Climbing (Closed)

[Damal]

1st Day of Summer 510 AV

The unforgiving is what most symenestra who journeyed out of Kalinor would call the land. It wasn't the greatest place but the Kalea region was just that unforgiving. The rocks and cliffs and hard stone would question anyone daring to cross it. Damal stood up straight and dusted off the knees of his pants.

He had managed to climb one climb with the help of a old abandoned rope ladder that was nearby. He stopped at the top of this cliff for a moment. He was traveling with a female who wanted some sort of body guard. He felt uncomfortable lying to the woman about his ability to fight. But he knew if someone managed to climb these cliffs in the unforgiving they had worked hard for their mizas.

He kept his magnifying glass in the pocket of his coat. The sun beat down on these mountains if something happened he knew he could push a thief off. Damal hoped he wouldn't have to end a man's life today but then again these mountains were unforgiving and only the strongest survived.

[Nastya]

Nastya looked at the man who had been guarding her this whole time. He would take her from Kalinor to Wind Reach...or at least thats what she had planned. She had personally known Damal's Web from some time ago. Kalinor was not so big of a place that she didnt at least know the fathers.
The man had previously told her about his fighting abilities, he seemed pleased enough with them...so she figured 'Why not?'
Her quest had to begin somewhere, why not Wind Reach? Or Taldera? Or anywhere for that matter, except maybe Konti Island. Water frightened her, seeing as she couldnt swim.
Nastya looked at the rope ladder and firmly grabbed it in her hands. She scaled the ladder in swift, graceful movements thanks to her enlongated arms due to her Symenestra heratige. The only thing that could hold her back was the sun.
It beat down onto the rocks, scorching her black hair and beating onto the rocks. For a moment she longed for the cooler caves of Kalinor, but she knew she had to press on. Viratas would want her to keep going, he would want her to do anything to save the Symenestra and to save all of their precious blood from being spilt.

[Damal]

Damal didn't bother to pay much attention to the woman while she climbed up. But once she got to the top of the cliff he noticed she seemed uncomfortable.
Damal didn't want to bother much which this woman cause once he just hoped she would make a little conversation even though Damal wouldn't say much he just wanted to listen. He noticed the girl seemed hot under the sun so he offered her his waterskin he was unsure why the girl didn't drink from her.

He struggled over most words being as the only women he had ever talked to much was his sisters and they didn't talk much either. But clearly in Symenos he spoke to the girl "Just three more cliffs to climb and then we'll stop and that will be enough for today." The philanthropist looked about the next part he and the girl would have to climb hoping for another ladder to be abandoned there. There was none.

He opened up his backpack and generously offered her his other pair of bladed boots to climb. He shut his backpack and then started to climb the part second part of the cliff.

[Nastya]

Nastya wondered why this man was so kind. Was it because she would be paying him his Miza's? Or was this just his way of guiding her through these cliffs and mountains?
The upcoming cliff would be a interesting one. She wondered if she could scale it without the help of any objects, but decided to play it on the safe side. The rock underneath her feet was hard enough as it was, if she were to fall from any distinct distance she would shatter.
She put on the bladed boots and pressed her hands firmly onto the wall, it was far from smooth. Nastya wasnt a antomologist or anything like that, but she did know that due to Symenestra's previous tree-dwelling ways she did have the capability to scale a wall with just the micro-hooks that would retract from her skin.
'Viratas help me,' She thought to herself as she pulled herself onto the wall. The climbing was hard, one of the hardest things Nastya had been forced to do since her previous Harvest. Nastya lacked when it came to upper strength, or strength at all. She used her cunning and wit to outsmart those who had been unfortunate enough to have been chosen to be harvested.
She had nearly lost her footing and fallen to her death once, she didnt cry out but nearly whmpered. She quickly regained her footing and scaled the wall as quickly as she could.

[Damal]

He made his way up this part of the cliff first just like the last part. Damal laid down on the stone and poked his head down to watch her this time. He had a little trouble getting up so he was unsure how this girl would do. He noticed her almost fall and whimper a little Damal felt sorry for her since he didn't simply have a ladder to drop down to her. But he knew the two of them would make use.

"You ok?" He said he noticed her climb a little more of the way up and he extended his hand down to her so he could pull her up.

[Nastya]

Nastya took Damal's hand without a second thought. She was not against taking help from a fellow Symenestran. "I'm fine." Her Symnenos was softly spoken, and so was her voice. It was one of the things that Nastya had practiced to make her seem weak and helpless. She may have been weak, but she was definatly not helpless.

[Damal]

Damal pulled her up off the side of the cliff. He set her down he wasn't very muscular but he tried not to show that he struggled pulling her up. He sorta just stared into her eyes with his hand held onto hers for a brief second then he let go of her hand unsure why he had done that. He took a step or two back and then said "Just two more parts of this cliff to climb then we can camp."

The young philanthropist looked into her eyes again then started heading back up the next part of the cliff.

[Nastya]

Nastya simply nodded at the young man, her golden eyes glittering with amusement. This was definatly fun, definatly worth the climb. She could still feel the warmth of Damal's hand on her skin, it was comforting compared to the hard rough, stone that surrounded them. She walked over to the cliff that Damal had begun climbing, watching him carefully. Maybe if she did what he did her chances of falling would lessen a drastic amount.
She started, this particular cliff was more weather worn, seeing as it was higher up and proved to be a little easier to climb than the previous cliff. The sun still scortched the back of her neck, causing her to silently curse her short hair. The one time it had come to haunt her.

[Damal]

Damal helped her up this part to but he didn't hold onto her hand for very long or stare into her eyes for very long. He just picked her up and set her on the stone on her feet to stand. "Just one more part to go then we will set up camp."
He gave her a glance and then started heading up the next part of the cliff.

He stopped about halfway up and looked back down at her. "You know when you hired me to do this I don't believe we shared names." Once he finished speaking he climbed the rest of the way up that part and extended his hand down to grab hers to help her up again. Then they could setup camp.

[Nastya]

Nastya climbed a little of the cliff, just enough to grab his hand and allow him to pull her up. Once she was on her feet she took the time to set her backpack on the ground and look around, as she did so she spoke softly. "I believe that i must have forgotten." Nastya wasnt a woman of many words, but she did look Damal in the eyes when she finished her sentance, outstretching her hand to shake his. It was such a human greeting, but it seemed universal in a wierd and awkward sense. "I am Nastya, my Web name doesnt matter, but you can call me Nastya."