Cursed To Be Vistani

Leran's skillz

Elvira grabbed Lerans arm. "Dont." she said quietly. "Please." she added

Leran looked really sad "there was writing on his hut but I can't read. I'm really sorry. I don't know"

Arrigal glared and spat. He stormed off

Elvira looked relieved. Right. he couldnt read. She'd forgotten. She took his hand "Lets go."

Leran felt sick to his stomach not helping them get the bad guy. He followed her

Elvira got thier stuff and left the vistani camp. She held their damp clothes in one arm.

I can't see in the dark I hope u know" He walked with her

"Mhm." she led him through the darkness, holding his hand. "I'm not on his side you know." she suddenly said

You... Don't like to hurt anyone. Are u a pacifist? " he asked feeling like he'd finally figured her out.

"Yes and no." She answered

He looked more confused. He looked up at the stars figuring out on his head where they needed to go
He held her hand afraid to get lost from her in the dark and walked with her taking her in what he hoped and prayed was the right direction

She sighed. "I'll hurt or even....kill if i HAVE to. I have in the past. But usually, ESPECIALLY with things like this, letting each side of this fight kill the other for revenge, will solve nothing. It will only fuel the fire. Not to mention giving someone up to be torutred is cruel and inhumane, no matter what they may have done." She went in his direction, occasioanly steering him clear of a tree so he didnt ram into it

What would you say about helping people imprisoned then? " he asked slowly not sure anymore if he had her as figured out as he'd thought he'd had.

"depends"

On what? " he asked

"why they're there."

Cuz the village is stupid" He grumbled. "We probably would have left, my clan, if they hadn't imprisoned a whole bunch of us claiming some of us to be criminals. T-they.. " He struggled with his emotions and headed for another tree

Elvira glanced at him in the dark and steered him away form the tree "if innocent people are being imprisioned I'd help get them out." she said. She turned forward again quietly

"They took my sister and claim she pick pocketed some stuff, but she didn't! The guard is just pissed off he bought some junk from her at an inflauted price"

"She's in the village prison now?"

Y-yeah.. "

"you have any proof she didnt pick pocket?" Elvira drilled

No, and they don't have proof she did. Just that the guard said she did. But u saw how biased they were today." He rubbed his neck "I'm afraid what the black Hodded group will do... There's a lot of vistani in the prison now"
He sighed "We haven't wandered in a while because we don't wanna leave them behind. But you're really skilled. And you've earned my trust"

She nodded, forgetting he couldnt see in the dark, and then said, "I could maybe help. But i would need proof these people are truly innocent."

We could visit them and u could talk to them"

Um, 5 I know. Like 2 I know well.. People get sick of me talking so much" he laughed a little.

"So theoretically you would be able to tell if at least a couple of them were lying? Or would that fall to me?" She asked

As they walked Elvira could hear singing in the distance. She could see the similar wheelchart houses again.

"Oh I can tell if they're lying. And depending on what tribe they're in its easy to know. Some go for an honest life like entertainers and others dishonest swindlers. So I can identify those right away"

"ok good." She looked up "We're almost there." she pointed ahead

He smiled "think we can run and not hit trees?? " He got excited

She smiled "yeah." She let go of his hand "a race?"

He sprinted off

She made a face and dashed after him. She started catching up quickly

He tried hard to keep his lead. He felt her gaining

Elvira caught up to him and sped past

He lagged behind. Unable to keep up

Elvira won and got to the village first.

He slowly caught up to her

She turned back to him and laughed. Not at him, just laughing spontaneously because she was happy. She hadnt run for fun in a while
She grinned "Hey slow pookke. wherre ya been?"

He made a face. He walked in and lead her to a fire. It was very late now and not as many ppl we're up now but some we're drunk and happy still partying on. He went into a wheelchart house and grabbed a stringed  instrument. Climbing back out. He pointed to a less crowded fire and to where she could hang the wet clothes

Elvira went over there and laid the clothes out to dry. The skirt of the dress felt weird. She hadnt worn a dress in forever. Pants were more convenient.

He sat on a log and started to play an epic sounding song

Elvira watched him, looking a little surprised

Whooooo whaaaaa oooo"  he started to sing. Then he spoke in a different language as he sang the up beat rhymic lyrics. He slowly got really into it. He bobbed his head. And tapped his foot. Slowly started swaying dancing. He grinned

Elvira smiled, sitting on the ground and watched him

He closed his eyes not needing to see to know where his fingers had to go to play. He preformed for her When he finished he looked at her. He yawned a bit

Elvira leaned her head on her hands. She clapped quietly when he finished the song. She looked impressed

He smirked. He stood "you can come into my room and sleep on my sisters bed if ur done with the fire"

He went back into the wheelchart. He put his instrument away and laid to rest on his bed

"She stood up and brushed the dirt off her "I forgot how annoying skirts were" she paused "They're nice in the heat i guess. But they hug my legs weird. And its to easy for someone to grab onto me in a fight."

Once while wandering when I was younger we came across a ppl where the men wore skirts. They were a war like ppl" he shared

She looked at him, interested. "Really? where?"

He smiled "skirts never looked cooler. Um.. Somewhere colder than here. It snowed there"

"huh." she pulled out a map from her bag. She marked something on it.
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In the morning he took her to the village. He walked with her into the jail house.

Elvira was back in her normal clothes. She walked beside her

Leran walked up to the guard at the head of everything to talk to him. The guard seemed annoyed "you can't be here rn."

"Let me see my sister" Leran insisted

"No" the guard said "no you really can't" he rolled his eyes as if Leran was a stupid kid that didn't understand. He stood walking away. It was his break now. Why did he have to deal with this. Ugh.

Leran followed him stepping away and was about to say something when the floor under Elvira cracked and came crashing down.

Elvira gasped and fell

Leran was startled and looked back "ELVIRA!!! " he screamed