would have a lot more energy, from what he was doing back then..But the mare didn't mention that. Instead, she just nodded. Her ears pricked forward and her interest was caught when he mentioned a "Rosabella". He had mentioned her a couple times before, but never explained who she was. Lynx, by the way he spoke about her, automaticly assumed she used to be his mate. "

No no, its alright...[/b][/color]" Lynx paused unsurely, before continuing,"..how come you aren't together anymore? I mean, uhm, if you don't mind me asking.[/b][/color]" The chestnut arabian flicked her ears, cocking her tiara to the side.
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But there's no pain you feel that love can't heal at all...[/size]

ooc: Nosy people YAY~!
muse:
song: crushcrushfaint - paramore/linkin park
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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Masquerade stared off into the distance, totally forgetting about Lynx and where he was currently at. Rosabella. How he longed to see her again, hear her beautiful voice again, take in her scent, and to touch her beautiful coat again. She had wormed her way into his heart, the only who ever did.

Until now. a small voice inside him said. Masquerade scowled and turned his head as if that were going to keep the voice from talking to him. No matter how much he denied it, Lynx was doing the same thing to him that Rosabella had. there was just one little problem. She wasn't Rosabella.

Lynx's vocals brought the masked stallion out of his memories. For a moment he stared and blinked at her, as if her words didn't register with him at all. She why they were not together anymore. Masquerade narrowed his mismatched eyes as he let out a very sardonic laugh.

The stallion stood up with a new, frightening kind of fire in his orbs. "Why aren't we t'gether 'n'more?" he mocked before he laughed again. He began to wander around Lynx in a very frantic manner as his now cold optics trained on her small form.

The stallion loomed over her like an ominous storm ready to unleash it's wrath at any given moment. He gave her a wicked smile and then said "Those sick, sadistic, fiery bas'ards tha's why!" he growled in her face. Masquerade back up a bit and then yelled at Lynx "They took 'er away from me! Jus' took 'er withou' a second though'! Gone! She's gone!"

A new rage filled his eyes as he back up from Lynx and began to pace frantically, destroying any flowers, bushes, and small trees that were near him. " an' y'wanna know why?!" he asked, mostly to himself. To any horse observing it would seem that he was going, if not gone already, completely mad. "Cause they thought it'was fun! Fun! She didn't do nothin' to them! She didn't deserve it!" he raged. He then let out another crazed laugh before speaking again. "If they were gonna take someone to play their demented games with, why no' me?! I would've died a thousan' deaths just to keep 'er safe!"

In all of the stallion's rage the quarter of his blood that was Zunden showed for once in his life. He half reared and smacked the ground hard with his forelegs, only to be shocked a bit by the flames that suddenly engulfed a small patch of brush.

Masquerade stared at the flames, his nostrils flaring. he made a growling like noise and turned, pacing back the other direction toward Lynx. "Y'know wha's sad?" he asked in a low, threatening oice. "That sometimes I expec' 'er to jus' come walkin' back, to 'ear 'er voice one day when I'm out grazing. They denied me of tha'. Stole 'er, took my angel away from me."

His voice quited as he continued. "An' I regret so much. I should've been there for 'er more, cared a bit more. I took 'er, my Rosabella, for granted. A mistake I can never redo. An' even now I 'ave jus' the slightest bit o' 'ope that Rosabella will still show up. An' I'm not in denial."

The masked stallion turned around. For the first time in his petty life, he felt tears pricking at the corners of his eyes. He squeezed them shut and his voice became dark again. "I'm gonan kill 'em. I'm gonna kill 'em all. They're gonna be sorry they ever chose to mess with me. I'm gonna rip them limb from limb. They can't hurt me too much. After all, I am part of them. I'm gonna enjoy seing those bas'ards suffer. I'm gonna show 'em 'ell. No, they are gonna wish to di, to go to 'ell, an' I ain't gonna let 'em!" he raged.

