Diplomatic Immunity--Preface: Vasha's Discovery

[Bront]

"I'll have to learn that trick, thanks. There's just something comforting about being bare." she says with a smile.

"Alyz, you think we can try some of our research today? I'd like to see if I can figure out my little massage spell to welcome home Zythryd."

Vasha turns to the freed servant girl. "Hello there. I don't think I ever got your name. I'm Vasha, and I'm so sorry I was ever involved in selling you."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"I'll have to learn that trick, thanks. There's just something comforting about being bare."

"I'll teach it to you if you like," Alyz replies, smiling back at Vasha and giving her a hug.

"Alyz, you think we can try some of our research today? I'd like to see if I can figure out my little massage spell to welcome home Zythryd."

"Absolutely! It'll be ready when you need it if I have anything to say about it," she squeezes Vasha's shoulders gently comfortingly.

"Oh, hello pretty lady. My name is Briinn. Don't feel bad--I'm so happy here with m'lady and Louteah...It's so much better than when I was all alone on the street, and m'lady says if I study hard, she's going to teach me magic!" her eyes twinkle at the prospect.

 

[Bront]

"That sounds good Alyz. Some magical work would keep me distracted."

"She's right Briinn, but be careful when you study magic. For while you can make wonderful things happen with it, it's a a power that comes with responsability. Arris will lend you her power if you ask, but all she asks is that you return it as well."

Vasha finishes up with breakfast, and then heads off with Alyz to study that nifty illusion and start some research into her massage spell.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Vasha and Alyz spend hours and hours of time together working on magic. The illusion spell comes quickly, with Vasha learning the theory from Alyz and mastering the spell in only eight hours of practise, storing the wisdom and knowledge within her simple wooden staff. The massage research is trickier, involving consulting magical theory books from Alyz's own prodigous personal library, in another wing of her grand estate, which is seeming more and more like its own little palace as Vasha continues to discover so many rooms that she has never seen before. After eight hours of research on the massage spell, Vasha and Alyz really feel as if they have made some great progress, and Alyz hugs Vasha excitedly as they conclude their long studies together.*

*Just as they finish, Louteah knocks on the door:*

"Hi guys! I don't mean to intrude, but it seems like you're done. Dinner is ready, and Vasha, there's something special waiting for you in your room!"

 

[Bront]

"Oh, thank you." She gives Alyz and Louteah a hug and heads up to her room to see what's up there.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Alyz and Louteah follow Vasha up to her room, where she finds, each draped delicately over a white mannequin, five beautiful dresses in different colours and styles, plus a set of servant's garb, all fitted perfectly for Vasha.*

 

[Bront]

"Oh, thank you!" she exclaims as she pulls Louteah and Alyz into one big hug. "I've been so used to my own dress I never thought about getting anything else. Thank you. I should go try them on."

Vasha spends some time examining each one (IE What do they look like? Or that up to me?), and tries on her servant garb first. She smiles at the comfortably snug fit. "So, am I the official staff maseuse?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"There's more--I've gotten you some magic hair dye and little lenses you can put in your eyes to change the appearance of the colour. That way, you can appear as a Valsian and go wherever you like in the city, if you ever want to do it."

*Vasha inspects the different dresses:

The first dress is a vibrant azure, matching Vasha's eyes, long and elegant, made of a very soft silky material that brings a cool pleasure to Vasha's fingers as she strokes it.

The second dress is red and tight-fitting, with a deep, daring cleavage and strategically-exposed flesh in a variety of places.

The third is pure light and white, simple, but pretty.

The fourth is shimmery like a bejeweled ruby, sparkling and glittering with a warm light

"That last one you looked at is made of intricately-crafted Energyjewel chosen for your linked jewel type. It will protect you if you embrace it with the loving energy of Arris."

The last one is semi-transparent and tantalising, though it covers all the naughty bits well enough. The material is very light and ephemeral, feeling like it is almost not there at all.

"That one is made of Shadowstuff, so it's only partially real. As long as you know that, you'll be able to move unrestricted as if it was only 40 percent there."

 

[Bront]

Vasha smiles "Thank you. I think I'm going to stay in here where it's safe for a while, though these are so tempting."

She tries on each of the dresses, modeling them for her Sisters, and checking the mirror. First she tries the azure dress "Ooh, this one feels special. What's it made out of?"

She squeezes into the second one. "This one just feels daring. I like it."

She tries on the third one, which strangely makes her look even younger. She puts on an angelic smile, and seems to almost glow. "This one seems so pure and true. I could get used to wearing this.

She tries on the fifth one "Wow, it's like I'm wearing nothing." She dances about a bit, in a manor that seems strangely lewd, perhaps because of the dark dress that barely hides her.

Then she dons the fourth dress. Once she gets comfortable, she closes her eyes and embraces it as she would Arris.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Ooh, this one feels special. What's it made out of?"

"That first one is made of a soft blend of Larakese Emperor's Silk and Amaranthian Gossamersilk."

"This one just feels daring. I like it."

"I thought that one would look great on you, and I was right."

"This one seems so pure and true. I could get used to wearing this.

"Ooh, I'm glad you like that third one--I had them make it for you!"

"Wow, it's like I'm wearing nothing."

"Yup, I remembered what you said about enjoying it when you don't have to be wearing anything, and Alyz came up with the idea."

*As she embraces the fourth dress, Vasha seems to form a link to the dress, just like she might to Arris. When she pours a little bit of her love and energy into the dress, her entire body is suffused with a comforting warmth, as if the dress were keeping her safe in its embrace like a gentle mother's arms, and she feels protected.*