The lonely woman
The trip to Shizontania was going to be a long one. Emma sat on the carrage bench waiting for her mother to come aboard. She held onto her stuffed animal tightlty as the sounds of her father's roaring voice echoed through the window.
"Make sure you get it right this time! " He yelled. Emma saw her mother walk out of their front door, adjusting the strap on her satchel. He tall, bear of a father was right behind her.
"I know! You know, maybe our numbers would be right if you didn't take so much of it out for your damn parties."
"Don't you talk back to me Roslyn!"
Emma watched as her mother didn't even turn back to look at her husband , even though he weas still tlaking at her. Roslyn stepped onto the bench and took one glance into the back of their wagon. All the crates were there, most of them were secured. She then looked down to Emma and smiled.
"Shall we get going? If we don't hurry the rest of the group is going to leave us behind." She said. Emma knodded. She was eager to leave her father beinhd for a few weeks while they attempted to sell their wares to the people of Shizontania. The fact that they were travelling with Fortune's market, meant that they would have a little protection. Emma looked at the barrier that towered above them. This wasn't going to be her first time venturing out of the barrier, but it was frightening all the same.
The people of the caravan liked Roslyn and her daughter. There were certainly a lot of people who pitited the two of them for putting up with a drunk for a father and husband. Most days , Emma would steal glances at her mother , examine a bruise that was around her neck, or try to interprett the glassy, sad stare that loomed on her mother's face. Whatever she saw, she always knew that her mtoher was suffering. "This trip is going to be good for her. For us." Emma thought. She smiled softlyand looked up at the sky. But neither Emma nor Roslyn knew, what lay ahead of them in the small town of Shizontania.
The diligent man
Jurgis was a little nervous. It was the day of an important operation, and the two most crucial mages, were going to be paired off with two rookie knights, whoes first mission ever was going to be that very assignment. He thought back to what his friend and Commanding officer had told them as he casually smoked his pipe one evening." Don't worry. Flynn is very reliable and Yuri is to stubborn and proud to let himself die on this first mission." Rehardless of the captain's confidence, Jurgis was still worried. Not only about the assignment, but also for Hisca and Chastel, who were being left with the boys during the assignment. "We've gone over it a thousand times. We've all been training for this. We won't fail" He thought to himself. Even with all that encouragement, what he thought of the most was of how the townspeople were depending on the small troop of knights to protect them and vanquish all the monsters.