Into the Wilderness

[royaleagleofthor]

Veiled behind the cover of the mask he wore veins popped and teeth gnashed, as the Drow grew more irritated with the impudence of this young feral creature.

“If you knew me half as well as you implicate you would do well to set your petty emotions aside Azmi Etui, as it would not be wise for you to provoke my anger.”

With a wave of his hand Earolas dismissed the veil of darkness he had summoned, as he no longer had need of its protection. He then approached Kanael who was washing away the filth of his macabre feast. Kneeling beside the young man Earolas whispered to him in the language of the demons, “A little friendly advice, I have no problem with you indulging your darkest desires but for your own sake do try to do so in private. I do not believe you would find the others to be so accepting of such behavior.”

Earolas patted Kanael on the shoulder before rising to his feet, he shot one more fiery stare at Azmi, “If anyone feels the need to stop kissing royal @$$ and help I shall be setting up camp.”

Earolas could tell already that these amateurs would need to be kept on task, otherwise this endeavor would only amount to a colossal waste of time.

[BlackAngelYume]

With the prince being so close, the scent of peaches was beginning to bother her. She pulled her hood up and looked to him. She had to be careful of how she answered; the others didn’t need to know what she was.

“I was born with magical abilities and spent most of my life studying the arcane ways. My magic is the cumulation of years and years of practice,” she said, sounding curter than she intended.

Her muscles tensed for a moment and she looked to where Kanael and Earolas were… did she just hear demonic? She shook her head and looked back to the prince, trying to think of the best way to excuse herself from the conversation when Earolas provided her with the perfect opportunity.

“If you’ll excuse me, I have more pressing matters to attend to,” she said to him. She gave no form of respect as she turned from him, pulling the hood over her head.

She walked over to Earolas and looked to him without moving her head, her voice low, “It seems I’m thanking you once more.”

With that said, she turned from him to start gathering wood to make a fire.

[Hikari Kirameku]

Taiyo slithered slowly across the forest floor. The scent of blood she had picked up was close. It lead towards one of the forest paths, and smelled like something she couldn't recall ever coming across in the forest before. Whatever it was, it could mean a free meal for her, which was all that mattered. She hadn't had a meal consisting of meat in a few days, since she hadn't been able to find anything, and she was keen to have something fresh. It was times like these she'd payed more attention to how the humans caught fish. She swore the ones in the river were laughing at her the last time she tried swimming after them.

She made her way towards the path, moving quietly, and keeping out of sight in the brush, til she was close enough to see without being seen. There it was! Unfortunately, now that she could see it, her appetite for it dwindled. It looked like an ogre, which taste about as good as they smell, which to Taiyo is flat out foul. There was, however, a group close by. She examined them from her vantage point. Humanoid, humanoid, armored humanoid, little humanoid, etc. ...all of which didn't look like they'd be very tasty. She wasn't fond of eating humanoids.

Then she saw it. Was that a giant...beaver?! It was! The biggest rodent she had seen in her entire life! Even better, it seemed they were about to set up camp, which meant that chances are that group would be sleeping soon. It would mean more waiting, but for that, it would be worth it. She felt kind of bad that she'd be eating what she figured was one of thier pets, but it couldn't be helped. After all, the food's not going to be coming to her. In the end, she decided shed follow the group from a safe distance, and watch, and wait.

[royaleagleofthor]

“You are welcome, everybody is entitled to their secrets especially from those in power,” the masked rogue responded.

So as not to give in to want of feeling the Drow focused his gaze to the horizons about him. If they were to make camp here he wanted a good lookout post to spend the evening in. The lush earth tones of the forest seemed to pulse with life before him and he was certain his distant elven cousins resided here somewhere. It made him uncomfortable.

He walked on for a short distance eventually finding an area where two trees had grown together. A nearby riverbed had occasionally risen to this point and after decades of erosion exposed an area forming a tunnel beneath them. Not only could this location provide shelter, the treetops also provided an excellent place for a makeshift watchtower.

Turning back to Yume Earolas called out, “Hey lets set up over here, I found a great spot.”

Once again he faced the impromptu fortress nature had provided. The assassin sensed something. Something not tangible to normal people, somehow he just knew. They were being watched, but by who?

[Azmi & Zoe]

"Of course," Thaddaeus answered Yume politlely as she left to gather wood.

Zoe moved to grab Michellemaru. Taking her by the hand, Zoe led her a little distance off into the woods to meet and aid Yume. "Hey, Michelle," Zoe said. "Why don't we help Yume gather up some wood for a fire" Zoe finished, gathering some sticks in her arms.

