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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 15:10:15 GMT -5
"I'm Glacia, this is the Kirin, but just call her Kirin." she patted the animals' neck.
"who are you?" she looked at him curiously.
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 15:14:33 GMT -5
"I'm Mammoth." He responded.
"You're gonna have trouble with humans, that's what people like us are called, with that horn showing." Mammoth sat there thinking on how to solve that problem.
"You can get down off Kirin, I'm not gonna hurt ya." He said, before finally getting up and gathering up his gear.
"I need ya to stay here, stay hidden, I'm gonna go get ya some things, okay?"
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 15:15:17 GMT -5
"get me what? what's wrong with my horn? it's the same as Kirin's..." she didn't understand what the problem was.
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 15:31:03 GMT -5
Mammoth smiled, "Relax, there's nothin' wrong with your horn. But if you notice, I don't have one, and neither do other humans. We're a very visual race. That horn reminds us of demons, and they won't be as willin' as I am to talk to ya to realize otherwise."
He tried his best to speak with a tone that wouldn't cause her to be scared. He didn't want her running off. She was likely the last of her race, and Mammoth knew exactly how that felt. She wasn't very strong, both physically and mentally, so he needed to teach her to at least stay hidden.
"I'm goin' to go get somethin' that ya wear on your head to keep ya head covered. That way, people won't bother ya in cities. I'll explain better once I have it. Just try to trust me. If ya stay here, I'll be back in a little bit to show ya."
Mammoth opened the door and left, shutting it behind him. He hoped that she would stay hidden, instead of fleeing. He walked up to the trader, it was primarily closed down, but a few shops were still open in the waning hours of dusk. He walked up to a fur trader and was about to buy a cloak made of fur, but he thought about her love of animals and thought otherwise. The trader had a wool cloak that Mammoth decided on and bought it.
He grabbed a long strip of cloth made for underclothing as well and paid for that. He turned from the trader and headed back toward the alley, entering back in to the courtyard. He didn't immediately see her, and he was gone for a short while, so he hoped she was still around.
"Glacia?"
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:00:00 GMT -5
Kirin walked back into the clearing by Mammoth and Glacia hopped down from a tree, "yes?"
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 16:07:33 GMT -5
Mammoth pulled out the cloak and showed it to her.
"Put this over ya head, it will hang down over the horn and hide it from people. It goes along ya back like this." Mammoth tossed it over his head to demonstrate. He took it off and handed it to her. "If ya go into town, wear it and it should avoid most of ya problems."
Mammoth had already put the cloth he had bought as bandage in his pack on his hip. He nodded to her.
"I suggest Kirin stays outside of towns, she'll draw attention too." Mammoth smiled, "Be safe."
He turned away and began to leave, he knew he had to go to the valley and learn of what happened.
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:09:23 GMT -5
"y-you know so much... what do I do now?" she clutched the cloak, not sure what she should do or where to go.
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 16:14:23 GMT -5
Mammoth stopped at the door and lowered his head. He had hoped that question wouldn't come up, but somehow he knew it would. He turned around and shook his head.
"I dunno..." He paused, sensing that she might be wanting to go with him.
"I am a warrior, where I'm goin' is gonna be dangerous..."
He didn't know what to do for her, her life would be so difficult, but she might not have a life if she went with him, she was no fighter...
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:16:40 GMT -5
"I've... I've never been outside the valley before, and I don't know anything outside of it... do you know someplace I could go?"
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 16:22:49 GMT -5
"No... I am much like ya... I spent my time north in the mountains where my people were from. They're all gone... I dunno where you could go..."
Mammoth hated the look on her face. It was a combination of fear, desperation, and torment. She had no idea how to deal with this world. Mammoth sighed.
"I'll tell ya what... If ya want, ya can come with me, but ya will let me train you, ya learn to fight... Or, ya can try and find a person who will take ya in, work to help them in their trade, whatever that may be..." Mammoth finished, knowing the decision was not easy, and leaned against the door.
"Not an easy decision... I know..."
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:24:04 GMT -5
"where are you going?"
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 16:31:55 GMT -5
Mammoth lowered his head.
"I am gonna go to ya home, look for signs of demons. My people... we were in charge of defendin' this world from the greatest bein' of destruction this world has ever known. A mage, a man that excels in magic, which are... powers not of the physical world..." He struggled to explain what magic was, but continued, "is tryin' to bring that evil to this planet. I have to try and stop him... I likely go to my death."
Mammoth knew what he just said carried immense weight, but in his mind, he didn't want to bring this girl into this, even though it involved her should he fail. Most would avoid what he described, refusing to believe it, or for fear that they would die in pursuit of it. People fear death, Mammoth is no different, but he knows his duty is greater than his fear... He never expects anyone to share this vision. This girl was no different, she was so innocent... Where he was going would destroy that... It bothered him...
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:36:14 GMT -5
Her hands gripped the cloak tighter as she thought things over. Mammoth was going to her home, and even she hadn't seen the complete destruction of it... She felt that she needed to know.
But more so, if this man was looking for the things that destroyed her home, then maybe she could find her family...
"I wanna go with you!" she looked at him determinedly, "if I go with, there's a chance I could find my family again, then I could take them home... I'll do what I have to, swear. If you want me to train or whatever, I'll do it!"
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Post by The Mammoth on Mar 22, 2010 16:43:42 GMT -5
Mammoth nodded.
"Okay then... Be aware that once who I am after knows we're here... he won't stop. It's either him, or us..." Mammoth said, his face showing a stern ferocity, he wanted her to understand exactly what she was getting into before she committed.
"If ya come with me, ya have to be ready to kill or be killed..." Mammoth smiled at her, trying to reassure her that if this was her path that she could do it. "I'll teach ya everythin' I can, but ya gotta be ready to use it, ya have to be able to conquer ya fear, and when the time comes, ya will have to take a life. Are ya sure ya can do that?"
Mammoth opened the door...
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Post by Ze on Mar 22, 2010 16:45:39 GMT -5
"I... " she didn't know for sure, "Kirin won't kill or harm anything that's innocent and she won't allow me to either... but if, what you're going after, is evil, then I think I can do it."
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