Lore: The ravages of summer

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:03 am

'Thought so,' An'thinal thought as the woman finaly admitted to half her blood.

"An'thinal, was it? This is a strange place to bring a fiddle." An'thinal brought out her violin and looked at it curiously.

"I bring it everywhere I go..." she said, a little gaurdedly.

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:53 pm

"Really?" Vairah's eyes lit up strangely. "I'd heard of musical instruments being used as magical foci... may I?" Without waiting for a response, she leaned in to get a closer look. "Fascinating. What is it that you do?"

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:45 pm

An'thinal flinched her hands back slightly as the woman got closer to her violin. She watched her warily as she answered her question.

"I just... play," An'thinal answered, wondering if it would be a bright idea to tell this half drow everything about herself. Trying to change the subject off her violin, An'thinal question the woman for her name. "I don't believe I caught your name yet?" she asked politely.

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:41 pm

"Fair enough," Vairah agreed, though she knew there was more to this than An'thinal was telling her. "I'm Elanda," she added without missing a beat. "Elanda Zorvien."

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:45 pm

"Hello there," An'thinal greeted pleansantly with a smile. "So, you know illusions?"

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:03 pm

Vairah gave An'thinal a flat stare. "I certainly hope I do a little better than knowing them, else I've all but thrown away a decade of study." She paused. This was an opportunity. Her expression softened. "You wouldn't happen to have seen any in this area who are better than me, would you?"

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:38 am

An'thinal shook her head. "So far I believe you and I are really the only ones who know magic in any form here." Her voice was soft spoken and she looked back out to the see. The people looked small from where they stood.

"That was a infity trick," An'thinal praised. "I often times do the same thing to get what I need." She was trying to get this Elanda to talk more before she did. An'thinal wanted to have a comfortable conversation, knowing that she didn't have to worry about her own abilities being revealed to the people of this town.

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:06 am

"Then the violin is a focus?" Vairah asked. "I assume you're not an illusionist..." She frowned thoughtfully. "I know I've heard about something like this before. Some form of mental domination?"

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:04 am

An'thinal nodded, getting comfortable talking to this woman. An'thinal looked around them, considering their surroundings then said,

"Would you like to continue this conversation inside?" She asked polietly. "I cannot imagine I could take the heat of the sun much longer."

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:40 pm

Vairah gave a single brisk nod. Ordinarily she would be edgy around someone who practiced any form of mind control or domination, but since An'thinal had acknowledged it so readily, she saw little immediate threat. "Inside, where? If you don't have a place, I should be able to..." She paused, trying to phrase it delicately. "Make arrangements. Given a minute or two."

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:51 pm

"Actually I have a place just down the road here." She said sweetly. She walked down the alley to the open road. "It's not very big, I hope you don't mind." In fact, as they turned left down the road hre house was the average size. Two stories with an expanse garden of varying flowers and plants. Going up the walkway was like going through a small jungle forest.

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:29 pm

Vairah slowed her pace considerably on the approach through the gardens. Though she'd been on the surface for quite some time, she was still more accustomed to the sight of fungi than of genuine photosynthetic flora. She stopped to study one plant's waxy blue-green leaves. "Curious... It seems to be secreting some sort of chemical..." She contemplated grabbing a sprig and studying it later, but decided against it for the moment.

"This is fairly impressive," she told An'thinal, though her tone suggested that she was more than fairly impressed.

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:42 am

AN'thinal smiled and nodded to her. "I enjoy plants. I think it's ashame that so many of them are starting to dissapear." she remarked then opened the door to her house. The first room was a well sized common room with a stone hearth. It was a cozy feeling room with many cushioned chairs and a decorative rug. The next room was the kitchen, and after that a bathing room and a bedroom. all the rooms had cozy, warm feels to them.

There were a set of stairs to the side of the door that led upstairs. Beyond up there, were rooms filled with books and only books.

Vairah · Post by **Vairah** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:23 pm

Vairah made vague noncommittal noises to An'thinal's comment on plants and stepped inside. She was becoming almost comfortable with this stranger, which was a thousand times bad. How long had she known her? Granted, she'd used a false name, and that was a degree of safety, but -

She was defensive. She took a rather insensible pride in that. She tried to always be on her guard.

But this place... It seemed like the person who inhabited it was a woman of learning. She glanced around, found the stairs, and at the top caught sight of what appeared to be a bookshelf. She could have swooned from sheer rapture. So many people she'd encountered were illiterate or otherwise stupid.

She turned to An'thinal. "So, plants and... It seems you've got a book collection?"

Mizuki · Post by **Mizuki** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:40 pm

An'thinal turned and smiled so sweetly at her that it seemed hard to imagine that An'thinal wasn't one for people.

"The entire second floor is covered from floor to ceiling, wall to wall with books in each room." There was a tone of pride in her voice.