Kyle kissed Alexis back, in more of a suprised way than anything. Kyle continued this, even after she practically ripped off his shirt. Kyle suddenly broke off their kiss and took a step back, catching his breath. Kyle thought to himself,"what the shit?" Kyle took a second to compose him self.

"Alexis...I'm flattered really I am. I mean I did just invite you, and you do mean a lot to me. But I have a feeling that this little....thing would mean a lot more to you in the long run. I'm the tribe leader, and the one I choose as my significant partner......well I can't choose her right now. It isn't a good time. I'm sorry."

@ashevelendar

Alexis is taken aback a little... but says " You realize that we might no wake up tomorrow , right ? A warning then a few deaths and then...we die. That's his MO. And you realize that I don't care about that shit , right ? We can keep this between us if you want to...but if not. Ok. After the meeting I'll leave and with some luck , he will follow. I will tell you everything I know about him at the meeting so you know how to run / fight and then run if needed be , ok ? " it was not what Alexis expected but...it was ok. She felt that if she did this , it might tie her to him. Maybe enough to keep her with him.

@dabombjk

Ranna was beginning to wonder what was taking so long. Many other people were here waiting as well. One of the guards that had taken the boar to be cooked came out to ask her what to do with it. She told him to make sure it was ready to eat by the end of the meeting. She was beginning to wonder if Kyle was still coming and it was his meeting.

She looked at the group. Many of them were staring at her. She smiled but she was nervous. In her tribe she knew everyone and so when they stared there was a reason or her father...she shook off that memory. Ranna stood up on the boulder nearest them and introduced herself.

"My name is Ranna Dasonne. I would like to join your tribe if you would allow me to. I come from another tribe very far from here up in the mountains. My tribe was murdered last year and as far as I know I am the only one left. I hope you let me stay. Kyle should be here soon." Ranna sat down on the rock and a few people gathered around her and she was given hugs.

She looked up and saw a man who was obviously the historian in the tribe. He looked rather unhappy.

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Kyle did not know what to say to Alexis. It had felt like she had just given an ultimatum. Kyle hated this, he could not belong to a single person as a leader, he had to run the entire tribe. There were problems as well, and Kyle figured after today, his friends should keep their distance. He will not be very well liked. Kyle straightened his cloths, flattened his hair with his hand, and walked out the room, giving Alexis a look.

"We have faced many dangers in our tribe Alexis. Having one very strong human as our enemy will put the tribe in no greater or worse danger than we were already in before. I wish you would stay but I will not stop you if you want to leave......Council Woman Alexandra."

Kyle walked out of his room, right in front of the crowd of people that had gathered. Ranna was standing on a boulder, Alexis had joined him and stood against the wall to his left, and Ryun stood against the wall to his right. Kyle motioned for Ranna to come over to his side.

Ranna smiled when Kyle showed up and waved her over. She looked at the group and smiled at some of the new friends she had already made. "I told the guard to make sure the Boar was ready for after the meeting and I introduced myself to the group and that's about it."

Ranna also noticed that Alexis had walked out right after Kyle and that she looked a little mussed up. Alexis didn't look happy at all so she stood there quietly and waited for Kyle to speak.

Kyle coughed slightly. He leaned in and whispered to Ranna.

"Listen I may need your help with something. I just had a situation with Alexis.....and it involved me saying no to something she offered and as it turns out she has this super powerful enemy that will attack the tribe. I may need you to help rally the tribe. Would you be willing to do that? I know your new to the tribe and all........"

Ranna knew without a doubt what Alexis offered Kyle. She nodded. "Of course I will help you. Did she say who this enemy is?"

"Apparently someone with powers like us who steals other peoples powers."

Ranna's internal warning bells went off and her breathing quickened. It couldn't be...what were the chances that he would be coming here.

"Oh, and I forgot, your tribe historian is or was here and he looked upset. He was carrying a damaged book."

Ranna tried not to lose focus of what Kyle was saying but now she was going to keep her eyes open. If he was near here there was a lot of trouble on the way.

Kyle noticed the slight change in Ranna's attitude, but something she said caught his attention. Kyle started to panic slightly.

"Oh shit....you said....librarian...holding book....,"Kyle's eyes widened and he turned to the crowd and spoke up."HEY!...yea hi everyone thanks for coming. So great to see everyone here. I mean really its almost like i see you guys everyday!"

Kyle slightly chuckled at himself then gave a theatrical bow.

"Alright so first item on the agenda........the fire. So a giaganto fireball hit one of the buildings last night, I will explain why, but first and foremost. Mark!"

Kyle clasped his hands together like he was praying.

"I know you might be a tad upset that your books were burned, and i swear we will replace them. Now because im leader you can no longer force me as punishment to make copies of books, do writing lessons, etc, etc, but......Im sorry!"

Kyle bowed his head slightly and the tribe people laughed slightly.

Ranna was barely paying attention to what Kyle was saying. She was looking around buildings and on rooftops. She was searching for someone she hadn't seen in a year. She caught the words fire and Librarian and heard the tone of Kyle's voice change. She was really wishing she could leave the meeting unseen.

Kyle brushed himself off and kept from laughing. He noticed Ranna was looking around, so he decided it was time for introductions.

"Alright, next item....Ranna Dasonne! She is a warrior like we have never seen! She can....um.....like......."

Kyle leaned in next to Ranna

"Hey Ranna....tell them about yourself a bit. I am drawin a blank."

Kyle noticed that the elderly of the tribe seemed to become uneasy for what appeared to be no reason.

Ranna really didn't want to say much about who she was. She decided there was no better time to tell them than now.

"I told you before that I come from the mountains and that my tribe was murdered. This is only part of the story." She stopped and took a deep breath."Some of you recognize my last name. It is Dasonne. My father was the leader of the Dasonne tribe and he made a few bad deals and when told to pay up the leader of the other tribe wanted my hand in marriage as payment."

"Upon meeting this man I was beaten at our first meeting so my father refused. For this my entire tribe was killed while I was hidden beneath it in a cave. My guard went out to help and I heard his screams and then nothing." Ranna wiped a couple of tears away and excused herself. Ranna went around the corner and took a few deep breaths to compose herself.

Kyle watched as Ranna walked around the corner, eyes widened. He had not expected that. But Kyle needed to be strong so he turned back around to his tribe and put on a big smile. Kyle clapped a few times.

"Alright so Princess Ranna is a big badass, and we are gonna protect her.She is part of our tribe now, and I expect you guys to treat her as well as you would treat your own flesh and blood."

Kyle sighed and straightened his back.

"Alright next item.......I believe that the fireball that i mentioned earlier......was thrown by the man that will stop at nothing untill he kills someone at the very core of our tribe.....Council Woman Alexandra."

Kyle turned to Alexis and stared her down.

"Alexandra is wanting to run away, to protect us. What do you have to say to that?"

Ranna reappeared at the back of the group and leaned up against the wall of a nearby building. She could hear Kyle talking. She wondered if Alexis' bad guy was the same one she had been running from. He knew she was alive because he had searched through all of the bodies at her tribe. She had had to stay hidden for three days while he searched the area for her. She heard Kyle stop and she had to think on what he had said. Alexandra wanted to leave to protect them. In some ways they weren't so different but Ranna had decided to stand and fight. She was done running. She wanted to have a life or die trying but she was not going to live her entire life on the run.

The tribe went crazy. Some tried to go up to Alexis but the guards would not allow it. But most of all, everyone was saying how they didnt want her to leave, how she should stay with them and fight. Kyle smiled and nodded at Alexis.

"Thank you, my good people, for proving my point. If Council Woman still decides to leave she can, and the position will be open. But hopefully she changes her mind, Now on to the next item......or items really I mean honestly I am tired of this meeting already,"Kyle said grinning and pretending to yawn. Some of the tribe people booed him and laughed along. Kyle smiled sadly and put on his serioius face.

