Closed Who would have thought? [Penn Zay]

[Amelia Cross]

[5th day of fall] [512.a.v.] [early morning] Amelia had told her farewells to the good men that she was traveling with just yesterday. Unlike Amelia, they were heading towards Nyak and even though she would love to see that city once in her short lifetime, she was not prepared for such long traveling through the wilderness when you don’t even have proper roads is out of her reach. But not for those men, they are clearly skilled and if it wasn’t for them, she’d be long dead. Above all else, she promised to see her father this fall, and she has been traveling the whole season of summer in order to reach Ravok. Now it was just one days ride and she would enter the city that belonged to Rhysol himself. The thought of the god never put the girl in easy, something in it always scared her, but in the same time, she always held the biggest of respect to the god of evil. ”So what do you think Fauna, will the city hold the same restrictions to you they did the last time?” Amelia laughed as she ran her long pale fingers through her beloved horse’s mane, not earning any response from her. The horse was getting tiered from the intense ridding that has been done in the past days, even the little rest they had in a inn not so long ago wasn’t much help.”Sorry for all of this dear, I promise that once we get to the city, I will groom you to death and spoil you” she giggled with a small mock in her voice, earning a neigh from the horse. The moment was peaceful and everything looked good, not a cloud in the sky until a huge blast of thunder scared bout Amelia and Fauna. The horse was in horror and so was the girl, it was a minutes notice until the sky had turned dark and it was hard to tell that it was the very morning of the day. ”looks like the weather isn’t in our favor, let’s find a place to rest while this weather goes away” Amelia spoke, it had been a well-developed habit of hers to speak with Fauna, even if the horse couldn’t answer her, this way she at least felt like she has some company. Soft drops of rain had begun falling from the sky, it wasn’t pouring but it still made traveling hard and so the girl’s happiness was hard to be hidden when she spotted a cave not far from the road of the North Kobrin road. The mud was a bit slippery and Fauna had almost fallen 3 times before they reached the cave. Amelia jumped off Fauna and led them bout inside, the cave wasn’t deep but it looked like a few travelers had used this cave for shelter. ”lucky us, eh?” she laughed and toke the saddlebags and saddle off the horse and dropping them on the ground. ”I’ll find some wood, you stay here” She explained pulling the hood of her cloak over her head before she left the cave and began looking around for some usable wood. It was quite the challenging task considering the weather wasn’t in her favor.

[Penn Zay]

Penn looked up at the sky and watched as it darkened, obviously preparing to rain... Quite substantially by the look of it as well! Then a drop of water hit her forehead causing a growl to escape the white tigers lips! She hated rain! It was one of the few things she absolutely hated! She'd been travelling in the wildlands for quite a long time already! And rain would just make it seem even longer! Then it started to rain, the drops falling from the sky becoming more and more frequent! Then she noticed something she didn't think she'd see for quite a long time! A girl! An actual girl! The tiger dropped the rucksack, which it had been carrying in it' s for a long time! Then focused for a minute as her body dissolved into light, reforming into a pale skinned human girl with black hair! She moved closer to the girl and watched her for a moment! She seemed to be searching for firewood! An impossible task in this weather of course. "Are you lookin' for firewood?" she asked, staring at the girl... She was really rather beautiful, and she didn't look like much of a threat. "I don't think you're going to find any!And you're just getting wet, surely sheltering would be much more sensible!"

[Amelia Cross]

Amelia had been having no luck finding proper fire wood while the rain wasn’t all that strong, now when she felt it pour she really held little chances of finding some. Her hands where now dirty with mud, but after so much luck. She had found a few trees that were knocked down, probably by the storm of the last year. She was about to dig in after some and head back to the cave, when she was frightened by a voice of what seemed a small girl. She instantly jumped up and looked over at her, she looked cute, but as far as the rain was in between them, she had little knowledge of actual facial features she held. ”no worry, I think I found some” Amelia explained, trying to speak calmly and pulling out a few chunks of wood from under the bush, it wasn’t exactly dry, but that was the best she could get and pulling her cloak over the 4 pieces of wood she gestured for the girl to follow. ”Come with me?” she offered and began walking to the cave. ”this is my humble home...for the time being” she explained, dropping the wood next to the formed fire place, that was left behind by some other travelers, it held a few pieces of ore and dry wood, that would be a good amount of help in this situation. ”Make yourself at home”she said, taking off the cloak from her head and revealing her long black hair. She went over to the bags and digging through found the flint and steel. Taking it in her hands, Amelia walked to the fireplace and began trying to get a spark, she had little luck at that, but didn’t intend to give up.

