(Flashback) A Lucky Meeting (Fraha)

[Zakal]

Timestamp: 19th day of Summer, 510 AV Fog passed over the blades of grass and spread out trees in the early morning. Morning birds chirped away, and small incests flew to and fro across Zakal's sight. He was out for another morning hunt. It's how he spent most of his mornings since his parents' death. Using any opportunity he could to use his father's bow. He was alone. He didn't have a strider yet, and his new hunting dog was still a puppy and needed to be left in his tent at Endrykas. He had no tracks or clues to follow to begin his hunt, so he continued to walk aimlessly through the grass. The sun had risen, but with the fog so thick, it was hard to tell. Zakal continued his silent stalker's walk. He wasn't crouching yet, he had no reason to. But he knew to at least be silent as he walked through the deathtrap known as the Sea of Grass. Zakal inhaled deeply, hoping to catch any familiar scent of prey. He was disappointed to not find any. His ears still tuned in for any sounds that would indicate movement. Still nothing. Zakal wasn't discouraged though. Having been raised as a hunter in the Emerald Clan, he knew that you couldn't expect a winner every hunt. But he felt like the hunt was his only true skill that he possessed. With of course, his marksmanship with his short bow. He ran his fingers through the arrows in his satchel on his back. His hand brushed against his short sword. He had no experience with the new blade, only a day ago had he bought it, and since then he's only swung it around like a child. He hoped that he could use it soon.

[Fraha]

*Damnit i'm hungry, very hungry* was thinking Fraha as her thin legs started to make it thru the morning ambient of the wast grass lands. It was early and she was feeling quite dizzy still, after all she didn't eat. Her black trousers were getting wet at the bottom as well as the sandals. The black short robe was shown since Fraha took off the black cloak and put it in the shoulderbag, placed still on her right shoulder passing between the chest and ending behind her. On her back, attached to the waist pended two wakizashis, attached to an apposite casements and following the movements of her waist and hips. Fraha's mind was completely focused on finding some food but eventually it would get lost in other random fantasies that lived solid in Fraha's mind, her trip to Syliras was around half point now. She had to reach Endrykas which in summer was on the norten east part of Cyphrus, she knew she wasnt too far or at least she thought so. Her speed lowed down as a bit of fright went down trough her back as she realized that she may be pretty lost. She calmed her self telling that she's almost there and soon her mind would start to wander again. This would happen several times and Fraha was pretty used to it, being a bit lunatic wasn't a weakness to her but a strongpoint. There where a lot of sounds that Fraha could identify. Slight wind blowing on the grass, some birds singing their melodies, her steps, a branch cracking under her foot, other steps behind her...Other steps behind her?? Fraha suddenly turned around quickly, placing the left hand on the left Wakizashi and crouched slightly. It was an istinctive precaution to dodge that she got used to when playing with her brothers as a child. What she saw made her thoughts of fright become unexistend compared to the one she had now. At some meters from her standed a green scaly beast that she never saw in her life. It was a Glassebeak and the worst part had yet to come he was not alone and hungry. Fraha looked as from the for two ather huge monsters came out of the fog looking at her like she looked at her birthday sweet when she was a child. One of them started to charge, action which made Fraha scream in fear as the other two started to charge as well. Fraha withdrew the Wakizashi and dropped the shoulderback as, even though in complete fear and panic she realized that she would have to fight for her life. As the bag touche the floor the monster was 1.5 meters from her and from the high head pose in was clear that it was a charge with the beak. Fraha jumped to the left like a goalkeeper evading so the charge. She rolled almost instantely ending up crouched low on the feet and the right hand why the left one holded the Weapon backwards. Her headband was lowed down and the eyes wide as she felt adrenalyne coming trough her.

