Valence Night: Chronicle of a Lost Knight

Chapter 3: Making Plans for a Maybe

            “Get up you girl. Rise and shine,” Ohryea squints her eyes as she slowly opens them. Valence crouches to her side and pinches her cheek. “Get up. We’re going to get an inn for you to stay in, and make sure to come back here when the moon is above you.” Valence nudges his fist lightly against her face and gets up. “Time to score ourselves some gold.”

            Ohryea finally open her eyes wide. “Same drill…? Yawn…” She rolls to her chest and starts to feel the curves of what her hair became. Valence crouches down and lays his arm over Ohryea’s back. “I talked to a couple classy women down at Peroba and they recommended me to some really fine shops in Feranda district. Can I get a place nearby and look around?”

            “We’ll see after we find you a place to stay in.”

            “I thought we’re gonna be rich.”

            “We got the offer, but we don’t have the money yet to do anything…”

            “…but when we meet up… we’ll be back here again… I won’t be able to do anything…” Ohryea gazes sadly at Valence.”

            “Fine fine fine. I will toss you a few bones for your cause.” Valence reaches into his pocket and pulls out a several gold tael and tosses onto Ohryea’s side. “Don’t spend it all in one place. We still haven’t got the income yet so be careful with what and why you should buy. I want a cushion to land on if it doesn’t go well with the next job. The rest goes to your lodging so you just might not eat if everything goes sour.”

            “Meh, meh,” replies Ohryea in a happy tone. “I’ll see what I can do… and you did say that we don’t have to do this anymore after we get the delivery job to Braigon.”

            “Yep, we get to travel the world without a worry like kings and queens, dine in the best restaurants, and no more of this!” Valence stands up and stretches his arms wide open as Ohryea begins to work her way out of her sleeping bag, “The world will be in our hands. Come on, get your sorry behind up and get going,” Valence lightly kicks her in the rear.

Valence took his time watching the sun rise. Finally, Ohryea emerges from behind the trees, pats the left side of her pants, and makes her way to Valence with backpack totting.

“Ok, I’m ready to go now.”

“I’m feeling ancient waiting on you...”

“Don’t I look pretty?” Ohraya smiles in defense.

“Yes you do, yes you do. Now if only you can do all that and take half the time instead,” Valence grins at her yet at the same time giving the evil eye.

“Bleh,” Ohryea sticks her tongue at him.

“Think you can carry my pack too while I’m in the giant, fancy palace littered with classy, gorgeous women with their bosoms spilling out of their corset? My hands may be filled. Muah, muah, muah,” Valence scales his hands to further his implication.

            Eyes and nose flaired, Ohraya looks away from Valence disgusted as he jokes away. In her mind, she’s picturing hundreds of way to torture him. One of her plans is to hire a man to fill out a dress, woe Valence, get him into the inn, and wait for Valance to undress so she can pop out of the closet and laugh at him as he sees the guy drop his dress revealing a… Ohraya’s mood relaxes and she turns back to Valence to give him a big smile.

            “Huh?”

            “Oh, nothing, carry your load.”

            “Oh come on now, the only thing you are going to do is shop all day and stuff.”

            “Well that’s part of your plan so I’m not burdening you and so…. don’t you go making me carry your load. Besides, the only balls you’ll be juggling in the palace is between some gu… nothing,” Ohraya smiles nonchalantly.

            “What is that suppose to mean?! You sick, sick girl. I didn’t raise you to be a pervert; I raised you to become a woman that doesn’t think about guy on guy… Think I might have been too rough on you and turned you into another man,” Valence sighs in despair, “Was it when I made her choose between the sword or the rocking horse?!”

            Ohryea glares at Valence, “Please, you’re only five years older than me, “Ohryea speeds up into high pitch, “and you’re changing the topic now.”

            “I’m not the one changing the topic, your funny little head did.” Valence attempted to poke his finger at her temple, but before he had the chance, Ohraya turns her head to his finger and start threatening it with her razor teeth. “Careful missy, these hands feed us and get us places.”

            “I can take care of you if you don’t have any arms or legs,” Ohraya smiles at him.

“Aww, you’re the sweetest little devil,” Valence wraps his left arm around her shoulder.

            “Yeah, and still no,” Ohryea smiles again with her eyes closed. Valence drops his arm around her, kicks the dirt, and gives her the puppy eyes. “I’m not going to carry both our stuff back down here! Look at my bag, it’s smaller than yours and it’s still heavy to me. You have so many useless craps in your bag and I keep telling you to throw them away. Don’t tell me you still have that stupid teddy bear since you know when?”

            “Its sentimental value, I can’t do that… Well maybe I will if you let me shave your head and wear your underwear.”

            “You are such a dirty bastard, you know that?” Ohryea snaps at him and pushes him away.

            “Back to you, back to you, hahaha…” Valence laughs as Ohryea slowly speeds away from him.

            “Hey wait!” Valence dashes to her.

            “Up yours!” Ohryea speeds up.