Kris awoke in the early morning before sunrise to a very annoying
disturbance; she had a cat on her stomach. Being very careful as to not
hurt Katina, she slowly rolled over. Katina didn't even wake up at being
turned on her back, and Kris wished that she could sleep through things
like that, too.
"I don't know why I brought you on this trip," she muttered while setting a bath. "But I'm not going to allow you to use me as a pillow, you've done that enough already at home as it is."
She undressed out of her clothes that she had worn yesterday; she had been too tired to change into a nightgown last night, and climbed into the hot bath. "Ah...this feels good."
As she was thinking, which she always does when she's very relaxed, she decided to take a look around the inn so that she wouldn't get lost tomorrow, not realizing that she could get lost herself. But for know she would just relax and clear her mind of thought.
10 minutes later, after she had washed and dried, she decided that she might as well go exploring. So she dressed in a clean pair of breeches and a tunic that she had brought form home and hadn't gotten dirtied from previous events. They were her brother's when he was her age so they fit quite nicely, though they were a little loose in the...
She was interrupted of her thinking when Katina stretched and yawned very audibly.
"Shhhhhhh," said Kris, not wanting to wake up the entire inn. She slowly opened her door, and careful not to let Katina out, she quickly slipped out into the hallway.
First she decided to go away from the common room, because she knew where that was. So she took a left turn and started her exploration of the Dancing Dove.
As she was walking down the corridor, she noticed that one of the rooms was locked. 'Well that's odd,' she thought, as she tried the doorknob. 'All of the other rooms are open, and I don't think I saw any other people staying at the inn. At least not on this corridor.'
She shrugged it off and resumed her search. She discovered where the bathrooms were, and which rooms were occupied, but nearing the end of a hallway, she looked around. She saw a nice tapestry on one side of her, and a doorway one the other. It was then that she realized that she was thoroughly lost. She decided to check what was in the door on her left. She opened the door and found that it was filled with cleaning supplies and similar things. Disappointed, she slammed the door and turned to find her way back to her room. But when she turned, she crossed her feet and tripped right into the tapestry, tearing it down. Her jaw dropped.
Just before her was a door. The tapestry had hid it and now Kris's curiosity was overcoming her surprise. "I wonder what this could lead to," she wondered aloud as she turned the knob on the door and pushed. If she had ever been as surprised as she was now earlier in her life she couldn't remember it. Before her was a long hallway with doors on one side that seemed to stretch across the entire length of two sides of the inn. Not wanting to get caught, she quickly put the tapestry back up over the door and slid behind it into the hallway, shutting the door behind her. Moving down the corridor, Kris saw that the doors were all back doors to each of the rooms of the Dancing Dove. The other side, she realized with disappointment, was only a two-foot thick wall of concrete. Also, to even greater disappointment, she couldn't find a door that led to her mysterious locked room.
Reaching the end of the corridor, she found another door. She put her hand on the knob and jumped back, surprised.
"What in Mithros' name was that?" she whispered. Putting her hand back on the knob she found that it was spelled and had a warm fuzzy feeling to it. No doubt the knob had once burned its mark into one that was unlucky enough to try and open it, but that spell had worn off now and nobody had bothered to renew it. Trying the knob again she cursed. "Well of course I wouldn't be able to open it." Ready to turn back, Kris had an idea. Tired of not getting her way, she probed the door with her gift. The door was also spelled. Muttering a spell to break the door's charm she opened the door. 'Stairs?' Kris thought, 'Why are there stairs?' As she reached the top of the stairs she started to get confused. She now had a view of the entire common room, but why someone would make that corridor and this place for spying. Looking down she saw the nice man that had taken her in talking to a large man who looked like he had been on a long journey. Not wanting to be seen, she slowly made her way back to the staircase.
Something caught Kris's eye just before she reached the stairs. It was a ladder. 'I can get a better look of Corus from up there,' she thought, guessing that it led to the roof. She quietly climbed the ladder, and opened a trap door at the top of it. She was right, it did lead to the roof, and she could see much of Corus. Once again she was amazed. Standing not to far off was the castle. "So that's where I'll be training soon. Looks better than my old home to say the least." Making her way across the roof, to get a better look at the castle, Kris had and idea. If there were so many secrets to this place, there were probably more. Searching the thatch, her efforts were rewarded; she found another trap door. Opening it, she climbed down a ladder into a room.
The room was very clean, she realized as she looked around, not a speck of dust in anywhere. Then it struck her that this was her room, the one she couldn't get in. Now her curiosity overwhelmed her as she looked around her for a second time. It was a bedroom, much like hers, but it was bigger and had more style to it. The bedposts had ornate carvings on them, and there was a fancy tapestry above the bed of an unfamiliar coat of arms bearing knife and sword crossed together, and the letters K.O. T. engraved on the inside of the door. Looking inside of a drawer, she found a small painting of a beautiful woman with flaming red hair and a lock of what looked like the same hair tied with a string just beside it.
