Elvario
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This RP is part of the Isekai Hell universe. Check the links above to learn more about it.
Events take place a week after The Start Of Something New and Our Battle Shalt Be Legendary!.
The pace is likely going to be roughly 48 hours per round, but might be quicker if certain people move faster than the overall plot, or slower if my IRL situation finally starts to catch up to me or if I start realising I'm biting into a little more than I can chew off this time (I'll do my best to never make it drop below 96 hours at most).
The overall goal is to traverse through the barony and visit places outside the capital town. Character specific goals are listed. If new goals come up or are suggested, they'll be added. For those that wish to join that aren't listed below, please provide me with some specific goals your character might have (or ask me for ideas so we can come up with some together).
Goals:
Regula:
Elvario
Amanda
Uasal
Retili:
conman2163
Aria:
RavenSong
Ryan
Valkan
Teuihua
TheTimePiece
Micah
DuckPrince
Leiana
NeramoDJI
Regula sighed. She'd just set the next set of plans in motion, but she was already getting a bit of cold feet. Even so, her conversation with Aria, fresh on her mind due to happening mere moments ago, had given her some new courage.
Regula wasn't normally the type to 'summon' someone to her quarters. Instead, she'd normally just visit whomever she wished to talk to her herself. However, today was different. It was early morning, exactly seven days after their arrival in Stonewall. She hadn't spoken a lot with Aria lately, instead working hard to meet the townsfolk and doing what she could to get an understanding of just about everything that was going. She was often accompanied by her mother, but would sometimes take on blacksmithing jobs 'to relax' as well, or work on fixing up things in the keep or barracks. Oddly enough, she'd often just 'vanished' from everyone's radars, leaving the city to go to who-knows-where doing who-knows-what. The latter was the reason she was desperate to speak to Aria today, as she was standing in front of a mirror in her room, looking at it with mild concern.
Aria had been hard at work training the regiments, mostly she was filling out paperwork. Various situations required various acts of conduct in order for everything to run smoothly with impeccable order. These guards were to be the finest in the land. Or so was her goal.
It was a surprise however when a court messenger stepped through her shoddy study which was being repaired by soldiers and townsfolk alike. Upon hearing that Regula was summoning her, she nodded. “Very well. I’ll make my way there now.”
She scribbled on a few other pages, before assigning a cadet to finish up the remaining work. Taking her katana by her desk, she fixed up the cuffs of her shirt, fixed the black bow on her head and made her way across the town to Regula's chambers.
Once at the door she paused, before lightly tapping upon the wooden door. Aria would open the door. She’d salute. “M’lady? You called? How may I be of use?”
Considering everyone was mostly tending their duties for roughly a week. Aria was quite surprised. However she thought to keep things formal unless this was about something of a more personal nature. To which Aria was ready to shed to be present for her dearest friend.
“Ah, Aria, thank you for coming, I...” She hesitated. She thought she'd been mentally prepared for this, but she wasn't. She sighed deeply. “It's about these.” She pointed to her wings. “I'm completely at my wits end.” She turned to face Aria, rather than the mirror, revealing her eyes were oddly reddish from something.
“First they made look like I was growing some odd deformity on my back, which somehow everyone was polite enough to ignore, then they started making my back bleed enough for me to bandage it up in an attempt to hide it... yet now that they're finally at their full size, I... I can't even use them.” As if to demonstrate, she gave some 'uneven' flaps with her wings, one flapping just slightly before the other, which nearly send her tumbling to the ground. “I never asked for wings, but somehow I got them, but now I can't even use them... What will people think? I look like I'm some sort of Valkyrie, yet I can't even fly. I'm not even a proper Aerial...”
She shook her head. “I've been trying to start learning it, a bit away from here, out of sight, but I just keep falling back down before I'm even up in the air a few feet. What's worse, they cramp up like crazy. That feeling you get when you've been working the forge for five days with barely any breaks...” She wasn't sure if Aria could relate, but continued anyway. “I wanted to talk to my mother about it, but I don't want to worry her. Besides, I tried to bring it up, but she wasn't sure if it was even a common trait in the family... so it might be... it might be from my father's side...” The one thing they shared was that they weren't exactly close with their fathers.
“Either way, I'm lost on ideas. Do I just keep these stupid things as some useless decorations and pretend like that's normal?”
