Nebula Gravis

[MikeCirka]

{Wynn and Vena - Close to Ciniria City}

Near the fallen capital of Nigerautumnus, two figures emerge from a dark forest. The first to appear was a young girl with a red hood, and the other was a man with white hair.

"Would you please just explain to me why we can't just go somewhere reasonably comfortable for once?" Vena asked, brushing off the remains of some constricting vines that had tempted Wynn's wrath by grabbing her. "Maybe even just a little, teensie bit safe? I mean, you're supposed to be protecting me, aren't you? Wouldn't that be easier in a place where there wasn't so much for you to defend me from? And to be perfectly honest, I'm sick of getting attacked by vines, and giant spiders, and snatched up by those hairy little cretins with the bulbous noses, what are they called again, Wynn?"

"Hobgoblins, V." Wynn answered, taking a swig of water from a large wineskin slung over his shoulder. "Infinite cosmic wisdom, and you still don't know what a hobgoblin is..."

"It's not infinite cosmic wisdom... That sounds stupid." Vena cut-in.

"... Besides, I'm protecting you from people. And that is made easier by there being lots of things out here to strangle, poison, or spirit folks away. I found you out here you know."

"I was there and don't remind me." She scoffed. "This place is horrid. How much longer till we reach the city?"

Wynn thought about it for a moment. It was a little ways still, but probably not much longer than half an hour.

"We're almost there. The place is massive. The capital of a lost empire, and home to scum of the earth. We'll stick out like a needle in a needle stack. May need to beat some sense into the odd forgetful rodent to remind 'em they shouldn't bother us. "

"You better be right about this, Wynn... If I came all the way out here, and one of them still hunts me down again in a week, I'm gonna be angry."

"Don't even talk about 'em V." Wynn said, becoming serious suddenly. "We can't afford to think like that."

"Your right, sorry." Vena said.

They continued on towards the city, silently...