[b][center][h3][color=white] MELANIE [/color][/h3][/center][/b]
[hr]
[b][color=white]Location:[/color][/b] Hraesleg Base Camp
[b][color=white]Interactions:[/color][/b] [@Conscripts]
[hr]

	[b]"...yes, of course. It makes perfect sense that the plumes are not as well developed were it to not face the harsh updrafts of the mountain..."[/b] Melanie mumbled, face buried in the notebook and quill again in hand, fiercely inscribing all that she had gathered of Shortclaw. A shame she didn't have the opportunity, but what little she did see inflamed her curiosity well enough on its own. A griffin! Of all beasts! And a magnificent specimen too, anyone would be taken by its grandeur. 

	Melanie seemed completely unaware that an arrow landed next to her, continuing to mumble fragments of sentences that sprung in its nascence out of her mouth. Stray pages freed themselves from Melanie's notebook and dejectedly floated to the ground, folding itself and its rejected contents into nothing. [b]"...but the veracity of the dwarven records of the early sightings of the griffin has long since been tested by - GAH!"[/b]

	Melanie looked up, momentarily confused and slightly annoyed at whatever thing derailed her note taking, before she acknowledged that it was another elf talking to her. Hraesleg Lions armor? Heavens alive, Melanie had let herself go again. What should someone think of her profession should they find such a disheveled looking maniac? Posthaste, she flicked out a brush and vigorously brushed out the dust from her hair to its natural flow, flattened out her robes and smiled at Irian in a precise and practiced manner, forgoing any acknowledgement of context. [b]"My name is Melanie Theria Layaneth, naturalist and archivist of all curios, pleased to meet you!"[/b] 

	There was a pause as Melanie fumbled her way back to try and recall what she missed. Why was he talking to her? This wasn't the forums, she wasn't going to get thrown out for pestering passerbys with questions. Something about...something about spying? Objectionable choice of words, but quite accurate. [b]"Yes, I am indeed gathering information about the Hraesleg Lions!"[/b] Melanie said cheerily. [b]"There are quite a lot of rumors surrounding this detachment, and I simply had to see for myself. And deep apologies, but I didn't happen to catch your name?"[/b]