[Zakal]

Not much longer, he began to hear rustling off to his right. He quickly dropped to a hunter's crouch, bow and arrow in hand. He slowly began to part grass as he silently moved towards the noises. The noises had stopped for a moment. Had he been heard? But the silence only lasted for a second. There was an ear-splitting scream. A woman. Every single instinct and muscle cried for Zakal to begin running and help her, whatever it was that was happening. But being a hunter he knew he needed to know what was happening at all times. If he blindly ran into danger it could be the death of him, and the death of the woman who he still had not seen. Quickening his pace, he got very near and stood up. Not to full height, but enough to see what was going on. Zakal's heart skipped a beat. There was a very beautiful woman crouching with a weapon in her hand. It took a split second to register what was happening. The woman was traveling. Three glassbeaks came from behind. Not thinking that it would be hard to take her down, they didn't bother with surrounding her. Instead they all charged from behind, hoping to scare her enough where she couldn't defend herself. Zakal drew back an arrow as he watched one of the glassbeaks circle around and come charging back for the woman. Exhaling deeply, he prepared to attack. He took one, quick inhale as he parted the grass with his bow and leaped into view. In the instant that he jumped out, he released the arrow. A thick, sharp arrow whizzed through the air as it plunged into the side of the first glassbeak. He had missed! It brought the creature to the ground but it didn't kill him. He had better luck with the second. The two other creatures came running through the grass. Both took a split second to look down and see their comrade on the ground. It might have been their alpha. But a split second was all Zakal needed. He released another arrow and this one plunged straight into the neck of one of the glassbeaks. Zakal assumed he hit the jugular, there was so much blood. The other glassbeak started to get up as the one who had yet to be wounded continued to charge. There was no time to draw another arrow. No time to doge. Zakal didn't know what to do this time. Is this it? OOC- 2 arrows.

[Fraha]

Shortly after getting crouched Fraha looked at the one beast that missed the charge. *they're fast* thought she as panic rised up inside her, making her eyes more lucid as a prelude of tears. She heard that at her right the other two beasts were approaching but in that moment something happened. The beast that missed the charge suddenly felt on the ground. Fraha widened the eyes in amazement making the tear spread on the cornea and looked around but didn't see anything. Of course she didn't there was no time since the other two were attacking her directly. She stood up a bit, and flexed the knees to prepare another dodge but in that moment, and she saw it well, an arrow pierced right in the throath of the second beast which almost istantly fell on the ground in a bath of blood. It was horrible, an animal screaming with an insane voice and convulting furiously as life slowly would leave it. But there was no time Fraha quickly glanced behind and saw a human form with a bow. She also noticed that the third beast wasn't charging her anymore, probably the person behind her. She didn't know what to do but, in some way, not being alone and in a fair number gave her some courage, some mental lucidness, elements that combined with adrenalyne and gore vision gave her enough strenght to attemp an attack. She looked the third beast chargin at the person behind her and planned a side attack. The beast seemed not to care about Fraha so she slowly moved her balance in the direction of the first beast which was standing up , knowing that the chargin one would go thru that area. When the moment came Fraha pushed as hard as she could with the legs in the direction of the beast reaching the same height of the beasts head. By clenching the hilt with both hands Fraha Screamed fuiously as she, for the first time, planted her Wakizashi in the eye of a living being. Even though she was very light, the mass and the inertia pressing on the beast's head made him fall sideways with fraha pressing a knee on his throat and still holding tight the weapon now mostly vanished in the beast's skull. There was blood on her hands, on her trousers and some on her face right on the right cheek. The first beast was now standig up but Fraha didn't see what would happen as she was crouched, covered in blood, upon a living being killed by her own hand.

