Snowtops

[blaqknoise]

"You don't know if she won't let me take a piece of her wing, she might be nice enough to repay me with a new shirt."

Terryn wasn't surprised that Kaden was caught in this situation. He didn't seem like the smartest person, and if he was joking, well, no one was laughing.

"Forget the shirt let's just go. If you don't come then you'll be left here."

"Now are you gonna try to catch me or are you just gonna keep stinking up the place with your bad breath some more."

"And that's my cue to leave. I'd rather live then foolishly take on a dragon."

Terryn began running towards the forest where he had seen Casri, hoping that the dragon would just let him go an concentrate on getting Kaden instead.

[Kirsui]

"Now are you gonna try to catch me or are you just gonna keep stinking up the place with your bad breath some more."
"And that's my cue to leave. I'd rather live then foolishly take on a dragon."

Kirianzath chuckled amusedly, watching the cloaked man leave.
"Wise choice", she muttered, then turned her gaze at Kaden.

"Seems your 'friend' here deserted you... Now, will you finally stop delaying the inevitable?"

She suddenly crouched and pounced straight upwards, using all the strength she had in her hind legs to propel herself up on the sky. However, instead taking off on her wings, she twisted her long tail, swooping it towards where Kaden was sitting with a surprisingly swift movement for someone of her size. She didn't seem to care any more whether or not her tail would hit the houses or any bystanders, just as long as she would get her claws on Kaden.

---

Casri had stopped when she could see Terryn's house. She had crouched into the bushes, blending in with the plants. She clutched her bow in one hand in front of her, holding an arrow in place with her other hand. She wasn't aiming anywhere, but she was ready to do so if she had to.

[epppe]

"Seems your 'friend' here deserted you... Now, will you finally stop delaying the inevitable?"
"The enivitable? I don't think you know exactly who I am."

Kaden seemed surprisingly relaxed when the dragon lunged and swung her tail at him. Right before the tail hit him though, he teleported from where he was sitting to between the bigger horns on the dragon heads.

"Can't blame you though, I don't exactly know who I am either."


He had his knives put back where they were usually and held on to the horns of the dragon so he wouldn't fall off. Bending over so the dragon could see him now, Kaden looked into the dragons eye with a smirk still on his face.

"For being a pet for the king, I'm surprised you don't have a collar. Maybe I'll make you my pet since I'm already riding on top of you."

[blaqknoise]

Terryn was deep into the forest now, and there was no sign of Casri.

"Casri!" He shouted "Where'd you run off to?"

He continued looking around the area. Perhaps there was a footprint or something that would tell him which direction she headed.
Just as he turned around, he saw something in the bushes that was reflecting the light from the sun. He stared at it for a moment and realized that it was an arrow head.

"Casri? Is that you in there?"

[Kirsui]

"For being a pet for the king, I'm surprised you don't have a collar. Maybe I'll make you my pet since I'm already riding on top of you."

Kirianzath stared at Kaden with an unimpressed expression. She wasn't at all surprised that he had evaded her attack - after all he had managed to flee from pretty much everyone who had ever hunted him.

However, this particular dragon was certain that she would manage to capture this outlaw... Though she wasn't completely certain how.

Without a warning, Kirianzath suddenly pulled her head back on a violent motion. The movement's purpose was to loosen Kaden's hold of her, to send him flying through the air... And be an easy target for her fangs. She readied herself to snap her jaws where she estimated Kaden would be.

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When Casri heard footsteps approach her, she clutched her bow slightly tighter, ready to lift it up if her presence became known.

"Casri? Is that you in there?"

Casri grinned faintly and loosened her tight hold of the bow. It was Terryn, and she had to admit she was impressed that he had noticed her. Or maybe she had just been careless...

Either way, she slowly made her way out of the bushes she had been hiding in. She put the arrow she had readied back to the quiver, then lowered her hood again so that Terryn could see her face.

"I take it the stranger decided not to follow?" she asked with a lifted eyebrow.

[blaqknoise]

"I take it the stranger decided not to follow?"

"He wanted to fight the dragon, and I wanted to live, so I left. The dragon just let me go, no problems."