"So....good news and bad news. Good news is Ranna brought down something incredible.......a boar. Not a mutated boar mind you, an actual regular boar, from like the books tell us about. This means that the radiation on this planet either is not everywhere like we seemed to think......or its going away."

Kyle let his words sink in. Kyle felt a pain in his throat.

"The meat on it can last us a while if we ration it right.......bad news.........the crops failed. Somehow, our farming area became iradiated.....we can no longer grow our food."

Kyle felt the anger and tension from the crowd.....and it was only getting worse since he could make no reassurances..

"Scavenge parties will have to be doubled, and storing and rationing just became more important than ever."

Ranna could feel the anger and fear building in the crowd. She worked her way up to the front next to Kyle and said "There is a way we can grow the crops we need and a way to get food in the mean time." She looked at Kyle and nodded to him.

"My tribe was in the mountains where it was difficult to grow crops. I'll show you how we did it and how we can survive until they come in." There were nods of approval and Ranna looked at Kyle.

Kyle looked at Ranna like she was sent from the maker him/her self. Kyle grew slightly excited at this and faced the crowd.

"Well.....I wont say problem solved.....but we have something. Now I know losing our farming land was a emotional loss as well. We havent had an incident like that since my GrandFather took back the tribe leadership for my family. But I want you guys to know......I love all of you. You are my family, my brothers and sisters, my mothers and father, and living here in this tribe makes me feel like living in this hell of a world is possible. Now if you have any questions please direct them to Council women and man Ryun and Alexandra. I need to discuss what Ranna said further. Meeting adjourned. Breakfast will be served shortly, and the first serving of boar will be at lunch hour."

Kyle motioned for Ranna to follow him, and he walked inside the main office building.

Ranna looked at Kyle and she wasn't too happy with him at the moment. "How could you tell them about the crops without figuring out something else first? And you always deliver the bad news first that way you always deliver the good last making their last feeling from you a good one. Did no one teach you how to do this job?"

Kyle became slightly upset at Ranna's words. He walked up to her, standing only a few feet away. Kyle was tired, and visibly still stressed out, as well as anxious.

"No no one taught me. My father died, leaving the position open and big shoes to fill. Ive been doing the best I could, but honestly there wasnt a good alternative. I had nothing planned in case that kinda of thing happened. That farming plot has been here for as long as anyone can remember. I have no idea why what happened happened."

"I can tell you why it didn't grow and it's got nothing to do with radiation." Ranna told him. "You said the plot is used every year. You need to have two plots. One to use each year leaving the second to lay fallow so that it's nutrients will replenish in the soil. The next year you use the one that was not used the previous year. It switches each year allowing the soil to replenish for a year in between uses."

Ranna looked at him. "I will help you."

Kyle sighed and walked away, into his room. Kyle left the door open and motioned for her to follow. Kyle went over to his desk and opened a few drawers, pulling out papers and documents.

Ranna followed him and watched him pulling out papers and she put her hand on his shoulder. "Please stop. I should have told you more about who I was before the meeting began. I will go out with you later and we will look for more land to farm and we still have time to get in another set of crops before the cold comes in." Ranna noticed how stressed he was. She pulled him to his feet. "Hug me." She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him.

Kyle was so entrenched with looking over his papers, trying to figure out anything to help him with his farming problems, and other problems he never mentioned, that he was completely taken by suprise. He hadnt felt Ranna put her hands on him, and when she forced him up and embraced him he was even more shocked. Kyle reisisted at first, but only slightly. This wasnt the worst thing in the world. Kyle wrapped his arms around Ranna and returned the hug.

After a few minutes she felt his breathing become calmer and more even and his stress levels dipped considerably. "You are feeling better now." She smiled as she pulled back.

Kyle let go of Ranna and rubbed his eyes.

"Yea kinda.....thanks. Your dismissed. Leader needs some sleep I guess."

Kyle smiled and gave Ranna a two finger salute.

Ranna smiled and left the office. She headed out to find another plot of land for farming.

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"This suit... it's old, but it works. In a world of the supernatural, one needs an edge when they're the definition of normalcy."

He pauses, listening intently to the happenings in the tribe. It was the same, general bustle. Agitation seemingly grabbed at some of it's citizens, the farming section in particular, but the man knew he would soon have the answers why.

A crowd was forming.

P.E.P. Inaugurated.

Another meeting, another message. Well, often it was more than one. With his Perception Enhancement Program in effect, he could sit back some 200-300 meters, watching and listening.

Which is precisely what the man did.

"HEY!...yea hi everyone thanks for coming. So great to see everyone here. I mean really its almost like i see you guys everyday!"

The tribe leader -- a boy by the name of Kyle -- spoke up. With him having to speak loud, making the announcements and all, it was easy to get important info without getting too close. With P.E.P. running, it was all the more easy.

"Alright so first item on the agenda........the fire. So a giaganto fireball hit one of the buildings last night, I will explain why, but first and foremost. Mark! I know you might be a tad upset that your books were burned, and i swear we will replace them. Now because im leader you can no longer force me as punishment to make copies of books, do writing lessons, etc, etc, but......I'm sorry!"

The first announcement would generally be something light-hearted, unless in times of trouble, the man knew. Despite being young, Kyle was a rather charismatic and intelligent figurehead. He knew what to say when and why, as well as how. It was a unique gift. A powerful gift. Likely an evolutionary tactic, the man noted. He continues by introducing a new member to the tribe. Apparently someone important from a different tribe. Said woman, formerly known as Princess Ranna, went on to explain as such when she was called to stage. It was at least new for this to happen. The man would hate if this happened to him.

Kyle sighed and straightened his back.

Finally, something noteworthy.

He went on to explain the origins of the fireball. 'Apparently someone has it out for a member of the tribe.' The man thought to himself, listening and watching intently now. Though the leader remained light-hearted for the most part, there was evident amounts of unspoken messages conveyed through his speech.

"Be careful. We don't know what this person is capable of."

Another serious message made itself apparent as Kyle made a more serious expression. Of course, this one was more likely to hit hard, since the Obsidian Tribe had a habit of keeping to itself. 'The crops failed...' The man grins. This would be a good time to make introductions, if there ever was such a time. The rest of the meeting passed over rather quickly, and with everything established, the man had a feeling that if he was going to join the tribe at any point in time, now was a better chance than ever.

Turning away from the window of the crumbling structure, the man proceeded to make his way down the building via the stairs, which remained, surprisingly, fairly intact. Spiraling down the cuboid zig-zag, deactivating P.E.P., everything was being done as the figure made an attempt at making himself appear as harmless as possible. Of course, that wasn't quite easy with a Ionic Carbine Rifle and knife on-hand, so he set his rifle on his back using it's magnetic sling, and wielded the knife openly. He assumed the guards weren't stupid, so his approach with a knife out would likely signify his intentions.

Having studied the Obsidian Tribe awhile, this man already knew where most of the active patrols were centered, where people were likely to look, and how they roamed the area. What he wanted was to be seen, and to be taken in. That was the plan.

As he approached where the highest concentration of guards were, he spoke up.

"Do you need help?" He asked the guards in question.

Earlier that morning Tokala had woken up with irritation. He had been messed with by his fellow guards and had to slam one into a wall. Ears still back he had made his way to the meeting without realizing he was shirtless. He was still miffed about the other day. It was his job to protect, his to guard, and some random friggin woman made him feel useless. Didn't help he had run face first into a force field. He grumbled as he walked, combat boots somehow silent. They should bell him.

He waited at the meeting place still silent. This was unusual for him and the people who knew this kept their distance from the fox man with the crosses arms. He watched Ranna make her speech and felt a growl rio through him a bit. He didn't trust her and he was still mad at her. He saw Kyle come out and felt his ears pop up. He waved a bit...nothing back. He lowered his arm and returned them to being crossed. He had a job to do....even though usually he was utilized at night. He listened to what Kyle had to say heard Ranna speak again (felt a growl again) and watched him finish.

