Condensation

"Let's go." Andante squared her shoulders and waited for the others to go first.

"Thank you." As she walked into the encampment, Herate looked around fondly. The camp had grown while she was gone, though not by much. A smaller crowd of soldiers than she had expected began to gather around them, whispering. "She's back," "-thought she was dead," "She's returned," "-back from the dead-" "-captured-" "The Lady General--" She heard the last one the most, and her heart began to pound. "Will one of you go get the general?" she asked, voice beginning to shake. Several soldiers turned around and ran back through the crowd. Herate turned and paced anxiously. _______________________________________________________________________________ Daolan ran his hands through his hair again, looking away from the report he was reading. Whoever knew that running an army took so much paper? he pondered. It was a stupid question, of course. People had been thinking that since there had been armies to run and paper to run them with. His thoughts drifted yet again, and he tried to force himself to continue reading. It didn't work. It wasn't that he was usually like this, in fact it was usually the opposite, but Herate had been on his mind a lot lately. He had been getting this weird feeling, like he could feel her getting closer. That was silly, though. If Herate were here, she would scold him for 'letting his imagination run wild again'. He could almost see her now, frowning playfully as she went on about whatever was on her mind right then. He shook his head, trying to rid himself of these thoughts, and turned back to his report reluctantly. Footsteps pounded outside his tent, and he stood, fearing the worst. What else could bring a messenger so quickly? Three soldiers burst into the command tent, panting. "General!" said one. "What is it?" asked Daolan, off-put by the knowing, excited look on the soldiers' faces. "Sir, there's someone here to see you. It's urgent!" said the second soldier. "Who? How urgent?" asked Daolan, rounding his desk to stand before the soldiers. "Very urgent, sir. You need to come now," replied the first soldier. "They're on the west side of camp, sir, they're waiting for you there!" added the third. Daolan motioned to the doorway. "Well? Show me!" Then he followed the soldiers as they went back through the door and began running toward the west path into the camp. _________________________________________________________________________ The crowd parted, and Herate saw a familiar face. One she had never dared to hope she would see again. He looked worn, his hair and uniform out of place and messy. "Daolan..." she breathed, mouth curving upward. They stood there for a split second, Daolan's mouth opening wide with surprise, then broke and rushed to each other, Daolan enfolding her in his arms. He pulled back and held her for a moment at arms length, examining her and grinning openly, then drew her closer, kissing her squarely on the mouth. She sighed and melted into him, remembering how good it felt to be with him. After a long moment, Herate took a small step backward, reluctantly breaking the kiss. "Herate," said Daolan, his eyes roving her face. His deep voice gave her chills, just like the first time they met. "Herate." Herate smiled, tears welling in her eyes. "It's so good to be back," she said.

Herate stepped out of the shadows and smiled at the soldier. "Me."

Elhokar's wife?

Hello, I'm posting here! 926

"Well, how am I supposed to know that? You're with us, though. I don't know where we are."

*gasp* Controversial Opinion there! I like her being OP, it means that when the Neverseen can beat her it's even better.

"Um..." Melody snaps her fingers. "Ellis! You're Ellis." *nowhere

That sounds like fun! Why haven't I been participating in those?

But shipping! Sophitz! I would like the Neverseen to capture her again, that's always fun to reread.

Poor Dex. You do realize that technically Sophie is related to him through adoption?

Yikes, that's no fun.

I don't know about the third one, but I agree with the rest. Plus, I'm wet.

I love Twilight Zone.

Oh. That's funny. It's just, I have been called great at guessing on the Shard but I couldn't remember by whom.

*sigh* Isn't it romantic? I recommend that song. [censored] hid a smile.

*Sweet, thanks. You're welcome!

Wait - what?

There we go, posted.

It's one of my favorites. I'll post it on my album soon.

Hmph. Yes it is. It's Chef, Chicken, so I drew a Chicken who is a Chef.

Well, you did say that you wanted to play SE with me. I figured I can probably deal with two games and all of my RPs!