Wandering Far East (Darek)

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A sparrow sang in the sunlight, watching with its beady black eyes as it perched itself on the branch of an old but fully alive forest tree. A pair of ears listened to the sweet tune, never envying it the least bit but listening to the story of the bird. It told of its life and experiences through that tune. The young bird was free and had no cages restricting it; it could go wherever it pleased. There were no laws keeping the bird here in this forest, there were no traditions that it had to follow. The sparrow just sung is sweet song and lived out is short life. It’s only worries were about food, shelter, and finding a mate in the spring time. Slight jealousy only balanced out with understanding came from the one listening. A wish to be that free, but an understanding that she received more out of her existence than the bird probably would ever receive out of its own.

The lighting from the sunlight being filtered through the dark green canopy of the forest calmed her and brought a sense of tranquility to the mind. Bare feet felt the earth, leaves, twigs, and the damp moisture trapped in the rich soil. Eyes were slightly open as she walked towards the trickling river, being lead to it by a soft bubbling creek that slowly made its way to the larger stream. She stepped, no more like floated over a decaying log. Green moss had covered the side that pointed to the North; it was a curious thing that it always did so. She didn’t ponder on it for long and soon she found that she was at the end of the creek but at the larger stream, Gaena River. She had traveled quite a ways from SÍlthrim, not that it mattered much to her. She had always wandered from place to place; never liking the idea of staying at one spot for long.

The strange scent of water filled her nose; it smelled really like nothing but it held its own scent. A mental snicker kicked in, it must be peculiar like that. Now opening her eyes to reveal the entrancing violet shade of her irises, only enhanced by the speckles of gold that made them glitter and reflect the light much lika a precious dwarf gem. With these eyes she saw that the sun was getting close to setting, she had though a few hours of daylight. Taking her time she set down her bow, quiver, and carefully hid a pouch that contained just enough money to live off of. Keeping only one item on her person, she slid the deceivingly harmless trinket against the tie on her skirt. After that she found content with placing the larger two of the four objects near a large grey stone. Theia then rearranged her white tie skirt so that it was high enough not to be touched by the water from the river. Pointing out to herself that she wasn’t here to take a bath.

Entering the chilly waters with effortless grace, she glided to a spot were the reeds would hide her feet from the fish that swam through the same waters. Yes she came here for the game of large freshwater salmon. Quietly and patiently she waits for one to appear and come close to the bed of underwater grass. Meanwhile the sound of a small waterfall further down the river reached her ears, the roar not as impressive as some in the mountains but enough for it to qualify as muffled roar. Birds continued to chirp but her attention was drawn away from their songs. Bending her knees slightly, hovering with poise over the water, pieces of her unique shades of brown and gold hair almost touched the clear water’s surface. If she paid attention she would be able to see the loveliness of her form, but it hadn’t entered her notice.

Scanning the nearby area and looking for her next meal, now that was what was on her mind.
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It had been days since Dantie had been to the bar in Ellesmera, and it had been even longer since he had trained in the art. Ever since Ed’ had died Dantie had strayed away from the art. He knew he shouldn’t have, but not being able to save her with magic had been very troubling for him. But now deep in the woods, at a small waterfall he tried once again, to use what had once come so natural to him, and was happy when the water came up to meet him in a globe like shape.

“So I see you have come back to me.” Dantie said as he took the globe of water into his hand and began manipulating it into all different shapes and forms, feeling the energy it took from him and not caring. This was nothing compared to the power he had been storing inside the pommel of his sword, and because of this he did not worry as he let his mind reach out to all the creatures around him. “ My powers are back.” Dantie said with a triumph smile on his face as he shot the globe of water into the air and made the water in the stream rise. “ Lose humans shall pay as well as my former mentor for deceiving me.” Dantie said as he then felt a presence in in the same stream as he. “ Well what do we have here.” He asked as his mind wandered to all the animals in the area around the life force.

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The clear water had shown her no sign of any kind of fish for quite some time. Since no one was around she allowed a scowl to appear on her face, dissatisfied with the fact that despite spending almost a good half hour hovering above the water, there was still no sign of some appetizing salmon. It wasn’t like she wasn’t patient, she could easily spend a day waiting for some game of deer to stroll by, no what the problem was the sunset. The light would soon disappear and she would have to resort to finding a rabbit to satisfy the hunger that she felt.