"And just what is a little lady like yourself doing here?"
'Goddess protect me,' Kris thought as she jumped five feet in the air, to terrified to scream.
"I don't know why I brought you on this trip," she muttered while setting a bath. "But I'm not going to allow you to use me as a pillow, you've done that enough already at home as it is."
She undressed out of her clothes that she had worn yesterday; she had been too tired to change into a nightgown last night, and climbed into the hot bath. "Ah...this feels good."
As she was thinking, which she always does when she's very relaxed, she decided to take a look around the inn so that she wouldn't get lost tomorrow, not realizing that she could get lost herself. But for know she would just relax and clear her mind of thought.
10 minutes later, after she had washed and dried, she decided that she might as well go exploring. So she dressed in a clean pair of breeches and a tunic that she had brought form home and hadn't gotten dirtied from previous events. They were her brother's when he was her age so they fit quite nicely, though they were a little loose in the...
She was interrupted of her thinking when Katina stretched and yawned very audibly.
"Shhhhhhh," said Kris, not wanting to wake up the entire inn. She slowly opened her door, and careful not to let Katina out, she quickly slipped out into the hallway.
First she decided to go away from the common room, because she knew where that was. So she took a left turn and started her exploration of the Dancing Dove.
As she was walking down the corridor, she noticed that one of the rooms was locked. 'Well that's odd,' she thought, as she tried the doorknob. 'All of the other rooms are open, and I don't think I saw any other people staying at the inn. At least not on this corridor.'
She shrugged it off and resumed her search. She discovered where the bathrooms were, and which rooms were occupied, but nearing the end of a hallway, she looked around. She saw a nice tapestry on one side of her, and a doorway one the other. It was then that she realized that she was thoroughly lost. She decided to check what was in the door on her left. She opened the door and found that it was filled with cleaning supplies and similar things. Disappointed, she slammed the door and turned to find her way back to her room. But when she turned, she crossed her feet and tripped right into the tapestry, tearing it down. Her jaw dropped.
Just before her was a door. The tapestry had hid it and now Kris's curiosity was overcoming her surprise. "I wonder what this could lead to," she wondered aloud as she turned the knob on the door and pushed. If she had ever been as surprised as she was now earlier in her life she couldn't remember it. Before her was a long hallway with doors on one side that seemed to stretch across the entire length of two sides of the inn. Not wanting to get caught, she quickly put the tapestry back up over the door and slid behind it into the hallway, shutting the door behind her. Moving down the corridor, Kris saw that the doors were all back doors to each of the rooms of the Dancing Dove. The other side, she realized with disappointment, was only a two-foot thick wall of concrete. Also, to even greater disappointment, she couldn't find a door that led to her mysterious locked room.
Reaching the end of the corridor, she found another door. She put her hand on the knob and jumped back, surprised.
"What in Mithros' name was that?" she whispered. Putting her hand back on the knob she found that it was spelled and had a warm fuzzy feeling to it. No doubt the knob had once burned its mark into one that was unlucky enough to try and open it, but that spell had worn off now and nobody had bothered to renew it. Trying the knob again she cursed. "Well of course I wouldn't be able to open it." Ready to turn back, Kris had an idea. Tired of not getting her way, she probed the door with her gift. The door was also spelled. Muttering a spell to break the door's charm she opened the door. 'Stairs?' Kris thought, 'Why are there stairs?' As she reached the top of the stairs she started to get confused. She now had a view of the entire common room, but why someone would make that corridor and this place for spying. Looking down she saw the nice man that had taken her in talking to a large man who looked like he had been on a long journey. Not wanting to be seen, she slowly made her way back to the staircase.
Something caught Kris's eye just before she reached the stairs. It was a ladder. 'I can get a better look of Corus from up there,' she thought, guessing that it led to the roof. She quietly climbed the ladder, and opened a trap door at the top of it. She was right, it did lead to the roof, and she could see much of Corus. Once again she was amazed. Standing not to far off was the castle. "So that's where I'll be training soon. Looks better than my old home to say the least." Making her way across the roof, to get a better look at the castle, Kris had and idea. If there were so many secrets to this place, there were probably more. Searching the thatch, her efforts were rewarded; she found another trap door. Opening it, she climbed down a ladder into a room.
The room was very clean, she realized as she looked around, not a speck of dust in anywhere. Then it struck her that this was her room, the one she couldn't get in. Now her curiosity overwhelmed her as she looked around her for a second time. It was a bedroom, much like hers, but it was bigger and had more style to it. The bedposts had ornate carvings on them, and there was a fancy tapestry above the bed of an unfamiliar coat of arms bearing knife and sword crossed together, and the letters K.O. T. engraved on the inside of the door. Looking inside of a drawer, she found a small painting of a beautiful woman with flaming red hair and a lock of what looked like the same hair tied with a string just beside it.
"And just what is a little lady like yourself doing here?"
'Goddess protect me,' Kris thought as she jumped five feet in the air, to terrified to scream.