Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Forest in Terresol


Hanging off the shrouds of the ship where Naesala was hanging upside down from, his long hair being thrown about by the strong sea wind. His ears twitched a few times and he was even able to breathe the scent of sea salt in the air. He had taken the time to observe the nature of the captain as well as the crews of the ship. Although he seemed accepting of all races, the captain did not seem ambitious enough for the elf to actually take into account for his goal.

He swiftly let go of his holding on the shroud, free falling down before he managed to grab a rope and swung himself back down onto the deck. Snooping around a bit, he managed to get his hand on another dagger that he had found astray on a barrel. He tied it around his hip with a rope. He gave the ship one last look before he slipped off the ship and back onto land.

A shackle was still intact on his neck, wrists and ankles despite being quite rusted, a symbol of his status as a slave. It would rubbed and bump on his neck and collarbone that it soon left a bruise upon his pale skin. Barefooted, he walked down the gravel road with the chains being dragged along, the sole of his feet starting to bleed yet he seemed to pay no mind to it. After all, a slave is used to all sorts of hardships and pain.

He stuck close to the bushes and the forest, not wanting to end up being caught by some merchants or guards. His lips were dried and so was his hair, both signs of his body is in an unhealthy state. Lack of nutrition and food as well as water. He didn't know how long he was walking as he started to realised that there weren't a single soul on the road he was venturing himself on. 

He gulped, taking in a shaky breath as the exhaustion finally took a toll on his adrenaline fuelled body. He soon slumped down against a tree, his head leaning against the bark as he finally felt his eyes closed, fainting.
David
Lei Linas
Forest, Terresol

A horse drawn carriage was heard traveling down the forest path nearing the location of the slumbering elven man. The sound of hooves thumping against the ground was distinctly heard along with the sound of the cargo shaking lightly within the wooden carriage. The pair of horses were breathing hard thanks to their efforts during this long journey. Luckily for them the coachman who guided them through the forest pulled the ropes gently, coaxing the creatures to slow to a stop in order to catch their breaths. A man in a beige winter coat dropped off the carriage, carrying a few apples to reward the steeds. He had black pants and leather boots fashioned for cold winters. It was clear he wasn't from around here. Despite the warm clothing, the heat of the tropical climate didn't seem to bother him at all.

"Here you go guys. Thank you for working so hard." Lei spoke to the horses and gently petted their foreheads while they enjoyed the apples he handed them.
While he was aiding his horses he noticed what looked like a man resting by the trees. Lei paused and stared towards his general direction for a moment and even rubbed his eyes to make sure what he was seeing was real. 
"Oh my gosh..." 
He quickly ran towards the man to see if he was alright, kneeling down beside him and resting his hand on his shoulder. 
"Hey, Sir. Are you ok? Can you hear me?" 
He gave the elve's shoulder a little shake to see if he would wake up. He saw the chains on the mans neck and wrists and already had a few ideas of what had happened. The inventor looked around cautiously to make sure there weren't any guards around. The last thing he wanted was to get jumped by them and fall into deeper trouble. He wasn't sure if there were any laws against helping slaves in this part of the region.
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana 
Forest of Terresol


Feeling a hand suddenly shaking his shoulder, his eyes snapped open almost instantly, terror and fear shown in his eyes almost as naturally like it was a part of him. Staring at the man like a deer caught in headlights for a moment.

The elf seemed to have been scared silly but it didn't seem to be the case when he suddenly unsheathe the dagger that he had and pointed it at the man, holding the hilt in such an amateur way that it was obvious it was his first time holding a weapon up towards another living being.

In the back of Naesala's mind, he was in fact sneering, his acting was getting more and more natural to the point it was almost flawless. An art he had perfected over the years. His pointed ears twitched and tremble, his fear perfectly and earnestly expressed in his misted up eyes. The hands holding the blade were trembling but he still kept it up as if it was his only lifeline.

The chains jingled when he moved and the shackles only bumped more against his skin, his knees brought up to his chest, making seem more and more like a fearful elf.
David
Lei Linas 
Forest, Terresol

Lei was busy looking around for any guards when the elf had opened his eyes. Naturally, when he turned back to see this man's eyes wide open along with a knife at his throat Lei jumped back in panic. 

