Meeting at dusk (Aleath & Ishamael)

by **Aleath** on March 24th, 2011, 3:00 pm

"It looks great that move." she nodded aprovingly at his explanation. "Now I wish I was born in some family like yours. I always liked martial arts. It looks great when somebody knows how to do it." Then she paused and frowned. "Not that I would like to fight in a battle and kill somebody, but the art itself is great and useful if used for defence."

When he told her to do some more complex move. "All right, I will try something. But don't laugh." she lifted a finger in warning, jokingly. She seemed to be trying to lighten the mood. She noticed that he was talking a little coldly, when he was talking about his pavilion. The reason for this was unknown to her, but she wasn't the one to pry.

Aleath then stood in the way he taght her before, then she lifted the spear and pointed it forward. Then she jabbed it forward and attempted to do something what supposed to be a 360 turn. She turned only 180, then she wobbled, because her feet tangled and as she regained her balanced she stopped for a second, thinking if she should continue and after a second she did. She seemed to be trying to copy Ishamael's moves now. She brought the spear up and then quickly down. Then she did the 180 turn again and lunged the spear to the left and then to the right.

Then she seemed to run out of ideas what to do next and stood normally and looked at Ishamael. She was silent for a while and said "Well, maybe I would hit somebody with this move." She scratched her neck, embarrassed. "I have never tried doing complex moves like this before. I'm always doing simple moves, like striking forwards, upwards and so on."

After a pause, she looked around, not knowing what to do and finally she said. "What would you say if we went to sleep? I'm quite tired after all this and we can barely see now." she looked at the sky, which was dark blue now. "And in the morning we could go exploring the surrounding together." she suggested, shrugging.

OOC :

by **Ishamael** on March 24th, 2011, 6:38 pm

Ishamael smiled warmly at Aleath now, she was tired and it was plainly written on her face. As he looked at her he noticed that she was sweating and standing awkwardly. Of course idiot!!! He thought as he continued to smile warmly at her. He had tired her out with his extensive training, he was a grass filled fool, she was not used to the training as he was. Realizing his mistake Ishamael quickly took a slight bow towards Aleath.

Of course, we may retire to sleep it is late, in the morning we can travel on and explore the land.... He trailed off in a silence for a moment trying his best open and warm smile. He took Aleath by the arm and lead her towards the tent, his smile still warm and easy.

I fear I only have the one tent but it is large, You may go in and get ready as you wish, I have set up a small pallet for you. If you wish, for I know we only just met I will sleep outside. Ishamael smiled widely, giving Aleath a smalle wink as he ushered her into the tent. After she was inside he turned around and went back to the fire. He took off his black jacket with the sivler scolling and silver collar. He unstrung the lace of his undershirt and rolled it up to make a pillow. Using his shrit as a pillow and his coat as a blanket he laid by the fire, readying for sleep.

I hope that she lets me sleep on my own pallet, this ground is not the same as the grasslands, this ground is hard, my pallet is better. Still as he thought he drifted off to the land of sleep, satisfied with the way the day had turned out.

OOC: That sounds good to me. Your next post can be the last then we can finish it, and start a new thread, we can pm about what should happen.

by **Aleath** on March 25th, 2011, 1:28 pm

Aleath stretched tiredly, she was really done for today. She was glad he agreed to go to sleep. She notice earlier, that she was tired. She wasn't able to concentrate well. "That's great. I feel like I'm falling asleep on my feet." she rubbed her eyes. "But don't worry, I just get tired very easily." she smiled at him. Then she ordered Shade to stay outside to guard the tent.

She dragged both hands across her face and yawned and she let Ishamael lead her by her arm towards the tent. She didn't even had the energy to realize that she had her own tent. She just went inside Ishamael's. She only realized awkwardness of the situation, when he said something about him sleeping outside.

"Thank you for preparing a pallet for me and no, there's no need for you to sleep outside." she said with a small shake of her head. Strangly enough she trusted that he wouldn't try anything. She still had to be carefull, but for now, she was just too tired to be worried about him attacking her.

She then quickly settled down on the pallet and just before she fell asleep, she thought how nice it was to meet a friend and wondered what adventures awaited them.

THE END

by **Templar** on April 13th, 2011, 6:05 pm

Aleath: Observation: 2 – Cooking: 3 – [Weapon] Half Spear: 5 -
Lore: Beware: Rabbits in the bushes. – Drykas Tattoos: Symbology. – Proper way to hold a half spear.

Ishamael: Shortbow: 1 – Hunting: 1 – Wilderness Survival: 3 – Teaching: 2 – Sovnya: 2 -
Lore: Meeting Strangers in the Wild – Camping with a Stranger

Additional notes: Ishamael, please put a link to your CS in the area designed for it in your profile, (Makes it a lot easier for storytellers to award you experience) - Overall a good thread! Keep it up!