BlackRoseSiren

The Hourglass Order

Esmii'nesta'tawaar

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Event: Cold Comfort

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Esmii and the rest of the group decided that they wanted to have a look around a multi-floor shopping area. Have a look at some of the shops names they decide where they want to go. Giving a quick kiss to Sven, Esmii went towards the shop named "Last Leg." She didn't go alone as Roslyn accompanied her. There were a few items that piqued Esmii's interest, the binding bandages. It also seemed Roslyn was interested in them too. The two ladies easily came to an agreement by sharing them since there were ten of them. So they took five each. Esmii and Roslyn seemed to enjoy their time together shopping, and should do it again another time. Roslyn walked off to another shop, wanting to buy other things.

Esmii thought that there would be more of a crowd in the shopping area, but there wasn't. She walks into a shop called Seas Bounty. While looking at the merch that was on sale. To Esmii, there were a few pretty things for her to pick from. But there were these Seasilk wizard gloves. After an unsuccessful attempt to pay less, she bought them at their regular price. Once bought, Esmii put the gloves on, and the inside felt really soft and comfortable. However Esmii felt a little more powerful while wearing them, not a huge boost but it was noticeable. With another item bought. Esmii made her way upstairs to the second floor. She wondered how the other ones were doing and was curious if they bought anything.

Climbing the stairs to the second floor. Atop one of the shops named Dragons Fyre, was a dragon. Esmii noticed the beautiful creature, she immediately wanted to buy it, if it was for sale. Running inside the shop she went to a merchant asking about the dragon on the roof. They said it was a Harlequin Kite that was missing one leg, and would be very attached to its owner. This didn't matter to her. The merchant was a little reluctant to sell it, but Esmii somehow managed to persuade them to sell it, at a discount. They even offered her a piece of Jerky at a discount to try and help her train it better. Walking back out with the jerky, she met up with her boyfriend. "Hi sweetie, I got a pet dragon." pointing up to the Kite. "I'm gonna feed it this jerky, hopefully it'll like me." Sven was a little worried about her, so he stayed nearby.

Getting the Kite's attention was easy after it caught the smell of the jerky. It hopped off the roof of the shop landing in front of Esmii. "What a beautiful creature you are." Esmii said admiring its green skin, its glorious rainbow wings. Holding the jerky up to it, "It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you." as if it'd be able to understand her. The Kite dragon slowly approached her unsure about her, now close enough Esmii could feel it's the air coming from its nose as it sniffed the jerky. Sven was on the edge, praying that it wouldn't attack her. That didn't happen, the dragon started to grab the jerky in its mouth, trying not to bite Esmii. Once it had hold of it, Esmii let go of it, and the dragon devoured it. Esmii smiled while Sven sighed in relief. Esmii tried her luck more, slowly, she placed a hand on the dragon face to pet it. It was curious about her intentions at first but the dragon moved its head under her hand. Then it seemed it wanted to test her, so it lowered its body so she could hop on it for a ride. Esmii lifted a leg over the dragon's body. She sat perfectly on its body. Then not giving her time to prepare, the dragon took to the sky….

Seems that Reshta wanted to test Esmii, to see if she was worthy to ride her. So she flew straight up, when that wasn't enough she tried diving, sharp turns. Luckily for Esmii, it seems that she was that high up she wasn't under the effects of what was suppressing magic, so in a panic, she drew as fast as she could. Using binding magic, she was able to make a harness for herself so Reshta couldn't throw her off. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Esmii screamed while on this thrill ride.

After several minutes of trying to throw Esmii off her, it seemed that she was worthy, so she started to fly normally. Once Esmii was able to calm herself, she managed to get a great view of the surrounding area. There was a particularly large and dense pile of rubble within the collapse.
Some trickles of smoke from the ground above where the monastery is dug into the cliffs, she spotted things that looked like ventilation shafts.
Some miles to the south, she see a camp with a number of figures in it.
Just a bit to the east of town will be a second camp. She saw something she recognized, it the Royal Standard of Vossoriya on one of the tents, indicating that they're working for the monarchy.
As Reshta swooped low over the town at one point, just a bit west of the collapse, you'll notice a hegelan boy waving at you from within a blacksmith's shop. It's not clear if he's just waving because the dragon or he's trying to get your attention. "I'll have to let the others know what I've seen up here. It could be a clue to help us find Marz." It seemed that Reshta was done flying for now as she made her way back to the shops. The landing wasn't the greatest. Esmii was thrown off from the landing and landed on her butt. "Ow…" after a few seconds she got up, rubbing her backside. Reshta nuzzled Esmii's face with her head then flew back onto the Dragon Frye roof, as if she'll wait here until Esmii is done or it still wasn't sure about her and this could be another test. "I won't be too long, you stay here for now.

Arriving on the Third floor, Esmii had no idea where to go next, so she had a look in Better Bedding. There were a lot of nice and pretty thing available for her. Bit the one that caught her eye was something known as the indomitable quilt, it was very soft and comfortable. "Ooh, this is nice. Excuse me, I'd like to buy this." Once purchased, she wondered if there was some way that she could style it into a cloak of some sort, but she'll save that for another time.

Starting to feel a bit bored she made her way back to the second floor to collect Reshta, and together they made their way back to the first floor. Esmii decided to go back into the Seas Bounty, to see if any of her companions were here, sadly they weren't, so she decided to buy some other things while she was there. Three Barnacles she bought, when she left the shop, Esmii opened them. Inside of them was a Mana shot, a bottle of scented wildflower and a magical wand. Happy with the stuff she has she slowly walked with Reshta to find the others.

