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* Ix's
IBT<br><br>
[Decalis 4th
1635TH]<br>
[Kll'maun
forest]<br>
<br>
Torment. This is what her own people would do to her.
For<br>
two decades they
tormented her, and the abuse seemed to have no<br>
end in
sight. Many consider her a burden and a nuisance and<br>
turn her away for
even the simplest requests. Others just<br>
ignore her.
Those who actually speak to her treat her like a<br>
child. While
the others had always treated her with an air of<br>
caution in her
youth, she had at least been treated somewhat<br>
fairly.
Everything changed after the incident with the older<br>
shaman when she
was still a child. This treatment wasn't<br>
always so blatant,
but then it got exponentially worse after<br>
her mother
died. She could never understand why she was to<br>
blame for the old
shamanâ's actions.<br><br>
She
counts herself lucky to have even the slightest bit of<br>
knowledge, or else
she would just be a homeless idiot. Ix<br>
glances back
towards the village and pulls the leathers around<br>
her body as a
chilled breeze breaks through the trees. It was<br>
going to be
another cold and lonely winter, and yet another<br>
winter where she
would have to tighten her belt. She turns and<br>
pets her beloved
companion Zol'zim. The wolf purrs from the<br>
affection and
sniffs the air.<br><br>
The
thought of running away crosses her mind again. This<br>
would be the 3rd
or 4th time in the last few years the<br>
temptation grabbed
her. However the voice of reason always won<br>
out. The
forests were large and alone, with no other tribes or<br>
cities for
hundreds of miles. It was just far too big a risk to<br>
take, not just for
herself, but for Zol'zim as well. She also<br>
had his well-being
and safety to consider.<br><br>
Even
if she did succumb to the temptation to run away from it<br>
all, she doubts
anyone would actually come looking for her. As<br>
far as she was
concerned, due to her tribe's treatment of he<br>
she would not be
missed. Although that isn't to say the<br>
entire tribe hates
her. The young ones, before they learn the<br>
hate, actually
like Ix. She kneels and hugs Zol'zim and<br>
nuzzles into the
wolf's soft fur. She tells him that one<br>
day she will prove
herself. Folks just fear what they don't<br>
understand, and
because of that, they fear her, and that fear<br>
leads to
hate. Ix knows this all too well as she wipes her eyes<br>
from the
dust.<br><br>
Ix
glances up to see what time it might be. Her best guess<br>
was early morning,
but the canopy of trees makes it too dark to<br>
tell for
certain. She has decided to change herself without the<br>
help of her
tribe. If she could only get stronger, she'd show<br>
them that she
wasn't useless.<br><br>
Ix
stands at her full height of 5 foot 2 inches. Her slender<br>
form moves like a
dancer with an audience. Her graceful arms,<br>
legs, and hands
are rhythmic to see. She brushes back her raven<br>
colored
hair. Most in her tribe keep their hair short, some<br>
even go completely
bald, but she keeps her hair just under her<br>
shoulder
blades. It was yet another thing to annoy the others.<br>
Keeping her hair
long was one of the ways she rebelled against<br>
them and
physically announced her status as an outsider in her<br>
own
tribe.<br><br>
Her
skin is slightly tanned with a clear complexion. Brushing<br>
back her hair
exposed one of her pointed ears that she usually<br>
kept
covered. She thought no one else had them and figured it<br>
was one of the
reasons the others distrusted her. She had never<br>
met anyone else
with pointed ears. No one ever told her that<br>
pointed ears were
something other races had. The breeze shifts<br>
the beads and
feathers adorning her hair. She pulls her cloak<br>
over her shoulders
to block out the cold. Barely at a hundred<br>
pounds, she looks
like she would float away if the breeze got<br>
any
stronger.<br><br>
She
plans to do what the warriors do to improve her strength,<br>
stamina, dexterity
and agility. By doing the exercises, tasks,<br>
endurance actions
and such she hopes to get better. It may<br>
take a month but
she has dedicated her will to do so.<br><br>
Ix
will work on her body in late afternoon and evening up till<br>
time for
bed. She plans to do this secluded outside the tribe<br>
so others don't
torment her. The name calling. The slurs.<br>
The ugly gestures
is just too much for any sane person. <br>
f<br>
But
for the morning and early afternoon she will try to self<br>
teach her combat
skills. It was even a miracle she was taught<br>
some by a couple
elders. The bare bones f shamanism and some<br>
other
skills. Maybe it was pity or they just wanted a slave to<br>
do grunt shamanic
work?<br><br>
She
