A Good Day For Fishin' Aint it?

Sometimes Alne can look down right menacing, the City of Ash seen in the distance surrounded by the great lake that circles it. Today though, the clouds have blown off to reveal a clear, cold slice of late morning.

Reeds line the banks of the lake, watery pink flowers blooming over the surface on thick green leaves that serve as little boats connected by a submerged stem. Small birds forage for insects that hover over the water, but fish are eying such a meal themselves. Concentric ripples burble up from the still depths, making it an excellent day to be quiet and still..

A Cait-sith woman in an unremarkable grey robe casts a simple fishing rod out onto the water, sitting down near the shore on a couple of ratty but servicable blankets. Her tail wraps around her body and feet as she nestles down in the grass, looking out over the water into the far distance.

    It was a peaceful morning and walking along the lake's shore was one dark scaled Salamander named Xander. He was humming some 80s song while he was walking, dressed simply in his boots, leather pants, tunic, and fingerless gloves.

What he did not expect to see as he was out there was Nureha, who he still owed a drink too. Though the sight of her did not change his pace, but it did change his direction of travel.

His steps slowed down to not disturb the fish she could be trying to catch and once he got closer, he crouched down, keeping his voice soft to not even interfere with the peaceful atmosphere of this place, "... Any luck so far?" He asks her, as his tail gently sways through the grass behind him.

    Peaceful places are the best places to sleep and with what was done the previous day, the Monkey Cait Sith decided today was his day of rest. He makes his way to the lake, walking along the path leading to the lake, heck maybe he will go for a swim, he's not swam in a long time. Rubbing the back of his head as he makes his way to the lake.

    Upon getting there he sees Nureha and Xander, "HEY!" he calls out but quickly shuts up as he sees that Nureha was fishing. "Sorry." he whispers. "What's going on?

Nureha reached up and slid the hood down from her face, gently pulling her ears free from the slits as she shakes out her hair. She looked over at him with a warm smile. "No." she says with a faint giggle. "None at all." she doesn't seem to be particularly annoyed with this, looking away from him back over the water. She holds herself a little straighter, as if being under observation was like slipping back into a set of clothes she didn't quite hurry along.

She waves a hand to the grass nearby. "Come. Ms. Takayama must give you SOME latitude with your time. Today is too pretty to waste on petty natures of advancement." She leans away from Xander, towards someone new. "Good morning." she says cheerfully, gesturing for them to join them. "Nothing terribly pressing. Just thought I would try fishing. It's been ages since I actually did the minigame in question.. too much on my mind, I suppose."

    Wynfei shouts 'HEY' and Xander lip curls up slight, nose scrunches, and then peers over his shoulder. Well, so much for peace it seems. Though his facial expression quickly relaxes as he lets out a slight sigh.

Though his eyes do look back to Nureha, before he just sits down on the ground, one leg crossing over the other. "Well, shame the fish won't come out to play. They are missing a very /lovely/ day to be biting." He says with a mischievous grin.

    When Nureha brings up Misa, he rolls his eyes gently and looks up the eyes. "Honestly, while we did some raiding together before the expansion drop... I doubt she even knows I'm alive. I doubt the guild even knows I'm a thing, let alone the alliance." At that point he flops back on his back, "Which is perfectly fine by me."

"Though I am planning on doing some mob cleaning this weekend." Xander adds, rolling his head back to look over to Wynfei, "And what she said, my good sir. Nothing much. Come on over. Save Nureha from my horrible ass." He then chuckles a bit.

    A bounce and a hop and a skip. Wynfei makes his way to Nureha and Xander, "Ah. I've never done any fishing, I always did the other minigames, like the jump ones." he laughs. He crouches down easily resting on the balls of his feet, he didn't see the maybe slight annoyance on Xanders face if there was one. Still Wynfei doesn't seem to be having a bad day.

    He is about to start saying something but he quiets himself as Xander speaks. "I'm not sure what I'm doing for an Alliance or Guild." he states. "Last nights duty kinda had me at a loss a bit as it seems that you all already knew what you were doing so I just did what I could." he states. "As for my day today." he switches tracks, "I may try to do some mobs as well. I can't stay idle, I think I know what my role is going to be while I'm here."

"Perhaps it is just for the best. There used to be a raid encounter that started because you fished in a particular crystal lake somewhere in the Ninetail Dominion. Level.. 87 Demonic Angler? Had a wicked little hypnosis attack."

She trails off as Xander points out his isolation within the alliance but doesn't comment on it. "Well, in any case. Thank you for your service. Who knows what will happen if those mobs aren't cleaned up." She gives him a slightly mischievious smile as she says this, eyes glimmering with good cheer.

She ruffles around her inventory. "I'm somewhat of a pack rat, I'm afraid. I think... ah yes! I thought there were duplicates." She takes out a pair of fishing rods and a canister that reads only Bait

"You both are welcome to join me if you wish."