Terryn began walking towards his house, which was only a few steps away.

"I see you managed to find my place."

[epppe]

Kaden didn't know what the dragon was planning until he was in the air and the dragon had her mouth open right below him. He just pointed straight at the dragons mouth and shot a small bolt of lightning into it's mouth before teleporting to the back of the dragon. Holding onto the wing, Kaden was trying to determine how much of it he woulld need.

"Hey Mr. Dragon, I don't want to offend you here but you wing wouldn't seem very comfortable to make a shirt out of. So I don't want it ant it anymore."

Teleporting back to the front of the dragon, He let out a yawn before continueing talking.

"I guess I'll let you go then, tell the king I said hi."

[Kirsui]

OOC: err.. sorry about the over sized post I wasn't thinking while typing Kirianzath's part XD


Kirianzath screeched in surprise when the small bolt of electricity hit her mouth. She trashed, shaking her head violently to get rid of the nasty feeling. At the same time her long tail flicked from side to side. Though she didn't realize it at first, her tail actually hit a few of the nearest houses. She could hear people's distressed screams and yells, but before she could react to that, Kaden was on her back, trying to peel her wing open from where she had folded it on her side upon landing.

Her distressed screech turned into a snarl, but before she could turn her head to flick the pest away, Kaden was already in front of her.

"I guess I'll let you go then, tell the king I said hi."

She snarled louder, baring her fangs at him. Poison was dripping from them to the ground.
"You can run, Kaden", she hissed, glad that the burns the electricity had caused were already healed enough to let her speak.
"You can run all you want... But you can't hide forever. Go ahead, little pest... Flee. Use your teleportation to get away from danger."

She sneered at him, narrowing her eyes. He had the upper hand, she had to admit that much. She would not be able to land a blow on him... not at the moment, anyway.

"That's all you're good at anyway", she continued. "Teleportation... It explains how you got so close to your targets, and how you managed to flee so quickly. So run, Kaden, run. You're too much of a coward to do anything else. But know this... You can never show yourself in public again. There will be your picture on every town, and everywhere from now on you'll be hunted! Where will you run then, Kaden, when there will be no place to hide?"

She then ignored the small human in front of her, and instead glared at the townsfolk that had gathered around to witness what was happening.
"This man is a murderer", she roared. "Anyone helping him - anyone speaking with him, will be treated just the same - as a murderer. However, there is also a bounty on his head - a bounty so large that whom ever captures - or kills - him won't have to do any labour ever again."

She then pounced on air much swifter than a creature of her size should, and opened her wings. She flapped once, creating a cloud of dust below her while she took to the skies. She would have loved to stay and see if any of these pathetic creatures would take on Kaden - she knew there had to be some that would try... Not that they would necessarily succeed.

However, she had more important matters to deal with. It was clear now how Kaden had avoided detection so well, and she was very pleased with herself that she had managed to dig out at least some of his abilities. Lightning bolts and teleportations...

She grinned to herself as she soared higher before taking course towards central Warinia. Yes, her report would indeed be interesting.

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"I see you managed to find my place."

Casri shrugged as she followed Terryn.
"I saw you coming out of this house earlier, when I arrived to Snowtops."

She then frowned when she heard the dragon roar again. She couldn't make out the words, but from the tone she was fairly certain that the dragon was angry. She glanced towards the other buildings, and to her surprise saw the dragon take off and leave. Instinctively she wrapped her cloak tighter around herself, clearly distressed by the dragon's appearance to Snowtops.

"So much so for staying around then", she muttered, more to herself than to Terryn.

[blaqknoise]

"I saw you coming out of this house earlier, when I arrived to Snowtops."

"Oh yes, right. That was you."

"So much so for staying around then"

"Don't let the dragon discourage you," Terryn told as he opened the door, "It's not here for anyone but Kaden."

Terryn stepped inside and too off his cloak, folded it up and put it aside. Terryn's house wasn't much, but he liked it. There was a fireplace, but no fire was going, a small rectangular wooden table with 4 seats, just big enough if he were to have a few people over. A few candles scattered around for lighting once the house became dark during the night, and some weapons and armour on the other side of the room. Several swords leaning against the walls, bows, daggers, shields, and many other things. Finally, tucked into the far left corner was his bed.

