A Whisper In The Wind

[Tigerkytti]

Jaelyn would shake his head at the woman as she told him about getting skewered on the wood, although he would feel a pang of guilt that it had happened to her when she was fleeing him. He still was upset at himself in a way for that happening, but there wasn't much he could do about that. Letting out a huff of air as she asked him what he was doing there, he was about to answer her and blithely tell her that the smell of her blood was strong in the air, but then stopped himself. If he told her that she would be suspicious since she didn't know about his wolf-like senses.

"I... uh... I spotted you laying on the side of the road!" Jae lied to her, still hating to lie even if it was to someone who hated him so much. But he had to have a good reason as to how he'd known she was there. "And no matter what you think of me, I can't let someone just die on the side of the road." He would almost say like a dog, but well... that was sort of offensive, especially towards himself he realized, almost making him laugh but he kept that to himself.

"I know you hate my guts, but at least have enough concern for yourself you fool to know when your losing too much blood," Jae knew he was being gruff but he didn't want her to see how concerned he was for her, his vivid eyes creased in genuine and serious worry. She was losing way too much blood and he worried that she was going to keel over at any moment.

As for the wagon approaching he caught it a bit back, but he wouldn't show a reaction until Sarylin, although it was hard not to. He was cautious, but would feel better to know that it was only a single person who approached. At first he would go to answer, but Sarylin beat him to it and so he would simply shrug, too busy dealing with the stubborn elf to really consider the other woman.

"No you won't," Jaelyn lifted himself up as she would get up and made her way away from them, reaching out and gently taking her arm. "Stop moving about or you'll lose blood quicker." Quickening his pace if needed to he would put himself in front of her, to gently put his hands on her shoulders. "Look Sarylin, please I'm begging you. Let me take care of your wound and then I'll leave as soon as you want me to, ok? Please at least let me help you... I can't stand the idea of something bad happening to you." He didn't mean to be rude to the female peddlar, but his mind was more on Sarylin then her feelings for the moment. The second portion of what he would say was much softer, as he didn't want the peddlar to hear him, even though he still wouldn't know why he would say what he did.

[Jas]

~If Umikai had known she had made anyone feel like such an 'attraction' she wouldn't have honestly meant to. If it had been anyone badly injured she would have at least stopped to ask if there was anything she could do to help. Though she wouldn't have forced it. Umi glanced at her bay horse Hazu as she turned her frosty icy blue eyes to look at Sarylin as she listened to the elf woman answer her.

Giving a respectful nod, she wasn't about to pry. Although If Umi had known that Sarylin thought she was like every other peddler, she clearly wasn't. Slowly stepping from her waggon as she walked slowly to the back as the male elf tried to help the female elf out. She didn't have to hear anything that they said to know that man was concerned. Gently taking out some nuts that was tied neatly in a cloth and some dried salted meat pieces that was also in a cloth. Umi walked over towards them and gently placed them down.~

“That's on me. To help with the amount of blood loss you had. There's a village along the shoreline that isn't far from here in case you needed a place to rest or what not. Anyways safe travels to you both.”

~Umi would walked slowly back towards her waggon, as she gently climbed back onto the seat of her waggon as she leaned forwards to grasp the reins. Urging Hazu forward she felt the waggon moving once again. She wasn't going to force her help. And the fact she had been kind enough to leave food to help the female elf without charging her wasn't like any peddler that most knew of.

Because Umi wasn't like most peddlers. She did it to help feed her family and those she could help feed in her village. Different of the villagers tried to each take a part in helping everyone out as much as they could possibly manage. Some months were easier then others, some were harder. Such as the winter season where the frost came as bad.

As Umikai guided her waggon however she wouldn't be aware of something accidentally falling out of her waggon and landed along the pathway. Sadly Umikai wouldn't have noticed the present she had purchased for her little brother was that item that had fallen from her waggon. She was too far away to hear if anyone noticed enough to let her know.

And the only village close in distance was the one Umi had mentioned. As she guided the waggon, her thoughts wondered. Hoping that female elf would be alright as concern formed in her eyes while thinking about it. She had hoped the woman would at least eat the food she had left to gain some strength. She also hoped that man could convince her to accept his help. Shuddering at the thought of that woman possibly dying due to blood loss was frightening.

