A Heralds Honor [Saku & Wisti]
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				Title: <strong>A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>02-08-2009, 01:19:56</strong>
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				Sometimes she hated her daily routine. <br><br>Though, if she was being completely honest she didn’t enjoy her days often, the endless repetitions of dancing and playing music and performing. At times it was fun, at times there was the rush of a job well done. But it had worn off years ago; for once she had loved to dance, loved to sing and perform. But the joy wore off as it became something that happened every day, and the jeers of the crowd turned ugly as she grew. Before, when she was little, any attention when she performed was good, she had thrived upon it, good or bad, like the rest of her family. But not many were kind to traveling performers. <br><br>The words the crowds yelled were ugly and suggestive, the men leering and the woman scolding, or suggestive toward the men they viewed. People could be pigs. Adalina Evaine moved through the wagons outside one of the many towns scattered to the far south of Valdemar, her sweet violet eyes were quick and shy as they moved over her surroundings. She didn’t want to draw attention to herself, and had fought with her mother over it for months now, it was not a fun thing to do. Her mother had a will of iron, and while Ady couldn’t say the same she did have the stubbornness of a mule. Which her brother found delight in laughing over after each fight between herself and Esmee. Soon they would be leaving Valdemar, going further south, to put more of them at ease, after all some of the troup were not against lifting things and the Heralds put backs up.<br><br>Ady didn’t want to steal, or dance for a man to desire her. And so she was regulated to sewing costumes and cooking, outside of the two performances she couldn’t get out of. After all, not many could walk the tight rope like the seventeen year old. She was tall already for her age, five seven, and curvy, awkward around males, yet the tone litheness of her body, thanks to the amount of travel and activity she was kept to, appealed to eyes. Which would be why her mother dressed her in as little as possible when she did perform. And tonight she was suppose to.<br><br>Inwardly she groaned at that thought, yet just a sigh passed her lips in person as she slipped out of the circle of wagons, heading toward a strand of trees near a stream. They were a good league outside of the town for now, attracting the people with their mysteriousness more then anything else. Her strong arms were full of the basket of her mending and she found a good sized rock in the shade, pulling out her mending kit and picking up the first shirt. Her long warm chestnut hair was caught up in a bun, several strands breaking free and falling down in wisps to frame her cheeks, a few trailing down her back. With her expression down trained and her fingers working quickly at the sewing she could have been any country maid, she could have even belonged here, to this great, amazing country. <br><br>But she didn’t, sadly. Her foot tapped slowly in beat with the song she sang, one of the Herald Mage Princess from this country nearly a century before, Elspeth, and her Companion. While she sang and work, the dappled sunlight that worked its way through the tree above her warmed her slight, the murmur of the creek beside her soothed her and she let herself day dream a bit as she worked. What would it be like to have a Companion of her own? To ride as a Herald in pure white rather then the eye catching glaring shades that her mother preferred, to be a symbol of hope and justice, rather then from the people other’s cursed as theives and looked down upon for their traveling lifestyle and loose ways. She wasn’t loose like the others, she was wistful, hopeful; that one day, and hopefully not too far off, she would be able to make her own way in life outside of her family.<br><br>Adalina loved her family, her mother, her brother and two younger sisters; but she did not really approve of their joys, their thieving and cunning. Ady had always longed to settle down somewhere, to have a home base, a place rather then the wagons, to have people around her who encouraged her wishes. Like her reading. The last time she had been caught with a book and writing besides she had to watch the book be burnt and been switched. Perhaps she was a changeling. <br><br>With a sigh she put aside the first shirt and picked up another one, starting on it. The next large city they came to she would slip away with her few things and make her way to a seamstress’s store. She could hire on, for her sewing was neat and quick; and even if she couldn’t ride off into the fairytales of a Herald, she could make her own way in life, and hope to heavens that her family didn’t find her. She didn’t want to think about the beating that would cause. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saku</strong> on <strong>13-08-2009, 20:27:29</strong>
