Eternity RPC Board
05-20-2018, 02:38 AM
"I don't know how much time I have to complete the mission I've been assigned," Elke admitted. The pendant felt weighty around her neck. She heard the boy's words urging her to press onward, and quickly, in each breeze. But money was a necessary tool in completing any quest; meals, lodging, equipment and repairs - all of it came at a cost, and that was assuming they wouldn't be robbed along the way or have their belongings lost in a river following some heinous accident. "But direct or no, I think it best that I accompany you to Graycastle. I don't feel I can do much without the necessary resources."
All at once, despite the gravity of the moment and the mammoth task that lay ahead for her, the idea crossed her mind that when she'd invited herself to this picnic, Elke might have interrupted a candid romantic moment. What else would be the reason for a man and woman, certainly both attractively dressed enough, to be having such an intimate little picnic like this? The young mage felt a sudden pang of embarrassment. She stood quickly and brushed the custard crumbs from her tunic.
"I thank you for your generosity and your patience this morning, Lady. Professor." She paused momentarily, crouching and scratching Toffer behind a soft, fluffy ear with a grin only a young woman infatuated by a cat can produce. "Mister Toffer. And I should be departing now." She straightened herself. "Tomorrow morning, then. I'll meet you by the gates at midday, but I've been lodging in the eastern dormitories if you should have need of me before then." Technically, she'd been lodging near the dormitories, and not in them. Elke had a certain nostalgic affinity for camping where the fresh air could whisk her away to sleep and where the stars above could keep her company, but she also enjoyed the conveniences of the baths and other such modernities that the dorms had to offer, so she pitched her tent nearby. But it was just a technicality; if the Professor or the Lady needed to find her, everyone in the dorm knew about the recent graduate sleeping out back in a tent.
Already backing away from the supposed couple and their cat, she waved and called, "Thank you again. Very much! And for the food - it was wonderful. You really ought to open up a bakery here."
And with that, she took her leave.
All at once, despite the gravity of the moment and the mammoth task that lay ahead for her, the idea crossed her mind that when she'd invited herself to this picnic, Elke might have interrupted a candid romantic moment. What else would be the reason for a man and woman, certainly both attractively dressed enough, to be having such an intimate little picnic like this? The young mage felt a sudden pang of embarrassment. She stood quickly and brushed the custard crumbs from her tunic.
"I thank you for your generosity and your patience this morning, Lady. Professor." She paused momentarily, crouching and scratching Toffer behind a soft, fluffy ear with a grin only a young woman infatuated by a cat can produce. "Mister Toffer. And I should be departing now." She straightened herself. "Tomorrow morning, then. I'll meet you by the gates at midday, but I've been lodging in the eastern dormitories if you should have need of me before then." Technically, she'd been lodging near the dormitories, and not in them. Elke had a certain nostalgic affinity for camping where the fresh air could whisk her away to sleep and where the stars above could keep her company, but she also enjoyed the conveniences of the baths and other such modernities that the dorms had to offer, so she pitched her tent nearby. But it was just a technicality; if the Professor or the Lady needed to find her, everyone in the dorm knew about the recent graduate sleeping out back in a tent.
Already backing away from the supposed couple and their cat, she waved and called, "Thank you again. Very much! And for the food - it was wonderful. You really ought to open up a bakery here."
And with that, she took her leave.