Topic: Moving away.

theeyesofanother

Date: 2007-09-23 16:18 EST
Sarah had spent the entire morning packing, and loading her things into a cart she had borrowed from a frind. She had Mor and her new paint mare, simply named Paint, pulling the cart.

She left the couch, the tacky end tables Cinder had bought, table, chairs, dishes, glasses, food, and all of his room furniture where it was. Her room was bare now, and the bathroom had been stripped of her shampoos, conditions, bath towels and soaps.

She had taken the tack from the barn the villages helped to build, including he headstalls she had bought as well.

Sarah stood next to the cart, looking at the little cottage Harold and Archie had provided to them. She thought back to all the times her and Cinder had spent here, and when he asked her to Marry him. She was so happy. But now...now, she didnt know what she wanted.

Sarah knew she loved Cinder, so very much. But she wasnt sure he wanted to marry her anymore. She sat down at the table inside once last time, to write a letter.

To my love-

Cinder, I am moving to a small ranch I purchased about two hours riding time from here. If you follow the trail up the coast, and take the first trail on the left, you will run into my cottage. It sits on about ten achers of land in a small valley between the trees.

The last thing I want, is for us to fight, or be cross with eachother. I want you to come and see me as often as you can, and i'll even stop by here when I can. I just think we need time apart to think about what we really want, and need. I love you dearly, but I can see in your eyes when I look at you, that you are hurting.

I left your things here, and the fridge fully stocked. I left the left overs from dinner in the fridge for you, its fish in an itallian sause over noodles. Hope you like it.

I must be going. My love, I hope you find in life what you need to find, and I hope your course brings you back to me. If not, I understand.

-Your Demoness, Sarah

Sarah left the note on the table. She went outside and climbed onto the cart, picking up the reins. After a few clicks to the horses, the group set off. She couldnt bare to look back, for fear she would unpack her things and move them back inside.

She must've cried the entire way up the coast, until she turned left and made the half hour journey into the wooded area, until it opened up to her new home.

CinderElf

Date: 2007-09-25 03:19 EST
He returned to the cottage after finding her drunk at the Red Dragon, he was hurt. The letter and now this. "

He nodded going around the house he propped the teleporter up from its mound just as he'd done when it was at the tavern. He tucked it under his right arm and walked to the front of the cottage. Cinder reached up in front of his room window reaching for the seashell windchimes. He was then reminded than not too long ago he had removed them from a window elsewhere. He wiped his feet at the door and almost turned his key, but decided not to. He felt his hand on the doorknob, he shook his head, he felt depressed and felt it would be worse to enter it.

He walked down the front to the mailbox and dropped off the key inside. Heading "home/work" he wondered what was in store for him tomorrow. He talked in Ferishan then in Deutsch and English, all were the same words. "Home is where love resides a heart and hearth is warmed and welcomed." He looked at the empty cottage this was not that definition not now, he knew that work would not live up to that either but it had a definiton almost as endearing to him.

~Hours later~

He sat at the office spinning in his chair thinking of many things. He uncorked a bottle of cold cloud berry wine pouring the delicious drink into his coffee mug. Still a bit of coffee remained at the bottom, he cared not. He passed the time playing some darts and going over things, of course business was slow he had nothing to do and he continued to kid himself he was having a good time. Cinder poured another and took up writting in his type writter, he needed a new one and perhaps when he made some money he would. The O's had a problem of not showing up on the paper which annoyed him even if he wasnt the best of writers.

~Dear Sarah,

I am writting y u fr m the desk at my ffice at the Salvage Yards. I h pe that this letter finds y u well and y ur hang ver isn't t bad. Perhaps y u dn't even have ne which is g d. S rry by reading y u can sumrise that a certai n letter is n t sh wing up n my crappity typewriter. I shall be getting a new ne s n. I l ve y u and h pe y u can f rgive me. I kn w I am n t the easiest pers n t get al ng with but I am trying. I think n y u much my dear. The place by the beach isnt the same if y u are'nt there. Tis best if I remain here till we can talk... I think we need to d this and understand ur feelings. I want t be with y u. Marrying y u is s mething I want t d and share and be. T be wise t understand better where ur hearts are taking us and where they have been.

With much l ve f r y u,

Cinder Shirastan~

He folded it and sent it in the usual envelope and planned on sending it by way with the usual messenger. He walked outside the office and placed it in Delliah's jaws. The large cat could gain much ground moreso than the average post on horse back, vespa and bicycle but still it was night and deliverys were better this way. Delliah huffed at him, she too was upset with his recent behaviour but offered to do this because she liked Sarah. Despite the fact she hadnt spent much time with her, she spent time with her horses, she missed them.

"Thank you Delliah...and I..I'm sorry to you too".

She silently nodded placing a paw on his foot and then walked off then into a charge across RhyDin.

He sat on the steps drinking the wine, under the glow of the lamps. Shadows from moths played patterns on the ground below, he watched them in a daze. The bottle was in place of the glass as he sat listening to the silence which rolled on the chill of the nights air.

"I'm sorry, everyone". He wiped his face some and banged the door behind him. The screen door rattled some and the fram fell off, the wooden door was then closed carefully. He let out a sigh, unbuttoning his shirt and rolled it up for a makeshift pillow. Walking around inisde to the desk he rolled out a blanket on the floor. He tunred off the lights of the office. He layed down curled up on one side staring under the desk. He took note of a few peices of crumpled papers and some tools lying about. He stared at them feeling sick inside. "Home"...