TA-DA! Well I'm not realyl satisfied the way this chapter turned out, but at least it's an update... right?
"Dipan?!! You are going to Dipan all by yourself?? You decided this when exactly?" Varie whispered fervently, an attempt to keep her voice from screeching. Her hands were moving frantically around in agitation conveying her uneasiness about it all. "What will your parents say when they find out?"
Runa looked up from her packing wide-eyed. She approached her friend noiselessly, hands clutching her long dress in nervousness. "You wont tell them will you?" she said helplessly, glancing back and forth from the closed door to her friend, as if afraid her parents were listening.
Momentarily stunned, Varie's green eyes seemed shocked as the implications sunk in. "You are not going to tell your parents, are you?" she accused Runa and was proven right when she couldn't look her in the eyes, instead focusing intently on her beaded bracelet.
"N-no. They don't have to know," Runa whispered sadly. Nevertheless her mood immediately picked up. "But it's not like anything dangerous will happen to us." Humming slightly to herself, Runa continued walking back and forth from her drawers and her bed, grabbing what she deemed would be needed for her in her journey.
It took a few minutes for her friend's words to finally sink into Varie's brain. "What do you mean us?" she almost yelled. Varie immediately snatched the bag off the bed and held it hostage as she clutched it to her chest. Runa was about to protest but sensed that Varie would just start yelling louder.
Sighing, Runa plopped herself on her bed looking pleadingly at her best friend. "You were the one who told me to seek answers. Well I finally know where to start looking."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait," Varie said, frowning in confusion. "How did you find that out?"
Once more, Runa let herself be distracted, this time by her bed sheet. She idly traced circles and ovals with one of her dainty fingers, seeming to forget her friend's question. Eventually her small voice broke the stiff stillness. "He told me."
Varie's green eyes widened significantly in undisguised surprise. Another moment of silence followed in which Varie was left wondering what they would find in Dipan. After all if he was the one who supplied the information, Dipan must be significant. Runa meanwhile wasn't paying attention to Varie but looking out the window as if she could see something there no one else could.
Varie was going to go with her close friend. At first she had thought Runa had come up with the idea on a whim, but hearing it was from a dream solidified it for the young sorceress. She was a big believer in dreams.
Getting up, Varie began packing Runa's bag by herself. "Alright you, snap out of it and help me."
Runa blinked a few times seeming to snap out of her trance. Looking from the bag to her best friend confused at what she saw. "So you are coming with me?" she asked half timidly, half hopefully. Runa knew that if she were to do this alone things would spiral out of control and she'd end up lost, or worse.
"Of course," Varie immediately answered not bothering to look up from what she was doing. With a satisfied grunt, the young woman buckled the bag closed and smiled widely. This was going to be an interesting trip, she could practically feel it! She was already imagining all the things they could find in the ruins of Dipan and all the knowledge that once made that great city its home. It was a student's dream!
Clasping her hands together, Runa couldn't help but emit a sound of happiness. "That's great!" However doubt began to creep into her mind making the blonde woman hesitate. "But when do we leave?"
"We can leave right now!" exclaimed Varie enthusiastically almost jumping up. "I'll just go to my house and grab what I need and we an be on our way by the end of the afternoon."
Before Runa could say anything Varie had already opened the door and was running out the room, noisily taking the steps two at a time. When she heard the front door slam shut, she was sure her friend was not going to change her mind about going with her.
"I guess that settles that," she told herself as she smiled a little. For a while she was lost in her own thoughts as she stared at a spot just outside her door. However, her gray eyes soon strayed towards her window and to the sky. There was something nagging at her in the back of her mind and she couldn't figure out what. It didnt make her feel annoyed, just slightly worried. But Runa was sure she had everything she would need for her long journey to Dipan. So why did she feel like she was forgetting something important?
I think we all know what she is forgetting… LIPGLOSS!! No, no, just kidding. But she is really forgetting something from the previous chapter.