The Peace Camel

So yesterday, being free of the undead at last, I determined that I was going to stay completely out of trouble, and be oh! so good!! I was tired of trouble. However, that was not to be. In the auction area, someone kept trying to bump me out of the auction area, which was kinda fun for awhile, I do have to admit {{{grin}}} But after awhile, I accepted (after some consideration) an offer of escort from Shaka, who appeared not to be in one of his mad moods, and a slave girl who is Jaril's little sister. We were almost at the knights camp, where I was going for some practice in running, when some idiot slaver came by and decided to cap the slave girl... DUMB idea, helloooo? Jaril's sister???!!!! Shaka absolutely forbade him to attack, but the idiot guy spat out foul names and came at her. Well, you probably know me well enough by now to not be surprised that I sort of, um, got in his way, with my sword ;) The knights came and chased off dumb-dumb, and I went inside to eat. When I came out I stood chatting, again right outside the knights camp, with 2 knights, and several more there near the wall, when here comes dumb-dumb running up to attack me... with knights all around! Is he out of his freakin' mind? (oh, and I hear he's a bedu now. I wonder if Jaril chewed him into bitty slaver strips for attacking her lil sis)

Then a friend came and asked me to spar, and that sounded like fun, so we went off to the docks to the space there. We were just about to start when suddenly I saw Damien's wings nearby! We both ran for it, and decided to spar instead down on the sands below. We had a great spar match and we capped each other, which had us giggling like mad. We released each other and headed back up for the city to eat, when I saw Damien again. I shouted to RUN... he probably was not after us, but minding his own business (whatever that may be), but I wasn't taking any chances! but my friend was not safe in the city, and she ran for the auction area, and on the way there before she could eat, was attacked by this stupid new punk kid who attacks everybody on sight. I was soooo mad!

So then I decided to stay inside the city gates, and went to sit and do some palace business, writing in my scrolls for awhile on the stone block just inside the main gates. And I swear, people kept coming in and fighting all around me! What, am I a magnet or something? After the last few days, which were very stressful, I just wanted some peace, you know? But the palace was a little too peaceful, I wanted to be where I could keep an eye on happenings, but be far away enough to not be near it. I didn't want to see fighting, I didn't want to see my friends getting attacked, and even worse, I did not want to see my friends fighting friends. I was getting very depressed, and decided to find some place else to sit and watch from afar.

So I remembered my favorite camel, out by the well. No one mostly comes there, only those people who are already fighting, and they do not notice or bother me, and I can see all the way up to the castle gates! It is a nice spot, very peaceful, and the camel lets me sit for hours on him while I write, and watch. After a long, long time, Prince Paw spotted me, and katlynn also, and they came and joined me up on the camel. Then Derry came along and Starr, and they sat on my poor camel's head! I laughed so hard, and I took this picture to share :)

~Lady Elysa~