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Kaleeth lowered her head as Janius started to raise his voice. It was easy to tell that this was something that brought up a great deal of emotion for him, as it was for her as well. Though, most of her emotions right now were of disappointment and sadness. Killing the wamasu had made her happier than she had been in a long time, but the rejection by Janius had turned all those feelings bittersweet.

"What is risk?" Kaleeth asked in a meek tone. "If I drink a resisting potion before, and a cure after, what is risk?"
Ahnasha shrugged her shoulders. She had managed to finish an outline on Fendros' body, but now came the much longer and more difficult part of actually filling in the details "It wouldn't hurt to ask, I guess, but I also wouldn't expect many results. She is the leader of a fully Argonian village, so I don't see why she would have any real experience with live births. She is really old, so I guess she could have learned about it as some point during her long life, but I just wouldn't count on it."

Letting out a sigh, Ahnasha shook her head lightly. "I really don't want to worry about it right now, though. I would just like to relax and paint. Speaking of which, I appreciate you finally agreeing to do this. I suppose that means I owe you one, now. What do you want to do after this? If I can, I'll do it."
At first, Kaleeth seemed excited as Janius looked into her eyes. She liked being close to him, and wanted to be even closer. By his expression, he seemed to be sharing the same feelings, which is why it came as such a surprise to her when he suddenly refused. Even he seemed disappointed in it, which even further added to her confusion. She struggled to understand the words he was saying with how quickly he was speaking, but she gathered that he did not want to spread this werewolf disease. Even so, she did not want to give up. Surely it wasn't as bad as he was making it out to be?

Kaleeth approached Janius with a confused, yet hopeful expression. "Are...are you sure there is no way? You say it is a disease, right? I could take potion...and I am Saxhleel. I resist disease. I have never even been sick before." She wanted to try and persuade him to reconsider. Disease was something she had never really worried about before, so she was sure that if she took a potion, she would be safe from whatever he had. Honestly, she was rather curious about werewolves and what it was like to be one. She wanted to ask him about it, but the current matter was much more pressing on her mind.
Ahnasha gave Fendros a stern stare for a few moments, but then broke the illusion when she couldn't stop herself from laughing. "Don't worry, I'm just joking. I know I am beautiful. Now hold still, I can't draw you properly if you move too much. I mean...I probably can't draw you properly anyway, but moving would make it harder."

After starting on her outline of him, she went back to answering his original question. "Anyway, I've been enjoying the rest. I didn't think too much of these mud huts when we arrived, but they actually keep out the elements really well. It is much more comfortable in that common hut than it is out in the marsh. I suppose it makes sense; Argonians like these have been living in the marsh for as long as it has existed, so they probably would have picked up on a few useful tricks by now. I definitely like that I can keep my fur dry now. All the rain Black Marsh gets has been weighing me down, quite literally. I'm enjoying it while I can, but it's making me dread the trek to Stormhold even more. I really wish we didn't have to go to a city, honestly, especially so close to a full moon. It seems risky."
"Don't worry." Kaleeth said with a mischievous smile before wrapping her arms around him and pulling him close to hug him. "I do not mind hugging you." She continued to hug him for a rather long time before pulling away enough to speak to him. "I still am not really sure what a werewolf is, but I won't mention it to anyone. I promise. You have helped me so much; it would be terrible for me to not help you."

Kaleeth looked back at the cave and thought about the wamasu for a moment. They would need to return to village to get enough hunters to help move it, then she would need to use its hide to craft armor, which would also take time, but her time as an apprentice was essentially over. Even more, it was nearly unheard of for just a pair of hunters to take down one of the beasts. The circumstances of its death were certainly different than an average hunt, but she hoped her parents would be proud of her for the kill. When she turned her attention back to Janius, it became obvious she was looking him over. It was undeniable that it was because of him she had even survived the encounter with the wamasu, let alone killed it, so her opinion of him couldn't have been higher. She didn't think it was possible, considering he was not Argonian, but she now recognized that she was attracted to him. "You know...I really like you." She said, her tone just slightly suggestive.
After a few minutes, Ahnasha had set up her supplies at least adequately. The rock she was using to bare down on wasn't perfectly even and, considering the conditions they had been traveling through, her brush certainly wasn't in perfect condition, but it would be good enough. "While I really like the first pose, I would stick with something you could actually hold for a while. Besides, it's not like you have to strike a pose to look handsome." She complimented with a smile.

As she was starting her first brush strokes, she thought a moment on Fendros' question. The way he worded it seemed to have an accidental implication; it wasn't anything she was actually offended by, but that didn't mean she couldn't have some fun with it. "What do you mean that sleep did me some good? Are you saying I didn't look good before? I try very hard, you know." She retorted, feigning a tone that sounded offended.
Unlike yesterday, I probably actually do not have enough time to write anything. It is halfway to 4. I think I'll be going to bed. Goodnight.
Before leaving the cave, Kaleeth made sure to grab her bow, as well as a wamasu egg from the nearby nest. She would have grabbed all of them, but a single one was about the size of her head, so that would have been difficult. She did not know why Janius wanted her to leave the cave, but she trusted him enough to follow his lead. The sounds echoing up from within the cave gave somewhat of an explanation as to what he was doing. While she was waiting, she examined the cuts on her arm, which had started to cause her some pain now that her adrenaline had worn off. Some of the cuts were pretty deep, but the potion was causing them to regenerate relatively quickly. Nevertheless she took her loincloth and used it as a bandage to wrap up her arm to help prevent it from becoming infected.