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

Aurora Celeste

The vitesse of a performer has a different feel to it; you can sense it from this fifth year from the House of Harold; she's got her flute in one hand, her feet dancing away, and a stack of playing cards supercharged for one hell of an explosive finale.

Aurora Celeste

◈ A p p e a r a n c e ◈
With long white hair that goes down her back she sports some flowers that she places in various colors. her sun kissed skin. She wears a small jewelled crown that rests on her head. Both of her ears have piercings in them. Her outfit is pretty simple, with a simple cloak that can cover the top part of her body. For her upper body, she wear a dress that has a white top with its neck line just round her collar. Her midsection has a purple corset style to it. The bottom has a long skirt that goes to her knees, she wears leggings underneath with black shoes with a bit of a heal on them.

◈ "You just place one foot in front of the other." ◈

◈ N a m e
Aurora Celeste

◈ S p e l l c a s t e r N a m e
Harlequin

◈ A g e, H e i g h t, a n d W e i g h t
18, 5'7", 137lbs

◈ R a c e
Mystic

◈ G e n d e r
Female

◈ S e x u a l O r i e n t a t i o n
Unknown

◈ Y e a r
5th Year

◈ P e t
Cait called Luna

◈ H o u s e
House of Harold

◈ I l l u m i n a i r e
No

◈ C l a s s e s

◈ Gifts

◈ Theatre

◈ Combat Training

◈ Music

◈ Teamwork

◈ Herbology

◈ A r e Y o u O n Y o u r H o u s e ' s W a a g a T e a m?
No

◈ "Take your next step, it's easy." ◈

◈ P e r s o n a l i t y
Flexible◈ Acrobatic◈ Passionate◈ Confident◈ Musical

At times Aurora can be a bit distant with new people.with people she knows she incredibly sweet to them, always wanting to talk to them or play her flute for them to help ease and be sociable, she tries to socialise with others, but it ends with mixed results, still she tries to talk to people, however her performance skill are far better than her social skills. If someone wants to know how to play the flute or learn how to dance she'll happily teach you.

◈ H i s t o r y
Aurora never knew who her parents were. She was found by a group of performers. At first they weren't willing to look after her, mostly travelling around all the time. Always on the move was not suitable for a small child. Eventually they found out that Aurora didn't have anyone else, they felt bad plus mixed with Aurora's persistence, so they took her with them. So she travelled with them.

Travelling around Aurora wanted to help them earn money by pulling her own weight. Unsure what they could have her do, they let her start off small with a Tambourine and a Flute. She'd spend days learning how to play them. She'd perform with the rest of the group while they danced, juggling as well as balancing acts. To Aurora, this group of 15 people were her life, her family. The woman who mostly looked after her, as well as gave her the lessons to play instruments, was the closest she had to a mother figure. Once older, Aurora started to learn how to dance. Learning to move to the rhythm, she was a bit clumsy at first but she picked it up. As she got older, she learnt most of what everyone else could do. Eventually she was helping with some acts as an extra. She loved every moment of it. She wasn't doing it for the fame she was making her family proud.

While performing an act with another, they were juggling batons back and forth to one another. It was at this point out of nowhere, one of the batons exploded, injuring Aurora's fellow performer. This somehow caused a chain reaction as the other batons were now scattered in the sudden incident, also exploded. This caused mass panic with the audience, a few people were hurt but the other performer was the only one who was hurt the most. It seemed that after some discussion and investigation it turned out Aurora had magic and accidentally used her magic on the batons which caused them to explode. Now there was a division in the group, some wanted Aurora to leave while others wanted her to stay.

◈ R e p u t a t i o n
Aurora had to be careful at first, in case she blew something up hurting someone. She did have accidents here and there but gladly no one was hurt. She tried to keep herself away from the other students until she was able to control her magic. She made a few friends, but preferably kept her distance. To people meeting her for the first time wouldn't be sure on why but they found out eventually. She'd often play her flute while dancing around the school her old habit still there at her very core, she'd get applause for her performances which made her happy.

◈ G o a l s
She wants to make her family proud. Able to perform in big areas while mentioning her family so they'll have bigger crowds when they perform. Or get a stage that they don't need to travel everywhere, and are able to start a normal life settled down in one spot.

◈ R e l a t i o n s
The only family she's really had was the group of performers that raised her. They all hold a very special place in her heart and she misses th all, especially her adopted mother.

◈ "Sometimes you only need a good smile." ◈

◈ M y s t i c C l a s s i f i c a t i o n
Astra

◈ G i f t
Molecular Acceleration

◈ M y s t i c C o d e
Aurora has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy, thus “charging” that item with explosive results, The object can explode on its own, or she can click her fingers to make the object explode. She prefers to charge smaller objects, like playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for her to throw.

◈ L i m i t a t i o n s a n d W e a k n e s s e s
To apply more energy into an object requires more time to charge it. If she loses focus the object that is charged can detonate prematurely, it could hurt someone else. She can only pour her energy into inanimate objects, sadly it doesn't work against living things. She has to touch the object with her bare skin in order to charge it. Lastly objects can slowly start to lose their charge after a certain amount of time bigger objects lose their charge faster.

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

Now that I can finally log in I have asked Echotech to delete the sheet off his to post it on mine.

Aurora Celeste

◈ A p p e a r a n c e ◈
With long white hair that goes down her back she sports some flowers that she places in various colors. her sun kissed skin. She wears a small jewelled crown that rests on her head. Both of her ears have piercings in them. Her outfit is pretty simple, with a simple cloak that can cover the top part of her body. For her upper body, she wear a dress that has a white top with its neck line just round her collar. Her midsection has a purple corset style to it. The bottom has a black skirt that at the back is past her knees, and at the front is above her Knees, she wears leggings underneath with black healed boots.

