<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/mSPVFrX.gif)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Roran<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Centos<br/><strong>Players Nearby:</strong>Bastet<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Outside Haas-Thuban<br/><hr/><br/>This was probably the first time in a very long time that Roran had left his guard down.  He had been so entranced by the blessing of the fresh water stream and the oasis of vegetation that he literally just dropped all other thoughts along with his weapons and clothing.  Submerging his body under the cooling water he immediately felt refreshed as his hot body was doused of the intense rays of heat emitting from the desert sun.  He swore even a bit of steam rose off of his figure when he first entered the decently sized stream, or river.  He was uncertain of the landscape and size of this particular source of water.  It could have lead from a lake or into the ocean or it could have just been a very narrow and small strip of water isolated from all other bodies of water.  Whatever the case...he was enjoying his wet heaven.<br/><br/>Scooping water up in his hands once again he splashed it upon his face and ran it through his hair, cleaning away the sweat and the grime caused by sand sticking to the perspiration on his skin.  While walking through the desert he had noticed sand getting everywhere, including very unpleasant places despite being clothed.  Needless to say it felt good to have all of that washed away in the gentle flowing water.  Taking another sip, he sighed with content before he was suddenly alerted by a commanding female voice.<br/><br/>Jolting upright, his hand instinctively clutched at a rock the size of his palm as he stood and faced the woman completely cloaked in desert cloth.<strong>"Damn it..."</strong>He mumbled under his breath, she had the drop on him and never had he felt so helpless and vulnerable.  If it wasn't enough that he was unarmed, he was also completely exposed since all of his clothes and armor were also laying on the rocks next to his weapons.  Dropping the rock into the water, he raised his hands to show her they were empty as he cautiously stepped toward the shore, the hot sun already started to dry his body as the wetness gleamed in the golden light.<strong>"Look I...uh, come in peace.  I'm just traveling alone, I'm not looking for any trouble."</strong>He gave her an uncertain smile and a nervous chuckle as he spoke, his eyes squinting in the sunlight as he tried to get a better look at her as well as her weapons.