Monarch Butterflies

New Friends, New Beginnings

Hand in hand, You and Mon keep walking forward in hopes to find a house that'll let the both of you in for the night.

Ahead of you, a woman lays on the ground... naked? There's a man clad in armour pointing a sword at her! Thinking quick, you pull out your bigger lense, "Sir, put your sword down and step away from the naked lady!"

Not at all intimidated by your weapon of choice, he starts to mock you, "Ha! What's that? A brick? You seriously think that's going to do anything to stop me?"

How annoying... He sounds like a teenager, 15 or 16 maybe? Either way, it doesn't look like he's going to back down with just a threat. His helmet is off, the only thing unprotected is his head. However, a headshot could seriously injure him, and your not for harming or murdering children. On the other hand, he has a much more dangerous weapon and it's your only option right now.

Wait...hand. You'll aim for his wrist to make him drop the sword! You're an absolute genius!

Gathering up enough strength to harm him without serious injury, you chuck the heavy lense and it successfully hits his wrist hard enough for him to yelp and drop his weapon.

While he's briefly distracted, Mon goes to quickly grab his sword and return to your side. You now have the upper advantage. Even if you don't know how to fight, he doesn't know that. This is where mimicking actors on stage and in movies comes in handy,

"It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground!"

"What-?"

Interrupting him, you keep going, "You underestimate my power!"

Mon jumps in as soon as they realize what you're doing. Although, they're clearly not any better than you, you're both convincing enough to intimidate the boy.

"Don't try it.-" they start to improvise, "You know how powerful you are, merely taking another step towards him could turn him into ashes!"

His voice quivers when he makes a snarky reply, "Hah, you really think you're- ah! Stop that! Don't come any closer! I'm a fully trained, official, -uh, HEAD guard of a VERY powerful and intimidating lord! And when he hears about this-!"

You step forward, he steps back. Mon shouts, "No! Control yourself! Please! Oh please run, Sir! RUUNN!" Fake sobs and desperate please aren't enough to convince him fully, until I take one more step and start charging at him with his own sword.

A shrill voice crack is heard as he runs off into the trees.

ᕙ[･۝･]ᕗ ヽ༼⁰o⁰；༽ノ

Anyways...

After examining your camera lense, (it only has a slight scratch, thankfully not on the glass), you hand over your equipment and the sword to Mon so that you can lift the woman still passed out in the dirt without much trouble.

*Wheeze* She's still kinda heavy though, or maybe you need to work out more, oof.

You keep walking into the direction of where the teen ran off to. Surely enough, you see the small town he came from short up ahead.

You walk up to a gravel road, but upon arrival, a smooth yet raspy voice shouts, "Halt!"