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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 9, 2003 22:04:45 GMT -5
Raven turned and looked at Dante. "Dante huh? I like it..." He walked over to Dante and handed him an ancklet with bells on it. "Every gypsy wears one. Your first pure stolen silver I'm guessing." He smiled then turned back to lucien. "We won't be able to make you two a wagon...we're heading to the Ocean. We are a few days behind due to a birth in the caravan. We will hit a bad storm on the way so we'll be needing held leading the horses through the blizzard. We should reach the ship in about 3 days if we keep moving. It's going to be harsh....but the ship is always rewarding."
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Post by Reno on Dec 9, 2003 22:12:37 GMT -5
Dante was looking at the anklet. he smiled a little and kneeled down and put it on. he blinked noticing, he was still wearing the bracelet and ring Lucien had giving him. he looked at Raven, "how do we um... plan to get ON the ship may i ask?"
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 16:45:57 GMT -5
Raven turned to Dante and smiled. "Ships come to the harbor around the Shiva season...they allow gypsys to board on the bottom for a small fee of silver. It's the warmest part of the ship and there are bathes that can keep any man warm at the late hours." He snickered.
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 17:21:00 GMT -5
Dante rasied an eyebrow, "bathes?" he blinked curiously then nodded, "hmm i uh... see." he straightened and shook his leg slightly and smiled hearing the bells jingle.
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 17:56:15 GMT -5
Raven nodded and smiled. "you two can sleep in this wagon for the night...see you two tomorrow. We leave early." He walked by Lucien and smiled at the boy, then left. Lucien looked around and sighed. He missed his own caravan.
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 18:01:22 GMT -5
Dante glanced around and blinked. he doubt Lucien would say a word now about what he had told him. damn. oh well...
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 18:04:34 GMT -5
The next morning, the caravan started out early. Lucien steered the horses of the waggon that they slept in that night. The wind blew and it slowed the horses down. They were behind the line, dragging a bit. The breeze whipped Lucien's cloth that sat on his body back and forth. He shivered as it went down over his chest and back. They would hit the storm in the afternoon....
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 18:09:00 GMT -5
Dante was helping Lucien pulling the horse, "it's freezeing," he muttered shivering a bit. that storm was going to come early this year...
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 18:12:46 GMT -5
"Yea...we're going to hit the storm..." He frowned. It wasn't a very safe thing. Many gypsys got sick and died just after the first storm if they didn't get to the ships ontime. Many were barefoot and their soaking feet gave them a horrible cold, making them weak and die off. He wasn't too worried about that...he worried about the babies that lived in this caravan.
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 18:20:25 GMT -5
Dante frowned but nodded, "yeah, unfortunitly." ok they were all going to die....
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 18:26:13 GMT -5
They did hit the storm...and it wasn't a very pleasant one at that. Many of the wagons tilted and got stuck in the deep snow. The further they got, the further their legs went into the snow. Soon it would be up to their waist. Lucien could hear Raven yelling up infront to keep moving. His yells were like mumbles in the cold wind. The wagon that Lucien and Dante were pulling got stuck in the snow. They tried to dig some of it out but saw that they were falling behind...so they left it.
Snow covered Lucien's hair and eyebrows. They were now walking in thigh high snow. The horses snorted as they walked through it. Only 3 wagons had made it to the night. They couldn't stop now....they would have to continue to walk for another 2 days non-stop. 2 gypsys fell to the cold and were left there to die. Lucien looked back every few minutes to make sure Dante was ok.
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 18:35:22 GMT -5
Dante was shivering his hands rubbing together. he looked up at Lucien then walked over, "its freezeing... you know that?" he gave a small smile then reached up and started taking out the snow in Lucien's hair.
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 18:42:45 GMT -5
Lucien smiled as he looked at Dante.
2 days...no food, no water...just snow. They had reached the ship and were putting the remaining horses on board. 5 out of 16 gypsys survived the 3 harsh days on travel. 1 child out of 4 lived and only 1 horse was lost.
Lucien was sitting on a bench near the engine of the ship. Raven had left to talk to the captain and Dante sat across from Lucien. The others was getting cleaned up and some sat near the engine too. Lucien sighed as he dried his hair...
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Post by Reno on Dec 10, 2003 18:45:10 GMT -5
Dante shut his eyes and sighed. all the death. technically he hadn;t seen death since his mother... he shook his head he shouldn;t think that. he opened his eyes and was greeted by the sight of... Lucien.
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Post by Rikugurl on Dec 10, 2003 18:49:25 GMT -5
Raven wouldn't be back...maybe be gone all night. He wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone...he had lost many members. Lucien sat up and walked to a far door. "I'm going to take a bath...." he looked back at Dante and smiled. "would you like to come?"
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