Kaleeth scratched her head just as Janius had and looked down at Leaps awkwardly. She had hoped the hatchling would be female, just to make things easier, but that did not appear to be the case. "Well...no, I don't think so. We have kept guar in the village, but we don't neuter them. We...do have many years to figure it out, I guess. Although, it might be easier to do while he is young and not dangerous. I don't think he will like it. Anyway, we do have time."
Meesei released Leaps and allowed him to run back over to Janius. She did not expect that the village would keep the creature, but she supposed stranger things had happened. "At any rate, I am glad to have helped. Perhaps you can figure it out before it gets too old. Is there anything else you need help with?" She asked.
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I probably need to figure out what is going on with this side story thing in the timeskip and around where Ssarak would be right now.
Meesei looked at the wamasu hatchling, which wriggled around in Janius' arms for a few moments before settling down. She was dubious on whether or not it was actually a good idea to try and keep a wamasu, but she did not see any reason why it was not possible. She nodded to him, then reached out and grabbed the small creature in her arms. "I would not say that I know how the average person would be able to tell, but I think I know what I can do."
Meesei rubbed her hand across its back and used her restoration magic to examine its energies. The light and sensations it felt caused its head to perk up and its body to wriggle around, but the calming sensation she gave it caused it to settle down. She couldn't "see" inside of it visually, but rather she had to feel its energy and the certain patterns it had. Males and females of most races and creatures had some differences in their energies, but it was more difficult to determine on animals unless the healer had enough experience with that particular kind of creature. After a few minutes, she was reasonably sure she had reached her conclusion. "I do believe he is male. I do not feel the presence of eggs, or anything else that would indicate it is female. That might present an issue when it reaches adolescence, as they can be aggressive at that age. Wamasu can live a long time, and it takes many years for them to reach that age, but it is still something you would need to deal with. If you wish to keep it, you will need to find a way to remove or disable the...offending organs." She advised.
Meesei rubbed her hand across its back and used her restoration magic to examine its energies. The light and sensations it felt caused its head to perk up and its body to wriggle around, but the calming sensation she gave it caused it to settle down. She couldn't "see" inside of it visually, but rather she had to feel its energy and the certain patterns it had. Males and females of most races and creatures had some differences in their energies, but it was more difficult to determine on animals unless the healer had enough experience with that particular kind of creature. After a few minutes, she was reasonably sure she had reached her conclusion. "I do believe he is male. I do not feel the presence of eggs, or anything else that would indicate it is female. That might present an issue when it reaches adolescence, as they can be aggressive at that age. Wamasu can live a long time, and it takes many years for them to reach that age, but it is still something you would need to deal with. If you wish to keep it, you will need to find a way to remove or disable the...offending organs." She advised.
Meesei was glad that Fendros came along to help Sabine. Certainly, Ariel would probably appreciate the letter being easy to read, even if there were some stray marks and scratched out words. Meesei considered that it might be a good idea for her to join in on the lessons in writing in Cyrodilic, as she was not as comfortable with the language as she would like. Although, it would seem strange for him to be teaching her something for a change.
When Sabine handed Meesei the letter, she carefully folded it into a more compact size and placed it in a pouch near her bedroll. "I definitely believe she will. Unless you need to make some changes, I can keep it safe in my satchel until we reach Stormhold. It is made from the hide of a marsh creature, so it is waterproof. I think Ariel will be happy to hear you are safe, more than anything. That being said, I think receiving word that the ritual helped you will put a smile on her face. If I had to guess, I would say it will be another two or so months before she receives the letter, but I don't think she ever expected to receive frequent letters from us. Our livelyhoods simply do not permit it. I do wonder if we will ever be in a position that we could get a letter back from her? We do not tend to stay in one place for too long, but it might be possible that we will know about our next destination far enough in advanced that she might be able to get a letter in the area before we leave. I suppose we will have to see."
Kaleeth paused in thought for a few moments. With all the worry in her mind, she had not been thinking about what to do to relax. "That...is hard question. There is not a lot to do here that we have not done yet. I don't think I can get potions anymore for a while, it has been getting...suspicious. We have hunted, we have talked, we have ran through the marsh, we have done all sorts of things. Maybe we could just do some of those things again? It has been a few days since we swam, maybe we can take Leaps with us. I am wondering if it can swim? Or maybe we can find Meesei and see if she knows how to figure out if Leaps is a boy or girl?"
