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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 12, 2008 11:18:34 GMT -5
*Onyx had been on his own for over eight years now. Of course he'd met other beasts since he'd left his clan but he still travled on his own. He was getting tired of traveling, he wanted to find somewhere to stay for awhile. Somewhere that he could meet and make new friends at. Heck, he might even stay there indefinitely if there were enough of them. At the moment he was walking along the River Moss at a steady pace. His haversack was on his back where his bow and arrows used to be and his knives were at his hips as always. He used to have a quiver full of arrows and a bow to go along with them but they had been, um... lost a few battles ago. Speaking of which, he had been in a heck of alot of scrapes, to many for the age of twenty. Even so he couldn't tell the difference because he didn't know any other lifestyle. Perhaps that'd be something else he'd learn after he stopped traveling, how to live a life that didn't always include battle. He looked up at the sky and didn't see hardly any clouds, thus the sun was shining bright yet there was still a chill in the breeze which would have made him shiver if it wasn't for his fur. His fur is pure black and seems to hold warmth better than other colors of fur do so he was just fine. It was getting close to mid-day so he decided to stop for a little bit, perhaps just sit there for a little while because he wasn't ready for food yet. He just felt like stopping. So in saying, he did indeed stop, took off the haversack and sat down with his back up against a sizable oak. He closed his eyes and listend to the forest around him. There was the gurgling of the river and the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves but there was also the sound of somebeast approaching. He wasn't alarmed and didn't go for his knives, he just kept sitting there with his eyes closed, staying alert the whole time.
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 12, 2008 15:32:00 GMT -5
*bump* (I'm bumping it so that people will actually see that I made this post... nobody knows about it yet)
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 12, 2008 15:38:21 GMT -5
A squrriel bounded out of the leafy bushes. His fur was black like Onyx's except for a blood red stripe down his spin and on the tips of his ears. In his paw where clutched two twin dirks. He was clad only in a short kilt and belt, and his eye blazed as he eyed Onyx up and down. He was surprsied to see another black squirrel, though he had heard there where other ones. He stepped forward his dirks held readily. "Who are you?" Asked the squirrel in a harsh voice. He took another slow step toward the traveler.
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 12, 2008 15:45:45 GMT -5
*Onyx didn't open his eyes, nor did he act surprised or anything. He just kinda stayed in his relaxed position.* "Just a traveler passing through." *He then opened one eye and looked at the creature before him. He was a bit surprised to see another black squirrel but it didn't really phase him much.* "Is that how you greet beasts you've never met bebore?" *He was never able to understand why so many creatures drew the weapon at the site of a beast they'd never met before. I mean, you see a squirrel resting by a tree so you draw your weapons as if he's gonna attack you for talking to him... maybe Onyx was just wierd because he wasn't overly cautious like that.*
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 12, 2008 16:01:09 GMT -5
"I draw weapons when ever I see someone that I don't know, yes. You can never be to cautios or ready. Somebeasts are faster than you and can kill you before you've even raised a paw. I've taken precautions to make sure that never happens to me or anyone in my care." The squirrel sheathed his weapons and sat a short way from Onyx. He was still wary of the other squirrel but he figured it probably wasn't going to attack him. "My name is Rein Skystorm what is you name or do you usually go by 'just a travler passing through'?"
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 12, 2008 16:08:38 GMT -5
"I usually go by 'just a travler passing through' but sometimes beasts get the notion that my name,s Onyx. I don't know where they get it from, though." *He said in a mild tone. He always liked to try and keep the mood of conversations light. A conversation where everyone was mad is just no fun at all and it's those kinds of conversations that get beats in trouble.*
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 13, 2008 14:42:12 GMT -5
Rein grunted in acknowledgement. He liked this squirrel, who was easy-going and unfazed. He could be a valuable ally. "Where are you headed? Anywhere in particular?" Rein knew that they where about a half hours walking distance from Otter Fort. Most travelers that wheren't vermin headed there if they came to this region. Rein wondered if it was the same with this squirrel.
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 13, 2008 14:48:14 GMT -5
*Onyx shrugged.* "No where in particular, as I said, I actually am just a traveler passing through. Still, as of late I've been feeling the need to get off the road. I've been traveling all on my lonesome for eight years now and, well, I'm pretty much tired of it." *He then opened his eyes and looked over at Rein.* "You know of any good places?" *Onyx figured he'd try his luck, Rein didn't seem to be carrying any provisions so that meant he lived somewhere in the near vicinity and that somewhere could possibly be just the kind of place he was looking for.*
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 14, 2008 12:07:17 GMT -5
"Aye. There's a fort not far from here. It's mostly inhabited by otters but if'n you don't like vermin that would the place to go. Most of the beasts there are warriors, and their constantly sendin' out patrol to look for vermin. Good lot. I little on the goody-to-shoes side but a good lot. I often stay there when I'm not wandering or livin' in the forest. They always welcome new uns'."
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 14, 2008 18:34:21 GMT -5
"Hmm, sounds like a place I might want to check out." *Onyx said, nodding slowly to himself. He liked otters they were a good bunch and could be a bit on the crazy side when the spirit took them. Upon reaching his decision, Onyx grabbed his haversack and leaped up to his feet.* "So, wanna show me the way to this place that your talking about?" *Onyx indeed hoped so because he didn't fancy wandering around looking someplace that he didn't know the name of and didn't know anything about besides the fact that it existed.*
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 17, 2008 12:50:23 GMT -5
Rein rose to his paws. "Sure. It won't take long to get there if'n we keep up a good pace." The squirrel leaped into a tree and called down "Do you prefer to travel by land or trees?" Rein himself prefered to travel by trees, but with a haversack it might be slighty hard. He didn't want to force the travler into somthing that would be hard for him though he knew they could probably travle much fater by tree than by land.
OOC: SO lame. I haven't got time for much else. Sorry.
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 19, 2008 11:10:37 GMT -5
*In a fraction of a split second, Onyx was beside Rein in the tree.* "Either is fine by me. I usually travel by land just because I don't have anywhere specific I'm going and I want to take the time to look at things but at this point, I do indeed have a destination." *That destination, of course, being Otter's Fort, where Rein was hopefully gonna be taking him. Onyx wasn't having too much trouble with his haversack. He'd long ago figured out a way to climb just as easily with it as without it so that was no problem. Onyx, as is to be expected, was an expert climber, even better than many squirrels, so keeping up with Rein would likely be no problem. At his old clan he'd had the record for the tree race and that was really saying something because in a squirrel warrior clan, everybeast was a superb climber.*
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Post by Terg Broadsword on Nov 19, 2008 13:52:28 GMT -5
Rein nodded as ONyx sprang up into the tree. HE was glad that this squirrel had chosen to travel by tree, since this is what he prefered greatly. He flicked his tail to balance himself quickly and sprang into the branches of a narled oak. Leaping the gap between two branches he landed nimbly in the next tree and ran along the limb shortly, only to spring to the next tree. He made his way quickly through the leafy foliage, glancing back at Onyx once or twice to make sure he was following. He was surprised how fast the squirrel could go with a burden on his back and resolved to try and get better at this himself.
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Post by Dantin 'n' Kade on Nov 20, 2008 22:35:02 GMT -5
*Onyx was now left to simply follow behind Rein. There wasn't much more that he could do other than that. They pace they were going at was fairly mild for Onyx so he wasn't have the least bit of troubles keeping up. He called ahead to Rein in a mild tone seeing as how he wasn't even almost out of breath.* "We gonna get there anytime soon?"
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