Researching What Lies in Shadows

[Yunneth]

Yunneth just looked at the two and scoffed.

"If happiness is so fleeting then why want it? It is like sand. No matter how tightly you grasp it, it will simply escape through your fingers. Heh...but what do I know?"

Yunneth soon takes her things and walks back into her dark cave. Yunneth began to mix potions and poisons with some roses while with others she added to the plant experiment. As she worked, the woman began to think. how was it people could cling onto this...happiness? It seemed weak to her. And very, very strange. Soon she began to think back on the teasing she did with Buto. She would have that dark smile as she harassed him but it was a smile all the same. It was their thing. Yunneth soon broke a glass while in her thoughts. The shatter made her snap out of it and Yunneth simply gave a sigh and grumbled.

"Damn it all..."

Yunneth soon began to carefully pick up the pieces by hand since she had no broom to correctly gather the pieces.

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Orland gave an evil eye toward Rogus. He did not like the idea of being called ugly, but he allowed it to pass for the moment. "Well can you explain to me why you care so much for that axe", spoke Orland. The knight knew he was probably stepping on a sour spot. He had heard of Butorega before from a few of his comrades and knew the man had passed. What he did not know was that he had sheep friends, but then again could this woman really be called a sheep. She seemed as sharp as a dagger and was probably more deadly than one too. "If happiness is not worth chasing then why do you keep the axe of a dead man?"

[Yunneth]

Yunneth could hear Orland talk to her as she picked up the glass. The shaman sat there a moment. Oh how she wanted to shut him up. Yunneth was trying not to clench her hand other wise it would be cut up. Yunneth sighed and looked back at the knight.

"...I have my reasons. I keep this axe in memory of the only man I could ever call friend. I respected him and he respected me. Let us keep it at that. Now let me ask...why do you ask so many questions that make me want to rip your tongue out...?"

Yunneth soon went back to cleaning up the glass and soon threw it into what looked like a trash can.

[Rogus]

Rogus appeared behind the giant knight. He had been sitting around in the shadows, undoubtably known to the shaman, so he stayed out of her way. She behaved strangely, her past outbursts hinted at what she really had with the owner of that axe. She looked too young for that, he thought, though the axe could just be an old friend's, he doubted it. He attempted to pat the knight on his back, and sighed.

Let it be, big guy. She ain't tellin' the whole truth for a reason y'know. He whispered, hoping the knight would shut up and keep the shaman from collapsing the cave. I wouldn't push the matter anymore.

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Orland stopped and turned around and looked at the thief. He was still actually mad about the statement he said before. Rather than waste time trying to chase him around the stupid cave Orland had waited patiently for him to come his way.

"Actually", spoke Orland as he grabbed the man by his collar and lifted him into the air. The rouges body was now off the ground as he was left in the control of the giant. "I am still a bit soar about your last statement." Orland gave the rough a fist of steel to his face and tossed him outside the cave. The knight then began to run forward with hopes of kicking the man off the hill.

[Rogus]

Sour? You seem-- His witty comeback was cut short by the fist to the face. Rogus responded with a quick, surprisingly well-aimed punch to the giant's nose. If it hit or not, there was little to nothing he could have done to prevent being thrown out of the cave. He rolled and caught himself just before he was launched down the hill. He scrambled to his feet and wiped his mouth, which was bleeding profusely. He nearly took a moment to finish his quip before noticing the charging mass of steel coming toward him.

Do you always attack people who give you advice? He held out his cloak like and shook it to entice the man into continuing his charge. As soon as he was close enough, Rogus whipped his cloak around and spun in a one-hundred-eighty degree motion away from the man, using his far superior agility to dodge him completely. Rogus attempted to kick the man in the back, hopefully sending him sprawling down the hill, toward the unfortunate saplings he would undoubtedly crush. Whether this worked or not, Rogus would be long gone before the giant could recover. He left a rose at the cave's entrance as a final sign of peace as he ran for the hills.

[Rogus leaves the thread]