Thread: The Vale of Flowers (Saber Arturia and Dancingrain)

Asuka was running through the forest as fast as she could. But it was to no avail she could still hear their voices shouting out after her. She couldnt believe her bad luck. It had been almost two months since she finally was able to escape from those slave traders. Yet somehow they once again found her. She really couldnt believe how horrible this last year had been. After all almost a year ago she had been living a peaceful life. Her father and mother owned a simple tofu shop and everyone in town was friendly with them. And then out of nowhere there was this bandit raid on her village. She had been sleeping peacefully when her dad suddenly barged into her room, telling her to quickly come. Half asleep she didnt realize what was going on until she stepped out of the house. The nights darkness that she expected wasnt there. Instead there was this eerie glow from the fires all around the town. The smell of blood, fire and something she couldnt define surrounded her. Screams, the sounds of metal clashing against metal were all around her. All this combined with people running around, others riding horses, Asuka finally understood that the stories people told of raids like this never truly did them justice. She thought it might be scary but if she kept calm she would survive. But now she knew, it was scary, it was terrifying. Listening to her father, Asuka ran and kept on running. Even after she got to the safety of the darkness, she kept on running. However until she finally calmed down, she realized she was all alone. In her panic, she didnt check to see if her father and mother followed. This once again caused her to panic. She cried, she begged the Gods for help, she cried some more before realizing that crying and begging for help wouldnt actually get her somewhere. First she needed to learn if her parents were alive. So she steeled herself and went back to the village. The entire day she moved from corpse to corpse. Each time she saw who it was, she was sad that it was someone who she knew yet at the same time happy and relieved it wasnt her family. In the end, her mother and father werent among them. This meant that they were alive somewhere. Happy about that, she went out to search for them. Six months she travelled, trying to find them to no avail. Then another calamity stroke. As she was camping out, she suddenly was jumped by slave traders. At that time she really thought her life was over. She probably was going to be sold to some dirty old man. Who knew that the boss instead would keep her for himself. Night after night she was forced to service him if he wasnt to drunk. In the beginning she was horrified. She even wanted to take her life. But she couldnt. She had to endure if she ever hoped to find her family again. Thats why now she was running like crazy. Her kimono was torn up from running through the bushes. She lost one of her shoes a long time ago. But she didnt care, she was damned if she was going back to be that horrible mans personal toy. As she rushed out of another group of shrubs, she suddenly found herself standing face to face with another woman. In a few seconds she saw the sword in the other womans hand and she didnt hesitate and rushed towards her. Please help me! Im being chased by some bad men! Save me! She begged.