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[fieldbox=Akio Fukui, #f4da26, solid]
"Hm... Was it around here?" The grey haired male grimaced as he looked up from the map and surveyed his surroundings. He was standing on a dirt road, tall trees casting small shadows on the ground. It was nearing midday, the sun overhead and bearing down on the worn out traveller. He'd been on the same road for a while now, after the person who's face was in his bag. They'd last been seen near this area except... Well, it wasn't like he wanted to admit it.
Akio was lost. The amber eyes of the male scanned over the map another time, hoping to find something recognisable. Yet there was nothing, no landmarks he could discern. Had he been given a bad map or something? He definitely followed the instructions, as far as he knew. How had he gone so far off course? Sighing to himself, the thin male grabbed his rucksack and headed to the diminishing shade below a tree. Ugh. How was he ever going to get that bounty now?
As he rested his head against the tree, Akio sighed and thought back to the last town he visited. He'd bought some food and provisions with what little money he had, and a map. A map that was proving to be useless. Opening his bag, he pulled out the canteen and took a drink of water. Was it best to turn back now? Before he got further? Maybe he could go back to the town and ask for directions or something. Or he could keep going, and possibly find something he recognised.
Going with the latter, Akio gathered his belongings and began to walk along the dirt road once again. The shadows were slowly growing longer, but it wasn't getting late enough for him to stop. Seeing an upcoming sign, he decided he would take a break there and to check his map again to make sure he wasn't completely lost.
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[fieldbox=Raine Storm, #dd3513, solid]
"Kugaaaaaa..."
Raine was lying on a grassy hill, cooling herself down with a luxurious, pricey looking fan. She was wearing a gown, something unsuited to the setting she was currently in. There were rocky mountains towering over her small form, yet she seemed perfectly calm in the face of such things. Bandits and the like roamed the area; or well, used to. Raine and her companion had long since cleared out the area of them, as they had unwittingly become prey for the duo.
"I'm bored. Why did the last toys give up so easily?" The princess whined, pouting at the sky. "They could've at least given me some more entertainment for a few hours..." She had been complaining about it for hours now, and her boredom was only getting worse. The last group of bandits they had come across had only lasted an hour at most at her hand, and it obviously hadn't been enough. The sadistic princess waved her hand casually, glancing towards her companion.
She had met her companion in some small little town she couldn't remember the name of. Her father, the king, had disallowed her any more 'toys' and she had become bored in the castle. In an act of rebellion, she snuck out and went on her own journey to find more, so called 'toys'. As she had taken nothing except more than a few gold coins out of the royal coffer, she realised she would need someone to take her around.
Kuga Shumei, apparently the only one who could stand her. Raine was mostly fine with his behaviour, and he did what she told him to most of the time. She paid him in enough coin for that anyway. But what he couldn't always do was entertain her, and it was the one thing she constantly bothered him about.
Stretching, she yawned and tucked away her fan. She had taken that too, only because she liked the design. "Where should we go now? I want more toys," she mumbled, sitting up from her position. "Can you make them last longer or something..."
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"Hm... Was it around here?" The grey haired male grimaced as he looked up from the map and surveyed his surroundings. He was standing on a dirt road, tall trees casting small shadows on the ground. It was nearing midday, the sun overhead and bearing down on the worn out traveller. He'd been on the same road for a while now, after the person who's face was in his bag. They'd last been seen near this area except... Well, it wasn't like he wanted to admit it.
Akio was lost. The amber eyes of the male scanned over the map another time, hoping to find something recognisable. Yet there was nothing, no landmarks he could discern. Had he been given a bad map or something? He definitely followed the instructions, as far as he knew. How had he gone so far off course? Sighing to himself, the thin male grabbed his rucksack and headed to the diminishing shade below a tree. Ugh. How was he ever going to get that bounty now?
As he rested his head against the tree, Akio sighed and thought back to the last town he visited. He'd bought some food and provisions with what little money he had, and a map. A map that was proving to be useless. Opening his bag, he pulled out the canteen and took a drink of water. Was it best to turn back now? Before he got further? Maybe he could go back to the town and ask for directions or something. Or he could keep going, and possibly find something he recognised.
Going with the latter, Akio gathered his belongings and began to walk along the dirt road once again. The shadows were slowly growing longer, but it wasn't getting late enough for him to stop. Seeing an upcoming sign, he decided he would take a break there and to check his map again to make sure he wasn't completely lost.
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[fieldbox=Raine Storm, #dd3513, solid]
"Kugaaaaaa..."
Raine was lying on a grassy hill, cooling herself down with a luxurious, pricey looking fan. She was wearing a gown, something unsuited to the setting she was currently in. There were rocky mountains towering over her small form, yet she seemed perfectly calm in the face of such things. Bandits and the like roamed the area; or well, used to. Raine and her companion had long since cleared out the area of them, as they had unwittingly become prey for the duo.
"I'm bored. Why did the last toys give up so easily?" The princess whined, pouting at the sky. "They could've at least given me some more entertainment for a few hours..." She had been complaining about it for hours now, and her boredom was only getting worse. The last group of bandits they had come across had only lasted an hour at most at her hand, and it obviously hadn't been enough. The sadistic princess waved her hand casually, glancing towards her companion.
She had met her companion in some small little town she couldn't remember the name of. Her father, the king, had disallowed her any more 'toys' and she had become bored in the castle. In an act of rebellion, she snuck out and went on her own journey to find more, so called 'toys'. As she had taken nothing except more than a few gold coins out of the royal coffer, she realised she would need someone to take her around.
Kuga Shumei, apparently the only one who could stand her. Raine was mostly fine with his behaviour, and he did what she told him to most of the time. She paid him in enough coin for that anyway. But what he couldn't always do was entertain her, and it was the one thing she constantly bothered him about.
Stretching, she yawned and tucked away her fan. She had taken that too, only because she liked the design. "Where should we go now? I want more toys," she mumbled, sitting up from her position. "Can you make them last longer or something..."
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