The Book of Lore: A heroes path
Chapter 2 - Explanations, Sanctuary and On the Road
Lissia's POV
It took a while for the hysteria of realising I had been somehow launched into a video game. I know it sounds sort of pathetic after the way I had been carrying on earlier but it was one thing to read about it occurring in fan fiction and quite another to have it actually occur to you.
So many questions were swirling around in my mind. How had this happened? How could I get home? What did my family think had happened?
I was glad Walric believed me as he was instrumental in calming me down. While - from what I understood - portals were semi-common it was unusual for a world without magic of any type to connect with this world - he hadn't even been aware that such worlds existed and was fascinated by the idea of it being connected to his by a game. "You should not worry Lissia." he spoke in his calming timber "Portals tend to reopen given time and until then you may remain here".
"Are you sure that's okay?" I asked, more for politeness than anything else, releived that he was willing to help me. I trusted Walric, he was a good guy in DF and I don't think he would be that different in reality.
It was at this point that Artix - whom had been so quiet I had almost forgotten that he was in the room along with Yulger (the man who owned the inn I had been sleeping in) - spoke with a large smile. "Of course you should stay here!" He announced as Yulger nodded - as I would likely remain at his inn - "and while you're here I can show you arond. I mean you have to see the palace in Swordhaven, I will bet you've never seen anything like it".
So it was decided that I would become a resident of Battleon for the duration of my time in this world.
--Three days later-
Nobody's POV
Over the next week and a half, Lissia was introduced to the town of Battleon as Walric's niece that had been sent to him by her mother as his ward due to the rather unpredictable nature of her father's magical studies - her mother wanted Lissia far away foreign such dangerous matters. The townspeople thought that she had clearly never heard of Cicero.
This cover story had been distributed rather quickly thanks to the red moglin Twilly's excitable nature and had been created to insure Lissia's safety due to the war as - while it was a little dangerous to be seen as related to the great mage - it was better than having her being captured just incase another base/place could be found by using her for Sepulchure and his armies.
Lissia spent the first few days primarily in the company of the calm Walric, ditzy Artix and friendly Yulgar trying to understand the new worle was in. Atrtix had also began to attempt to continue the brief lessons she had been given in fencing as a young girl and it wasn't going so well. Everything seemed wrong about the swords they used - they were either too light or too heavy - and she had forgotten much from those long ago lessons. Lissia had also become quite close to Twilly as she found his excitable nature endearing - unlike Aritx who, while excitable only seemed to be so when in the presence of undead - and near the end of the second week also found a friend in Cicero much to Walric's amusement and despair.
At the end of the third week, Lissia's amazement and enjoyment of Battleon, the strange animals there and her new friends could no longer distract her from her previous sadness and fear. She greatly missed her family, friends and home and started to stop leaving her residence in Yulgar's Inn - which was noticed by Walric and made him feel quite concerned for his proclaimed ward. So concerned was he, that in order to bring about the return of the cheerful young lady he had come to know, he finally acquiesced Arix's request to bring Lissia with him to Swordhaven on Friday in two days time.
Once again, fate had timed things perfectly...
Lissia's POV
I wasn't being given a choice in this, that fact was apparent when Walric gave me the small leaf-green bag containing a four health potions, two sandwiches, 40 gold and a small but sharp knife. I glared as he explained that "this is what is best for you" and "you cannot simply waste away in that room".
He clearly had never been around a teenager before, we're sullen and we hide in our rooms all day. It was going a bit far to say that he had thought I had become a vampire due to how dark my room was. I was perfectly justified to be a bit huffy as we - me and Artix - walked through the woods.
"Well what about Twilly?" a voice in my head spoke faintly "We didn't have to snap at the poor little guy". I winced. My conscience was right, the day before we had left Twilly had asked what was wrong and I went and yelled. Yelled at one of my friends that was concerned for me, perhaps Walric was right and I really did have to find something to distract me before I said or did anything I didn't mean.
I nodded my head to myself. When I got back from Swordhaven I would make sure to apologise to all my friends and bring Twilly a treat.
I froze and looked around the clearing me and Artix had come to - partially oblivious to the fact Artix had stopped and turned to look at me from a little away where he had been for the past 45 minutes thanks to my pouting and then deep thoughts - I had thought I had heard a small relieved sigh...
I shook my head and - this time keeping beside Artix and beginning an animated discussion - continued walking after dismissing the strange imaginings of my mind. As we walked I only vaguely noticed the strange grey clouds billowing to the sky in the direction we were heading. Lore was so strange...
