Making New Friends? (Pheonix) [M]

[Nomad]

Sighing softly Lane looks down at the fire as he pushes another piece of wood into it to keep it going. " That should do. " He says with a faint nod, his gaze slowly raising to the food that rested above the fire, tied up so that it would dry out from the heat of the fire. Though he perhaps should be more careful, he gave little thought to the smoke as it rose into the air. With the fire fed Lane shifts his gaze and glances around for a brief moment at his camp. Raising from a kneeling position  Lane rubs his hands on his pants to wipe the dirt off of his hands.

As he cleans his hands he casts his gaze to the lake for a moment before glancing to a large rock that juts out into the water. The sun hung high in the sky, roughly mid day, and beat down onto the forest. Stepping past the fire Lane makes his way over onto the rock that juts out into the water and begins to strip down. Taking off each piece of clothing he drops it onto the rock below him and sets his dagger down with his cloths before he moves into the water, pausing momentarily at the temperature before moving deeper into the water slowly.

[Pheonix]

Pheonix was being chased by a group of bloodthirsty orc goblin things. There teeth were yellow and moldy and they stank so badly that all the animales for a mile around had run away. She conjured a wall of fire between the orcblins (as she had decided to call them), in order to give her a brief respite from all that running. She wiped away a drop of blood from a scrape she had gotten from a branch while running.

[Nomad]

Moving into the water until it came up to his stomach, Lane come to a stop and shivered faintly. Standing still he glances to his camp for a moment, he always had a fear of animals coming into his camp and taking his food, though this fear was something that had happened to the man before. Finally after putting it off for as long as he could, Lane turns his attention back to the water and draws in a deep breath moments before submerging himself under the water.

[Pheonix]

Pheonix started to run again, but she was almost out of energy and her fire had just winked out of existence. She had lost more energy than she had realized. She burst out of the trees and into what looked like an abandonded camp. Except the fire was still going. As the orcblins raced out of the forest behind her shrieking, she stuck her face in the flames sucking them up into her mouth as she fainted onto the ground next to the now fireless firepit.

[Nomad]

Having gone under the water, Lane is unaware of the intruder that bursts into his camp, leading creatures from the forest into his camp as well. Feeling the need for air he comes up, gasping for air before he glances to his camp for a brief moment. Glancing to his camp Lane instantly notices the fire is out and there is someone laying next to the fire pit, though that is only part of his concern as some foul looking creatures seem to be in his camp as well. " Hey! " Lane shouts out as he instantly begins to move, quickly trudging through the water and back up onto the rock. Not giving much thought to the fact that he is naked, Lane picks up the dagger and pulls it from its sheath as he steps from the rock and into his camp " Get out of here! " he shouts at the orcblins.

[Pheonix]

The fire she had eaten was starting to bring her energy back. She opened her eyes and saw a totally naked, hot man. This must be a dream, she thought to herself. But then she noticed the orcblins and the man waving a dagger at them. She felt that she should help and tried to sit up but collapsed again.

[Nomad]

Waving the dagger about with his arms, Lane keeps his attention fixed on the orcblins instead of looking to the woman that lay on the ground. " Get! " He yells, treating the orcblins more like animals. Moving over to were he kept his other weapons he throws his dagger at one of them before taking hold of the spear in the ground and pulling it up and pointing it at the orcblins.

[Pheonix]

Pheonix lay there wishing she could help but the fuzziness in her brain wasnt going away fast enough. She looked up and saw the man trying to scare the creatures off.

[Nomad]

Lane watches as his dagger his one of the orcblins and has the desired affect as it causes the creature to turn tail and run. Though it worked on one of the orcblins the other three however did not turn tail and run like the forth. Instead of running the other three rush at Lane poised to attack. " Crap. " Lane says as the three come at him. Turning his attention to one of the orcblins Lane spins the spear around in his hand before grasping it with the pointed end in front of him and thrusting it forwards, aimed at one of the orcblins. Catching the creature mid stride, Lane sinks his spear into the chest of the creature bringing its life to an end as it writhes on the end of his spear.

[Pheonix]

As th man engaged the orcblins, Pheonox realized that thy may be smarter than she had first thought. They were moving to surround him and pin him against the lake so he couldn't retreat. S one of them lunged from behind at him she summoned up her last reserves of strength and ahot a large ball of darkness at it, sending itthrough thw ir and into the water, a steaming hole through its chest.

[Nomad]

Lane thought for a moment that he could handle the little buggers with his spear since he had managed to kill one of them. However as they work to surround him he is forced to give ground rather then hold it and step back. With his back to the river now Lane wondered if he should have stayed in the water rather then come out here, however he was protecting his camp and a woman that seemed to need help. Out of nowhere Lane catches sight of a large ball of darkness that flies through the air and strikes one of the orcblins behind him, sending the creature into the water though it did land a killing blow. Turning his gaze, Lane glances to the woman for a brief moment before he turns his attention back to the orcblins. Going on the offensive again Lane steps forwards and thrusts out with his spear before he swings it in an arc in front of him to try and clear a path away from the water. As he swings his spear he strikes one of the orcblins with the tip of it, gashing the creature across the chest with the blade and sending it flying.