"OH SHI-" 

**T H U D!** 

The startled inventor had smacked his head on the back of his wooden carriage, leaving him in a crumpled groaning mess on the forest floor. 
 Lei was closing his eyes as he held his head with both his hands, trying to desperately rub the throbbing pain away. He eventually looked up at the elf and sat up while pushing himself against the wheel of his carriage. 
"I'm sorry, i didn't mean to do anything bad, i promise i just wanted to see if you were okay!" 
Leis words came out rushed and panicked. He was terrified that the elf might try to stab him.
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Terresol's Forest


The elf instinctively flinched when he suddenly heard the shout of panic, causing him to drop the dagger in fear. His eyes widened even more when he saw the human hit his head against the back of his wooden carriage.

Guilt was seen in his eyes and he seemed to have stop trembling, though there was an occasional tremor. Whether or not he had heard what the man said, he showed no signs of actually hearing it.

Meekly, he crawled over to the man and approach to where his head was, staring at the spot where he had presumably knock his head. Raising both hands and softly clapping them together, he slowly mutter out a spell.

"Testor numen naturae... Testor numen naturae... Tuum digne valeam nuntiare..."

He softly chanted the spell he learnt, feeling a flow of energy gathering at his palms as he prayed. A barely visible green glow was seen on his palms as he opened his eyes, revealing a green hue over his brown eyes as he then separated his palms and brought it over the injured area.

"Naturae, cura."

With the last part of the spell said, the energy that seemed to have gather at his palms slowly moved over, transferring themselves to the injury, healing the bruise. Once he was done, he shakily pulled his hands back and rested them on his lap, kneeling beside the human with his head hung low.
David
Lei Linas
Forest, Terresol

Once Lei saw the man drop the weapon he felt some relief come over him. His shoulders relaxed slightly and the small flames that were lingering on his back due to his panic began to shrink into small embers that faded into the air. Once the stranger started moving closer to him Lei seemed to shrink a little smaller, unsure of what this man was trying to do. The pyromancer had seen the expression of remorse in his eyes and felt that the elf wouldn't try to hurt him after that accident. 

"Um... What are you doing?" 
He asked meekly while he watched the elf begin chanting some words he believed resembled a spell of some sort. He was worried that this spell might hurt him and was tempted to run away but he kept still, trying to have some faith that nothing wrong would happen. Once he saw the green glaze of color over the elf's eyes Lei squinted and braced himself for what was to come. The young man gritted his teeth as soon as he felt the energy fall onto him. Soon he found himself both amazed and confused when the sensations of pain faded. 

"Magic? Thats... Rare." 
Lei rubbed the top of his head curiously and sat in a more comfortable position as he tried to feel for any pain that might be left behind. He didn't think he felt any strange side effects of any sort so he was grateful. He looked over at the elf and smiled at him. 
"Thank you." 
He held his hand out towards him to try offering to shake his hand. 
"Sorry again for scaring you." Lei looked back at his carriage then looked back at him.
"You must be hungry right? I have some bread." 
He got up on his feet and opened the carriage door to pulled out a loaf of sweet bread and a canister of water from his belt. He offered these to the stranger hoping he would accept these offerings.
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Terresol's Forest


The elf flinched even more when he noticed the smile directed towards him, his body trembling greatly as he daren't move from his position. With the hand offered to him, he made no move to return it, instead he only fisted his hands.

His eyes suddenly seemed to have focused solely on the food when the man had gotten up and brought them out, licking his lips as he stared at them. As he looked up at the man and back to the bread, he repeated this actions a few times as if he was looking to see if there's a hoax behind it.

Once he was sure there was none, he slowly inched a hand out, his fingers slowly reaching forward, whip marks can be seen on the back of his hands and along his arms. Once he had grabbed the bread, he snatch it back. 