All of the sudden Masquerade's shoulders slumped and his head drooped. "Why?" he asked as silent tears ran down his ivory masked face. "Why?!" Re-opening that wound had once and for all driven Masquerade past the point of no return. He was serious about going to kill the lot of them, even if he had to do it alone, which in that case, would be walking to his own death.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES Uh oh, Massy is getting angry.
MUSE Enya songs and Brian Crain songs
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

And that was the day I swore I would never sing of love, if it does not exist...[/size]

» Masquerade looked lost for the first couple seconds until she had spoke, and she soon regretted it. The stallion rose to his hooves and went to some sort of rant mode, swinging and taking out any of the plants that stood in his way as he paced back and forth. Lynx's auds folded back onto her skull, irisies stretching wide and showing a white ring, fear shooting down her spine like a cold finger. She had never seen a stallion so angry before. It frightened her badly, enough to make herself rise to her feet and ready herself to leave. But she forced herself to stay there, and hear Masquerade through, even though he began randomly turning and screaming in her face, as if it was her fault or it was important for her not to forget. And for him, it would be important for her to remember; to never bring up again.

» Lynx's eyes bugged even wider as the stallion suddenly slapped the earth, causing fire to briefly lick his legs before dying out, with only the small patch of burned grass and the smell of smoke. She took a tentive step back, nares flaring, eyes trained on the stallion, ignoring her concious telling her to get the hell away from him. But again, she stayed, listening quietly, fear slowly fading into pity as his rant began to wear out, like a fire loosing its flame.

» The way Masquerade talked about how much he wanted the Zuden's blood for killing his mate, the more hollow Lynx felt. She had seen so many couples in love, with their foals as happy as they could be in their little families. But for her, she was just a random sex toy for Lassan and Aro, and Taren and Blazer were only results of lust, rather than love that she longed for. And to her, Masquerade looked like he would give up the sun for Rosabella. And it seemed as if Lynx's jealously of that could end the world.

» Lynx looked at the masked stallion sadly as he hung his head, as if in defeat. The arab waited for a couple minutes, ears pulled back, for him to cool down and relax and gain his sanity back. Then she lowered her tiara and quietly walked towards him, ears twitching and flicking nervously about approuching Masquerade after his fiery outburst. But she swallowed her fear and continued walking towards him, only pausing to give the charred grass a quick sniff, wrinkling her muzzle in distaste of the smokey smell, before joining him at his side. At first, she didn't say anything, just pressed herself comfortingly against him and brushed away a small tear that had escaped from his eye with her velvety muzzle. But she then heaved a soft sigh, and the small mare said, "

Because life is a bitch.[/b][/color]"

» The arabian stood for another minute, before turning herself away, tail flicking lazily. She walked a few paces before turning her head, expression solemn, and said,"Come for a walk with me. It'll do you good.[/b][/color]" She blinked, before turning to walk again, pushing through the destroyed undergrowth that surrounded Masquerade's rant-arena. Bad things did happen to good people, but good things did too. Masquerade had to realize that, and Lynx was only beginning to as well.
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But darling, you are the only exception.[/size]

ooc: YOU MAKE KITTY SCARED.
muse:
song: the only exception - paramore
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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The stallion glared at Lynx as she walked over to him. If he had any energy left, he probably woul have hurt her. He even thought about it now. He just wanted her to get away from him. He clenched his ivories together as her muzzle touched his face. His eyes held a murderous rage. Oh god, he was going to turn into what Sweeney had become, and what he had previously almost become. Masquerade lifeted his crown a bit and shook his ebony and crimson banners, causing them to lay awkwardly all over his neck and face.

He quietly walked with Lynx and remained staring off into space in a trance like state. "Lynx," he said quietly. "Have you ever lost anyone? Not just anyone, but someone who meant the world to you? When they died, your soul died with them?" He stared at her with a pained expression in his mismatched eyes, trying to find some closure. Masquerade knew it should be time to say goodbye to Rosabella and the memories of her. But he couldn't, something was still tying her to him, and he had no clue what it was. Strange thing was that when he spent more and more time with the chestnut Arab, all thoughts, and feelings, of Rosabella dissappeared.

