What Are You Doing Out Here?
Dragonsfall Weyr
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Dolphin Hall
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Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: April, Devin
Date Posted: 2nd August 2007
Characters: Zanen, Erilite
Description: Zanen comes upon Erilite's camp and talks her into coming to the Hold.
Location: Garnet Valley Hold
Date: month 5, day 6 of Turn 4
Fang put his nose to the ground and gave a low woof that indicated he had picked up a scent. Silver trotted over to join him. "What have you got there, boy? Do you smell feline?" Zanen asked him. The large canine glanced up at him and resumed his sniffing, moving off through the brush. There was none of the tenseness in his posture that would show he was following something dangerous. Silver followed on his heels, and Zanen followed behind her.
Fang barked once as he stepped into a clearing. Zanen looked past him to see a fire burning at the mouth of a little cave. He reached down to touch the handle of his belt knife, but the canines were still giving no indication of danger. The tracker stepped closer and called, "Hello?"
As if on cue a dirty head pocked out of the cave. The hair was almost grey in color and a pair of piercing blue eyes looked out from under an uneven fring of hair. Erilite thought she knew the voice. She watched him from her crouched postion making no move to approach. Her own hand was on a hidden blade. She relaxed a bit when she recognized the canines. The large animals ran up to her, tails wagging. Zanen approached slower, squinting at the figure in the mouth of the cave. She looked familiar . . . "Erilite?"
She looked up and blinked. She quickly pulled out a slate and wrote her reply. As she wrote she motioned for him to come closer. She held up her slate.
^Zanen? What are you doing out here?^ He put his hands on his hips. "I could ask you the same!"
She erased her slate and quickly wrote again. She hoped he may be able to point her in the right direction. SHe had to write smaler to fit most of what she wanted to say.
^I am searching for information. When with the caravan, could not find much. Now look alone.^ Zanen frowned over the message. "What kind of information?"
Erilite quickly pulled out what information she had gotten so far and then erased her slate again. ^I search for my father. Here is what I have found out.^ The hide was filled with her small neat writing. She had learned that her mother had been seen with a man with auburn hair and brown eyes. He was said to be visiting the hold on busniss. No name was given. It was believed that he had loved her mother but been told by her that her father hated and distrusted him.
"That isn't a whole lot to go on." Zanen shifted his feet. "It really isn't safe to be out here. I know you know how to handle yourself, but we've had feline troubles here lately. Why don't you come with me to the Hold?"
Erilite thought for a moment. perhaps someone at the hold may be able to add to her information. She nodded and motioned to her meal that she was cooking. ^Join me?^ she wrote.
"All right," Zanen said with a nod. The canines certainly seemed content to stay there for a while, sniffing about the small camp with tails wagging.
Last updated on the August 2nd 2007