Thoughts would go from there to the excitement about having a surprise present she had bought just for her little brother. He was going to be so excited. If Umikai had known it had accidentally fallen out she would have been upset. Because she had purchased that gift just for her little brother. It meant a lot to her. She would've prayed for someone kind to return it to her. It would be a long while later when Umi had to stop again.

Slowly moving out of the waggon she would go towards Hazu to gently lift up his front hoof to remain some stuff that had became lodged inside his horse shoes. Once she had cleaned it, she would examine the rest before being satisfied that the others were fine. Returning to the waggon she would once again be on her way. Perhaps she should have pulled aside to rest for the night, but she was too eager to return home to her village and to see her family again.~

[Mana]

She let out a groan – long and annoyed- as she let her eyes gaze back to those of vivid teal. “Jaelyn I don’t hate you, I just not sure about you. You are like a bloody twister, you change so randomly that I don’t get you.” Sarylin spoke honestly. The first day she met him, he was sweet and charming.

Second day, he was a royal ass and then the third time they had met, well…. They fought more.

Her ears flicked, body turned slowly to the peddler as she narrowed an eye to her. Though having the bundle of food handed to her, Sarylin blinked disbelieving to the merchant. There was no way she just did that.

Curiosity wandered through her vision, prying over Jaelyn then the merchant before she pursed her lips into a grim line. “Thank you for your help peddler, but honestly,” Sarylin turned, took Jaelyn’s hands off of her and pushed the bundle into his hands. “I don’t want help.”

She moved away from Jaelyn. “Look, sorry I am a pain in the ass, but I do not want anyone helping me. If I end up croaking at the side of the road that is my choice. You want to know what I want?” Sarylin stopped taking in a breath as she peered between the two, “Home!” she snapped. “I just want to go home, home where its bloody freezing out all the time. Home where I can sleep in my own bed, be harassed daily by children and a sister and home, where I am completely relent on myself.”

Sarylin turned an eye to the peddler as she spoke about the shoreline. From what she understood they were still in the mainlands, completely far from the ocean. Perhaps she was lost. Maybe the peddler was, whatever it didn’t make a difference to her. But, having Jaelyn speak low about not wanting something bad to happen to her, she gritted her teeth with the jolting pain in her side as her eyes never left him. “You are so confusing! First you insult me so I would leave you alone to do whatever you want, then you told me goodbye for good and now… now you are trying to convince me that you don’t want me hurt. Seriously Jaelyn what do [/d] you want!”

Sarylin pulled her hand away from her side, gave a flick of her wrist –casting off the blood from her hand to the road with a patter of droplets hitting the gravel- and shook her head. “No I don’t want to know. Jaelyn stop worrying about me, go one with whatever you are trying to do. I am not a someone burden and I am not in need of help.” She stated through a mulish tone, her accent making the words sound bitter. “Please,” the word didn’t usually come from her, “Just leave me alone, let me just hold onto a sad sliver of hope of returning home. It shouldn’t be your concern about me anyways, do you not get it Jaelyn.” She took a step back from him as she glanced at the peddler moving along. “You are I, two different worlds. You are still born a noble and I am a third rank citizen. My views are hard to change, and I don’t particularly trust you. So if you honestly care, leave. It shouldn’t matter what happens. Just forget all this ever happened.”

Sarlyin turned away from him, as she began to follow the roadway after the woman merchant. She really didn’t want him to pity her, she didn’t want anyone to help her. She wanted to be strong on her own, even if it did mean her death.


It wasn’t much further up the road that she noticed the oddity sitting in the roadway. Perhaps about twenty minutes had pass from leaving the sight of Jaelyn, as she moved at a slower pace. She was beginning to feel the ill feeling in her stomach from the blood loss as her head spun some. She already knew she was being a royal mule for her stubborn attitude, but she… she didn’t want to feel indebt to anyone. That was her issue completely. She didn’t accept help easily as she knew it usually came back for a price. Her mindset was hard but it had been drilled into her head from the ripe young age.

Stopping with a swoon, Sarylin looked at the package wondering. Had it dropped out of the woman’s wagon? She had been the only one on the roadway and there had been no turn offs that she had seen. It must have been.