When Sabine handed Meesei the letter, she carefully folded it into a more compact size and placed it in a pouch near her bedroll. "I definitely believe she will. Unless you need to make some changes, I can keep it safe in my satchel until we reach Stormhold. It is made from the hide of a marsh creature, so it is waterproof. I think Ariel will be happy to hear you are safe, more than anything. That being said, I think receiving word that the ritual helped you will put a smile on her face. If I had to guess, I would say it will be another two or so months before she receives the letter, but I don't think she ever expected to receive frequent letters from us. Our livelyhoods simply do not permit it. I do wonder if we will ever be in a position that we could get a letter back from her? We do not tend to stay in one place for too long, but it might be possible that we will know about our next destination far enough in advanced that she might be able to get a letter in the area before we leave. I suppose we will have to see."
Kaleeth paused in thought for a few moments. With all the worry in her mind, she had not been thinking about what to do to relax. "That...is hard question. There is not a lot to do here that we have not done yet. I don't think I can get potions anymore for a while, it has been getting...suspicious. We have hunted, we have talked, we have ran through the marsh, we have done all sorts of things. Maybe we could just do some of those things again? It has been a few days since we swam, maybe we can take Leaps with us. I am wondering if it can swim? Or maybe we can find Meesei and see if she knows how to figure out if Leaps is a boy or girl?"
Sharee listened to the others' suggestions, all the while refining her own plan in her mind. Both of their arguments had merit, but neither really had thought of anything detailed yet. What Sharee had in mind certainly had its risks, but if it panned out how she hoped, it could make their first score considerably easier to take.
"My job isn't to act on faith, and hope, and all that nonsense, my job is to come up with a plan good enough to keep you all alive, and to get us all paid. There are some decent fighters on this ship, but this crew does have its fair share of idiots, at least for now. We need more time for training before I will consider them near as competent as you say. Sarel does have one thing right, though, and that is that we don't have the manpower, or more importantly gold, to get involved with a supplier. Plus, they tend to have more local officials bribed. Taking what we want on the sea is our best bet, and to that end, I have an idea." Sharee responded. She turned towards Kahl and looked at him, sizing him up in her mind. "You, Kahl, you were a slave on that other ship. If you went back there, I'm guessing the captain would either whip you half to death, or just kill you outright. However, if you went back with a bit of a bribe, they might just change their tune. A bribe in the form of, let's say, a full crate of skooma would certainly smooth things over. A crate like that would be worth even more than the life of a slave. Now, if you happened to be on that ship when it left port, you would be in a good position to sabotage their water or ale or whatever with a nice, potent poison. If another ship were to attack when most of the crew was incapacitated or weakened, well, it would be much easier to take, wouldn't it? All we would need to do would be to...acquire a nice enough bribe to send with the cat."
"My job isn't to act on faith, and hope, and all that nonsense, my job is to come up with a plan good enough to keep you all alive, and to get us all paid. There are some decent fighters on this ship, but this crew does have its fair share of idiots, at least for now. We need more time for training before I will consider them near as competent as you say. Sarel does have one thing right, though, and that is that we don't have the manpower, or more importantly gold, to get involved with a supplier. Plus, they tend to have more local officials bribed. Taking what we want on the sea is our best bet, and to that end, I have an idea." Sharee responded. She turned towards Kahl and looked at him, sizing him up in her mind. "You, Kahl, you were a slave on that other ship. If you went back there, I'm guessing the captain would either whip you half to death, or just kill you outright. However, if you went back with a bit of a bribe, they might just change their tune. A bribe in the form of, let's say, a full crate of skooma would certainly smooth things over. A crate like that would be worth even more than the life of a slave. Now, if you happened to be on that ship when it left port, you would be in a good position to sabotage their water or ale or whatever with a nice, potent poison. If another ship were to attack when most of the crew was incapacitated or weakened, well, it would be much easier to take, wouldn't it? All we would need to do would be to...acquire a nice enough bribe to send with the cat."
With their next assignment now official, Rareth and Telmeck spent the next few hours preparing. They gathered their weapons and armor into Rareth's dropship, prepared their residences for an extended leave of absence, and took care of any other last minute planning before they left. Once ready, they took Rareth's dropship into orbit, then requisitioned an FTL carrier in which to dock the dropship to take them to Pax, as ships the size of a dropship could not be equipped with an FTL drive and be fully effective in combat at the same time, due to the space required for said drive.
