Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24449631-20140917204356/@comment-3293219-20140922184823

Nadira said little to nothing as she was escorted through the canyon, finding herself at a loss for words at the discovery of Sophie’s death. She was so careless and stupid; she should have stopped June before she killed Emarrel and Sophie with her. It put a heavy burden on her shoulders, knowing that this was her fault…

The Breton just stared down at the floor as she shuffled along, trying to push the guilt out of her mind, she secretly knew that there was little that she could have done but… Why did Sophie have to die? She was the only one there, who didn’t have a sword drawn… It should have been someone else; it should have been Nadira…

If everything had worked out the way that Nadira wanted it to, Sophie and Emarrel would be alive and maybe, then she could have saved her. Sadly, that chance was taken away from all three parties by Azarath and June…

June…

She looked over to the Nord and saw the cold expression, that she pertinently kept, void of emotion, like a poker face. It kind of scared Nadira, how easily she was able to retain that expression, even when killing another person, whether she knew them or not.

Was June even human?

Nadira darted back to the road ahead as soon as June’s eyes moved over onto the Breton, quickly figuring out that she was being watched. The Red-Headed Breton kept walking, holding her head up high and trying not to think about the previous day’s events.

“Is she always like that?” Ra-Jeed asked, sounding just as creeped out as Nadira was; only he wasn’t very good at hiding it. She slowly looked over to him and saw the bandage, wrapped around his eye; his other eye slowly looked down to her and kept her in its sights.

“Fraid so…” The young Breton mumbled, hanging back a bit, so that they were out of earshot. Little did they know that they were never out of earshot…

“Well, she scares the crap out of me…” Ra-Jeed admitted, speaking in a suppressed hiss to avoid detection from the deathly assassin ahead of him.

“She’s like… A more human version of Master Jorthar…”

Nadira quickly looked up to Ra-Jeed as he mentioned his former Master’s name, it suddenly dawned on her that he helped to kill him…

“H-How are you feeling? About… That…”

“Jorthar? Relieved…” The Khajiit admitted, looking down to his companion, with his good eye.

“I mean, yeah, okay, I’m never going to become a gifted Psymancer now and I’m probably going to run out of potion soon and there’s never going to be a supply line that’s, that good but…

I don’t miss him, I’m glad he’s dead, so that he can’t hurt me or anyone else again…” He then sighed and hung his head and sighed, bringing his hand to his forehead.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So that I won’t have to do… that to another girl again…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Nadira frowned a little and placed her hand on his back, gently rubbing it, with a slight smile as she felt a little unnerved, thinking about that night.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That wasn’t your fault… He made you do it and you were scared…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I guess but… I still should have said ‘no.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“You did… Eventually and the ‘eventually’ part is all that matters, right?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Ra-Jeed looked up to Nadira, finding himself confused but humbled at the same time, he appreciated her forgiveness; even if he doubted that he deserved it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I erm… I guess…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Look, you betrayed Jorthar, twice! That’s… Brave, I wouldn’t have, I’m not sure that I could have, even the second time.

<p class="MsoNormal">You should be proud of that.” The Breton smiled, removing her hand and placing it back on the hilt of her sword as they continued to tail June, both of them wondered whether or not she was listening in.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well, let’s hope that your father sees it that way…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Pfft… Don’t worry; Dad’ll be too mad at me to even care what you’ve done. You could be Jorthar himself, for all he’s going to care.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m… Kind of hoping you’re right?” Ra-Jeed replied, pulling a confused face as he found himself at a loss of what to hope for. Either Nadira’s Father being so mad at her, that he doesn’t even notice him or Nadira being spared the brunt of her Father’s wrath as he tears Ra-Jeed apart.

<p class="MsoNormal">Though, come to think of it, maybe they were both in for it…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Gee… Thanks.” Nadira smirked before letting out a slight chuckle at the Khajiit’s response, managing to hide her amusement for a brief second before looking back to her companion with another smirk and giggling again.

<p class="MsoNormal">June just pushed their childishness to the back of her mind as she continued along the road, she’d escorted worse throughout her time serving nobles and even the Queen could be more of a handle than those two.

<p class="MsoNormal">They would be back in Koras within the hour, where Nathaniel would finally be reunited with his daughter.