decides to practice spear fighting for the next week.<br>
This will also
help with her body training. Asking for a teacher<br>
her in the village
would be just out right harmful. They might<br>
just button her
down from this rebellious nature. But she is<br>
lucky the grand
son of the tribal chief who is only 10 has been<br>
learning the
spear. Boys start such things quite early here.<br>
The boy half her
age agrees to help teach her a bit in privacy.<br><br>
For
thn next 4 days she does her strength building exercises<br>
at the
evening. Sure she is exhausted but she has to prove<br>
to the others -
and herself - she is worthy.<br><br>
[Time: 3:18
pm]<br><br>
The
boy, Culmar and Ix run through the forest as the try<br>
to attack and
evade each other with spears. Suddenly Culmar<br>
yells and falls to
his knees. He screams pointing. Ix gets<br>
close to check
what is going on. Culmar points to the black<br>
serpent which is
now rising out of a hole. It stands 5 feet<br>
tall and getting
longer. It just tried to spit some glob of<br>
poison at Culmar
but misses.<br><br>
The
wolf growls and begins to move in front of XI. But<br>
Ix grabs Culmar
and tells him to run. Fighting a Dae'ta<br>
Koti is dangerous
as a skilled warrior. But for her it<br>
might be
suicide. She may hate the chief at times but<br>
his grandson is
innocent.<br><br>
Zol
Zim runs alongside as they move through the forest.<br>
The black serpent
now 18 feet long begins to slither toward<br>
them but they are
just too fast. After 15 or 20 feet it<br>
gives up.
The sun is too bright and it slithers back to<br>
his hole to sleep
till night.<br><br>
[Decalis 5th
1635TH] - [Kll'maun forest]<br>
[Time: 6:27
am]<br><br>
Ix
wakes up and walks outside in the morning chill. She<br>
considers her
future and hears rustling in the distance. But<br>
she knows those
noises. Listening she realizes from the sounds<br>
these are
deer. Based on the noises 1 is male and the rest<br>
which sounds like
8 other females. A blur of them move past<br>
fast as they
migrate through the forest. Ix just hopes the<br>
hunters don't see
or they'll be hunted.<br><br>
[Time: 2:11
pm]<br><br>
Ix is
lifting heavy tree limbs for strength toning<br>
when she hears
others coming. Even in her private areas<br>
a few miles away
from the village she can't get peace. She<br>
ducks and
listens. The voices become focused and she<br>
realized its the
tribal shaman with others. He is teaching<br>
them about plants
again. Her heart aches as she wishes<br>
she could be
part. But they say they are fast paced and<br>
she may not be
able to keep up. She waits for them to<br>
move
onward.<br><br>
Ix
continues her spell practice doing 3 Orient Self and<br>
3
communicates. Two each work while 2 each fail. <br><br>
[Decalis 7th
1635TH] - [Kll'maun forest]<br>
<br>
The
4th day of strength training with spear makes her<br>
sore. Ix
will have to get used to this regiment.<br><br>
[Decalis 8th
1635TH] - [Kll'maun forest]<br><br>
Ix
takes a break from body training and works with Culmar<br>
on the
spear. <br><br>
[Decalis 9th
1635TH] - [Kll'maun forest]<br><br>
IX
continues another 4 days of strength training as well<br>
as spear
practice.<br><br>
[Decalis 9th
1635TH] - [Kll'maun forest]<br>
[Time: 9:01
am]<br><br>
Ix and
Zol Zim are walking in the forest after 3 boys chased<br>
her to torment
her. Angry for breaking her spear practice<br>
she tries to calm
down. Suddenly Zol Zim begins to whimper.<br>
Ix tries to find
out why but the wolf seems confused or reluctant.<br>
Suddenly the wolf
bolts forward leaping over small logs and<br>
bushes. Ix
reaches for her cane and tries to pursue the<br>
wolf yelling at
him to stop.<br><br>
Ix
loses the elusive wolf and rounds a thick tree.<br>
She steps forward
just as she hears barking from the<br>
wolf.. She
takes a step then the second as she turns to<br>
orient herself to
the wolf's noise. He is to her right<br>
now. But as
she takes the 3rd step a bolt of energy like<br>
electricity hits
her entire body. Suddenly she feels her<br>
small frame pulled
forward quickly.<br><br>
The
wolf leaps forward to help but watches as she hits her<br>
head on a low
hanging limb. The blow is severe and she falls<br>
limp.<br><br>
[Time: 12:11
pm]<br><br>
Ix
opens her eyes and feels her head ache. She reaches<br>
up to her
head to find a lump.<br><br>
Suddenly she hears a strange male voice speaking words she<br>
has no way
understanding. Ix sits up and tries to hear for<br>
Zol Zim.<br><br>
The
man waves a hand and speaks a few words. Then he<br>
says, "my god
you are blind!"<br><br>
Ix
look to the voice and glares.<br><br>
"Your eyes...they are pure white."<br><br>
Ix
shrugs and moves to the side of the bed. Bed?<br>
Wait. She is
in a home of some sort. She asks where<br>
she is at.
