The Wanderer Wanders

[Protégé]

Looking all around, Protégé surveryed the dark forest. He had been wandering in it for a while, and had learned much about it. For example, the darkness concealed tree roots. His knee still hurt from where he had tripped and banged his knee against a tree. Now he wandered more cautiously, keeping the bottom of his spear close to the ground, checking for any unseen dangers that could be lying in wait.

Watching the area warily, Protégé thought about the places he went to often. The forest, the alleys...for one who tried to avoid trouble, he certainly frequented the places where it could dwell. Anywhere in this darkness could be another person, watching his carefully in an attempt to pick his pocket. Or it might not even be human, just some beast who didn't see the spear, just a juicy meal.

Clenching his hand tightly around the spear, Protégé pressed onward. He did not know where he was going or why he was headed there, but walking through the forest gave him a chance to relax a bit and stop worrying about any matter that was bugging him. Of course, it was like being in the army encamped in enemy territory. You never knew when the enemy could ambush you, never knew when you could have to fight for your life, but any trivial matter just dimmed until it wasn't something you thought about. That was why he was here, for the peace that danger brings.

OOC: Please, only one person reply. I have difficulty when there are 2 or more other people

[Yusan]

Yusan was sitting in a tree when she herd a noise from someones foot steps. She placed her hand on her daggered. She saw that is was a man walking around. She was not sure if she should jump out of the tree she was in or just see what he was going to do. She hoped that he had not seen her movie in the tree. She keep a eye on him.'Is he safe or shouled i just see what he will do?' she thought. She keep very still, not a noise came from her at the times. She very slowly moved to the end of the branch she was on. She hoped she didn't movie the tree Branch allot. She then keep still and looked at him.

[Protégé]

As Protégé walked, he heard a tree branch rustling. Normally, he wouldn't have noticed it. However, in a forest this silent with his senses strengthed by slight fear, it may as well have been a drum. Unfortunately, he could not pinpoint exactly where the noise came from. Pulling his spear closer to hm, he rested his head agianst its staff and kept the bottom on the groun. The spear was taller than him, so if a person attempted to drop down onto him, they would end up impaling themselves, with the ground keeping the spear from moving. Then, as slowly as he dared, he moved his head around, not looking directly above him but looking up into the canopy of branches for the source of the noise. Seeing the girl hiding up there, he tilted his spear a bit in her direction and said, "Who are you, and what are you doing?"

[Yusan]

"Well i am Yusan, and i am sitting in a tree, well i was sitting in a tree." her voice from behind him. She was not in the tree any more, see was right behind him. "So what are you doing sir," she said softly in his ear. She smiled at him. Her white hair was in a nice bun. You could see her eyes, they were a light green. She hoped she was not being mean to him, but she still was having a little fun doing this to him.

[Protégé]

Turning quickly at the sound of a voice behind him, Protégé had to quickly pull his spear back or he would have hit Yusan in the face with the side of its point. Listening to her speak, he knew she was sort of tormenting him. He was okay with that,he knew that game. In response to her question, he said, "I'm Protégé and I am looking at a tree where you used to be, well, I was looking at a tree where you used to be. Amazing how quickly things can change."

Pushing his hair out of his eyes with his free hand, Protégé looked at her carefully and said, "For some reason, I doubt you went this far in the forest just to sit in a tree. So is there another reason, or are branches just stronger on trees in the center of the forest?"

[Yusan]

"I was just jumping tree to tree and having fun by myself, and it is nice to meet you." she said with a bow. She placed her daggers away and smiled at him. She could see that her fun was going to be over. Most of the tree she would never do that but he had a spear in his had and she need to see if he was a friend or someone that would love to kill her. She placed her hands behind her head and looked him up and down. She could see that he was a warrior, and not a mage. She has only meet about to mages. She meet one other warrior be for but that was it.

[Protégé]

Raising his spear back to an at-ease position, Protégé bowed and said, "It is nice to meet you also, Yusan." Thinking of the reason why she had come here, he spoke quietly, "Some come for fun, some come for rest. Some come for the safety a forest provides, while others come for the danger that could hide in its shadows. Still others come to keep away from others, while others come in the hope of finding someone else. What a great world we live in when so many people can come to one place, each one with a different reason." Watching her eyes, he knew Yusan was evaluating him, though it could also be for a number of different reasons. She could be seeing if he would be an easy target to rob, or she might be seeing if he was dangerous. Doing a quick look, he saw she was armed, which wasn't unusual, but the daggers told him she wasn't a mage. Standing there calmly, he did not attempt to intimdate her, for he felt that she didn't mean any harm, but if she did, he had his spear.

