The Departure of Morwen Festival, 511 AV (Closed)

by **Alea Davenport** on January 6th, 2012, 1:09 am

Alea had no clue what Coren and the other Vantha were saying, since they were speaking in Vani, but she doubted it was particularly important. It seemed to her that these Vantha got riled up over the most trivial things. She followed them anyway, because she was still trying to annoy Coren, but was quickly growing bored with how things were progressing. She hoped she could find a way to annoy him quickly so she could go off and do more entertaining things.

When they stopped near the ice-sculptures and the other Vantha began yelling at Coren in their native language, Alea zoned out a bit and her gaze began to wander. Most of the sculptures were quite elegantly and perfectly designed, but her eyes just slid off them without a licker of interest (she never claimed to be a great appreciator of art). For some reason the man she wasn't particularly listening to was gesticulating wildly at the nearby tiger statue.

Upon closer inspection... Alea could not see anything particularly interesting about that statue which set it apart from the others. The conversation, being in a different language, was also not very entertaining. She was inclined to just wander away at this point, but Coren still had a hold on her arm. Just as she was debating whether to break free, he shoved her in the general direction of the other Vantha, which weakened his grip.

She was suddenly gripped by terror; would she be forced to engage in dull conversation with someone whose language she couldn't understand?! Never! She instantly threw her hand in a downward motion, twisting it out of Coren's grip, and sprinted in the opposite direction, weaving through the crowds and making a break for the back of the nearest building. Once she was out of sight, all she'd have to do was make sure she kept moving until she'd lost any pursuit. She'd never run so fast in her life.

She could hear Coren pursing her, but she didn't dare slow down. Unfortunately, despite her speed, she had virtually no stamina. She decided her best plan was to try to lose him in the crowd. She was smaller than he was, so it might work. She turned to look over her shoulder to see how far behind her Coren was. That turned out to have been a mistake. She immediately ran into someone, sending them both toppling to the ground. She hadn't thought she was that close to the crowd yet! She scrambled to her feet as quickly as she could, trying to simultaneously apologize (which came out in Denvali) and to see whether Coren was too close for her to get away at this point.

OOCIN case you didn't catch that, Cara, that's you I ran into

by **Cara** on January 8th, 2012, 3:20 pm

Cara glanced about the area, turning her head from left to right, trying to determine the easiest route to take in order to complete her escape. In some portions of the city, the crowds seemed to thin, and in others, everything seemed dense. She supposed there was value to taking either path- one with fewer people, and one with a greater amount. For, in an area with few people, she could run through and slip away at a far greater speed. Yet, she was far more exposed than she would be if she chose a path containing a lot of people, which she could use for cover. Although, those people were all the more likely to slow her down, causing her to linger a little longer, and more than likely, increase her chances of getting caught, and then punished for her actions. Not that she truly saw what the big deal was, it was only an ice sculpture, after all.

Cara sighed, as she finally came to a realization: she wanted to be as far away from this party as possible. Deciding then, that she would use a route less congested with her brethren, she peered around again, trying to find the one with the fewest. Perhaps then no one else would-

A girl came tumbling into Cara. Instantly, the woman's muscles tensed as her hands balled into fists. She took a half step back, and braced herself with her foot, by placing all of her weight upon it. Out of the corner of her darkening eyes, the sorceress watched as the woman fell into the snow. Sending tufts of it flying, as a muffled thud broke her fall. Seconds later, however, the woman seemed to be getting up, allowing the Vantha to get a good look at her. The girl had hazel eyes, and a sort of dirty blonde hair, which instantly, told the Vantha that not only wasn't she one of them, but she had no idea as to just who this figure was. Her height, and her weight, also caused her to think little of the girl, for it was as though the winter chill could devour her in an instant, with her being so slight.

"Is no one in this city capable of watching where they are going?" Cara growled, as her eyes took on ruby red flecks, mixing color into the deep, toxic brown. "Is getting to wherever it is you're going so petching important that you cannot bother to slow down and look around you?" Cara asked, as her djed poured out of her skin. A pale blue res, a sort of mist which hovered around the tips of her fingers.

"There is someone standing here," Cara hissed, as fire danced through her djed. Several tiny sparks, glowing orange orbs of heat, jumped towards Alea. Cara's djed seemed to spit them out as the magic cackled, it wanted to lick the girl, and then burn her completely for getting in the way.

OOCCara speaks in Vani by default. I am not so sure you are going to understand much of what she says, Alea.

by **Coren** on January 11th, 2012, 5:58 pm

Of course nothing went as well as he had hoped as soon as coren's attention was mostly fixed on the man in front of him alea managed to surprise him once more as she managed to slip out of his grasp and made a run for it.
“Hey get back here!” Coren yelled in common to the fleeing girl as he tried grasped at the escaping girl and missing her. Shouting a short apology towards Ray'ken before he took of after alea as fast as he could, leaving the irate vantha behind him for the moment. The feeling as if he just made things worse in the long run rooting itself in his mind. Shoving the idea of an even more irate Ray'ken out of his mind coren focused on trying to follow the little annoying mongrel of a human being as it flitted through the crowd. It didn't take to long before coren had lost her in the thickness of the crowd, letting out an annoyed sigh. It seemed like everything he was trying to do today was ending up a complete disaster. Shoving his hands into his pockets he slowly trudged back towards the sculptures, trying to brace himself for the incoming tirade he was bound to get from ray'ken.

