Thread Name: Through The Barge Location: Nivenhain, Lorien Notes/Warnings: 20 XP for each participant, not 8. Orion's Word Count: 6,146, Arkash's Word Count: 6,958 Collaboration: Yes, with Arkash Magic Experience: No Injuries/Ailments: No Requested Lore: Arkash Acrobatics: Swing from a metal bar. A...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png Arkash continued to explain the Rathari in such a factual way, that Orion began to wonder if he was actually pulling his leg. He didn't laugh or carry any particular tone within his speech that spoke of humor; and the oddities of his story almost started to match up....

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png The Ranger eyed the other man skeptically as he spoke of his... birthing. His mother laid an egg the size of a grapefruit -- a wolf, mind you -- and he hatched from it. That was how baby lizards were born, but... he couldn't imagine Lorien being a decent hatching gro...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png He'd never heard of Rien people being called 'grim' before -- maybe the word didn't suit them, to him. He'd heard haughty, cold, repressed, loveless... perhaps all of those things together did make a man grim, though, if his mind was saturated long enough in its stat...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png The sight of watching Arkash descend was as humbling as it was impressive. Orion worried for him at several moments, for the fate of the kindly-but-damaged 'Mister Lizard' as he tried desperately to keep himself suspended with only one arm. It became clear to the Ran...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png Rathari . Orion realized he still had much to learn about the world -- almost every person he'd ever known had been a human, but he'd met a few others that deviated before. A few Elves passing through Betham, and then Clearwater -- escaping Sil-Elaine, some said. Whe...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png To say that Arkash's visage surprised him was... an understatement. As the man revealed himself, Orion's head pulled back and his eyes widened. Confusion covered the breadth of his complexion; his lips were tightly locked together, his brows risen. Had he not already...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png Pss, ey! a man called out to him. Orion's eyes immediately shot back to the man and he narrowed his gaze, quickly, standing straight on his feet as he turned - as if ready to get jumped. The sound he made was harsh and his voice sounded almost... well, he couldn't ev...

https://i.imgur.com/sks8K35.png 42nd of Ash, Year 120 "I done saw one-them 'Knight' folks down by the creek, Mr. White. Had a big sa-word in his hand, an' lossa' Hollower folks. Why d'ya think they been comin' around so much? They aren' usually gettin' so... so close," said Roy. The young Ranger's ...