Kage grinned as he started collecting the firewood for his fire. Kage had never made a bond fire but someone at a bar he was at said that a bondfire was like a becon for people who wanted to have a nice party. So for the first party he hosted he was going to start the fire bring the alcohol and let the good times flow.
Kage build the fire about 2 yards high and set it on fire. "Now time for the seats" Kage said. Kage closed his eyes and focused on his task. Within seconds razor sharp claws came out of the shadows and quickly cut the tree into four pieces. "Exellent!!!" Kage said pretty proud of his work. Kage moves the logs in their place surrounding the fire and sat down. "This was going to be a good night" Kage thought to himself pouring himself a drink.
Elena slowly approached the bonfire, holding her staff in front of her in anticipation of sudden attacks. Her keen eyes focused on the figure sitting in the shadows.
"Who goes there?" she said, seeing the young man in the light of the flame.
Kage almost choked on hid beer as Elena approached. Kage coughed and sat upright pounding on his chest. "Um, I'm Kage" Kages said trying to regain is composure. "This is my bond fire party" Kage said taking another sip of his beer. "All are welcome" Kage said gestering to Elena with is glass.
Man Kage just lit this thing and allready someone has arrived. If there is one kind of person you can trust for acurate advice it is a bar fly
"Bonfire, huh?" Elena cocked her head, smiling. "Well, hi there. I'm Elena."
She sat down next to Kage. "Could you get me a drink? 'need something to make me forget..."
Kage grinned and looked through the drinks he had. Kage looked over at Elena. "You look like a wine kind of a lady" Kage said smiling. he took out a bottle. with a bottle in one hand an a glass in the other he poured the fine lady a glass with expert like skill and precision. after handing handing Elena the glass he looked deep into her eyes.
well you obviously want to talk about what ever you want to forget so I am just gonna-" Kage took a giant gulp of his beer "-now what is it you are trying to forget?" Kages said ready for what ever speech was to come.
"Everything. And nothing. I don't really think about these sorts of things." Elena practically threw the wine glass at her face, spilling some drops on her cloak. "Hey, this stuff ain't bad." she said, wine dripping down her mouth.
"Some dude ripped me off in a deal I made. Hate those bashterds, you know?"
Kage took a cloth out of his pants pocket and gently wiped the wine off of Elena's face. "sounds like you have had a bad day, but stuff like that happens all the time if you see them just give them the old one two with that staff of yours." Kage lied down on the log and looked up at the sky. "If you want to end the day of on a good foot i guess this is the right place to be huh? if you want more of the wine just ttake the bottle you probably will consume most of it anyways" Kage said relaxing as the beach breeze passed trough him like a reminder of the wonderful place you currently are.
Laeli approaches the crackling bonfire warily. With her dragon, runt, at her side, she silently climbs a nearby pine tree untill she is near the top.
Unfortunately for her, the branch is slippery and she fallsfrom a few meter high onto the ground with a dull thud.
Elena smiled as the boy wiped the wine off her face. "I guess it is. Thanks." She took the wine-bottle and gave it a big swig.
"Say, you smell kind of funny. Anything happen to you?"
Realising that none heard her fall, Laeli takes the opportunity to draw her rapier.
"Hello?" she wavers
Elena turned to the little girl, hearing the thud just then.
"Huh? Who are you?" she said. She conjured a ball of fire in her hands to be on the safe side.
In an instant, Runt is by Laeli's side, and a soft, calming wave of emotions spreads through the air.
"I'm Laeli. And you"
Elena dematerialized her fireball, feeling the sudden strong hunch that maybe this person was not out to hurt them.
"Elena. Guy with me's Kage. Not sure if you can join us, though - you look kinda young for something like this." She took a swig of her bottle.