[Pheonix]

As the man defeated the last of the orcblins Pheonix finally fell back into unconciousness. She felt stupid for thinking she could walk into a den of them and steal their gold. Luckily most of them had given up before she had collapsed and that she had stumbled on this mans camp otherwise shee would probably be dead by now. But she had gotten away with an old symbolic Adelan crown. It bulged in her pack satisfyingly and was the last thing she thought before sinking into the black pit of unconciousness.

[Nomad]

Felling the last of the orcblins Lane takes a brief moment to glance around in search of any others that may pose a threat to him, though he found none. Turning his gaze to the woman he finally realizes the lack of clothing on his body and quickly uses a hand to cover up, however he quickly realizes the woman on the ground had fallen unconscious. With a sigh of relief, Lane stabs the spear into the ground and moves over to his cloths on the rock and begins to get dressed.

After getting dressed he moves over to the woman and shifts his gaze over her form for a moment, seeing that she has a few small injuries though it did not seem she had anything life threatening. " Well. " He murmurs lightly to himself as he looks down at this strange woman that came out of no where, bringing danger into his camp. Lane moves over to his pack and pulls out some clean cloth and takes a moment to bandage her injuries before he moves over to his fire that had gone out, though he was not sure how that had happened. Fetching the items he needs, Lane takes a moment to get the fire going again before turning his attention back to the mysterious woman.

Carefully Lane scoops the woman up into his arms, trying not to wake her, before he moves her over under his tent and lays her onto his bed. With her resting on his bed he removes the pack she is wearing and sets it aside. Noticing the bulge in the pack Lane's curiosity gets the better of him, causing him to open the pack up to find out what it holds.

[Pheonix]

Pheonix woke up at dusk, the sun setting through the entrance to the tent. She vagely remembered a naked man, but that was probably just a dream. She glanced around her noticing the unfamiliar surroundings. Sh decided she had either been raped or it hadnt been a dream. She poked her head out of the tent, starving.

[Nomad]

Having found the crown in the bag he looked at it before setting it aside, leaving both her bag and the item in his tent before he went about doing things in his cap, leaving her to rest in his tent throughout the rest of the day.

Hearing her move around in his tent, Lane figured that she was awake though he didn't go to check on her, not wanting to startle her or anything. Resting outside the tent by the fire he pokes at the fire with a stick before lifting his gaze to look to the woman as she pokes her head out of the tent. " Hello. " He says with a soft smile, hanging over the fire was some meat drying and the smell of food filled the camp as on the fire rested a pot with something cooking in it.

[Pheonix]

"Ummm. Hi...   Do you often walk around naked? I mean im grateful and all but its a bit strange. Even for someone as hot as you." Pheonix slapped her forehead. Why was she cursed with this impulsiveness!  She glanced around the camp her cheeks turning red. She noticed the crown out of its bag. Well he hasnt stolen it... he must not be a bandit, She thought.

[Nomad]

A greeting from her, that was a good sign. Though as she brought up the fact that he was naked earlier, Lane blushes a bit. He didn't think she had seen him naked but in fact she did. He blushes a bit more as she makes the comment about him being hot. " No, I don't walk around naked. You caught me while I was washing up in the river. " Lane smiles as he watches her for a moment. She was not freaking out or trying to attack him, which were both good signs. " Why don't you join me by the fire. " he says, patting the spot next to him " The food is just about done and there should be enough for the two of us. " He says in a friendly tone, offering her some of is food.

[Pheonix]

He didnt seem to be a perv but looks can be decieving. Just to be on the safe side she sat on the opposite side of the fire and fingered her dual chain blades. "Thank you." She looked up and saw the man seemed to be blushing just like her. This caused her another round of blushing. She looked up again into his eyes and felt a strange connection, like with her dragon, except this was more like electricity. She continued to stare into his stormy gray eyes.

[Nomad]

Though he offered her a seat next to him, she sat opposite him which was not a problem either, it was mostly to get her out in front of the fire to keep her warm. " Your welcome. " He says with a smile as he gazes into her eyes once they both made eye contact. For a moment he remains silent and simple gazes into hr eyes. Breaking eye contact he looks back to the fire, lightly blushing again " It's getting night so if you'd like you can stay here. It can get dangerous in the forest at night. I'll sleep out here and you can take the tent. " Lane leans in close to the fire and takes a wooden spoon and stirs the contents of the pot as he glances to the woman.

[Pheonix]

"Its ok. I sleep in the cold a lot." She said. She realized she ws still stareing i to his eyes as he broke eyecontact with her. She blushed, her cheeks literally flameing. As he stirred the pot she remembered how hungry she was and her stomach rumbled loudly. "Thank you for your offer. Ill just sleep by the fire." He seemed like a nice guy and he wasnt that unattractive either. She decided to try to be social and scooted around the fire to sit about  a foot from him.