by Ruckus » Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:14 pm
ooc; Changed the second half of my intro.
Sebastian kick off his thick boots and rubbed his feet, a look of pain lingering on his face. After all these years, he still hated traveling. He liked the bits that came after the traveling: the inns, the ale, the girls, the ale, the sparkling city lights, the ale, the ale... Lost in thought, he dipped his now naked toes into the water, licking his chapped lips and holding the leg of his pants out of the way of the cool liquid. It was nice, though. He's always liked having something to complain about, but it was nice, he had to admit, lounging about in forest areas, the smell of pine about him and the soft breeze lifting his hair up and around his head.
Indecisive as he was, he did know one thing: his left pinkie toe had become completely numb, and if he didn't warm it back up it would fall off. Shoving his feet back into his shoes, he stood and brushed off his barely-dirty silk clothes. For a wandering man, he kept clean. A speck of dirt appearing on his clothes was a sign of the devil himself, and not tolerated at all.
Another thing he was sure of was that he ought to get to the next town soon or he was going to faint. But, as his mother had said, 'the hungrier you are, the better your food will taste.' He had never believed that. He had always believed firmly that food was to be had the instant one was hungry, and it was long past that time. Giving the air one final sniff, he stopped and groaned. Something close by was burning, and he knew he ought to go see what it was.
He could always leave it, he thought. Or he could be noble and go look to see what had happened, and if he could help in any way. Maybe it would earn him a free drink. Or dinner. With thoughts of dinner in his head, he adjusted his satchel and set off, with his nose leading him closer and closer to the smokey smell of burning wood. He shoved his hands in his pockets as he went, whistling loudly until he heard a shifting sound, something substantial being pulled through underbrush.
"Hello?" he called, sincerely hoping it wasn't a murderer dragging a dead person behind them. He almost laughed nervously at this thought, but managed to turn it into a quiet hiccup instead.