He went toward the office but stopped. Ranna had left from there. He swallowed his feelings....feelings of jealousy and made his way to where he was usually posted. He grabbed the hat off of a fellow guard and put it on. His ears folding to work with it. He realized now he was shirtless, but didn't care. His etched muscles in view of everyone.

Kyle Hishamie

A guard, young and energetic, barged through the door of Kyle room. Kyle was currently changing his clothes and had his shirt off when this had happened. Kyle looked slightly suprised but laughed it off when he saw the guards facial expression.

"Relax man, its fine."

Kyle put on his shirt. Kyle wore a red T shirt, with a black Obsidian tribe jacket. He wore black jeans and combat boots. Th guard hurriedly explained what the situation was, that a strange metal man was engaging with one of our patrols. Kyle sighed. He put on a black vest with a sword and sword holster on the back of the vest, then walked outside with the guard. He followed the guard until they arrived at the patrol that was currently engaged with the metal man. Kyle walked up to the man, along with the protest from the guards, and held his hands up and smiled.

"Why hello! My name is Kyle Hishamie. But im sure you already knew that space man. I bet even in space aliens are always talking about the Great Kyle Hishamie, leader of the Obsidian Tribe!"

Kyle held out his hand, again to the protest of the guards.

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"Alright so first item on the agenda........the fire. So a giaganto fireball hit one of the buildings last night, I will explain why, but first and foremost. Mark!"

Kyle clasped his hands together like he was praying.

"I know you might be a tad upset that your books were burned, and i swear we will replace them. Now because im leader you can no longer force me as punishment to make copies of books, do writing lessons, etc, etc, but......Im sorry!"

Kyle bowed his head slightly and the tribe people laughed slightly.

Mark looked at Kyle with narrowed eyes, his fists clenched. This guy...

"I don't care if it was a fireball or a fluke of God, that no excuse! Leader or not, I'll make you fix those books one way or the other!"

Mark pointed at Kyle, annoyance clear on his features. Mark knew Kyle didn't mean to damage the books, but that didn't excuse his poor treatment of them. Kyle always had this habit of shooting first, ask questions later, a trait which Mark found completely absurd.

He may be the Tribal Leader, but he still has long way to go to truly lead., Mark thought. Crossing his arms after Kyle promptly ignored him, Mark listened intently to the rest of his speech.

It seemed they had a new member amongst the tribe, a "Ranna Dasonne". She seemed nice enough, but as Mark learned many times over, looks do tend to be deceiving. As he listened to Kyle and Ranna explain why she came here, Mark started to get a strange feeling of dread over what they were saying. Mark would get these feelings occasionally, though whether they were related to his TK or it was just his subconscious making him suspicious was up for debate.

As it turned out, this humble looking girl was apparently, at one time, a Princess of the Desonne Tribe. Mark found that most strange, as in all his days of reading, usually Princesses were part of kingdoms and promptly confined to castles. The fact that before him stood a real Princess, struck a chord of interest in him. He was already formulating questions to ask mentally.

It seemed that Mark's discomfort finally came to light when Kyle announced that they had found an actual, honest-to-god unradiated boar. The downside however was that it seemed that radiation had spread and killed the crops the tribe spent so long to grow. A lance of fear shot in Mark's heart and he struggled not to panic. What are we going to eat? What are we going to do? What will happen to the tribe? Mark was trying to calm himself when Kyle spoke up:
"Scavenge parties will have to be doubled, and storing and rationing just became more important than ever."

Mark scowled. Was he insane? We barely find enough salvage as it is, doubling the work would just double the work, which would double the hunger, which would double the food consumption, which would kill us faster! Gah!

"There's no way in hell that's going to work! We'd have to push even farther than we already do! I doubt we have the resources for such trips!"

Mark was getting angrier and angrier. This day already sucked, what with barely any new books coming in and the ones he already possessed nearly going up in flame, all because of one insane asshole who thought it would be funny to chuck that shit at his home. Now this threat of starving has just appeared. Mark was starting to get a headache, when he saw Ranna stand next to Kyle and speak out:
"There is a way we can grow the crops we need and a way to get food in the mean time." She looked at Kyle and nodded to him.

"My tribe was in the mountains where it was difficult to grow crops. I'll show you how we did it and how we can survive until they come in."

Mark stopped scowling and had a focused look on his face. That...might be able to work, provided Ranna knows what she's talking about. As Mark started thinking, his mind went back to his books, specifically that Agriculture section. There was one book in there that detailed what Ranna talked about. If he could get his hands on that, he might be able to help the other tribe members with the knowledge in it. Only, there was a small problem. It was the only copy he had and it was part of the area that nearly got firebombed. Mark silently prayed that it would be okay.

Ranna had left Kyle's office and went back to her room and changed back into her own clothing and shoes. Feeling much more comfortable she looked around and started down the main road to where the crops had been planted. After seeing how badly the land had been over used she shook her head and started looking around. She climbed up a large group of rocks that probably were part of a building at one time. It allowed her to go high enough to look around.

She spotted a clearing in the middle of the forest. She decided to check it out. There were many things to consider. Was the soil the right kind? Was water nearby for easy watering? Had it been planted recently? Was it big enough? Ranna jumped down and took off towards the area she had seen. She figured it was about a half an hour walk.

Once there she looked at the size of the area. It was a little larger than she had expected and it was too sandy and rocky there. Sighing she turned around and on her way back to the apartments she found several areas that seemed good but there was always something wrong with them. When she got back to the tribe she sat down on a bench that had seen better days. She looked around at the beauty of the place. There was a park with flowers and old swings behind two of the buildings and there was a stream that ran through the complex.

Suddenly it hit her and she stood up. She walked over and pulled up a hand of soil. Ranna started laughing. She climbed up on the boulder and yelled "Obsidian! The land you need for the crops is right here. Come help me get it ready to plant. We must clear the land and get it plowed!" There were many people who came and Ranna told them what needed to be done and they all pitched in.

One of the older boys pulled a large rock out from the middle of the pile that needed to be moved and it created a slide that went right towards the baby she had played with earlier. Ranna threw up a forcefield and the slide dispersed around the child. His mother's tears of happiness were all the thanks Ranna needed. The elder reached over and whacked the boy on the head and Ranna nearly got knocked down with hugs from the mother and her family.

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Mark was busy searching through his pile of books, desperate to find the one he, and the tribe, so needed. Tossing the burned ones over his head, he began digging through the books lying all over the ground. The entire agriculture section, as well as a few sections nearby, had been thrown into complete disarray, all thanks to a certain someone not being careful with their fighting. Sighing, Mark sat down as he surveyed the damage before him.

Most of the books could be salvaged, they just needed a new cover or two, and they could easily be reorganized with some "willing" help. The ones that were damaged, were so heavily; black crusty remains of an already obscenely old collection. It would take some time to repair the and recover the materials lost. For all Mark knew, the ones that burned could have been the last copy around. The thought of losing such a vital piece of knowledge frustrated Mark and he punched a nearby bookcase, sending out his TK across it. Thanks to that, the remaining books on the shelf toppled over and landed with various thuds. One book landed near his feet as he was starting to pick up the ones he lobbed. Grabbing it, he proceeded to dump it with the rest of the useless materials, before noticing something on the cover.

Wiping away the ash and soot that came from it's fallen brothers, Mark read that title.

"Grass and Forage Science Volume 67: Mountainous regions?"

As Mark read out the title, his eyes grew wide. This was the book he was looking for! It was right here, in his hand! A little damaged, sure, but it was there!

Mark threw his arms out and uttered a boisterous "Yes!" before heading out of his room. He'd be able to save the tribe!

As he was running to inform Kyle, Mark noticed something happening by the now ruined crops. A boy was lifting one of the rock to clear out of the field and accidentally triggered a landslide. As Mark watched, he saw that the slide was heading towards a small child. Eyes widening, Mark made a dash for the girl, trying to get her before she was swallowed by the slide.