The elf than scrambled backwards, proceeding to gobbling up the food without wasting a second, his body curled up protectively over his food as he ate.
David
Lei Linas 
Forest, Terresol

Lei noticed how strange he was reacting and was saddened to see that he's been through so much pain and hardship. He hoped that he would be able to help him and considered giving him a place to stay back at his workshop. He grabbed another loaf of bread from the basket in the carriage before taking a seat on the retractable steps of his vehicle. He ate some of his bread while watching the man eating as if he were an animal. Seeing the scars on the man's skin caused Lei ti frown and sigh softly. It was upsetting to see a man as elegant as him so badly scared. 

"So, um.. What's your name?" 

Lei wasn't sure if this man even spoke his language but it was worth a shot. 

"If i bring you to my shop i think i can get those chains off of you. Thing is, it's pretty cold where I live, we're going to need to buy you some better clothes for the weather there." 

Lei looked towards the grass as he took another bite of bread. He looked like he was thinking about what to do next. He wasn't sure if returning to the last town would be wise since it was probably where the elf ran away from. Or was it?
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Terresol's Forest


It didn't take the elf long to finish the bread but he didn't seem to be eager for more despite how hungry he had looked earlier. Turning back to the human, he tilted his head at the question, as if he was asked a bizarre and complex question.

"....Naesala... Iarzana."

He slowly answered, as if he was unsure if that was the name the man was looking for. Was this man his master now? The elf seem confused at the man's statement in bringing him back, his mind processing it in another way. Clothes? He would be given more cloths?

Naesala was dressed in a simple tunic that reached his thighs, other than that, there wasn't any other sort of clothing or even shoes on him. The elf slowly reached out for his discarded dagger and slip it back into its sheath. Concluding whatever he could from the man's word, he tilted his head once more, blinking his eyes at him.

"Human... Is Naesala's master...?"

As long as he was with someone, it wouldn't have seemed strange since many would think he was already owned by the person he's with.
David
Lei Linas 
Forest, Terresol

Lei looked at him when he answered with what he assumed was his name, making the pyromancer smile hopefully. If he was giving him a name then this meant he probably understood him. His thoughts were soon answered when he spoke to him again but what he said made the inventor's heart ache. He laughed softly before slowly shaking his head. 

"No, i'm not. From now on You are your own master. You can do what ever you want." 

Lei looked towards the forest then back over his shoulder to see the tools he had in his carriage. Maybe he had something he could use to pick the locks of the restraints open. 

"Hmm... Wait a minute. Maybe i can get those things off you after all." 

He looked back at the elf briefly and Naesala could see the determination in the pyromancer's eyes. 

"Hold on." 

He ate the last of his bread and jumped into the carriage to shuffle through his tool box. He soon found some copper wire and snapped a few inches of it off from its bundle using the concentrated heat from his fingertips. He stepped out of his carriage and smiled, showing his new friend the wire. 

"I can try to use this to unlock them for you. Is that ok?"
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Terresol's Forest


The elf's eyebrows furrowed together at what the human had said and seeing the shake of the head was a sign of rejection to his ownership over him, his pointed ears drooped down at that and his eyes widened in despair.

"Human be Master! No master Naesala cannot live! Elves are always slave! That's what big man said!"

He seemed to be utterly terrified at the thought of not having a master to serve that he reached a hand out and immediately held onto the human's pants, not ready to let go as he shake it a few times an a begging attempt.

"Naesala doesn't want to go back to the cage!"

By now with how childish some of his words and the way he refers himself in a third person was evident that the elf have somehow had an accident that damage his mentality, causing him to regress into a fool with a mentality of a child.

Seeing the wire, he only grew more fearful at the thought of he was free out there, he would only get capture again which was why he didn't seem keen to let go of the fact that the human were to be his next master.
David
Lei Linas 
Forest, Terresol 

The pyromancer gasped when he witnessed the elf grab onto him so desperately. He had no idea how to react. All this happened so quickly and it was beginning to make the pyromancer nervous, causing a few gold flames to ignite along his back. 

"But -but being free is so much better, elves aren't all slaves!" 

Lei responded in a slightly raised panicked tone, holding the wire up so he wouldn't accidentally hurt the other man. 

"Ok! You wont go back in a cage! Not if i can help it. You're free now. As long as you aren't chained up you can run from the people who hurt you." 

Lei could see the sudden change in demeanor and state of mind this man went through, he wasn't sure if he was just this desperate or if there was something wrong with him. It made him wonder what the people who captured him did to him. 

