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A simple way of life

Syrrus

Wishful bard
The beautiful lands of his home. Valerik was a proud member of the Takiri tribe, it was a small tribe of people who lived in between four deadly climates and near the sea of sand. It was for the best after all, Valerik was not a very good swimmer. The great Sea of Sand was in fact just that, a sea made out of sand, the winds were so strong that they managed to move great ships across the desert as if they were riding proper waves made out of proper water. It was an incredible sight and he had to admit that he enjoyed watching it more than sailing it.


Except the ocean of desert the sleepy Taki Village were also decorated by great mountain ranges, cliffs and beautiful shimmering waterfall. It was in the great lake just north of town where the fishermen lived for even though the Sea of Sand contained strange fish the lake actually contained them who weren't made of solid rock. It was a strange land indeed but it was home and Valerik had never witness anything different. Except the beautiful sparkling lake and the tall roaring waterfalls the mountain range was also dotted by cave systems, dark and cold. No one but the bravest would venture down there and Valerik would have been a fool not to admit that he had been one of them who did in on a daily basis. It was his job after all.


There was also the great jungle, west of town as well as the snow peak to the east. As mentioned earlier, the village sure where placed in a dangerous location but the people there had grown to love it and even though many lived under fear of great and terrible monsters, some swimming in the ocean, others living in the cave, flying in the sky, living in the trees and diving in the great lake. Valerik was one of the few who could be called Monster Hunters. A proud title that he carried with great honor.


Today however, when the sun was burning hot and throwing beams of gold down upon the village, Valerik was spending his time sitting upon the wooden steps to his tiny hut, just by the end of town. He lived there by himself. His different armors and weapons were decorating the walls indoor. His kitchen were connected to the bedroom and he had almost no space at all to attend guests. In fact, the only spacious about his property was the small farmland he had come to taken care of just outside. It wasn't too big either but large enough to grow some carrots, potatoes and other useful herbs and berries he needed for his great hunts.


Valerik was sitting quietly, making arrows for one of his beautiful bows while the sun danced over his ebony hair which was getting awfully curly down his neck. He was not wearing anything too fancy either. Just a simple white shirt, open over the chest, thick but good trousers that would keep cold and water away from his knees, as well as sturdy boots. He was nothing much and if it wasn't for his strong build and the fact that he had one long scar over his lip people could easily have thought that he was just a simple farmer in his thirties.
 
The Arabizea tribe was a group of about twenty nomadic people. There were known for their feline characteristics and agility and tribal lifestyle, but among them was one outsider they guarded as their own. Naellia originated from a distant planet that had no such diversity nor beauty such as this one. Of course, Naellia wasn't her birth name. That name was long forgotten along with the customs of her old life. The Arabizea tribe stumbled upon her after she was marooned by a group of her peers. She was once what the humans called an 'intergalactic police officer.' She made the mistake of making an enemy of the wrong person and ended up abandoned.


She was quick to assimilate for survival and soon became an honorary Arabizean, in all ways but physical. Her fair complexion and dark hair made her stick out like a sore thumb against the darker, slightly furred, and tailed creatures of the Arabizea tribe. Though, the Arabizeans were fierce to anyone who chose to act on this difference. Many of the children of the tribe tried to replicate their fur patterns by painting on her with a paint their parents made from berries.


Now, the Arabizeans make their way through a dense forest. Naellia hangs to the back of the group, entertaining the children as they walk along. The vegetation grew thick at the base of stories high trees and various butterflies of all different shapes, patterns, and sizes flutter by. The children squeal and laugh and run circles around Naellila and a mother who also stays back to watch the children. The vegetation thins to reveal a glistening lake. The adults stop to sip the clear water and the children run rampant in the shallow areas.


Naellia black hair permeates the nearby water as she bows her head for a drink, making it look as if someone poured a bottle of ink into the crystal clear liquid. She stays kneeling at the edge of the water, listening to the sounds of the forest among the laughter of the children. She has seen many incredible sights by traveling with the Arabizeans. Though, despite the many creatures she has seen, she has yet to meet another intelligent person or group of people.