Taking in a slow laboured breath, she stooped down, whined with the pain and picked up the parcel in her hands. She wanted to shake it to see what was inside, but she knew better. It didn’t diminish the urge too though.

“Village on the shoreline.” Sarylin spoke to herself. The merchant had been kind while she had been a pain in the ass. If there was something she could do, then she might as well try. Though in the back of her mind, she doubted she’d get there.

Glancing around her, she was slightly aware of her surroundings, but she could see the black fringe casing in around her sights. “Cheil.” She hadn’t called him that in a coons age, but if she felt any regret it was that. She wanted to see her father, but apparently she was going to cost herself a life instead.

[Tigerkytti]

The fact that she did not hate him didn't do much to change his current mood, although he honestly was glad for that, but his foremost concern was the fact she was killing herself. To her words about changing however, he would simply shrug as he couldn't exactly deny it, nor could he tell her why he had acted the way he had. Holding the bundle of food in his hand when it was pushed ot him he'd also simply take it without argument, although he had no intentions of letting her not use it.

"Wanting to get home won't happen if you die however," Jaelyn pointed out mildly, his eyes watching her. He didn't exactly expect her to listen to reason at the moment however as she seemed to be going off on a tangent headlong, not really thinking either. At her statement of him being confusing, he would give a dry, bitter laugh and shrugged. There was nothing he could do about it. "What I want, and what is for the best are two different things," Jae told her, knowing she'd most likely find it cryptic but again it was even worded still... for the best. He was hating that phrase passionately...

Standing there watching her as she ranted and moved away slowly, his ebon hair framing his face as he kept his eyes to her, they never strayed even when the peddlar left. He wouldn't even bother pointing out that what he currently was 'trying' to do was make sure she didn't die on the side of the road, having listened to enough rants from women to know that she didn't care to hear reason either.

As she walked away, he sighed heavily and gathered his things, shoving them back into his pack before he started walking in the same direction as her. Oh she'd probably be furious at him for doing so, but he had no intentions of leaving her on her own now. There was a month until the next full moon anyways, so he should be safe unless upset too much... Either way, she left him with no decent choice but to follow her. His conscience wouldn't let him leave her to die after all...

With how much blood she had loss, and was loosing it was only a matter of time before the woman keeled over, and of course tracking her with all of that blood leaking from her would be a simple task. And so following her, Jaelyn would slow to a stop when he would see her in the distance picking up an item and inspecting it, with great difficulty of course. He snorted at that, shaking his head at how she wanted to play stuff off like she didn't care at all, but then she bent over to pick up a dropped package when it could only cost her.

Hearing her call out someone's name, he would become worried as he wondered if she was becoming delusional with fever or blood loss... And as much as Jae really didn't want to, he would wait for her to drop. He didn't want her to worsen herself by trying to flee him so really it was the better option.

Heading over to her immediately once she blacked out, running over, he would mutter under his breath about the stubborn foolish woman and how if she'd just accepted help she wouldn't be in the mess she was in now. Kneeling at her side yet again, Jaelyn would carefully look at the wound in her side, inspecting it for how bad it looked. Noticing the infection he growled under his breath and started to pull out his first aid stuff again, til he brought out the bottle of alcohol.

"At least she's too unconcious to feel this," Jae muttered to himself as he'd open the bottle and began to care for her wound, cleaning it and then carefully pouring on the alcohol to try and help the infection.

As long as she stayed unconcious, he'd continue to care for the wound, and when finished, carefully bandaged it up.

[Mana]

Lifting a hand to rub her burning eyes, Sarylin spoke a unlady like curse as she realized she had finally succumb to the blood loss. “Damn being mortal.” her voice broke through the silence. Hands curved around to press palm down to the gravel of the road, pushing her up so she could sit on her rear end. Ears were low meaning she really wasn't listening to anything around in the scenery that surrounded the road way. Pressing a hand to her forehead, Sarylin swallowed hard before she attempted to open her eyes.

Squinting, the sun was easily past the highest point of the day meaning she must have been out of a couple of hours, but why... why was she able to wake up. She was certain she should have been dead, running into the gates of a everlasting afterlife and yet...

