Re: [M] Assassination Limited (Saviour)

[Saviour]

Damien narrowed his eyes at the two, then rolled his eyes and smiled. A purr made him start, and he glared back at the gryphon. Before the trip, he had avoided this creature at all costs. After all, Kai had wished him dead from the beginning and wasn't quite as likable as the gorgeous woman. However, now that he looked at the gryphon, he saw little more that a gorgeous animal with personality traits close to Damien's. He relaxed, and pulled his back more securely onto his shoulder. "You're alright, Kai" He said, the words were strange but Damien's voice was complimentary.

[[ Gah I know right? Sorry, I fail MUCH worse than you do ]]

[Tayssi]

(nah, you're fine)

Athea chuckled at Damien, but was slightly surprised by his words. She watched as Kai nudged the man' shoulder with his huge beak and cuckled, saying, "bout time you figured it out," Athea grinned at the griffin's words and cocked her head to the side. "You know, we should probably get going," she said andstarted moving, stroking the dragon one last time. Kai hissed with a light smile and started walking beside her, tapping damien's shoulder with his tail, wings twitching slightly.

[Saviour]

Damien's slime frame moved at the gryphon's touch, and he chuckled lightly. His hand clasped over his shoulder defensively. "Uh huh, sure" He teased back, and nodded at Athea. "Yea, let's get going" He said, and glared at Sadie. She smirked and jumped off the woman's small shoulder. She dove close to the earth then lifted when she neared Damien. She hovered a moment, then gently fell onto his shoulder. A twitch of Damien's lip showed his discontent, and he rolled his eyes at the small reptile. He lengthened his stride until he was walking beside Kai and he glanced behind them at the forest.

[Tayssi]

Athea glanced at Sadie as she left her shoulder and watched her land on Damien's shoulder gently. Smiling slightly, Athea glanced at Kai who was watching them intently as they came to walk beside him. Kai gave a soft purr of amusement and flicked his tail. "So did you want to go to town or the other place you suggested?" Athea asked Damien, looking forward. Seeing as Kai was walking between them, she had no hope of seeing him. "It doesn't really bother me," she said lightly.

[Saviour]

Damien shrugged "The little village won't know we're wanted" He said simply and ran a hand down the length of Sadie's back.

[[ Bahumbug ]]

[Tayssi]

Athea nodded, "so village it is, then," she said. She looked at the sky through the trees, glancing quickly towards the sun. It was about midday now. Sighing softly, Athea glanced at Kai to see the griffin take off into the sky, through the tree branches and leaves like they were nothing and into the wide blue sky. Athes smiled and then looked over at Damien.

[Saviour]

Damien nodded at her and pulled his bag around to his front. Unzipping it, he pulled out a sealed bag of venison jerky. He took a couple pieces out and was about to replace it in his bag when he offered Athea some. Kai taking off was rather surprising, but he wasn't as jumpy around him as he used to be.

[[ Failuree ]]

[Tayssi]

Athea gave a soft smile when he offered her some venison jerky and she took it. "Thanks," she said lightly. She idly wondered if, somewhere along the way, she and Damien would argue or something, then it'd cause him to leave her, never to return. Looking away, Athea sighed at the pang of dread and hurt that thought caused her to have. Dammit, why would it even bother her? It's no like she really knew him. Jeez. She'd really only met him like a week or so ago. So if he left, what should it matter to her? Sighing softly at her thoughts, Athea gave a light shake of her head. What was the use of thinking that? It wouldn't do any good.

[Saviour]

Damien smiled back and took a bite of his jerky before giving a piece to Sadie. She chewed and swallowed in a matter of seconds, then she flew off into the forest. Damien watched her until the shadows licked away his view and he turned back to Athea. She seemed upset over something. Hesitating to ask, he faced forward and watched his shoes crunch the sticks and pine needles of the trail. "Everything okay?" He asked her, finally muscling up the courage.

[Tayssi]

Athea's thoughts were cut off by Damien's vice and she blinked then looked over at him. He seemed almost nervou to ask. Athea looked away and shook her head, "oh. Nothing. Just thinking," she said, falling into silence for a few moments. "Hey, Damien," she said, looking at him for a split second, "do you promise to see this through to the end? That no matter what happens, between us or otherwise, you won't leave?" she asked, her voice small and quiet.

[Saviour]

Damien nodded, though he wasn't sure that was all. He pushed his hands into his pockets and walked in sync with her. He looked over at her question and then back at his feet. A shrug offered him time to think. "If you want that, then sure. I'm just not sure we'd want to travel together if we end up hating each other" He said honestly before looking back at her.

[Tayssi]

Athea cocked her head to the side for a moment as Damien finally spoke and gave a soft nod. "But if you think about it, didn't we hate eachother in the first place? Now look at us," she said, looking over at him before looking ahead. "There's always a way to fix things. No matter how dire the situation seems," she said quietly. That's why she never really understood assassination. Things could be sorted out some other way. Killing wasn't neccessary. That's what Athea believed, anyway. obviously, alot of people thought differently to her.

[Saviour]

Damien chuckled at her words. "That's true, we were close to murdering each other, and now we're a team" He said, his words laced with the smile that crept onto his thin lips. He glanced over at her, and then forward again. "When we get to the village, you probably won't understand them. They are Native American" He said, warning her slightly. "But they're nice, and they know me. I get along without knowing their language because they're good with explaining things without words" He said and looked over at her. "You'll catch on" He said softly.