The man looks confused, "the province is<br>
called
Ba'ru."<br><br>
Ba-s
what? She has never heard of such a place. She<br>
asks where her
wolf is. "He is outside...he almost<br>
ripped my head off
bef-" Then his words go back to that<br>
strange
language.<br><br>
Instinctively she raises her hands and begins to sign.<br><br>
The
man tries to study her hands. Such a arcane language.<br>
But his master
taught him the basics. 'Speak old way' Was<br>
the gist of her
language. HE nods and figures the spell<br>
stopped.
Instinctively he signs 'what language do you speak?'<br><br>
'Kll'maun' Ix explains with her hands.<br><br>
Kll'maun? The man looks confused. But that is probably<br>
a thousand miles
to the north east! What is this short<br>
girl doing
here? Then his second shock hits him. Wait.<br>
How die she read
his hands?<br><br>
Ix
stands and grabs her cane. The man wonders why<br>
she needs a cane?
Confused he recasts his communicate<br>
spell. he asks her
to explain.<br><br>
Ix
glances around this man is not from her tribe.<br>
He seemed to have
helped her? Can he be trusted?<br>
Then she smells
the soup on the table and moves toward<br>
it. He
offers her some and they sit at the table<br><br>
With
several more communicate castings Ix explains<br>
her
background..<br><br>
"Amazing...simply amazing. I do not understand why<br>
you are
here." Then Ix has an idea. She asks to be<br>
taken to where she
was found.<br><br>
Exiting the house Zol Zim rushes up to nozzle Ix.<br>
She smells
something odd in the air. It almost smells<br>
like salt?
Could they be near a sea or ocean? Being<br>
a land locked
nation she has only heard of such places.<br><br>
For
another 15 minutes with cane in hand she is taken<br>
to the spot.
She kneels and inspects the area. The signs<br>
are there with the
grass, the leaves and broken bushes.<br>
With her own lower
world spell magic, which she has dared<br>
not to use yet,
she knows the signs of a portal. But she<br>
did not detect it
in the forest. Now she is in the hills.<br>
The wolf may have
tried to warn her but it was too late.<br>
Ix quickly moves
back and forth using her cane to try<br>
to find the
portal. To get back home.<br><br>
She
maybe tormented for being the blind useless girl<br>
in the village but
it is home. But after another ten minutes<br>
she collapses to
her knees. She begins to sob.<br><br>
The
man in his 50s comforts her. Can she ever return<br>
home? She
doesn't know how she went back but she ends<br>
back at the home.
