A/N Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. After New Year's I'll probably be
updating regularly. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
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"Get your ass out of here or it'll be gone!" An angry man threw a woman out of the restaurant and into the rain. He slammed the door shut. The woman stood from the soaked ground and walked over to a building with an overhanging roof. She wiped her dark hair out of her face and checked to make sure that her daggers were well protected from the rain. They were.
She sighed and sank to the ground. A thief she was, but a good thief she was not. She couldn't even pickpocket a few gil, let alone jewels. Fortunately, the man at the restaurant didn't injure her because she was a woman. But that was the only reason, and she knew that well.
Knowing that, she also knew to steer clear of the Shadow Knights, for she knew for a fact that the fiercest among their ranks was a woman, and she did not want to be on the other end of her attack. Too bad she could never become a Shadow Knight due to her lineage. She was not of noble blood, and even if she were, she had little to offer as a Shadow Knight. The only reason the one woman became a Shadow Knight was because she was from Tentia, and Tentian's were known to be powerful.
Stupid Tentian's, she thought. Why the hell did they have to come to Dancia?
"Hey, Calniq, what are you doing out in the rain?" A young man stood before her holding out his hand. She accepted it.
"Javis," Calniq said, sighing, "What are you doing out in the rain?"
He smiled. "Trying to get you out of it."
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Dracia wandered around the streets. She had lost her desire for ale. She now wanted to find Trangan. He had been on her mind ever since Lady Felnei mentioned him liking her. She couldn't imagine Trangan liking her, at least not like that. He had always been a friend of Lady Felnei's, and an acquaintance of hers, but nothing more than that. Well, he certainly wouldn't be liking her anymore, due to that fire incident. Too bad, she thought. He was quite cute after all.
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He was soaked, but he cared little. He'd face Dracia and get his punishment over with. He didn't know what she would do to him, but he didn't care. At least he could rest easy knowing that she wouldn't sneak up on him and kill him, or something like that.
Not noticing anyone, he walked right into a woman and made both of them fall flat on the ground. He stood up and held his hand out, ready to apologize, when he realized the woman was Dracia. "Oh, uh, sorry Dracia! I really didn't mean to! I wasn't paying attention!"
Dracia grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. She brushed herself off the best she could, then she laughed. "That's obvious."
Trangan backed away from her. "Just hurt me already and leave me alone." He shut his eyes tight. He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Trangan, I'm not going to punish you. You did nothing wrong. Talking to Lady Felnei is not a crime, although the other guards would like everyone to think that. Oh, and you might want to buy another weapon. I don't see your old spear coming out of the castle wall anytime soon." Trangan opened his eyes and saw Dracia smile a little before she left.
He shook his head. "Women are weird."
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"Get your ass out of here or it'll be gone!" An angry man threw a woman out of the restaurant and into the rain. He slammed the door shut. The woman stood from the soaked ground and walked over to a building with an overhanging roof. She wiped her dark hair out of her face and checked to make sure that her daggers were well protected from the rain. They were.
She sighed and sank to the ground. A thief she was, but a good thief she was not. She couldn't even pickpocket a few gil, let alone jewels. Fortunately, the man at the restaurant didn't injure her because she was a woman. But that was the only reason, and she knew that well.
Knowing that, she also knew to steer clear of the Shadow Knights, for she knew for a fact that the fiercest among their ranks was a woman, and she did not want to be on the other end of her attack. Too bad she could never become a Shadow Knight due to her lineage. She was not of noble blood, and even if she were, she had little to offer as a Shadow Knight. The only reason the one woman became a Shadow Knight was because she was from Tentia, and Tentian's were known to be powerful.
Stupid Tentian's, she thought. Why the hell did they have to come to Dancia?
"Hey, Calniq, what are you doing out in the rain?" A young man stood before her holding out his hand. She accepted it.
"Javis," Calniq said, sighing, "What are you doing out in the rain?"
He smiled. "Trying to get you out of it."
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Dracia wandered around the streets. She had lost her desire for ale. She now wanted to find Trangan. He had been on her mind ever since Lady Felnei mentioned him liking her. She couldn't imagine Trangan liking her, at least not like that. He had always been a friend of Lady Felnei's, and an acquaintance of hers, but nothing more than that. Well, he certainly wouldn't be liking her anymore, due to that fire incident. Too bad, she thought. He was quite cute after all.
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He was soaked, but he cared little. He'd face Dracia and get his punishment over with. He didn't know what she would do to him, but he didn't care. At least he could rest easy knowing that she wouldn't sneak up on him and kill him, or something like that.
Not noticing anyone, he walked right into a woman and made both of them fall flat on the ground. He stood up and held his hand out, ready to apologize, when he realized the woman was Dracia. "Oh, uh, sorry Dracia! I really didn't mean to! I wasn't paying attention!"
Dracia grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. She brushed herself off the best she could, then she laughed. "That's obvious."
Trangan backed away from her. "Just hurt me already and leave me alone." He shut his eyes tight. He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Trangan, I'm not going to punish you. You did nothing wrong. Talking to Lady Felnei is not a crime, although the other guards would like everyone to think that. Oh, and you might want to buy another weapon. I don't see your old spear coming out of the castle wall anytime soon." Trangan opened his eyes and saw Dracia smile a little before she left.
He shook his head. "Women are weird."
