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They had been traveling for a while now. He had just finished a mission that he was given and was promised some free time. So off he went as fast as his wolf Duke could run. Eli had lost track of time as they traveled from one area to the next. At one point they had arrived in the open fields which was vastly different from the forest they usually hunted in. Normally Eli would have stayed in the forest near home during his free time just in case the higher ups changed their minds. Which they usually did. But not this time, this time he had been ordered to disappear, leave the forest if he had to. Eli was told he had five to ten years to be free of his duties to his king and kingdom. He needed to get more wolves he was told it was not right the Duke be his only wolf especially since he used to have four more and Duke was use to a pack. The young elf laid down in some tall grass. He found it amusing that the grass here was about half a foot shorter than he was tall. With Duke at his side he fell asleep nothing was getting close without the wolf knowing. After some time passed Duke heard a sound and stood up waking Eli in the process. Eli sat up in time to see his wolf dart off to investigate. He then stood up so that he could see above the grass. A few yards away he could see a Ferimorph "Brother I don't think that bird is edible." He says jokingly as he begins walking towards this person. Eli could since Duke circle this new person cautiously. "Hello." He greets as he steps onto the narrow path several feet in front of this new person. It had been a while since he spoke to anyone other than his wolf.

Eli would study the Ferimorph in front of him as he listened to the man speak. "G.R.A.T.E.? Never heard of it." He says as he raises his hand to the side. "Brother!" Almost immediately the wolf moved to the young elf's side. Eli then laid his hand on the wolfs back. "I am Eli and this one is Duke. Well that's what my people call him." He shrugs almost carelessly as the wolf continued to stare at Sakuni. "Hmm a traveler... I guess so for a few years anyway." He says with a slight smile even as his seemed to glare at Sakuni. Suddenly the wolf would walk away to vanish in the tall grass. Eli reached out a hand and took one of the Fich for a closer look. And thought back on his orders for this trip. He could almost here his king telling him how to spend the Gill. Three hundred was to go towards necessities, one hundred was for extras that he wanted and yes one a hundred was for gambling. The last one had surprised many of people. He pondered to himself was this an extra or a gamble. Probably a gamble as the man spoke of things that he had never heard of. If this guy was truthful these coins would lighten his load some. If it was a lie he would be foolishly handing over what little money he had. 'Finish it so we can hunt.' he mentally heard his wolf growl. Eli looked in the direction where Duke was and made a face. 'Hunt without me I'll join you soon.' he mind called back before returning his attention to Sakuni. The man had a job to do and he could always sell hides or something if the coin thing fell through. Why not he thought as he shifted a little. The young elf shrugs and pulls out his coin bag. "You said one fich was worth twenty Gill I'll take five just to help you a little and lighten my load some." He hand over the coin even though he had his doubts. At best he would not have lost anything and at worst he lost a hundred Gill either way he would learn a lesson when all was said and done.

Alary yawns and stretches as she walks down the road. It has been two full weeks she had left her hometown. All discouragement from her father shoved back into her mind. He had wanted her to make her living in the shrine. This was not a calling that she feels. Any other sibling she has would make a better devotee to the holy arts. Besides, she finds the idea unlikely to be a good fit personality wise. As a forest elf she craves nature. Why would spending her days within a cloister serving a Highlord that favors nature even make sense? No, something felt off about the idea and so she went with it. Besides, the Highlords, as her mother explained - as a cleric herself - were not deities, but more like superiorities and upper level beings tasked with making sure that things remained balanced. Not that they always get along. Before leaving her mother had given her a few words of advice on how to stay on their good side - avoid them or figure out what they like and dislike. That was about as much help as she got. Her father had given her no advice or anything since they waited for him to report to the shrine to help perform a resurrection. For now, a nice day and experiencing new things and meeting new people is enough for her until she can find a ranger enclave to train her. That is her main goal in life for the time being. That is kind of a tall order, unfortunately. So for now she practices hunting for herself and uses what traveling skills she has picked up on the way. That is to say, just sufficient enough to get from town to town. Alary has a long way to go. As the female elf makes her way down the road she notices to people discussing something and exchanging goods for items. 'A traveling merchant? This could be good. Maybe he has some arrows,' she thinks to herself. Smiling as she approaches him she notices the red feathered ferimorph. 'He's beautiful!' He has well preened feathers and a cleverness in his eyes. Suddenly she realizes that she has been staring at him. Ideas that she should only seek out a male elf evaporates from her mind as her world opens up more to the idea that maybe ferimorphs would make suitable spouses. As quickly as that idea hits her, she shoves it way back into her mind since she knows nothing about him yet. "Hi! What are you selling, Merchant?" She smiles over at Eli and then notices his wolf. "OH! He's adorable!" She reaches to pet the wolf.

