Heart of Artifice Temporary--Kharas Alone

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Psst, the Baron has the Lesser Dragonmark )

"In case you wonder where I came up with it, the symbol I drew is the sigil of the Artifex Maximus," the Baron offers.

*There is a knock on the door.*

"Ah, that must be Zenobia and Elysia," he comments, then more loudly towards the door, "Do come in dears."

*The door opens, revealing a beautiful woman with long well-styled chestnut-brown hair dressed in finery that exceeds the Baron's in splendour, along with a young girl of perhaps eight years, blessed with her mother's good looks and her father's ash-blonde hair.*

"Ah, is this your guest darling? He looks unusual--so exotic."

"Yes, this is he Zenobia. His name is Kharas. Kharas, meet my beloved wife, Baroness Zenobia ir'Spiras and my darling daughter and heir, Elysia ir'Spiras. Dear, Pumpkin, meet Kharas Mroranon, a dwarf from another world where there are three big dragons and no Thelanium."

"A pleasure to meet you Kharas," Zenobia gives a respectful nod.

"Hiya," Elysia waves.

 

[Velmont]

Kharas start to laugh as the Baron present him. "Well, the dragon are dead as much as I can tell, but the remianing is true." Kharas stands up and bow infront of the ladies. "Please to meet you, ladies."

"We were talking about Sparks and artificers. Artificers are some kind fo Spark in my world. I'm one of them. Personaly, I'm still in learning, much like miss ir'Spiras, but I must tell what i see here impress me much. I think the Thelanium have much to do with it, but the skills of the Baron is without doubt great and would be a great artificer even without the Thelanium... but I must bored you with that." tells Kharas, telling the last sentence to the Baroness.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Oh, that's alright. My husband always does go on about such things, and even though I can't always understand all of it, I think he looks cute when he does that."

"Now now, dear. You're making me seem less regal in front of the guest."

"You're silly, Daddy!"

"You're just like your mother," the Baron laughs and picks up his daughter, sitting her on his lap as he gestures for his wife to take the third seat, "Alright Pumpkin, after this you can tell me what you learned today, but right now we're talking to Kharas here."

"Yeah, he looks funny. Like a big giant put him in a sandwich and smooshed him between the bread."

"Well, I don't think that's what happened to him, Pumpkin. He's from another world."

"Can I see the other world?"

"Well, Daddy's going to help him find a way into his world, so maybe you can some day, sweetheart. Now look who wants to play with you--" the Baron distracts Elysia so he can talk to Kharas by pointing at the puppy, who leaps up to sit on Elysia's lap and lick her face.

 

[Velmont]

Kharas smiles as he is compare to a smooshed giant. "Beautifull girl you have, and a bright one it seems, but I'm sad to tell you you are wrong, miss ir'Spiras, I'm not a smooshed giant. I'm a dwarf and dwarf are like me, large shoulder but small legs. That help us as many of my kind are miners and smithy. We have many city underground, in large moutain, using it as wall against our any enemy we can have. Sadly, we had many, and we still have some. If you ever see my world, you'll see how lucky you are to live in this city."

He then turns his attention to the Baron. "Do you have any idea on how we could proceed to find a way back to my world... or to find teh kids if they are here? For the kids, it might worth a try to ask the other kingdoms."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"You're a miner? Like a Thelanium miner? Cool, they're the best--they're like unsung heroes or something. Without them, we couldn't get more Thelanium. Yay!" Elysia proclaims.

"Well, perhaps I can do something to help with both, the Baron offers, "If you give me some hair and a sample of your blood, I'm going to construct a Dimensionospatial Anomaly Analyser keyed to your particular dimensionospatial signature. That should help us find anything else recently tied to your world, which would include those children and any conduit."

"See, this is the part where I don't quite under you, dear. Your guest might not either," Zenobia laughs.

"Ah, don't worry Zena darling--he's a Spark from his world. I'm sure he understands it."

 

[Velmont]

"Not sure I understand the vocabulary and all the theory it need to be done, but I think I understand the general idea. It seems an interesting one. Worth to make a try." tells Kharas. He will cut the tip of his finger and a small lock from his beard and gives it to the Baron.

[SBLOCK=OOC]I hesitated a moment... Sin is influencing my decision in this game [/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

*The Baron nods and collects the sample, setting it aside as he sips a bit more tea.*

"Alright then. I'll need to get to work on the device--it will be complicated and difficult to produce, but I there are configurements and specifications percolating through my head already. Kharas, once we're done with tea here, I'll get started on it."

"I know you can do it, Daddy! You can do anything--you're the best Spark and Daddy ever!"

"And you're the sweetest little girl ever," the Baron gives his daughter a hug, "Thanks for the vote of confidence, Pumpkin."

(OOC: )

 

[Velmont]

"Thanks again for the help." replies Kharas. "I have a question. What is teh Heart of Artifice. Is it just another kingdom?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

"It is someting of a kingdom...and something of a Paradise. It is the personal domain of the Artifex Maximus," when he says that, his wife and daughter both say 'Blessed be the holy one' and perform the devotion, just like when Kharas said it in the street and didn't perform the devotion and the little girl did it for him, "It is a mecca of knowledge, state of the art magitechnological masterpieces, and more, but entrance is highly restricted. Sometimes, the three remaining rulers meet for Council there, along with the Leywytch Jadishtai, hand of the Artifex Maximus," Zenobia and Elysia do the devotion again and repeat 'Blessed be the holy one'.

 

[Velmont]

"The three remianing rulers? What do you mean? you named me three other kingdom. With this one, it makes four. Is there a kingdom without ruler actually?" ask Kharas.