maybe i just don't know love yet, maybe i don't trust yet
Ignita
Yara
Intermediate Fighter (45)
Intermediate Intellectual (30)
age
3 Years
3 Years
gender
Female
Female
gems
0
0
player
Sinchanted
Sinchanted
07-11-2024, 12:45 PM
CODE BY SIN
07-11-2024, 09:16 PM
Ignita had snuggled into Basilisk's arms when he came back from putting the new songbird in her den and slept lightly through the night, her mind disquieted.
She stirred early and set the fire going in the hearth, not quite sure what the day would bring. She and Basilisk spoke and he shared with her some of what he had learned of the girl he called Rabbit.
Suddenly a knock came on the door, it sounded similar to the one Bas had rapped on the door last night and it made the Steward curious. Was this the new songbird already? Bold enough to exit her den and approach? Fascinating! She raised a brow at The Warlord before she went to the door.
And there she was! Right at the door!
"Well then! Let's get started." She called behind her from the doorway, "I'll be busy in the afternoon if you could take care of her then." She said to Basilisk, blowing him a kiss.
She returned her attention to Yara and clicked for her possum to join them. The possum crawled up Ignita as she walked and wrapped its dexterous paws around her ivory neck, looking wide-eyed and curious at the stranger with large dark eyes. She made her way back across the Col toward her usual haunt of the storeroom.
"Yara, I believe?" She started as they entered the storeroom and she quickly got to work, expecting the woman to sit while Ignita talked and went over the duties of the storeroom. "He said you haven't been taught to read," She mentioned with a light tone, "since you'll be working around here it'll be important to know the rules on the obelisk, and what certain instructions and lists say. I've actually painted a few labels around the Col to help teach others. So after we're done in here I can get to work in teaching you some letters. Hold this." She handed the Songbird a pile of unsorted furs to hold while Ignita shifted a large pile of sorted furs on a shelf.
"I've got a system in here I built from the ground up, and not everyone is as keen as I am on keeping tabs on everything. I do have counts of every item and who takes anything out, so I'll know if anything has been... misplaced." She mentioned with a knowing smile and lift of her delicate brow.
"Things must have been very hard for you to resort to stealing. If that is indeed what you were doing." She scoffed and shook her head, "He caught me collecting and sorting trinkets out on the veteran's plateau, naive as ever. Claimed what I was taking was his. Turns out it wasn't." Oh dear she was rambling, wasn't she? Not very leaderly Iggy, don't apologize, just take it in stride, maybe she shouldn't have said how fickle Bas could be outright. Inner circles only type things. Dang it. She fell silent for a moment, pursing her lips awkwardly.
Then she jumped with alacrity and splayed her paws out, "Anyway! Have any questions?" Ignita offered as she started to take a few things from the pile she gave Yara and sorted them.
Basilisk may enter her threads without warning.
Yara
Intermediate Fighter (45)
Intermediate Intellectual (30)
age
3 Years
3 Years
gender
Female
Female
gems
0
0
player
Sinchanted
Sinchanted
07-11-2024, 09:54 PM
CODE BY SIN
07-11-2024, 11:07 PM
Ignita was indeed a bit of a rapid-fire highly intelligent, won't-stop-talking-once-you-get-her-started type of gal.
The Steward drew her lips in as she perceived Yara's confusion and overwhelm. "Ah... yes... uhm..." Don't apologize... Don't do it. Her own heart was rapidly beating in her throat, she wanted to make a good impression, a confident impression, a dont-fuck-with-me impression but she was honestly more of a rabbit herself than Yara to begin with. Calm. Find the calm.
She froze for a minute, a sorry just hanging by a thread behind her lips just from force of habit. She took a breath in and found that small quiet flow of calm, just beneath the surface.
"sss--soor-" She bit her lip, this was a lot harder than it looked, it was like she couldn't say any one word without a sorry waiting to slip out. She closed her eyes for a minute more, calm the brain, calm the brain, her mind was already on its daily roller coaster and the social pressure of literally owning someone was making her bones feel like lead within her body.
"I don't mean to talk fast. Son of a sphinx-" Fucked up already. Good job.
Slowly she breathed. One thing at a time, not her usual forte, but she'll figure out a way to manage.
