Let your mind wander.... [Open]

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>A deep breath of chilling air made Dwayne shudder lightly. She has long grown used to the feeling of cold air hitting her lungs, but she always shuddered no matter what she did. She walked through the fairly lively town bored out of her mind. Looming in front of her was the Tower of Ice. Stopping she gazed up at the tower, fascinated like always, by it’s massive size. The tower itself was merely the home of the Ice Warrior lead, Ice. Yet the tower seemed to hold more then a name within it walls. She wanted the answer to what was hidden yet unless she magically replace ice – which would probably never happen in a million years, she’d probably die before he did anyway with her luck – that would most likely never happen.

Sighing slightly she glanced around, nothing interesting to do today. She already trained for two hours and now she had nothing to do. Her family was off being busy, her parents with the shop her siblings with their friends. Normally she’d be working but her parents let her off for the day; she was happy when they did; now she was just plain regretting it. She walked foreword slightly, plopping down in the snow with a small thud. She didn’t care about the snow, it was cold enough already she thought grimly. She hated the snow sometimes, but at least she wasn’t in the land of never ending winter. Hell, it was probably below freezing every day.

She sighed once more, beginning to draw figures in the snow with her hand. Nothing to do… nothing to go and fight… absolutely nothing. “Argh… why does today have to be so f- dull?” She grumbled refraining herself from swearing. It was a nasty habit she had that she was trying to break. Plus she made a bet with her sibling, Braith, that she could go a month without swearing. Easier said then done Dwayne thought in her head. Only a week left to go.</sub>

[Cello]

(Hey >> I'll reply to this, sorry I didn't see it earlier. This is Kristen BTW)

Cello flipped his hair back, snow setting free into the air, only to fall back down in the cold mess below his feet. His hands were stuffed inside his jacket, sheltered from the cold breeze that quietly crept up upon the land, whispering it's words like an insane man mumbling to himself.

Cello left deep tracks in the snow, easily revealed to anyone who wished to follow. Right now, his tracks led no where. Cello had no idea where he was going and he planned nothing for his future. Maybe it was dumb of him to just think about the present and nothing else, or maybe it was smart. After all, war starts when people think ahead into the future, when they realize they might have no land if they don't do anything soon in time. If everyone just worried about what was happening now, maybe, just maybe the world could have a chance at peace. Cello's laugh rang through his ears. Peace would never find its way into this world. And if it ever did, Cello would be long dead.

No more footprints were created, for his feet couldn't carry him any longer when he spotted a figure in standing in the snow. Instincts kicked in and Cello set off again, his boyish behavior trying to keep up at his heels as he floated on air. Again, he was lving in the moment, not caring what the outcome of his actions might be.

His own figure vanished behind a rock, blended smoothly with the snow-covered ground as it too carried snow upon its back. Cello collected the loose clothes from giving away where he was. His hands revealed themselves to the cold as he took them out from his fur jacket. Stuffing them into the snow, he began to do his work on creating a perfectly rounded snow-ball. Cello's grin was bigger than his face. No one could pop his little bubble.

Snow sailed through the air. The white ball whizzed through the cold environment, it's target; the figure that Cello guessed was a girl.

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>[[OOC: It's alright ^^. ]]

A small sigh escaped Dwayne’s lips as she begun to doodle in the snow beside her. Her finger was beginning to turn pink from the cold as it ran through the white powder made of ice. She gently shifted her head back and forth shaking off some of the snow that had begun to gather in her short white locks. She looked down at the doodle, nothing spectacular just a simple sword that looked like her own. She ran her hand through the snow destroying the picture.

Her eye widened slightly as she was hit with the snow, her white locks falling slightly in her gaze. She shook her head back and forth shaking the snow off her head, brushing it off her clothes as well. She turned her head to face behind her gazing over the landscape behind her. A few rocks were perfect for hiding. She smiled softly gathering snow in her hand. She patted it into a snowball that was more oval then a circle but she didn’t mind. Standing up she turned around completely to face the rocks. She carefully took a few steps to the left spotting the faint glimpse of a figure behind one of the rocks.

Pulling her arm back she threw the snowball at the figure. She couldn’t tell much about the figure, either way she was not one to go down without a fight.</sub>

[Cello]

Snow exploding into a shower as a snowball hit him square in the jaw. He snorted and made another while he yelled out, "Is that all you've got!?" He knew she would now know he was a guy and he smiled at that.

