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Catty got so far before getting upset over the fact her shoes were getting ruined, nobody was worth ruined shoes over. Returning back to the carriage, she surveys the damage already done before ordering the carriage to move in the direction that she had been heading.

Leaning back against the seat, Catty hopes her betrothed had nine lives, cause he was gonna need it.

Akio looked to Tabitha for a moment before looking back seeing someone heading towards them. He remained quiet for a moment as if he wasn't paying attention, he sighed as the person walked back "please don't be her..." he whispered to himself before starting to walk towards where the person was his eyes paying attention more to where they where heading than anything else. "before you ask about the curfew, it wouldn't be just you it's city wide for everyone's safety. Thanks to the curfew being in place crime is non existent" he said covering his mouth as he yawned once more.

He nodded "If you want you can be helped by my tutors, not sure if you want it being done privately or not... and my tutors are very strict so you best learn how to keep the ice under control" he said honestly continuing to walk now seeing what seemed like a carriage shape and some horses, he knew very few used carriages because the upkeep of them was so expensive.

He paused looking to her "this place is mostly plains and hills with out openings, there would be no where to hide" he said honestly continuing to head towards the shapes. "if that is a carriage then we can be escorted home by one of the guards or the owner may turn around and take us back to they city" he said rubbing his eyes.

She wants to ask who he means by 'her' but decides it was probably wiser not to ask, since it didn't seem like something he wanted to talk about. "I honestly have to say I don't know what you mean by crimes being down, where I'm from everyone usually kept to themselves unless something important needed to be discussed." Thinking over his offer on the tutors she's not sure if it would be a good idea for her to have strict tutors, or at least not in the beginning anyways. What with how her emotions get out of control and everything. "We can talk about the tutors later. And you're partially right about that. There are times where small piles of boulders have caves hidden under them from water eating the ground under it. And I think you should approach first..." She drops back a few paces, not wanting to get in his way with talking to people.

Hearing a low growl on the side of the road, she sees some kind of giant creator heading towards Akio. "Look out!" Without thinking she creates an ice barrier with icicles forming spikes along it, the creature impaling itself on them as it lunges towards Akio. The barrier disappears and the dead creature drops to the ground not far from Akio. It's form is much like a wolf's but three times the size and what looks to be a bone deformation along its back. Tabitha falls to the ground, shaking in shock.

Catty closes her eyes as the carriage rolled along before she feels it pulling to a stop, the driver was wanting to make sure it was safe before continuing. Even a carriage could quickly be destroyed out in No Man's Land and not many carriages were in use any more. Many had been abandoned and the rust and nature had slowly begin to retake what was their's back. Slowly, the carriage continued toward the two, the driver still being careful of not knowing what else was out there.

Akio looked to Tabitha with a look of pure bewilderment wondering which rock she had been living under not to know what crime was "Did you're village have rules or laws?" he asked hoping the answer was yes as if it didn't he wonder how on earth they would have survived so long "A crime is when you break those" he explained not able to make it any simpler, though hoped in time she would understand by seeing it first hand. He listened a little to what she had been saying but he was getting tired and just wanted to get home and bathed as he hated being covered in dirt, he could only imagine what the people who cared for him would say seeing him in his current dirty state.

As soon as he heard look out he had little time to take any action before he found himself surrounded by an ice barrier seeing a creature pouncing on it he clenched his eyes tears falling "Why did you do that?!" he almost yelled running to the animal as the shield fell "It wasn't it's fault, he was hungry" he said examining in the hopes there would be some way to help the poor thing, but he knew it was to late "This isn't a natural wolf, it's mutated I don't know if it is a natural mutation or not, and if it is not natural likely that it had it's dna spliced with another" he said standing looking at his now mud and blood covered robes "This is is getting worse as the seconds go past" he whispers to himself.

Looking over his shoulder he heads towards Tabitha seeing her shaking "Tabitha..." he said helping her up and holding her in a hug in a friendly fashion "thank you for saving my life..." he said his eyes going back to the dead creature behind him "but we need to bury this poor creature, it deserves a burial and if we don't we will be inviting the wrath of the gods and bring other animals" he said honestly not sure how they would accomplish such a task given they had no tools and the size of the animal they needed to bury.

Her eyes going wide, Tabitha is surprised by the hug Akio gives her to try and calm her down. No one had ever even tried to get near her like this before, she wasn't sure how to respond to the hug.

"I'm sorry, I heard the creature further ahead of me and knew I wouldn't make it in time to stop it, so I did the only thing I could think of. Make a barrier out of ice. I didn't mean to make the icicles, it just happens when I make one when I'm afraid. Just like the first time..." Holding herself tightly she tries to stops her shaking, knowing it won't do them any good if she can't control herself.

"I...I could make some tools to dig with to bury the poor thing, only thing is it will be really cold and I'm not sure if you can handle holding a shovel made of ice...I'm sorry that I can't be more helpful...If there were more people then maybe we wouldn't have too hard of a time burying it, and if everyone were to wear gloves..." Shaking her head she backs out of Akio's hug.

"Thank you Akio, and sorry for causing so much trouble. I'll do what I can to bury it by myself with a shovel made of ice."

The carriage suddenly stopped and Catty's eyes open, a grimace twisting her features as one of the guards came to let her know what was happening.

