Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24530992-20140813185952/@comment-5583506-20140814003145

(What's this? Competition in the ancient Art of Long Writing? How dare you, mortal?! xD

It was good, @Miraak! Liked the more gruesome bits, heh! @Zoor, in your dreams :P)

As soon as they reached the village the first thing Mara saw was Varg dropping off his guar and rushing to the closest water trough, where his head seemingly disappeared.

"Aaah, that's good", he grunted. "Nice and cool..."

Mara rolled with her eyes, dismounted her guar and gave it a friendly pat on the head. "You really don't like the sunlight, do you?"

"I am a child of Sithis, Mara", he replied and started to drink the water. "There are lots of things I don't like."

"We should stay here for awhile and eat. Nalilab said that the guars needs to rest up as well, so take your time cooling off."

When Varg was done he washed his face clean and rubbed some ash out of his eyes. "We can eat something in the shade of that building over there perhaps perhaps?" he said and pointed towards a weathered sunroof.

Mara nodded and brought with her some of the provisions she had been given by Ulvena. She grabbed Varg under his arm and lead him to the spot. The tables and chairs were worn and she guessed that they were frequently used by the caravaners and the local populace. However the village wasn't much of a village. There were about three or four shell-formed huts with a small farmland outside.

"It's so sad", she said.

"What's sad?" asked Varg who had already begun eating.

"This village. So cut-off from the rest of the civilisation and they are barely scraping by to survive in this wasteland."

Varg raised an eyebrow. "I think they prefer this kind of life. I don't think they were forced to live here. I think they settled here voluntarily to get away from the bustling city life."

"Maybe..." She smiled at him. "You know, I am actually glad that you are here with me, Varg. I know we may not have gotten along on the best of terms when we first met, but I really appreciate your company. I just wanted you to know that."

He smiled back. "Anytime, kid." She smells lovely, he thought. His senses were still keen after his transformation. It must be because of the Telvanni Bug Musk she drank.

Her smile faded. "Varg, I need to ask you something personal."

"How personal? If this is about Sidion I..."

"Would you ever deceive me?" she interrupted.

He looked at her confused. "Deceive you? Why would I do a thing like that?"

"I don't know? Why would you?"

"Mara, you are acting strange. Of course I would never go behind your back! What's all this about?"

She turned her gaze away. "Sorry. It was just something Ulvena said. It's not important." She looked at him again when she noticed that he had taken her small hand into his own.

"Mara, I would never betray you in anyway, you hear? Call me crazy if you want, but I think there is something really special about you. I have encountered many sorts of people in my days as a lawman. I could tell from the first moment I met them what kind of man or woman they were. I could tell if they were lying, if they were untrustworthy, if they followed the law."

He gave her a coy smile. "From the first moment I met you I could tell what sort of woman you were. I could almost smell it. Anyone would assume that a child of Vaermina would be a source of evil and wickedness, but I could could tell from that very first moment that you were exceptional and a direct counterpart to that expectation. I knew it in my heart that you were good, honest, maybe a bit too shy for your own good, but I knew that you were a good person. I wouldn't dream of betraying such a loving and caring person like you, Mara."

His speech had almost brought her to tears. She swallowed hard as she slowly leaned over the table towards him. She saw in his grey eyes that he knew just what she wanted and so he shut them. She closed her own eyes and awaited for the inevitable.

"Phew! The sun is unbearable today!" exclaimed Nalilab and gave Varg a hard clap in the back before he sat down next to them. "So what are you two going on about?"

Varg and Mara exchanged nervous stares as they just now realised what had almost happened between them. "We are discussing... death penalties", said Varg. "Whether they should be installed into the law system against people who pry into other peoples business."

"Death penalties, huh?" said Nalilab and scratched his head. "For the crime of prying into other peoples business? Why not just send the Morag Tong?" he laughed.

"Oh, believe me", said Varg as his eyes met Mara's. "I am almost tempted to do so..."