Finding A Party Place

[Will Scarlett]

He kissed her passionately running his fingers through her hair. He was the luckiest man alive... ever! He was in love with the most amazing woman, and she loved him just as much in return...

[Djaq]

She kissed him back before pulling way and giggling. "Come on.. let's go!" she laughed and pulled him along.

[Will Scarlett]

He smiled her as he got puled along deeper into the forest "Where are you taking me?" he asked puzzled.

[Djaq]

"Back to camp of course! The others need to know about the place we've found!" She carried on pulling Will along. "Come on!"

[Will Scarlett]

"Oh right... but do you actually know where we are? I mean will we be able to find our way back here and how can we make it so that the peasants know where to come..." he paused to think "We could make some kind of trail or something..." he looked at her waiting for her answer.

[Djaq]

"Well then. What do you suggest we use?" She gestured around her. "I don't see a rope anywhere around here. Do you?" She asked mockingly, one hand on her hip. "I guess we could...make markings on the trees, leading here...?" she scratched her head trying to think of a better idea. "I can't really think of anything else..." she paced up and down, her hands folded behind her back. "Do you have a dagger, or a knife or something?"

[Will Scarlett]

"Will this do?" he asked as he produced his handheld axe from his belt. "It isn't the best thing for making carvings on trees with, but I used to be a locksmith and a bit of a carpenter, so I'm sure we'll manage. What do you think?" he looked at her hopefully.

[Robin Hood]

Robin walked along in the woods, whistling softly to himself. He hadn't heard of the plans of a Christmas Party, and just happened to stumble across Djaq and Will as he wandered through the forest on the way back from Nottingham.

"Djaq...Will..." He approached them, grinning in the way only Robin could. "Out collecting 'honey', are you?" His smile was soft, and he was clearly just joking around with them - he was happy for the two, having recently found out about their relationship...

[Will Scarlett]

"Oh hey Robin" said Will looking up surprised. "Getting honey... oh ha ha" he said sarcastically but also ammused. "Well actually... we were finding a good place to have a little party with some of the villagers... what do you think" he said gesturing at the clearing in the forest that they were standing in "Will it do?" he looked at Robin hopefully, as he and Djaq had wondered around for what seemed like hours looking for the right place, and he didn't fancy going all the forest al over again.

[Robin Hood]

He smirked at the sarcastic laugh, but moved on from the topic. "A party for the villagers? Sounds great." He lookd around the clearing, collapsing onto a log 'chair' and crossing his legs, his arms behind his head. "Looks great. Comfortable furniture...." He smiled softly.

"This place is perfect. I didn't even know you were planning a Christmas Party! At least they'll have something to look forward too..." He paused, with a soft sigh. "The taxes are ridiculously high again - all to fund a nice Christmas Bonus for the men of the Castle, no doubt..."

[Djaq]

Djaq looked at the two men and sat down on a log away from them. She figured she would leave them to discuss Christmas and the Christmas Party, she would probably just get in the way. These two had probably celebrated Christmas for 20 odd years of their lives...this would be Djaqs first. She was a little nervous to say the least, but quite excited. She looked up into the sky and her mind filled up with thoughts of Zimanji-Regaat. Her eyes sparkled and she smiled to herself, completely cutting of Will and Robin's conversation.

[Will Scarlett]

Will was unaware that Djaq had moved away and continued to talk to Robin "Yup! But then again, those people in the castle know nothing about Christmas... Christmas is a time for giving, but their 'Christmas' is a time for upping the taxes and taking every last thing that those peasants own..." he trailed off discusted at the way the rich people of the town treated the poor.

[Robin Hood]

He nodded soberly, "Well, we will have to sort that out. We can have a joint New Years and Christmas party, to show the peasants they don't need money in order to have fun. Can I leave you two to sort it out? I have a couple of other things that need sorting." He smiled.

"Why so quiet, Djaq?" He asked, looking in her direction and noticing the Saracen woman was starngly without a view on the subject.

[Djaq]

"Oh!" said Djaq shaking herself out of her trance and standing up. "Well, I don't know if I'm quite the right person to leave in charge of things..." she said, kicking the ground with her shoe. "You see....I don't really know much about Christmas..." she said, trying not to make eye contact. "Actually, I know nothing about Christmas." she said bluntly.

"Maybe you should leave the boys too it Robin. They would do a better job than me." she said smiling weakly. She began to walk off into the trees quietly, not quite knowing what she was doing or where she was going.

[Robin Hood]

"Well then, it's as good a time as any to learn!" He said, with a cheerful smile. He could tell sometimes she felt apart from the group - she had a totally different background to any of them, and Christmas was one of those things that you had if you grew up in England - which Djaq didn't.

As Djaq left, Robin looked to Will; "Well, could you organise the party?" He asked, looking in the direction of the trees and adding softly, "And don't you think you should go after her?"