Onward to Sunberth! (Open)

by **Geras** on August 28th, 2010, 11:10 pm

"Damn," Geras said as he slowly got up. His face was now entirely serious. He stared intently at the man who would soon be no more. It seemed he was about to say something, but he paused. His head turned to the left, and his eyes widened, almost in disbelief. Geras gained a wide grin and darted in the same direction he had been looking. Not long after, there was a squeal, and the he returned, with a slaughtered boar slung over his shoulder.

by **Danovar Leoric** on August 29th, 2010, 1:20 pm

Danovar blinked as the man ran. He stood looking into the ashen darkness, waiting for him to come back with some sort of vile murder weapons, poised for defense. As Geras's figure steps out of the twilight, a boar draped over his shoulder, he stared dumbly.

"What the-..."

He continued to stare at Geras unblinkingly for another two seconds before breaking his stupor and looking at the boar. He motions to it. "Could've done that in the first place..." He muttered.

by **Geras** on August 30th, 2010, 2:33 am

Geras wasted no time in slicing the boar with his blade and commandeering the man's cooking fire. He sat by said fire with his sword in hand until he noticed he never drew it during the short battle. He also remembered he was no good at cooking, so he offered the job to the fire's owner, along with asking for his name.

by **Danovar Leoric** on August 30th, 2010, 4:31 am

With a glare and a crossing of his arms, Danovar said: "Fine," and moved over to the fire. He grabs a small carving knife out of his pack and crouches over the boar. "Name's Danovar," He grunted. He jabbed the knife into the over sized pig, wrenching it downward and tearing a chunk off it's leg, which he skewers with a sharpened stick and sets on the stone contraption over the fire to roast.

He then looks around, eyes locking onto a growth of mushrooms at the edge of the clearing. He trots over to the fungi compilation and cuts a few from the ground, jogging back over and sitting. He grabs a clay pot and sets it off to the side of the fire, close enough to gain heat to boil. He sets the mushrooms on a rock, cutting them into sloppy strips.

On a sudden impulse, he holds his hand over the clay pot and conjures enough water to cook with, filling the pot midway. He peers sidelong at the man, waiting for some sort of reaction, be it fear, surprise, apprehension - hopefully intimidation.

"Got a name yourself, nutter, or should I just call you that? 'Nutter'?"

by **Geras** on August 30th, 2010, 10:48 pm

Focusing on the clay pot, Geras said,"Sorry 'bout earlier. I'm Geras. Hey, is that magic, Danovar? Ya' see, one of my old friends was a Reimancer, but he didn't do any fancy tricks with water."

by **Danovar Leoric** on August 31st, 2010, 4:42 am

Danovar stiffens a bit and snorts derisively. "Water's not the only thing I can do! I'm a very practiced Reimancer I'll have you know. And Shielder. And Projectionist! Watch!" He stares at the a strip of mushroom on the rocks for a full twenty seconds before causing it to rise into the air, move shakily over to the pot, and plop into the now simmering water. Oh, this is a good use of my powers. Filling pots and picking up mushrooms. All for the sake of impressing some random, half-mad stranger. He claps his hands. "See there? Not many my age can do that, you know. This kind of thing takes considerable skill. I'm getting there."

He shifts over and scoops the mushrooms up, dropping them in the pot. He then reaches his hand over to the roasting boar and turns the spit. "Well then. What're you doin' out here? I thought I was well-camped. Guess not. Anyway, what are you doing out here?" He looks over at Geras with a rather mixed expression of annoyance and curiosity.

by **Geras** on August 31st, 2010, 9:48 pm

Geras got up and turned north-east. His face turned serious as he gazed ahead for a few moments. Eventually, he said, "That way lies the lawless city of Sunberth. That's where i'm headed." His familiar grin then returned as if nothing had happened as he said, "Wanna come?"

by **Danovar Leoric** on September 1st, 2010, 2:31 am

The water in the ceramic pot begins to boil, and the boar is now filling the camp with the sultry aroma of fresh game. Danovar reaches over to the ladle and stirs the mushrooms.

"Sunberth?" He inquires when Geras speaks. "Not my kind of place. Not usually. I was actually going a bit close there to enter some ruins, so I could...probably stop in. Why? What's there that's so important?"

by **Geras** on September 1st, 2010, 2:59 am

"Oh, there's no specific reason i'm going there," Geras responds before pressing on about the ruins with slight over-enthusiasm. "Tell me more about 'em. What kinda' place are these ruins? Are there stories or legends told about them? Are they dangerous? Are there monsters? Do a lot of people go there?" It eventually got to the point where he was asking questions so quickly that they just ran together and became undecipherable.

by **Danovar Leoric** on September 2nd, 2010, 12:07 pm

"Stop, stop, stop!" Danovar moaned, planting a palm on his own face. He sighed and dropped his hand. "They're just some pre-Valterrian ruins of a village. I'm looking for some off-brand tools, if there are any left. Those in Sunberth might have scoured the whole thing bare. Won't be surprised if they have - but it's the only safe ruins around." He takes a bowl from his pack, scooping mushrooms out of the pot as they steam. "Not that I couldn't do some of the more dangerous...inhabited ruins...but you know. It's eh...safer to work from the bottom up." He gestured with the ladle, spilling a few pieces of wild fungi before going back to scooping. Finishing that, he walks over to the edge of the camp and pours the water from the ceramic container.

He approached the fire and sits down, turning the spit a bit and peering at the sizzling meat.

"What'you think, done enough to eat?"