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Post by Echo on Jul 18, 2012 0:59:45 GMT
In the fading light, Lexi was vaguely aware that her eyes had not adjusted entirely as she very nearly stumbled over a branch that had fallen onto the path. They had spent the entire journey in woodlands, though they had crossed what appeared to be a main road in the trees somewhere in the middle of the day's journey, but had agreed that safety lay in the deeper woods if they were to remain unseen. Now they emerged from the woodlands, pausing at its edge, and Lexi saw a vast mountain range to the west, seemingly on fire as the last remnants of sunlight struck their snow-capped peaks until the moonlight hit them like a great wave extinguishing the flames and bathing the mountains in a cool pale glow. To the east was yet more woodland, and by the look of it Lexi would have said it was the same forest they'd just emerged from. To the north, Lexi's Elven eyes could just make out a very solid wall of what appeared to be ice, and she instantly understood the dangers beyond The Wall. Not what they were explicitly, but what it meant. 'To have needed to build a wall like that, there must be terrible things on the other side' she thought. "We must have walked a good two hundred miles" Lexi calculated, but she didn't feel particularly tired. She thanked her breeding for that, and was vaguely surprised by Valarr's stamina. Not many people could have kept pace all day, walking hundreds of miles, without needing to stop frequently. "So do we keep going or set up camp?"
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valar
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Post by valar on Sept 3, 2012 18:22:11 GMT
"Keep going for now, I know a place a little eastwards from here that is safer to camp in.... wouldnt want to sleep out here in the sticks. If the cold does'nt get you, something else surely will..."
Valarr lead the way back through the woodlands in the fading light, the sound of running water splashing on rocks drawing ever nearer. It was dark by the time they reached their destination, but in the clear sky the moonlight illuminated the ground around them, and a waterfall in the distance could be seen reflecting the brilliant white light. "There." He said to his companion, "That is where we'll stay." He could tell by slightly confused look on her face that it would take further explaining. As they approached the waterfall it soon became clear, behind the flow of water was an entrance to a save, hidden to all except those who come close enough to see it.
"I used this place not long ago, its a damn sight better than sleeping outside and the cave cover means we can build a fire without exposing ourselves to anyone." He pondered for a moment "I wonder".... "Stay here" He walked off into the darkness of the cave leaving Lexi alone in the dark, though he didnt think that would bother her.... a slight rustling sound... he returned with a satchel full of food and supplies that he had left there upon his last stay..... "You Hungry?
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Echo
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Post by Echo on Sept 3, 2012 20:15:18 GMT
"A little, but I doubt that will sustain me" Lexi said, eyeing the satchel "I have my own provisions".
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valar
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Post by valar on Sept 3, 2012 20:38:53 GMT
"Suite yourself then" Valarr said, as he reached for a half eaten loaf of bread, he eyed it up, blew off a thin layer of dust that had accumulated on the loaf and then proceeded to take a bite. The crunch of the stale bread echoed throughout the cave. With dry crumby bread still in his mouth, he began to mumble "Wood ooo lyk mee to mayk a fwire then" He swallowed... "Or do you have your own one of those too?" He said smiling.
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Post by Echo on Sept 3, 2012 20:51:48 GMT
"Does ice do well with fire?" Lexi grinned. She'd been studying Valarr for the entire journey, and he did appear to be at least partially made from tiny icicles. "I don't feel the cold" she explained, rummaging around in her pack. She found a small glass vial of dark red, sticky-looking liquid and downed it. A few quick memory flashes later she replaced the vial in her pack, satisfied.
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valar
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Post by valar on Sept 3, 2012 21:58:13 GMT
Valarr contemplated to questioning Lexi over the contents of her vial... but decided against it... at least for now. "We all have our own vices" He thought.
"Well my friend, you'd be surprised..." He gathered a few old logs and struck a flint onto some kindling, a few small sparks spread into tiny flames, which eventually engulfed the logs until a small but sturdy fire was going. He sat down besides Lexi, and slowly leant his hand forward towards the flames. As his hand drew closer to the orange flames, it began to change colour.... the pale and white icy texture of his skin receded, and as the blood flowed through his hand once more it resembled that of any other normal human hand.....he then pulled his hand away, and in an instant the skin began to grow paler, whiter... until it was iced over once more. ... Bet' you've never seen anything like that before have you?" he grinned
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Echo
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Post by Echo on Sept 3, 2012 22:04:34 GMT
Lexi contemplated trying to be a smart arse, but decided against it. She had, in fact, seen many similar things, but they had always been in places you expected to find them. Places like Hell, or the QA's HQ. "I'll admit I didn't expect that to happen" she said, truthfully.
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Post by valar on Sept 3, 2012 22:19:47 GMT
"Well you dont look too surprised, i'll give you that. And in all honesty thats just the tip of the ice burg my dear.... where we're heading.... one should always expect the unexpected. Its a cold, bitter and dangerous land north of the wall, but if you keep your wits about ye and dont get lost separated from me, you'll make it there and back again." He hesitated. "Well, might make it anyway."
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Post by Echo on Sept 3, 2012 22:27:26 GMT
"Trust me" Lexi said, sternly "I'm coming back alive." She considered the absurdity of her statement and added "Well, as alive as I am now, at any rate..."
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Post by foxx on Sept 19, 2012 13:02:32 GMT
Before Valaar could ask her to explain her perplexing comments, a distant howling disrupted the night as the three direwolves that were tracking their scent sensed that they had stopped for the night. Streaking out of the darkness came a blurred shape that almost seemed to fly over the ground. Too late it saw the edge of the water and yipped in surprise as it skidded into the cold. Bedraggled and wet, the shape dragged itself shivering out of the pool. Shaking itself off, it wandered behind the waterfall to where Lexi and Valaar had made their camp. Without so much as giving them a second glance, it sauntered past them to where the fire was crackling away merrily. It quickly dipped the tip of its tail into the flames and sat calmly as the spark caught and engulfed the fox entirely in flame. Then without warning it rolled, dousing the flames and gave what almost sounded like a giggle before curling up into a ball and closing its eyes. There was a bemused silence in the cave following this newcomer's frankly bizarre un-animalistic behaviour.
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