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Animia

After quickly suiting up Ambroscus and herself, the pair charged out into the rain, straight toward where the boat was docking. Animia had one hand holding the reins of her horse, and the other one lying on the hilt of her heavy sword, which was the best tier of steel weaponry that Nara had to offer. She halted Ambroscus so that they were standing abut twenty feet away from the group of four. They didn’t seem to be hostile, but she didn’t know what they were going to do. Playing it safe was her only option.

“Why are you here?” she shouted over the rain, which was starting to pick up, as well as the wind.

One of the four walked over to her and Ambroscus, and instinctively, Animia gee the cue for the horse to back up. Ambroscus swung his long, sharp horn in warning to the man to not come any closer. It still glowed fiercely

“To take you to Skyworld,” he replied over the howl of the wind and rain. “We are from the Mainland, but we need to talk to you inside, away from the rain.”

Reluctantly, Animia nodded and motioned for the four men to follow her. She kicked Ambroscus in the flanks and he moved into an easy lope up the mountain side.

Being out of the rain was a welcome relief for everyone. Still, Animia didn’t trust any of them, and kept her hand on her sword under the table that they sat at. The fire that she had in the fireplace was going strong, warming all of them up, and Ambroscus stood in his sturdy hut.

“Why me?” she asked.

“We are getting everyone together from Nara to go on a quest out to Skyworld,” one of them said. “While the rest of the island groups are busy ripping themselves to shreds, we think that it will be easier to take the stealthy route and travel fast, claiming it for ourselves. We have spent a long time preparing a ship that will take us all the way over there, but we’re sure that we can make it there in a week.”

Animia sighed. “I’ll go on conditions,” she said. “First, Ambroscus comes with us. I’m not leaving him behind. Second, I want to keep all of my weapons. I’ve heard things about your tribe, I had to escape them once when I first arrived here, and I’m not trusting of you.”