Karina
The "Before" years
[M:1000]
Submit to the short skirt!!!
Posts: 132
|
Post by Karina on Jan 14, 2011 18:52:02 GMT -6
Karina yawned, her head felling suddenly heavy. Her eyelids drooped, and, for a moment, her head fell on Rayl's shoulder. However, as soon as her head had done so, she sprung up, her hand clutching her cloak's brooch on her chest. "Ah... Forgive me, Rayl," she said, "I must be tired than I thought. Goodnight. Maybe... Maybe we can spar tomorrow?" she suggested.
Karina then turned a walked away. She walked quickly, not looking back. When she got to her tent, she threw herself down on the bedpad. Karina, you fool! she thought, ignoring your fatigue because you want to talk to Rayl. You... I... I am hopeless. I can't like him. He is... Out of my place in life. He is a commander, And I am but a soldier. There is no room for anything more that a brisk friendship between us. And with self-pitying thoughts, Karina, the pegasus rider with no last name, fell asleep.
|
|
|
Post by Kelvin H. Calderon on Jan 14, 2011 19:23:05 GMT -6
For most of the day's ride, Kelvin had stayed quiet and out of the way. After tying up Kashmir and observing the rest of his group, he realized he'd be doing more of the same. Seems like everybody else has is busy, he thought, scratching his beard, all the same, I could use a stroll through the woods. Kelvin peered into the woods and found it to dark to see. He grabbed and lit a torch and proceeded to walk into the forest. Almost immediately, he began to sing:
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Brohmond Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae, On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Brohmond.
Oh! Ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road, And I'll be in Caelin afore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again, On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Brohmond.
'Twas then that we parted, In yon shady glen, On the steep, steep side of Ben Brohmond, Where, in purple hue, The highland hills we view, And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
The wee birdies sing, And the wild flowers spring, And in sunshine the waters sleeping. But the broken heart it kens, Nae second spring again, Though the waeful may cease frae their greeting.
When he was done singing, Kelvin stuck his torch in the ground and sat down in front of a tree and began to whistle another tune. He breathed in the cool air and, for once, simply relaxed.
|
|
|
Post by Rayl Torien on Jan 14, 2011 21:13:55 GMT -6
As Karina went away to sleep, Rayl contemplated getting some sleep as well, before he rose from his makeshift seat, moving forward to a certain torch and knelt at the side of Kelvin," So tell me more about your travels Kelvin: I can't fully describe it, but you seem to have...grown up some. Your not that crazy little cousin of mine who jumps haphazardly into rivers..."
A pause.
"...at least: I don't THINK you still do that!" this was followed with a brotherly slap on the young man's back.
|
|
|
Post by Kelvin H. Calderon on Jan 14, 2011 21:30:53 GMT -6
Kelvin rolled his eyes at his cousin's comment. "I see you're just a mature as always, Rayl. I suppose a lot has happened to me. For one, it's all the fighting, it just... changes people. Killing people, killing... things, it's hard on a man's soul. But in all honesty Rayl... I've fallen in love. I know it sounds childish, but I'm sure of it," Kelvin said putting both of his arms behind his head.
|
|
|
Post by Rayl Torien on Jan 15, 2011 18:37:43 GMT -6
"Well, even I can have some fun off duty...somewhat." he listened to Kelvin's words, slowly nodding as they were said, before slowly standing up," How is love childish, Cousin?" it was a simple question, but how could it be otherwise? With this, Rayl didn't say anything else for awhile, looking off in some direction for awhile, then back to his cousin," Love is anything but childish. It changes a man, drives him forward, gives him hope and something to look forward to. If anything, you're a completely different man from it."
|
|
Karina
The "Before" years
[M:1000]
Submit to the short skirt!!!
Posts: 132
|
Post by Karina on Jan 17, 2011 10:28:56 GMT -6
Unlike most nights, Karina's sleep was wrought with dreams. There was one in particular that she would remember, though barely, when she woke.