It was all a blur. Time to slow down<br>
as she realizes
she will possibly not see any of her tribe<br>
ever
again.<br><br>
"My name is Kaz Zervos. I live here a bit outside of<br>
the capital city
of Ba'ru. The city is maybe 4 miles<br>
away. I like
it here in the hills alone."<br><br>
Ix
mumbles her name as she demands to allow the wolf inside.<br>
Kaz reluctantly
agrees. "I like animals but if this one<br>
bites he
leaves!"<br><br>
Ix
upset exits and tells Zol Zim to stay. She needs<br>
to get some
air. What is going on. So far from home.<br>
She glances up
even the stars look different here. But<br>
what can she
do? Walk home? It would take months. No.<br>
Maybe this is her
chance to return home a better person.<br>
One they can
respect? She goes back to the cabin and<br>
asks if she can
stay.<br><br>
Kaz
signs back, 'sure. I am a loner here in the hills.<br>
I'm not a city
person. But you are welcome here a few days<br>
until we can get
you to the city.'<br><br>
With
her low sign skill she reads it as - 'yes. Alone<br>
here. Person
of city not. Good to stay until go to<br>
city.' What
is this city he is talking about? The largest<br>
place she has seen
in the forest is 200 people.<br><br>
With a
new stride in her spirit Ix continues her<br>
strength
training. Until she collapses in bed.<br><br>
During
this strange day while the odd man has cast a<br>
spell to talk, Ix
has also done the same. She casts 3<br>
Orient Self spells
and 3 communicates. /But two of the trance<br>
spells fail while
only one communicate spell worked. <br><br>
[Decalis 10th,
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
The
last day of spear training is completed. But Culmar<br>
is no longer
here. Kaz doesn't seem to know the spear. So<br>
she has to
practice alone while he stares.<br><br>
[Time: 4:17
pm]<br><br>
Ix,
Kaz and Zol Zim are walking in the hills as Kaz<br>
tries to explain
the area nearby his cabin.<br><br>
Suddenly from a tree nearby two things leap from the limbs<br>
to the
ground. A jump that seems 20 feet. It looks like 2<br>
lizard like worm
things 2.5 feet long pale white with 2 legs.<br>
They belch this
gray-white gas cloud each at Ix and Kaz.<br>
Both begin to
cough but do not seem to be affected.<br><br>
The
wolf leaps forward. He leaps at one of the strange lizards<br>
but the lizard
easily jumps up and away.<br><br>
Kaz,
"get the wolf away we need to leave!"<br><br>
Confused by the words Ix gets the hint that these things<br>
are nasty.
She yells for the wolf to come. Ix then begins<br>
to run. Zol
Zim chases after her.<br><br>
Kaz
stays behind as the lizard's close in. He speaks<br>
a few words and
changes into a small horse. The lizard's<br>
leap at him and
breath but Kaz's magic defense seems to<br>
hold the poison
off.<br><br>
Kaz
turns and runs away in the other direction. Hoping<br>
to lead the
creatures away. When Ix realizes Kaz is not<br>
behind she turns
and scans for him. She only sees a small<br>
horse being chased
by the leaping creatures. These<br>
things are leaping
15-20 feet in the air with their 2<br>
tiny legs with
ease. They breath their toxic gas but<br>
the horse seems to
weave and dodge.<br><br>
Soon
the lizard's tire and must figure their turf<br>
is not in danger
and give up. They leap away. Ix<br>
loses sight of
Kaz. But in the distance Kaz stops and<br>
changes this time
into a eagle and flies back. He<br>
stops and grabs
the clothes he had to leave behind or<br>
was tore in his
sudden shape change spell.<br><br>
Landing near Ix he becomes human again. Ix stares<br>
for the first time
at a naked man. The man tries to<br>
put his pants back
on and explains. "Nasty things.<br>
I believe they are
called tatzlwurms. If they got<br>
lucky we'd both be
dead from their gas."<br><br>
[Time: 7:12
pm]<br><br>
Ix
sits eating lunch and tries to learn about Kaz.<br><br>
"Most call me a hermit. I dabbled in mining. Failed<br>
there. I did
this and that. Couldn't stand the amount<br>
of people in the
city. As you can see I know a bit of<br>
magic...." He continues to talk about himself.<br><br>
[Decalis 11th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Kaz
watches Ix with her short sword shadow fighting.<br>
How a blind girl
can fight is amazing. Using sign<br>
language he says,
'I do a bit of sword work. I can<br>
teach
you.'<br><br>
Over
the next week Kaz teaches Ix the short sword.<br>
At first he holds
back fear of not wanting to hurt<br>
her. But
this seems to make her more upset and he<br>
figures she
doesn't want pity. He gets tougher and<br>
tougher each
day.<br><br>
For
the other 8 hours a day she continues her strength<br>
building
work.<br><br>
[Time: 10:12
pm]<br><br>
Outside in the back of the cabin Ix is finishing up<br>
her weight
training when she notices 3 deer. One<br>
is adult female
with 2 younger ones. She watches as<br>
they all watch
her. Within a few minutes they scamper<br>
off into the
darkness. <br><br>
[Decalis 12th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
runs for 2 miles up a dirt road. Kaz is weirded<br>
out by a girl
running. Maybe it is her pointy ears?<br>
She explained how
she can see but not see. But even<br>
to his brain it is
confusing.<br><br>
Ix is
on the road with Zol Zim as a group of wagons<br>
pass by. It
seems one wagon is carrying a shiny gray-black<br>
box.
