forum Kingdom of snow and ash

Started December 15, 2018 by @lemonboy

tune

"i have morals, but my trust in a person does not lie within my moral compass."

"a pity, you could gain more allies that way. Ones that are willing to stay." She muttered, slumping against a tree and breathing heavily

"I dont need allies, nor do I want them."

"not yet, but soon." She muttered, trying her best not to go unconscious

"you know nothing of my wants or needs."

"I may not, but you do." She said, glancing up at him

he raised an eyebrow, keeping quiet

She shrugged and glanced down at her wound, hissing a bit as she removed her hand

he let out a sigh

She sat down on the snow and pressed her hand back against the would, hoping her limited power would heal it

"If you need healing, you are speaking to a witch."

"I'm fine," she growled through the pain, "I already owe you one for saving my life back in town, no need to add to the dept."

"I've already told you, I don't do debt. Try listening."

“I listen. I just don’t believe that you won’t keep to your word.”

"I always keep my word." he muttered, "now, do you need healing or not?"

She pressed her lips together, and narrowed her eyes "fine, do what you must." she puled her hand away and looked away, never having liked the sight of wounds or blood

He knelt down, haphazardly dropping his satchel at his side. He opened and rummaged through it, taking out a few items, one of which was a small vial. He held it out to her, "drink."

She tilted her head curiously at the vial. Taking it from him when he held it out to her, she took a sniff and crinkled her nose a bit. Looking at him suspiciously, she downed the drink and gave the vial back.

"Don't look at me like that, it's not poison. If I wanted you dead then I wouldn't have offered help. It should take off some of the pain" he spoke with a little aggression still, but much less than before. He turned his attention to the regular medical supplies he carried with him.

SHe looked away and apologies softly. "there's nothing stronger?" she asked, watching as he took out the medical supplies "I'm don't do well around..medical procedures."

"it's a cut, it'll hardly take long. I don't carry around strong stuff with me, so if you really want it you'll have to come back to my cabin, and I doubt you trust me enough to do that." he kept his voice low, not even looking at her.

He breathed a heavy sigh through her nose and shook her head "you're right. Fine, get it over with then." She started to fiddle around with the snow close to her, watching as it melted upon coming in contact with her skin

He began to tend to her wound, offering her the edge of his deep red cloak, "if you're going to mess with something, you might want something that'll actually stay in your hand."

she glanced up at him in surprise then at the cloak. He started to play with the edge of his cloak, rubbing it between her fingers and watching is fold over itself like it was made of liquid. "thank you." she said softly, glancing over at him

"you're welcome.." he muttered, tone softening a bit. he seemed so gentle, compared to the threats he had been making not so long ago. empty threats? not at all, but it was easy to see why people would think that way. From appearance, with his hood down, he didn't look to be older than his early twenties, with soft and rounder features to go with his ashy blonde-grey hair and mismatched blue eyes. He looked like a weak, gentle man.

She breathed a sigh "I'll be sure to be gone by early morning in case any guards come back." She said, looking away from him "I'll drive them towards the north then head west. They wouldn't go that far I'm sure, then I'll…" She broke off, not actually knowing what she'd do after she made it out of the kingdom. "I'll do something, i guess…"

He shrugged, "it's you they're after, so it's your decision. They couldn't lay a finger on me if they tried. You have to have seen me on wanted posters before, they're all over the place."

She shook her head with a grin, “I’m sorry, I’ve been on the run too long to notice your popularity among the court.”

He wrapped a bandage around her wound with a soft 'hm'. He sat down in the snow, putting the empty vial she had drank from back in his satchel- it seemed he was shivering slightly under the cloak.

She sat up into a better position with some effort and wrapped her own cloak around herself tightly. Looking up, she tilted her head curiously and tugged off her cloak, passing it to him. "you need this more than I do."