"Three... Two... One! Time's up!" The Drakkin whom stood facing the tree removed the hands from her face and turned around. Her green eyes surveyed the gently sloping hill and the quietly gurgling lake that lapped at the hills base like a cat grooming it's paws. Aside from the occasional tuft of stiff but soft grass the shoreline was empty. She swung her gaze North and viewed the Hameau, built using her own strong hands, it too was empty. The drakkin, who was named Viertania unsheathed her heavy two-handed sword and drove the point into the ground. It stood there stalwartly, it's engraved hilt seeming to watch it's Mistress as Viertania, the warrioress, took a few tentative steps towards the hameau. She was just about to step up onto the marble platform when a flash of light was seen out the corner of her eye. She immediatly spun around, her knees bent in an offensive stance and as she exclaimed she pointed a finger at the place she'd seen the flash of light.
'AHHA!' She was pointing at her archery training ground. She could see the circular targets, the tiki torches that would be lit come sundown, and the stone chair that sat snuggled in the corner where one hedge met the other - but there was no secondary flash of light. Her eyes swept across the training ground once again, before she spun around on the spot.
Hide and seek, besides being a lot of fun, was an excellent way to hone one's skills. Viertania and her bard often played the game, sometimes within their three roomed abode, more often outside of it. The duo had perfected many rules for the game, and both took pleasure in the hiding and seeking, but there was no doubt to be had that Eysea - the bard - was better at hiding. Viertania could hunker down and camoflague herself amoungst the foilage. She could tread quietly and climb to the high places with ease, but she could not make herself invisible. Eysea was so good at this particular feat that she did not even need an instrument to make it happen. As such, Vier was left not only without visual clues as to Eysea's whereabouts, but she was also denied any audial clues.
This was what Viertania enjoyed the most. Her hands were free of her weapons, those heavy extentions that so easily moulded the world to her desire, cutting through foe and foilage alike. Now her hands were free, and she moved with the grace of a martial artist, spinning around in another circle before finally closing her eyes.
With her sight thusly removed, the warrioress was better able to hear her surroundings, and proved to her senses that the sensation of being watched was justified. She could feel Eysea's gaze upon her, and could not refrain from grinning in delight. She takes a measured breath now, and two steps forward. Though she could not see, she knew perfectly well where she was, and a rush of air behind her told her exactly where Eysea was too.
The Warrioress bent as if to adjust her boots, but instead made a circular kick that was low to the ground. Half way through the arc her ankle met upon something solid. Vier squealed in delight, unheard by her ears that now pulsed with her heartbeat, and turned and leapt at the shape. A peal of laughter that was not her own suggested that she had been successful.
"Aww.." Eysea began, ceasing her invisability chant and grinning up at Vier, whom had pinned her to the ground. "I knew I shouldn't have snuck up behind you." The bard was also a Drakkin. Her hair was much shorted than Vier's, and was always kept styled in a sweeping bouffant.
The two girls giggled and Vier sat up atop Eysea. Keeping her pinned at the waist, the warrioress lightly pats Eysea's cheek. "If you hadn't done that, I'd probably never have found you."
"Sure you would have, I've seen the way you swing your sword. A whack and a thwack and you'd have found me alright." Eysea's tone was cheeky, and the bard smirked in good humour.
"Oi!" Viertania feigned offense and folded her arms, but raised her knees so her full weight could be felt by the bard. The Warrioress smirked, and the smirk curled into a grin, and the grin folded into a tinkle of laughter. "I haven't found anyone with my sword since our days in the Reach."
"Ungh!" Eysea wheezed, still smirking.
"Mind you, you've never hidden so well before. How did you manage to keep up your incantation?" Vier questioned the bard beneath her, seemingly oblivious of the bard's discomfort.
"Qw- Quietly!" Eysea wheezed, then drew a deep breath and burst into heartfelt laughter.
Viertania giggled too, and obligingly stood up. She offered her hand to Eysea and the bard took it. The warrioress pulled Eysea to her feet and lovingly brushed the grass off her back.
"You did good, honey." Viertania smiled.
"You too." Eysea returned the smile, then pinched Vier on her exposed shoulder. "Tag. You're it!" Eysea pealed with laughter and took off at a run for the house. She was inside with the door slammed behind her before Vier had picked up her sword.
The warrioress giggles delightfully, hefts the sword over her shoulder and heads for the house at an easy jog. Stopping at the door with one hand on the handle she shakes her head in delighted amusement.