[Zakal]

Zakal stood dumbstruck as the woman attacked the glassbeak head on. He did not expect her to be able to do anything. He thought that she was just an innocent traveler. Zakal continued to watch as she plunched her weapon into the creature's skull. Zakal also noticed the other glassbeak rise to his feat. He had pushed out the pain and began to charge again. But the girl was in between the glassbeak and himself. She was also unaware of what was happening. Acting upon instinct this time, Zakal unsheathed his new short sword and ran towards the crouching woman. He leaped over her rather graciously, quite unlike him. But he had a look of fury on his face. Zakal had both of his hands over his head with the sword pointing down. He was going to deliver a downward blow into the attacking monster but this glassbeak hadn't become the alpha male for no reason. He was battle experienced and it was possible that he had fought a drykas or two before. The creature ran straight into Zakal as he was falling, his beak piercing Zakal's shoulder. In pain, he lost his focus and dropped the sword to the ground as he fell. Zakal hit the ground with a loud thud. The glassbeak didn't hesitate to continue to rip and tear and Zakal's chest and shoulders, trying to get his throat. Zakal fought back with powerful punches and kicks but he continued to get torn into a bloody mess. It wouldn't be long before the male would manage a fatal blow to Zakal. Zakal just hoped that the woman was smart enough to run away and save herself. Hoping to buy her more time, he managed to push himself upwards and wrap his arms around the creatures neck. The glassbeak was able to continue shredding Zakal's chest with his claws but couldn't get his beak anywhere fatal. He knew it wouldn't do much, but out of sheer desperation he delivered several strong blows to the monster's belly with his knee. Not long now. Zakal thought to himself. I guess I'll be joining you guys sooner than I thought. There wasn't anyone to help him. He would be seeing his parents in the other world. He was sure of it.

[Fraha]

Completely paralyzed eyes spread and able to think only at what she just did Fraha wasn't mooving from the neck of the dead beast, but the leap of the person she now identified as a handsome man throwing himself against the beast with a sword made her return to the situation, she turned around just to see the beast having the better on the man. thud; as the man landed on the ground recieving the beak in his shoulder. Fraha suddenly regain all her body and as the damn bird was tearing the man's shoulder she moved the knee that was on the neck to the dead skull end extracted the Waki out. The sound was horrible and made her shiver but this was inrelevant since Fraha was alreaady charging the predator which standed a few steps from her. The man felt with his head pointed to Fraha's position and his sword was right there. Pushed by the urge of saving her savior Fraha grabbed the sword with the right free hand jumped in the direction of the beast preparing an attack on the back of the neck, clearly exposed. Unortunately the Glassbeak wasn't blind or stupid enough to not consider Fraha and quicly took off the beak from the man in order to move aside from the incoming slash. The beast jumped ameter back and Fraha realized he couldn't reach him so she desperately threw the short sword at it after what she landed, crouched over the man, legs spread to not hurt the him. The sword was pretty light so it wasn't too hard even for Fraha to give it enough energy ti pierce the beast, but sadly, graviti made the blade turned downwards endig up slicing bit of the torso of the beast and sticking in the ground. Why don't you just go to hell!!shouted Fraha at the beast seeing her failure

[Zakal]

Zakal couldn't believe it. This woman had saved him not once, but twice! Right when he thought he was done for the girl had managed to get the beast off of him and out of his grip. Zakal watched as she threw his short sword at the glassbeak with hope. But to his dismay, it only sliced a bit of his chest, angering him. The blade stuck into the ground. The woman was crouching over Zakal but he managed to get up, despite all of his still-bleeding wounds. His shirt was tattered, blood drenched most of his upper body and face. Zakal reached into his arrow satchel and pulled out a single arrow. He had dropped his bow shortly before. He half ran, half stumbled, straight for the glassbeak. The creature charged Zakal and had just barely passed over his sword when they met. Gripping his arrow in his left hand, he plunged it into the belly of the beast. It wasn't much. But as the alpha male screeched in pain and furry, he took a few steps back after slicing open Zakal's face with a single claw. Seeing just what he was hoping for. The short sword was still sticking in the ground, and it was in between the two opponents again. Zakal almost tripped, losing his balance, as he ran at the beast again. Grabbing his sword from the ground as he continued to run, he somehow called upon enough strength to leap into the air again. Risking his whole arm at the mercy of the glassbeak, he put out his forearm into the throat of the creature as his decent began. Still using his momentum going downwards, he angled his body to the right, giving him the leverage he needed to bring the blade straight down into the alpha male's chest. They both fell down in a flurry of feathers and blood but as Zakal rolled with the glassbeak he saw his opening to finish off the large bird. The monster would soon bleed out but as a hunter Zakal knew he should eliminate all risks possible. So yanking the sword out of the male's chest he then plunged it back in, upwards this time, straight into the beast's heart. The glassbeak stopped struggling. The blade still in the glassbeak, he fell off of the creature panting. He lay on the ground covered in blood, feathers, dirt and mud. Zakal wasn't sure if he would survive. Zakal had received a lot of wounds, and several seemed very deep. He motioned over to the woman that had saved him twice. If he was going to die he at least wanted to meet her. Zakal really wanted to live though. He wasn't ready to die. OOC- 1 arrow

