Looking for Trouble (OPEN)

by **Natsuki** on October 20th, 2012, 1:04 am

18th Fall 512 AV
Mid-Day

Zeltiva to Sunberth was quite a step. An upper class fishing town to an anything goes slave trading slum. She had heard many things about Sunberth, not one of them good.
The Kelvic kept her head down and her belongings close and away from sight, she pulled up the hood on her cloak avoiding eye contact with anyone. If any of these savages saw her strange purple eyes, it might raise some awkward questions about her race.

Whilst walking along the path that led to the town, Natsuki began to question herself. Why had she decided to come to this city? If you could even call it that. The chances of finding the people she was searching for were slim to none, but accidentally finding the people who she was running from were much higher. Not that she would have minded bumping into those slavers, in fact Natsuki would have gladly reacquainted them with her fangs.
But she was not here to search, she was here for fun. The rumours of this city intrigued her, she had to see for herself what it was really like. Travelling through the forests of Sylira and the grasslands of Cyphrus had its dangers but she had grown bored. Time for something new.

The young girl soon found herself in what appeared to be a market place. All around her people haggled down prices with shady store owners, thieves snatched the coin-purses from unsuspecting victims, two men had started a brawl and many people were now placing their bets. She passed a tavern and stepped over an unconscious man who lay in the middle of the street. Natsuki placed a hand over her nose, humans were disgusting creatures and their stench was almost unbearable.

Her eyes scanned her surroundings, taking into account every man, woman and child that she saw. Everyone here was a threat to her.

She felt something brush against her thigh, the Kelvic's hand shot out and caught hold of the thief's wrist. She looked around at the person who had been attempting to steal the pouch in which she kept her money, a child no older than eight stared back at her with a shocked expression on his dirty face. Natsuki felt her anger subside, she felt nothing but sympathy towards children that had to steal for a living. But, she wasn't going to let him get away with it either. Before letting the boy go she leant down so her face was inches away from his, the Kelvic gave a low growl and bared her sharp fangs. The child held his breath, his eyes widening with fear, and tried to pull away from her, Natsuki smiled a somewhat wicked smile and released his hand.

The boy couldn't get away from her fast enough, he tripped over his feet a few times and ran into a grumpy man before disappearing into the crowd. That was probably his first encounter with a Kelvic, poor kid.

But, Natsuki felt considerably better after this and continued down the street. Where would be a good place to eat?...

by **Nightshadow** on October 24th, 2012, 1:09 am

Nightshadow was in a dark alley, grooming his fur, trying to get some of the dirt out of it. "gah, why do I bother to try and clean myself in a place like this!?" he wondered frustratedly. It had been too noisy for him to sleep, so he was a little bit grouchy. He stopped a moment to make sure his pack was still there. "Yep, still there. Can't be too careful in a place like this." he thought silently to himself. Nightshadow sniffed the air absentmindedly, trying to pick out individual scents among the cacophany of odours.

Okay... I can smell the disgusting people, blood, but not very recent, and... Why does this smell remind me of my family?" Nightshadow couldn't bring the memory of that scent to bare. Curious, he turned to his human form, feeling that odd tingling sensation he gets when ever he shifts. He quickly rummaged for his shorts in his bag. He hastily put them on and started to follow the scent.

"Where do I know that scent from?" he wondered, now rather excited by his curiosity. Nightshadow, when he stepped into the mid-day light, he squinted until his eyes adjusted, but he kept following his nose. "wait, that's the smell of my sister!" he suddenly realised. "But she dissappeared before I left for this place. What is she doing here?" he said very quietly to him self. Then he came upon the girl whos' scent he had tracked. He went to put a hand on her shoulder, and then said, a bit awkwardly and confused, "sis, is that you?"

by **Natsuki** on October 24th, 2012, 5:22 am

The voice startled her, Natsuki spun around and found herself staring into the almost glowing yellow eyes of another Kelvic. He was much taller than her, his short scruffy hair was black as night, she saw the scars that ran down his face, they seemed to have been caused by sharp claws. The young man wore a pair if dirty shorts and around his neck was a ring, hanging from a long chain. He looked just as confused as she was.