At first, Kaleeth thought Janius was trying to eat the wamasu, but when he emerged in his human form, it was the scent of ogre blood that covered him. She was still somewhat confused about what was going on, and why he had decided to eat the raw flesh of the ogre, especially in the current situation. Maybe there was more to his beast-like form than just a new body? When Janius asked about werewolves, she shook her head. "No, what is a...where-wolf? Is that what you turned into? I want to know where you learned the magic to turn into it. It made you very...powerful. I am glad you were there with me." Kaleeth answered. Even with Janius' transformation, she was beyond cheerful. The goal of becoming a hunter was something she had been working at for years, and she had finally attained it. She credited Janius greatly for helping her, as she knew it would not have happened otherwise. She found herself looking at him more often, and a bit...differently than just as a close friend, as Janius would no doubt be able to see in her expression.
Ahnasha gave a laugh as she set up her supplies. She did not exactly have a proper easel or anything, so she had to make due with a flat rock. While she was still by no means an expert painter, she had at least graduated to using color paint by this point. Luckily, with all the plants in the marsh, Sabine was able to create dyes easily. They may or may not have been poisonous, but as long as no one was eating her paintings, it would be fine. She rubbed her chin lightly as she looked over Fendros. She tried to look the part of an artist while he was trying to act like a model. They both probably looked ridiculous from the outside, but she didn't really care. She was both enjoying her painting, and the chance to do something different with Fendros, something she enjoyed.

"Hmm, let me see." She said, holding out her hands as if she were framing a painting. She wasn't actually accomplishing anything by doing this, she just wanted to look more like a painter. "I want you to strip down, then strike a heroic pose. Something strong, like you would see in a statue. Maybe I can do justice to all the muscle you've been building recently? It seems your training with Lorag has been going well, hasn't it? Not to mention all that practice with a bow. I've been raising the draw strength on your bow, so that might have had a bit of an influence."
If you don't feel like RPing the training, we could switch over to explain what Ahnasha and Fendros are doing, or just stick with only Janius and Kaleeth for a while. Or we could do the training if you think it would be interesting.
Kaleeth turned to the corpse of the wamasu and approached it. By this point, she had simply accepted in her mind that Janius was probably using some kind of shapeshifting magic to take on his current form, though she did not know why he had not yet changed back. As she had no previous knowledge of werewolves, she had absolutely no preconceived notions about them, so she thought no less of Janius now as she did a few minutes ago. If anything, she now found him more interesting, due to the apparent power he held.

As strange as it seemed, Kaleeth looked to be more interested in the wamasu than Janius at the moment. She ran her hands gently across the surface of its scales and just stared for a few moments before saying anything. "I killed a wamasu." She said in a soft voice, with a tone that was more of a question than a statement. Slowly, the reality of what just happened dawned on her. Now that their lives were not in danger, she could appreciate the benefits of what this would mean for her. Once she made a set of armor from its hide, she would, by all rights, be a hunter. Her expression quickly turned to a smile as she turned to Janius with an extraordinarily excited expression. "I killed a wamasu!"

Without a moment of hesitation, Kaleeth walked over to Janius and wrapped her arms around his furry neck and hugged him tightly. Perhaps if she knew the details of what a werewolf actually was, especially in regards to the beast spirit, she would have been more hesitant, but since she knew it was Janius now, she no longer felt intimidated by him in the slightest. After a few moments, she pulled back slightly to look him in the eyes. "You helped me kill wamasu. You have done so much for me. You helped me become a full hunter, you are just...you are..." She began, but after she could not find the right word to express what she was saying, she simply planted a kiss right on his snout.
Lorag pretty much expected Runt's nonverbal answer. She rarely spoke, at she hadn't gone through that trial yet, so why would she start now? He groaned and stretched his muscles, then stood up and grabbed the weapons beside his bedroll. "Alright, it's better than sittin' here doing nothing I guess. Just get whatever weapons you want to use and meet me outside. I think there is an empty spot near where we first entered the village that we could use. Just don't expect any miracles here. It takes months of training to become decent at fighting. Even longer to get good."
Kaleeth took the potion hesitantly, but as she did not yet know what it was, she did not drink it. She was still frightened of the beast before her, but after a few moments passed, the stress and chaos of the fight diminished and she started to think more logically. She had saw Janius transform into the beast. This...thing was Janius, though she had no idea exactly what he was. Any stories she may have heard about werewolves were lost in childhood memories.