She touched the wound as she started back to realize it had been bandaged again. “What is going on?”

Wide eyes whirled around her until they would settle on the crown of ebony hair. Her mouth dropped open in disbelief of the man, the deep red blush spread along her cheeks into her ears even. Why did he do this. If he had just left her alone, they he could have been on his way forgetting her and going about his life in whatever wish he wanted. Why did he keep on coming back?

Pressing her palms to her calves, Sarylin stooped her shoulders as she felt completely childish and utterly embarrassed by it all. The man was relentless.

“Jaelyn.” her voice actually came out soft and actually shyly. She kept her eyes adverted from him if he had turned to look at her at any point, her hands clamping tight around her crossed legs as the hot blush was evident on her face. “Look i dont often say this and mean it... thank you.” She dropped her head to hide her face behind the loose hair. “But i really don't know why you bother. If you honestly want to get rid of me, then you should have just ignored me Jaelyn. I am not like Nayiah where i would follow you.”

She blew her lips as she peeked through her bangs at the man, “So now that i am cleaned and dressed for my wound, now go. Stop fretting over me like some parent, i'll be alright now and all i have to do is just...” Her head jolted up as she frantically began to look around. “The package! Where is it? That peddler... she must have dropped it I wanted to return it to her.” her voice strained as she began to get to her feet. “She was so kind to me and i was being such a brat, its the least i can do for her.” Sarylin wobbled a bit when she was standing erect on her feet.

[Tigerkytti]

As Jaelyn heard Sarylin waking up, his ears twitchd lightly as he looked towards her, his vivid eyes filled with concern. He'd be relieved as he watched her moving around, looking slightly improved from before she had passed out. Smiling a little to himself he watched her assessing things before she figured out what was going on. Keeping his temptation to chuckle to himself, she watched her whirl around.

Averting his gaze then so that she wouldn't think that he was watching her blush, even though he found it incredibly attractive on her, he would wait until she spoke to him before looking back. When she would thank him, he would almost fall over in shock, but composing himself he would just give her a soft smile and nodded his head silently. He didn't want her thinking either that he had done it expecting anything, either then her surviving.

Letting her finish speaking, he would hold up the package that she had found, and was panicking over to show her that he had picked up after caring for her. However as she got to her feet he would be straight up on his as she wobbled. He wouldn't actually touch her, yet, but was ready to grab her if she were to tilt. "Here it is," Jae would offer it to her with a gentle smile before taking in a deep breath and letting it out.

"Look Sarylin, I never really wanted to get rid of you or anything like that. I... only did what I did because I didn't want you getting hurt because of me. It was stupid the way I did it though," Jaelyn would tell her after he combed his fingers through his hair, wondering if he could tell her most of the truth without telling it all.

"I enjoy being around you when we're not fighting," He chuckled softly at that even though he was still looking serious. "I... want to help you out. Help you get home alive," Jae admitted, "And it's not like I have anything better to do anyways." He added on the last bit with a bit of a gruff tone, crossing his arms and kind of giving a silly look so she would know that he was kidding. "So what do you say? Will you let me help you return that package, then get you home?" Jae asked relaxing his arms to his sides.

[Mana]

Relief washed over her as she seen him lift the package up. Gingerly moving towards him, she took it from his hands but still keeping her eyes adverted. “Thanks.”

Hearing him beginning to unfold his story about not really wanting to get rid of her, only made her turn slightly to him so she could look at him through the corner of her eye. He was weird period. “Hurt because of you? That doesnt make any sense to me, i mean i am capable of defending myself...” she glanced down to herself, “Well most of the time.” She laughed now, “Its not like you are the werewolf right.” she shuddered with the word, werewolf. “Vile thing.” she honestly didnt know he was the werewolf but it mattered not, she didnt like the idea of the beast. It terrified her.

