RP channel logs: Alviara and Delionia

[RP]: Alviara tosses and turns in her bunk as the ship rolls on but she hardly notices it in her deep sleep.
[RP]: (Alviara): The storm on the Sea of Winds seemed to be raging on endlessly, dashing onto the tiny port of Camaar.
[RP]: Delionia squints out of her window at the seemingly endless torrents of rain viciously lashing the streets of Camaar.
[RP]: Delionia sighs and turns away from the gloomy sight stretching out before her, her thoughts already turning to the meeting she had had with Lord Wylset earlier that very day. The two of them had been worried about the long stretch of time that had gone past since they had last heard from Alviara.
[RP]: Delionia frowns in concern. It wasn't like Alvi not to write home atleast once a week. Something must have gone drastically wrong.
[RP]: Alviara turned in her sleep again. She was having a dream on the Rivan beach, a place she adored.
[RP]: Delionia mutters 'Well there's nothing you can do about it now.'
[RP]: Alviara could practically feel the smooth sand beneath her, the lapping water and the wind in her hair.
[RP]: Delionia yawns as she settles down into bed. Her thoughts still focused on her missing friend, she tosses and turns, finally falling into a restless doze.
[RP]: (Delionia): The surrounding landscape is enveloped in a thick swirling purple mist. Frowning in confusion, Delionia pushes her way forward into the thick lavender clouds.
[RP]: (Delionia): In a sudden flicker, the mist parts, dissolving into wispy tendrils, displaying a beautiful secluded rocky beach.
[RP]: Delionia stares around, her eyes scanning the unfamiliar surroundings, and suddenly notices a familiar figure hunched over on the far side of the beach.
[RP]: Alviara brushes away the involuntary tears that have slipped down her face and stares back at the shining sea.
[RP]: Delionia gasps in astonishment.
[RP]: Alviara hears someone
[RP]: Delionia mutters 'It can't be.'
[RP]: Alviara hears someone's footsteps behind her.
[RP]: Alviara she turns slowly to see familiar pale blue eyes looking at her curiously.
[RP]: Delionia gasps in shock. Piercing green eyes stared back at her in disbelief. Alvi? she whispers.
[RP]: Alviara whispers 'Delionia?'
[RP]: (Alviara): The waves crashed noisily on the shore in Alviara's dream, sweeping away the sand. Alviara looked with surprise at Delionia standing before her. Did I dream you in? she whispers.
[RP]: Delionia slumps down onto the sandy beach beside her childhood friend. "I don't think so." she mutters. "I think that I must've dreamwalked in because I feel like I'm really here."
[RP]: Alviara looks at Delionia and squints in confusion. "I thought you could dreamwalk only on purpose, not by accident," she said.
[RP]: Delionia shrugs helplessly. "You were on my mind just before I fell asleep. That must have had something to do with this I suppose."
[RP]: Alviara nods.
[RP]: Delionia says 'So what happened then? We haven't heard from you in ages. You never wrote, you had us all worried to death.'
[RP]: Alviara sighed and looked out at the blue sea, trying to evade the question but finally turned back to Delionia. I'm on a ship back to Camaar right now. She said.
[RP]: Delionia beams broadly at nothing in particular.
[RP]: Alviara smiled weakly.
[RP]: Delionia cries 'That's great! You'll be home soon then.'
[RP]: Alviara says 'I guess I will...'
[RP]: Delionia suddenly catches sight of the strange expression in Alviara's striking green eyes. "What's the matter Alvi? What's wrong?" she asks in concern, the broad smile vanishing from her face.
[RP]: Alviara could feel her eyes growing moist and averted her gaze to prevent Delionia from seeing her crying.
[RP]: Alviara fingered the chain around her neck, her mind confused at what to say.
[RP]: Delionia notices for the first time the ring dangling from a silver chain around Alviara's neck. Curious, she reaches out and touches the smooth surface of the gleaming opal set into it.
[RP]: (Delionia): "It's beautiful." Delionia says softly. "Who gave it to you?"
[RP]: Alviara lets the tears stream down her face openly, but her voice is too choked to reply. She closes her eyes.
[RP]: (Alviara): The beach around them blurs and fades away. Delionia looks around in surprise.
[RP]: (Alviara): Flashes of pictures dance around her. Alviara in a green silk dress, and a young man watching her. Alviara running in a field of golden wheat with the same man running behind her...and finally Alviara standing by a waterfall kissing the man.