"And those things on your wrists are hurting you, your wounds might get infected if i don't get those things off. Er- i mean... You will get sick if i dont take the cuffs off."
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana 
Terresol's Forest


Having a master was better than being free as it meant he had a pillar to rely on. Being often discriminate and look down upon his race, Naesala naturally grew a fear and the knowledge that elves were somehow inferior despite them being elegant creatures.

Exactly, creatures.

And run? Naesala was expected to keep running away for the rest of his life before he dies by natural causes or even speared down? That seem more of a worse outcome didn't it?

The elf seem to be more aware of the danger he would be in if he dared to walk as a free individual so he only shook his head frantically, a few years flowing down his face as he once again shook the man's pants, whining and whimpering as his frail body trembled.

"Hands doesn't hurt as much as Naesala not having a master..."
David
Lei Linas 
Forest, Terresol

The smell of something burning soon alerted lei and he gasped looking over his shoulder to see his jacket was on fire. 

"Crap!" He quickly dropped down and rested flat on his back, a quiet sizzling noise could be heard coming from under him. He rested his hands over his stomach and stared up at the sly awkwardly, acting like nothing strange was going on. He looked over at Naesala with a bit of an unsure expression. 

"Um... If that's how it's going to be then fine... I guess i'll be your... Master. " Lei cringed slightly after saying those words, feeling terrible for even suggesting something like this. He believed that everyone should be treated with love and care but could he really do that to someone who he keeps as slave? Lei wanted more time to think about it but they didn't have time. The people looking for the elf might come around sooner or later. The problem now was how to legally do this. He didn't want to be locked away in prison for being caught helping a slave. Lei sat up and sighed heavily, dusting the snow off his body. He looked back at Naesala and tilted his head. "Don't you want me to try to get those cuffs off you? They look like they hurt..."
Samuel
Naesala Iarzana
Terresol's Forest


He at first blinked at the smell of something burning and was watching the man before him. Tilting his head idly to the side like a curious cat when the human suddenly dropped down and rested flat on his back. He giggled softly as he seemed to have found the sudden action to be funny.

His eyes widened in what can be seen as joy at the agreement of the human to be his master and he gave the man the widest grin he ever could make but his happiness was chased away like the sunlight that shone upon the horizon when suddenly there were footsteps heard and the few men that were in charge of the warehouse earlier showed up.

Apparently some slaves managed to be caught while some had gotten away. They were planning to use this accident as an excuse to get rid of those invaluable ones.

Naesala no doubt recognised one of them that his ears drooped down in horrified terror, immediately standing up and was ready to make a run for it when one of them saw him.

The minute the man's eyes noticed the pointed ears, shackles and attire, he wasted no time to rush forward, cracking his whip towards the elf as it wrapped around his ankle. The man then yanked it forward, causing Naesala to fall and be dragged towards the group.

Whether or not they had seen the pyromancer, they disregarded him. The leader now gripping the elf's face with force and making it turn to look up at him. As he got a good look of the features of the trembling elf, he seem to have nodded.

"This is the foolish elf, isn't it?"

"Ay, proficient with healing magic too."

"But a fool. We can't get much from him neither does it seem ideal to kill off such a precious thing..."

"Maybe a brothel? Aren't some looking for beautiful creatures like them? I'm sure we can profit if we sold it to one..."
David
Lei Linas

Forest, Terresol


He looked up at the elf and couldn't help but smile when he saw the young man laugh. 

"Maybe this can work, i could teach you how to help me at the workshop." Lei looked back up to catch a glimpse of a few men. The pyromancer's eyes widened in fear and he sprung to his feet just as he heard the crack of the whip. 

Now standing and watching what was going on, lei struggled against his instincts to tackle this man off the elf and run off with him. He was horrified with the harsh treatment the elf was faced with and tried to think of the best way to get him out of this situation. As soon as they mentioned selling the elf lei spoke up. 

"I'll buy him from you." He said in the calmest way he possibly could. He was careful to avoid sounding desperate to avoid having them raise the prices up. 

"How much are you selling the elf for?" Lei managed to sound firm and more professional this time.