"I love you, you cheeky bard."
The sun drew it'd head beneath the horizon and twilight swept across the land. As the first stars appeared and the wind picked up, the breeze carried away the laughter that eminated from the happy household. A household in which two dragon kin shared their lives.
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[Written by Viertania Longsword with permissions given by Eysea Eturnity. This is not an open-ended story, but you are most welcome to comment, or to offer constuctive critism.]
'AHHA!' She was pointing at her archery training ground. She could see the circular targets, the tiki torches that would be lit come sundown, and the stone chair that sat snuggled in the corner where one hedge met the other - but there was no secondary flash of light. Her eyes swept across the training ground once again, before she spun around on the spot.
Hide and seek, besides being a lot of fun, was an excellent way to hone one's skills. Viertania and her bard often played the game, sometimes within their three roomed abode, more often outside of it. The duo had perfected many rules for the game, and both took pleasure in the hiding and seeking, but there was no doubt to be had that Eysea - the bard - was better at hiding. Viertania could hunker down and camoflague herself amoungst the foilage. She could tread quietly and climb to the high places with ease, but she could not make herself invisible. Eysea was so good at this particular feat that she did not even need an instrument to make it happen. As such, Vier was left not only without visual clues as to Eysea's whereabouts, but she was also denied any audial clues.
This was what Viertania enjoyed the most. Her hands were free of her weapons, those heavy extentions that so easily moulded the world to her desire, cutting through foe and foilage alike. Now her hands were free, and she moved with the grace of a martial artist, spinning around in another circle before finally closing her eyes.
With her sight thusly removed, the warrioress was better able to hear her surroundings, and proved to her senses that the sensation of being watched was justified. She could feel Eysea's gaze upon her, and could not refrain from grinning in delight. She takes a measured breath now, and two steps forward. Though she could not see, she knew perfectly well where she was, and a rush of air behind her told her exactly where Eysea was too.
The Warrioress bent as if to adjust her boots, but instead made a circular kick that was low to the ground. Half way through the arc her ankle met upon something solid. Vier squealed in delight, unheard by her ears that now pulsed with her heartbeat, and turned and leapt at the shape. A peal of laughter that was not her own suggested that she had been successful.
"Aww.." Eysea began, ceasing her invisability chant and grinning up at Vier, whom had pinned her to the ground. "I knew I shouldn't have snuck up behind you." The bard was also a Drakkin. Her hair was much shorted than Vier's, and was always kept styled in a sweeping bouffant.
The two girls giggled and Vier sat up atop Eysea. Keeping her pinned at the waist, the warrioress lightly pats Eysea's cheek. "If you hadn't done that, I'd probably never have found you."
"Sure you would have, I've seen the way you swing your sword. A whack and a thwack and you'd have found me alright." Eysea's tone was cheeky, and the bard smirked in good humour.
"Oi!" Viertania feigned offense and folded her arms, but raised her knees so her full weight could be felt by the bard. The Warrioress smirked, and the smirk curled into a grin, and the grin folded into a tinkle of laughter. "I haven't found anyone with my sword since our days in the Reach."
"Ungh!" Eysea wheezed, still smirking.
"Mind you, you've never hidden so well before. How did you manage to keep up your incantation?" Vier questioned the bard beneath her, seemingly oblivious of the bard's discomfort.
"Qw- Quietly!" Eysea wheezed, then drew a deep breath and burst into heartfelt laughter.
Viertania giggled too, and obligingly stood up. She offered her hand to Eysea and the bard took it. The warrioress pulled Eysea to her feet and lovingly brushed the grass off her back.
"You did good, honey." Viertania smiled.
"You too." Eysea returned the smile, then pinched Vier on her exposed shoulder. "Tag. You're it!" Eysea pealed with laughter and took off at a run for the house. She was inside with the door slammed behind her before Vier had picked up her sword.
The warrioress giggles delightfully, hefts the sword over her shoulder and heads for the house at an easy jog. Stopping at the door with one hand on the handle she shakes her head in delighted amusement.
"I love you, you cheeky bard."
The sun drew it'd head beneath the horizon and twilight swept across the land. As the first stars appeared and the wind picked up, the breeze carried away the laughter that eminated from the happy household. A household in which two dragon kin shared their lives.
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[Written by Viertania Longsword with permissions given by Eysea Eturnity. This is not an open-ended story, but you are most welcome to comment, or to offer constuctive critism.]
