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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Axel" data-source="post: 6093714" data-attributes="member: 93196">MhairiMhairi had spent a restless night at their host's house.  Edmond had made a lot of sense, but she crept out a window after everyone was asleep - entirely because she couldn't sleep herself.  He was right, of course.  Korvosa was not the same as she remembered it.  The people were suspicious, and there wasn't much going on.  Must be the plague,[ she thought.  Things will go back to how they were.  Otherwise they're all as bad as those creatures behind the glass...only they can't see the glass and don't know they're dead.  Dead...dead on the inside is what's happened.[Without realising where she was going, Mhairi found herself in Lamm's old neighbourhood.  The streets and buildings were familiar, though none of the faces were.  She kept walking, quickly, having no desire to see the evil place again.  Still, the brief visit had brought memories of her mother unbidden to her thoughts.Mhairi had hated her mother for most of her life.  Hated her for being neither human or elven, not fitting in anywhere.  Hated her and loved her both for teaching her a "trade"...  Mhairi loved the experiences of that work, to a point, and the skills it taught.  Hated it because it left nothing intimate to give people that she genuinely cared for and loved.  People always assumed things about her too.  Mother...haven't thought about her in a long time.  I wonder what happened to her after Lamm's fall?  She stopped walking briefly, considering.  No...I don't really care.  What's done is done in this world.  Mhairi resumed walking toward no particular destination, realising after a time that she'd turned for "home" without thinking.  She did the best she could though.  It's not like it was easy to get out of that life...  And she had that little trick with the bit of wire and whispering in my ear.  Mhairi's mouth twisted in a sad smile.  Come to think of it, that must've been proper magic.  I could hear her wherever I was.  Her smile became something of a frown as Mhairi thought the problem through.  Although actually fairly clever when she tried, the half-elf tended to seek easy solutions to problems and avoided thinking too deeply about anything - an occupational hazard perhaps.Mum never told me what she used to do.  Before...Lamm.  She could've been one of those great elven wizards for all I know...  Mhairi giggled out loud at the absurdity of the thought.  Of course she wasn't, stupid.  Otherwise she would've left long before you were born.Before long, Mhairi was back where she began and silently climbed back in through the window.  Getting into bed - alone - she lay still for a time, letting sleep overtake her.  Her last thought for the night was If even Ed can do magic these days, I bet I can too.  Gonna try that wire trick tomorrow...------------Standing behind Ignatius in the morning light as he interrogated the poor receptionist, Mhairi put both hands on her hips and put on a friendly smile.  "Y'might as well tell us.  We'll find out anyway, and things will go SO much quicker if you do.  Or should we dig out Davalus' ugly mug?  And his boss' too.  Can't remember his name...what was it?  Ralph or something.[sblock=ooc]Sorry for the long, rambling and selfish posts lately.  Thought the poor girl could use some character development beyond being the horny bisexual "ninja" that I seem to have painted her as.  Thanks for the patience and perseverance.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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