"My lady, the driver refuses to go any farther." he says bowing, "There is no knowing what creatures are out there lurking that would see all of us as main meals. It would be better to wait and send people more accustomed to this environment out."

The guard remains bowed, waiting for Catty to respond.

Catty peruses her lips, thinking over what the guard has said. She really was in no mood to explain if something did happen why the carriage was wrecked and most of the men were now lining the insides of some beast cause heaven knows, good help these days was so much harder to find, help you could trust was even rarer to find. And it wasn't like there was a shortage of men either, if her fiance couldn't be found, she would be betrothed to another in a few weeks. It was how the world was these days, you neither learn from the womb to only depend on yourself or be someone's bitch and Catty was no one's bitch.

Nodding and not in the mood to ruin any more good shoe leather, any good leather these days was not cheap and Catty had her pride, damn it.

Standing up, the guard goes to let the driver know to turn the carriage around and head back. Catty closes her eyes, not like her fiance could find any tail out here, hell, half of the time back at her place, she rarely saw him for days on end and he was suppose to be there visiting her! On their parents orders, of course. Neither of them were crazy on being betrothed but neither of them would go against their parents. Catty noted when she returned home, to have a long, nice bath to soak in. She really needed a pampering.

Akio looks to her blinking unsure on how to take how she was reacting to his hug, "You are not at fault here, nor was the animal." he said honestly his eyes closing "It was doing what it had to for survival... and you where doing what was needed for mine" his voice calm as he spoke on the matter. He tilted his head listening to her words shaking his head "Not at all, I will help also" he assured her knowing this was hard for her as this was an accident. He sighed his eyes closing "Oh dear, what am I going to have to say to you to make you understand you are not in anyway a burden." his voice soft as he looked over to where he seen the commotion "We need to get moving, when we get to town I will get people to come here and bury the beast." he said taking her sleeve and starting to walk towards the carriage. He needed rest and to get to Catty and the carriage in the distance was the quickest way to do everything.

She wiped her eyes as she nodded in understanding for what Akio wanted to do, "Sorry, I'm just not used to this and thinking I'm doing everything wrong. Let's hurry and see if maybe the commotion we heard might be someone able to help us. Maybe give us a left into town or something." Under her breathe she whispered a prayer that the creature's soul would rest peacefully and not linger in the world of the living.

"I'll have to come back and leave flowers or something for it when its day time or some time that's safer. I'm just glad it died quickly instead of having to suffer." Tabitha followed Akio as he began heading in the direction of the commotion he mentioned, not wanting to keep any distance between them as they traveled the rest of the distance.

The carriage had stopped so the driver and guards could discuss a sensible way of traveling back to town. Catty remained quiet, not caring what route they took as long as it lead them back to town and away from the middle of no where.

Moving to check to see if she had left anything sensible for herself to read while the idiots up front argued, Catty pulls out a book and begins to leaf through it.

Akio moved forward cautiously to the chaotic scene unsure of what was going on, for all he knew at the moment they had been infected by something and would pose a serious risk to his and his companions life, and he was quite fond of breathing; though knew if Catty seen him in his current state that could also make that short lived. Stopping suddenly as they drew close he let out a depressed sigh seeing the colours the guards wore and the family crest on the carriage "Catty... what in the heavens names are you doing out in the bad lands?" he looked to Tabitha with a worried look not knowing how this was going to turn out at all.

Watching Akio as she followed him closer to the carriage, though she didn't think that now would be the time to get curious about one since she'd never seen on before. Though she did notice the change in Akio from cautious to worried as he looked back at her.

"Catty? Maybe I should ask that question later since you look really worried about it." Of course a bazillion more questions popped into her head, like what this 'Catty' thing was and if where they currently were is the 'bad lands'. She figured that by the time she was done with her questions Akio might not feel up to talking with her afterwards for a while.

The guards had finished with deciding the best course of directions to return home, the head of them barking out orders for the others to follow, the main concern getting Catty back home and safe. One of the guards pauses, seeing Akio and Tabitha and motions to the Captain whom turns to look at them.

Akio looked to the guard "What in the gods name is she doing out here?" completely ignoring everything else at least for the moment. He sighed for a moment knowing how he looked and how bad things must look "My carriage was attacked, my escort and entourage where killed protecting me." he explained his eyes going to Tabitha "This young lady has escorted me here and procured my safety" he said his voice showing how tired he was "I wish to get back to the town as soon as possible, so if I can see Catty"

Tabitha listens to what's going on while glancing around at their surroundings to make sure nothing snuck up on them again. Though she was wondering who 'she' was and if they were wealthy like Akio, then why would they be coming all the way out here? What Akio had been doing out here was something else she was wondering about to be honest, but normally people from the city avoided leaving because the security there was better than the security outside of a city when it came to keeping the community safe. She stiffens slightly when Akio mentions she escorted him and procured his safety, but she wasn't sure what procured meant. But she continues to scan the area a bit nervously because of that one creature.

The guard nods, listening, "She came out looking for you, you know how Catty is. Once she gets something stuck in her mind, it's pointless to talk her out of it." He glances at Tabitha than back to Akio, "At least your safe, that's the main thing, there can be unsavory people out in these lands." He moves to the door of the carriage, "Of course." he unlatches the door and opens it.