◈ "The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it" ◈

◈ N a m e
Aurora Celeste

◈ S p e l l c a s t e r N a m e
Harlequin

◈ A g e, H e i g h t, a n d W e i g h t
Age:18,
Height 5'7,
Weight 137lbs

◈ R a c e
Mystic

◈ G e n d e r
Female

◈ S e x u a l O r i e n t a t i o n
Unknown.

◈ Y e a r
5th.

◈ P e t
Cait called Luna

◈ H o u s e
House of Harold

◈ I l l u m i n a i r e
No

◈ C l a s s e s

◈ Gifts

◈ Theatre

◈ Combat Training

◈ Music

◈ Teamwork

◈ Herbology

◈ A r e Y o u O n Y o u r H o u s e ' s W a a g a T e a m?
No.

◈ "Sometimes you've got to run before you can walk ◈

◈ P e r s o n a l i t y
Flexible◈ Acrobatic◈ Passionate◈ Confident◈ Musical

At times Aurora can be a bit distant with new people.with people she knows she incredibly sweet to them, always wanting to talk to them or play her flute for them to help ease and be sociable, she tries to socialise with others, but it ends with mixed results, still she tries to talk to people, however her performance skill are far better than her social skills. If someone wants to know how to play the flute or learn how to dance she'll happily teach you.

◈ H i s t o r y
Aurora never knew who her parents were. She was found by a group of performers. At first they weren't willing to look after her, mostly travelling around all the time. Always on the move was not suitable for a small child. Eventually they found out that Aurora didn't have anyone else, they felt bad plus mixed with Aurora's persistence, so they took her with them. So she travelled with them.

Travelling around Aurora wanted to help them earn money by pulling her own weight. Unsure what they could have her do, they let her start off small with a Tambourine and a Flute. She'd spend days learning how to play them. She'd perform with the rest of the group while they danced, juggling as well as balancing acts. To Aurora, this group of 15 people were her life, her family. The woman who mostly looked after her, as well as gave her the lessons to play instruments, was the closest she had to a mother figure. Once older, Aurora started to learn how to dance. Learning to move to the rhythm, she was a bit clumsy at first but she picked it up. As she got older, she learnt most of what everyone else could do. Eventually she was helping with some acts as an extra. She loved every moment of it. She wasn't doing it for the fame she was making her family proud.

While performing an act with another, they were juggling batons back and forth to one another. It was at this point out of nowhere, one of the batons exploded, injuring Aurora's fellow performer. This somehow caused a chain reaction as the other batons were now scattered in the sudden incident, also exploded. This caused mass panic with the audience, a few people were hurt but the other performer was the only one who was hurt the most. It seemed that after some discussion and investigation it turned out Aurora had magic and accidentally used her magic on the batons which caused them to explode. Now there was a division in the group, some wanted Aurora to leave while others wanted her to stay.

◈ R e p u t a t i o n
Aurora had to be careful at first, in case she blew something up hurting someone. She did have accidents here and there but gladly no one was hurt. She tried to keep herself away from the other students until she was able to control her magic. She made a few friends, but preferably kept her distance. To people meeting her for the first time wouldn't be sure on why but they found out eventually. She'd often play her flute while dancing around the school her old habit still there at her very core, she'd get applause for her performances which made her happy.

◈ G o a l s
She wants to make her family proud. Able to perform in big areas while mentioning her family so they'll have bigger crowds when they perform. Or get a stage that they don't need to travel everywhere, and are able to start a normal life settled down in one spot.

◈ R e l a t i o n s
The only family she's really had was the group of performers that raised her. They all hold a very special place in her heart and she misses th all, especially her adopted mother.

◈ "There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present." ◈

◈ M y s t i c C l a s s i f i c a t i o n
Astra

◈ G i f t
Molecular Acceleration

◈ M y s t i c C o d e
Aurora has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy, thus “charging” that item with explosive results, The object can explode on its own, or she can click her fingers to make the object explode. She prefers to charge smaller objects, like playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for her to throw.

◈ L i m i t a t i o n s a n d W e a k n e s s e s
To apply more energy into an object requires more time to charge it. If she loses focus the object that is charged can detonate prematurely, it could hurt someone else. She can only pour her energy into inanimate objects, sadly it doesn't work against living things. She has to touch the object with her bare skin in order to charge it. Lastly objects can slowly start to lose their charge after a certain amount of time bigger objects lose their charge faster.

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

Hi, sorry for the wait here is mine. i think it's on time.

Aurora Celeste

◈ A p p e a r a n c e ◈


◈ "You just place one foot in front of the other" ◈

◈ N a m e
Aurora Celeste

◈ S p e l l c a s t e r N a m e
Harlequin

◈ A g e, H e i g h t, a n d W e i g h t
Age:18,
Height 5'7,
Weight 137lbs

◈ R a c e
Mystic

◈ G e n d e r
Female

◈ S e x u a l O r i e n t a t i o n
Unknown.

◈ Y e a r
5th.

◈ P e t
Cait called Luna

◈ H o u s e
House of Harold

◈ I l l u m i n a i r e
No

◈ C l a s s e s

◈ Gifts

◈ Theatre

◈ Combat Training

◈ Music

◈ Teamwork

◈ Herbology

◈ A r e Y o u O n Y o u r H o u s e ' s W a a g a T e a m?
No.