A boy stood before her, his grass-green hair tousled by the hand of a young Karina. The two ran outside in the snow, pelting each other with snowballs. The young Karina slipped and fell, cutting her hand on a shard of ice. The boy ran inside for help, bringing out a man with similar hair as the two young ones and a flaxen- tressed woman. Man picked up Karina, while the woman took the boy's hand. The dream faded into black as the quartet went inside.
While engaged in this dream, one single work drifted from the present Karina's lips. "Rand..."
|
|
|
Post by Kelvin H. Calderon on Jan 17, 2011 13:54:52 GMT -6
Kelvin tilted his head searching for an answer. "I don't know Rayl, it just makes me feel as if I'm back in Knight training again, when I was very much naive. I remember my... my first love. How I slaved for her and she... at first she reciprocated these feelings, but then... then she...," he confessed, his voice trailing. "But I digress, I've moved on. Besides, I have Chelsea now and I'd rather forget the past."
|
|
|
Post by Rayl Torien on Jan 17, 2011 20:02:25 GMT -6
OOC: Okay moving onwards.
IC: At sunlight's first dawn, Rayl was, unsurprisingly, the first one to be up and about. Half asleep from his lack of sleep, the dreams, and thoughts that kept him from dreaming, he went to Sir Diego's (instead this way Ralph's tent) tent and awoke him, and soon followed to the quartermaster's tent to awaken him (although this was actually him waking up Alwin...), and then arrived at a third tent and entered inside. due to the blanketing they were in and his currently slightly asleep nature, he was unaware that it was Karina...instead (somehow) mistaking her for Kelvin, as he put a hand on her covered shoulder and shook her," Come on, lazy bones, we ain't got all day."
His old way of talking coming in there, as he usually talked with Kelvin in such a way, before he made his way out of the tent and then to Kelvins...mistaking him for Karina," Time to wake up, Karina." with this, he knelt down and pulled back the covers ( he wasn't sure why he did this) but at the realization that he mixed them up, he exited the tent without another word Maybe I shoul-
he shuddered at the thought of talking to a healer with a sleep staff, and instead made his way into the trees to the creek they had been at, splashing cool water in his face to help wake him up faster.
|
|
Ralph Meglane
Rogue
The Sightless Wanderer
Dishing out his own brand of justice.
Posts: 276
Etruria Fame: 1
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Sarria
|
Post by Ralph Meglane on Jan 17, 2011 20:12:59 GMT -6
Ralph had fallen asleep that night, one thing he feared frequently. The closer they got to Bern, the more frequently his dreams came to him. He didn't care whether or not those dreams were true, those horrid dreams of his father and mother.
In his dreams, Ralph saw his mother, and ran towards her with open arms. But then his father appeared, striking Ralph down with his sword. "You punk, you ran away from Bern, what makes you think you can come back?" On the ground, crying and bleeding, Ralph would always reply, "You ran away! That makes you no better than me!" "Oh, did I?" Then the dream would end with his father raising his blade once more to finish Ralph off.
Ralph woke up in a cold sweat. The dream had to mean something, it was the only thing his eyes could see. Caecus flew down to him, and nuzzled it's beak against his cheek.
"This can't mean anything, right? I hope it means nothing. I wish it means nothing." He knew it meant something.
|
|
Karina
The "Before" years
[M:1000]
Submit to the short skirt!!!
Posts: 132
|
Post by Karina on Jan 17, 2011 20:14:31 GMT -6
Karina was roughly shaken awake by a rather confused Rayl, shoving her dream to the back of her mind. She slunk out of her tent to watch him as he walked over to his cousin's and bid him to awaken softly, calling him Karina. She hastily strapped on her armor and threw her cloak over all of it, rushing down to find the sleep-deprived paladin.