Suddenly, right as he was about to catch up, a forcefield appeared before the baby, protecting it. Stopping and taking a look around, Mark saw Ranna concentrating on the baby, obviously using her powers to protect it. The baby was grabbed by her teary mother who began to thank Ranna.

Mark's eyes narrowed at Ranna as she was being praised by the mother's family. He didn't trust her, at least not yet. It seemed a bit convenient for her to show up right as the crops failed to offer advice, then suddenly have the solution to the problem. Sure, Kyle trusted her, but he had a tendency to react with his gut, not his head.

She'll definitely need to be watched later., Mark thought.

Alexandra was still...not happy about Kyle. She really wanted something to tie her to the tribe. But...as the meeting continued , she noticed something that she hasn't saw. Not since her last group. Unity. The tribe...her tribe , was ready to defend her. Even if she didn't belong to the tribe. Even if she probably brought the tribe's destruction.
Ranna was from the mountains ? She was there. A few years back , Hunter was too , that's the place she met him. It was not possible. She didn't saw any human life up there. But could it be possible ?

She had to do something. She had to prevent this tribe from being destroyed by Hunter. She knew he will come eventually. She knew no one could stop him alone. But together ? Maybe. A small chance but a small chance is still a chance , right ?

Alexandra left a message to Kyle saying : " Kyle , I'm sorry for earlier. I lost control. I didn't know what to do. But I do now. I'm going to meet Hunter. He'll know I'll be searching for him. He'll know where to find me. If you don't hear anything from me in two days from now , do one of those things : Prepare defenses. Hunter will come after the tribe's powers. Go underground. He'll level the building with one of his powers. He can make vibrations and can cause earthquakes with that. Or. Come find me. I'll be at a military bunker in the north part of the town. Just go north and there will be a " Crazy Donuts " shop. Underneath it it's a bunker. There is a keypad there. The code is 2407 , it was scribbled on a wall with a knife and blood by the looks of it. I wanted to show you the bunker. I found it on my last scavenge hunt but I wanted to be sure it's safe. Automated defense systems still work there so there is power there. The place looks deserted tho'. It probably has a lot of stuff from before all this happened. Food , weapons ( maybe ). Maybe even a big generator ? I barely escaped alive last time when I gone down there.
I'll talk to Hunter. Maybe convince him to leave the tribe alone. If not , maybe the automated defenses will slow him down a little. If I'm not alive by the time you get there. Well...I wanted to say some things. First of all. Thank you for showing me I can trust people again and thank you very , very much for believing in me when others didn't. It means a lot to me. So...if this is goodbye then I hope you find someone that loves you as much as you deserve and...you will be a good leader of the tribe. You will be probably the greatest leader of the tribe. Goodbye my...only true friend. It's an honor to call you a friend.

Now that's done. She was ready to go. She teleported into the store room and took a gun from there with some bullets. Hunter won't even feel the bullets but it could work as a distraction.
Alexandra then teleported outside where she saw Ranna's display of power. She was...impressive. A power like that would make Hunter , more deadly than he is which is enough as it is. Maybe Ranna could help her ? Could stall him in case he tried something. Enough for Alexandra to teleport them away...or deeper in the open parts of the bunker.
She went to Ranna and said " Hey there. I know we didn't talk much. These days were crazy and I usually don't speak with anyone. I just want to ask something of you. In private. Can we go somewhere...private ? "

Ranna looked at Alexis and she didn't trust her based on what she had seen so far. She seemed to stress Kyle out a lot. " I'm kind of busy with this but I can take a moment. " She walked further away from the others so they wouldn't hear but she could still see them if anything happened.

"What is it that you wish to discuss? " She asked her.

" I know you probably don't trust me and it's OK. What I am about to tell you...a few years ago I was up in the mountains alone. I was trying to escape some mutated animals when someone saved me. I already teleported much and I couldn't use it without putting me in more danger that I already was. That someone I know as Hunter. He seemed rather friendly. He killed those animals with a mere wave of his hand so when he asked me if I want to travel with him , I said yes. Probably the biggest mistake of my life. We became friends or so I thought. He told me a story one night about a village he visited and that was destroyed when he got there and how he tried to save everyone but the assailants were to much even for him. I was amazed about his story and I didn't expect what was to come 'till later when he found about my power. I didn't used it because he always saved us from any peril that would come. When I used it for the first time , he was intrigued. He started bugging me with questions about it and I answered truthfully at each of them. I was still a fool back then , maybe still am and after I answered all his questions , he said he is sorry about what would happen next but it was the place of the powerful to kill the weak and he attacked me. It was the first time in my life that I had to teleport more than 3 kms to get away. I went in a coma as soon as I arrived to my destination. Luck alone let me survive in the 3 days that I was in the coma. Ever since he followed me and tried to kill me. He comes here now but that is not the point. I think I know who destroyed your village. I think it was him. If your tribe had powers...it was a target. " she takes a breath and continues " I am leaving the tribe for a few days. I'll meet Hunter. Convince him to leave this tribe alone. If that doesn't work , the place where I'll meet him has automated defenses.

It may slow him down a bit. I...need...backup. Your powers allow you to make invisible barriers. If he doesn't want to leave the tribe alone , you make a invisible barrier around us and I'll teleport us...back home. Maybe push him into the automated defenses. Keep him busy 'till we can make this place defensible against someone like him. What do you say ? " Ranna was her last hope. Without her...Hunter will probably kill her fast...or rather really slow.

Ranna wasn't sure she liked this idea at all. " If he comes here we should fight him but I am not certain searching him out is a good idea." Ranna was doubtful of her plan. "Since he seems to be here already according to the fireball that caused some damage, where is he? Also I'm not convinced that he is the same man as mine. My tribe was killed last year not several years ago. It might not be him. Wouldn't it make more sense to ready the tribe and better our defenses? If there is to be a future for the tribe it needs to include food. We need to feed the people. Talk to Kyle. If he thinks it's a good idea then I'll go with you. " Ranna walked back to the others.

Alexandra was disappointed that Ranna won't come with her but she didn't expect her to come in the first place. It was a long shot as it was. She quickly teleports to Ranna and tells her a few last words. " Tell Kyle to check the new paper on his desk. Please. " without waiting Ranna to respond she teleported to a building next to the apartment complex where she left a stash of food. Small things but enough to keep her alive for a few days. She waited a few minutes for the dizziness to fade and teleported on a building rooftop near the bunker. A headache already started to form because of the long distance teleport. She decided it's time to rest a little. She took her backpack , put in on the ground and sat down. It was probably a suicide mission. She knew it was but she couldn't let the tribe down. She felt asleep in a few minutes and after half an hour she woke up. It was still day. The headache was gone and she was ready to face Hunter. She quickly ate some of her food and went down to the " Crazy Donuts " shop. The place was quite. Too quite. No mutated animal or whatever. As she went down the stairs , she noticed something. A pack of Doom labs were dead on the floor. Some with their heads blown open others incinerated.

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The first time she went to the bunker there were some automated machine guns at the entrance , now they were blown. It was certain. Hunter was here.
There was a big lobby as soon as she passed the bunker's gates. There he was. In the middle of the room. Looking at Alexandra.



" Welcome , welcome ! I knew you liked this place ! Saw you go here 3 times already and you were speaking so loudly with the girl back at your pathetic tribe. " said Hunter with confidence. He knew Alexandra couldn't kill him. She was just a mere...toy for him to play with.

" Hunter. I had to know that I didn't got rid of you last time. Throwing you off a rooftop was not enough to kill you ? "

Hearing this Hunter started laughing hard " But...Alexandra. It's easy for you to get rid of me. Just don't run like you did last time. I'll make it quick for you because we are old friends. ".

" Fuck you...you...you monster ! " Alexandra was already getting nervous.

" [color=green] Monster ? No...no. I am just following natures plan. The strong shall inherit the Earth. I am just doing the master plan. Kill those that don't deserve their powers. When the world was cleansed by nuclear fire , humanity was given these powers to save itself but as it is with nature...is has it's imperfections. [/color ] "

" So besides you are a killer , you are also crazy. Hunter you are not I don't know what Godsend here. You are just one of us. You are human like the rest of us ! " said Alexis , screaming the last words.