◈ "You just place one foot in front of the other" ◈

◈ P e r s o n a l i t y
Flexible◈ Acrobatic◈ Passionate◈ Confident◈ Musical

At times Aurora can be a bit distant with new people.with people she knows she incredibly sweet to them, always wanting to talk to them or play her flute for them to help ease and be sociable, she tries to socialise with others, but it ends with mixed results, still she tries to talk to people, however her performance skill are far better than her social skills. If someone wants to know how to play the flute or learn how to dance she'll happily teach you.

◈ H i s t o r y
Aurora never knew who her parents were. She was found by a group of performers. At first they weren't willing to look after her, mostly travelling around all the time. Always on the move was not suitable for a small child. Eventually they found out that Aurora didn't have anyone else, they felt bad plus mixed with Aurora's persistence, so they took her with them. So she travelled with them.

Travelling around Aurora wanted to help them earn money by pulling her own weight. Unsure what they could have her do, they let her start off small with a Tambourine and a Flute. She'd spend days learning how to play them. She'd perform with the rest of the group while they danced, juggling as well as balancing acts. To Aurora, this group of 15 people were her life, her family. The woman who mostly looked after her, as well as gave her the lessons to play instruments, was the closest she had to a mother figure. Once older, Aurora started to learn how to dance. Learning to move to the rhythm, she was a bit clumsy at first but she picked it up. As she got older, she learnt most of what everyone else could do. Eventually she was helping with some acts as an extra. She loved every moment of it. She wasn't doing it for the fame she was making her family proud.

While performing an act with another, they were juggling batons back and forth to one another. It was at this point out of nowhere, one of the batons exploded, injuring Aurora's fellow performer. This somehow caused a chain reaction as the other batons were now scattered in the sudden incident, also exploded. This caused mass panic with the audience, a few people were hurt but the other performer was the only one who was hurt the most. It seemed that after some discussion and investigation it turned out Aurora had magic and accidentally used her magic on the batons which caused them to explode. Now there was a division in the group, some wanted Aurora to leave while others wanted her to stay.

◈ R e p u t a t i o n
Aurora had to be careful at first, in case she blew something up hurting someone. She did have accidents here and there but gladly no one was hurt. She tried to keep herself away from the other students until she was able to control her magic. She made a few friends, but preferably kept her distance. To people meeting her for the first time wouldn't be sure on why but they found out eventually. She'd often play her flute while dancing around the school her old habit still there at her very core, she'd get applause for her performances which made her happy.

◈ G o a l s
She wants to make her family proud. Able to perform in big areas while mentioning her family so they'll have bigger crowds when they perform. Or get a stage that they don't need to travel everywhere, and are able to start a normal life settled down in one spot.

◈ R e l a t i o n s
The only family she's really had was the group of performers that raised her. They all hold a very special place in her heart and she misses th all, especially her adopted mother.

◈ "Sometimes you only need a good smile." ◈

◈ M y s t i c C l a s s i f i c a t i o n
Elementalist

◈ G i f t
Molecular Acceleration

◈ M y s t i c C o d e
Aurora has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy, thus “charging” that item with explosive results, The object can explode on its own, or she can click her fingers to make the object explode. She prefers to charge smaller objects, like playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for her to throw.

◈ L i m i t a t i o n s a n d W e a k n e s s e s
To apply more energy into an object requires more time to charge it. If she loses focus the object that is charged can detonate prematurely, it could hurt someone else. She can only pour her energy into inanimate objects, sadly it doesn't work against living things. She has to touch the object with her bare skin in order to charge it. Lastly objects can slowly start to lose their charge after a certain amount of time bigger objects lose their charge faster.

Harold's Academy for the Magically Inclined

Hi I am interested, and I will have my sheet ready by Thursday

The Hourglass Order

Esmii'nesta'tawaar

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Event: Cold Comfort

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The group of Esmii, Sven and Oksana. They travelled into the farm areas looking for more of the caves that Esmii found before. The group found a farmer who they asked about the caves. The farmer said That the caves were off limits to anyone. Esmii tried to ask for the reason why, but that discussion went rather poorly. Luckily, Oksana was able to defuse the suspicion of the farmer. With it, he said that if they want to know more about the caves, they would have to go to the mausoleum.

While doing some backtracking. They wanted to wave down a boat to help get there a bit faster. The girls had no idea what to do about it. Sven did, and pretended to fall into the ice cold water. His acting skills were a little poor. Somehow it worked, and they fished him out of the water, at took them part of the way. Esmii gave him a big hug, she kind of regretted it since she was hugging an Eskand icicle.

As the Three got off the boat and made it a bit way forward. Esmii didn't want Sven to get sick from wearing freezing wet clothes. She gestured Oksana to wait here for a few moments while she dried Sven down. Looking around, it looked like the coast was clear, so Esmii took Svens arm into some bushes, she helped him out of his wet clothes, however there was a lot of playful giggling from both of them with Oksana being deaf she didn't know what was happening. What Esmii and Sven got up to during that time in the bushes (You can use your imagination you perv.)

Several minutes passed, and the couple emerged from the bushes with smiles on their faces. Sven was almost fully dry, just bits of his hair was still damp. They got to the front gate. Esmii asked if they were allowed inside thinking it would be more of a place open to the public. They were denied entry. So they had to think of another plan to get inside and that was getting in with stealth.

Once inside, the three tried to get around undetected. Oksana and Esmii were fine but Sven got spotted. He didn't say anything about the others being here, so he gave up without a fight and was escorted back outside. Esmii felt horrible, she wanted to help Sven but he made a subtle shake of his head meaning "Don't." She put trust in her boyfriend and continued to follow Oksana.

