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Neo Bishtu



A young man no older than 16 wearing a well worn out jenu* with unkept blond spiky hair and deep dark blue eyes; ran home holding a wooden, beaten training sword and newly earned gray belt in his hands. The night was dark and a heavy rain fell on the village; along with the thick mist the night was very unnerving. The boy can't wait to get home to show his newest success at the dojo, but on this miserable night, things were to be much more dismal.
The boy continued to run with out though of slowing, the only thing weighing him down is his soaked hair and jenu. The night being so dark that the boy had to us his memory of the town to figure his way around to his house.

His drak blue eyes opened to the sun hitting them. The young man no older than 21 with spiky blonde hair that didnt reach his shoulders sat up showing his finely toned arms and body. He took a good look around the room to see that all of his stuff is thrown around the room.
'What happened last night?' he thought to himself.

He stood up and began to gather his belongings which consist of a white shirt with no sleeves, a pair of white training jenu pants, a black belt with a weapons pouch on it, and a straw hat which rest neatly on a table be itself. After putting everything on he checked his money pouch and cursed.
'Damn expensive hookers!'

He pocket his pouch and walked out of the room down a hall into a bar. As he enters he scans the bar taking a look at a coupe of lonely bums drinking early in the day, a cat carefully making its way to a glass of milk that was left out, and the bartender who stood behind the bar table cleaning a glass with an old cloth.

The bartender looked up suddenly noticing him and his face became a smile.
"Neo! Good mornin to ya, what will you be havin?" The old bartender said, his face seemed to move all at once from his old wrinkles.

Neo looked at him and said politely "Oh nothing today, heres the rent for the room, I won't be coming back." At that he turned to the door and started walking. The bartender called out as he went out the door "Where you headed?" Neo kept walking has he called out "To see an old friend!"

Has he steped out the door he stopped at the foot of the steps and say his 7 foot long, 4 feet wide 400 lb. sword the Bowton laying on the ground.
'It appears someone made an attempt to move it...'

Neo simply picked it up with one hand and rested the flat side of the blade on his shoulder. He then began walking down the only rode in Lerno, a small town about a mile away from the Defiled Forrest. has he walked the rode of dust and dirt he thought to himself 'This place has always been so small no matter the business or the event. Most likely because of the Defiled Forrest being so close. The people here are simple and kind, which is nice but this place is boring' Has he completed his thought he approached his favorite little food stand in all of Joldenveil, Sifuin's Sufu. A small food stand no more then 5 people wide and 4 people long with a purple banner rather worn from rain and storm over head that said Sifuin's Sufu.

Neo stopped in front of the table and didn't bother to take a seat at any of the 3 chairs. Instead he addressed the old man, Sifuin, who stood there cleaning some of his plates. The old man suddenly noticed Neo standing there patiently and gave a warm greeting "Good Morning Neo, you are up bright and early today!" Neo looked at him from under his straw hat and responds "Well I am doing fine, I was just wanting to order a pound of your special rice and an order of dumplings." Sifuin nods his head slightly and says "That will be 1 ruby and 12 onix." Neo truns a little uneasily and asks "Why the sudden increase in price, thats almost double your usual" Sifuin looks down as a tear rolls down the wrinkles of his face "Well Neo my lad my life's savings where stolen in last night's storm. So well now I have almost no money." His voice broke has he finished his sentence. Neo thought for a moment and then asked "You said this was last night?" Sifuin nods "Well then go ahead and make that order to go I will be back to pay" With that Neo Swiftly turns and leaves.

He walks with a purpose to down the open rode with his thoughts racing 'Well with the storm last night the bridge is most defiantly flooded still until the afternoon So if they fled to any place they would have gone into the forrest and made camp. Has Neo reachs the forrest of Agries, a forrest north of Lerno where has the Defiled forrest is south, he went in to a run, then a sprint holding the Bowton in one hand allowing it to straggle behind him only inchs off the ground. He dove through the trees quickly and swiftly using his sword to counter balance his weight as he leans into his run. He had practiced this skill for many years in order to chase fleeing criminals. He knows this forrest like the back of his hand but it required little deduction to know where the thieves would hide.

To Be Continued...