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Rise of a Warrior OLD
Forum-Index → Roleplay → Rise of a Warrior OLDSage turns towards the water again, her eyes lowering to the ground. "I've been in love once. Many, many years ago. Way before you were even alive. I had all the time in the world to be with him, but I got caught up in my duties. I lost the time that I should've spent with him. He ended up dying to a terrible sickness." Sage sighs and glaces over at Maddy. "What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't throw away what you already have. You should reconsider your priorities."
Just over Irida's shoulder is Winters. He sits cross legged on a barrel. His cunning gaze immediately latch onto Gwen once she is within earshot. He flashes an arrogant smile towards her. "Why hello princess, I'm sure glad you finally decided to join us" Winters tells Gwen. When she doesn't respond he adds: "Hm, you seem to look a bit better than before. There is new life in your eyes! It's quite relieving to see." Gwen glances up at Winters, her brow furrowing as she struggles to understand if Winters was being genuine or not. The tension quickly thickens between them.
Both Winters and Gwen jump in surprise when Irida suddenly stomps on the ground, her boot making a surprisingly loud sound on the floor. "Alright you two that's enough" Irida snaps. "Now out of all times is the most important time to restrain yourselves and try not to kill eachother." Her back was to the both of them so that she could hide her worried look. "I just got word that my reinforcements are late. Two days late to be exact."
A shocked look falls on Gwen's and Winters' faces. All three of them were thinking the same thing, all expecting the worse. "We are not going to take this" Irida continues. "If they really were attacked, then that will be the last time the Mountain Men do this." She turns around now, her hardened expression was back on her face. "Gwen, we will be increasing the intensity of training within our armies." She faces Winters now, who flinches under her harsh look "you will be joining us. You've been with the Mountain Men for awhile. It's time that Telmar learns their fighting tactics and how to defend themselves against it."
Irida begins pacing around again, her head was tilted up at the sky, her eyes sharpening as she begins to form a plan in her head. "I'll be sending out a small patrol to retrieve the reinforcements. No more after that. We are going to need as many hands as possible if we wish to win this war. Now, both of you rest up. We have a long few weeks ahead. You're dismissed."
(thx RaRa for rewriting this for me! <3)
"Don't forget that you don't have to destroy Talla alone. You have two kingdoms standing besides you. You can't protect the ones you love if you're dead." Sage stands up and stretches. "When the time comes I'll ensure that you are the one to finish off Talla. But for now, trust in the process, be patient."
Sage is silent for a moment so that Maddy can have some time to mull over her words. She glances up at the darkening sky and says "we should get inside and get some rest. We're going to have a long day ahead of us."
*Tani had no words. From what she heard, the Maddy talking to Sage wasn't the Maddy who she broke up with. It was the Maddy she fell in love woth. The one who cared about others. Tani smiled and rushed back to her cabin*
The day may be over, but Sage couldn't rest. There was still too much work to be done. Not too far away, she spots Eric outside his bungalow and remembers that she had something to discuss with him, so she quickly makes her way over to him.


The threat of war had made the day go by quickly. It was already late afternoon. Both armies were still busy training, even though they had been busy at work since that very morning.
There was already some improvement in Gwen's fighting techniques, but she still had a long way to go. She had been forced to train with Winters, who seemed to be having the time of his life. He dodged a jab before returning one, which Gwen manages to dodge, but once again, she fell into his trap. The split second it took for her to compose herself was being used against her, because Winters had raced forward and swept her leg out from under her, which sent her crashing to the ground.
"Need a hand?" Winters asks with a smug smile. He had extended a hand out towards her, which she slaps away so that she can stand up on her own. The two start sparring again. They fought with wooden sticks rather than swords. But that didn't make getting hit hurt any less. Gwen takes advantage of this knowledge and manages to hit Winters leg, which was already bruised from Gwen hitting him there countless times. Winters sucks in a pained breath and immediately presses his hands onto the wound, as if that could chase away the sting. "You can't do that!" Winters snaps. "That's just playing dirty, there is no situation where it would be smart to aim for the legs!"
"You're just mad that you didn't block in time" Gwen responds while copying Winters' smug smile. Irida, who had been watching the two from a distance, turns away from them to glance down at a messenger girl. The girl whispers something in Irida's ear that alarms her. Irida storms over to the two, who stop fighting once they notice her presence.
"There is a slight issue that we have to attend to. Let's go, both of you." Irida demands while striding away from the two to get on her horse. Winters and Gwen react without thought. They both drop their 'weapons' and grab their own horses. They follow Irida for a bit, before realizing that something was off.
"Why are we heading towards the Capitol?" Winters asks. But his question goes unanswered. Which causes both Gwen and Winters to exchange confused side-eye glances.

But for now, Leaf, Star, and BLossom were curled around each other as the new day turned to afternoon.
"Eric?" Gwen asks. "Care to explain why you were following us?" Since Gwen didn't sound suspicious of Eric, both Winters and Irida relax, realizing that there wouldn't be a fight occuring between them.


