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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 15, 2008 15:56:42 GMT -5
*Helen smiled warmly and placed a large sum of money on the table. It was more than enough to cover the cost for the food.*
"Here is a little something for all the trouble I put you through. Thank you for all you have done for me so far. I hope that my husband will leave you in peace when he learns I am not here."
*She gently accepted the satchel and matches.*
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Post by Brandi on Oct 15, 2008 16:47:35 GMT -5
*Brandi left the money on the table for the time being. Sealing the second skin, she handed it to Helen.*
"I suppose you should be going then. I don't want you to lose the light."
*The wolves would be fine at night, but Helen would probably slow.*
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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 15, 2008 17:04:01 GMT -5
*Helen smiled gently and thanked her.*
"I think you are right. Thank you for everything you have done for me."
*She accepted the water skins and turned to Kiba with a smile.*
"Everything is packed. I am ready to go. I already have herbs for medicine, from Troy. I forgot to unpack them, so they are still in a leather pouch here in my dress pocket. If we should need more, we can stop at a market place, can't we?"
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Post by Kiba on Oct 15, 2008 19:55:23 GMT -5
"We don't need to see," Kiba reminded her. "We usually just track things by scent at night."
As pure white wolves were rare in this world, he supposed that it would help Helen follow him at night.
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Post by Brandi on Oct 16, 2008 7:38:15 GMT -5
"I wasn't questioning your abilities." *She glanced from Kiba to Helen, suggesting her thought.*
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Post by Tsume on Oct 16, 2008 12:16:01 GMT -5
"Tch. Don't worry about her, then," Tsume said flippantly. "If Kiba can bend steel with his fangs, then carrying someone like Helen is no problem."
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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 16, 2008 12:40:13 GMT -5
*Helen heard their words, feeling their glances, and she lowered her head sadly. It was not her fault she had been born as a princess of Sparta, and been shielded and protected all her life. She had never asked for a life in a golden cage. But she had been tossed into it. And only now she had attempted to escape. If they only would let her. She knew better than to argue with persons that were stronger than her. She just looked pleadingly at Kiba, hoping he would protect her.*
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Post by Kiba on Oct 16, 2008 13:16:26 GMT -5
"What makes you think she'll be such a burden on us?" Kiba demanded, appalled at Brandi's lack of sensitivity. Tsume, out of anyone in the room, had stepped in to help--either Brandi hadn't been taught proper manners or she'd been raised by an unusually rough family. (The latter would explain her constant surges of adrenalin.)
"It's not her fault she's an omega." His urge to take over from an emotionally-inept alpha rose sharply--but despite his experience, Kiba himself was a far cry from ideal, and this wasn't a good time to challenge the rankings. "You don't expect everyone who comes here to know how to fight. Why should it be different with her?"
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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 16, 2008 13:22:31 GMT -5
*Helen blushed when Kiba defended her like he did. Her heart beat faster, for reasons she could not explain, even not to herself. And why did she suddenly want to kiss him? She was a bit unsure of how he would react if she did - especially in front of others. So she just remained where she was, and looked down, afraid to give away what she felt.*
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Post by Tsume on Oct 16, 2008 13:40:05 GMT -5
"And I think we should start going," Tsume reminded. "Before the world ends again, Kiba?"
Kiba nodded, heading towards the door and stopping in front of it. "Come on."
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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 16, 2008 14:00:07 GMT -5
Helen followed Kiba quickly, afraid that someone might change their minds and force her to stay away. She knew she would miss Kiba terribly if he left without her. She opened the door to allow the wolves to go first.
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Post by Kiba on Oct 16, 2008 15:16:55 GMT -5
"Get on," Kiba told her, dropping his disguise and once more bracing his forelegs against a nearby tree; the added height allowed him to almost reach Helen's shoulder. We'll be back once he's dead, Brandi, he added.
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Post by Helen of Troy on Oct 16, 2008 23:57:19 GMT -5
Helen gave Brandi a friendly nod and followed Kiba, as requested. With a large wolf as him to guard her, she was not afraid of Menelaus. The scent Kiba sent out, was not hard for her to follow, so she expected it would be no trouble.
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Post by Tsume on Oct 17, 2008 0:17:09 GMT -5
Tsume fell into line beside Kiba, also noting the familiar scent along with Kiba's own scent: lunar flowers. Helen could probably smell it now that she was on Kiba's back, but to Tsume it was much stronger and more recent than it used to be.
Cheza?
"You never mentioned you met up with Cheza here," he commented. When Kiba stiffened slightly, though, Tsume was surprised. "You didn't? So why do you smell like lunar flowers?"
She died, was the terse answer. But she told me to find her.
"Is that what happened after I died?"
Yes, Kiba said, in an extremely final tone.
"I have really big doubts about this place, but just because it's crazy doesn't mean it's BAD."
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Post by Brandi on Oct 17, 2008 7:16:53 GMT -5
*Brandi opened her mouth to answer, but by then they had gone. She just sighed, closing the pantry before she headed upstairs to check on the children.*
((I know that Kiba doesn't know this, and he's welcome to think/feel whatever he will about her, but the reason that Brandi is hyper tense about things is the last time that she and Cry-Baby helped a damsel in distress, Brandi was almost sacrificed on a stone altar. CB had to make a deal with War to get her out of it and because of that, she had to let her man impregnate tons of other women and are now rearing their children for War. And the whole experience has left her strongly influenced by War and Hedonism which has made it where she pretty much can't touch people without beating them to a bloody mass or screwing them roughly. So yes, she's a little bitter and wary of damsels in distress.))
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