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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 15:52:11 GMT
Nix Night
| Nix was lost. She had begun her trip with very little aside food for herself and Minx, a waterskin which she never allowed to leave her side and very often made sure was full to the point of over flowing and admittedly a sleeping bag and sleeping roll she had stolen. She had made a dagger in her trip, and all of these items were laid out in front of her right now with a small pile of coins she had earned from a series of jobs here and there. But the map she had bought in the town before the last village she was in, was not there. She moaned as she looked around, running her hands over her clothing and finding nothing there aside a few berries she had collected in her pocket. "Ok, so food, water, snack and sleeping. The tent is the backpack....so where the...." she got out as she bent down over her laid out supplies and then began to push them together in to a pile, while shrugging off her backpack from her shoulders. |
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 17:04:57 GMT
Sayaka strolled around the area in her usual white kimono and hummed to herself. After a few hours worth of training of airbending, firebending, and earthbending, a break was needed. A walk was what put Sayaka's mind at ease. It left her a lot to think about and temporarily disconnect herself from reality. To her, the more she kept thinking, the more relaxed she became instead of trying to get away from these feelings. It'd only make things worse.
The woman stopped in her tracks when she noticed another figure from the distance, notably their red hair. Sayaka squinted in curiosity as she looked around the forest. She couldn't hold back her tiny mischievous smile as an idea formed in her head. The idea was anything but harmful or threatening, but something that can further put her in tranquility. That, and some fun.
Air began to form around Sayaka, legs bent and stretched out as she jumped up. Her airbending enhanced her leap to where she was high enough to jump onto a branch and land in a squatting position just behind the redheaded figure. She took a moment to fix her posture as she sat down on the branch, legs swinging back and forth in a gentle manner.
"Nice equipment!" Sayaka called. "Looks like you've came prepared with whatever you want to do. Seemingly, anyway. It'd be SUCH a shame if someone were to take it all away."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 17:12:12 GMT
Nix Night
| Nix moved her hands over the items in front of her, rolling up the sleeping bag in to a tight tube of a shape and she turned to reach for her bed roll when she heard a voice. Her eyes darted to her right and she noticed nothing before she shifted to look around herself and still, found nothing. Raising one eyebrow, she looked up as she heard the voice again and noted a woman who seemed to be a few years older than herself sitting in the tree in front of her. Had she been there before? Was nix really slipping in her skills with noticing the world around her? This seemed to not be the time for such thoughts, considering the final words of the other woman and nix found her right hand just beginning to flex. She reminded herself mentally that she was most likely assuming the worst, so lowered her hand and finished wrapping her bed roll around her sleeping bag as she replied. "Prepared? You give me far too much credit, its really not a lot" the redhead replied honestly, she had enough to survive and beyond that, she didnt have the time or effort for more. |
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 17:58:05 GMT
Sayaka chuckled and shook her head in response from the reflex. It wasn't a lot, but she managed to make a slight startled from her "I believe a thief would say otherwise." She pointed out. She began to crawl on the branch before she rolled off to dangle from the branch, both hands clutched onto it. She then released her grasp and fell from the tree to land on her feet in a squat position.
Once she landed safely on the ground, she straightened her legs and approached the other woman behind her. She slightly leaned forward to examine what she was doing. "It's not often I'd see travelers camp around outside these parts when there are villages to temporarily stay in." She admitted. Sayaka wasn't exactly a native either around the area, but since her time of visiting it she never really saw anyone camp there.
"And it isn't often I see people like you come by, either." In reference to the other woman's appearance, Sayaka couldn't help but feel suspicious. Perhaps it's out of her stereotypical viewpoint, but maybe that it's all it was. Just a stereotypical viewpoint.
But just to make sure...
"Are you by any chance from the Fire Nation? Or is the heat getting to me?" She chuckled at her own little pun. She crossed her arms and tilted her head slightly to the left in curiosity. Her disdain for the Fire Nation never left, but any intentions to harm anyone from it when encountered was nonexistent. Unless she was attacked or threatened first. That, however, didn't mean her attitude wouldn't change if that was the case.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 18:23:10 GMT
Nix Night
| As this other woman went on, nix tried to keep her face still but internally she was beginning to get a little more worried. "That is probably true, however, i've never been the sort so i wouldnt know" she lied, doing her best to keep the fact she had very much been the sort when she was younger hidden in her tone. She had always stolen things like clothing and food, things she needed, but also had been known to take things from people she disliked and keep them because she just wanted to annoy them. Losing the only candle left in the house could have quite the effect on a guard who told you off, so much so that nix actually chuckled a little as she thoguht of the memory. Focusing on the other woman as she came to land on the ground in front of her, nix's eyes came back to themsleves and she looked the other person up and down now she was finally closer. She was more tradtionally dressed, for sure older than the redhead but her dark hair didnt give the girl many other hints about this person. "I can't afford to stay in about anywhere at the moment, i'm lucky to afford dinner" she replied to the womans comment, however at her next words, the redhead bristled. "Sorry, i dont understand" she lied again, tilting her head to one side. "When you say "people like me", what do you mean?" she asked, expecting an answer from this she knew and was very used to. As the woman asked after her, nix felt her hand curl at her side again and she closed her eyes, for a moment hiding the green from view which she felt would be its own answer and then she shook her head. "No ma'am, must be the heat" she replied, her tone tight and her teeth gritted as she spoke. |
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 19:10:33 GMT
"Hmm."
