14th Spring, 506 AV
Zeltiva
Morning
Outside of Zeltiva
Zeltiva
Morning
In the next few days, Eridanus had almost forgotten about the incident as his work kept him superbly busy. Every day seemed longer than it should, and time dragged as he worked tirelessly from researching in the library to helping Wejerx out with experiments in the labs within the Toadstool Cluster. The days went by in a blur, a hazy momentum of constant scribbles and observation. There was a deadline, and damn if they were not to finish it on time. Finally, towards the end of the fourth day, Wejerx suddenly mentioned that they needed to pick a specific type of toadstool a little way outside the city.
"I'm a little old and not prone to traveling, would you kindly drop by and pick a couple of mushrooms for me?"
That had been the professor's request, and it was one that he could hardly refused. Though polite it was laced with hidden threats and the overworked student merely sighed - despite the advantages of being in a mentor-mentee program for magecraft this was undoubtedly one of the disadvantages; that the mentor tended to treat him as an apprentice-slave. He had forgotten the amount of times he made tea for the eccentric wizard already.
It took him the night to pack the required items and thus early in the next morning off he went, trudging (while grumbling silently) as he walked out of the Mithril Pass. The guards waved him by, having recognized him from his constant visits outside at the whim of his professor and he nodded at them cheerfully. A smile never hurt.
"I'm a little old and not prone to traveling, would you kindly drop by and pick a couple of mushrooms for me?"
That had been the professor's request, and it was one that he could hardly refused. Though polite it was laced with hidden threats and the overworked student merely sighed - despite the advantages of being in a mentor-mentee program for magecraft this was undoubtedly one of the disadvantages; that the mentor tended to treat him as an apprentice-slave. He had forgotten the amount of times he made tea for the eccentric wizard already.
It took him the night to pack the required items and thus early in the next morning off he went, trudging (while grumbling silently) as he walked out of the Mithril Pass. The guards waved him by, having recognized him from his constant visits outside at the whim of his professor and he nodded at them cheerfully. A smile never hurt.
Outside of Zeltiva
The exhaustion though, was not evident in the visage of the heaven-bound vantha. Due to his heritage his form was a constant, always trapped in that particular moment of time that Leth decided would best suit his purposes. Therefore despite the late nights there was no eye bags, no wrinkles, no evidence of his harried schedule. Instead, it was evident in his stride, the lazy limp as he dragged his bag that contained the required tools to analyze and collect the correct mushrooms. A herbalist's toolkit of sorts.
He climbed a small hill a little off the city, not noticing anyone for he was more looking out for the signs that would spell the certain toadstool. Golden flowers below, orange flowers on top. That was the sign that would lead to hanging vines that were neither too thick nor too thin. At the base of such a tree would lay the mushrooms he sought. Scanning the skyline with a determined glare, the scholar spotted it almost instantly. With a sigh of relief, he hurried over, taking several more chimes to reach the place and to begin unloading his bag, using the tweezer to scrutinize and pick the mushrooms that seemed whole enough to be used in whatever inane experiment Wejerx had in mind.
He had no idea how herbs could factor in magecraft, which generally dealt with inanimate objects, but he only supposed it was to prove or disprove some hypothesis or theory centuries ago. Wejerx was kind of an a-hole like that, having disproved several theories that were dreamed up decades ago just so he could get a rush. Eridanus had no idea why anyone would want to do that instead of going for practicality; but then again, academics were an eccentric lot, and Wejerx was one of the worse ones.
He climbed a small hill a little off the city, not noticing anyone for he was more looking out for the signs that would spell the certain toadstool. Golden flowers below, orange flowers on top. That was the sign that would lead to hanging vines that were neither too thick nor too thin. At the base of such a tree would lay the mushrooms he sought. Scanning the skyline with a determined glare, the scholar spotted it almost instantly. With a sigh of relief, he hurried over, taking several more chimes to reach the place and to begin unloading his bag, using the tweezer to scrutinize and pick the mushrooms that seemed whole enough to be used in whatever inane experiment Wejerx had in mind.
He had no idea how herbs could factor in magecraft, which generally dealt with inanimate objects, but he only supposed it was to prove or disprove some hypothesis or theory centuries ago. Wejerx was kind of an a-hole like that, having disproved several theories that were dreamed up decades ago just so he could get a rush. Eridanus had no idea why anyone would want to do that instead of going for practicality; but then again, academics were an eccentric lot, and Wejerx was one of the worse ones.