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				The wind whispered a warning to the inhabitants of the cozy little town as they went along with their daily lives, not expecting anything was about to happen to them. But this was always the case before a tragedy, it came without warning and the consequences tended to be severe. "Almost outta cash, Seth. We gotta get some more."<br><br>A voice said and another one agreed. "Aye. But I'm more inna mood to fuck. I want me a nice young luscious girl, I'll make her see stars!" Chuckling could be heard. "Settle down boys. There's a town here, take an' do whatever ya want but bring the loot back to me." Seth said as he led the others up a hill which overlooked a town.<br><br>That town was the one Adalina was currently a part of for as long as her troup stayed. Seth's name was getting fairly popular in Valdemar which pleased him a bit and his gang already had a nice nickname. The Cyano Gang. Seth Cyano and his gang of raiders had made quite a name for themselves and it was all because of Seth himself.<br><br>Without him, the Cyano Gang was nothing and would be taken down easily. "Let's go." Seth said as he raised an arm and pointed downward, urging his stallion into a gallop as he led the charge into the town, tossing a burning torch into the first building he came upon. His raiders split up, some looking for cash and valuables.<br><br>Others searched for citizens to ravage and kill. One of his raiders, a man by the name of Connor broke into a tavern, set the place on fire and started breaking apart tables and chairs with his bare hands. He was a monster! People ran screaming everywhere in fear of their lives for no one knew what was going on.<br><br>The entire town was on fire and it was almost as though it was a nightmare that someone was dreaming but it wasn't. This was real. This was happening. It was no dream. Connor drank an entire bottle of liquor, pounded his chest and screamed out a challenge to anyone nearby. No one was around. They weren't suicidal.<br><br>A bit disappointed, Connor rushed out of the tavern, letting his eyes flicker over the screaming, running villagers as he sought for something to catch his attention. That was when he caught sight of Adalina just outside the town's edge and he licked his lips for from where he was standing she looked as though she were alone. Perfect.<br><br>He launched himself up onto the back of a frightened stallion and galloped through the town until the horse had set foot in the long grasses. By this time it would become apparent that he was heading for Adalina but the girl would not be able to do anything at all. Oh no, she was caught!<br><br>Astride a horse, Connor would catch up and ravage her to his heart's content before he would kill her as a finishing touch. His eyes gleamed with lust and excitement as he rushed towards her astride the big, powerful animal pounding the ground beneath him. Without a second's thought, Connor vaulted off the back of the horse.<br><br>He flew through the air and would most likely land either directly on top of Adalina or partially on top of her, for at the distance that was currently between them, he couldn't miss the girl. Not if his calculations were correct.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>18-08-2009, 00:08:29</strong>
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				Her gentle afternoon had been ruined, destroyed as the town went up into flames before her eyes. For a long moment she just sat there, a little outside the town itself and stared in shock as flames licked up the buildings and the town shook with screams and shouts and the sheer terror of people who stood to loose everything at vagabonds assaulted the town. Addy got to her feet, forgetting about her mending and began to run back toward the town, toward her family's wagons. No, they had to get away safely, her family always did, her troupe were one of the best at what they did. Always on edge, always ready for any trouble, they would be fine. They had to be. <br><br>Her footsteps carried her quickly through the town, Adalina's chestnut hair slipping from its loose bun as she rushed. Her eyes were frantic as she sought signs of her family, only to hear the sound of a horse in panic. Her eyes flew toward the horse, to widen in shocked horror at the sight of a bandit heading right toward her. The man was a great beast of a male, hulking and his expression left her with little doubt as to his intent. She picked up the gray skirts of her linen dress and whirled to run, trying to get away but the black stallion was nearing. She couldn't outrun a horse however fast she moved. <br><br>Her breath hissed out as she was tackled to the ground beneath the beast of a man and she shrieked, kicking and trying to get out from under him. But even a tight rope walkers muscles weren't a match for such a huge male. She screamed loud "HELP!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saku</strong> on <strong>10-09-2009, 16:37:40</strong>
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				Connor was slightly drunk by this time and the fact that he had instantly started moving at high speed shortly after did not do him much good. He felt a bit dizzy and unsteady but that didn't matter at the moment since he was on a horse and the girl probably wouldn't put up much of a fight and even if she did he was strong. Connor was certain he could take out one little girl and she was quite hot too now that he saw her up close and he grinned leering at her as he licked his lips. She would make a fine lay. "C'mon whore." He said with a chuckle as he tackled Ady to the ground. He avoided her more vicious kicks to take some of her lesser ones since they wouldn't hurt as much. He attempted to pull up her dress and yank down her panties. "Settle down bitch, this is gonna happen whether you want it to or not. Best try and enjoy it." Connor growled as he began to lose patience with Ady's struggles and he slapped her hard across the face as he forced her legs open with his own and his hands reached up to hold Ady's wrists above her head. Once he had them in place he held them with one of his hands while his other one undid his pants.