I'm baaaaack! And a certain feathery muse is in HUUUUUUGE trouble!
Krathnae: *frantically holds out chappie*
Fireblade: *hums absently "Past the Point of No Return" as she prepares to give Krathnae the tongue-lashing of a lifetime*
Scheherezade: *appears and stalks at Krathnae* You. Come. Now.
Fireblade: *frowns as they both vanish* Damn. I WANTED TO YELL AT HIM!
Rrissa: :You already did...several times...:
Fireblade: *thinks* Oh yeah...
Anyways, welcome back tooooooooooo (drumroll please) LIKE THE MOON!
Krathnae finally deigned to show up with a chappie!
Here we go. No disclaimer. I got tired of the Chantrea estate, so it's a couple days later and they're heading to Haven unescorted.
And Sitara didn't lug Kamaria right off because she was hungry...I think the Grove-Born will want to talk to her.
Muse responsible: Krathnae. He's back!
Kamaria has the Mage-Gift. But since this is when the prohibition is in place, it's mistaken for Farsight and a few more Gifts than normal. Yup. Well, what do you expect? She's related to Van! Distantly...
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Kamaria, Alain, Ramya, and Sitara headed south to Haven. Kamaria thought she had never been so happy. [I always wanted a Companion...and to add a lifebond in as well-this is the Havens on earth.]
:Thank you, dearest,: said Alain teasingly.
:Eavesdropper!:
:Well, I am your lifebonded...I don't know if you'll ever be able to shield me out. Well, after you learn to shield, anyway.:
"How do you shield?" asked Kamaria, switching to audible speech.
"Um...I don't know if I can explain it very well-but if you let me link with you, I can show you..."
Kamaria hesitated. "What's linking?"
Lightly, Alain brushed his mind across hers, then joined the two minds with the help of Sitara. :This is linking. It's easier for us than others because we're lifebonded-now, to center, find where everything seems to originate and rotate around.:
Kamaria looked within herself, searching.
After a few minutes, she found it and took hold of it. A point of calm in a currently placid river of emotions, Kamaria knew she would not lose it again.
:Now feel for a matching point in the earth below,: said Alain, turning her inner "eyes" to the earth.
Kamaria saw it and took hold of it.
Instantly, she was absorbed in a feeling no words could describe-not quite of euphoria, not quite of calm, but something else.
:Now, can you see the world outside your mind?: asked Alain.
:Yes...:
:Create a barrier. It doesn't have to be thick, just solid. You can think of it as a veil-veiling your thoughts from others, and outside thoughts from your own-a room, a castle-anything.:
Kamaria thought for a moment, then created a "veil," thin enough so she could maintain it with little power, thick enough to keep others out and herself in.
Alain separated herself from her mind. [I can't feel him!] Kamaria realized with a jolt of panic.
:Of course you can. It's just on a lower level now, not at the top of your mind.: came Sitara's mindvoice.
Kamaria calmed herself and Sensed.
The lifebond was exactly where it had always been.
Feeling a bit foolish, Kamaria said, "Thanks, Alain. Will they stay up?"
"They will after practice. Now, this shield is the first anyone learns, but it'll be enough. You can't block out your bond with Sitara with a shield this basic. For now...check your shields whenever I say to. After a while, it'll become instinct."
Kamaria nodded and settled back down in the saddle, listening to the chime of the two Companion's hooves and the bells on their tack. [Odd sight we must make...a Trainee in Grays and a newly-Chosen not in Grays. Wonder if they'll think he's escorting me...]
:At least I gave you time to pack,: said Sitara teasingly. :Normally, a Companion would hardly give the Chosen a chance to say goodbye. I would have taken you straight to Haven to avoid your mother's vapours, but I was hungry.:
Kamaria startled herself by laughing so hard tears streamed down her face. Alain looked puzzled. "Sitara-said-only reason she didn't haul me to Haven right away-she was hungry!" Kamaria managed to get out between bursts of laughter.
:It's true!: said Sitara, embarrassment tinging her mind-voice maroon.
"I remember when Ramya Chose me..." Alain said, a slightly dreamy look coming over his face. "I'd been on one of the family horses, riding beside a wagon when she trotted up beside me and looked into my eyes. I was in her saddle and riding in the opposite direction almost before I knew what I was doing...then my brother rode up beside me, leading the horse I had been riding, and asked what in the nine hells I was doing."
:Then he looked at me, and his eyes bugged,: came Ramya's voice, holding some of the dreamy happiness that tinged Alain's voice.
Kamaria brought herself back under control and asked, more seriously, "What classes do you think I'll be taking?"
"Definitely Weapons...probably equitation and Religions, too. More than that, I don't know."
Kamaria asked, "How many sibs do you have, anyway?"
Alain snorted. "Too many. I have one older brother, three older sisters- one of which is in Bardic-two younger brothers, and a baby sister. Then there's the cousins...our caravan life is interesting."
Kamaria mused over this thoughtfully as they continued to ride through the bright afternoon.
Turning off the road, heading for a Waystation, Alain watched as his lifebonded thought.
:If you subject me to more bad poetry, I will trample you,: said Ramya, only half-joking.
