A pack swung over her shoulder, a pouch swinging from her belt with a sling and rocks to propel from it, two swords dangling from her side, a lethal dagger kept in one of two boots fit for hiking, and one long journey ahead of her (okay, mebbe not that long...), Terriii set off from her household door at the age of 23, a long blonde braid sweying behind her as she walked. She was the daughter of a successful tavern keeper, seeing as the tavern was one of the main night entertainment locations in her small farming town of Alianor Villiage.
"Hey Terriii, wait up!" Terriii paused and turned to see her childhood friend standing infront of her, a small pack slung over his shoulder, a hoe in his hand, and nothing on his bare feet. Terriii raised an eyebrow, thinking she knew where this was going.
"I'm coming with you, Terriii," Stevie stated, doing his best to look like he had the authority. "Sure you are," Terriii answered, her tone indistinguishable between sarcasm and demand. It was Stevie's turn to lift an eyebrow, but that quickly faded and a gleaming, smiling face took over. "All right! Terriii, this will be an adventure to remember!" Terriii slumped over, looking like the either wanted to double over with laughter or punch something in annoyance. After a moment, she regained her usual self and turned back to Stevie.
"Stevie," she said, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder. However, that didn't last long. Her tone of voice was so serious the two friends couldn't help but burst out into laughter. Terriii took a moment, but regained herself, though Stevie chuckled a little longer. "Aherm. Stevie, I really don't think this would be a good trip for you to come on," she said, and Stevie stopped laughing, realising she really was serious. Terriii paused a moment, a finger rested on her chin as she studied her friend.
"You're a farm boy, a'ight? I really think you should stay here," Stevie looked sad now, his eyes pleading her not to go.
"You will come back, won't you?" he said, looking like he was going to double over and cry. Terriii lightened up and let out a hardy laugh, patting Stevie on the back.
"Of course I'm coming back, silly, just as soon as I straiten out the business in Karn. I shouldn't be gone all that long. But promice me this: You will not tread out into that forest with nothing but a piece of beef and a hoe, got it?" Stevie gave a firm nod, then reluctantly ran back into the fields, seeing as there wasn't much else he could do right then; he knew his friend Terriii well enough to know she's not to be argued with. Terriii smiled, knowing Stevie would keep to his simple farm life where he belonged. Terriii, however, now she was on a mission.
With that, she readjusted the pack on her shoulders and made off for the forest wich laid in her way to get to the city of Karn.
Karn and Alianor used to be close traid partners, but the villiage had recently stopped trade routes headed for Karn, seeing as all the merchants that had gone there had run into nothing but trouble, and came back empty handed. When Terriii heard that Dwarves were behind the mischief, she was off and ready to get to the source of the problem herself.
Terriii paused once again by the edge of the woods as she heard a grunt. There, in the near distance stood a boar. Despite her numerous hours she'd spent in these woods she'd managed to never run into a wild board before, and made a mad dash into the woods, looking for a sturdy-looking tree to climb. (Terriii's thoughts: of all things to happen right now, I run into a boar. Damnit.) Well, she found a tree, sure enough, and scampered up just as the boar rammed its head into the trunk. The tree shook, but only just enough for Terriii to lose her grip, which she quickly regained. The boar thrusted a couple more times and drew back, letting out a grunt. Terriii saw the boar walking away and assumed it had given up, but she was rather mistaken. Just as she was ready to swing herself down from the tree the boar came stampeding back, this time with a running start. Seeing its target already dangling from a branch, the boar leapt into the air and rammed the young woman in the legs, this time throwing her way off balance and she lost her grip to come tumbling to the ground, now vulnerable, and slightly wouded from the attack. Seeing that she'd have to fight, she stood and struck a fighting stanse, drawing her swords from the sheeths at her side. The boar grunted again and charged, but Terriii schootched out of the way easily. Although, her offensive attack wasn't much better than the boar's, seeing as both her swings hit a nearby tree root, no where near the targeted boar's head. They went at it again, and this time the boar hit. Hard. Terriii was sent flying into the tree which roots she'd jabbed. She managed to stand up again, but just barely. (hit points remaining: four. out of twenty-one. That's just sad. *kills the bad die rolls*) her swords drawn, the boar charged again, but stopped in its tracks and plunged to the ground, revealing an arrow gleaming out of the thing's back. It was Terriii's turn to let out a grunt now, as she could hear laughter from nearby.
"Show yourself!" she hollered, letting out a cough afterwords. The voice just laughed again, and Terriii found a pair of green eyes gleaming before her, as a tall blonde-haired elf (As Miranda explained it: picture Legolas. Only cuter. Emily's thoughts: So that's why his charisma and diplomasy are so freakishly high @_@) stood before her, a mocking grin on his face.