There were a few doors to pick from. Esmii and Oksana went through the big door that had drag marks on the floor. They managed to open the door without making a sound, then closed it behind them. Inside the room was a rail for a minecart. As the two went to make their way down it, Esmii got the same feeling that she had from the cave that went in on her own. Fear was setting in on Esmii once again making her tremble. She wanted to go back, she wanted to run away, Oksana managed to calm Esmii down. Esmii hated herself, she apologised to Oksana for being so afraid of that strange force she felt. Oksana suggested that we try another door, when Esmii opened it a monk was right in front of her as she opened the door. Esmii was spotted, not giving him a chance to spot Oksana Esmii shoved past him and ran down a corridor. The monk called for help and several were in hot pursuit of the Yasoi. They were shouting something at her but she didn't understand their language so she kept running.

With her time running. Hopefully she managed to not get Oksana spotted and she was able to escape. Esmii felt angry at herself, thinking that she's weak, if she was more stronger, she wouldn't have had to turn back because of her being afraid to got down that cave because of that mystical force, she'd have been able to not leave Sven behind she had no idea what happened to him, she prayed that he was alright. Her thoughts came to an end as some of the Monks were hot on her heels. One Monk fired a Kinetic force spell, in an attempt to make her fall. Esmii was grazed by it and she stumbled, but kept going. As a counter attack, using Binding magic, she made a tripwire in an attempt to slow them down, she caught a few with but some were catching up with her almost able to grab her. Esmii wondered what was up with these monks; their cardio must be insane.

Another monk fired a Kinetic spell at Esmii, she managed to dodge it, only just. She tried again with another tripwire, it worked getting a few more, now only two were left chasing her. Straight ahead of her was the exit, as well as five monks blocking it. Esmii panicked a bit, and casted a giant barrier of ice to keep the five monks at bay, but she blocked her only exit. Now trapped she didn't have a moment to think before a monk used a kinetic spell to shove Esmii into her own ice wall, Esmii was able to stop most of the impact, but she banged her shoulder. She tried to fight back a bit but these monks were strong, they were able to defend themselves against her attacks, another monk tried to break Esmii's wrists so she'd stop casting, luckily she was able to defend herself against that.

Coming up from the corridor that Esmii ran up, it was Oksana with some monks after her too. There was a bit of a fight, a fight that the two girls were never going to win. They had an escape plan to warp the top of the ice barrier so they could climb out over the monks waiting outside. The two ladies started climbing as the ice barrier started to warp but both couldn't climb fast enough and were almost caught. Something was taking up the Monk's attention in the courtyard. They were being thrown around like ragdolls, the person behind it was Sven he shouted "You lay a hand on my girlfriend and you'll lose it." Seeing him safe but missing a shirt, Esmii was filled with a mixture of happiness and lust, but now wasn't the time to drool over him, they needed to escape now.

As Esmii got closer to Sven, something was off, he was just enraged, Esmii tried to get him to stop, begged even, but her voice couldn't reach him. Distracted by Sven, a monk tried to ambush Esmii, but Sven sent them flying through the wall of the gate screaming "Don't you dare touch her." While outside the gate a new person made an appearance, this was different. It was the Abbot of the mausoleum. Esmii and Oksana put a barrier up in the hole that was made, but the Abbot destroyed it effortlessly, Sven charged at the Abbot, Esmii tried to stop him but she couldn't get through once again. Watching Sven and this Abbot match power for power, Esmii wanted to help him, but the mana of this Abbot was terrifying, she was paralysed with fear. Then something happened, no idea what happened but somehow Sven was back to his senses and the Abbot backed off, with this opportunity they made a break for it back to somewhere safe.

The Hourglass Order

Esmii'nesta'tawaar

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Event: Cold Comfort

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After Esmii heard what Yuliya said, she decided to slip away from the group, while no one was watching, not even Sven. She wanted to go somewhere on her own to think about everything that had happened, and just before she slipped away she saw from a distance a cave that was along the cliff face with some shrubs, vines, and blueberry bushes around its entrance.

She found a nice place to sit near its entrance, and she let Sage have a stretch and some food. The sun was starting to set and she couldn’t help but get a little pensive as she watched it approach the horizon. It was all so much: the danger, the intrigue, the… Silas was probably dead - literally dead. The sun was in her eyes and she blinked back some tears, but more came and she let them continue. Suddenly, she felt Sage nuzzling into her face, and she stopped to look at her and said. "Hi Sage, I’m sorry, I know you don’t like it when I cry."

The dormouse chittered sympathetically, or at least Esmii liked to tell herself that’s what it was and, as she was listening to her furry friend, she noticed something else: the faint sound of running water. There was the river itself, but this wasn’t coming front here. It was… from somewhere within the cave. Curiosity piqued, and against her better judgement, Esmii decided that she would take a look inside. She grabbed some thread from her bag and tied the end of it to one of the bushes at the entrance. Then she turned and cautiously walked into the cave, catching a faint smell of sulphur. As the natural light started to fade, her tears turned to curiosity, mostly but not completely overcoming her wariness of her surroundings. She nearly got lost and almost lost her nerve as well. However, she noticed that her steps felt unusually light, almost like it was easier to walk into the cave than to leave it. Esmii came across a small stream that was flowing rapidly, and the cave seemed to narrow at one point. Glancing back towards the now-obscured entrance, she decided to wade through the water to see what was beyond.

