Anarchist Knight:Apprentice

It was time for Crow's initiation in late November and Tobal was thinking about it as they snow shoed their way to the gathering spot. Perhaps he had been initiated and soloed at his own village he mused thoughtfully, not that it mattered. Gaining citizenship meant going through sanctuary and no other way. As they trekked to circle Tobal explained about joining the clan and being initiated into the circle. Crow still wasn't certain he wanted to become part of the "evil" ones clan.

"There is no 'evil' in the clan or the circle", Tobal kept telling him. "The Lord and Lady appear during the rituals and ceremonies so it can't be bad. Everyone at the gathering place is young and could not have been part of what killed your parents. Many of them were not even been born yet."

Crow remained suspicious and untrusting. In the end it was the mention of the Lord and Lady being present during the initiations that convinced Crow to finally go through with it and join the group.

"If they are not there, I will not go through with it", he said simply.

Tobal shrugged, there was not much more to say on the matter.

Tobal filled Crow in on what to expect during his entry into the clan itself. He didn't want a repeat of what happened with Melanie and he didn't know the true extent of Crow's abilities yet. He only knew that Crow was better than he was in survival and he suspected Crow knew quite a bit about taking care of himself self defense wise. He had a feeling that small or not, Crow was not going to be in the Journeyman degree over a year. His hard time was going to be training six newbies to solo simply because it would take up so much time and be boring to him.

They had to snowshoe avoiding areas of possible snow slides and avalanches. Winter travel was certainly different than what he had become accustomed to and carried its own unique dangers. Again more than once Crow showed him dangerous areas and explained how to avoid them in the future. Tobal felt grateful, but he also felt like the student and not the teacher.

It felt good to be going back to circle and he was looking forward to spending time with his friends. After leaving Crow with the guards he made his way into the gathering spot looking for people he knew and chatting with them. The first thing he headed for was the Circle of Elders to see what was happening that month. He saw Ellen there and waved at her. She smiled and waved back. He knew he would have to talk with her later that evening.

At circle Zee's newbie, Kevin's newbie, and Wayne's newbie and two others were at last allowed to solo after a grueling examination by the elders. All of their winter clothing was examined and they needed to have snowshoes, a sled and a two weeks supply of jerky they had made themselves. For the first time they were asked about what they planned to do during their solo month. They were told medics would be checking on them and if they needed help they could signal the medics. One last final warning about frostbite and the elders were done.

Char's newbie, Rory had soloed and she received her first chevron. Tobal noticed she had also brought a newbie for initiation. It was pretty clear they were planning on spending the winter together without Wayne. Her newbie was a pleasant faced blond girl that seemed a little shy around everyone and didn't talk much. She seemed friendly enough and Tobal didn't think Wayne should mind too much.

Besides Crow, Melanie's newbie, Anne; Becca’s newbie, Derdre; and Nikki’s newbie, Seth were all going to be initiated that night. They would be spending at least the next month in training. They were all being prepared for their initiations. Tobal planned on being introduced to each of them later in the evening. As they waited Nikki got her second chevron and was now tied with Becca and Melanie. It was obvious these three women were more competitive than average.

Zee and Kevin were planning on spending the winter together. Their newbies were soloing and being kicked out of the nest. They would probably end up partnering with one of the other newly soloed Apprentices. No one really liked spending the long winter months alone if they could help it. It was an added bonus if romance was involved too. Still, spending the winter with a romantic partner had it's own drawbacks and many such partnerships did not last till spring. Still not very many wanted to train during the winter either. Perhaps the most common was partnering with friends or newbies during the winter.

The next place he headed was over to the beer barrel for some brew. Butch and Mike were there talking with Rafe.

"Mike and I were thinking about holing up for the rest of the winter but we really don't know where the best place is", Butch was saying. "We have a few places we want to check out. The one we were planning to use was already claimed by someone. They chased us out of there, let me tell you". He laughed.

"Hey you guys can live in my old base camp for the winter if you want to", Rafe said. "I'm not living there anymore and spending most of my time either at circle or the Journeyman camp. I have most of my things out of there that I need."

"Are you sure?", Mike asked eagerly. Rafe was legendary and his camp must be a pretty sweet setup where ever it was."

"It's fine", he said. "Consider it yours. Do either of you know where it is? I didn't think so. Bring a map and I'll mark it for you. If you have any trouble finding it Tobal or one of the girls can help you."

He looked at Tobal and grinned.

"I'm just giving away my campsite to there guys", he grinned mischieviously. "That is if they can find it. The Journeyman degree is so different I don't need a base camp for the winter."

"We'll check it out first thing Rafe", Butch grinned back. "We'll find it if it takes us all week." Then he and Mike left toward the circle with their fresh brews in their hands.

Tobal nodded at Dirk.

"You guys working here now?"

"Yes", Dirk grinned evilly. "We're the beer meisters now."

"What's that mean?", Tobal asked cautiously.

"We were taken off wood duty and now we make sure no one runs out of beer. We also have to clean up after the party and keep a fresh supply of beer brewing at all times."

Rafe interupted, "See this beer", he held up a foamy mug of beer. "This beer is four months old. Beer tastes best when it is four months old. The beer we make won't be ready until March or April sometime." He grinned evilly. "That means we can experiment with the recipe a bit and have some fun with it."

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