Rawrlicia
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- Posted: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 03:31:51 +0000
(Hey Cas, I'll be sure Alyssa takes her up on that! : D)
Alyssa would continue to walk, forcing Cas to walk along behind her-luckily Alyssa was taking determined, small steps, so there was plenty of time to keep up. "He ignored me." Was all she said to Cas, eyes flicking to the corners to look back at her. "All I wanted was quiet. All I ever want is quiet."
There was a strange desperation to the last part of her sentence-and for the briefest of moments Alyssa was undeniably human, lost in the wide world of Gaia. But just as quickly as the flash of weakness appeared, her face hardened. "You are correct. Things are calm. I will step outside and ensure they stay that way." Her tone was absolutely chilling as she picked up speed, moved more briskly. She was almost to the door, and then-well, then Bakari spoke to her, making some very good points.
Alyssa didn't look at him, just continued to stare at the door with that same look of determination, having stopped to hear him out, in the very least. She stood a moment, thinking, calculating-and concluded he was correct. Killing the wolf man would hardly help her concentration-better to let the slight go unavenged and resume her work than to start a worse ruckus. Still, she felt so angry.
Alyssa took Cas' advice and exhaled, taking in a new, deep breath free of her earlier rage. She nodded at the man, her shield vanishing on a whim as she half turned to return to her work when-
Jingle
Her shield reappeared instantly, the girl half startled and prepared to level an attack on James should it be him-but instead a look of surprise took hold of her face-and then an obvious feeling of dread.
A tall, rather well structured man entered the shop, having just passed an officer of some kind with a nice enough young man-and now entering to look to his side and blink in surprise at the tall, tall figure of...Anubis? in the shop. His lips curved into a curious, affable smile, allowing the rest of the bookstore to scrutinize him.
He was a little over six feet tall and rather muscular, wearing a neat, older styled suit of grey wool. His dress shoes were two toned and he had a pair of gold rimmed spectacles in his right breast pocket. His hair was short and a yellow blond color, parted on the side and combed into a handsome style. His eyes were a frosty greenish grey and very warm, welcoming.
He seemed like a very nice man-and in him was a strong but not overpowering sense of magic.
The man turned his attention to Alyssa almost at the same time-his friendly smile fading into a disapproving frown.
"Alyssa, there you are. Why are you out in Durem alone?" His disapproval was fair, given she was a ten year old child without supervision. He gave her a hard look. "And what..." He reached to touch her, the shield-when it flickered off to leave the girl staring at him, no longer surprised-but expressionless, her eyes steely and hard. "Were you about to fight? With magic?!" He seemed anxious and worried about this, as any caregiver ought to be.
"No, Richard, I was just returning to my studies." Alyssa bit of coldly, visibly annoyed to be questioned.
"Uncle. Uncle Richard." He sounded slightly hurt, looking around the shop. "What exactly are you studying here? And are you bothering these nice people?"
"They are bothering me. I was just leaving-" The girl responded curtly, attempting to brush past him-but the larger man grabbed her arm, not hard, but certainly not about to let her bypass him either.
"We've talked about you going out alone. Lexi was with Ellen, I surmised you were out again-did you walk all the way here?" He asked her distractedly, looking to the nearest adult-which was the Anubis lookalike fellow next to him. "I'm sorry if she's been any trouble." He said with apologetic charm-but at that same moment Alyssa ripped her arm from his grasp, staggering back a few steps. "You have no right to apologize for ME!" She hissed, her Uncle's eyebrows shooting up at her obvious hatred-and before the poor beleaguered uncle could react she darted past him and out the door.
"Young lady-!" He opened the door to find the alley empty of any small blonde mages. Richard looked around, exasperated-then let the door close and turned back to the store, embarrassed. "I...she's a handful." He said awkwardly.
Alyssa would continue to walk, forcing Cas to walk along behind her-luckily Alyssa was taking determined, small steps, so there was plenty of time to keep up. "He ignored me." Was all she said to Cas, eyes flicking to the corners to look back at her. "All I wanted was quiet. All I ever want is quiet."
There was a strange desperation to the last part of her sentence-and for the briefest of moments Alyssa was undeniably human, lost in the wide world of Gaia. But just as quickly as the flash of weakness appeared, her face hardened. "You are correct. Things are calm. I will step outside and ensure they stay that way." Her tone was absolutely chilling as she picked up speed, moved more briskly. She was almost to the door, and then-well, then Bakari spoke to her, making some very good points.
Alyssa didn't look at him, just continued to stare at the door with that same look of determination, having stopped to hear him out, in the very least. She stood a moment, thinking, calculating-and concluded he was correct. Killing the wolf man would hardly help her concentration-better to let the slight go unavenged and resume her work than to start a worse ruckus. Still, she felt so angry.
Alyssa took Cas' advice and exhaled, taking in a new, deep breath free of her earlier rage. She nodded at the man, her shield vanishing on a whim as she half turned to return to her work when-
Jingle
Her shield reappeared instantly, the girl half startled and prepared to level an attack on James should it be him-but instead a look of surprise took hold of her face-and then an obvious feeling of dread.
A tall, rather well structured man entered the shop, having just passed an officer of some kind with a nice enough young man-and now entering to look to his side and blink in surprise at the tall, tall figure of...Anubis? in the shop. His lips curved into a curious, affable smile, allowing the rest of the bookstore to scrutinize him.
He was a little over six feet tall and rather muscular, wearing a neat, older styled suit of grey wool. His dress shoes were two toned and he had a pair of gold rimmed spectacles in his right breast pocket. His hair was short and a yellow blond color, parted on the side and combed into a handsome style. His eyes were a frosty greenish grey and very warm, welcoming.
He seemed like a very nice man-and in him was a strong but not overpowering sense of magic.
The man turned his attention to Alyssa almost at the same time-his friendly smile fading into a disapproving frown.
"Alyssa, there you are. Why are you out in Durem alone?" His disapproval was fair, given she was a ten year old child without supervision. He gave her a hard look. "And what..." He reached to touch her, the shield-when it flickered off to leave the girl staring at him, no longer surprised-but expressionless, her eyes steely and hard. "Were you about to fight? With magic?!" He seemed anxious and worried about this, as any caregiver ought to be.
"No, Richard, I was just returning to my studies." Alyssa bit of coldly, visibly annoyed to be questioned.
"Uncle. Uncle Richard." He sounded slightly hurt, looking around the shop. "What exactly are you studying here? And are you bothering these nice people?"
"They are bothering me. I was just leaving-" The girl responded curtly, attempting to brush past him-but the larger man grabbed her arm, not hard, but certainly not about to let her bypass him either.
"We've talked about you going out alone. Lexi was with Ellen, I surmised you were out again-did you walk all the way here?" He asked her distractedly, looking to the nearest adult-which was the Anubis lookalike fellow next to him. "I'm sorry if she's been any trouble." He said with apologetic charm-but at that same moment Alyssa ripped her arm from his grasp, staggering back a few steps. "You have no right to apologize for ME!" She hissed, her Uncle's eyebrows shooting up at her obvious hatred-and before the poor beleaguered uncle could react she darted past him and out the door.
"Young lady-!" He opened the door to find the alley empty of any small blonde mages. Richard looked around, exasperated-then let the door close and turned back to the store, embarrassed. "I...she's a handful." He said awkwardly.