[center][h3]Valthyr[/h3][/center]
[sub]Location: The Hot Springs
Interacting with: Ayel Raunefeldt ([@Dezuel]), Ivor ([@Beard Dad])[/sub]
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Not knowing whether the this first location of his choice was the right one on his search, Valthyr was in anything but a hurry to reach his destination. There was enough time to listen to his own footsteps carving yet another path through the snow as if that one stood any chance of survival against the steady stream of icy reinforcements descending from dark skies above so relentlessly. There also was ample opportunity to ponder about whether he himself should take a bath -- a real one, not just a quick dip into the water.

However, the one puzzle far more difficult than all the others was whether there was any etiquette to follow. He had only seen the springs once upon his arrival and only so from a raven's perspective, but he remembered the sight of an adjacent building clearly standing out. Was that some sort of temple ? If common Lunarian customs happened to be quite dislocated from the center of his knowledge, then any memory about what might be appropriate and what not in a holy place of Aurelia was practically nonexistent.

He didn't even really know whether he was inadvertently approaching a temple after all and if so, which kingdom i...

[b][color=f49ac2][...] You constipated walrus! I've seen more charismatic rocks! [...][/color][/b]

A question just rendered completely irrelevant. Valthyr even felt some sort of relief inside him as he instantly knew that whatever kind of etiquette might have been appropriate at the place he was going to, it had just been shattered and broken most profoundly by someone else already. No need for himself to even try and ride a horse that was already dead anymore.

As much as he felt delighted about the signal just received, he didn't like its carrier wave. It was rough around the edges from just how much its sender had pushed his breathing apparatus for the transmission, but the characteristic was quite unmistakable still: the condensed lump of arrogance was looming ahead and it seemed more aggravated about the presence of 'peasants' than ever.

The druid's steps sped up ever so slightly without him really noticing. A sense of joy started to engulf his mindset as he hastened his approach towards what already was a verbal disaster zone. It was a somewhat irrational idea if one considered things calmly, as if pouring oil into an already raging fire hoping that it would cease burning because of overheating. Yet that was what Valthyr hoped for. Whatever was irritating this Ayel guy so much, his own presence would just double it. He wanted the man who had behaved in such an outrageous manner the day before to boil over, to completely lose control and suffer from his very own rage.

And then Valthyr meandered around the last corner blocking his line of vision towards the scene and he crawled to an almost complete stop. Was... was this Ivor ? He could only see the giant from behind, but that was quite impressive enough even though the difference in height between the two men wasn't really there. The druid's eyes also spotted the axe in hand. It didn't look as if the giant was about to attack anything, but why had he decided to draw such a sharp tool in the first place then ? Water couldn't be chopped up, could it ? Even if it was hot enough to steam in the frigid air.

A pair of naked feet barely protruded into the corner of the druid's now very focused field of vision and after a few more moments spent on Ivor's presence, he found the time to backtrack further along the legs attached to them. Was it impressive what he saw ? Not really. He could just hope that the petty man had made an effort of undoing all the perfume and creams plastered on his fragile skin before jumping into the water or everybody after him would come out more dirty than previously.

[color=yellow]"Is there a problem ?"[/color] He addressed the noble as calmy as he could fake it, then granted Ivor a nod as a humble greeting. Valthyr did keep some distance between the two just in case for he had no clue about how the bear would react. He noticed the tattered remains of what had once been Ayel's precious clothes, but had not yet put together all the pieces in his mind.