[RP]: Alviara closed her eyes, letting her mind form the images of her and Naevin that were flashing all around them. Funny what all dreams can let you do. She thought at the same time.
[RP]: Delionia stares around bewildered, as more and more images begin to flash and swirl around her.
[RP]: (Alviara): The images continued, Alviara at a wedding, smiling in her pink gown, Alviara clutching a shining opal ring in her hand, and a wet Naevin peering down at her. The Alviara by her bedside, holding a red rosebud.
[RP]: (Alviara): The pictures winked out after seconds, only to be replaced by more. Alviara by a small cottage, then inside the door, and finally in a room reading a letter, tears streaming down her face.
[RP]: Delionia whispers "Alvi?..What.. I mean.. I.. I don't understand.''
[RP]: Alviara opened her eyes and sank into the sand. The last image of her running away from the cottage winked out above her.
[RP]: Alviara looks up at Delionia standing in front of her, confusion clouding her sapphire eyes.







[RP]: (Delionia): It was raining in Muros. A soft gentle drizzle sifted down out of the morning sky and enveloped the sleepy city, leaving it gleaming with a silvery sheen.
[RP]: Delionia yawns and strains to keep her eyes open. She had been travelling for over two days now without rest and the lack of sleep was now catching up with her.
[RP]: Delionia leans her head against the smooth brown neck of the young stallion she had purchased in Camaar. She closes her eyes, yawning again. 'Gares is going to owe me one when this is all over' she mutters under her breath.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara takes a long drink of water from her leather waterskin and nods. "It's a very long way to Algaria." She said with a note of resignation in her voice.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): Alviara's black mare neighed in response to her sentence, and then pulled forward, leading the pair towards the gates of Muros that opened the road to Algaria.
[RP]: (Delionia): A few hours later, Delionia notices with a start, the drastic change in the scenery around them. Extensive golden brown plains now rolled along either side of the road. They had reached Algaria.
[RP]: Delionia reaches over and pokes Alviara awake. "Wake up sleepyhead. We're almost there. Is the ring safe?"
[RP]: Maiden Alviara jolts suddenly and then glances around herself interestedly. "Not bad, we made it in good time." She yawns and stretches her arms.
[RP]: Delionia smiles wryly at her friend. "Well you slept through it all. How anyone can fall asleep on a moving horse is beyond me,"
[RP]: Maiden Alviara sniffs, looking insulted. " You're just jealous that you can't do something nicer than stare at the scenery."
[RP]: Delionia rolls her eyes, disgusted.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara ignores her friend's childish retort and proceeds to untie the thread holding the soft blue velvet pouch around her waist together.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The sun's rays make the object inside it gleam with brightness, and Alviara reaches out carefully and lifts it up in the air to examine it.
[RP]: Delionia stares transfixed at the gleaming object in Alviara's palm. "It's beautiful isn't it?" she says quietly.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara slips the mysterious ring onto her finger and looks intently at the stone studded on it.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The green jade was glimmering in the heat of the Algarian sun, looking very much like one of her own eyes to Alviara.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara sighs and slips the ring back into the pouch. "I hope we're able to find out more about this ring."
[RP]: Delionia nods in response. She leans forward in her saddle and squints at a lone dark speck on the horizon.
[RP]: Delionia says 'That must be it. It's exactly where Gares said it would be.'
[RP]: Maiden Alviara nods her head in response trying to make out the shape of the healer's caravan from this distance.
[RP]: Delionia says 'Hopefully, she'll be able to give us some answers.'
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): It took them atleast another half hour of continuous riding before the black speck in the distance began to take a recognizable shape.
[RP]: (Delionia): As the two riders near the caravan, a tall slender woman with flowing brown hair, and dressed in pale turquoise robes steps out into the glaring Algarian sun.
[RP]: (Delionia): The healer smiles gently. "Welcome Adventurers, I've been expecting you."







[RP]: Maiden Alviara suspiciously sniffs the sweet tea she was holding in a blue china cup in her hand. "Chamomile", The healer said, with a merry laugh. Alviara smiled and took a sip. Flowery, she thought.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara warmed the cup between her hands and began to take a look around. The caravan seemed a lot more bigger and cosy on the inside with fluttering white gauze curtains and blue floor cushions.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara Her gaze wandered to the curious artefacts on the table by the bed, little bottles of coloured powders and dishes and jars of herbs. Tiny statues of birds and animals were placed artistically, expressing a mystical significance.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): Her gaze wandered to the curious artefacts on the table by the bed, little bottles of coloured powders and dishes and jars of herbs. Tiny statues of birds and animals were placed artistically, expressing a mystical significance.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): She and Delionia were seated on a few of the satin floor pillows, quietly sipping the strange tea the healer had poured for them, waiting with suspense in their silence.
