Thread: Whose side to choose? (Kay & Askeladd)

Nicole watched him go as her heart steadied. She didn't really understand why she was scared of him, he was just so large and different. She'd never been around anyone so alien to her. She thought back about how he had obeyed her orders despite the fact she had no real power. Also, she thought back to the handshake and how gentle he had been with her hand, with his size he could have probably crushed her hand with a whim. His hand was warm though and she could feel his strength even though he was being gentle. Her thoughts mirrored these for the rest of her training session. She couldn't get the demon off of her mind. Completely without focus she continued her training although making several mistakes. She was generally thought of as one of the most competent knights in this division, but was considered to small and weak to be of any real use. However, she had gotten yelled at a couple times during this training session for making 'rookie' mistakes that her superiors didn't think were becoming of a knight of her talent. The training session ended early this day, everyone's focus had been demolished by the complete and utter lack of military bearing that had been shown in the events of the day. The instructors new this and even felt the same exact way. They called off the last half of the extended practices. Nicole was fine with this as she was exhausted from the extra work she'd already had to do. She waited around for the people to clear out looking for her new follower in the crowd as she had imagined wouldn't be that difficult of a thing to do. To her dismay however as more people left to rest or go enjoy their free time he was nowhere to be seen. She kind of panicked a little wondering if he had just left or if he just wandered off on his own and possibly gotten lost. She asked a few people if they had seen him however, at the mentioning of him they seemed offended, as if their eyes were to good to see such a creature. She ran around checking a few places he was likely to be, the mess-hall, her own barracks and even ran around the courtyard again in case he was sitting down behind something. It was on a lucky whim that she rounded the barracks and saw him. She watched him for a second his sword play was much better than hers, well.. better than anyone she'd seen. He was amazing moving so quick for someone his size. It was actually kind of beautiful in a way. She could make out everything almost as if she could see the opponent he had put himself up against. When he threw the elbow and dropped to his knees she was scared for him, having the instinct to run to his aide to see if he was alright. Instead she collected herself, she wasn't angry and for some reason she didn't really feel scared right now. Maybe because she saw him at a time where he appeared vulnerable or maybe it was just the initial shock of seeing something like him earlier, but now she was somewhat calm. Hey you! Her exclamation was soft, as if she were really happy to see him. Glad to see your doing something productive she said and walked up to him her right hand on her left wrist, for some reason she wanted to keep her hands occupied. You kinda scared me when i couldn't find you. You shoulda told me if you got bored.