Even at faster than light speeds, space travel could take a considerable amount of time, depending on the destination. With the territories of the Rothians, Humans, and Sovereignty taken into account, the settled portion of the galaxy had a radius of about five thousand light years around Pax in any direction. A few ships and probes had been to other parts of the galaxy, but there was really no reason to settle any farther away when there were still countless unexplored worlds within the known regions of the galaxy. To get from the farthest end of the settled region of space to the other would take about two months of travel, though the trip from Rothia to Pax was about two weeks. Contacting any sort of external network was impossible in FTL, but there was enough saved on to the ship's computer to keep the pair entertained for the duration of the journey.
Rareth and Telmeck awoke to an alarm indicating they were about to drop out of FTL. The autopilot would handle the approach all the way up to the point where they would need to contact docking control, but nevertheless, Rareth brought herself out of bed to get in the pilot's seat. With the level of clearance she had as a Datius, she was able to bypass most security checks and get to Concord rather quickly. All the docking authorities had to do was to tag her dropship with a device that signaled it was authorized to fly in civilian airspace, as armed vessels were not normally allowed in atmosphere.
Once they were cleared, Rareth proceeded to fly them straight to the building in Concord that they were set to meet the Assembly representatives charged with overseeing this joint team. Different departments and branches of the Assembly had their own buildings across the city; this one in particular was dedicated to the Bureau of Joint Intelligence. She was able to obtain a landing pad in a kind of external "hanger" on the building itself, so it was easy enough for them to take an elevator down to the lobby and record their arrival in the Bureau's systems. Since the meeting was not scheduled for two more days, they were instructed by the automated system to wait in the lobby for a representative to speak to them.
Rareth sat down on one of the chairs that was appropriately sized for a Rothian and took a look around at the lobby. Some of the buildings on Pax always struck her as rather odd. It was made with a mix of architectural and design styles from all races. This one in particular had Rothian materials, Sovereignty structural design, and Human aesthetics. It was meant to make all races feel more comfortable, but mostly, it just made all races feel slightly uncomfortable. Most of the buildings on the planet were not like this, of course. They were built with only a single style; it was only the government buildings that had such a wierd amalgamation of cultural designs.
Even at faster than light speeds, space travel could take a considerable amount of time, depending on the destination. With the territories of the Rothians, Humans, and Sovereignty taken into account, the settled portion of the galaxy had a radius of about five thousand light years around Pax in any direction. A few ships and probes had been to other parts of the galaxy, but there was really no reason to settle any farther away when there were still countless unexplored worlds within the known regions of the galaxy. To get from the farthest end of the settled region of space to the other would take about two months of travel, though the trip from Rothia to Pax was about two weeks. Contacting any sort of external network was impossible in FTL, but there was enough saved on to the ship's computer to keep the pair entertained for the duration of the journey.
Rareth and Telmeck awoke to an alarm indicating they were about to drop out of FTL. The autopilot would handle the approach all the way up to the point where they would need to contact docking control, but nevertheless, Rareth brought herself out of bed to get in the pilot's seat. With the level of clearance she had as a Datius, she was able to bypass most security checks and get to Concord rather quickly. All the docking authorities had to do was to tag her dropship with a device that signaled it was authorized to fly in civilian airspace, as armed vessels were not normally allowed in atmosphere.
Once they were cleared, Rareth proceeded to fly them straight to the building in Concord that they were set to meet the Assembly representatives charged with overseeing this joint team. Different departments and branches of the Assembly had their own buildings across the city; this one in particular was dedicated to the Bureau of Joint Intelligence. She was able to obtain a landing pad in a kind of external "hanger" on the building itself, so it was easy enough for them to take an elevator down to the lobby and record their arrival in the Bureau's systems. Since the meeting was not scheduled for two more days, they were instructed by the automated system to wait in the lobby for a representative to speak to them.
Rareth sat down on one of the chairs that was appropriately sized for a Rothian and took a look around at the lobby. Some of the buildings on Pax always struck her as rather odd. It was made with a mix of architectural and design styles from all races. This one in particular had Rothian materials, Sovereignty structural design, and Human aesthetics. It was meant to make all races feel more comfortable, but mostly, it just made all races feel slightly uncomfortable. Most of the buildings on the planet were not like this, of course. They were built with only a single style; it was only the government buildings that had such a wierd amalgamation of cultural designs.
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I would like to let reganza post, but I will soon if he cannot. .
I just realized I did not do this. My semester has started up and I got a bit distracted, my bad. I'll be sure to post soon.
Meesei had to pause for a moment to think. It was within her capability to read Cyrodilic writing; it had been part of her education growing up to interact with outsiders. However, she was not especially good at reading in that language, not like in Jel. She knew how to spell her name, of course, but she had to think for a moment. "I believe it is spelled M-e-e-s-e-i, in Cyrodilic. It...has been a long time since I have had to read Cyrodilic, much less write it. I admit I am rather out of practice. If you are having trouble, perhaps Janius or Fendros can help?" She suggested.
