Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[Boddynock]

Kel looks at the departing elf, then turns to the others. "Well, she hasn't."

 

[Legildur]

"And I had always thought that I was given the name Blunt for my approach," Blunt says with a smile for his small friend.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Sulannus may have been right," Nhalia taps her lip worriedly once Sulannus leaves, "And even if she was not, it would be best to apologise. Teu'Tel'Quess can be...difficult to deal with, especially if they feel they are being patronised, even moreso by a N'Tel'Quess, which to them sometimes includes other elves. Trust me on this, my brother and father are both high elves."

 

[Boddynock]

"Wait - your brother and your father are high elves, and you're not? How does that work?"

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

"Sulannus may have been right," Nhalia taps her lip worriedly once Sulannus leaves, "And even if she was not, it would be best to apologise. Teu'Tel'Quess can be...difficult to deal with, especially if they feel they are being patronised, even moreso by a N'Tel'Quess, which to them sometimes includes other elves. Trust me on this, my brother and father are both high elves."

Titus rolls his eyes. "Well, at least we can blame it on culture clash this way," he says, standing. "Lemme see if she'll take an apology, first. I mean, you're right, Kel, she hasn't been so keen on your girl, but she did step aside and give you the slot in the class. Probably took something for our little princess to let common folk get the learning before her, no?"

With that, Titus lopes off after Sulannus.

If he catches her...

"Hey, Su, give us a minute, will you? I'm sure Kel didn't mean to offend you. Kid's obviously got a crush on the royalty, probably 'cause he's not used to civilized folk with pretty money and manners. We know his 'dad' never treated him like he was worth half a copper. Must have made him feel pretty special, gettin' magic gemstones from a real princess. Also a bit defensive, you know? First good thing's happened in his life, he's like to be sensitive of folks that don't see it as bright and shiny as he does.

"Think you might give him a break for that?"

[sblock=OOC]Can I say I'm kind of loving the internal character dynamics right this minute? Yay roleplaying! [/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

Titus has no trouble catching up to Sulannus, as she has been in no real hurry to get far. She stops when he accosts her, though doesn't turn around to face him. When he's done, she still doesn't turn, but does reply.

"This isn't about her," she snaps...though she immediately seems to regret it a little, since her tone softens a bit afterward. "It's about the fact that despite everything I've done for you, he still doesn't trust me. I've risked my life to help you fight, I've contributed what little funds I had left, I've followed you halfway through the human world, given up any chance at learning magic any time soon, been humiliated, insulted, looked down on...and that's just since we met! None of you have any idea what I've given up just to be here in the first place!"

She cuts herself off there and takes a deep breath, then reaches up with her hands to do something with her face that Titus can't see. When she talks again, her tone is composed.

"I don't blame any of you for any of that. I made my choices, and I stand by them. It would just be nice if you all could repay the trust I've shown you in kind."

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

"None of you have any idea what I've given up just to be here in the first place!"

She cuts herself off there and takes a deep breath, then reaches up with her hands to do something with her face that Titus can't see. When she talks again, her tone is composed.

"I don't blame any of you for any of that. I made my choices, and I stand by them. It would just be nice if you all could repay the trust I've shown you in kind."

Titus droops his head. "You're right," he admits. "Most of us haven't had much in our lives. We don't know what it's like to give up a lot, 'cause we never had it to begin with. And we're probably ... " he stops with his mouth open, his machismo flaring for a moment before he fights it back down.

"We're a little jealous," he says softly. "You've been through as much hurt as we have since we got together, and it's not fair we hold your past against you, 'specially when we haven't none of us taken the time to find out or share ours enough to really know where we're all coming from."

There's another pause, then the ranger squares up his shoulders, and with obvious effort says, "I'm sorry."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Wait - your brother and your father are high elves, and you're not? How does that work?"

"Well, my mother...she was..."

"So, you see, the different kinds of elves can have children, right? But there's no such thing as a half high elf / half moon elf or a half moon elf / half wild elf, or even worse, a quarter high elf / quarter moon elf / quarter wild elf / quarter wood elf. Children are just one or the other, half and half, though they do seem to tend a little bit towards being the same type as the parent of the same gender, at least that I've seen."

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus is quiet for a moment too, but finally takes another deep breath and turns around to give Titus a smile.

"I wasn't angry at you, specifically, but thank you. And you may have a point. Maybe we'd all understand each other more if we knew more about each other. It's strange to think that, for all we've been through together, we're still strangers in many ways."

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

Sulannus is quiet for a moment too, but finally takes another deep breath and turns around to give Titus a smile.

"I wasn't angry at you, specifically, but thank you. And you may have a point. Maybe we'd all understand each other more if we knew more about each other. It's strange to think that, for all we've been through together, we're still strangers in many ways."

Titus returns the smile, his relief evident. "Guess we've been so busy trying to stay alive, we never took the time to talk about our lives up 'til now," he says. Then glances back to the room where the others are still conferring.

"Listen, bakeries are kinda froofy, I think, and I'd probably stand out if there wasn't someone a little more ... refined along for the ride." He raises an eyebrow as he turns back to Su. "Maybe you'd want to help me maintain cover while I play baby-sitter for Nhalia? Blunt and Shan ought to be able to keep the kid safe to and from school, and with royalty involved at this little meet, seems a body's just as likely to need social backup as a guy who knows how to hit things, yeah?"