"Welcome," he said, "It's not much, but it's good enough for me."

[epppe]

Kaden just stood there saying goodbye and waving as the dragon flew away from the fight. He had a big grin on his face and a triumphant pose when standting there.

"Dang I'm good," He said to all the villagers that were watching, "Did all of you see how I got that dragon to run away scared of the mighty Kaden."
Looking around though, He saw that the group of villagers was getting bigger and were grabbing whatever they could use as a weapon.

the next thing Kaden knew was that he was running through the forest dodging everything the villagers were throwing at him. All he could do was run away screaming since he didn't want to turn around and fight the villagers. Seeing a hut though, he thought he could atleast try hiding in there.

Kaden ran straight to the hut, opened the door and slammed it closed behind him. When he turned around though he saw that the two people he met at the inn were there too.

"Oh, hey it's you two again. What a coincidence that we keep meeting like this."
Looking through a window, Kaden saw that the villagers were starting to surround the hut.
"Anything new happen with you two because I could write a story for what's happened to me so far."

[Kirsui]

"Don't let the dragon discourage you. It's not here for anyone but Kaden."

"I suppose so..." Casri muttered uncertainly. However, she left it at that for now, knowing that she wouldn't stay at Snowtops for much longer anyway. A dragon was a dragon, and it might return here.

"Welcome. It's not much, but it's good enough for me."

Casri looked at the interior, taking note at the wide selection of weaponry on one of the walls. She had no idea what Terryn needed so many weapons for, nor did she get the chance to ask either even if she had wanted to.

The door suddenly slammed, and Casri spun around with wide eyes. She perhaps shouldn't have been as surprised as she was but... she couldn't help herself.

"Oh, hey it's you two again. What a coincidence that we keep meeting like this. Anything new happen with you two because I could write a story for what's happened to me so far."

Casri blinked, then frowned, glancing out of the window to see the villagers beginning to surround the house.
"What have you done?" she hissed, not at all pleased to see Kaden again.
"First it was a dragon, and now the whole village is after you?"

[blaqknoise]

"Oh, hey it's you two again. What a coincidence that we keep meeting like this. Anything new happen with you two because I could write a story for what's happened to me so far."

Terryn looked out the window and saw the villagers starting to surround his small home.

"What have you done? First it was a dragon, and now the whole village is after you?"

"Your book would be an interesting read Kaden. A story about a man who could fend off a dragon, but was forced to run into a house by a few villagers."

Terryn opened to door and took a few steps out so the villagers could see him. Once they saw that Kaden was with him they'd relax and go back to what they were doing.

"Don't worry everyone, he's with me," he shouted, "you shouldn't be trying to get him anyway, he just protected you all from that dragon."

As soon as the villagers began walking back Terryn tuned back inside and shut the door.

"You're lucky I have a good reputation with these people Kaden."

[epppe]

Kaden didn't pay attention as Terryn got the villagers away from his own home. The weapons on the wall was what caught his eye and he walked over to them to get a better look. Grabbing a random sword, he began to inspect it and saw that it was a well crafted sword.

"You're lucky I have a good reputation with these people Kaden."

"yep, I guess I am. You mind if I ask where you got some of these weapons, because you got a nice collection going on here."

He began to swing the sword around with some skill with the weapon, but still having a bit of trouble handling it since it wasn't his type of weapon. Putting the sword away, Kaden took a seat at the table that was in the room.

"You don't happen to be part of the kings army by any chance?"

[Kirsui]

While Casri was relieved that Terryn had managed to persuade the villagers to leave, she was far from pleased that Kaden was there. She eyed him suspiciously as he examined Terryn's weapon collection, testing one of the swords, before he took a seat at the table.

"You don't happen to be part of the kings army by any chance?"

Casri rolled her eyes as she walked to stand at the window, choosing to glare outside instead of the two men in the room. She already knew the answer to this question. However, it wouldn't harm to listen it again, at least maybe that way she could keep the attention away from herself a while longer.

