Open The Evening Draws Near

[Nessa Hyde]

12th Spring, 513 AV, evening Nessa sighed as she rode through the Wildlands on her trusted mount... A Gildling that she had named Sunny when she was younger! As she looked down at him to pat his neck, she noticed him beginning to glow slightly, rather than the daytime shimmering, before she looked up at the sky. It was beginning to darken slightly and she was unsure of what to do! She could either pitch her tent and spend the night out in the Wildlands, or she could ride through the night and hopefully get to Nyka by the next week. In the end it was Sunny who made her decision for her... He was obviously tired and he was beginning to lack attention on his task, becoming more playful and disobedient. When she wanted him to gallop, he slowed to a walk. When she wanted him to walk, he galloped. And he was beginning to try and turn the other way. "Whoa boy..." she said softly as she brought the horse to a stop and dismounted him, before setting up her tent and sitting just outside it, gesturing for the horse to sit with her. She was glad to have him with her... He was useful, and he kept her company without forcing her into conversation with him... All she had to do now was wait for morning to come! Then she would make her way to Nyka so she could buy some supplies...

[Zadok Shadows]

Zadok had been traveling through the woods for days. Ever since his guide abandoned him during a small ambush. Normally with back up it would of been no problem for him. But dealing with it alone left him worse for ware. He had use his fire magic to set them ablaze. But he was not all right. He recived a stab wound to his left leg. He was limping aimlessly knowing if he stopped something would kill him. Just as he was about to collape he saw a low burning campfire. He thought maybe he could take some supplies from the camper. He sneaks up trying not to make a sound. He slightly pulls his long sword out ready to attack. As he gets closer he sees its just a young woman. He quickly hides behind a tree. "I can't do this he tells himself. He lets go of the hilt of his sword and walks closer with his hands up limping "please...help me" he falls over in front of the woman

[Nessa Hyde]

Nessa heard something coming closer and she felt her heart beating harder and harder in fear, until she saw a man limping towards her, asking for her help until he collapsed in front of her... She spent a few moments looking at the man in bewilderment before moving closer to him and seeing his wounded leg and spending a few moments contemplating what to do, before ripping a piece of cloth from her top and pressed it onto the wound... "What happened?" she said quietly as she kept her eyes focused on the mans wound... "It might be infected, but I can't tell in this light... Is it itching at all? And how long ago did this happen?" she asked, her voice still quiet... She wasn't used to being around others! Her life wandering between cities had been a lonely one...

[Zadok Shadows]

Zadok looks up at the woman "yes it's infected. I don't know how long it's been my guide abandoned me during a small ambush. Please I really need help I mean you no harm" zadok takes a unlit torch from his pack and cast firebolt on it igniting it. The light shines over the wound. It's red and somewhat swollen. "So what is your story why are you out here." Zadok sees that his helping hand is somewhat untrusting. "My name is Zadok Shadows" he looks at her and tries to give her a nice smile but with his left red eye and his right blue eye his appearance gave of a untrusting aurora.

[Nessa Hyde]

Nessa listened carefully to the man, then whistled slightly as she saw the mans wounds... They looked really quite nasty...
"Wait here for a few moments, I need to get something!" she said, before tying the strip of cloth around his wound, then standing up and quietly padding away, along the road she had came her hands stretched out to the side trying to find a plant she had passed...
She'd recognised it as a mildly antibiotic plant, and she knew that it could be quite useful to the man!
As her hand touched a plant she smiled and leant over to it, smiling slightly as she pulled a leaf from the plant and quietly ran back to her tent and the man, untying the wound and pressing the leaf over it, then tying it back up...
"I wander between cities... The wildlands are my home she said quietly... And my name is Nessa. The horse is called Sunny." her voice calm...

[Zadok Shadows]

"Ah that feels a little better. I am a wanderer not by choice...what about family don't they worry about you. You seem so young to be out here." He chuckles to himself as he takes a herb out of his pack and eats a peice of it. "Of course I'm a little young to be here alone but I have been running since I was 16." He sighs deeply and takes a swig from his waterskin. He looks at his wound "what's your name?" He asks as he tries to understand how she could protect herself out here all alone.

[Nessa Hyde]

"Family? They moved to Sunberth almost three years ago, and I told them I wasn't going with them. Been wandering since then and they haven't said anything..." Nessa said quietly as her Gildling came closer to her and Zadok, sniffing the man slightly... "I usually travel with people so I can learn more about the plants, but someone was supposed to meet me halfway been Syliras and Nyka, but as I'm sure you can guess, they didn't show!"
"The name's Hyde... Nessa Hyde!" she said calmly. "It'll be getting cold soon, you can use my tent if you like?"

[Zadok Shadows]

He chuckles a little "well mrs. Hyde ill be honest not many people offer that to me. I'm sure your family probably misses you. Thank you" zadok stands up and grabs his sword "I'll be happy to help you to where you need to go if you want" zadok gives nessa a genuine smile. Not many people have been willing to help him in the past. He wonders if she would be different if she knew what he did. He slowly limps toward the tent.

[Nessa Hyde]

Nessa smiled back at the man as he made his way to her tent... She was never really keen on sleeping under cover... She preferred being outside, with the campfire and Sunny to keep her company.
"I'll be fine on my own. If you need anything during the night, just shout!" she said with a smile as she held her hand out, beckoning Sunny closer to her, so she could stroke his nose

[Zadok Shadows]

Zadok laid down on the mat he wasn't used to a tent over his head. He found himself asleep but with no peace. He begins to dream about his past. He starts yelling out "it wasn't my fault. you pushed to hard" he starts to toss and turn. He becomes restless and the tent collapse on him.