:Am I really that bad?:
:Let your sister do the composing. Honestly! 'Her eyes shine sweet and fair as a bright full moon...': Ramya quoted from one of Alain's worst poems. :And I thought no one could write worse than that Bard who wrote 'My Lady's Eyes.':
Alain took the criticism good-naturedly. :I guess I am rather hopeless...:
:Understatement, love, understatement. At least in the poetry department.:
:Lifebonds,: Sitara Sent, jarring her Chosen out of her musings.. :Enough sweetness that even I don't need sugar lumps...:
"Hey!" exclaimed Kamaria and Alain in unison.
"It's not our fault," protested Kamaria.
:You, not need sugar? Havens preserve me-I thought that would never happen! Is the sky falling yet?: said Ramya.
Sitara butted her nose against Ramya's neck. :I didn't say anything about other foods.:
"Make sure to bring a lot of money when you go traveling," said Alain in a low voice to Kamaria, "You'll need to recompense the innkeepers for eating them out of house and home."
Kamaria laughed at this.
The four continued bantering as they made their way to a Waystation for the night.
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Heehee. Kamaria can Speak with both Alain and Sitara as long as they're pretty close. If they get too far away, she can't. So she's not all that special.
Reviewerthanking!
Mandy5: The insides of Amaya's brain is feathers and pretty butterflies. And as for why she's overreacting...actually, I haven't quite figured that out yet.
Stee: Meep! Here!
Melissa: I'm trying, I'm trying. It's just that I don't know Ramya all that well-working on that-and Sitara's eating complex is a bit difficult to get around.
Herald-Mage Brianna: Here you go!
Kyalia: You might be right...maybe I should put something in the summary about that.
AderynGoddess: Why thank you! I feel loved!
Kierseth: No one can placate Scheherezade...being pissed is part of her nature, she's rarely not piddled at something. Oh well. *nods at temperamental muse*
Vreader: Have pie.
Cerulean Sky: It does? I thought it meant "Butterfly," but I could be completely wrong-I don't remember if I used the meaning search or the pick- a-cool-sounding-name method on babynames.
Parttmeangel: Here you go. Finally.
Darkfyre: Muse-hunting is called off...and I don't know if even dragons could stand up to Scheherezade in full battle rage. She's that scary. And as for the Earl...he's not gone yet. He will be glimpsed again, and sometimes more than glimpsed.
Snowfire: I don't know when their wedding will be...Kamaria has to sort through all her mixed feelings, family pride, angsting, and train to become a Herald at the same time.
Surprise! *unveils all-you-can-eat buffet* Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! Eat anything and everything you want!
~Fireblade K'Chona
Krathnae: *frantically holds out chappie*
Fireblade: *hums absently "Past the Point of No Return" as she prepares to give Krathnae the tongue-lashing of a lifetime*
Scheherezade: *appears and stalks at Krathnae* You. Come. Now.
Fireblade: *frowns as they both vanish* Damn. I WANTED TO YELL AT HIM!
Rrissa: :You already did...several times...:
Fireblade: *thinks* Oh yeah...
Anyways, welcome back tooooooooooo (drumroll please) LIKE THE MOON!
Krathnae finally deigned to show up with a chappie!
Here we go. No disclaimer. I got tired of the Chantrea estate, so it's a couple days later and they're heading to Haven unescorted.
And Sitara didn't lug Kamaria right off because she was hungry...I think the Grove-Born will want to talk to her.
Muse responsible: Krathnae. He's back!
Kamaria has the Mage-Gift. But since this is when the prohibition is in place, it's mistaken for Farsight and a few more Gifts than normal. Yup. Well, what do you expect? She's related to Van! Distantly...
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Kamaria, Alain, Ramya, and Sitara headed south to Haven. Kamaria thought she had never been so happy. [I always wanted a Companion...and to add a lifebond in as well-this is the Havens on earth.]
:Thank you, dearest,: said Alain teasingly.
:Eavesdropper!:
:Well, I am your lifebonded...I don't know if you'll ever be able to shield me out. Well, after you learn to shield, anyway.:
"How do you shield?" asked Kamaria, switching to audible speech.
"Um...I don't know if I can explain it very well-but if you let me link with you, I can show you..."
Kamaria hesitated. "What's linking?"
Lightly, Alain brushed his mind across hers, then joined the two minds with the help of Sitara. :This is linking. It's easier for us than others because we're lifebonded-now, to center, find where everything seems to originate and rotate around.:
Kamaria looked within herself, searching.
After a few minutes, she found it and took hold of it. A point of calm in a currently placid river of emotions, Kamaria knew she would not lose it again.
:Now feel for a matching point in the earth below,: said Alain, turning her inner "eyes" to the earth.
Kamaria saw it and took hold of it.
Instantly, she was absorbed in a feeling no words could describe-not quite of euphoria, not quite of calm, but something else.
:Now, can you see the world outside your mind?: asked Alain.
:Yes...:
:Create a barrier. It doesn't have to be thick, just solid. You can think of it as a veil-veiling your thoughts from others, and outside thoughts from your own-a room, a castle-anything.:
Kamaria thought for a moment, then created a "veil," thin enough so she could maintain it with little power, thick enough to keep others out and herself in.