Seeing Regula distraught, made Aria ease up a bit as she stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Stepping closer, she almost whispered, “Fascinating.” As Regula's wings appeared to flap a bit.
“I was beginning to wonder what had become of this new growth m’lady. I wish I had all the answers but.. if I may so humbly make a suggestion.” She’d get close enough to gently touch the delicate yet strangely tough feathers. “..when I lived in Highgrove, I’d see how little birds hatched and flapped their wings quite a bit for days until one day they flew out of the nest.” She shrugged “I’m not sure if that would help m’lady. Rumours spread quickly about this town, so I understand your reservations in coming forward with wings without the ability to use them.”
She’d bring a pondering finger to her lips however, “Hmm.. perhaps Madam Rose would know.. hm.. she knew your father best. However, perhaps it’d be prudent to not press her about it.”
Regula flashed Aria a saddened smile when being compared to a hatchling bird. However, that vanished when Aria suggested... “No... I can't possibly ask her such a thing. It'd cause her to relive too much trauma and I doubt she'd even have the answers.” There was one misunderstanding though. “Well, I've had to stop hiding them ever since we got here, they're simply too big now. It's the fact that I can't use them, that's what I'm still hiding. I... tried asking for that winged woman, the scout from Yemaya, but so far I haven't heard back from her either.”
Truth be told, she did have one idea when Aria arrived. It was an idea that she didn't like, so she hoped Aria would have something, but... “Do you still have that flying leaf you got from the Fae? I think... maybe if you just fly me up and I jump off, perhaps flying instincts will naturally kick in? I've been flapping around for days without results, perhaps I just need adrenaline and a wind current. Besides, if I crash, I've got my healing cloak, right?” It was, by all means, a pretty bad idea.
Aria blinked, she’d almost forgotten about the magical leaf the fae had given her. “R-right.. the leaf..” she stuttered as she recollected where she wrapped it with her belongings. She was a bit hesitant about the idea of her dearest friend simply jumping off a flying leaf very high up in the air. She could injure herself, or worse. “Is this idea wise m’lady?” She wondered, but really it seemed there was hardly any choice if none of the known contacts weren’t willing to come to their aid. “But.. perhaps you’re right.” She said finally. “Shall we go?”
Perhaps her idea wasn't so bad at all, as Aria agreed to it. However, there were still the 'circumstances' to deal with. “We'd have to be even further away from town than normally, if we go up high, otherwise we might be seen...” That's when something occurred. “That's it!” She called out. “I've wanted to visit the other places in my barony for a while now. How about we use that as an excuse? We start up a short tour to the villages. Retili can go hold his census, Amanda can find new things to make schematics for, that construct we met can perhaps help out with some local heavy-lifting, you can inspect the village's militias and some guard outpost... and I... I'll hopefully find a private place to try flying with the help of that leaf. We can even say that you and me aren't moving along with the others due to preferring to fly around together to get a better overview, as an excuse. That'd work, right?” She'd clearly had a better idea on that part, which was odd, considering the other half still boiled down to yeeting herself off of a flying leaf and hope she wouldn't die from it.
There was one more thing, however, that Regula had to say. “You know, it's making me realise just how amazing you are. You've adjusted to your legs so well, it's like they're natural. You lost something huge, but you came back stronger than ever. Meanwhile, I got these wings out of nowhere and can't even use them. It's quite the difference, isn't it?” She shook her head. “Don't mind me, I just...” That's when something occurred to her. “You got that letter, right? I mean that. Having both you and my mother here, I'm surprised these pesky wings aren't flying themselves yet due to feeling so encouraged.” She said, trying to cheer herself up a bit.
She was just about to suggest they head out to the countryside when Regula suddenly snapped her fingers with an epiphany. Aria blinked, as Regula mentioned her idea. The sword maiden smiled, there was something quite exhilarating about sneaking out to do something behind everyone’s back, sure, it was to help her friend and keep everyone guessing. Nonetheless, there was a chance of being caught.
“I suppose that might work. I will say Sir Retili is quite the critical observer, he might be the toughest one to convince. But either way, seems like a sound plan m’lady.”
Aria would nearly start towards the door, when Regula suddenly began to mention something unexpected. Sure, she was well aware of the letter she mentioned and it’s contents but for it to be brought up directly made her blush a bit, especially when she praised her by calling her ‘amazing’.
