His nose hurt a bit, as he had fell on the floor, hitting the cold snow with the tip of his nose. It stung... quite a lot. He stayed down for a moment, eyes closed, feeling the need to cough up blood but then the feel just vanished. Maybe it was his imagination? It did run wild after every time he teleported using Aura.

Slowly, Riley opened his eyes as well as pulling away from the white snow, sitting back on his legs. Navy eyes looked around, seeing mostly ivory colours, but seeing ash grey plants beneath a cover of snow above them. He stood up, feeling himself shiver as the cold temperatures forced through to his skin. He frowned a bit, casting his gaze elsewhere, and saw Velerus, his ally. The eighteen year old immediately went back to studying their surroundings, tilting his head back and watching the mountain summit warily. Sure, he may have lived at the bottom of a mountain in Eorzoa, but now, now he just felt different. The mountain was different than the one he used to live by. It may have just been the fact that it was taller, or just colder.

Riley's deep cerulean eyes flicked to his ally as soon as a low mutter was spoken. The Eorzoan hume tilted his head a bit, before realising what the mutter meant. He was to follow Velerus down the mountain. He would protest - preferring to go his own way and perhaps explore his surroundings - but he did not wish to leave his ally alone. The other male had said to him that he was weak, and that he hadn't faked the alliance. He blinked slowly, watching as the pale skinned man made his way down a small slope, stepping onto a path that was there, just invisible.

Blinking a few times, Riley sighed and flicked his foot, ridding the boot of the snow that settled upon it, before turning slightly and placing a hand on the wall for support then immediately flinching. It was freezing. He wasn't that used to the cold! Riley shivered, keeping his hand on the wall, forcing himself to keep it there as he followed the footsteps in the snow left by Velerus. "L-lead the way..." He hadn't meant to stutter, but... well, an icy breeze had caught the young man in it's flow, causing him to shiver and his teeth to chatter, resulting in the stutter.

Honestly, how could some people survive out in the freezing snows?!

Narrowing eyes a bit against the cold, Riley could feel his body starting to get used to the freezing temperatures of the mountain. Luckily his body could adjust quickly. However, everything hurt more before it started to get used to everything. The eighteen year old looked down at the floor, seeing rather faint footprints of his own. A small smile came to his lips as he remembered how light he was, therefore not creating very deep footprints. He suddenly shivered, feeling a drop of snow on his cheek and he shook his head a bit, messing up his black hair.

Looking up slowly, the male saw that Velerus had started to walk as if he was weightless, like he was floating. He smiled a little bit, liking how his ally was careful on his feet... but he could not stop the sudden rush of wariness in his body and the quiet whisper in the surrounding area, though only allowing the black haired eighteen year old hear it.

"Pfft.. Look him, Riley... He's obviously up to something... He changed the way he steps as if he was going to go murder some people! It may even be YOU! In order to keep alive, you. should. kill. him. fir-"

Cutting the words off with a sudden growl as he jumped off a small ledge, not noticing the forest in front, and pushing the weird voice out of his head - who was, no doubt probably trying to get Riley to murder Velerus - but then eighteen year old shivered as he almost bumped into his pale skinned ally and stepping back slightly. Maybe the dark... side was right. Maybe... He flinched a bit, not really wanting to be manipulated by the... evil half's calm, dark toned voice (which was also a bit seductive). The thing was going to try and make Riley kill his ally by persuasading him, perhaps by repetition, seduction or even making him just snap and just kill the pale skinned humanoid to get rid of the voice...

As he looked around with his deep cerulean eyes, Riley saw that the forest was rather green, and thick, and wild. The eighteen year old blinked, feeling that his body was now suited for the environment, and he gently tapped Velerus on the shoulder, tilting his head a bit and putting on an accidental innocent look. "So... Your friends... You said that they'll be here, most likely, so I think I should know a bit about them..." He trailed off, blinking a couple of times, suddenly wishing that the quiet hum in his mind would go away and leave him be. A small smile slipped it's way onto his face as he waited for an answer from Velerus, surprised at his own courage to ask his ally about that. Normally, he'd just not say anything at all - well, not until he knew this person a little bit better...

