Ruth
K: _Kiros heads down the street, heading toward the exit of the small city, his lower back twitches as the harness settles a bit, everything molding once again to his form. He sighs a bit in satisfaction and picks up speed a bit, being careful of the people around him. He waves to people as he passes in a friendly farewell. He keeps his hands free, leaving his war hammer in its holster at his belt. "Well... I am off..." Murmuring to himself._
Delilah
*In the middle of the day there was a large lamia woman in the main road looking at the main signpost, a look of confusion on her face as she slides around it a couple of time, putting her tail on it to test it's strength before crosses her arms tapping her arm and tapping the ground at the same time with her tail*
Richard
_He raises an eyebrow at the site of the large lamia, his tail twitched slightly, ancient fears quickly subdued. He walks closer, looking back briefly, making sure of the clearance. He stops a bit of a way off, (about ten feet) "Greetings!" He calls out. "It looks like you might be... Lost?"_
Delilah
*She looks over at him her eyes passing over his body in a cursory glance, almost akin to a predator sizing up the value of a hunt before she her eyes trail back to his own. He could see that this snake woman had a good amount of length to her and was by no means small even compared to any others like her. It was likely that she was strong and to certain people, dangerous* "What is this thing?" *She asks, her voice carrying on the wind to hit his ears gently, though her curiousity was definitly peaked as she didn't expect to see a centaur in the city with their preferance for larger spaces*
Richard
_His eyes glance over to the signpost before moving back to her, "A... Signpost... It has some basic directions to key places here." He moves slightly closer, looking her over with some curiosity, "I have not seen a Lamia before..." He blurts. He reaches back and pulls a leather cord and taps something with his right hind, a click, and he moves a bit forward, a bit free from the cart he was hitched to._
Delilah
*She had now fully turned to him still curious. Though she had seen bigger centaurs, perhaps this one was a younger one, so she slithers forward towards the centaur man and stops just in front of him* "Am i to your expectations?" *She says tracing her fingers up her waist and maintaining eye contact with him as she brings her tail around to lay at his side and straightening to measure him though his trinkets does peak her interest as he wasn't wearing armour yet was clad in cloth, unlike the centaurs she hunted on occasion*
Richard
_He raises an eyebrow before slowly shrugging, "Never knew what to expect..." He steps back a bit, and twists his upper around and sets the harness back in place. He looked back to her, "Well... I need to head out down the river... There is a small village that needs a blacksmith for a time... Disaster struck them." He looked around and sees that her lower length is closer. He smiles nervously, "Well... Take care..." And carefully moves around her, still a bit uncomfortable around her._
Delilah
*Her eyes follow him as he walks around her large body* "And what disaster is this?" *She asks riddled with curiosity as to what would have anchored his interest*
Richard
_Looks over to her before stopping, "Some winter flooding... They lost a portion of their housings near the banks." He gestures to his cart, "I am a blacksmith with a mobile forge... And help out wherever I can. I Also travel a lot with it to learn from other smiths in the lands."_
Delilah
*She looks over his shoulder at the wagon before slithering up and looking over all the equipment running a hand up the side of it, her serpentine body curling around to rest around his front and side on the path* "Flooding?" *She asks still curious*
Richard
_He stops as she touched the small wagon and stopped in front of him, he nods a bit, "Small rivers flood with melt from the mountains." He crosses his arms, "It seems like you can move rather well... Maybe you can come and help... They still need to move some of the collapsed housings..." He nods, "Can you do anything else? Any useful skills?"_
Delilah
*The large lamia woman looks at him before she raises herself up and climbs into the wagon resting inside before leaning forward to bring her head closer to his* "A look won't hurt, and then i can see what you do" *She says before retreating back to the wagon and lounging in there expecting a free ride*
Richard
_Kiros sighs a bit as he hears her settle on the cart, "Uh... Ok..." His voice sounded a bit annoyed, "Please ask next time..." He suddenly hears creaking and snaps his gaze back, his eyes locking onto the creaking and sees the wheels starting to give, "Oh... Get OFF!" His voice coming out not angry, but startled._
Delilah
*She began to feed her body back onto the floor to lessen the weight on the cart before her whole body was out, annoyed at his reaction but she had felt the creaking beneath her body so she did understand the reasoning behind it* "That's annoying" *She says dissapointed in the carts fragility*
Richard
_Kiros lets out a breath and sighs, "It was already loaded... Near full.." He releases himself and moves about the cart, checking to make sure it all is good. His eyes land on some damage on the wheels and sigh, "That is going to take a day..." He hangs his head low and then turns his gaze to Nyxia, "Not yer fault..." He moves around and hooks it back up to him, "Kiros... My name is Kiros..."_
Delilah
"Kiros..." *She says back to him taking it in before she replies back with* "Well i won't eat you yet then, i am called Nyxia" *She replies returning to her normal disposition despite her irritation at the shoddy craftsmen ship of these prey races, but she brushed the notion aside as she came up onto his side looking down at the centaur man looking at him from flank to face getting a proper look at him now*
Richard
_Kiros blinks a bit at the eating comment, "Are you... Hungry?" He would seem to tense slightly, tail flicking, and a stance of almost ready to defend himself, "I can... Lead you to a place to eat..." He shrugs a bit before, "But first... Need to head back to the blacksmith here... Cause there is a carpenter next door that can help..." He sighs before starting to move back to where he came from, carefully moving to not do too much more damage to the cart and to other villagers._
Delilah
*Nyxia follows along next to him hungry and curious as to what hunting grounds this town had* "That sounds nice, do you hunt as well? Or are you one of the preytaurs that grazes?
Glenna
A distant voice can barely be heard calling out over the sounds of nature and the gentle daytime breeze. If one looks in the direction of the voice, a large caravan wagon painted in riotous red and yellow colouring is lumbering its way down the road coming from town, pulled by a massive beast of a black horse. 

