Inner Mind

[Erlind]

The world is still strange. I sleep wrong now, but at least I got stuff done today. I sink into a nice leather chair by the and almost immediately leave it again. Still restless.

The silver bell from earlier reappears along with the note.

"Ring Me."

Maybe I will hear it this time. I stalk back out into the wind and the dark. I'm not satisfied staying in one place tonight. I walk the maze.

 

[Erlind]

The bell and note melt back away without anyone there to direct them.

 

[Erlind]

Really don't sleep well without her, do I?

 

[Erlind]

Two hours. Four hours. Two hours. Twelve hours. I know I'm playing catch up, but I need to stop sleeping. I sit up groggily from a couch which for the moment seems to have an indent shaped very much like me. I pour myself a glass of orange juice and sip, wondering if anyone will be about tonight.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Bare feet trod daintily along a path way that ends at Erlind's home.

I debate entering for all of two seconds...

and then ENTER.

Eyes search for him. I hope he is here.

 

[Erlind]

"Good morning, Luna."

She can normally always catch me, but this place belongs to me and tends to follow my rules when I ask nicely. I follow the wolf inside.

"How is the world treating you today?"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

He sneaks up behind ME?

Oh gods, must not visit him here nude any more...who KNOWS what might happen!! Turning round and about, I give a wide smile.

"Hello E~you work last night?"

Feet lead me toward him so that I can...

hug him close

and rise up

on tip toe to

kiss his chin.

"Things are great. Have a day off. Have writing planned for all my owed posts and I am VERY happy...how bout you?"

 

[Erlind]

I smile as I'm hugged by the short curvy and downright sexy naked wolf.

"Spent my night busy being bored, but at least it was on my terms. Off again tonight and then its back to work."

I find my way to a big comfy leather chair and sit down leaning back in it.

"You seem in an awfully good mood this morning."

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

"Boredom is the bane of all smart people."

I give a sage nod but the grin won't go away. He speaks while easing himself into a chair. I debate a moment and opt for a near by couch when what I would much prefer is the warmth of his lap. However, I must be a good wolf and not maul the owner of this establishment, even if I really want to.

"I am in a good place~ in my heart, in my mind, in my soul. It had been so long since I was in a good place that I had forgotten what it felt like."

A slight shift, unencumbered breasts swaying, silver nipple ring winking in the sunlight filtering through his windows.

"Mostly it feels good to feel good and so I am enjoying it...."

A wicked grin...

"So no work tonight. This means I have to give you something to do..."

A husky laugh.

"I should probably work on a post for you...I think you are the next one due...though I wonder if you would like me to condense our day on the town into a series of vignettes so that I can introduce another little loop...give your man something to be worried about...as he doesn't seem to be a haste driven personality...AND Misty is too gods be damned slow..."

 

[Erlind]

I can't help but to stare. I shouldn't to be polite, or aloof, or any other number of at least halfway good reasons, but I do.

"He does always need something to worry about. I think he'd fall apart a bit as an interesting character if he didn't have anything."

She must be trying to tempt me. If she isn't trying to do it, she certainly still is.

"Something to drink?"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

I slip from the couch and crawl~

very, very slowly to his feet. Kneeling up takes but a moment.

Round ass on heels, hands placed just so on brown thighs.

grin is wide and very, very wicked.

"Something to drink? Water or tea....or you could just let me climb into your lap and cuddle you..."

 

[Erlind]

I bite my lip for a moment, but I get up and go to a table behind the couch she is on. I pour tea into a small white cup that has pale green vines painted across it. I come back around handing the saucer and cup to her.

With her hands full I reach out and gingerly lift up the silver ring that pierces her nipple by my fingertip. I hadn't noticed it before, but often by the time she is without clothes I'm not always the most observant man.

"How long have you had this?"

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Laughter as i take a sip of tea...

Oh years and years...

I think since '96. See?

 

[Erlind]

"I clearly need to pay much more attention to you." My voice does nothing to hide the lust she always causes.