Sayaka became more observant the more she conversed with the redhead. It sounded like she either struck a nerve, annoyed her with 20 questions, or perhaps she wasn't the type to socialize well. Could Sayaka have perhaps offended her with her remarks? Of course anyone could be offended with what was said, but for some reason she felt as if something was left out.
But Sayaka could only give a nonchalant shrug and try not to press too hard. "Is it not obvious? The hair, the eyes, you have the look of a typical Fire Nation child. There's no judgement here if you are. Well, not too much of it anyway." Judgement, of course, would ensue if that was the case. Her bias against the Fire Nation was too strong to suppress even the smallest snarky comment.
"Now if that's not the case," Sayaka paused to circle around the woman to where she stood in front of her, then crouched down to her level. "Do you mind telling me where you're from, or do you have some skeletons in your closet you don't want me finding?" She finished with a soft smile.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 19:19:51 GMT
Nix felt her shoulders roll as the other woman spoke, rattling off the things about herself that she had come to both love and hate in very equal measures. "Really? I was under the idea green eyes were something more akin to the earth nation, there's a rumor my grandfather was an earth bender even" she said, this time very honest as she spoke. It was true, she had been told she was all sorts of wrong and mixed all her life however so she didn't know how true that fact in piticular was.
"A lot of people say no judgment, and go ahead and judge plenty so forgive me if I don't believe you " she found herself saying, the girl searching the face of the older woman in the hope she could find some sort of tell or hint that she was being judged, in any way. She was sure there was something hidden there, but not knowing the person well, she was sure a second later she had imagined it.
As she was circled, Nix made a point to wrap up the rest of the few items she had and placed them within the rolled out tend she made in to her backpack with the line of rope she had. Lifting her head to look in to the eyes of the other woman as she spoke again, the redhead made sure her items were at least packed together and safer when she replied. "The North, yourself?" she replied quickly, knowing fully well that there was a lot of North from here so her answer had been both very honest and pretty useless.
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 19:48:46 GMT
"Please. You'd be very surprised at the commonality of green eyes among Fire Nation citizens." Sayaka waved away the comment. She's seen plenty of people with green eyes in the Fire Nation and always assumed that they were Earth Kingdom citizens that migrated to the Fire Nation for whatever reason. It even took a young Sayaka by surprise, even if her father did have some nasty sentiments about her assumption of migrated Earth Kingdom people.
Sayaka's smile widen and propped her elbow on her knee to lean her head against her palm in an entertained manner. "Well I did say 'not much'. That part I wasn't lying about. So I'm afraid I have to correct you that I'm not a lot of people." The irony of the assumption the woman made about the young girl and the reverse was too great for Sayaka to ignore, she couldn't help but smile about it.
A very vague answer was given about the woman's origins. Sayaka couldn't blame her since, well, she was a stranger that decided to take up her time. In return, she did the same. "The South." She replied.
"Now that I know where you're from," Although the answer was far from being satisfied with, Sayaka decided to not press the topic further. For now, anyway. "What brings you to these parts, anyway? I'm having doubts you're here just for the fun of it." She asked.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 20:23:15 GMT
Nix Night
| Nix raised an eyebrow as she heard the other woman speak, tilting her head back to normal as she listened to her quick comment. Well, that was a fact she was going to store away and make use of the next time someone brought up her appearance as a weapon against her. when her company spoke again, nix sighed and then found herself nodding. "Im pretty darned used to it, honestly, people who can keep an open mind are the rarer beast" she admitted, though she found herself sighing a little as she listened to the reply which followed. Well, she did deserve that one. "Trying to find a home, a job, anything at this stage" she replied honestly as the other woman asked of her travel plans, considering nix had never known any of the above before and she had only ever come close to being forced to be solider, she wanted to see the world and find a place in it. That was true, even if she knew it was stupid and naive too, but she wasnt going to be that honest with this woman. "How about yourself, travelling alone and female can be a danger" she replied after a few seconds, not realizing as she spoke that she had given away that she was not, in fact, alone. |
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 20:57:52 GMT
"Oh?" Sayaka audibly expressed curiosity. There were two explanations she would draw: either this young woman ran away from her home for whatever reason, hence the vagueness, or she decided to venture out for better things. "Your old home didn't give you what you wanted? Didn't satisfy you?" She pressed on with questions before she decided to continue. "Understandable nonetheless. Home can't be permanent for ever. Can't be helped." She said.
