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In which Cimorene and Kazul are surprised by a young girl, a very large cat, and a blind man (who happens to be rather young himself)
Cimorene was polishing her favorite sword, which may or may not be magical, and Kazul was reading a rather large tome about magic in other kingdoms when a peculiar sound outside drew her attention from the task. "Now who could that be?" she wondered aloud. Kazul grunted and Cimorene could tell she was totally absorbed in her reading and wouldn't notice if an entire army marched under her nose yelling role and harsh army songs (though she would be annoyed if the noise disturbed anything in the room which happened to obstruct her view of the book). Cimorene got up and walked to the door, only opening it half way and poking her head out. Standing on the doorstep was a young girl with brown hair and some sort of (silver?) claw on a thong around her neck , a large creamy colored cat with an orange face and some orange markings , and a young man who looked like he was blind but was seeing everything the rest of the group did (there's a contradiction for you). The girl and boy bowed to her (now that she thought about it, the boy might actually not be that young, it was hard t tell with the innocent look he had).
Cimorene took it in stride that the girl bowed instead of curtsied, after all, she wouldn't of curtsied when she was the girl's age if she could have gotten away with it. "I am Daine Sarrasri" said the girl, she turned to the boy, "and I am Karal. The fire cat is Altra. At your service." the boy bowed again, a little bit more formally this time. Daine and Karal looked at each other and Daine turned back to Cimorene. "I'm sorry to disturb you..." she eyed the sword Cimorene was holding and paused. "Oh no problem. Continue." Cimorene assured.
"I was wondering if you could tell me where I-we are. I was working in the stables and I was suddenly just here! I assume that is similar to what happened to Karal, who appeared here the same time I did." Karal nodded and they both turned expectant eyes to Cimorene.
"Well, stranger things have happened." Like what? she silently asked herself. "You are in the Mountains of Morning, close to the enchanted forest of which I am queen. You may address me as Cimorene."
The newcomers didn't immediately start bowing and scraping like so many others did. This pleased Cimorene. At least she wouldn't have to worry about them trying to kiss her feet throughout their entire conversation.
"Why don't you come inside?"
In which Cimorene and Kazul are surprised by a young girl, a very large cat, and a blind man (who happens to be rather young himself)
Cimorene was polishing her favorite sword, which may or may not be magical, and Kazul was reading a rather large tome about magic in other kingdoms when a peculiar sound outside drew her attention from the task. "Now who could that be?" she wondered aloud. Kazul grunted and Cimorene could tell she was totally absorbed in her reading and wouldn't notice if an entire army marched under her nose yelling role and harsh army songs (though she would be annoyed if the noise disturbed anything in the room which happened to obstruct her view of the book). Cimorene got up and walked to the door, only opening it half way and poking her head out. Standing on the doorstep was a young girl with brown hair and some sort of (silver?) claw on a thong around her neck , a large creamy colored cat with an orange face and some orange markings , and a young man who looked like he was blind but was seeing everything the rest of the group did (there's a contradiction for you). The girl and boy bowed to her (now that she thought about it, the boy might actually not be that young, it was hard t tell with the innocent look he had).
Cimorene took it in stride that the girl bowed instead of curtsied, after all, she wouldn't of curtsied when she was the girl's age if she could have gotten away with it. "I am Daine Sarrasri" said the girl, she turned to the boy, "and I am Karal. The fire cat is Altra. At your service." the boy bowed again, a little bit more formally this time. Daine and Karal looked at each other and Daine turned back to Cimorene. "I'm sorry to disturb you..." she eyed the sword Cimorene was holding and paused. "Oh no problem. Continue." Cimorene assured.
"I was wondering if you could tell me where I-we are. I was working in the stables and I was suddenly just here! I assume that is similar to what happened to Karal, who appeared here the same time I did." Karal nodded and they both turned expectant eyes to Cimorene.
"Well, stranger things have happened." Like what? she silently asked herself. "You are in the Mountains of Morning, close to the enchanted forest of which I am queen. You may address me as Cimorene."
The newcomers didn't immediately start bowing and scraping like so many others did. This pleased Cimorene. At least she wouldn't have to worry about them trying to kiss her feet throughout their entire conversation.
"Why don't you come inside?"