<br><br>Sliding them down a bit so he could get at the prize that lay beneath them, he breathed heavily. Connor was already hard and he forced himself between her kicking legs thrusting his hips upward, intending to penetrate her womanly caverns within a matter of seconds. He heard hoofbeats behind him but he assumed it was just another one of the raiders he had come with and didn't pay it any attention. It was only when he felt himself lifted up into the air that he realized something was wrong with the picture. What the hell? His cock had almost gone into Ady. It had actually touched her outside lips and then he had been lifted up into the air unexpectedly. He couldn't see anything at first and then he was flying through the air as though he had been tossed by something extremely powerful. Connor slammed into a tree a good distance away and slumped down unconscious. When Ady did manage to recover the first thing she would see would be four silver hooves and then when she looked up further she would see the rest of the beautiful scene which would be displayed for her viewing pleasure.<br><br>The riderless Companion was in full formal array, his trappings silver and sky-blue, his reins hung with silver bridle bells. He had that slender, yet muscular grace and nothing could match the way he seemed to fly without taking a single step. He was white - Companions were always white - but nothing on earth could possibly match that glowing, living, radiant white. And his beautiful sapphire eyes. When Ady did manage to look up into them she would become lost in blue more vast than a sea and darker than a sky and full of welcome so heart-filling it left no room for doubt. <em>Yes-at last-you. I am Joryx and I Choose you. Out of all the world, out of all the seeking, I have found you, young sister of my heart! You are mine and I am yours-and never again will there be loneliness-</em> It was a feeling more than words; a shock and a delight. A breathless joy so deep it was almost pain; a joining. A losing and a finding; a loosing and a binding. Flight and freedom. And love and acceptance past all words to tell of the wonder of it. Joryx looked at her for a few moments and then inclined his head to Ady.<br><br><em>Swing yourself up onto my back and I can take you to Haven where you will learn all you need to know.</em> There it was again, the voice in her mind and he waited for Ady to respond, wondering how she would take it since everyone was different. Some accepted it right away while others took a great deal longer. He could tell that Lich was nearby but since his presence was not needed with Joryx here, he hadn't come to their aid and neither was he involved in the battle in the village. For it seemed as though another Herald and his Companion were already fighting there, most likely this village was that Herald's circuit and he was responsible to help aid the villagers. Others should not interfere. At least not unless it looked as though he was having trouble and wouldn't end up winning. It looked as though the Herald and Companion in question were totally decimating the bandits and a few moments later the remaining bandits ended up fleeing the village completely. Herald Kyrlin Cyrnl was visiting someone in this village with his Companion Lich and had not brought his Whites with him since he hadn't expected to fight.<br><br>He had left them back at Haven which wasn't too far away, only around four hours on horseback and around two or less on a Companion. Usually he did take a spare set when he went traveling but this time he had only intended to spend a few hours and then head back so he hadn't seen the need. Next time he would reconsider! He had thought to help the villagers but Lich had told him Herald Ryven and his Companion Razile were on their way and would be there in a few minutes so they had refrained from joining in the battle. He'd heard Ady's cry for help and was on his way, calling to Lich in his mind when another Companion appeared and he blinked, somewhat startled for he hadn't thought another Herald had come to help. Why were there two of them here besides him? Then he realized that this Companion did not have a rider and his lips parted slightly, was he witnessing a Companion in the midst of Choosing their Chosen? It did seem that way and he sent a call to Lich asking to confirm this and was surprised when he did. Kyrlin let his eyes linger on the girl and then shook his head for this sort of thing was a fragile time for the two.<br><br>Kyrlin probably shouldn't interfere and so he headed back to where Lich awaited him, intending to see if the remaining villagers were alright and if he could offer help any way he could. After all he had come to visit a friend and now her home was probably destroyed.<br><br>((The description where Joryx Chose Ady is from Mercedes Lackey's impression))
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wistful Dream</strong> on <strong>20-10-2009, 08:27:24</strong>
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				The leering man's words made her stiffen and she kicked out at him, cursing him under her breath. She was not a whore! How dare he, how dare he! Her cheeks burned with tears as she felt herself cry and shake with fear, her body flinching away as her dress was yanked up and panties pulled at. His course words made it all the worse and she struggled against him only to earn a hard slap that made the side of her face go numb and blood fill her mouth. She whimpered and went limp beneath him for a moment, her body pliant just long enough for him to position her for his plundering. She screamed, ragged and afraid, this monster of&nbsp; a man was going to violate her, rape her and she couldn't stop it. His heavy panting and grunting filled her ears, the smell of his unwashed body overwhelmed her senses and she shuddered, crying harder beneath him. <br><br>And then suddenly he was gone. <br><br>The girl drew in a deep breath of air, bursting out in trembling sobs, disbelieving that it was really over, that she was really safe. Ady curled in on herself, hugging her legs to her chest and breathing erratically as she tried to make herself as small as possible. For several long moments the panic still ran rampant within her and then she caught sight of silver. Why would silver be on the ground near her head?