She doubts that even if she does, she wouldn't be able to communicate with them. When she first met the Arabizeans, it took her months before she could even form a simple vocabulary using their language. She was an adult by human standards, but, to the Arabizeans, she was a child. Aeran, the leader of the tribe, calls to her as the parents start to round up the children to head off again. "I want to swim." She says slowly to him, keeping her bright blue eyes steady on the sparkling water. "Please?"
 
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Valeric didn't spend much time trying to make himself a new set of arrows, mainly because he was out of material. That wasn't goo. It wasn't good at all, it meant he had to go out and hunt, something that he minded very little but he had hoped to get a day or two off. He got up from his seat on his porch and walked inside to pick out one set of armor that would be suitable for the task. Knowing his luck he'd run into something big and he would be unprepared. Perhaps it was for the best to wear something big, something strong.


Picking the right armor, the one that would make him blend in with the jungle environment and at the same time make it easy to move. He enjoyed a flexible movement, even if he was used to heavier set of armors.


It didn't take him long to get changed, he only had to flash a terrible looking wound decorating his entire back, going from his left hipbone up towards his right shoulder. It hadn't healed properly yet, it was still gloving red. Of course, he was worried too much movement would open it back up, his old friend had spend quite a lot of time sewing him back together. He grinned to himself in the mirror as he placed a pair of goggles on his head, they would help in case he had to swim. Another thing he hoped wouldn't be needed.


He then set out, picking his favorite weapon of the wall and walked the short way out of town. It didn't take him long before he noticed a group of people. They were standing by the lake, some of them were children but he spotted what looked like two adults and one of them was damn right gorgeous. He had to double take, blink a few times and rub his eyes before realizing that she sure was a real human being. She wasn't of his tribe, typical. You could never be too lucky with that sort of thing. He wasn't certain of what tribe she was from either but he figured from their paintings and clothing that they belonged to the Arabizea. His tracking skills was good for not only monsters it seemed.


He walked closer and sat down upon a few rocks, watching them closely. He managed to catch a few words, they didn't speak his language either but he traveled around quite a lot and seeing as he was a hunter he had done his fair share or trading with the Arabizea tribe, so he had picked up quite a few useful words and terms. Coughing to get the attention he smirked and made a hand gesture, the easiest way to greet someone you can't speak with, properly anyway. "I wouldn't swim in these waters if I were you. Snakeskin lives in there." He nodded towards the lake and tilted his head. 'Snakeskin' was what the great best was mostly known as but Valeric knew him as Ratirelion, he didn't wish to run into that thing, not today at least. "But I do have a calm river running by my place, if you'd like." A bit forward perhaps, but he wasn't too good with the whole 'polite conversation' he didn't talk to people much.



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How could anyone by that beautiful? He had never seen anything like it before.

 

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Aeran had already begun to protest the second she opened her mouth. She pouts as a few unfamiliar words run past her and the conversation begins to get lost on her. So, she tunes him out. She is soon startled to her feet by an unfamiliar voice. Examining the intruder, wide-eyed, she makes her way back over to the group. How had she been so absorbed in the idea of swimming she hadn't heard him approach? "Snakeskin?" She blinks at the stranger and Aeran hushes her. When the stranger mentions a river, a small smile spreads across her face. She looks to Aeran expectantly and her raises a hand to her to motion to keep quiet.

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"A kind offer but I'm afraid we all," Here Aeran pauses to look at Naellia, "must decline." He gives her a gentle push toward the rest of the children and she reluctantly trudges over. She sits on the ground with the rest of the children, waiting patiently as the 'adults' talk. She glances back over to the stranger as one of the children pounces on her hair. She laughs and turns to 'wrestle' the child to the ground. After pinning the child, she lifts her gaze to the stranger again. It had been so long since she even saw anyone but the tribe, let alone spoke to them.


Aeran continues rambling on about safety and traveling and "She's just a child." A phrase that causes her to scrunch up her nose and send a look his way. She may have trouble with the language occasionally, but that was a phrase she often heard. "I'm not a child," She pipes up defiantly. "Hush, Naellia," He hisses back to her, turning his head to give her a glare over his shoulder. She sighs, laying back into the dirt as the children climb over her like a personal jungle gym.





