Training [SE] None shall pass
Talyson Seawright
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#1
It was a hot, humid walk back towards civilization and the accompanying skyships and portals that made travel more convenient for the people of Caido. The precious cargo was packed safely in Tal's bag and Boreal leaped from tree branch to branch overhead; the thick growth of the Oerwoud made flying any distance tricky at best, but she enjoyed the game as she warbled down at her friend on the ground.

Tal grinned up at her and flipped the knife he'd been playing with as he studied the bridge ahead. It wasn't wide, but it was wide enough, he figured. And they'd earned a little fun. "Race you to the other side?" he challenged his traveling companion with a raised brow, glancing over his shoulder to see if the other man was up for the dare. They were both fleet-footed enough to make the run without much real risk - except what they introduced into the game themselves, of course.

Sah
Sah Lovi
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#2
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
It truly was blistering out.  What Sah wouldn't do to dive into some snow at the moment. But one of the best ways to deal with discomfort is distraction. And Tal offered a suitable one soon enough.

Sah snorted and met Tal's challenge with a smirk, "Of course." He waved his hand, "On your count." The Abandoned stepped back into a prepared stance. He fully expected Tal to take off before the count was finished, and he was ready to start sprinting the very second that the courier did.

He also called his magic to be just beneath the surface. They were on a bridge and if it broke, Sah would be ready to hold it together long enough for them to cross.
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Talyson Seawright
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#3
"One... two..." But it wasn't Tal who left the starting line early. Boreal shouldered her way past both men at a lope, caroling her own challenge back to Lilly as she bounded onto the bridge. Pale wings spread for balance, leaving the vines that framed the bridge swaying in her wake without ever quite parting them completely. "Hey! Three!" Tal shouted after her, laughing and exasperated all at once.

The courier threw the traditional elbow towards Sah's side as he took off, hoping to knock the hunter off balance long enough for Tal to get a bit of a lead. Sometimes the oldies were still goodies, and Tal needed every advantage he could scrounge.
Sah Lovi
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#4
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
Sah laughed when Boreal took off without warning. The dragon giving her bonded an unintentional advantage in distracting Sah. The elbow hit his ribs and he let out a small 'umph' as it jostled him. But the Outlander recovered quickly and took off not even a second later.

With his longer legs, Sah did manage to catch up. And as he raced past Talyson, he tried to return the favor by hip checking him.

Meanwhile Lilly yipped back at the dragon before digging her own paws into the earth and taking off like a silver bullet. With four legs she quickly outpaced both men and began to try and catch up with her scaley friend.
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#5
Majestic creatures, water horses. Even in death, this Ceffyl Dwr remains beautiful, if not near transculent from its place washed up at the side of the water. Something has cut its throat from ear to ear, and its blood has all since drained away.
Talyson Seawright
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#6
Sah's hip check might have worked if the water horse hadn't appeared around a curve of the bridge. Hidden by the flowering vines at first, the men came upon it quite suddenly and Tal slowed, steps faltering for a moment. "Wh--?" The hunter's mischief missed the mark when the courier wasn't where he'd been a moment before, but seeing Sah race past him reminded Tal of what they were doing. He gave the water horse a regretfully curious look as he leaped over it, but he hit the planks running on the other side.

Head down and arms pumping, Tal had every intention of keeping up with Sah - by fair means or foul. The bridge's twisting passage through the vines meant they couldn't sprint full out; they had to have time to react to unexpected turns or missing planks, and it was enough to Tal to keep close to the hunter. Reaching out at the back just ahead of him, the courier tried to grab the other man's shirt and yank him back so that he'd stumble and Tal could get back in the lead.
Sah Lovi
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#7
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
Sah had a heartbeat to decide if he should stop to investigate but even a brief glance told him that this horse had fallen to the same fate as the last one that he'd encountered earlier in the season. As such, after giving a silently prayer for its peace, he kept going.

Leaping over the horse, the Abandoned landed too far of a distance away for Tal to reach his shirt. As such, the courier stumbled a bit from his own overcompensation of balance. "Careful there, Errand Boy!" Sah called from over his shoulder as he gently nudged the rail of the bridge. Not enough to risk Tal truly falling off or anything, but enough so that hopefully he'd fall flat on his ass given his recent loss of balance.
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Talyson Seawright
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#8
"Keep laughin', Jester!" Tal growled as he started to catch his balance--

And then the bridge swayed and he yelped, stumbling to one knee and scraping it against the rough wood of a plank. Oh, {i]hail[i} no, he wasn't going to let that slide!

With a muffled curse the courier launched himself forward, running more recklessly now that he had Sah to test the way ahead for him. He didn't have to worry about blind curves or missing planks when he could use the hunter's steps to test the way for him, and fleet though Sah was Tal was soon back on his heels. The end of the bridge was fast approaching, the courier knew, and he was growing desperate to regain the lead.

"Think fast!" he yelled - as much to startle Sah as to give him fair warning. He wanted to slow the other man down, not hurt him, after all. And as soon as the words were out of his mouth he snagged a trailing vine and tried to flick it between the hunter's feet!
Sah Lovi
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#9
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
Sah smirked when he heard Tal stumble, though he did quickly glance over his shoulder to make sure that the courier was ok. When it seemed that he was, the Abandoned renewed his sprint.

But then the courier called out and Sah braced himself for whatever was coming, whipping around just in time to see the vine approaching. Well shit, in an effort to turn, the Abandoned basically tripped into the vine. So instead of being mildly tripped, he was knocked off his feet entirely.