Alain separated herself from her mind. [I can't feel him!] Kamaria realized with a jolt of panic.
:Of course you can. It's just on a lower level now, not at the top of your mind.: came Sitara's mindvoice.
Kamaria calmed herself and Sensed.
The lifebond was exactly where it had always been.
Feeling a bit foolish, Kamaria said, "Thanks, Alain. Will they stay up?"
"They will after practice. Now, this shield is the first anyone learns, but it'll be enough. You can't block out your bond with Sitara with a shield this basic. For now...check your shields whenever I say to. After a while, it'll become instinct."
Kamaria nodded and settled back down in the saddle, listening to the chime of the two Companion's hooves and the bells on their tack. [Odd sight we must make...a Trainee in Grays and a newly-Chosen not in Grays. Wonder if they'll think he's escorting me...]
:At least I gave you time to pack,: said Sitara teasingly. :Normally, a Companion would hardly give the Chosen a chance to say goodbye. I would have taken you straight to Haven to avoid your mother's vapours, but I was hungry.:
Kamaria startled herself by laughing so hard tears streamed down her face. Alain looked puzzled. "Sitara-said-only reason she didn't haul me to Haven right away-she was hungry!" Kamaria managed to get out between bursts of laughter.
:It's true!: said Sitara, embarrassment tinging her mind-voice maroon.
"I remember when Ramya Chose me..." Alain said, a slightly dreamy look coming over his face. "I'd been on one of the family horses, riding beside a wagon when she trotted up beside me and looked into my eyes. I was in her saddle and riding in the opposite direction almost before I knew what I was doing...then my brother rode up beside me, leading the horse I had been riding, and asked what in the nine hells I was doing."
:Then he looked at me, and his eyes bugged,: came Ramya's voice, holding some of the dreamy happiness that tinged Alain's voice.
Kamaria brought herself back under control and asked, more seriously, "What classes do you think I'll be taking?"
"Definitely Weapons...probably equitation and Religions, too. More than that, I don't know."
Kamaria asked, "How many sibs do you have, anyway?"
Alain snorted. "Too many. I have one older brother, three older sisters- one of which is in Bardic-two younger brothers, and a baby sister. Then there's the cousins...our caravan life is interesting."
Kamaria mused over this thoughtfully as they continued to ride through the bright afternoon.
Turning off the road, heading for a Waystation, Alain watched as his lifebonded thought.
:If you subject me to more bad poetry, I will trample you,: said Ramya, only half-joking.
:Am I really that bad?:
:Let your sister do the composing. Honestly! 'Her eyes shine sweet and fair as a bright full moon...': Ramya quoted from one of Alain's worst poems. :And I thought no one could write worse than that Bard who wrote 'My Lady's Eyes.':
Alain took the criticism good-naturedly. :I guess I am rather hopeless...:
:Understatement, love, understatement. At least in the poetry department.:
:Lifebonds,: Sitara Sent, jarring her Chosen out of her musings.. :Enough sweetness that even I don't need sugar lumps...:
"Hey!" exclaimed Kamaria and Alain in unison.
"It's not our fault," protested Kamaria.
:You, not need sugar? Havens preserve me-I thought that would never happen! Is the sky falling yet?: said Ramya.
Sitara butted her nose against Ramya's neck. :I didn't say anything about other foods.:
"Make sure to bring a lot of money when you go traveling," said Alain in a low voice to Kamaria, "You'll need to recompense the innkeepers for eating them out of house and home."
Kamaria laughed at this.
The four continued bantering as they made their way to a Waystation for the night.
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Heehee. Kamaria can Speak with both Alain and Sitara as long as they're pretty close. If they get too far away, she can't. So she's not all that special.
Reviewerthanking!
Mandy5: The insides of Amaya's brain is feathers and pretty butterflies. And as for why she's overreacting...actually, I haven't quite figured that out yet.
Stee: Meep! Here!
Melissa: I'm trying, I'm trying. It's just that I don't know Ramya all that well-working on that-and Sitara's eating complex is a bit difficult to get around.
Herald-Mage Brianna: Here you go!
Kyalia: You might be right...maybe I should put something in the summary about that.
AderynGoddess: Why thank you! I feel loved!
Kierseth: No one can placate Scheherezade...being pissed is part of her nature, she's rarely not piddled at something. Oh well. *nods at temperamental muse*
Vreader: Have pie.
Cerulean Sky: It does? I thought it meant "Butterfly," but I could be completely wrong-I don't remember if I used the meaning search or the pick- a-cool-sounding-name method on babynames.
Parttmeangel: Here you go. Finally.
Darkfyre: Muse-hunting is called off...and I don't know if even dragons could stand up to Scheherezade in full battle rage. She's that scary. And as for the Earl...he's not gone yet. He will be glimpsed again, and sometimes more than glimpsed.
Snowfire: I don't know when their wedding will be...Kamaria has to sort through all her mixed feelings, family pride, angsting, and train to become a Herald at the same time.
Surprise! *unveils all-you-can-eat buffet* Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! Eat anything and everything you want!
~Fireblade K'Chona