Surival in the human world

[Kikora]

Kaura was grateful to leave the hassles of the larger city behind her, replaced by the quiet solitude of the forest. She had not known how large and positively claustrophobic human villages could be until she found herself in the center of one of their cities. Hundreds of humans pushing and shoving every direction, hardly paying mind to who they disturbed. Initially she had assumed that she would find work in the city, but was simply met with a general intolerance for her kind. She couldn't perform the same amount of manual labor a human male could easily accomplish... And what few jobs she learned women could do in the city often send her into a hasty retreat, the tips of her ears red and feigning a cough to save her dignity.

Kaura smiled now and happily continued her walk through the thick of the forest. The brush had grown dense so far from the road, and the plants almost alien to her and her senses. Everything here was so different from the home she left, reminding her again of her self imposed exile from the familiar village where she was raised.

By all outward appearances, she was a proper Elven lady, walking with a grace few humans could manage through the tangled vines and brush of the forest, a simple task should anyone watch her feet and notice that even the plants seemed to part way for her, slithering away from her steps as if they did not wish to trip the young maiden. Easy magic, simple enough that even one as weak as her could perform without strain.

She held her head high, but there was a downward cast to her eyes, a faraway look that always crossed her features when she daydreamed. As she was now, envisioning the paradise she had heard humans speak of so many times. Freedom, equality, opportunity, words that had sung so strongly to her imagination. So far, she had seen none of that, only various degrees of torture and hatred, much directed at her for her magical heritage. As cruel as humans were to one another, they seemed even more inclined to acts of torture when it came to beings of myth, a thought Kaura had never allowed cross her mind before she left.

The sun was setting when she stopped before a stream, kneeling down beside the water to dip her fingers in. She swirled them lightly, watching the ripples rise and float lazily down the water with the current. She smiled, and unhooked her pack, letting it fall to the ground behind her. The clearing surrounding her was large, letting the sun break through the branches of the tree to bathe her in it's warmth. A perfect spot to rest, she told herself as she eased her longbow on the ground. She even unhooked her quiver, and pulled the daggers from her boots. After all, this was her second day in the woods, and she had seen no humans, and no dangerous creatures to threaten her life. It was time enough for her to relax, and should she be ambushed, her supernatural speed should give her the advantage to reach her weapons again, in any case.

She moved to the edge of the clearing, and sat against a tree, leaning her weight lightly against it as she rested, letting herself relax and prepare for the night.

 

[mastertjd]

Re: Elvish slave

Ellijah the slaver, bounty hunter and assasin had spotted her in the city. He was a giant by elvin standard. He stood 6 ft and 3 inches tall, weighed 350 pounds od rippling muscle. He noticed Kaura right away although she paid little or no attention to him.
He carefully followed her when she left the cty and he used all of the knowledge that he had of the craft. He moved without making noise or leaving traces in the forest. He was a supreme hunter. Often he would walk right upon prey. It was unaware of him til the end.
Elijah saw Kaura divest herself of all weapons and relax. This was the chance he wanted. He took a pair of magical steel hand cuffs from Am er ika in his hands and readied them. These cuffs when on a prisoner would make whoever wore them obey! Then he time walked. literally walking between seconds. Microseconds for him could become literally hours causing himto move faster than the eye could see. Elijah put these cuffs on Kaura when shesat against a tree, leaning her weight lightly against it as she rested, letting her tired, aching muscles rest from the long journey. Then he appeared to come out of nowhere and said. Kaura You are my sex save now! Kneel and obey!