[blaqknoise]

Terryn watched as Kaden played around with one of the swords from his weapon stash. It didn't seem like he really knew how to use one that well though. He soon put the sword away and sat down.

"You don't happen to be part of the kings army by any chance?"

"I used to, but I'm not anymore." He paused an grinned slightly, "What gave it away, the big coat of arms on the back of my cloak, or the stash of military grade weapons?"

[epppe]

"What gave it away, the big coat of arms on the back of my cloak, or the stash of military grade weapons?"

"Neither one of those, I could tell because it seems you never have any fun."
Kaden leaned back in his chair getting comfortable while he was there.
"You didn't want to fight the dragon and now you didn't want to help the villagers try getting the bounty on my head."

Looking over at the other one that was in the room who seemed to be trying to avoid attention. Feeling like he shouldn't be the center of attention, Kaden tried to bring the attention to he female.

"So what about you miss? You seem to try to stay out of the spotlight so what's your story?"

[Kirsui]

Casri listened quietly as the two men spoke. She had wrapped her cloak tight around herself even though it wasn't cold in the hut. She frowned when Kaden mentioned there was a bounty on his head. How very nice. It seemed she would indeed need to leave quickly.

"So what about you miss? You seem to try to stay out of the spotlight so what's your story?"

She closed her eyes momentarily, trying to calm herself and failing miserably.
"My story is not something I wish to share with you."

Oh she knew she was far from polite when she said those words, but really, she couldn't help herself. Kaden attracted far too much attention to her liking, and the further away from him she'd stay the better for her. So, with a sigh she turned to face the two men.

"Thank you, Terryn, for being so kind today", she said. "I shall not forget it."

With that said, she turned, took her bow from where she had left it to lean against the wall and stepped outside of the house. With a swift movement she pulled her hood on her head and headed to the forest.

[blaqknoise]

"Neither one of those, I could tell because it seems you never have any fun."

"Our opinions of fun seem to be very different." Terryn replied.

"You didn't want to fight the dragon and now you didn't want to help the villagers try getting the bounty on my head."

"I was not aware that there was a bounty on your head. Would you rather have had me let the citizens get you?"

When Kaden then addressed Casri she seemed tense. He wondered what caused her to be so quiet and uptight.

"Thank you, Terryn, for being so kind today, I shall not forget it."

Terryn was confused by Casri's sudden goodbye, and before he could think of anything to say she was already out the door. He jogged out and grabbed her shoulder to stop her.

"Why are you leaving here so suddenly, and where do you plan to go? It's dangerous out there, it's not safe to wander around aimlessly."

[Kirsui]

Casri didn't get far when Terryn stopped her. She turned to face him when he spoke.

"Why are you leaving here so suddenly, and where do you plan to go? It's dangerous out there, it's not safe to wander around aimlessly."

She gave him a faint smile.
"In that case, wandering aimlessly makes no difference to my current situation", she said, and her smile disappeared.
"There is no safe place for me, Terryn. I would like to think that there was, but..."
She shook her head.
"I saw too much in New Westminster. I know far too much of what happened - and what did not. I know they are looking for me, in secrecy, maybe, but still they are looking."

Casri fell silent for a moment, glancing at the house with a faint frown.
"I can not stay... Too much attention has been drawn here for my liking..."
She shook her head again, backing away from Terryn slightly. She was struggling to keep the frown on her face, but it was clear that underneath she seemed to be quite afraid.
"Please", she said quietly, avoiding looking at Terryn. "I have to go..."

[blaqknoise]

Terryn had now learned that people were after, but only because she "saw too much". It didn't make sense to him though. Why would someone, or a group of people, go out of their way just to look for some random citizen who saw what happened at New Westminster.
Terryn barely heard what other things she said. His mind was busy trying to put the pieces together. After a few more moments his eyes widened. He took another look at her face, and he realized why he recognized it.

"Please, I have to go..."

"Let me come with you," He replied, "I can't let myself allow you to go off alone. No offense, but you don't seem like you have much combat experience. You saw my stash of weapons. I can teach you to use some. Where ever you plan to go, I can help you get there."