Cerulean blue eyes flicked down to the floor, looking at the barely noticeable footprints that Velerus left behind. The eighteen year old looked up when his ally spoke, catching sight of their raised eyebrows. Riley frowned a little bit, standing up straight again and quickening his pace so that he walked to the side, though slightly behind, the pale skinned man. He kept his head down, eyes narrowing as he looked towards the humanoid, just as he started to speak, explaining his friends.

A small smile came onto his face when Velerus warned him to not be vicious. He couldn't really not be vicious, he couldn't just decide when that weird spirit would come out, or go back in. Riley blinked slowly, wondering what sort of business it was, but he felt too caught up by other things.

He didn't catch the flickered smile on his ally's face when he looked up, eyes flashing amber for a moment before settling back on sapphire. "If I feel... stable enough, I would come with you to your... meeting, but if I feel unstable, even slightly, I'm leaving and going to some barren place on this world, and hold myself in chains," the eighteen year old let a small mischievous grin come upon his face, and added, "I'm joking about the chains. But I will try getting somewhere alone..." Riley frowned a little, looking down ever so slightly, causing the upper half of his face to be covered in shadows. Now that he thought about it, Velerus did act a little... different from other people, and there seemed to be a soft, careful glint in his eyes...

He's been lying to you, I'm going to think about that, actually, so don't you try persuading me to... attack him.

"What do they, your 'friends', look like? I can easily spot people in a crowd..." Riley murmured, looking back up at Velerus, who seemed to be a little further ahead. The eighteen year old merely shrugged to himself, quickening his pace again to walk beside the other male.

When he pulled away, he could just about see that the other male was half dazed, eyes half open. Riley kept his gaze fixed on the ground, an almost embarrassed look on his face, the pale tint of red still on his cheeks. He felt himself wince, a sudden pain going through his mind though not causing him to make any loud sound or obvious movement. The human's eyes closed, instantly stopping the slight disfocus in sight.

Suddenly, he felt a hand on his head, most likely from Velerus. His eyes instantly opened when he felt another hand by his crotch, a gentle touch. A quiet, dull squeak escaped the eighteen year old when his head was jerked to the side, downwards. His teeth bared a bit, a soft growl escaping from him. What the hell was going on?! Riley winced a bit, shivering, hearing the words that his supposed ally spoke.

Then he felt sharp teeth penetrate his skin, and the human just had to let out a loud but strangled yelp. He started shaking, pain in his neck, pain in his chest, pain in his head, and a slight tense of muscles in his lower half of his body, trying to get him to run, attempt to run, but no, he was frozen...

He didn't realise that he was holding his breath. A gasp for air escaped him when those lips, those fangs left his neck. Riley was still frozen, his skin colder than normal. His eyes were wide and a deep blue, their usual sparkle gone. He felt Velerus let go of him, and the eighteen year old immediately sunk to his knees, hands on the floor, back bent slightly. He was still shaking a bit.

Riley heard another few words, then soft footsteps that were dulled by the lushness of the jungle. He coughed, and coughed again, feeling ill. He pulled a hand away from the ground, moving it towards his chest and clutching at his, well supposed-to-be-there heart. It hurt, it hurt so much... Riley bit his lip, wondering why he didn't get the clues. The pale skin, the almost noticeable sharp teeth, the seductive, velvety voice... He should have noticed that Velerus was a vampire, not a human...

A small sob escaped him as he moved his hand up to his neck, clutching at it, flinching, feeling only a few drops of blood there. He was silent for a moment, gritting his teeth in pain as he stared down at the ground. Then, he heard footsteps, nearby, and that was enough to make his eyes widen and jump up, though end up collapsing again. He closed his eyes, biting his lip, hearing the footsteps again. Was it his imagination? Riley sniffed a bit, forcing himself to sit up and look around, his gaze passing over an almost transparent figure who's head was down, leaning against a tree. It shot back to the figure, but he saw nothing.

Then those footsteps again. Riley flinched, paranoid that Velerus was going to come back for him, to drain him of all blood in his body...