She peers at Wynfei as though trying to place them. "Ah. You were one of the unaffiliates. Well. Thank you for helping us find our headquarters. It was appreciated. As to your role.. that will come in it's own time. "

    Xander listens to Wynfei speaks and simply says, "Oh?" Seeing just what Wynfei was applying to about 'his job' here. Though his eyes do roam over to Nureha, before he looks back up at the sky.

The Nureha thanks him for his service, he cuts a glance over to her and slowly gives her the middle finger, but only slightly raising his knuckle up, before flopping his arm on his stomach. Effort; He doesn't have it today.

"Thank you, but nah. I am feeling very content just to be as lazy as humanly possible and stay like I am. A jerk. By a lake. With two great people to bother." He says with a grin, before closing his eyes. "Since I am pretty sure days like these may become fewer and fewer."

    Wynfei's ears perk up slightly and he looks to Nureha, "You barely know me, thank you though." he smiles as he looks at her. "I may take you up on that, but right now I'm waiting trying to see how things pan out." he says to her. "With having loss Ezzo and been dealing with all the changes that has us all here." he shrugs a little. "SO how are you handling things Nureha. Oh I'm Wynfei." he chuckles and he rolls backwards into a handstand. Each time Xander has seen Wynfei, the dark skinned Monkey Cait Sith doesn't have a weapon on him.

    He stays in the hand stand for a good long moment, "Sorry for all of the run ons. I normally don't talk this much but right now I feel like I have a second chance at things here, being at low levels. That I may try to engage more people and the Landers around us." he says to them both.

Nureha raises a hand to cover an undignified snort of laughter in regards to Xander's.. displeasure at her hidden barb. She goes back to her fishing, reeling in the line and replacing another shapeless bit of bait onto the hook before throwing it out into the lake.

"Maybe, but if that is really so, I think we should MAKE time for them." she smiles, but it's a thin and angry smile that evaporates as soon as it forms. "But let's not speak of such things..":

She looks at Wynfei and a wistful nostaglia colors her face for a time, nose wrinkling as she watches the playful player observe them from upside-down. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Wynfei."

She nods. "Believe me.. perhaps this is a good thing for all of us. A chance to re-examine our beginnings, and how they shaped us." She chintaps with two fingers. "..Have you done any of the other minigame series? The Crafter ones? I know I've been trying to get in touch with people who have."

    Xander doesn't really have anything to add or say. Instead the Salamander is very content to just lay there. His mind off on other things as the wind blows by him, rustling the grass near by. His eyes don't even seem focused on the sky.

    Shanking his head, "No I haven't done those yet." he says to Nureha. "Honestly I need to figure out what I want to do. I do have the tracking and searching skills pretty high and I do have Tracker as my profession. I may try to do some of the minigames for that as well as looking for rare materials to help people with armor, weapons and such." he shrugs a little. "There is more to this place then I thought and like you said a chance to re-examine things."

" A few Trackers I know made a very good living with Bounty Hunting, both with the Lander population and with other players. You could also be on the lookout for Rare spawns, like you said. The game used to reward diligence like that." She smiles gently. "I've honestly never been able to read the signs myself, just the same as Divination. I always get tripped up somewhere in the middle."

Nureha shrugs a shoulder, pulling the tattered robe up on one shoulder. "Everyone's good and bad at something. Especially now, back at the beginning. You might want to contract with my guild for awhile. Plant Hwyaden is always in need of good scouts."

    The two continued to talk and Xander continued to remain silent, though he did glance over at the two, before looking back up at the sky. As he caught some sunrays, he raised up his hand and allowed them to trace through his fingers.

His ears hearing what they were saying, but his mind elsewhere still, before he at last speaks up. "... I think we need some fruit. Maybe some nuts."

Then he rolls back up to his feet, brushing himself off. "I'll go see about getting a few for us."

    Wynfei is still in his handstand, but he lowers himself but he doesn't sit down but balancing on his hands. Holding himself up off the ground but sitting with his legs out in front of him. SOmething you would see a gymnast do on the balance beam. "I've not thought about being a scout. That could be fun an I may take you up on your offer. We will see." he says to her.

    Glancing over to Xander, he has been quiet for a bit and he was hoping everything was ok with him. "Yeah, I know what I'm good and pad at, which is why being with a group who know you're strength and weaknesses can be essential."

    Xander does come back, tossing Nureha and Wynfei a generic fruit or two that he located down. He grins over to Wynfei, "Consider it repayment for offering of the apple the other day."

He gives a bit of a stretch, "Sadly, I got reminded while I was getting these that I need to go check on some stuff back in town." He gives them both a wave. "You two take care," Then he looks at Nureha, "And this weekend. That drink. Promise." Then he goes to make his way out.