Sorry it's taking so long to get them out of the city-must have lotsa
details, lotsa lotsa details…
*****
"OOWWW…"
"What is it?"
"Didn't you hear that?"
"No, nothing unusual."
Lara looked at Aren in a weird way. He laughed helplessly, shrugged his shoulders, and rode on.
Lara shrugged also, turned and looked around. Nerenia wasn't exactly what Lara would call a beautiful city, but it was her hometown. The capital of Saden was a clean-enough place with about 20,000 citizens. It was a city mainly controlled by the merchant class. Nerenia had its pickpockets and gangs, surely, but not because of bad conditions-there was a certain lethargy of life for some of the young people in the city, and joining gangs gave them something to do.
After riding for a short while they came to an intersection.
"Don't worry, I know the way." Aren said confidently.
"Suuuure…IIII'm trusting you." Lara replied sweetly.
Aren grunted and reined his horse eastward.
As they walked on, the alley became increasingly narrow until they eventually came to a dead end.
"Ookaay, mister smart guy, now what do you plan to do? Jump over the wall?" Lara implored sarcastically.
Aren grinned mysteriously. "Actually, that's pretty much what I had in mind."
"You're joking!?!"
"We can turn around if you'd like."
Lara glared at him, reined Qwinn around, and promply began walking off. Aren sighed, and shaking his head, turned to follow her. But just as he was about to nudge his horse into a trot, he heard a strange noise. It sounded like a hyper squirrel.
"WWWHHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
Aren sat dumb-founded as he watched Lara come charging toward him. He immediately recollected his wits, and ducking cautiously, felt a rush of wind sailing by his head.
He heard a thud on the other side, and worriedly called out, "Lara, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine! Wow, that was so exciting!" she yelled gleefully back.
"Okay, uumm…so…How do I get over?"
"Hhmm…lemme think…You have a horse, you have a wall, you want to get OVER the wall…"
"Yeah, yeah, I know." he interrupted embarrassingly. He was grateful the wall was there between them to cover up his red-beet face.
"Well?!? We haven't got all day, you know. From the position of the sun, I'd say we have an hour before the gate closes for the night." Lara urged impatiently.
Aren was about to say something, but instead, gave up and walked back a couple of paces. He took a deep breath, charged, and landed on the other side.
"See? That wasn't so bad."
Aren decided to ignore that, and roughly nudging his horse, set off in a trot.
As they rode through the city again at a steady pace, he had a sudden thought.
"Lara, you know what I just thought of?"
"Well? What is it? Tell me now." she demanded.
That threw him off balance once again. Aren wasn't used to being treated like an underling. You might say he's spoiled, but it's just the way he was raised.
There was a brief pause that was only filled with by the clanking of the horses' hoofs and the occasional murmuring of citizens. Lara gaze was boring into him.
"See, I just believe it might be a good idea to stay within the city until daybreak. You know, with all the looters and predators at night."
Lara considered it and briefly nodded her head.
"We'll stop by at an inn near the gate, then, and at dawn-light, we'll leave."
He agreed, and with that, there was the silence again. Aren was confused about how Lara was being such a disagreeable person.
"Hormones." he thought.
As Aren was thinking of her, Lara was thinking right back at him.
"I can't believe he turned out to be such a wimp." she thought. "I mean, even I'm not that bad, for a Noble Lady."
She glanced at the weary fellow riding along beside her. He felt her eyes on him and grinned at her. She smiled, and thought, "But he isn't all that bad…"
*****
Okay, so you might be a LITTLE confuzzled (Tina! Hehehe…) about some things- the noise thing, why Lara's acting like a total b*tch all of the sudden and such…you'll see ;)
*****
"OOWWW…"
"What is it?"
"Didn't you hear that?"
"No, nothing unusual."
Lara looked at Aren in a weird way. He laughed helplessly, shrugged his shoulders, and rode on.
Lara shrugged also, turned and looked around. Nerenia wasn't exactly what Lara would call a beautiful city, but it was her hometown. The capital of Saden was a clean-enough place with about 20,000 citizens. It was a city mainly controlled by the merchant class. Nerenia had its pickpockets and gangs, surely, but not because of bad conditions-there was a certain lethargy of life for some of the young people in the city, and joining gangs gave them something to do.
After riding for a short while they came to an intersection.
"Don't worry, I know the way." Aren said confidently.
"Suuuure…IIII'm trusting you." Lara replied sweetly.
Aren grunted and reined his horse eastward.
As they walked on, the alley became increasingly narrow until they eventually came to a dead end.
"Ookaay, mister smart guy, now what do you plan to do? Jump over the wall?" Lara implored sarcastically.
Aren grinned mysteriously. "Actually, that's pretty much what I had in mind."
"You're joking!?!"
"We can turn around if you'd like."
Lara glared at him, reined Qwinn around, and promply began walking off. Aren sighed, and shaking his head, turned to follow her. But just as he was about to nudge his horse into a trot, he heard a strange noise. It sounded like a hyper squirrel.
"WWWHHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
Aren sat dumb-founded as he watched Lara come charging toward him. He immediately recollected his wits, and ducking cautiously, felt a rush of wind sailing by his head.
He heard a thud on the other side, and worriedly called out, "Lara, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine! Wow, that was so exciting!" she yelled gleefully back.
"Okay, uumm…so…How do I get over?"
"Hhmm…lemme think…You have a horse, you have a wall, you want to get OVER the wall…"
"Yeah, yeah, I know." he interrupted embarrassingly. He was grateful the wall was there between them to cover up his red-beet face.
"Well?!? We haven't got all day, you know. From the position of the sun, I'd say we have an hour before the gate closes for the night." Lara urged impatiently.
Aren was about to say something, but instead, gave up and walked back a couple of paces. He took a deep breath, charged, and landed on the other side.
"See? That wasn't so bad."
Aren decided to ignore that, and roughly nudging his horse, set off in a trot.
As they rode through the city again at a steady pace, he had a sudden thought.
"Lara, you know what I just thought of?"
"Well? What is it? Tell me now." she demanded.
That threw him off balance once again. Aren wasn't used to being treated like an underling. You might say he's spoiled, but it's just the way he was raised.
There was a brief pause that was only filled with by the clanking of the horses' hoofs and the occasional murmuring of citizens. Lara gaze was boring into him.
"See, I just believe it might be a good idea to stay within the city until daybreak. You know, with all the looters and predators at night."
Lara considered it and briefly nodded her head.
"We'll stop by at an inn near the gate, then, and at dawn-light, we'll leave."
He agreed, and with that, there was the silence again. Aren was confused about how Lara was being such a disagreeable person.
"Hormones." he thought.
As Aren was thinking of her, Lara was thinking right back at him.
"I can't believe he turned out to be such a wimp." she thought. "I mean, even I'm not that bad, for a Noble Lady."
She glanced at the weary fellow riding along beside her. He felt her eyes on him and grinned at her. She smiled, and thought, "But he isn't all that bad…"
*****
Okay, so you might be a LITTLE confuzzled (Tina! Hehehe…) about some things- the noise thing, why Lara's acting like a total b*tch all of the sudden and such…you'll see ;)