Ella's Travels (Naome)

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Ella looked around at her surroundings. One side held valleys and hills full of blue sky and green grass. It made her want to frolic. But yet on the other side there was fog pure white fog. Slowly she stuck her hand into it and could barely make out her hand in front of her. She couldn't make sense of it but felt compelled to go forward into it. Her curiously got the better of her. She quickly gathered her things and pulled her traveling pack onto her back. Giving a quiet sigh she moved into the fog for once not caring what was in store for her.

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"This place... is more peaceful than I expected."

He was right at the edge of the lake, and rolled onto his stomach, slipping his hand into the water and swirling it around lazily. Flat on his stomach, Luka stared into the wide lake and watched the water move around according to how his hand misplaced it. He wasn't one for social interaction, so he neglected his chances of talking with the other townsfolk. The water and nature surrounding him were much easier to be with than other people. He would likely be considered some kind of weirdo for thinking that, so, naturally, he kept it to himself. Anyone in town who knew him knew he was antisocial anyways.

After doing that for some time, he sighed, secretly hoping his sister would come find him. He wasn't good at speaking, but that didn't necessarily mean he hated people. They were just... challenging. Challenging to speak to. Sudden noise in the forest area startled him, and he sat up on his knees, looking around. It came from the area closest to the edge of the forest, where the fog would be if he started walking that way.

"Who-who's there?" His voice carried a stern tone as he spoke, looking cautiously around.

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Moving though the fog would be impossible with out shifting her eyes so her night vision could help her move though it. It helped enough that she didn't hit half as many trees as she was without it. Taking careful steps she trudged on hoping to come across someone she could ask for directions from. With every passing hour her hope began to fade. With not even the chirping of birds to guide her she continued on blindly.

Soon she found she could hear running water. "What is that maybe a waterfall or a creek?" She asked herself as she concentrated on honing into the sound. "Yes it must be something." She agreed with herself which may have scared her a bit if she hadn't started toward to the sound. Her ears pricked as she recognized a human voice. She called out tentatively toward it hoping he could hear her. "Hello, Is anyone there?"

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Oh... oh damn. It sounded like the voice of a woman through the trees. Luka... he was especially bad with women. What should he do... Well, screw his lack of sociability, the forest might not be safe if this was a newcomer who had no idea about Castle Haven. Sure, he was out here, but Luka knew the risks and he could fight. He had no idea about this woman's skills.

Probably more reason why he shouldn't just head for her voice, but, he acted on impulse too often.

"Hey! Follow my voice. Someone's there, right?" He was hoping it wasn't just the forest screwing with him. Getting up, he hesitated, but walked towards the sound. He stopped right where the fog started, putting his hand on a tree as he looked into it, waiting for the person to respond or come out.

The fog was quite mysterious. It wasn't a thin layer and then boom you're in town. It was more like aimlessly walk for hours, suddenly stumble upon an area at the surrounding edges of town. This woman was lucky someone was here, otherwise she would be stuck finding her way to town from here alone.

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Hissing as she fell onto her knees her pants tore and she knew the rocks had cut into her skin. Looking behind she saw that it was a damn tree root that had tripped her. She wondered if it had been there a few minutes ago. Deciding not to dwell on it she picked her self up not noticing the trail of blood running down her pants leg. Continuing on she limped a little but would still be able to take care of herself if the person calling out to her happened to be looking for a fight.

"This would be a lot easier if this ridiculous fog let up." She said to herself grumbling a bit as she moved slower now. "Hey you still around?" She called out hoping she was still heading in the right direction. Knowing she should feel wary of the person she was to meet at the hopeful end of the fog, but all she could muster was relief. "It has been a long time since I came across another human." She thought to herself as she heard the water louder now. Knowing she was close she could just barley make out the silhouette of her savior.

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Even now, no one had come through the fog. Luka knew the woman must still be there though, because he could hear her trying to move out of the fog. Sounded like she was having some difficulty, but he didn't know of any of the animals of the forest going into the fog, so he didn't worry about the woman being attacked. He was concerned, but no less weary. She sounded harmless and like she wouldn't attack, but he had to see her to trust that more. People could play tricks on the eyes. No one that made it to this town was human, oddly enough, so weird powers were not surprising.

Luka moved as close to the fog as he could, cautious of the mysterious substance. No one really bothered with it after entering the town, and he didn't know whether the fog actually kept others out... or kept them in.

"Right here!" He spoke clearly so she might have a better chance of following his voice.

It took some time, but suddenly Luka saw the woman's figure as she emerged from the fog. Now that she was right in front of him, he took a step back, not frightened, but cautious, and looked at her. The awkwardness crept up, and his gaze shifted to the torn pants and cut on her leg.

"Hey. You're bleeding." 

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Once she emerged from the fog it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust to the light. She quickly focused on the man standing in front of her. He seemed harmless enough form her quick assessment. Cautiously setting her bag down she moved to lean against the closest tree outside of the fog. Rolling up her pant leg up to her knee she winced as she revealed the wound.

"It doesn't appear to deep. I uh took a steep fall." She said trailing off as she remembered the tree root that wasn't there but then was. Coming back to she looked to him and gave him a slight smile. "I am sorry if I have caused you any alarm." She said as she moved to brush dirt and grass away from her pants best she could.

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Stepping back again and inspecting her to see any other injuries (and because he was still cautious), Luka glanced away, not sure what to do. He returned his attention to her again, seeing the gash on her leg clearly now that she lifted her pant leg up. not exactly gory, but there was enough blood for her to need to at least wash it off. He wasn't sure about how deep the cut actually was.

"Right... that... it's still bleeding though." Chancing it, he took a step towards her, feeling rude for standing such a distance away. It wasn't like she would turn into a damn witch and kill him for pete's sake. Heh. Well... they had witches here too though, but he was just going to avoid thinking about whether this chick was any harm or not.

"It's okay, but, uh, you can clean that in the water." Pointing over at the waterfall and clear water under it. "That still looks like it wouldn't be good to leave it." Luka said so matter of factly, half eyeing the injury.

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Ella watched as he moved away from her cautiously. She approved of this as he did not know her and she couldn't very well move away from him herself. She could not decide if she wanted to move and wash off her leg or sit and rest for a few weeks. The constant movement was starting to catch up to her.

She looked the way he had pointed and she judged its distance from herself. Not liking the odds of landing on her ass she spoke to him softly. "I'm afraid if I move a bit more I will collapse on my own." She said lightly and then looking down at the cut. "I would stitch it up myself but I seem to have hurt my arm as well. I don't suppose you know anything about stitching?" She asked with a strained voice. The thought of trusting someone else to sew her was oddly warming. Quickly she shoved that feeling away. This was someone she didn't know she would have to keep a tighter hold on her feelings.