Cello rolled in the snow, abandoning his deformed snowball. he luaghed at his snowball-making skills and hid behind a tree now. His features were still bundled up so she wouldn't have been able to catch a glimpe of him.

Cello bent down and made another one. Clogs of dirt smeared around it, but he was too oblivious to notice. Chucking it into the cool air, Cello held his breath to here if any sound of being hit followed the flying snowball.

[Dwayne Nalani]

So it is a guy… Dwayne thought in her head she smiled at the reply. “You’ve seen nothing yet!” She yelled in reply. She grabbed some more snow making it into another snowball. She took several steps to the side, as he rolled behind a tree she got a small glimpse of him but not much. She dodged the next snowball he threw.

“Pathetic!” She yelled smugly, she carefully bolted to the tree he was hiding behind, throwing the snowball at him as she came up the side. He probably has acknowledged by now that she was a girl. Either way this would be incredibly fun.

After she threw the snowball she darted backwards behind another tree, watching him carefully. She wondered how much of a fighter he was. Hm…maybe she’d find out later after this.

[Cello]

Cello's flirtatious laugh rang in his ears as he was hit in the face again. He couldn't catch any glimpse of her features for her snowball was thrown too fast, blinding his vision with spots of white smeared across his face. His hair, however, somehow remained lowered over his forhead and dry. His pulled-over hood was warm against his ears, the fur sticking out from underneath.

Cello saw her smeared colors hide behind a tree and he sprinted behind another one. "How about, if you hit me once more you can hear my name and if I dodge it, I can hear yours?!" He yelled out, playfully. He bent down quickly and made another one, waiting to hear her response to his proposal. It was a slick way to come off as a cute boy who wanted to flirt and fool around. He smiled at himself for coming up with that clever deal.

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>Dwayne smiled slightly at the flirtatious laugh, she chuckled lightly in return. She glanced slightly as he ducked behind another tree, just barely catching a glimpse of him. She quickly gathered another snowball in her hand just as she heard his offer. Not a bad one, a name for a hit seemed fair enough. She had a feeling he’d probably be trying harder now then before so she might as well agree.

Yet, she quickly thought about her other options to this. Deception was the greatest battle tactic ever, and almost everyone fell for it. Her gut told her she was fooling with deception here, but either way might as well figure out whom she it fighting against right. It’s hard to know your enemy when you don’t know the name. “Eh, why not.” She said aloud, carefully taking a few steps to the left to get a better shot. “But, how about you actually attempt to hit me instead?” She offered ducking behind another tree.</sub>

[Cello]

Cello smiled to himself as he heard her chosen words and how wisely she was able to keep up with his. "Yah yah, it was all practice before," he said, he would have given her a wink but the palpable thought of her not being able to see his eye struck him. He didn't see her run to another tree and so he ran out at a full sprint. His best quality was his long legs viult for speed. If he branched off from an animal it would have been the bunny; long legs, quick speed, silent, yet not as feirce as the wolf that hunts it, []yet[/i].

His legs struck the ground, snow exploding into the air. He kept light feet, careful not to sink into the thick layer of the white sheet. His mind on his movement, he didn't look up in time and ran right into her. His jaw hit the tree as he tripped over her foot and sank into the snow, roots poking from underneath the sheet. All hecould give out was some sort of demented groan.

Cello boiled with laughter. The pain was shootng through his chin and the laughing made it worse. He laughed at himself, freely. He didn't care if he ever made a stupid mistake for he could take this simple event to mind and use it at battle. He was learning but will someday reah a high rank, one he deserved to accompany.

His laugh rang through the air, snow falling down from the tree in clumps as the branches were disturbed from vibrations. His eyes peeled open, watery from laughing and searched for her figure, hoping he didn't hurt her.[/color][/size]

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>“Bring it then.” She replied to his words with a smile as she looked towards his direction. She watched carefully as he kicked up the snow at her former tree. That would be hard to dodge… she thought to herself. She smiled lightly at the boy, he wasn’t a dumb as he first portrayed himself. The boy was cleaver she’d give him that much. Her eyes widened as she noticed he wasn’t stopping.

She eeped slightly as he rammed into her, knocking both of them into the snow. She heard something hit the tree but she wasn’t sure what it was. She had fallen backwards her head hitting against the snow sending shivers up her spine. She chuckled quietly as she sat up, shivering as stray snow fell down the back of her shirt. She gently fixed her hair before turning to the face the figure beside her.

