Charzen paced restlessly around his small bedroom. The sun peeked in at him from a curtained windown, and the birds spoke softly, but Charzen did not notice them. His entire being was taken up on one thought.
Where was Nieah?
She had promised, almost a month ago, to bring him in ingredients he needed to create a Spiranu. It should have only been a few days trip, yet a whole moths had gone by. Where was she?
Growling in frustration, he kicked the wall under the window with a heavily booted foot. Once. Twice. Three times, he kicked the wall, as though demanding it to tell him where Nieah was, why she wasn't in that very room.
The wall did not answer, nor give any sign that it had heard his inward demands, and this did nothing to improve Charzen's mood. He needed her right now!
The Anu was getting restless. It would not stay much longer. It did not enjoy it's stay in the small wooden box it had been put into. If Charzen could not give him a more suitable resting place, it would find someone who could.
And Charzen knew this, and he cursed whatever kept Nieah from coming to him. Taking a few deep breaths, and attemting to calm himself, Charzen turned swiftly and strode over the the wooden box that sat quietly on the table it had been placed upon. Charzen sighed in relief.
If nothing else was going to go right today, at least the Anu wasn't protesting anymore. Charzen had been quite worried last evening, when the Anu had awoken and demanded to be let out.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Charzen tried with all his might to think where, in all of Middle-Earth, Nieah could be. Had he told her to come at the wrong time? No, that coulnd't be it. He was sure he had instructed her to come at the appropriate time. But maybe she had not heard him correctly?
Charzen, with a soft, dry laugh, dismissed this thought entirely. Nieah would NEVER have mistaken the date. She was always very, very, VERY prompt, and overly-orginized. No, something must have happend to her. But what? He did not know.
Opening his eyes again, Charzen walked over the the table and placed one hand on the lid of the box. Imeadiately, the Anu sensed him, and sent him an angry mental message.
~"Want out."~
Charzen resisted the urge to roll his eyes skyward. "You cannot come out, little one. The time is note right. Nieah will be here soon."
~"Who?"~
"Nieah, small spirit. She is bringing the ingredients to enable me to construct your body."
The Anu did not speak for a moment.
~"Body...?"~ it questioned hesitantly.
"Yes, your body, spiritling," Charzen told it, adding a little bit more enthusiasim then nessisary.
"You would like to have a body, would you not? One of your own?"
~"Yes."~
The Anu spoke firmly.
~"Body. Now?"~
Charzen sighed in dispair.
"Not now. But soon. When Nieah arrives, you shall have you body, small one."
~"I wait. Wait for Nieah come. Then body."~
Charzen agreed heartily.
"Yes, yes, then a body. Now sleep, little one, sleep, and gain strength."
He stood for a moment, with his hand still on the box lid, before turning and walking swiftly out of the room. The Anu sensed him go, as it shrunk itself into a comfortable resting postition. Yes, it would wait for Nieah.
Before it fled the human world, it allowed one more thought to persist, though nobody was there to hear.
~"But I will not wait long..."~
Where was Nieah?
She had promised, almost a month ago, to bring him in ingredients he needed to create a Spiranu. It should have only been a few days trip, yet a whole moths had gone by. Where was she?
Growling in frustration, he kicked the wall under the window with a heavily booted foot. Once. Twice. Three times, he kicked the wall, as though demanding it to tell him where Nieah was, why she wasn't in that very room.
The wall did not answer, nor give any sign that it had heard his inward demands, and this did nothing to improve Charzen's mood. He needed her right now!
The Anu was getting restless. It would not stay much longer. It did not enjoy it's stay in the small wooden box it had been put into. If Charzen could not give him a more suitable resting place, it would find someone who could.
And Charzen knew this, and he cursed whatever kept Nieah from coming to him. Taking a few deep breaths, and attemting to calm himself, Charzen turned swiftly and strode over the the wooden box that sat quietly on the table it had been placed upon. Charzen sighed in relief.
If nothing else was going to go right today, at least the Anu wasn't protesting anymore. Charzen had been quite worried last evening, when the Anu had awoken and demanded to be let out.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Charzen tried with all his might to think where, in all of Middle-Earth, Nieah could be. Had he told her to come at the wrong time? No, that coulnd't be it. He was sure he had instructed her to come at the appropriate time. But maybe she had not heard him correctly?
Charzen, with a soft, dry laugh, dismissed this thought entirely. Nieah would NEVER have mistaken the date. She was always very, very, VERY prompt, and overly-orginized. No, something must have happend to her. But what? He did not know.
Opening his eyes again, Charzen walked over the the table and placed one hand on the lid of the box. Imeadiately, the Anu sensed him, and sent him an angry mental message.
~"Want out."~
Charzen resisted the urge to roll his eyes skyward. "You cannot come out, little one. The time is note right. Nieah will be here soon."
~"Who?"~
"Nieah, small spirit. She is bringing the ingredients to enable me to construct your body."
The Anu did not speak for a moment.
~"Body...?"~ it questioned hesitantly.
"Yes, your body, spiritling," Charzen told it, adding a little bit more enthusiasim then nessisary.
"You would like to have a body, would you not? One of your own?"
~"Yes."~
The Anu spoke firmly.
~"Body. Now?"~
Charzen sighed in dispair.
"Not now. But soon. When Nieah arrives, you shall have you body, small one."
~"I wait. Wait for Nieah come. Then body."~
Charzen agreed heartily.
"Yes, yes, then a body. Now sleep, little one, sleep, and gain strength."
He stood for a moment, with his hand still on the box lid, before turning and walking swiftly out of the room. The Anu sensed him go, as it shrunk itself into a comfortable resting postition. Yes, it would wait for Nieah.
Before it fled the human world, it allowed one more thought to persist, though nobody was there to hear.
~"But I will not wait long..."~