[Penn Zay]

Penn smiled slightly as the girl appeared to be frightened, then she just looked at the chunks of wood that the girl had picked up! They weren't exactly dry, but she kept her mouth shut and silently followed the other girl to a cave... It wasn't much, but it was some form of shelter and it would do for a while. As the other girl told her to make herself at home, she removed the rucksack from her back and put it down against one of the cave walls, before looking at the girl to see her remove the cloak hood and reveal her long black hair! Then she sat down, leaning against the wall next to her rucksack! "You're hair is pretty!" she said quietly as she stared at the girl through her pale grey, almost white eyes! What she said was the truth... She was envious of the other girl. Her hair was just so perfect! Then she watched as the girl started trying to light a fire! Penn stood up and walked over to the girl, observing her technique. "Would you like me to try?" she asked softly as she kept watching the girl, her eyes wide and unmoving...

[Amelia Cross]

”You think? Thank you” Amelia answered the girls compliment, she was used to hearing these things from men and so she had grown out of the time she’d blush from a compliment, none the less she was surprised a woman said this and so she earned a honest smile from Amelia. The moment she came close to her and offered help with the fire, Amelia had to laugh at herself ”it’s that obvious that I’m not meant for the wilderness, isn’t it” she laughed at herself and handed the flint and steel to the girl. Amelia stepped a bit back, happy that she wasn’t wearing her fine clothes now, just the average dark brown cotton dress with the occasional floral pattern. ”I’m Amelia, and you? “ She questioned, offering her own name as an example. She wasn’t all that curios of her name, but it would be awkward to refer to each other in overall terms. Above all, everyone had a name for a reason, to be called by it. ”you have such unusual eyes” Amelia added as she was paying close attention to the girl. The eyes where almost white and that was unusual for her, even though she had encountered a lot of different people in her life, this was not a trait she has seen, she’d assume the girl was a Konti, but the black hair and lack of scales made her guess be absolutely false. However she was thought better than to bluntly ask someone of their race, maybe she had some unusual parents, after all Amelia’s black eyes weren’t all that usual for a human either. ”So, are you heading to Ravok to?” she finished with a question, actually hopping that she was so she’d gain some company. Even if the trip was less than a day, she would love some company.

[Penn Zay]

Penn couldn't help but smile at Amelia, obviously surprised by the random compliment that Penn had thrown out. Then took the flint and steel from the girl, and began clicking them together so they made a few sparks near the fire. "Nice name..." Penn responded absent-mindedly. "I'm Penn!" she declared as a spark was form again, hitting the wood but not causing it to light! She wasn't close enough to it! She grinned as she held the flint even closer to the fire and clicked them together again, finally causing it to light! It was only a small fire, but it seemed to brighten the cave up! She stood up and handed the flint and steel back to Amelia, before staring at the girl again, before hearing the girl compliment her eyes. "Thanks!" she said, smiling sweetly. "And I don't really know... I'm kind of just wandering around for a bit... I can go to Ravok if you want?" she couldn't help but grin widely as she looked at the girl... "What's Ravok like? I've never heard of it before!" It would be pleasant to have some company... It had been such a long time since she'd had any company from something that wasn't an animal! Or a peculiar creature... So someone human would be pleasant! At least that's what the girl appeared to be, and even if she wasn't human, at least she was humanoid!

[Amelia Cross]

Amelia was glad to see the girl accomplish the task, Amelia herself would have probably taken a lot more time as she was always afraid of getting hurt when using the flint, this girl seemed to be brave or careless, either way, made her look confident. Looking around, it seemed that the fire would be fine for now; there was no need to pull out torches or the lamp. Above all, it was even quite warm considering it was fall already, probably thanks to being so close to Ravok, the city usually seemed to have the perfect temperature.