She found her quarry kneeling by a stream, splashing water on his face. "You know, you can't wash handsome like that off with water," she said jokingly. "But truly... did you not sleep again? Rayl, you are the one who needs to be the most alert out of any of us... You are our leader, after all," she said. She sneaked up behind him and grabbed him above the hips, making a sort of buzzing sound.
|
|
|
Post by Rayl Torien on Jan 17, 2011 20:28:23 GMT -6
Kneeling there, the cool water slowing beginning it's effect on his weary systems, he didn't hear Karina's approach, but when she grabbed him, he was jolted awake on the thought someone was trying to attack him, and with this he reach his arms back to grab and throw her, but the way she had him and his current state of mind just led him into stumbling to his feet before falling face first into the water. Lifting his now fully awake face from the water, looking at it's rippling surface, as the water calmed he slowly could make out who it was who had 'assailed' him," Oh! Karina, forgive me for that!"
|
|
Karina
The "Before" years
[M:1000]
Submit to the short skirt!!!
Posts: 132
|
Post by Karina on Jan 17, 2011 20:31:28 GMT -6
Karina took a step forward and reached a hand out to a now sodden Rayl. "No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to fall in. I should have thought my actions through a little more." She smiled and helped him out of the water. "Erm, here," she said, taking off her cloak. "Dry off. I don't really think I will need this too much. It's not really like there are wyvern knights flying around every mountain... anymore." she added.
|
|
|
Post by Rayl Torien on Jan 17, 2011 20:43:34 GMT -6
Rayl froze in place after he was helped out of the water as Karina began to remove her cloak, mind drifting to last night, before he snapped back to reality and reached out for a moment before withdrawing his hand," No no, you may need it still. It may not be for a disguise but you never know when something will be of use." with this he casually removed his undershirt ( his jacket he had left with the rest of his things) and began to rinse the article of clothing out, though obviously wouldn't be wearing it for the time being. So he stood there, shirtless, for a moment, before slinging the damp undershirt over a low hanging tree branch.
This was followed with a subtle smirk, as he was half tempted to exact his revenge and push Karina into the water, of course that would HARDLY be the orderly, civil, or new Rayl thing to d-
Oh the heck with it, he wanted to have some fun for a change! And with this, he ever so casually gave her a light shove in the direction of the creek. "Well then Karina...if you've had enough fun playing in the water and taking in the scenery, shouldn't you be readying your things?"
|
|
Alwin
The "Before" years
[M:0]
Bern will win back its independance.
Posts: 27
|
Post by Alwin on Jan 17, 2011 20:57:05 GMT -6
Alwin woke up to a soft screeching noise, and a face partially covered in saliva. Ever since leaving Bern, Alwin had slept outside, using Karen as a bit of a pillow, and in turn, she had always woken him up when it was daylight. "Alright, Alright! Im up..." Alwin said, followed by a large yawn.
Alwin stood up and gave Karen a light pat on the head. "Your breath gets worse by the day." He said jokingly, stretching a bit, before fastening a the saddle that lay beside Karen onto her back. "Lets go see how the others are up yet." Karen seemed to understand, as Alwin walked alongside his companion towards the tents set up around camp.
|
|
Karina
The "Before" years
[M:1000]
Submit to the short skirt!!!
Posts: 132
|
Post by Karina on Jan 17, 2011 21:00:35 GMT -6
Karina was busy basking in Ray;'s muscles when he nudged her... With his large muscles, overpowering her smallish frame. With a "Bah!" of surprise, Karina tumbled into the creek. She re-emerged from the rocky bed, her cloak stuck to her in a rather uncomfortable way. "I suppose you got me, Rayl," she laughed. "But now that everything on me is wet, I may as well take it all off," she teased, unsticking her cloak from her armor.
However, she kept smiling... and kept taking articles of clothing off. She armor clanked to the ground, rather slippery from the water. Now all she wore was her black under tunic. "Hm. I must remember to wear my white one next time we decide to go swimming," she said. "But, that is for another day. I'll be back at my tent, changing and drying my armor. Call me when we move out." she added. She gathered up her armor, wrapped it in the wet cloak, heaved the whole load over the shoulder, then headed for her tent.
|
|