Sis. That's what he had called her. But having been taken away from her family at such a young age, Natsuki was unable to remember anything about her family other than where they came from.

She narrowed her eyes, “You look somewhat familiar...” his scent was familiar too. The girl kept her hand on the hilt of her sword and asked, “What's your name?

by **Nightshadow** on October 25th, 2012, 4:00 pm

Nightshadow retracted his hand when she spun around. He had heard that there was apparentally supposed to be a rush of emotion when finding a family member or friend that you thought was gone, but he only felt confused. Fleetingly, he thought that maybe she was planning to try and take over his territory, but he quickly dismissed the thought.

Then, the girl, that nightshadow vaguely remembered as his sister stated suspiciously, "You look familiar...", then she asked what his name is. Nightshadow glanced around to make sure no one was trying to sneak up on him. Upon seeing that all was clear besides some curious glances at Nightshadow and Natsuki, he stated, "My name is Nightshadow. Well that is how I always remembered it, but our parents always said I was saying it wrong."

He glanced at Natsukis' hand on her sword, then continued and said, "You smell exactly like my sister. But you dissapeared not long before I went to seek out my own territory... if you really are my sister." Nightshadow then asked, "what are you doing here?" out of curiosity.

by **Natsuki** on October 27th, 2012, 6:46 am

Natsuki sighed and felt herself relax. Being around another Kelvic made her feel a little safer, it had been a while since she had come across another of her kind and she was surprised to find one in a town such as this. She looked up at Nightshadow and answered, “Looking for family... Well, I had been looking in Cyphrus but decided to travel here...”

The young woman realised that they were still standing in the middle of the street blocking people's way, she looked around for somewhere better to talk. Natsuki had a lot of questions to ask this man. She turned back to him and asked, “Is there somewhere else we can go?”

by **Nightshadow** on October 31st, 2012, 3:16 am

Nightshadow was about to ask the girl if she wanted to go somewhere else, where there was less risk of pickpockets and the like, when she said something about finding family. "Well this is the last place I would have looked for family." Nightshadow said with a laugh.

Then she asked Nightshadow if there was anywhere they could go to talk. So Nightshadow replied, "well we could go to the Pigs Foot tavern or whatever it is called. Or an alleyway." He said, not joking at all, not quite getting the implications of going into the alley.

Then Nightshadow felt something seeming to be trying to get into his pack. Nightshadow did a half turn, grabbed the boy, who couldn't have been anymore than 9 years of age, and slammed him to the ground. "How dare this little wretch try to steal from me!" Nightshadow thought as he growled and bared his fangs angrily. Nightshadow lifted a hand, ready to punch the boy in the face. Nightshadow could smell the fear scent coming off of the boy.

But Nightshadow hesitated a moment, wondering if it was worth killing the boy. After a moments thought, he let the pitiful boy go, deciding that there was no use for killing him. The boy wouldn't have even been useful for food, for nightshadow had eaten recently. The boy quickly got up and ran away as fast as he could. "Those darn little pickpockets are everywhere out here." Nightshadow muttered frustratedly.

by **Natsuki** on November 6th, 2012, 9:20 am

She watched the child disappear into the crowded market and sighed, “I know, I had only been here a few chimes before one tried to steal from me. Don't be too hard on them, children do not know any better” Natsuki had a soft spot for children, especially those who risked their lives and freedom everyday. It wasn't long ago that she had had to scavenge for food and beg for scraps. She remembered the disgusted looks the city folk had given her, Natsuki also remembered all the other looks, gestures and offers she had received while trying to find food and felt sick in her stomach.

The girl shook her head, trying to shake away the memories. She looked up at the man in front of her and answered, “Anywhere is fine. You lead, I'll follow” it did not bother her where they went to talk, as long as they got out of the cramped and noisy market place, the smells and sounds were beginning to overload her heightened senses and make her dizzy. And passing out in a town such as this was probably the worst thing that could happen.