As he arrived back at the sculptures coren tried not to look the livid Ray'ken into the eyes.
“Well sir, it seems as that little kid has vanished into the crowd.” Coren pointed out the obvious, trying not to say anything that could let the man's temper explode even more and cursing the fact that he wasn't able to make any shields that could deflect actual objects, he had the uneasy feeling that he might need it in the near future.
“But if you really are that worked up about the tiger I can still go get the icewatch for you, I got a fairly good look at both of those people so I can probably give a good enough description so that they can have both of them on their knees in front of you in a reasonable time.” Coren tried his hand at a poor attempt to once again stall or redirect the man's anger. If it didn't work he would just have to weather the storm and hope that his father didn't hear about this.

oocAlea, your on your own >:-D , Cara, enjoy yourself ^__^

by **Alea Davenport** on January 13th, 2012, 12:57 am

Alea temporarily ignored the stream of incomprehensible Vani that assaulted her ears while she scanned the way she had come. After several moments, it became apparent that Coren was no longer following her. She had successfully lost him! She instantly relaxed, and finally turned to properly apologize to the woman she'd accidentally collided with.

"I am so sorry for running into you. You see, I was fleeing from, er," she said in Common, stumbling over her words as she tried to think of a way to explain who was chasing her and why. She finally settled on, "From my nemesis, the library man!"

The crackling of sparks drew her attention to the woman's hands. They seemed to be glowing blue slightly, with glowing orange dots coming out of them. She was about to continue speaking to the woman when her mind caught up with her eyes. That can't be right... She did a double-take, but the woman's hands were still crackling and glowing. "Um... are your hands all right? They seem a bit...blue..." Alea hoped she wasn't offending the woman. For all she knew, blue hands were a perfectly normal occurrence in Avanthal, but she'd never seen anything like it before.

by **Cara** on January 13th, 2012, 4:37 pm

When the girl began speaking in Common, Cara groaned. She was in no mood to stretch her knowledge of various languages, or search the recesses of her mind for words she could so easily come to in her native tongue. "Nemesis?" Cara asked in Common. "Library man? Who are you talking about?" the woman questioned as her gaze hardened, and the sparks continued to leap through her res. Skipping rapidly across her fingers like a stone over water, until they fizzled away, only to make room for even more. "An outsider, or one of us?" Cara hissed, as red flecks made their way into her irises, and the wind swept her long, dark hair off her shoulders, before setting it down again.

As Alea kept on speaking to her, Cara looked down at her hands. She took note of the sparks, the way they seemed to jump with joy at their creation. With their sense of lingering, and indomitable hope, that they may one day be molded into a true flame. That they may one day be made into something great. Something powerful, which could bring the whole world to its feet, should it go on unhindered.

The Vantha shook her head. "No child. This is magic," Cara hissed in Common. Doesn't she know magic when she sees it? Cara's mind whispered. Doesn't she know when she is looking into the eyes of a dangerous woman? Into the heart of someone with true power? With true strength, at their fingertips? Someone who could burn the whole world to the ground if she so wished? The Vantha's muscles rippled in frustration beneath her flesh. Although she knew that with her magic, she had a lot of power, a part of her knew better than to try and show it off to greatly. To use it so often, that she overgave and wound up like her pitiful mother.

"Haven't you ever seen the birth of flame?" Cara whispered, her Common shaky, as she stared Alea, wondering why she was still standing there.

OOCHockay, so, I don't think I will be able to get to this again for a bit, so feel free to take your time replying.

by **Alea Davenport** on January 18th, 2012, 4:59 am

Alea quickly lost interest in Coren or anything having to do with him. Magic? she thought with rapidly diminishing skepticism. You mean something like that actually exists? She's seen a lot of strange and amazing things since leaving home: Kelvics changing form in a flash of light, Vantha shrugging of the cold and shaping snow and ice thanks to Morwen's gift... but so far she'd never seen anything she would have descibred as magic, per se.

Alea was completely oblivious to the hostility in the woman's eyes. When confronted with a large but gentle animal, all kinds of horrible deaths tended to run through her mind, but it seemed she wasn't used to expecting danger from another human.

At Cara's last question, Alea cocked her head to the side in confusion? The birth of flame? "Well, I've started fires before, if that's what you mean." Eying the woman's sparking hands she added, "but I always had wood. I've never seen a fire started with magic. I've never seen magic." However open a mind Alea wanted to keep, and despite firsthand knowledge that there were things in this world she neither knew about nor understood, she couldn't completely suppress the note of skepticism in her voice. Gifts from gods were one thing, but a person having their own magic? That just seemed unlikely.

by **Valkyrie** on June 30th, 2012, 8:29 pm

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