[Yusan]

She smiled,"Well i see you are a warrior, are you not?" She looked up at the tree tops and smile. A bird was over head. She keep her hands behind her head and keep looking at the bird in the tree. She had a sweet smile on her lips. She then looked back at him. She closed her eyes and some of her hair fell in to her face from her hands being on her head. She grinned and tried to make it stay in one placed but it keep falling in her face. She gave a sigh and stopped trying to movie it back.

[Protégé]

Looking at his spear, Protégé put on a face of suprise and said, "What, how did this spear get here? I could have sworn I was a mage when I entered. Well, I guess I am a warrior. Or maybe just crazy. That's possible to." Protégé relaxed a little bit more, because she obviously meant no harm to him. Turning to see what she was looking at in the tree, he saw the bird. "Ah, apparently there is some wildlife in this forest other than the occasional wanderer. I was beginning to think that this place is completely empty of animals." Looking back at her, he saw her attempting to move her hair and said, "It won't stay up unless you got some way to tie it up. Otherwise, yo ujust have to live with it."

[Yusan]

"I should just cut it." She said looking down at the daggers. She though she could use it to cut her hair. She then looked away from the daggers. It would make her look like a boy. She gave a sigh and pulled a long some string out of her pocked. She tried to place her hair in it, but it was not working. She stared to get a little made at it. She couldn't get it so she placed it back in her pocket. She looked down at the ground and gave a big sigh. "Stupid hair." she mumbled.

[Protégé]

Watching her, Protégé saw Yusan look at her daggers and knew she was considering using the dggers to cut her hair, based on what she had said. Since hair was not his forte, he remained silent and let her decide to figure out waht to do. When she pulled out the string, he knew she had decided against cutting her hair and was going to tie it up. However, that apparently didn't work. Speaking to her, he said, "Maybe if you wait long enough it will grow to a length that is easier to tie up. Until then, that's the best advice I can give you." Leaning back against a tree, Protégé said, "Me, I just let my hair go however it wants and it pretty much stays out of my way."

[Yusan]

She looked up at a tree that her was under and jumped up on a lower Branch. It was close to the ground. She placed her feet over the site and let them hang there. She smile,"Thank you for the advice, sir." She had called every one sir. Even her brother and dad, but that was the past."So what do you want to do?" She asked looking down at him from the tree. She keep the sweet smile on her lips. She didn't care if she was mad, she would keep the smile on her lips. She end falling back and Hung up side down from the tree. She was facing him, but her hair was in her face. You couldn't even see her face from her hair, but she didn't care for now. She hoped she was not pushing it with him. She keep looking at him and waited to see what he had to say to her.

[Protégé]

Standing htere against the tree, Protégé watched Yusan climb up the tree, with the kind of agility his friend Gil had. Clapping softly at the skill she climbed up with, he said, "It was no problem. Easier for me to give that advice than it would be for me to climb up a tree like that. Of course, that's not exactly a skill a spearman needs." Spying a low hanging branch, Protégé put his spear across it at the point where the branch met the trunk and grabbed onto it with both hands. Pulling himself up with it, he braced his legs against the tree trunk and kicked off from it, hooking his legs over the branch. Relinquishing his grip on the spear, he hung down from the tree and said, "Of course, the spear will always give me a boost. As for now, I feel like hanging around."

[Yusan]

She giggled at him. There was something different about him. He was allot nicer that other people. She smiled and looked at him. It was funny to see someone hang upside down at the same time you were. She pulled out the string out and pulled some hair out of her face. "Ya i got it, well i got some of it out of my face." She said giggling a bit at herself. She placed her hands in her pockets. You could see her sweet green eyes and her light pink lips. He was happy that she had out the hair out of her face, for now. She new that her hair would not stay like that for long but, it was better than having hair in your face all day.

[Protégé]

Pushing his spearpoint into the ground, which is diffcult while hanging upside-down, Protégé put his hands behind his head and smiled. "Good ol' gravity, clearig up a large number of problems since the beginning of time, and stealing loosely tied heavy objects for just as long. Amazing, a helpful thief it is." Laughing at this simple joke, Protégé shook until the tree branch he was hanging from began to shake, and at that point he stopped laughing, putting his hands on his spear. He didn't know how strong the branch was, but if it broke, at least he could use the spear to help him swing down. However, he didn't hear the branch crack, so he removed his hands and grinned at Yusan. "Obviously a tree branch could be a loosely tied heavy object when you think about it."