The Secret Scion

[Bront]

Mel sneaks into Rayni's room at night and twaps her with a pillow while she's mediating.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rayni snaps out of her trance with a start, her body crackling with energy and her eyes and mouth glowing a deep purplish-black, the pupils vanishing into the light.*

*As she turns her gaze on Mel, her eyebrows shoot up and she clutches at her talisman and the energies and her tensed muscles both seem to calm visibly, until she is back to normal, just a petite little elf, who sticks out her tongue and then calls out to Mel with a big smile as if nothing had happened:*

"Hey! That's not fair--let me defend myself!"

 

[Bront]

Mel giggles and twaps at Rayni again. "It's a pillow fight, it's not supposed to be fairl"

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rayni's golden hair splays out wildly and unbound every which way as she is thwapped continually on the head, but she eventually backs up to the bed to pull out a pillow of her own to defend herself, holding it up triumphantly to block the next strike.*

 

[Bront]

Mel giggles and tries to feign and counter attack, but misjudges the pillow's dynamics and whaps herself instead. This prooves to be too much for her as she falls down on the bed laughing.

When she calms down she says to Rayni "You know, I never grew up with any siblings or other children, so I never got to do any of this stuff. Thanks." She smiles warmly.

 

[D20Dazza]

Cursing the sleepiness of his (soft?) friends Bail has time to look around the dwarf lord's estates. Meeting a servant he enquires as to where might be the best place to practice his skill-at-arms. After receiving directions he asks the servant if he could advise his friends where he is when they eventually decide to grace the morning with their presence.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rayni smiles, a sad smile full of wistful nostalgia.*

"Back until they found out about my...aberration...I had friends, or so I thought. But I'm not sure they were really my friends...they abandoned me in my time of greatest need...I guess I can't blame them though..."

 

[Bront]

"Well, Rayni, how bout we make a pact to never abandon each other, no matter what?" Mel smiles "I think we could both use some family right now."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"No matter what? To have a family again...that would be so wonderful! But Mel...listen...if I can't control myself and I'm going to hurt you, you have to leave me, okay?"

 

[Bront]

"I'll make sure that doesn't happen then, ok?" Mel smiles and hugs Rayni