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES I am le tired.
MUSE Les Miserables Sountrack + Love Never Dies Soundtrack
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

And that was the day I swore I would never sing of love, if it does not exist...[/size]

» Lynx remained quiet, not once glancing back at the stallion who was probably pissed at her just for making him move and not allowing him to sulk. But she would make him go along anyway. Sulking about your problems didn't really help anything. Lynx flicked her ears as Masquerade spoke, givig her a question she wasn't sure about how to answer. The arabian gave the black stallion a sideways glance, her expression softening at his pained look. "

Well..yes, and no. I haven't lost anyone...as in death, but horses who knew me before would definantly think I've changed. Life definantly hasn't exactly been kind to me,[/b][/color]" she replied.
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But darling, you are the only exception.[/size]

ooc: YOU MAKE KITTY SCARED.
muse:
song: the only exception - paramore
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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Masquerade tore his gaze away from her as she spoke. Of course, she wouldn't know what it was like. Everyone else on this bloody planet had it better than him. His cold stare returned to her as she said that life had been cruel to her. The masked stallion let out a dry laugh and said "You know nothin' of cruelty Lynx." And he hoped that she never would.

Masquerade halted and looked up to the ever gloomy sky. It was strange, this place looked like what his mood always was. It was really the perfect place for him, but not for the lovely Lynx. "Y'really should leave this place an' me Lynx. There's nothin' 'ere for you 'cept darkness an' despair. Jus' go back to Lassan. You'll 'ave someone who'll be kind, love you and make you 'appy."

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES *burp* =3
MUSE Three Days Grace
SONGS The Point Of No Return

[L Y N X !]

And that was the day I swore I would never sing of love, if it does not exist...[/size]

» Lynx rolled her eyes, becoming quite irritated with Masquerade. She slowed her pace at the slightest, her head turning towards him and her eyebrows lowered to display her annoyance. "

I didn't say it was cruel, I said unkind. Theres a deference, you know," snapped Lynx, giving her mane a shake and turning her head back around, glaring at the undergrowth ahead. Yes, he was certainly starting to really piss her off. Masquerade was hot and cold all the time --- it seemed as if she'd loose her mind if he switched personalities again today.

» And then the same words she had heard so many times before ----god, damn this horse---were spoken again from Masquerade. Her anger rose to a boil, and seemed to spill over as the small arab whipped around, ears flattened to her skull. "Listen here,[/b][/color]" snarled Lynx, glaring up at the stallion and talking with her ivories slightly bared, "I will not go back. I do have something here for me, if you hadn't forgotten Lovett. She's the only friend worth my time that I've had ever since I swam my ass over here on this fucking island! And go back to Lassan? Love me? Phah, like that'll ever happen. All I ever was to him was his bitch for one night. He's with Venom anyway, and they're sooo happy. Why should I mess things up? Afterall, I seem to be a worthless whore to everyone, so why should I even try? Believe me, I DID try, but no one seems to notice, [/b][/color]" ranted the mare, tossing up her tiara at the end of her mini-lecture and turning to march right past Masquerade, tail snapping like a whip. She felt better to get what had been on her mind out, but she also felt bad for taking it out on Masquerade, even though he also just spazzed out on her too a couple minutes before. But, stubborn as she was, she kept walking, not even looking back at the black stallion, blinking back tears that began to form in her eyes.
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But darling, you are the only exception.[/size]

ooc: SOMEONE IS PMSING. Lol jk but yeah Lynx is Miss Bipolarrrr...not really but yeah. xD
muse:
song: the only exception - paramore
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[Vel]

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M a s q u e r a d e

Past the point of no return.

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"Same dif'rence." the masked stallion mumbled in response to Lynx's little snappy sentence. The stag rolled his mismatched eyes as she started off at a rant. Great, this was not what he needed right now. Any longer and he was liable to kill her here and now. The rehashing of the memory of Rosabella was turning him back into the monster he had been before he met Lynx.

That got him thinking, he had changed when he met her. The onyl other horse that had ever done that to him was Rosabella. There was only one explanation. He loved her. Masquerade was in love with Lynx. He had denied it for so long, just because Rosabella was always in his mind. His stupid mind would tell him sometimes that she, Rosabella, would come back. Logically it was impossible, she had passed on. He should get over her, he had already halfway let go. He just needed Lynx to help him let it all go.

Masquerade lifted his crown a bit and let out a soft snort, keeping a steady glance on Lynx. Truth was he didn't even hear a word that the Arab had been saying the whole time. "Lynx." he said in a very serious tone. "I think I'm in love with you."

No more memories
No more silent tears
No more gazing across the wasted years
Help me say goodbye

OPEN TO Lynx
CHARACTERS Masquerade
NOTES I'm gonna murder my zune
MUSE Wicked Soundtrack
SONGS The Point Of No Return + Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again