With that in mind she had moved from her leaning position to standing straight. Her view changed from the moving clear water to the opposite riverbank, which was covered mainly with reeds and several grasses. Now lax, Theia turned her head to observe that the sun was close to setting, it was best that she give up on the hunt for salmon for now. In that instant she felt the stirring of energy. She could feel as the air shifted and the world around her moved in order to restore balance to some change being created by the use of magic.

Curiosity settled in and quickly she closed her eyes. The action helping Theia calm her mind to the point where she could feel the energy of the life forces around her. It always felt at first like light trickling in and then it didn’t take long for one to feel engulfed in the energy. The feeling was something unexplainable and it was one of the rare things that Theia could honestly say she enjoyed. Without opening her eyes she was able to basically see the world around her, the energy glowing various colors according to the amount of energy being stored and released. She opened her exotic eyes, the golden bits glowing slightly. The world was now a mixture between the two ways of sight.

She then picked up on a strange aura, rather a mixture of colors. There was a bright white glow that looked like mist and a glowing black color that looked like smoke, constantly mixing and when the two colors met they formed a grey stone color. The shape was that of a humanoid, she was certain of at least that; although what that being looked like she couldn’t tell since they were somewhere near the waterfall, well more like underneath it.

Then she saw the aura spread slightly into the stream making it rise. It seemed that this person knew how to use their power well enough. Wordlessly she drew energy from the world around her and used it to step on top of the water itself. This was done by making the water underneath her feet denser than hard ground, but it return the water grew colder. Her intent was to find out exactly who this being was. Sun kissed fingers gripped around the cold golden metal of her prized weapon. Her mind was still wary though that this character could be in fact very dangerous.

Her feminine features were set into a mask of indifference. Water rippled as she stepped closer and closer to the being. Long threads of dark brown, light brown and strawberry blonde flowed behind her slender form. Meanwhile the sunset made her skin glow with a peachy-orange tint. Her thoughts went to question how she would be greeted by the other. With each step she took she came closer to finding out.
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As Darek let his mind reach out he saw what he was looking for, the presence he had felt had actually been another elf, or so it seemed to be to him. He could feel her using magic now as she walked his way on top of the water from a birds eye. A weapon of some sort in her hand. “ Maybe my master has sent an assassin to kill me now.” Dantie thought to himself as he let all his energy build up letting nothing show on his face, but in his mind, his chaotic half was asking his generals what he should do. Attack the sun kissed figure that walked towards him or see what she had to say. Of course it was the voice of Ed’ that won him and so he would listen to what the woman had to say before trying to kill her, if she was a threat that was of course.

As she got into his line of vision he saw now that her hair was not one color, but many. And that the sun itself seemed to kiss her from up above making her skin a soft tan color, not much different then Ed’s had been. When she was close enough that he knew she could see him, just as she could see her he spoke. “ Atra esterní ono thelduin.Mor'ranr lífa unin hjarta onr.Un du evarínya ono varda.” (May good fortune rule over you/Peace live in your heart/And the stars watch over you. an Elven greeting) “ Then he asked. “ What is it you are doing here following me to where I train?” He was not only tense, but he was also calm at the same time, if she were not an enemy after all there would be no need for a fight, and if she was, well she had his ceremonial sword he had earned from being the top of his class, and his skills in magic to make sure that she would not walk away unscratched.

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She grew close enough now to see that his appearance was that of an elf more than a human. She took a fancy to his longer white hair despite the fact that is slightly clashed with the glow of his skin. He was holding a weapon in his hands, probably a sword, and the sort of weapon that she found many fond of. Theia found it strange though that he hadn’t moved even though she was quite sure that he could feel her presence. The being had began drawing in more energy within himself, but he had not stuck out at her in anyway. Was he biding his time or was he just being cautious? These were the questions she asked herself as she continued drawing near, not fazed at all by his actions.

