(00:47:15 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to | |--| - j a m e e - |--: The caravan had started to arrive at the pont the landing already had a few of the lead wagons waiting, while the pont was on its way back from the opposite bank. I had tethered the kaiila over near the trading store allowing an animal minder to feed and water the beasts. I stood on the bank looking out at the opposite side, my eyes scanning the bank for anything that looked out of place or odd. I was feeling uneasy about this crossing. It was a perfect pinch point that could be taken advantage of. The girls were with me they had come one ahead of the rest with me to take a look at things and try and facittate the crossing before the wagons and pack beasts arrived.
(00:53:41 ) | |
*The hardest part of slavery...is waiting*
--| - j a m e e - |--
..Property of Nyah..
-Nyahs' Ink-
--treasures aren't all Gold and Silver
some are worth far more--
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: as we stood on the bank near You, I was cautious as I looked around, emerald gems set in a deep gaze as I saw Mistress near by as well..i knew the caravan and such would be along shortly it was a good idea for us to have gone on ahead..i looked over at soraya and having heard Mistress telling me to be careful and not slip in the mud along the bank for I knew she didn't want to have to retrieve me from the water...
(00:58:44 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: standing slightly behind you my gaze drifted to jamee before looking at the pontoon returning, water made her nervous , funny as that may sound being Owned by a Captain and previously having lived aboard the Lady Nyah but water was only her friend in the bath tub,pulling the head scarf off for a moment , the heat so stiffling , her black tunic covered in dust from the ride thus far , she wonders if we will break her for a meal or keep going forwards , she simply waits knowing He will give the directions when He is ready
(01:01:35 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: The other wagons were beginning to pull in and begin to congregate over in an open field beside the river bank. I watched as men ushered the wagons into orderly positions so that they would be able to move out when needed. I was not feeling comfortable about the whole set up and wondered where Kahil the Commander was we needed to talk. I wanted to know what feedback there was from the scouts on the opposite side of the bank.
turning to soraya "go and find the Commander kahil and ask him to join me here on the banks I need to speak to him its rather urgent" my dark eyes looked over her enjoying her as always despite her dressed in a hooded robe and carrying a bow and quiver of arrows. I had used her always as a messenger even in the thickest of battles of late and she had proved her worth on more than one occasion.
(01:09:49 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to | |--| - j a m e e - |--: my attention now at you my gaze sweeping over you, we were all dressed the same in nondescript dark hooded robes without banners nor insignia. We had been all armed the same so that the outlaws and raiders would have no idea who or where we had come from. "jamee go back to the trading post" my arm pointing at the stone block building "check on the beasts tell the minder that they must be ready to ride within an ihn should they be needed. He was not to unsaddle them. I also want you to get some sa tarna bread, dried meat and fresh water we may be travelling for a few days away from the caravan. We may need to move within the ahn." with that I turned again to survey the opposite bank and the low ranger of hills on our side of the bank but further north
(01:12:13 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: Seeing the carvans beginning to converge she looks about knowing we were out in the open,watching her Master she knows He is watching every movement and then hearing Him she answers quietly "aii my Master" wrapping her head scarf back around her flaxen mane she pulls it up so only her eyes can be seen and slips back thru the milling people in search of commander Kahil , her bow and arrows slung over her back.
The men look at her as she moves amongst them saying nought to her but parting so she can get through , seeing the Commander deep in conversation she moves abit closer and then he turns to her and she passes the message on and soon she was following Him back to where her Master waits
(01:13:51 ) | |
*The hardest part of slavery...is waiting*
--| - j a m e e - |--
..Property of Nyah..
-Nyahs' Ink-
--treasures aren't all Gold and Silver
some are worth far more--
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: I stood along side Soraya as You surveyed the area, I could see she was looking nervous near the water..me not so much but I eased back letting Master focus upon things...hearing Him speaking to Soraya I moved off to the side..i was wearing my leathers and dark tunic, over that was the black robe that my Mistress had purchased for me, the hood dropped back only to reveal midnight strands of spun silk that crunched back into the hood...Mistress had allowed me to carry my bow and upon my back the quiver of arrows, I had already taken out one or two outlaws so I was prepared yet again..emerald hues focused upon the river where I watched intently for any signs of danger..Your voice speaking to me caught my attention...
'yes Master' repeating to myself your full instructions on what You needed me to do...as You turned away I eased from the bank and moving in the direction You pointed
(01:27:46 ) | |
*The hardest part of slavery...is waiting*
--| - j a m e e - |--
..Property of Nyah..