Tilting her head upwards, letting her bangs fall back so she could look at him fully, Sarylin hummed. “You are the strangest person i have ever met. I dont get you, you stick around even when i am trying to get you to leave and now you are trying to act like the valiant hero and take me home.” Sarylin pursed her lips as she held onto the package in front of her body. “How difficult is this going to be, i mean with me and you around one another. It is clear we are toxic with one another Jaelyn.” she voiced with concern, “You realize if you come with me, then we have to work together... though i think thats harder for me to accept. I dont like relying on people period.”|

She glanced down to the package, still tempted to shake it violently to see what was inside but managed to keep herself composed. “You sure i wont just slow you down?” she quipped. “Because we are going into Naverir, do you know what is up there?”

She began to turn so they could begin to return the package. Obviously allowing Jaelyn to escort her around like he seemed to want.

[Tigerkytti]

"I assure you I'm not being valiant, I just want to see you home safe after all the trouble I've brought you," Jaelyn muttered, flinching when she had mentioned the werewolf and called it... him... vile. When she mentioned being toxic he would heave a sigh and gave her a slight smile, "I promise I'm usually easier to get along with. Just some misunderstandings and foolishness has made things harder." He would hold up his hands a little with the slightest of smile.

"Heh, if anything I worry I might slow you down," Jae teased slightly with a bit of a smile, although when she mentioned Naverir, he would shake his head, "Not a whole lot really, you hear things hear and there but it's never the full truth about places." Jae admitted again, grinning when she seemed to have accepted him, for the time being. Catching up to her side, he would be silent for the time, mulling ot if he should tell her the full truth. But he was also afraid she'd run screaming in the opposite direction.

[Mana]

Sarylin still had her gaze upon Jaelyn when she noticed him flinch ever so slightly when she spoke about the werewolf. It raised a slight concern as she furrowed her brow. “Did I offend you?” she enquire before she gave a heavy breath outwards, “Listen Jaelyn, I don’t mean to be offensive to any creature and I am getting that feeling you don’t like to think poorly of any either, but honestly…” Sarylin kept the parcel close to her chest, “Have you ever seen something and realize you actually have a fear of it? I don’t know… like spiders. There nasty and I generally don’t like them, but…”

Her eyes traced along the ground searching for a proper way to tell him what she felt, “That day, that first day I seen that massive monster it scared me right down to my bone. I knew instantly from how I badly my bones were rattling that I actually was afraid of the beast. Not just because I knew it could kill me, but what it did. It killed those men, ate them like they were nothing but a simple deer. I might have not though much about it again but when I was forced to look at it snarling at me.” Sarylin combed some of her hair back, “It wanted to do the same to me. It wanted to eat me! Listen I don’t like broadcasting my weakness’ all over the place, but knowing that something that huge, that murderous beast was looking at me like it wanted to tear into me, I know I don’t want to ever see another one.” Sarylin shuddered, “Ive been afraid before, but I have never thought I was going to die.”

Lifting her chin up so she could look at him directly, every facet in her face was serious about this. “I am scared of lycans Jae. I swear if I ever met another one or see another one, ill go running in the other direction. I… I just can’t handle it. They are monsters, terrible fiends.”

Sighing heavily after she finished her little rant, she smiled to him very delicately when he made the joke about him actually slowing her down. As he continued his sentence, Sarylin sighed. “Look Jaelyn, its not an hop skip and a jump away. I live way in the snowy lands of Naverir, where the snow minotaurs live. Its not a pleasant place but its my only home. I wont regale you with its stories right now, but you gotta know if you honestly want to help me get home. It’ll take almost a year to get home, especially if what that peddler said was true. If we are really close to the shoreline, then we might as well tact on two more months to even get to the Gate of Colossal.” It was the massive man made bring that actually connected the two large land pieces together. “If we can move swiftly and surely, probably but the next full moon we could be sitting at Jusi City.” She smiled, “Then if we are extra lucky, we might be able to find some of my old troupe and well… they could see that we are treated with good meals and grand bedding.”

She noted how quiet Jaelyn was making her study him closely, “Did I say something wrong? Or are you actually always quiet?”

They were coming closer to a bend in the road as she wondered if the peddler had stopped off somewhere so they could return the parcel.

[Tigerkytti]

"No, I'm not offended," Jaelyn would tell her with a soft smile. He wasn't, but it didn't hurt any less either. He could understand where she was coming from. When he had faced down the werewolf that had bitten him, he had been scared almost completely witless. He knew it could have torn into him, could have killed him without a second thought, but it didn't. Probably since the werewolf had known it would've been in deep trouble if it took the time to.

