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Zuella had been told to go get alcohol at the local pub, her aunts had demaded that the youngest bring them the kabootle, or something like that, which meant alcohol. She didn't think they needed more personally but went and did her best anyway. She saw a young prentice who looked more than comfortable ordering.

"Um sorry can you tell me how to order meade and wine here, is there a custom I should know of?" Zuella was on her first mission out of the forest to help her crews blacksmith pick out her preferred materials. She was like a kid in a candy shop.

The rest wanted to be drunk. Who was she to argue. "It's not for me, my aunties are in town."

Ohhh, this was so much fun! She was actually interacting with an earthling. Her toes wriggled with delight, she couldn't help it. Nodding she took the seat next to the girl who seemed to know it all about ordering things.

"Do they uh, send you often for drink? At least my aunts only do it when they travel, helps them all get along apparently, I'm not sure they are the average team, they are pretty elite and thus pretty weird."

Each one had a quirk. The quirks all got worse with drink. It was so hard to sleep at night.

"It is so fun to be out of the forest for a bit, I find myself just drinking everything in. Is using all that bright color in fabric common to all of the people who live here? Its so pretty." Her own people went with a decent camoflague of browns and greens.

"And the spices at the market, there are so many colors, oh new is so fun." She may have been quite sheltered up until now, this was her first mission, but it was amazing just adventuring around, she didn't neccessarily care too much about the content of the mission itself, she felt it was more of an experiment.

"They are trying to suck up to a lady back home so we can get a bigger house to share. I don't feel like it is the most serious mission they have ever have but it may also be padded safely for my benefit. I'm sure they are all giggling back home that I have to take this seriously."

Her aunts exhausted her sometimes with their foolishness. Her mother was one of the more serious but even she had her moments to frolic.

"More like elite warriors lacking a war to kick butt in, so they either get assigned missions or assign them themselves to keep sharp...though I feel like this was more of an excuse to partake in some excellent oban ale while they train me. What do you think would I look better as a blacksmith or with two blades? I haven't been able to decide one way or another yet."

One you got to fight the other you made the best weapons it was such an impossible decision.

She had hung on Irnaya's every word, absolutely fascinated about what earthlings were like, she liked the woman's spirit and her blunt attitude. It was so refreshing. "What about you? What do you want to be?"

Zue shrugged, "Do what you want to do in your heart, its your life no one else should get to have a say in what you dedicate yourself too if you know that it is what you want. Personally I would rather work with plants and trees but when you are under Aisha you get four choices only. So I garden in my spare time."

Swords would be more fun then blacksmithing, oh it was just so hard. But maybe Irnaya was right and it would be more glamorous. She did want to be that. But in a cool way.

"Sailiing would be so noble. Just you the sea and a rowdy crew, I think you would enjoy it."

"If you become a guard though, perhaps once we have trained some we could spar?"

She always felt like she was going out on a limb talking to others, even at home, she was so deeply imbedded in her family unit that well she felt separated somewhat from other alk prentices. Of course this meant that she could adult with the best of them but well she wanted a friend darn it.

Zuella gave her the same toothy grin that her blacksmithing aunt had taught her, it showed all the wild inside. "I'd love to do that, I am well trained but compared to my aunts still a bud on the tree of battle, but at least im not a twig anymore." As far as she was concerned the rest of the world had melted away in the face of this potential friendship. Irnaya seemed like a good sport! She all but vibrated with glee.

"My name is Zuella," She winked.

"It sounds like our families are pretty similar, kind of like an echo, not quite the same but not too different at all.

"Better I beat them down than my aunts." Zuella blushed at the compliment of being sexy and svelte. "I think my figure is down to all the training we go though, honestly."

Zuella fiddled with a dreadlock and then grinned as Irnaya ordered ale and meade. "I've never tried meade, isn't it made from honey?" She did like honey, usually on toast, she was a sucker for bread.

"Im surprised boys would get up the guts to come after an alk, we are so tall." Though, Irnaya didn't seem intimidated by her size, she was grateful for that. "Might be fun to have a smackdown, at least I'd have a good story for the girls."

Earthlings were fascinating, she didn't care what anyone else said. "Boys are so bold, usually its the auld warrior woman who are brave like that among my people."

She pulled one of the mead mugs up to her, all but vibrating with excitement. This was going to be the coolest thing ever. First she took a good wiff, it smelled sour but sweetish. She pursed her lips and brought the cup up to her mouth, eyes tight shut she sucked a tiny bit of liquid over her tongue.

"Wow! It has a kind of zing to it!" Mede was good. It tasted...healthy. No wonder why so many liked alcohol.

She took a bigger sip and savoured the taste for a moment. "Mmmhmmmmm." She said contentedly her eyes lighting up in delight in Irnaya's direction. "This is so cool!"