[RP]: Delionia coughed and spluttered as the warm fiery tea scorched its way down her throat. Hastily setting her cup down, she nudged her dark haired friend on the cushion beside her.
[RP]: Delionia glanced over to where the healer was surveying them calmly through expressionless eyes. "Show her the ring already." she hissed in her friends ear.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara startled out of her keen observation and nodded slightly at her friends urgent whisper. She quickly reached over and untied the pouch in which the ring was safely kept away and deposited it onto her palm.
[RP]: (Delionia): There was a sharp intake of breath as the healer suddenly leaned forward and lifted the ring from Delionia's palm, keen interest blazing in her amber eyes. Her long dark hair fell forward, veiling her expression as she studied the object in her hands.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): (The healer) "Where did you find this ring?"
[RP]: Delionia frowns as she struggles to remember the name of the obscure town in which she had come across the ring.
[RP]: Delionia says 'Jarot! That's it. I was passing through Jarot on my way home to Camaar and I chanced across it in the chambers of the Grolim Hierarch.'
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The healer spun a sphere over the ring and then looked up. "What were you doing in the chambers of the Hierarch?"
[RP]: Delionia chuckles guiltily. "Erm..."Adventurers's business", I assure you that it was necessary at the time."
[RP]: Delionia scuffs her foot in the dirt, looking very sheepish.
[RP]: Delionia continues 'Well anyway, I was going through some of his documents when I found a grey silk pouch tucked away below them.'
[RP]: Delionia says 'I untied it and an ornately carved key fell out.'
[RP]: Delionia says 'As i picked up the ring I noticed a tiny hole in the mahogany of his desk, scarcely noticable at first. '
[RP]: Maiden Alviara says '"Ring? You mean key, Del." Alviara chuckled. "Confused little soul."'
[RP]: Delionia smiles wryly. "Yes, I meant key. Forgive me, it appears that I am more tired than i thought. As i was saying, I fit the key into the hole, turned it, and out tumbled the ring, wrapped tightly in silver tissue."
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The healer smiled breifly and then tilted her head in thought.
[RP]: Delionia says 'I brought it back to Camaar and Gares advised me to bring to you.'
[RP]: Maiden Alviara says "What do you think then? Is it anything special?"
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): Silence descended in the room now, as Delionia completed her tale of how she had come to possess the ring. Alviara fidgeted nervously, watching the healer pass the ring from one hand to another.
[RP]: (Delionia): The healer was silent for a while, her amber eyes grave as she closely inspected the object in her hands, oblivious to the anxious stares of the two sorceresses sitting before her.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): She whispered something softly and the stone glinted bright green. "Of course." She whispered. Then looking triumphant she looked up and said, "Follow me."
[RP]: Delionia exchanges a confused glance with Alviara and nervously gets to her feet, smoothening out her robes as she follows the healer out of the room with Alviara closely in tow.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): They followed her outside to a place behind her caravan. Alviara frowned as she saw a crystal pool, glinting in the sunlight, obviously something magical. The healer tucked up her turquoise robes and knelt down beside it.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The healer looked up and beckoned Delionia towards her silently.
[RP]: Delionia gave a nervous start and after a moment's hesitation walked slowly over to join the Algar at the pool's edge.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): (The healer) "Take the ring and swirl it into the water."
[RP]: Delionia lifted the jade ornament from the healer's outstretched hand and unsteadily dipped it into the water, wincing at the liquid's icy cold touch.
[RP]: Maiden Alviara watched intently as the healer mutttered something under her breath.
[RP]: (Maiden Alviara): The water turned a pale green, and then grew brighter and then in a flash was clear once again. But something was different, the surface was flat, as if solid and shining like a mirror, but it wasn't the surroundings it was reflecting.
[RP]: Delionia gasps in astonishment.
[RP]: Delionia shielded her eyes from the dazzling brilliance of the glowing pool and slowly leaned over the edge only to gaze into a pair of extremely familiar pale blue eyes.

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