Milkman

Rites of Passage

I'll write my next post tomorrow. Due to some circumstances in reallife I did not had the time to do it during the weekend :(

Rites of Passage

It's better for everyone. Everytime i type on my cellphone it becomes completely unreadable due to typo's and grammar errors XD

Rites of Passage

The sudden pull of Brisa came as a surprise. Kaya almost lost balance as the apprentice of Autry slammed the door behind her. For that instance the unnatural silence was momentarily disturbed by the loud bang of the door. If anybody else was still in the village, they must have heard the door closing. Kaya followed the slightly odd tomboyish girl towards the other room. Kaya came to the house to find Autry but she found her apprentice instead. None the less the young girl was happy that she wasn’t the only one left in the village. If Brisa is here then there might still be others around too.

For a moment Kaya was lost in thought. It intrigued the girl that from all the villagers only two young girls where left. She wondered what they had in common that made them to be the ones who didn’t disappear. Her first hunch was that they were both female but considering that she didn’t encounter any adult females on her path, just being female wasn’t enough. The only other real thing both girls had in common was their age. Both where still considered children and children were supposed to hide when the town bell rings. From all the people in the village the children were always the ones with the best hiding spots. If how well hidden you was is the decisive factor between disappearing and being left behind than there is a chance that there are more children still in the village.

Kaya’s string of thoughts was cruelly broken by a large barrage of questions coming from Brisa. Judging from the questions she asked Kaya could make up that Brisa had not yet left Autry’s house. She was completely unaware of that everybody had disappeared, or at least the severity of the situation. It was not that Kaya knew much more about what is going on but she had seen what lies beyond the door of Autry’s house. An empty village with no sign of anything. Now it was up to Kaya to deliver the bad news. Or at least answer the questions of Brisa as much as possible.

For a moment Kaya stared to the food in front of her, looking for the right words to say in this situation. She only knew that everybody was gone but had no clue if they where alright or why they disappeared. Only a vague theory involving a letter in an elfish dialect, 3 travelers and a heathen god. Kaya looked at the girl in front of her and spoke softly. “I’m sorry, there is not much I can tell to comfort you. By the looks of it everybody has disappeared from the village. All houses I visited are deserted. It is like everybody vanished into thin air. “ She paused for a second to see how Brisa would react to this news when she noticed sounds coming from the front door. The sound of something crashing into the door filled the eerie silence.

Kaya stood up from her seat and moved towards the door. “Stay here Brisa. I’ll go check and see who’s there”. Kaya could feel her heart racing with a mixture of fear and excitement. She didn’t knew who or what was at the door. It could be a creature from the Moor that had walked through the open gates of the deserted town looking for food. As Kaya opened the door to the hallway she noticed the half-orc standing in the doorway with a dazzled look on his face, like he had run into a wall or something. Kaya recognized the half-orc boy as Argurios, the leather maker’s son. The boy was bit infamous for his rowdy behavior. He often would accidently break something or hurt himself. Kaya just smiled. “Are you going to keep standing in the doorway or are you coming inside?”

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I hate typing on my phone with great passion. I refuse to do it XD

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My next post is up :D

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Kaya awoke into the pitch-black darkness of the underground shelter. She blinked a few times with her eyes when realized that she hadn’t has such a good night of sleep since the last time Aden played her a lullaby. “That damn half-elf” whispered Kaya as she started to remember what happened prior to her falling to sleep. The town bell rang and something was happening. Maybe an attack of orcs or goblins but the truth was she had no clue. The young girl missed all of it. For a moment she waited. Listening for any signs of trouble. But there was nothing. Just an eerie silence that made her feel uncomfortable. A silence like there was nothing above her. No village, no life stock, no birds. Just nothing, like the whole world had vanished into thin air.

Kaya made her way out of the hiding spot and moved towards the door of the shack. Through the holes in it she looked if the coast was clear. She could see the houses but there was no movement in the streets. Everything looked save but there was something off. A sudden unease fell over the girl as she realized that there was a complete lack of movement. No one was in the streets. No person could be spotted through the windows of the houses. The whole village looked deserted. After a deep breath she opened the door and walked towards her home. She wasn’t sure what to expect and hoped that everyone was save.

“Mom? Dad? Aden?” Kaya whispered the names as she entered her house. Everything looked normal. There were no signs of a fight or looting. The fireplace was still burning and the stew her mother was making was still boiling on it. The only thing the scene was lacking where human beings. For a moment she wondered if her parents had gone. Run off to safety without her or something but there was no evidence that pointed towards their departure. All their belongings where still positioned where they should. The young girl wandered around the house looking for her loved ones when she opened the door to the guest room.