I take a seat on the couch next to her and lay back a bit. I run fingertips along her smooth dark skin. They trace down her back, but stop short.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Giggling laughter, another sip of tea.

"Yes. You do."

Body curls into his, pressing tightly.

"Alas, I am finally able to finish my date. That means that I will be disappearing soon. Dates deserve my undivided attention."

Moving closer, until I am in his lap, like I wanted to be from the beginning.

"Something I hope you will appreciate when you finally give me a date, with you."

 

[Erlind]

"While I often enjoy distracting you, you are right. There are some things that deserve attention. Besides, I honestly should have gone to sleep hours ago. I've had a bad habbit of not sleep at all lately."

I kiss her cheek.

"Go and be ... focused."

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Serious look.

"No sleep is not good, E. Don'rt make me cuddle you til you pass out. Go rest, please. I am going to concentrate on the date and my post for you...that is my plan for the next couple of hours."

A hug and a kiss on a bristled cheek.

"I will find you, sooner or later."

Disappears with a pop of sound....

 

[Erlind]

"Maybe."

Its all I can say before she leaves. Though I don't know what else I could have said. I remain in place however. Not sleeping.

 

[Erlind]

No sleep. It won't happen. A pity really, I thought I had done so well yesterday. I will sleep tomorrow. Yes, that's reasonable.

I get up from my place and wandering out into the maze. Someone will ring if they want me.

 

[Erlind]

Dark corridors eventually lead to the edges of my maze where the world begins to fall away. There is no peace here only the raging howling winds. The cold tears at me and I pull the leather of my coat closer. One door lays ahead up a final set of stairs. I approach it, but suddenly feel like I'm not ready to be here. There is something in there I am not ready to face alone, or perhaps is not meant to be faced alone. Even if there were another here I doubt I'd want them to experience what laid beyond that portal. I have the key. Though I've never used it I know the cold metal against my chest belongs there.

I turn and venture back towards the heart of the endless halls in search of someplace kinder.

 

[Erlind]

Exhausted I emerge from the labyrinth and plop down in a comfy leather. I produce a cigar, cut it, and light it with a match. Should have slept, but didn't. Need to sleep now, but can't. Need to wait for morning. I puff on the cigar and stare off into space trying very hard to be awake.

 

[Erlind]

A deep ragged scream and the throwing of any loose objects in the room against the outer walls precede my sudden entrance. Glasses break against the wall, books are sent scattered across the room, and even a burn log from the fire is displaced.

"FUCK!" As I scream again the fire at the center of the room suddenly expands into a raging inferno that licks the ceiling. Outside the twisting stone shakes violently, dust falling from the ancient walkways. My world feeds off of me.

After a few moments I calm myself. Deep breaths in. Deep breaths out. The fire dwindles back down to where it should be and the world settles. The room darkens for a moment and the shadows consume everything that is out of place

With a stoic face I find a hard backed chair to sit down at. The shadows rush up all around me and when they leave there is a table there with my computer as well. The key around my neck burns away with the same cold as ever. I am calm now. Ready for visitors though it seems rare I have any.

 

[Erlind]

I must have been lost for ages. I could see the door home many times, but by the time I got there it lead somewhere else. Exhausted I reach for the door handle once more and when I twist it, surprisingly, it opens back to where I belong.

I step inside and collapse on a rather large green couch and simply sink into it. A tall glass of fruit juice appears in my hand. I know I've missed any that would really visit me right now, but that's alright. I'm just glad to be back. I missed this place and its people.

 

[Erlind]

This place hasn't seen the use I thought it would, not that I'm sure what that would be. Two guests and me rambling to myself though. Though what else should I have expected from my private corner of the internet.

As my tastes are many and varied, a projector sputters to life and The Sons of Katie Elder begins playing on the wall. I stretch out on a worn brown couch. I reach over the side of it and push away the fabric to open the door of a freezer built into it. I pull out an ice cream snickers bar and chow down as the movie starts.

 

[Erlind]

The movie is long over. I've slept a couple of times since too. I awaken and work on a book and leave it at the beginning of this thread so I won't lose it. Time to keep writing, but focus a little more on the present.