“I.. it’s..” she looked down. “..its not so easy m’lady. I just..” looking up she suddenly mustered her courage. “I do what I must to contribute to our cause to bring prosperity to this land!”
“However, I wonder if this sacrifice would also deny me the attraction and affection of a partner once we’ve accomplished our long fought goal.”
“Hmm.. You're right and he already knows more than I'd like him to.” She replied on the topic of Retili. “Let's try keep him extra busy, such as by asking him to keep track of the state of the roads as well.”
When Aria was looking down, Regula came up with a devious plan indeed. “You know, there's something I think these wings might be capable off that I've been wanting to try out...” She mumbled, then stepped up to Aria and turned her around, holding both her shoulders and wrapping her wings around her whilst looking her straight in the eyes.
Her guess had been correct, this was a really nice way to pull her friends close. At last these wings were good for something. “Listen, you're one of the greatest people I've ever met, so I'm sure the people will be lined up for a chance to win over your heart. Besides, haven't you seen how that captain keeps looking at you? I'm confident he's fallen head over heals for you and that it's only grown stronger. Not that I can blame him, as I know first-hand how awesome you are. Perhaps I'm a bit biased since I made them, but I think the way you handle your new legs has something very gracious and inspiring about it that'll charm many a man.”
That's when she realised she might've misinterpreted the question altogether. Perhaps this wasn't about Aria's self-confidence at al, but simply about... “Wait, if you just wanted a day off to pursue a romantic interest, you can always ask me, right? I'll admit I'll be jealous having to share you with someone else, but I can't deny my dearest friend the ability to follow her heart.”
"If that is your wish, m'lady." Aria was amused, but she wouldn't let it show, however she was a bit surprised to what lengths Regula was willing to go to keep any rumours from escaping into the public.
Her pondering was quickly put to rest as regular approached Aria and embraced her with the wings she had just previously touched. It felt. Warm; insulated like being in some kind of nest. "Hm?" Next thing she knew, she was looking into Regula's eyes as she spoke, her words bringing up all manner of confusion. “The.. captain?” She asked with a puzzled look, “You really think-?” The bit about how charming her legs were made her blush deeply. “M’lady.. I.. I don’t understand how to.. make any logic out of the strange feelings you’re giving me.” She looked away, then back, “I.. suppose I can just say.. thank you..” She sighed. “..but that doesn’t make it justice.”
Then Regula flat out suggested something else, which really didn’t help. “..I.. don’t have any romantic interests at the moment m’lady.. and last thing I’d want is to upset you.. but.. should such an event occur, you’ll be the first to know.”
“There's no need to make logic out of it, just know I care a lot about you. That's enough... Oh, please also keep that in mind when I start making a fool out of myself in the near future, trying to flap these wings again.” She said, trying to lighten the mood a bit. “And I'm glad I'll be first to know. I'll probably need to mentally prepare myself for the time I'll have to share your time with someone else~”
With that, she'd regained a little bit of confidence. Calling Aria had been the right move after all. Perhaps she should use this sudden courage to push her plans in motion. “Let's get to business right away. Can you go fetch Amanda? I don't think I've seen her a lot lately, so you might have to look for her. I'll send for the others as well.”
conman2163
With Aria out to fetch Amanda, Regula figured she'd go look for Retili first. He wasn't hard to find, as he was once again dutifully going through the town's records. She couldn't help smiling when she spotted him. “You really do a thorough job. You've been at it long enough that I feel like you don't just have a census on the current population, but also also on the three generations past and a prediction on the next three generations to come while at it.” She smiled, hoping the scribe would understand it as a compliment. Either way, the main thing was yet to be brought up. “I know it's a short notice, but I wanted to travel to the other places in my barony. Sootspire, Kirkwall, the remnants of Yemaya and any other place of interest we might find along the way. It'd allow you to take census in those towns to see if the records here are correct. While at it, I'd also like for you to see if you can recruit artisans for future projects and inspect the conditions of our roads. I'll personally travel separately with Aria, as our flight would allow us to see more of the barony than I'd see by foot. I'd like you to travel with Teuihua, Ryan and Amanda, as the three of them likely need some time away from here and they all offered to see if they could help out, so it'd be a good chance to see where else in the barony they can help out. Oh, I'm also debating to ask Captain Hayward, Ethel or Sherwood to come, but I'm not sure which of them would be of most use. Considering they'd be travelling with your group, I'll leave it up to the rest of you to decide whom to ask to accompany you.”
