Blindness
by Deunan and Hawkings.
The Plans part I: Finding the Target.
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Four days earlier, Aidan.
"This is bad. Noveick has a spy that saw Xochiquetzal in a Tamriel land of Cyrodiil, which is bad. People don't know the Leocadian race which will prove bad for buisness, if people think that there is a free Leocadian walking around aimlessly in a land that has no idea who we are then catching her will be easy and that means no big numbers for us." The man paced.
"Novyika has found, through a stalker, that Xochiquetzal is in Cyrodiil and is currently dwelling in Bravil, living with a couple and their son. It's nothing new, we've done this before, now go. You know what to do." The teams left.
"Aidan, if you find her bring her to me first and I'll give you double what their paying." He said holdng Aidan back.
"Yes sir." Aidan said and left.
Aidan got on a paint horse and rode off with the teams of hunters.
"Find her, I want Noveick to want her, with that pay I can kill this group and get another. Betar! Bring me dinner."
Aidan ran in the woods, he begged to God that he'd find her first.
Although he's never been to Tamriel, Cyrodiil or Bravil, he wished he would be lucky and find her, hide her even at the highest expense.
Above all, he wished she was in good health, it sounded like it. Living with a family in a small city, it can't be bad, can it?
Outside Bravil.
Present time.
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"This place is beautiful Nero." Xochi said simply gawking at the forest.
"Funny, isn't it. A small, poor town like Bravil and outside, a gorgeous forest and river that closes it off from outsiders." He laughed.
"Yeah." She watched the deer run away.
Nero looked at Xochi ready to ask a question, but was worried it would offend her.
"Xochi, what was your home like?"
"It was well kept, always gardeners tending to the plants. Always servents attending to me. I don't like that life anymore, I like this one, it's free, open to new things, I feel so much happier here."
"Glad you like it Xochi, I may as well switch lives with you, I don't think having servents or gardeners is so bad."
"Except when you want to smell a rose but the servents forbid it because you have to step in the dirt to do so and it's their job to keep you clean, or when you want to swim in the lakes when the servents won't let you because it's too revealing."
"Yeah, that doesn't sound like fun." Nero laughed.
"I like your wife." Xochi said randomly.
"My wife? Chanda? I-I like her too, I mean I love her, but what brought that up?" Nero was slightly stunned by the random statement.
"You have a nice life, simplicity is wonderful, not having to go all around to complete your duties. Not having anyone to tell you what to do all the time, dress in what you please, it's a dream come true to me."
"I bet."
"Traveling keeps me away sometimes though." Nero said.
"Really? I'm sorry, families should never be seperated."
"I should be saying that to you, you lost yours entirely."
"That's different, this is a living, happy family."
"I guess I shouldn't say anything about family, you've never had one, it's impolite to talk about it to a person without one." He rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"Not true, you're my family now. You, Chanda and Luka, I feel like an adopted child."
"Heh, you're like an adopted child to me too."
"So where would you like to travel to tonight?" Nero pulled out his map.
"What about Anvil?" Nero asked.
"We went there first, what about Bruma?"
"Too cold." Nero shivered.
"What about... Leyawiin?"
"Too dirty and we just went there two days ago!" Xochi laughed.
"Fine, what about Cheydinhal?"
"I don't know, Imperial City?" Xochi asked.
"No way, I'm not listening to those guards one more time, they never talk about anything new!" Nero complained.
"Cheydinhal then?" Xochi agreed.
"Cheydinhal is perfect, it's on my patrol roads." Nero rolled the map up.
Xochi immediently took off back home to tell Chanda and Luka about their trip.
"I'll get you tonight! Be ready!" Nero called out to the fast running Xochi.
"Chanda! Nero's taking me to Cheydinhal!" Xochi called out happily.
"When?"
"Tomorrow, well techincally tonight so we can make it there, to the Imperial City to see Noki again and back here."
"Well, it sounds okay." Chanda said.
"Are you happy for us?"
"Absolutely! You need to have an adventure and I think with Nero's work you can get that adventure." Chanda hugged the jumping Xochi before she rushed up the stairs.
She got her suit on, shoes, gloves and all.
Xochi took with her a short sword and her beloved locket.
She sat and waited, she slept and ate and relaxed, too excited to think of anything else.
"Nero's on his way." Chanda said.
Xochi squealed.
"Dear, calm down. It's only Cheydinhal, it's not the White Gold Tower."
"To you it's simply a town, to me it's everything!" She was jumping in her seat so excitied.
"Xochi! Are you ready for some traveling?"
"Yessss!" She jumped up and screamed.
"Wow... That's loud." Nero covered his ears.
"Bye Chanda, bye Luka, we'll be back by tomorrow." Nero hugged and kissed Chanda and his son Luka.
Xochi hugged them bye as well as she skipped happily behind her newest favorite person ever.
He gathered their horses and helped her on her's.
"Ready?"
"More then you know!"
"Alright stick close and-" Xochi took off like wild fire already. "-everything will go smoothly..." Nero sighed. "Xochi!"