"You know, its a good thing I was here, that boar nearly killed you," he realised it wasn't something he should be laughing about, but he couldn't help but stifle a snigger. Terriii grunted, looking rather insulted, but it was obvious she was hurt rather bad.
"Sit down, girl, your legs are trembling,"
"They are not," Terriii snapped back, nearly before he finished his sentense. But, Terriii was hurt, and she knew it, so she slumped back down against the tree, but denied it was because of her injuries. A moment later she poked an eye open, herself looking rather annoyed.
"What are you doing?" she said, her voice low and doing a very lovely job of depicting her annoyance with the elf. He looked up to her with a raised eyebrow, having expected better treatment for just saving her life.
"Ma'am, I was bandaging up your legs. If I didn't all sorts of dirt and diseases would seep into those scrapes of yours and they'd never heal. I would appreciate it if you'd not be so fussy. Now, mind telling me what you're doing out here? You don't look like much of a wilderness woman,"
Terriii's face grimaced as she felt insulted by him again, but she answered, seeing as her injuries left her prettymuch stuck with him for a while.
"My business is my own, but I'll tell you that its got to do with business in Karn, seeing as I was headed there before the boar found me,"
"I see. You gotta name, there?"
"Terriii," the elf gave her a face, partly mock, partly laughter.
"With three i's?!"(Oiy, Miranda sure did like making fun of that...)
"Yes," Terriii rolled her eyes, making it clear that she'd been asked that before. "Yours?"
"Aliathor Leafbringer. Just two in my name," Terriii tossed Aliathor a face, being sure to let him know that he was getting on her nerves. He just smirked and looked back down to the leg which he was still bandaging.
"Well, Terriii, seeing as you're in no condition to continue your travels, I'll assist you on your journey to Karn. You will make it into that city in a better condition than you are right now, I promice," Terriii once again let out a face as she was once again insulted by the elf, but she did her best to hide it, knowing deep down that she should be grateful to him. (Emily's thoughts: So I rolled bad a couple times, what do you want?!) They were quiet a few more moments as Terriii rested her head back against the tree, closing her eyes again to rest. Then, out of the blue, she lifted her head again to look at Aliathor.
"Can I call you Al?"
"No," came the response, sounding like a default automatic answer.
"How about Thor?"
"No,"
"Li?" with that the elf rolled his eyes as he finished tieing up the bandage.
"Fine, you can call me Li,"
Disclaimer: hehe, aren't these fun to put in? Well, Emily owns Terriii, Miranda owns Li, and Wizards of the Coast owns DnD, as I'm sure we're all aware =^_^= hehe, they own Robo Rally, too xD ANYHOW, onto da next chappie =^_______^=
"Hey Terriii, wait up!" Terriii paused and turned to see her childhood friend standing infront of her, a small pack slung over his shoulder, a hoe in his hand, and nothing on his bare feet. Terriii raised an eyebrow, thinking she knew where this was going.
"I'm coming with you, Terriii," Stevie stated, doing his best to look like he had the authority. "Sure you are," Terriii answered, her tone indistinguishable between sarcasm and demand. It was Stevie's turn to lift an eyebrow, but that quickly faded and a gleaming, smiling face took over. "All right! Terriii, this will be an adventure to remember!" Terriii slumped over, looking like the either wanted to double over with laughter or punch something in annoyance. After a moment, she regained her usual self and turned back to Stevie.
"Stevie," she said, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder. However, that didn't last long. Her tone of voice was so serious the two friends couldn't help but burst out into laughter. Terriii took a moment, but regained herself, though Stevie chuckled a little longer. "Aherm. Stevie, I really don't think this would be a good trip for you to come on," she said, and Stevie stopped laughing, realising she really was serious. Terriii paused a moment, a finger rested on her chin as she studied her friend.
"You're a farm boy, a'ight? I really think you should stay here," Stevie looked sad now, his eyes pleading her not to go.
"You will come back, won't you?" he said, looking like he was going to double over and cry. Terriii lightened up and let out a hardy laugh, patting Stevie on the back.
"Of course I'm coming back, silly, just as soon as I straiten out the business in Karn. I shouldn't be gone all that long. But promice me this: You will not tread out into that forest with nothing but a piece of beef and a hoe, got it?" Stevie gave a firm nod, then reluctantly ran back into the fields, seeing as there wasn't much else he could do right then; he knew his friend Terriii well enough to know she's not to be argued with. Terriii smiled, knowing Stevie would keep to his simple farm life where he belonged. Terriii, however, now she was on a mission.
With that, she readjusted the pack on her shoulders and made off for the forest wich laid in her way to get to the city of Karn.
Karn and Alianor used to be close traid partners, but the villiage had recently stopped trade routes headed for Karn, seeing as all the merchants that had gone there had run into nothing but trouble, and came back empty handed. When Terriii heard that Dwarves were behind the mischief, she was off and ready to get to the source of the problem herself.
