[Event]walks around the town border, gun held close. She had volunteered to patrol for a bit. She knew that the militia was planning on something and she did not want to be involved. If she kept herself out of-
the way, she could claim she didn't know about it if people asked.
Søren
was
wandering around outside the border, wondering if he'd be able to get in and out without being noticed. He was checking for some kind of weakness in the defenses to get in.
keeps walking but freezes when she hears foot steps. She crouches behind a bush and holds her breath, trying to focus on the sound.
tried to be quiet, but his desperation for needing to get in was overpowering his caution.
figured it must have been a rat or something and stands up, her grip on the gun tighter as her nerves were still on edge. She resumes her walk along the border, paying closer attention for noises.
crouched as he reached the clearing between the town and the forest. He looked around before slowly crawling towards the border of the town, hoping his coat was dark enough to camouflage him.
keeps an eye on the edge of the forest, she figured no one would be stupid enough to cross the clearing if they knew there were guards....
had tried to study their patterns, and hoped that now would be a good chance to sneak in. He got to the edge of the town and slowly stood up, glancing around to see if anyone was around.
didn't know the guard patterns and figured she'd just wing it while she was out there. She notices movement out the corner of her eye and turns towards his direction. "..."
smiled when he didn't see anyone in front of him and started to climb the wall to get over and into the town. He'd finally be able to eat again~
raises her gun in his direction. "Stop right there..."
stopped instantly, his hand just about to pull himself over the wall. He cursed quietly before slowly turning his head to look at her.
narrows her eyes at him. "Let go of the wall and hold your hands up."
smirks at that before taking both hands off, falling to the ground and rolling before darting off back into the forest.
growls under her breath and fires a shot after him before running after him.
heard the shot lodge itself into a tree, finding that way too close for comfort and just ran as fast as he could to get away from her.
keeps running, giving him some distance in the hopes that he would either think she wasn't there or tired himself out.
wasn't the most fit, so he eventually did start to slow down. He also believed she wasn't chasing him anymore though, or he outran her, so he slowed his pace ab it.
notices him slowing and smirks faintly, still tailing him. She waits a bit longer, waiting for an opportunity.
finally stopped and took off his pack, finding it heavy. He placed it down before bending over an putting his hands on his knees to catch his breath.
walks up behind him, pointing the gun at his back. "Now as I was saying, hands in the air."
tensed at that and turned around, glaring at her. He shook his head before slowly goign to grab his pack.
kicks at the back of his knee and presses the gun against him.
hissed quietly and glared up at her, not at all fearing the gun. Though it did keep him from moving now.
glares back down at him. "Who are you and were you trying to jump the fence?"
took a breath to try and talk, but ended up coughing from how dry his throat was. He just looked to the gun again after, wondering what she'd do.
honestly wasn't used to conflict like this, she usually just had the militia do the dirty work. She mostly wanted to find out if he was from one of the slums. If he had managed to sneak out, that meant that-
others had been able to as well. "Where are you from?"
took a quick breath before grabbing her wrist and pointing the gun away, noticing how unprepared she was. He snatched the gun from her hold before pushing her down and straddling her, pressing the gun against
her chest.
blinks up at him in surprise before growling under her breath. She knew she should have just killed him on the spot...
Søren
was
panting a bit, but kept his eyes on her as his hand went to her side. He kept his grip tight on the gun, in case she tried anything.
narrows her eyes and tries to move her side away from him. "Don't you dare touch me."
pressed the gun more against her before he started searching for something.
didn't have anything else on her. She didn't want to bring anything that would make her a target or slow her down.
scrunched his face at that and got off of her, keeping the gun in his hand as he stood up.
watches him carefully before slowly starting to stand as well.
put the gun in his belt as he headed to pick up his pack. He had no reason to harm her, at least not now.
had no intention of just letting him take the gun.... She wasn't going to be responsible for letting this guy, who was probably a bandit, have a weapon. She keeps watching him.
coughed again as he got his pack on again, looking around to figure out where to head to next. He planned to eventually try and get back to the town again.
starts to slowly walk away, still watching him. She figured she'd tail him until she had the chance to get the gun back.
didn't worry about her at all now, and just headed slowly and roughly to the direction of the border.
rolls her eyes as she follows behind him. She didn't think he'd be stupid enough to head back...
Søren
was
desperete to get in. Not long after he was back at the clearing, examining to see if there were guards around.
inches up to him quietly, a decent sized rock in her hand.
crouched down a bit to try and hide again, too distracted by his goal to hear the other approaching him.
walks up behind him and hesitates before moving to hit him in the head with the rock.
heard her last minute, though didn't move in time and hissed breathlessly as he fell onto his side, weighed down from his pack.
grabs at the gun. "Idiot..."
grabbed her wrist and pushed it away, shaking his head. He wasn't getting this close to his goal to be shot down just feet away from it.
reaches for it with her other hand and pushes her knee against his back.
took the gun and as a final option, threw it as far as he could. He might have tried to throw it over the fence, mostly to make her go away. He didn't think the gun was a priority right now.
watches the gun, just glad he had ditched it. It made her much more comfortable with fighting him. She shoves her knee deeper into his back. "Tell me where you are from before I yell for back up."
winched at that and just glared at her. He tried to shift away from her, though his strength was at it's end now.
tried to pin him to the ground and growls. "I have seen the way the militia interrogates people... It is in your best interest to tell me now."
hissed quietly and pointed to a nearby stick. He was too tired to try and fight her off now.
watches his point and hesitates before handing it to him.
took the stick and wrote in the dirt, bright as day, Fuck off.
narrows her eyes and threads her hands through his hair, gripping it tightly as she hisses angrily. "You should learn your place, you worthless piece of shit... Are you from the slum or are you just a looter?"
winced again before writing some more. 'Scavenger from the North.'
reads the words a few times. She hadn't met anyone besides Dorthe who had been from the North since the war. Their shared heritage did not mean she would treat him any different. He was still a looter but she-
Gjertrud
was
at least relieved he wasn't from the city. "I am placing you under arrest." She tries to grab his wrists.
stretched his arms out so she'd have a harder time getting his wrists. He was glad he had a wide stretch.
