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It looked like a fairly nice day. Veata just got back from getting a few supplies from town, which included a lecture from her aunt while she was in town, something about getting her married off already, she didn't remember, she normally didn't listen. She got inside and let out a long sigh. She put her basket on the table and untied her rapier from her belt and looked out the window. She heard things in town, probably just rumors but still, it was always a good thing to keep your ears open, especially in these times.

She had gotten no jobs in a month now, which was probably her aunt's doing, but she was still worried about what might be going on. She went back an put her things away and pulled out a hardcover book, making some notes.
 
It was generally bad luck to be the first group to have been decided to be sent out,.. the scouting group usually only grabbed somewhat a small chance of the action and on top of that had the highest chance of something happening to them.. but not in a good way. When Seth had been told he had to choose himself and a few other members to do such a task a small sigh escaped him, still their was no denying the commander of Allurian, if he had his mind set on something.. then the others had to listen to his every word and command, the fact that even the Prince took orders to a degree would usually surprise people.. but that was just part of being in the force that had decided to attack a nearby city.

Although being a family member of the direct royalty, Seth had always been into combat at a young age and so upon hearing about possible conflict he was the first to raise his voice wanting to be heard and taken along. This would be his third lot of battle experience though.. if anything were to happen. Commander Ikarin had said their was a slight chance the guards might notice something if they spent to much time.. and so what they had to do was discover a entrance that showed the weakest sign of resistance, and then claim a few things for their taking before returning.. an easy task or at least it sounded like it.

The small group he had constructed consisted of three members not including himself, one of them was mainly their if anything did happen.. he was about a foot taller then the Prince and strength wise,.. well lets just say he does not wield a Greatsword for the sake of looking cool. Another member was like the direct opposite to the beefy male Elf,... instead he was what Seth would say delicate even almost.. this rather feminine male had hair that reached down to about mid back, yet out of the four, he was unmatched by speed and wit,.. hopefully this would come in use if something happened.

Lastly their was a good friend of Seth's.. Vince Osarine,.. this man had saved the Prince's life on more then one occasion.. and well, it was not the fact their were better fighters then him.. but he was someone that could be trusted, and had a good eye on him for noticing things which usually proved helpful.. Pretty much he would be the first to spot the weakness.. Seth's role,.. was just to lead, and find something to return with... then the full army would dispatch, and he would probably go with that as well. After all the king had ordered for the destruction of this particular city for the disobedience and lack of respect it showed.. the fact that it had so many half breeds did not help the fact that he wanted it destroyed.
 
Veata looked outside and placed two candles in the window, as she did every night. She did it for two reasons, she was the first friendly stop before the city gates and merchants could easily get lost during the day and run late in the evenings, and she did it as a warning, as if to let people know that she was watching the city, as if she herself could protect it from any danger.

She ate her dinner and went out onto her porch to clean the blade of her rapier. She smiled as her mind drifted off to the days of her childhood when her father, a skilled ranger, had taught her how to use the weapon. She remembered how she beat down her two older brothers with a wooden rapier and ended up getting her hide tanned by her mother that night. She thought of the days but a few months ago when she taught a little human girl how to use the rapier just as her father had, how she loved that little girl as if she was the younger sister she never had. She missed her now.

She let out a long sigh and moved to stand up, sliding the rapier silently into it's sheath before turning and heading indoors.
 
They as a group neared closer, Vince kept his eyes peeled looking for the best area to storm noticing what seemed like underground tunnels that led straight into the city, the direction they were seemed to head towards the main governing building, which must have meant it was a secret passage.. perfect for an invasion to attack through by using the surprise and destroy from within that the elves knew all to well.

"That looks like the place, it seems to be looked. But that can be dealt with,.." Vince pointed keeping his voice lowered "The west side of the gate also is a possibility which we don't have to risk the chance of the underground tunnel being private sewerage, or halfway down it would unexpectedly change "West flank it is then.. the guards seem to be almost falling asleep.. must be quiet around this area... i heard in other locations they are on high alert.." Seth had a small smile across his face upon saying that, the Prince was glad things would probably go easier then planned.

Then again unlike humans each battle was planned to try and determine the victors.. it was the key to battle. Now that, that had been sorted out his eyes travelled around.. "Alright then since were a small group.. we will raid that house, those candles can either mean shelter for the lost.. or they think they can defend a town.. as if they are watching it,.. Vince, Alex and Leon.. I want you to raid what you can find,.. and I will deal with the inhabitant okay..?"
 
