KetlinNarris: tell me when ur ready

wheeee360: will be a Cavan. Ready!

KetlinNarris: oki

KetlinNarris: Cavan travelled through the woods. He was actually pretty far from any towns, and so he might have been a bit surprised to see the small log cabin standing right there in a small clearing, a light on inside.

wheeee360: Tired and hungry, he decided to go and see if he could work for dinner and a night in the shed.

KetlinNarris: when he knocked on the sturdy wood door, the answer took a few moments, but he could hear small feet walking around inside, slolwy approaching the door.

wheeee360: When the door opened, he was surprised to see (OOC: have no clue what he looks like. Your turn! lol)

KetlinNarris: (lol)

KetlinNarris: (I thought he might whine about the slowness)

wheeee360: (ooooooh. oops.)

KetlinNarris: a young child with messy brown hair and wide, frightened blue eyes back away from the door. When the boy reached the wall behind him, he crouched down and watched Cavan with those big eyes.

wheeee360: "Umm. Are your parents here? I'd like to talk with them, if they are..."

KetlinNarris: Ketlin didnt move except to crouch down lower. THe wind was starting to blow and threaten rain, and there was plent of room between Cavan and the boy for him to come inside

wheeee360: Unnerved by the boys' actions,--what had happened to him to make him so?--Cavan called into the house, "Hello? Is anyone there? I'd like a job in exchange for food and a bed in yonder shed. Hello?"

KetlinNarris: The boy ran away to the left, into a kitchen of some sort to hide underneath the table.

wheeee360: Cavan finally stepped inside the house, and took a few steps toward the kitchen and the boy. "Are you ok?"

KetlinNarris: Ketlin began to crawl around him, giving him as wide a berth as possible. Even looking into his eyes, one might have thought he was an animal. Maybe he wasnt really human after all. maybe he was a sprite

wheeee360: As Cavan knelt on the floor to talk again to the child, he heard footsteps behind him.

KetlinNarris: (nooooooooo he didnt)

KetlinNarris: But they were only an illusion.

KetlinNarris: Ketlin made it around him and closed the door, then sat more calmly against it

KetlinNarris: (the dad aint home right now)

wheeee360: (oops. sorry! Is there anything in particular you want to happen?)

KetlinNarris: (psh no ^_^ thats ok, his house can be weirdly spooky like htat)

wheeee360: (lol) "So I guess your parents aren't home, huh, kid. What's your name? I'm Cavan. Oh, I hope it's ok I came in...sorry if I scared you."

KetlinNarris: Ketlin chewed on his fingers. He hadnt taken his eyes off of cavan

wheeee360: "Hey, can't you talk?

KetlinNarris: a sloooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww nod.

wheeee360: "You can't?"

KetlinNarris: Now a confused, suspicious look. The boy stood up, crouching a bit less but still giving a wide berth as he went around him again to get to the kitchen. He jumped on a counter and brought some seemingly random things down from a cupboad. Actually, it looked like he was getting a plate and a cup.

wheeee360: "Are you hungry? I can try to make you something, if you show me what you have."

KetlinNarris: He jumped past him, set the plate and cup on the table and got out sandwhich things, shaking his head. This guy must be hungry, he reasoned, and now he was trying to trap him into making a mistake. That wasnt very nice.

wheeee360: "You're not? Then is that for me?"

KetlinNarris: Ketlin nodded vigorously, working on the sandwhich super fast. Almost like a trained monkey, but to his credit, he was standing up straight now so that his 7yr old body could reach the table top.

wheeee360: "Well, thank you. Do you have any work I can do to repay you? Chop logs, clean, anything? Although, if it's all the same to you, I'd rather not do anything outside at the moment."

KetlinNarris: Ketlin shook his head and backed up against the fridge to give the stranger room to eat. He sat on the floor.

wheeee360: "Well, I'll feel bad if I don't do SOMETHING for you. Do you have any toys? I could try to whittle you something."

KetlinNarris: Another shake of the head. The poor boy looked like he might fall asleep there.

wheeee360: "Hey, you don't have to stay up for me." Cavan assured his small host. "If you're tired, go on to bed. I'll start your toy while you sleep."

KetlinNarris: he opened his eyes wider, watching to see that the sandwhich was finished. Then he could show his guest to bed.

wheeee360: Finishing off the sandwich, Cavan smiled at the boy. "Thank you, that was very tasty."

KetlinNarris: Ketlin stood back up and took a step towards the other side of the house, looking back to see if Cavan followed

wheeee360: Still chattering to fill the silence, Cavan stated the obvious. "You want me to follow you? Ok, can do."

KetlinNarris: (tehehehe)

KetlinNarris: Ketlin led him to the living room, where there was a couch to sleep on. He cowered away abit, apparently afraid that his guest would be mad, but he couldnt risk giving him his dads room and his didnt really have a bed

wheeee360: "You want me to sleep here, do you?" Not having seen any other bedrooms but the first, Cavan thought this might be the boy's bed. "Do you have a place to sleep?