He was laughing his head off right now, of course anyone would considering the situation. She gently tilted her head to the side, his chin was really red. That’s what must have hit the tree… ow… she thought to herself wincing as she thought about how much that might hurt. She wasn’t in pain, cold and her back hurt a bit but that was nothing to be worried about.

“Good strategy, just work on stopping.” She said to him chuckling afterwards. The boy was smart… she wondered how both of them would do if they ever had to fight together. They might actually do well…. She intended to become a high ranking officer one day, and that was an intention she was not going to give up on.</sub>

[Cello]

As Cello's vision cleared up he finally found the face of the "mysterious" girl. He smiled, feeling his chin wrinkle up every piece of skin in the process. He winced but couldn't help to keep smiling.

His hood had fallen backwards, revealing his light sandy brown hair. He shook his head, snow retreiving from amongst his hair and was sent flying into the huge mound of snow picked up from the collision. His eye re-opened from the head shake and fell upon her face outlined in white hair. Her hair was lovely gainst her skin-tone, adding a silky touch. He smiled and finally asked, "You a'right?" One hand fit uncomfortably behind him, he reached out the other to help her up as he slowly bent his back upward to lift himself up first.

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>Dwayne smiled in return to the boy. He wasn’t half bag looking… considering the fact he was still partially covered in snow. His sandy blond hair neatly framed his face, even more so then hers did. She had never seen chocolate eyes like his before among the others here. Her only useable eye was a pale blue, her other was pupil-less and much more of a fog blue then anything. The people she’s met also have had blue eyes of a varying nature. She stared at his eyes for a moment, before shifting her gaze away to the ground.

She gently brushed away a few stray clumps of snow off her face as he shook the snow off his face. “Yeah, I’m fine.” She replied, taking his hand as he helped her up. “Thanks…” She said, trailing off towards the end a bit, she didn’t know the boy’s name. Of course… he most likely didn’t who she was either. As she stood up she gently pulled her hood back over her head.</sub>

[Cello]

"Anytime," he said, releasing her hand and hung his now loosly to his side. Cello's grin widened as the hand that was fit uncomfortably behind him released a snowball he had quickly pulled toegther into the air, sailing right towards her. He was determined to hear her name first and no one ever said the game was over...

ooc: Wow, sorry, I really couldn't pull out a longer post right now xD

[Dwayne Nalani]

[[OOC: Tis alright... ]]

_{Dwayne's eyes widened slightly as the snowball hit her in the face, the taste of cold water against her lips. She twitched gently, as she wiped of the snow off her face with her sleeve. Mentally, she cursed herself for being so stupid not to see this coming. One of the oldest tricks in the book really. She laughed at her stupidity, shaking off the rest of the snow off her now chilled face. "Brilliant. I can not believe I fell for that." She said in between her laughs. Calming her laughs she sighed, she had a deal with him to honor. "You are defiantly a skilled strategist. I'm Dwayne Nalani, by the way." She said holding out her hand for him to shake if he wished to.}

[Kristen]

He reached out his own hand to greet hers. She had a firm grip. There was definetly years of training behind her shake and Cello knew it. The side of his lip lifted into a smile and he said, "Well, Dwayne, you are definetly a skilled aim-nist.. ist." Cello laughed at his lack of planned out words as the last of his created word slipped from his mouth.

He released her hand for a second time and focused in on her name, Dwayne Nalani. "Now that I have heard your name, it won't hurt for you to hear mine. After all, you did hit me quite a few times," he said with a smile. "I'm Cello.... er," he trailed off, not knowing what his last name was. He laughed and continued, "Last names don't matter."

[Dwayne Nalani]

<sub>Dwayne noticed the frim grim... he must train a lot like herself. Of course most men had frim handshakes since they held more muscle that women. She chuckled gently at the boy's words towards the end. She didn't know what you'd call a person with good aim... she'd have to go look that up later.

She returned Cello's smile as he told her his first name. Was he an orphan? That might explain why he didn't say his last name. Or he just didn't want to say it, doesn't matter much though. "Cello.. that's a very odd name... but it's interesting." She said with a smile. She always had a liking towards odd names. That was just her personal taste. She stayed slient for a few moments trying to thing of something else to say. She was not the greatest at conversations.</sub>