She walked into the back of the house, into her room. Something was bugging her but she couldn't put her finger on it. She put her hand on her rapier, it seemed to be humming. It was a very special weapon, it had been a present for her from a dear friend a few years ago, and it was magic, and it had saved her on more than one occasion. It was very picky as to who handled it too, anyone else who handled it would find themselves unable to hold it for longer than a few seconds. The dwarf who made it had said that he didn't even remember working on it, he had gone into a trance. He said that his god, Moradin, had blessed it and had something in store for her destiny. She had yet to see it though.

She sat on her bed after pulling one of the books from the shelf, laying her rapier beside her. It was a book written by a bard, a friend of hers. It was about a couple of the adventures she had with her friends and she always enjoyed reading it.
 
Now that had been organized they slowly approached the building of which the more delicate of the members easily unlocked the door, a skill he was rather reasonable at before they entered. He then started to point in directions to go before he headed towards where the person was. Seth cleared his throat quietly before then saying "anyone here..?," He made sure to be loud to attract attention knowing the inhabitant would probably know he was not some friendly villager, his hand already rested upon his curved katana waiting to be used. The metal was a ghostly silver especially in this light, but the strong blue pulse through the middle of the blade could be seen at parts through the symbols. When it was made they said they mixed in a substances with the ore and it sat in the middle, and then when they carved into parts of the actual blade they managed to expose and make use of it's power.

What it actually did was a little unpredictable, and it usually would only show itself in true combat,.. otherwise it would just glow and make the sword see able in any light, but not dominate the beautiful crafting of the metal and it's coloring. He lent against the wall waiting for a response, it would determine where to go.. or whether to wait to see if they came.
 
She stopped her reading, her senses picking up faint sounds in her home, but when a voice came asking if there was anyone home, that was the trigger. She got up silently from her bed, slipping the rapier into it's frog on her belt before slipping the blade from the sheath silently. She opened the door slowly, letting her voice radiate through the house.

"You're not travelers, you would have knocked. and even merchants have the manners to announce themselves properly. Bandits are much louder. Who are you and what business do you have in my home?" came her voice from the back of the house.
 
It seemed she was prepared for such events, that would mean she was armed and so it was a good thing he had already prepared for such a thing guessing that would end up being the case. "The business is not with it.. but will now be with you" a soft laugh escaped him before he went a little more serious, prepared even since one was best prepared rather then caught of guard laughing or coaxing.

Instead his gripped tightened before he spoke "Simply put.. your coming with me.. and things will be a lot quieter if you choose to go without a fight.. but if you insist I won't go easy on a female.."
 
She glared at him and pointed her blade towards him. " I have no desire to give in easily to demands from scum like you. You will have to carry off my beaten body." She said with determination in her voice. "And don't expect me to go easy on your either. " She stepped out of the shadows and into the dim light, revealing herself. Her lean form, strengthened from travel and fighting, her beautiful features and those slightly pointed ears that marked her for what she was, a half elf.
 
A small laugh escaped Seth hearing the way she spoke to him, his eyes managing to get a small enough look upon her before a look of disgust crossed him. She was beautiful in a way,.. not that he would admit such a thing, but she was a half elf.. which meant her parents, one of them was not the proper kind.. how disgusting. "You talk with so much pride.. considering your only a half elf.. At first.. I might have had an issue fighting against you,.. but now, you must get taught the difference between your half bred.. and having full noble blood of the elves in you.."
 
"Then bring it," she said and with a flash there was another blade in her hand. It was made from the horn of a fearsome creature called a hornsaw unicorn, a beast that liked to impale it's prey on it's jagged horn. She held it like a parrying dagger, though one would hope that she wouldn't decide to stab them with it. "Might we step outside and have a proper fight then?" She asked, a look of seriousness on her face. She was treating this like it was just an every day spar, like it was just practice or training.
 
A soft laugh escaped him upon hearing her request, it had been a while since someone had actually challenged more officially then just trying to attack and quickly getting disarmed. Since the others were grabbing what they could find from the house, he was fine with a proper fight.. after all this house did not have enough room to maneuver in anyhow. "outside it is then.. but nothing else will be changed," He gestured for her to lead the way then, not giving her a chance to possibly attack his back or something like that before they got outside. Now the two stood ready, before Seth prepared himself completely ".. you lose.. and you come with me, no more fighting.. understood?, If you win.. I leave,.. and I tell the others with me, to leave what they were deciding on taking.."
 
"Agreed," She said as she took her stance, both of her blades in her hands. She stood there waiting for his attack, her eyes alert even in the dimming light as the sun set past the trees, glinting off her blue-green eyes. "It's been a while since I got to have a good fight, hopefully I'm not too rusty," she said with a smirk as her rapier slowly swayed back and forth in front of her, the other blade held behind her .
 
fool.. Seth held a smirk across his face, obviously he thought this was going to be a lot easier then it possibly was going to end up but there was a high chance of winning. He simply prepared himself only needing one blade, and that was his trusty sword. Their had been times where he had used two blades, two katana's actually but he had not brought a second anyhow only expecting possibly a small fight since they were only the scouting group. He beckoned her with his spare hand wanting her to make the first move.
 