&nbsp; Slowly she lifted her head, her gaze clearly from the fear that had clouded it and she followed the silver, which turned out to be hooves, all the way up to the body of the most beautiful horse she had ever seen. But it wasn't just a horse, it was a Companion. Like the ones from the tales, like the ones the Heralds were bonded to. Her breath rushed out of her breast but this time for a different reason, pure dumb wonder at the sight presented to her eyes.<br><br>A real Companion. Was standing right in front of her. Looking at her. Without a rider.<br><br><br>Without a rider.<br><br>The girl felt her throat work with nerves and she trembled when she met the gaze of the pure white Companion, the blue there drawing her in and suddenly she felt joy blossom in her heart, a sense of rightness and belonging so strong that she trembled and felt tears come anew, for a whole different reason. He Choose her? Her, she was special, his alone. She reached up, her hand trembling and touched the head that was inclined to her, wanting to look into those flawless sapphire eyes again. He...hello? She reached out, still half disbelieving that a moment she had dreamed of over and over had really come true. <br><br>"I....Haven...okay..." her words tumbled out of her mouth, breathless and panting, she didn't even feel the pain from the blow to her cheek, though a bruise was rapidly forming on her right cheekbone from it. There was nothing but Joryx. "I...am Adalina." She offered to the wonderful creature even as she moved to do as he said, swinging herself up into the saddle, her torn skirts settle around her as she fit into it. Her hands moved forward, burying themselves in the silk of Joryx's mane and she let out a sigh of pure delight, leaning forward and hugging the neck of the elegant Companion tight. You wonderful creature... She said with her mind, not meaning to, just so in love with the Companion she couldn't help herself. <br><br>"I will go with you...anyway..." she murmured against his silky neck before straightening and reaching for the reins. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Heralds Honor [Saku &amp; Wisti]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Saku</strong> on <strong>04-11-2009, 00:23:36</strong>
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				Joryx inclined his head when Adalina spoke to him through her mind, whether she meant to or not the fact remained that she had and he intended to reply. <em>I will always be with you</em>. He waited until she had swung herself up on his back and then set off at a nice easy pace for a Companion but one that was extremely fast for an ordinary horse. When she complimented him, Joryx simply sent a feeling of warmth and love back at her for words could not describe the bond they had just begun to share. She attempted to reach for the reins but she would find that the reins on a Companion were different than one on an ordinary horse.<br><br>These reins were not meant to control a Companion but served merely as decoration and Adalina would not be able to deliver any sort of pain that an ordinary bridle would give to an animal. She would find this out herself though in due time. If she wanted to cast the illusion that she was in control of Joryx she could, he had no problem with this but if she tried to substitute the usual Companion reins for that of a real set...he would have an issue. Time moved so quickly that it almost seemed to fly. Before too long they had arrived at Haven, the capital of Valdemar and the place where all Heralds in training could be found as well as Heralds who had already received their whites.<br><br><em>You will go in and see the king who will tell you everything you need to know.</em> Joryx instructed Adalina as he waited for the young woman to do exactly that and his mindvoice smiled as he waited for her to act. Meanwhile, inside Haven, Kael had been informed by his own Companion that a new recruit was coming to see him and that he should be ready to explain everything that applied to a new trainee. Lately he had been rather uncertain since the King's Own had not returned or reported back from a mission that should have only taken a few weeks. It had been three weeks since he had last heard from him and that was bothersome.<br><br>Being a king took a great deal out of you and Kael was no exception but duty came first and he had always felt that way so he could not get out of his responsibilities. So he went to the throne room where the new trainee would most likely come to seek him and waited for whoever it was to show up. Once she had, he took a quick look over her and liked what he saw so far on the outside but knew enough not to judge her from her appearance alone. It was what lay within that counted, not what lay outside for appearances could be deceiving which he had learned a long time ago. Kael inclined his head slightly to Adalina and stood up from his throne.<br><br>He made his way down to where she stood before him and gazed into her eyes. <strong>"Welcome to Haven. Valdemar is proud to have you with us as you join the ranks of the trainees who wish to become Heralds one day. Has anyone told you of what being a Herald means? The duties and what is expected of you? Or do you think you know already?"</strong> Kael inquired as he waited for Adalina to respond to him for this part was important. He needed to make sure she wasn't under any false assumptions, if she said she did know he would need to know what exactly she thought she knew.<br><br>Kael waited patiently, for as a king he had come to realize that patience was a virtue. Dealing with disputes and the like had taught him that.
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