Old Burnt Church

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this is a church that was used by the townspeople many years ago before it had been burned with people in it.

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Akin to pools of blood, Nereis’ eyes glistened as they turned back up to watch her friend, Caeden, speak. Her perfectly manicured hands raised the flower back into its rightful place behind her ear, the smile fading as he spoke of how his safety was of no importance.

“You are not allowed to care for my safety if you cannot care for your own; you know this already.” She gave a ‘tsk’ with her tongue as she took a step forward to place a frigid hand on his shoulder. “I do like it, but I’d prefer for them to stay here so they can remain just as unseen. They’re more beautiful that way.”

Weiss muttered some incoherent slander as his page-bound body returned to Nereis’ side, only to give a thrumming laugh and a sudden outburst on how it was a wonder that the church was still standing with a roof. A few moments after, a crack of lightning illuminated the dark house of worship as a roll of thunder followed behind, enough to shake the structure.

Caedan raised a brow and shook his head with a hint of a smile. "I never said I was unable to take care of myself, nor that I was not going to." he said as he placed his hand over hers. "Simply that I didn't care to. It's much more of a challenge to watch over you, I've found." Caedan finished as he squeezed her hand lightly before placing it off of his shoulder, having found it there more than enough time for friendly circumstances. He did not quite understand how her emotions worked, but once he could sense a deeper connection, he had decided he would let her take those smaller steps away from friendship into the more unpredictable realm.

Caedan looked around the area as the structure shook and leaned down, motioning for Nereis to hop on his back as they usually did when he was willing, which was rare. "Come, Nori. Let's get you to your dorm so you can get settled in." he said with a smile at her wisdom. "Your words of wisdom about keeping the flowers beautiful by keeping them rare, even after my offer earned you this one." Caedan told her, knowing that she hated to owe him anything when it came to things like the piggy-back rides places.

“Men and challenges…” Nereis’ tone lowered itself to a quiet purr as the rain outside quickly caught to the wind and began to beat at the weak structure. With a sudden twister of wind and rain came a shattered window and groaning walls that fought to stand against Mother Nature.

Glancing to Weiss then to her humanesque friend, Caeden, the girl reached out the same hand that had been lowered by him to take his sleeve and quickly head for the large doors of the church, occasional drifts of cinders and collected dust swirling around her powerful, fearless strides.

“It should be faster if we run rather than you carry me. Weiss, come here.” She called composedly as Weiss hovered over. After speaking a few syllables of a language foreign to almost all ears, Weiss’ body suddenly dissipated from thin air, only to leave a hazy, red mist where his presence once was.

Her fingers uncurled from around Caeden’s sleeve as she budged the door open with her shoulder, only to be assaulted by a stinging hailstorm. Instinctively shooting her arm up to cover her face, Nereis growled some unintelligible thoughts, taking a stride out into the weather and trying to scope out the nearest shelter should anything happen from here to there.

Caedan let his eyes roll a very slight amount, wary of the weather change and the creaking of the old building. He walked forward with her as she pulled him by his hand. "Whoa. Easy, Nori." he managed to sputter out as she pulled him powerfully along with her.
"I don't think we'll make any better time, honestly." Caedan responded as they reached the doors. "I'm quite used to carrying you on my back by now, so I'm just as light on my feet as I would be normally." his last word got eaten alive by the wind and the burst of hail in their faces. Caedan instinctively shot his arms around Nereis' face and body to cover her as he leaned over, his hair protecting his face quite easily as it was used to standing the branches of the forest. "Nereis, really! I think you should just let me carry you!" Caedan called out over the horrific weather.

As quick as they’d begun, her confident strides faltered, seeing that Caeden’s words were swallowed by the infuriated storm. The stinging of the hail on her skin was there, but soon enough, as always, her flesh would soon numb over to any touch.

Without a desire to speak up, Nereis rested herself against Caeden and stood on the balls of her feet, speaking clearly into his ear with what sounded like a laugh afterward.

“I am fine, I can walk.”

The feminine, slender figure danced out of her friend’s arms with an easy step-and-turn, quickly darting out of the church towards a large oak tree whose leaves were rustling and whispering omens of the weather above. Stricken with a sense of worry as Caeden was nowhere to be seen, Nereis’ wine red, and almond shaped eyes narrowed in an attempt to look a few inches past the oncoming barrage of frozen rain.


