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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:12 am
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Out of sheer habit, Xing Cai's eyes opened slowly to a dark room. She blinked, frowning as she found that she couldn't recognize the room that she was in. Then, as the memories of yesterday flooded into her mind, she gasped and shot up. Pain ripped through her spine and she gasped in pain, clamping a hand over her mouth and clutching her side. Her body screamed in pain for a few seconds before it slowly settled down into throbbing. It was far too early in the morning for her to be able to deal with such intense pain. She wasn't used to having injuries as deep as these. She waited for a while to ride out the pain before getting up from the bed. Now more than awake she looked outside, taking note that although the sky was dark it was most likely almost time for the sun to rise.
Some time later she was bathed, wounds redressed, hair done and her weapon and shield latched onto her back. She walked down the streets, making her own personal inspection of how things were. Despite the horrible battle that they had had to endure the city had done well. She smiled to herself, making a glance over towards the sun before turning around and walking over to where the stables were.
As Cai entered she noted that someone was already inside. She didn't even have to fully see their form to know who it was. She was already so accustomed to their presence that the corners of her mouth instantly curled up as she spotted him. She stepped in, careful not to knock her weapon against the door and approaching him with gentle steps.
"Good morning Uncle," she greeted in a soft, warm voice; not wanting to wake up any of the horses. She gave him a bow before walking over to join his side, looking over at one of the horses which had woken up and seemed to be hungry. She held her hand out for it smell, giggling and pulling her hand away when it instead tried to eat the flower she had sewn onto her armlet. "I hope you slept well. Did you eat breakfast?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:38 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:13 pm
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The pirate smirked after the flip, giving her a big smile because of the clap she was giving her, she was so sweet. But yet such a fighter... "You do not have to be blood relatives to be family..." he uttered rather wisely, nodding his head slowly, he already considered some of these people in Shu family members, and she was one of them. "You not only get strength from your father, but everyone that loves you around you, as well as yourself." he gave her a little grin. She could give anyone a fight if she was focused for the battle, he knew that already.
Gan Ning sat back down, thinking as he peered into the woman's eyes, not even meaning too, but getting lost in them completely. "They are, not like my old kingdom..." referring to Liu Biao's piece of s**t kind of kingdom. He saw her blush and chuckled a little bit. "Ok then, we'll just see about that, shall we?" he said with a louder laugh, knowing that no matter what, he thought Cai was beautiful. He felt like he sped up her wanting to go to bed though...perhaps she was uncomfortable, if she was, he didn't mean to make her feel that way... "Ok, Cai, you have a good rest, and no problem." he got up as well, nodding her good night before going to his own room, which was across from hers, coincedentally.
Inside, he quickly feel asleep, and had a restful night for the most part before he woke up a little later than Xing Cai and sat there, thinking of what he could do before they left. He'd have to be told though, he really didn't know. So before stressing himself out more he went back into their dining room and took a bowl of rice to snack on for breakfast, he was sure he'd need to fill his stomach first for the long day ahead.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:46 pm
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Cai smiled at her uncle as he looked over at her and listened to what he was saying. She hadn't eaten very much of a dinner last night... and now that she was listening more carefully to the emptied pit that was her stomach, she was beginning to regret it. Just eating one bowl of rice wasn't very much for a growing teenager or a wounded warrior who was still exhausted from their battle from the previous day. How had she not noticed before? Suddenly she was craving more rice. But, just as her uncle had said, her uncle and her father would certainly throw some kind of a small party. Her father always made sure that whenever one of his brothers returned from a trip, regardless of how small it was, that there was some kind of a party. Now there was even more to be excited about for when they came back home: a meal.
"Oh, I was too tired to even notice." She replied, chuckling at the horse who was nudging them. She lifted up the hand that didn't have the flower sewed onto it she gently rubbed its forehead. "I have to admit that it was a little hard to wake up in the morning, but I am fine now." She patted his cheeks and stated an apology for not having any food to give them. Then, just a second later, one of the stable boys walked in. He blinked in surprise at the two officers who were already inside. He gave them a small bow before hurrying off and grabbing some hay to give to the horses. "So, when do you think we will depart? I do wonder if Gan Ning has woken up... he seems like the type to sleep in, just like Ping and my father."
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:39 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:18 am
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"Really?" Cai answered, smiling and letting out a happy burst of chuckles. That was wonderful! Now she definitely had to go wake Ning up so that he could be ready to go. She turned a looked over at a horse, smiling gently at it and giving it an affectionate pat on the head. "Thank you."
She nodded to the horse before following after her uncle, slowing down as she heard what he saying. Oh, it was true. Even though she was so ready to see her father again, Cai was well-aware of the fact that this was only the beginning of a war. How long it would last was something that she did not know, but she hoped that it would not take too much time. These poor lands had already suffered enough without having to face the invasion of an invader. They needed peace and for the Han to return to its rightful place.
"I think that one of the most important things is to learn about how their weapons work." She stated thoughtfully, the previous joy from before being replaced with a much more serious attitude. Her voice was calm but thoughtful, and she paused to put her words together before speaking. "As opposed to knowing their numbers, we should work on understanding how they fight and what they use. The type of weapons that they have are close to ours and yet so different. Along with those strange sticks that make the loud noises and smell like smoke. Maybe we could recover some of them off of the battlefield?" Cai nodded to herself before taking a step past her uncle, bowing respectfully. "I am going to go see if Gan Ning has woken up yet. It would never due for our new officer to be late." She smiled warmly at her long-bearded uncle before walking back into the main buildings. Her wounds throbbed painfully but she ignored it, keeping her focus on walking. After some looking she found the pirate inside of the dining room. She entered, letting out a small sigh of relief. "There you are! I have been looking everywhere. Are you ready to go?"
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