"ι ℓσvє мץ ℓαи∂ αи∂ кιиɢ∂σм.
вυт нσω cαи ι sιт αs ωє'ʀє σʀ∂єʀєd
тσ ғιɢнт αи∂ ∂ιє ғσʀ тнє ρʀιdє σf мαи."
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♈ ۰•~~~ Cyrus Verea ~~~•۰ ♈
...and Dolosus
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Cyrus was swinging his pole staff without much conviction, when he suddenly spotted a trail of smoke in the sky. It was off in the distance, but with the land in the shape it was, if it was a fire it could spread very quickly.
"Huh, looks like there's a fire." He said causally hoping to distract Dolosus, so he didn't have to continue. Dolosus glanced up, the smoke was clearly visible over the dead tree line.
"So it would seem. The fox's keen eyes fell back to Cyrus.
"What's in that direction?" Cyrus laughed a bit under his breath,
"I guess about a hundred miles of dead and dying trees, grass and bushes. Maybe a few small villages, I'm not sure" Dolosus hung his head slightly,
"And?" He asked frustration building in his voice. Cyrus blinked rapidly, he didn't understand, Dolosus's little riddles never made sense.
And? And... and... he repeated gazing towards the small dirty lake thinking.
"And, oh well the barrier of the kingdoms edge is there... clarity suddenly dawned in Cyrus's eyes.
"You don't think the fire is there? If that falls the entire kingdom could be in danger. We need to tell someo- He stopped himself. It was the Verea's family duty to watch and care for this region of the king's land. That meant if there was a problem the person to tell would be his father, who'd send a scouting party, then if needed march his men there, or send word to the king himself. But his father, brothers and most of the men gone in the opposite direction. It fell to Cyrus.
"We need to send word to the kings castle, the barrier could be in danger, or under attack or even already fallen. He needs to send-" Dolosus cut in, but not in his usual harsh manner, it was clear that he was proud to see this kind of thinking from Cyrus.
"Don't you think it would be better if someone checked it out. I doubt the king or your father would be happy if you started a panic over a brushfire or a cookout." Cyrus nodded,
"I could ride out and see, I think I could get there quickly enough."
Cyrus had a horse saddled and ready to go in under five minutes. His mouth had gone dry and his stomach had knotted, what if the barrier was under attack? What was he going to do? He pushed that from his mind for the moment, and swung up on the horse before he could try to talk himself out of it. He glanced down to Dolosus.
"What about you? Will you be able to keep up?" He had already assumed that his mentor was coming, there was no way, if things went bad and there was already an army marching through the land, could he do anything on his own.
"Don't worry about me, not stop wasting time." He snarled. He snapped at the horse's flanks causing the horse to bolt, Cyrus quickly regained control of the creature's run.
Cyrus slowed as he drew nearer, it looked like the barrier was still standing, but for how long? His ears picked up what sounded like a mass of men on the other side, but something closer as well. There was someone nearby. Cyrus dismounted. Maybe the voices on this side were scouts sent from the Empyrean side, though that didn't make much sense. Maybe they were lookout stationed nearby, hell they might even have been his father's men. If they had access to any sort of water he might be able to but out the fire... Maybe. Cyrus moved silently, at least he thought it was silently. He spotted two figures One was a girl that was clear from the long hair pulled in a ponytail. The other presumably a man, though it was clear he wasn't one of his father's men. At this point He was stumped. He didn't know how to confront them, or if he even should and of course there was no Dolosus to help him. He was nervous, what if this turned into a fight? Cyrus couldn't remember a time he'd been this scared, his heart was caught in his throat. if it turned into a fight he would stay and fight it, even if he hated to, his family had a duty to the Crosszeria family, and he'd uphold that duty.
((Sorry for the long post
xp I have another one coming too. I'll put that in a different post though so it's not just a big wall of text