Mystical Mayhem - RPLOG
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Date
8/1/478
Log
Lucretia is waiting on her front porch in the dimming twilight, her various occult crystals and gewgaws dripping from her gauzy, multi-layered dress. It seems that she has dipped herself even deeper in the pool of the occult since the last time the Freeswords visited. "Ah!" she cries, assuming an obviously prepared pose, looking into the sky, "The stars are right! The players are arriving!"
Calisiel arrives, dropping from the sky with the wings and air magic assisted flight. The crow's wearing her usual dress, but without her usual cloak; instead she has a long leather overcoat that formerly belonged to a certain wolfilisk... Staff in hand, she walks the remaining several feet to where Lucretia is staring at the sky. Calisiel remains quiet for now... content to let the occult craziness pass as opposed to interrupting.
Lucasiel shuffles along the streets towards the place in question, helmet tucked under har arm and axe propped on shoulder. "Good evening, miss," she calls out, bobbing her head in greeting as she rattles to a stop. "I heard you needed a few strong arms, hmm?"
Carefully following her instructions to find the Blackback's manor, Shizuko smiles as she spots Lucasiel. She gives the other feline a small wave, then turns to Lucretia and bows her head. "Good evening."
"At last!" Lucretia cries, assuming another dramatic pose, "We are all gathered! Come children, come!" The over dramatic skunk turns and breezes into the warmly lit front hall. She beckons to the three women to follow her. "Now that the stars are aligned," she moans, "So too must our lives follow!" There is a young sparrow in the hall wearing a maid's dress. She rolls her eyes at her mistress's antics and curtseys gracefully to the visitors.
Calisiel glances over at the other two who arrived, shrugs, then follows Lucretia into the front hall, eyes roaming over the room. Nods in the direction of the maid. "Needed us to do... something, right?" Cal taps her beak, having forgotten what she came here for.
Lucasiel lofts a brow at the woman's grand gestures but follows her in all the same. Work is work! "Hello again, miss Shizuko. It's nice to see you!" She says with a smile before nodding at Calisiel as well. "What do yu have for us, miss Lucretia? Or do we have to be in a special room to be told?"
Shizuko tilts her head to the side, her ear flicking at 'children', but her polite and professional smile remains in place. "Hello, miss Lucasiel. It is nice to see you again, too." She follows the group in without further comment, giving the house a curious look as she listens to Luctratia's babbling.
Lucretia shoots a tiny little frown toward what she assumes is Lucasiel's unbelief, but it does not derail her long. "Here!" she cries gesturing grandly at the empty space in her front room where certainly a table once stood, "The great crystal must stand here! The stars demand it!" She builds to a frenzied climax before falling into a swoon on a convenient settee.
"Terribly sorry," the sparrow intervenes when it becomes apparent that Lucretia will not be continuing, "What the lady means to say is that she has purchased a statue of crystal from an artisan in the market and she needs the payment taken there and the statue brought here."
Calisiel taps her beak and just frowns a bit. "Uh, she couldn't just say that?" She says to that there sparrow. "Easy enough, I guess. Bring the money there, the thing back here. Got it. So, where's the payment?" Suppressing her thief-y urges, the crow leans against her staff, shrugs at the other two. Who will likely be more suited to carrying things, in her assessment.
Lucasiel looks down at herself and flicks an ear. "Ahh, I see. So it's just a walk through the city, then? I shouldn't have come in all this armour, then! I expected a trip to a dangerous cave or something," she says with a grin, propping her axe against the wall. "Mind if I leave this here, then? I'll need my hands empty to carry such things."
Smiling, Shizuko nods her head. "Very well. The Freesword's Guild will make sure your task is complete promptly," she replies. "Which artisan are we visiting?" she asks, her tail slowly curling and flicking.
The little sparrow maid bobs another curtsey and passes a note with an address on it to Shizuko. "This is Madam Corvoro's address," she says, "It is a tent on the edge of the market, you really can't miss it." She steps carefully around her swooned mistress to a trio of small boxes. "These three boxes hold Lady Lucretia's payment," she says, "I will accompany you if you would wait for a moment while I tend to my Lady."
"Corvoro?" Calisiel thinks for a minute... doesn't know the name. "Don't know 'em." Takes her staff over to where Lucasiel left her axe; leans it up against the wall. It falls over; she just leaves it there, unconcerned. "I don't mind waiting, no." Having said that, she doesn't exactly wait before moving to pick up one of them boxes, glancing at the swooned skunk as she passes her.
Lucasiel flips her helmet around and settles it on her head, making sure it's set into place before nodding. "I don't mind, either. This seems like it'll be a fairly relaxed assignment. I hope it will remain that way, yes. I prefer my fighting to be outside of city walls."
Shizuko chuckles, glancing at the address and following the directions down towards teh market district. "Well, Freeswords are not always about fighting. Sometimes it is just some muscle here and there when needed, and I do not mind at all - she did say she needed some strong people to help."
The sparrow gently props her mistress up on a pillow and covers her with a thick blanket to keep off the chill of this surprisingly cool evening. Then the maid steps away for a moment, returning with a very sensible cloak. She nods to the three women before stepping to the door and leading the way. "I keep a clean house and a fine kitchen," the little bird says, "But I fear I am useless when it comes to heavy lifting." She looks at the other three carrying their coffers. "And I am glad of the company," she admits, "I would hate to carry money like that anywhere after dark like this."
Calisiel nods at the maid; makes no comment. Takes the box she had picked up over to Shizuko: "You have the address, yeah? I'll follow you then." And follow her she does. "I'm Calisiel; since I don't think we've met." Glances between Lucasiel and Shizuko; name giving successful. Expects theirs; clearly.
"Lucasiel," comes the returned greeting, tucking the box under her left arm to keep her right ready, shoulder she need it. "And yes, well. I don't think anyone will be foolish enough to try to attack us for this money, anyway. At least, I would hope not."
"I am Shizuko," the older snow leopard replies. "It is nice to meet you, Calisiel." She looks over at the maid and smiles, then inclines her head. "Perfectly understandable. Do not worry, we will make sure nothing untoward happens this evening."