The bridge rocked with the force of his sudden weight and Sah glared at Tal, flipping him off as the courier approached rapidly. Instead of simply getting to his feet though, the Abandoned attempted to sweep Tal's leg out from under him as he ran past.

Regardless of if that succeeded, Sah would turn with the momentum to spring ot his feet and keep running.
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#10
Well, he'd given fair warning!

Admittedly, Tal hadn't been expecting his improvised rope to work nearly as well as it did. A sharp grin flashed white against his tanned skin as he caught his balance against the sudden rocking of the bridge, but it threw off his stride to do so. He was coming up on Sah too fast to dodge and though he tried to jump over the incoming leg sweep it still connected with one foot.

He grunted as he stumbled and Sah regained his feet, but Tal wasn't about to give up so close to the goal. Digging deep, he put his head down and charged the other man with a feral grin. As they came up on the final stretch of planks the courier gathered all his speed and flung himself forward in a flying tackle that would knock both of them off the bridge and onto the solid ground on the other side if he connected.

Boreal watched the boys with bright-eyed interest, leaning against Lilly companionably as the human fledglings indulged in the play-fighting that all young predators learned to defend and hunt with.
Sah Lovi
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#11
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
Sah regained his balance and braced himself for Tal's incoming charge. Instead of simply dodging it though, he let the courier come to him. Once he was within arm's reach, Sah grabbed him and pulled. With Tal trying to force them down, and Sah increasing the momentum, the two went over the bridge quickly and with quite some force. The Abandoned made sure to take the brunt of the impact, just in case. Not that he'd ever tell Tal that.

But upon impact, using the slight advantage he'd given himself from grabbing Tal, Sah moved. With his heavier weight and greater strength, he attempted to roll and pin Tal beneath him.

Lilly meanwhile leaned happily against Boreal, wagging her tail as the two men tousled. The only thing stopping the wolf from jumping down and tackling them both was the surging competitiveness she felt from her bonded. If her Sah wanted to win this grappling session first, fine. She'd tackle both of them after.
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#12
Sure Sah, was stronger than him and Tal knew it, but he was hoping his momentum would help tip the scales. There was a lot to be said for hitting someone low and at speed and Tal had tussled enough to appreciate the advantage it gave to the smaller guy. And the courier had almost always been the smaller guy in any given fight - even the ones he'd picked himself.

But he hadn't expected the hunter to be ready for his tackle and by the time he realized it, it was too late to stop. His momentum turned against him and, though Sah initially missed the grab at his arm, they both ended up going down and rolling anyways through the soft loam of the Oerwoud.

Tal tried to flip Sah under him and end up on top, but the other man's strength proved too much and the courier yowled as he was pinned. "Hey! Got offa me!" He started to struggle, wriggling like an oiled eel but then his eyes widened and he froze. "NonononoNo, bad dragon! Don't--"

Because Boreal had played this particular game with Tal and his friends before. She nudged Lilly with a companionable whuff from her muzzle and then stood. Unlike the well-behaved wolf, Boreal had no intention of letting her bonded have all the fun, and this particular game was her favorite.

It was called 'King of the Mountain'.

And Sah might find out what it felt like to be the filling in an Outlander oreo as the dragon flung herself towards the boys in a joyful bellyflop that Tal would end up regretting the most out of all three of them.
Sah Lovi
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#13
...look into a wolf's eyes. You'll never be the same again.
Sah smirked down at Tal, "And why would I do that?" He then saw the look in the courier 's eyes and his head snapped up just as Boreal leapt. "Oh fuck!" The Abandoned attempted to leap back and out of the way but he didn't move fast enough.

The dragon collided with him, knocking the air out of his lungs and sending him crashing down onto Tal. "Ow...wait.. Lilly, NO!" Seeing the two humans and the dragon playing, how could the wolf not join in? Her bonded had won his competition so there was no stopping her now. Lilly refused to be left out if everyone else was playing.

The wolf leapt off the bridge and onto Boreal's friend's shoulder, further crushing the two men. "Oh for fuck's sake." Gritting his teeth, Sah just barely managed to get onto his elbows so as not to completely squish Tal. Just as he was about to call out for the two companions to get off, Lilly let out her own little howl of victory.

Sighing in defeat, Sah let his forehead drop to Tal's shoulder. "Fuck my life. Yes, Lilly. You win. Now please get off. Both of you." The words were still rather strained from the amount of weight that Sah was bearing.
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Talyson Seawright
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#14
Sah found out the answer to his own question the hard way, and Tal didn't have to say a thing.

Not that he was even thinking about that, because the moment he realized what the pulse of eager mischief in his bond with Boreal meant he was trying to escape the pin in a desperate attempt to forestall the incoming--

Too late.

"Oof!" Sah went from pinning him to squishing him while Boreal caroled happily from her new throne but Tal only heard the other man's belated warning with dazed resignation. With the breath knocked out of him there was no chance to brace himself before a large and healthy wolf was added to the pile. Aside from the feet digging into his shoulder, he was a little surprised at how much he could still breathe. As Boreal greeted her co-ruler of the Mountain with a friendly nose-touch, Tal sucked in air and added a wheezed: "Boreal. Off. Please??" to Sah's own request.

The dragon leaned down to lick Sah's ear with a rough tongue - encouragement for third place? - chortling a heated breath through his hair before she daintily stepped off the squishy throne to indulge in a luxurious stretch and shake. Tal just groaned and squeezed his eyes closed, focusing on breathing again and thinking very hard about a new dragonskin belt.

The dragon in question just looked very smug.


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