While she waded through the water, she noticed the smell of sulphur again, and she thought to herself that the water wasn’t as cold as it should’ve been, that it is really pleasant and soothing. Her legs felt relaxed and any tension she had felt soon left her muscles. When she reached the other side, her steps were unusually quick and the water was flowing even quicker. Esmii saw some pebbles on the ground that looked fresh, as if they had just recently fallen from somewhere. Her legs started to feel warm and sluggish and her skin felt fresh and soft after walking through the water. Something here was unnatural, and an uneasy feeling began to build within her. However, the yasoi cautiously continued further, the feeling of something pulling her forward building. She found the stream again soon, as she was walking up a small rise.

Esmii noticed that the rocks were very strange, the smaller ones seemed to shift and clatter every so often. Surprised by one, Esmii lost her footing and fell back. However, it was as if gravity didn’t really pull her down as quickly as it should have and she was able to catch herself. She took a moment to rest and recover, and that was when she noticed it: the water was flowing… uphill. The force that had been subtly tugging at her was quite a bit stronger by this point and, as she touched the water again, it felt hot - not just warm, like before, but hot. Just then, as she was looking at the stalactites and the strange way in which they’d grown - almost at an angle - a head-sized rock fell in front of her and caused her to jump. A few more lay broken on the floor. Esmii started to feel like she was physically being pulled further into the cave. Wondering at the sensation, she was snapped out of it when a person-sized section of the cave wall collapsed, hurtling towards Esmii. She managed to dive out of its path with inches to spare, aided by whatever was pulling her deeper in.

That was it, and her instincts told Esmii that to go much further would mean death. She decided to turn back and tell the others about this place. This was not not something that she should’ve tried to take on alone, especially without the use of her magic. As she turned to walk back to where she’d come from, she found herself being pulled backwards. The force - that eerie force that was something like gravity yet was not - was pulling her back harder than before. Fighting, straining, fear, adrenaline, and panic rushing through her, the yasoi found the strength to resist being dragged deeper, and even started to make a small amount of progress.

For the next twenty-odd minutes, Esmii held firm and inched forward a bit when she had the energy for a push. She dug her heels in and kept making forward progress until, blessedly, the pull seemed to have weakened just enough for her to walk normally. A building unease seemed to tug her forward now, just as the strange force had tugged her back and, in her haste, Esmii grew incautious, stumbling and scraping her hands and knees. She could see it now: the faint glow of outside light! As she neared the cave entrance she heard Sven’s voice. She couldn’t quite make out what he was saying, but it wasn’t a stretch to assume that he was calling out to her. How long had she been in there anyhow? Esmii shouted back, hoping he would hear. "Sven, I’m here! Keep talking please.". Then, she saw his silhouette and it was a scramble to the entrance and to him. She fell into his arms, exhausted.

The Hourglass Order

Esmii'nesta'tawaar

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Event: Cold Comfort

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While the others went off to plan on what to do about the Begemot. Esmii, along with her boyfriend Sven decided to see if they could find some tracks to see it would give them some sort of clues of what they were dealing with. Along the way they found some waste that seemed to belong to the Begemot, however, something was different. Using their Binding magic, they were both able to come to the conclusion that there were TWO types of waste.

With both waste being similar apart from the size. Both the Eskand and the Yasoi, came to the conclusion that there was not just one, but two Begemots. A mother and her newborn baby. To Esmii and Sven it made sense why it was attacking, well it wasn't technically, it was trying to find food for its baby. After a little celebration of hugging and kissing, the two made a mad dash back to the rest of the group of this groundbreaking discovery.

Sven was among the first to return, and he bounded up eagerly with Esmii in tow. "We have found out shomeshing!" he announced, "Shomeshing big!" He glanced at his girlfriend, wanting to giver her the honours. Esmii smiled at her boyfriend " Aww your so sweet thank you." Esmii waited for the group to gather round both her & Sven. Once they were all gathered she began to explain, what they had both found." Sven and I have managed to find out some important information, SOMETHING BIG !!! She clears her throat & continues. " Using our tracking skills, we have found the nest of the Begemot, however using our Binding skills we discovered that there are TWO Begemot's, one is much smaller and the other was recently PREGNANT!!, which means they are Mother and Baby, and she is searching for food for her newly born child"

This seemed to shock the group, as some of them wanted to kill it, hopefully this would have helped them change their mind. It seemed the group were about to discuss more on the topic. A series of ground tremors began, getting louder and more intense, it only meant one thing, the Begemot is here. While everyone was getting ready with the plan, Esmii was helping Nikolai evacuate the villagers. Nikolai informed Esmii that Esmii should go meet up with the group, he has the evacuation in hand, he also informed her that to try to keep the Begemot away from the mountains, as that's where the citizens were going. So she chased after the group.

It seemed that trying to stall it was working. As Esmii was making her way towards the others she lost her footing in the muddy terrain and belly flopped into it, because of this she was able to avoid the Begemot ear shattering roar. After some frustration and yasoi swearing, Esmii finally managed to get herself free from the mud. She then made her way towards Yvain & Yuliya as she noticed that they were both holding their hands to their ears, and she saw some blood coming from them. Not wasting any time she began to heal their eardrums, from the Begemot's scream. While she was healing them, she was talking to them the whole time so that she knew when their ears were fully healed.

After hearing what Nikolai said about Sven been stuck in the mud, Esmii quickly runs to Sven's side to help him out of the mud, already knowing how hard it is to get out of, as she was just stuck in it too. "Sven I'm coming to help you, don't struggle, it will make it harder for you to get out." however Sven was not struggling, per se. Well, he sort of was. He drew. He drew massive amounts as a blood mage Binder and the ground immediately around him evaporated, all of its stored potential energy filling him. Woozy from drawing right up to his capacity, he leapt free, stumbling upon landing.