Strangely dressed men and women riding on the wagons.<br>
Then Ix notices
one man in robes sitting aside the driver<br>
of one
wagon. His ears are pointed almost like hers. Then<br>
she sees a small
girl in a dress. The wind blows her hair<br>
and for a split
second Ix sees the girl's left ears which<br>
looks exactly like
hers!<br><br>
Confused she begins to speak but the people don't understand<br>
her language. They
ride fast pass her. Even the man looked<br>
at her and the
wolf. He smiled at her and seemed to even not<br>
be scared by the
wolf. Ix watches as the wagons ride up the<br>
road over the
small hill.<br><br>
Later
on as Kaz trains her in sword play he explains. "That<br>
sounds like the
Kell funeral. I never knew the folks. They live<br>
on that large
spread a few miles up the road. I heard a funeral<br>
was coming when I
got supplies recently from town. Something<br>
about he died far
away. But he is not of my concern. Now<br>
stand
ready!" He speaks through his communicate spell.<br><br>
Today
Ix casts 3 Orient Self and 3 Communicate spells. But<br>
sadly only 1 of
the Orientation spells works the others fail.<br><br>
[Decalis 15th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 10:41
pm]<br><br>
Ix is
riding Zol Zim as she does sometimes. The wolf doesn't<br>
mind carrying her
for short periods. They have been looking<br>
around for some
plants for her own purposes.<br>
<br>
Suddenly over the hill a massive being appears. It stands<br>
about 18 feet tall
weighing around 900 pounds. This giant<br>
has eyes that glow
like fire and hair that looks like it is<br>
smoldering.<br><br>
The
giant sees Ix and draws a very long shiny sword.<br>
Ix panics and
tells Zol Zim to turn and run as fast he<br>
can.
The wolf does so as the giant runs after them.<br><br>
Soon a
gap of 70 feet separates the wolf and fire<br>
giant. After
3 more minutes the giant seems to give<br>
up and
stops. Allowing the wolf and Ix to breath<br>
and return to
Kaz's cabin.<br><br>
Today
Ix tries 3 more Orient Self and 3 communicate<br>
spells. She is
improving as 2 trance spells and 2 communicate<br>
spells work
today. <br><br>
[Decalis 16th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix has
been staying close to the cabin this last few<br>
days. As she
trains with sword during day she doesn't<br>
notice in
afternoon Kaz sneak away somewhere. She<br>
just doesn't see
where he went. More importantly she<br>
doesn't get
interested as she works her strength up.<br><br>
[Time: 6:18
pm]<br><br>
At the
dinner table both are eating some rabbit<br>
stew with
greens. Kaz sits back and grins. He signs<br>
'I have something
for you.' He reaches under the<br>
table and brings
out a cane.<br><br>
Ix
groans as she feels the wood. She already has<br>
a cane!
'No. Stand up. Here point it this way.<br>
Now hand
here. Now this tiny depression. Hold it<br>
down.'<br><br>
Ix
jumps as she hears a click and out from the lower<br>
side pops a
blade! She glances at Kaz. 'I figure<br>
a cane combined
with a short sword blade might be handy.'<br><br>
Ix
rushes to hug the 50ish, gray bearded man. For the<br>
first time in her
life this seems to be a true gift. Not<br>
one for
other's. She can't believe she is hugging a strange<br>
old man that is a
good almost 2 feet taller!<br><br>
Realizing her emotions she pulls back and pretends it<br>
is no big deal.