Hunter opened his mouth a little and a small but very loud sound blast came right at Alexandra. A blast that Alexandra didn't have time to dodge. She was thrown in the nearest wall with some of her cloths being ripped up by the sound. Hunter smiled.

" Now , now. It's not nice to talk like that with me. I will be the new God of humanity. I will conquer the whole world. You won't be there to see it tho'. I think I told you already. With your power , I will be invincible. The true power of a God. To be anywhere I want , when I want and after I get my other power. I will be complete. "

That was a small one. Alexandra knew. If he wanted her dead , she would've been.

" Again. You are insane Hunter. You are not a God !
But I didn't come here to talk about your delusions of grandeur. says Alexandra panting.

" Yes , yes. I know. You came here to convince me to save that tribe of your , eh ? Didn't I showed you once already that no matter what you do , you won't be able to defeat me ? "

" Hunter ! I beg of you. Don't kill them. They don't have anything that you may want. They are too...insignificant for you. "

" They don't have anything I want ? But dear...they are simply in my way and some of your friends have powers that they don't deserve. Like that Kyle of yours. Mhm...such a nice power , too bad he doesn't know how to fully use it. "

" Don't you dare talk about Kyle ! He has nothing to do with this ! You are not gonna hurt them ! "

Hunter's smile turned sour and with a grim voice said " And who is gonna stop me ? You , child ? Or that shape shifting boy of yours ? Or maybe that fox dude ? Alexandra whatever you or your pathetic tribe will do. I will destroy all of you ! You cannot put yourselves in front of a GOD ! " with that said Hunter started to throw fireballs and in the same time scream.

Whenever Alexandra teleported away from a fireball a sonic blast would hit her. It was time to do something reckless. She knew she'd be killed here if she didn't do something. So...when a new fireball came at her , she didn't dodge it but instead put her hand in front of her and when the fireball approached it , she teleported all of it to Hunter. She didn't knew if it would work but it was her last shot but it worked. The fireball was teleported from underneath Hunter and it hit him in the legs / torso part of the body but it also slighty burned Alexandra's hand. Not bad but a few more seconds and her hand would've been roast.
Hunter a throw two meters in air but as he hit the ground , any damage that fireball caused couldn't be seen. It regenerated back. The fireball didn't kill him but at least gave Alexandra a chance to teleport and to try to stick a knife in Hunter's eye.
Hunter moved his hand with an agility out of common and stopped the knife before it hit him.

" Good job Alexandra. You have learned but it isn't enough to defeat ME ! " and then he threw her in a wall to the right.

Alexandra was already battered and hurt. She couldn't keep at it much. She had to teleport back to the tribe but as she tried to teleport , Hunter grabbed her by the throat.

" I am not going to kill you weakling. You couldn't even scratched me. But for old times sake and because time doesn't matter at all for me. I'll make you a deal. I will be giving you a month to prepare. Get your shit together , say your last prayers and what not. Get all your friends to come with you and meet me at the Boneyard. Just outside the city. Just head south and you'll find it and now... "
Hunter makes a sound with his voice that makes Alexandra unconscious. Alexandra then put down by Hunter and left in the lobby.

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Kyle Hishamie

Kyle awkwardly shook hands with the metal man and had a lengthy conversation. Kyle laughed, he acted dramatically, and generally tried to be likeable. The conversation ended with the metal man joining The Obsidian Tribe. Kyle gave one of the guards the duty of showing the metal man to his room, which Kyle decided would be towards the front of the complex to the left. Once Kyle finished his greeting, Kyle looked around. Everyone had wandered off, leaving Kyle to ponder what to do next. Kyle could go find Ranna....but decided against it. He could find Alexis....but decided against it. Ryun was nowhere to be found. Mark was probably fuming at him. Kyle walked back into his rrom, and saw an unfamiliar paper on his desk. Even though his desk was a mess Kyle could spot the difference a mile away.

Kyle read the letter from Alexis and swore loudly. Kyle walked outside in a calm manner, but inside he was on fire. He swore to the maker that when they bring Alexis back, she was of shit duty for a freakin month. Kyle asked the guards around if they had seen Alexis, but they only information they could give him was that they had last seen her talking to the princess. Kyle cocked his head sideways when they said princess, but Kyle understood a few moments later and laughed. He had not meant Ranna was litterally a princess, but it works. Kyle asked where Ranna was and the guard told him. It took a bit of time to find her, but when he did he pulled Ranna aside from everyone else.

"Ranna,"Kyle asked trying to be calm"Where is Alexis?"

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Ranna looked up at Kyle. "You really need to do something with your girlfriend. She wanted me to go with her to confront this hunter of hers. I told her no. The people need me most right now. They need to get this planted or there won't be anything to eat very soon."

Kyle silently swore, almost missing the girlfriend comment.

"Alexis isn't my girlfriend. We have never done anything even close to resembling what boy friends and girlfriends do. She is not that kind of person."

Kyle almost swore out loud for getting distracted again.

"But did she say exactly where she was going? I told her I did not want her running off, and she is most likely in need of help."

Ranna ignored the stranger reaction to her reference to Alexis as his girlfriend. Inside she chuckled because she knew that was exactly what Alexis wanted to do."She wanted to go to the bunker? She said to tell you to read the note on your desk? She is very aggressive."

"Yes yes i know that. Do you happen to know where the bunker is?"

"I think she said it was under the 'Crazy Donuts shop. Does that make sense to you?"

Kyle took out the note again and skimmed it, realizing that he was told exactly where to go. She had also left him at the end of her note a rather obvious interpretation that she cared for him a great deal.

"Yea no great. This is fantastic. Well.......Nice knowing you princess. Tell the last council member that when I die he is the new leader."

With that Kyle started to walk away from Ranna.

Frustrated at him as per the usual she said "No, I think I could run for it and get the job pretty easily. Why don't you just ask me for help? I told her to ask you if you thought it was a good idea and if you said yes I would go with her. Obviously she knew your answer so why are you chasing her if she isn't your girlfriend?"

Kyle started to get slightly aggravated.

"Because Ranna she is part of our tribe. This tribe is my family ok. I have no romantic feelings for Alexis, but if she went missing like she is now, or if anyone from my tribe for that matter went missing, I would do the same. Alexis may not be my girlfriend, but she is my friend. Shouldn't that be enough?"

Kyle did not mean to but as he spoke he spoke with more confidence and determination than irritation. And what he said what true. Alexis may have feelings for him, surprising as that is, but right now he did not think of her that way. more than likely she was just freaking out over Hunter, and she wanted a way to relieve some undue stress. Kyle composed himself before speaking again.

:"But you're right. I should have just asked for help. Ranna will you help me get our tribe sister back?"

Ranna nodded. "Give me one moment." She returned to the area that they were clearing to plow and gave directions and then returned.

"I am ready to go. Now what is this 'Crazy Donuts?"

"Well it used to be, according to our librarian, a place where people gathered an traded for this dough based food. It isn't too far away we should be there relatively quickly."

Kyle turned around and started to begin their journey but paused and walked back over to Ranna. He got right in to her face and kissed her nose.

"And sorry princess, but to take my job you are gonna have to earn it big time. Cant just "Take it". If you tried I would come back from the dead and kick your ass."

Kyle gave Ranna a wink and broke into a sprint towards their destination.

Ranna smiled in surprise and followed him "You said if you were dead. As I have no current plans to kill you right now I would say your job is safe for the moment. Why is everyone calling me a princess?"

Kyle laughed out loud and continued on foot to their destination. After an undetermined amount of time Kyle and Ranna arrived at their destination, at the Crazy Doughnuts. The store was a faded and torn white, with a giant doughnut with pink icing on it on the front of the roof. Kyle stopped for a moment and caught his breath. Kyle and Ranna looked around the area, and discovered there was an actual bunker underneath the donut shop. There were a lot of broken down cars and debris in the area. Normally this type of area was surrounded by beasts but for some reason it was eerily quiet.

