A bloom filled courtyard.
You see a single exit leading up.
You hear a timid little sound like the tapping of a tiny hand upon a door.
You blink.
You perk your ears up as an errant topic catches your interest.
You scent at the air, your skilled nose picking up the faint traces of others in
the surrounding area.
You make out the scent of Golas coming from A bloom filled courtyard.
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout asks, "Come in?"
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout has lost you.
You tilt your head curiously at Golas.
You scent at the air, your skilled nose picking up the faint traces of others in
the surrounding area.
You make out the scent of Golas coming from A bloom filled courtyard.
After a long, polite pause, the tap becomes a more confident knock.
You ask Golas, "Expecting a guest?"
You see Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout yell, "Come in."
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to you, "I don't have a door."
Shyly, a little fae tip-toes into the room.
"eilir173914" Eilir the Fae
"Be right back!" Golas cries.
Barely the height of a small faeling, this slender fae has the characteristic
angled features of her kind, with large luminous eyes that change according to
her mood between the green of moonhart leaves and the blue of a cloudless sky.
Though she often seems content, her expression shifts rapidly, now happy and now
surprised, matching the inner whimsy of her thoughts. A faint glow lights up her
alabaster skin and sets her straw-coloured hair alight like a flame about her
head. Nothing adorns the contours of her form but a twist of silvery fabric
pinned closed at one shoulder with a flower much akin to a rose. Translucent
wings unfold behind her, butterfly-like and yet covered with patterns of colour
that shift like the mercury of her thoughts.
Golas leaves to the ether.
You blink.
Eilir the Fae squeaks in fright.
You say to Eilir the Fae, "Hello there!"
Eilir the Fae exclaims, "He left!"
Golas arrives in a cone of sparkling light.
Golas bows respectfully to Eilir the Fae.
Joyfully, Eilir the Fae exclaims, "Golas!"
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Eilir the Fae, "Greetings,
Eilir."
Eilir the Fae says, "Thank you for letting me in. The Lady said I should always,
always knock."
Matter-of-fact, Eilir the Fae says, "It's important to be polite."
Comprehension flashes across your face.
You ask, "Speaking of being polite, should I depart so you two may speak with
each other in private?"
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Eilir the Fae, "You Don't have
to knock to enter my Home Eilir, your free to come and go as you please."
Shyly, Eilir the Fae says, "Thank you."
A gust of cold, wintry air preludes a whispered and curious voice, "What is that
little petal thing?"
Eilir the Fae squeaks in fright.
Golas tells you, "You can stay if you wish?"
Eilir the Fae darts behind Golas in a flash and buries her face in the small of
his back.
You blink.
With a flourish, Golas draws a ruby-pommeled klangaxe of the Serenguard from a
forest-green leather frogge.
Silver frost wreathes the courtyard in dense coils. Your breath hangs in the air
as Calythan, the Morning Frost manifests, an inquisitive smile on his face.
He is a radiant immortal and is made up of the silver frosts that linger on the
morning flora. His icy skin, tinged a pale blue in hue, shimmers with a glossy
radiance as the delicate frosts that hold him together collect with moisture
from the atmosphere. Long, thin limbs stretch out from a slender torso and a
fall of silver speckled hair dances around his body as it continuously melts and
reforms. Bright silver eyes, gentle and introspective, gaze steadily at the
world from the face of a curious sprite, and a set of ethereal wings stretch out
behind him in an array of silvers and blues. A crisp breeze follows him wherever
he goes. He is wearing frost-touched robes of ornate silver, a frost-touched
cluster of snapdragons, a frosted silver pocket watch, a cloak of woven dew
drops, a frost-touched iris, a frozen leaf glowing with a silver light and a
silver bracelet of snowflakes.
Golas bows respectfully to Calythan.
You smile and say to Calythan, "Calythan! Hello again!"
His voice a thousand clattering branches, Calythan, the Morning Frost says,
"Hello! What is this thing you have, little flowers?"
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Calythan, "Greetings, Calythan."
Calythan, the Morning Frost giggles happily and bounds into the air.
Calythan, the Morning Frost floats lazily in circles, peering at Eilir
curiously.
You ask, "Thing?"
You tilt your head curiously.
You open your mouth but say nothing.
You say, "I see four people here. No things."
Your mouth turns up as your face breaks into a smile.
Eilir the Fae peevishly says, muffled against Golas's back, "Who's this cold
man?"
Nodding matter-of-factly, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Yes, the little
petal thing with the thing thing."
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Eilir the Fae, "A servant of the
Divines Eilir."
Eilir the Fae says, "None of you are cold! Why is he cold?"
Calythan giggles happily.
A splash of ice and frost escapes from Calythan as he wheels lower to inspect
Eilir's hair.
Gently, you say to Eilir the Fae, "He is cold for the same reason you are small.
Some people are just the way they are."
Eilir the Fae squeaks again and escapes her hiding place, choosing inside to
throw herself into Zouviqil's arms, as though willing to embrace a stranger
rather than a strange person.
With a flourish, Golas slips a ruby-pommeled klangaxe of the Serenguard into a
forest-green leather frogge.
A note of recognition in his voice, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "It feels
like a little bit of Someone's garden."