KetlinNarris: Ketlin nodded. Yeah, the floor. Why was he asking?

wheeee360: "Well, ok. As long as I'm not taking your bed. Thank you very much for doing this for me." Cavan flopped down onto the couch, and fell asleep almost immediatly.

KetlinNarris: When he woke up, Ketlin was curled up in a corner opposite him, holding a blanket tightly and obviously asleep.

wheeee360: "I thought he said he had a bed...' Cavan muttered to himself, blinking the sleep out of his eyes. "I wouldn't have minded the floor...."

KetlinNarris: Neither did Ketlin, at least not while he was sleeping, cuz he stayed that way.

KetlinNarris: This time, though, Cavan heard REAL footsteps echo through the house. Large, heavy boots.

wheeee360: "Must be his dad...I hope it's alright he let me stay..." Cavan said, sitting up.

KetlinNarris: "Aye, boy, where are you?" a voice rumbled to accompany the boots that were slowly making their way towards them.

wheeee360: "He's asleep, sir. I hope you don't mind he let me stay the night? I will work to repay my dept."

KetlinNarris: The large man rounded the corner, fist made at his sides and his eyes wild with an insane, gleeful anger. Other than that, he shared the boy's features. "Well, well, you seem to have stumbled upon our little house...welcome." He stood there in the door way. Being so big, he blocked much of it.

wheeee360: "Why, thank you, sir." Cavan said calmly, trying to hide his alarm at the man's appearance. No wonder the boy acted so!

KetlinNarris: "Ah, ketlin, wake up," he coaxed in a creepy soft voice, moving towards the sleeping form.

wheeee360: Cavan observed quietly, ready to step in if--if what? He didn't know. All he knew was that this man scared him. Despite that, it was nice to know the boy's name--Ketlin.

KetlinNarris: He gathered Ketlin up in his large arms. The boy began to wake up, tensed, and froze. One didnt move when that guy was holding you. "You missed your room by a few few, boy," the guy said affectionately. Then to Cavan, "Excuse me a minute," as he started to walk away

KetlinNarris: few=feet

wheeee360: Cavan didn't want the man to take

Ketlin out of his sight, not trusting his intent. "Wait a moment, sir. What may I do to repay you? I had a meal and slept the night in your house. And if you wish the boy out of your way, I can keep him with me, to help with whatever work you set me." he said, meaning to detain him and keep him from the boy..

KetlinNarris: "He'll sleep for now." And the two dissappeared. Cavan could hear the large footsteps down the hall, into a room, and back, shutting the door. The man returned without Ketlin. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Drekka Narris."

wheeee360: Cavan relaxed a bit. Perhaps the man wasn't as bad as he seemed at first. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Cavan Tirnal."

KetlinNarris: Drekka held out his hand. He actually kinda smelled like alcohol.

wheeee360: Was he drunk? It was hard to tell. Cavan extended his hand in reply.

KetlinNarris: His grip was strong and threatening, but he let go before Cavan's hand was crushed. "Would you like some breakfast? You dont need to repay me for one lousy night here," he said, wanting the guy gone. "I wish I had been here to greet you myself," he said in a strange voice tinged with danger admist the truth of the statement. He was angry at ketlin.

wheeee360: "I would feel guilty if I didn't repay you for the food I ate." Cavan replied, feeling a strange reluctance to leave Ketlin alone with this alchoholic.

KetlinNarris: "still, I can at least offer you breakfast." THe man wasn't drunk at the moment, but he must have been drinking while out of the house. If cavan reaaaaaaaaalllllly tried he could think of that as a good thing: he hadnt been drinking around ketlin.

wheeee360: Hungry and glad to accept the delay, Cavan agreed.

KetlinNarris: Drekka led him to the kitchen, eerily calm for his size and Cavan's oppinion of him as he cleared off the mess from last night and began cooking eggs, bacon, and toast.

wheeee360: Unlike the silence of the last night, this was not a silence Cavan felt any urge to fill. He sat at the table and waited.

KetlinNarris: "You must be travelling far or lost, to come here," Drekka probed.

KetlinNarris: (hehe Hitori had already killed him at this point. Of course he had also asked ketlin a few key qs)

wheeee360: "I'm traveling to visit some old friends. (killed who? the dad? no one ever really pays attnn to Cavan's ?s anyways, so he asks pretty pointless ones out of habit. lol)

KetlinNarris: (yeah the dad. One of my characters.)

KetlinNarris: (characters did*)

KetlinNarris: "Wow, they must live pretty far out. Good luck."

wheeee360: (oooookay, get it now.) "This is actually supposed to be a short cut to a city, although I'm starting to believe they were playing a trick on me. (and then there's the fact he isn't very good at fighting....)