But that didn't make him any less hurt and worried when he would hear from her that she was so frightened of him and that she would run off in the opposite direction at the idea. And of course, he knew only too well what sort of monsters his kind were now...

"Yes, you're right," Jaelyn murmured and nodded, his eyes drifting away. Even if he was going to be able to accompany her now, his loneliness would never cease to ache because he would have to learn how to control himself to make sure he didn't harm her. And on full moons of course, he would need to disappear.... He wondered if he'd be able to pull that off with out her figuring it out...

When she continued on about where she lived, he would nod softly, "I understand." He said with a soft smile. "Did it really take you that long to get down here from up there?" Jae asked, almost incredulous as that would mean she'd been away from her home for over a year now. Shaking his head he couldn't imagine how that must be... able to be home but have to wait for so long to get there. At least he knew he could never return to what had been his home without death.

"I just don't talk when I have nothing to say," Jaelyn would answer her question about being quiet with a soft chuckle. "Plus I'm sure you do enough talking for the both of us," He teased lightly with another silly smile, trying to take her mind off the werewolf. He wanted his mind off of it too.

[Mana]

Sarylin felt a little reprieve at him saying he wasn’t offended, but the way he looked so thoughtful it made her wonder. But she kept her lips shut.

It was only when he asked if she had been gone that long from home that she let her eyes fall to the roadway. “It’ll almost be two years when you think about it. it has taken me eight months to walk all the way from Naverir to the prior kingdom and now if we are so far off course, it will be ten months to go back so eighteen months I have been gone.” She cringed at it, “I haven’t been gone for so long like that, since I was twelve.” She murmured. “Ikka is going to be so furious.”

Sarylin kept her eyes downwards as she heard him making the jab at her, she drooped her ears. “Sorry.” Was all she would reply too. She knew full well he was just teasing, but with her still uncertain about him it missed its target.

Biting her bottom lip, Sarylin decided it might be best for her to keep quiet for a bit anyways. They needed to find the peddler woman to return the parcel, maybe if she was lucky the woman would notice and come back looking for it. It would kill two birds with one stone.

“Where…” Sarylin stopped for a brief moment before she turned her face from Jaelyn, “What kingdom did you hail from?” she might as well ask so he could talk instead of her.

[Jas]

~Umikai rod silently for what seemed like the remaining length of time towards the village along the shoreline. The only reason why she hadn't replied to that female elves words about wanting to go home, was simply it wasn't her place to upset the woman. And since she hadn't wanted any help. Umi wasn't going to overstep her boundaries or anything. Thinking about that woman's words however sat in her mind.~

“You know Hazu, I understand how much that woman who was wounded felt about wanting to go home. How much I have missed mother, father, little Kurushimi and Suriru. I miss my brothers. I wonder how Kuru's doing, don't you Hazu?”

~Umikai spoke with great happiness in her frosty icy blue eyes, if anyone was actually around to hear how she spoke about her little brother Kurushimi, which she called him Kuru for short all the time, his little nickname. Her little brother was such a sweet little boy. How much she cherished, loved and adored her little brother so much. Then Suriru, her older brother was not just a brother to Umi, but he was her best friend. She always told Suriru everything. It had been so painful to leave both of them, but it had to be done.

As Umi rod in her waggon it would make a trail with it's wheels along the dirt pathway. So it would have been quite obvious that she had taken the right side of the pathway. If Umi had known she had lost her present she had paid for that she had bought for little Kuru. She would have felt so bad. It wasn't like she had promised her little brother she would get him something along her journeys. But that she had thought about him, and missed him so much that she wanted to get something for him to give him when she would return home.

Anticipation tingled along in her stomach as she just wanted to get home desperately. It was something Umi could relent to with Sarylin. If anyone had known exactly why she had left and taken up life as a peddler, then well perhaps they would have understood exactly how Umi wasn't like other peddlers. By the time she spotted her village off in the distance, excitement lit up in her expression as she tugged the reins briefly as she made Hazu know she wanted him to go faster. She wanted to get home now. Hazu picked up pace, making the waggon go at a more faster pace. If Umikai had known that Sarylin had found her brother's gift and that she was trying to return it to her, she wouldn't have tried rush to get home.

