"I still don't see why we're out here," the voice of her fellow Sabre noted as Sacae Sabre slid to a halt, pressing the button sequence in
her gauntlet which restored the armor to its storage place in Riot Force's base. This left her in her usual casual wear: a single piece garment whose skirt
end flared about her legs to provide easy movement, a pair of tough, fingerless gloves, solid, dependable boots, and her emerald green hair tied back in a long
ponytail, her sword hanging at rest in its sheath at her hip.
"Well, we're finally there, so you can open your eyes now," she said to the younger woman, watching in anticipation as Typhoon Sabre, aka Mackie
Stingray, opened her eyes and caught her first glimpse of the area that Lyn had taken weeks of exploring outside the city limits to find. From what Lyn
understood, Mackie'd always lived in large cities with immense skyscrapers that blocked out the sky. And Paragon City itself had parks, true, but most were
overgrown with immense forests that confused anyone who got lost in them. Or they were too small for this. Thus, just as Lyn had suspected, Mackie's
expression when she saw where they were was suitably amazed.
They were some distance from Paragon, in the middle of what might rightly be called "the middle of nowhere", but the seemingly endless plains of
grass with only a few scattered buildings and some hills in the far background laid out an incredible tableau. You could look as far as you wanted and never
see the end of it, and as the wind blew across the area, carrying with it the scent of a fresh rainfall only a few hours before, Lyn smiled broadly as Mackie
took it all in. For her, this was the first place that felt like "home", even if her real birthplace had been a bio-mechanical construction vat in a
Crey lab. It'd called to her even then, in her dreams, and she didn't know precisely why. But she didn't precisely care either.
Taking Mackie by the hand, she smiled at her again. "And now we get to the fun part."
"Huh? What now?" Mackie wondered, tearing her eyes from the vista below.
"Tell me, Mackie, have you ever ridden a horse before?" she asked, with something like an impish grin.
***
(Reference Pic)
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
her gauntlet which restored the armor to its storage place in Riot Force's base. This left her in her usual casual wear: a single piece garment whose skirt
end flared about her legs to provide easy movement, a pair of tough, fingerless gloves, solid, dependable boots, and her emerald green hair tied back in a long
ponytail, her sword hanging at rest in its sheath at her hip.
"Well, we're finally there, so you can open your eyes now," she said to the younger woman, watching in anticipation as Typhoon Sabre, aka Mackie
Stingray, opened her eyes and caught her first glimpse of the area that Lyn had taken weeks of exploring outside the city limits to find. From what Lyn
understood, Mackie'd always lived in large cities with immense skyscrapers that blocked out the sky. And Paragon City itself had parks, true, but most were
overgrown with immense forests that confused anyone who got lost in them. Or they were too small for this. Thus, just as Lyn had suspected, Mackie's
expression when she saw where they were was suitably amazed.
They were some distance from Paragon, in the middle of what might rightly be called "the middle of nowhere", but the seemingly endless plains of
grass with only a few scattered buildings and some hills in the far background laid out an incredible tableau. You could look as far as you wanted and never
see the end of it, and as the wind blew across the area, carrying with it the scent of a fresh rainfall only a few hours before, Lyn smiled broadly as Mackie
took it all in. For her, this was the first place that felt like "home", even if her real birthplace had been a bio-mechanical construction vat in a
Crey lab. It'd called to her even then, in her dreams, and she didn't know precisely why. But she didn't precisely care either.
Taking Mackie by the hand, she smiled at her again. "And now we get to the fun part."
"Huh? What now?" Mackie wondered, tearing her eyes from the vista below.
"Tell me, Mackie, have you ever ridden a horse before?" she asked, with something like an impish grin.
***
(Reference Pic)
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."