Lily
Pegasus Knight
Posts: 25
Profession: Pegasus Knight in Training
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Post by Lily on May 11, 2014 16:04:19 GMT -6
Of Bern... she thought at Ilheod's introduction. Suddenly she felt the same intimidation she did when she first talked to Eren. She was the fresh blood among seasoned veterans once more. However, this time was different. She wasn't fresh, making her own decisions, out on her own anymore. She didn't have to cover for herself. She had a mentor and commanding officer now, and that gave her the confidence to keep a strong face, giving the man Ilheod a salute out of respect despite the lack of time needed for full introductions.
After the silent introduction, she moved closer to see the map, folding her arms out of habit. It was put away before she could get a look at it, which she found unfortunate, but attributed to her not being quick enough to look it over fully. She'd need to get better at map reading.
"Ready to move whenever, sir. Though I think we still have people catching up to us..." she said, keeping her eyes on her surroundings.
She didn't want to leave anyone behind.
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Post by Ilheod on May 11, 2014 18:13:04 GMT -6
Ilheod nodded in the direction of the pegasus knight as she was introduced. He turned around slowly while the rain picked up looking to his riders and nodding as they stood there for but a moment longer. They were brothers after all, a unit that slept, ate, and fought together daily for years. To send three off wasn't exactly easy knowing the conditions of the weather or the unknown dangers out there. They however seasoned and trained riders. He took a single moment to straighten and bang his clasped gauntlet closed fingers to his chest plate while speaking to the riders.
"You have your orders, dismissed!"
The three clasped their hands to their chest and knocked loudly to their chest plate with a loud shout of "sir" and turned around, leading their wyverns in an direction they had come from on foot. He turned around as they walked off while he listened to Eren speaking of the cave. Though he enjoyed the rain, the other wyvern rider had a point. Ilheod took one more moment to turn and press his palms to the sides of Astraeus's neck near his shoulders, rubbing the scaled hide soothingly. As a wyvern rider who had lived with his compaion since a young age it was almost like a close pet and comrade combined. He turned backwards once more and lifted a hand to lightly tug at the side of the wyvern's bit in his mouth to assist in leading even though the wyvern could walk on his own fine; ilheod simply not wanting to take the chance of him wandering off.
"Lead the way, we'll follow you."
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Post by Eren on May 13, 2014 18:16:43 GMT -6
"Right. This way, then. We move out now!" Eren said, beginning to move northwest. He was a bit sluggish, as he was quite sore from his fall yet, but tried hard to keep a decent and respectable pace. He was a bit cold.
---Timeskip 30 Minutes---
"There. Over there, can you see it?" Eren said, a note of surprise in his voice. He hadn't expected the map to be this precise, but, in all honesty, a cave wasn't like a town... It couldn't just vanish. "Ok, let's check it out... But be careful."
Eren entered, lance drawn and ready, keeping his back to the wall as he moved along the side, disappearing into the murky gloom. Minutes passed, and then his voice seemed to come from far away. "It's quite deep back here, and I think there's a pool of water. But I'll keep going." After another long pause, Eren emerged from the other side of the cave. "I think it's clear. We should have enough room, I believe... Does anyone have a light?"
Eren then began collecting wood and brush from under large leaves or dead logs, shielding the dry wood and placing it in the cave mouth. "We'll need to build a fire and dry out. Come on, let's get situated." he said, proceeding to collect another armful.
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Post by Ilheod on May 13, 2014 22:38:59 GMT -6
Ilheod followed the man through the raining atmosphere while they led their wyvern's, following Eren and his own. Some time passed as they followed in the pouring relentless rain. Droplets loudly hammering the forest line and following through the branches to pepper the plated armor the rider's were wearing. As they followed Eren who was using the map and he pointed out the cave at first. Asking his riders to wait at the entrance with their wyvern's resting shortly into the cave while Ilheod and Astraeus continued further though not as far as Eren. When he mentioned the pool of water, and quickly after words asked for a light towards what quickly accumulated into a material for a fire. Turning to tug and rummage into one of his saddlebags Ilheod removed the two rocks used to spark a flame. He extended a hand with both stones towards Eren while nodding to him.
"This should be enough to light the fire. We should be able to wait out here for the storm that's for sure. "
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Post by Eren on May 17, 2014 11:24:46 GMT -6
"Right."
As Ilheod struck the fire into a warming and crackling blaze, Eren took stock of the cave. It extended back quite a ways, as he had observed. The walls were smooth, and there was a pool of water in the back, which held... Strange fish. They didn't seem to have any eyes.
"Hey, these fish have no eyes. Huh."
Eren also noticed that the cave continued behind the pool, but, given that he was already wet, cold, and still wearing armor, he didn't take the risk of swimming across it to continue exploring.
"The cave also continues. Not sure what's behind the pool."
Taking off his armor, Eren meticulously dried it near the fire, allowing his clothes to dry as well as he buffed his armor and wiped away the residual moisture. Leaning the set of armor against the near wall, Eren then began sharpening and shining his weapons.
--Thread Dead--
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