Mentions: Ryan
Valkan
Meanwhile, whilst Ryan was working the smithy, Gobán showed up with a list. It included many tasks. Inspecting the equipment of folk in Sootspire, in Kirkwall and in some farms outside from the villages. It also mentioned 'aid Yemaya', suggesting some voluntary work for those that remained among the ruins. However, most notably, the task [Find Aileen. Make her yours.] was on top of the list. He shoved it into Ryan's hands with a ”Hm.” to make it clear there was no debating this. Had he been setting this up? It wasn't clear.
Mentions: Teuihua
TheTimePiece
Teuihua, meanwhile, would find himself harassed by a very enthusiast shopkeeper. Having been in the town for a week, everyone would've recognised her particular trait. She was a totally different person on her off-time than during her work-time. Going from a person acting like a robot and just doing the bare minimum to keep things running during work-time to being highly enthusiastic, extroverted and curious whenever she'd got the morning off. This was such a morning.
“Wow, you're so strong mister golem, that's amazing~ Did you really drag all these logs here yourself?!? Sven couldn't hope to ever carpenter them all in time~ Say, say, you said you need food for offerings, but can it really just be anything organic? Could you like, eat part of these logs as well? Does it differ in how much energy it gives you if you eat a five-course meal or just some grass along the road? Oh, you said you 'woke' up somewhere, but can you even sleep, or is it more like a pause mode?”
Events take place a week after The Start Of Something New and Our Battle Shalt Be Legendary!.
The pace is likely going to be roughly 48 hours per round, but might be quicker if certain people move faster than the overall plot, or slower if my IRL situation finally starts to catch up to me or if I start realising I'm biting into a little more than I can chew off this time (I'll do my best to never make it drop below 96 hours at most).
The overall goal is to traverse through the barony and visit places outside the capital town. Character specific goals are listed. If new goals come up or are suggested, they'll be added. For those that wish to join that aren't listed below, please provide me with some specific goals your character might have (or ask me for ideas so we can come up with some together).
Goals:
Regula:
Elvario
- Racially evolve from an Aerial into a Valkyrie by learning to fly properly.
- Visit and explore more of her barony.
- Meet some key NPC's outside of her capital town.
Amanda
Uasal
- Introduce the gospel of crop rotation to the Barony's villages.
- Find new opportunities for infrastructure, or old ones to improve upon.
- Sketch and plan out new projects in the field.
- Get some fresh air?
Retili:
conman2163
- Take census of all inhabitants of the Caelia Barony and not down their occupations.
- Find and enlist workers for future Barony Projects.
- Find out if there's an artisan capable of making good identifiers for Caelia Advisors.
- Inspect the condition of the infrastructure.
Aria:
RavenSong
- Help Regula take flight and try to ensure she doesn't commit suicide by falling to her death.
- Meet and inspect the village guards in the Barony.
- Inspect guard-infrastructure, such as watch-towers, barracks, walls.
Ryan
Valkan
- Figure out where Aileen is and meet up with her.
- Make some deliveries and do some equipment check-ups for Gobán.
Teuihua
TheTimePiece
- Make anyone think twice about harassing the group as they travel through the outskirts of the barony.
- Help with the heavy-lifting where needed.
- Learn more about the new civilisation he woke up in.
Micah
DuckPrince
- Earning coin.
- Establish himself as an expert on all things horses.
- Surveying the land for future ranch opportunities.
Leiana
NeramoDJI
- Give Regula the wing-massage of a life-time.
- Sell her merchandise in the various villages.
Stonewall
Country of Ryken, County of Sadek, Barony of Caelia. Capital Town: Stonewall.
Time: 08:30 Weather: Clear skies. Sun rose half an hour ago.
Country of Ryken, County of Sadek, Barony of Caelia. Capital Town: Stonewall.
Time: 08:30 Weather: Clear skies. Sun rose half an hour ago.
Regula sighed. She'd just set the next set of plans in motion, but she was already getting a bit of cold feet. Even so, her conversation with Aria, fresh on her mind due to happening mere moments ago, had given her some new courage.
