Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20170721035105/@comment-24141785-20170723110052

Days Earlier...

The young Argonian boy had never expected the trip to be easy - but as he watched the cart fumble across the marshy and uneven land his doubts about this decision had reached new heights.

"And you're sending me to the Imperial City in...that?"

''"You have nothing to worry about, Talen." Came the ever-so-needed reassurence from the tribe leader: Gilm El. "The trip may seem long, but I believe that it would feel like seconds if you saw what I see."''

''"But...But what could you possibly see?" The young Argonian glanced back, feeling somewhat lost and despairful as he watched for any silhouettes that came from his humble village that now seemed so distant from him. "It's certainly not what anyone else can see. Certainly not what they see..."''

''"We do care about what happens to you, Talen." Was the answer eventually mumbling by Gilm-El, who was clearly struggling with finding a suitable answer. "But you have somthing special, something that I would feel disgraced to just wast-"''

''"So you just decided to get me out of the way by sending me to a foreign land!" Talen grunted, looking away from his village to find the cart having already arrived - its driver looking uneasy and exhausted.''

"I'm just sick. I've always just been sick, Gilm."

''The boy clambered his way onto the cart with his luggage, having decided that he had vented all his worries and that was enough. But as the last few preparations were made Gilm-El had broken his solemn disgust in himself, striding over to the youngling before holding his icy hand.''

''"No. You've been a little nusiance, sure, but never sick." The tribe leader let go, watching as the ruined cart starting to head off for the long journey that awaited them - knowing that all too soon Talen would likely have to face his own journey...''

"Now go be a nusiance to anyone who decides to mess with Talen-Shei."

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Three Days Ago...

''Galtlion Hollowthorn had never seen his daughter more cheerful in her life than when she was leaving the confines of the crumbled Imperial tower, which would've once appeared a beacon of security during the Empire's reign. He had spent months aquiring the right necessities for her departure - food, water, a horse for transport and plenty of books and her main luggage.''

''"Maybe I haven't totally fucked up her life yet." He mumbled quietly, to no one in particular but himself. "Maybe there's hope for her to blossom into something...great. Something the Hollowthorn's haven't been for a very long time."''

''The highwayman, after taking several deep breaths, slowly made his way towards his daughter, knowing very well that he would never see her again. After recollecting about everything he had done, he truly believed this was the right way to go.''

''"All saddled up and ready to go?" Galtlion asked with a smirk as he crouched down to his daughter's height, noticing out of the corner of his eye the difficulty his most trusted man - Hushes-Many-Voices - was having with the equipment.''

''"Just 'ave to get Hushes to actually fucking do his job, and then we are." Gaitlion certainly noticed a flare of himself within the girl's answer, which only prompted him further to make sure she didn't end up the same way.''

''"You still 'ave all of the books I gave you about where you're going?" ''

''"Yeh, but I still don't know why you gave 'em to me." Idrlyn uttered in confusion, appearing to Gaitlion that she had no idea about the task he was going to ask of her.''

''"Because it's needed for what I'm about to ask you to do." The highwayman hesitantly grumbled, letting silence fill the air for a few seconds to get the point across. "All of us here have done awful things, Lyn. We 'ave killed people, we stole their shit, and we've done it purely to gain. And I'm honestly fine with that - because I know that I'll always be this way."''

"But why tell me thi-"

''"Because inside those books is about life there, because to fit along you're going to have to adapt quite a bit...because I want you to be better than us." Gaitlion had never liked interrupting her daughter due to fear she'd go quiet, but now was certainly not the time for precautions. "You've still retained some non-shitty qualities, and with your kickass wailing I don't ever want that to go away."''

A obnoxiously loud groan coming from Hushes suggested that the two were ready to go, and that it was time to say goodbye.

''"I..But why...I don't..." Clearly, his daughter had been confused by the whole ordeal as she stumbled over her own words, unable to scavange a cohesive sentence from the overload of information inside her head.''

''"I love you, even if at times I don't appear that way." Gaitlion placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, letting Hushes lift up the confused girl onto the horse as she struggled to return to her father.''

"The past can sway your future, Lyn. Time to spit in the past's fat fucking face."



Present...

Both children, up until entering their respective dorm, had stayed relatively far away from both each other and the other applicants - Talen having felt somewhat awkward about being around a new culture and environment, and Idrlyn having felt awkward been around people other than cutthroats.

However, after each child was sent to their respective dormitory things started to differentiate. Talen had entered the boys' as soon as everyone else had, having been rather eager to be introduced to this new way of life he had never experienced before. Idrlyn, on the other hand, waited cautiously and nervously for a few moments before entering her dorm awkwardly - she had barely been around others her age before.