Open Worry is a Powerful Motivator [Syrus]

[Naiya]

Rue

Rue followed him through his only slightly confusing speech, and nodded in what was mostly agreement.

"I know sometimes I find that I jump into situations that look like they need help and end up with only a chiding for thanks, I guess that's sort of what happens to you, huh? But better to make the mistakes so you can help people when they really need it rather than find out later that someone needed help and didn't get it."

She stopped speaking as the bartender arrived before them and she smiled at the large man. "A mug of ale, please." Rue responded to the question in his eyes, placing a single silver Meza on the bar.

Nightsong

[Syrus Shadowsong]

As the bartender suddenly approached Syrus had stopped his conversation to give the man his Order. "I will also have a mug of ale,myself." He smiled as he flicked two sliver mezas in the bartender. "Keep the change,my good man." The bartender smiled and scurried away to attend to their orders. He turned back to Rue as he spoke. "So...What do you do around Endrykas?" He smiled,as he hoped he would get to know a little bit more about his partner that he had hunted with for the past hours.

[Naiya]

Rue

The bartender took both their orders and their money, moving down the bar to do similar things with others and return eventually with their drinks. As he moved away Rue turned to face out at the others, leaning back against the bar. She watched men stumble in already drunk, having been kicked out of the last tavern, fewer came in sober, looking for a drink after a long day's work, even less women were present, dragging home husbands, sons, or drinking themselves.

Rue snapped back to herself as Syrus spoke, though the stayed surveying the people in the tavern as she considered. What did any Drykas do? Work to make an income to get the things they needed to survive, and then after that the things they could afford to make surviving more enjoyable. That was probably what he meant.

"Aside from working, I'm learning to embroider, although that just makes work a little more entertaining." She paused, her life wasn't entirely work, was it? Where did all her time go? "Wildfire and I spend a lot of time training together, or running." She frowned, a sort of mocking look that crinkled her brow, and laughed softly. "I guess I'm kind of boring."

Luckily for her the bartender returned with their drinks just then and she picked up her mug and took a large drink.

Nightsong

[Syrus Shadowsong]

Syrus turned to the bartender as he gave him his mug of ale. He quickly picked up the mug and started to sip on it. Drinking ale was not a common thing for him, it was more of a luxury whenever he got to drink the ale. He put the mug back down on the bar as he spoke. "Its okay,we all do what we can to live. My way of making money is hunting. That is pretty much all i do. I guess you could say i am quite boring myself. He paused for a moment as he took a breath. "I do think that embroidering is pretty amazing" He laughed as he realized he had only bombarded her with his own questions. "Do you have any questions for me,since i have bombarded you with my curiosity, i think its only fair." He chuckled again as he smiled.

[Naiya]

Rue

Rue thought back through the day as he posed his question. In truth, she hadn't had any questions for him until he asked. Even then she had to search for something to ask, she wasn't one to question things often, not in the way he meant anyway.

Call it living in the present, or product of a strict upbringing that she was only beginning to shake, but it just wasn't her usual way of thinking. So she played the events of the day back through her mind searching for something that had inspired her curiosity.

"Where did you learn to shoot like that?" She asked after another sip of her drink. Realizing that the question didn't make sense out of context as it was, she continued, "Earlier, you had such a clean kill on the deer. Not to mention that you shot that bird right out of the sky." She pushed her hair out of her eyes and felt the beginnings of sore muscles from the hunt. She embraced it with pleasure, the signs of strengthening muscles. "I was really impressed by your skill. Mostly I just scared away game."

Nightsong

[Syrus Shadowsong]

Syrus tilted his head back to take a sip of his ale before speaking. "When I was young,My father,Kolvin taught me how to time kills just right and how to effectively strike "kill areas", It took long,vigorous days for me to learn how to do that. I guess both of those were just very lucky shots. Syrus chuckled as he had glanced around for a moment before continuing. "Although I do thank you for your kind words,they do mean a lot." He looked around the tavern again,thinking of something to say. "We should really do this again sometime. I really enjoyed having you as my hunting companion." Syrus looked Rue in the eyes,as he gave a warm smile.

[Naiya]

Rue

Rue nodded in agreement, she knew how much work went into skill with a bow. It was work that she had been neglecting, and in that moment she made a promise to herself to be more diligent in her practice.

"Just luck couldn't account for shots like those, but I suppose it could have lent a hand." She lifted her mug to her lips before she realized it was empty, and it was that more than anything that stirred her.

"I should go, I'll have to clean this meat before I go to bed, and I have an early morning ahead of me. We should do this again, though. I'm easy enough to find among the amethyst clan next time you are free."

She gestured for her change from the bartender, now that she knew she wouldn't be having another drink, and she patiently awaited both the barman and the response of her companion.

Nightsong

[Syrus Shadowsong]

Syrus gazed around the tavern then looked towards Rue as he finished his last drink of ale. He had realized how late it was. "I'll walk you home if you'd like. You never know what might happen at night." Syrus smiled to Rue. As the words came out of his mouth, he noticed what Rue was saying about cleaning the meat. He smiled at the thought of more food for the moment. As she spoke once more about being partners again some time when he was free, the thought made him happy, for they were both semi-experienced hunters and those kind make a good team. "We can do this again,In fact, I really like that idea." He paused for a moment then continued "It is not too hard to pick me out from a crowd" He laughed "Otherwise,I am usually sitting on the outside of the city,gazing at the sunrise and sunset." He had truly enjoyed the company of his new friend and this would be something not forgotten.

[Taylani]

Rue Nightsong

Skills :

+2 Riding
+1 leadership
+3 horsemanship
+5 socialization
+4 observation
+2 weapon: Long Bow
+1 weapon: dagger
+3 hunting
+1 flirting

Lores :

Zith And Glassbeak run around at Night Hunting
Hunting: Night hunting is different than day hunting
The Desire to be Away
A Gift from Syrus: Feather

Syrus Shadowsong

Skills :

+1 flirting
+1 riding
+1 Hunting
+1 weapon: short Bow
+3 Observation
+5 socialization

Lores :

Hunting: Twilight best time to hunt
Rue: Likes mementos

Notes :

DIdn’t give this thread double points because it was not a hunt for the Fall hunt. Rue I enjoyed your posts I gave you a good amount of points Kudos on RPing within your skill. I also gave you quite a few points in horsemanship because you are diligent to write how well Rue takes care of her strider. Many forget to add these little details. Syrus I didn’t give you as many points as Rue because you played over your skill level in both hunting and bow shooting. One shot to kill a deer and one shot to kill a bird is a bit above a novice level of bow skill. However it was a nice thread and worth some skills. If you have any questions concerning your grade feel free to PM me. Don’t forget to delete/edit your grade request