[center][h1][color=tomato]Nylah[/color][/h1][/center] [hr] Nylah gently yet carefully ran her fingers over the wooden fetish as she listened intently to Jivka, both about the situation and about the fetish and her people's views on Rifelshka. She then looked back down at the fetish again, as if to ingrain the imagine of it into her memory. She then let out a small sigh, before gingerly placing the wooden fetish itself back where it had once been before Jivka pulled it down for her to look at. A nameless god? Other gods and spirits are fragments of it? Rifelshka being around before even this nameless deity, being claimed to be responsible in part for the Moonless Era, and still seeking to kill this nameless deity as well? It was certainly a tale that evoked only greater curiosity from the Mothraki girl...perhaps it would be something to ask Enli about later, compare it to what the village knew and all about any deities she knew for a fact were involved in the village's own history. Er, but as much as she was curious she did try to force her train of thought to a halt. Indeed, the situation before them was not the best for more than just Mie it seemed. The Yaga did not seem to like the Krysa, if Jivka and her sister were of any proper indication of the overall general consensus among many of the other Yaga, and that tension was palpable to her when Jivka had spoken of them in the manner she did. Meanwhile, the Krysa were making their presence known in the Yaga's territory as overlords and via an occupation (for all intents and purspoes) no less. Not to mention the strained-sounding relations if enough Yaga were that potentially vehemently against them already, which itself was combined with this occupation-type situation whilst Mie's people were being cornered. Stack on top of this perhaps at least somewhat precarious situation between the Krysa and Yaga on top of what brought the Krysa into this in the first place. It was far from a firsthand account, but if a major figure was attacked among their people then they blamed Mie it was not good. Not good for any of them really. She had little sympathy for the Krysa, but if they got Mie and her people out of there somehow then...potentially the Krysa would be after the village next. Unless they dropped Mie as a suspect, but even then the Krysa were on edge about a potential attempted assassination at that and might not be too willing to 'simply talk' as it were. Not that she knew for sure, but it was a risk Nylah calculated in her mind as she thought over the information in the moment. [color=tomato]"Apologies if my question brought some uncomfortable matters, though thank you very much for explaining things for us even so. You and your sister's kindnesses will not be forgotten, Jivka, and for that I wish to express my own thanks as well. We'll do our best to be careful of things here too."[/color] Nylah then looked at her compatriots once more, attempting to silently meet their gazes and impart to them a sense of 'we need to talk about our next move' or something along the lines of a look that said 'we need to talk'. She knew she wasn't the current 'head' of the group officially here either, but all the same she hoped that maybe they could at least take a second before rushing off to where the Elders and apprentices were or anything of the sort. [color=tomato]"Though admittedly we've been on the road a good while today, so perhaps I an my compatriots should rest for a moment before we do anything else. If naught else to warm ourselves by the fire here and rest for a moment after, ah, what happened back there."[/color] The herbalist apprentice would nervously rub the back of her own head as she continued speaking, admittedly feeling a tad cold given their trip. Not that her words were a lie either, though, as it all was the truth. Time to rest and maybe talk, warm up at that, it'd be good before they took up a next move perhaps. If they even gave themselves the chance to... She didn't want to mess things up again, as she at least felt as if she'd done in her actions prior, but she hoped that in this case the others were having a similar mindset of warming up and taking a second to talk amongst themselves. [@Rune_Alchemist][@Click This] [hider=Personal Info Hider For Nylah] -[b]Herbs/Herbalism Knowledge[/b]: ***Kyr Reed acted as a sort of coagulant as well as sedative. Made people calmer…not particularly useful for treating frostbite on its own, but it was useful for staunching bleeding or injuries. Could be crushed into a paste with a variety of other things to achieve various effects. Wind-Leaf acted as more of a stimulant. When properly mixed with Kyr Reed it made salves and healing poultices good for bolstering the immune system and promoting natural healing. Coral Moss and Slug mucus were a bit harder to find, since the slugs only could be found in shallow water during the day, with Coral Moss being found in damp sea caves off the coast near the Goddess Spear. Slug Mucus was good for making topical salves for alleviating pain, while Coral Moss, when exposed to certain other substances actually heated itself to temperatures good for gentle rewarming of frost-bitten areas. ***Making anesthetics and preparing healing potions and salves. [quote]It’d be easy enough to prepare both of those things especially with the things she had on hand. Fresh water for a base, crush the ingredients, then boil it to a broth. Simple enough, they didn’t have time to refine it. The Salves could be made by taking the same ingredients and crushing them into a paste without the water. Better for topical use on flesh wounds.