While Esmii was running to help, and because she was so focused on getting to him she tripped and slipped a few times being covered in more mud. However she managed to get to Sven just as he stumbled, she tried to catch him, so that he didn't hurt himself too much. " Sven are you ok, do you need me to heal you. "Sven somehow found time for a small kiss in the middle of a life-threatening situation, because he would. He smiled at Esmii's question. "Looksh like you do too." With all that energy he'd drawn needing to be used, he reached out to heal her scrapes and bruises, as she did the same for him. They were in the shadow of a massive, raging beast, and it needed to go down, but they also needed to be out of the squish zone. Sven picked Esmii up like a doll and filled himself with the last of the energy he'd drawn, casting a chemical enhancement to give himself a bit more speed. "Let'sh get outta here."

As Esmii is carried by Sven she becomes a little flustered, and blushes. She try's to calm down as this isn't the time as there is a giant monster that needs to be delt with. " Thank you Sven for healing me, I was that focused on healing everyone else I forgot to heal myself, I do that a lot."

After Esmii had been safely moved out of the Begemots way. Esmii ran over to Penny, shouting " I'm coming to help you encase the Begemot.". When she reached Penny, she quickly started to help with her binding magic to help Penny with hers, to encase the Begemot, before it tried to escape the mud again.

The Hourglass Order

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Esmii'nesta'tawaar

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Event: Cold Comfort. Location: Hoch Dorumviri.

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Stepping through the portal, Esmii got mixed feelings about the two that greeted the group. A nice welcome from Chorily, while the other one just gave her a cautioned look. Esmii didn't say anything, instead she just smiled and waved at them. As the portal closed, it came to life once more, spitting Silas out. Esmii managed to move out of the to avoid Silas collision with the others. "Oh Silas, there you are."

She kept close to the others as the Hegelan lead them through the city. Esmii was in awe by all the stuff that she was seeing for the first time. "Oh wow. Look at the place." she says with glee. She wants to stop to look at some of the stuff that some of the merchants were selling, but she behaved, since Sven was holding her hand.

Once getting to the bunkhouse, it seemed Nazih and Sven were a bit relieved since they had more space for them, since they were so tall. For people like Esmii it didn't matter much. Sitting on the bed a little bit to get herself sorted, the smell didn't really seem to bother her much, since the swamps from her homeland smelled a lot worse, especially in the summer. "It doesn't smell that bad"She mumbled to herself. Wanting to share her bed with her boyfriend, but she didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable and embarrassed, so she offered him the bed next to hers.

Once sorted, the group set out again with more travelling. Penny even mentioned it being such a pain since we could of just teleported there. when Moira explained why, it kinda made sense. Esmii was also interested in the cargo too. But Moira was very little help in explaining the details about it
"Dont worry Penny, I'm sure we'll be fine." she says, reassuring her friend with a smile.

The Hourglass Order

Esmii'nesta'taware

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Thank you @Force and Fury for letting me do this collaboration.

A Date with Sven

Mittria 22nd

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It was a chance meeting, beneath that peach tree at the edge of the arboretum on the way to class. Sven saw a girl sitting there and they talked. It became something of a tradition between them: Esmii, coming from the yasoi rooms in the Ever Tree and he, from his quarters in the northeast quarter of the city. It was at that place where their paths always seemed to cross and, after some time, perhaps by unspoken mutual agreement, they decided to stop pretending that it was a coincidence.

Those morning meetings soon turned into evening meetings as they made their way back from classes. The peaches were in season and the trees’ branches heavy with them. Fruit dragons fluttered about and small arboreal mammals skittered among the leaves. More than once, Esmii released Sage and Newt into the canopy. Sven climbed and plucked peaches and tossed them to her. He couldn’t climb like a yasoi, of course, but he wasn’t half-bad.

Perhaps it was inevitable, then, that feelings of more than simple friendship might develop between them. Esmii, however, proved the bolder of the two, or at least the less oblivious. She managed to pluck up enough courage to ask him out on a date, the part of her mind that had always feared instead of hoped certain that he would turn her down. He’d seemed… close with Ingrid. Instead, he said yes.

Esmii decided on something that they both would enjoy, but she wanted it to be something big, not just around the city. That would take money, and money was… in somewhat short supply. While she remembered that Jocasta had the ability to transport people through teleportation, the tethered usually only did so for payment. Esmii wanted… a favour: to bring Sven and herself to a dragon sanctuary, or a place where dragons migrated. It was a relentless barrage of pleading, cajoling, and small favours. Eventually, Jocasta caved. “Far be it from me to get in the way of young love,” she grumbled. “Just… don’t be late. I’m doing another pickup in the area. You can piggyback. You tell anyone I gave you a freebie, though, and I leave you there. Understood?” Esmii nodded and smiled sweetly and Jocasta rolled her eyes.

It is a warm Victendes morning in Mittria when Esmii waits with Jocasta for Sven to turn up. She fidgets nervously, adjusting her collar or sleeves or hair a half-dozen times. Her outfit is nothing special, but she wants to make the effort to look nice - nice by yasoi standards, but mostly yanii ones. After all, she's never been on a date before. Sage is left with Zarina so she can spend time with Nibbler. Newt remains in her dorm room, but she asked earlier Casii to look in on him. Esmii twirls her thumbs round one another, waiting. "I hope he'll enjoy this date." she mumbles to herself. “Ypti please.”