The guest room had been occupied by Aden, her mentor. A mysterious half-elf that appeared out of nowhere one day and decided to teach her. Aden did not speak much about his past. He simply says that he just goes where the winds take him, a drifter he called himself. The room was empty, like Aden never had resided there. Aden’s backpack that was always standing in the corner next to the bed was gone. The room looked exactly like it was prior to Aden arrival. The only thing that was off was a book standing on the shelf.

Kaya reached out for it and immediately noticed the beautiful elfish letters. She read the title, poetry of the forest. Considering the book was written in the elfish language it was definitely Aden’s. Why did the man leave it behind? All these questions filled her mind as the girl looked through the pages of elfish poetry. Suddenly her heart stopped for a second. Somewhere in the middle was a small piece of paper. As Kaya folded it open recognized the writing as Elfish but yet it was different. It was either an ancient form or some uncommon dialect cause Kaya had a hard time translating it. None the less she could grasps the basics of the letter. It was a warning. The letter warned Aden for three foreign travelers by the name of Dessa, Yog and Yamuna. Devotees of some heathen god,"

She put the letter back in the book and walked outside. She knew her parents and mentor had disappeared and now it was time to find out if there was anyone left in the village. Every house she entered was the same. It all looked like the people had vanished into nothing. No signs of combat, violence or anything. She wandered around town and stopped in front of the house of the old hag. Kaya knew she came to the village 20 years ago and her past was unknown. Maybe she could shed a light on what the rest of the of the letter says. As Kaya opened the door she raised her voice a bit “Anybody around?

What Are You Listening To?

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us

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The sound of music filled the air as dusk was approaching. Just as every other day the moment Kaya was finished with her farming chores she would be outside practicing with her mentor. Aeden. The sound of her flute melted beautifully with the magnificent sounds that Aeden would produce on his lute. Even though the young girl played every note right it still felt to her as it was a little bit off. Just not as beautiful as the half-elf's music. Aeden looked up to his student and spoke on a solid tone. "Stop. You're doing it wrong. Don't recite the notes from your brain. Music doesn't work like that. Feel them in your hearth. Connect to your inner emotions and express them through the sound of your music. Only then your music will be convincing."

The young girl listened carefully to the lecture her mentor was giving. It was not the first time that she heard this particularly lecture. Kaya was just glad that they weren’t playing a sad song. The last time Aeden forced her to play the same song over and over again until it would made him cry. Read your audiences emotions and synchronize your own to them. Then express it through the music you’re playing and you’d win them over in just one song. That would be the next sentence the half-elf would say. Easier said than done. As Kaya was about to play again the song was interrupted by the sound of the alarm bells ringing.

Kaya looked up from her studies and smiled. It was a long time ago that she heard the town bells. Something interesting was about to happen and she would not want to miss a minute of it. “Let’s go Aeden, something is happening which makes excellent song material.” As the young girl was about to rush off towards the city center Aeden interfered. The strong hand of the minstrel grabbed the girl by her collar and pulled her back. With a firm look on his Aeden looked at his apprentice and raised his voice. “Didn’t they teach children to hide when the alarm bells ring? Don’t go throw away my teachings by rushing into danger. I didn’t spend four years of my life teaching you so that you could go and get yourself killed!”

The sudden outburst of the half-elf caught Kaya by surprise. She knew the man was right and that she had no place on a battlefield but still. Everything was better than the boring village life. “Please let me go master. I want to witness what is happening and sing about it when it’s over. Isn’t that what a minstrel is all about?”
Pleading was definitely worth a try but Aeden was immune to puppy eyes and pleas of his young student. The half elf sighed and grabbed his lute and started to play. Once more his beautiful music filled the air as villagers where running around to find themselves a hiding spot. Kaya wanted to say something about why the man suddenly started to play but then she recognized the song, a lullaby. The next moment she was fast asleep.

As the half-elf carried his apprentice back to her home he wondered what to do. It was the wind that brought him here and considering the circumstances the alarm bell was probably his cue to drift off again. Aeden dropped the girl off in shelter Kaya’s father had dug under an abandoned shack near their house and left. There is an east wind blowing and Aeden preferred not to get caught up in it.

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I've a little question for my first post. Are the gardens inside the gate or outside?

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Pfff, you boys are so violent :P