Of Swords and Maidens (Closed!)

[Klezmer Gryphon]

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A calm, gentle breeze floated through the leafy boughs of the woods, gently rustling the foliage as the sun filtered through the canopy to the forest floor. Small puddles of water, and the scent of fresh rain marked the area as having a shower within the last few days. For the moment, all was still, and all was quiet, and then the sound of footsteps squelching through the mud and the ring of a sword returning to its place broke the peaceable silence.

Emese smiled as her spatha fell back into its sheathe, breathing heavily as she leaned against a large oak tree. The silver furred maiden was a peculiarity among her fellow sword wielders; first of all, she no known military experience, and secondly, the vixen was by no means from any renowned family of swordsmen, and yet her skill with a blade was on par with some of the finest knights in the land. Wiping some grime off of her face, Emese looked back over her training area; several trees bore numerous scars and gouges from her successive training exercises, many of them within mere centimetres of each other. If any of the fox's peers were out with her, they'd see how she became so well versed with a blade.

"I suppose that's enough for the moment..." Emese chuckled, putting her hands behind her head as she sat back against the tree. After a long morning of hiking and training out in the wilderness, she was beat. Being as it was a five mile hike back to town, a nap out in the woods didn't seem like a bad idea to her. It'll only be an hour or so... Then maybe I can get back to town and see Jolak about some drinks... she thought, closing her eyes for a well earned snooze...

[Wicked Basket]

Gen had always been one to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. One such pleasure was a stroll through the Serendipity Riverlands. The gently breeze, the rustling leaves, and the smell of recent rain showers were intoxicating. While he could never experience it completely, he could experience it in his own special way. None were able to comprehend the world how he saw it, and he sometimes wished he could explain it, but there's only so much that could be described with mere words.

As he enjoyed his pleasant hiatus from society, he began detecting gouges and in the trees. That was odd. At least it was until he noticed the culprit. It seemed a fellow swordsman, or swordswoman in this case, had selected this location to train. Gen approached one of the trees and examined the cuts, running his fingers down through them. They were very precise, clean cuts, the kind of cuts made by a quality blade held by a competent wielder. Gen then looked to the Emese. She appeared to be sleeping. Gen did not wish to wake her, but her sword was definitely interesting. It wasn't like his katana. It was shorter and straighter. He wanted badly to inquire about it, but also did not want to be rude and disturb her. Gen decided to just wait until she awoke and sat down cross-legged to meditate in the meantime.

[Scythe-Nova]

Lately Lynn had been getting lost more frequently and today was another of those times, She looked at one of the small maps she had gotten so that she would not get lost.

-"...Why do i feel that these maps are outdated..."

She said to herself as she looked up from the maps and looked at her surroundings in confusion, Lynn was clothed in her usual clothes as it was good to wear in this kind of climate. Of course it was not good for the cold but then the cold did not bother Lynn much at all.

-"Hmmm?"

She noticed two people further down the road sitting close to the trees, She could see that one of them was male and the other was female. Lynn hesitated to go over to the untill she thought that she could ask them about the nearest village, she began to make her way over to the two people in a calm but somewhat shy manner.

((Nova is not too happy with this post, But hopefully Nova will get into the swing of posting :3))