Each road comes with hazards

[Skye]

Skye tried to keep a calm facade. "No I wasn't." She took a breath and composed herself, looking the total opposite of the mage across from her. "Your parents were farmers? The soldiers that were out to kill you told me otherwise." This is exhausting already, but if it's going to help me avoid a fight I may as well lure her in with what I know and ditch her when she isn't looking.

Skye tried to make herself look like she knew something the mage didn't.

[Larissa]

"WELL,FOR ST. ELIMINE'S SAKE!!!" Larissa began, yelling at her, closing the tome and waving her arms around like a crazy maniac, "JUST TELL ME!!! It's not fair you know something about my family and I don't even know you're name!!!..."

Larissa gave her the evil eye, "Unless you're tricking me still..."

[Skye]

You could almost see the vein pulsing in her head as Skye struggled to keep her calm front. I guess I don't see any harm in telling her my name. She stepped closer and attempted to look genuine. "I suppose your right about the name. I'm Skye." That looked like it was out of nowhere...

[Larissa]

"SKYE?!..." Larissa calmed down out of pretty much nowhere, "That's a nice name...But I still don't trust you one insy-winsy-teeny-tiny bit!"

[Skye]

This girl is too much... On instinctive action Skye turned on her heel. "Now that we're even I may as well be going now!" She quickened her pace after walking a few steps, though not enough to look like she was running.

[Larissa]

Larissa blinked again in surprise, "H-Hey! You can't do that!"

She ran up to Skye and caught up with her as best as she could, "I'm sorry, okay? I know I get carried away, but it doesn't exactly seem right that you know more about what going on with my family than I know about yours. Besides, we just met! And the only reason we met was because you were trying to kill me or trick me or something."

Larissa kept trying to catch up to her, "ARE YOU LISTENING???"

[Skye]

Dear god she's following me. Skye didn't even try to slow down. Her belt rustled relentlessly at her waist, along with her case of arrows. "That's okay, but I think it would be better if I didn't tell you what I know about your family...or you didn't know me for that matter."

Her eyes flickered to a nearby crowd gathering. This is harder then I thought. Maybe I can lose her in the group of people. Skye averted towards her new destination.

[Larissa]

Larissa frowned as she went even faster after Skye, "Just wait a-" She tripped over a rock just at the entrance of a village where people gathered near the center, "Waaaah!"

She fell with a tumble and a crash. It was not a graceful fall either. Her nose was squished and her entire front-body was most likely blanketed with dirt.

[Skye]

At the sound of a klutzy crash behind her, Skye stopped her retreat and looked over her shoulder to find the mage girl lying face down on the road. Her eyes widened in surprise.

Is she okay?! Skye wasn't usually very sympathetic about this kind of thing but she couldn't help but feel worried about the girl. She shuffled over to the mage, standing in front of her fallen face.

I'm going to regret this... "Sorry...need a hand?" She held out her right hand.

[Larissa]

Larissa slowly lifted her head, her poor, squished head, and saw that Skye was there, holding out a hand to help her up, "Yeah..." She mumbled.

Larissa carefully and watchfully took Skye's hand and cautiously pulled herself up, dazed by the fall and wondering why the same person who had tried to...Cause pain in Larissa's life was now helping her up.

[Skye]

Skye akwardly let go of her hand and stared at the ground, almost in shame. "You have dirt on your cloak..." It's my fault she fell down...

The raven-haired girl pulled vulnerary from her belt and held it out to the injured mage, indicating the scratches and bent nose. "I'm sorry that was my fault. I shouldn't have tried to escape you." She held her breath, waiting for the mage's reply. Now she knows I was running away from her...

[Larissa]

Larissa rubbed her nose, but shook her head at the vulnerary, "No. I'm not hurt much. Don't be sorry. I shouldn't have been such a twit..."

She frowned, starting to feel guilty about her immature behavior.

But her frown changed into a smile, "Did you notice we both have green eyes?" Her comment was literally from out of nowhere.

[Skye]

Skye blinked and frowned slightly. This girl is all about spur of the moment. Her eyebrows furrowed. "I guess so..." She placed the vulnerary back into the left part of her belt, all the while giving the mage girl a strange look.

Staring is rude, stop it! She shook her head and smiled. "All this commotion and I don't even know your name. What might it be?"

[Larissa]

"I thought I said it before!" Larissa snapped at first, and then she grinned again, "It's Larissa."

Her grin grew wider and she looked at Skye curiously, "So, why do you need money, huh? You must be pretty desperate to have to kill somebody to get money."

[Skye]

"Not exactly. At first I could care less about the money. But when I asked for their motives towards killing you, I invisioned you to be some sort of rugged, hardened criminal. No offense." Skye pulled her sack of gold from her belt and held it out to confirm this.