Terriii paused once again by the edge of the woods as she heard a grunt. There, in the near distance stood a boar. Despite her numerous hours she'd spent in these woods she'd managed to never run into a wild board before, and made a mad dash into the woods, looking for a sturdy-looking tree to climb. (Terriii's thoughts: of all things to happen right now, I run into a boar. Damnit.) Well, she found a tree, sure enough, and scampered up just as the boar rammed its head into the trunk. The tree shook, but only just enough for Terriii to lose her grip, which she quickly regained. The boar thrusted a couple more times and drew back, letting out a grunt. Terriii saw the boar walking away and assumed it had given up, but she was rather mistaken. Just as she was ready to swing herself down from the tree the boar came stampeding back, this time with a running start. Seeing its target already dangling from a branch, the boar leapt into the air and rammed the young woman in the legs, this time throwing her way off balance and she lost her grip to come tumbling to the ground, now vulnerable, and slightly wouded from the attack. Seeing that she'd have to fight, she stood and struck a fighting stanse, drawing her swords from the sheeths at her side. The boar grunted again and charged, but Terriii schootched out of the way easily. Although, her offensive attack wasn't much better than the boar's, seeing as both her swings hit a nearby tree root, no where near the targeted boar's head. They went at it again, and this time the boar hit. Hard. Terriii was sent flying into the tree which roots she'd jabbed. She managed to stand up again, but just barely. (hit points remaining: four. out of twenty-one. That's just sad. *kills the bad die rolls*) her swords drawn, the boar charged again, but stopped in its tracks and plunged to the ground, revealing an arrow gleaming out of the thing's back. It was Terriii's turn to let out a grunt now, as she could hear laughter from nearby.
"Show yourself!" she hollered, letting out a cough afterwords. The voice just laughed again, and Terriii found a pair of green eyes gleaming before her, as a tall blonde-haired elf (As Miranda explained it: picture Legolas. Only cuter. Emily's thoughts: So that's why his charisma and diplomasy are so freakishly high @_@) stood before her, a mocking grin on his face.
"You know, its a good thing I was here, that boar nearly killed you," he realised it wasn't something he should be laughing about, but he couldn't help but stifle a snigger. Terriii grunted, looking rather insulted, but it was obvious she was hurt rather bad.
"Sit down, girl, your legs are trembling,"
"They are not," Terriii snapped back, nearly before he finished his sentense. But, Terriii was hurt, and she knew it, so she slumped back down against the tree, but denied it was because of her injuries. A moment later she poked an eye open, herself looking rather annoyed.
"What are you doing?" she said, her voice low and doing a very lovely job of depicting her annoyance with the elf. He looked up to her with a raised eyebrow, having expected better treatment for just saving her life.
"Ma'am, I was bandaging up your legs. If I didn't all sorts of dirt and diseases would seep into those scrapes of yours and they'd never heal. I would appreciate it if you'd not be so fussy. Now, mind telling me what you're doing out here? You don't look like much of a wilderness woman,"
Terriii's face grimaced as she felt insulted by him again, but she answered, seeing as her injuries left her prettymuch stuck with him for a while.
"My business is my own, but I'll tell you that its got to do with business in Karn, seeing as I was headed there before the boar found me,"
"I see. You gotta name, there?"
"Terriii," the elf gave her a face, partly mock, partly laughter.
"With three i's?!"(Oiy, Miranda sure did like making fun of that...)
"Yes," Terriii rolled her eyes, making it clear that she'd been asked that before. "Yours?"
"Aliathor Leafbringer. Just two in my name," Terriii tossed Aliathor a face, being sure to let him know that he was getting on her nerves. He just smirked and looked back down to the leg which he was still bandaging.
"Well, Terriii, seeing as you're in no condition to continue your travels, I'll assist you on your journey to Karn. You will make it into that city in a better condition than you are right now, I promice," Terriii once again let out a face as she was once again insulted by the elf, but she did her best to hide it, knowing deep down that she should be grateful to him. (Emily's thoughts: So I rolled bad a couple times, what do you want?!) They were quiet a few more moments as Terriii rested her head back against the tree, closing her eyes again to rest. Then, out of the blue, she lifted her head again to look at Aliathor.
"Can I call you Al?"
"No," came the response, sounding like a default automatic answer.
"How about Thor?"
"No,"
"Li?" with that the elf rolled his eyes as he finished tieing up the bandage.
"Fine, you can call me Li,"
Disclaimer: hehe, aren't these fun to put in? Well, Emily owns Terriii, Miranda owns Li, and Wizards of the Coast owns DnD, as I'm sure we're all aware =^_^= hehe, they own Robo Rally, too xD ANYHOW, onto da next chappie =^_______^=