Kyle and Ranna parkoured over the vehicles and through broken windows, and crept quietly past the front gates of the bunker. Kyle looked around. There was a bunch of dead mutated beasts, and the supposed defenses were all destroyed. Kyle spotted Alexis laying unconscious on the ground in the middle of bunker lobby.

Ranna immediately surrounded them with a dome of safety while looking at Alexis. She kept her eyes open and alert. "Is she alright?" Ranna asked Kyle. "Grab her and let's go. I don't feel safe here." Ranna kept them protected all the way back to the tribe. "Where is the medical room? Shouldn't we take her to the doctor?" Ranna watched as Kyle carried Alexis to Elenor's and put her on a bed.

Ranna pulled him back outside. "While the doctor is helping her we need to help with the crops. Come on." She led him back to where the people were working.

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Alexandra woke up an hour later in the tribe's infirmary. Her hand was bandaged and she had bruises in places that bruises didn't normally appear but she was alive. More so , she was happy with the outcome. She brought the tribe another month of survival. Enough time to prepare , not to kill Hunter but to...make him stand down. Not even he could survive so many powers combined when it came to it , did he ? He may be strong but not invincible or so Alexandra thought.
She rose up from the bed. Her head was still groggy but not worse than a 1 km jump.

Now it was time to face the music , as they say. She knew Kyle will talk her ear off because of she put herself and maybe the tribe in danger.
She decided that it's better to get it over with than to wait the inevitable. She asked Elenor , who kept telling her to sit down and not move , where Kyle is. After a few minutes Elenor finally relented and told her where Kyle is.

Alexandra tried to teleport to him but...it didn't work. Her powers didn't work. Did Hunter took them ? How would it be possible if she is alive. It probably was just because of the state of her injuries that she couldn't teleport. So , she did something she hadn't done in a while. She walked thought the apartment complex.
Most of the tribe were looking at her. Maybe they found out what she did or maybe just the bandages made her a "target" in their eyes.
She finally found Kyle.

" First of all. Don't yell at me. I know you are mad and I know for sure , that I should be banished from the tribe for how I ran like that and if you want to do it. I understand. But know this. I met with Hunter which is obvious from my injuries. I tried to kill him but it didn't work. He has new powers now. I only knew he had three of them. Now ? He has more. He is getting stronger and stronger. Soon he will be unstoppable. He ranted on and on and on about how we don't deserve our powers and how he is a God and the strong will survive and the meek shall be killed.

I have some good news too. I brought us another month. He said that we have to meet him , to fight with him at a place "Boneyard" never heard of it myself. He said it is in the south , just outside the city. I have never been that far south. Maybe you know the place or the others from the tribe. He also said that if we don't...he will level this building and with that power of his...he can.
I think I should tell you about his power now to inform the tribe who will come after it. First of all , he doesn't age. He is over 100 years old. He told me himself. He can make generate fire and manipulate it , as you well know. He can regenerate almost any damage. I teleported a fireball into him , that's how I burned my hand and he barely felt it. His skin regenerated in front of my eyes. I never saw someone that had that power. He can scream. Like...really scream. Sonic blasts and he can as I told you before he can make vibrations with the right frequency he can and probably will blow our brains. I saw him do it to a...friend. Once when I was 17.

That's the reason I was , how I was all this time.
With him on my tail all this time...it was hard to attach myself to anyone. Every person I met that I could call a friend...died at his hands. I didn't want to have that on my soul. I cannot be responsible for the deaths of so many people...all over again. That is why I tried to kill him alone. I didn't want to see any of you dead.
I'm....sorry. " her voice started to shake at the last words.

She didn't tell him that she can't teleport for now...

@dabombjk@wick@blackpanther@IrishAngelQueen@delta44@Spades Slick

Kyle Hishamie

Kyle was relived when Alexis had walked up to him. Then he became angry because since she was fine, there was no more reason to be worried. Kyle stopped what he was doing and turned to face Alexis. His eyes were cold and his face was expressionless.

"Council Women Alexandra, for disobeying the tribe leader, leaving without permission, facing a deadly enemy knowing it would cost you your life, and nearly dying making us waste precious medical resources, and for consistently and annoyingly talking about leaving the tribe, I hereby suspend you from all major council votes for one week, Your new job for the week is the librarians assistant, no leaving the tribe grounds while on this punishment, and for the rest of the day you are restricted to bed rest. Break any of these rules and I will have a guard watch put on you and your sentence will be longer. Now get out of my sight."

Kyle said this last part a little harsher than he meant it to be.

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Alexandra smiled at what he said and she was relieved. She though it would be worse. Much worse.

" Thanks Kyle. It really means a lot. Don't worry about me leaving the tribe grounds. I have a splitting headache right now...As for medical supplies...if you have a map , I'll point out some of my personal stashes. I left some in case I...we needed them. Librarian's assistant ? Could be interesting. What's the librarian's name again ?
And. It was foolish for me to leave. I know. It won't happen again and...don't worry about me leaving. I'll stay. I saw something in this tribe that I didn't saw ever. Unity. So much unity. Everyone cares about each other. Even for those that are not of the tribe. " said Alexandra.

" Oh' and don't tell other about that message I left you. They might think I actually have feelings " joked Alexandra.

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It was the first full day in the tribe and she had already done a lot. She decided to take a break from her back breaking efforts also known as moving large rocks off of the land they needed to use. Right now she was kind of wishing that she had telekinesis instead. She stretched her back as she walked and she and many of the people today had cleared almost everything so tomorrow they should be able to turn the soil and start the planting. She had decided to take a walk around the area and see what else was out here. She knew if she lay down like she was this moment she would certainly be to stiff to move at all.

She had walked a ways and she stopped for a moment and stretched fully at the waist kind of pulling her back muscles in a rolling motion. She sighed deeply and sat down on the nearest thing she could find. She didn't notice that there was someone very close to her til she turned and saw him and she jumped. "You scared me. I'm sorry I didn't know you were there. I'm Ranna." She stood there looking at the man who was part fox and she realized his ears were under the hat. He couldn't hear her. She smiled and pointed to her ears. He looked a little familiar. Maybe she saw him that first day but she couldn't remember how exactly. She slowly reached over and pulled the hat off of his head. "Hey, I'm Ranna. Did I meet you before?"

@Wick
Tokala had his eyes closed and felt the sun on his bare chest. He was relaxing and trying to shake off his feelings. Why has he felt jealous...did he actually like Kyle in a different way? Or was he just jealous of the attention that Ranna was getting. Maybe both. He inhaled and felt himself grumble a bit when e smelled her scent. Then the hat was removed and his ears popped up. The instantly went back as his tail bristled he turned and faced her. He felt emotions bubbling up and then stopped. His eyes shut as he inhaled and exhaled. His hazel eyes slowly opened once more.

If one were to look closely at his eyes, the green in the brown make up a radiation symbol. This isn't noticed often as most people do not get close enough to see anything other then just hazel. He cleared his throat. "I'm the one that smacked face first into your force field when you fought those doom labs." no handshake, but a pause. "I am Tokala. Guard..usually night guard....sometimes scavenger" he then plucked the hat from her and held it. He was tempted to put it back on. Highly tempted. Then tension in his muscles on his upper body helped make that much obvious.

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Ranna didn't know what to say. She hadn't seen him really she just glanced over at who she was standing next to she had thought it was Kyle but she really didn't look she just got close enough to help and watched the doom labs.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that. I was just trying to help." Ranna felt the distinct cold shoulder she was getting. This guy had never actually spoken to her til now and he was putting off a lot of anger at her. "I'll go. Sorry to have bothered you." She turned too fast and a sharp pain went up her back and it brought tears to her eyes and she began to move very slowly back towards the tribe's home.

