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[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=black][b]Location:[/b][/color] Mystic Prophecy Chapterhouse, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
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[color=#5F9FC5]“Shev.”[/color] She introduced herself as she motioned to the inside of the guild as politely as she could, [color=#5F9FC5]“It is nice to meet you.”[/color]

As the two followed her inside she closed the guild doors behind her before setting the lock in. 

She may have been welcoming, but Shev knew Mystic Prophecy’s history with people. Considering the times they were now living in it was wise to be cautious. Plenty of people who would barge in. Plenty of people who would cause problems. That aside, she doubted such worries would occur during the first day following the dreadful glitch announcement. As she took a step forward she found herself back on the road southward toward Thorinn; one of the townsteads within the region. Too far to queue up with the dungeon. She had been drinking tea in a tavern on the road. The sound of her tankard falling to the floor, the awkward chill that crawled down her spine. It was vivid. It was so vivid and she hadn’t endured the dungeon or any of its woes. These two before her had. 

[color=#5F9FC5]“You’re lucky you didn’t arrive too late, I am pretty sure they’d all be dr—”[/color] She began to joke when she heard the door to the armory slide open. She had heard the sword-fighting stop as she reached the main doors to answer it, so perhaps Luci had ‘let it all out’ for the day. As her sight moved toward the armory and to Luci she realized this was not the case.

[color=378E75]“Shev, you really must—”[/color] The swordsinger began as her eyes immediately darted to Seele and Kazuki, or rather, quickly focused on Kazuki. There was an uneasy as her voice seemed to drop from Luci’s normal tone to one that was more cold and stern. [color=378E75]“—oh. I did not realize. Never mind. I’ll tell you later when we are not busy entertaining [i]guests[/i].”[/color]

Before the three of them could respond to Luci’s arrival in the loft she immediately moved a hand through her hair and turned her back on the group as she moved toward the leftmost staircase which led toward the bedrooms on the second floor; the pressure of her boots touching the wooden flooring of each stair with more force than was necessary. Shev would immediately sigh as she tried to keep up her smile.

Luci was hurting and her body language and tone indicating that she very much did not approve of seeing the two individuals before her. She had known Luci a long time and had helped her survive many issues in the past. She knew when Luci was being neutral and being especially prickly, and this was a case of the latter. It wasn’t just because she lost her husband-to-be. Something in the air tasted off between her and either Kazuki or Seele. An animosity she had not felt since the schism that had nearly dissolved the guild. Did she blame the two of them? Did something else happen? She wasn’t certain on the details; all she knew was she hated the effect whatever the cause was.

[color=#5F9FC5]“Sorry about that. She’s been like this all day.”[/color] She tried to apologize, but it was hard to apologize for something that she had no connection with. [color=#5F9FC5]“We are all still... coping with what happened.”[/color]

She gestured to the hallway between the stairwell and to the door on the left.

[color=#5F9FC5]“That’s the study. The war room. They should be inside. Should I get them or bring you to them?”[/color]






 





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