The Mountains- Peace at Last

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka smiled softly as she flopped back down on the ground. "I see." She gazed out towards the horizon. "My grandfather was a mage, and we had a few others scattered back in our history as well, but mostly we were merchants, with a few warriors scattered in. My father was one of them, and he married a rich woman. He became famous quickly for his ability, and he taught me." She smiled again. "He was a good teacher."

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

She didn't speak. She could hardly remember her father and hte memories were at the edge of her mind. She felt a guilt tug at her heart. She had stopped thinking. Remembering about her own father....
Don't fight you nature, Saphira, and fight. You are a warrior of magic...don't fight your nature...you are who you are....
So much for teaching her. "You're lucky you had a father like that.:

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka faced Saphira, a serious look on her face. "I was lucky? I barely knew him. He was gone most of the time until I was twelve, and then he came home. That's when he started teaching me. He was killed the next year. But I suppose you could say I was lucky, considering that I knew him for a year."

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

Saphira swallowed and her face remained empassive but emotions clawed at her mind like a wounded beast.
"Yes. I suppose. It has made me quite bitter."

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

"Bitter? What you have gone through would make anyone bitter." Kaldaka's eyes reflected the anguish that was in her soul. "I didn't just go bitter though. I went to the extreme. I vowed vengeance. And I mean to go through the vow, though how much pain it will cause me now I don't know. I'm not one to go back on my word.

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

"Really?" she seemed geniunely intrigued. "An honest person? Not many of these around." she lept back to float cross legged in the air and the tension in her mind seemed to lessen a bit. "You didn't strike me at first to be an honest person as such. Your aura wasn't right."
Oh no. Slip. SHe could have hit herself...she struggled to control her features to hide her mistake.
"Do you have honour?"

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka almost grinned as Saphira obviously let something slip she thought she shouldn't have. She raised her eyebrows. "My aura wasn't right? How interesting." She laughed, a tinge of bitterness in it. "I'm not always honest, after all, the path I travel doesn't require honesty, it just requires..." she paused. "Never mind about that. But I always keep my promises." She grinned widely. "At least, most of the time."

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

Saphira flicked her long raven hair over her shoulder. "Most of the time isn't always. " then she laughed again. SHe had been doing this more and more times since her brother came back. "Well. Its better than me I suppose."
She took out a silver watch and consulted it. "He should be here now..." she muttered uncertainly.

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka laughed with her. "Who should be here now?" she asked curiously. "You don't have to tell me, but I would like knowing."

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

Saphira blushed very slightly, colour coming into her pale features.
"My brother. He...came back 3 moons ago."

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka's grey eyes went blank, as did her face. "You have a brother?" she inquired, trying to seem interested. "How nice!" Inside of her though, she felt sick at heart. She had nobody left, and her heart ached inside of her.

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

Saphira simply turned away.

[Kaldaka/Traveller]

Kaldaka turned away too as tears sprang to her eyes. Oh, sweet Eru, why had she done that? "I'm sorry, Saphira," she said softly, struggling against the tears. "It's just that whenever people mention siblings, I feel.... so left out. But really, it's okay." She turned back and bravely mustered a smile.

[Saphira Siparti of Elvinoire]

There was a silence. "You had a sibling as well?"
She gave a shaky laugh. WHich was cut short by....
(ooc: your cue, Natty.)

[Nathaniel Siparti]

(ooc: dont call me that!)
Nathaniel had taken quite a long while to get to the placem, the rendezvous. He could not fly as well.
He was always 2nd best at everything, favoured 2nd best by his Father....he choked back memories. Always. 2nd. Even though he was the oldest brother.
But when his uncle came, he managed to turn him against his own sister...his own twin...his other half....
THat was how he was pursuaded to go and search for the amulets and such....oh the gullibility.
And when he returned, the house was deserted, his uncle dead and Saphira...gone......

Nathaniel finally reached the destination after a morning's hard walk. He saw two figures in the near distance, talking. He kept his hood down.
People found their appearance disconcerting...sometimes scary. He wished it wasn't so.
Finally he was standing in front of them.