[Fraha]

Fraha was standing in front of the beast as the man sneaked out of under her, she was angry with that giant bird and wanted for real to kill him. But no matter how much anger she would put in her next attack, a direct pierce in the throat, the Bird was more experienced in combat and simply lowed he head and tackled Fraha away to the left with a head butt on her chest. A short gasp echoed in the area as she hit the ground after a half meter of flight, the beast went hard on her, so hard that for a couple of seconds she couldn't breathe. The feeling drew her in panic, she shrank up in pain trying to breathe again and after a couple of seconds she could.

She looked around and saw the furious combat between the two, endig up with the damn bird dead. But so was also the man that saved her, or almost. She slowly walked to him, with a hand placed on the hurted zone. She looked around at all the blood, there was so much around, on the ground, on the beasts, on her own, and specially on the man. It looked like a war place afte a battle, and it was shocking for her, so much to take in one time made her feel like she would throw up in a moment. So she started to breathe with the nose strongly and swallow a lot of saliva which helped.

She was now standing slightly crookbacked and hardbreathing near the man, she fell on her knees to look at him better, she felt bad seeing how messed up he was and even worse when the thoughts of him saving her life made him be on the limit of life and death. Her eyes became lucid at the feeling of guilt of seeing what happened. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Said Fraha after realizing that there was no time to waste, she took off the cloack and quicly went to grab her shoulderbag where she left it.

Where does it hurt? what to do? tell me. Got medicine? stay here! don't die! blabbered Fraha very fast, sing of panic. She knew she had to do something but didn't know what and how. She looked in the shoulderbag and found a flask of water and her sleeprobe. She drew them out and took the robe, and disposed a piece of surface of the robe on the palm of her hand. with the free hand she opened the flasket and gave it to him, by placing it in his good hand. you need to drink a lot now, do it!

This might hurt a little said she with a string of voice as she slowly started to buffer his main shoulder wound with the robe piece on her palm.

[Zakal]

Zakal watched as the woman rummaged through her bag. She brought back a flask of water. He drank nearly all of it in very fast gulps. He winced in pain as the lady buffered his shoulder wound with what looked like a piece of robe. Zakal hadn't really noticed, but his smaller cuts and wounds had already begun to heal for some reason or another. Maybe he had calmed down, not really thinking about the blood. He just kept looking at the woman who was trying to save him yet again. "Wh-" Zakal turned to the side and coughed, spitting out blood. "What's your name? Mine is Zakal Shadowrunner." He tried to sit up but thought better of it. He shouldn't put his heart above any of his gashes. OOCSorry, I couldn't think of much to respond with.

[Fraha]

Fraha's worries were concentrated on not making the man die that she almost forgot about what happened, what she was doing and what could happen futher. She was glad he drank up her water *at least his body will have something to transform in blood with£. She was moving the robe whenever it would be too filled with blood to a clean place and little by little the wound, even if deep was clean. As the man asked her and tried to stand up she mistakenly ignored him talking over him " no, no, stay down, your blood is empty!" Said Fraha quickly without even realizing what she said. Truth was she was in panic. "Stay ground, lay" whispered she while mooving her hair behind the ears and thighting the headband to keep it still.