It took Ranna quite some time to get back to the apartments. When she finally made it she looked around. She needed to get into the hot water like she did the night before. Where was Kyle. He hadn't given her a permanent place of her own yet.

Kyle Hishamie

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Ranna Dashonne

Kyle was still pretty upset, so Kyle basically ignored Alexis. It didnt help his mood when he noticed Alexis was smiling. Kyle realized he sucked at giving out punishments. He sighed and waited for Alexis to leave. When she did, Kyle went back to work. He knew that while they had nearly avoided a disaster, they werent out of the woods yet. Crops would take time to grow, and they would need to take better care of them than before. He was surprised that it took this long for the crop fields to go bad, but he assumed it had something to with the radiation or some other phenomenom that made the fields last longer.



Kyle suddenly snapped back into focus, realizing he had been day dreaming. Some of the farmers had been laughing at him, and other tribespeople were chuckling at him as well. They knew their leader tried hard, but he was still young. Kyle blushed slightly but then began dramatically acting like he had not been slacking, and getting back to work. Kyle looked around and realized that Ranna had left, Toakala had left, Alexis had left, armor man suit guy was nowhere to be seen, and hopefully the librarian was not near here. Kyle was not scared of much but he knew that even if he was the leader, the librarian would not hesitate to smack him around.

Kyle stretched and decided to call it a night. Kyle shouted at the top of his lungs that it was the end of the work day. He usually did not do this but what the hell, he did not wanna work so he decided no one should have to either. Whoops and cheers were heard, and Kyle beamed proudly. He was so cool, Kyle thought to himself. Kyle walked back to his building, the main office building. Kyle was about to walk inside and go to his room, when realized he had almost forgotten a few things. Kyle walked around Obsidians perimeter, checked in with all the guards on duty tonight, and walked over to the food hall. The food hall, basically the dining hall, was actually a long time ago the Apartement Gym room. But all the old machines had been moved, and since the walls were also giant mirrors, it was decided that to prevent people from sneaking food, that the room with big mirrors so everyone can see what everyone was doing would be the cafeteria. Now the room was filled with tables, chairs, and cooking ware. Most of the food is prepared right behind the building, so that they could have fire to cook.

Kyle walked in and tried to grab some light food but was nearly attacked by the cooks. When he was younger he would sneak small things, like apples, out of the dining hall and it infuriated the tribe. His father always laughed it off, and sent him to work with the librarian as punishment. But now the cooks are wary of Kyle, and do not let his leadership position get him whatever he wanted. Kyle was allowed to take two apples, and was forced out. The cooks knew that Kyle knew that meal times were 0900, 1300, and 1730. Kyle laughed and ran out with his small prizes. Kyle was about to take a bite of his apple when he realized that Ranna probably did not know the schedule yet. Then Kyle thought "OH SHIT" because he forgot to get her moved into an actual room. Kyle rushed over to her temporary room, one apple in his mouth and the other in his right hand, and knocked on her door.

Ranna had walked down to the bench she had sat on earlier. She hoped that the other tribe members were friendlier than Tokala had been. She couldn't for the life of her figure out what she had done to get that kind of an icy reception but he seemed to intently dislike her.

Ranna's back was not letting up so she did the only thing she could think to do. She went to Kyle's office and found a couch to lay on. It wasn't much better laying down so she got up and went into the bathroom and turned the hot water on in the shower. Closing the door she stripped and got in to stand with the hot water pelting her back as hot as she could stand it.

Kyle waited for a few minutes, probably longer than he should have, then figured she might have actually learned when dinner chow was so Kyle walked back to his room. On the way there Kyle ran in to Tokala, and they exchanged friendly words. He also saw Alexis on the way and gave her a warning that she needed to rest and that she was still in trouble. They exchanged words, and went on their way. Kyle walked back to the main office building, and gave a two finger salute to the two guards posted.

"Hey guys, thanks for a good job today. Im not going to be leaving my room for the rest of the night, so make sure no one disturbs me. Unless someone dies, or has a baby, or catches on fire. Or get caught having sex with an animal. Then tell me."

Kyle shook his head remembering the incident from a few months ago. That guy was a fucking idiot. He died, his genitals being bitten off and he bled out, and it served as a constant reminder. You slay animals, not "Slay" animals. Kyle was about to walk into his room when he heard the shower being run. Who the fuck was in his shower? Kyle quietly crept inside his room, walked over, and pulled aside the shower curtains.

Ranna screamed and punched him knocking him down on the floor. She grabbed the towel and covered herself.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You don't give me a place to go so when I use your shower you just think it's ok to burst in? GET OUT!"

Kyle held his nose in one hand, and covered his eyes with the other. Both apples were on the ground, and Kyle tried to get out of his room. Kyle bumped into his nightstand, his bed, his desk, and his wall before he got out of his room. Kyle leaned against the wall that was next to the door of his room, and sat down.

"Sorry Ranna! My bad!"

Ranna got out of the bathtub and closed the door and fixed the shower curtain. Not quite ready to get out of the hot water but not sure she hadn't broken his nose she turned the water off. A few minutes later she was dressed and she came out of the bathroom and sat on the floor next to him and sighed.

"Did I break it?" She said looking at his face. She smiled softly trying not to giggle. "Nope, it's still there and not falling over sideways so I guess you are good." She blushed. "So how much did you see?" She stared at his face embarrassed by what she saw there.

Kyle slightly blushed but did not show how nervous he was. He kept his calm and compsure.

"Nah I did not see a thing. Truly, your naked flesh was masked by a mysterious mist. Clouds made from the fresh water hitting your flawless skin."

Kyle said this while poking his nose. He felt it like it had its own heartbeat, but it wasnt bleeding, just sore.

"May the creator have mercy on my soul for nearly peeking at a form more lovely and forbidden than the apple that hung from the first tree."

Ranna grinned and took his hand in hers and leaned sideways against him. "So you think I'm lovely and forbidden with flawless skin huh?" She teased him. "I can live with that." She moved and her back was still sore. "I pushed my back too much today. It's killing me, that is why I was in your shower to begin with. I pulled some muscles and the heat was good for it. I can't get up though. Help me up?"

Kyle chuckled and looked her in the eyes. They were an adorable light blue, and Kyle nearly lost his words. Kyle quickly stood up and pulled Ranna up with him. As she stood, their faces became only inches apart from each other. Kyle took a step back and cleared his throat.

"Yea no it's fine. I get it go ahead and go soak in the shower. It will help. I will have your room set up by tommorow. Honestly I did not expect ypu to want to stay so soon. But for now, if you want, I have some stuff that might help your back. Traded it with another group of people that passed by here but did not want to stay. We gave them some food, and they gave us some really cool stuff. I was able to trade one of my personal belongings for it. Its something called a 'ointment' and it is suppose to soothe aches and pains."

Ranna looked at him and asked, "So how am I going to get this stuff rubbed on my back? Are you going to help me with it?" She loved watching him squirm as he thought of an answer.

Kyle sighed dramaticaly and put his hand to is head, and looked off to the side.

"If I must fair maiden. I am willing to help out in whatever way I can."

Ranna grinned and said with a knowing smirk, "Oh I'm sure." She cringed and said I'll be right back." She went back into the bathroom and a moment later she came out with a towel covering her top half so nothing was exposed but everything was accessible for the medication. She looked around and went towards the bed and lay on it on her stomach making sure her breasts were covered completely. "Okay I'm ready." She pulled her blond locks to the side so they wouldn't get in the way.

Kyle walked into his room and over to his nightstand. He pulled the drawer out and grabbed a small bottle with no label on it. It had what looked like a clear liquid in it. Kyle knelt next to Ranna and put some of the ointment on his hands. He rubbed his hands together and started to massage Rannas bare back. Kyle tried to keep his eyes on the wall in front of him, but his eyes kept wandering over to Rannas bare skin. Kyle started at Rannas lower back, gently rubbing her lower back at first, then applying a slight bit of pressure. Kyle then started to move up on Rannas back, massaging small parts of Rannas back at a time.

