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[i]Elise sat in her chair for a few moments more, watching as the little boy skipped off with his treasure, smirking slightly to herself. It has been a combination of seeing just how someone could be, even with the battles going on, and amused interest in the cleverness of the chosen messenger. Of course she could chose to leave the letter unopened, putting the package into an unused corner and letting it collect dust, but the scholar in her was far too curious to let it go. She pivoted her torso to face the parcel and examined it's elegant nature, wrapped carefully in plain beige paper and tied off with a royal blue ribbon. It spoke of class and yet of secrets and made it easy to pass off as nothing, forcing Elise to open the first letter. Her eyes scanned over it slowly, raising an eyebrow.[/i] 'Eligibility?' [i]she asked herself for a moment. It was true, her likely fame as a blade master was growing, but getting secret invitations was new to her.

Deciding not to judge it too much, she unwrapped the box and found an equally royal blue scarf with a unique symbol on it's face; a black panther with sapphire eyes - were these people obsessed with the color blue? A small note distracted her thoughts, causing her to reach inside and unfold it, revealing the exact location of her meeting. She recognized the address as somewhere in the richer parts of Jeorvo and pursed her lips for a moment. She dearly hoped this wasn't going to be some political game.[/i]
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[i]Two weeks passed, in which Elise spent part of her time keeping to her studies while the other half was spent traveling and staying comfortable early at a nearby inn until the appointed day. When it finally came, she confidently walked towards the gates of the large estate, noting some others had been slowly pouring in as well, thanking the guards for the entry. Her first thought though had been that they were [b]indeed[/b] obsessed with the color blue. The guards wore it, parts of the mansion were blue, and if that weren't enough, as she was let inside there were blue cushions, blue vases, a blue (abit giant) panther head with blue eyes - blue and more blue. Elise could only smiled and let out a tiny chuckle, amused by the thought that maybe it was a secret organization bent on erasing red from the world.

Regardless of the obvious color theme, it was incredibly fancy, and the message had brought forth all types of people. Scholars, swordsmen, archers, fighters, alchemists, or really any occupation you could think of that might be useful in some sort of adventure. Some seemed confident in the same way Elise was, wearing the scarf as an accessory while others half-tucked them into pockets and held them with worried looks and glances. It made her wonder what sort of invitation this really was and her fear of a political angle was slowly dying down - no, this was more like some sort of expedition, but for what was beyond her understanding, especially when she felt the battles for the kingdoms was a tad more important than delving into some ancient ruin.

What did she know though? Very little and she needed to wait it out to truly get a sense of what was going on. So shifting her blade, tied to her hip, she decided to take a comfortable seat at one of the couches. The blade master opted for simple people watching, seeing as there was little else to do until the large oak doors opened and revealed their host and what they intended with all of them.[/i]