A greeting in the ancient language came. The words flowing with sincerity and truth, the words seemed to flow through her essence her being. It was always so strange greeting another of their kind with those ancient words. Seeing that he really had no intent of hurting her unless provoked she closed the golden fan at her hand, and she allowed her face to show some curiosity for once. She noticed that he looked young, built for fighting, and had that unnatural glow to him that all elves had; although his was somehow enhanced through her vision as the magic still clashed within him. In fact it seemed more chaotic than before.

It was a lovely thing how fast the mind worked. By the time that she was through with these thoughts he finally showed some aggression, something that Theia was use to.

“Atra esterní ono thelduin.Mor'ranr lífa unin hjarta onr.Un du evarínya ono varda”, she returned. Her words were truthful. It was also apparent the man was more concerned about her following him, not something usual for someone who meant ill will. Strange how he was tense and calm appearing. Somehow he managed a balance between the two contradicting expressions.

Her face now became firm, “Follow you? I assure you that is not the case, älfa.” Her voice was made to seem formal and it rolled smoothly from her lips. At this point she was near the edge of the waterfall, seeing that she didn’t want to put the effort into standing at that point of the waterfall she causally jumped from the top to land softly on top of the water below coming face to face with the other elf. Landing with her knees bent and her arms coming down to make her appear soft and graceful, to be honest it just came naturally.

With no need to rush she rose from the water to stand once again, her violet-golden eyes now focused on the other. She was unaware that the golden part of her eyes where softly glowing as she kept up the duel vision. A distance of about 10 feet or so was between them, she didn’t want to get too close but she didn’t want to completely distance herself. Her intentions weren’t to insult him but to satisfy her own curiosity, she wanted to at least know who he was.
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Dantie watched with both the calmness of a trained warrior and the power of a berserker, the ancient warriors he had heard about from over sees that went into rages during battle and were close to impossible to kill while in one. Slowly he saw her close the golden fan she had been using to hide her face, he could see from the distance between them that it was not a normal hand fan, and had some wait to it, but for what purpose he was not sure. He never had understood women after all saying he had always been around his mentor Darek, or in training with the riders. It was not until Ed' that he had showed interest...

Ed'...Just her name brought him back to the gruesome fire that took her life, burning her alive. The humans had done it while he was away, trying to show that elves were not welcome in their homes more then likely. But in the end, all humans now were looked at the same way by Dantie, as things to be squished underneath your feet so they could not grow strong or braze enough to kill you.

When he came back to reality he saw curiosity on the woman's face before him, which he found odd saying she was the one with purple and golden eyes not he. Even her hair was odd to him, it seemed to be three different colors all at once in the sunlight. Her body looked like that of a dancer or thief's perhaps, after all spies were always needed in an army.

Darek listened intently as she spoke, both A.Dantie and L.Dantie tearing apart her every word and making sure their was no evil intent that could come from any of her words. When he was sure he replied less formally then he would for a noble. " In that case why do you not come and join me. It is never a bad thing to have company after all." He said letting his hand go over the vast area still around him. Darek was rewarded by seeing her leap down to where he was and with a smile said. " You seem much like a cat, yet you have no tail? Are you getting ready to change your body perhaps?" Dantie asked looking to the woman before him as he sheathed his sword and let the energy slowly begin to dispense from him.

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A soft chuckle erupted from her before she responded to his question, “So I seem like a cat?” She repeated it out lout because it was the first time that anyone had voiced such a thing to her. She placed the golden fan back into her shawl once she observed him sheathing his weapon. The energy around him seemed to slowly dissipate, it seemed he was no longer fueling the magic that he was practicing earlier.

Her gaze fell on a large rock nearby both the waterfall and the new acquaintance. She sat on it so that her body leaned on her left side, since the surface was slightly angled. “Although I must admit I have no idea what you mean by change my body, it isn’t like I have another form.” It was true she had never discovered another form of herself, despite the fact that sometimes she could feel the primal instincts of some fierce animal dwelling within herself.

“At least not one that I know of”, her voice seemed distracted. Her violet eyes seemed to be watching the flow of the river. After a minute of letting her attention wander her gaze returned to lock upon the other elf. “What would your name be? You are quite a perplexing individual yourself.” Her mind and body were quite calm despite how the situation could easily change on the two elves.
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