She swipes the air with her cane-sword.<br><br>
[Decalis 18th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
drinks something new and exciting to her. Kaz<br>
calls it orange
juice. As they eat breakfast she<br>
realizes she has
been here over a week. She wonders<br>
if she has
overstayed her welcome? She picks at her<br>
food not wanting
to ask.<br><br>
With
another Communicate spell cast, "I think soon we<br>
should go to the
city and find some help for you. That<br>
is if you
want" Ix shakes her head. The stories of this<br>
large city sounds
daunting. With thousands of people<br>
in such a place it
must be chaos. She signs if she can learn<br>
the language
first.<br><br>
Kaz
sits back and nods, "that makes sense. Sure I can<br>
teach you
Marentian. Ba'ru has its own dialect but the<br>
accent is tough to
get down. I believe most speak Marentian<br>
here. Which
I speak myself. My master taught me when<br>
I came from
Gom. I have a book around here on the language.<br>
You can't read as
well?" Ix shakes her head. "Well this<br>
is a simple
reader. We'll figure out a way."<br><br>
Kaz
goes to work for the next 12 days teaching Ix the<br>
language.
The reader only gives a simple alphabet and<br>
allows Ix to form
words with pictures. It isn't really<br>
reading but more
picture looking.<br><br>
Ix
casts 3 more Orient Self spells and 3 communicate<br>
spells with 2 each
passing. <br><br>
[Decalis 19th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 11:02
pm]<br><br>
Kaz
has gone to the city for something and Ix is<br>
home alone with
the wolf. She is on the couch<br>
sleeping when the
door bursts open. Two men rush<br>
in and start
looking for things to steal. Ix yells<br>
for them to leave
as the wolf walks toward them<br>
growling. Both men
draw short swords.<br><br>
Both
men laugh and figure she is just some young<br>
girl looking small
as she is. But they turn to the large<br>
dog like
thing. Ix grabs her cane-sword and activates<br>
the short sword
blade to show. She charges the first<br>
man as the wolf
also leaps.<br><br>
She
stabs the first man in the lower left torso doing<br>
6 points of
damage. The wolf leaps at the other man but<br>
he dodges in
time.<br><br>
The
first man swings at Ix and fails to hit. But<br>
the second one
does a slice on the wolf doing 6 points<br>
of
damage.<br><br>
Ix
stabs upward wanting to hit the first man in the<br>
shoulder but
instead the blade pierces the back of his<br>
head doing 2
points of damage. The man collapses.<br><br>
Zol
Zim leaps and bites onto the second man's right<br>
leg doing 6 points
of damage.<br><br>
The
last man standing stabs at the wolf doing 2 more points<br>
to his left
shoulder.<br><br>
Ix
stabs at the man doing 3 points to his back.<br><br>
The
man turns and runs out the door. Zol Zim gives<br>
chase into the
darkness. Soon a yell is heard and a<br>
thump.
Grabbing a lantern Ix exits to find the man<br>
dead<br><br>
Kaz
returns and says he is proud his place was<br>
defended but she
should be careful. The next morning<br>
they decide to
drag the bodies and bury them. No<br>
need to tell the
city guards. Too many questions.<br><br>
[Decalis 20th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Today
is the last of her strength training days. She has<br>
spent 16 days on
her physical strength. Tomorrow she will<br>
start another 16
days or so on her stamina. <br><br>
[Decalis 22nd
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
starts her regiment of stamina training. Kaz is not<br>
much help but
gives suggestions. But the old man, to her,<br>
is not a physical
person so prefers supervising.<br><br>
Over
the next 16 days Ix does things to boost her overall<br>
staming.
Tasks of long endurance running, long duration<br>
acrobatics, long
term standing on thin ledges and much more<br>
are among the
exercises.<br><br>
[Decalis 24th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
finally picks up the language. It is very basic and<br>
rough but it is
far better than sign language or the<br>
communicate
spell. After several mishaps of sign language<br>
she is
grateful. Especially after the outhouse incident.<br>
He had signed
'Keep outhouse door closed at all times.'<br>
She read it as 'go
to roof and fix.' Then later a couple<br>
nights after Kaz
runs screaming out of the outhouse when<br>
a raccoon almost
bites him in the butt for leaving the door<br>
open.<br><br>
Though
the language learning is good she decides to<br>
cast 3 more Orient
Self and 3 Communicate spells again.<br>
But only 1 each
works. <br><br>
[Decalis 26th,
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 8:50
pm]<br><br>
Ix has
been exploring the north slope of the hill near the<br>
cabin.