Shoot kage had got a spell to make sure his favorite skin stayed fresh but maybe it was more temporary than the old hag said. Kage discreatly sniffed his armpit for effect "What why, I had to cut my shower a little short today but even tha-" Kage's sentance was interupted by a girl a dragon and a runt falling from a tree. Not only was this an amazing joke in the making but it was also an amazing distraction. "Hello friend, hope you don't like wine." Kage grinned at his joke. "well, technically this is my party but more or less" kage said as a responce to elena.
Elena grinned. "That's right. Sorry about that, hee." she giggled, taking another swig from her flask.
(OOC: Got to sleep, sorry.)
Laeli flares up in indignance. A burst of sibulant words stream from her mouth.
"I'm Fifteen toe-sucker"
(OCC: doesn't everyone)
"Hahaha! That's adorable."
Elena bopped the girl lightly on the head with her staff.
Laeli scowls indignantly.
"I'm not adorable. Ask runt. In fact I'm deadly"
"I'm scared!!" Kage said sarcastically taking another swig of his beer.
Kage pointed at Laeli and handed her an apple cider. "Some soft stuff for the deadly fifteen year old." Kage said chuckling a little.
"Hey, maybe we should lay off the kid. She seems alright."
Elena sniffed the air again. "Seriously, though. That smell...that isn't your regular dirt."
"At least I don't look like I'm eighty. And since you don't seem to appreciate me, I'll be off somewhere else with my kegs of two hundered year old cider. And pretzels."
"Fine." Laeli takes out a bottle of strong cider from her side and sips slowly, before choking on the bitter taste.
Elena choked.
"Hey! You take that back!"
"Ladies Ladies, your both beautiful now what's wrong with the dirt Elena?" Kage said clutching his beer.
"There's...something off about it. Something different than regular muck and grime. I can't quite...put my finger on it..."
Laeli sips the cider casualy, before choking on the bitter taste.
"Heh. Too much for ya, girlie?" Elena snickers.
Kirl was quite confused about the whole situation. She and her hyena companion, Oax, had been watching the whole exchange perched in tree high above the three other people and the small dragon. The two older people were teasing the teenage girl, but unlike them, Kirl did not underestimate the girl, you never know who could be deadly, after all, Kirl herself was only seventeen, and very capable of killing, not that she liked to.
Kirl gathered every piece of information she could about the three, and when she had, she nodded at Oax, who, despite being a hyena, had climbed the tree with her, nearly as silent as her human friend.
Kirl and Oax had been completely silent, but now they both dropped from the tree, landing silently and looking over the people standing there.
Kirl held up her hands in a gesture of peace, and smiled at them. "Hello," she said. "I'm Kirl and this is Oax. I heard you talking and decided to drop in, you have any extra drinks?"
Elena turned around to look at the new arrivals. She lazily held the bottle in her hand and shook it at them.
"Y'can have the rest of this."
"Thanks," Kirl said, taking the bottle. Before drinking, she sniffed the liquid, then held down the bottle for Oax to sniff. The hyena looked up at her, sending a message saying that there was no detectable poison in the drink. Kirl smiled at her friend and took a long drink. She was adept at identifying poisons, and so was Oax, though the hyena was better at it, considering the animal's heightened sense of smell.
Kirl was not unfamiliar with alcohol, despite being only a teenager, and swallowed the liquid without showing any signs of discomfort. After running away at age twelve, she had been exposed to many things a normal twelve-year old would not have encountered.
"What is the purpose of this gathering?" the young adventurer asked those around her.
"Umm, hello, I'm still here peoples, whether you like it or not." yells Laeli, waving her hand in front of Kira's face.
Kirl looked over at the other teenager, who was now yelling.
"I'm sorry," Kirl said truthfully. "I wasn't ignoring you on purpose. What's your name? I'm Kirl."
"Oh. Right. Well, wanna pretzel?" Laeli says lamley, smiling wanly after her out burst.
"More people who look too young to be drinking in the wilderness, I see." smirked Elena.
"No thank you," Kirl said to the teenager as she offered her a pretzel, and she raised an eyebrow at the other woman.