Regula wasn't normally the type to 'summon' someone to her quarters. Instead, she'd normally just visit whomever she wished to talk to her herself. However, today was different. It was early morning, exactly seven days after their arrival in Stonewall. She hadn't spoken a lot with Aria lately, instead working hard to meet the townsfolk and doing what she could to get an understanding of just about everything that was going. She was often accompanied by her mother, but would sometimes take on blacksmithing jobs 'to relax' as well, or work on fixing up things in the keep or barracks. Oddly enough, she'd often just 'vanished' from everyone's radars, leaving the city to go to who-knows-where doing who-knows-what. The latter was the reason she was desperate to speak to Aria today, as she was standing in front of a mirror in her room, looking at it with mild concern.
Aria had been hard at work training the regiments, mostly she was filling out paperwork. Various situations required various acts of conduct in order for everything to run smoothly with impeccable order. These guards were to be the finest in the land. Or so was her goal.
It was a surprise however when a court messenger stepped through her shoddy study which was being repaired by soldiers and townsfolk alike. Upon hearing that Regula was summoning her, she nodded. “Very well. I’ll make my way there now.”
She scribbled on a few other pages, before assigning a cadet to finish up the remaining work. Taking her katana by her desk, she fixed up the cuffs of her shirt, fixed the black bow on her head and made her way across the town to Regula's chambers.
Once at the door she paused, before lightly tapping upon the wooden door. Aria would open the door. She’d salute. “M’lady? You called? How may I be of use?”
Considering everyone was mostly tending their duties for roughly a week. Aria was quite surprised. However she thought to keep things formal unless this was about something of a more personal nature. To which Aria was ready to shed to be present for her dearest friend.
“Ah, Aria, thank you for coming, I...” She hesitated. She thought she'd been mentally prepared for this, but she wasn't. She sighed deeply. “It's about these.” She pointed to her wings. “I'm completely at my wits end.” She turned to face Aria, rather than the mirror, revealing her eyes were oddly reddish from something.
“First they made look like I was growing some odd deformity on my back, which somehow everyone was polite enough to ignore, then they started making my back bleed enough for me to bandage it up in an attempt to hide it... yet now that they're finally at their full size, I... I can't even use them.” As if to demonstrate, she gave some 'uneven' flaps with her wings, one flapping just slightly before the other, which nearly send her tumbling to the ground. “I never asked for wings, but somehow I got them, but now I can't even use them... What will people think? I look like I'm some sort of Valkyrie, yet I can't even fly. I'm not even a proper Aerial...”
She shook her head. “I've been trying to start learning it, a bit away from here, out of sight, but I just keep falling back down before I'm even up in the air a few feet. What's worse, they cramp up like crazy. That feeling you get when you've been working the forge for five days with barely any breaks...” She wasn't sure if Aria could relate, but continued anyway. “I wanted to talk to my mother about it, but I don't want to worry her. Besides, I tried to bring it up, but she wasn't sure if it was even a common trait in the family... so it might be... it might be from my father's side...” The one thing they shared was that they weren't exactly close with their fathers.
“Either way, I'm lost on ideas. Do I just keep these stupid things as some useless decorations and pretend like that's normal?”
Seeing Regula distraught, made Aria ease up a bit as she stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Stepping closer, she almost whispered, “Fascinating.” As Regula's wings appeared to flap a bit.
“I was beginning to wonder what had become of this new growth m’lady. I wish I had all the answers but.. if I may so humbly make a suggestion.” She’d get close enough to gently touch the delicate yet strangely tough feathers. “..when I lived in Highgrove, I’d see how little birds hatched and flapped their wings quite a bit for days until one day they flew out of the nest.” She shrugged “I’m not sure if that would help m’lady. Rumours spread quickly about this town, so I understand your reservations in coming forward with wings without the ability to use them.”
She’d bring a pondering finger to her lips however, “Hmm.. perhaps Madam Rose would know.. hm.. she knew your father best. However, perhaps it’d be prudent to not press her about it.”
Regula flashed Aria a saddened smile when being compared to a hatchling bird. However, that vanished when Aria suggested... “No... I can't possibly ask her such a thing. It'd cause her to relive too much trauma and I doubt she'd even have the answers.” There was one misunderstanding though. “Well, I've had to stop hiding them ever since we got here, they're simply too big now. It's the fact that I can't use them, that's what I'm still hiding. I... tried asking for that winged woman, the scout from Yemaya, but so far I haven't heard back from her either.”