She smiled and then started moving towards him, face changing to one of determination. She darted at him, and with a flick of her back hand, brought the white blade back before thrusting it forwards, other arm ready to bring up the parrying dagger in her other hand. Upon closer examination, there were 6 roses on the rapier and two of them seemed to be red, though the rest were white.
 
The first attack was rather easy to parry his foot coming across with a swift kick to simply knock her back a little. She seemed determines and so that would at least make things interesting. Quickly he moved with haste starting to do a flurry of attacks with his blade wanting to see just how skilled she was with two blades.
 
She quickly brought up the jagged blade to block, using both blades to parry his attacks. Her hand-eye coordination was quite good, obvious that she was indeed just a little rusty. After one of his attacks, she used the parrying dagger to quickly knock away his blade, shifting to the side slightly and using the brief moment to launch another thrust of her blade at him.
 
It was inevitable that she would manage to knock away his blade and simply he brought up his arm against the blade that had tried to strike him, although he did not have his second sword he always had his reinforced gauntlet which had a small shield to help reinforce it even more, which made it useful to block attacks when one could not use their blade to do such a thing. Quickly he moved now parrying away the blade that had tried to strike him with his gauntlet before he tried to use a few slashes upon her before reverting quickly to a stab towards her left arm.
 
She let one of the slashes hit her side before twisting her body to dodge the stab, bringing up her parrying dagger to knock at the blade, her own weapon jabbing once more at her opponent. She seemed to not even notice the cut on her side as it slowly started to bleed. Wounds were temporary, but death wasn't, was her mindset.
 
If it had not been for the high quality of his chainmail, the stab that she managed to connect would have pierced straight through him. It seemed to damage enough to create an opening possibly for later, but there seemed to be no injury as he managed to parry her weapons to the side before letting out a sigh "your better then I expected.." He then grabbed his blade with both hands now starting to use more powerful swings instead of the speedy flurries he was using previous.
 
She took a few steps back as he parried her blades away and smirked. "You're not so bad yourself." She said in reply before changing up her tactics. She began to twist and dodge the attacks more than parrying. At one point she rolled backwards, landing back up on her feet a little out of the reach of his attacks. With a flash of her hand, something flew at him, small but sharp, a shuriken. She seemed to have everything memorized as to where she kept it on her person.
 
He had partially expected her to start using agility more then the simple technique of blocking since it would allow her to try and get more direct attacks at times and yet the situation was still manageable at least although the small maneuver she had used to dart away from him got him a little by surprise and for a moment left her out of his range only for his keen eye to spot a glint of something but upon noticing it, he had not enough time to even try to dodge the attack and so was hit by the small shuriken of which he quickly closed the gap between them started to swing quite steadily once more doing a few thrusts and a few slash's mainly before he managed to hit one of her blades to the side and then his foot sweeped low a blade lowered to her throat "I do believe you lose"
 
She glared up at him panting. "I admit my defeat then," she said, though she gave him a very stubborn look. "I will honor our agreement and go quietly, but be warned. I am not the only child of the name Overhill who knows how to wield a blade. I am but the youngest of three," she said as she put down her weapon and put her hands where they could be seen as she slowly moved to get up. Blood stained the side of her leather armor and she winced a little as she moved as if she was just noticing the pain from it.
 
Such words to him did not feel threatening and he knew she probably had more fight in her then what she had shown. If it had not been for the high quality chainmail he was sure she would have done a lot more damage, in saying that his armor was going to need repairs once they returned back to the group to tell them the information they had gathered. Seeing the other three with things they had found Seth signaled for them to take their leave as they needed not to spend more time here, he gestured for her to start walking as he placed her weapons in the pack he had been carrying, he would not be in a rush to give them back although who knew, maybe eventually he would trust this person. He walked behind her as she walked following the other three before speaking once more "well since we have a bit of a walk, .. may as well tell me your name, since the last name of Overhill does not tell me much"
 
"Veata," she said simply as she kept her hands on the cut on her side, mumbling something about it being her good leather armor. "I don't suppose that I'll be getting a name out of you," she said looking up at him, an eyebrow raised. Even though she had lost, she was still defiant, a little at least. It was part of her personality, and growing up with two older brothers and an aunt who did nothing but try to find a good suitor for her. "And please be careful with my rapier, it's very precious to me," she said, actually looking a bit worried about it.
 
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