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 Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:35 pm
"You've been to Fenrir!?!?!" Her eyes were wide with shock, "When our tribe was exiled, only the men knew how the spell to return, they didn't want to endanger us...But then the men..." She turned away, looking off into the distance.
"You should speak to the matriarch."
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:42 pm
"I'd love to but I'm searching for something at the moment, I'd rather not get sidetracked."
There it was simple and to the point, he hadn't come to meet with anymore people from Fenrir, though it did interest him. He was here to look for that sword Dedric wanted and nothing more, maybe he'd return once he'd finished his task.
"Now if you'll excuse me."
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:46 pm
She nodded, "Perhaps I can assist you in your search. Our tribe roams these woods. It would be the least I could do for you since you saved Nathan..."
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:52 pm
"I'm not sure how perilous this search will be, I can't gurantee it'll be a walk in the park..."
Which meant that he really couldn't gurantee her safety if she came along and that he'd rather not have to worry about her if she did. If there was something Reinhart couldn't shake it was the need to look after his companions. Maybe....
"How about I go see this matriarch instead? I'd rather not put you in danger in my journey."
An alternative at least.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:55 pm
She looked as if she might get insulted by the insinuation that she couldn't take care of herself, but at the moment, her hands were busy with the child in her arms.
"As you wish, she would come see you at some point herself, anyways..."She waved for him to follow her. "It's amazing that Fenrir is open again. I was a child when we left, our tribal leaders foretold some great disaster and we sought to leave before we were cursed, and we haven't heard from Fenrir since..." She glanced back as she brushed past a few small bushed.
"How is it?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:01 pm
"It's probably not what you remember."
As he followed images of Fenrir flooded his mind, the dry landscape, the ruined cities and towns, burnt forests, it was almost reduced to a wasteland. Save for the Imperial City which was surrounded by all sorts of greenery and it's inside was full of technology. The place seemed untouched by the war that was raging around the planet honestly.
"The people living in the mountains behind my home know how to open a gate from Gaia to Fenrir. It's how I come and go."
Better to push that subject than describe Fenrir to her.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:06 pm
"To go home again...." A look of almost rapture overtook her face, she was far from ugly, but in that moment, she appeared almost a madonna. But after a moment, she shook her head, "But we have our duty...we can't go home until we are sure she is free..."
She turned and looked back at Cris, "How do they know to open a gate to Fenrir, only the various tribes should know how to do that." Nathan whimpered and then nuzzled closer to his mother. "Were we not the only tribe to leave?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:11 pm
"Until she's free?"
She? Who exactly was she talking about? The only she that he remembered from Fenrir was the Empress.....and her sister. He adressed her question before asking anymore of his.
"There's a good amount of your people living in those mountains, though once in a while the Imperial Guards make their way through..."
Meaning that leaving that not even leaving Fenrir would put enough distance between them and the Empress' rage.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:15 pm
Migan laughed, "She as in our homeland, silly." Was she flirting with him? Perhaps...Just then they burst through the foliage to see the village before them. There were children running amok, as well as several woman at various duties...but no men.
Migan turned though, and looked through him. "Imperial Guards? We had a queen and her Alpha...but they needed no guards..."
"Migan!!" Another woman ran towards them, her feet bare, and hair flying behind her as she approached, "You found Nathan, Bless Fenrir." She then turned and looked at Cris, her green eyes strangely compelling and watchful. "And you've brought a strange male..."
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:20 pm
stressed
"Yeah....I knew that."
Meaning he knew what she meant, when he didn't of course, he felt awesome for a second or the complete opposite. How long had it been since she left? There was no more Alpha, only the Empress now and it's been a good amount of time since she started her war on her people.
"How long has it been since you left Migan?"
Better to ask he assumed since it seemed she was a bit out of date. It would take some time for him to get an answer however seeing as another woman approached them. His eyebrow cocked...
"Strange male?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:27 pm
Migan turned and greeted the other woman. "Jasen, meet Cristopher Reinhart. Mister Reinhart, meet Jasen, the matriarch's daughter and second in command." The woman inclined her head but turned to Migan questioningly.
"Why did you bring him, Migan? Have you been that lonely since Hextor left?" She looked sympathetic yet stern, as her position demanded, but Migan forstalled that.
"No. He saved Nathan...he saw through the child's shielding. Just like Tyris..." The name spoken with a bit of awe, and the new woman turned and studied Cris as if he was a bug under a microscope. "And to answer your question, we left when I was but a cub myself..." And she obviously wasn't a cub anymore, in fact she had a cub of her own.
"We had no hope of returning to Fenrir after the men..agh.."She caught herself as Jasen sliced her hand across her throat in the universal sign of silence. Apparently Jasen wasn't so quick to judge.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:35 pm
Leaning back a bit as Jasen examined him he didn't move to greet her but simply spoke.
"Nice to meet you."
Then turned to Migan noting her answer and relaxing a bit letting Jasen do whatever it was she was doing. Seemed this 'Tyris' person was more than Reinhart made him or her out to be. It didn't matter, he adressed Migan ignoring Jasen for a moment.
"You left when you were young, that explains alot..."
When she mentioned the men he noticed Jasen silence her, he didn't push the issue though.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:40 pm
Jasen nodded, "He should see the matriarch..."
Migan gave her a look of 'Duh...', but didn't express it in so many words." That is why I thought to bring him. I don't think he will endanger the children..."
Jasen nodded, but only ears sharper than wolves would hear her muttered, "That's what the Alpha thought too before those soldiers slaughtered him and all the men..."To Reinhart, she made a motion simply for him to follow, "I will take you to the Matriarch, Migan take Nathan for some food, he's been gone too long, and he's too important right now to let him waste away."
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:57 pm
Yeah, he heard what she'd said but he followed after her giving Migan one final look.
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:00 pm
She smiled at him, blowing him a kiss, before turning and taking Nathan towards the area where women were bustling around cooking.
Jasen just grunted and opened the tent flap. "She's waiting..." SHe motioned for Reinhart to enter, and once he did, he would see an older woman, about the age his own mother would have been had she lived, perhaps a little older; although this woman's hair was black with one stripe of silver flowing through the ebony tresses. Her glistening eyes however, were kind. But there was also marked intelligence in them.
"You are the one who rescued little Nathan, no?"
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