Mountainside Training

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Lofty Mountains

January 13 of the year 323

Luna's Day

"Aiyah!"


Aura landed in a crouch upon the grass that grew within a small glade, high atop the Lofty Mountains. For the past few days, these rigorous training sessions had kept her occupied, not only to keep her at her peak, but also as a source of entertainment when she journeyed on alone; a few people though she could call 'friends' at this point, they weren't always around, of course. And just as well, too, for she couldn't allow herself to always be reliant on others when she got in a jam, anyway.


She sprung up again, giving a fantastic leap into the air, enacting first one, then two forward flips be- for landing on her feet, mere paces in front of her takeoff position. She hunched down momentarily, brushing the midnight blue strands from her eyes, which scanned the immediate surroundings almost of their own accord, which served well to keep her out of (most) danger.


"I've done well enough so far... and I managed to complete my first trial... there's no reason to slow down now."


She rose to her feet, turning to watch the evening sun as it set upon the horizon far beyond the mountains. The skies were aflame with color, each shade of red, yellow, and orange brighter and more vivid than the ones preceding them.


"Absolutely beautiful..."


Training momentarily abandoned, she sat down near the cliff's edge, her violet eyes locked on to everyday-yet-seemingly-amazing event taking place so far away.


"I know I ought to keep going, but a quick break never hurt anyone, right..?"


She giggled to herself, partly at her own lack of ambition, and partly because she was talking to herself again, even if it was a constant. She thought of it as a bad habit, but it was just simply something she learned to do with no one around; after all, her best friends were her weapons, at this point, and THEY very well didn't make good conversationalists. At least, she didn't think they did; she'd never really attempted it, herself.

Within a few minutes, the air had changed to a deep shade of pink, as the sun ever-so- slowly slipped out of sight, and the jewels of the night sky began to show themselves.

With a deep sigh, she was on her feet, trodding back over to reclaim her dropped pack and weapons.


"Its not a big deal. I'll have more time to train in the future."


She nodded to herself reassuringly, and slung her bag over her shoulder, looking up the path as the dusk approached around her.


"Just a little further... then I'll call it quits for the evening."


And so she started forward again, left hand resting instinctively on its corresponding hilt at her waist. The mist enshrouding the mountain's summit loomed on ahead, quickly becoming engulfed in the oncoming darkness...


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