KetlinNarris: "Which city? Perhaps I can point you in the right direction," he offered quickly as he made up their plates and handed cavan his

wheeee360: "Umm....I can't quite remember the name at this moment....it's as though its on the tip of my tongue....let me see..." Cavan bluffed. He felt no urge whatsoever to tell this man where he came from.

KetlinNarris: "Well, there's a path a bit to the north of here. Both ways lead to cities."

wheeee360: "Thank you." Cavan said, and started to wolf down his breakfast. He had decided to take Ketlin away from this man, and he wanted to leave as soon as possible.

KetlinNarris: Drekka could see he wanted to leave, and was rather happy about it as he wolfed down his own. It was hard to hide a hang over.

wheeee360: As he ate, Cavan thought about how he would get the boy away. He could ask to speak to him to thank him, and then leave?....no, his father could follow. Maybe if he?....no. Wouldn't work. Dad, again. It seemed he would have to get the father out of the picture. He shuddered slightly. How...fun. Maybe he could just knock him unconscious? Glancing at his host, he got rid of that idea. He didn't have a piano handy, after all. Sighing, he picked up his knife (it's like a dagger?) and flicked his wrist. Ketlin's father slumped over into the bacon. Sighing again, he removed the knife and wiped it. Killing a host was a horrible thing. Now to collect the boy and leave.

KetlinNarris: (yay!!!!!!! good job)

wheeee360: (thanks. First chara killing ever....go me?)

KetlinNarris: Ketlin was huddled, wide awake on his mattress.

KetlinNarris: (npcish

KetlinNarris: )

wheeee360: (what's ncpish?)

KetlinNarris: (non player character (ish)

KetlinNarris: means that other people could control him)

KetlinNarris: (unlike Ketlin, which I would have to hurt you for trying to control)

wheeee360: (oh, ok. thanks! ^^;; um....what? which chara is npcish? I just got very confues....)

wheeee360: ^confused

wheeee360: Cavan, standing in the doorway, was shocked. He didn't feel nearly as bad about killing the father, now. Stepping into the room, he went over to the mattress. "Ketlin, do you want to come with me? I'm going to visit some friends."

KetlinNarris: (drekka was)

KetlinNarris: Ketlin sniffled and whimpered. He couldnt know, could he?

wheeee360: (ok. gotcha. didn't know what I would do w/ Ketlin anyway.) "Hey, it's ok. You can leave this place with me. We'll get you a bed and some good food, and you can meet my friends."

wheeee360: Cavan had no regrets about the killing, now.

KetlinNarris: Kevin backed away from him with a confused, accusing glare. SOmehow he DID know.

wheeee360: "Ketlin...your father is gone, now. I'm sorry, but he...he wasn't a good father. I couldn't leave you to him." Cavan pleaded with the boy, despair in his voice.

KetlinNarris: That was all well and good, but now the boy was frightened of him. He knew what death was, though no one had ever told him, and he thought, maybe... maybe the same fate was in for him. But what would happen to him if he stayed here? If he was ever found he'd be accused of his fathers death. Ketlin wept, which sort of made him defenseless. Maybe Cavan could carry him.

wheeee360: Cavan suddenly felt like a monster. What had he done? He was as bad as the father! "Ketlin...Ketlin, it's ok. It's ok. I won't hurt you, I promise. We're going to leave this place, ok? We're going to get out of here," Cavan murmured to the child, picking him up. He weighed next to nothing. Walking out of the room, he picked up his bag from beside the couch.

wheeee360: (^ is all of that ok?)

KetlinNarris: *yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh)

KetlinNarris: (wahts teh boy gonna do? bite him>?......hmmmmm)

wheeee360: (well, I dunno! maye he might have, you never know. ^_~

KetlinNarris: Ketlin, oddly enough, cuddled against him. He was giving the guy a chance, because he seemed different than his father. And.... he'd killed his father. Mixed feelings there.

wheeee360: "Is there anything you want to take with you?" Cavan asked the boy nestled in his arms.

KetlinNarris: Naw, he already had a death-grip on that blanket of his. Ketlin's eyes blinked up curiously at Cavan. Where were they going?

KetlinNarris: (thehee, he's so cute and dangerous)

wheeee360: "Ok then. Let's get out of here. Kess and Ley are probably worried by now...I was supposed to be there yesterday." Cavan chattered (he does this quite a bit, doesn't he?) as they left the house and the clearing and traveled down the road.

KetlinNarris: (AHAHAHAH freeeeee! er, sorry)

KetlinNarris: (you know, I just realized how evil it would be if Ketlin turned out to be evil)

KetlinNarris: (Ill have to do that some other time with a diff char)

wheeee360: (would be great! just don't do it to me. ;p)

KetlinNarris: After the first few hours, Cavan's arms got tired. Didn't matter that Ketlin weighed next to nothing, he was still something.

KetlinNarris: (I cant. Ketlin's not. Id have to be a different char)

wheeee360: "Ahm....Ketlin? Dya mind walking for a bit?"

KetlinNarris: He gave him a blank, curious stare but let go of his shoulder.

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