"You know what, fuck it. I'm sorry, I am not used to this position in the least." She let out a breath of air and the tension in her body finally relaxed and she sighed, "Oh, that's so much better. Okay-" She slowly and gently took the piles of furs back from Yara and placed them to the side. Then sat down at an easy distance.
"Let's start at "misplaced". I'm glad it's not a habit! Thank you for telling me. I believe you when you say you won't." Ingita was, somewhat, unfortunately, an overly trusting wolf, "Next reading!" She brightened, "We do a lot of reading here and we find it helps our members serve the pack. The big stone thing in the Col, that's the Obelisk. It has the pack rules etched into it." Ignita had slipped into her kind and gentle teacher tone, always eager to have an attentive student, "If he's made it a challenge for you to learn how to read so you can read the obelisk, then no, we're not going to read it to you, that would defeat his challenge." He doesn't appreciate his challenges getting circumnavigated. Ignita was kind, but she wasn't going to undermine The Warlord if she could help it.
She was about to keep going toward Yara's purpose and even made to open her mouth but popped it back closed with a smile instead, "With me so far?" She asked, leaning her head forward expectantly.
Basilisk may enter her threads without warning.
Yara
Intermediate Fighter (45)
Intermediate Intellectual (30)
age
3 Years
3 Years
gender
Female
Female
gems
0
0
player
Sinchanted
Sinchanted
07-12-2024, 02:08 AM
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07-12-2024, 02:54 PM
Ignita smiled warmly as Yara stated her understanding, and nodded in encouragement.
"I'm sure you'll do fine," Ignita replied warmly as she noticed the woman looking around, "It took me a while to get the hang of it too. I certainly made a few mistakes of my own as well. But if you're diligent and eager to learn he rewards fairly generously!" She insisted. She didn't mention though that the price of making a few mistakes could be rather harsh, she let the shiny pink scar over her nose and cheek say that for her.
When the Songbird asked if there was more, Ignita tilted her head with a delighted expression, unknowingly making the light catch that shiny scar.
"Oh, there will always be more!" She admitted with a chuckle, "How about your purpose; for now, it'll be your place to do as you're told, by anyone in the pack. But his commands are above even mine, and mine are above anyone else's. If anyone is giving you grief though, or you're not sure about something, you're welcome to come to me. I love questions! Even if they make you feel silly. I'll occasionally host a lesson in the market and you'll be welcome to join them if they interest you. Once we find what you're specialty is we'll make sure you get as many opportunities to work on it as we can, as long you're able to balance any duties you're assigned!" She wondered what kind of specialty Yara's would be, Iggy's was organization, learning, and teaching. Would Yara's be stealth and recognisance? Hmm...
"Ignita"
Basilisk may enter her threads without warning.
Yara
Intermediate Fighter (45)
Intermediate Intellectual (30)
age
3 Years
3 Years
gender
Female
Female
gems
0
0
player
Sinchanted
Sinchanted
07-12-2024, 03:26 PM
CODE BY SIN
07-12-2024, 07:05 PM
Ignita noticed how the other relaxed a little of her guard and became thoughtful. Good! Ignita just wasn't one to be instilling fear into anyone, it just wasn't her nature. Perhaps she could still grow in that direction but this one seemed to suit her so far.
Yara reiterated what Ignita said and she nodded emphatically, that's right! She got it! A very good student so far! Her golden eyes then crinkled into delighted half moons as the new Songbird expressed her gratitude.
"I like to hear it. I think you'll do all right here Yara. I have no doubts you'll earn your freedom fairly quickly. Now! Let me introduce you to the system, slowly this time." She said motioning to the stacks and shelves with a wink.
"If I ever go too quickly, just let me know!" She said cheerfully.
She spent the rest of the morning introducing Yara to the various chores around the Col. Such as cleaning the grates around the hotspring pools at the end of the cave, how to swap out old torches around the Col, where to gather wood for the various fires, and especially keeping the central bonfire going. As well as where they keep the carts to haul things around, especially the weekly deliveries from the smokehouse on the beach, and where any rubbish goes after cleaning any of the common rooms and caves.
Before she let Yara go for a meal time and await her time with Basilisk she told her that tomorrow she'll start teaching her how to read.
-end?-
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