30th Spring 513 Kane was currently sprinting as fast as possible into the underground forest, Saul, his dog, dashing after him. Once again, he had managed to land himself in trouble. I really need to stop doing this. He thought as he pushed his legs to go faster in response to the angry yells behind him. Oh, who am I kidding? I’ll never stop makin’ people mad. He smirked as he remembered the events leading up to his current situation. It had been market day, and he’d been curious to see what the venders had to offer. Of course, he had brought Saul along. He enjoyed the dog’s company, seeing as he was the only one in Kane’s life who didn’t cause him trouble. Also he was cute and Kane liked to pet his black scruffy fur, but that was a different matter entirely. The market place had been full of life an people, and at times Kane had a hard time seeing what was being sold with all the people huddled around the items. Still, it was a nice day and things were being sold. This was Kane’s kind of day. While craning his neck and walking on the tips of his toes, he attempted to see into a particularly crowded booth. With all his focus spent on viewing the wares, he completely missed the two Inarta headed his way. Needless to say, Kane ran right into one of them. He didn’t hit hard, but it was enough to knock them both over. “Woops.” Kane blinked over at the Inarta, who seemed to be rather peeved with him. “Excuse you.” He growled at Kane. Oh no. He did not just snark me. Kane’s eyebrow twitched as his mouth pulled back into a sneer. “Excuse me? Excuse you!” He hissed at the red haired man. “Maybe you should watch where you’re goin’!” This only served to anger the Inarta more and, despite his companion’s attempts to calm him, climbed to his feet to lord his presence over the human before barking out, “I think you’re the one who needs to watch where they’re going.” Saul raised his hackles a bit and growled at the man threatening his master, steel blue eyes sharp. Kane forced himself not to shrink back, comforted by his dog’s protection. Stupid intimidating Inarta. Instead he glared and jumped to his feet. “I’ll have you know that I am always one hundred percent aware of my surroundings, so I’m always watching where I’m goin’.” In a bout of childishness, Kane stuck his tongue out at the other. The Inarta had looked ready to fight, but his friend stepped in. “This really isn’t worth fighting over, and we’re already late enough as it is. We’ve already had a bad enough day.” He pulled on the other’s arm. “Let’s go.” After letting out a long breath, the angry red head seemed to deem his friend’s words logical and turned to leave, though not without a well placed glower at the human. Kane was sure to live up to his high maturity level and blew a raspberry at him. The Inarta’s eye twitched in anger. That’s right. Leave. I win this time. Victory is mine. Kane wore a smug smile before a sparkle to his left caught his eye. Hm, it appears as though Mister Big and Scary dropped somethin’. Reaching down, he picked up a beautifully designed decorative box. It was covered with wonderful, intricate designs made with glass beads of many different colors. Kane was hit by an evil impulse. While glancing around to secure an escape route, he tossed the box in his hand and caught it several times. With his safety secured, he turned back to the two retreating Inarta, pulled his arm back to the ready, and took aim. Saul almost seemed to groan upon seeing his owner’s stupidity. “Hey! You forgot somethin’!” This was all he yelled before chucking the box. His aim proved true as the box hit the angry man right in the back of his head. Kane’s cackled and a roar of rage were all that were heard before he took off on his escape route. Mess with me will ya. He grinned to himself. Racing down the streets that he now knew like the back of his hand and with his dog on his heels, Kane dodged and weaved between the various bystanders. Too bad his new enemy was just as skilled at making his way through the crowed streets, and Kane was having a hard time loosing him. He reached a dead end in the road and skidded to a stop. Okay, where to now? Hiding places were scarce, and the rocks in the area would probably be the first place checked. Seriously? There has to be somewhere to escape to! A secondary scan of the area revealed a cave that he had missed earlier in his completely calm, not-panic. Escape route found! I’d better hurry, that guy’s gonna catch up soon. His prediction of the Inarta’s timeliness proved true, and Kane found himself being chased into the cave, bringing us to his current predicament. Many twists and turns later, Kane had lost his chaser, but at the same time had managed to lose himself in the forest. Well this is just great. Huffing to himself, he placed his hands on his hips and surveyed the area. I don’t recognize any of this. I’m completely lost, aren’t I? He sighed and turned to Saul. “You wouldn’t happen to know the way out, would you?” His dog gave him a look that screamed, ‘This is all your fault.’ “Fine, fine. I’ll find us a way out.” Kane grumbled to himself before beginning his search. As he walked through the forest, all he saw were trees, trees, and more trees. Kane screamed in frustration. “I am gettin’ so tired of these stupid trees! It’s like a maze of trees! I hate trees!!!” Suddenly, as if responding to his yells, a feral sounding growl resounded through the area. Kane jumped and turning, he found a wild wolf with gleaming teeth. How did that get in here? He thought vaguely to himself as he backed away slowly. The wolf let out a menacing bark and Saul jumped in front of his master, teeth bared and hackles raised, ready for a fight. Kane’s back hit a tree, neither he nor his dog had any means of escape. Well, isn’t this just great. |