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Valerik couldn't help but frown. Why were they treating the woman as a infant? He assumed it had something to do with the fact that she was like him, though he couldn't be certain about that either. He jumped off his rock where he had been perched like a bird in a nest and placed his strong arms across his chest. "How can she be a child? She look to be little younger than myself." He pointed towards his face with his thumb. Arguing with other tribes had always gotten him into trouble, which was another one of his reasons for not going near civilization unless he really had to. "She doesn't look like she's one of your types either."


The man didn't sound rude but he sounded cocksure and headstrong, both which was a typical personality trait for a hunter of monsters. He looked back over at the beautiful woman, a name had been uttered and he figured it belonged to her. "Naellia" he tasted the name, let it roll over his tongue and then looked back at the leader of the group.


"If I may be so bold but she looks like she would fit right in with my tribe." He pointed over his shoulder towards the long and slithering pass through the jungle behind him. "At least the Takiri wont threat a grown woman as a child." He grinned and tilted his head, causing black hair to get in his field of vision. He blew it away with one strong puff off wind from between his lips and continued to watch them.


Why did he have a feeling that their conversation was going to get cut short by either them attacking him in anger or something much, much larger?
 
"You may not be so bold. Where she may or may not belong and how she is treated is none of your concern, boy. You best mind your tongue when speaking about a tribe that is not your own." Naellia sits up, biting her lip at the stranger. She only caught a few words here and there of Aeran's dialogue but he sounded angry and he was the wrong man to anger. "Aeran, please. Mind your tone." A woman with sandy hair and a leopard pattern across her skin comes to Aeran's side. "Perhaps traveling with a stranger for a day's time will teach her about the dangers of... less reliable hosts."





Naellia watches the whole ordeal while the oblivious children continue to romp around her. "Every child will eventually come of age in their own way and perhaps this is Naellia's. I know you worry but she is bolder than you think. She can always return to us, mind you." Naellia grins at the idea of running free for even a day. It had been some time since she had been able to make her own choices. She was, no doubt, grateful to the Arabizeans for taking her in and teaching her about this strange world, but she was knowledgeable enough to make choices for her benefit. Aeran sighs, looking back to Naellia. He hesitates before reluctantly motioning for her to rejoin the conversation.


She happily hops to her feet and walks over to them, hanging back toward Aeran and the sandy haired woman. "Well, go on." Naellia looks to Aeran, expecting more instruction. After a moment, she asks,"Go on what?" He chuckles and ruffles her hair. "Introductions at the very least. Silly girl. Have we kept you away from others for much too long?" Naellia approaches the stranger cautiously and motions to herself with a simple, "Naellia." She presses her lips to his cheek in a short kiss, a sign of vulnerability and friendship - a common greeting among the Arabizeans.
 
He couldn't help to frown at the male in front of him. He was a hunter, it didn't mean much to anyone but it was a well know fact to his own tribe that they were unruly, head-strong and cocksure individual and telling him to hold his tongue made a blood vessel of the side of his head to vibrate slightly. However he didn't say anything for a female seemed to take the situation into her own hands. He continued to stand with his arms across his chest, watching the conversation that took place. Did they have to speak so quickly? It was hard enough for him to remember how to ask for help in a different language, never mind trying to keep up when they had a private conversation.


Valerik supposed that it had little to do with him, until the beautiful lady walked forward and looked upon him with her big eyes. She was gorgeous and it took him back a little. He swallowed nervously when she came even closer, completely forgetting about his idea of private space when her lips reached his cheek. Naellia. It was a beautiful but odd name and he couldn't help but to blush slightly. He had never been kissed by a woman like this before. Not even on the cheek.


"I'm Valerik." He said, as soon as he had collected himself. He looked upon her with confusion. Who was this girl and why was she-- He then heard something. It was just a light bubbling noise, as if someone was boiling tea. The noise caused him to frown slightly and peer out towards the lake. He couldn't see anything, no movement or strange shadows beneath the clear surface. He quickly looked back upon the woman and her... keepers. "I'll keep her safe. You have my word."
 

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