Bladecrest

[Gobbo]

Eli heard her scream and stood, fighting through the pain as he stumbled towards the sound of her voice. It didn't take long to find her, and as he did the pain suddenly stopped, leaving him aching. He dropped to the ground next to her, his breathing short and ragged.


"Let's... Let's not do that... Again." he gasped, laying on his back in the leaves.


"I might... I might have said a few things I didn't mean... I'm sorry."

 

[Shura]

Iris didn't bare the pain quite as well as the Dark elf did. Fresh blood trickled from a few sets of cuts were her claws had dug unto her arm. Most weren't too bad save for the ones near the bracelet where she had tried to pull it off. She panted softly not really moving from her spot on the ground. She was grateful that the pain had stopped and glanced over to him as he laid back on the ground. She sighed heavily "Yeah... same here..." she muttered softly. "Sorry...."

 

[Gobbo]

Eli composed himself as best he could, sitting up with a groan of pain. He nodded weakly, digging through his pouch for some gauze. "Apology accepted... Let's not separate like that again." he said, taking her arm gently as he wrapped up her wounds.


"Where were you going?"

 

[Shura]

Iris nodded in agreement hesitent to give him her arm but let him wrap the cuts knowing they would get infected otherwise. She was partly surprised at how gentle he was being given the outburst that transpired between them. She closed her eyes letting the residual throbing in the right arms slowly fade away. "Goodvill.... port city..." She muttered

 

[Gobbo]

Eli nodded, carefully wrapping and tending to her wounds. He looked at her with a little frown. "Why? Were you planning on going back?" he asked, his voice devoid of any anger now. In fact, it almost seemed like he was saddened by the thought, if only for a moment. Once he was done wrapping her arm up he held onto it for a few moments longer, looking at the bracelets. It would take a while for him to figure out exactly how to get them off, but until then they couldn't be separated.

 

[Shura]

"No... " She muttered before sitting up with some effort. "I'd never go back... But I'm not safe on this continent on my own either... I figured I could board a ship and put more distant between my self and Bladecrest... the more the better..." She sighed heavily looking down at the bracelet wondering how such a small thing could be so painful.

 

[Gobbo]

He helped her sit up, moving a little closer with a small frown. "Just somewhere away from Bladecrest... and me, as well." he said quietly, letting go of her arm. "I'm sure we'll figure out a way to get these things off, and then you'll never have to see me again. Until then, we have to stick together." he explained, slowly standing.


"Are you alright to walk? We need to put some more space between us and the town before they figure out that these are missing."

 

[Shura]

Iris looked up finally making eye contact looking very tired compared to before but she just nodded and managed to get to her feet feeling a woozy at first but it faded. "Good plan..." She muttered as they started walking once more. "For the record I don't hate you... Just dealt with enough insults back home... don't exactly take them too well hearing more of them..." She muttered.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli nodded and helped her walk for a moment. "I understand... I just got angry because this wasn't how things were supposed to happen. I don't like it when plans don't work out." he said with a little smile. "An experienced thief getting angry at being thrown for a loop, imagine that." he said, laughing quietly.


"It might be irritating to have you around, since I'm so used to being alone... But you're not that bad. You're also not flea-ridden, from what I've seen."

 

[Shura]

Iris smirked slightly "Told you already, never had one. Don't plan on getting one." She muttered as they continued walking. It seemed things were settled between them for the moment at least. One thing was for sure she did not want to go through that again. "Any Idea on how to get these things off? Or where to look for an answer?" She asked softly looking over to him.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli shrugged, looking over at her. He looked exhausted, though he tried to hide it. "There's one place that I know of that might... It's not close, though." he said with a little sigh. "There are some ruins on the east side of the continent that might hold some answers."

 

[Shura]

Iris nodded slightly. "Then maybe we should head there? My father had no information on the artifacts other than who he had gotten them from and even then the deal was black market level and had no records." she muttered "Small steps I guess.... if anything we could try poking around the arcane library... its also in the east and could have some information."

 

[Gobbo]

Eli watched her for a moment. "Maybe the Arcane Library would be a better place to start." he said with a small smile. "We might find everything we need there."


As they walked his mind started to wander, wondering if things would really be so bad with having her around. She hadn't done anything to expose him as a thief, and she held her own pretty well with the museum job... Maybe he was just overreacting earlier.

 

[Shura]

Iris nodded with a slight smile turning forward to look down the path a comfortable silence falling between them with nothing the but sound of nature echoing around them. "So... where are we going next then?" She glanced over to him. "Like what town?"

 

[Gobbo]

"Nerventhuil would be our best choice, I think. The wood elves might know some way to help." he explained, thinking. "Luckily, they don't mind either of our races... If we were human, we'd probably be shot on sight." he said with a little smirk.


"It should only take a day to reach their forest, they're not far."

 

[Shura]

Iris blinked a few times surprised at the level of hostility some races had towards one another. "Ah wow... good thing were not human then..." she muttered before nodding. "To Neverthuil it is then" she smirked slightly picking up her pace slightly. While the shock of pain had been exhausting she was determined to to let its after effects slow them down.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli nodded and offered a little smile, his views on the girl slowly changing. He didn't know if it was an effect of the bracelets or not, at least not yet.


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After crossing the river, the forest could be seen a fair distance ahead of them, looming over the horizon. It was still an hour or so until sunrise, so Elias decided to push on.


"There it is, the home of the southern wood elves. They're fairly hospitable, just don't do anything to piss them off."

 

[Shura]

Getting past the river was less than pleasant for not so much because of the water, as most would think, but rather the fact that it was very cool. She managed to keep up with Silver as they made their way across the planes her shoulder slumping more and more as time went on and exhaustion started to win over her will. She looked over to the forest he had pointed too ears perking up slightly from their lowered state. "Hm... thats great." She yawned softly

 

[Gobbo]

Eli looked over at her for a moment, tilting his head. "Tired? If you want, I can carry you." he suggested with a little smile. "I don't want to stop until we're actually in the forest. It's too dangerous to sleep out in the open like this."

 

[Shura]

Iris looked over and shook her head. "Thanks for the offer but I think I can make it." She muttered yawning and stretching her arms up to the sky. She sighed having some renewed strength now that the end was near she could hold out a while longer but would pass out once they got to an inn or something similar.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli tilted his head a bit. "We still have two hours of walking, and another hour before we reach their village... You don't have to be stubborn, you know. I can see how tired you are." he said with a small chuckle. "Really, I don't mind."

 

[Shura]

Iris heard how much longer they had to go and nearly collapsed on the spot. She really was much too tried to walk another three hours. But she didn't want to put the stress on Silver either since he was no doubt tired as well. "I'll be okay...." She muttered softly. "beside you must be exhausted as well... no sense in just making you more tired..."

 

[Gobbo]

Eli gave her an incredulous look. "It's not even sunrise yet, I can keep going. I don't tire easily." he said with a little smirk. "Now shut up and get on my back. You look like you're about to pass out." he crouched in front of her, looking over his shoulder at her.


"I'm every bit as stubborn as you are, just so you know."

 

[Shura]

Iris let out a small growl thought it was one more out of exhaustion and annoyance than any real anger. Still he had a point, she did feel ready to pass out which wouldn't help either of them. She sighed resigning to his pressure and got on his back making sure not to choke him.

 

[Gobbo]

Eli stood, adjusting her on his back a bit so it would be comfortable for the both of them. "You know... You're the only person to ever make me feel guilt about anything. This is sort of my way of saying sorry for the way I've treated you." he said quietly as he walked. He felt an odd fluttering in his stomach that he couldn't explain, and tried to ignore it for now.