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Post by ivory on May 24, 2009 8:55:39 GMT -5
Only fierce training kept Galen from bursting out laughing. Any other time he would have, but not while he was on the run and with a captive besides, and certainly not because of that certain captive.
His face was all stone wall as he locked eyes with - and then he remembered. He still didn't know the lad's name. A slow smile curled one side of his lips, making it look hardly reassuring and innocent. "If you want to be friends, why don't you start by telling what you're doing here."
Out of the corner of his eye he watched Jock. The boy didn't move, his face didn't change expression, but Galen knew his guard had been raised by the tone of Galen's voice. He lifted the other side of his lips into a totally reassuring/innocent smile, his face lighting up as he did so even as he cursed himself in his mind. Sometimes he forgot how paranoid Jock was. He kept up the facade as he noticed Jock relax slightly, ever-so slightly, with giant emphasis on the ever-so, and waited for the lad to answer.
(Is it okay if I call your character 'lad' when I don't use his name and Jock 'boy'? That way you're not too confused on who I'm talking too since they're all male)
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Post by Cutebabys on May 25, 2009 2:48:45 GMT -5
"If you want to be friends, why don't you start by telling what you're doing here." The man, Gregory said. He was smiling. Dalin's training, although short,taught him to look out for anything. Gregory was looking at Noel, seeming to ask him for his opinion. However, he did not open his mouth and Dalin saw Noel relax. Seems like they have a telepathy link, Dalin thought. Now that he thought about it, Dalin did not hear Noel speak at all. Was he mute? Dalin was not sure.
"Well... I ran away from my mentor."Dalin shuffled his feet. He still felt guilty about running away.They actually answered him! It was all he could do from smiling in glee. After all, he was still a prisoner and they were still his captors. "So... Can we be friends?" He asked. Once again,he hoped that they would accept.
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Post by Cutebabys on May 26, 2009 8:28:02 GMT -5
(Well, its okay. Actually I don't mind Gregory forgetting it. I've changed it too. Just continue writing. Sorry, I get tired of waiting.)
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Post by ivory on May 26, 2009 14:29:12 GMT -5
(tht's okay. I share that same hatred of waiting. :-)
"Well... I ran away from my mentor."
Galen assessed him with blank eyes, searching the boy's for a grain of treachory. In his line of work, no one was too young to lie. He ignored the next question asked him and asked one of his own, "Why?"
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Jock rotated from watching for signs of attack from Dalin to watching the entrances. Though he knew Galen could handle himself, he also knew that sometimes Fate had other plans. All it took was a single mistake, a single accident, a single event that could cause you to lose your life regardless of your skill. So he stood and waited, tense on the inside yet relaxed on the surface.
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Post by Cutebabys on May 27, 2009 6:09:33 GMT -5
"Why?" The question itself told Dalin they didn't trust him.Again, he shuffled his feet. " Well... I... I'm not fit to become a Ranger... Its just too hard!" Dalin shouted the last word at them. Realizing what he had done, he mumbled,"Sorry... Sorry..."
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Post by ivory on May 27, 2009 19:10:32 GMT -5
Galen did glare this time, "Then it was good for you to quit."
Jock tensed again at his friend's expression, this time not relaxing when Galen shot a 'reassuring' look. He started to take a step toward them to warn their captive with his hands to behave. Galen began to rise in answer, ready to intercept him. They both froze at the same time, or rather that's what it would've looked like to someone outside the Family. Jock actually went first - sensing some sort of danger, Galen a split second later - reading the warning in Jock's body.
Without a word, Jock moved with a snake's speed, wrapping one arm around Dalin's throat, his other hand crushing hard on his mouth. Galen flew to the entrance at the same time, his footsteps light though as he stopped a foot from it. He stood with his back to the wall on the camoflauge flap's left side, ready to attack whoever dared to enter.
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Post by Cutebabys on May 28, 2009 7:38:24 GMT -5
( I don't understand what happened... Did I just faint? Did you hit me?)
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Post by Cutebabys on May 29, 2009 9:07:11 GMT -5
"Then it was good to quit." Gregory said. Now Dalin was not so sure. He longed to be in the forests again, learning how to fight with his mentor. He was about to answer. The two men stood up. They moved a few steps(they did, right? sorry. I'm just confused.). Suddenly, Gregory's hand, moving at a great speed, was over his mouth and the other was on his neck. He found it diffictult to breath.
"Wha...What... are...you...doing?" Dalin gasped.
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Post by ivory on May 29, 2009 14:16:49 GMT -5
[Yeah, they moved. Galen's beside the known entrance now]
Jock jerked his head to the side in a warning, nothing hard or serious. He just wanted to get the point of absolute silence across.
Galen watched Jock's hands move for barely a second before flicking his amber eyes back to the opening. He hadn't heard or sensed anything, but trusted Jock's as much as his own.
[an opening for someone to join if that's okay with you cutebabys? since we're over the ten post mark, someone can't join unless we both OK it. So what do you say?]
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Post by Cutebabys on May 29, 2009 21:02:12 GMT -5
[So I don't post first?]
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Post by Cutebabys on May 30, 2009 10:31:51 GMT -5
Noel jerked his head to the side in a warning, nothing hard or serious. He just wanted to get the point of absolute silence across. He flicked his eyes at the clearing. Dalin's eyebrows went up naturally because he was curious. Suddenly, he heard something. His ears were trained, as a Ranger, to listen to anything out of the ordinary.
[Sure]
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Post by ivory on May 30, 2009 16:12:38 GMT -5
['Gregory' is Galen (GG), and 'Noel' is Jock. Oh, and by 'opening' I ment the 'entrance'. Srry for the confusion. I forgot no one thinks like I do. *grin* lol. :-)]
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Post by Firehead on May 30, 2009 20:20:04 GMT -5
As Bandobero tracked his apprentice, he became more and more irritated and annoyed with not only his apprentice, but also with himself for not being able to keep his eye on Gregory, and also for not finding Dalin as quickly as 'dobro would have liked. But it looked like he was about to catch up to him at last. the tracks were getting fresher. Then he heard a yell from up ahead, close by. Immediately he was on his guard as he slipped closer to the place where the sound had originated from.
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Post by Cutebabys on May 31, 2009 3:49:28 GMT -5
[Yell? How do you know Gregory?]
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Post by ivory on May 31, 2009 12:20:09 GMT -5
[It was Noel who jerked your head to the side, cutebabys. Srry if I confused you with the names. :-) Oh, and firehead? Gregory's Ivory's character. You're apprentice ranger's name is Dalin. Srry again for the confusion. :-)]
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