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Grim · November 6, 2006, 07:40 AM

Shiandi awaited at the front door, dressed in a long, coat which sprouted fur around the edges. Her carriage was standing by and the large driver smiled down at Amelia from his perch up on the driver's seat.

Without a word he jumped down and opened the door for Shiandi and Amelia, with frost smoke coming out of the side of his mouth as he did so. Shiandi though offered up no misty breath to the cold nights of Nexus Prime. She merely stood there, her dark skin a contrast to the pale snow around the manor. "We're leaving," was all she said to Amelia as she climbed inside.

As soon as Amelia was inside the door closed behind her and the ride started, the jingling of the harness the only thing which broke the stony silence of Shiandi, she seemed strangely introverted, perhaps preoccupied. Though closer inspection revealed that she had already made herself ready for whatever was to come. Streaks of dried blood caked just up to her neck, barely visible around her fur coat.

They made haste across the city, and out of it, muffled conversation revealed a few guards being slipped money to let them pass by in the midst of the night.

Once out into the fields beyond the City of Nexus Prime the carriage kept going, the hard-packed snow offering little resistance to the wheeled box. Finally though, they came to a small forest holt at the very outskirts of what might be called Nexus Prime, to the south Markus' Quarter stretched out in all its chilled non-magnificence.

The driver stopped and soon the door opened, the lithe form of Shiandi was first out the door. The herculean driver picking heavy bags off the roof with an ease which betrayed heavy musculature. "We go on foot from here," Shiandi said, the driver seated himself on the carriage again, smoking a small cigar to keep the warmth in. Shiandi picked up one of the lighter bags, leaving three of the heavy looking ones to Amelia. And then Shiandi was off, trekking in amongst the trees of the holt, wading through the knee-deep snow little respect for the twsting pines which loomed over her and directed her path through the wilds of the holt.

She turned her face back towards Amelia only at one point, to say, "Hurry." and leave it at that.

November 6, 2006, 07:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
Grim Retired Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nexus Prime Posts: 3,223	Shiandi awaited at the front door, dressed in a long, coat which sprouted fur around the edges. Her carriage was standing by and the large driver smiled down at Amelia from his perch up on the driver's seat. Without a word he jumped down and opened the door for Shiandi and Amelia, with frost smoke coming out of the side of his mouth as he did so. Shiandi though offered up no misty breath to the cold nights of Nexus Prime. She merely stood there, her dark skin a contrast to the pale snow around the manor. "We're leaving," was all she said to Amelia as she climbed inside. As soon as Amelia was inside the door closed behind her and the ride started, the jingling of the harness the only thing which broke the stony silence of Shiandi, she seemed strangely introverted, perhaps preoccupied. Though closer inspection revealed that she had already made herself ready for whatever was to come. Streaks of dried blood caked just up to her neck, barely visible around her fur coat. They made haste across the city, and out of it, muffled conversation revealed a few guards being slipped money to let them pass by in the midst of the night. Once out into the fields beyond the City of Nexus Prime the carriage kept going, the hard-packed snow offering little resistance to the wheeled box. Finally though, they came to a small forest holt at the very outskirts of what might be called Nexus Prime, to the south Markus' Quarter stretched out in all its chilled non-magnificence. The driver stopped and soon the door opened, the lithe form of Shiandi was first out the door. The herculean driver picking heavy bags off the roof with an ease which betrayed heavy musculature. "We go on foot from here," Shiandi said, the driver seated himself on the carriage again, smoking a small cigar to keep the warmth in. Shiandi picked up one of the lighter bags, leaving three of the heavy looking ones to Amelia. And then Shiandi was off, trekking in amongst the trees of the holt, wading through the knee-deep snow little respect for the twsting pines which loomed over her and directed her path through the wilds of the holt. She turned her face back towards Amelia only at one point, to say, "Hurry." and leave it at that.