”Never heard of Ravok?” the girls statement caused confusion in Amelia that was hard to hide, she assumed everyone in the neighbor regions would even know of it, and it would seem awfully strange for a fragile looking girl like her to be traveling far enough not to have heard of the city that is protected by Rhysol himself. ”where exactly are you from?” she asked, a bit rude maybe, but it was her confusion that was hard to tame.

However, Amelia loved speaking of things she knew of so she began explaining Ravok ”Ravok is a city of beauty, built on a lake, there are webs of canals through the city and that’s the only thing that is good for transportation there” Amelia laughed to herself, recalling how everyone seemed to wish to kill her when she was with fauna out there ”the city is majestic, and at evenings with the lights reflecting in the canals, it just makes you fall in love” she said, with an acted out awe in her voice, wanting to enhance how stunning the city is, and it was true, if you thought of it as a piece of art, no other city stood near. ”and the city is protected by all mightily Rhysol himself” she sated, not found of the god herself, but holding big enough respect towards him, to not put his name in dirt. Above all, Ravok had thought her that speaking of a god in a manner of disrespect is a sin, even if they thought of it only towards Rhysol, Amelia had developed this feeling toward all the gods.[color=rosybrown]"that's why the water doesn't freeze there and the people there are always safe"

[Penn Zay]

Penn smiled at the look of shock that came across Amelia's face... Was it really that bad not to know of this Ravok place? "I'm from Taldera, and I haven't been in this region for very long... I got old enough to leave my mother, and she didn't have enough to support us both, so I decided to leave and hopefully hunt out some treasure and go back to my mother and help her!" she said with a large smile on her face. Penn quietened as she listened to Amelia speaking... She made it seem like such a nice place! "Wow! It sounds absoloutely wonderful! And the way you describe it... You really like it there don't you? There's someone there that you care for!" Penn tilted her head and continued staring at the girl...

[Amelia Cross]

Amelia felt a bit closer to the girl as she heard her speak of her mother with such love, Amelia to loved her mother, her beautiful mother that held beauty not seen anywhere in whole of Mizahar. Sure, Amelia wasn’t going to try and bring fortune to her mother, Ophelia had always been proud and would take only what she earner, a reason why she and Dominick never could come to one conclusion in discussions about money. None the less, they were in love and it was clear on those rare times they would meet. ”that’s a good plan, I also left my mother to go to Ravok” she explained, taking her cloak off completely and sitting down by the fire, putting the flint and steel down next to her.

She continued listening to the girl, her voice was pleasant and she was glad that she had made one more person think of Ravok as heaven on earth, even if Amelia herself didn’t think like that. ”It’s beautiful…really is” she said, looking into the fire not at the girl, fire was what reminded her or Ravok even though the city was on water. Fire was more like Ravok, it was beautiful to look at, but if you got too close you would get hurt. Then, as Penn asked of Amelia having someone special in the city, she was a bit off guard. She could never really think of a reason o why she visits, her father was the only one and he would always be too busy for her. ”well…my father is there…” she explained, even though Amelia could guess the girl expected for her to name a lover. After all, most women in her age where more concentrated on finding a partner for life, not traveling back and forth to see her father and mother.

”aren’t you scared to travel all by yourself? It’s dangerous” she asked, wanting to change the topic from Ravok and special people as soon as she could. Above all, she was the slightest bit curios about the girl wondering around on her own. After all, the wilderness was a horrible place filled with monsters and poisonous plants. How could such a fragile girl survive all alone out here? Amelia had been traveling back and forth for years and was still completely unprepared for a travel on her own, the reason she was alone now was because she was counting on being in Ravok by the end of the day.

[Penn Zay]

Penn smiled as she listened to the girl talk... It was pleasant to just talk to someone, even if they'd only just met! The other girl was nice... Down to earth and seemingly kind! She envied anyone who got to spend more time with the girl! She grinned as she sat down next to the girl, taking her own cloak off to reveal her shorts and crop top that looked far too casual for any long distance journeys! Especially through anywhere as dangerous as the Wildlands! She knew tales of the monsters that inhabited it! But she didn't care! She had a trick up her sleeve. "Why would I be scared? I'm perfectly capable of killing a few monsters!" she giggled slightly as she looked up and down the girl. "Aren't you scared? I mean, this cave could be home to some pretty nasty things, and you don't look particularly well equipped for a fight with anything dangerous..."