Calythan, the Morning Frost alights gently upon the ground and walks slowly
toward you like a child stalking a kitten.
Zouviqil gently catches Eilir the Fae in her arms, gently
holding the fae to her in a warm, secure embrace. Her grip is loose enough that
Eilir may move about or break free, if she wishes.
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Calythan, "I believe Eilir was
born in Lady Maylea's temple, before I joined her order."
Eilir the Fae lays her head against Zouviqil's shoulder as though feeling safe,
but turns to watch Calythan cautiously.
His eyes narrowed with intense scrutiny, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "It
has petals and things, but it is small and not a flower. Its seedling must have
been a little soggy?"
"Ok!" Golas exclaims.
With a flourish, Golas draws a ruby-pommeled klangaxe of the Serenguard from a
forest-green leather frogge.
Standing her ground, holding Eilir to her, you say to Calythan, "Calythan,
please be patient with Eilir."
Golas positions himself in front of Eilir the Fae, prepared to ward off all
dangers.
Understanding dawning across his featuers, Calythan, the Morning Frost says,
"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh."
Giggling happily and clapping his hands, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "It's
the Mayflower's little plant!"
Quite peevish now, Eilir the Fae exclaims, "I'm a flower!"
Smiling happily, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "I once danced with the
Feathertree next to the blossom. It's very beautiful."
Crossing his arms and tilting his head, his sprite-like eyes huge, Calythan, the
Morning Frost says, "It didn't talk as much then, though."
Suddenly bewildered, Eilir the Fae says, "I didn't... no, the Lady gave me
words... you danced, did you say?"
Moondrop Zouviqil Myeras, the High Wisdom's Apprentice looks
down at Eilir, then back at Calythan, listening to them converse.
A look of longing in his eyes, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Yes. She
danced beautifully with the frost."
Eilir the Fae slides from Zouviqil's arms slowly.
His head still tilted at an uncomfortable angle, his eyes deep in thought,
Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "She was so graceful. It was so fun dancing
with a Tree."
Eilir the Fae says, "I couldn't see very well..."
Nodding, Eilir the Fae says, "Comes from not having eyes."
Calythan, the Morning Frost snaps out of his reverie with a start and glances
down at Eilir.
Calythan nods his head sagely at Eilir the Fae.
Reassuringly, you say to Eilir the Fae, "But surely, you felt it in you, and in
your roots."
Beaming, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Well, your eyes are very eye-shaped
now."
Agreeably, Eilir the Fae says, "They are useful for eye-things."
Nodding happily, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Eyes are fun. I just got
mine, too!"
Gesturing down, Eilir the Fae exclaims, "And I have this, too. I can go where I
go. I came and knocked, and Golas let me in!"
Eilir the Fae beams broadly at Golas.
Counting on his fingers, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Well, maybe some
years ago now, but really before, I was just frost."
Calythan claps his hands together merrily.
Nodding with excitement, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "And can you do
this?"
Calythan, the Morning Frost leaps into the air and hovers, his wings holding him
aloft with grace.
Dejectedly, Eilir the Fae says, "No..."
Calythan ponders the situation.
Eilir the Fae says, "See, look, I have these things..."
Lodge Keeper Golas Myeras, Jaguar Scout says to Eilir the Fae, "It will come
with time."
Eilir the Fae whirls about in a circle once, twice, as though trying to see her
wings up close.
Calythan, the Morning Frost lets himself fall to the ground on his rear end with
a flop.
Eilir the Fae gives a pained sigh.
Eilir the Fae exclaims, "They're so silly. I can't lie flat!"
Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Well, it's ok, little petals. The flowers
can't fly like we can, either."
Calythan ponders Eilir the Fae thoughtfully, looking her up and down.
Eilir the Fae exclaims, "Bubbles said he would teach me!"
His sprite-like eyes huge with an idea, Calythan, the Morning Frost says,
"Maybe...maybe we're from the same batch of seeds!"
Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Or maybe some other kind of seed. Or maybe we
have the same age?"
Peering at Eilir carefully, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "What's your
earliest memory?"
Zouviqil watches, turning her head to each as they talk.
Slowly, Eilir the Fae says, "I remember... I remember WANTING."
Calythan ponders the situation.
Earnestly, Eilir the Fae exclaims, "I wanted so hard to wake up!"
Golas's mouth turns up as his face breaks into a smile.
Golas reaches over and ruffles Eilir the Fae's hair fondly.
You smile softly.
Nodding, his sprite-like eyes half-closed around a memory, Calythan, the Morning
Frost says, "I remember watching the flowers and trees grow, and when all the
world was screaming."
Eilir the Fae exclaims, "That... was a long time ago... long and long and long
again!"
The temperature in the courtyard plummets as Calythan, the Morning Frost's eyes
glimmer with a blue ice.
Shivering, Eilir the Fae exclaims, "Please don't make it cold, frost man!"
Calythan, the Morning Frost shakes his head, sending a splash of ice and frost
in every direction. As his eyes reopen, the intense cold becomes less than a
dream.
Eilir the Fae hugs Calythan compassionately.
Beaming again, Calythan, the Morning Frost says, "Well, maybe we're the same age
or maybe we are just the same kinds of petals. I know that we aren't Trees."
Zinnaella arrives in a cone of sparkling light.
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