"Nyx!.... Nyxia!... Where did that Lamia run off to... Or slither I suppose... Ah! Nyx! Is that you I see off in the distance?"

Eventually the woman and her beast make it to where you two are. She smiles at the centaur, jumping down to give him a polite curtsy - pretending that her cape is a skirt for such - as she introduces herself with an excited rush of words and questions.

"Well met noble Centaur! A pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am the traveling merchant Nina, and my equine companion is Sullivan. May I ask your name? What brings you to this humble place? It is rare to meet one of your kind this far from the plains they call home... I see you have met my new friend Nyxia, I hope she hasn't inadvertently scared you - I'm trying to teach her how to live as part of society rather than in the wild mountains she called home."
Richard
_Kiros pauses in his steps, the cart slowly coming to a stop as his eyes alight onto Nina, his eyebrow rises as she mentions knowing Nyxia, "Ahh... Kiros is my name..." He shrugs a bit before, "Blacksmithing... Been learning all across the eastern side of the island..." He looks between Nyxia and Nina before, "Ahh... No..." His voice carried a hint of annoyance, "I was just about to head back to the shop... Need to fix something..." His eyes dart to Nyxia, "Some... Misunderstanding on my part... Lead to damage..."

He sighs a bit before turning back to head back towards the carpenter's workshop, his tail seen twitching with annoyance before the cart hides it away. His posture seems... Agitated._
Delilah
*Nyxia flinches as she heard nina call her name before the lamia turns back to her and listens and just listens before she sees the centaur begin to move away and proceeds to follow him unaware of any reason why she shouldn't*
Glenna
Nina frowns, and reading into the centaur's mood makes an assumption. "Nyx... You broke something, didn't you?" Nina sighs, and says "Get back in the caravan Nyx, we'll go with Kiros and pay for the damage. This is one of the things I was trying to teach you - always fix your mistakes."

Nina has Sullivan turn the wagon around, then hops back up onto the drivers bench and follows Kiros.
Delilah
"I don't know what you're talking about, i didn't break anything. And you still need to buy me a pasta! *She says as she crossed her arms and tapped her tail on the ground clearly annoyed* "Besides i have no monies to pay him, i havent found job yet, and you still haven't shown me where to find the criminals i hunt for money and why can't i eat the criminals again?" *She says right there in the middle of the street, likely getting quite a few sideways glances from the now worried locals*
Glenna
"You can't eat people period. Even criminals sentenced to death need to be dealt with by authorities or it is still considered murder. Even dead or alive bounties need to be brought back for proof, so you can't eat them either. We talked about this, remember?"

Nina sighs, and shakes her head, mumbling "You act like you have the memory of a goldfish Nyx. You really need to pay attention to these things woman."

"Anyway, I will pay this time. I'm the one teaching you, and need to take responsibility for my poor teaching skills. We'll figure out a job for you later. As for breaking things... Kiros, what did she break? Was it your cart?"
Richard
_Kiros kept going, the cart seeming to wobble slightly as one of the tire seem out of round, "Tis ok..." He grumbles out. "I forgot something at the smithy..." He moves on, irritation in the lines of his body.

He moves back to the workshop area and quickly detaches the cart and starts working on the cart, first pulling his heavier stuff out. He braces slightly as he pulls the anvil out and places it carefully on the floor, kneeling as best as he could with such weight. After that, he pulls out more and places them carefully about the anvil.

