The bear and the maiden not so fair [Open]

[Rain]

don't cry, destroy these imprisoned illusions. just once rise above your demise. Don't cry tranquility, let us end this by our own actions.

Tsan'lo

Ah!? Rain got through! The wolf was beyond happy about that, particularly when she heard her name from the girl's lips. The wolf gave a bark to show how happy she was, and then watched carefully as the girl wrote her own name. Tsan'lo. It was a pretty name, and the wolf felt happy to know this girl, very blessed even. With a small yip, the wolf picked up the stick, and then stuck it in the pack she had on her back. She had put it back there before the drunkenness, and with the stick firmly in her things, the wolf looked beyond excited. And the scratches oh yes this girl didn't seem to mind scratching the lovely wolf for all that she was worth. Which was a lot.

Man she loved the pets, as she nodded vigorously to Tsan'lo. Yes she was definitely ready! With a bounce, the wolf was ready to get on the road, tail wagging in the air. With another bounce, the wolf was on the road, chasing butterflies and yipping happily, always running back to Tsan'lo if she got too far however. She wanted to know where they were going, but right now just enjoyed the morning sunlight, and having fun around. After all, she was quite confident in her female companion to guide them not only to a good place, but a good occasion too. Even better, she hoped that the girl would be able to find them a job or something, maybe a mission?

Rain could go for a mission right now, with Tsan'lo at her side of course! She really, really wanted to accomplish something with the girl, and that made her heart race. She hadn't felt this happy in a long while, even traveling with her sibling that went missing. She just hoped they were alright for one, and second that Rain would be able to find the path in life she wanted. Like right now, she was having fun with her companion, and she felt like she could have days like this for the rest of her life. It... it felt safe, and welcome and just natural in a way. Should she stay in her wolf form the rest of her life? Rain wasn't sure about that, although the temptation had come to her before.

She wondered what Tsan'lo would say if she saw her actual human form however.

(C) ELLIE @ GANGNAM STYLE

[Tsan'lo]

She laughed a bit as Rain went ahead jumping onto the road, chasing butterflies and the like only to return to her later on. Despite all the intelligence that she had shown earlier, she still sometimes acted like a hyperactive child on some elixir. There was no way that her cheery disposition could not latch onto Tsan'lo and just make her such a unfitting ball of happiness and all around pleasantry. Rain was a good light on her life, definitely. Her wolf companion kept her warm at night and at the same time made her happy. But yet in a way she felt that if Rain had not been a wolf, this all would have gone so much worse.

"Tseh, Rain." She called the wolf over with a smile as she stared over to the fields of grass. "I've been thinking. The next town, just a few... Miles? Perhaps miles away from here was my destination from the start. It's mostly a ghost town, abandoned ages ago during the war when greater heroes were still alive." She stroked her chin for a moment, letting out something akin to a sigh of frustration. "The reason I was headed there is very simple."

"I need to kill a man. Or a few men, I was never specified. I work as a mercenary, you know. Protect stuff, all that kind. Seems like I'm an assassin now too. The man described to me is a rather foul one. Stole a few village maidens on a raid, returned them in... Worse condition with..." She shook her head. "Let us just say that in a few months the village will have a few more mouths to feed."

"So, the elder of the village hired me to kill the man and his possible comrades." She turned to Rain, kneeling down as she stroked the back of her head. "If you understood all that... Would you like to help? You can leave if you want to, Rain. I am not expecting you to take such a dangerous thing just for me, no matter how good of a connection we seem to share as of now. And in a way, I do not want to see you in battle. Perhaps out of fear that you die."

Rain