Miyako made her way towards Norwood Lake. She sighed as she reached the edge, and from the opposite end she saw deer drinking from the water, they were so peaceful. Then some birds flittered ontop of the tree branches. A smile crept onto her face, nature was a beautiful thing to her. The day had been a good one, a rather lonely one actually. It was good though because she had the time to think to herself.

She closed her eyes, and could smell the fresh air. After enjoying the moment, she opened her eyes again, and sat down. The deer looked at her shyly, then suddenly started to run away. It took her by surprise. The birds then too flew away from the tree. It made her kind of nervous, and was on her gaurd of anyone else that was here, she knew she wasn't alone anymore.

It became silent, too silent. She focused on her ears to hear something, but she could not hear anything. So she finally sighed and let her gaurd down after a few minutes of listening. Staring at the lake, it made her thirsty. Thirsty for water, and thirsty for a bath. She could easily take her clothes off and enjoy a bath, but instead, she didn't because she still thought that someone else was watching.

That was when she heard some moving in the back of her, and she snapped her head towards the sound. Quickly getting up, she watched the trees. Tempted to ask if anyone was there, but not daring to ask. Instead, she waited.

Shadeen let her body glide through the water letting the liquid wash over her. She had discarded most of her clothing back on a tree branch with her horse, Fury. He was a beautiful golden quarter horse with white tail and mane. And mischievous. He would stomp and whinny, buck and rear, but he was beautiful and she loved the challenge he presented to her. However she had grown a tad tired of his antics and stopped to go for a swim.

She and Fury had been wandering through Norwood forest when she found that the trees had parted and willows grew in their place. She urged Fury forward and saw the crystal clear lake beckoning her to jump in and enjoy the water. She found a sturdy tree and dismounted, looping Fury’s reigns around a branch and, not trusting him with her clothing, hung it up just out of the horse’s reach. She liked the feel of her under dress, it was so light, and perfect for swimming in.

Checking to make sure no one was around she sprinted across the grass and waded into the water, diving in once there was enough room to do so. She closed her eyes and felt the fish flit across her skin. She had been around for at least half an hour, she fingers hadn’t even begun to prune. She laughed whenever she came up before diving back down, trying a few times to touch the bottom, and failing each time unless she came closer to shore.

She had just come up out of the water when she saw Miayko spin around. Fury was probably stomping around again. Deciding to surprise the woman she crept out of the water and grabbed the woman around the waist, tugging her into the water. She laughed merrily.

“Sorry Miayko, I couldn’t resist.” She had met the woman back in Istan city, and it was a joy to see her again.

Miyako felt something wrap around her waist and she screamed as loud as she could, taken back by surprise. Then, the next thing she knew was that she was falling backwards, with someone behind her. Next, she was in the water. She wasn't sure what had just pulled her into the water, and she turned a little angry.

Emerging from the water, she spun herself around to see Shadeen, and a smile crept onto her face, seeing the woman she had met in Istan City not too long ago. Anger turned into joy."Heeey!" She said happily and hugged her in the water, not caring if her clothes were soaking wet.

"What are you doing here?" She giggled. The water was refreshing to her, and she had gotten what she wanted when she first arrived, and it was to jump in. But then, Miyako got this brilliant idea and she started to splash Shadeen as much as she could, to get back at her for pulling into the water. She continued to giggle and splash her instead of waiting for her answer.

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(OoC: hehe Doesn’t matter to me ^_^ It’s a fun post)

Shadeen opened her mouth to reply but instead of words coming out, water rushed in. ”Hey!” was all she could manage before Miyako’s onslaught of water sent her diving. She moved below the surface avoiding her splashing and swam out a bit farther, circling around the woman. When she came up she immediately splashed Miyako back, laughing all the while.

Despite Miyako being older than Shadeen, she felt like she could just have fun around the woman. Shadeen like Miyako because she was fun, the type of girl she felt she could say anything too and they would merely laugh about it. Like childhood friends. Shadeen flipped onto her back and floated on the water’s surface.

“It’s so beautiful out. It’s nice to get away sometimes eh?” She kicked her feet and drifted further out into the lake. “I wish there was something we could dive off out here.” She moved languidly, enjoying the break from the world. She often enjoyed being somewhere that reminded her of a fantasy. Everywhere in Imythess was like that. . . well most places. Some held a deary tone, but she didn’t think of them now. The sky above her was ice blue and the water clear, there wasn’t anywhere she’d rather be at the moment. It also gave her a bit more time to talk with Miyako.

A little gossip couldn’t hurt between friends. “So. . . what have you been up to?” She decided to start with that. She closed her eyes and let the sun beat down on her. She’d get into the more fun gossip later on.

She smiled and closed her eyes putting her head back and feeling the sun hit her face. She got some water in her hands then splashed it a little on her face and smiled once again. She listened to her and opened her eyes, then looked over at her.

“So. . . what have you been up to?”

She remembered the last few days here at Imythess, and a feeling of happiness came to her. She loved it here, and didn't want to leave for a long time. She had met Kyrus a few days earlier, and met a mysterious woman at a tavern, and had met Varonen at Taras. They were all considered her friends. Friends were nice. Then she though of Shadeen and how well they got along.

"Hmmm...Well..." She grinned at streched her arms up towards the sky, not sure if she should spill any gossip. "A lot of stuff..."

This place was beautiful. She green ground, the blue sky, the lake, the animals, the nature. It was one of the best places that she had been to by far. She felt a sudden urge to want to start writing down her experience traveling, and that was when she go an idea. And that idea was as soon as she got into town, she would buy a journal. She nodded at the thought, then turned her attention back to Shadeen.

“A lot of stuff,”

Shadeen closed her eyes and thought over everything she had been through since she first came into Imythess:
The rainy day she had met Varonen in the great stables of Kellen, and how they had just sat and talked while listening to the rain outside.
The time she met Zehavya, the demon hunter, and Samathan(Kyrus) in the ‘haunted’ cathedral. They had run into Fehade, Zehavya’s brother, and that had gone a little haywire.
Going to the Green Gryphon with Kyrus.
Travelling with Varonen, meeting people, there was so much, too much, to think about.

She smiled and floated a top the water. “I know what you mean. Too much to even start talking about.” She laughed her kicked water at Miyako. “There’s just so much to see and do here. It’s like I’ll never get bored or settle down. Well. . .maybe someday I’ll settle down,” She winked at the girl and laughed before splashing her some more.

“Hmm” She sighed happily. “Want to see if we can find somewhere to dive off of?”