-Nyahs' Ink-
--treasures aren't all Gold and Silver
some are worth far more--
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: -grabbing my hood and letting it cover my head once more...her green eyes shining like a larl in the forest..she moved upon booted feet towards the trading post...spotting the stone block building, as she approached she saw the beasts off to the side, the Minder was tending them...'excuse me..We need You to make sure the beasts are ready should we need to leave..it could be as little as an ahn..and do not, I repeat do not unsaddle them' the Man nodded at the urgency in my soft voice...'thank You Sir' I then left him to do as needed and remembering Master wanted some things for when we would be traveling, I entered in thru the front of the building...
I began to tell the Man what I needed...'sa tarna bread for several and some dried meat and we also need water...several botas please' the Man nodded and went to gather what I needed...the dried meats were packaged along with the bread...he bagged it all except for the water and handed me all of iit...the botas were slung to my shoulder, the rest I carried in my arms..it was then I made my way back to where Master was...knowing Soraya was off delivering a message but was pleased to see she had returned just before I did..
(01:34:15 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: The commander came up and stood beside me and we both surveyed the opposite bank "I have heard that the scouting party you sent across the river has still not returned, its been what 3 days now, I fear them lost. This situation that we are in is untenable we have to avoid this, despite us foreseeing this we have allowed us to get into this situation that could lead to disastrous consequences." I glanced over at the Commander, both of us had the sand scarves hanging loosely about our necks so that we could see each others faces. "we need to know whats happening across the river before we cross. I will take five with me and move downstream about 6 or 8 pasangs before we cross, we will swim the river then scout the opposite bank. I will send back a messenger with word."
I spoke to him my gaze still sweeping the opposite bank without using my hands to indicate any directions, turning to him once more "you will see to it that the caravan gets into a defensive position immediately, we may have to spend the night here without crossing, I want those hills over to the North on our side of the bank secure, I need the high ground overlooking the pont crossing. See to it kahil" The Commander already knew what was needed but nodded his affirmation I could see the concern in his eyes as he spoke "we are in a weak position here Captain, we will secure it as best we can. I will see it I assure you." with that he turned to attend to my commands while I headed back to the trading post and where the beasts were at the ready jamee and soraya shadowing me as we went
(01:52:40 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: Falls in behind You with jamee ,
seeing the bread and fresh botas she had collected she could not help but feel this was going to be a very long day till we found a place to rest, the sound of the river rushing is loud and she just feels uneasy and quickens her pace to be near Him, she fears nothing when she is next to Him , her biggest fear is separation , her small booted feet kicking at the dirt as they near the hut , glancing to jamee trying to read her eyes to see what she would be feeling , the Commander having departed off to do as Master had instructed she looked at the growing number of caravans
(01:52:47 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Caleb Sagev Torvie Raide: turning to the Lieutenant "come Caleb we need to scout the opposite banks we will ride south along the road then swim across the river and stealthily scout the opposite bank...you can swim Caleb cant you?"
(02:19:11 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: mounting the beasts swiftly knowing that they had been watered but not fed properly we rode off, they would feed while we were on the way. Heading back to the road and riding south for ten pasangs before cutting off the road and east towards the river which was about another ten pasangs away, we did not want to let the enemy see what we were up to but we had to check what was happening on the opposite bank before we committed any men on either side of the bank. I had hoped that Kahil and the men would sweep the hilly range to the north on our side of the bank without event because I knew that if it were me I would have a force on the high ground and on the opposite bank so that I could attack the caravan while they crossed the river, their attention and guard being down to perform such a manoeuvre.
approaching the bank we had to ride along further south to find a narrower section for crossing only to find one just further south. We slipped from the beasts stripped naked our clothes in a bundle to keep dry and began to walk the beast into the water, the river was not too wide at this part and then began swimming across one at a time me going first then a men and girls one by one with Caleb bringing up the rear swiming across. We waited on the bank stripping down and wringing out the dampness from the clothes dressing quickly in silence before spreading out single file and moving off along the bank in silence about a pasang in'
(02:36:57 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: Following closely behind you a rider sees me and instead of waiting for me to try and lift up he siply lifts me to the saddle and i nod with thanks and soon have the beast caught up with my Master, the only sound was the hooves hitting the ground and the dust was everywhere and she stayed focused on her Owner nd soon they turned and they were at the river bank and sliding from the mount she saw that they were going to swim across ....
