Trainy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome to see you here again!
You really should pull in an extra hour on the weekends to catch up on this thread then
. It won't be the same without you ^_^
*Cooly! Kanji! You guys are professional fight coreographers in life right? coz I can't find any other explanation for such talented description. If I ever become a movie maker and decide to make a kung-fu movie, first two people I'm gonna call are you guys
*
I have time for just one post before I crash and I promised Cooly and Kanji that I'd make it on this thread. So here it is...
Chapter 3: The night sky
Night had fallen quickly and the august trees now bent low in sleep around him. The last tremulous rays of the sun had bid their good nights to the greenery signalling the entrance of the moon. The moon in turn had taken this cue and had crept across the night sky to illuminate the subtleties of the dark mountain. Tenshoujin looked up at the sky. It was a cloudless night and the stars were close at hand. He felt he could reach out to them as they sparkled beckoning him in a tease. Each glimmer from the firmament reminded him more of the precious jewel he sought. What was it and why did it call to him so? He hoped that his memories would remind him, but all he felt was a satiated stillness. The meal of the deer and his effort to gain it had filled not just his stomach but also his mind. Weary from the day’s efforts and surrounded by the sleepy trees, Tenshoujin felt goaded towards drowsiness.
The village in the west was still quite a distance away and he knew he couldn’t afford to waste more time stargazing. Casting his drowsiness aside, Tenshoujin spread his wings and rose into the air. The breeze was cooler now and the stars closer still. The rushing wind dropped the temperature further but Tenshoujin flew well protected through his thick dragon hide. Not for the first time was he pleased to have such a strong body, immune to the elements. Unless weakened, the clouds could well have been throwing hail at him and he would soar right through regardless. The green carpet of trees below passed by mile after mile with dejecting monotony. The detour to catch his prey for the day had pushed him further away from the village than he would have liked. Flying toward it, however, kept his goal in sight and fuelled his motivation.
He looked toward the village again. The same 12 houses but only seven lanterns. That meant that the remaining houses were either empty or its inhabitants had retired early for the day. This bode well for his plan for it meant that he either had a place to stay or that there were old people residing in the village. If he received a nasty welcome, he could use the elders as hostages. He snickered… Humans always cared for their elders no matter how much they complained about them.
As he neared the village, he spied an encampment of sorts in the woods at the city's outskirts. Intrigued, he descended a short distance from it under the cover of the sleeping foliage. He silently made his way toward them. A hundred feet from the encampment, he stopped and focused his hearing.
“…damn autocracy is driving us to the brink Soren. If we leave here without the loot we will have to cut down our ranks. We cannot expect them to hold together with the bad run you've brought us this month”
“I know Batisha, but these are innocent villagers. They are not the rich that won’t feel the pinch of our plunder. They are not the greedy who deserve the despair we dish out. They are farmers and honest folk making their daily lives”
"Humans!" Tenshoujin thought with disgust. No matter how many ages passed, they would never improve... He continued to listen to the conversation...
*I'm saving the next two pages for tomorrow ^_^. G'night y'all!*