Truth be told, she did have one idea when Aria arrived. It was an idea that she didn't like, so she hoped Aria would have something, but... “Do you still have that flying leaf you got from the Fae? I think... maybe if you just fly me up and I jump off, perhaps flying instincts will naturally kick in? I've been flapping around for days without results, perhaps I just need adrenaline and a wind current. Besides, if I crash, I've got my healing cloak, right?” It was, by all means, a pretty bad idea.
Aria blinked, she’d almost forgotten about the magical leaf the fae had given her. “R-right.. the leaf..” she stuttered as she recollected where she wrapped it with her belongings. She was a bit hesitant about the idea of her dearest friend simply jumping off a flying leaf very high up in the air. She could injure herself, or worse. “Is this idea wise m’lady?” She wondered, but really it seemed there was hardly any choice if none of the known contacts weren’t willing to come to their aid. “But.. perhaps you’re right.” She said finally. “Shall we go?”
Perhaps her idea wasn't so bad at all, as Aria agreed to it. However, there were still the 'circumstances' to deal with. “We'd have to be even further away from town than normally, if we go up high, otherwise we might be seen...” That's when something occurred. “That's it!” She called out. “I've wanted to visit the other places in my barony for a while now. How about we use that as an excuse? We start up a short tour to the villages. Retili can go hold his census, Amanda can find new things to make schematics for, that construct we met can perhaps help out with some local heavy-lifting, you can inspect the village's militias and some guard outpost... and I... I'll hopefully find a private place to try flying with the help of that leaf. We can even say that you and me aren't moving along with the others due to preferring to fly around together to get a better overview, as an excuse. That'd work, right?” She'd clearly had a better idea on that part, which was odd, considering the other half still boiled down to yeeting herself off of a flying leaf and hope she wouldn't die from it.
There was one more thing, however, that Regula had to say. “You know, it's making me realise just how amazing you are. You've adjusted to your legs so well, it's like they're natural. You lost something huge, but you came back stronger than ever. Meanwhile, I got these wings out of nowhere and can't even use them. It's quite the difference, isn't it?” She shook her head. “Don't mind me, I just...” That's when something occurred to her. “You got that letter, right? I mean that. Having both you and my mother here, I'm surprised these pesky wings aren't flying themselves yet due to feeling so encouraged.” She said, trying to cheer herself up a bit.
She was just about to suggest they head out to the countryside when Regula suddenly snapped her fingers with an epiphany. Aria blinked, as Regula mentioned her idea. The sword maiden smiled, there was something quite exhilarating about sneaking out to do something behind everyone’s back, sure, it was to help her friend and keep everyone guessing. Nonetheless, there was a chance of being caught.
“I suppose that might work. I will say Sir Retili is quite the critical observer, he might be the toughest one to convince. But either way, seems like a sound plan m’lady.”
Aria would nearly start towards the door, when Regula suddenly began to mention something unexpected. Sure, she was well aware of the letter she mentioned and it’s contents but for it to be brought up directly made her blush a bit, especially when she praised her by calling her ‘amazing’.
“I.. it’s..” she looked down. “..its not so easy m’lady. I just..” looking up she suddenly mustered her courage. “I do what I must to contribute to our cause to bring prosperity to this land!”
“However, I wonder if this sacrifice would also deny me the attraction and affection of a partner once we’ve accomplished our long fought goal.”
“Hmm.. You're right and he already knows more than I'd like him to.” She replied on the topic of Retili. “Let's try keep him extra busy, such as by asking him to keep track of the state of the roads as well.”
When Aria was looking down, Regula came up with a devious plan indeed. “You know, there's something I think these wings might be capable off that I've been wanting to try out...” She mumbled, then stepped up to Aria and turned her around, holding both her shoulders and wrapping her wings around her whilst looking her straight in the eyes.
Her guess had been correct, this was a really nice way to pull her friends close. At last these wings were good for something. “Listen, you're one of the greatest people I've ever met, so I'm sure the people will be lined up for a chance to win over your heart. Besides, haven't you seen how that captain keeps looking at you? I'm confident he's fallen head over heals for you and that it's only grown stronger. Not that I can blame him, as I know first-hand how awesome you are. Perhaps I'm a bit biased since I made them, but I think the way you handle your new legs has something very gracious and inspiring about it that'll charm many a man.”
That's when she realised she might've misinterpreted the question altogether. Perhaps this wasn't about Aria's self-confidence at al, but simply about... “Wait, if you just wanted a day off to pursue a romantic interest, you can always ask me, right? I'll admit I'll be jealous having to share you with someone else, but I can't deny my dearest friend the ability to follow her heart.”