Looking for interesting plants. It is well past sunset<br>
and dark.
Zol Zim is at the cabin as he is a bit under the<br>
weather. Ix
figures he is just being lazy.<br><br>
Now
only about a mile from the cabin a creature rushes toward<br>
her. These
silver furred creatures are short maybe like a fox.<br>
They have green
eyes and are at 2 feet long..<br><br>
Ix
hears the noise and steps aside as the creature lunges<br>
at her. Ix
uses her cane-sword and slices the creature in<br>
the side doing 6
points. But as she does she yells hurting<br>
herself for some
odd reason.<br><br>
The
creature bites down on Ix's back but her leathers help<br>
to protect her
from harm. Ix stabs the creature in the left<br>
leg almost cutting
his leg off doing 9 points. But again the<br>
short girl takes
damage?<br><br>
The
creature now hurt and barely about to walk turns to try<br>
to bite but fails
to hit Ix's leg. Ix stabs the creature on<br>
the back and does
6 points. The creature falls dead but<br>
not before it
seems to hurt Ix again?<br><br>
Ix
examines the creature and brings it to the cabin.<br>
"I believe
they are called Omari. They have this odd way<br>
to hurt folks who
hurt them. Let's get you treated."<br>
Kaz tells
her.<br><br>
[Decalis 27th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Kaz
stops teaching Marentian. Kaz believes she is now almost<br>
fluent enough to
get by.<br><br>
While
Ix is still not fluent with the language she decides<br>
to continue her
shamanic trance and communicate spell tries.<br>
Three of the
trance spells work but all 3 communicate spells<br>
fail.
<br><br>
[Time: 4:07
pm]<br><br>
Ix is
outside enjoying the cold afternoon when she spots<br>
2 adult falcons
close by. They circle and seem to be hunting.<br>
Ix watches them
for some time.<br><br>
[Decalis 28th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
asks to be trained by Kaz in the sword not the short<br>
sword. So
the old hermit spends a week showing her how<br>
to use the longer
sword. <br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 29th
1635TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 4:32
am]<br><br>
Ix
wakes up for the urge of relief. She grabs her cane<br>
sword and heads to
the outhouse. A groggy Zol Zim joins<br>
her since doesn't
want her out so late. Just as Ix closes<br>
the door to
outhouse after finishing up she is startled<br>
by a large
creature. The fireplace light from a cabin window<br>
flickers faintly
that almost looks like a deformed ogre? The<br>
creature grunts as
Zol Zim leaps at him. But the creature raises<br>
a large arm and
bats the wolf to the side.<br><br>
Ix
opens her cane sword and tries to stab the creature but fails.<br>
The wolf tries to
bite down on his leg but the tough hide of the<br>
creature blocks
any damage.<br><br>
The
creature swings his club at IX but she dodges it.<br><br>
Ix
stabs the creature in his left shoulder doing 5 points past<br>
his tough
hide. The wolf leaps at the creature's head but misses.<br><br>
The
creature swings his club and hits Ix right in the neck<br>
doing a massive 4
points. Ix is thrown back against the outhouse<br>
wall and loses her
breath. She grasps for her throat and finds it<br>
isn't crushed by
badly damaged.<br><br>
The
wolf bites onto the creature's right arm but his tough hide<br>
blocks any teeth
from doing damage.<br><br>
The
creature swinngs at the wolf but Zol Zim is to agile and<br>
the club fails to
make contact. <br><br>
Ix
stunned tries to get her breath back. The wolf leaps and<br>
knocks the
creature down biting the creature's left shoulder<br>
doing 14
points.<br><br>
The
creature gets back to his feet and swings wildly missing<br>
the wolf.<br><br>
Ix
does a acrobat push with her legs and flips to her feet.<br>
She stabs the
creature in the right middle ribs doing 8 more<br>
points to
it. The wolf bites down on the creature's right arm<br>
doing 8 points
forcing it to drop the club.<br><br>
Before
Ix can raise her cane-sword a flame shoots from the<br>
side and hits the
creature. The creature is hit by the fire<br>
dart and takes the
remaining damage to kill it.<br><br>
Kaz
stands nearby and frowns. "I did say keep the door closed<br>
they
smell...ahh..the...stuff." The creature is
inspected<br>
closer and Kaz
believe it is a Rock Troll.<br><br>