Sakuni listened thoughtfully at the explanation of what exactly the reasoning was for Eli to have left his woodland home and ventured into this open field of all places. Of course, he had not managed to come across any spar wolves in his travels so far, so it would be difficult to help the male in that regard. It was a shame too, cause having a single wolf after losing so many was a sad concept to almost anyone, and that was especially true for an elf that was normally raising them. Sakuni slowly nodded his head at the male's words as they finished before a new arrival had caught his attention, another elf having shown up out of the grass of the fields and immediately approached the two of them. At first he assumed that they were speaking to him, as he was more of a merchant than the male before him, but sadly that did not seem to be the case, as even after scolding them about touching the wolf, they would still begin the act of preparing trade options between the two of them. "My oh my, no elves are just showing up all over the place! Pleasure to bump into you, Miss. I see you're looking for a merchant, and this suitable fellow has some items to sell, so I will gladly step aside and allow the two of you to take care of business." Sakuni says as he takes a sliding step backwards and gracefully bows in greeting towards Alary as she walked forward and began interacting with both Eli and his wolf companion. Sakuni's sharp yellow eyes glancing back and forth at both the interaction and any possible trades that may go on while he was around. Seeing as he intended to be a traveling merchant as well, it would help to see how people come about noticing one over a normal traveler. Especially since he knew that Eli had not mentioned anything about being a merchant, as well as they seemed to lack the full understanding of important things such as money value. "If it's not too much trouble, once you're done with your trading and what not. I would like to offer you the same exchange that I just finished with Eli here. Lessen your coin purse by exchanging your extra Gill for a simple Fich. They equal out to be twenty of a standard Gill, and are both widely accepted and with luck, exceptionally sought after currency across the realms." Sakuni begins, going over his sales pitch yet again to a new customer, or at least that was the way he was going about such things. The more Fich coins he could get into the population, the better the world was right?

Eli chuckles softly "I am no merchant I don't even care about the money." He admits not even attempting to take her Gill but he still gives her some of his arrows. "Here take the arrows I have plenty and can make more." He grins and shoves the paper back into his bag. "I apologizes for that, Hello Mimi a pleasure to meet you." After handing over thirty arrows he glances in the direction of his wolf. "It's not that Duke is unfriendly he just does not like to be petted. Especially by people who are not related to me. As for a town no I haven't seen any yet I doubt I would find more wolves in or near a town. So I have not been looking for them" He shrugs and looks back at the squirrel for a second wondering what uses the animal would have for a ranger. "Sorry not much help on the ranger either I have only run into two people since I left my hometown." He looks back at Alary and smiles slightly "I might be able to help with your archery but that would be it I hunt when needed. But I must find more wolves and rebuild my pack." 'Found old tracks.' He suddenly hears in his head. 'How old and what kind?' he mentally asks back but does not receive a reply. He sighs softly his wolf could be annoying at times. "Pardon me Duke has found something he wants me to check out." He then walks off into the grass heading to where Duke called him to. He wondered if the other two would follow him or not.

An escape or an opportunity? A strange portal to the land of mortals appeared in the Hellscape, and curiosity had gotten the better of Katsurugi. She felt an urging to walk through this door, and so she did. Into the blinding light that caused her to close her eyes and cover them in instinct, and out into a sunny field. While it lacked the comfort of the evil realm she called home, the grassy plane had all of the potential to be corrupted and turned to her desires. Though, the Demonic Sorceress' attention was pulled away from her designs and malign scheming to the sounds of conversation.

Upon approaching the group, Katsurugi noticed a feline-like humanoid who had obviously stumbled into one of the two of the three present. The others seemed different from one another as well, clearly unrelated. The Demoness did not speak initially, she simply nodded to Alary before reaching down to Miuti and offering a hand to them to help them up off the ground. Her act of kindness was not out of benevolence, but a show of good-faith that she would not have to draw upon her magics and attempt things more forcefully.

Alary smiles at Eli and replies, "Thank you. Are you sure?" When he gets distracted by Duke's discovery she takes this as a sign that he is sure and tucks the arrows into her bare quiver. Mimi pips and chatters from her shoulder, causing her to nod. 'There certainly are quite a variety of people here.' The squirrel pips again, 'Not just the bird and the elf boy. Look a cat ferimorph and a formorian.' Alary blinks in their directions. 'Okay, I get the ferimorph, they're hard not to recognize, but what makes you think the woman is a formorian? It's not like she looks anything like the ones in the text books. She looks human.' Mimi pips indignantly and jumps back into her bag. "Hello," she greets the other two as Sakuni moves his attention towards them.