"If that is your wish, m'lady." Aria was amused, but she wouldn't let it show, however she was a bit surprised to what lengths Regula was willing to go to keep any rumours from escaping into the public.
Her pondering was quickly put to rest as regular approached Aria and embraced her with the wings she had just previously touched. It felt. Warm; insulated like being in some kind of nest. "Hm?" Next thing she knew, she was looking into Regula's eyes as she spoke, her words bringing up all manner of confusion. “The.. captain?” She asked with a puzzled look, “You really think-?” The bit about how charming her legs were made her blush deeply. “M’lady.. I.. I don’t understand how to.. make any logic out of the strange feelings you’re giving me.” She looked away, then back, “I.. suppose I can just say.. thank you..” She sighed. “..but that doesn’t make it justice.”
Then Regula flat out suggested something else, which really didn’t help. “..I.. don’t have any romantic interests at the moment m’lady.. and last thing I’d want is to upset you.. but.. should such an event occur, you’ll be the first to know.”
“There's no need to make logic out of it, just know I care a lot about you. That's enough... Oh, please also keep that in mind when I start making a fool out of myself in the near future, trying to flap these wings again.” She said, trying to lighten the mood a bit. “And I'm glad I'll be first to know. I'll probably need to mentally prepare myself for the time I'll have to share your time with someone else~”
With that, she'd regained a little bit of confidence. Calling Aria had been the right move after all. Perhaps she should use this sudden courage to push her plans in motion. “Let's get to business right away. Can you go fetch Amanda? I don't think I've seen her a lot lately, so you might have to look for her. I'll send for the others as well.”
Regula Caelia
Mentions: Retili
conman2163
With Aria out to fetch Amanda, Regula figured she'd go look for Retili first. He wasn't hard to find, as he was once again dutifully going through the town's records. She couldn't help smiling when she spotted him. “You really do a thorough job. You've been at it long enough that I feel like you don't just have a census on the current population, but also also on the three generations past and a prediction on the next three generations to come while at it.” She smiled, hoping the scribe would understand it as a compliment. Either way, the main thing was yet to be brought up. “I know it's a short notice, but I wanted to travel to the other places in my barony. Sootspire, Kirkwall, the remnants of Yemaya and any other place of interest we might find along the way. It'd allow you to take census in those towns to see if the records here are correct. While at it, I'd also like for you to see if you can recruit artisans for future projects and inspect the conditions of our roads. I'll personally travel separately with Aria, as our flight would allow us to see more of the barony than I'd see by foot. I'd like you to travel with Teuihua, Ryan and Amanda, as the three of them likely need some time away from here and they all offered to see if they could help out, so it'd be a good chance to see where else in the barony they can help out. Oh, I'm also debating to ask Captain Hayward, Ethel or Sherwood to come, but I'm not sure which of them would be of most use. Considering they'd be travelling with your group, I'll leave it up to the rest of you to decide whom to ask to accompany you.”
Gobán
Valkan
Meanwhile, whilst Ryan was working the smithy, Gobán showed up with a list. It included many tasks. Inspecting the equipment of folk in Sootspire, in Kirkwall and in some farms outside from the villages. It also mentioned 'aid Yemaya', suggesting some voluntary work for those that remained among the ruins. However, most notably, the task [Find Aileen. Make her yours.] was on top of the list. He shoved it into Ryan's hands with a ”Hm.” to make it clear there was no debating this. Had he been setting this up? It wasn't clear.
Saffron
TheTimePiece
Teuihua, meanwhile, would find himself harassed by a very enthusiast shopkeeper. Having been in the town for a week, everyone would've recognised her particular trait. She was a totally different person on her off-time than during her work-time. Going from a person acting like a robot and just doing the bare minimum to keep things running during work-time to being highly enthusiastic, extroverted and curious whenever she'd got the morning off. This was such a morning.
“Wow, you're so strong mister golem, that's amazing~ Did you really drag all these logs here yourself?!? Sven couldn't hope to ever carpenter them all in time~ Say, say, you said you need food for offerings, but can it really just be anything organic? Could you like, eat part of these logs as well? Does it differ in how much energy it gives you if you eat a five-course meal or just some grass along the road? Oh, you said you 'woke' up somewhere, but can you even sleep, or is it more like a pause mode?”
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