Afina

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

"I can't pretend to know what that feels like," Sana admitted. She never truly had a home or a place like one. Growing up she traveled and at nights they slept in wagons and even the wagons were like a house on wheels she had left that life a long time ago. There were moments where she longed for the sound of a violin and times she missed certain members of her family she had not seen in so many years but she wouldn't call that homesick by any stretch of the imagination.

"What is your homeland like?" she asked, slightly intrigued to what it was like since it was somewhere she had not ventured to before in her life.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

Sana nodded in understanding, not so much understanding is past or what brought him there but perhaps a little bit of clarity to who he was; which seemed to her to be a rather complicated person but then again, weren't most if you took long enough to get to know them.

"That is does," she remarked in reference to life having a mapped out path for us. "No matter what we wish of it, it seems." Rising a brow to his words that followed she looked over towards him. "Being focused on the current task can be a wise thing but have it be your only concern? Does that not leave you feeling empty at the end of a task before another is presented to you? A gap in ones very existence? Nothing to bridge one task to the next? What do you do then?" she asked slightly perplexed.

Sana had lived her life since she left her troop wandering from place to place, with not much guidance or purpose other than to live and enjoy life but for her that had been enough. The people she had met, the adventures she had had, they all contributed to who she had become; as much as those that raised her, perhaps even more. Even though her main concern had been at the time to finish a task, each one was woven together with another by looking forward to the travels in between and seeing something new. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to only have one concern at a time, perhaps it was liberating not to have focus on more than one thing at a time.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

"Well isn't that mysterious," Sana said with a gentle voice and then shrugged lightly. "As far as where I come from, I don't know," she answered as she thought back to her childhood. "I come from a roaming troop of gypsy known as The Rawn," she admitted.

"We traveled from town to town and city to city for as far back as I can remember. Sometimes we would be where the snow fell deep and the winds cut through to your bone. Other times we would be where the sands ripped through your skin as it burned due to the heat. We never stayed in one place too long. My kind have never been looked at favorably by what is known as civilized society," she said as she remembered many times when her family was driven out of a city just for their mere presence.

It did not make for the most stable of conditions to grow up in but it was one that she found exciting as a child. That was until she educated herself enough to know what her place in the troop was to be and then it seemed that no matter how far they traveled or what sights they saw she was imprisoned to a life that would never be truly free.

"I left that life long ago, but it is odd how no matter how far one travels they always seem to come back to where life decided long ago they should be," she added in a slightly somber tone.

"So, man from a land far far away, what brings you so far from it?" she inquired as they pressed on.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

Sana watched him remove his helmet, for the first time taking in his appearance. He looked nothing like anyone she had dealt with in the past but that did not matter to her. One in the group she looked at as a friend and he perhaps was the oddest looking out of all of them. Thinking back to the group, she altered her opinion some what. Perhaps not the oddest but surely one of the more different looking characters in their band of adventurers. She nodded slightly to his thanks as he took the food and ate it quickly.

"Of course," she said as she sat there before taking the water skin from him and rising it up slightly in thanks. "And thank you," she said in a grateful voice before she took a drink, letting the cool liquid wash over her palate before lowering it once again and handing it back over to him. She pressed her heels into Epona and continued on her way; one hand on the gathered reins and the other holding her own food, taking small bites here and there as they traveled.

"So, where do you come from? If I am not prying by asking," she inquired. He seemed to be an interesting person on some level and since they would be traveling together through out this adventure she wanted to learn a little more about the one that rode next to her.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

"Bless you," Sana said in a kind voice as he sneezed, glancing towards him for a moment before looking away again. They had been traveling a good part of the day already, passing the time with conversation and moments of silence. It had not been a bad experience and thankfully other than the incoming storm it seemed that things were rather quiet. Taking a breath, Sana noticed the smell of burning and turned her head; seeing a a white tower of smoke well off in the distance and slightly behind them. It was left over from the fire she had started the day before, looking like it had burned out finally. They were now down wind of the remnants of the fire so the scent of ash swirled with the on coming rain.

"Guess we are about half way to our goal for the day," she commented as she pulled back in the reins and brought Epona to a halt in the middle of the road. Reaching back she dug through her pack that she had attached to the rear of her saddle for a few moments before righting herself once again. Pulling out a few items she extended some dried meats to Derrix. "Might not be a bad idea to eat a little something as we continue," she said in a kind voice.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

Sana laughed slightly at his words, not towards him but at the situation in general. 'Yes, I know," she said in a light hearted voice, the truly first one she had spoken with in sometime. "The scars don't bother me, the pain will take sometime to adjust to. That or perhaps I will get lucky enough and it will snow," she said looking up at the clouds that had been rolling in since morning. They grew darker and darker as each moment passed, the sun now being completely blocked out by them and a shadow fell over the lands.

"Granted, my luck hasn't exactly been in my favor as of late," she said looking back towards the path that lay before them. Rain was coming, she just hoped it wouldn't last long. Finding a camp site was one thing, finding a place to stay dry in over night was another. Sana had a tent and she figured some others did but she doubted each person had one and then there were the horses to think about as well.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

"So the obvious," Sana chuckled slightly to his answer, shaking her head a bit with the response. "As for me, multiple reasons. The most obvious is the chill in the air. I suppose the second clearest option is to keep expressions hidden when I chose, so my own type of protection," she said before she rose a thin brow, it arching as she glanced towards him out of the corner of her eye.

"I wonder if I need the protection right now," she mused out loud before continuing on. "Final is this," she said as she reached up to the collar of her shirt and pulled it to the side a bit to reveal the fresh burns that dotted from one side of her chin, down her neck and disappeared under her shirt over her shoulder and down her back. They looked to have been healed somewhat but as if what ever magic used to heal them had been faulty or even just unfinished. The sister had tried her best the night before but Sana had so much damage, the burns were the last to be tended to and as a result, there was just nothing left the nun could do other than seal them and stop infection. Sana could handle the scars, she had never been one to care about her appearance. Sadly though Sana would have to learn to live with one other element of the burn that had not been tended to, the pain of them remained.

Lowering her hand, she adjusted her collar and straightened the hood of her mantle slightly. "Having to get used to these may take a while," she said in a soft voice as she took a hold of the reigns once again.

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

"Thoughts and feelings are two different monsters," Sana said as she sat there, reaching up and patting Epona a moment to encourage her on. "Even when the thoughts of hardships and negativity are pushed away or even forgotten the pain can remain. Like the phantom feeling of a limb that was lost long ago," she added before taking a breath, letting the cool air enter her senses.

"One cannot seek logic in the chambers of the heart," Sana said lightly as she glanced over towards him. "If we could there would be no need for such discussions."

Taking a moment and deciding to change the subject. "I know why I cover my features but why do you cover yours?" she asked motioning towards his helmet. "Or is the answer the obvious? Just in case of attack."

Cinder Sickness - A DnD style classic RP

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