Whittle me this bat man ? ( Solo )

[Ximal]

13th Fall 512AV

Rains had fallen over night and the ground was misty. Fresh morning dew laced over the tops of stones everywhere even the wood and bark of the trees were still moist with the fallen rain. Even on a morning this beautiful Xi still had to work, but today it seemed would eb a little slow, Considering it was Xi's turn to man the entrance to the spires and just keep the peace in the base camp until the last of the stragglers could be emptied. Grinding out his thoughts in frustration Xi remembered he'd brought something with him. Reaching into his pack he remembered the leather roll full of knives for shaping and carving wood how one wanted. Glancing around him Xi picked up a stray branch fo fallen wood. Perfect. Picking it up Xi started to chip off little slices of wood, Nothing special he was making just some simple shapes to try and get the feel of these tools. Xi started on the top corner of the stick peeling of strips of bark slowly and turning the knife in on itself and then began to shave off lumps of wood. Squaring up the rounded stick into a flat face, spinning the shaft in his hand he started on the nest edge. Nothing fancy nothing complicated. He was just going to start with a simple square. The knife sharp as it was slide cleanly without a lot of force through the wood, pulling the shavings off of the branch out of the way easily. Xi smiled at his creation a simple square atop of a perfectly round shaft, Xi had succeeded in making a square peg out of a round one. Pushing more of the shaft free he sliced off the square before pocketing the square in a puch at his side, then started on his next venture with his new crafting arts. chipping off more and more wood now until he had a slightly tapered flat edge. twisting the shaft in his hand again and going thought the same motions he slid deep into the wood and continued to work a second side into the wood at the same taper as the first. Smaller and smaller shavings of wood came off until it was what he was happy with. This new skill he wasn't exactly good with but now he'd produced both a cube and a pyramid. Cocking a small smile to himself he began to chip away at the wood again the slow slicing of the knife through the wood was methodical but this time Xi was trying for something altogether more difficult. A sphere. he'd need to get the sides perfectly equidistant. Sighing to himself even with this new art he was discovering within his won hands he still felt uneasy about the day. Something wasn't right...He felt like he was...Being watched.

[Ximal]

Xi sat against the solid oak beam and contemplated on getting himself a tailored cloak, something form fitting and better for his duties. That he could wear beneath his current cloak and provide him some extra warmth in the winter months. Whittling away at the stick he held in his hands he started to carve, out a more complex shape now but still simple. Carving into it a cone, Now all it looked like was he was sharpening a large stick. Slicing the knife into the base he cut off the top cone before pocketing that too. Then that feeling of being watched jumped at him again. Where and or what was it coming from. Xi was now either being paranoid or he was actually being watched, he arced some djed into his arms,ready to snap out and block what ever came at him. Sliding his hands into his gauntlets, what ever it was attacked. An axe came flying out of no-where at him. Xi snapped his djed into action transforming the djed into active flux. Xi batted the axe aside and let it fly past him. "Come out you coward." When all that actually came at him was another axe flying at him. Usi ng the same tactic again he belted the axe out of the way before being charged at by a very angry looking Zith. Xi brought his left arm across knocking the Zith out of the way. Clearly this was either a very angry zith or one with a very empty stomach. Xi harked back to the incident with Shadowfang. Zith have very brittle bones. Side stepping this zith Xi launched a blow at the back of it's neck, before being met by the ziths hand. Fantastic the middle of a rainy day and he had to end up fighting bat with some skill. The Ziths second hand came around claws at full placement. Xi remembered this move before slamming his fist into the ziths arm stunning his punch and then he drove his knee into the Ziths face. No more zith. Batman had a beat down...Oh shyke when did his sisters get here... It was now Xi against tweo female zith. Ok... This was going to get a litle ...hairy. Xi readied himself befoer the first of the two female Zith spoke. "Can you hand us our brother back? He must have mistaken you for a slaver." Xi almost cringed at the word slaver. He was continuously being mistaken for them. Xi pulled his hood down a little further before tossing the Zith back to his sisters with one arm. "Keep him under control...I know the slavers are a problem and ive been sorting them out." With that the second of the two Zith women's features lit up. "So your the one whose been killing all the slavers. And your the reason whey we've had so much food these last couple of days. That must of been what drove brother crazy he got a taste for human."