PM to join A surprise spar [Fox]

[Orkis Strongwind]

24th Spring 513AV Orkis rose early to a crisp morning, the wind gently hitting his face as he took down his tent. He had a breakfast of nits and rabbit from the previous evening, packed his bags onto Rendelas' saddle, and left him on the outskirts of Endrykas as he left for the sea of grass bow and spear strung onto back. Orkis was not the best hunter in the world, but the day seemed good for hunting. The wind was blowing towards him which meant animals ahead would not be alerted to his sent. He picked up what he thought was a trail of a small animal, maybe a deer, it looked fairly recent. He stalked through the waist deep grass, trying to follow the trail as best as he could. His quarry took him past a group of trees and through grass that was almost as tall as him. It was quit today, really quiet. A few birds chirped near by but other than that the sea of grass was quiet, still. Suddenly Orkis heard Rustling off to his left. He couldn't see anything yet but he could hear something of a reasonable size making his way into his direction. He drew his bow, and notched an arrow pulling the string back slightly as he kept a low profile, waiting for whatever was approaching to reveal itself.

[Fox Starseer]

Fox moved as quietly and carefully as the grass would let him. His shield was slung over his back, where he kept it when he wasn't using it. He heard something moving in the grass so he went into a low crouch and carefully drew his throwing knife. He moved into a position where he could, hopefully, get a clear shot of his target, after seeing what it was of course. He caught sight of it, a man, a fellow Drykus by the looks of him, aiming an arrow right at his location. "Don't shoot, I'm not a threat" he said calmly. He was close enough so the man could hear him at this level, or so he hoped.

[Orkis Strongwind]

Orkis stared intently at the location the noise was coming from, trying to find its source, when he heard 'Don't shoot, I'm not a threat'. He quickly located the voice and noticed a fellow Drykas crouched in the long grass, a knife ready in his hand. Orkis muttered a quick curse and lowered his bow. "I thought you were prey, you need to be more careful! And the amount of noise you were making will have scared anything worth hunting away by now!" He let out a long sigh and waited for the man to respond.

[Fox Starseer]

Fox was quiet for a second. "Not all...there is a rabbit or small deer about...20 meters to your right" he said. He had seen it as he was moving, he was hoping to get a better vantage point to hopefully see what it was. "Anyway, who are you?" he asked.

[Orkis Strongwind]

Orkis glanced to his right, just just in time to see the rabbit glance in his direction turn and flee. Petch it! he muttered under his breath and turned to face the stranger, anger overcoming his manners. "My name is Orkis Strongwind. I assume you have good reason to interrupt a fellow Drykas who is on the hunt? Who are you? His words were pointed and blunt as restraint fell from him.

[Fox Starseer]

"Oh? I was inturrupting you? I wasn't the one aiming at me in a threatening way!" Fox said. "And for the asking, I am Fox Starseer" he said, the anger he could feel from Orkis had seemed to be effecting him now. Hopefully this stranger knew of his family, how his grandmother on his father's side was a Konti, and that is how the last name of Starseer came around, since his grandmother was a seer and healer from Opal Clan, and used the stars to see what she saw. It started off as a title for her, the Star Seer, but when she met Fox's grandfather, they liked the sound of the title and turned it into a surname for them to use when they got married, and it carried on from there.

"And I have heard of the Strongwind Pavilion, they are meant to be good with spears, or so I have been told" he said, eyeing off Orkis's spear. He slipped his throwing knife back into his belt, his hand sat on the hilt of his sword.

[Orkis Strongwind]

A small breeze had started to blow across the Sea of grass, the wind seemed to sense action was going to take place and was building in anticipation. Orkis glared at the man, and slung his bow over his shoulder and quivered his arrow as the stranger spoke. Oh? I was interrupting you? I wasn't the one aiming at me in a threatening way! And for the asking, I am Fox Starseer Well if you hadn't blundered into my hunting ground i wouldn't have been aiming at you Orkis thought crossly. He rolled the name Fox Starseer over in his mind, trying to think why it sounded familiar. Starseer.... Starseer, yes i do vaguely remember hearing mention of them. Healers i think? Maybe....But this man looks nothing like a healer.. Orkis was snapped from his mind by Fox's claim of knowing the Stronghold pavilion. He had not spoken about his pavilion since his parents death, in fact he did not know why he mentioned his pavilion name at all as he considered himself to no longer belong to one. Maybe old habits die hard and when addressing a fellow Endrykas it was polite to include you're pavilion name. Either way Orkis was annoyed with himself, and with this stranger for bringing up painful memories. "The Strongwind pavilion is no more, forget i mentioned it" He said these words quietly, the anger in his voice gone replaced with bitterness. "I am however skilled with a spear, no go before you find out how skilled". He turned then, happy to be left in his own melancholy

[Fox Starseer]

"No more? And yet, here you are, one member of afformentioned pavilion, so I would not say they are no more" Fox said. "And maybe a test of skill would do us both some good, hone our skills so they don't become rusty, so to speak" he suggested. "I came all this way with my sword and shield, I'd hate for this to go to waste" he added. He took a small step back, getting ready to shrug his shield off his shoulder if he had to.

[Orkis Strongwind]

Orkis turned to face fox, his hands opening and closing by his side. He closed his eyes taking a deep breath trying to get somber thoughts out of his mind. Maybe a spar is just what I need right now. I refuse to talk anymore about my past with the 'Fox' however it has been a while since a good fight. A faint smile tugged at his lips, as that familiar feel off anticipation filled his body with restless energy. He opened his eyes, locking them onto Fox's. "There is a clearing not far from here, if you are serious about testing yourself against me we can go there"

[Fox Starseer]

"Of course we shall" Fox said. Hm, spear verse sword and shield, this should be interesting he thought. He knew he would have a slight advantage of being able to attack and defend at the same time, but then Orkis had the advantage of being able to strike quicker which could keep him on the defenceive more then he would have liked, but that might also wear them both out and, depending on who wore out first, might cause a draw.