Thaddaeus and his guards however, moved to inspect the rest of the group. Azmi noticed that the royal troop seemed especially interested in Yume and Earolas. What was so special about them that they grabbed so much attention. Then Earolas spoke again. It seemed like every time that Earolas's vocal chords vibrated, Azmi gained a new reason to hate the man.

"You, I fear not," Azmi remarked, though in actuality both Earolas's actions and reputation were intimidating. "Making this journey more difficult than it needs to be, I wish not." Azmi spoke as he walked some distance behind Earolas. Once Earolas found what would be their shelter, Azmi had to be honest. "Excellent find," he told the drow quietly as he walked closer to investigate.

[milliehiggins]

Millie felt a cold shiver run up her spine. You know, the one where you just know someone is watching you, but you can’t figure out where. She slowly scanned the areas of thick bush surrounding them. She eventually shrugged it off thinking that it was caused by some bird staring her down…Creepy. Millie took a step forward to get a better look at the trio that just entered into their group, but she was distracted by the demand to make camp before she could get a good look at them.
Walking towards Earolas, Millie heaved a small sigh. “It’s perfect!” she stated, placing her hands on her hips, “How did you find it so fast? It would’ve taken me forever to find a spot like this...” she added, her voice soft.
Millie passed one final glance around the camp before walking to the riverbed. “I’m gonna follow the water a bit to see if I can catch some fish...Be back in a few.” She stated loudly, already starting to walk.

[luniis]

A shadowed figure walked forward along the edge of the cool spring, water hitting the rocks and spraying up but he couldn't feel the cool water.
He was tempted to just jump into the middle of the water he loved water so much. How it moved in those soft waves which could turn violent at any second how it proves that persistence can defeat anything as it erodes away stone, how it smoothers the rage of fire but can still accept the calming breeze of the air, making it stronger.
He watched calmly as he struggled to lift the bag filled with his stuff for selling. That damn pan still sitting unused in his pack. It never went away unlike everything else he sold; actually he was out searching for jewels in the water. Sometime people would drop necklaces and other precious stuff out by the water. He didn’t have anything else he could sell right now anyways; he had sold most of it yesterday and the remainder the next morning. Now he had all day to goof around, he had enough for food and to buy more stuff to sell if you couldn’t find anything out in the wilderness. You’d be surprised at how much people will pay for something that’s in they're own backyard.
His blue eye faded slightly as if lost in an eternal dream. His other hand hanging uselessly hidden under the formless cape which constantly took the shape of a cone around him.
He was so lost in thought he didn't see a girl he was walking a slow collision coarse with him. Showing how much Luniis cared, with his hat slung slightly to the left side of his head his pace slow and his step slightly curving to the right. His face pasted with a childish smile as he imagined fish dancing in the river. He really did seem nothing buy oblivious.

[BlackAngelYume]

Yume turned and walked over to where Earolas called her, “A grand find indeed.”

She glanced sideways at him, thoroughly impressed with his find, it reminded her of an elf friend she had a long time ago. This thought brought back the annoying point that she couldn’t place his last name. She knew it from somewhere, but couldn’t remember. She huffed, going back to collecting wood and letting nag annoy her.

She looked up from a branch she’d leaned down to grab at Michellemaru and Zoe, “Have you come to help me? Thank you, I appreciate it.”

She reached up to pull the cloth over the lower half of her face down and smiled at Michelle. It was then she sensed something. She blinked, standing upright, her body rigid and looked around. Nothing. Could it be all these years of running made her paranoid? She looked up to the sky. If it were her pursuers, they’d arrive from above. Nothing once more… she brought her free hand to her forehead, she had to be paranoid. There was nothing around.

[michellemaru]

Michelle was taken by Zoe to get some firewood, when they were in the woods, and away, she spoke"is that guy you spoke to nice?' she asked, her hands soon glowed, a lot of wood breaks from the trees, and floated toward Michelle, strangely when ever a branch was broken off, a new branch appeared in its place. she then turns to Zoe, after she was done"this good?' she asked, carrying at least the amount, 10 muscled men can carry together.

[Azmi & Zoe]

Zoe watched Michelle, and dropped the few twigs she had picked up herself. "That's great, hun," Zoe said, still a bit in awe of what had just happened. Zoe shook her head and walked with her hand on Michelle's shoulder, leading her to the nearest area suitable for a fire. "Why don't you drop the wood here and we'll organize a fire?"

Thaddaeus and his guards took the moment to simply watch and observe the band as they organized a campsite. Thaddaeus seemed particularly keen on Yume, though his eye watched everyone.

Azmi looked around, and once spotting Kanael, addressed him. "Hey, you said you can cook? Why don't you go help Millie?"