Sven appears in front of her - seemingly from thin air - with a deep purple rose in his mouth. Plucking it out with a theatrical flourish, he grins and holds it out to her. “My lady,” he offers.

Startled at first by his sudden appearance, eventually she relaxes. "Thank you kind sir," she says, sweetly playing along, while blushing. She takes the Rose from his hand and gives it a little sniff. It smells as lovely as it looks. Not wanting to lose it, she attaches it to a part of her outfit. Once it's properly secured, she looks at him with a big smile, "How does it look? she asks him, trying her best to make conversation with him, to help her feel relaxed.

“Like you’ll get eaten by a dragon before I do,” Sven teases. “Jusht… make sure to wear it.” He twists to greet Jocasta with a little bow. “Thanksh for thish. We appreciate it.”

“I own you now,” Jocasta half-jokes, and there’s an intake of Temporal energy. After a moment, a portal appears: a swirling tear in the fabric of reality. It stabilizes and, on the other side is a spectacular mountain vista, picked out by the tethered for its romantic qualities. “Don’t run through or you’ll go splat,” she warns.

Then, Sven grabs Esmii’s hand and grins. “Last one through goes splat!” he teases.

She smiles gleefully, squeezing his hand tightly before glancing towards Jocasta. "Thank you so much for this.”, she then looks to Sven "Shall we?" walking ahead of him, they enter through the portal together, the date has officially begun.

They emerge onto a promontory looking out over a vast and verdant valley. In the distance, loom great, snow-capped mountains. Wherever they are, it appears to be sometime in the late afternoon. Amid the whistling of the wind at high altitude, they can hear the nascent chirping of crickets and cicadas in the tall hillside grass. The two of them come to a stop, Sven brave enough to walk right up to the edge and peer down into the valley beyond. “Echo!” he shouts, his voice bouncing back to him. He twists and grins at Esmii. “Thish place ish aweshome!” he exclaims, “though… maybe a bit colder than I thought. Now, I wonder where the dragonsh -”

He’s so busy talking at Esmii that he misses the first sighting of them: a small family of colourful Yitsaumin taking off from a hilltop and gliding down through the valley. Esmii spots them, though.

She giggles at how sweet he is being. From the big smile and how he was acting, it seems he's enjoying himself so far. Spotting the Yitsaumin, she points to them. "Sven, over there. There's some right there." She says with glee. She moves closer to him, her finger tracking them as they glide down the valley. Hopefully he'll notice them before she loses track of them.

It takes him less than a second to turn on the spot. Sven’s eyes widen. “Hey shmall fry!” he teases, “How can you even shee anything? Come ‘ere for a lift!” He rushes up behind her.

Esmii smiles at him, letting that small fry comment slide. When he offered her a lift, she was curious about what he was planning to do, so she nodded to "Ok." she says, bracing herself to be picked up by him."Just don't drop me." she teases.
That was more or less an invitation to tease her further and Sven did not pass it up. “Oopsh!” he pretended to stumble, but then he was all wonder. She sat on his shoulders for a bit and they gazed out across the epic vista as late afternoon gave way to sunset. They hiked down from their lookout point and then across to another just on time to see a great flock of Thunder Kites take off from their mountainside nests, heading for the distant coast and their dusk hunting grounds.

Sven pulled out his picnic basket and soon they were enjoying jelly toast, fruits, and salted cold cuts. The evening’s usual insects came out and, with them, the bats and dragons that were known to feed on the pests. “You know,” he announced, between bites, “I’m pretty sure we’re actually in Callanasht. Theshe shpeciesh aren’t native to the Twin Continentsh…” They paused to watch a Licksplitter dart in and snag a crane fly with its long tongue, but then there was a splash in the water as the first of the Thunder Kites dived in, searching for its natural prey of Asperic Carp. Sven’s eyes widened. “Shune, I wanna get down to the beach! I wouldn’t be able to… convinche you, would I?”

Esmii grabs his hand with her own. Snuggling into the side of him. "Sure, we can go down to the beach for a bit. I'm sure Jocasta wouldn't mind us if we are a bit late." she says to him. The two walk along the beach, the crisp breezes set a pleasant atmosphere for this nice stroll, both looking out to the water, the sun resting on the horizon. Feeling bold she wraps one of Sven’s arms around her shoulder, while wrapping hers around his waist. Fish jump out of the water, some were plucked at the peak of their jumps by Thunder Kites. Both point in awe on how nice the sunset is."I've really loved this, spending time with you like this." she says holding onto him.

Sven nods eagerly in agreement, eyes darting between her and the ocean, where the dragons dart and dive in the burgeoning darkness, their electric tendrils spreading and spidering across the water’s surface, stunning fish. It’s quite a beautiful light show and he finds himself entranced. The waves crash and moan, washing in and out. The light of three moons glistens on the ocean, full and bright and there really can’t be a better moment. Sven leans in, brushes a lock of hair from her eyes, and kisses the girl.

Esmii embraces the kiss and falls into it, placing a hand on his face. To the two of them, this was pure bliss. Time came to a standstill, to them they were lost in this moment that only may have happened for a few moments. With the kiss ending she pulls away from him, her face pure crimson. All she could do at this moment was smile at him. Looking at how late it has gotten. At first she struggled to even form a sentence due to being so flustered from Sven kissing her. Then she managed. "It’s getting pretty late. We should head back, so Jocasta doesn't become inpatient and leave us here." holding his hand.

Sven winked. “Would that really be such a bad thing?” The waves washed in and out. The dragons circled, and the moons glowed. When all was said and done, they made it back just fine.