"Or I can just kill you if you are going to be difficult."
didn't move his arms as he just raised his brow at her.
grabs at his neck instead.
started coughing from that before trying to push her away. He was protective of his neck.
tightens her grip. "It'll probably be easier this way, you are right."
coughed more before putting one hand around her neck, with the other going to dig his nails into her hand.
winces but doesn't loosen up much. "You really don' want to do that..."
had no other chocie he figured. He started to shift to try and use her strength against her.
starts to weaken, frowning faintly as she felt her hands loosen away from his neck.
smiled at that and took the oppertunity to throw her off, gasping for air after.
winces as she hits the ground, trying to catch her breath. "Fucking bastard..."
stayed on the ground for a bit before pushing himself up slowly to a sitting position. His vision was a bit blurry because of the lack of oxygen to his brain because of her.
struggles to her feet, not planning on giving up quite yet.
held out his hand to stop her, finding a stick again an wrote 'I don't want to kill ye'.
glares at him. "And I have no intention of letting you into my city."
coughed some more, taking a small and slow breath. 'I don't want in the city'.
raises an eyebrow. "Why were you jumping the fence then?"
sighed silently as he erased what was written before continuing. 'I need resources.'
rolls her eyes. "Then go loot them somewhere else."
groaned as he just fell back to the ground, giving up for now.
watches him for a bit before standing up, walking over to him. "We do not even have enough resources for people in our city, just move on to the next town and let us crumble on our own."
looked up to her before writing some more. 'There is nothing for kilometres. I'd never make it.'
reads the words and sighs under her breath. "Would you make it with some food and water?"
gritted his teeth and dug the next letters into the ground. 'WATER.'
hesitates before starting to walk away. She really didn't want to do this guy any favors but if it kept him away from her city... She walks to her home in the city and packs a few canteens and some of her own-
food rations into a bag. She figured she could do a good deed after the morally questionable decisions she had been making...
continued to lay on his back once she left, not even sure she'd come back. He just hoped she would, since he wouldn't be able to stay awake much longer tonight.
returns to him, standing a bit away. "You must promise to never return here... Go find somewhere else, this city will not stand much longer."
looked over and nodded as he held out his hand for water.
presses a water canteen into his hand.
smiled and quickly sat up, downing the canteen rather quickly.
figured he needed water right away if he was having trouble speaking...
coughed a bit from drinking quickly, and for the sudden water. "F-fanden..."
sets the bag of rations down next to him and hesitates before starting to walk away.
rummaged through the bag. "S-s-stay." He found more water and took out the canteens before drinking more, a little slower this time.
glances back at him. "Why? I have nothing further to say to you/
."
leaned against a nearby tree. "W-what is that place?"
blinks at him. "What place?" Did he not know where he was or was he just a total idiot?
had lost track of where he was essentially. He pointed to the town, sipping more water. He wanted to talk as little as possible.
"First City..."
frowns as he looked over to it. "Fanden. I e-expected better..."
shrugs. "Most people do... We've had far too many people try to come here... The city was great but now it could collapse at any moment. It is overcrowded and diseased."
made a face at that. "G-glad m'here then..." He finished off another canteen, coughing quickly after. "Tak, by the way..."
sighs quietly. "That is probably more than you would be able to get in the city."
nodded as he pulled the bag closer. "So... if ye're so sure this place will fail, why do ye stay?"
looks away from him. "A captain must always go down with the ship..."
looked at her before laughing. "Normally I'd agree. But now with how society is... I'd say it's every man for themselves."
shakes her head. "No... I've made this city my priority and now I'm must see it out."
shrugs. "Whatever floats yer boat. Or sinks it, in this case." He drank the rest of another canteen and closed his eyes after.
rolls her eyes and starts to walk away again.
watched her a bit. "Don't walk outside here again."
glances back at him, raising an eyebrow. "Why not?"
smirks. "If someone like me could take yer gun from ye while bein' in this condition, I'd wonder how ye'd be with an actual bandit."
narrows her eyes. "On any other day I wouldn't have let you live long enough to take it."
hums. "So what makes this day so special?"
shrugs and turns around. "Probably the same reason I gave you rations."
hums some more. "Cause ye've lost all hope in humanity and have essentially given up on everythin'?"
starts walking again. "It that is what you want to believe."
pushed himself up and started following her after grabbing his bags. "What else is there to beleive in these days."
"Why are you following me?"
"I want to ask ye somethin' else..."
slows a little. "Yes?"
looked towards the town. "Have ye... seen or heard of anyone from Scandinavia around?"
nods. "There are two of us in the city."
perked up at that. "Two? Who and where are they from?"
sighs under her breath. "I am from Norway and there is someone from Denmark." She didn't want to give our Dorthe's name without permission, especially not to this idiot...
frowned at that and looked away. "Oh... tak..." He stopped following her and just stayed where he was.
watches him. "I have not heard from anyone from home... in a long time."