Kaleeth closed her eyes and let out a deep breath, then nodded to Janius. "Yes, talking has helped. I have not made my choice, but I know what I am going to do. I want to commune with the HIst, and...Hircine, if I can. I know you said it would be very hard, and I know it probably won't happen, but...I want to try. I could use the village tree to commune with the Hist, but I think it would be better for me to go into the marsh and be among them. I can be alone, meditate, and find a tree with sap to drink. When I am there, I can try to hunt something to sacrifice too. I know you would probably want to come with me, but...I need to be alone for this. If I can at least commune with the Hist, I know I can make this choice. I am going to leave tonight, maybe tomorrow in the morning. I will need to tell my father and mother what I want to do. I am...not excited for that. I do not think it will take more than one day. You can...you can wait that long, right?" She asked nervously.
Kaleeth closed her eyes and let out a deep breath, then nodded to Janius. "Yes, talking has helped. I have not made my choice, but I know what I am going to do. I want to commune with the HIst, and...Hircine, if I can. I know you said it would be very hard, and I know it probably won't happen, but...I want to try. I could use the village tree to commune with the Hist, but I think it would be better for me to go into the marsh and be among them. I can be alone, meditate, and find a tree with sap to drink. When I am there, I can try to hunt something to sacrifice too. I know you would probably want to come with me, but...I need to be alone for this. If I can at least commune with the Hist, I know I can make this choice. I am going to leave tonight, maybe tomorrow in the morning. I will need to tell my father and mother what I want to do. I am...not excited for that. I do not think it will take more than one day. You can...you can wait that long, right?" She asked nervously.
My semester starts tomorrow, but I'll make sure to post before the end of the day. I hope Leon responds before then, but I'll make sure to move on regardless.
"Oh, yes, of course." Ahnasha answered, not used to Sabine asking her any sort of questions. Usually when she needed something, she would ask Meesei, who would then ask whoever was appropriate. "I believe I still have some supplies left in a bag next to my bedroll. There should be enough ink for a letter."
Ahnasha glanced over to Fendros beside her. He might not have known Sabine for quite as long as the rest of them, but he had known her long enough to be impressed. The success of the ritual seemed to put everyone in an upbeat mood. "I certainly bet Ariel will be happy to hear about this." She commented as they walked along.
Normally, Meesei would opt to leave Sabine alone whenever she was doing something, but this time, she felt that it might be a good idea to join her. She would not bother her while she was actually concentrating on writing, of course, but she wondered if she and Sabine would be able to just...talk. As mundane as it seemed, it was something they had never really done before.
Kaleeth walked beside Janius. Leaps had actually began to follow her around whenever she set him down, so she was no longer required to carry it at all times. The good mood of the others seemed to be rubbing off on her, but she was a bit more distant than everyone else. She was of course happy to see that it all worked out for them, but she did not want to intrude on their celebration, since she did not know most of them very well yet. Given how shy Sabine had been, Kaleeth had not really spoken to her at all since she arrived, so she knew next to nothing about her. Nevertheless, she did feel comfortable commenting to Janius about the situation. "I am guessing this is much different from normal? I have not really heard her speak much before now. She seems happy though; I am glad the ritual worked for her."
Ahnasha glanced over to Fendros beside her. He might not have known Sabine for quite as long as the rest of them, but he had known her long enough to be impressed. The success of the ritual seemed to put everyone in an upbeat mood. "I certainly bet Ariel will be happy to hear about this." She commented as they walked along.
Normally, Meesei would opt to leave Sabine alone whenever she was doing something, but this time, she felt that it might be a good idea to join her. She would not bother her while she was actually concentrating on writing, of course, but she wondered if she and Sabine would be able to just...talk. As mundane as it seemed, it was something they had never really done before.
Kaleeth walked beside Janius. Leaps had actually began to follow her around whenever she set him down, so she was no longer required to carry it at all times. The good mood of the others seemed to be rubbing off on her, but she was a bit more distant than everyone else. She was of course happy to see that it all worked out for them, but she did not want to intrude on their celebration, since she did not know most of them very well yet. Given how shy Sabine had been, Kaleeth had not really spoken to her at all since she arrived, so she knew next to nothing about her. Nevertheless, she did feel comfortable commenting to Janius about the situation. "I am guessing this is much different from normal? I have not really heard her speak much before now. She seems happy though; I am glad the ritual worked for her."
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