So instead of finding Umikai or her waggon and horse, all that would be left of her was her tracks. It however led the way. From where she had left Sarylin and Jaelyn to right outside of her home, which her people used for a small inn to the few travellers who came to her village. Not many came there, it was why it was a smaller inn. But anyone who came to stay were well treated. By the time Sarylin and Jaelyn would have spotted the village along the shoreline, Umikai would be greeted by her father and mother and older brother Suriru. Handing the large bag of coins to her father, as her contribution for helping them out. Concern showed in her eyes.~

“Father, how is Kuru? Any changes?”

~Umi asked concern on her face as her sudden change in mood changed all so quickly. Worry filled those frosty icy blue eyes as if she had been sucked into a tidal wave and was forever lost inside it. Though that wasn't the case as she noticed her father shaking his head grimly in response. Not even bothering to wait for him to say anything, she already knew what that meant. Rushing to her waggon she tried to look for that present for her little brother, and panic filled her expression even worse when she realized it wasn't there. It was gone!~
“Noooo!! It can't be gone! It just can't!”

~Umi said as tears poured down her face as she tried searching for it repeatedly knowing it wasn't there. But she continued looking almost as she didn't believe it wasn't there. She had bought this beautiful wooden carving from a wood carver shaped as a beautiful wolf. Kuru was fascinated by wolves, she figured if she had bought that for her little brother who was so ill, he wasn't doing any better. She had hoped it would cheer him up and give him some luck and some form of hope to hold onto so that he would be able to recover better. No one knew how to help Kuro. He suffered from a rare illness, which sadly they couldn't find the remedy. It hadn't been just that she was a peddler that she had left her home. But that her family needed the money to be able to pay for doctors to treat Kuru, to buy medicine for him.

To place be able to support her family, considering they didn't get many travellers. And what not, Umi was thankful she had made more then enough for her family and few of the villagers to be alright for this season. Although she hadn't seen her older brother. Wondering where Suriru was, her eyes went to her father then her mother.~


“Where's Suriru?”

~Umi asked concerned. Shaking their heads at her. They honestly didn't know. Umi listened as her mother explained that Suriru had went out in search for some work as well, so that he could help out. As well as the rare herb for Kuru. But he hadn't returned home. Pushing herself away she ran into their home, wanting to be with Kuru. She hadn't even bothered to undo Hazu from his reins as she had simply forgotten about her horse. As her brother's illness was more on her mind. Fear crept hard on her family. As they constantly worried about Kuru dying. She didn't want to loose her little brother. She couldn't loose him, she just couldn't. She wouldn't see her father undoing Hazu's rein's as he led the horse into the stall that was attached to their little inn. Gently sitting down next to Kuru, he would be sleeping. But he was so pale, it worried her greatly.

How unfair life seemed, especially that Kuru was sick. He couldn't go outside and play like most little boys his age. It seemed too unfair. But there was hope and that there just had to be. As long as that rare herb existed there was hope. The medicine seemed to be buying Kuru the time. Umi refused to give up on helping her family out. She cared more about saving Kuru, then finding a husband or whatever like some of the elementals did in her village. But then again they weren't faced with their situation like Umi and her family were.~

[Mana]

When Jaelyn hadnt answered her about the kingdom he hailed from, she figured she was prying so decided not to making any more of it. They walked in silence around the bend of the curb until she could see the village on the horizon. Ears shot into alert as she could see the ocean past the village. Damnit, she had gotten herself fall off course making her too close to the ocean. How on earth she didnt notice the drastic change in direction was unbelievable.

Furrowing her brow, Sarylin took in a breath as she felt the annoyance coursing through her but since Jaelyn seemed out of it, she kept her mouth shut.

It took a bit of time, but eventually they stood at the gate of the village her eyes grazing along the many faces. She scoured the premises until she noted the familiar grain of the wooden wagon that the peddle had been driving. Though no one was around.

“I'll go and deliver this back Jaelyn, if you just want to stay here.” she made a gesture to him, “I'll be quick. I dont want to linger around here anyways.”