Once the heavier items are out, he grabs his barrel of steel stock and places it just near the broken rail. He braces... And lifts the side of the cart up and kicks forward with one of his hind legs to push the barrel underneath to brace the cart up._
Delilah
*Meanwhile Nyxia had watched the centaur for a little bit before she slipped into the blacksmith shop curious as to what it was and began to slither around the room inspecting each little tool and weapon* "So this must be where all the soldiers got those swords" *She says before poking her head back towards the centaur* "Would you like them? I need some money and my cave has weapons i don't need"
Glenna
Arriving just behind, Nina watches Kiros. She sighs now that she realizes what Nyx did, and scratshes the back of her head nervously as she can see that Kiros is agitated.

"I see now... She tried to get a free ride, didn't she? She did that to me too when we met. I do know a really good wagonwright in Aismir if you're interested. He made my caravan wagon, and it did fine with the added weight of a certain Lamia. He could probably make you a cart that can easily handle more weight while still being light for its size. Now then, what can I do to help?"
Richard
_Kiros turns slightly to Nyxia, before slowly shaking his head, "Sell them to the blacksmith here... Or a weapon merchant..." His voice gruff a bit before he turns his gaze to Nina, "Please... Just see if the Carpenter is in. Tell him it's Kiros... And the cart." He seems to take some time to himself, a breath here and there as he collects, "This cart was... Is an ongoing project of mine. I forged and shaped each metal piece and tools within this cart." 

He goes around the cart slightly and pulls out a couple tools and moves back to the cart and the tire that broke and begins to take it off, carefully. His focus on the cart. A moment later he pulls off the wheel and puts it aside._
Glenna
Nina nods to Kiros, and quickly disappears to do as requested. Her horse however takes a couple steps forward out of curiosity to watch Kiros work...

An astonishingly short time later, Nina returns. She also is holding a basket of sweet rolls glazed in honey... They smell divine!

"The carpenter says he will be out shortly to speak with you. He seems to like you quite a bit despite his gruff personality. I grabbed these as well, there's a little bakery run by an adorable hobbit girl around the corner. Here, have one."

She proffers one to both Kiros and Nyxia with a gentle smile.
Delilah
*Takes the sweet roll and sniffs it a little before she touches the tip of her tongue to it and takes a bite, all at once her eyes widen her tail starts swaying happily and she hums in a high pitch from how sweet this thing was, she mainly lived off animals and wanderers so the sweet treat was a whole new experience, she put a hand the the side of her jaw as she remained stunned from the taste eyes closed, smiling and letting the sweetness melt deeper into her mouth*
Richard
_Kiros nods his thanks to her. His gaze turns to her horse, an eyebrow raised, "Well hello there.." He goes back to his work, his body still a bit tense as his anger slowly bleeds off with the work. He turns as he hears Nina come back and listens. He nods his thanks and reaches over and gently takes a roll from her, "Thanks..." He quickly eats the sweet treat, his eyes going wide with the sugar.

He hears something and turns toward the carpenter's workshop, "A moment!" He quickly licks off the leftover honey off his finger tips then wipe it off. He grabs the tire and looks to Nyxia and Nina, "It'll probably be a few hours... Don't let me hold you both up." He grabs his ballpeen hammer and heads on in. He is carefully walking in, his 'shoes' clacking on the wood._
Glenna
Nina nods and pokes her head in the doorway to yell at the carpenter "Whatever mister Kiros needs, I'll pay for it. I will return in probably two hours. My horse and wagon will remain here so you can rest assured I'll be back."

She waves goodbye, and runs out the door to grab Nyxia by the arm.
"Come on Nyx, let's go register you with the bounty hunter's guild. That way you can actually start earning money and pay me back for this."
Delilah
*She lifts her arm hoisting the human off the ground and looking into her eyes with her own narrowed eyes clearly unimpressed* "I should have eaten you..." *She says before she lowers her back down onto the ground* "Lead on, and for now you'll be by my side teaching me this city and these people, only fair if i'm paying you, service for money like you said"
Glenna
"Hey now Nyx, fair is fair. You have to learn that part of life is paying debts."

Nina chuckles at Nyxia's foul mood, remembering times long past learning similar lessons as a child...

Nina leads Nyxia down several streets, explaining along the way various businesses they pass and pointing out some of her favorite stops whenever she is in Miller Dale. The two soon find themselves at the local guild...

"Here we are Nyx!"
Delilah
*She looks at the building curiously before she lifts herself up further off the ground to look at the sign before lowering herself back down* "If you are sure... How do i get the hunt targets?"
Glenna
*Nina and Nyxia have been gone for probably a couple hours at this point, paperwork is tedious after all... But with that all finished Nina leads the way back to where the two left Kiros and Nina's horse Sullivan. She does stop along the way at some open market stalls to explain to Nyxia a little about necessary supplies and expenditures for traveling, but otherwise the trip back is short and uneventful... Or as uneventful as walking through city streets and over the various waterways of Miller Dale can be when a giant Lamia is following you...*

As the two approach the carpenter's shop where they left Kiros, Nina calls out to Kiros "We have returned! How goes the work on your cart?"