[Tayssi]

Athea smiled as Damien spoe, and soon more silence lapsed ver them. A few moments later, Damien was speaking again and she glanced over at him for a moment before looking away. She gave a soft nod once he finished. "Thanks. For the heads-up," she said with a light smile. "How long do you think until we get there?" she asked, turning her gaze back onto the strong man beside her, her eyes wandering over him for a split moment before she quickly looked away again.

[Saviour]

Damien glanced over at her, for only a moment. He shouldn't really care about her, but to be honest he was worried. All this assassin business made him extremely nervous. Her words were a blur in his thoughts, and he looked over at Athea. He mentally shook his head. "What? Oh, probably around three or four miles" He said, glancing up at the midday sun. They were making good time, considering the clash with the demon dogs.

[Tayssi]

Athea waited, and she blinked in confusion when he didn't answer. Did she say something wrong? But thn he spoke and she nodded, "cool," she said softly, watcing him for a moment befoe looking ahead. So it wasn't too far away. For her, anyway. They'd get there and Kai would probably start complaining about how far he had had to go. Athea looked up through the trees, but couldn't see the white griffin anywhere. However, she heard his screech off in the distance and guessed he had gone to get some food or something.

[Saviour]

Damien chuckled at her response and nodded. The leaves of the trees filtered the bright sun and left shadows on the ground. The shapes looked like a giant spider had sewn a black web and laid it down on the ground. He grinned slightly and kicked a rock ahead of them. It danced across the dirt surface before friction took it over and it slowed to a stop. A loud screech rocked the air, and Damien glanced up. He must be further off, the sound was muffled.

[Tayssi]

"I don't think I really want to know what he's eating right now," Athea commented quietly. A breeze blew by, moving her hair sightly over her face and she sighed. Tucking it behind her ears, she glanced back at Damien and thought of something. "Back when we first met... What were you guys doing in that canyon? Usually a person would avoid them, because it's common knowlege griffins inhabit them," she said, watching him, waiting for a reply, her clear gaze staying on him.

[Saviour]

Damien nodded quickly. "Neither do I" He said, allowing a light chuckle to rise from his chest. His shirt folded up slightly with the breeze, and he pulled it down. "We don't really make much noise or anything that would bother them, so we don't bother avoiding the canyon. Besides, it's not terribly difficult to hide from them" He said, and tossed his shoulders in a light shrug. "I'm assuming you were passing over and saw us, so that's why you were in the canyon?" He said, offering a grin.

[Tayssi]

Athea gave a soft nod at Damien's explaination, looking ahead into the trees. Then he spoke about her and Athea laughed and looked at him, ginning, "yeah, that was it," she said lightly. Athea couldn't really remember the last time when she'd felt so open and honest around a man... Never, actually if she remembered well enough. The only person she would smile around was Kai. Never the man who trained her, nor anybody else. Not a true smile, anyway. Fake smiles, she'd give to nearly everybody. That wasn't hard at all.

[Saviour]

Damien chuckled and his eyebrows dipped slightly. Looking over at her, he cocked an eyebrow. "That's funny?" He said, a smirk lifting on his lips. He brushed his newly cut hair back with his hand and turned back forward. His recent shave had started to fade, and his chin was stubbled.

[Tayssi]

Athea shook her head, "don't worry about it. It's nothing," she said lightly. She looked at him just as he ran his hand through his hair. She gave a light grin and then looked ahead. Kai came crashing back down to the ground with a huff, his beak still slightly stained with blood, as were his talons. "Enjoy yourself?" Athea asked and th griffin purred in reply, sitting down, not letting them pass by him as he started to clean himself. Athea sighed and sat down. "We aren't going anywhere right now, I guess," she said looking over at Damien.

[Saviour]

Damien shrugged lightly and chuckled at the gryphon. He slowed to a stop, and turned back at the two. "Really?" He said, his voice slightly teasing. He pulled his bag off his shoulder and set it on the ground. A chirp rose from the forest and Sadie flew in a blur between Athea and Damien. She lifted her wings so she slowed, and then she hovered a moment. She let herself down to the ground and she bolted over to Damien. She bit into his leather shoes hard, almost breaking through. "Hey!" Damien shouted, and shook her off. She trilled and bounced back. He sighed and squatted down to stroke her chin. She rubbed around his hand hard and chirped happily.

[Tayssi]

Athea looked over at Damien just as Sadie landed on the ground. A few moments later she wasbiting Damien's shoe and she blinked in surprise. Okay so she hadn't expcted that. But then he shook her off then crouched down and petted her. Raising an eyebrow, she shook her head softly, "thought you weren't meant to reward someone for doing wrong," she commented to him with a slight smirk. Kai grunted in reponse to her words and continued to clean himself with a low purr.

[Saviour]

Damien's snort was comical. "This thing?" He said teasingly, gripping Sadie around her ribs and lifting her to eye level. "Look. She know she's doing wrong" He said, and turned Sadie to face him. She let out that creepy giggle of hers and nipped at his nose playfully. "She's just a mischievous creature, and I can't punish her for that" He said, and tapped his index finger on her nose when she squirmed slightly.

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