After taking a few, deep breaths, Kaleeth started to calm herself. Janius' new form was intimidating, but...it was still Janius, right? He was still her friend, no matter what kind of exotic shapeshifting magic he was using. Uncorking the bottle he had given her, she took a few sniffs of the contents, at which point she recognized that it was a healing potion. Kaleeth downed the contents quickly, then cautiously stood to her feet and took a few steps toward the strange beast. He was now much larger than her, with a long snout and powerful-looking muscles. It was like nothing she had ever seen before. "You...Janius?" She asked, with more curiosity in her voice than fear.
Lorag had been relaxing in the common hut, helping himself to some of the food and drink the locals offered him. Since he couldn't really talk to them, he didn't know if anything they had was alcoholic, but if there was, he hadn't yet found it. The last person he expected to interrupt him was Runt, even more so with the question she asked. He sat up and looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Yeah, I can do it, but...why you wanting to learn how to fight all the sudden? These Argonians makin' you fight someone in these trial things, or something?"
Once they were packed, Sam and Stevie locked up their apartment, then got into Sam's car and headed off to the nearest supermarket for some last minute food and other supplies. They packed as much into the car as they could, just to make sure they didn't run out during the week. They had way more than they would actually need, but there was no telling how much they might lose to accidents with their beast forms.

Under normal circumstances, and week long camping trip into the wilderness would be something Sam would find fun, but with the stress they had to deal with due to their lycanthropy, he had a feeling it would be more work than anything. Hopefully, they would be able to find time to just relax and enjoy themselves. He was driving them to a very secluded part of the forest a few hours from the city. It was unlikely that they would be disturbed way out there. As they were driving along, Sam decided to make a bit of conversation. "Since you almost turned this morning, I don't you'll be able to turn again for a while, so we probably won't be able to practice with our werewolf forms for at least a few hours after we get there. Maybe tomorrow. I suppose we need to take the time to get everything set up and get familiar with the area anyway. We are going to be there all week, so we need to make sure we have a good spot."
At first, Kaleeth nodded to Janius in understanding. She did not know what he was going to do, but she could jump in whenever she saw the opportunity. When he began his transformation, however, fear filled her once more. She might have been told stories of werebeasts when she was a hatchling, but it had been so long that she couldn't even remember the tales at the moment. She had no idea what was going on. One moment, he was Janius, an Imperial, and her friend. The next, he was a large, hairy creature that she had never seen nor heard of before. In her confused and frightened state, she would have ran if she could, but there was nowhere for her to go. Even as the beast started to wrestle the wamasu to the ground, she was momentarily paralyzed by fear. Her mind could not form a rational thought, but...she was not meant to think rationally, not now. She just needed to act. One thought came to her mind, a thought that she could focus on, something to latch on to. She had been told to strike as soon as she could, and when she looked down, she saw that the beast had managed to stop the wamasu's head from thrashing around just long enough for her to do that.

Without even a thought, Kaleeth lunged forward towards the wamasu's head. Reaching into its mouth and grabbing a hold of the remainder of the spear and pushing on it with all her might. The weapon cut deeper into its flesh and pressed against the bottom of its skull. Normally, no normal person could strike with enough force to break a wamasu's skull but that was when they attacked from the top. The bottom of the skull did not need to be nearly as strong, so when she pressed hard enough, the spearhead broke through and plunged into its brain. In an instant, the wamasu went from struggling fiercely, to completely dead. Its tail and legs twitched for a few moments afterwards, but its body was essentially limp, and lifeless. Kaleeth cut up her arm moderately on the wamasu's teeth, but that did not matter to her at the moment, as she was still deathly afraid. She tried to pull away from the wamasu to run away, but ended up tripping in her haste and falling on her back. As she sat up, she tried to back away, only to put herself in a corner, trembling in fear at the sight of Janius' werewolf form before her. With the rush of emotion and adrenaline from the fight, she was not thinking logically at the moment. In her mind, she had just traded being eaten by a wamasu with being eaten by some other unknown beast. In her current state, she did not even identify the beast as being Janius.
Thorantilth could see that Sabine was less than thrilled to hear about the next trial, but that was understandable. The Trial of Body was the toughest of the three, and not one he particularly liked himself. From just describing it, the trial sounded extremely difficult, especially considering the poison. Still, it was not meant to be impossible. The opponent selected for her was not meant to be equal to her level, but rather an appropriate amount below it, to account for the poison. Out of all of the trials, it was the one that was failed the most often, but unlike the trial of heart, she could attempt it multiple times if needed. "The weapons will all be practice weapons, but they may be of any style you are comfortable with. Both you and your opponent will be able to use what you are best at using. As for potions, I spoke with Meesei about this. The trial is meant to test all of your skills, and from what Meesei has described, alchemy is one of your defining skills. You may use alchemical concoctions, but with some restrictions. Firstly, every potion must be brewed solely by you. Secondly, you cannot create anything that will negate the effects of the poison. Lastly, we will need to examine anything you make that is meant to be used offensively, to ensure it is not too dangerous for the trial. The safety of both you and your opponent are a priority for me."
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