Sayaka was slightly thrown off guard with what the young woman asked. It didn't make sense, but it also signaled her that this woman was not alone. However, she still kept her composure and had the urge to entertain the subject for a moment. "Well sweetheart, it's adorable that you think I can't fend for myself. But if I do require your services for whatever reason, I can only hope our paths could cross again." She chuckled with a wink.
"Though I am curious... if you're not here alone, where's your other company? Not that they can beat MY company." She joked.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 21:09:38 GMT
Nix Night
| Nix tried to keep her thoughts to herself, however she failed and a snort escaped her as the other woman questioned her again. "You use the word "home", i use the words "place to sleep" and even then its not totally accurate" the redhead said, chuckling as she explained herself before she nodded. "Now that i agree with, would be nice to find an actual one some time though" she said, her voice oddly bitter in this moment as she answered the other womans comment. As her question was answered, nix found her eyes shifting over the form of the other woman. She noticed no weapons on her, though her eyes also looked for something like her own water skin and she didnt see something like that. This meant either this girl could handle herself with her own skills or she had a type of bending that didnt need its resource, or it was a common one. Rolling her eyes at her own thoughts, nix had worked out this was not a waterbender or someone with obvious weapons, though it was little to work with. "I'm hardly useful for hire in that sense...." she got out before the other woman questioned her again, and nix's sentence died in her mouth. She realized in that moment she had given herself away, the question she had asked has given away her pet was travelling with her, even if they werent always together. Thinking quickly, and using half the truth, she replied to her present company. "My sister is traveling with me, shes hunting at the moment though, i think" she answered, taking his moment to swing one arm in to her backpack and tug it up and on to her back and then glance around herself and her company. |
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 28, 2021 22:41:38 GMT
Sayaka arched an eyebrow at the young woman. "You think." She echoed. Now she was thinking she was the one that caught in a trap and it was too late. Not that she couldn't handle herself, but she never enjoyed being on the end of receiving surprised.
"Very well." Sayaka announced with a nod. Whether or not the young woman's sister was actually with her didn't bother her. No reason for her to be bothered by it if it was a lie. Sayaka would probably do the same if a stranger was persistent in questions like she was.
Sayaka stood up and stretched her arms over her head with a satisfied grunt. "In that case, I hope you don't mind if I tag along and meet your sister when we see her. Nothing to calm the mind than meeting new people and have more company, right?" She said.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 22:48:05 GMT
Nix could see that her reply had not been what the other woman was expecting, though she nodded to her words and glanced around a little more now she stood to her full height. "We aren't bonded at the hip or anything, shes happy spending time off on her own quite often" nix admitted, smiling to herself as she was being more than honest with her description of Minx, even if she was using the words she liked to describe their relationship.
As her company spoke again, Nix chuckled and then turned and looked from where she had camped off the main path and back over to where she had wandered away from the route to the next village. "I mean you can try if ya like ma'am, I don't know what time she set off, what she's hunting or when she's due back. She tends to find me, so it could be minute's or it could be hours or I might not find her again until nightfall" she explained with a chuckle, beginning to slowly move back towards the main path. Was she going to have to keep this woman company all that Time, even if she wasn't out and out awful, Nix didn't like the way she was being so cagey.
Never mind the fact nix was being as cagey, if not more so, but maybe that was why she was a little more on edge.
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Post by Sayaka on Nov 29, 2021 5:03:04 GMT
"Mm, makes sense. I'm an only child, so I never really experienced having a sibling. Well, mayhaps a biological one to be frank." Sayaka confessed, the only fact that she was willing to reveal. She wouldn't really know what to do if she ever had a sibling or if her life would be any different. Not that it mattered, a what-if like that could never come to life.
As the young woman began to move, Sayaka followed suit. "Well then, it's a good thing I don't have any plans for the rest of the day. So I have al the time to tag along and eventually meet that sister of yours." She said. What better plan to spend the rest of the day than to follow someone she just met? It was an odd gesture, but who knows? Sayaka loved meeting new people and might get a surprise out of this.
"Must be nice having a sibling, though. Do tell, just so I can be prepared when I meet her, what's she like?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2021 8:33:32 GMT
Nix Night
| Nix found herself chuckling a little as her company spoke when they walked, turning her head to look to her. That had actually been information, and less guarded than before, maybe the redhead was making progress. "I dont know what family i have, my father and mother met after her mother died and she was raised by her father and new wife, i have half-aunts and uncles out there somewhere, but she met my father and ran from his only...." she got out before she realized exactly what she was saying and she found her words dying in her mouth, in fact she could feel it drying out and all but stealing her next words. Pausing in place and lifted her hands to wrap around the rope straps of her backpack, she gave a small breath and closed her eyes before slowly opening them and nodding to herself. With that, she began to walk again and finished her sentence, "for things not to quite end right" she finished, though quickly latched on to the next question from the other woman. It was amusing to speak of Minx like this, after all. "She's a lot younger than me so shes got an immature streak but shes a keen runner and hunter, not too bad at swimming either, which is good as i sorta suck" she chuckled, tilting her head to one side as she told the truth, just very carefully. |
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