10-18-2011, 01:36 AM
The morning sun had already started to rise when Talim and her squad returned to Cairo, greeted by a troupe of dancers, singers, and a barrage of little children. They all commended the squadron on their good work at keeping a group of raiders away from the city. It truly was a job well done, and Talim was brimming with excitement -- they'd just defeated some dangerous men who could have caused chaos if Cairo's reconnaissance team didn't spot them when they did. The light-skinned girl's forces, with massive team cooperation and the strategic skill of her leader, had blown them away, killing most and bringing a few back to be interrogated properly.
Out of nowhere, a tiny child ran up into Talim's arms, the blood-related child of the woman and man who had adopted her after being found on a merchant's trade route. No matter how brutal a battle was, Talim was always mesmerized by just how beautiful and cute things could be -- perhaps, this was just her girlish instincts kicking in.
As soon as the child appeared, she disappeared, running back to her parents. Talim sighed as the wind started to blow fiercely, sending her shoulder-length, light-brown hair flying behind her. The little clothing she was fluttered in the gust, settling down after a few minutes.
For a moment, she truly thought that she could relax after the fight and just go practice in her favorite, private little arena...
But, her squad leader had called out to her out of the blue, commanding that she go and tell Chief Horus, and the King and Queen the news. Sighing once more, Talim rushed towards the great palace, hoping to find the King and Queen before Horus. She loathed the beast, and he loathed her, for obvious reasons, no doubt. Talim was once the greatest outcast of Cairo -- the only child with ivory skin and one of the extremely few who had light-colored hair. He hated her merely because she was probably of a different race of humans, and possible inhuman completely for she could summon lightening at a whim. It was something she stumbled upon accidentally in what she thought was a private training session -- Horus caught sight of it and hadn't cut her any slack since that day, constantly finding time to try and beat her to an answer as to why she had such a power that was only to be designated to Gods.
If only she could know.
After bumping into several citizens, Talim had made it to the palace, waving to the guards who stood in front and telling them the great news. One congratulated her squad while the other merely smirked in amusement. Continuing through the palace, Talim eventually spotted the Queen in the water garden and rushed to her, hoping to announce the amazing victory. However, she probably saw something that wasn't exactly meant for her eyes -- an... Abyssinian cat in the form of a human. It was too late for her to turn back now for she was in the Queen's line of sight, so instead, she kneeled on the ground as a sign of the utmost respect and said, "I'm s-sorry, my Queen, but I came on orders from the squadron leader to give wondrous news about the recent defeat of the raiders several miles east of Cairo." On the outside, Talim looked suave and level-headed, but her mind was going in circles -- What was that creature? What was going to happen to her after seeing such a person?
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