Prayer

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari smirked, "Nahh, I've always had a soft spot for young beings and creatures."

[Steele]

"Aye in this world ye need ti take all ye can get nd' give nothin' back." Steele says pulling back on the band but hesitating for a moment. He thought of what Walter had said and let out a sigh. He let go of the band and the branch launched itself. It missed the little gecko and hit the tree. "Get out of here ye great nit it's yer lucky day." Steele says trying to shoo it away. The little gecko turned around and tilted its head. It slowly started making its way to where Steele and Namari were.

[Namari Lovelle]

"Why did you change your mind?" Namari raised an eyebrow. "And...are those things harmless when they're young? It's coming towards us..."

[Steele]

"Bah, it wasn't worth thee shot. Wait till its older and bigger before killin it." Steele was surprised to see it crawling towards them. "Oi what in thee world? Get out of here!"
It was started walking on two legs and hugged Steele's leg.
"Get off me ye buzzard!" Steele says hopping and trying to fling it off.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari stared at Steele and the gecko for a moment longer, before laughing hysterically on the ground. She found this highly entertaining.

[Steele]

Steele sat on the ground trying to pull the gecko off of his leg but to no avail. "Thee devil has a vice grip!" Steele says trying to pry it off.
"A wee help here Namari?" Steele says giving up.

[Namari Lovelle]

"Sure thing!" She managed to cough up. Giggling a bit, she walked over to Steele. Fire gecko,ehh...? She grabbed her still dripping hair, and wrung out the water, onto the gecko, hoping that that would work.

[Steele]

The gecko squealed and let go of Steele's leg. It stood up and begin to look at Namari and Steele with big eyes.
"What?" Steele said trying to hide the fact that he thought it was kind've cute. "Ye looking fir attention er somethin? Go away." He said trying to shoo the gecko away but it wouldn't budge.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari smiled softly, sitting down. "Come here..." she said to the gecko, rubbing her fingers together as if it were a cat. "There's nothing to be afraid of..."

[Steele]

(So gonna make a pic of this.)
The gecko cuddled next to Namari.
Steele let a smile come to his face but quickly brushed it off.
"So anywho Namari what is it that brings ye ti Avaleur?" He says.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari pet the gecko. "A bunch of things...I basically ran away from my elven kingdom far away from here at the age of 18." she said simply. "Avaleur seemed like the best place to go."

"And how about you?" she asked, smiling gently and looking at Steele.

[Steele]

"Aye I was' forced ti come ti Avaleur when I was 15 due ti some...unexpected losses and I guess we just stayed. We being my pack of course." Steele says smiling back and sitting.
"Guess we're just tryin' ti build up an empire."

[Namari Lovelle]

"Why do you guys even want an empire? Where are you going to make it?" Namari asked, puzzled. "And...what are said unexpected losses?" Namari frowned.

[Steele]

"Well we used ti live in a large city borderin' Paineston. We were practically king's there, Power, Fear, Respect, it twas' all ours. But thee fangers didn't like it. Disputes between land' nd' food eventually put us at war for thee toon. Needless ti say, we lost...a lot of brothers. It got ti thee point ti where even if we won, we wouldn't be able ti hold thee toon fir long. Si we retreated nd' ended up in Avaleur tryin' ti rebuild, meanwhile thee fangers are' probably havin thee time of their endless lives in our toon. Si when we say empire we mean a powerful pack. Equipment, resources, training is what we need ti take back our toon from thee fangers."
Steele chuckled for a moment.
"I suppose i should spend more time in thee arena though."

[Namari Lovelle]

"Why should you spend more time in the arena?" Namari asked, thinking over what Steele had said.

[Steele]

"Well makin money fir starters hinny, thee second is fir trainin'. If yer not doin' everything ye possibly can do ti make yer goals a reality than ye din't deserve ti have them fulfilled. I need ti become stronger than what i am now, be it fighting class er death matches."

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari nodded. "Makes sense. I'm an arena competitor myself."

[Steele]

"Really? Ye? Thee princess runaway a fighter?" Steele chuckled. "Well ye had me fooled."

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari rolled her eyes, and continued to pet the gecko. "I've always been a fighter...the palace guards and knights taught me in secret, so my father would not find out. And when I got here I went to the school until I was 20."

"What, you don't think I could hold my own in a fight?" She laughed.

[Steele]

"Well I din't think that anymoor'." Steele laughed. "Well what's thee best fight ye've been in? One we're your opponent neva' had a chance."