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[color=#bf565c][h1]Noah[/h1][h3]The Outlands[/h3][/color][/center]

Noah felt a smile creep forward onto his lips, out here he just seemed lighter, if not happier. Once they hit the edge of the wood, his partner took point. Noah drew his knife and flipped a small switch on it, crackling with electricity. It was a similar technology to that of the laser weapons that had been developed, but this time for knives. When they first stepped into the woods Noah heard a noise and both he and his partner tensed up. Frozen for a brief few moments Noah and Ari stood completely still, it was then that Noah noticed his partner very minutely shaking. 

He stepped in beside her and put a reassuring hand on her wrist, “I’ve got your back.” He said in a grittier deep voice to avoid alerting anything that may have been following, or stalking them. But, as it did in the Outlands, it went quiet once more. The trees drew back from being ominous to being serene and Noah found himself feeling lighter once more. He and Ari began walking again, this time for about twenty minutes. 

“Y’know, Ari” Noah began once more using her short hand “we probably lucked out on being partners.” Noah said motioning to the two of them with his knife. “We’re two of the only guards that feel the way we both do, I can tell just by looking at you.” Noah said referring to their intentions as guards, their abilities to do what was necessary. Ari turned to Noah and stated that they might as well go east as Cru and Sky went west. Infallible logic, really. Noah turned to check their flanks before turning back to Ari and seeing what looked to be two feet of solid death. It was a Scorpion’s tail at least, that’s what he could make out of it and it was glistening, most likely not with something that was good for the heart. 

“Shit, Ari duck!” Noah shouted before taking one step forward and lunging towards the tail, grabbing on to it in a bear hug-like maneuver. He took his knife and stabbed into the creature, firmly dragging his blade along its length in order to fully slice the beast – or whatever it was. But as he sliced it, he felt a sharp pinch in his right side, one of the areas where the guards outfit was weakest by necessity. He let go of the tail once he knew that Ari was no longer in the way of being struck by it and slashed it twice more, lopping it off in it’s entirety.

He absent mindedly put a hand on his right side over where the pinch had been and glanced down to the wound. His armor was slightly compromised, and he felt a little woozy. “Ari, I think it stung me.” Noah said cursing but keeping his knife hand up waiting for the beast’s second strike.