Ranna was so tense in her back that she was really noticing that Kyle was pretty good at massages. She tried not to groan when he hit a tender spot but she couldn't always stop herself. It started to relax her a lot. "You are pretty good at this massaging thing." She said. Ranna noticed his hand getting a little closer than he should the further up he went and she wondered if he would catch himself before she had to say something. She was glad he couldn't see her face she was trying not to giggle as it was beginning to tickle, alot.

Kyle kept massaging further and further up, and started to slide to her sides. not all the way, he did not touch anything but he was tempted. Kyle retracted his hands slightly, but noticed she was slightly shaking. Not out of fear, not out of anger. He was almost at a lost when he had a thought. Maybe she was....ticklish? Kyle began slightly tickling her sides, very gently.

Ranna couldn't hide it and he hit one of her worst ticklish spots and she moved and his other hand hit one too. Ranna couldn't help it the more she laughed and jerked away from his hands the more ticklish she became and she laughed harder. "Kyle!" she shrieked laughing.

Kyle slowly stopped tickling Ranna, but smiled heartily the entire time. As Kyle began slowing down his tickling terror, he started to slowly wrap his arms underneath Ranna's body. Kyle made every notable effort to avoid touching her cleavage, and with a flick of his arms, Ranna was soflty flipped around with her towel still on her chest. Kyle then began tickling Ranna even more.

"Listen,"Kyle said jokingly,"Ancient tribe secret massage art. very very serious."

Ranna was smiling softly, her eyes bright and happy. When he tickled her more the laughter got louder and she started to tickle him back. She was enjoying their fun and eventually she couldn't catch her breath from laughing so hard.

Kyle laughed, laughed more than he had in a while. In front of the others he would laugh, but it was all theatrics. Ryun was the only other person he felt like he could truly laugh around, and Tokala was a close second. Alexis was not someone who laughed often or at all until recently, and Mark.....was just an unhappy fella. Kyle stopped tickling Ranna, letting them both catch their breaths, until Kyle looked Ranna in the eyes and decided that he shoudl go for it. Kyle leaned in and kissed Ranna.

Ranna kissed Kyle back a little unsure at first but it quickly escalated to passion as she realized he wasn't pulling back. Ranna got caught up in the moment and her towel disappeared but she didn't even really notice. Ranna's mind took control again as soon as he touched the top of her pants. She sat up breathing hard and put a hand on his chest. "Wait...we can't.....I don't think we can...we can, but we shouldn't yet. I've never... " she grabbed her top and put it on a little shyly.

Kyle stopped to catch his breath after Ranna pulled away. Kyle ran his hands through his hair, pushing it backwards, and he closed his eyes.Kyle got off the bed and walked towards the wall on the other side of his room. He put his hand on the wall and leaned on it.

"No your right. I am the leader of the Obsidian Tribe. I can not allow myself to.....be left vulnerable like this in times like these. Too much at stake, too much at risk."

Kyle sighed.

"Look I wont say Im sorry, because i am not. You obviously felt something too. And i am not ashamed of it. Doing something like this now, it has different repurcussions since im the leader, as opposed to when I was'nt the leader. "

Kyle walked over to his desk and pulled out a slip of paper wth some writing on it. He walked over to Ranna and set it on the bed. Then Kyle sat down, not on the bed but against it, right next to the spot that Ranna was sitting up on.

"I was...uh..that is the apartment building number and room number that was going to be your permanent room. I forgot..sorry. I mean you can sleep wherever you want I guess but you have a room now."

"Being leader has nothing to do with it! Leaders have families. You are allowed to have a life as a leader. I was raised to be a wife of a leader and I've been raised a certain way and I've never broken that even though I am not a part of my old life anymore. I wanted to and I'm not sorry either but you are making me feel....rejected." Ranna took the paper and walked outside trying to hold herself together and read it in the dark.

Kyle stayed sitting, not sure what to say or do. She may not have realized it, but the leader of any kind of tribe or clan, someone who is responcible for the safety of all his or her own people, they have to be responsible. He didnt reject Ranna, but he was disappointed in himself that he let it go that far. He could not be a leader who passed on his seed carelessly. When he was just another tribesmen, he did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. And yes he did go as far as lay with many different women, from his tribe and others, but he was fortunate enough never to pass on his seed. This was different though. He was their leader now, and he had been careful enough not to even come close to facing the danger of passing his seed in years. He chose to do this because his son or daughter would be in more danger than anyone knew. And how would it look if the young leader, only a few years into his position, had knocked someone up. The librarian used to lecture him, how in the past people used these things called protection to shield themselves and prevent the passing of seed, but since they were no longer around it was much more likely to happen.

Kyle raised himself up and threw himself into his paper work on his desk. He still had shift rosters to look over, development plans, promotions, punishments, etc etc to look over. That was when he realized that Ranna would not be able to get into her building. He had forgotten to give her the key.

Ranna couldn't see what the paper said in the dark and Kyle forgot to give her the key. Ranna sighed heavily. She didn't want them to leave it this way. If they did they might ruin something that could still blossom into something beautiful. She walked back inside the door and closed it behind her.

She walked over to him as he was sitting at his desk and sat on his lap and looked into his eyes. "I'm not saying no, I'm saying not yet. I'm not ready yet." She kissed him again more passionately then before and she murmured. "but god I want to be."

Kyle kissed Ranna back and tried to be as serious as possible.

"I agree. I did not mean to come off as rejecting. I just have to be careful. So...I guess you could say that both are not ready."

Ranna looked at him and put one hand on his cheek. "I was raised to be the wife of someone in your exact position. I am your equal and I don't want to throw that away to just be some ordinary girl. So promise me that we won't let our chances at happiness together end with tonight. Ok?"

Kyle nearly broke out into laughter when Ranna finished speaking. The stress of Ranna leaving the way she did, and the stress of the paper work on his desk suddenly ebbed away. Kyle grinned ear to ear and hugged Ranna tightly.

"What? the The princess does nto want to be one with the commoners? How scandolous? Fear not my princess,"Kyle said giggling with every breath that was not used for speaking,"I will not let tonight be our only night. I shall take you as my princess one day and announce you as my queen, the Obsidian Queen!"

Ranna was trying not to laugh but she was not succeeding very well. "Quit laughing at me. You know what I mean." She laughed as she hugged him and said "That almost sounded like a proposal you know. You should be careful how you say things. If I were another girl I might be leaping for joy over it at the moment." She smirked and kissed him on the nose. Ranna looked at him and couldn't help but blush a little.

Kyle twitched his nose a little after Ranna kissed his nose, then sighed slightly. He tightened his grip around Ranna.

"But serious time, there is something I need from you and you wont like it."

"What do you need from me?" She asked curiously.

"I need you to keep "us" a secret for now. I....I rejected Alexis, and there are plenty of other women in the tribe who have their eye on me. Plus the elders of the tribe have been rumored to gossip amongst themselves, trying to decide for me who I shall end up with. Look I am not asking this because I am ashamed, but you are new here. Besides the fact that our tribal politics are slightly different than your tribes were, most likely, right now your still a stranger to the tribe. It would look really bad on you if you arrive one day, then walk out arm in arm with the leader."

Kyles face fell crestfallen slightly, but his eyes remained locked on to Ranna's eyes.

Ranna's voice was quiet..."I already knew you rejected Alexis. It was fairly obvious. I'm not concerned with what other women want when it comes to their relationships.You are right. We are strangers really....but in our culture sometimes we marry strangers because it is arranged. I almost did. I don't know how being seen with my equal would be a bad thing in any culture."

Ranna looked at him and nodded. "I won't say anything." She stood up and walked to the door and turned around. "I need my key please."

Kyle grabbed her room key, and another small key along with it. Kyle stood up and walked over to Ranna, kissing her gently. Kyle placed both keys in her hand.

"Big key is your room, small key is a spare to mine. Come by whenever you want."

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