“Caeden…”

Caedan's eyes narrowed at that last comment and he faltered only for a moment due to her talking loudly into his highly sensitive ears. "Agh..Nereis..." he groaned out with a flinch. He held his hands over his ears for a moment and realized a minute later that Nereis had disappeared. "Damnit" he swore aloud before moving hastily and silently to the place he heard her call to him.

In the instant after she called for him, he had wrapped her up in a firm grip and picked her up. "You certainly can, but I don't care about can, unfortunately for Nori.." he growled out in annoyance at her having taken off. Caedan took a deep breath to catch his breath before moving swiftly out towards the town in search of a building for some shelter for them both to warm up.

Holding a small navy sketch book on her lap, Teresa sat cross legged on the floor glancing at the old building and back at her book with a pen in her right hand. She had been working on the sketch for around twenty minutes by now. She hummed a soft melody to herself as she drew, her never-fainting smile on her lips, her ebony curls framing her girlish face as they danced gently with the wind's rythm.

vashyron walk in and saw a girl drawing he was wondering what she was doing in a place like this he look around and saw no one there he took a few step to her and stop and saw she was drawing something he walk behind her and lean in having his face next to hers as he watch her he smiled and turn his head "nice drawing you got there" he said to her looking at the drawing

Raising an eyebrow at the man, she gave the man a light push "As much as I appreciate the compliment, I don't appreciate strangers in my personal space." she stated, with a grin on her lips as she turned to him. After a short pause, she continued her sketch "Thank you for your feedback though. I'm glad you like it! However, it is nowhere near completion."

"your welcome" he said looking at her he saw how beautiful she he walk close to her and smiled "your pretty cute" he said to her as he bowed to her his hair was still up when he bowed to her "my names vashyron and what do i own the pleasure of meeting here?" he said to her still bowing to her

His comment caused a soft laugh to escape her lips "Thanks, again, for the compliment, Vashyron." Teresa replied to him, rising up from the place she was seated. She dusted off her elegant blue dress "My name is Teresa, of the Monteverde family." she looked down at Vashyron as he bowed; this surprized her a bit. This brought a smile to her face; any act of chivalry seemed rare to her since she moved from her home to the Academy. With the thought leaving her head, she simply gave him a curtsey.

"so what bring you to this place" he ask her as he saw her curtsey he then had a idea "i know how about drawing me" he said to her he look at the drawing pad and he undo his hair as his hair fell down and he removed his jacket "i might not be a model but i think i can do it" he said looking at her

Teresa grinned at him "So you would like me to sketch you? My artwork doesn't come cheap, you know." she told him, her eyes examining him up and down. "I must admit your quite handsom though." she stated, a soft chuckle escaping her lips.

"Not cheap?" he said placing his finger on his chin then smiled "how about a date just me and you" he said smiling at her as he removed his gun holder and place it down on the ground and waited to see what she will say about the date as he took his finger and run it through is hair oonce and look at her

Teresa nodded at him "I don't mean to sound cocky, but fine taste doesn't come at a low price." She gave him a smirk as she circled him slowly "My love wouldn't be too fond of that, now would he?" she replied to him, eyeing the gun holder. If he had one of those, he was clearly armed. She hoped he didn't want to pick on her, just like many of her past encounters.

he saw her eyes his guy and saw her face he then look at her "dont worry i dont use my gun" he said covering it with his jacket and looking at her "so how much will it be?" he ask her about the drawing of him wanting to have her to draw him

Teresa put her finger to her chin in thought "That's quite odd... why carry a gun you don't intend on using?" she asked curiously. Her mind thought bout his question for a second. "It all depends on the final result. Since it's in simple ink and paper in accordinance to my skill level, I can estimate around...," she thought for a second, examining him once again "$670. Can do?" she asked, a sweet smile upon her cherry lips.

he look at her and smiled "i dont use it unless i am force to use it" he said then heard he heard her say $670. his eyes widen up "6...670 dollars" he said leaning over shock "i dont have that kind of money" he said looking at her

His reaction once again made her chuckle "Well, it's nothing more than an estimate. Like I said, it all depends on the end product. Of course, the price is debatable." she replied with a grin on her face. She had seen the same reaction many times before. "I'm curious as to the reason why anybody else, besides me, would be wondering around here. What brought you to this solem place?" she asked

"i like to explored new places" he said garbing his gun belt and putting it on and garbing his jacket and Putting it on as he look at her and started to walk out "sorry i have to go i have a job i have to finish' he said walking out of the place

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