[/quote] *** *** *** -[b]Acquired Lore/World Knowledge[/b]: ***Yaga Deity + Yaga Perspective On Rifelshka - [quote=Jivka]and slowly running her thumb across it. “It doesn’t have a name. Our deity, that is. We just know he exists and is the reason we survived the Moonless Era.” She’d pass it to Nylah for her to hold. “As for The Death goddess…” She lowered her voice, briefly glancing over her shoulders despite there being quite obviously no one else in the cabin. “We say the rest of the gods are lesser spirits born from our nameless deity when he fell from the heavens, his body was formed into these lesser Spirits. But the Death Goddess? She existed before him and if you believe the elder, had a direct hand in creating the Moonless Era and seeks to kill our deity once more. That’s all I’m saying.” She’d fall silent, seemingly nervously scratching the back of her head. “Uh, sorry I’m gonna take a walk. Hate talking about this, but one more thing. Do not mention her name here, outsider. That’s a good way to get every Yaga to want you to leave. Say she hears every time her name is spoken and we don’t want to try any attention from her.”[/quote] ***Why the Krysa are at the Yaga Village and are attacking Mie - [quote=Jivka]Something has the Krysa spooked.” A brusque reply the Yaga ignored the snow starting to fall, leading the three towards a small house towards the middle of the village. “Someone trying to attack one of their wisemen or something? I dunno. They blame that merchant that travels through here around this time.”[/quote] *** *** *** [hider=Nylah Skills] -[color=tomato]{Enthralling Dust}[/color] (Racial): Mothraki produce a potent pollen like dust upon their wings. Merely by existing they spread this where they go, though it's mostly harmless if not inhaled in large quantities. Causes hallucinations and dulls one's senses. As one may expect, people tend to frown upon this sort of thing. -[color=tomato]{Journeyman Light Magic}[/color]: A magic encompassing pure light and illumination, ranging from harmless orbs to light up one’s path all the way up to rays/beams of light as attacks to even light barriers and other light constructs such as swords and spears and shields and so forth. A versatile magic that does not call upon the fire of the sun, but does have its myriad uses and capabilities. -[color=tomato]{Novice Herbalist}[/color]: Non-magical practices of a healer, ranging from identifying or figuring out the use of new herbs and recognizing familiar ones, to making things like certain poultices and healing-based alchemy/potion-making, to how to handle wounds/injuries and such using these things. [/hider] [hider=Nylah Inventory] -[color=tomato]{Herbalist's Bag}[/color]: A simple leather bag with a well-built shoulder strap, that is filled with a good number of many types of herbs, a good amount of bandages, and finally tools to make tonics, poultices, and potions alongside a scare few pre-prepared ones that are within the bag itself. She usually wears it around most of the time. (EDIT: Has refilled her supplies, with three total healing pots remaining now. Also now has four vials of baby-chameleon-thing poison.) -[color=tomato]{Small Knife}[/color]: A gift from her mother, made with a smoothed-out bone handle and treated with certain oils, mainly used to help cut things like vines and plants when out collecting herbs and so forth. Also a very niche emergency self-defense tool. -[color=tomato]{Food}[/color]: A small pouch sitting on her opposite hip that contains a few strips of preserved game meat and a few dried edible herbs from the local area. Not much in amount, since it was meant to be snacks for heading into the woods to gather herbs before 'that' happened. -[color=tomato]{Wristband}[/color]: A simple little bracelet made of pretty stones dyed in various colors, carefully having had a hole made through each, sitting on a band made of twisted and treated leather strips. Worn on her left wrist and given as a gift to her by her mother. How long it took to acquire or even make is unknown. -[color=tomato]{Cuteness}[/color]: She is a definitely cute moth girl. This is inherent to her existence. Yes. [/hider] [/hider]