Kaz
goes inside to help treat Ix's minor wound.<br><br>
[Janaq 2nd 1636TH]
- [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
casts 3 more trance spells and 3 more communicate spells. All<br>
work except 1
communicate spell which fails. <br><br>
[Janaq 3rd 1636TH]
- [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 9:07
am]<br><br>
Ix and
Kaz are walking to a local farm who sells some of<br>
their food to
locals. When they encounter a group of 11 peasants<br>
surrounding a
covered wagon. They are agitated and yelling. Some<br>
guy on the wagon
who looks nicely dressed appears scared. The crowd<br>
yells they want to
get their money back for the fake cures and snake<br>
oil
remedies. Kaz suggests they move along as a small riot would<br>
not do well for
their morale.<br><br>
[Decalis 30th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
casts 3 more Orient Self and 3 more communicate spells.<br>
Two of the trance
spells work while only 1 of the communicate<br>
spells pass. <br>
<br>
[Janaq 4th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Kaz
finally says it is time to visit Ba'ru city. Ix is very<br>
reluctant.
It is one thing to visit the general store on the<br>
city
margins. But another to visit the city interior. Kaz<br>
explains the wolf
would not too welcome in the city so has<br>
to stay at the
cabin.<br><br>
Once
in the city Ix is amazed by the sights and sounds.<br>
So many folks in
one place! At a tavern they eat breakfast.<br>
She is amazed to
sit at a table and have food given to you with<br>
out making
it!<br><br>
Kaz
suggests she learn some dagger skill so she can better<br>
fight at close
range. Ix agrees and so both find a friend of<br>
Kaz's. The
young man is reluctant at teaching the blind girl<br>
how to use a
weapon. But when Ix does some acrobatic skills<br>
avoiding furniture
and such the man agrees.<br><br>
Ix
explains she has no money so Kaz shrugs and pays for the<br>
services.
Over the next week the man teaches Ix how to<br>
fight better with
the dagger.<br><br>
Ix
tries to practice her shape changing spell. But<br>
this time she does
it away from the wolf not to freak<br>
him out. Two
trance spells work but only 1 shape change spell<br>
works.
<br><br>
[Janaq 5th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br>
[Time: 12:11
pm]<br><br>
Ix is
taking a break from dagger learning and relaxes at<br>
a local
park. She is still nervous and getting used to the<br>
stares and
laughs. But she has been used to that all her life<br>
in the
tribe.<br><br>
A
older man comes begging for coins. Kaz had warned about<br>
these beggars
before. She simply has no money so tells the<br>
man to
leave. The man continues to beg. Ix shows the blade<br>
at the end of her
cane and this makes the man laugh. Then<br>
she swipes across
his was it. His string belt now sliced makes his<br>
pants fall
down. The man stumbles trying to get his pants back<br>
up and runs
away.<br><br>
[Janaq 6th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Today
is the last day of Ix's stamina attempts. She does<br>
feel stronger
overall. She hopes to try more later on.<br><br>
[Janaq 7th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
practices 3 more sets of shape changing spells. All the<br>
trance and change
spells work. <br><br>
[Janaq 8th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
starts the next few weeks training to improve her<br>
dexterity.
For the next 16 days she tries all the various<br>
techniques to
improve her dexterity.<br><br>
Ix
tries 3 more trance and communicate spells. But all 6<br>
fail.
<br><br>
[Janaq 10th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Ix
practices her shape changing spell with 3 successful orient<br>
and changing
spells each. <br><br>
[Janaq 11th,
1636TH] - [Ba'ru Hills]<br><br>
Kaz
finds a farm hand that is very good at hand to hand<br>
fighting.
Kaz offers some magic for the farm hand if he'll<br>
teach Ix for a
week in hand to hand. So the two wrestle,<br>
grapple and fight
for the next week during the day.<br><br>
Ix
tries to improve her healing spell. Even if it means<br>
to cut a finger
and letting it heal by magic. She casts 3<br>
trance spells with
2 failures and 3 healing spells with only<br>
one working.
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