Ryuutenshi Bonding

There are two different types of Bonds. The first, least painful, and easiest to adjust to is the Rei’shakla, the Bond willingly formed between two people. Before this Bond occurs, there are things that happen between two individuals that are necessary to draw them together to form the Bond. They must be friends of some sort. It isn’t necessary that they are physically attracted to each other, but it helps. They had to have known each other for a while. It is imperative that neither of them is currently Bonded to anyone else. Once Bonded, they cannot Bond again unless their Bondmate is dead.

The second type is more difficult to adjust to. This is the Rei’kibanla, a Bond formed between two people whether they want it or not. Refusing this Bond can make youand the other person involved very sick and moight even kill you both.

The stages before the Bond are very typical, but tend to, at first, look like they are merely lovesick. If they are strong magic users, they will become increasingly aware of each other, knowing what the other is thinking or feeling at any given point in time. If pain happens to one, the other feels it. In extreme cases, the injury will be reflected on the body of the other, but this is rare. If one is gifted and the other isn’t, then only the gifted one will be this aware of the other. If both aren’t, then they will only feel pulled towards the other with only a faint awareness of each other.

Using things such as terms of endearment will very strongly affect the other. This is especially true in the case of a non-gifted and a gifted. When the two are together, all they can think about is the other. All they want to do is to make the other person happy. Touching can be almost painful until they become aware of what’s happening to them. At this stage, they must Bond or go insane from the need and longing for the other person.

People who are caught in the second form freequently choose to call it by the name of the first, make it seem like it was their choice to Bond.

All young Ryuutenshi are taught the words to activate a Bond with another. To Bond with another, they must stand, holding each other in their arms, repeating the chant. There is a strange sensation of floating outside of one’s body. You can see the other person as a shadow just outside their own body. The Bond is complete when the two clap hands and become one. If they hesitate too long, it won’t work.

After the Bond is completed, they become completely aware of the other in every sense. In the case of two gifteds, they could become capable of communicating mind to mind.