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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 11, 2007 0:09:14 GMT -5
Iyika was wandering the forest not worrying which way to go because anyway was the right way for her. she decides to stop and eat her lunch in a clearing for a while. she pulls out a pure oak recorder and just stares at at not knowing how to play it or anything. she wraps it back in the scarlet cloth and puts it away. she then lays down on the blanket and thinks of where she is supposed to be going and when it is to begin. she thinks to herself "i hope someone joins me on this interesting journey" she then closes her eyes to a warm afternoon.
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Post by nimbus on Aug 12, 2007 15:48:32 GMT -5
Nimbus awoke in a daze on the cool forest ground when he noticed a strange object gleaming at him from only feet away. He moved nearer to pick it up and saw that it was a beautifully crafted wooden recorder protruding from a scarlet cloth. A name was carved across the underside of the recorder. "Iyika..." he read in a whisper. Nimbus wondered how the instrument could have found its way through the vast forest. There wasnt a town for miles, and he'd been wandering the wood without meeting a soul for a fortnight. Not quite thinking about what he was doing, Nimbus put the recorder to his lips and began playing a slow soft tune that echoed through the trees.
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 12, 2007 15:54:11 GMT -5
Iyika stays asleep for a minute when she thought she heard her name, she then wakes up when she hears the music. "who are you and what are you doing?" she looks at the man playing her recorder, she looks terrified
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Post by nimbus on Aug 12, 2007 20:24:05 GMT -5
Startled by the sudden voice behind him, Nimbus stopped playing and turned around to see a terrified-looking girl staring at him. "My name is Nimbus" he said. He looked down at the engraving on the recorder. "Are you Iyika?"
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 13, 2007 11:50:02 GMT -5
"yes i am, how did...how did you get that out of my bag?" she shakes her head in disbelief knowing that only she can actually play somethig. she thinks to herself "this is the guy then? i was told that he would play but i didnt expect so sudden." she smiles at him. "where are you headed? and may i have my recorder back please? "
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Post by nimbus on Aug 13, 2007 17:19:16 GMT -5
Nimbus deposited the oak recorder back into the scarlet cloth and handed it to Iyika. "I can't say, as I don't even know where I am..." "And what about you? What brings you here?" he asked curiously.
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 14, 2007 0:15:01 GMT -5
"well i am sort of on a big journey... its kind of hard to explain." she smiles and takes the scarlet cloth back and puts it in her bag. "well to explain it, kind of, i am headed to the village a quite a few days north." she smiles and asks, "do you have a bag or any items? we can travel together i can offer music! I, oh nevermind." she blushes and looks away. " how did you read my name on the recorder? only certain people can. not even my own family can see anything."
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Post by nimbus on Aug 14, 2007 1:13:37 GMT -5
"That engraving is written in the same language spoken in my homeland... I recognized it immediately." Nimbus moved back to where he had fallen asleep to collect his bag and sword. "Well, we've got a long journey ahead of us, so lets get started!" he said brightly, flashing her a smile.
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 14, 2007 1:17:50 GMT -5
"oh, wow, well as you know i am Iyika Bureau," she looks at his sword. and then gets up off of the ground and packs up some of her stuff. "want to get food or water first? or are you ok for now?" she glances at his sword again.
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Post by nimbus on Aug 14, 2007 1:30:12 GMT -5
"I could use some water, I just ran out yesterday" he said eyeing his empty gourd gloomily. He placed the gourd in his bag and sheathed his sword. "I'm ready when you are!" he said after checking that he had collected everything.
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 14, 2007 1:42:43 GMT -5
"ok, well lets head west, i know of a stream a semi short walk away," she points to some trees "you see those trees over there? well its just past the one with the big top. and down a small path." she giggles at herself for making little sense. "oh well let me look around, some of the animals around here can confuse me by taking small items sometimes. she takes out an item and presses it, it sounds like a ver loud click of wood. "i hope you can ride." she smiles and presses it again, twice this time. hoofbeats are in the distance. she gives a whistle and two dark brown horses gallop over to them both. she smiles as she walks over to a tree with a hole in it. she pulls out two saddles and two halters for the horses. "i always keep four saddles in here. " she smiles and saddles up the horsesand gets out two sugar cubes ad gives one to nimbus. "here they will coperatre with them. " she smiles at him an saddles up both hrses and starts to climb aboard the one with the white dimond on her head. she falls down."hmm"
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Post by nimbus on Aug 14, 2007 12:13:27 GMT -5
Nimbus gave his sugar cube to the other horse and was about to climb on until he heard Iyika fall. "What's wrong?" he asked puzzledly.
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 14, 2007 13:33:30 GMT -5
"i forgot how large horses are... i can saddle (sp?) them, call them, do anything else but get on one since i am short. umm, may you help me?" she looks at him pleadingly. and giggles a bit, for asking him as they first meet.
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Post by nimbus on Aug 14, 2007 14:33:38 GMT -5
Nimbus looked at Iyika for a moment, a mildly shocked expression on his face. "Sure, I'll help you up." He approached the horse and knelt down to give Iyika a boost, then went to mount his own horse. "Ready?"
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Post by hawksong1 on Aug 14, 2007 14:49:23 GMT -5
"yes, thank you." she smiles and turns her horses head toward west and nudges her horse, "lets ride." she smiles and looks back at him
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