Seeing her Master motion to strip and bundle the clothes to keep them dry she feels the fear rise in her tummy at the thought of the water but soon followed Him in the beast moving aong side her and she just aimed to keep her head above the water and her legs kicked as fast as she could , a few times she had a mouth full of the dirty water but soon she saw the bank and clammered out relieved to be back on solid ground, quickly dressing she fell in behind Him silence is everywhere
(05:23:35 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: The kaiila were silent as the walked, they had been well trained and sensed the necessity for stealth, they were in hunt mode, we were all in hunt mode and as we moved we all stayed silent only hand signals to communicate. No bare steel to glint or make a sound so our progress was silent and cautious. The brush was high with small trees that were rather thick down at the river banks but thinned out the further away from the river we moved. We traveled in single file our bows close at hand our senses heightened and in tune with everything about us. We listened for any out of the ordinary sound that was not natural the sounds of the fleer overhead was heartening because they took no notice of us as we moved silently North towards the river crossing and the Pont, the closer we got, the slower and more cautiously we moved eyes and ears straining for anything and sign of an ambush
(05:34:29 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: The tension in the air was thick as we moved silently , her heart was pounding and she was sure it could be heard , her eyes flickering from side to side at every movement, the rustle of the breeze was enough for her small hand to reach for her bow, eyes darted upwards then back to scan around , the crossing was up ahead and her breathing was shallow as she let her senses over take her fear so she could pick up on anything that was not right, her Master was in front of her and she watched Him for signals , each no matter how trivial it may of been was teated as a threat they kept moving forwards.....
(05:53:20 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: the ground was relatively flat with a slight and gradual incline that sloped away from the river bank, we had been travelling parallel to the river bank about a pasang away moving slowly when I suddenly realized that there were no sounds to be heard, it had gotten quiet. I held up my hand to stop leaning foward laying low on the back of the beast as I listened. I heard nothing but something did not feel right, the river was down the gradient to my left and while we were still under cover of the brush I hoped that we had not been seen. Slipping from the beast the others following suit while I drew the saber from its scabbard I moved forward through the bush up ahead leaving the others behind. Crouching as I moved forward I had no idea what it was that I would encounter, but whatever it was it did not feel like it would be a welcoming party.
moving slowly and low I almost bumped into the outlaw as he slept under a tree, there was one other nearby he sat there looking down out across a small trail and down towards the river bank. Pausing I drew the knife from my kidney scabbard and readied myself. Trying to see if there were any others in the immediate vacinity, but couldnt see any. It was three quick steps that brought me to the lookout and with one quick movement with the blade cut his throat before he could make a sound. The saber now arcing found the sleeping man killing him in his sleep, slashing his throat before he even awake. Quickly I moved forward to see what else I could find but had scarcley moved 30' when I saw the main body of men waiting for the signal to attack. I watched estimating the force to be all of 150 to 200 men all armed for hand combat no archers were in sight, yet that did not mean that there were any..they were all dressed in robes of the Aretai Taharian tribesmen and enemy of my ally the Kavar. Keeping low I slipped back to the rest of my group in silence
(06:07:21 )
His Delicious Torment.
|| soraya ||
- Dhal's Property -
--Restricted--
-"The essence of Obedience.!"-
-First Girl-
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to Let all who oppose my Ho: Seeing my Masters hand signal i pulled on the beasts reigns and it stopped silently, watching as He lowered down listening,until them she had not realised actually how quiet it really had become knowing the river was done there it
was still not easy to see because of the dense brush seeing my Owner slide silenty from the beast soon my booted feet met the earth soundlessly and i reached for my bow and withdrew and arrow and had it loaded pointing to the ground but within an instant it could be sent in any direction that was needed
Disappearing within the bush my Master crouched low like a predator hunting and she felt a bead of sweat trickle down her back she did nt move she held postion ready for whatever may happen next
It felt like time had stopped as she waited her eyes riverted to the place he had slipped into the bushes , her heart beating wildly she waited and then she saw You come back out and she finally drew in a deep breath .
(06:16:44 )
Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand
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Dhal al Ghur
Captain of the Sea Kur
[ Genesian Road - Approaching ]
-- On Genesian Road approaching or leaving the Port. North to Brundisium or South to Bazi.
Wagons, caravans and foot traffic keep the road busy. Watch out for raiders! --
says to His Delicious Torment.||: There was little doubt what the look in my eyes portrayed, it was concern, no speaking just a silent nod and I waved my arm back showing that we were to retreat again in the direction we had come from, Caleb taking up the lead now as we silently retraced our steps as quietly and cautiously as we did while approaching still in single file me taking up the rear still with the blood stained saber in my hand. It was about an ahn later that we mounted the beasts and rode in silence back down towards the river to cross, there was no stripping down this time we rode our beasts into the water swimming with them and emerging sopping wet from the water the beats taking off back the way we came. We had to get back to the caravan to strategize and make a plan to spoil or avoid the impending attack. I wondered how Kahil was doing in the low hills on the river banks?
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