[quote=@Pripovednik] [color=6ecff6]"May I have the pleasure of knowing your name, fair maiden?"[/color] With this his left hand took hers in a soft gesture of greetings, lifting it to his dark lips with a kiss. While his right hand once again became a long spike of metal, morphing and altering pigment, melting back to reveal a rose made of metals of many colours, a dark rouge gem sat in its centre. It shone in the light, and he presented it to her with a smile. [color=6ecff6] "For you."[/color] [/quote] For a moment Astrape felt her powers churning inside her once more. [color=6ecff6][i]What sort of barbaric realm is this?[/i][/color] She thought, filled with indignation, [color=6ecff6][i]That none of its denizens know my name?[/i][/color] She was just about to lose control of herself once more and melt this upstart to a puddle of molten metal when suddenly he presented her with a gift both beautiful and incredibly well-crafted. At once her heart began to melt, calming her temper once more as she reached out her fingers and plucked the delicate flower from her suitor's grasp. At once the blood-red ruby at its centre began to glow, powered by the dissipating charge of her divine energies. [color=6ecff6]"I am known as Astrape, Goddess of thunder, handmaiden of Zeus, Odinsdottir, sister of Thor and Aldrif,"[/color] leaning a little closer Astrape fluttered her eyelashes at Elderi coyly, [color=6ecff6]"but you may call me Asti."[/color]