Foraging [o]

[Nora]

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It was a day like any other, but there had been a low stock of herbs. Normally, her father would have gone out to gather wild herbs, but he thought it would have been better for Nora to do it herself. After all, if she wished to venture out on her own, she needed to at least be able to do these things. Of course this hadn’t been her first time but it was not going to be the last. And that’s how she ended up on the search for plants, with a sack slung over her shoulder. As always, the climate was cold, yet it didn’t seem to bother the ginger haired girl much. She had grown used to how the weather in the area fared and was actually quite fond of the coldness. Course, she did have her limits. Her hand rose up, to let the snow that fell from the clouds to land a few speckles onto her palm, before it simply melted away into water. The scenery around her had partially been filled up with snow, whilst there were some clear areas. Most of the trees still bore their leaves as other hadn’t. Course, this was a troublesome time indeed as it was quite vital that she’d find the right amount of herbs today before the snow filled the whole area. Her eyes observed around her, using her senses and keen instinct to try and spot plants. She used whatever knowledge she had, looking for prints left by animals as they usually would flock to areas with a lot of greenery, or attempt to spot signs of herbs in the distance. But with a couple of minutes, her search had achieved naught. A cupped hand was placed under her chin, as she’d space into thought for a moment clearly looking distressed. ’This is problematic. Forget the fact that father would be mad, if I don’t find any soon when the snow settles it in would be even more difficult to find more later.’ She glanced up towards the sky that seemed to be darkening slightly. ’And if night settles in, beasts will start to lurk around, making searching even impossible to do without attracting attention from a unwanted predator.’ There was a chance that she could of easily fend for herself, but given the lack of sight during the night along with factors of them being in a pack, she was a bit too paranoid to take the risk. She snapped herself out of thought, as she hastened her search, attempting to give this her full attention and search around the area in places that she hadn’t looked yet. Nora was quite sure that there would be some around here, she just had to be more diligent about the matter. "Talking" | 'Thinking' | flashback

[Nero]

What was he doing here? This was not a place where he was meant to be, the male knew this. Yet he found himself here.

Nero was wandering within Eastern Ferox, deciding to have taken the day to look around and observe the other half of his homeland. He didn't want to be in Ferox, but he had accompanied a merchant on an escort mission, and was just now attempting to get out of the country again. Although, wandering in the big fields probably not the best idea that the dark skinned male had, but he ignored, shifting his body to make sure he didn't lose himself. Nothing was numb, the cold still bit at him, even though he was used to it. He liked it, to be fair, the small nipping of the weather against his skin. It proved he was alive.

Well no matter, he was going towards the border eventually, so he had no need to redirect his course. Although finding a place to camp firstly, and secondly food gathering, was probably someone he should do, as he noticed patches of still living herbs on the way. Uh, weird, usually they didn't peak out like that, but he'd assume some beast had unearthed a few, before he crossed by. Well, it was of no matter to him, as he continued his walk. Surely he would be alone, in this mismatched place of snow covered area but not quite fully, as he started to note. He was content to be alone, only to come across a shape a few moments later.

Normally he'dve just ignored it, but considering that it looked like a small, slender girl, the male found himself having to care. It would at least wrench him for the absolute dark that was waiting for him in his solitude, if at least for a few moments. Clearing his throat, the fighter shifted his weight before approaching her. ''Excuse me young lass, but what are you doin' out here?'' he said, making sure to look as well... non-threatening a big man with dark skin and an ax could. Which wasn't very much, but still better then nothing. Hopefully this girl could be safely escorted before he got on his way, and then he wouldn't have to worry about her getting eaten or something.

But she would need to talk to him and not run away when she saw him, which people tended to do when he showed up. Probably because of his beloved ax, it was quite intimidating if one wasn't used to it and himself.

I kept everything inside and even though I tried it all fell apart I tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter

(C) ELLIE @ GANGNAM STYLE