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 Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:22 pm
If she was not pathetic, but also not worthy enough to kill (just her luck, Shalvesta thought) then why was this woman sparing time and energy on her? The Oban hoped the Alkidike would move along, but it didn't seem like a likely concept. So, instead, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath to still her growing temper, and instead turned away from the woman to look at her destroyed fire.
"... I will take that as a backwards compliment, then." Shal conceded - she wasn't hugely skilled, but at least this woman admitted she wasn't pathetic, and Shal had to take what small offering she could. Whatever was staying this woman's hand from slaughtering her where she stood needed to be supported - Shalvesta couldn't appear dangerous, at this point.
And yet... the thoughts tortured her. Had she been on the same battlefield, with this large amazon mowing aside Oban trainees with her spear? Was she making idle conversation with a woman who had the blood of her countrymen on her hands? Not that Shalvesta was innocent in that - in the battle she hadn't spared a thought for those she attacked. Neither party was innocent at this juncture, and that was made it so frustrating to her - to feel so patriotically that sharing breath with a native made her skin prickle, but also wanting nothing to do with her home country itself, and wanting to travel as far from it as possible.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:03 pm
Vollerei shook her head. Backwards compliment? Did others think criticism or a comment was a compliment? If she complimented someone it'd be a compliment. Well.. what ever floats her boat I guess, she thought with an inner sigh. "Why are you here?" She asked as she leaned against a nearby tree. "Here as in not going back to your own lands or elsewhere... You must know any oban isn't going to be welcome in the jungle after what your people tried to do." She could just be exploring... as her earlier comment hinted at. All the other earthlings knew Alkidike lands lay this way... but apparently no one had told the obans, Vollerie thought with amusement. Wonder why she went into the jungles instead of out into the plains... surely the plains would have been a better choice since she came from a land closer to that enviroment than a jungle!
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:27 pm
And so the woman was now getting to the big questions. Her first instinct was to snap 'It's not your business' - but such behavior was a newer trait in Shalvesta, one that accompanied her own growing temper as she entered adulthood. So she stemmed it, taking a deep, calming breath, before she turned to look at the older, and bigger, woman. "If it means anything, I'm only passing through. I heard there was a land of ice and cold. There's no reason to fear me settling here, or taking any more land from you."
Not that Shalvesta could, even if she had wanted to - somehow her people had been repelled in their attempts to seize these lands, and she highly doubted one lower ranked swordsman would change that any. Still biting her own temper, Shalvesta gripped her hands, tightly. "If you've a map of your strange lands, perhaps my people wouldn't be so easily lost here. We have our own lands and territories charted - do you northerners even practice cartography?"
Doubtful, but maybe in their own backwards way the northern species tried to dabble in it - but not as accurately as the Obans, with their many units of measurement. Some of her kind even viewed the spirit lights in the sky, which guided them on their travels. But Shalvesta didn't have a grasp of those things, not really, and with a map she would be just as likely to get lost as she was now.
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 5:03 pm
Vollerei laughed; "A land of cold and ice? You're heading in the exact opposite direction! Head north not south!" She chuckled in amusement. Girl wanted to go to Zena of all places? And yet was about as far away from that mountainous land as she could be! "Zena's the most northern of the tribes..." She chuckled agian; amused despite the situation. "maps? Why would we map out lands and allow others and easier way to raid us? We've got enough trouble with leaf bandits raiding shifter and alkidike villages without telling them where they are!" She snorted in disgust. "Maps are for those too lazy to learn the land! And too risky to make.. what if you obans found out where we lived? Then you would probably try to enslave us like those Matori! Not that its likely.. but better to be wary than over confident." Silly girl! Maps? Who wanted maps! Where was the adventure in a map? It was far more fun figuring things out on your own! Maps got rid of the mystery and excitement!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 6:50 pm
Perhaps it was just Shalvesta, but everything this strange woman said felt like a digging insult. Grinding her teeth, Shalvesta heaved a frustrated breath and tossed her hands in the air at the revelation. "But..! Why learn the land, if I'm not settling here?" Shalvesta protested, unable to see the 'laziness' in such words. It wasn't lazy, but prudent - why waste her time and energy memorizing the lay of a land that she was being chased from?
Wrinkling her nose, Shalvesta finally moved to step away from the tall woman, having had her fill of the helpful, and yet utterly unhelpful woman. "With your reluctance to map your lands, you should be more used to strangers getting lost here. I'll do as you wish, then, and leave you before I wear out my welcome more than I already have." She muttered mutinously, casting a half-hearted glare at the woman before hefting her bag onto her shoulder, striding headlong into the forest. Her own temper had driven the once demure woman into ignoring sound advice - at least for the moment. She wanted to distance herself from the Alkidike before clambering like a savage up into the trees.
Ridiculous - if you didn't plot your land and declare your territory, then no wonder foreign authorities contested Alkidike lands so often! Anyone who wanted to stay away had no choice but to unwillingly stumble into their lands, if they didn't know which rock or tree denoted the beginning of the Alkidike's claim. Heathens indeed.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:41 am
Scarlett Arbuckle Tis a wrap! Yay! We finshed XD Though you need one more post! Vollerei chuckled; "And what if you have to flee? Or are visiting friends? Would it not be best to know something about where you are going? Learn how to survive in the different lands? Maps aren't going to help you find food or shelter.. and how do you know the map maker actually drew what was there?" Silly fireling... maps were for the lazy and the gullible who thought a piece of paper reflected the land! She smirked as the other got up and left, muttering rebelliously. "You might want to stick in Neued.. apparently they don't mind having firelings there... or at least stop there and see if there's any.... maps of the northern lands. And stay off the ground! Tis dark and dangerous down here, little girl!" She chuckled and called out as the oban left. Perhaps not all obans were... cruel evil slavers... but they were still strange! Maps indeed!
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:26 am
robot kitten Sorry, I was at 9 so I need one more XD Here we go!
Because there WAS logic to it - and so she stormed away flushing in embarassment and frustration at being called after like a child by its mother, reminded of simple things. Her first taste of northern hospitality had made one thing clear: treaty or not, it would take some time for the northern people to come around to an Oban in their midst.
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