Trouble|Maelstrom

[kiyukit]

"Well, this is a lovely turn of events!" grumbled Mallorin Kumochi, her normally carefree face lined with wrinkles. "I haven't the faintest idea where the caravan is, I'm stuck here until I can get some sort of work, and I don't like working!"

Sighing and flipping back her hair, Malli, as she was known to her friends, began to search through her pack yet again, in the vain hope that she had missed some crumb of food in the last eight times she'd searched it.

[Toyoll]

Faolan was padding along on all fours, jogging as it were. This is how wolves would usually cover large distances.

As he trotted down the path, the wolf was stunned at how much longer he could maintain his pace. Curious, he kept going and soon, Faolan realized that he didn't feel the need to slow down at all.

Delighted, Faolan kept his almost hypnotic trot. Left, right, left, right, left, right, just like the march of a soldier. He wasn't even panting!

Forces above! All this travel must be doing me a world of good. Faolan smiled, he was in a good mood and he felt confident that he would find Irryk...Well..Until he remembered that he knew next to nothing of Maelstrom, let alone the Storms that inhabit it.

From what little he gathered, Storms seemed to be just as rowdy and prideful as Fires, with equally lethal active powers. Faolan paused and scratched his chin. As strong as Faolan is, without knowledge of their capabilities, he was virtually defenseless..

The Clan Leader's shell-shaped ears flicked ahead, catching bits of speech. Faolan heaved himself up off the ground and stood as tall as he could on his legs. He squared his shoulders and continued down the road, alert.

[kiyukit]

Malli, with an angry kick, aimed at her rather barren bag, missed and hit the rock side of a building. Letting out a stream of cursing her uncles would have been proud of, she hopped on one foot for sometime. Getting fed up with the whole situation, Mallorin decided that she would have to try and find work if she wanted to eat.

[Toyoll]

When Faolan came accross the girl, he began to laugh, "Cursing does not befit a young lady like yourself..." he said.

He walked up to her, easily a foot or so taller than she, Faolan was naturally a very tall man. The wolf grinned, again trying to reduce the unfortunate effect of his frightful fangs. And again, he hoped the people of Ronduin remained ignorant of what the Beast Leader looked like.

Faolan spotted the bag with his golden eyes, walked over, picked up up and gave it a quick snif. "..Hm..It would seem that's you're hungry he chuckled.

[kiyukit]

Malli turned, ready to give her watcher an earful. However, when she saw the person who was making the comments, she promptly fell over.

"Wow!!! You look just like a giant wolf! Um... sorry about the cursing... I hit my foot on a rock. And yes sir, I am hungry..."

[Toyoll]

Giant wolf! Faolan bit down hard so as not to laugh...too much. He had forgotten that other elementals looked quite different than himself and most other Beasts for that matter.

"Well, you needn't be afraid of the big, bad wolf, young girl." Faolan stopped and rummaged around his pack for a bit. When his claws found what they were searching for, he pulled them out of the sac, a large, red apple sat on the pads of his hands. "Here, you can have this, if you want. But on the condition that you point me in the direction of some person able to guide me into Maelstrom?"

"Oh, dear, please excuse me, we haven't introduced ourselves, now?" the Clan Leader dipped his head in greeting, "My name is Faolan and what might yours be?" Faolan said the last part quickly.

[kiyukit]

Mallorin had the apple in her hand before the man had finished speaking.
"You're in luck Mister Faolan. I can lead you to Maelstrom! And I'm Mallorin Kumochi, travelling entertainer! Feel free to call me Malli, most folks do. And... if I'm not prying, why do you want to go to Maelstrom? Not a very pleasant place really..."

The girl trailed off, taking a big bite of her apple.

[Toyoll]

Faolan wrinkled his nose, "I'm not going by choice... I'm looking for someone there...She ran off."

The Beast was wary of how much he should tell Malli, it was a natural paranoia. In any case, he grinned, "Well met, Malli. Worg must have brought me great luck, finding such a...spirited guide." he chuckled.

Faolan clasped his paw-like hands together, "Well, Guide Malli, I am ready to leave when ever you are ready. But I am rather pressed, mind you..."

[kiyukit]

"Pressed? You want to go fast? Not a problem. Since you look quite capable of running my legs off, mind if I set the pace?" Malli smiled cheerfully, and sat down on the cobbles, kicking off her ligth shoes. Taking a pair of boots from her pack, she tied them on, pulled her socks up and slung her pack over her shoulder.

"So, Mister Faolan. If you don't mind me asking, who is it that ran off? Might help me know where in Maelstrom to head for. It's a pretty good size place."

[Toyoll]

Faolan nodded, seeing no problem with complying, "Clan Leader Irryk. She is very important to the Beasts in the area. I'm sent to find her." the wolf said.

"She ran off for a little....sould searching, I suppose..." Faolan said, scratching his chin with an ivory claw. "In any case, if you hace an idea as to where she might be, it would be a great help!"




((sorry for the short post! T_T))

[kiyukit]

"Hmm... Beast Leader huh? Well... If I were her, I'd be heading towards the trouble. Leaders, if they're good, like to help folks. We can head towards where I hear all the recent fuss is coming from... But I warn you, it's a good two week journey. Unless you can magically make food appear I think we better get something in the way of supplies." Malli grin impishly, gesturing to her largely empty pack.

[Toyoll]

Faolan laughed and waved a paw dismissively, "Do not worry yourself with food! I am a fine hunter! You won't go hungry, I assure you."

The great wolf was eager to get moving, he was oddly energetic and almost youthful. It was clear that the Clan Leader has yet to see his own reflection...

"Come now, Malli! The road won't be getting any shorter!" he said merrily.

[kiyukit]

"If you say so!" With that the young woman slung her pack up over her shoulder. With a slightly odd look, she asked "Are you sure you know who you are? I thought all the leaders were old..."

[Toyoll]

Faolan blinked, a little embarassed, "Ah. So you do know who I am...." he shrugged, "Well...I don't know if one would call forty old and--" he gave a quick shake of the head, "What do you mean by that? I may not be an old man, but I'm no youth either." he chuckled.


((*wince*bows humbly over and over* I AM SO SORRY! Lot's of stuffies going on!...^^'))

[kiyukit]

Malli raised an eyebrow "Not many folks running around that have the name Faolan and look like a giant talking wolf man. And... uh... You certainly don't look fourty. You look hardly into your twenties, but I'm no real judge."